Slot format and method for increasing random access opportunities in a wireless communication system
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1. In a communication system adapted for communicating information in one or more time slots within a predetermined bandwidth, a method comprising:
- communicating information, by at least one communication unit, in selected one or more random access subslots,wherein the one or more time slots is divided into multiple subchannels,wherein each subchannel of the multiple subchannels is non-overlapping in frequency, andwherein each subchannel of the multiple subchannels is divided into the one or more random access subslots that is non-overlapping in time.
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Abstract
A communication system and method for communicating information in one or more time slots a predetermined bandwidth is disclosed. The system and method comprise communicating information, by at least one communication unit, in selected one or more random access subslots. The one or more times slots are divided into multiple subchannels, wherein each subchannel of the multiple subchannels is non-overlapping in frequency and divided into the one or more random access subslots that is non-overlapping in time.
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1. In a communication system adapted for communicating information in one or more time slots within a predetermined bandwidth, a method comprising:
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communicating information, by at least one communication unit, in selected one or more random access subslots, wherein the one or more time slots is divided into multiple subchannels, wherein each subchannel of the multiple subchannels is non-overlapping in frequency, and wherein each subchannel of the multiple subchannels is divided into the one or more random access subslots that is non-overlapping in time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus for sending information over a communication channel that has been divided into time slots, the apparatus comprising:
a transmitter operable to transmit information in a selected one or more of a plurality of random access subslots into which at least one of the time slots has been divided into multiple subchannels, wherein each subchannel of the multiple subchannels is non-overlapping in frequency and wherein each subchannel of the multiple subchannels is divided such that the random access subslots are non-overlapping in frequency. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An apparatus for obtaining information sent over a communication channel that is divided into time slots, the apparatus comprising:
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a receiver operable to receive information in one or more random access subslots wherein the time slots are divided into multiple subchannels, wherein each subchannel of the multiple subchannels is non-overlapping in frequency, and wherein each subchannel of the multiple subchannels is divided into the random access subslots that is non-overlapping in time. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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