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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2011
Brian K. Classon, Palatine, IL (US);
Kevin L. Baum, Rolling Meadows, IL (US);
Amitava Ghosh, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Robert T. Love, Barrington, IL (US);
Vijay Nangia, Algonquin, IL (US);
Rapeepat Ratasuk, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Weimin Xiao, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Brian K. Classon, Palatine, IL (US);
Kevin L. Baum, Rolling Meadows, IL (US);
Amitava Ghosh, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Robert T. Love, Barrington, IL (US);
Vijay Nangia, Algonquin, IL (US);
Rapeepat Ratasuk, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Weimin Xiao, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Google Technology Holdings LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A communication is provided that schedules both Distributed Virtual Resource Blocks (DVRB) and Localized Virtual Resource Blocks (LVRB) in a same frequency channel, thereby obtaining the benefits of frequency selective scheduling while minimizing the uplink feedback overhead. In one embodiment of the invention, the communication system assigns one or more downlink Physical Resource Blocks (PRBs) of multiple downlink Physical Resource Blocks (PRBs) to each user equipment (UE) given an LVRB to produce at least one reserved PRB and multiple non-reserved PRBs and assigns a part of each PRB of the multiple non-reserved PRBs to a UE given a DVRB. In another embodiment of the invention, the communication system assigns PRBs pre-reserved for localized transmission to UEs scheduled for LVRBs and assigns parts of multiple PRBs pre-reserved for distributed transmission to each UE given a DVRB.