Patent ID: 8379583
Filing Date: 2013-02-19
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method that facilitates multiplexing disparate wireless terminals, the method comprising: mapping resource blocks in a sub-frame according to a hopping pattern, the sub-frame including a first set of resource blocks in a first slot and second set of resource blocks in a second slot, wherein each of the first set of resource blocks has a hopping index associated with a corresponding hopping index in the second set of resource blocks; allocating each of a first pair of physical resource blocks and a second pair of physical resource blocks according to a physical resource allocation, the first pair of physical resource blocks associated with a first hopping index pair, the second pair of physical resource blocks associated with a second hopping index pair, wherein the first hopping index pair is inversely symmetrical with the second hopping index pair; allocating a pair of distributed resource blocks according to a virtual resource allocation associated with the hopping pattern, wherein the pair of distributed resource blocks is different than each of the first pair of physical resource blocks and the second pair of physical resource blocks; and scheduling an assignment, wherein the scheduling includes assigning each of the first pair of physical resource blocks and the second pair of physical resource blocks according to the physical resource allocation, and wherein the scheduling includes assigning the pair of distributed resource blocks according to the virtual resource allocation.