A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING A SECTORPARAMETERS MESSAGE IN AN ACTIVE STATE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

• US 20100110976A1
• Filed: 10/27/2006
• Published: 05/06/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Gorokhov, Alexei, Sutivong, Arak, Ulupinar, Fatih, Khandekar, Aamod, Prakash, Rajat, Teague, Edward Harrison
• Granted Patent: US 8,457,042 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/328
• 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 transmitting and receiving a SectorParameters message in an Active state is provided. The method comprises transmitting a SectorParameters message over a Forward Traffic Channel Medium Access Control(MAC) in superframe number wherein the superframe number is divisible by N_{OMPSectorParameters}, setting a SectorSignature field of an ExtendedChannelInfo message to the SectorSignature field of a next SectorParameters message, determining if a multi-carrier mode is MultiCarrierOn and transmitting the SectorParameters message on each carrier.

Claims

1. A method of transmitting a SectorParameters message in an Active state, characterized in that:

transmitting a SectorParameters message over a Forward Traffic Channel Medium Access Control(MAC) in superframe number wherein the superframe number is divisible by N_{OMPSectorParameters};

setting a SectorSignature field of an ExtendedChannelInfo message to the SectorSignature field of a next SectorParameters message;

determining if a multi-carrier mode is MultiCarrierOn; and

transmitting the SectorParameters message on each carrier.

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

a first set of instructions for transmitting a SectorParameters message over a Forward Traffic Channel Medium Access Control(MAC) in superframe number wherein the superframe number is divisible by N_{OMPSectorParameters};

a second set of instructions for setting a SectorSignature field of an ExtendedChannelInfo message to the SectorSignature field of a next SectorParameters message;

a third set of instructions for determining if a multi-carrier mode is MultiCarrierOn; and

a fourth set of instructions for transmitting the SectorParameters message on each carrier.

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

means for transmitting a SectorParameters message over a Forward Traffic Channel Medium Access Control(MAC) in superframe number wherein the superframe number is divisible by N_{OMPSectorParameters};

means for setting a SectorSignature field of an ExtendedChannelInfo message to the SectorSignature field of a next SectorParameters message;

means for determining if a multi-carrier mode is MultiCarrierOn; and

means for transmitting the SectorParameters message on each carrier.

4. A method for processing a SectorParameters message in an Active State, characterized in that:

receiving a SectorParameters message; and

determining if public data contains the SectorParameters message with a same SectorID as the received SectorParameters message.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4, characterized in that:

comparing the SectorParametersSignature of the received SectorParameters message with the SectorParametersSignature in the stored SectorParameters message;

determining if the signature do not match;

replacing the SectorParameters message in the public data with the received SectorParameters message;

determining if the sector is a member of the Active Set; and

returning a SectorParametersUpdated and an OverheadMessagesUpdated indication.

6. The method as claimed in claim 4, characterized in that:

adding the received SectorParameters message to the public data;

determining if the sector is a member of the Active set;

returning the SectorParametersUpdated and the OverheadMessagesUpdated indication; and

deleting the old SectorParameters messages corresponding to sectors not in the Active Set.

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

a first set of instructions for receiving a SectorParameters message; and

a second set of instructions for determining if public data contains the SectorParameters message with a same SectorID as the received SectorParameters message.

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

means for receiving a SectorParameters message; and

means for determining if public data contains the SectorParameters message with a same SectorID as the received SectorParameters message.

9. The apparatus as claimed in claim 8, characterized in that:

means for comparing the SectorParametersSignature of the received SetorParameters message with the SectorParametersSignature in the stored SectorParameters message;

means for determining if the signature do not match;

means for replacing the SectorParameters message in the public data with the received SectorParameters message;

means for determining if the sector is a member of the Active Set; and

means for returning a SectorParameters Updated and an OverheadMessagesUpdated indication.

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

means for adding the received SectorParameters message to the public data;

means for determining if the sector is a member of the Active set;

means for returning the SectorParametersUpdated and the OverheadMessagesUpdated indication; and

means for deleting the old SectorParameters messages corresponding to sectors not in the Active Set.