Systems and methods for communicating control data using multiple slot formats
First Claim
1. A method implemented in a mobile station of a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
- formatting control data for a plurality of slots in a control frame of a dedicated control channel according to at least two different slot formats, wherein each slot in the control frame comprises a plurality of bits allocated from a plurality of different types of control data bits, and wherein each of the at least two different slot formats has a different allocation of the plurality of bits from the plurality of different types of control data bits; and
transmitting the control data in the control frame of the dedicated control channel in the at least two different slot formats.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for communicating control information in slots that use at least two different slot formats. In one embodiment, a method implemented in a wireless communication system includes providing at least two different slot formats, formatting control data in the slots of a control frame according to the at least two different slot formats, transmitting the control frame from a mobile station to a base station via a control channel, receiving the control frame, extracting data rate information from the control frame according to the at least two different slot formats, decoding the extracted control data, parsing the extracted data into separate data rate information and decoding data received via one or more data channels using the decoded control data. In one embodiment, the method is used to enable additional TFCI data corresponding to two different data channels to be transmitted on a single control channel.
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49 Claims
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1. A method implemented in a mobile station of a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
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formatting control data for a plurality of slots in a control frame of a dedicated control channel according to at least two different slot formats, wherein each slot in the control frame comprises a plurality of bits allocated from a plurality of different types of control data bits, and wherein each of the at least two different slot formats has a different allocation of the plurality of bits from the plurality of different types of control data bits; and transmitting the control data in the control frame of the dedicated control channel in the at least two different slot formats. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method implemented in a base station of a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
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receiving frames of control information via a dedicated control channel; extracting control data from the frames of the control information according to at least two different slot formats, wherein each slot in the frames of control information comprise a plurality of bits allocated from a plurality of different types of control data bits, and wherein each of the at least two different slot formats has a different allocation of the plurality of bits from the plurality of different types of control data bits; decoding the extracted control data; and decoding data received via one or more data channels using the decoded control data. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method implemented in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
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formatting control data for a plurality of slots in a control frame of a dedicated control channel according to the at least two different slot formats, wherein each slot in the control frame comprises a plurality of bits allocated from a plurality of different types of control data bits, and wherein each of the at least two different slot formats has a different allocation of the plurality of bits from the plurality of different types of control data bits; and transmitting the control data in the plurality of slots of the control frame of the dedicated control channel in the at least two different slot formats from a mobile station to a base station via the dedicated control channel; receiving the control frame; extracting the control data from the control frame according to the at least two different slot formats; decoding the extracted control data; and decoding data received via one or more data channels using the decoded control data. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A mobile station for a wireless communication system comprising:
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a transceiver subsystem; and a processing subsystem coupled to the transceiver subsystem and configured to; format control data for a plurality of slots in a control frame of a dedicated control channel according to at least two different slot formats, wherein each slot in the control frame comprises a plurality of bits allocated from a plurality of different types of control data bits, and wherein each of the at least two different slot formats has a different allocation of the plurality of bits from the plurality of different types of control data bits; and wherein the transceiver subsystem is configured to transmit the control data in the control frame of the dedicated control channel in the at least two different slot formats. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A base station for a wireless communication system comprising:
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a transceiver subsystem configured to receive frames of control information via a dedicated control channel; and a processing subsystem coupled to the transceiver subsystem and configured to; extract control data from the frames of the control information according to at least two different slot formats, wherein each slot in a control frame comprises a plurality of bits allocated from a plurality of different types of control data bits, and wherein each of the at least two different slot formats has a different allocation of the plurality of bits from the plurality of different types of control data bits; decode the extracted control data; and decode data received via one or more data channels using the decoded control data. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A wireless communication system comprising:
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a mobile station configured to; format control data for a plurality of slots in a control frame of a dedicated control channel according to the at least two different slot formats, wherein each slot in the control frame comprises a plurality of bits allocated from a plurality of different types of control data bits, and wherein each of the at least two different slot formats has a different allocation of the plurality of bits from the plurality of different types of control data bits, and transmit the control data for the plurality of slots in the control frame of the dedicated control channel in the at least two different slot formats, and a base station configured to; receive the control frame via the dedicated control channel; extract the control data from the control frame according to the at least two different slot formats; decode the extracted control data; and decode data received via one or more data channels using the decoded control data. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A mobile station for a wireless communication system comprising:
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transceiver means; and processing means coupled to the transceiver means and configured to; format control data for a plurality of slots in a control frame of a dedicated control channel according to at least two different slot formats, wherein each slot in the control frame comprises a plurality of bits allocated from a plurality of different types of control data bits, and wherein each of the at least two different slot formats has a different allocation of the plurality of bits from the plurality of different types of control data bits; and wherein the transceiver means is configured to transmit the control data for the plurality of slots in the control frame of the dedicated control channel in the at least two different slot formats. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A base station for a wireless communication system comprising:
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transceiver means configured to receive frames of control information via a dedicated control channel; and processing means coupled to the transceiver means and configured to extract control data from the frames of control information according to at least two different slot formats, wherein each slot in a control frame comprises a plurality of bits allocated from a plurality of different types of control data bits, and wherein each of the at least two different slot formats has a different allocation of the plurality of bits from the plurality of different types of control data bits; decode the extracted control data, and decode data received via one or more data channels using the decoded control data, wherein the at least two different slot formats form a repeating pattern. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. A machine-readable medium having non-transitory instructions stored therein, for formatting and transmitting control data in a wireless communications system, the instructions comprising code for:
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formatting control data for a plurality of slots in a control frame of a dedicated control channel according to at least two different slot formats, wherein each slot in the control frame comprises a plurality of bits allocated from a plurality of different types of control data bits, and wherein each of the at least two different slot formats has a different allocation of the plurality of bits from the plurality of different types of control data bits; and transmitting the control data for the plurality of slots in the control frame of the dedicated control channel in the at least two different slot formats.
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49. A machine-readable medium having non-transitory instructions stored therein, for receiving, extracting, and decoding control data in a wireless communications system, the instructions comprising code for:
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receiving frames of control information via a dedicated control channel; and extracting control data from the frames of control information according to at least two different slot formats, wherein each slot in a control frame comprises a plurality of bits allocated from a plurality of different types of control data bits, and wherein each of the at least two different slot formats has a different allocation of the plurality of bits from the plurality of different types of control data bits; decoding the extracted control data, and decoding data received via one or more data channels using the decoded control data, wherein the at least two different slot formats form a repeating pattern.
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