Channel quality feedback mechanism and method
First Claim
1. In a wireless communication system, an apparatus for scheduling forward link transmissions, comprising:
- a memory element; and
a processing element configured to execute a set of instructions stored on the memory element, the set of instructions for;
receiving a full channel quality value and a plurality of incremental channel quality values from a remote station, wherein the plurality of incremental channel quality values are received sequentially; and
selectively updating a register with a channel quality estimate, wherein the channel quality estimate is based upon the full channel quality value and the plurality of incremental channel quality values.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus are presented for improving the feedback of channel information to a serving base station, which allows a reduction in the reverse link load while allowing the base station to improve the forward link data throughput. Over a channel quality indicator channel, three subchannels are generated; the re-synch subchannel, the differential feedback subchannel, and the transition indicator subchannel. The information carried on each subchannel can be used separately or together by a base station to selectively update internal registers storing channel conditions. The channel conditions are used to determine transmission formats, power levels, and data rates of forward link transmissions.
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22 Claims
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1. In a wireless communication system, an apparatus for scheduling forward link transmissions, comprising:
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a memory element; and
a processing element configured to execute a set of instructions stored on the memory element, the set of instructions for;
receiving a full channel quality value and a plurality of incremental channel quality values from a remote station, wherein the plurality of incremental channel quality values are received sequentially; and
selectively updating a register with a channel quality estimate, wherein the channel quality estimate is based upon the full channel quality value and the plurality of incremental channel quality values. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method for estimating forward link channel quality from a full channel quality value and a plurality of incremental channel quality values, comprising:
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decoding the full channel quality value over a plurality of slots;
incrementally updating a channel state register with the plurality of incremental channel quality values, wherein each of the plurality of incremental channel quality values are received separately over each of the plurality of slots; and
resetting the channel state register with the full channel quality value when the full channel quality value is fully decoded. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus for transmitting channel quality values over a feedback channel to a base station, comprising:
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a re-synch subchannel generation system for generating full channel quality values; and
a differential feedback subchannel generation system for generating a plurality of incremental values, wherein the plurality of incremental values are multiplexed with the full channel quality values. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for transmitting channel information from a remote station to a base station, comprising:
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generating a full channel quality value; and
generating an incremental channel quality value, wherein the incremental channel quality value is multiplexed with the full channel quality value. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. Apparatus for estimating forward link channel quality from a full channel quality value and a plurality of incremental channel quality values, comprising:
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means for decoding the full channel quality value over a plurality of slots; and
means for incrementally updating a channel state register with the plurality of incremental channel quality values, wherein each of the plurality of incremental channel quality values are received separately over each of the plurality of slots and for resetting the channel state register with the full channel quality value when the full channel quality value is fully decoded.
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21. Apparatus for transmitting channel information from a remote station to a base station, comprising:
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means for generating a full channel quality value; and
means for generating an incremental channel quality value, wherein the incremental channel quality value is multiplexed with the full channel quality value. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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