InterDigital Inc (IDCC)

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United States Patent 9,699,779
Marinier , et al. July 4, 2017

Physical layer operation for multi-layer operation in a wireless system


Abstract

Methods and systems are disclosed for providing physical layer resources to a plurality of medium access control (MAC) instances that are associated with different serving sites that are independently scheduled. For example, a WTRU may utilize a first physical layer configuration for transmitting to a first serving site associated with a first MAC instance. The WTRU may utilize a second physical layer configuration for transmitting to a second serving site associated with a second MAC instance. The WTRU may prevent conflicts between transmission requests from the first MAC instance and transmission requests from the second MAC instance. For example, preventing the conflicts may include utilizing one or more of time segregation or frequency segregation for transmissions associated with the first MAC instance and transmissions associated with the second MAC instance.



Inventors:
Marinier; Paul (Brossard, CA), Tooher; J. Patrick (Montreal, CA), Pelletier; Ghyslain (Laval, CA), Pani; Diana (Montreal, CA)

Applicant:


Name

City

State

Country

Type


INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
Wilmington
DE
US


Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)


Family ID:
1000002689134

Appl. No.:
13/974,911

Filed:
August 23, 2013


Prior Publication Data






Document Identifier

Publication Date

US 20140056278 A1 Feb 27, 2014



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Filing Date

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Issue Date

61692548 Aug 23, 2012
61726262 Nov 14, 2012
61808013 Apr 3, 2013
61821154 May 8, 2013




Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 72/044 (20130101); H04B 7/024 (20130101); H04W 52/365 (20130101); H04W 52/367 (20130101); H04W 72/1268 (20130101); H04W 52/146 (20130101); H04W 52/265 (20130101); H04W 52/281 (20130101); H04W 88/06 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 72/04 (20090101); H04W 72/12 (20090101); H04W 52/36 (20090101); H04W 88/06 (20090101); H04B 7/024 (20170101); H04B 7/02 (20170101); H04W 52/14 (20090101); H04W 52/26 (20090101); H04W 52/28 (20090101)
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