| US 11,818,705 B1 | ||
| Dynamically allocating control channel resources | ||
| Muthukumaraswamy Sekar, Brambleton, VA (US); Sathyanarayanan Raghunathan, Herndon, VA (US); Maheswaran Vijayakumar, Herndon, VA (US); and Suresh Majjara, Herndon, VA (US) | ||
| Assigned to Sprint Spectrum LP, Overland Park, KS (US) | ||
| Filed by Sprint Spectrum LP, Overland Park, KS (US) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 5, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/561,411. | ||
| Int. Cl. H04W 72/12 (2023.01); H04W 72/1263 (2023.01); H04W 72/542 (2023.01) | ||
| CPC H04W 72/1263 (2013.01) [H04W 72/542 (2023.01)] | 20 Claims |
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1. A method for dynamically allocating control channel resources, the method comprising:
determining that a channel condition of a communication channel between a wireless device and an access node meets a criteria, wherein the communication channel comprises a control transmission portion including a first plurality of resources initially allocated for control information and a data transmission portion including a second plurality of resources initially allocated for actual data; responsive to determining that the channel condition meets the criteria, scheduling data transmissions in the control transmission portion of the communication channel; and notifying the wireless device that data transmissions are scheduled in the control transmission portion of the communication channel. |