The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2011
Applicants:
Vivek Sharma, Tokyo, JP;
Yassin Aden Awad, Tokyo, JP;
Neeraj Gupta, Tokyo, JP;
Robert Paterson, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Vivek Sharma, Tokyo, JP;
Yassin Aden Awad, Tokyo, JP;
Neeraj Gupta, Tokyo, JP;
Robert Paterson, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08C 17/00 (2006.01); H04W 88/04 (2009.01); H04B 7/155 (2006.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04B 7/26 (2006.01); H04W 68/02 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 88/04 (2013.01); H04B 7/15557 (2013.01); H04W 52/0232 (2013.01); H04B 7/2606 (2013.01); H04W 68/02 (2013.01); H04W 84/047 (2013.01); Y02B 60/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
A relay communication system is described in which a relay node communicates with a base station using a sequence of frames, each frame comprising a plurality of sub-frames. The relay node has an energy saving mode in which it monitors for communications from said base station in at least one pre-determined sub-frame of each frame and does not monitor for communication from said base station in at least one other sub-frame of that frame.