Preamble length for discontinuous control channel transmission
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- providing a discontinuous data signal for transmission on a data channel transmitted from a user equipment to a network element and a discontinuous control signal for transmission on a control channel that is transmitted separate from said data channel from said user equipment to said network element;
defining a preamble length of a power control preamble according to a predetermined criterion, wherein said preamble length depends on a transmission gap length in said discontinuous control signal or in said discontinuous data signal, wherein the predetermined criterion is a length of time prior to the control signal or the data signal being transmitted in uplink;
transmitting a preamble signal comprising said power control preamble on said control channel before or simultaneously with said data signal on said data channel; and
receiving feedback for power adjustment.
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Abstract
The specification and drawings present a new method, system, apparatus and software product for defining a preamble length of a preamble (e.g., a power control preamble) for a discontinuous control channel transmission using, e.g., a dedicated physical control channel (DPCCH) for transmitting the preamble. The preamble length can be optimized using a predetermined criterion depending on a transmission gap length (which can be variable) in the discontinuous control signal (e.g., transmitted on the DPCCH) or in a discontinuous data signal, e.g., transmitted on an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH), and/or on a length of a transmission timing interval (TTI) of the discontinuous data. Furthermore, a power in the preamble can be changed in time using a further predetermined criterion.
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33 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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providing a discontinuous data signal for transmission on a data channel transmitted from a user equipment to a network element and a discontinuous control signal for transmission on a control channel that is transmitted separate from said data channel from said user equipment to said network element; defining a preamble length of a power control preamble according to a predetermined criterion, wherein said preamble length depends on a transmission gap length in said discontinuous control signal or in said discontinuous data signal, wherein the predetermined criterion is a length of time prior to the control signal or the data signal being transmitted in uplink; transmitting a preamble signal comprising said power control preamble on said control channel before or simultaneously with said data signal on said data channel; and receiving feedback for power adjustment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 29)
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6. An apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor and at least one non-transitory computer readable medium including software configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to;
provide a discontinuous data signal for transmission on a data channel transmitted from a user equipment to a network element and a discontinuous control signal for transmission on a control channel that is transmitted separate from said data channel from said user equipment to said network element, wherein a preamble length of a power control preamble is defined according to a predetermined criterion, said preamble length depends on a transmission gap length in said discontinuous control signal or in said discontinuous data signal, wherein the predetermined criterion is a length of time prior to the control signal or the data signal being transmitted in uplink;
transmit a preamble signal comprising said power control preamble on said control channel before or simultaneously with said data signal on said data channel; and
receive feedback for power adjustment. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30)
- at least one processor and at least one non-transitory computer readable medium including software configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to;
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12. A user equipment, comprising:
- means for signal generation, for providing a discontinuous data signal for transmission on a data channel transmitted from a user equipment to a network element and a discontinuous control signal for transmission on a control channel that is transmitted separate from said data channel from said user equipment to said network element, wherein a preamble length of a power control preamble is defined according to a predetermined criterion, said preamble length depends on transmission gap length in said discontinuous control signal or in said discontinuous data signal, wherein the predetermined criterion is a length of time prior to the control signal or the data signal being transmitted in uplink; and
means for receiving and transmitting, for transmitting said power control preamble on said control channel before or simultaneously with said data signal on said data channel and for receiving feedback for power adjustment. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 31)
- means for signal generation, for providing a discontinuous data signal for transmission on a data channel transmitted from a user equipment to a network element and a discontinuous control signal for transmission on a control channel that is transmitted separate from said data channel from said user equipment to said network element, wherein a preamble length of a power control preamble is defined according to a predetermined criterion, said preamble length depends on transmission gap length in said discontinuous control signal or in said discontinuous data signal, wherein the predetermined criterion is a length of time prior to the control signal or the data signal being transmitted in uplink; and
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15. An apparatus, comprising:
- at least one processor and at least one non-transitory computer readable medium including software configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to provide a discontinuous data signal for transmission on a data channel transmitted from a user equipment to a network element and a discontinuous control signal for transmission on a control channel that is transmitted separate from said data channel from said user equipment to said network element;
define a preamble length of a power control preamble according to a predetermined criterion, wherein said preamble length depends on a transmission gap length in said discontinuous control signal or in said discontinuous data signal, wherein the predetermined criterion is a length of time prior to the control signal or the data signal being transmitted in uplink;
transmit a preamble signal comprising said power control preamble on said control channel before or simultaneously with said data signal on said data channel; and
receive feedback for power adjustment. - View Dependent Claims (16, 32)
- at least one processor and at least one non-transitory computer readable medium including software configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to provide a discontinuous data signal for transmission on a data channel transmitted from a user equipment to a network element and a discontinuous control signal for transmission on a control channel that is transmitted separate from said data channel from said user equipment to said network element;
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17. An apparatus, comprising:
- at least one processor and at least one non-transitory computer readable medium including software configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to receive an uplink discontinuous control transmitted from a user equipment on a control channel and an uplink discontinuous data signal separately transmitted from said user equipment on a different data channel, and transmit, in response to a preamble signal comprising a power control preamble from said user equipment, a preamble feedback signal comprising feedback information for a power adjustment, wherein a preamble length of said power control preamble is defined according to a predetermined criterion, said preamble length depends on a transmission gap length in said uplink discontinuous control signal or in said uplink discontinuous data signal provided by the user equipment, wherein the predetermined criterion is a length of time prior to the control signal or the data signal being transmitted in uplink.
- View Dependent Claims (18, 33)
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