Method, Apparatus and Computer Program Product to Provide Enhanced Reverse Link Medium Access Control in a Multi-Carrier Wireless Communications System
First Claim
1. A method performed in an access terminal, comprising:
- determining whether information corresponding to one of a plurality of carriers indicates the one carrier is loaded or unloaded, wherein the plurality of carriers are used for transmission of a medium access control (MAC) flow by the access terminal over a reverse link; and
responsive to the determining, adjusting transmission resource allocation corresponding to the MAC flow for the one carrier, the adjusting based at least in part on information corresponding to carrier loading for each of the plurality of carriers and on information corresponding to reverse link pilot power for each of the plurality of carriers.
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Abstract
A method determines whether information corresponding to one of a number of carriers indicates the one carrier is loaded or unloaded, wherein the carriers are used for transmission of a MAC flow by the access terminal over a reverse link. Responsively, the transmission resource allocation corresponding to the MAC flow for the one carrier is adjusted based on information corresponding to carrier loading for each of the carriers and on information corresponding to reverse link pilot power for each of the carriers. An access terminal includes a function that determines whether the one is loaded or unloaded. Responsively, the function adjusts transmission resource allocation for the MAC flow for the one carrier based on information of carrier loading for each of the carriers and on information of reverse link pilot power for each of the carriers.
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45 Claims
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1. A method performed in an access terminal, comprising:
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determining whether information corresponding to one of a plurality of carriers indicates the one carrier is loaded or unloaded, wherein the plurality of carriers are used for transmission of a medium access control (MAC) flow by the access terminal over a reverse link; and responsive to the determining, adjusting transmission resource allocation corresponding to the MAC flow for the one carrier, the adjusting based at least in part on information corresponding to carrier loading for each of the plurality of carriers and on information corresponding to reverse link pilot power for each of the plurality of carriers. - 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)
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- 24. An access terminal, comprising a function operable to determine whether information corresponding to one of a plurality of carriers indicates the one carrier is loaded or unloaded, wherein the plurality of carriers are used for transmission of a medium access control (MAC) flow by the access terminal over a reverse link, wherein the function is also operable to adjust, responsive to the determination, transmission resource allocation corresponding to the MAC flow for the one carrier, the adjustment based at least in part on information corresponding to carrier loading for each of the plurality of carriers and on information corresponding to reverse link pilot power for each of the plurality of carriers.
- 25. An access terminal as in claim 25, wherein the function is formed at least in part in an integrated circuit.
- 35. A computer program product embodied on a computer readable medium and comprising program instructions for directing at least one data processor that comprises part of an access terminal to perform an operation of determining whether information corresponding to one of a plurality of carriers indicates the one carrier is loaded or unloaded, wherein the plurality of carriers are used for transmission of a medium access control (MAC) flow by the access terminal over a reverse link, and to perform an operation of adjusting, in response to the determining operation, transmission resource allocation corresponding to the MAC flow for the one carrier, the adjusting operation being based at least in part on information corresponding to carrier loading for each of the plurality of carriers except the one carrier and on information corresponding to reverse link pilot power for each of the plurality of carriers.
- 42. An access terminal, comprising means for determining whether information corresponding to one of a plurality of carriers indicates the one carrier is loaded or unloaded, wherein the plurality of carriers are used for transmission of a medium access control (MAC) flow by the access terminal over a reverse link, and comprising means responsive to the determination for adjusting transmission resource allocation corresponding to the MAC flow for the one carrier, the adjusting based at least in part on information corresponding to carrier loading for each of the plurality of carriers and on information corresponding to reverse link pilot power for each of the plurality of carriers.
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45. An integrated circuit, the integrated circuit comprising a function operable to determine whether information corresponding to one of a plurality of carriers indicates the one carrier is loaded or unloaded, wherein the plurality of carriers are used for transmission of a medium access control (MAC) flow by the access terminal over a reverse link, the function also operable to adjust, responsive to the determination, transmission resource allocation corresponding to the MAC flow for the one carrier, the adjustment based at least in part on information corresponding to carrier loading for each of the plurality of carriers and on information corresponding to reverse link pilot power for each of the plurality of carriers.
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