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Group management in multiuser communications

US8472383B1 · kind B1 · utility

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30Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 22, 2010
Grant dateJun 25, 2013
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Expiry dateAug 30, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B7/0697
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method in a receiving device that receives data from a plurality of transmitting devices via a shared wireless communication channel includes selecting a group of two or more transmitting devices from the plurality of transmitting devices for simultaneous transmission of respective data to the receiving device, so that each transmitting device in the group of transmitting devices transmits the respective data to the receiving device at a nominal power level of the transmitting device, and receiving the respective data from each in the group of transmitting devices simultaneously via the shared wireless communication channel.

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