System, method and apparatus for facilitating resource allocation in a communication system
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1. A system for allocating radio resources in a communication system, said system comprising:
- a base station providing a downlink shared channel and a downlink dedicated channel;
a user terminal in communication with said base station, said user terminal being allocated one of said downlink shared channel and said downlink dedicated channel; and
a switching means for switching said user terminal between said downlink shared channel and said downlink dedicated channel based upon a signal threshold.
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Abstract
A system, method, and apparatus for the efficient allocation of dedicated and/or shared downlink communication channels for packet data users in a communication system. The present invention provides a switching scheme in which users which are close to a base station are allocated a downlink shared channel in order to save channelization codes in the system, whereas users that are far from a base station are allocated a downlink dedicated channel in order to conserve transmission power.
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1. A system for allocating radio resources in a communication system, said system comprising:
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a base station providing a downlink shared channel and a downlink dedicated channel;
a user terminal in communication with said base station, said user terminal being allocated one of said downlink shared channel and said downlink dedicated channel; and
a switching means for switching said user terminal between said downlink shared channel and said downlink dedicated channel based upon a signal threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for switching a user from a downlink shared channel to a downlink dedicated channel in a communication system, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) determining the availability of dedicated channel codes within said communication system;
(b) determining a link quality within said communication system;
(c) determining a downlink shared channel power associated with said user;
(d) switching said user from said downlink shared channel to said downlink dedicated channel if said dedicated channel codes in step (a) are available and said link quality within said communication system in step (b) is less than a first threshold; and
(e) switching said user from said downlink shared channel to said downlink dedicated channel if said dedicated channel codes in step (a) are available and said downlink shared channel power associated with said user in step (c) is greater than a second threshold. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29)
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18. A method for switching a user from a downlink dedicated channel to a downlink shared channel in a communication system, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) determining a potential of a channel code shortage within said communication system;
(b) determining a link quality within said communication system;
(c) determining an expected downlink shared channel power associated with said user;
(d) switching said user from said downlink dedicated channel to said downlink shared channel if said potential of a channel code shortage within said system in step (a) is present; and
(e) switching said user from said downlink dedicated channel to said downlink shared channel if said link quality within said communication system in step (b) is greater than a first threshold, and said expected downlink shared channel power associated with said user in step (c) is less than a second threshold.
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26. A method for switching a user from a first channel to a second channel in a communication system, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) determining a channel code availability criteria within said communication system;
(b) determining a link quality criteria within said communication system;
(c) determining a channel power criteria associated with said user; and
(d) switching said user from said first channel to said second channel based upon said channel code availability criteria, said link quality criteria, and said channel power criteria.
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30. A base transceiver apparatus for allocating downlink channels to a user terminal, said base transceiver apparatus comprising:
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a base station for providing a downlink shared channel and a downlink dedicated channel;
an allocation means for allocating one of said downlink shared channel and said downlink dedicated channel to said user terminal; and
a switching means for switching said user terminal between said downlink shared channel and said downlink dedicated channel based upon a signal threshold. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34)
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