Adaptive MCS and Incremental Redundancy for MBS Resource Efficiency

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Solution Overview

Problem

In IEEE 802.16e communication systems, the use of the most robust Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) for transmitting Multicast/Broadcast Service (MBS) data leads to inefficient resource allocation and unnecessary power consumption in Mobile Stations (MSs), as all MSs receive and process the same data, regardless of their channel status, even those with better channel conditions.

Innovation Solution

Implementing an Incremental Redundancy (IR) scheme where code symbols are generated and sent in subframes, allowing MSs to receive and decode only what is necessary, with the Base Station determining MCS levels based on individual channel statuses, and using Channel Quality Information (CQI) feedback to optimize data transmission.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If the most robust MCS level is used to transmit MBS data to ensure all MSs can receive it, then reliability is improved, but downlink resource efficiency deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovereliabilityVSAvoiddownlink resource efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by transmitting data at different MCS levels to different MSs based on their individual channel conditions. Specifically, the BS transmits MBS data at a first MCS level to MSs with good channel status and at a second, more robust MCS level to MSs with poor channel status. This allows each MS to receive data at the appropriate quality level for its channel conditions, improving overall downlink resource efficiency while maintaining reliability for all users.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Reliability

If all MSs receive and process all subframes containing MBS data, then reliability is improved, but power consumption deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovereliabilityVSAvoidpower consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies the taking out principle by enabling MSs to extract and decode only the specific subframes containing MBS data that are relevant to their channel conditions. Instead of processing all subframes uniformly, each MS can identify and process only the subframes transmitted at its appropriate MCS level, significantly reducing unnecessary FFT processing and power consumption while ensuring reliable reception of required data.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

3Area of stationary object

If the most robust MCS level is used for MBS data transmission, then coverage is improved, but resource allocation efficiency deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovecoverageVSAvoidresource allocation efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Area of stationary objectVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies dynamics by making the MCS level adaptive and variable rather than fixed. The BS dynamically selects different MCS levels (first MCS level for good channel conditions, second MCS level for poor channel conditions) based on real-time channel status information from different MSs. This dynamic adaptation allows the system to extend coverage to distant MSs with poor channels while efficiently utilizing downlink resources for nearby MSs with good channels, avoiding the resource waste associated with always using the most robust MCS level.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS8711764B2Apparatus and method for transmitting/receiving data in a communication system
Publication Date: 2014.04.29 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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AI summary

A method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving data in a communication system are provided, in which an MCS level is determined for data, a codeword including the data and a parity is generated by encoding the data using the determined MCS level, code symbols are generated from the codeword using IR scheme, and each of the code symbols is sent in a corresponding subframe.