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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2009
Applicants:
Michael N. Kloos, Belvidere, IL (US);
Mark G. Spiotta, Wheaton, IL (US);
Frederick W. Vook, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Inventors:
Michael N. Kloos, Belvidere, IL (US);
Mark G. Spiotta, Wheaton, IL (US);
Frederick W. Vook, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Assignee:
Google Technology Holdings LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/02 (2006.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04L 25/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 5/0048 (2013.01); H04L 25/0224 (2013.01);
Abstract
An Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing communication system is provided that schedules a transmission of uplink sounding signals or channel quality feedback signals in sounding intervals, or sounding zones, that are outside of the sub-frames, thereby preserving sub-frame capacity for other overhead and data transmissions.