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US 2016/0105913 A1Published application
Apparatus and method for use in a communication system
AssigneeBroadcom Corporation
InventorsSami-Jukka HAKOLA, Samuli TURTINEN, Timo KOSKELA
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Abstract
Apparatuses and method for communication includes controlling one or more local area base stations and allocating resources of a common random access channel between the local area base stations, the resources including preambles and informing the local area base stations and user equipment within a given area about the allocation.
Claims20
An apparatus for use in a communication system, the apparatus comprising circuitry configured to:
- control a plurality of nodes;
- and
- allocate resources of a random access channel between the nodes;
- wherein the random access channel occurs at successive time instants, the random access channel comprises a plurality of occasions in time, and the random access channel resources comprise a plurality of preambles at each occasion in time;
- wherein one occasion in time of the plurality of occasions in time is allocated differently at a first time instant than the one occasion in time is allocated a second time instant.
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A method for use in a communication system, comprising:
- controlling a plurality of nodes;
- and
- allocating resources of a random access channel between the nodes;
- wherein the random access channel occurs at successive time instants, the random access channel comprises a plurality of occasions in time, and the random access channel resources comprise a plurality of preambles at each occasion in time;
- wherein one occasion in time of the plurality of occasions in time is allocated differently at a first time instant than the one occasion in time is allocated a second time instant.
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A node comprising circuitry configured to:
- receive information regarding resources allocated to the node, the resources comprising resources of a common random access channel, wherein the common random access channel occurs at sequential time instants, the common random access channel is divided into a plurality of occasions in time, and at least one of the plurality of occasions in time is allocated differently at different time instants, and wherein the resources allocated to the node are preambles associated with one occasion in time of the at least one of the plurality of occasions in time;
- and assign the resources allocated to the node.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.