Wireless timing and power control
First Claim
1. A communications method, the method comprising:
- operating a wireless terminal, at different times, in each one of at least three different operational states, the three different operational states including a first state, a second state and a third state;
wherein operating the wireless terminal in the first state includes using a first amount of a control communications resource used to send control signals between a base station and said wireless terminal;
wherein operating the wireless terminal in the second state includes using a second amount of said control communications resource, said second amount of said control communications resource being less than said first amount, said second amount of said control communications resource including a dedicated unlink signaling channel and a shared downlink signaling channel, said shared downlink signal channel being used to communicate information relating to the allocation of data channel segments; and
wherein operating the wireless terminal in the third state includes using a third amount of said control communications resource which is less than said first and second amounts.
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Abstract
The use of multiple states of mobile communication device operation to allow a single base station to support a relatively large number of mobile nodes is described. The various states require different amounts of communications resources, e.g., bandwidth. Four supported states of operation are an on-state, a hold-state, a sleep-state, and an access-state. Each mobile node in the on-state is allocated communication resources to perform transmission power control signaling, transmission timing control signaling and to transmit data as part of a data uplink communications operation. Each mobile node in the hold-state is allocated communication resources to perform transmission timing control signaling and is provided a dedicated uplink for requesting a state transition and a shared resource for transmitting acknowledgements. In the sleep state a mobile node is allocated minimal resources and does not conduct power control signaling or timing control signaling. Data may be received in the on and hold states.
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44 Claims
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1. A communications method, the method comprising:
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operating a wireless terminal, at different times, in each one of at least three different operational states, the three different operational states including a first state, a second state and a third state; wherein operating the wireless terminal in the first state includes using a first amount of a control communications resource used to send control signals between a base station and said wireless terminal; wherein operating the wireless terminal in the second state includes using a second amount of said control communications resource, said second amount of said control communications resource being less than said first amount, said second amount of said control communications resource including a dedicated unlink signaling channel and a shared downlink signaling channel, said shared downlink signal channel being used to communicate information relating to the allocation of data channel segments; and wherein operating the wireless terminal in the third state includes using a third amount of said control communications resource which is less than said first and second amounts. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 32, 33, 34)
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26. A wireless terminal, comprising:
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a device status control module for controlling said wireless terminal to operate, at different times, in each one of at least three different operational states, the three different operational states including a first state, a second state and a third state; a first set of control modules used for controlling communication with a base station, during said first state of operation, using a first amount of a control communications resource used to communicate control signals between the base station and said wireless terminal; a second set of control modules used for controlling communication with the base station, during said second state of operation, using a second amount of said control communications resource, said second amount of said control communications resource being less than said first amount, said second amount of said control communications resource including a dedicated uplink signaling channel and a shared downlink signaling channel, said shared downlink channel being used to communicate information relating to the allocation of data channel segments; and a third set of control modules used for controlling communication with the base station, during said third state of operation, using a third amount of said control communications resource which is less than said first and second amounts. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A communications method, the method comprising:
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operating a wireless terminal, at different times, in each one of at least three different operational states, the three different operational states including a first state, a second state and a third state, wherein operating the wireless terminal in the first state includes using a first amount of a control communications resource used to send control signals between a base station and said wireless terminal; wherein operating the wireless terminal in the second state includes using a second amount of said control communications resource, said second amount of said control communications resource being less than said first amount, said second amount of said control communications resource including a dedicated uplink signaling channel and a shared downlink signaling channel, said shared downlink signal channel being used to communicate information relating to the allocation of data channel segments; wherein operating the wireless terminal in the third state includes using a third amount of said control communications resource which is less than said first and second amounts; and wherein operating said wireless terminal in said first state and said second state further includes performing timing control signaling operations in both of said states, said timing control signaling operations including receiving and processing timing control signals from said base station, said timing control signals including timing adjustment instructions, said processing including making timing adjustments in accordance with said timing adjustment instructions.
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35. A wireless terminal, comprising:
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a device status control module for controlling said wireless terminal to operate, at different times, in each one of at least three different operational states, the three different operational states including a first state, a second state and a third state; a first set of control modules used for controlling communication with a base station, during said first state of operation, using a first amount of a control communications resource used to communicate control signals between the base station and said wireless terminal; a second set of control modules used for controlling communication with the base station, during said second state of operation, using a second amount of said control communications resource, said second amount of said control communications resource being less than said first amount, said second amount of said control communications resource including a dedicated uplink signaling channel and a shared downlink signaling channel, said shared downlink channel being used to communicate information relating to the allocation of data channel segments; a third set of control modules used for controlling communication with the base station, during said third state of operation, using a third amount of said control communications resource which is less than said first and second amounts; wherein at least one of said control modules in said first set of control modules is a timing control module for processing timing adjustment instructions from said base station, said processing including making timing adjustments in accordance with said timing adjustment instructions; wherein at least one of said control modules in said second set of control modules is a timing control module for processing timing adjustment instructions from said base station, said processing including making timing adjustments in accordance with said timing adjustment instructions; and wherein another control module in each of said first and second sets of control modules is a slow paging channel monitoring module.
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36. A memory embodying processor executable routines for controlling a wireless terminal to implement a communications method, the communications method comprising:
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operating, at different times, in each one of at least three different operational states, the three different operational states including a first state, a second state and a third state, wherein operating in the first state includes using a first amount of a control communications resource used to send control signals between a base station and said wireless terminal; wherein operating in the second state includes using a second amount of said control communications resource, said second amount of said control communications resource being less than said first amount, said second amount of said control communications resource including a dedicated uplink signaling channel and a shared downlink signaling channel, said shared downlink signal channel being used to communicate information relating to the allocation of data channel segments; and wherein operating in the third state includes using a third amount of said control communications resource which is less than said first and second amounts. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38)
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39. A device including a processor, the processor configured to control a wireless terminal to:
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operate, at different times, in each one of at least three different operational states, the three different operational states including a first state, a second state and a third state, wherein operating in the first state includes using a first amount of a control communications resource used to send control signals between a base station and said wireless terminal; wherein operating in the second state includes using a second amount of said control communications resource, said second amount of said control communications resource being less than said first amount, said second amount of said control communications resource including a dedicated uplink signaling channel and a shared downlink signaling channel, said shared downlink signal channel being used to communicate information relating to the allocation of data channel segments; and wherein operating in the third state includes using a third amount of said control communications resource which is less than said first and second amounts. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41)
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42. A wireless terminal, comprising:
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device status control means for controlling said wireless terminal to operate, at different times, in each one of at least three different operational states, the three different operational states including a first state, a second state and a third state; first control means for controlling communication with a base station, during said first state of operation, using a first amount of a control communications resource used to communicate control signals between the base station and said wireless terminal; second control means used for controlling communication with the base station, during said second state of operation, using a second amount of said control communications resource, said second amount of said control communications resource being less than said first amount, said second amount of said control communications resource including a dedicated uplink signaling channel and a shared downlink signaling channel, said shared downlink channel being used to communicate information relating to the allocation of data channel segments; and third control means for controlling communication with the base station, during said third state of operation, using a third amount of said control communications resource which is less than said first and second amounts. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44)
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