Scheduled and autonomous transmission and acknowledgement
First Claim
1. A method of transmission, comprising:
- receiving data for transmission by a mobile station;
storing the data in a data buffer;
generating an access request message;
transmitting the access request message;
monitoring one or more individual grant channels and one or more common grant channels;
decoding an access grant received from a base station, the access grant comprising one of an individual grant directed to the mobile station and received on one of the one or more individual grant channels, ora common grant received on one of the one or more common grant channels; and
transmitting a portion of data from the data buffer in response to the decoded access grant.
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Abstract
Techniques for efficient signaling to and from a plurality of mobile stations are disclosed. In one embodiment, a subset of mobile stations may be allocated a portion of the shared resource with one or more individual access grants, another subset may be allocated a portion of the shared resource with a single common grant, and yet another subset may be allowed to use a portion of the shared resource without any grant. In another embodiment, an acknowledge and continue command is used to extend all or a subset of the previous grants without the need for additional requests and grants, and their associated overhead. In one embodiment, a traffic to pilot ratio (T/P) is used to allocate a portion of the shared resource, allowing a mobile station flexibility in selecting its transmission format based on T/P.
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28 Claims
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1. A method of transmission, comprising:
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receiving data for transmission by a mobile station; storing the data in a data buffer; generating an access request message; transmitting the access request message; monitoring one or more individual grant channels and one or more common grant channels; decoding an access grant received from a base station, the access grant comprising one of an individual grant directed to the mobile station and received on one of the one or more individual grant channels, or a common grant received on one of the one or more common grant channels; and transmitting a portion of data from the data buffer in response to the decoded access grant. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus, comprising:
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means for receiving data for transmission by a mobile station; means for storing the data in a data buffer; means for generating an access request message; means for transmitting the access request message; means for monitoring one or more individual grant channels and one or more common grant channels; means for decoding an access grant received from a base station, the access grant comprising one of an individual grant directed to the mobile station and received on one of the one or more individual grant channels, or a common grant received on one of the one or more common grant channels; and means for transmitting a portion of data from the data buffer in response to the decoded access grant. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions executable to:
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receive data for transmission by a mobile station; store the data in a data buffer; generate an access request message; transmit the access request message; receive one or more individual grant channels and one or more common grant channels from a base station; decode an access grant comprising an individual grant directed to the mobile station and sent on one of the one or more individual grant channels or a common grant sent on one of the one or more common grant channels; and transmit a portion of data from the data buffer in response to the decoded access grant. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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22. An apparatus comprising:
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a data buffer for receiving data for transmission by a mobile station and for storing the data; a message generator for generating an access request message; a transmitter for transmitting the access request message; a receiver for monitoring one or more individual grant channels and one or more common grant channels; and a message decoder for decoding an access grant received from a base station, the access grant comprising one of an individual grant directed to the mobile station and received on one of the one or more individual grant channels or a common grant received on one of the one or more common grant channels, and wherein the transmitter transmits a portion of data from the data buffer in response to the decoded access grant. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A mobile station comprising:
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an antenna; a data buffer for receiving data for transmission by a mobile station and for storing the data; a message generator for generating an access request message; a transmitter for transmitting the access request message; a receiver for monitoring one or more individual grant channels and one or more common grant channels via the antenna; and a message decoder for decoding an access grant received from a base station, the access grant comprising one of an individual grant directed to the mobile station and received on one of the one or more individual grant channels, or a common grant received on one of the one or more common grant channels, wherein the transmitter transmits a portion of data from the data buffer in response to the decoded access grant.
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