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EP2134003 - A user selection apparatus and method for a mobile communication system [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2009/51]	A user selection apparatus for a mobile communication system
	[2011/31]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 02.11.2012 Database last updated on 09.09.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	09.11.2012	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): IT	published on 12.12.2012 [2012/50]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states NTT DoCoMo, Inc. Sanno Park Tower 11-1 Nagata-cho 2-chome Chiyoda-Ku Tokyo 100-6150 / JP
	[N/P]
Former [2009/51]	For all designated states NTT DoCoMo, Inc. Sanno Park Tower 11-1 Nagata-cho 2-chome Chiyoda-Ku Tokyo 100-6150 / JP
Inventor(s)	01 / Guthy, Christian Rheinstrasse 3 80803 München / DE
	02 / Utschick, Wolfgang Mendlstrasse 4e 85051 Ingolstadt / DE
	03 / Dietl, Guido Garchinger Strasse 34 80805 München / DE
	04 / Nossek, Josef A. Zugspitzstrasse 19 82393 Iffeldorf / DE
	[2009/51]
Representative(s)	Zinkler, Franz, et al Schoppe, Zimmermann, Stöckeler Zinkler, Schenk & Partner mbB Patentanwälte Radlkoferstrasse 2 81373 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2009/51]	Zinkler, Franz, et al Schoppe, Zimmermann, Stöckeler & Zinkler Patentanwälte Postfach 246 82043 Pullach bei München / DE
Application number, filing date	08010377.3	06.06.2008
	[2009/51]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP2134003
	Date:	16.12.2009
	Language:	EN
	[2009/51]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP2134003
	Date:	28.12.2011
	Language:	EN
	[2011/52]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	07.01.2009
Classification	IPC:	H04B7/04	[2009/51]
	CPC:	H04B7/0452 (EP)
Designated contracting states	DE, FR, GB, IT, SE [2010/34]
Former [2009/51]	AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR
Title	German:	Benutzerauswahlvorrichtung und -verfahren für ein mobiles Kommunikationssystem	[2011/31]
	English:	A user selection apparatus and method for a mobile communication system	[2011/31]
	French:	Appareil et procédé de sélection d'utilisateur pour un système de communication mobile	[2011/31]
	Former [2009/51]	Benutzerauswahlvorrichtung für ein mobiles Kommunikationssystem
	Former [2009/51]	A user selection apparatus for a mobile communication system
	Former [2009/51]	Appareil de sélection d'utilisateur pour un système de communication mobile
Examination procedure	27.04.2009	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	27.04.2009	Examination requested [2009/51]
	27.01.2010	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	17.06.2010	Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s)
	22.07.2010	Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DK, EE, ES, FI, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, LT, LU, LV, MC, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, SI, SK, TR
	04.08.2010	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	25.07.2011	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	15.11.2011	Fee for grant paid
	15.11.2011	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Divisional application(s)	The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 27.01.2010
Opposition(s)	01.10.2012	No opposition filed within time limit [2012/49]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	08.04.2010	Renewal fee patent year 03
	02.05.2011	Renewal fee patent year 04
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	IT	28.12.2011
	SE	28.12.2011
	[2012/50]
Former [2012/24]	SE	28.12.2011
Documents cited:	Search	[XA]EP1768274 (BROADCOM CORP [US]) [X] 1-11,17,20 * paragraph [0008] - paragraph [0010] * * paragraph [0019] - paragraph [0026]; figures 1,2 * * paragraph [0030] * [A] 12-16,18,19;
		[A]EP1863248 (NTT DOCOMO INC [JP]) [A] 1-20 * paragraph [0004]; figure 14 *
		[DXA] - ZUKANG SHEN ET AL, "Low complexity user selection algorithms for multiuser MIMO systems with block diagonalization", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SIGNAL PROCESSING,, (20060901), vol. 54, no. 9, pages 3658 - 3663, XP002503418 [DX] 1-11,17,20 * abstract * * chapters III A and III B * [A] 12-16,18,19 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TSP.2006.879269
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		- P. TEJERA ET AL., "Subchannel Allocation in Multiuser Multiple Input Multiple Output Systems", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INFORMATION THEORY, (200610), vol. 52, pages 4721 - 4733
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		- Q.H. SPENCER; A.L. SWINDLEHURST; M. HAARDT, "Zero-forcing Methods for Downlink Spatial Multiplexing in Multiuser MIMO Channels", IEEE TRANS. ON SIGNAL PROCESSING, (200402), vol. 52, no. 2, pages 461 - 471
		- G. CAIRE; S. SHAMAI, "On the Achievable Throughput of Multiantenna Gaussian Broadcast Channel", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INFORMATION THEORY, (200307), vol. 49, no. 7, pages 1691 - 1706
		- G. DIMIC; N.D. SIDOROPOULOS, "On Downlink Beamforming with Greedy User Selection", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SIGNAL PROCESSING, (200510), vol. 53, no. 10, pages 3857 - 3868
		- T. YOO; A. GOLDSMITH, "On the Optimality of Multiantenna Broadcast Scheduling Using Zero-Forcing Beamforming", IEEE JOURNAL ON SELECTED AREAS IN COMMUNICATIONS, (200603), vol. 24, no. 3, pages 528 - 541
		- Z. SHEN ET AL., "Low Complexity User Selection Algorithms for Multiuser MIMO Systems with Block Diagonalization", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SIGNAL PROCESSING, (200609), vol. 54, no. 9, pages 3658 - 3663
		- M. FUCHS; G. DEL GALDO; M. HAARDT, "Low-Complexity Space - Time - Frequency Scheduling for MIMO Systems With SDMA", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON VEHICULAR TECHNOLOGY, (200709), vol. 56, pages 2775 - 2784
		- H. VISWANATHAN; S. VENKATESAN; H. HUANG, "Downlink Capacity Evaluation of Cellular Networks With Known-Interference Cancellation", IEEE JOURNAL ON SELECTED AREAS IN COMMUNICATIONS, (200306), vol. 21, no. 6, pages 802 - 811
		- M. FUCHS; G. DEL GALDO; M. HAARDT, "Low-Complexity Space -Time - Frequency Scheduling for MIMO Systems With SDMA", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON VEHICULAR TECHNOLOGY, (200709), vol. 56, pages 2775 - 2784
		- J. LEE; N. JINDAL, "High SNR Analysis for MIMO Broadcast Channels, Dirty Paper Coding Versus Linear Precoding", IEEE TRANSACTION ON INFORMATION THEORY, (2007), vol. 53, pages 4787 - 4792

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