InterDigital Inc (IDCC)

[Gamco]

United States Patent 9,936,500
Proctor, Jr. April 3, 2018

Transmitting acknowledgement messages using a staggered uplink time slot


Abstract

A downlink communication is transmitted/received in at least one downlink time slot. In response to the received downlink communication, an acknowledgement message is received/transmitted in an uplink time slot a fixed integer number of uplink time slots after transmission/reception of the received downlink communication. The uplink and downlink time slots are staggered by substantially a half of a time slot.



Inventors:
Proctor, Jr.; James A. (Indialantic, FL)

Applicant:


Name

City

State

Country

Type


IPR Licensing, Inc.
Wilmington
DE
US


Assignee:
IPR Licensing, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)


Family ID:
1000003210470

Appl. No.:
15/365,159

Filed:
November 30, 2016


Prior Publication Data






Document Identifier

Publication Date

US 20170142714 A1 May 18, 2017



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Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 72/0446 (20130101); H04L 69/16 (20130101); H04L 5/0055 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 72/04 (20090101); H04L 5/00 (20060101); H04L 29/06 (20060101)

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