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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015

Filed:

Sep. 15, 2008
Applicants:

Joseph R. Schumacher, Glen Ellyn, IL (US);

Mark G. Spiotta, Wheaton, IL (US);

George F. Cummings, Iii, Gilbert, AZ (US);

Inventors:

Joseph R. Schumacher, Glen Ellyn, IL (US);

Mark G. Spiotta, Wheaton, IL (US);

George F. Cummings, III, Gilbert, AZ (US);

Assignee:

Google Technology Holdings LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 5/0007 (2013.01); H04L 58/0058 (2013.01); H04W 72/04 (2013.01); H04L 5/0091 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and apparatus for optimizing downlink transmission in a wireless communication network () includes determining () a distance of each of a plurality of remote devices (-) from a network node () and allocating () downlink symbols of a frame () for the downlink transmission based on the determined distance of each of the plurality of remote devices. Earlier downlink symbols of the frame are allocated to at least one remote device of the plurality of remote devices positioned more distant from the network node in comparison to at least other remote device positioned less distant from the network node.


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