Accommodating wideband and narrowband communication devices
First Claim
1. A method of operating a base station, the method comprising:
- transmitting, from the base station, first information from a set of information to both a narrowband wireless terminal and a wideband wireless terminal via a first subband, from a set of frequency subbands, during a first time interval in a set of time intervals, said set of information including said first information and a set of additional information; and
transmitting, from the base station, said additional information to the wideband wireless terminal during said first time interval via additional frequency subbands from said set of frequency subbands.
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Abstract
Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate supporting narrowband and wideband operation within a wideband wireless communication environment. For example, wideband operation can be enhanced by enabling faster communication of information as compared to narrowband operation, transfer of supplemental data available to wideband devices, and the like. Pursuant to another example, timing of information transfer can be scheduled over a plurality of subbands to enable a narrowband device to obtain a set of information over one of the subbands during a set of time intervals, while a wideband device can receive the set of information over the plurality of subbands during a reduced set of time intervals.
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23 Claims
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1. A method of operating a base station, the method comprising:
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transmitting, from the base station, first information from a set of information to both a narrowband wireless terminal and a wideband wireless terminal via a first subband, from a set of frequency subbands, during a first time interval in a set of time intervals, said set of information including said first information and a set of additional information; and transmitting, from the base station, said additional information to the wideband wireless terminal during said first time interval via additional frequency subbands from said set of frequency subbands. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A base station, comprising:
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at least one processor configured to; transmit first information from a set of information to both a narrowband wireless terminal and a wideband wireless terminal via a first subband, from a set of frequency subbands, during a first time interval in a set of time intervals, said set of information including said first information and a set of additional information; and transmit said additional information to the wideband wireless terminal during said first time interval via additional frequency subbands from said set of frequency subbands; and a memory coupled to said at least one processor. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A base station, comprising:
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means for storing information; and means for transmitting first information from a set of information to both a narrowband wireless terminal and a wideband wireless terminal via a first subband, from a set of frequency subbands during a first time interval in a set of time intervals, said set of information including said first information and a set of additional information; wherein said means for transmitting are also for transmitting said additional information to the wideband wireless terminal during said first time interval via additional frequency subbands from said set of frequency subbands. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having stored thereon machine-executable instructions for controlling a communications device, said non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising:
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instructions for causing the communications device to transmit first information in a set of information to both a narrowband wireless terminal and a wideband wireless terminal via a first subband, from a set of frequency subbands, during a first time interval in a set of time intervals, said set of information including said first information and a set of additional information; and instructions for causing the communications device to transmit said additional information to the wideband wireless terminal during said first time interval via additional frequency subbands from said set of frequency subbands; and wherein said communications device is a base station. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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Specification