Systems and methods for recovering bandwidth in a wireless communication network
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1. A base station comprising a transmitter and a receiver, the base station configured to:
- assign some of a plurality of sub-channels to the communication device;
receive group signal-to-interference indications from the communication device;
reduce the number of sub-channels assigned to the communication device in response to the received signal-to-noise indication, resulting in unused sub-channels; and
assign the unused sub-channels to a communication device in an adjacent communication cell associated with another base station.
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Abstract
A method of communicating over a wideband communication channel divided into a plurality of sub-channels comprises dividing a single serial message intended for one of the plurality of communication devices into a plurality of parallel messages, encoding each of the plurality of parallel messages onto at least some of the plurality of sub-channels, and transmitting the encoded plurality of parallel messages to the communication device over the wideband communication channel.
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24 Claims
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1. A base station comprising a transmitter and a receiver, the base station configured to:
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assign some of a plurality of sub-channels to the communication device;
receive group signal-to-interference indications from the communication device;
reduce the number of sub-channels assigned to the communication device in response to the received signal-to-noise indication, resulting in unused sub-channels; and
assign the unused sub-channels to a communication device in an adjacent communication cell associated with another base station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A communication device, comprising a receiver, the communication device configured to:
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receive a signal from a first base station over a plurality of sub-channels;
receive a second communication signal from a second base station over a plurality of sub-channels; and
decode the first and second communication signals in combination. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. A wireless communication system, comprising:
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a wideband communication channel comprising an overall bandwidth segmented into a plurality of sub-channels;
a first communication cell including a first base station, the first base station configured to communicate with a communication device in the first communication cell over the communication channel; and
a second communication cell that is adjacent to the first communication cell and includes a second base station, the second base station configured to also communicate with the communication device over the wideband communication channel. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for recovering bandwidth in a wireless communication system, comprising:
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communicating with a communication device within a first communication cell over a wideband communication channel comprising an overall bandwidth segmented into a plurality of sub-channels;
assigning some of the plurality of sub-channels to the communication device;
receiving a signal-to-noise indication from the communication device;
reducing the number of sub-channels assigned to the communication device in response to the received signal-to-noise indication, resulting in unused sub-channels; and
assigning the unused sub-channels to a communication device in an adjacent communication cell. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for receiving a communication from two base stations comprising:
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receiving a signal from a first base station over a plurality of sub-channels;
receiving a second communication signal from a second base station over a plurality of sub-channels; and
decoding the first and second communication signals in combination. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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