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Method and Apparatus for Contention-Based Granting in a Wireless Communication Network

  • US 20110176500A1
  • Filed: 01/14/2011
  • Published: 07/21/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method in a wireless communication network node for signaling contention-based uplink grants to user equipments, said method comprising:

  • allocating a range of uplink resource blocks for use in making a plurality of contention-based uplink grants within a given scheduling interval, wherein the range of uplink resource blocks comprises different subsets of uplink resource blocks and wherein each contention-based uplink grant in the plurality of contention-based uplink grants maps to a subset of uplink resource blocks out of the different subsets within the allocated range of uplink resource blocks; and

    transmitting a single contention-based uplink grant message that indicates the allocated range of uplink resource blocks.

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