Resource allocating apparatus and method for simplex communication in wideband wireless communication system

• US 7,936,716 B2
• Filed: 08/07/2007
• Issued: 05/03/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Jang, Jae-Hyuk, Kim, Nam-Gi, Cho, Min-Hee, Son, Jung-Je
• Primary Examiner(s): TRINH, TAN H
• Application Number:
  US11/834,798
• Publication Number:
  US 20080032699A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,365 Days
• Field of Search: 455/509, 455/452.1, 455/450, 455/451, 455/420, 455/456.5, 455/464, 455/9, 455/515, 455/556.1, 455/406, 455/432.1, 455/507, 455/518, 455/512, 455/561, 370/329, 370/338, 370/328
• US Class Current: 370/329
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/10 Push-to-Talk [PTT] or Push-On-Call services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/04 Wireless resource allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/30 Resource management for broadcast services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/30 Connection release
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/45 for Push-to-Talk [PTT] or Push-to-Talk over cellular [PoC] services

Abstract

A resource allocating apparatus and a method for a Push-To-Talk (PTT) service in a wideband wireless communication system are provided. The method includes, when a Floor Grant message is received from a PTT server, allocating an uplink resource to a corresponding terminal and when a Floor Release message is received from the terminal, aborting the uplink resource allocation. The uplink resource is allocated only to the terminal having the data to be transmitted, and the resources are not allotted to terminals having no data to send.

Claims

1. A Base Station (BS) for allocating resources in a wideband wireless communication system, the BS comprising:

a packet classifier for determining whether a Floor Grant message is received from a Push-To-Talk (PTT) server;

a packet analyzer for determining whether a Floor Release message is received from a terminal;

a call manager for requesting resource allocation to a scheduler when a signal informing of the reception of the Floor Grant message is input from the packet classifier, and for requesting resource allocation abortion to the scheduler when a signal informing of the reception of a Floor Release message is input from the packet analyzer; and

the scheduler for allocating an uplink resource to a corresponding terminal and for aborting the uplink resource allocation according to the request of the call manager.

2. The BS of claim 1, further comprising a MAC management message processor for determining whether a session with the terminal is for a PTT service by analyzing a Dynamic Service Addition REQuest (DSA-REQ) message received from the terminal and for outputting the determination result to the call manager.

3. The BS of claim 2, wherein the DSA-REQ message comprises uplink grant scheduling type information which indicates the resource allocation request for the PTT service.