Method for transmitting user data in a multi-carrier radio communication system, and corresponding receiver
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1. Method for transmitting user data between a transmitter and a receiver in a multi-carrier radio communication system having a plurality of orthogonal frequency sub-carriers, said method comprising the steps ofat the receiver, determining quality levels for said sub-carriers;
- sending said quality levels from said receiver to said transmitter;
selecting, based on said quality levels, a set of sub-carriers on which said user data is to be transmitted between said transmitter and said receiver,from said transmitter, before transmission of said user data, sending an indication related to a threshold, said indication and said quality levels enabling said receiver to deduce said set of sub-carriers on which said user data is to be transmitted; and
at said receiver, selecting said set of sub-carriers on which said user data is to be transmitted as a function of said indication and of said quality levels.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for transmitting user data between a transmitter and a receiver in a multi-carrier radio communication system having a plurality of orthogonal frequency sub-carriers, said method comprising the steps of selecting a set of sub-carriers on which said user data are to be transmitted between said transmitter and said receiver.
According to the present invention, the method comprises the steps of:
- Sending from said transmitter, before transmission of said user data, an indication related to a threshold;
- Determining at the receiver a quality level for each sub carriers;
- Selecting at said receiver sub carriers to received said user data as a function of said indication related to a threshold and of said quality levels.
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1. Method for transmitting user data between a transmitter and a receiver in a multi-carrier radio communication system having a plurality of orthogonal frequency sub-carriers, said method comprising the steps of
at the receiver, determining quality levels for said sub-carriers; -
sending said quality levels from said receiver to said transmitter; selecting, based on said quality levels, a set of sub-carriers on which said user data is to be transmitted between said transmitter and said receiver, from said transmitter, before transmission of said user data, sending an indication related to a threshold, said indication and said quality levels enabling said receiver to deduce said set of sub-carriers on which said user data is to be transmitted; and at said receiver, selecting said set of sub-carriers on which said user data is to be transmitted as a function of said indication and of said quality levels. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An apparatus to facilitate communication of user data in a multi-carrier radio communication system having a plurality of orthogonal frequency sub-carriers, the apparatus comprising:
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means for selecting a set of sub-carriers from the plurality of sub-carriers on which user data is to be communicated from a transmitter to a receiver, said selecting based at least in part on at least one of sub-carrier quality levels and a threshold indication associated with sub-carriers, said quality levels communicated from the receiver to the transmitter and said threshold indication communicated from the transmitter to the receiver;
said threshold indication and said quality levels enabling said receiver to deduce said set of sub-carriers on which said user data is to be communicated; anda radio link for communicating user data via the selected set of sub-carriers; wherein said receiver is adapted to receive user data from said transmitter via the radio link, said receiver comprising; means for selecting said set of sub-carriers on which said user data is to be received from said transmitter; means for determining quality levels for sub-carriers; means for sending said quality levels to said transmitter; and means for receiving and storing said threshold indication from said transmitter, said threshold indication and said quality levels enabling said receiver to deduce said set of sub-carriers on which said user data is to be received; wherein said set of sub-carriers on which said user data is to be received are deduced as a function of said threshold indication and said quality levels. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of facilitating communication of user data in a multi-carrier radio communication system having a plurality of orthogonal frequency sub-carriers, comprising:
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selecting a set of sub-carriers from the plurality of sub-carriers on which user data is to be communicated from a transmitter to a receiver, said selecting based at least in part on at least one of sub-carrier quality levels and a threshold indication associated with sub-carriers, said quality levels communicated from the receiver to the transmitter and said threshold indication communicated from the transmitter to the receiver, said threshold indication and said quality levels enabling said receiver to deduce said set of sub-carriers on which said user data is to be transmitted; selecting said set of sub-carriers on which said user data is to be received from said transmitter at said receiver; determining quality levels for sub-carriers at said receiver; sending said quality levels from said receiver to said transmitter; and receiving and storing said threshold indication from said transmitter at said receiver, said threshold indication and said quality levels enabling said receiver to deduce the set of sub-carriers on which said user data is to be received; wherein said set of sub-carriers on which said user data is to be received are deduced as a function of said threshold indication and said quality levels. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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