Mitigation of link imbalance in a wireless communication system
First Claim
1. A method for checking the reliability of a communication link in a wireless communication system, comprising:
- sending a first transmission over a first communication link;
receiving feedback information in a second transmission sent over a second communication link, wherein the feedback information relates to the first transmission; and
sending a third transmission over the first communication link, wherein the third transmission includes data indicative of the received feedback information, and wherein the reliability of the second communication link is checked based on the data in the third transmission and the feedback information.
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Abstract
Techniques to mitigate the effects of link imbalance for the uplink between a terminal (or UE) and multiple base stations (or Node Bs). In one aspect, the serving base station (i.e., the one designated to transmit packet data to the terminal) monitors the uplink received SNR for each terminal designated to receive packet data transmission. The serving base station then determines, based on the uplink received SNR and an SNR threshold, whether or not link imbalance potentially exists for each such terminal. In another aspect, if it is determined that link imbalance potentially exists, then a 3-way handshake is performed to check the reliability of a feedback mechanism used for packet data transmission. Appropriate responsive actions may then be performed based on the result of the check.
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37 Claims
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1. A method for checking the reliability of a communication link in a wireless communication system, comprising:
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sending a first transmission over a first communication link;
receiving feedback information in a second transmission sent over a second communication link, wherein the feedback information relates to the first transmission; and
sending a third transmission over the first communication link, wherein the third transmission includes data indicative of the received feedback information, and wherein the reliability of the second communication link is checked based on the data in the third transmission and the feedback information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for determining the reliability of an uplink in a wireless communication system, comprising:
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receiving a first transmission on a downlink;
sending feedback information in a second transmission on the uplink, wherein the feedback information relates to the first transmission;
receiving a third transmission on the downlink, wherein the third transmission comprises data related to the sent feedback information; and
determining the reliability of the uplink based on the data received in the third transmission and the feedback information. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for checking the reliability of a communication link in a wireless communication system, comprising:
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determining whether or not link imbalance potentially exists for a first communication link between a particular transmitter unit and a plurality of receiver units; and
sending a second transmission via a second communication link if it is determined that link imbalance potentially exists, wherein the second transmission includes data related to feedback information previously received in a first transmission on the first communication link. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for checking the reliability of an uplink in a CDMA communication system, comprising:
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determining whether or not link imbalance potentially exists for the uplink between a particular user equipment (UE) and a plurality of base stations (Node Bs), wherein the link imbalance is characterized by the uplink being worse from the UE to a first Node B designated to transmit data to the UE on a downlink than to a second Node B not designated to transmit data to the UE; and
sending a second transmission via the downlink if link imbalance is determined to potentially exist, wherein the second transmission includes data related to feedback information previously received in a first transmission on the uplink. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A memory communicatively coupled to a digital signal processing device (DSPD) capable of interpreting digital information to:
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send a first transmission over a first communication link;
receive feedback information in a second transmission sent over a second communication link, wherein the feedback information relates to the first transmission; and
send a third transmission over the first communication link, wherein the third transmission includes data indicative of the received feedback information, and wherein the reliability of the second communication link is checked based on the data in the third transmission and the feedback information.
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32. A memory communicatively coupled to a digital signal processing device (DSPD) capable of interpreting digital information to:
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determine whether or not link imbalance potentially exists for a first communication link between a particular transmitter unit and a plurality of receiver units; and
send a second transmission via a second communication link if it is determined that link imbalance potentially exists, wherein the second transmission includes data related to feedback information previously received in a first transmission on the first communication link.
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33. An apparatus in a wireless communication system, comprising:
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means for sending a first transmission over a first communication link;
means for receiving feedback information in a second transmission sent over a second communication link, wherein the feedback information relates to the first transmission; and
means for sending a third transmission over the first communication link, wherein the third transmission includes data indicative of the received feedback information, and wherein the reliability of the second communication link is checked based on the data in the third transmission and the feedback information.
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34. An apparatus in a wireless communication system, comprising:
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means for determining whether or not link imbalance potentially exists for a first communication link between a particular transmitter unit and a plurality of receiver units; and
means for sending a second transmission via a second communication link if it is determined that link imbalance potentially exists, wherein the second transmission includes data related to feedback information previously received in a first transmission on the first communication link.
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35. A base station in a wireless communication system, comprising:
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a TX data processor operative send a first transmission over a first communication link; and
a RX data processor operative to receive feedback information in a second transmission sent over a second communication link, wherein the feedback information relates to the first transmission, and wherein the TX data processor is further operative to send a third transmission over the first communication link having included therein data indicative of the received feedback information, and wherein the reliability of the second communication link is checked based on the data in the third transmission and the feedback information.
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36. A base station in a wireless communication system, comprising:
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a controller operative to determine whether or not link imbalance potentially exists for a first communication link between a particular terminal and a plurality of base stations; and
a TX data processor operative to send a second transmission via a second communication link if it is determined that link imbalance potentially exists, wherein the second transmission includes data related to feedback information previously received in a first transmission on the first communication link.
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37. A terminal in a wireless communication system, comprising:
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a RX data processor operative to receive a first transmission on a downlink; and
a TX data processor operative to send feedback information in a second transmission on the uplink, wherein the feedback information relates to the first transmission, and wherein the RX data processor is further operative to receive a third transmission on the downlink, wherein the third transmission comprises data related to the sent feedback information; and
a controller operative to determine the reliability of the uplink based on the data received in the third transmission and the feedback information.
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