Methods and apparatus for transitioning between states
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1. A method that facilitates transitioning between wireless terminal states, comprising:
- utilizing a first state whereby the wireless terminal utilizes all segments comprising a beaconslot of a tone of an uplink dedicated control channel (DCCH) to transmit control information;
transitioning from the first state to a split-tone on state whereby the wireless terminal utilizes an assigned subset of the segments composing the beaconslot to transmit the control information to reduce power consumption associated with the wireless terminal, the subset being less than a total number of segments comprising the beaconslot; and
utilizing the split-tone on state;
wherein the first state is a hold state and the wireless terminal directly transitions from the hold state to the split-tone on state;
wherein the split-tone on state is associated with at least one of a rate related to the uplink dedicated control channel greater than a rate associated with the hold state and or a rate of power control greater than that of the hold state.
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Abstract
Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate transitioning between states associated with a wireless terminal. The wireless terminal may transition to and/or from a split-tone on state, which may enable increasing overall user capacity related to a base station or sector. Further, such state transitions may reduce power consumption associated with the wireless terminal.
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1. A method that facilitates transitioning between wireless terminal states, comprising:
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utilizing a first state whereby the wireless terminal utilizes all segments comprising a beaconslot of a tone of an uplink dedicated control channel (DCCH) to transmit control information; transitioning from the first state to a split-tone on state whereby the wireless terminal utilizes an assigned subset of the segments composing the beaconslot to transmit the control information to reduce power consumption associated with the wireless terminal, the subset being less than a total number of segments comprising the beaconslot; and utilizing the split-tone on state; wherein the first state is a hold state and the wireless terminal directly transitions from the hold state to the split-tone on state; wherein the split-tone on state is associated with at least one of a rate related to the uplink dedicated control channel greater than a rate associated with the hold state and or a rate of power control greater than that of the hold state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A wireless communications apparatus, comprising:
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a memory that retains a state assignment associated with a first state, the first state causing the wireless apparatus to utilize all segments comprising a beaconslot of a tone of an uplink dedicated control channel (DCCH) to transmit control information; and a processor that utilizes the first state, transitions to a split-tone on state from the first state to tailor resource utilization to wireless terminal usage, and employs the split-tone on state the split-tone state causing the wireless apparatus to utilize an assigned subset of the segments comprising the beaconslot to transmit the control information, the subset being less than a total of all segments comprising the beaconslot; wherein the first state is a hold state and the wireless terminal directly transitions from the hold state to the split-tone on state; wherein the split-tone on state is associated with at least one of a rate related to the uplink dedicated control channel greater than a rate associated with the hold state and or a rate of power control greater than that of the hold state. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A wireless communications apparatus that enables transitioning between states associated with a wireless terminal, comprising:
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means for utilizing a first state to transmit control information using all segments comprising a beaconslot of a tone of an uplink dedicated control channel (DCCH); means for transitioning from the first state to a split-tone on state from that causes the wireless transmitter to transmit the control information using an assigned subset of the segments less than a total of all segments comprising the beaconslot to reduce a rate associated with power control; and means for utilizing the split-tone on state; wherein the first state is a hold state and the wireless terminal directly transitions from the hold state to the split-tone on state; wherein the split-tone on state is associated with at least one of a rate related to the uplink dedicated control channel greater than a rate associated with the hold state and or a rate of power control greater than that of the hold state. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having stored thereon machine-executable instructions for:
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employing a split-tone on state whereby a wireless terminal utilizes an assigned subset of segments comprising a beaconslot of a tone of an uplink dedicated control channel (DCCH) to transmit control channel reports, the subset being less than a total number of segments comprising the beaconslot; transitioning from the split-tone on state to a second state whereby the wireless terminal utilizes all of the segments comprising the beaconslot to transmit the control channel reports; and
employing the second state;wherein the first state is a hold state and the wireless terminal directly transitions from the hold state to the split-tone on state; wherein the split-tone on state is associated with at least one of a rate related to the uplink dedicated control channel greater than a rate associated with the hold state and or a rate of power control greater than that of the hold state. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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21. A processor that executes the following instructions:
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utilizing a first state to transmit channel quality information using all segments comprising a beaconslot of a tone of an uplink dedicated control channel (DCCH); changing from the first state to a split-tone on state in response to receiving a state transition channel segment; and utilizing the split-tone on state to transmit the channel quality information using an assigned subset of the segments comprising the beaconslot, the subset being less than a total number of the segments comprising the beaconslot; wherein the first state is a hold state and the wireless terminal directly transitions from the hold state to the split-tone on state; wherein the split-tone on state is associated with at least one of a rate related to the uplink dedicated control channel greater than a rate associated with the hold state and or a rate of power control greater than that of the hold state. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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24. A method that facilitates increasing a number of users capable of simultaneously being supported by a base station, comprising:
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communicating with a wireless terminal in a first state using all segments comprising a beaconslot of a tone of a dedicated control channel (DCCH); evaluating characteristics of usage related to the wireless terminal in the first state; transitioning the wireless terminal from the first state to a split-tone on state to increase user capacity based on the characteristics of usage; and communicating with the wireless terminal in the split-tone on state using an assigned subset of the segments comprising the beaconslot, the subset being less than a total number of segments comprising the beaconslot; wherein the first state is a hold state and the wireless terminal directly transitions from the hold state to the split-tone on state; wherein the split-tone on state is associated with at least one of a rate related to the uplink dedicated control channel greater than a rate associated with the hold state and or a rate of power control greater than that of the hold state. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A wireless communications apparatus, comprising:
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a memory that retains measured characteristics associated with a wireless terminal; and a processor that determines when to transition the wireless terminal from a full-tone on state to a split-tone on state, transmits a state transition channel segment instructing the wireless terminal indicating to switch to the split-tone on state, receives an acknowledgement from the wireless terminal that the switch has been completed, and communicates with the wireless terminal in the split-tone on state; wherein the full-tone state causes the wireless terminal to transmit Dedicated Control Reports (DCRs) using a total number of segments comprising a beaconslot of a tone of an uplink dedicated control channel (DCCH), and the split-tone on state causes the wireless terminal to transmit DCRs using an assigned subset of the segments less than the total; wherein the first state is a hold state and the wireless terminal directly transitions from the hold state to the split-tone on state; wherein the split-tone on state is associated with at least one of a rate related to the uplink dedicated control channel greater than a rate associated with the hold state and or a rate of power control greater than that of the hold state. - View Dependent Claims (34)
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35. A wireless communications apparatus for controlling base station capacity, comprising:
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means for receiving a request to transition from a first state to a split-tone on state for a wireless terminal, wherein the first state allows communication with the wireless terminal using all segments comprising a beaconslot of a tone of a dedicated control channel (DCCH); means for transmitting a state transition channel segment to the wireless terminal to change from the first state to the split-tone on state; and means for communicating with the wireless terminal in the split-tone on state using an assigned subset of the segments comprising the beaconslot, the assigned subset being less than a total of all segments comprising the beaconslot; wherein the first state is a hold state and the wireless terminal directly transitions from the hold state to the split-tone on state; wherein the split-tone on state is associated with at least one of a rate related to the uplink dedicated control channel greater than a rate associated with the hold state and or a rate of power control greater than that of the hold state. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37)
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38. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having stored thereon machine-executable instructions for:
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evaluating available control channel resources;
transmitting a state transition channel request to a wireless terminal in a full-tone on state to effectuate transitioning to a split-tone on state that causes the wireless terminal to communicate using an assigned subset of segments comprising a beaconslot of a tone of an uplink dedicated control channel (DCCH), the subset being less than a total number of segment comprising the beaconslot; andreceiving an acknowledgement from the wireless terminal that the transitioning was effectuated; wherein the first state is a hold state and the wireless terminal directly transitions from the hold state to the split-tone on state; wherein the split-tone on state is associated with at least one of a rate related to the uplink dedicated control channel greater than a rate associated with the hold state and or a rate of power control greater than that of the hold state. - View Dependent Claims (39)
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40. A processor that executes the following instructions:
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receiving a request to switch from a first state to a split-tone on state for a wireless terminal, wherein the first state causes communication with the wireless terminal to be performed using all segments comprising a beaconslot of a tone of a dedicated control channel (DCCH); sending a state transition channel segment to the wireless terminal to change from the first state to the split-tone on state; and communicating with the wireless terminal in the split-tone on state using an assigned subset of the segments comprising the beaconslot, the assigned subset being less than a total of all segments comprising the beaconslot; wherein the first state is a hold state and the wireless terminal directly transitions from the hold state to the split-tone on state; wherein the split-tone on state is associated with at least one of a rate related to the uplink dedicated control channel greater than a rate associated with the hold state and or a rate of power control greater than that of the hold state. - View Dependent Claims (41)
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