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EP2837101 - SCHEDULING ALGORITHMS FOR IEEE 802.11 MULTI-USER (MU) MULTIPLE-INPUT MULTIPLE-OUTPUT (MIMO) COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application is deemed to be withdrawn
Status updated on  30.08.2019
Database last updated on 02.11.2024
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  28.11.2018
Most recent event   Tooltip30.08.2019Application deemed to be withdrawnpublished on 02.10.2019  [2019/40]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Qualcomm Incorporated
5775 Morehouse Drive
San Diego, CA 92121 / US
[2015/08]
Inventor(s)01 / QUAN, Zhi
5775 Morehouse Drive
San Diego, California 92121 / US
02 / MERLIN, Simone
5775 Morehouse Drive
San Diego, California 92121 / US
03 / ABRAHAM, Santosh Paul
5775 Morehouse Drive
San Diego, California 92121 / US
04 / VERMANI, Sameer
5775 Morehouse Drive
San Diego, California 92121 / US
05 / SAMPATH, Hemanth
5775 Morehouse Drive
San Diego, California 92121 / US
 [2015/08]
Representative(s)Wegner, Hans
Bardehle Pagenberg Partnerschaft mbB
Patentanwälte, Rechtsanwälte
Prinzregentenplatz 7
81675 München / DE
[2015/08]
Application number, filing date13718714.211.04.2013
WO2013US36249
Priority number, dateUS201261623835P13.04.2012         Original published format: US 201261623835 P
US20121346552207.05.2012         Original published format: US201213465522
[2015/08]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2013155351
Date:17.10.2013
Language:EN
[2013/42]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2837101
Date:18.02.2015
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 17.10.2013 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2015/08]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP17.10.2013
ClassificationIPC:H04B7/04, H04W72/12, H04B7/0452
[2018/50]
CPC:
H04B7/0452 (EP,US); H04W72/1221 (EP,US); H04W72/12 (EP,US)
Former IPC [2015/08]H04B7/04, H04W72/12
Designated contracting statesAL,   AT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2015/08]
TitleGerman:PLANUNG VON ALGORITHMEN FÜR MEHRBENUTZER-IEEE-802.11-MIMO-KOMMUNIKATIONSSYSTEME[2015/08]
English:SCHEDULING ALGORITHMS FOR IEEE 802.11 MULTI-USER (MU) MULTIPLE-INPUT MULTIPLE-OUTPUT (MIMO) COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS[2015/08]
French:ALGORITHMES DE PLANIFICATION POUR SYSTÈMES DE COMMUNICATION ENTRÉE MULTIPLE SORTIE MULTIPLE (MIMO) MULTIUTILISATEUR (MU) IEEE 802.11[2015/08]
Entry into regional phase01.10.2014National basic fee paid 
01.10.2014Designation fee(s) paid 
01.10.2014Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure01.10.2014Examination requested  [2015/08]
09.04.2015Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
29.11.2018Communication of intention to grant the patent
10.04.2019Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect  [2019/40]
14.05.2019Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: fee for grant / fee for printing not paid in time  [2019/40]
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  29.11.2018
Fees paidRenewal fee
19.02.2015Renewal fee patent year 03
30.03.2016Renewal fee patent year 04
10.04.2017Renewal fee patent year 05
09.04.2018Renewal fee patent year 06
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Cited inInternational search[A]WO2011083905  (LG ELECTRONICS INC [KR], et al) [A] 1-32 * abstract ** figure 3 *;
 [A]WO2012030852  (QUALCOMM INC [US], et al) [A] 1-32 * paragraphs [0056] , [0070] * * claims 1-11 *;
 [I]  - CHUNHUI ZHU ET AL, "MAC enhancements for downlink multi-user MIMO transmission in next generation WLAN", CONSUMER COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING CONFERENCE (CCNC), 2012 IEEE, IEEE, (20120114), doi:10.1109/CCNC.2012.6181174, ISBN 978-1-4577-2070-3, pages 832 - 837, XP032161038 [I] 1-32 * abstract * * page 833 - page 836 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CCNC.2012.6181174
 [A]  - MIRKOVIC J ET AL, "Channel Aware Scheduling in MU-DCF WLANs", WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, NETWORKING AND MOBILE COMPUTING, 2007. WICOM 2007. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON, IEEE, PISCATAWAY, NJ, USA, (20070921), ISBN 978-1-4244-1311-9, pages 1184 - 1187, XP031261477 [A] 1-32 * abstract * * Section III *
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