HARQ process restriction and transmission of non-scheduled control data via uplink channels
First Claim
1. A method for performing a data allocation process for scheduled data, non-scheduled user data and non-scheduled control data obeying restrictions on the resource utilization defined by a non-scheduled grant, wherein a non-scheduled grant indicates the maximum amount of resources a mobile terminal is allowed to utilize for transmitting non-scheduled data on the uplink channel within a transmission time interval, the method comprising:
- restricting a non-scheduled grant to a subset of a plurality of HARQ processes thereby activating the HARQ processes of said subset for transmitting non-scheduled user data, whereby the restriction deactivates the remaining HARQ processes of the plurality of HARQ process for transmitting non-scheduled user data and does not deactivate said remaining HARQ processes for transmitting non-scheduled control data, multiplexing non-scheduled user data and non-scheduled control data to a packet data unit of a transport channel for transmission on the uplink channel using one of the plurality of HARQ processes according to the non-scheduled grant thereby taking into account whether the HARQ process is active for the transmission of non-scheduled user data, and providing the packet data unit for transmission on the uplink channel in the next transmission time interval to the HARQ process.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method and mobile terminal for performing a data allocation process for scheduled data, non-scheduled user data and non-scheduled control data obeying restrictions on the resource utilization defined by a scheduling grant and at least one non-scheduled grant. Further, the invention relates to a method for transmitting control signaling from a network entity in a radio access network of a mobile communication system controlling the radio resources of mobile terminals to at least one of said mobile terminal and the network entity in a radio access network. In order to reduce the delays to control signaling implied by a conventional HARQ process restriction mechanism the present invention suggests a new categorization of uplink data into scheduled data, non-scheduled user data and non-scheduled control data and a new HARQ process restriction mechanism disabling certain HARQ processes for non-scheduled user data only.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for performing a data allocation process for scheduled data, non-scheduled user data and non-scheduled control data obeying restrictions on the resource utilization defined by a non-scheduled grant, wherein a non-scheduled grant indicates the maximum amount of resources a mobile terminal is allowed to utilize for transmitting non-scheduled data on the uplink channel within a transmission time interval, the method comprising:
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restricting a non-scheduled grant to a subset of a plurality of HARQ processes thereby activating the HARQ processes of said subset for transmitting non-scheduled user data, whereby the restriction deactivates the remaining HARQ processes of the plurality of HARQ process for transmitting non-scheduled user data and does not deactivate said remaining HARQ processes for transmitting non-scheduled control data, multiplexing non-scheduled user data and non-scheduled control data to a packet data unit of a transport channel for transmission on the uplink channel using one of the plurality of HARQ processes according to the non-scheduled grant thereby taking into account whether the HARQ process is active for the transmission of non-scheduled user data, and providing the packet data unit for transmission on the uplink channel in the next transmission time interval to the HARQ process. - View Dependent Claims (2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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3. A method for performing a data allocation process for scheduled data, non-scheduled user data and non-scheduled control data obeying restrictions on the resource utilization defined by a scheduling grant and at least one non-scheduled grant, wherein the scheduling grant and a non-scheduled grant indicates the maximum amount of resources a mobile terminal in a wireless communication system is allowed to utilize for transmitting scheduled data, non-scheduled data on an uplink channel within a transmission time interval, respectively, the method comprising:
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defining a non-scheduled grant to be valid for a subset of a plurality of HARQ processes, wherein the HARQ processes of said subset are activated for the transmission of non-scheduled user data, while the remaining HARQ processes for which the non-scheduled grant is invalid are deactivated for the transmission of non-scheduled user data, for a next transmission time interval, multiplexing scheduled data, non-scheduled user data and non-scheduled control data pending for uplink transmission to a packet data unit of a transport channel for transmission on the uplink channel within the next transmission time interval using one of the plurality of HARQ processes, wherein the scheduled data, the non-scheduled user data and the non-scheduled control data pending for uplink transmission are multiplexed according to the scheduling grant and the corresponding non-scheduled grant thereby taking into account whether a non-scheduled grant has been defined valid or invalid for the HARQ process to be used in the next transmission time interval, and providing the packet data unit to the HARQ process on the uplink channel in the next transmission time interval, wherein the HARQ process to be used in the next transmission time interval is always assumed to be activated for the transmission of non-scheduled control data. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5)
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15. A mobile terminal for use in a wireless communication system adapted to perform a data allocation process for non-scheduled user data and non-scheduled control data obeying restrictions on the resource utilization defined by a non-scheduled grant, wherein a non-scheduled grant indicates the maximum amount of resources the mobile terminal is allowed to utilize for transmitting non-scheduled data on the uplink channel within a transmission time interval, the terminal comprising:
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a processing unit operable to restrict a non-scheduled grant to a subset of a plurality of HARQ processes thereby activating the HARQ processes of said subset for transmitting non-scheduled user data, whereby the restriction deactivates the remaining HARQ processes of the plurality of HARQ process for transmitting non-scheduled user data and does not deactivate said remaining HARQ processes for transmitting non-scheduled control data, and a multiplexer operable to multiplex non-scheduled user data and non-scheduled control data to a packet data unit of a transport channel for transmission on the uplink channel using one of the plurality of HARQ processes according to the non-scheduled grant thereby taking into account whether the HARQ process to be used in the next transmission time interval is active for the transmission of non-scheduled user data, and wherein the multiplexer is operable to provide the packet data unit for transmission on the uplink channel to the HARQ process.
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16. A computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor of a mobile terminal, cause the mobile terminal to perform a data allocation process for scheduled data, non-scheduled user data and non-scheduled control data obeying restrictions on the resource utilization defined by a scheduling grant and at least one non-scheduled grant, wherein the scheduling grant and a non-scheduled grant indicates the maximum amount of resources a mobile terminal in a wireless communication system is allowed to utilize for transmitting scheduled data, non-scheduled data on an uplink channel within a transmission time interval, respectively, wherein the mobile terminal is caused to perform said data allocation process by:
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defining a non-scheduled grant to be valid for a subset of a plurality of HARQ processes, wherein the HARQ processes of said subset are activated for the transmission of non-scheduled user data, while the remaining HARQ processes for which the non-scheduled grant is invalid are deactivated for the transmission of non-scheduled user data, for a next transmission time interval, multiplexing scheduled data, non-scheduled user data and non-scheduled control data pending for uplink transmission to a packet data unit of a transport channel for transmission on the uplink channel within the next transmission time interval using one of the plurality of HARQ processes, wherein the scheduled data, the non-scheduled user data and the non-scheduled control data pending for uplink transmission are multiplexed according to the scheduling grant and the corresponding non-scheduled grant thereby taking into account whether a non-scheduled grant has been defined valid or invalid for the HARQ process to be used in the next transmission time interval, and providing the packet data unit to the HARQ process on the uplink channel in the next transmission time interval, wherein the HARQ process to be used in the next transmission time interval is always assumed to be activated for the transmission of non-scheduled control data.
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17. A method for transmitting control signaling from a network entity in a radio access network of a mobile communication system controlling the radio resources of mobile terminals to at least one of said mobile terminal, the method comprising:
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choosing a subset of a plurality of HARQ processes utilized for receiving non-scheduled user data and non scheduled control data from one of the mobile terminals according to a non-scheduled grant, wherein the HARQ processes of said chosen subset are to be utilized for the transmission of non-scheduled control data from said one mobile terminal to the radio access network via an uplink channel, generating control signaling information indicating the HARQ processes to of said subset to be activated for the transmission of non-scheduled control data to the radio access network, and transmitting said control signaling information to said one mobile terminal. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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