Method and apparatus for improved channel maintenance signaling
First Claim
1. A method for improved channel maintenance signaling comprising:
- entering a high-rate-channel-maintenance mode by a processor of a remote unit in which a transceiver of the remote unit transmits channel maintenance signaling, wherein channel maintenance signaling comprises signaling of at least one type from the group consisting of channel quality indication (CQI) signaling, power control signaling, reverse dedicated pilot signaling, forward dedicated pilot signaling, and ACK/NACK signaling;
when a low-rate condition is met, the processor of the remote unit entering a low- rate- channel- maintenance mode in which the transceiver of the remote unit transmits channel maintenance signaling at one of a lower rate or a lower transmit power than when in the high- rate-channel-maintenance mode;
when a high-rate condition is met, the processor of the remote unit reentering the high- rate-channel-maintenance mode from the low-rate-channel-maintenance mode, wherein the high- rate condition comprises a condition from the group consisting ofthe remote unit detects that handoff conditions are present,the remote unit begins receiving data via a forward link associated with the channel maintenance signaling, andthe time remaining until a next periodic, high-rate initiation point after the remote unit enters the low-rate-channel-maintenance mode has elapsed,and further comprisingreceiving an indication from an access network (AN) that the remote unit enter the high-rate-channel-maintenance mode from the low-rate-channel-maintenance modewherein the indication that the remote unit enter the high-rate-channel-maintenance mode further indicates configuration information from the group consisting ofthe low-rate condition that the remote unit to enter the low-rate-channel-maintenance mode,a period of time between high-rate initiation points, anda frame offset for CQI signaling.
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Abstract
Various embodiments are described to address the need for channel maintenance/channel quality signaling that can better utilize reverse link capacity and conserve battery life. Generally expressed, a remote unit (101) enters (403) a high-rate-channel-maintenance mode in which it transmits channel maintenance signaling. When a low-rate condition is met (405), the remote unit enters (407) a low-rate-channel-maintenance mode in which it transmits channel maintenance signaling at either a lower rate or a lower transmit power than when in the high-rate-channel-maintenance mode. Then when a high-rate condition is met (409), the remote unit reenters the high-rate-channel-maintenance mode.
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15 Claims
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1. A method for improved channel maintenance signaling comprising:
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entering a high-rate-channel-maintenance mode by a processor of a remote unit in which a transceiver of the remote unit transmits channel maintenance signaling, wherein channel maintenance signaling comprises signaling of at least one type from the group consisting of channel quality indication (CQI) signaling, power control signaling, reverse dedicated pilot signaling, forward dedicated pilot signaling, and ACK/NACK signaling; when a low-rate condition is met, the processor of the remote unit entering a low- rate- channel- maintenance mode in which the transceiver of the remote unit transmits channel maintenance signaling at one of a lower rate or a lower transmit power than when in the high- rate-channel-maintenance mode; when a high-rate condition is met, the processor of the remote unit reentering the high- rate-channel-maintenance mode from the low-rate-channel-maintenance mode, wherein the high- rate condition comprises a condition from the group consisting of the remote unit detects that handoff conditions are present, the remote unit begins receiving data via a forward link associated with the channel maintenance signaling, and the time remaining until a next periodic, high-rate initiation point after the remote unit enters the low-rate-channel-maintenance mode has elapsed, and further comprising receiving an indication from an access network (AN) that the remote unit enter the high-rate-channel-maintenance mode from the low-rate-channel-maintenance mode wherein the indication that the remote unit enter the high-rate-channel-maintenance mode further indicates configuration information from the group consisting of the low-rate condition that the remote unit to enter the low-rate-channel-maintenance mode, a period of time between high-rate initiation points, and a frame offset for CQI signaling. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for improved channel maintenance signaling comprising:
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sending, by an access network (AN) to a remote unit, an indication that the remote unit to transition from a high-rate-channel-maintenance mode to a low-rate-channel-maintenance mode when a low-rate condition is met and that the remote unit to transition from the low-rate-channel-maintenance mode to the high-rate-channel-maintenance mode when a high-rate condition is met, wherein the high-rate condition comprises a condition from the group consisting of;
the remote unit detects that handoff conditions are present, the remote unit begins receiving data via a forward link associated with the channel maintenance signaling, and the time remaining until a next periodic, high-rate initiation point after the remote unit enters the low-rate-channel-maintenance mode has elapsed,wherein the high-rate-channel-maintenance mode comprises a mode in which a remote unit transmits channel maintenance signaling, wherein channel maintenance signaling comprises signaling of at least one type from the group consisting of channel quality indication (CQI) signaling, power control signaling, reverse dedicated pilot signaling, forward dedicated pilot signaling, and ACK/NACK signaling, and wherein the low-rate-channel-maintenance mode comprises a mode in which the remote unit transmits channel maintenance signaling at one of a lower rate or a lower transmit power than when in the high-rate-channel-maintenance mode, and further comprising receiving an indication from the remote unit entering the low-rate- channel-maintenance mode or the high-rate-channel-maintenance mode wherein the indication further indicates configuration information from the group consisting of the low-rate condition that the remote unit to enter the low-rate-channel-maintenance mode the high-rate condition that the remote unit to enter the high-rate-channel-maintenance mode, a period of time between high-rate initiation points, and a frame offset for CQI signaling. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A remote unit comprising:
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a transceiver; a processing unit, communicatively coupled to the transceiver, adapted to enter a high-rate-channel-maintenance mode in which channel maintenance signaling is transmitted via the transceiver, wherein channel maintenance signaling comprises signaling of at least one type from the group consisting of channel quality indication (CQI) signaling, power control signaling, reverse dedicated pilot signaling, forward dedicated pilot signaling, and ACK/NACK signaling, adapted to enter, when a low-rate condition is met, a low-rate-channel-maintenance mode in which channel maintenance signaling is transmitted via the transceiver at one of a lower rate or a lower transmit power than when in the high-rate-channel-maintenance mode, and adapted to reenter, when a high-rate condition is met, the high-rate-channel-maintenance mode from the low-rate-channel-maintenance mode, wherein the high-rate condition comprises a condition from the group consisting of the remote unit detects that handoff conditions are present, the remote unit begins receiving data via a forward link associated with the channel maintenance signaling, and the time remaining until a next periodic, high-rate initiation point after the remote unit enters the low-rate-channel-maintenance mode has elapsed, and further comprising receiving an indication from the remote unit entering the low-rate-channel-maintenance mode or the high-rate-channel-maintenance mode wherein the indication further indicates configuration information from the group consisting of the low-rate condition that the remote unit to enter the low-rate-channel-maintenance mode. the high-rate condition that the remote unit to enter the high-rate-channel-maintenance mode, a period of time between high-rate initiation points, and a frame offset for CQI signaling.
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15. An access network (AN) comprising:
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a transceiver a network interface; a processing unit, communicatively coupled to the transceiver and the network interface, adapted to send, to a remote unit via the transceiver, an indication that the remote unit to transition from a high-rate-channel-maintenance mode to a low-rate-channel-maintenance mode when a low-rate condition is met and that the remote unit to transition from the low-rate-channel-maintenance mode to the high-rate-channel-maintenance mode when a high-rate condition is met, wherein the high-rate condition comprises a condition from the group consisting of;
the remote unit detects that handoff conditions are present, the remote unit begins receiving data via a forward link associated with the channel maintenance signaling, and the time remaining until a next periodic, high-rate initiation point after the remote unit enters the low-rate-channel-maintenance mode has elapsed,wherein the high-rate-channel-maintenance mode comprises a mode in which a remote unit transmits channel maintenance signaling, wherein channel maintenance signaling comprises signaling of at least one type from the group consisting of channel quality indication (CQI) signaling, power control signaling, reverse dedicated pilot signaling, forward dedicated pilot signaling, and ACK/NACK signaling, and wherein the low-rate-channel-maintenance mode comprises a mode in which the remote unit transmits channel maintenance signaling at one of a lower rate or a lower transmit power than when in the high-rate-channel-maintenance mode, and further comprising receiving an indication from the access network that the remote unit enter the high-rate-channel-maintenance mode from the low-rate-channel-maintenance mode wherein the indication that the remote unit enter the high-rate-channel-maintenance mode further indicates configuration information from the group consisting of the low-rate condition that the remote unit to enter the low-rate-channel-maintenance mode. a period of time between high-rate initiation points, and a frame offset for CQI signaling.
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