APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CIRCUIT MODE RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN A BROADBAND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

• US 20090135779A1
• Filed: 11/25/2008
• Published: 05/28/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Cho, Hee-Kwun, So, Jae-Woo, Hwang, In-Seok, Yoon, Soon-Young, Moon, June, Cho, Jae-Hee, Roh, Kwan-Hee
• Granted Patent: US 8,295,849 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/329
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/30 Connection release

Abstract

A broadband wireless communication system using a fixed allocation scheme is provided. The system includes a controller for configuring change report information to report occurrences of resource release or change when resources are released or changed in a fixed allocation region, a generator for generating a fixed allocation Information Element (IE) including the change report information and history information regarding the resource release or change, and a transmitter for transmitting the fixed allocation IE.

Claims

1. A base station (BS) apparatus in a wireless communication system using a fixed allocation scheme, the apparatus comprising:

a controller for configuring a change report information to report an occurrence of a resource release or change when resources are released or changed in a fixed allocation region;

a generator for generating a fixed allocation information element (IE) comprising the change report information and a history information regarding the resource release or change; and

a transmitter for transmitting the fixed allocation information element.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the transmitter continuously transmits the history information a predetermined number of times upon the occurrence of the resource release or change.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the transmitter transmits the history information at the request of a mobile station (MS).

4. The apparatus of claim 1,

wherein the change report information is a counter variable which is incremented when resources are released or changed, and

wherein the generator generates the fixed allocation information element comprising at least one of an identifier of the fixed allocation region, the number of fixed allocated resources, the number of occurrences of resource allocation at a current frame, the number of occurrences of resource release or change at a current frame, the counter variable, a start point of a new allocation, a new resource allocation information, and a resource release or change information.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the generator indicates released or changed resource identification information by using a relative rank included in the fixed allocation region when generating the resource release or change information.

6. The apparatus of claim 1,

wherein the change report information is a change indicator which is set to 1 when resources within the fixed allocation region are released or changed at one period before a current frame, and

wherein the generator generates the fixed allocation information element comprising at least one of the change indicator, a size of the fixed allocation information element, a connection identifier (CID) type of a mobile station in use, a location and size information of the fixed allocation region, an identifier of the fixed allocation region, a subburst information as the history information, and a subburst information for reporting a resource allocation or release that occurs at a current frame.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the generator generates the subburst information comprising at least one of a connection identifier of a mobile station allocated with a released resource, a start offset and duration of a released resource, a retransmission flag for indicating history information, and a flag for distinguishing a fixed allocation and a general allocation.

8. The apparatus of claim 6,

wherein the generator generates the subburst information for reporting a resource allocation, and the subburst information comprises at lease one of a connection identifier of a mobile station to be allocated with the resource, a flag for distinguishing a fixed allocation and a general allocation, and a start offset and duration of the resource to be allocated when resource allocation occurs, and

wherein, the generator generates the subburst information for reporting a resource release, and the subburst information comprises at least one of a connection identifier of a mobile station to which a resource to be released has been allocated, a start offset and duration of a resource to be released, and a flag for distinguishing a fixed allocation and a general allocation when resource release occurs.

9. A mobile station (MS) apparatus in a wireless communication system using a fixed allocation scheme, the apparatus comprising:

a receiver for receiving a fixed allocation information element (IE);

an analyzer for evaluating a change report information included in the fixed allocation information element; and

a controller for determining a presence or an absence of a history information regarding an unconsidered resource release or change according to the change report information and for recovering an allocation state information of a fixed allocation region by using the history information.

10. The apparatus of claim 9,

wherein the change report information is a counter variable that is incremented according to resource release or change, and

wherein the analyzer analyzes the fixed allocation information element to evaluate at least one of an identifier of the fixed allocation region, the number of fixed allocated resources, the number of occurrences of resource allocation at a current frame, the number of occurrences of a resource release or change at the current frame, the counter variable, a start point of a new allocation, a new resource allocation information, and a resource release or change information.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the controller determines whether a location of a resource allocated to the mobile station has changed by comparing a released or changed resource rank included in the resource release or change information with a rank of the resource allocated to the mobile station.

12. The apparatus of claim 9,

wherein the change report information is a change indicator which is set to 1 when resources within the fixed allocation region are released or changed at one period before a current frame, and

wherein the analyzers analyzes the fixed allocation information element to evaluate one of the change indicator, a size of the fixed allocation information element, a connection identifier (CID) type of a mobile station in use, a location and a size information of the fixed allocation region, an identifier of the fixed allocation region, a subburst information as the history information, and a subburst information for reporting a resource allocation or release that occurs at a current frame.

13. The apparatus of claim 12,

wherein the analyzer analyzes the subburst information for reporting a resource release to evaluate at least one of a connection identifier of a mobile station to which a resource to be released has been allocated, a start offset and duration of a resource to be released, and a flag for distinguishing a fixed allocation and a general allocation, and

wherein the controller determines whether the subburst information for reporting a resource release is the history information by considering a retransmission flag.

14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the analyzer analyzes the subburst information for reporting a resource allocation to evaluate at lease one of a connection identifier of a mobile station to be allocated with a resource, a flag for distinguishing a fixed allocation and a general allocation, and a start offset and duration of a resource to be allocated.

15. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein, the controller requests a base station (BS) to transmit the history information when it determines that history information regarding an unconsidered resource release or change exists.

16. A method of operating a base station (BS) apparatus in a wireless communication system using a fixed allocation scheme, the method comprising:

configuring a change report information to report an occurrence of a resource release or change when resources are released or changed in a fixed allocation region;

generating a fixed allocation information element (IE) comprising the change report information and a history information regarding the resource release or change; and

transmitting the fixed allocation information element.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein after the occurrence of a resource release or change, the history information is continuously transmitted a predetermined number of times.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the history information is transmitted at the request of a mobile station (MS).

19. The method of claim 16,

wherein the change report information is a counter variable which is incremented when resources are released or changed, and

wherein the fixed allocation information element comprises at least one of an identifier of the fixed allocation region, the number of fixed allocated resources, the number of occurrences of resource allocation at a current frame, the number of occurrences of resource release or change at the current frame, the counter variable, a start point of a new allocation, a new resource allocation information, and a resource release or change information.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the resource release or change information comprises released or changed resource identification information which is indicated using a relative rank information included in the fixed allocation region.

21. The method of claim 16,

wherein the change report information is a change indicator which is set to 1 when resources within the fixed allocation region are released or changed at one previous period, and

wherein the fixed allocation information element comprises at least one of the change indicator, a size of the fixed allocation information element, a connection identifier (CID) type of a mobile station in use, a location and size information of the fixed allocation region, an identifier of the fixed allocation region, a subburst information as the history information, and a subburst information for reporting a resource allocation or release that occurs at a current frame.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein generating the fixed allocation information element comprising the history information comprises generating the subburst information comprising at least one of a connection identifier of a mobile station allocated with a released resource, a start offset and duration of a released resource, a retransmission flag for indicating history information, and a flag for distinguishing a fixed allocation and a general allocation.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein generating the fixed allocation information element comprises:

upon an occurrence of a resource allocation, generating a subburst information for reporting the resource allocation, the subburst information comprising at lease one of a connection identifier of a mobile station to be allocated with the resource, a flag for distinguishing a fixed allocation and a general allocation, and a start offset and duration of a resource to be allocated; and

upon an occurrence of a resource release, generating a subburst information for reporting the resource release, the subburst information comprising at least one of a connection identifier of a mobile station to which the resource to be released has been allocated, a start offset and duration of the resource to be released, and a flag for distinguishing a fixed allocation and a general allocation.

24. A method of operating a mobile station (MS) apparatus in a wireless communication system using a fixed allocation scheme, the method comprising:

receiving a fixed allocation information element (IE);

determining a change report information included in the fixed allocation information element;

determining a presence or an absence of a history information regarding an unconsidered resource release or change according to the change report information; and

recovering an allocation state information of a fixed allocation region by using the history information.

25. The method of claim 24,

wherein the change report information is a counter variable which is incremented when resources are released or changed, and

wherein the fixed allocation information element comprises at least one of an identifier of the fixed allocation region, the number of fixed allocated resources, the number of occurrences of resource allocation at a current frame, the number of occurrences of resource release or change at a current frame, the counter variable, a start point of a new allocation, a new resource allocation information, and a resource release or change information.

26. The method of claim 25, further comprising determining whether a location of a resource allocated to the mobile station has changed by comparing a released or changed resource rank included in the resource release or change information with a rank of the resource allocated to the mobile station.

27. The method of claim 24,

wherein the change report information is a change indicator which is set to 1 when resources within the fixed allocation region are released or changed at one previous period, and

wherein the fixed allocation information element comprises at least one of the change indicator, a size of the fixed allocation information element, a connection identifier (CID) type of a mobile station in use, a location and size information of the fixed allocation region, an identifier of the fixed allocation region, a subburst information as the history information, and a subburst information for reporting a resource allocation or release that occurs at a current frame.

28. The method of claim 27, further comprising:

by analyzing the subburst information for reporting a resource release, evaluating at least one of a connection identifier of a mobile station to which the resource to be released has been allocated, a start offset and duration of the resource to be released, and a flag for distinguishing a fixed allocation and a general allocation, and

determining whether the subburst information for reporting a resource release is the history information.

29. The method of claim 28, further comprising, by analyzing the subburst information for reporting a resource allocation, evaluating at lease one of a connection identifier of a mobile station to be allocated with the resource, a flag for distinguishing a fixed allocation and a general allocation, and a start offset and duration of the resource to be allocated.

30. The method of claim 24, further comprising, when it is determined that an unconsidered resource release or change exists in the history information, requesting a base station (BS) to transmit the history information.