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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2012
George Calcev, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Bin Chen, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Erik Colban, San Diego, CA (US);
George Cummings, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Ronald Xuzhuang Mao, San Diego, CA (US);
George Calcev, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Bin Chen, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Erik Colban, San Diego, CA (US);
George Cummings, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Ronald Xuzhuang Mao, San Diego, CA (US);
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for managing contention in a communications system, the apparatus comprising a processor and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing programming for execution by the processor. The programming may include instructions to receive a ranging code from a device in a ranging channel, the ranging code corresponding to a current ranging attempt. The programming may further include instructions to broadcast a message acknowledging reception of the ranging code. The programming may further include instructions to receive a ranging request message from the device, the ranging request message comprising a ranging retries parameter that specifies a number of ranging retries that the device performed during the current ranging attempt.