Patent ID: 8077690
Filing Date: 2011-12-13
Classification: H04B,H04J,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for assigning frequency selective (FS) and frequency non-selective (FNS) resources to users in an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) wireless communication system, the method comprising: assigning, at a scheduling entity, a FS frequency resource to a first user during a time interval, the FS frequency resource assignment includes at least two contiguous sub-channels; assigning a FNS frequency resource to a second user during the same time interval, the FNS frequency resource assignment includes at least two sub-channels non-contiguous in frequency, wherein the FS resource and FNS resource assignments are part of a common frequency channel and wherein the at least two non-contiguous sub-channels of the FNS frequency resource assignment are separated by not less than one quarter of the common frequency channel.