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De-coupling forward and reverse link assignment for multi-carrier wireless communication systems

  • US 7,848,298 B2
  • Filed: 07/25/2005
  • Issued: 12/07/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • assigning two or more forward link code division multiple access (CDMA) carriers operating in different frequency bands to transmit data from a base station to an access terminal;

    assigning one or more reverse link CDMA carriers operating in different frequency bands to transmit data from the access terminal to the base station; and

    limiting by the access terminal reverse link overhead transmissions associated with a selected number of forward link CDMA carriers by time-division multiplexing data rate control (DRC) information corresponding to the two or more forward link CDMA carriers and transmitting the time-division-multiplexed DRC information on one reverse link CDMA carrier to the base station.

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