US 12,225,536 B2
System and method for grant assignment
Jennifer Andreoli-Fang, Boulder, CO (US)
Assigned to Cable Television Laboratories, Inc., Louisville, CO (US)
Filed by Cable Television Laboratories, Inc., Louisville, CO (US)
Filed on Jul. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/810,632.
Application 17/810,632 is a continuation of application No. 16/571,553, filed on Sep. 16, 2019, granted, now 11,382,075.
Application 16/571,553 is a continuation of application No. 15/728,162, filed on Oct. 9, 2017, granted, now 10,420,085, issued on Sep. 17, 2019.
Application 15/728,162 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/447,419, filed on Mar. 2, 2017, granted, now 10,321,351, issued on Jun. 11, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/405,683, filed on Oct. 7, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0353860 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 72/04 (2023.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 28/22 (2009.01); H04W 72/02 (2009.01); H04W 72/21 (2023.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01); H04W 28/16 (2009.01); H04W 72/20 (2023.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 72/21 (2023.01) [H04L 5/0094 (2013.01); H04W 28/22 (2013.01); H04W 72/02 (2013.01); H04W 88/06 (2013.01); H04L 5/0007 (2013.01); H04L 5/0064 (2013.01); H04W 28/16 (2013.01); H04W 72/20 (2023.01); H04W 88/085 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for operating a modem termination system (MTS) to reduce latency of wireless communication backhaul in a communication network including (i) the MTS and (ii) a central Small Cell (cSC) that is upstream of the MTS, the method comprising:
receiving, at the MTS, a wireless communication that is generated by user equipment (UE) and is directed to the cSC that is upstream of the MTS;
generating an unsolicited grant in response to receiving the wireless communication that is generated by the UE and is directed to the cSC that is upstream of the MTS; and
sending the unsolicited grant downstream of the MTS.