METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SETTINGTUNEAWAYSTATUS IN AN OPEN STATE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

• US 20090207790A1
• Filed: 10/26/2006
• Published: 08/20/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Parekh, Nileshkumar J., Ulupinar, Fatih, Prakash, Rajat
• Application Number:
  US12/091,464
• Publication Number:
  US 20090207790A1
• 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 setting TuneAwayStatus in an Open state is provided, the method comprising determining if a tune away schedule is in TuneAway state, setting a TunedAwayStatus to ‘1’, determining a QuickChannelInfo block that is missed during the time spent with TunedAwayStatus being ‘1’ and setting a QuickChannelInfoMissed timer to expire at the end of the first frame to follow the next QuickChannelInfo block.

Claims

1. A method of setting TuneAwayStatus in an Open state in a wireless communication system, characterized in that:

determining if a tune away schedule is in a TuneAway state;

setting a TunedAwayStatus to ‘

1’

;

determining a QuickChannelInfo block that is missed during the time spent with TunedAwayStatus being ‘

1’

; and

setting a QuickChannelInfoMissed timer to expire at the end of the first frame to follow the next QuickChannelInfo block.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that:

determining if the TunedAwayStatus changes state; and

generating a TunedBack indication.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that:

determining if the TunedAwayStatus changes state; and

generating a TunedAway indication.

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

a first set of instructions for determining if a tune away schedule is in TuneAway state;

a second set of instructions for setting a TunedAwayStatus to ‘

1’

;

a third set of instructions for determining a QuickChannelInfo block that is missed during the time spent with TunedAwayStatus being ‘

1’

; and

a forth set of instructions for setting a QuickChannelInfoMissed timer to expire at the end of the first frame to follow the next QuickChannelInfo block.

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

means for determining if a tune away schedule is in TuneAway state;

means for setting a TunedAwayStatus to ‘

1’

;

means for determining a QuickChannelInfo block that is missed during the time spent with TunedAwayStatus being ‘

1’

; and

means for setting a QuickChannelInfoMissed timer to expire at the end of the first frame to follow the next QuickChannelInfo block.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5, characterized in that:

means for determining if the TunedAwayStatus changes from ‘

1’

to ‘

0’ and

means for generating a TunedBack indication.

7. The method as claimed in claim 5, characterized in that:

means for determining if the TunedAwayStatus changes from ‘

0’

to ‘

1’

; and

means for generating a TunedAway indication.

8. A method of setting TuneAwayStatus in an Open state in a wireless communication system, characterized in that:

determining if a tune away schedule is in TuneAway state; and

determining if a QuickChannelInfoMissed timer is not active.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8, characterized in that setting a TunedAwayStatus to ‘

0’

.

10. The method as claimed in claim 8, characterized in that:

determining if the QuickChannelInfoMissed timer expires and if none of the tune away schedules is in TuneAway state; and

setting TunedAwayStatus to ‘

0’

.

11. The method as claimed in claim 8, characterized in that:

determining if TunedAwayStatus changes from ‘

1’

to ‘

0’

; and

generating a TunedBack indication.

12. The method as claimed in claim 8, characterized in that:

determining if TunedAwayStatus changes from ‘

0’

to ‘

1’

; and

generating a TunedAway indication.

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

a first set of instructions for determining if a tune away schedule is in TuneAway state; and

a second set of instructions for determining if a QuickChannelInfoMissed timer is not active.

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

means for determining if a tune away schedule is in TuneAway state; and

means for determining if a QuickChannelInfoMissed timer is not active.

15. The apparatus as claimed in claim 14, characterized in that means for setting a TunedAwayStatus to ‘

0’

.

16. The apparatus as claimed in claim 14, characterized in that:

means for determining if the QuickChannelInfoMissed timer expires and if none of the tune away schedules is in TuneAway state and

means for setting TunedAwayStatus to ‘

0’

.

17. The apparatus as claimed in claim 14, characterized in that:

means for determining if TunedAwayStatus changes from ‘

1’

to ‘

0’ and

means for generating a TunedBack indication.

18. The apparatus as claimed in claim 14, characterized in that:

means for determining if TunedAwayStatus changes from ‘

0’

to ‘

1’ and

means for generating a TunedAway indication.