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US 2004/0202124 A1Published application
Subchannels for a wireless slotted communication system
AssigneeInterDigital Technology Corporation
InventorsStephen G. Dick, Ana Lucia Iacono, Janet Stern-Berkowitz
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Abstract
Subchannels are defined for a wireless slotted communication system. A series of radio frames are provided. Each radio frame in the series is associated with a system frame number (SFN). A time slot is assigned in the radio frames for the subchannels. Each subchannel is associated with specified ones of the SFNs.
Claims12
A method of defining subchannels for a wireless slotted communication system, the method comprising:
- providing a series of radio frames, each radio frame in the series associated with a system frame number (SFN);
- assigning a time slot in the radio frames for the subchannels;
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- associating each subchannel with specified ones of the SFNs.
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A user equipment comprising:
- a transmitter for sending communications over a physical random access channel (PRACH), the PRACH having subchannels, the subchannels assigned to a time slot and each subchannel associated with specified ones of system frame numbers (SFNs) of a series of radio frames.
A Node-B comprising:
- a receiver for receiving communications over a physical random access channel (PRACH), the PRACH having subchannels, the subchannels assigned to a time slot and each subchannel associated with specified ones of system frame numbers (SFNs) of a series of radio frames.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.