Method and apparatus for feedback reporting in a wireless communications system
First Claim
1. A method for sending feedback for a multicast/broadcast transmission comprising:
- decoding multicast/broadcast data received from a transmitter on a downlink resource;
forming a feedback message corresponding to the reception of the multicast/broadcast data;
queuing the feedback message for transmission to the transmitter on an uplink resource that corresponds to the downlink resource, wherein for unicast transmissions the uplink resource is dedicated to an uplink transmission corresponding to a downlink transmission on the downlink resource.
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Abstract
Feedback from user stations to the base station for a multicast/broadcast transmission is performed by decoding multicast/broadcast data received from a transmitter on a downlink resource, forming a feedback message corresponding to the reception of the multicast/broadcast data, and queuing the feedback message for transmission to the transmitter on an uplink resource. The uplink resource used corresponds to the downlink resource used for the multicast/broadcast transmission. For unicast transmissions the uplink resource is dedicated to an uplink transmission corresponding to a downlink transmission on the downlink resource.
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39 Claims
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1. A method for sending feedback for a multicast/broadcast transmission comprising:
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decoding multicast/broadcast data received from a transmitter on a downlink resource;
forming a feedback message corresponding to the reception of the multicast/broadcast data;
queuing the feedback message for transmission to the transmitter on an uplink resource that corresponds to the downlink resource, wherein for unicast transmissions the uplink resource is dedicated to an uplink transmission corresponding to a downlink transmission on the downlink resource. - 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, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. An apparatus comprising:
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a decoder to decode multicast/broadcast data received from a transmitter on a downlink resource;
a first processing unit to form a feedback message corresponding to the reception of the multicast/broadcast data;
a second processing unit to queue the feedback message for transmission to the transmitter on an uplink resource that corresponds to the downlink resource, wherein for unicast transmissions the uplink resource is dedicated to an uplink transmission corresponding to a downlink transmission on the downlink resource. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34)
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35. An apparatus comprising:
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means for decoding multicast/broadcast data received from a transmitter on a downlink resource;
means for forming a feedback message corresponding to the reception of the multicast/broadcast data;
means for queuing the feedback message for transmission to the transmitter on an uplink resource that corresponds to the downlink resource, wherein for unicast transmissions the uplink resource is dedicated to an uplink transmission corresponding to a downlink transmission on the downlink resource. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38)
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39. An apparatus comprising:
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a memory unit; and
a processor unit configured to execute instructions from the memory unit in order to;
decode multicast/broadcast data received from a transmitter on a downlink resource;
form a feedback message corresponding to the reception of the multicast/broadcast data; and
queue the feedback message for transmission to the transmitter on an uplink resource that corresponds to the downlink resource, wherein for unicast transmissions the uplink resource is dedicated to an uplink transmission corresponding to a downlink transmission on the downlink resource.
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