Patent ID: 9504046
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A transmitting apparatus comprising: a processor, coupled to a transmitter and a receiver, configured to select a first receiving apparatus and a second receiving apparatus for co-channel operation, wherein selecting comprises progressively increasing a number of discovery bursts transmitted in a slow associated control channel (SACCH) period until a threshold is reached, wherein the threshold relates to a maximum number of discovery bursts transmitted during a SACCH period; a source of first data and a source of third data; a time reference; a time offset allocator, coupled to the source of first data, to the source of the third data, and to the time reference, configured to delay the first data by a time offset relative to the time reference to produce first time-delayed data and configured to delay the third data by a second time offset relative to the time reference to produce second time-delayed data; wherein the transmitter is coupled to the time offset allocator and is configured to modulate, amplify, and transmit the first time-delayed data to the first receiving apparatus to produce first transmitted data and configured to modulate and transmit the second time-delayed data to the second receiving apparatus to produce second transmitted data; wherein the processor is coupled to the time reference, the time offset allocator, and the transmitter, and is configured to control operation of the time offset allocator; and a memory, coupled to the processor, configured to store second data and instructions for the processor to use, the second data comprising data which represents a first delay value and a second delay value, wherein the transmitting apparatus is configured to delay the first data by a first time delay depending on the time reference and the first delay value and is configured to delay the third data by a second time delay depending on the time reference and the second delay value.