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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2011
Applicants:
Erlin Zeng, Beijing, CN;
Shuang Tan, Beijing, CN;
Inventors:
Erlin Zeng, Beijing, CN;
Shuang Tan, Beijing, CN;
Assignee:
BROADCOM CORPORATION, Irvine, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/713 (2011.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04L 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/713 (2013.01); H04L 5/0053 (2013.01); H04L 5/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for providing improved spectrum efficiency by triggering a ranked transmission. In this regard, a method is provided that includes causing a configuration message to be transmitted to a mobile terminal, wherein the configuration message provides interpretation information for a frequency hopping flag bit. The method also includes determining a rank for a transmission. The method may include setting a rank indication in the frequency hopping flag bit of a downlink control message based on the determined rank of the transmission.