DYNAMIC ENABLING AND DISABLING OF CLTD OPERATION VIA HS SCCH ORDERS

• US 20120188889A1
• Filed: 10/31/2011
• Published: 07/26/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/10/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Sambhwani, Sharad Deepak, Hou, Jilei
• Granted Patent: US 8,681,809 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/252
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0404 the mobile station comprising multiple antennas, e.g. to provide uplink diversity
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/063 Parameters other than those covered in groups H04B7/0623 - H04B7/0634, e.g. channel matrix rank or transmit mode selection
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0634 Antenna weights or vector/matrix coefficients
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0693 switching off a diversity branch, e.g. to save power

Abstract

Apparatus and methods of wireless communication include configuring a closed loop transmit diversity (CLTD) operation between a User Equipment (UE) and an access node, detecting a condition of an uplink from the UE to the access node, and disabling CLTD operation by the UE based upon the condition. Optionally, the apparatus and methods may further include detecting that the condition of the uplink has ended, and in response enabling the CLTD operation.

Claims

1. A method for wireless communication, comprising:

configuring a closed loop transmit diversity (CLTD) operation between a User Equipment (UE) and an access node;

detecting a condition of an uplink from the UE to the access node; and

disabling the CLTD operation by the UE based upon the condition.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein disabling CLTD operation by the UE further comprising transmitting a downlink signaling order via High Speed Shared Control CHannel (HS-SCCH).

3. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting the condition of the uplink further comprises detecting a velocity of the UE as being above a threshold.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting the condition of the uplink further comprises determining a required transmit power for transmitting a downlink signaling order for the CLTD operation as being above a threshold.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein transmitting the downlink signaling order further comprising transmitting beamforming feedback weight information.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting the condition of the uplink further comprises determining a residual packet error rate at the access node as being above a threshold.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting that the condition of the uplink has ended; and

enabling CLTD operation by the UE in response to detecting the condition has ended.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the condition is detected at the UE.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the condition is detected at the access node.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the configuring and the disabling the CLTD operation further comprises scheduling the UE by a radio network controller.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the configuring of the CLTD operation further comprises configuring the UE to transmit one or more of a Dedicated Physical Control Channel (DPCCH), a Dedicated Physical Data Channel (DPDCH), High Speed Dedicated Physical Control Channel (HS-DPCCH), an Enhanced Dedicated Physical Control Channel (E-DPCCH), or an Enhanced Dedicated Physical Data Channel (E-DPDCH) on a primary precoding vector via a first physical antenna, and to transmit a Secondary Dedicated Physical Control Channel (S-DPCCH) on a secondary precoding vector via a second physical antenna.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the disabling of the CLTD operation further comprises:

determining a difference greater than a first threshold between a first physical antenna and a second physical antenna in signal-to-noise ratio over a measuring interval; and

selecting to transmit in non-CLTD operation on one of the first physical antenna and the second physical antenna based upon the determining of the difference.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the disabling of the CLTD operation further comprises configuring the UE to transmit one or more of a Dedicated Physical Control Channel (DPCCH), a Dedicated Physical Data Channel (DPDCH), a High Speed Dedicated Physical Control Channel (HS-DPCCH), an Enhanced Dedicated Physical Control Channel (E-DPCCH), or an Enhanced Dedicated Physical Data Channel (E-DPDCH) on a selected one of a first physical antenna or a second physical antenna, and to transmit a Secondary Dedicated Physical Control Channel (S-DPCCH) on another one of the first physical antenna and the second physical antenna, the method further comprising:

detecting that the condition of the uplink has ended by measuring the S-DPCCH; and

enabling the CLTD operation by the UE in response to detecting the condition has ended.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the disabling of the CLTD operation further comprises:

determining a first power amplification capability for transmitting on a first physical antenna and a second power amplification capability for transmitting on a second physical antenna; and

selecting one of the first physical antenna or second physical antenna to transmit one or more of a Dedicated Physical Control Channel (DPCCH), a Dedicated Physical Data Channel (DPDCH), a High Speed Dedicated Physical Control Channel (HS-DPCCH), an Enhanced Dedicated Physical Control Channel (E-DPCCH), or an Enhanced Dedicated Physical Data Channel (E-DPDCH) based upon the determining of the first and second power amplification capability.

15. At least one processor for wireless communication, comprising:

a first module for configuring a closed loop transmit diversity (CLTD) operation between a User Equipment (UE) and an access node;

a second module for detecting a condition of an uplink from the UE to the access node; and

a third module for disabling the CLTD operation by the UE based upon the condition.

16. A computer program product for wireless communication, comprising:

a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for storing sets of code comprising;

a first set of code for causing a computer to configure a closed loop transmit diversity (CLTD) operation between a User Equipment (UE) and an access node;

a second set of code for causing the computer to detect a condition of an uplink from the UE to the access node; and

a third set of code for causing the computer to disable the CLTD operation by the UE based upon the condition.

17. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

means for configuring a closed loop transmit diversity (CLTD) operation between a User Equipment (UE) and an access node;

means for detecting a condition of an uplink from the UE to the access node; and

means for disabling the CLTD operation by the UE based upon the condition.

18. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

a scheduler for configuring a closed loop transmit diversity (CLTD) operation between a User Equipment (UE) and an access node;

a receiver for detecting a condition of an uplink from the UE to the access node; and

a transmitter for disabling the CLTD operation by the UE based upon the condition.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the transmitter is further for disabling the CLTD operation by the UE by transmitting a downlink signaling order via High Speed Shared Control CHannel (HS-SCCH).

20. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the receiver is further for detecting the condition of the uplink by detecting a velocity of the UE as being above a threshold.

21. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the receiver is further for detecting the condition of the uplink by determining a required transmit power for transmitting a downlink signaling order for the CLTD operation as being above a threshold.

22. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the transmitter is further for transmitting the downlink signaling order by transmitting beamforming feedback weight information.

23. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the receiver is further for detecting the condition of the uplink by determining a residual packet error rate at the access node as being above a threshold.

24. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the receiver is further for detecting that the condition of the uplink has ended;

and

wherein the transmitter is further for enabling CLTD operation by the UE in response to detecting the condition has ended.

25. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the receiver is located at the UE for detecting the condition at the UE.

26. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the receiver is located at the access node for detecting the condition at the access node.

27. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the scheduler comprises a radio network controller for scheduling the configuring and the disabling the CLTD operation between UE and the access node.

28. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the scheduler configures the UE to transmit one or more of a Dedicated Physical Control Channel (DPCCH), a Dedicated Physical Data Channel (DPDCH), a High Speed Dedicated Physical Control Channel (HS-DPCCH), an Enhanced Dedicated Physical Control Channel (E-DPCCH), or an Enhanced Dedicated Physical Data Channel (E-DPDCH) on a primary precoding vector via a first physical antenna, and to transmit a Secondary Dedicated Physical Control Channel (S-DPCCH) on a secondary precoding vector via a second physical antenna.

29. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the scheduler is further for disabling the CLTD operation by:

determining a difference greater than a first threshold between a first physical antenna and a second physical antenna in signal-to-noise ratio over a measuring interval; and

selecting to transmit in a non-CLTD operation on one of the first physical antenna or the second physical antenna based upon the determining of the difference.

30. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the scheduler is further for disabling the CLTD operation by configuring the UE to transmit one or more of a Dedicated Physical Control Channel (DPCCH), a Dedicated Physical Data Channel (DPDCH), a High Speed Dedicated Physical Control Channel (HS-DPCCH), an Enhanced Dedicated Physical Control Channel (E-DPCCH), or an Enhanced Dedicated Physical Data Channel (E-DPDCH) on a selected one of a first physical antenna or a second physical antenna, and to transmit a Secondary Dedicated Physical Control Channel (S-DPCCH) on another one of the first physical antenna or the second physical antenna, wherein the scheduler is further for detecting that the condition of the uplink from the UE to the access node has ended based on a measuring of the S-DPCCH, and for enabling the CLTD operation by the UE in response to detecting the condition has ended.

31. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the scheduler is further for disabling the CLTD operation by:

determining a first power amplification capability for transmitting on a first physical antenna and a second power amplification capability for transmitting on a second physical antenna; and

selecting one of the first physical antenna or the second physical antenna to transmit one or more of a Dedicated Physical Control Channel (DPCCH), a Dedicated Physical Data Channel (DPDCH), a High Speed Dedicated Physical Control Channel (HS-DPCCH), an Enhanced Dedicated Physical Control Channel (E-DPCCH), or an Enhanced Dedicated Physical Data Channel (E-DPDCH) based upon the determining of the first and second power amplification capability.