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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2011
Avinash Jain, San Diego, CA (US);
Mohammad Hossein Taghavi Nasrabadi, San Diego, CA (US);
Hemanth Sampath, San Diego, CA (US);
Avinash Jain, San Diego, CA (US);
Mohammad Hossein Taghavi Nasrabadi, San Diego, CA (US);
Hemanth Sampath, San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Various methods and apparatuses for transmitting an allocation of time in a wireless communication system are disclosed. In one aspect, an allocation of time for receiving communications via a receive beam direction is transmitted. The allocation of time may be based on information regarding an apparatus known to be located in the receive beam direction. A unique time for receiving communications from each known apparatus may be allocated, or a duration of time for receiving communications from the known apparatuses may vary based on a number of apparatuses known to located in a receive beam direction.