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US 9,319,201 B2Granted
Reverse link pilot with selective gating in wireless communication
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsAleksandar Damnjanovic, Joseph Paul Odenwalder, Stein Arne Lundby, Yongbin Wei
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Abstract
A data channel is received on a forward link in wireless communication, during operation in a mode that permits transmission of a gated pilot. The gated pilot is transmitted on a reverse link if no other transmissions are being sent on the reverse link. Otherwise, a full pilot is transmitted on the reverse link.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor configured to operate in a control-hold mode that allows for transmission of a gated pilot, to receive a data channel sent on a forward link while in the control-hold mode, to transmit the gated pilot on a reverse link if no other transmissions are being sent on the reverse link, and to transmit a full pilot on the reverse link if a transmission is being sent on the reverse link;
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- a memory coupled to the at least one processor.
A method comprising:
- operating in a control-hold mode that allows for transmission of a gated pilot;
- receiving a data channel sent on a forward link while in the control-hold mode;
- transmitting the gated pilot on a reverse link if no other transmissions are being sent on the reverse link;
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- transmitting a full pilot on the reverse link if a transmission is being sent on the reverse link.
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An apparatus comprising:
- means for operating in a control-hold mode that allows for transmission of a gated pilot;
- means for receiving a data channel sent on a forward link while in the control -hold mode;
- means for transmitting the gated pilot on a reverse link if no other transmissions are being sent on the reverse link;
- and
- means for transmitting a full pilot on the reverse link if a transmission is being sent on the reverse link.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising:
- code for causing at least one computer to operate in a control-hold mode that allows for transmission of a gated pilot;
- code for causing the at least one computer to receive a data channel sent on a forward link while in the control-hold mode;
- code for causing the at least one computer to transmit the gated pilot on a reverse link if no other transmissions are being sent on the reverse link;
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- code for causing the at least one computer to transmit a full pilot on the reverse link if a transmission is being sent on the reverse link.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.