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Transmission rate control method and mobile station

US7693170B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 27, 2006
Grant dateApr 6, 2010
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Expiry dateSep 13, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W28/20
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A transmission rate control method, includes: transmitting, at a radio base station, a relative rate grant channel which includes a command for controlling a transmission rate in uplink to a mobile station; and determining, at the mobile station, that the relative rate grant channel which includes a HOLD command for instructing to maintain the transmission rate is received at the mobile station, when data to be transmitted becomes empty in a transmission buffer and a receive signal in the relative rate grant channel is detected as “0” or “+1”, and maintaining the transmission rate.

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