Patent ID: 8619687

Claim:
A base station configured for coordinating uplink resource allocation, comprising: a processor; memory in electronic communication with the processor; instructions stored in the memory, the instructions being executable to: generate uplink resource allocation information for one or more wireless communication devices, wherein the uplink resource allocation information comprises a starting resource block, a length in terms of contiguously allocated resource blocks, a resource indication value, at least a part of downlink control information (DCI), a frequency-hopping field, a number of physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) resource blocks, a hopping offset, an uplink bandwidth configuration, and a number of sub-bands and hopping mode information; send the uplink resource allocation information to one or more base stations; allocate uplink resources based on the uplink resource allocation information; and send an assignment to one or more wireless communication devices based on the uplink resource allocation information.