{"schema_version":"1.0","canonical_url":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-9699688","patent":{"patent_number":"US-9699688","title":"Method for scheduling orthogonally over multiple hops","assignee":null,"inventors":[],"filing_date":"2007-08-02T00:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2017-07-04T00:00:00.000Z","cpc_codes":["H04W","H04L","H04L","H04L","H04L","H04W"],"num_claims":80,"abstract":"Apparatus and method for supporting wireless downlink and uplink connections. In the downlink direction, an apparatus receives from the downlink node a request to communicate using an allocation of radio resources specified by the downlink node, and transmits to the downlink node a grant to communicate using at least a portion of the specified allocation of radio resources. In the uplink direction, the apparatus sends a request to a downlink node to communicate using a specified allocation of radio resources, and receives from the downlink node a grant to communicate using at least a portion of the specified allocation of radio resources."},"analysis":{"summary":null,"layman_explanation":null,"technical_analysis":null,"business_analysis":null,"faqs":null,"topics":[],"tech_cluster":null},"seo":{"title":"Method for scheduling orthogonally over multiple hops","description":"Apparatus and method for supporting wireless downlink and uplink connections. In the downlink direction, an apparatus receives from the downlink node a request to communicate using an allocation of ra","keywords":[]},"attribution":{"source":"Patentable","source_url":"https://patentable.app","canonical_url":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-9699688","license":"CC-BY-4.0-like","license_terms":"AI-generated analysis on this page (summary, layman_explanation, technical_analysis, business_analysis, faqs) may be reused with attribution and a visible link back to the canonical URL above. Patent abstracts, claims, and bibliographic data are USPTO public domain.","required_link":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-9699688","citation_suggestion":"Patentable. \"Method for scheduling orthogonally over multiple hops\" (US-9699688). https://patentable.app/patents/US-9699688","copyright_holder":"Nomic Interactive Technology LLC"},"links":{"html":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-9699688","json":"https://patentable.app/api/llm-context/US-9699688","site":"https://patentable.app","llms_txt":"https://patentable.app/llms.txt"},"generated_at":"2026-06-06T06:06:34.246Z"}