Method for scheduling packet data transmission
First Claim
1. A wireless telecommunications system comprising at least one base station, said at least one base station for assigning one of a plurality of MAC_IDs to each of a plurality of mobile stations within a cell served by said at least one base station and allocating a packet data channel for a selected mobile station of said plurality of mobile stations, wherein said at least one base station transmits a selected MAC_ID of said plurality of MAC_IDs on a control channel to said plurality of mobile stations, said selected MAC_ID assigned to said selected mobile station, and wherein said selected MAC_ID is associated on said control channel with activity information that indicates to said selected mobile station that a packet data channel has been allocated to said selected mobile station by said at least one base station.
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Abstract
In a packet data transmission and reception system, a media access control (MAC) message is broadcast by a base station to a plurality of mobile stations. The MAC message contains packet data transmission scheduling information which allows the base station to preemptively control mobile station access to traffic channels in order to maximize the efficiency of packet data transmissions and allow scheduling consideration including priority access, quality of service and maximum bytes per transfer. The MAC message consists of a control frame structure, which comprises scheduling parameters including MAC IDs fields, activity fields, and a field representing the number of free traffic channels in a cell. These parameters enable multiple mobile stations to share, in a time multiplexed fashion, traffic channels for packet data transmission on CDMA based mobile communication systems.
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21 Claims
- 1. A wireless telecommunications system comprising at least one base station, said at least one base station for assigning one of a plurality of MAC_IDs to each of a plurality of mobile stations within a cell served by said at least one base station and allocating a packet data channel for a selected mobile station of said plurality of mobile stations, wherein said at least one base station transmits a selected MAC_ID of said plurality of MAC_IDs on a control channel to said plurality of mobile stations, said selected MAC_ID assigned to said selected mobile station, and wherein said selected MAC_ID is associated on said control channel with activity information that indicates to said selected mobile station that a packet data channel has been allocated to said selected mobile station by said at least one base station.
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5. A method of operating a base station comprising:
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assigning one of a plurality of MAC_IDs to each of a plurality of mobile stations operating within a cell served by the base station; and
,allocating a packet data channel for a selected mobile station of said plurality of mobile stations, wherein said allocating comprises; transmitting a selected MAC_ID of said plurality of MAC_IDs on a control channel to said plurality of mobile stations, said selected MAC_ID assigned to said selected mobile station, wherein said selected MAC_ID is associated on said control channel with activity information that indicates to said selected mobile station that a packet data channel has been allocated to said selected mobile station by the base station. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 16, 17)
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8. A wireless telecommunications system comprising:
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a plurality of base stations including a selected base station, said selected base station for assigning one of a first plurality of MAC IDs to each of a plurality of mobile stations within a cell served by said selected base station; and at least one mobile station, said at least one mobile station for receiving a MAC ID assignment from each of said plurality of base stations, and storing a second plurality of MAC IDs in a memory, and for monitoring a selected control channel of a plurality of control channels of the plurality of base stations, wherein said selected control channel is associated with said selected base station and carries to the mobile station packet data activity information associated with a selected MAC ID of said first plurality of MAC IDs, said selected MAC ID associated with said at least one mobile station, decoding said selected MAC ID, and, in response to decoding said selected MAC ID in the mobile station, determining from said activity information that a packet data channel is allocated to said mobile station by said selected base station. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of operating a mobile station;
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receiving, at the mobile station, a MAC_ID assignment from each of a plurality of base stations; storing a plurality of MAC_ID in a memory of the mobile station, each of said plurality of MAC_IDs assigned by one of said plurality of base stations; monitoring a selected control channel of a plurality of control channels of the plurality of base stations, wherein said selected control channel is associated with a selected base station of the plurality of base stations and carries to the mobile station packet data activity information associated with a selected MAC_ID of said plurality of MAC_IDs, said selected MAC_ID assigned to the mobile station; decoding, in the mobile station, said selected MAC_ID; and in response to decoding said selected MAC_ID, determining from said activity information that a packet data channel is allocated to the mobile station by said selected base station. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21)
- said method comprising;
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