A method and apparatus for spreading sequence hopping in code-multiplexed control channels
CA 2579429 C · Owner: Cluster Llc · Inventors: Parkvall, Stefan; Wang, Yi-Pin Eric; Cheng, Jung-Fu
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A method and apparatus for code multiplexing one or more control signals onto a shared control channel. According to the present invention a control signal , for transmission from a base station to a mobile station terminal is repeated in each slot of a predetermined time interval. The control signal in each slot is spread using a bit-level spreading sequence where the bit-level spreading , sequence varies from slot to slot according to a predefined sequence-hopping pattern. The spread control signals generated for transmission to each mobile station terminal are then combined and spread using a common channelization code.
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- Filed December 17, 2004 and granted July 8, 2014. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 17, 2024.
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