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`receiving from the MSS the weight value for each channel.
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`However,
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`in order
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`for
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`the MSS, which uses multiple
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`antennas,
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`to achieve transmission diversity gain,
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`the MSS
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`has
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`to receive feedback information on uplink channel
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`quality value (channel
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`information or weight value)
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`from
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`the BS.
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`In other words, after the steps
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`(S810-S13)
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`are
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`performed and the BS receives the downlink channel quality
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`assessed value (channel
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`information or weight value)
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`from
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`the MSS,
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`the BS transmits feedback information concerning
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`the
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`uplink
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`channel
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`quality assessed
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`value
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`(channel
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`information or weight value)
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`to the MSS,
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`Furthermore,
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`the BS uses the DIUC or the DL fast feedback
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`channel
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`IE message to notify the MSS of
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`the high speed
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`downlink feedback channel
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`($14). As illustrated in Figure
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`3,
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`the BS transmits the uplink channel quality assessed
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`value (channel
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`information or weight value)
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`to the MSS on
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`an assigned specific location (or space) of the high speed
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`downlink feedback channel
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`(S15).
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`Figure 4 and Figure 5 illustrate examples of a format of
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`an IE message for
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`the BS notifying the MSS of
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`the high
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`speed downlink feedback channel. Here, Figure 4
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`is an
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`example using an extended DIUC, and Figure 5 is an example
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`using OFDMA DIUC value.
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`Furthermore,
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`Figure
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`6
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`is
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`an
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`example
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`of
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`a
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`format
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`illustrating the
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`COQICH DL
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`location IE message which
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`includes the weight value and channel
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`information of
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`the
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`BS. Here,
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`each COICH location IE occupies one downlink
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`(DL) slot, and as illustrated in Figure 3,
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`the DIUC = 14
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`or the DL fast feedback channel
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`IE is assigned to the high
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`speed downlink feedback channel.
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`Figure 7
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`is
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`an example of
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`a
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`structure of
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`a wireless
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`communication
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`system illustrating
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`an
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`operation
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`of
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`transmitting/receiving information between the BS and the
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`MSS. More specifically,
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`the BS receives via the receiver
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`10
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`21 data from the MSS via an uplink channel
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`to determine
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`the quality of
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`the uplink channel by the controller 20.
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`The BS can receive data as well as other types of data and
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`information through which channel status and/or quality
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`can be determined,
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`for example. The BS can then use the
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`transmitter 22 to transmit feedback information to the MSS.
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`Here,
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`the feedback information is based on the determined
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`quality of the uplink channel.
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`In order
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`for
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`communication
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`to
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`take place,
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`the MSS
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`transmits data first
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`to the BS via the transmitter 14.
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`20
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`After the controller 20 of
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`the BS determines the quality
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`of the uplink channel and transmits via the transmitter 22,
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`the
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`receiver
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`13
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`of
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`the MSS
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`receives
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`the
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`feedback
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`information from the BS.
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`Another embodiment of
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`the present
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`invention relates to
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`allocating a physical
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`channel
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`space
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`to provide
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`fast
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`feedback channel
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`in a downlink direction and defining a
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`sub-carrier modulation method for the feedback channel so
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`that
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`the BS
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`can send feedback information,
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`including
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`channel quality information and weight value(s),
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`received
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`in the uplink transmission,
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`to the MSS via a defined
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`feedback channel.
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`Figure 8
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`is an example illustrating a basic allocation
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`unit of
`a
`fast
`feedback channel
`in a downlink Partial
`Usage of Sub-Channels
`(PUSC) mode. Figure9 is an example
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`10
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`illustrating a basic allocation unit of a fast
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`feedback
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`channel
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`in a downlink Full Usage of Sub-Channels
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`(FUSC)
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`mode.
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`In IEEE 802.26 OFDMA system,
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`the downlink frame
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`fundamentally provides the PUSC and FUSC modes.
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`The PUSC mode provides a permutation scheme whereby only
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`partial
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`sub-channels are used in transmitting data. As
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`illustrated in Figure 8, a slot of the PUSC mode signifies
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`a
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`sub-channel
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`comprised of
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`two
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`symbols
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`and of
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`‘four
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`clusters. Furthermore,
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`each cluster has
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`12 data
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`sub-
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`carriers.
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`20
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`The FUSC mode provides a permutation scheme whereby full
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`or all
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`sub-channels are used in transmitting data. As
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`illustrated in Figure 9, a slot of the FUSC mode signifies
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`
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`a and 48 data_sub-sub-channel comprising one symbol
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`
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`
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`Carriers, as in the PUSC mode. Furthermore, both in the
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`PUSC mode and the FUSC mode, each slot possesses 48 data
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`sub-carriers.
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`In the present embodiment,
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`as
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`is the case in the fast
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`feedback channel
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`in the downlink direction, one slot
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`is
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`allocated to
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`the
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`fast
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`feedback
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`channel
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`in downlink
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`5
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`direction.
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`In other words,
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`the slot indicated in Figures 1
`
`and 2 can be expressed as the basic allocation unit of the
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`physical
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`channel
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`space of
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`the
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`fast
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`feedback channel.
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`Because the PUSC mode and the FUSC mode each include 48
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`data
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`sub-carriers,
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`the
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`same modulation method can be
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`10
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`applied despite the differences in shapes of the two modes.
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`~
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`Figure
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`10
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`and Figure
`
`11
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`are
`
`example
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`illustrating a
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`composition of data sub-carriers.
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`In Figures 10 and 11, 48
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`data sub-carriers can be divided into six small groups.
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`Furthermore, each gmall group includes eight sub-carriers.
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`15 With this arrangement,
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`the downlink fast feedback channel
`
`can apply the composition of
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`the uplink fast
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`feedback
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`channel. Table
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`3
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`illustrates a
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`sub-carrier modulation
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`method of a feedback channel according to the embodiment
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`of the present invention.
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`[Table 3]
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`Vector indices to be used by
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`
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`bit
`fast feedback channel per small
` payload
`group
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`(small group 0, small group 1...
` small group 5)
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`0b0000
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`0,0,0,0,90,90
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`O0bo001
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`Obo111 7,7,7,7,7,7
`061000
`0,1,2,3,4,5
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`0b1002
`,
`1,2,3,4,5,6
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`0b1010
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`Ob1011
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`O0b1100
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`2,3,4,5,6,7
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`3,4,5,6,7,0
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`4,5,6,7,0,1
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`Ob1101
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`0b1110
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`In Table 3,
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`the order combination(s) of vector
`
`according to payload and the small groups
`
`(0-5)
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`indices
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`can be
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`changed.
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`Table
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`4
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`of
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`below shows
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`data
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`sub-carrier
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` | Ob1111
`PB
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`modulation method for each vector of Table 3.
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`(Table 4]
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`Vector
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`Data sub-carrier modulation
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`Index
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`technique per each vector index
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`(sub-carrier 0, sub-carrier 1 ..
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`sub-carrier 7)
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`Pl, P2, P3, PO, Pil, P2,
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`The
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`fast
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`feedback channel modulation according to the
`
`embodiment of
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`the present
`
`invention can use various
`
`modulation techniques such as Binary Phase Shift Keying
`
`(BPSK), Quadrature Phase Shift Keying
`
`(QPSK),
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`and
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`Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (16QAM). Each modulation
`
`techniques (PO, Pl, P2, P3) of Table 4 shows an example of
`
`the QPSK technique applied to the OFDM/OFDMA system.
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`Furthermore,
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`the modulation order combination (s) according
`
`to each vector index in Table 4 may vary.
`
`To describe another operation of
`
`transmitting/receiving
`
`information between the BS
`
`and the MSS
`
`in a wireless
`
`communication system for
`
`transmitting information,
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`the
`
`structure of Figure 7 will be used, along with the number
`
`labels,
`
`to
`
`explain
`
`the
`
`operation.
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`In
`
`operation,
`
`a
`
`controller 20 of the BS allocates a physical resource for
`
`a
`
`downlink
`
`fast
`
`feedback
`
`channel
`
`and
`
`establishes
`
`a
`
`modulation pattern to the downlink fast
`
`feedback channel
`
`by the BS. Here,
`
`the physical
`
`resource for the downlink
`
`fast
`
`Feedback
`
`channel
`
`is different
`
`from a physical
`
`resource for
`
`a data channel,
`
`and also,
`
`the modulation
`
`pattern corresponds to feedback information. Thereafter,
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`the transmitter
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`22 of
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`the BS
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`transmits
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`the modulation
`
`pattern to the MSS.
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`At
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`the MSS, a receiver 13 receives the modulation pattern
`
`transmitted from a base station (BS). Here,
`
`the modulation
`
`pattern was established to the downlink fast
`
`feedback
`
`channel at the controller 20 of the BS, and the modulation
`
`pattern corresponds to feedback information. Upon receipt,
`
`a controller 10 of the MSS detects the modulation pattern
`
`transmitted from the BS
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`and determines which feedback
`
`10
`
`information is transmitted from the BS via the modulation
`
`pattern. After determining the feedback information,
`
`a
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`transmitter 14 of
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`the MSS transmits an uplink data, which
`
`has been configured by using the feedback information,
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`to
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`the BS.
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`15
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`It will be apparent
`
`to those skilled in the art
`
`that
`
`various modifications and variations can be made
`
`in the
`
`present
`
`invention without departing from the spirit or
`
`scope of
`
`the inventions. Thus,
`
`it is intended that
`
`the
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`present
`
`invention covers the modifications and variations
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`20
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`of
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`this invention provided they come within the scope of
`
`the appended claims and their equivalents.
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`[CLAIMS]
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`1.
`
`A method
`
`of
`
`transmitting information
`
`in
`
`a
`
`wireless communication system,
`
`the method comprising:
`
`receiving data from a mobile subscriber station
`
`5
`
`(MSS) via an uplink channel;
`
`determining quality of the uplink channel based
`
`on the received data by a base station (BS); and
`
`transmitting a feedback information to the MSS,
`
`wherein
`
`the
`
`feedback
`
`information
`
`is
`
`based
`
`on
`
`the
`
`10
`
`determined quality of the uplink channel.
`
`2.
`
`The method of claim 1, wherein the feedback
`
`information includes channel quality information (CQI) of
`
`an uplink channel.
`
`15
`
`3.
`
`The method of claim 1, wherein the feedback
`
`information includes weight values.
`
`4.
`
`The method of claim 1, wherein the feedback
`
`20
`
`information includes
`
`a
`
`combination of
`
`channel quality
`
`information (CQI) and weight values.
`
`5.
`
`The method of claim 1, wherein the feedback
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`information is transmitted via a downlink fast
`
`feedback
`
`channel.
`
`6.
`
`The method of claim 1, wherein the feedback
`
`information is transmitted via a data burst.
`
`7.
`
`The method of claim 1, wherein the feedback
`
`information is transmitted via a Medium Access Channel
`
`(MAC) message.
`
`10
`
`8.
`
`A method of receiving information in a wireless
`
`communication system,
`
`the method comprising:
`
`transmitting data to a base station (BS) via an
`
`uplink channel; and
`
`15
`
`receiving a
`
`feedback information from the BS,
`
`wherein the feedback information is based on quality of
`
`the uplink channel, and wherein the quality of the uplink
`
`channel is determined based on the transmitted data.
`
`20
`
`9.
`
`The method of
`
`claim 8, wherein the feedback
`
`information includes channel quality information (CQI) of
`
`an uplink channel.
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`10.
`
`The method of claim 8, wherein the
`
`feedback
`
`information includes weight values.
`
`11.
`
`The method of claim 8, wherein the
`
`feedback
`
`5
`
`information includes
`
`a
`
`combination of
`
`channel quality
`
`information (CQT) and weight values.
`
`12.
`
`The method of
`
`claim 8, wherein the feedback
`
`information is transmitted via a downlink fast
`
`feedback
`
`10
`
`channel.
`
`13.
`
`The method of claim 8, wherein the feedback
`
`information is transmitted via a data burst.
`
`15
`
`14.
`
`The method of claim 8, wherein the feedback
`
`information is transmitted via a Medium Access Channel
`
`(MAC) message.
`
`15.
`
`A method
`
`of
`
`transmitting
`
`and
`
`receiving
`
`20
`
`information in a wireless communication system,
`
`the method
`
`comprising:
`
`transmitting data to a base station (BS) by a
`
`mobile subscriber station (MSS) via an uplink channel;
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`receiving the transmitted data from the MSS via
`
`the uplink channel;
`
`determining quality of
`
`the uplink channel based
`
`on the received data by the BS;
`
`transmitting a feedback information to the MSS
`
`by the BS, wherein the feedback information is based on
`
`the determined quality of the uplink channel; and
`
`receiving the transmitted feedback information
`
`from the BS.
`
`10
`
`16.
`
`The method of claim 15, wherein the feedback
`
`information includes channel quality information (CQI) of
`
`an uplink channel.
`
`15
`
`17.
`
`The method of claim 15, wherein the feedback
`
`information includes weight values.
`
`18.
`
`The method of claim 15, wherein the feedback
`
`information includes
`
`a
`
`combination of
`
`channel quality
`
`20
`
`information (CQI) and weight values.
`
`19.
`
`The method of claim 15, wherein the feedback
`
`information is transmitted via a downlink fast
`
`feedback
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`channel.
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`20.
`
`The method cf claim 15, wherein the feedback
`
`information is transmitted via a data burst.
`
`21.
`
`The method of claim 15, wherein the feedback
`
`information is transmitted via a Medium Access Channel
`
`(MAC) message.
`
`22.
`
`A wireless communication system for transmitting
`
`information,
`
`the system comprising a base station (BS)
`
`which includes:
`
`a
`
`receiver
`
`for
`
`receiving data from a mobile
`
`communication station (MSS) via an uplink channel;
`
`a controller
`
`for determining quality of
`
`the
`
`uplink channel based on the received data by the BS; and
`
`a
`
`transmitter
`
`for
`
`transmitting
`
`a
`
`feedback
`
`information to the MSS, wherein the feedback information
`
`is based on the determined quality of the uplink channel.
`
`23.
`
`A wireless
`
`communication system for
`
`receiving
`
`information,
`
`the system comprising a mobile communication
`
`station (MSS) which includes:
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`a
`
`transmitter for
`
`transmitting data to a base
`
`station (BS) via an uplink channel; and
`
`a receiver for receiving a feedback information
`
`from the BS, wherein the feedback information is based on
`
`quality of the uplink channel, and wherein the quality of
`
`the uplink channel
`
`is determined based on the transmitted
`
`data.
`
`24.
`
`A method
`
`of
`
`transmitting information
`
`in a
`
`wireless communication system,
`
`the method comprising:
`
`allocating a physical
`
`resource for a downlink
`
`fast feedback channel by a base station (BS), wherein the
`
`physical
`
`resource for the downlink fast
`
`feedback channel
`
`igs different from a physical resource for a data channel;
`
`establishing
`
`a modulation
`
`pattern
`
`to
`
`the
`
`downlink fast
`
`feedback channel by the BS, wherein the
`
`modulation pattern corresponds
`
`to feedback information;
`
`and
`
`transmitting the modulation pattern to a mobile
`
`subscriber station (MSS).
`
`25.
`
`The method
`
`of
`
`claim 24,
`
`further
`
`comprising
`
`receiving uplink data from the MSS, wherein the uplink
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`data is configured by using feedback information.
`
`26.
`
`The method of claim 24, wherein the modulation
`
`pattern consists of sub-carriers.
`
`27.
`
`The method of claim 24, wherein a location of
`
`the downlink fast
`
`feedback channel is notified to the MSS
`
`by the BS.
`
`28.
`
`The method of claim 24, wherein a size of
`
`the
`
`downlink fast
`
`feedback channel
`
`is notified to the MSS by
`
`the BS.
`
`29.
`
`The method of claim 24, wherein the modulation
`
`patterns have orthogonal relationships with each other.
`
`30.
`
`The method of claim 24, wherein the feedback
`
`information includes channel quality information (CQI).
`
`31.
`
`The method of claim 24, wherein the feedback
`
`information includes weight values.
`
`32.
`
`The method of claim 24, wherein the feedback
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`information includes
`
`a
`
`combination of
`
`channel quality
`
`information (CQI) and weight values.
`
`33.
`
`A method of receiving information in a wireless
`
`5
`
`communication system,
`
`the method comprising:
`
`receiving and detecting a modulation pattern
`
`transmitted
`
`from a
`
`base
`
`station
`
`(BS), wherein
`
`the
`
`modulation pattern is established to a downlink fast
`
`feedback
`
`channel
`
`and wherein
`
`the modulation pattern
`
`10
`
`corresponds to feedback information;
`
`determining which
`
`feedback
`
`information
`
`is
`
`transmitted from the BS via the modulation pattern; and
`
`transmitting uplink data, wherein the uplink
`
`data is configured by using the feedback information.
`
`15
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`34.
`
`The “method of claim 33, wherein the feedback
`
`information includes channel quality information (CQI).
`
`35.
`
`The method of claim 33, wherein the feedback
`
`20
`
`information includes weight values.
`
`36.
`
`The method of claim 33, wherein the feedback
`
`information includes
`
`a
`
`combination of
`
`channel quality
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`information (CQI) and weight values.
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`37.
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`A method
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`transmitting
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`receiving
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`information in a wireless communication system,
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`the method
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`comprising:
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`allocating a physical
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`resource for a downlink
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`fast
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`feedback channel by a base station (BS), wherein the
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`physical
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`resource for the downlink fast
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`feedback channel
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`is different from a physical resource for a data channel;
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`establishing
`a modulation
`pattern
`to
`the
`downlink fast
`feedback channel by the BS, wherein the
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`modulation pattern corresponds to feedback information;
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`transmitting the modulation pattern to a mobile
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`subscriber station (MSS);
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`receiving and detecting a modulation pattern
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`transmitted
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`from a
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`base
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`station
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`(BS), wherein
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`the
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`modulation pattern is established to a downlink fast
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`feedback
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`channel
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`and wherein
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`the modulation pattern
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`corresponds to feedback information;
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`determining which
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`feedback
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`information
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`is
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`transmitted from the BS via the modulation pattern; and
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`transmitting uplink data, wherein the uplink
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`data is configured by using the feedback information.
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`38.
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`The method of claim 37, wherein the modulation
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`pattern consists of sub-carriers.
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`39.
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`The method of claim 37, wherein a location of
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`the downlink fast
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`feedback channel
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`is notified to the MSS
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`by the BS.
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`40.
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`The method of claim 37, wherein a size of
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`the
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`10
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`downlink fast
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`feedback channel
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`is notified to the MSS by
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`the BS.
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`4i.
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`The method of claim 37, wherein the modulation
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`patterns have orthogonal relationships with each other.
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`42.
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`The method of claim 37, wherein the feedback
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`information includes channel quality information (CQI).
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`43.
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`The method of claim 37, wherein the feedback
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`information includes weight values.
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`44.
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`The method of claim 37, wherein the feedback
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`information includes
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`a
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`combination of
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`channel quality
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`information (CQI) and weight values.
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`45.
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`A wireless communication system for transmitting
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`information,
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`the system comprising a base station (BS)
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`which includes:
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`a controller for allocating a physical resource
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`for a downlink fast
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`feedback channel by a base station
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`(BS) and establishing a modulation pattern to the downlink
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`fast
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`feedback channel by the BS, wherein the physical
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`10
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`resource
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`for
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`the
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`downlink
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`fast
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`feedback
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`channel
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`is
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`different from a physical resource for a data channel, and
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`wherein the modulation pattern corresponds
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`to feedback
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`information; and
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`a
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`transmitter
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`for
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`transmitting the modulation
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`pattern to a mobile subscriber station (MSS).
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`46.
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`A wireless
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`communication system for
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`receiving
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`information,
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`the system comprising a mobile
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`subscriber
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`station (MSS) which includes:
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`20
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`a receiver
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`for
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`receiving a modulation pattern
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`transmitted base=stationfrom a (BS), wherein the
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`
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`modulation pattern is established to a downlink fast
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`feedback
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`channel
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`and wherein
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`the modulation pattern
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`corresponds to feedback information;
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`a
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`controller
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`for
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`detecting
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`the modulation
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`pattern transmitted from the BS
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`and determining which
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`feedback information is transmitted from the BS via the
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`modulation pattern; and
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`a
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`transmitter
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`for
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`transmitting uplink data,
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`wherein the uplink data
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`is
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`configured by using the
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`feedback information.
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`HOWARD, PAUL
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`1.
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103(a) which forms the
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`basis for all obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
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`(a) A patent may not be obtained though the invention is not identically disclosed
`or described as set forth in section 102 ofthis title, if the differences between the
`subject matter sought to be patented andtheprior art are such that the subject
`matter as a whole would have been obviousat the time the invention was made to
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`a person having ordinary skill in the art to which said subject matter pertains.
`Patentability shall not be negatived by the mannerin which the invention was
`made.
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`2.
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`Claims 45, 52, 59, 66, 73, and 80 are rejected under 35 U.S.C.
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`103(a) as being unpatentable over Malladi US 20080090528. For
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`support see US 60819268 (fig. 4A top drawing).
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`Regarding claims 45, 52, 59, 66, 73, and 80, Malladi teaches a
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`user equipment (UE) comprising:
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`a processorconfigured to receive resourceallocation
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`information associated with an uplink physical control channel/
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`PUCCH, wherein the uplink physical control channel and a physical
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`uplink shared channel / PUSCH havedifferent resources;
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`the processoris further configured to send data over the physical
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`uplink shared channel in assigned frequencyintervals; and
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`the processoris further configured, in a frequency interval thatit
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`is not sending data over the physical uplink shared channel, to send a
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`signal over the uplink physical control channel based on the received
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`resource allocation information (fig. 3, UE assigned control segmentof
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`M contiguous subcarriers, M maybefixed or configurable, control
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`segment referred to as physical uplink control channel ‘PUCCH’, UE
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`may also be assigned Q contiguous subcarriers, Q maybefixed or
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`configurable, data segment referred to as physical uplink shared
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`channel ‘PUSCH’, [0040, 0041)).
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`Although Malladi teaches assigning the PUCCH and PUSCH in
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`different frequencyintervals, it would have been obvious to one of
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`ordinary skill in the art to assign the two channels in different time
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`intervals. Note, Speight US 20030069020 teaches assigning PUSCH
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`timeslots.
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`3.
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`Claim 51 rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable
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`over Malladi as applied to claim 45 above, and further in view of Kim
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`US 20020150058.
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`Malladi is silent on in the time interval that the uplink physical
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`control channelis sent, a plurality of UEs transmit on uplink physical
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`control channels in that time interval.
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`Kim teaches a channelization code servesto identify uplink
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`channelof each UE, whenplurality of UEs simultaneously transmit
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`data in one time slot in NB-TDD CDMA mobile communication system
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`([0087]).
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`Therefore it would have been obvious to oneof ordinary skill in
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`the art, to modify the system of Malladi by in the time interval that
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`the uplink physical control channelis sent, a plurality of UEs transmit
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`on uplink physical control channels in that time interval, as suggested
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`by Kim. This modification would benefit the system by allowing a
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`plurality of UEs to transmit simultaneously.
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`Allowable Subject Matter
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`4.
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`Claims 46-50, 53-68, 60-65, 67-72, 74-79, and 81-86 are objected
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`to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but would be
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`allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the
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`limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
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