US 11,902,072 B2
Inserting virtual carrier in conventional OFDM host carrier in communications system
Darren McNamara, Clevedon (GB); Andrew Lillie, Bristol (GB); Peter Darwood, Bristol (GB); and Martin Beale, Bristol (GB)
Assigned to SCA IPLA HOLDINGS INC, New York, NY (US)
Filed by SCA IPLA Holdings Inc., New York, NY (US)
Filed on Aug. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/882,608.
Application 17/882,608 is a continuation of application No. 17/239,971, filed on Apr. 26, 2021, granted, now 11,412,515.
Application 17/239,971 is a continuation of application No. 16/383,688, filed on Apr. 15, 2019, granted, now 10,993,233, issued on Apr. 27, 2021.
Application 16/383,688 is a continuation of application No. 15/656,156, filed on Jul. 21, 2017, granted, now 10,299,274, issued on May 21, 2019.
Application 15/656,156 is a continuation of application No. 14/723,070, filed on May 27, 2015, granted, now 9,750,024, issued on Aug. 29, 2017.
Application 14/723,070 is a continuation of application No. 13/983,685, granted, now 9,071,396, issued on Jun. 30, 2015, previously published as PCT/GB2012/050210, filed on Feb. 1, 2012.
Claims priority of application No. 1101983 (GB), filed on Feb. 4, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2022/0385416 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04L 27/26 (2006.01); H04W 72/04 (2023.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 72/0453 (2023.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04W 72/52 (2023.01)
CPC H04L 27/2626 (2013.01) [H04L 5/0032 (2013.01); H04L 5/0039 (2013.01); H04L 5/0048 (2013.01); H04L 5/0064 (2013.01); H04L 5/0094 (2013.01); H04W 72/04 (2013.01); H04W 72/0453 (2013.01); H04L 5/0007 (2013.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04W 72/52 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
camping, by a virtual carrier terminal, onto a cell to receive data at the virtual carrier terminal, wherein the camping onto the cell to receive data at the virtual carrier teuninal includes
locating a virtual carrier within a host carrier;
decoding a control region and identifying allocated resource blocks; and
decoding the allocated resource blocks and receiving data transmitted by a base station, wherein data for virtual carrier terminals is separately transmitted on a virtual carrier subset of resource elements based on the decoded information.