Reverse-link structure for a multi-carrier communication system
First Claim
1. A method of asymmetrically receiving data from a particular data source station at a data receiver, comprising:
- a) concurrently receiving a plurality of different data packets transmitted concurrently from the source via a corresponding plurality of different forward link channels that each modulate a different carrier frequency spectrum;
b) determining acknowledgment status for each data packet as ACK if it was received correctly, or as NAK if it was received incorrectly;
c) multiplexing acknowledgment symbols reflecting the different data packets onto a reverse link (RL) acknowledgment channel after imposing a corresponding different multi-bit orthogonal code cover on the acknowledgment symbols; and
d) transmitting the RL acknowledgment channel to the data source station by modulating a single carrier frequency spectrum.
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Abstract
A method and system for providing acknowledgment and/or data rate control (DRC) information with respect to data packets conveyed on a plurality of active forward link (FL) carriers. The number of reverse link (RL) carriers employed for the acknowledgment and/or DRC information may be less than the number of active FL carriers, and may be a single carrier, even when the signaling protocol is, in the limit, consistent with presently-supported standardized CDMA protocols. Code multiplexing techniques are employed inventively to convey information for up to fifteen FL carriers on a single, standard CDMA channel designed to provide such signaling for only a single FL carrier at a time.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of asymmetrically receiving data from a particular data source station at a data receiver, comprising:
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a) concurrently receiving a plurality of different data packets transmitted concurrently from the source via a corresponding plurality of different forward link channels that each modulate a different carrier frequency spectrum;
b) determining acknowledgment status for each data packet as ACK if it was received correctly, or as NAK if it was received incorrectly;
c) multiplexing acknowledgment symbols reflecting the different data packets onto a reverse link (RL) acknowledgment channel after imposing a corresponding different multi-bit orthogonal code cover on the acknowledgment symbols; and
d) transmitting the RL acknowledgment channel to the data source station by modulating a single carrier frequency spectrum. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of communicating data asymmetrically between a data source station and a data receiving station, comprising:
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a) transmitting a multiplicity of data packets concurrently on a plurality of different channels from the data source station to the data receiving station;
b) receiving the data packets at the receiving station and assigning binary acknowledgment status reflecting reception success or failure of each packet; and
c) transmitting, from the receiving station to the data source station, indications i) as to whether a majority of the multiplicity of data packets were received correctly; and
ii) reflecting the acknowledgment status of each particular one of the multiplicity of data packets;
d) wherein majority acknowledgment status is indicated by an absence of signal irrespective of whether the majority status is positive or negative acknowledgment. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. A method of asymmetrically receiving data from a particular data source station at a data receiver, comprising:
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a) receiving data packets transmitted from the source via a number of different forward link channels that each modulate a corresponding different carrier frequency spectrum;
b) determining a Data Rate Control (DRC) value for each of the different forward link channels;
c) transmitting the DRC value for each of the forward link channels via a reverse link DRC channel modulating a single carrier frequency spectrum, consistently with protocols standardized for a previous version of a CDMA communication system insofar as;
i) the DRC value of each of the forward link channels is reflected in a DRC code sequence based on a 4-bit DRC symbol with biorthogonal encoding and a 3-bit cover, ii) the reverse link DRC channel carrier frequency has a same relationship to a first one of the forward link channels as in the previous version, and iii) the reverse link DRC channel is spread using a same length-16 Walsh code as in the previous version; and
d) covering symbol sequences reflecting the DRC value for each of the different forward link carriers with an orthogonal code cover having a length K=2n, n the smallest integer such that K>
=the number of forward link channels, and combining to form a DRC sequence for spreading as required by step (c)(iii). - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system configured to transmit data asymmetrically, comprising:
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a) a data source station configured to concurrently transmit each of a plurality of different data packets in a corresponding different forward link (FL) data channel that modulates a corresponding different FL carrier having a corresponding different frequency spectrum; and
b) a data receiving station including i) a signal reception module configured to receive the packets transmitted on the plurality of different FL carriers, ii) a data analysis module configured to determine acknowledgment status for each of the packets and a data rate control (DRC) value for each of the FL data channels, iii) a DRC signal preparation module configured to establish a symbol sequence that includes the DRC value of each of the FL data channels encoded in a DRC code sequence based on a 4-bit DRC symbol with biorthogonal encoding and a 3-bit cover, and to cover the DRC code sequence for each FL channel with an orthogonal code cover having a length K=2n, n the smallest integer such that K>
=the number of FL channels, andiv) a signal transmission module configured to transmit the determined acknowledgment status for the packets and the DRC symbol sequence for the plurality of FL data channels by modulating a single reverse link (RL) carrier having a single frequency spectrum.
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