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Methods and apparatus for measuring interference and communicating information

  • US 8,767,765 B2
  • Filed: 05/04/2012
  • Issued: 07/01/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/04/2012
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of operating a first communications device in a system where communications resources may be used by multiple devices at the same time, the method comprising:

  • transmitting data, from the first communications device, during a first time interval in a set of recurring time intervals corresponding to said first device;

    pseudo randomly selecting, in the first communications device, a second time interval in said set of recurring time intervals to be used as a combined data transmission and channel measurement time interval;

    transmitting data, from the first communications device, during a first portion of the second time interval; and

    performing, at the first communications device, a channel measurement during a second portion of the second time interval in said set of recurring time intervals, said second portion of the second time interval being a period of time in which said first communications device does not transmit.

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