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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
May. 28, 2015
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Mo-Han Fong, L'Orignal, CA;
Hang Zhang, Nepean, CA;
Sophie Vrzic, Nepean, CA;
Robert Novak, Ottawa, CA;
Jun Yuan, Kanata, CA;
Dong-Sheng Yu, Ottawa, CA;
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
To effectively and efficiently provide control information, a broadcast pointer channel (BPCH) may be used to identify the type and perhaps relative location of control information that is being provided in a given frame structure, such as a sub-frame, frame, or superframe. A sub-frame (or like framing entity, such a frame or superframe) may have a BPCH and a corresponding system control information segment in which control information may reside. The system control information segment may have any number of control information blocks, wherein each control information block that is present may correspond to a particular type of control information. The BPCH is used to identify the type of control information that is present in a corresponding system control information segment, and if needed or desired, the relative locations of the various control information.