Title of Invention	METHODS AND APPARATUS OF IMPLEMENTING AND/OR USING A DEDICATED CONTROL CHANNEL
Abstract	Wireless terminals and base stations support multiple modes of dedicated control channel operation wherein wireless terminals are allocated different amounts of dedicated uplink resources for reporting control information. A set of dedicated control channel segments is utilized by a wireless terminal to communicate uplink control information reports to its serving base station attachment point. Full tone and split-tone modes of dedicated control channel operation are supported. In full tone mode, a single wireless terminal is allocated each of the dedicated control channel segments associated with a single logical tone. In split tone mode, dedicated control channel segments associated with a single logical tone are allocated between different wireless terminals, with each of the multiple wireless terminals receiving a different non-overlapping subset of the dedicated control channel segments. Logical dedicated control channel tones can be dynamically reallocated for full-tone mode use or split.tone mode use.

Title of Invention

METHODS AND APPARATUS OF IMPLEMENTING AND/OR USING A DEDICATED CONTROL CHANNEL

Abstract

Wireless terminals and base stations support multiple modes of dedicated control channel operation wherein wireless terminals are allocated different amounts of dedicated uplink resources for reporting control information. A set of dedicated control channel segments is utilized by a wireless terminal to communicate uplink control information reports to its serving base station attachment point. Full tone and split-tone modes of dedicated control channel operation are supported. In full tone mode, a single wireless terminal is allocated each of the dedicated control channel segments associated with a single logical tone. In split tone mode, dedicated control channel segments associated with a single logical tone are allocated between different wireless terminals, with each of the multiple wireless terminals receiving a different non-overlapping subset of the dedicated control channel segments. Logical dedicated control channel tones can be dynamically reallocated for full-tone mode use or split.tone mode use.

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Patent Number

258759

Indian Patent Application Number

1122/MUMNP/2008

PG Journal Number

06/2014

Publication Date

07-Feb-2014

Grant Date

05-Feb-2014

Date of Filing

05-Jun-2008

Name of Patentee

QUALCOMM INCORPORATED

Applicant Address

5775 MOREHOUSE DRIVE, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 92121-1714,

Inventors:

#	Inventor's Name	Inventor's Address
1	LAROIA, RAJIV	455 Somerville Road Basking Ridge NJ 07920 United States of America.
2	LI, JUNYI	357 Wren Lane Bedminster NJ 07921 United States of America.
3	VENKATA UPPALA, SATHYADEV	402 Spring House Drive Whitehouse Station NJ 08889 United States of America.
4	PARIZHSKY, VLADIMIR	415 CENTRAL PARK WEST, APT. 10E, NEW YORK NY 10025,
5	DAS, ARNAB	15 Walnut Street Summit NJ 07901 United States of America.

PCT International Classification Number

H04Q7/38

PCT International Application Number

PCT/US2006/048501

PCT International Filing date

2006-12-20

PCT Conventions:

#	PCT Application Number	Date of Convention	Priority Country
1	11/333,792	2006-01-17	U.S.A.
2	60/752,973	2005-12-22	U.S.A.