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US 12,289,673 · App. 18/955,340 · Granted Apr 29, 2025

Systems/methods of reducing power consumption of smartphones in 5G cellular communications

Inventors: Peter D. Karabinis (Cary, NC); Dimitrios P. Karabinis (Edmonds, WA)
H04W48/16H04L67/51H04L69/18H04W40/32H04J2211/005H04J2211/006H04L5/0007H04W8/005H04W84/047H04W88/04
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Patent No.
US 12,289,673
App. No.
18/955,340
Granted
Apr 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of systems/methods are disclosed comprising a smartphone wherein responsive to instructions that are received from a base station the smartphone establishes a plurality of transmit/receive modes, that differ therebetween, comprising a first transmit/receive mode, a second transmit/receive mode, a third transmit/receive mode and a fourth transmit/receive mode. According to some embodiments, the smartphone is configured to selectively use each one of said plurality of transmit/receive modes and to vary a power level. According to additional embodiments, the smartphone is configured to selectively vary an antenna configuration associated therewith.

Claims (136)

1. A smartphone, comprising a transmitter and a receiver, that is configured to perform operations comprising:

establishing a plurality of transmit modes responsive to receiving instructions from a base station;

responsive to a first parameter that is associated with first data that is to be transmitted, using a first one of the plurality of transmit modes and wirelessly transmitting over a first interval of time, using a first plurality of subcarriers, a first set of frequencies and a first air interface;

responsive to a second parameter that is associated with second data that is to be transmitted, using a second one of the plurality of transmit modes, that differs from the first one of the plurality of transmit modes, and wirelessly transmitting over a second interval of time that does not overlap with the first interval of time, using a second plurality of subcarriers, a second set of frequencies and a second air interface that comprises a physical layer variant of the first air interface; and

selectively using said first one of the plurality of transmit modes or said second one of the plurality of transmit modes;

wherein said first plurality of subcarriers comprises subcarriers of an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) carrier, an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) carrier, a Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) carrier, a 4G LTE carrier and/or a 5G carrier;

wherein said second plurality of subcarriers comprises subcarriers of an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) carrier, an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) carrier, a Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) carrier, a 4G LTE carrier and/or a 5G carrier;

wherein a bandwidth that is associated with said second one of the plurality of transmit modes differs from a bandwidth that is associated with said first one of the plurality of transmit modes; and

wherein a first power level that is associated with said first one of the plurality of transmit modes differs from a second power level that is associated with said second one of the plurality of transmit modes.

2. The smartphone of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:

responsive to a third parameter that is associated with third data that is to be transmitted, using a third one of the plurality of transmit modes and wirelessly transmitting over a third interval of time that does not overlap with the first interval of time and does not overlap with the second interval of time, a third plurality of subcarriers using a third set of frequencies and a third air interface that comprises a physical layer variant of the first air interface and/or a physical layer variant of the second air interface;

responsive to a fourth parameter that is associated with fourth data that is to be transmitted, using a fourth one of the plurality of transmit modes and wirelessly transmitting, over a fourth interval of time that does not overlap with the first interval of time, does not overlap with the second interval of time and does not overlap with the third interval of time, a fourth plurality of subcarriers using a fourth set of frequencies and a fourth air interface that comprises a physical layer variant of the first air interface, the second air interface and/or the third air interface; and

selectively using said third one of the plurality of transmit modes or said fourth one of the plurality of transmit modes;

wherein said third plurality of subcarriers comprises subcarriers of an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) carrier, an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) carrier, a Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) carrier, a 4G LTE carrier and/or a 5G carrier;

wherein said fourth plurality of subcarriers comprises subcarriers of an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) carrier, an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) carrier, a Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) carrier, a 4G LTE carrier and/or a 5G carrier;

wherein a bandwidth that is associated with said third one of the plurality of transmit modes differs from a bandwidth that is associated with said first one of the plurality of transmit modes, differs from a bandwidth that is associated with said second one of the plurality of transmit modes and/or differs from a bandwidth that is associated with said fourth one of the plurality of transmit modes; and

wherein a third power level that is associated with said third one of the plurality of transmit modes, differs from the first power level that is associated with said first one of the plurality of transmit modes, differs from the second power level that is associated with said second one of the plurality of transmit modes and/or differs from a fourth power level that is associated with said fourth one of the plurality of transmit modes.

3. The smartphone of claim 1 ,

wherein the operations further comprise: varying an antenna configuration and an inverse Fourier transform that are associated with transmitting by the transmitter to the base station said first one of the plurality of transmit modes or said second one of the plurality of transmit modes;

wherein said first or second parameter comprises a size of data that is to be transmitted, a velocity, a quality-of-service, a data rate, a location of the base station and/or a distance between the smartphone and the base station; and

wherein said plurality of transmit modes comprises four transmit modes each one of which differs from each other one.

4. The smartphone of claim 2 ,

wherein the operations further comprise: varying an antenna configuration and an inverse Fourier transform that are associated with transmitting by the transmitter to the base station said first one, second one, third one or fourth one of the plurality of transmit modes;

wherein said first, second, third or fourth parameter comprises a size of data that is to be transmitted, a velocity, a quality-of-service, a data rate, a location of the base station and/or a distance between the smartphone and the base station; and

wherein said plurality of transmit modes comprises four transmit modes each one of which differs from each other one.

5. The smartphone of claim 2 ,

wherein said physical layer variant of the first air interface, the second air interface and/or the third air interface comprises a modulation variant; and

wherein said fourth set of frequencies overlaps at least partially with the third set of frequencies, the second set of frequencies and/or the first set of frequencies.

6. The smartphone of claim 2 , wherein the operations further comprise:

concurrently with wirelessly transmitting said first, second, third or fourth plurality of subcarriers, wirelessly transmitting a fifth plurality of subcarriers;

wherein the fifth plurality of subcarriers comprises subcarriers of an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) carrier, an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) carrier, a Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) carrier, a 4G LTE carrier and/or a 5G carrier.

7. The smartphone of claim 2 , wherein the operations further comprise:

establishing a plurality of receive modes responsive to instructions received from the base station;

responsive to a first criterion that is associated with first data that is to be received, using a first one of the plurality of receive modes and wirelessly receiving over a first segment of time, using a first plurality of return-link subcarriers, a first band of frequencies and a first return-link air interface;

responsive to a second criterion that is associated with second data that is to be received, using a second one of the plurality of receive modes, that differs from the first one of the plurality of receive modes, and wirelessly receiving over a second segment of time that does not overlap with the first segment of time, a second plurality of return-link subcarriers using a second band of frequencies and a second return-link air interface that comprises a physical layer variant of the first return-link air interface; and

selectively using the first one of the plurality of receive modes or the second one of the plurality of receive modes;

wherein a bandwidth that is associated with said second one of the plurality of receive modes differs from a bandwidth that is associated with said first one of the plurality of receive modes;

wherein said first plurality of return-link subcarriers comprises subcarriers of an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) carrier, an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) carrier, a Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) carrier, a 4G LTE carrier and/or a 5G carrier;

wherein said second plurality of return-link subcarriers comprises subcarriers of an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) carrier, an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) carrier, a Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) carrier, a 4G LTE carrier and/or a 5G carrier; and

wherein a first power level that is associated with said first one of the plurality of receive modes differs from a second power level that is associated with said second one of the plurality of receive modes.

8. The smartphone of claim 7 , wherein the operations further comprise:

responsive to a third criterion that is associated with third data that is to be received, using a third one of the plurality of receive modes and wirelessly receiving over a third segment of time that does not overlap with the second segment of time and does not overlap with the first segment of time, a third plurality of return-link subcarriers using a third band of frequencies and a third return-link air interface that comprises a physical layer variant of the first return-link air interface and/or the second return-link air interface;

responsive to a fourth criterion that is associated with fourth data that is to be received, using a fourth one of the plurality of receive modes and wirelessly receiving, over a fourth segment of time that does not overlap with the third segment of time, does not overlap with the second segment of time and does not overlap with the first segment of time, a fourth plurality of return-link subcarriers using a fourth band of frequencies and a fourth return-link air interface that comprises a physical layer variant of the first return-link air interface, the second return-link air interface and/or the third return-link air interface; and

selectively using the third one of the plurality of receive modes or the fourth one of the plurality of receive modes;

wherein said third plurality of return-link subcarriers comprises subcarriers of an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) carrier, an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) carrier, a Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) carrier, a 4G LTE carrier and/or a 5G carrier;

wherein said fourth plurality of return-link subcarriers comprises subcarriers of an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) carrier, an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) carrier, a Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) carrier, a 4G LTE carrier and/or a 5G carrier;

wherein a bandwidth that is associated with said third one of the plurality of receive modes differs from a bandwidth that is associated with said first one of the plurality of receive modes, differs from a bandwidth that is associated with said second one of the plurality of receive modes and/or differs from a bandwidth that is associated with said fourth one of the plurality of receive modes; and

wherein a power level that is associated with said third one of the plurality of receive modes, differs from a power level that is associated with said second one of the plurality of receive modes, differs from a power level that is associated with said first one of the plurality of receive modes and/or differs from a power level that is associated with said fourth one of the plurality of receive modes.

9. The smartphone of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:

concurrently with said wirelessly receiving said first, second, third or fourth plurality of return-link subcarriers, wirelessly receiving a plurality of subcarriers of a fifth return-link carrier;

wherein the fifth return-link carrier comprises an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) carrier, an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) carrier, a Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) carrier, a 4G LTE carrier and/or a 5G carrier.

10. The smartphone of claim 7 ,

wherein the operations further comprise: varying an antenna configuration and a Fourier transform that are associated with receiving by the receiver transmissions of the base station that are associated with the first one of the plurality of receive modes or the second one of the plurality of receive modes;

wherein said first or second criterion comprises a size of data that is to be received, a velocity, a quality-of-service, a data rate, a location of the base station and/or a distance between the smartphone and the base station; and

wherein said plurality of receive modes comprises four receive modes each one of which differs from each other one.

11. The smartphone of claim 8 ,

wherein the operations further comprise: varying an antenna configuration and a Fourier transform that are associated with receiving by the receiver transmissions of the base station that are associated with the first one, second one, third one or fourth one of the plurality of receive modes;

wherein said first, second, third or fourth criterion comprises a size of data that is to be received, a velocity, a quality-of-service, a data rate, a location of the base station and/or a distance between the smartphone and the base station; and

wherein said plurality of receive modes comprises four receive modes each one of which differs from each other one.

12. The smartphone of claim 7 ,

wherein said physical layer variant of the first return-link air interface comprises a modulation variant; and

wherein said second band of frequencies overlaps at least partially with the first band of frequencies.

13. The smartphone of claim 8 ,

wherein said physical layer variant of the first return-link air interface, the second return-link air interface and/or the third return-link air interface comprises a modulation variant; and

wherein said fourth band of frequencies overlaps at least partially with the third band of frequencies, the second band of frequencies and/or the first band of frequencies.

14. The smartphone of claim 1 ,

wherein said physical layer variant of the first air interface comprises a modulation variant; and

wherein said second set of frequencies overlaps at least partially with the first set of frequencies.

15. A method of using a transmitter and/or a receiver of a smartphone, the method comprising:

establishing a plurality of transmit modes responsive to receiving instructions from a base station;

responsive to a first parameter that is associated with first data that is to be transmitted, using a first one of the plurality of transmit modes and wirelessly transmitting over a first interval of time, using a first plurality of subcarriers, a first set of frequencies and a first air interface;

responsive to a second parameter that is associated with second data that is to be transmitted, using a second one of the plurality of transmit modes, that differs from the first one of the plurality of transmit modes, and wirelessly transmitting over a second interval of time that does not overlap with the first interval of time, using a second plurality of subcarriers, a second set of frequencies and a second air interface that comprises a physical layer variant of the first air interface; and

selectively using said first one of the plurality of transmit modes or said second one of the plurality of transmit modes;

wherein said first plurality of subcarriers comprises subcarriers of an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) carrier, an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) carrier, a Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) carrier, a 4G LTE carrier and/or a 5G carrier;

wherein said second plurality of subcarriers comprises subcarriers of an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) carrier, an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) carrier, a Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) carrier, a 4G LTE carrier and/or a 5G carrier;

wherein a bandwidth that is associated with said second one of the plurality of transmit modes differs from a bandwidth that is associated with said first one of the plurality of transmit modes; and

wherein a first power level that is associated with said first one of the plurality of transmit modes differs from a second power level that is associated with said second one of the plurality of transmit modes.

16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

responsive to a third parameter that is associated with third data that is to be transmitted, using a third one of the plurality of transmit modes and wirelessly transmitting over a third interval of time that does not overlap with the first interval of time and does not overlap with the second interval of time, a third plurality of subcarriers using a third set of frequencies and a third air interface that comprises a physical layer variant of the first air interface and/or a physical layer variant of the second air interface;

responsive to a fourth parameter that is associated with fourth data that is to be transmitted, using a fourth one of the plurality of transmit modes and wirelessly transmitting, over a fourth interval of time that does not overlap with the first interval of time, does not overlap with the second interval of time and does not overlap with the third interval of time, a fourth plurality of subcarriers using a fourth set of frequencies and a fourth air interface that comprises a physical layer variant of the first air interface, the second air interface and/or the third air interface; and

selectively using said third one of the plurality of transmit modes or said fourth one of the plurality of transmit modes;

wherein said third plurality of subcarriers comprises subcarriers of an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) carrier, an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) carrier, a Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) carrier, a 4G LTE carrier and/or a 5G carrier;

wherein said fourth plurality of subcarriers comprises subcarriers of an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) carrier, an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) carrier, a Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) carrier, a 4G LTE carrier and/or a 5G carrier;

wherein a bandwidth that is associated with said third one of the plurality of transmit modes differs from a bandwidth that is associated with said first one of the plurality of transmit modes, differs from a bandwidth that is associated with said second one of the plurality of transmit modes and/or differs from a bandwidth that is associated with said fourth one of the plurality of transmit modes; and

wherein a third power level that is associated with said third one of the plurality of transmit modes, differs from the first power level that is associated with said first one of the plurality of transmit modes, differs from the second power level that is associated with said second one of the plurality of transmit modes and/or differs from a fourth power level that is associated with said fourth one of the plurality of transmit modes.

17. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

varying an antenna configuration and an inverse Fourier transform that are associated with transmitting by the transmitter to the base station said first one of the plurality of transmit modes or said second one of the plurality of transmit modes;

wherein said first or second parameter comprises a size of data that is to be transmitted, a velocity, a quality-of-service, a data rate, a location of the base station and/or a distance between the smartphone and the base station; and

wherein said plurality of transmit modes comprises four transmit modes each one of which differs from each other one.

18. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:

varying an antenna configuration and an inverse Fourier transform that are associated with transmitting by the transmitter to the base station said first one, second one, third one or fourth one of the plurality of transmit modes;

wherein said first, second, third or fourth parameter comprises a size of data that is to be transmitted, a velocity, a quality-of-service, a data rate, a location of the base station and/or a distance between the smartphone and the base station; and

wherein said plurality of transmit modes comprises four transmit modes each one of which differs from each other one.

19. The method of claim 16 ,

wherein said physical layer variant of the first air interface, the second air interface and/or the third air interface comprises a modulation variant; and

wherein said fourth set of frequencies overlaps at least partially with the third set of frequencies, the second set of frequencies and/or the first set of frequencies.

20. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:

concurrently with wirelessly transmitting said first, second, third or fourth plurality of subcarriers, wirelessly transmitting a fifth plurality of subcarriers;

wherein the fifth plurality of subcarriers comprises subcarriers of an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) carrier, an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) carrier, a Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) carrier, a 4G LTE carrier and/or a 5G carrier.

21. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:

establishing a plurality of receive modes responsive to instructions received from the base station;

responsive to a first criterion that is associated with first data that is to be received, using a first one of the plurality of receive modes and wirelessly receiving over a first segment of time, using a first plurality of return-link subcarriers, a first band of frequencies and a first return-link air interface;

responsive to a second criterion that is associated with second data that is to be received, using a second one of the plurality of receive modes, that differs from the first one of the plurality of receive modes, and wirelessly receiving over a second segment of time that does not overlap with the first segment of time, a second plurality of return-link subcarriers using a second band of frequencies and a second return-link air interface that comprises a physical layer variant of the first return-link air interface; and

selectively using the first one of the plurality of receive modes or the second one of the plurality of receive modes;

wherein a bandwidth that is associated with said second one of the plurality of receive modes differs from a bandwidth that is associated with said first one of the plurality of receive modes;

wherein said first plurality of return-link subcarriers comprises subcarriers of an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) carrier, an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) carrier, a Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) carrier, a 4G LTE carrier and/or a 5G carrier;

wherein said second plurality of return-link subcarriers comprises subcarriers of an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) carrier, an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) carrier, a Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) carrier, a 4G LTE carrier and/or a 5G carrier; and

wherein a first power level that is associated with said first one of the plurality of receive modes differs from a second power level that is associated with said second one of the plurality of receive modes.

22. The method of claim 21 , further comprising:

responsive to a third criterion that is associated with third data that is to be received, using a third one of the plurality of receive modes and wirelessly receiving over a third segment of time that does not overlap with the second segment of time and does not overlap with the first segment of time, a third plurality of return-link subcarriers using a third band of frequencies and a third return-link air interface that comprises a physical layer variant of the first return-link air interface and/or the second return-link air interface;

responsive to a fourth criterion that is associated with fourth data that is to be received, using a fourth one of the plurality of receive modes and wirelessly receiving, over a fourth segment of time that does not overlap with the third segment of time, does not overlap with the second segment of time and does not overlap with the first segment of time, a fourth plurality of return-link subcarriers using a fourth band of frequencies and a fourth return-link air interface that comprises a physical layer variant of the first return-link air interface, the second return-link air interface and/or the third return-link air interface; and

selectively using the third one of the plurality of receive modes or the fourth one of the plurality of receive modes;

wherein said third plurality of return-link subcarriers comprises subcarriers of an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) carrier, an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) carrier, a Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) carrier, a 4G LTE carrier and/or a 5G carrier;

wherein said fourth plurality of return-link subcarriers comprises subcarriers of an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) carrier, an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) carrier, a Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) carrier, a 4G LTE carrier and/or a 5G carrier;

wherein a bandwidth that is associated with said third one of the plurality of receive modes differs from a bandwidth that is associated with said first one of the plurality of receive modes, differs from a bandwidth that is associated with said second one of the plurality of receive modes and/or differs from a bandwidth that is associated with said fourth one of the plurality of receive modes; and

wherein a power level that is associated with said third one of the plurality of receive modes, differs from a power level that is associated with said second one of the plurality of receive modes, differs from a power level that is associated with said first one of the plurality of receive modes and/or differs from a power level that is associated with said fourth one of the plurality of receive modes.

23. The method of claim 22 , further comprising:

concurrently with said wirelessly receiving said first, second, third or fourth plurality of return-link subcarriers, wirelessly receiving a plurality of subcarriers of a fifth return-link carrier;

wherein the fifth return-link carrier comprises an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) carrier, an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) carrier, a Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) carrier, a 4G LTE carrier and/or a 5G carrier.

24. The method of claim 21 , further comprising:

varying an antenna configuration and a Fourier transform that are associated with receiving by the receiver transmissions of the base station that are associated with the first one of the plurality of receive modes or the second one of the plurality of receive modes;

wherein said first or second criterion comprises a size of data that is to be received, a velocity, a quality-of-service, a data rate, a location of the base station and/or a distance between the smartphone and the base station; and

wherein said plurality of receive modes comprises four receive modes each one of which differs from each other one.

25. The method of claim 22 , further comprising:

varying an antenna configuration and a Fourier transform that are associated with receiving the receiver transmissions of the base station that are associated with the first one, second one, third one or fourth one of the plurality of receive modes;

wherein said first, second, third or fourth criterion comprises a size of data that is to be received, a velocity, a quality-of-service, a data rate, a location of the base station and/or a distance between the smartphone and the base station; and

wherein said plurality of receive modes comprises four receive modes each one of which differs from each other one.

26. The method of claim 21 ,

wherein said physical layer variant of the first return-link air interface comprises a modulation variant; and

wherein said second band of frequencies overlaps at least partially with the first band of frequencies.

27. The method of claim 22 ,

wherein said physical layer variant of the first return-link air interface, the second return-link air interface and/or the third return-link air interface comprises a modulation variant; and

wherein said fourth band of frequencies overlaps at least partially with the third band of frequencies, the second band of frequencies and/or the first band of frequencies.

28. The method of claim 15 ,

wherein said physical layer variant of the first air interface comprises a modulation variant; and

wherein said second set of frequencies overlaps at least partially with the first set of frequencies.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 17, 2025
From: KARABINIS, DIMITRIOS
To: ENK WIRELESS, INC.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 9, 2025
From: KARABINIS, PETER D.
To: ENK WIRELESS, INC.
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