METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPLINK RATE SELECTION IN THE PRESENCE OF MULTIPLE TRANSPORT CHANNELS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
First Claim
1. In a wireless communication system configured to retransmit pending data until the data is acknowledged or until a maximum number of retransmissions are made, a method comprising:
- determining probability values associated with numbers of attempted transmissions of data; and
for each of a plurality of pending data transmissions, determining a number of times transmission of the data transmission has been attempted on a secondary channel in one or more preceding frames, determining a probability associated with the number of times the data transmission has been attempted, and allocating power for the data transmission on the secondary channel in a succeeding frame based upon the probability associated with the number of times the data transmission has been attempted.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for selecting data rates at which to transmit data over a primary uplink in the presence of one or more secondary uplink channels. One embodiment comprises a method including determining probabilities associated with numbers of attempted transmissions of data, determining the number of times pending data transmissions have been attempted, determining probabilities associated with the data transmissions, and allocating power for transmission of the data in a succeeding frame based upon the associated probabilities. In one embodiment, a highest supportable data rate for a primary uplink is initially selected. Then, power is allocated for a minimum set of channels on the primary uplink. Then, power is allocated for pending data transmissions on the secondary uplink. A maximum power level for the transceiver is then adjusted to account for the allocated power, and the highest supportable data rate for the primary uplink is recomputed.
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15 Claims
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1. In a wireless communication system configured to retransmit pending data until the data is acknowledged or until a maximum number of retransmissions are made, a method comprising:
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determining probability values associated with numbers of attempted transmissions of data; and
for each of a plurality of pending data transmissions, determining a number of times transmission of the data transmission has been attempted on a secondary channel in one or more preceding frames, determining a probability associated with the number of times the data transmission has been attempted, and allocating power for the data transmission on the secondary channel in a succeeding frame based upon the probability associated with the number of times the data transmission has been attempted. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus comprising:
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a transceiver configured to communicate data via a wireless communication link;
wherein the transceiver is configured to retransmit pending data on a secondary channel until the data is acknowledged or until a maximum number of retransmissions are made, and wherein the transceiver is further configured to determine probability values associated with one or more numbers of attempted data transmissions; and
for each of a plurality of pending data transmissions, determine a number of times the data transmission has been attempted in one or more preceding frames, determine a probability associated with the number of times the data transmission has been attempted, and allocate power for the data transmission in a succeeding frame based upon the probability associated with the number of times the data transmission has been attempted. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A storage medium readable by a processor, wherein the storage medium has embodied therein program instructions configured to cause the processor to perform the method comprising:
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determining probability values associated with one or more numbers of attempted data transmissions; and
for each of a plurality of pending data transmissions, determining a number of times the data transmission has been attempted on a secondary channel in one or more preceding frames, determining a probability associated with the number of times the data transmission has been attempted, and allocating power for the data transmission on the secondary channel in a succeeding frame based upon the probability associated with the number of times the data transmission has been attempted.
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