Ex Parte HARDIN et al - Page 2




          Appeal No. 2001-0950                                                        
          Application No. 08/534,855                                                  


          Correction (FEC) bits.  The method also includes the step of                
          determining a Base Error Rate (BER).  The method further includes           
          the step of decoding the FEC bits only when the BER is above a              
          predetermined level.  See Appellants' specification on page 21,             
          lines 7 through 21.                                                         
               The second aspect of the invention includes a method of                
          communicating between a base station and a plurality of wireless            
          subscriber stations in a wireless communication system in which             
          the base station controls a stream of message blocks including a            
          plurality of TEI messages corresponding to respective ones of a             
          plurality of the subscriber stations.  The method includes the              
          steps of arranging all the TEI messages in a continuous group and           
          beginning the group of TEI messages with a unique TEI message and           
          ending the group of TEI messages with a second unique TEI                   
          message.  The unique TEI messages differ from all other TEI                 
          messages by at least six characters.  See Appellants'                       
          specification on page 21, lines 22 through 34.                              
               Independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:                          
          1.   A method of operating a wireless subscriber station in a               
          wireless communications system to limit power expenditure in said           
          wireless subscriber station, said wireless communications system            
          including at least one base station for transmitting a                      
          communication stream of message blocks to a plurality of wireless           
          subscriber stations, said method comprising the steps of:                   


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