Method and apparatus for requesting selected interlace mode in wireless communication systems

• US 8,238,289 B2
• Filed: 10/27/2006
• Issued: 08/07/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Prakash, Rajat, Khandekar, Aamod, Gorokhov, Alexei
• Primary Examiner(s): LIN, KENNY S
• Assistant Examiner(s): Myers, Jasmine
• Application Number:
  US12/091,441
• Publication Number:
  US 20100046423A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,111 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 requesting selected interlace mode with a particular sector is provided, comprising generating a SelectedInterlaceRequest message comprising an 8 bit MessageID field, a 12 bit PilotPN field wherein the PilotPN field indicates a value of PilotPN of the sector to which the message is directed and a 4 bit InterlacesRequested field wherein the InterlacesRequested field indicates a value of requested number of interlaces and transmitting the SelectedInterlaceRequest message over a communication link. A method and apparatus for receiving and processing the SelectedInterlaceRequest message is further provided.

Claims

1. A method of requesting selected interlace mode with a particular sector in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

generating, by a processor, a SelectedInterlaceRequest message comprising an 8 bit MessageID field, a 12 bit Pilot Pseudo Noise (PilotPN) field wherein the PilotPN field indicates a value of PilotPN of the sector to which the SelectedInterlaceRequest message is directed, and a 4 bit InterlacesRequested field wherein the InterlacesRequested field indicates a value of requested number of interlaces; and

transmitting the SelectedInterlaceRequest message over a communication link.

2. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-executable code recorded thereon, the code comprising:

a first set of instructions for generating a SelectedInterlaceRequest message comprising an 8 bit MessageID field, a 12 bit Pilot Pseudo Noise (PilotPN) field wherein the PilotPN field indicates a value of PilotPN of the sector to which the SelectedInterlaceRequest message is directed, and a 4 bit InterlacesRequested field wherein the InterlacesRequested field indicates a value of requested number of interlaces; and

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

3. An apparatus operable in a wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising:

means for generating a SelectedInterlaceRequest message comprising an 8 bit MessageID field, a 12 bit Pilot Pseudo Noise (PilotPN) field wherein the PilotPN field indicates a value of PilotPN of the sector to which the SelectedInterlaceRequest message is directed, and a 4 bit InterlacesRequested field wherein the InterlacesRequested field indicates a value of requested number of interlaces; and

means for transmitting the SelectedInterlaceRequest message over a communication link.

4. A method of providing selected interlace mode with a particular sector in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, by a processor, a SelectedInterlaceRequest message comprising an 8 bit MessageID field, a 12 bit Pilot Pseudo Noise (PilotPN) field wherein the PilotPN field is interpreted as a value of PilotPN of the sector to which the SelectedInterlaceRequest message is directed, and a 4 bit InterlacesRequested field wherein the InterlacesRequested field is interpreted as a value of requested number of interlaces; and

processing the SelectedInterlaceRequest message.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4 further comprising:

ignoring the SelectedInterlaceRequest message when the PilotPN value does not match the PilotPN of the sector that received the message.

6. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-executable code recorded thereon, the code comprising:

a first set of instructions for receiving a SelectedInterlaceRequest message comprising an 8 bit MessageID field, a 12 bit Pilot Pseudo Noise (PilotPN) field wherein the PilotPN field is interpreted as a value of PilotPN of the sector to which the SelectedInterlaceRequest message is directed, and a 4 bit InterlacesRequested field wherein the InterlacesRequested field is interpreted as a value of requested number of interlaces; and

a second set of instructions for processing the SelectedInterlaceRequest message.

7. The computer program product as claimed in claim 6 further comprising:

a third set of instructions for ignoring the SelectedInterlaceRequest message when the PilotPN value does not match the PilotPN of the sector that received the message.

8. An apparatus operable in a wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising:

means for receiving a SelectedInterlaceRequest message comprising an 8 bit MessageID field, a 12 bit Pilot Pseudo Noise (PilotPN) field wherein the PilotPN field is interpreted as a value of PilotPN of the sector to which the SelectedInterlaceRequest message is directed, and a 4 bit InterlacesRequested field wherein the InterlacesRequested field is interpreted as a value of requested number of interlaces; and

means for processing the SelectedInterlaceRequest message.

9. The apparatus as claimed in claim 8 further comprising:

means for ignoring the SelectedInterlaceRequest message when the PilotPN value does not match the PilotPN of the sector that received the message.