Patent ID: 8175100
Filing Date: 2012-05-08
Classification: H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method of optimizing transmissions for a wireless terminal that transmits on a control channel and a data channel, each of the control channel and the data channel comprising a plurality of time slots, the method comprising: scheduling at least one data packet for transmission in at least one data channel time slot concurrent to at least one predetermined control channel time slot configured to transmit control information, wherein the scheduling comprises moving the at least one data packet from a first set of one or more time slots of the data channel that correspond to a designated non-transmission period of the control channel to a second set of one or more time slots of the data channel that correspond to a predetermined transmission period of the control channel; and transmitting the at least one data packet in the at least one data channel time slot that is concurrent to the at least one predetermined control channel time slot configured to transmit control information.