Method and Apparatus for Processing Tuneaway in Open State in Wireless Communication System

• US 20080310357A1
• Filed: 10/27/2006
• Published: 12/18/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Parekh, Nileshkumar J., Prakash, Rajat, Ulupinar, Faith
• Application Number:
  US12/091,469
• Publication Number:
  US 20080310357A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/329
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/318 Received signal strength
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/382 for resource allocation, admission control or handover
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0003 by switching between different modulation schemes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0026 Transmission of channel quality indication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0028 Formatting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0675 characterised by the signaling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2647 Arrangements specific to the receiver only equalisation H04L27/01
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0803 Configuration setting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/083 for increasing network speed
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0869 Validating the configuration within one network element
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/10 Scheduling measurement reports ; Arrangements for measurement reports
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0235 where the received signal is a power saving command
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/00 Reducing energy consumption in communication networks
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A method and apparatus for processing TuneAway operation by an access terminal and an access network in a wireless communication system is described. The beginning and end of tune away is determined from a TuneAway attribute, a TuneAwayRequest and a TuneAwayResponse messages. The access terminal and the access network operate on multiple tune away schedules. specifying tune away schedules by a separate TuneAway attribute. The same TuneAwayRequest and the TuneAwayResponse messages are shared. The tune away operation is controlled through a variable TunedAwayStatus, wherein the variable TunedAwayStatus is public data of the protocol. It is determined if an access terminal has tuned away.

Claims

1. A method of processing TuneAway operation by an access terminal in a wireless communication system, characterized in that:

determining the beginning and end of tune away from a TuneAway attribute, a TuneAwayRequest and a TuneAwayResponse messages;

maintaining a connection;

operating on multiple tune away schedules;

specifying tune away schedules by a separate TuneAway attribute;

sharing the same TuneAwayRequest and the TuneAwayResponse messages;

controlling the tune away operation through a variable TunedAwayStatus, wherein the variable TunedAwayStatus is public data of the protocol; and

determining if an access terminal has tuned away.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 characterized in that setting the variable TunedAwayStatus to ‘

1’

.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 characterized in that setting the variable TunedAwayStatus to ‘

0’

.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 characterized in that ceasing to monitor forward channels and ceasing to transmit on the reverse channels.

5. A computer readable medium including instruction stored thereon, characterized in that:

a first set of instructions for determining the beginning and end of tune away from a TuneAway attribute, a TuneAwayRequest and a TuneAwayResponse messages;

maintaining a connection;

a second set of instructions for operating on multiple tune away schedules;

a third set of instructions for specifying tune away schedules by a separate TuneAway attribute;

a fourth set of instructions for sharing the same TuneAwayRequest and the TuneAwayResponse messages;

a fifth set of instructions for controlling the tune away operation through a variable TunedAwayStatus, wherein the variable TunedAwayStatus is public data of the protocol; and

a sixth set of instructions for determining if an access terminal has tuned away.

6. An apparatus operable in a wireless communication system, characterized in that:

means for determining the beginning and end of tune away from a TuneAway attribute, a TuneAwayRequest and a TuneAwayResponse messages;

maintaining a connection;

means for operating on multiple tune away schedules;

means for specifying tune away schedules by a separate TuneAway attribute;

means for sharing the same TuneAwayRequest and the TuneAwayResponse messages;

means for controlling the tune away operation through a variable TunedAwayStatus, wherein the variable TunedAwayStatus is public data of the protocol; and

means for determining if an access terminal has tuned away.

7. The apparatus as claimed in claim 6 characterized in that means for setting the variable TunedAwayStatus to ‘

1’

.

8. The apparatus as claimed in claim 6 characterized in that means for setting the variable TunedAwayStatus to ‘

0’

.

9. The apparatus as claimed in claim 6 characterized in that means for ceasing to monitor forward channels and ceasing to transmit on the reverse channels.

10. A method of processing TuneAway operation by an access network in a wireless communication system, characterized in that:

determining the beginning and end of tune away from a TuneAway attribute, a TuneAwayRequest and a TuneAwayResponse messages;

maintaining a connection;

operating on multiple tune away schedules;

specifying tune away schedules by a separate TuneAway attribute;

sharing the same TuneAwayRequest and the TuneAwayResponse messages;

controlling the tune away operation through a variable TunedAwayStatus, wherein the variable TunedAwayStatus is public data of the protocol;

determining if the TunedAwayStatus is set to ‘

1’

; and

ceasing to monitor reverse channels and ceasing to transmit on the forward channels.

11. A computer readable medium including instructions stored thereon, characterized in that:

a first set of instructions for determining the beginning and end of tune away from a TuneAway attribute, a TuneAwayRequest and a TuneAwayResponse messages;

maintaining a connection;

a second set of instructions for operating on multiple tune away schedules;

a third set of instructions for specifying tune away schedules by a separate TuneAway attribute;

a fourth set of instructions for sharing the same TuneAwayRequest and the TuneAwayResponse messages;

a fifth set of instructions for controlling the tune away operation through a variable TunedAwayStatus, wherein the variable TunedAwayStatus is public data of the protocol;

a sixth set of instructions for determining if the TunedAwayStatus is set to ‘

1’

; and

a seventh set of instructions for ceasing to monitor reverse channels and ceasing to transmit on the forward channels.

12. An apparatus operable in a wireless communication system, characterized in that:

means for determining the beginning and end of tune away from a TuneAway attribute, a TuneAwayRequest and a TuneAwayResponse messages;

maintaining a connection;

means for operating on multiple tune away schedules;

means for specifying tune away schedules by a separate TuneAway attribute;

means for sharing the same TuneAwayRequest and the TuneAwayResponse messages;

means for controlling the tune away operation through a variable TunedAwayStatus, wherein the variable TunedAwayStatus is public data of the protocol;

means for determining if the TunedAwayStatus is set to ‘

1’

; and

means for ceasing to monitor reverse channels and ceasing to transmit on the forward channels.