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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2011
Biswaroop Mukherjee, Stittsville, CA;
Tarik Tabet, Montreal, CA;
William Anthony Gage, Stittsville, CA;
Robert Novak, Stittsville, CA;
Siva Dharshan Muruganathan, Stittsville, CA;
Biswaroop Mukherjee, Stittsville, CA;
Tarik Tabet, Montreal, CA;
William Anthony Gage, Stittsville, CA;
Robert Novak, Stittsville, CA;
Siva Dharshan Muruganathan, Stittsville, CA;
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for sending a signal to a signaled entity, the method determining at least a first code of a sequence of codes comprising the signal, wherein at least one code of the sequence of codes is derived from at least one bit string that is encoded by an encoder to produce a sequence of output bit groups, each output bit group being used to select a code from a set of predefined codes; receiving, at the signaling entity, an assignation of resources from the signaled entity for transmission of at least the first code of the sequence of codes; transmitting, utilizing at least the first code of the sequence of codes and the assignation, the signal, wherein at least the first code is shared among a plurality of signaling entities; and sending, utilizing subsequent codes of the sequence of codes, the signal.