Method and apparatus of assigning in wireless communication systems

• US 8,477,808 B2
• Filed: 10/27/2006
• Issued: 07/02/2013
• 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): Hamza, Faruk
• Assistant Examiner(s): GUADALUPE CRUZ, AIXA AMYR
• Application Number:
  US12/091,521
• Publication Number:
  US 20090161775A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,440 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 370/491
• 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 of assigning selected interlace mode, the method comprising generating SelectedInterlaceAssignment message comprising SelectedInterlaceAssignment message comprising an 8 bit Message ID field, a 12 bit PilotPN field, a 1 bit SelectedInterlacesEnabled field, a 4 bit NumAssignedInterlaces field, and a 3 bit InterlaceID field, wherein, the PilotPN field is set to a PilotPN of the sector that sends SelectedInterlace Assignment message, the NumAssignedInterlaces field is set to the number of assigned interlaces, the InterlaceID field is set to an interlace assigned to the access terminal for SelectedInterlace operation and transmitting the generated SelectedInterlaceAssignment message over an OFDM communication link.

Claims

1. A method of assigning a selected interlace mode, the method comprising:

generating, by a wireless communication apparatus, a SelectedInterlaceAssignment message comprising an 8 bit Message ID field, a 12 bit PilotPN field, a 1 bit SelectedInterlacesEnabled field, a 4 bit NumAssignedInterlaces field, and a 3 bit InterlaceID field, wherein, the PilotPN field is set to a PilotPN of the sector that sends the SelectedInterlace Assignment message, the NumAssignedInterlaces field is set to a number of assigned interlaces, the InterlaceID field is set to an interlace assigned to an access terminal for a SelectedInterlace operation; and

transmitting, by the wireless communication apparatus, the SelectedInterlaceAssignment message over an OFDM communication link.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising setting the NumAssignedInterlaces field to 1 if a SelectedInterlacesAssigned field is set to ‘

0’

.

3. A non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions stored thereon, the instructions comprising:

a set of instructions for generating a SelectedInterlaceAssignment message comprising, an 8 bit Message ID field, a 12 bit PilotPN field, a 1 bit SelectedInterlacesEnabled field, a 4 bit NumAssignedInterlaces field and a 3 bit InterlaceID field, wherein, the PilotPN field is set to a PilotPN of a sector that sends the SelectedInterlace Assignment message, the NumAssignedInterlaces field is set to a number of assigned interlaces and the InterlaceID field is set to an interlace assigned to an access terminal for a SelectedInterlace operation; and

a set of instructions for transmitting the SelectedInterlaceAssignment message over an OFDM communication link.

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

means for generating a SelectedInterlaceAssignment message comprising an 8 bit Message ID field, a 12 bit PilotPN field, a 1 bit SelectedInterlacesEnabled field, a 4 bit NumAssignedInterlaces field, and a 3 bit InterlaceID field, wherein, the PilotPN field is set to a PilotPN of a sector that sends the SelectedInterlace Assignment message, the NumAssignedInterlaces field is set to a number of assigned interlaces, the InterlaceID field is set to an interlace assigned to an access terminal for a SelectedInterlace operation; and

means for transmitting the SelectedInterlaceAssignment message over an OFDM communication link.

5. The apparatus as claimed in claim 4, further comprising means for setting the NumAssignedInterlaces field to ‘

1’

if a SelectedInterlacesAssigned field is set to ‘

0’

.

6. A method of receiving information in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, by a wireless communication apparatus, a SelectedInterlace Assignment message comprising an 8 bit Message ID field, a 12 bit PilotPN field, a 1 bit SelectedInterlacesEnabled field, a 4 bit NumAssignedInterlaces field and a 3 bit InterlaceID field, wherein, the PilotPN field is interpreted as a PilotPN of a sector that sends the SelectedInterlace Assignment message, the NumAssignedInterlaces field is interpreted as a number of assigned interlaces and the InterlaceID field is interpreted as an interlace assigned to an access terminal for a SelectedInterlace operation;

determining, by the wireless communication apparatus, a value of the SelectedInterlacesEnabled field; and

operating, by the wireless communication apparatus, in a SelectedInterlace mode if the value of the SelectedInterlacesEnabled field is set to ‘

1’

or not operating in the SelectedInterlace mode if the value of SelectedInterlacesEnabled field is set to ‘

0’

.

7. A non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions stored thereon, the instructions comprising:

a set of instructions for receiving a SelectedInterlace Assignment message comprising an 8 bit Message ID field, a 12 bit PilotPN field, a 1 bit SelectedInterlacesEnabled field, a 4 bit NumAssignedInterlaces field and a 3 bit InterlaceID field, wherein, the PilotPN field is interpreted as the PilotPN of a sector that sends the SelectedInterlace Assignment message, the NumAssignedInterlaces field is interpreted as a number of assigned interlaces and the InterlaceID field is interpreted as an interlace assigned to an access terminal for a SelectedInterlace operation;

a set of instructions for determining a value of the SelectedInterlacesEnabled field; and

a set of instructions for operating in a SelectedInterlace mode if a value of the SelectedInterlacesEnabled field is set to ‘

1’

or not operating in the SelectedInterlace mode if the value of the SelectedInterlacesEnabled field is set to ‘

0’

.

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

means for receiving a SelectedInterlace Assignment message comprising an 8 bit Message ID field, a 12 bit PilotPN field, a 1 bit SelectedInterlacesEnabled field, a 4 bit NumAssignedInterlaces field and a 3 bit InterlaceID field, wherein, the PilotPN field is interpreted as a PilotPN of a sector that sends the SelectedInterlace Assignment message, the NumAssignedInterlaces field is interpreted as a number of assigned interlaces and the InterlaceID field is interpreted as an interlace assigned to an access terminal for SelectedInterlace operation;

means for determining a value of the SelectedInterlacesEnabled field; and

means for operating in a SelectedInterlace mode if the value of the SelectedInterlacesEnabled field is set to ‘

1’

or not operating in the SelectedInterlace mode if the value of the SelectedInterlacesEnabled field is set to ‘

0’

.

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

a processor;

memory in electronic communication with the processor;

instructions stored in the memory, the instructions being executable to;

generate a SelectedInterlaceAssignment message comprising an 8-bit Message ID field, a 12-bit PilotPN field, a 1-bit SelectedInterlacesEnabled field, a 4-bit NumAssignedInterlaces field, and a 3-bit InterlaceID field, wherein the PilotPN field is set to a PilotPN of a sector that sends the SelectedInterlace Assignment message, the NumAssignedInterlaces field is set to a number of assigned interlaces, the InterlaceID field is set to an interlace assigned to an access terminal for SelectedInterlace operation; and

transmit the SelectedInterlaceAssignment message over an OFDM communication link.