InterDigital Inc (IDCC)

[Gamco]

United States Patent 7,596,117
Iacono , et al. September 29, 2009

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Scheduling data transmission by medium access control (MAC) layer in a mobile network


Abstract
A method for use by a MAC common channel of an RNC to select a transport format combination (TFC) whereby a candidate set of TFCs is selected, and a TFC is chosen from the set of TFCs according to selection criteria.


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Inventors: Iacono; Ana Lucia (Garden City, NY), Doshi; Nihar Anikumar (Lindenhurst, NY), Movva; Sasidhar (West Babylon, NY), Stern-Berkowitz; Janet (Little Neck, NY), Schnee; Gary (Hauppauge, NY), Terry; Stephen E. (Northport, NY), Zhang; Guodong (Patchogue, NY)
Assignee: InterDigital Technology Corporation (Wilmington, DE)

Appl. No.: 11/417,593
Filed: May 4, 2006

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Related U.S. Patent Documents

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Application Number Filing Date Patent Number Issue Date
10742539 Dec., 2003 7058032
60435842 Dec., 2002


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Current U.S. Class: 370/329 ; 370/345; 370/442; 455/522
Current International Class: H04W 4/00 (20090101)