Method and apparatus for requesting pilotreport in wireless communication systems

• US 8,107,421 B2
• Filed: 10/27/2006
• Issued: 01/31/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Prakash, Rajat, Ulupinar, Fatih
• Primary Examiner(s): Pwu, Jeffrey
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nooristany, Sulaiman
• Application Number:
  US12/091,450
• Publication Number:
  US 20090086665A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,922 Days
• Field of Search: 370/328
• US Class Current: 370/328
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/318 Received signal strength
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/382 for resource allocation, admission control or handover
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0003 by switching between different modulation schemes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0026 Transmission of channel quality indication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0028 Formatting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0675 characterised by the signaling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2647 Arrangements specific to the receiver only equalisation H04L27/01
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0803 Configuration setting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/083 for increasing network speed
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0869 Validating the configuration within one network element
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/10 Scheduling measurement reports ; Arrangements for measurement reports
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0235 where the received signal is a power saving command
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/00 Reducing energy consumption in communication networks
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A method and apparatus for transmitting PilotReportRequest message in a wireless communication system is described. A PilotReportRequest message comprising an 8 bit MessageID field and an 8 bit ReportFormat field is generated, wherein the ReportFormat field indicates the format of the PilotReport being requested from an access terminal. The PilotReportRequest message is transmitted over a communication link.

Claims

1. A method of transmitting PilotReportRequest message in a wireless communication system, characterized in that:

generating a PilotReportRequest message comprising an 8 bit MessageID field and an 8 bit ReportFormat field wherein the ReportFormat field indicates the format of the PilotReport being requested from an access terminal; and

transmitting the PilotReportRequest message over a communication link.

2. A non-transitory computer storage readable medium including instruction stored thereon, characterized in that:

a first set of instructions for generating a PilotReportRequest message comprising an 8 bit MessageID field and an 8 bit ReportFormat field wherein the ReportFormat field indicates the format of the PilotReport being requested from an access terminal; and

a second set of instructions for transmitting the PilotReportRequest message over a communication link.

3. An apparatus operable in a wireless communication system, characterized in that:

means for generating a PilotReportRequest message comprising an 8 bit MessageID field, an 8 bit ReportFormat field wherein the ReportFormat field indicates the format of the PilotReport being requested from an access terminal; and

means for transmitting the PilotReportRequest message over a communication link.

4. A method of receiving PilotReportRequest message in a wireless communication system, characterized in that:

receiving a PilotReportRequest message comprising an 8 bit MessageID field and an 8 bit ReportFormat field wherein the ReportFormat field indicates the format of the PilotReport being requested from an access terminal; and

responding with a PilotReport message.

5. A non-transitory computer storage readable medium including instruction stored thereon, characterized in that:

a first set of instructions for receiving a PilotReportRequest message comprising an 8 bit MessageID field, an 8 bit ReportFormat field wherein the ReportFormat field indicates the format of the PilotReport being requested from an access terminal; and

a second set of instructions for responding with a PilotReport message.

6. An apparatus operable in a wireless communication system, characterized in that:

means for receiving a PilotReportRequest message comprising an 8 bit MessageID field, an 8 bit ReportFormat field wherein the ReportFormat field indicates the format of the PilotReport being requested from an access terminal; and

means for responding with a PilotReport message.