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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2013
Applicant:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Inventors:
Timo K. Koskela, Oulu, FI;
Sami Jukka Hakola, Kempele, FI;
Samuli Turtinen, Ii, FI;
Anna Pantelidou, Oulu, FI;
Assignee:
BROADCOM CORPORATION, Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 7/00 (2006.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 74/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/042 (2013.01); H04W 74/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
Apparatus and method for communication are provided. The solution includes controlling the communication of a transceiver on shared data channels using a data channel slot including a sensing period and a data period and controlling a transceiver to communicate on common and dedicated control channels on a shared spectrum using control channel slots, each control channel slot including a downlink part and an uplink part, wherein the uplink part occurs at the same time as the sensing period of a data channel slot.