METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATING TRANSMISSION BACKLOG INFORMATION
First Claim
1. A method of operating a base station, the method comprising:
- receiving a transmission backlog report from a wireless terminal, said transmission backlog report communicating a report value; and
determining a reporting control factor corresponding to said received report, said reporting control factor being a function of at least one of channel quality information, wireless terminal available transmission power information, wireless terminal device capability information and quality of service information.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for communicating transmission backlog information are described. Reporting control factors are utilized to expand reporting possibilities for a fixed bit size request report. At least one report control factor is determined as a function of channel quality information, power information, device capability information, and/or quality of service information. A transmission backlog report value is interpreted as a function of a reporting control factor. A wide range of quantization schemes for reporting transmission backlog information are facilitated corresponding to a small bit size report. A communications device can adaptively select a quantization request level closely matched to its current needs such as to provide an accurate representation of its current traffic channel resource needs. A communications device may request a number of frames in a request report and the same report may be indirectly requesting a number of communications segments needed to clear its transmission backlog.
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41 Claims
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1. A method of operating a base station, the method comprising:
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receiving a transmission backlog report from a wireless terminal, said transmission backlog report communicating a report value; and determining a reporting control factor corresponding to said received report, said reporting control factor being a function of at least one of channel quality information, wireless terminal available transmission power information, wireless terminal device capability information and quality of service information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A base station comprising:
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a receiver module for receiving reports from wireless terminals said reports including transmission backlog reports wherein a transmission backlog report communicates a report value; and a reporting control factor determination module for determining a value of a reporting control factor, said reporting control factor being a function of at least one of channel quality information, wireless terminal available transmission power information, wireless terminal device capability information and quality of service information. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A base station comprising:
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means for receiving reports from wireless terminals said reports including transmission backlog reports wherein a transmission backlog report communicates a report value; and determination means for determining a value of a reporting control factor, said reporting control factor being a function of at least one of channel quality information, wireless terminal available transmission power information, wireless terminal device capability information and quality of service information. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A computer readable medium embodying machine executable instructions for controlling a base station to implement a method, the method comprising:
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receiving a transmission backlog report from a wireless terminal, said transmission backlog report communicating a report value; and determining a reporting control factor corresponding to said received report, said reporting control factor being a function of at least one of channel quality information, wireless terminal available transmission power information, wireless terminal device capability information and quality of service information. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. An apparatus operable in a communication system, the apparatus comprising:
a processor configured to; receive a transmission backlog report from a wireless terminal, said transmission backlog report communicating a report value; and determine a reporting control factor corresponding to said received report, said reporting control factor being a function of at least one of channel quality information, wireless terminal available transmission power information, wireless terminal device capability information and quality of service information. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41)
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