Anti-synchronous radio channel slicing for smoother handover and continuous service reception
First Claim
1. A system for transmitting data to a portable device over a wireless network, comprising:
- a first resource slicer transmitting data to the portable device in accordance with a first pattern of transmitting data at selected times;
a second resource slicer transmitting the same data to the portable device in accordance with a second pattern of transmitting data at selected times; and
a slicing area manager, wherein the slicing area manager schedules the transmission of data from the first and second resource slicers such that different data is transmitted for each selected time.
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Abstract
Aspects of the invention enable mobile wireless terminals to perform fast handover without packet loss, network buffering and uplink signaling in cellular communication systems. Further aspects of the invention prevent the loss of data that is often associated with communication errors introduced into wireless data communication transmissions, particularly errors associated with the handover of cellular communications. The invention may include the use of a time slicing and scheduling technique for redundantly transmitting data over multiple channels. In accordance with this aspect of the invention, each redundant copy of a respective group of data may be sent over a different channel at different times, thereby enabling the portable device to acquire lost data or to replace data containing an unacceptable amount of error. The invention may implement resource scheduling for managing the transmission of the data groups at the appropriate times to increase the likelihood that a data group will be received over at least one channel without interruption. In addition, the portable device may be provided with information describing the transmission schedule for tuning, at the appropriate time, to the transmitter of the cell on which the data is being retransmitted. The system may also be implemented to control the transmission of data over alternative multi access systems.
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52 Claims
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1. A system for transmitting data to a portable device over a wireless network, comprising:
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a first resource slicer transmitting data to the portable device in accordance with a first pattern of transmitting data at selected times;
a second resource slicer transmitting the same data to the portable device in accordance with a second pattern of transmitting data at selected times; and
a slicing area manager, wherein the slicing area manager schedules the transmission of data from the first and second resource slicers such that different data is transmitted for each selected time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A system for communicating data to a portable device over a wireless network, comprising:
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a resource slicer that organizes data, intended for transmission to the portable device over a plurality of transmitters, for transmission in multiple coverage areas at selected times; and
a slicing area manager that schedules the transmission of the data over each of the plurality of transmitters and further scheduling the transmission of the data at different times in each of the respective coverage areas. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A portable device for performing wireless communications over a wireless network, the device including,
a communications unit that receives groups of data at selected times over the wireless network; -
a processor that detects an unsuccessful communication of a group of data; and
a transmission selection unit that selects an alternative communication resource from which the communications unit can receive the unsuccessfully communicated group of data in accordance with schedule information indicating the alternative resource at which the unsuccessfully communicated group of data will be transmitted. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A method of communicating over a wireless network with a portable communication device, comprising:
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receiving data to be transmitted to the portable device;
organizing the received data into segments for transmission; and
scheduling the transmission of each of the segments of data over each of a plurality of channels at different times. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A method of communicating data over a wireless network with a portable communication device, comprising:
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splitting data into at least a first group of data (G1) and a second group of data (G2) for transmission of the first (G1) and second (G2) groups of data in at least two adjacent cell areas; and
scheduling the transmission of the first group of data (G1) in at least a first adjacent cell area (A1) and a second adjacent cell area (A2) such that completion of the transmission of the first group of data (G1) in the first adjacent cell area (A1) occurs at a time spaced apart from the start of transmission of the first group of data (G1) in the second adjacent cell area (A2). - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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52. A method of communicating with a portable communication device over a wireless network, comprising the steps of:
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organizing data to be transmitted to the portable device into segments for transmission to the portable device;
scheduling the transmission of each segment of data such that transmission of each segment of data over each of a plurality of areas of the network is initiated at different times;
establishing a connection between the portable device and the transmitter of one or more neighboring areas; and
transmitting each data segment over the plurality of areas of the network at different times.
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