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United States Patent 9,913,271
Nelson , et al. March 6, 2018

Qualifying available reverse link coding rates from access channel power setting


Abstract

Methods and apparatuses are disclosed regarding a wireless field unit, which may receive a plurality of forward link assignment messages for the wireless field unit over at least one first code channel. Each of the forward link assignment messages may indicate a modulation type, a data rate and assigned channel codes for a respective assigned forward link transmission. Also, forward link transmissions may be time multiplexed between wireless field units. The wireless field unit may receive a plurality of assigned forward link transmissions. In addition, the wireless field unit my process each of the received assigned forward link transmissions in response to the respective received forward link assignment messages. Further, the wireless field unit may receive power control information in assigned time intervals on a time division multiplexed second code channel, wherein the time division multiplexed second code channel is time multiplexed between a plurality of wireless field units.



Inventors:
Nelson; George R. (Merritt Island, FL), Hoffmann; John E. (Indialantic, FL), Proctor; James A. (Indialantic, FL), Rouphael; Antoine J. (Escondido, CA)

Applicant:


Name

City

State

Country

Type


IPR LICENSING, INC.
Wilmington
DE
US


Assignee:
IPR LICENSING, INC. (Wilmington, DE)


Family ID:
1000003159959

Appl. No.:
15/350,990

Filed:
November 14, 2016


Prior Publication Data






Document Identifier

Publication Date

US 20170064682 A1 Mar 2, 2017



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Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 72/042 (20130101); H04J 13/0003 (20130101); H04L 5/22 (20130101); H04W 28/22 (20130101); H04W 52/24 (20130101); H04W 52/26 (20130101); H04W 52/365 (20130101); H04W 72/0406 (20130101); H04W 72/048 (20130101); H04W 72/0446 (20130101); H04W 72/0466 (20130101); H04W 72/0473 (20130101); H04W 72/1289 (20130101); H04J 13/00 (20130101); Y02D 70/00 (20180101); H04W 24/00 (20130101); H04W 48/08 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 72/04 (20090101); H04W 52/26 (20090101); H04W 52/24 (20090101); H04W 28/22 (20090101); H04J 13/00 (20110101); H04W 72/12 (20090101); H04L 5/22 (20060101); H04W 52/36 (20090101); H04W 24/00 (20090101); H04W 48/08 (20090101

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