Apparatus, method and computer program product providing radio link parameter update for reallocation of HARQ process for 2ms NST/ST
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- initiating at a Node B a hybrid automatic repeat request re-allocation by sending from the Node B to a serving radio network controller a RADIO LINK PARAMETER UPDATE INDICATION message that comprises at least one of a hybrid automatic repeat request process allocation for 2 ms non-scheduled transmission GRANT information element and a hybrid automatic repeat request process allocation for 2 ms scheduled transmission GRANT information element, said at least one information element indicating a value for hybrid automatic repeat request process re-allocation;
receiving at the Node B from the serving radio network controller one of a RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION PREPARE message or a RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION REQUEST message that contains the said at least one information element;
responsive to receiving the RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION PREPARE message or the RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION REQUEST message, sending from the Node B to the serving radio network controller a RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION READY message or a RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION RESPONSE message;
receiving at the Node B from the serving radio network controller a RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION COMMIT message for the case of synchronized radio link reconfiguration; and
re-allocating the hybrid automatic repeat request process according to the received RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION PREPARE message or the received RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION REQUEST message.
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Abstract
A method, apparatus, and computer program for re-allocating a hybrid automatic repeat request HARQ process is described where a Node B initiates HARQ re-allocation by sending to a radio network controller RNC a RL PARAMETER UPDATE INDICATION message that includes at least one of a HARQ process allocation for 2 ms non-scheduled transmission NST GRANT information element IE and a HARQ process allocation for 2 ms scheduled transmission ST GRANT IE indicating a value for HARQ process re-allocation. The Node B then receives from the RNC a RL RECONFIGURATION PREPARE or REQUEST message that contains the NST or ST GRANT IE. Responsive to receiving the RL RECONFIGURATION PREPARE or REQUEST message, the Node B sends to the RNC a RL RECONFIGURATION READY or RESPONSE message, then receives from the RNC a RL RECONFIGURATION COMMIT message. Responsive to the COMMIT message, the Node B re-allocates the HARQ process according to the RL RECONFIGURATION PREPARE or REQUEST message.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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initiating at a Node B a hybrid automatic repeat request re-allocation by sending from the Node B to a serving radio network controller a RADIO LINK PARAMETER UPDATE INDICATION message that comprises at least one of a hybrid automatic repeat request process allocation for 2 ms non-scheduled transmission GRANT information element and a hybrid automatic repeat request process allocation for 2 ms scheduled transmission GRANT information element, said at least one information element indicating a value for hybrid automatic repeat request process re-allocation; receiving at the Node B from the serving radio network controller one of a RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION PREPARE message or a RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION REQUEST message that contains the said at least one information element; responsive to receiving the RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION PREPARE message or the RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION REQUEST message, sending from the Node B to the serving radio network controller a RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION READY message or a RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION RESPONSE message; receiving at the Node B from the serving radio network controller a RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION COMMIT message for the case of synchronized radio link reconfiguration; and re-allocating the hybrid automatic repeat request process according to the received RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION PREPARE message or the received RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION REQUEST message. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A method comprising:
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receiving from a Node B a RADIO LINK PARAMETER UPDATE INDICATION message that comprises at least one of a hybrid automatic repeat request process allocation for 2 ms non-scheduled transmission GRANT information element and a hybrid automatic repeat request process allocation for 2 ms scheduled transmission GRANT information element, said at least one information element indicating a value for hybrid automatic repeat request process re-allocation; responsive to receiving the RADIO LINK PARAMETER UPDATE INDICATION message, sending to the Node B one of a RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION PREPARE message and a RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION REQUEST message that contains the said at least one information element; and
thereafterresponsive to receiving from the Node B one of a RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION READY message or a RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION RESPONSE message, sending to the Node B a RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION COMMIT message for the case of synchronized radio link reconfiguration. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5)
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6. An information bearing medium storing a program of machine-readable instructions, executable by a digital data processor, to perform actions directed toward re-allocating a hybrid automatic repeat request process, the actions comprising:
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receiving from a Node B a RADIO LINK PARAMETER UPDATE INDICATION message that comprises at least one of a hybrid automatic repeat request process allocation for 2 ms non-scheduled transmission GRANT information element and a hybrid automatic repeat request process allocation for 2 ms scheduled transmission GRANT information element indicating a value for hybrid automatic repeat request process re-allocation; responsive to receiving the RADIO LINK PARAMETER UPDATE INDICATION message, sending to the Node B one of a RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION PREPARE message and a RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION REQUEST message that contains the said at least one information element; responsive to receiving from the Node B one of a RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION READY message and a RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION RESPONSE message, sending to the Node B a RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION COMMIT message for the case of synchronized radio link reconfiguration. - View Dependent Claims (7, 13)
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8. An integrated circuit in combination with software embodied on a computer readable medium, configured to cooperate so as to signal for a re-allocation of a hybrid automatic repeat request process by:
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initiating a hybrid automatic repeat request re-allocation by sending from a Node B to a controlling node of a radio network a RADIO LINK PARAMETER UPDATE INDICATION message that comprises at least one of a hybrid automatic repeat request process allocation for 2 ms non-scheduled transmission GRANT information element and a hybrid automatic repeat request process allocation for 2 ms scheduled transmission GRANT information element indicating a value for hybrid automatic repeat request process re-allocation; responsive to receiving from the controlling node one of a RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION PREPARE message and a RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION REQUEST message that contains the said at least one information element, sending to the controlling node one of a RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION READY message and a RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION RESPONSE message; receiving from the controlling node a RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION COMMIT message for the case of synchronized radio link reconfiguration; re-allocating the hybrid automatic repeat request process according to the said RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION PREPARE message or RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION REQUEST message.
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9. A system comprising a Node B coupled through a communication interface to a controlling node of a radio network, each of the Node B and the controlling node comprising embodied software and a processor configured to:
at the Node B; send to the controlling node a RADIO LINK PARAMETER UPDATE INDICATION message that comprises at least one of a hybrid automatic repeat request process allocation for 2 ms non-scheduled transmission GRANT information element and a hybrid automatic repeat request process allocation for 2 ms scheduled transmission GRANT information element indicating a value for hybrid automatic repeat request process re-allocation; responsive to receiving from the controlling node one of a RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION PREPARE message and a RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION REQUEST message, send to the controlling node one of a RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION READY message and a RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION RESPONSE message; and at the controlling node; responsive to receiving the PARAMETER UPDATE INDICATION, send to the Node B one of the RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION PREPARE message and the RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION REQUEST message that contains the said at least one information element; responsive to receiving from the Node B one of the RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION READY message and the RADIO LINKL RECONFIGURATION RESPONSE message, sending to the Node B a RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION COMMIT message for the case of synchronized radio link reconfiguration.
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10. A method comprising:
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sending from a drift radio network controller to a second radio network controller a RADIO LINK PARAMETER UPDATE INDICATION message that comprises at least one of a hybrid automatic repeat request process allocation for 2 ms non-scheduled transmission GRANT information element and a hybrid automatic repeat request process allocation for 2 ms scheduled transmission GRANT information element, said at least one information element indicating a value for hybrid automatic repeat request process re-allocation; receiving at the drift radio network controller from the second radio network controller one of a RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION PREPARE message and a RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION REQUEST message that contains the said at least one information element; responsive to receiving the RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION PREPARE message or the RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION REQUEST message, sending from the drift radio network controller to the second radio network controller a RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION READY message or a RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION RESPONSE message; receiving at the drift radio network controller from the second radio network controller a RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION COMMIT message for the case of synchronized radio link reconfiguration.
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11. An apparatus comprising a program of computer instructions embodied in a local memory, a processor, and a communications interface configured to communicate with a network element, wherein the program is arranged to cause the processor to:
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send to the network element via the interface a RADIO LINK PARAMETER UPDATE INDICATION message that comprises at least one of a hybrid automatic repeat request process allocation for 2 ms non-scheduled transmission GRANT information element and a hybrid automatic repeat request process allocation for 2 ms scheduled transmission GRANT information element, said at least one information element indicating a value for hybrid automatic repeat request process re-allocation; receive via the interface from the network element one of a RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION PREPARE message and a RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION REQUEST message that contains the said at least one information element; and
thereaftersend to the network element a RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION READY message or a RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION RESPONSE message, and to receive from the network element a RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION COMMIT message for the case of synchronized radio link reconfiguration. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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14. An apparatus comprising a program of computer instructions embodied in a local memory, a processor, and a communications interface, wherein the program when executed on the processor causes the apparatus to perform at least the following:
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initiating at a Node B a hybrid automatic repeat request re-allocation by sending from the Node B to a serving radio network controller a RADIO LINK PARAMETER UPDATE INDICATION message that comprises at least one of a hybrid automatic repeat request process allocation for 2 ms non-scheduled transmission GRANT information element and a hybrid automatic repeat request process allocation for 2 ms scheduled transmission GRANT information element, said at least one information element indicating a value for hybrid automatic repeat request process re-allocation; receiving at the Node B from the serving radio network controller one of a RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION PREPARE message or a RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION REQUEST message that contains the said at least one information element; responsive to receiving the RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION PREPARE message or the RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION REQUEST message, sending from the Node B to the serving radio network controller a RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION READY message or a RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION RESPONSE message; receiving at the Node B from the serving radio network controller a RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION COMMIT message for the case of synchronized radio link reconfiguration; and re-allocating the hybrid automatic repeat request process according to the received RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION PREPARE message or the received RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION REQUEST message. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. An apparatus comprising a program of computer instructions embodied in a local memory, a processor, and a communications interface, wherein the program when executed on the processor causes the apparatus to perform at least the following:
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receiving from a Node B a RADIO LINK PARAMETER UPDATE INDICATION message that comprises at least one of a hybrid automatic repeat request process allocation for 2 ms non-scheduled transmission GRANT information element and a hybrid automatic repeat request process allocation for 2 ms scheduled transmission GRANT information element, said at least one information element indicating a value for hybrid automatic repeat request process re-allocation; responsive to receiving the RADIO LINK PARAMETER UPDATE INDICATION message, sending to the Node B one of a RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION PREPARE message and a RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION REQUEST message that contains the said at least one information element; and
thereafterresponsive to receiving from the Node B one of a RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION READY message or a RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION RESPONSE message, sending to the Node B a RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION COMMIT message for the case of synchronized radio link reconfiguration. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. An information bearing medium storing a program of machine-readable instructions, executable by a digital data processor, to perform actions directed toward re-allocating a hybrid automatic repeat request process, the actions comprising:
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initiating at a Node B a hybrid automatic repeat request re-allocation by sending from the Node B to a serving radio network controller a RADIO LINK PARAMETER UPDATE INDICATION message that comprises at least one of a hybrid automatic repeat request process allocation for 2 ms non-scheduled transmission GRANT information element and a hybrid automatic repeat request process allocation for 2 ms scheduled transmission GRANT information element, said at least one information element indicating a value for hybrid automatic repeat request process re-allocation; receiving at the Node B from the serving radio network controller one of a RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION PREPARE message or a RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION REQUEST message that contains the said at least one information element; responsive to receiving the RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION PREPARE message or the RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION REQUEST message, sending from the Node B to the serving radio network controller a RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION READY message or a RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION RESPONSE message; receiving at the Node B from the serving radio network controller a RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION COMMIT message for the case of synchronized radio link reconfiguration; and re-allocating the hybrid automatic repeat request process according to the received RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION PREPARE message or the received RADIO LINK RECONFIGURATION REQUEST message. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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