QUALCOMM Incorporated
UPLINK ALLOCATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS

Abstract:

A method of wireless communication, the method including: identifying a resource block assignment for a non-data uplink resource within a set of resource blocks; determining a first range of resource blocks below the resource block assignment for the non-data uplink resource and identifying a second range of resource blocks above the resource block assignment for the non-data uplink resource; calculating a first bandwidth associated with the first range of resource blocks and calculating a second bandwidth associated with the second range of resource blocks; and configuring a first wireless communication device to work within a discrete bandwidth level sufficient to encompass a larger one of the first bandwidth and the second bandwidth, wherein the discrete bandwidth level is less than a full uplink bandwidth assigned by a network serving the first wireless communication device.