METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING CHANNEL INFORMATION AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL

• US 20100220618A1
• Filed: 09/08/2008
• Published: 09/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Dong Cheol, Kwak, Jin Sam, Noh, Min Seok, Han, Seung Hee, Kwon, Yeong Hyeon, Lee, Hyun Woo
• Granted Patent: US 8,345,571 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/252
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/10 Scheduling measurement reports ; Arrangements for measurement reports
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/21 in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/0866 using a dedicated channel for access

Abstract

A method for transmitting channel information and a mobile communication terminal are disclosed. The method for transmitting channel information includes requesting, by a mobile station (MS) through a random access channel (RACH), a base station (BS) to allocate a resource for transmitting channel information, if it is determined that transmission of a channel status of a downlink channel is necessary as a result of monitoring the channel status, and transmitting, from the MS through the RACH to the BS, the channel information which is updated according to the channel status if the resource allocation is completed. Therefore an existing control channel can be efficiently used, without adding a new control channel for channel quality identifier (CQI) transmission by a mobile station or modifying the configuration of a transmitting stage. Further, signal interference for the existing channels can be prevented when generating a scheduling request.

Claims

1. A method of transmitting channel information, the method comprising:

requesting, by a mobile station (MS) through a random access channel (RACH), a base station (BS) to allocate a resource for transmitting channel information, if it is determined that transmission of a channel status of a downlink channel is necessary as a result of monitoring the channel status; and

transmitting, from the MS through the RACH to the BS, the channel information which is updated according to the channel status if the resource allocation is completed.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting the channel information comprises transmitting to the BS an identifier of the MS simultaneously with or sequentially to the channel information.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the RACH is dedicatedly allocated to transmit the channel information.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the requesting the BS to allocate the resource comprises requesting the BS to allocate the resource through the RACH, if the channel information becomes different from previous channel information, a previous report on the channel status has an error, or the channel status is not suitable for a transmission mode.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the requesting the BS to allocate the resource comprises transmitting an access reason to the BS through the RACH if the RACH is not dedicatedly allocated to transmit the channel information.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the requesting the BS to allocate the resource comprises simultaneously transmitting an access sequence and the access reason to the BS.

7. A method of transmitting channel information, the method comprising:

requesting, by an MS through a scheduling request channel, that a BS allocate a resource for transmitting channel information, if transmission of a channel status of a downlink channel is necessary as a result of monitoring the channel status; and

transmitting, from the MS through the scheduling request channel to the BS, the channel information which is updated according to the channel status if the resource allocation is completed.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the requesting that the BS allocate the resource comprises transmitting an access reason to the BS if the resource allocated by the BS is not sufficient for transmission of the channel information.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the requesting that the BS allocate the resource comprises transmitting a scheduling request to the BS.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the requesting that the BS allocate the resource comprises adding an access reason to a scheduling request.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the requesting that the BS allocate the resource comprises adding a buffer size necessary for the MS to a scheduling request.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein the requesting that the BS allocate the resource comprises adding the amount of the resource necessary for the MS to a scheduling request.

13. A method of transmitting channel information, the method comprising:

transmitting, from an MS to a BS, a control signal directing the BS not to decode a dedicated channel, wherein the dedicated channel is used to transmit channel information; and

transmitting, from the MS through the dedicated channel to the BS, the channel information which is updated according to a channel status, if it is determined that transmission of the channel status of a downlink channel is necessary as a result of monitoring the channel status by the MS.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein transmitting the channel information to the BS comprises transmitting from the MS to the BS a control signal which directs the BS to decode the dedicated channel through a channel other than the dedicated channel.

15. A mobile station, comprising:

a channel status measurement portion to monitor a channel status of a downlink channel;

a random access portion to request, through a random access channel (RACH), that a base station (BS) allocate a resource for transmitting channel information, if it is necessary to transmit the channel status as the result of monitoring the channel status; and

a channel status report portion to transmit, through the RACH to the BS, the channel information which is updated according to the channel status if the resource allocation is completed.