Methods and apparatus for flexible spectrum allocation in communication systems
CA 2736063 C · Owner: Qualcomm Incorporated · Inventors: Agrawal, Avneesh; Gorokhov, Alexei
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The disclosed embodiments provide for methods and systems for flexibly allocating a shared frequency spectrum to a plurality of users the spectrum may have a first number of segments each segment having a second number of clusters associated with a certain sector/cell. In one aspect a method for flexibly allocating a shared frequency spectrum to a plurality of users comprises the acts of fixedly assigning a first group of clusters to a first group of users such that the first group of users stay fixed to the assigned clusters and assigning a second group of clusters to a second group of users such that the second group of users hop within the assigned clusters.
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- Filed March 3, 2005 and granted June 23, 2015. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 3, 2025.
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