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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
May. 09, 2014
Applicant:
Nokia Corporation, Espoo, FI;
Inventors:
Antti Piipponen, Vantaa, FI;
Petri Vasenkari, Turku, FI;
Vesa Lehtinen, Tampere, FI;
Toni Lähteensuo, Tampere, FI;
Assignee:
NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY, Espoo, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/04 (2013.01); H04L 5/001 (2013.01); H04L 5/003 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for allocating quasi-contiguous uplink data resources for a user device is provided. Transmission of data comprise at least two data clusters of sub carriers expanding over gaps reserved for uplink control channel in order, for example, to mitigate transmission power reductions due to multi-cluster transmission.