EP1977540A1

5G

Title

METHODS AND APPARATUS RELATING TO WIRELESS TERMINAL BEACON SIGNAL GENERATION TRANSMISSION AND/OR USE

Application Number:

EP20070717769

Publication Date:

08-10-2008

Current Assignee:

Family ID:

Application Date:

10-01-2007

Declaring Company:

Publication Country:

US

Priority Date:

11-01-2006

Title

METHODS AND APPARATUS RELATING TO WIRELESS TERMINAL BEACON SIGNAL GENERATION TRANSMISSION AND/OR USE

Application Number:

EP20070717769

Family ID:

Publication Country:

US

Publication Date:

08-10-2008

Application Date:

10-01-2007

Priority Date:

11-01-2006

Current Assignee:

Declaring Company:

Abstract  Abstract

A portable wireless terminal generates and transmits a beacon signal. The beacon signal includes a sequence of beacon signal bursts, each beacon signal burst including one or more beacon symbols. A beacon symbol is transmitted using the air link resources of a beacon symbol transmission unit at a relatively high transmission power level with respect to user data symbols transmitted from the same wireless terminal, thus facilitating easy detection by other wireless terminals. The beacon symbols of the beacon signal occupy a small fraction of the total available air link resources. Beacon signals can, and sometimes do, convey wireless terminal identification information, via the location of the beacon symbols within the portion of the air link resource reserved for beacon symbol transmission units.

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