Cyclic bandwidth allocation method with HARQ enabled
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- allocating transmission resources for transmitting data packets, where the allocation of transmission resources comprise a periodic allocation of the transmission resources which are applicable to a plurality of frames; and
transmitting an indication of the allocation of transmission resources,where the allocation of transmission resources comprises an allocation of transmission resources for a first transmission during the plurality of frames,where a hybrid automatic repeat request channel identifier is set as an initial value c; and
the hybrid automatic repeat request channel identifier for each subsequent transmission is incremented by 1, except the hybrid automatic repeat request channel identifier is reset to c when a maximum hybrid automatic repeat request channel identifier, M+c, is reached, andwhere M is a maximum number of hybrid automatic repeat request channels.
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Abstract
A method is described which includes allocating transmission resources for transmitting data packets. The allocation of transmission resources includes a periodic allocation of the transmission resources that is applicable to a plurality of frames. The allocation of transmission resources includes an allocation of transmission resources for a first transmission of each HARQ process during the plurality of frames. The method includes receiving an indication of an allocation of transmission resources for data packets in a plurality of frames. Receiving and/or transmitting packets during the plurality of frames using the allocation of transmission resources is also included in the method. The frames in the plurality of frames may include a compressed MAC header. Apparatus and computer programs are also described.
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33 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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allocating transmission resources for transmitting data packets, where the allocation of transmission resources comprise a periodic allocation of the transmission resources which are applicable to a plurality of frames; and transmitting an indication of the allocation of transmission resources, where the allocation of transmission resources comprises an allocation of transmission resources for a first transmission during the plurality of frames, where a hybrid automatic repeat request channel identifier is set as an initial value c; and
the hybrid automatic repeat request channel identifier for each subsequent transmission is incremented by 1, except the hybrid automatic repeat request channel identifier is reset to c when a maximum hybrid automatic repeat request channel identifier, M+c, is reached, andwhere M is a maximum number of hybrid automatic repeat request channels. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method comprising:
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allocating transmission resources for transmitting data packets, where the allocation of transmission resources comprise a periodic allocation of the transmission resources which are applicable to a plurality of frames; and transmitting an indication of the allocation of transmission resources, where the allocation of transmission resources comprises an allocation of transmission resources for a first transmission during the plurality of frames, where the periodic allocation comprises an allocation of; for a first frame in the plurality of frames, a hybrid automatic repeat request channel 0, and for subsequent frames in the plurality of frames, where the hybrid automatic repeat request channel of an immediately previous frame in the plurality of frames is channel n; when n+1 is less than a maximum number of allocated hybrid automatic repeat request channels, M, a hybrid automatic repeat request channel (n+1) and when n+1 is equal to M, the hybrid automatic repeat request channel 0.
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11. A method comprising:
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receiving an indication of an allocation of transmission resources for data packets in a plurality of frames; and at least one of receiving and transmitting the data packets during the plurality of frames using the allocated transmission resources, where the allocation of transmission resources comprise a periodic allocation of the transmission resources which are applicable to the plurality of frames, and where the allocation of transmission resources comprises an allocation of transmission resources for a first transmission during the plurality of frames, where a hybrid automatic repeat request channel identifier is set as an initial value, c; and
the hybrid automatic repeat request channel identifier for each subsequent transmission is incremented by 1, except the hybrid automatic repeat request channel identifier is reset to c when a maximum hybrid automatic repeat request channel identifier, M+c, is reached, andwhere M is a maximum number of hybrid automatic repeat request channels. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer readable memory tangibly embodying a computer program comprising instructions comprising:
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allocating transmission resources for transmitting data packets, where the allocation of transmission resources comprise a periodic allocation of the transmission resources which are applicable to a plurality of frames; and transmitting an indication of the allocation of transmission resources, where the allocation of transmission resources comprises an allocation of transmission resources for a first transmission during the plurality of frames, where a hybrid automatic repeat request channel for a first transmission is set as an initial hybrid automatic repeat request channel value, c; and
the hybrid automatic repeat request channel for each subsequent transmission is incremented by 1, except the hybrid automatic repeat request channel is reset to c when a maximum hybrid automatic repeat request channel, M+c, is reached, andwhere M is a maximum number of allocated asynchronous channels. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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21. A computer readable memory tangibly embodying a computer program comprising instructions comprising:
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receiving an indication of an allocation of transmission resources for data packets in a plurality of frames; and at least one of receiving and transmitting the data packets during the plurality of frames using the allocation of transmission resources, where the allocation of transmission resources comprise a periodic allocation of the transmission resources that is applicable to the plurality of frames, and where the allocation of transmission resources comprises an allocation of transmission resources for a first transmission during the plurality of frames, where a hybrid automatic repeat request channel for a frame for a first transmission is set as an initial hybrid automatic repeat request channel value, c; and
the hybrid automatic repeat request channel for each subsequent transmission is incremented by 1, except the hybrid automatic repeat request channel is reset to c when a maximum hybrid automatic repeat request channel, M+c, is reached, andwhere M is a maximum number of allocated asynchronous channels. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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23. An apparatus comprising:
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a processing unit configured to allocate transmission resources for transmitting data packets, where the allocation of transmission resources comprise a periodic allocation of the transmission resources which are applicable to a plurality of frames; and a transmitter configured to transmit an indication of the allocation of transmission resources, where the allocation of transmission resources comprises an allocation of transmission resources for a first transmission during the plurality of frames, where a hybrid automatic repeat request channel identifier is set as an initial value, c; and
the hybrid automatic repeat request channel identifier for each subsequent transmission is incremented by 1, except the hybrid automatic repeat request channel identifier is reset to c when a maximum hybrid automatic repeat request channel identifier, M+c, is reached, andwhere M is a maximum number of hybrid automatic repeat request channels. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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27. An apparatus comprising:
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a transceiver configured to receive an indication of an allocation of transmission resources for data packets in a plurality of frames; and to one of receive and transmit the plurality of frames using the allocation of transmission resources, where the allocation of transmission resources comprise a periodic allocation of the transmission resources that is applicable to the plurality of frames, and where the allocation of transmission resources comprises an allocation of transmission resources for a first transmission during the plurality of frames, where a hybrid automatic repeat request channel identifier is set as an initial value, c; and
the hybrid automatic repeat request channel identifier for each subsequent transmission is incremented by 1, except the hybrid automatic repeat request channel identifier is reset to c when a maximum hybrid automatic repeat request channel identifier, M+c, is reached, andwhere M is a maximum number of hybrid automatic repeat request channels. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29)
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30. An apparatus comprising:
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means for allocating transmission resources for transmitting data packets, where the allocation of transmission resources comprise a periodic allocation of the transmission resources that is applicable to a plurality of frames; and means for transmitting an indication of the allocation of transmission resources, where the allocation of transmission resources comprises an allocation of transmission resources for a first transmission during the plurality of frames, where the periodic allocation comprises an allocation of; for a first frame in the plurality of frames, a hybrid automatic repeat request channel 0, and for subsequent frames in the plurality of frames, where the hybrid automatic repeat request channel of an immediately previous frame in the plurality of frames is channel n; when n+1 is less than a maximum number of allocated hybrid automatic repeat request channels, M, the hybrid automatic repeat request channel (n+1) and when n+1 is equal to M, the hybrid automatic repeat request channel 0. - View Dependent Claims (31)
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32. A apparatus comprising:
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means for receiving an indication of an allocation of transmission resources for data packets in a plurality of frames; and transceiver means for at least one of receiving and transmitting the plurality of frames using the allocation of transmission resources, where the allocation of transmission resources comprise a periodic allocation of the transmission resources that is applicable to the plurality of frames, and where the allocation of transmission resources comprises an allocation of transmission resources for a first transmission during the plurality of frames, where the periodic allocation comprises an allocation of; for a first frame in the plurality of frames, a hybrid automatic repeat request channel 0, and for subsequent frames in the plurality of frames, where the hybrid automatic repeat request channel of an immediately previous frame in the plurality of frames is channel n; when n+1 is less than a maximum number of allocated hybrid automatic repeat request channels, M, the hybrid automatic repeat request channel (n+1) and when n+1 is equal to M, the hybrid automatic repeat request channel 0. - View Dependent Claims (33)
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