Scheduling apparatus and method in a CDMA mobile communication system
First Claim
1. A method for transmitting packet data from a user equipment (UE) to Node Bs in a code division multiple access (CDMA) mobile communication system, wherein a plurality of the Node Bs are adjacent to each other, and the UE is located in the soft handover region occupied by the Node Bs, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving scheduling commands transmitted from the Node Bs;
determining scheduling control information by combining weighted scheduling commands, which are determined considering weighting factors and transmitting the packet data to the Node Bs according to the determined scheduling control information, wherein the weighting factors is determined individually for the scheduling commands.
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Abstract
A system and method for transmitting packet data from a user equipment (UE) in a soft handover region to Node Bs in a code division multiple access (CDMA) mobile communication system. Scheduling is performed such that although the UE using an Enhanced Uplink Dedicated transport Channel (EUDCH) service in a soft handover region receives different scheduling commands from a plurality of active Node Bs, the EUDCH service can be performed in an optimal radio environment, contributing to improvement in data reception performance.
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32 Claims
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1. A method for transmitting packet data from a user equipment (UE) to Node Bs in a code division multiple access (CDMA) mobile communication system, wherein a plurality of the Node Bs are adjacent to each other, and the UE is located in the soft handover region occupied by the Node Bs, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving scheduling commands transmitted from the Node Bs;
determining scheduling control information by combining weighted scheduling commands, which are determined considering weighting factors and transmitting the packet data to the Node Bs according to the determined scheduling control information, wherein the weighting factors is determined individually for the scheduling commands. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus for transmitting packet data from a user equipment (UE) to Node Bs in a code division multiple access (CDMA) mobile communication system, including wherein a plurality of the Node Bs being are adjacent to one each another, and the UE is located in the soft handover region occupied by the Node Bs, the apparatus comprising:
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a scheduling command combiner for receiving scheduling commands transmitted from the Node Bs, and determining scheduling control information by combining weighted scheduling commands, which are determined considering weighting factors; and
a packet transmitter for transmitting the packet data to the Node Bs according to the scheduling control information wherein the weighting factors is determined individually for the scheduling commands. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method for applying at least one of a plurality of weighting factors for each of a plurality of cells by a radio network controller (RNC) that manages the plurality of cells so that a user equipment (UE) located in a soft handover region can transmit packet data according to scheduling commands from the plurality of cells considering the weighting factors, in a code division multiple access (CDMA) mobile communication system, wherein a plurality of the cells are adjacent to each other, and the UE is located in the soft handover region occupied by the cells, the method comprising the steps of:
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calculating each of the plurality of weighting factors to be in inverse proportion to a radius ri of each of the plurality of cells and to be in proportion to a particular value k defined where N denotes a number of the cells; and
transmitting the weighting factors individually calculated for the cells to the UE through a radio resource control (RRC) message. - View Dependent Claims (30)
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31. A method for applying a weighting factor for a cell by a radio network controller (RNC) that manages a plurality of cells so that a user equipment (UE) located in a soft handover region can transmit packet data according to scheduling commands from the plurality of cells considering a plurality of weighting factors, in a code division multiple access (CDMA) mobile communication system, wherein a plurality of the cells are adjacent to each other, and the UE is located in the soft handover region occupied by the cells, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving from the UE a path loss γ
i, which is determined according to a strength of a common pilot signal measured for each of the plurality of cells;
calculating the plurality of weighting factors to be in inverse proportion to the path loss γ
i of each of the plurality of cells and to be in proportion to a particular value k defined bywhere N denotes a number of the cells; and
transmitting the weighting factors individually calculated for each of the plurality of cells to the UE through a radio resource control (RRC) message. - View Dependent Claims (32)
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