LTE enhancements for small packet transmissions
First Claim
1. A method of wireless resource block assignment in a long term evolution wireless network comprising:
- creating a downlink control information message for a user equipment, the downlink control information message comprising;
a resource block assignment field which indicates up to a maximum number of allocated physical resource blocks scheduled to the user equipment by specifying an index into a plurality of all possible physical resource block allocations of between 1 and the maximum number of allocated physical resource blocks, wherein the resource block assignment field comprises at most a number of bits necessary to address all of the possible physical resource block allocations for assignments of 1 to the maximum number of allocated physical resource blocks of physical resource block groups in a plurality of physical resource block groups, and wherein the maximum number of allocated physical resource blocks is an integer greater than 0 and less than a total number of physical resource blocks; and
sending the downlink control information over a physical downlink control channel using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing.
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Abstract
Disclosed in some examples is a method of wireless resource block assignment in a long term evolution wireless network including creating a downlink control information message for a user equipment, the downlink control information message comprising: a resource block assignment field which indicates up to N physical resource blocks scheduled to the user equipment by specifying an index into a plurality of all possible physical resource block allocations of between 1 and N resource blocks, wherein the resource block assignment field comprises at most a number of bits necessary to address all of the possible physical resource block allocations for assignments of 1 to N physical resource blocks, and wherein N is less than a total number of physical resource blocks; and sending the downlink control information over a physical downlink control channel using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of wireless resource block assignment in a long term evolution wireless network comprising:
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creating a downlink control information message for a user equipment, the downlink control information message comprising; a resource block assignment field which indicates up to a maximum number of allocated physical resource blocks scheduled to the user equipment by specifying an index into a plurality of all possible physical resource block allocations of between 1 and the maximum number of allocated physical resource blocks, wherein the resource block assignment field comprises at most a number of bits necessary to address all of the possible physical resource block allocations for assignments of 1 to the maximum number of allocated physical resource blocks of physical resource block groups in a plurality of physical resource block groups, and wherein the maximum number of allocated physical resource blocks is an integer greater than 0 and less than a total number of physical resource blocks; and sending the downlink control information over a physical downlink control channel using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An eNodeB comprising:
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a scheduler module configured to; create a downlink control information message for a user equipment, the downlink control information message assigning to the user equipment up to a maximum number of scheduled physical resource blocks by specifying an index into a plurality of all possible physical resource block allocations of between 1 and the maximum number of the scheduled physical resource blocks, all allocated to the same resource block group, and wherein the maximum number of scheduled physical resource blocks is an integer greater than 0 and less than a total number of resource blocks, and wherein the index comprises at most a number of bits necessary to address the plurality of all possible physical resource block allocations of between 1and the maximum number of scheduled physical resource blocks of physical resource block groups in a plurality of physical resource block groups; and a transceiver configured to send the scheduling message on the determined control channel element. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A non-transitory machine readable medium that stores instructions which when performed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
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creating a downlink control information message for a user equipment, the downlink control information message comprising; a resource block assignment field which indicates up to a maximum number of allocated physical resource blocks scheduled to the user equipment by specifying an index into a plurality of all possible physical resource block allocations of between 1 and the maximum number of allocated physical resource blocks, wherein the resource block assignment field comprises at most a number of bits necessary to address all of the possible physical resource block allocations for assignments of 1 to the maximum number of allocated physical resource blocks of physical resource block groups in a plurality of physical resource block groups, and wherein the maximum number of allocated physical resource blocks is an integer greater than 0 and less than a total number of physical resource blocks; and sending the downlink control information over a physical downlink control channel using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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