InterDigital Inc (IDCC)

[Gamco]

United States Patent 9,730,214
Pelletier , et al. August 8, 2017

Method and apparatus to reduce radio resource overhead associated with intermittent traffic


Abstract

A method and apparatus for requesting and releasing resources for a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) and/or Node B. The WTRU may transmit a channel acquisition request to the Node B and receive a resource allocation from the Node B. The resource allocation may include a common resource. The WTRU may release the common resource. The release may be based on one or more conditions. The channel acquisition request or the resource allocation may include information related to one or more channels or resources.



Inventors:
Pelletier; Benoit (Roxboro, CA), Zeira; Eldad M. (Huntington, NY), Cave; Christopher R. (Dollard-des-Ormeaux, CA), Marinier; Paul (Brossard, CA), Roy; Vincent (Longueuil, CA), Kim; In H. (Norristown, PA)

Applicant:


Name

City

State

Country

Type


InterDigital Technology Corporation
Wilmington
DE
US


Assignee:
InterDigital Technology Corporation (Wilmington, DE)


Family ID:
1000002761472

Appl. No.:
13/867,668

Filed:
April 22, 2013


Prior Publication Data






Document Identifier

Publication Date

US 20130235830 A1 Sep 12, 2013



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Application Number

Filing Date

Patent Number

Issue Date

12191105 Aug 13, 2008 8427988
60955579 Aug 13, 2007




Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 72/044 (20130101); H04W 52/286 (20130101); H04W 52/44 (20130101); H04W 72/0406 (20130101); H04W 74/06 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 72/04 (20090101); H04W 74/06 (20090101); H04W 52/44 (20090101); H04W 52/28 (20090101)
Field of Search: ;370/329,330

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