公开(公告)号：US09986584B1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-29

申请号：US14848245

申请日：2015-09-08

Applicant: Sprint Spectrum L.P.

Inventor： Yu Zhou ,  Muhammad A. Naim ,  Luca Zappaterra ,  David Mcgrath

IPC: H04W72/04 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W72/12

CPC classification number: H04W72/1289 ,  H04L5/0007 ,  H04L5/0092 ,  H04W72/0446

Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus to help manage data communication in a manner that increases downlink capacity. As disclosed, a base station may transmit, in a downlink traffic channel of a given sub-frame, bearer data to a particular wireless communication device (WCD). After transmitting the bearer data, the base station may transmit, in the downlink control channel of another sub-frame, a signaling message that directs the particular WCD to read the previously transmitted bearer data. The signaling message may include an indication of the given sub-frame having the previously transmitted bearer data. When the WCD receives and reads the signaling message, the WCD may use the indication as a basis to read the previously transmitted bearer data in accordance with the signaling message.