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Scheduling apparatus and method for packet data service in a wireless communication system

US6850509B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 1, 2001
Grant dateFeb 1, 2005
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Expiry dateJan 20, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W72/52
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for assigning packet data to be transmitted to a radio packet data channel of a base station system in response to a packet traffic transmission request for a plurality of mobile stations in a mobile communication system. The method comprises collecting the packet traffic transmission requests of the radio packet data channel for the mobile stations; selecting at least one of the mobile stations from the collected packet traffic transmission requests; transmitting to the selected mobile station a channel assignment message including information about a data rate, data transmission durations of the radio packet data channel and start points of the data transmission durations for the selected mobile station; and transmitting the packet data to the selected mobile station at the start time of the data transmission durations at the data rate.

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