US 11,722,279 B2
Method and system for multi-carrier packet communication with reduced overhead
Xiaodong Li, Kirkland, WA (US); Haiming Huang, Bellevue, WA (US); Titus Lo, Bellevue, WA (US); and Ruifeng Wang, Sammamish, WA (US)
Assigned to NEO WIRELESS LLC, Wayne, PA (US)
Filed by NEO WIRELESS LLC, Wayne, PA (US)
Filed on Aug. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/884,733.
Application 17/884,733 is a continuation of application No. 17/740,511, filed on May 10, 2022, granted, now 11,424,892.
Application 17/740,511 is a continuation of application No. 17/241,794, filed on Apr. 27, 2021, granted, now 11,329,785, issued on May 10, 2022.
Application 17/241,794 is a continuation of application No. 16/601,078, filed on Oct. 14, 2019, abandoned.
Application 16/601,078 is a continuation of application No. 15/676,421, filed on Aug. 14, 2017, granted, now 10,447,450, issued on Oct. 15, 2019.
Application 15/676,421 is a continuation of application No. 14/720,554, filed on May 22, 2015, granted, now 9,735,944, issued on Aug. 15, 2017.
Application 14/720,554 is a continuation of application No. 14/248,243, filed on Apr. 8, 2014, granted, now 9,042,337, issued on May 26, 2015.
Application 14/248,243 is a continuation of application No. 13/115,055, filed on May 24, 2011, granted, now 8,693,430, issued on Apr. 8, 2014.
Application 13/115,055 is a continuation of application No. 11/908,257, granted, now 7,948,944, issued on May 24, 2011, previously published as PCT/US2006/038149, filed on Sep. 28, 2006.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/721,451, filed on Sep. 28, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2022/0399977 A1, Dec. 15, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04L 27/26 (2006.01); H04L 1/00 (2006.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04J 11/00 (2006.01); H04W 52/14 (2009.01); H04W 72/51 (2023.01)
CPC H04L 5/0053 (2013.01) [H04J 11/005 (2013.01); H04L 1/0003 (2013.01); H04L 1/0009 (2013.01); H04L 1/0029 (2013.01); H04L 5/006 (2013.01); H04L 5/0007 (2013.01); H04L 5/0044 (2013.01); H04L 27/2601 (2013.01); H04W 52/146 (2013.01); H04W 72/04 (2013.01); H04W 72/51 (2023.01); H04L 5/0094 (2013.01)] 38 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wireless device in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) wireless system that uses a resource zone that includes a set of time-frequency resource units, the resource zone including at least some non-contiguous time-frequency resources, each time-frequency resource unit of the set of time-frequency resource units comprising specific contiguous time-frequency resources for receiving signals, the wireless device being capable of receiving data from a network device within a time-frequency resource unit of the set of time-frequency resource units, the wireless device comprising:
a receiver configured to receive control information associated with the resource zone that determines, for each time-frequency resource unit of the set of time-frequency resource units, a size in time-frequency resources and a position within the resource zone, wherein the time-frequency resources of the resource zone are mapped to the set of time-frequency resource units using the control information, wherein the control information includes an indication of a number of information elements in a sequence of information elements that follows the indication, and wherein the control information includes the sequence of information elements, each information element of the sequence of information elements including a user identifier and a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) index, the sequence of information elements including a first information element having a user identifier for the wireless device and an MCS index that identifies an MCS associated with the position of the time-frequency resource unit within the resource zone; and
a processor configured to recover the data based on the user identifier, the MCS, and an association between a position of the first information element in the sequence of information elements and the position of the time-frequency resource unit within the resource zone.