United States Patent 9,781,708
Terry , et al. October 3, 2017
Method and apparatus for providing and utilizing a non-contention based channel in a wireless communication system
Abstract
In a wireless communication system comprising at least one evolved Node-B (eNB) and a plurality of wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs), a non-contention based (NCB) channel is established, maintained, and utilized. The NCB channel is allocated for use by one or more WTRUs in the system for utilization in a variety of functions, and the allocation is communicated to the WTRUs. The wireless communication system analyzes the allocation of the NCB channel as required, and the NCB channel is reallocated as required.
Inventors:
Terry; Stephen E. (Northport, NY), Wang; Jin (Princeton, NJ), Chandra; Arty (Manhasset Hills, NY), Chen; John S. (Ann Arbor Township, MI), Zhang; Guodong (Syosset, NY)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
INTERDIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Wilmington
N/A
DE
Assignee:
InterDigital Technology Corporation (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000002869570
Appl. No.:
14/828,261
Filed:
August 17, 2015
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20150358958 A1 Dec 10, 2015
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Issue Date
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Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 72/0413 (20130101); H04B 7/2621 (20130101); H04L 1/1812 (20130101); H04L 5/0037 (20130101); H04W 56/0045 (20130101); H04W 72/1278 (20130101); H04W 74/04 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04L 1/00 (20060101); H04W 74/04 (20090101); H04L 5/00 (20060101); H04W 72/12 (20090101); H04W 56/00 (20090101); H04L 1/18 (20060101); H04B 7/26 (20060101); H04W 72/04 (20090101)
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