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Communication methods and apparatus

  • US 8,494,437 B2
  • Filed: 04/22/2009
  • Issued: 07/23/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/22/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of operating an access point, the method comprising:

  • receiving a first set of information from a plurality of different wireless communications devices in dedicated uplink resources corresponding to individual wireless communications devices, information from an individual wireless communications device being received in a dedicated uplink resource corresponding to the individual wireless communications device, wherein said first set of information includes information transmitted by at least one wireless communications device operating in a sleep state with respect to the access point; and

    transmitting a first portion of the received first set of information from the plurality of different wireless communications devices in dedicated downlink broadcast communications resources corresponding to the individual wireless communications devices.

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