Scalable frequency band operation in wireless communication systems
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1. A method of acquiring a communication session comprising:
- transmitting a first access request in a first carrier that is one of a plurality of carriers available for communication for an access terminal;
receiving a first assignment for communication over the first carrier at the first access terminal; and
receiving, based upon a capability of the access terminal, a second assignment for communication over either the first carrier or at least a second carrier of the plurality of carriers at the first access terminal.
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Abstract
To support mobile stations that are not capable of demodulating the entire bandwidth or that can be made to demodulate less than the entire bandwidth, a system, apparatus and method are provided to schedule users on less than all of the bandwidth. Further, certain users can be scheduled on more of the bandwidth than others.
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85 Claims
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1. A method of acquiring a communication session comprising:
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transmitting a first access request in a first carrier that is one of a plurality of carriers available for communication for an access terminal;
receiving a first assignment for communication over the first carrier at the first access terminal; and
receiving, based upon a capability of the access terminal, a second assignment for communication over either the first carrier or at least a second carrier of the plurality of carriers at the first access terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of scheduling in a wireless communication system comprising:
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receiving a request from an access terminal to initiate communication on a first carrier of a plurality of carriers;
determining a capability of the access terminal; and
scheduling, based upon the capability of the access terminal, the access terminal for communication on only one carrier or more than one carrier of the plurality of carriers. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A wireless communication apparatus comprising:
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a memory; and
a processor coupled with the memory, the processor configured to instruct transmission of a first access request on a first carrier that is one of a plurality of carriers available for communication for the wireless communication apparatus, and to instruct communication on one or more carriers based upon assignments received by the wireless communication apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A wireless communication device comprising:
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at least one antenna; and
a processor configured to instruct transmission from the at least one antenna, the processor further configured determine a capability of an access terminal and to schedule the access terminal for communication on only one carrier or more than one carrier of the plurality of carriers based upon the capability of the access terminal. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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58. A wireless communication apparatus comprising:
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means for transmitting a first access request in a first carrier that is one of a plurality of carriers available for communication for an access terminal; and
means for receiving a first assignment and a second assignment for communication, wherein the first assignment and second assignment may be for communication over a first carrier or different carriers based upon a capability of the access terminal. - View Dependent Claims (59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70)
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71. A wireless communication apparatus comprising:
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means for determining a capability of an access terminal; and
means for scheduling, based upon the capability of the access terminal, the access terminal for communication on only one carrier or more than one carrier of a plurality of carriers. - View Dependent Claims (72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84)
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85. A machine readable media including instructions for causing a processor to:
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determine a capability of the access terminal based upon a request from an access terminal to initiate communication; and
schedule the access terminal for communication, based upon the capability of the access terminal, on only one carrier or more than one carrier of a plurality of carriers.
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