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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:
Mar. 10, 2015

Filed:

Jul. 23, 2012
Applicants:

Ahsan U. Aziz, Austin, TX (US);

Vikram Chandrasekhar, Austin, TX (US);

James Wesley Mccoy, Austin, TX (US);

Inventors:

Ahsan U. Aziz, Austin, TX (US);

Vikram Chandrasekhar, Austin, TX (US);

James Wesley McCoy, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/216 (2006.01); H04W 8/26 (2009.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04L 27/26 (2006.01); H04B 1/7083 (2011.01); H04J 13/00 (2011.01); H04J 13/16 (2011.01); H04W 56/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/26 (2013.01); H04L 5/0016 (2013.01); H04L 5/0048 (2013.01); H04L 27/2613 (2013.01); H04B 1/7083 (2013.01); H04J 13/0055 (2013.01); H04J 13/16 (2013.01); H04L 5/0007 (2013.01); H04L 27/2657 (2013.01); H04L 27/2662 (2013.01); H04W 56/00 (2013.01); H04J 13/0066 (2013.01); H04J 2013/165 (2013.01);
Abstract

In an embodiment, a wireless communication system (, FIG.) includes one or more nodes (-) and one or more user equipments (UE) (). A node may apply (, FIG.) a cell-specific spreading code to a cell identifier, which indicates an identity of a cell (, FIG.) serviced by the node. The node may insert (, FIG.), into a frame (, FIG.), at least one synchronization channel symbol, which corresponds to the spread cell identifier, and the node may transmit (, FIG.) the frame over an air interface. A UE may receive (, FIG.) a frame from the air interface. The UE may despread () the spread cell identifier, and acquire () a cell identifier corresponding to a particular cell.


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