HARQ ACK/NAK coding for a communication device during soft handoff
First Claim
1. A method for improving uplink performance for a communication device in a wireless communication system, the method comprising steps of:
- defining coded bits that uniquely identify a particular communication device;
applying the coded bits to a downlink ACK/NAK transmission that can be received by a plurality of communication devices;
discriminating between ACK/NAK transmissions meant for the particular communication device and ACK/NAK transmissions meant for other communication devices using the coded bits from the applying step; and
utilizing the information in the ACK/NAK transmission coded for the particular communication device in determining uplink transmission activity.
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Abstract
A method for rate selection by a communication device for enhanced uplink during soft handoff in a wireless communication system includes a first step of receiving information from a scheduler. This information can include one or more of scheduling, a rate limit, a power margin limit, and a persistence. A next step includes determining a data rate for an enhanced uplink during soft handoff using the information. A next step includes transmitting to a serving base station on an enhanced uplink channel at the data rate determined from the determining step.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for improving uplink performance for a communication device in a wireless communication system, the method comprising steps of:
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defining coded bits that uniquely identify a particular communication device;
applying the coded bits to a downlink ACK/NAK transmission that can be received by a plurality of communication devices;
discriminating between ACK/NAK transmissions meant for the particular communication device and ACK/NAK transmissions meant for other communication devices using the coded bits from the applying step; and
utilizing the information in the ACK/NAK transmission coded for the particular communication device in determining uplink transmission activity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for improving uplink performance for a communication device in a wireless communication system, the method comprising steps of:
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defining coded bits that uniquely identify a particular communication device;
applying the coded bits to a downlink ACK/NAK transmission in a downlink ACK/NAK code channel that can be received by a plurality of communication devices;
discriminating between ACK/NAK transmissions meant for the particular communication device and ACK/NAK transmissions meant for other communication devices using the coded bits from the applying step; and
utilizing the information in the ACK/NAK transmission coded for the particular communication device in determining uplink transmission activity. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for improving enhanced uplink performance during soft handoff for a communication device in a UMTS communication system, the method comprising steps of:
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defining coded bits that uniquely identify a particular communication device;
applying the coded bits to a downlink ACK/NAK transmission in a downlink ACK/NAK code channel that can be received by a plurality of communication devices;
discriminating between ACK/NAK transmissions meant for the particular communication device and ACK/NAK transmissions meant for other communication devices using the coded bits from the applying step;
allocating two sets of ACK/NAK channels for every BTS; and
using one ACK/NAK channel in a first set of ACK/NAK channels if a first BTS schedules the communication device and optionally using one ACK/NAK channel in a second set of ACK/NAK channels by the first BTS if other than the first BTS schedules the communication device. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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