Appeal No. 2004-1561
Application No. 09/631,474
The disclosed invention relates to a method and apparatus
for sending control information between a control unit and at
least one of a plurality of cascaded units. The control
information is sent via a common control channel over a time-
multiplexed communications link. The common control channel
comprises a plurality of consecutive timeslots of a time-
multiplexed frame.
Claim 45 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it
reads as follows:
45. A method for sending control information between
a control unit and at least one of a plurality of
cascaded units (CU) comprising:
generating an downlink message of a predetermined
length comprising a CU identifier and control
information, wherein said CU identifier
corresponds to a designated CU;
sending said downlink message to said designated CU
using a common control channel over a time-
multiplexed communications link, said common
control channel comprising a plurality of
consecutive timeslots of a time-multiplexed
frame; and
processing said downlink message at said designated CU.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Widjaja et al. (Widjaja) 5,274,642 Dec. 28, 1993
Miya et al. (Miya) EP 0 948 221 A2 Oct. 6, 1999
(published European Patent Application)
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