Power control and quality of service (QoS) implementation in a communication system
First Claim
1. An apparatus for power control for QoS classes in a wireless communication system, comprising:
- a controller operative to identify, for each of at least two terminals given as belonging to a QoS class among a given plurality of Quality of Service (QoS) classes, whether the terminal is a disadvantaged terminal or a not disadvantaged terminal based on an estimated channel gain of the at least two terminals; and
a processor operative to process data transmissions received from one or both of the at least two terminals given as belonging to said QoS class for at least one of the Quality of Service (QoS) classes and to obtain, for each of at least two of the data transmissions, a status information indicating a received quality of the data transmission,wherein the controller is further operative to conditionally update a QoS parameter corresponding to said QoS class, conditional in part on the status information and on whether the received and processed data transmission for which the status information is obtained is from a terminal identified as a disadvantaged terminal, whereinif said received and processed data transmission is from a terminal identified as a disadvantaged terminal, to update said QoS parameter for the said QoS class based, at least in part, on the obtained status information and at least one given requirement for said QoS class, and to send the updated QoS parameter to at least two of the terminals given as belonging to the said QoS class, wherein at least one of said at least two is identified as disadvantaged terminal and at least one of said at least two is identified as a not disadvantaged terminal, andif said received and processed data transmission is from a terminal not identified as a disadvantaged terminal, to not update said QoS parameter based on the status information obtained for the data transmission.
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Abstract
For Quality of Service (QoS) implementation in a multiple-access communication system, a base station processes data transmissions from terminals for all QoS classes supported by the system and obtains status information for the data transmissions. The status information may indicate whether each packet is decoded correctly or in error and the delay for each packet. For each QoS class, the base station derives one or more metrics based on the status information for data transmissions from disadvantaged terminals and updates the QoS parameter based on the metrics and requirements for the QoS class. The QoS parameter for each QoS class determines the transmit powers for the data transmissions sent for that QoS class. The base station broadcasts the QoS parameters for all QoS classes. Each terminal uses the QoS parameter for an applicable QoS class for power control of the data transmission sent to the base station.
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1. An apparatus for power control for QoS classes in a wireless communication system, comprising:
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a controller operative to identify, for each of at least two terminals given as belonging to a QoS class among a given plurality of Quality of Service (QoS) classes, whether the terminal is a disadvantaged terminal or a not disadvantaged terminal based on an estimated channel gain of the at least two terminals; and a processor operative to process data transmissions received from one or both of the at least two terminals given as belonging to said QoS class for at least one of the Quality of Service (QoS) classes and to obtain, for each of at least two of the data transmissions, a status information indicating a received quality of the data transmission, wherein the controller is further operative to conditionally update a QoS parameter corresponding to said QoS class, conditional in part on the status information and on whether the received and processed data transmission for which the status information is obtained is from a terminal identified as a disadvantaged terminal, wherein if said received and processed data transmission is from a terminal identified as a disadvantaged terminal, to update said QoS parameter for the said QoS class based, at least in part, on the obtained status information and at least one given requirement for said QoS class, and to send the updated QoS parameter to at least two of the terminals given as belonging to the said QoS class, wherein at least one of said at least two is identified as disadvantaged terminal and at least one of said at least two is identified as a not disadvantaged terminal, and if said received and processed data transmission is from a terminal not identified as a disadvantaged terminal, to not update said QoS parameter based on the status information obtained for the data transmission. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of implementing power control for Quality of Service (QoS) classes in a wireless communication system, comprising:
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identifying, for each of at least two terminals given as belonging to a QoS class among a given plurality of QoS classes, whether the terminal is a disadvantaged terminal or a not disadvantaged terminal based on an estimated channel gain of the at least two terminals; processing data transmissions received from one or both of the at least two terminals given as belonging to said QoS class to obtain, for each of at least two of the data transmissions, a status information indicating a received quality of the data transmission, conditionally updating, conditional in part on said status information, a QoS parameter for said QoS class based at least in part on the status information and on whether the received and processed data transmission for which the status information is obtained is from a terminal identified as a disadvantaged terminal, wherein the conditional updating includes; if said received and processed data transmission is from a terminal identified as a disadvantaged terminal, updating said QoS parameter for said QoS class, based at least in part, on the obtained status information and on at least one given requirement for said QoS class, and if said received and processed data transmission is from a terminal not identified as a disadvantaged terminal, not updating said QoS parameter based on said status information sending the updated QoS parameter to at least two of the terminals given as belonging to the said QoS class. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. An apparatus for power control for QoS classes in a wireless communication system, comprising:
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a processor operative to process received data transmissions for each of at least two of a plurality of Quality of Service (QoS) classes, the received data transmissions for each of at least two of QoS classes being received at a base station from at least two terminals among a plurality of terminals associated with the QoS class, to obtain a respective status information for each of at least two received data transmissions for each of the at least two QoS classes, wherein the obtained status information indicates a received quality of the data transmission; and a controller operative to update a QoS metric for each of the at least two QoS classes, based on the status information obtained for the received data transmissions for the QoS class, wherein the QoS metric indicates any among, or any combination of, a transmission delay, a packet error rate, or a packet jitter of data transmissions for the QoS class received from one or more of the at least two terminals, wherein the controller is further operative to update a corresponding QoS parameter for each of the at least two QoS classes based on a comparison of the updated QoS metric for the QoS class to at least one requirement for the QoS class, wherein the QoS parameter is a power control parameter for use by at least two terminals associated with the QoS class and to send the updated QoS parameter to each of the at least two terminals associated with the QoS. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. An integrated circuit comprising a storage unit having software code stored thereon, the software code being executable by a processor and when executed by the processor cause the processor to:
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identify, for each of at least two terminals given as belonging to a Quality of Service (QoS) class among a given plurality of QoS classes, whether the terminal is a disadvantaged terminal or a not disadvantaged terminal based on an estimated channel gain of the at least two terminals; process data transmissions received from one or both of the at least two terminals given as belonging to said QoS class to obtain, for each of at least two of the data transmissions, a status information indicating a received quality of the data transmission; and conditionally update, conditional in part on said status information, a QoS parameter for said QoS class based at least in part on the status information and on whether the received and processed data transmission for which the status information is obtained is from a terminal identified as a disadvantaged terminal, wherein the conditional updating includes; if said received and processed data transmission is from a terminal identified as a disadvantaged terminal, update said QoS parameter for said QoS class, based at least in part, on the obtained status information and on at least one given requirement for said QoS class, and if said received and processed data transmission is from a terminal not identified as a disadvantaged terminal, not update said QoS parameter based on said status information. - View Dependent Claims (33)
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34. A processor-readable storage, with software code instructions stored thereon, comprising software code that when executed by a processor causes the processor to:
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identify, for each of at least two terminals given as belonging to a Quality of Service (QoS) class among a given plurality of QoS classes, whether the terminal is a disadvantaged terminal or a not disadvantaged terminal based on an estimated channel gain of the at least two terminals; process data transmissions received from one or both of the at least two terminals given as belonging to said QoS class to obtain, for each of at least two of the data transmissions, a status information indicating a received quality of the data transmission, conditionally update, conditional in part on said status information, a QoS parameter for said QoS class based at least in part on the status information and on whether the received and processed data transmission for which the status information is obtained is from a terminal identified as a disadvantaged terminal, wherein the conditional updating includes; if said received and processed data transmission is from a terminal identified as a disadvantaged terminal, update said QoS parameter for said QoS class, based at least in part, on the obtained status information and on at least one given requirement for said QoS class, and if said received and processed data transmission is from a terminal not identified as a disadvantaged terminal, not update said QoS parameter based on said status information. - View Dependent Claims (35)
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