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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2011
Applicants:
LI Zhang, Beijing, CN;
Peter Skov, Beijing, CN;
Jie Zhen Lin, Beijing, CN;
Chunli Wu, Beijing, CN;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nokia Siemens Networks Oy, Espoo, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 72/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/042 (2013.01); H04W 72/1289 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided a control entity for a communication network, a base station including such a control entity and a user equipment for communication with such a base station. The control entity includes a controller for providing a downlink control signal (e.g. a downlink assignment) scheduling a downlink data resource in a first time slot wherein the controller is configured for providing the downlink control signal over a downlink control resource in an earlier time slot which is chronologically earlier than the first time slot.