United States Patent 9,973,297
Marinier , et al. May 15, 2018
System and method for adaptive modulation
Abstract
Systems, methods, and/or techniques for improving downlink spectrum efficiency may be disclosed. For example, a higher order modulation (HOM) transmission may be provided to a device. The higher order modulation transmission may be configured to be indicated by the network or a device. Additionally, multiple modulation and coding scheme (MCS) tables, transport block size (TBS) tables, and/or channel quality index (CQI) tables may be provided to support the higher order modulation transmission.
Inventors:
Marinier; Paul (Brossard, CA), Tooher; J. Patrick (Montreal, CA), Pelletier; Ghyslain (Laval, CA), Rudolf; Marian (Montreal, CA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
Wilmington
N/A
DE
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003294365
Appl. No.:
14/760,373
Filed:
January 11, 2014
PCT Filed:
January 11, 2014
PCT No.:
PCT/US2014/011180
371(c)(1),(2),(4) Date:
July 10, 2015
PCT Pub. No.:
WO2014/110467
PCT Pub. Date:
July 17, 2014
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20150358111 A1 Dec 10, 2015
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
61821189 May 8, 2013
61857397 Jul 23, 2013
61751557 Jan 11, 2013
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04L 1/0016 (20130101); H04L 1/0003 (20130101); H04L 27/0008 (20130101); H04W 72/042 (20130101); H04L 1/0026 (20130101); H04L 1/1854 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04L 27/28 (20060101); H04W 72/04 (20090101); H04L 1/00 (20060101); H04L 27/00 (20060101); H04L 1/18 (20060101)
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