334 results about "DPCCH" patented technology

A radio network controller (RNC) transmits a power offset for controlling transmission power of an uplink high-speed dedicated physical control channel (HS-DPCCH) when a user equipment (UE) enters a handover region, in a mobile communication system including the RNC, a Node B connected to the RNC, and the UE located in one of at least two cell areas occupied by the Node B. The Node B transmits data to the UE over a high-speed downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH) and the UE transmits information indicating reception of the data to the Node B over the uplink HS-DPCCH. The RNC informs the UE of a power offset for determining a transmission power increment of the uplink HS-DPCCH, if it is determined that the UE is located in the handover region. The RNC informs the Node B of the power offset so that the Node B can determine a threshold value for determining information indicating reception of the data, depending on the power offset.

The specification and drawings present a new method, system, apparatus and software product for coordinating gating of an uplink (UL) control channel, e.g., a dedicated physical control channel (DPCCH), with UL reporting in regard to a downlink channel using, e.g., high speed uplink packet access (HSDPA) channel quality indicator (CQI) reporting.

A high speed downlink packet access base station (HSPDA Node B) and a method therefore working in acknowledged mode (AM), the base station being adapted for unicast transmission on a physical downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH), by preceding announcement on a shared control channel (HS-SCCH) which shared control channel may be decoded by a given user entity using its own identity (UE-ID), each user entity (UE) being adapted for transmitting an acknowledge (ACK) or non-acknowledge (NACK) message pertaining to the reception of the given transmission on an uplink dedicated physical control channel (HS-DPCCH) pertaining to a given HARQ process of a given individual user entity. The base station is performing multicast transmissions (11, 401) on the physical downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH) by preceding announcement on the shared control channel (HS-SCCH) coded with a multicast identity (MU-ID) of a reserved address space, which downlink shared channel (HS-SCCH) may be decoded simultaneously by a plurality of user entities, wherein each user entity is using the multicast identity (MU-ID) instead of the user entity's respective user identity. A user entity and a method therefore have moreover been provided.

Immediately before transmitting a packet signal, a packet transmission base station (BS1) increases a target ISR of UL DPCH (S12), increases the TPC transmission power transmitted by the DPCH (S13), increases a power balancing reference power, and increases a DL DPCH transmission power (S14). In a mobile station (MS3), during packet reception, only a packet transmission base station (1) controls the UL DPCH transmission power (S15). This improves the reception quality at the base station (1) of HS-DPCCH including ACK / NACK and reduces the error ratio of the ACK / NACK signal.

The specification and drawings present a new method, system, apparatus and software product for defining a preamble length of a preamble (e.g., a power control preamble) for a discontinuous control channel transmission using, e.g., a dedicated physical control channel (DPCCH) for transmitting the preamble. The preamble length can be optimized using a predetermined criterion depending on a transmission gap length (which can be variable) in the discontinuous control signal (e.g., transmitted on the DPCCH) or in a discontinuous data signal, e.g., transmitted on an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH), and / or on a length of a transmission timing interval (TTI) of the discontinuous data. Furthermore, a power in the preamble can be changed in time using a further predetermined criterion.

A method for preventing a transmission delay of data packets transmitted through an uplink due to a transmission gap (TG) period occurring when a user equipment (UE) performs handover from a Node B to its neighbor Node B in a mobile communication system. In the method, the Node B sequentially transmits data packets to the UE through a plurality of subframes, and the UE transmits response signals for the data packets transmission-delayed for the TG period to the Node B through a subframe of an uplink dedicated physical control channel (DPCCH), following the TG period.

In a synchronization scheme, for example for establishing a channel in a UMTS radio communication system, when a user device (or user equipment, UE) such as a mobile terminal is establishing a channel with a network, the user device transmits signals on the uplink DPCCH, and the power of these signals is ramped up from a calculated initial power level until the transmission is detected by the receiver, i.e. until the receiver has obtained synchronization to the uplink signal.

The mobile station 2-1 determines whether a current maximum transmission rate is sufficient or not in a predetermined cycle by using a maximum transmission rate R indicated by a pointer, a volume Q of data accumulated in the buffer 22-1 and a requested delay T determined according to service of data. The mobile station 2-1 transmits a determination result as an RR signal in a predetermined control signal field within an uplink E-DPCH to the base station 1. The base station 1 receives an RR signal from the mobile station 2-1, determines an increment / decrement of the maximum transmission rate allowed for the mobile station 2-1 to use such that a noise rise fails to exceed a predetermined threshold value and notifies the mobile station 2-1 of the determination as an RG signal by a downlink E-DPCCH. The mobile station 2-1 ups or downs the position of the pointer according to the RG signal.

The specification and drawings present a new method, system, apparatus and software product for dynamic gating of an uplink (UL) control channel, e.g., dedicated physical control channel (DPCCH) for increasing capacity of communications, e.g., wireless communications, wherein said gating is defined, using a predetermined criterion, by instructions provided by a network and by a transmission gap in a discontinuous data signal, e.g., transmitted on an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH).

The specification and drawings present a new method, system, apparatus and software product for defining an adaptive preamble length of a preamble for a continuous connectivity transmission using a control channel, e.g., a UL (uplink) dedicated physical control channel (DPCCH), for transmitting the preamble. Such a preamble would reduce the accuracy requirement for the initial power setting after a transmission gap and also help the channel estimation and the synchronization of a data channel, e.g., an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH). The preamble length can be optimized and defined using a predetermined criterion depending on: a) a degree of fading of a multipath channel which is used for transmitting data on the data channel and / or b) a throughput relative to a nominal throughput in the data channel.

In a wireless communication system in which A-DPCH (Associated-Dedicated Physical CHannel) and HS-DPCCH (High Speed-Dedicated Physical Control CHannel) exist, for the purpose of performing an appropriate outer loop transmission power control for HS-DPCCH even during an A-DPCH DTX (Discontinuous Transmission) period, transmission data monitoring section 12 monitors whether a bit sequence transmitted via A-DPCH is present or not, and dummy data generation section 14 generates a random sequence used for outer loop transmission power control of HS-DPCCH during a DTX period in which a bit sequence is absent, and coding section 16 performs CRC coding on the generated random sequence, and transmission radio section 22 then transmits the CRC-coded random sequence via A-DPCH.

A method (100) and corresponding equipment, the method for enabling a Node B / base station (14) to distinguish different states—HARQ active states and a DTX (non-transmitting) state—of a UE (12) in respect to use of the feedback HSDPA (high-speed downlink packet access) channel HS-DPCCH over which the UE (12) sends acknowledgement messages (ACK / NACK) to the Node B (14) in response to receiving packets via the HSDPA (downlink) data channel HS-DPCH, the method including steps (41 42) in which the UE (12) additionally sends preamble symbols if an acknowledgement message (ACK / NACK) is to be sent in a next time interval but not in the current time interval, and at least one postamble symbol prior to the UE (12) entering the non-transmitting state (DTX).

The embodiment of the invention discloses a method of reporting feedback information, which comprises the following steps: user equipment UE reports channel quality indicator CQI feedback value to a base station, the CQI feedback value is carried by enhanced specialized transmission channel media access control protocol data unit MAC-i PDU or high speed downlink shared channel specialized physical control channel HS-DPCCH. By the embodiment of the invention and the CQI feedback value carried by MAC-i PDU or HS-DPCCH and reported to the base station by UE, the CQI feedback value can be rapidly and directly reach the base station, thereby saving the processing resources of RNC and transmission resources of IUB port and the base station can timely and accurately determine downlink modulation coding mode and transmitting power according to the CQI feedback value.

A method of determining handoff of a user equipment (UE) to a transferee serving station from a transferor serving station at the transferee serving station is provided. The transferee serving station (e.g., a Node B) measures an energy level in a first portion of an uplink channel (e.g., an uplink high-speed dedicated physical control channel (HS-DPCCH)), the first portion of the uplink channel associated with the transferee serving station. In an example, the first portion of the uplink channel is where a channel quality indicator (CQI) is expected to be reported from the UE for the transferee serving station. The transferee serving station also measures an energy level in a second portion of the uplink channel, the second portion of the uplink channel associated with the transferor serving station. In an example, the second portion of the uplink channel is where a CQI is expected to be reported from the UE for the transferor serving station. The transferee serving station then determines when the UE has handed off to the transferee serving station based upon the measured energy levels.

A device and method for configuring an UL-DPCCH. One or more UL-DPCCHs, especially a UL-DPCCH for supporting HSDPA, are constructed in code division multiplexing and transmitted according to the characteristics of control information. The UL-DPCCH of the present invention that delivers various kinds of control information can be configured flexibly and operate in compatibility with a conventional asynchronous mobile communication system.

In the channel quality information (CQI) coding method of the present invention, first basis sequences for generating sub-codes of 32 bits are created, and second basis sequences for generating codewords of 20 bits are created using the first basis sequences, the second basis sequence maximizing system throughput such that five information bits are coded into CQI code using the second basis sequences. Also, since HSDPA system has been designed in order to increase the system throughput, the CQI coding method of the present invention, which shows the best system throughput in the simulation, can be the optimum CQI coding scheme for HS-DPCCH.

A user equipment (UE) located in a soft handover region transmits channel quality indicator (CQI) information bits for informing a Node B of quality of a downlink channel through a CQI field and a high speed pilot (HS-Pilot) field constituting a subframe of an uplink secondary dedicated physical control channel (DPCCH) in a code division multiple access (CDMA) communication system. The UE outputs a codeword of length 20 by coding the CQI information bits with a code of length 20, which is used when a high speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) service is not supported, and permutes 15 coded bits coded by the same code, as a code of length 15, which is used when the HSDPA service is supported, among 20 coded bits constituting the codeword, thereby locating the 15 coded bits in the CQI field, and permutes the 5 remaining coded bits to be located in the HS-Pilot field.

The utility model discloses a method for realizing the synchronous and desynchronizing detection of a wireless link. The method comprising that a monitoring cycle is preset as the closest X channel transmission cycles; then the quality of the channels are monitored within the monitoring cycle, and the synchronous or the desynchronizing source language is produced, so the synchronous and the desynchronizing condition of the wireless link can be determined. The transmission channel is used within the monitoring cycle of the utility model, therefore, the channels within the monitoring cycle such as the up DPCCH or the down F-DPCH both have signals to send even if the permanent on-line users are in a long interval discontinuous sending mode, which realizes the correct monitor of the synchronous and the desynchronizing of the wireless link, achieves the purpose of monitoring the synchronous and the desynchronizing of the wireless link, guarantees the transmission quality of the wireless link, and improves the QoS for the users.

The exemplary embodiments of this invention include apparatus, methods and computer program products that provide a signaling scheme that enables the execution of an uplink gating feature. In one non-limiting, exemplary embodiment, the signaling scheme is an Iub / Iur signaling scheme and the uplink gating feature is an uplink dedicated physical control channel (DPCCH) gating feature, for example, as may be utilized within a wideband code divisional multiple access (WCDMA) communication network. In one non-limiting, exemplary embodiment, a method includes: sending a first message from a base station towards a network element in a communications network, wherein the first message includes a first parameter that is indicative of a capability for supporting uplink gating in a cell under the base station; and sending a second message from the network element towards the base station, wherein the second message includes an instruction for uplink gating in the cell.

The present invention relates to methods and arrangements for interference reduction for bursty or intermitted transmissions. DPCCH gating with regular on / off-gating patterns can create waveforms that can interfere with non-UMTS audio equipments, e.g. hearing aids. The present invention relates to modifying the transmission instants of data packets in such a way such interference can be significantly reduced. This is achieved by introducing a randomization mechanism into the mapping function of data packets onto the HARQ processes, which in turn are mapped onto predefined transmission occasions (sub-frames). This results in a non-periodic transmission pattern while maintaining user data transmission requirements.

A radio network controller (RNC) transmits a power offset for controlling transmission power of an uplink high speed dedicated physical control channel (HS-DPCCH) when a user equipment (UE) enters a handover region, in a mobile communication system including the RNC, a Node B connected to the RNC, and the UE located in one of at least two cell areas occupied by the Node B. The Node B transmits data to the UE over a high speed downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH) and the UE transmits information indicating reception of the data to the Node B over the uplink HS-DPCCH. The RNC informs the UE of a power offset for determining a transmission power increment of the uplink HS-DPCCH, if it is determined that the UE is located in the handover region. The RNC informs the Node B of the power offset so that the Node B can determine a threshold value for determining information indicating reception of the data, depending on the power offset.

To secure proper reception quality for the control signal of an EUDCH during a handover. A transmission power control unit 23 controls transmission power of a downlink control signal of an EUDCH based on at least one of the following information: the CQI in an HS-DPCCH transmitted from a mobile station 30 regarding HSDPA to the mobile station 30, information on the reflection timing of a control pointer of the EUDCH from the mobile station 30, and information on transmission power of the HS-DSCH regarding HSDPA to the mobile station 30. A transmission unit 12 transmits the downlink control signal of the EUDCH to the mobile station 30 with a controlled transmission power.

The specification and drawings present a new method, system, apparatus and software product for communications, e.g., wireless communications, for defining a power in a discontinuous control signal after a transmission gap for an uplink control channel, e.g., dedicated physical control channel (DPCCH), wherein the power in the discontinuous control signal after the transmission gap is determined, using a predetermined criterion, by control information (e.g., regarding an allowed power window) and by a length of a transmission gap for the uplink control channel or of a further transmission gap in an uplink discontinuous data signal.

A UL-DPCCH processing unit sets up a transmission mode of a channel for transmit power control according to a transmission (or reception) status of a channel exclusively used for a packet, which is monitored by a transmission and reception channel monitoring unit, and the channel for transmit power control is multiplied by a channel coefficient corresponding to the transmission mode set up by the UL-DPCCH processing unit, and the channel for transmit power control multiplied by the channel coefficient and the channel exclusively used for packet are then multiplexed.

A wireless data communication system includes a high speed dedicated physical control channel (EU-DPCCH) used with transmissions from a mobile device to support an uplink high speed data channel. In one example the EU-DPCCH has a sub frame structure that is the same as an associated dedicated data channel and a fixed spreading factor. The EU-DPCCH allows communicating control information from the mobile device such as a pilot reference, hybrid automatic repeat request information, and backlog information regarding a buffer of the mobile device.

A mobile communication system, base station device, and mobile wireless terminal are provide which are capable of improving throughput and / or communication quality in the mobile wireless terminal when an HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) method is applied to W-CDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access) communication. A base station device transmits an empty pattern of a channelization code set for an HS-SCCH (High Speed Shared Control CHannel), which is used as an advance notice of transmission for a downlink employed in the HSDPA method, to the mobile wireless terminal. The mobile wireless terminal, when having received the advance notice of transmission for the downlink employed in the HSDPA method from the base station device, adds assumed power for transmission of the HS-DPCCH (High Speed Dedicated Physical Control CHannal) data to the estimated transmission power value to be used for judgement as to whether a TFC (Transport Format Combination) of a DPCH (Dedicated Physical CHannel) is usable or not.

In a wireless communication system operating in a mixed channel environment involving A-DPCH (Associated—Dedicated Physical CHannel) to which soft handover applies and HS-DPCCH (High Speed—Dedicated Physical Control CHannel) to which hard handover applies, in order to keep the received SIR of HS-DPCCH at the required SIR by performing transmission power control for HS-DPCCH appropriately, HO judgment section 30 judges whether A-DPCH is in a soft handover state or not, transmission radio section 42 sets the transmission power of HS-DPCCH into a power equal to the transmission power of A-DPCH when A-DPCH is not in a soft handover state, whereas the transmission power of HS-DPCCH is set at an addition of the transmission power of A-DPCH and an offset when A-DPCH is in a soft handover state.

In a wireless communication system operating in a mixed channel environment involving A-DPCH (Associated—Dedicated Physical CHannel) to which soft handover applies and HS-DPCCH (High Speed—Dedicated Physical Control CHannel) to which hard handover applies, in order to keep the received SIR of HS-DPCCH at the required SIR by performing transmission power control for HS-DPCCH appropriately, HO judgment section 30 judges whether A-DPCH is in a soft handover state or not, transmission radio section 42 sets the transmission power of HS-DPCCH into a power equal to the transmission power of A-DPCH when A-DPCH is not in a soft handover state, whereas the transmission power of HS-DPCCH is set at an addition of the transmission power of A-DPCH and an offset when A-DPCH is in a soft handover state.