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Apparatus and method for communicating signaling information

US7616603B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 30, 2005
Grant dateNov 10, 2009
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 17, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W88/08
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A User Equipment, UE, of a cellular communication system transmits scheduling assistance data to a base station comprising a base station scheduler which schedules packet data. The scheduling assistance data relates to packet data communication of the UE. The scheduling assistance data is generated by a scheduling assistance data generator coupled to a packet data transmit buffer associated with the packet data transmission. A first transport channel controller allocates other data to a first transport channel and a retransmission controller operates a retransmission scheme for this transport channel. A second transport channel controller allocates the scheduling assistance data to a signaling transport channel and a transport channel multiplexer combines the two transport channels as multiplexed channels on a single physical resource. The transmission reliabilities for the retransmission and non-retransmission transport channels may be individually optimized.

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