Methods and apparatus related to selecting control channel reporting formats
First Claim
1. A method of operating a first communications device to interact with a second communications device, the method comprising:
- determining a set of control information reports to be transmitted, said set of control information reports corresponding to a reporting format;
generating the determined set of control information reports; and
communicating said generated set of control information reports.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus related to the implementation and selection of alterative control information reporting formats are described. A control information reporting format, corresponding to a connection between a wireless terminal and a base station, e.g., for an uplink dedicated control channel, is selected, as a function of at least one of: an application being executed, device capability information, channel condition information, system loading information, and user quality of service information. Different wireless terminals may use different control information reporting formats at the same time. The same wireless terminal may use a different control information reporting format at different times.
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84 Claims
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1. A method of operating a first communications device to interact with a second communications device, the method comprising:
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determining a set of control information reports to be transmitted, said set of control information reports corresponding to a reporting format;
generating the determined set of control information reports; and
communicating said generated set of control information reports. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A communications device, comprising:
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a report format selection module for selecting a reporting format, said reporting format being one of a plurality of supported reporting formats, said reporting format indicating a reporting schedule and a set of report definitions;
a report generation module for generating a sequence of reports in accordance with the selected reporting schedule and at least some definitions in the set of report definitions; and
a transmitter for transmitting said generated sequence of reports. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A communications device, comprising:
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means for selecting a reporting format, said reporting format being one of a plurality of supported reporting formats, said reporting format indicating a reporting schedule and a set of report definitions;
means for generating a sequence of reports in accordance with the selected reporting schedule and at least some definitions in the set of report definitions; and
means for transmitting said generated sequence of reports. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A computer readable medium embodying machine executable instructions for controlling a first communications device to implement a method, the method comprising:
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determining a set of control information reports to be transmitted, said set of control information reports corresponding to a reporting format;
generating the determined set of control information reports; and
communicating said generated set of control information reports. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A first communications device in a wireless communications system, the first communications device comprising:
a processor configured to;
determine a set of control information reports to be transmitted, said set of control information reports corresponding to a reporting format;
generate the determined set of control information reports; and
control communication of said generated set of control information reports. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A method of operating a first communications device to interact with a second communications device, the method comprising:
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determining a set of control information reports to be received, said set of information reports corresponding to a reporting format;
receiving signals conveying said determined set of control information reports; and
recovering control information from said set of determined control information reports in accordance with said reporting format. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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58. A communications device, comprising:
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a report format selection module for selecting a reporting format, said reporting format being one of a plurality of supported reporting formats, said reporting format indicating a reporting schedule and a set of report definitions;
a report recovery module for recovering report information from a sequence of received reports in accordance with the selected reporting schedule and at least some definitions in the set of report definitions; and
a receiver for receiving said sequence of reports. - View Dependent Claims (59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70)
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71. A communications device, comprising:
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means for selecting a reporting format, said reporting format being one of a plurality of supported reporting formats, said reporting format indicating a reporting schedule and a set of report definitions;
means for recovering report information from a sequence of received reports in accordance with the selected reporting schedule and at least some definitions in the set of report definitions; and
means for receiving said sequence of reports. - View Dependent Claims (72, 73, 74)
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75. A computer readable medium embodying machine executable instruction for controlling a first communication device to implement a method, the method comprising:
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determining a set of control information reports to be received, said set of information reports corresponding to a reporting format;
receiving signals conveying said determined set of control information reports; and
recovering control information from said set of determined control information reports in accordance with said reporting format. - View Dependent Claims (76, 77, 78, 79)
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80. A first communications device operable in a wireless communications system, the first communications device comprising:
a processor configured to;
determine a set of control information reports to be received, said set of control information reports corresponding to a reporting format;
control reception of signals conveying said determined set of control information reports; and
recover control information from said set of determined control information reports in accordance with said reporting format. - View Dependent Claims (81, 82, 83, 84)
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