METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATING INFORMATION
First Claim
1. A method of operating an access point, the method comprising:
- receiving information from a first wireless communications device in a first uplink communications resource while said first wireless communications device is operating in a sleep state with respect to the access point, said first uplink communications resource being dedicated to the first wireless communications device; and
processing the received information.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for efficiently communicating small amounts of information relatively frequently in a wireless communications system are described. An access point'"'"'s uplink timing frequency structure includes a set of dedicated uplink communications resources, e.g., expression advertisement interval air link resources, which may be in addition to regular traffic channel resources. The set of dedicated uplink communications resources comprises a small fraction of the total uplink communications resources. An individual one of the set of dedicated uplink communications resources can carry a small amount of information bits. An expression advertisement interval occurs relatively frequently. A wireless communications device, registered with the access point, is allocated one of the set of dedicated uplink resources. The wireless communications device can transmit information using its allocated resource in both a sleep state and an active state.
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30 Claims
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1. A method of operating an access point, the method comprising:
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receiving information from a first wireless communications device in a first uplink communications resource while said first wireless communications device is operating in a sleep state with respect to the access point, said first uplink communications resource being dedicated to the first wireless communications device; and processing the received information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An access point comprising:
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means for receiving information from a first wireless communications device in a first uplink communications resource while said first wireless communications device is operating in a sleep state with respect to the access point, said first uplink communications resource being dedicated to the first wireless communications device; and means for processing the received information. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer program product for use in an access point, the computer program product comprising:
a computer readable medium comprising; code for causing at least one computer to receive information from a first wireless communications device in a first uplink communications resource while said first wireless communications device is operating in a sleep state with respect to the access point, said first uplink communications resource being dedicated to the first wireless communications device; and code for causing said at least one computer to process the received information.
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13. An access point comprising:
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at least one processor configured to; receive information from a first wireless communications device in a first uplink communications resource while said first wireless communications device is operating in a sleep state with respect to the access point, said first uplink communications resource being dedicated to the first wireless communications device; and process the received information; and memory coupled to said at least one processor. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A method of operating a first wireless communications device, the method comprising:
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generating a first information signal to be communicated to an access point; and transmitting the first information signal to the access point in a first uplink communications resource while said wireless communications device is operating in a sleep state with respect to the access point, said first uplink communications resource being dedicated to the first wireless communications device. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A first wireless communications device, comprising:
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means for generating a first information signal to be communicated to an access point; and means for transmitting the first information signal to the access point in a first uplink communications resource while said wireless communications device is operating in a sleep state with respect to the access point, said first uplink communications resource being dedicated to the first wireless communications device. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A computer program product for use in a first wireless communications device, the computer program product comprising:
a computer readable medium comprising; code for causing at least one computer to generate a first information signal to be communicated to an access point; and code for causing said at least one computer to transmit the first information signal to the access point in a first uplink communications resource while said wireless communications device is operating in a sleep state with respect to the access point, said first uplink communications resource being dedicated to the first wireless communications device.
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28. A first wireless communications device comprising:
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at least one processor configured to; generate a first information signal to be communicated to an access point; and transmit the first information signal to the access point in a first uplink communications resource while said wireless communications device is operating in a sleep state with respect to the access point, said first uplink communications resource being dedicated to the first wireless communications device; and memory coupled to said at least one processor. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30)
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