TIMING SYNCHRONIZATION AND CHANNEL ESTIMATION AT A TRANSITION BETWEEN LOCAL AND WIDE AREA WAVEFORMS USING A DESIGNATED TDM PILOT - Patent 1856873

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EP 1 856 873 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	21.11.2007 Bulletin 2007/47

(21)	Application number: 06737893.5

(22)	Date of filing: 10.03.2006

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

H04L 27/26^(2006.01)

H04L 25/02^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2006/008762

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2006/099222 (21.09.2006 Gazette 2006/38)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

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Priority:

10.03.2005 US 660720 P

(71)	Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
	San Diego, California 92121 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	VRCELJ, Bojan San Diego, CA 92122 (US) MANTRADAVI, Ashok San Diego, CA 92122 (US) LING, Fuyun San Diego, CA 92127 (US) MUKKAVILLI, Krishna Kiran San Diego, CA 92126 (US) KRISHNAMOORTHI, Raghuraman San Diego, CA 92126 (US) WANG, Michael, Mao San Diego, CA 92129 (US)

(74)	Representative: Wagner, Karl H.
	WAGNER & GEYER Patentanwälte Gewürzmühlstrasse 5 80538 München 80538 München (DE)

(54)	TIMING SYNCHRONIZATION AND CHANNEL ESTIMATION AT A TRANSITION BETWEEN LOCAL AND WIDE AREA WAVEFORMS USING A DESIGNATED TDM PILOT