Patent ID: 9246572
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: H04B

Claim Text:
1. A method for diversity transmission of User Equipment (UE) in a GSM/EDGE Radio Access Network (GERAN) system, the method comprising: receiving data via a first sub-channel of a base station, the first sub-channel being paired with a second sub-channel allocated for another UE; identifying whether a diversity indication is received from the base station, the diversity indication being included in a network layer signaling message; if the diversity indication is received, receiving data via the first sub-channel and the second sub-channel on a same time slot and performing diversity combination; and if the diversity indication is not received, receiving data via the first sub-channel, wherein the diversity indication is included in 8-bit field information of the network layer signaling message, and wherein at least 5-bits among the 8-bit field information include 11000.