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Device, system and method of uplink/downlink communication in wireless network

US7570624B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 29, 2005
Grant dateAug 4, 2009
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Expiry dateFeb 28, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W72/542
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Some demonstrative embodiments of the invention include a method device and/or system of scheduling transmissions of one or more wireless communication stations. The method, according to some demonstrative embodiments may include instructing a plurality of wireless communication stations to set a transmission-disable counter to count a first value corresponding to a selective-transmission time period during which transmission by only a selected one of the plurality of stations is to be allowed; and instructing the selected station to set its transmission-disable counter to a second value that allows transmission of the selected station during at least part of the selective-transmission time period. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

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