Granted Patent B2

US 7,286,832 · App. 11/241,043 · Granted Oct 23, 2007

Abstract

Claims (67)

1. A method for allocating data communication resource units by a communication infrastructure among a plurality of user equipment in a wireless communication system, comprising:

storing respective indicia of the plurality of user equipment among which data communication resources are to be allocated; and

allocating a number of resource units to each of the plurality of user equipment having a respective stored indicia, wherein the number, γ, of resource units allocated to the user equipment is based at least upon:

φ, the volume of data that the user equipment is allowed to communicate if a fixed volume of data is to be communicated with the infrastructure;

λ, the number of resource units that can be allocated to the user equipment to communicate with the infrastructure if a fixed number of resource units is to be allocated to the user equipment;

θ, the number of information bits per resource unit that can be communicated between the user equipment and the infrastructure; and

β, a predetermined fairness parameter ranging from a minimum value to a maximum value that specifies the extent to which λ resource units should be communicated between the user equipment and the infrastructure, and the extent to which a fixed volume of data, φ, should be communicated between the user equipment and the infrastructure.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the storing of the respective indicia of the plurality of user equipment among which resource units are to be allocated further comprises storing the indicia in a FIFO queue.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the storing of the respective indicia of the plurality of user equipment among which resource units are to be allocated further comprises storing the indications in a RAM memory with an associated pointer register.

4. The method of claim 1 performed in a radio network controller of the wireless communication system.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the wireless communication system is a UMTS system.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein β is normalized to range between zero and one.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the number, γ, of resource units allocated to a user is substantially equal to the absolute value of [(1−β)*λ+β*(φ/θ)].

8. A method for obtaining a data communication resource unit allocation by user equipment in a wireless communication system having an infrastructure, comprising:

receiving data from a SIM of the user equipment;

communicating the data received from the user equipment's SIM with the infrastructure; and

receiving at least one allocation, γ, of resource units from the infrastructure, the allocation being based at least upon:

φ, the volume of data that the user equipment is allocated to communicate with the infrastructure, if a fixed volume of data is to be communicated;

λ, the number of resource units that can be allocated to the user equipment to communicate with the infrastructure, if a fixed number of resource units is to be allocated for communication between the user equipment and the infrastructure;

θ, the number of information bits per resource unit that can be communicated between the user equipment and the infrastructure; and

β, a fairness parameter ranging from a minimum value to a maximum value that specifies the extent to which λ resource units should be communicated between the user equipment and the infrastructure, and the extent to which a φ volume of data should be communicated between the user equipment and the infrastructure.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising communicating data with the infrastructure according to the received resource unit allocation.

10. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing a method for allocating data communication resource units by a communication infrastructure among a plurality of user equipment in a wireless communication system, comprising:

storing respective indicia of the plurality of user equipment among which data communication resource units are to be allocated; and

allocating a number of resource units to each of the plurality of user equipment having a respective stored indicia, wherein the number, γ, of resource units allocated to the user equipment is based at least upon:

φ, the volume of data that the user equipment is allocated to communicate with the infrastructure, if a fixed volume of data is to be communicated;

λ, the number of resource units that can be allocated to the user equipment to communicate with the infrastructure, if a fixed number of resource units is to be allocated for communication between the user equipment and the infrastructure;

θ, the number of information bits per resource unit that can be communicated between the user equipment and the infrastructure; and

β, a predetermined fairness parameter ranging from a minimum value to a maximum value that specifies the extent to which λ resource units should be communicated between the user equipment and the infrastructure, and the extent to which a φ volume of data should be communicated between the user equipment and the infrastructure.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 10 , further comprising computer-executable instructions normalize β to range between zero and one.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 11 , further comprising computer-executable instructions to calculate the number, γ, of resource units allocated to a user as substantially equal to the absolute value of [(1−β)*λ+β*(φ/θ)].

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 10 , further comprising computer-executable instructions wherein the storing of the respective indicia of the plurality of the user equipment among which resource units are to be allocated further comprises storing the indications in a FIFO queue.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 10 , further comprising computer-executable instructions wherein the storing of the respective indicia of the plurality of the user equipment among which resource units are to be allocated further comprises storing the indicia in a RAM memory with an associated pointer register.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the computer-executable instructions are configured to be executed by a processor in a radio network controller of the wireless communication system.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the computer executable instructions are configured to by executed by a processor in a radio network controller of a UMTS system.

17. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing a method for obtaining a data communication resource unit allocation by user equipment in a wireless communication system having an infrastructure, the method comprising:

receiving data from a SIM of the user equipment;

communicating the data received from the user equipment's SIM with the infrastructure; and

receiving at least one resource unit allocation, γ, of resource units from the infrastructure, the allocation being based at least upon:

φ, the volume of data that the user equipment is allocated to communicate with the infrastructure, if a fixed volume of data is to be communicated;

λ, the number of resource units that can be allocated to the user equipment to communicate with the infrastructure, if a fixed number of resource units is to be allocated for communication between the user equipment and the infrastructure;

θ, the number of information bits per resource unit that can be communicated between the user equipment and the infrastructure; and

β, a fairness parameter ranging from a minimum value to a maximum value that specifies the extent to which λ resource units should be communicated between the user equipment and the infrastructure, and the extent to which a φ volume of data should be communicated between the user equipment and the infrastructure.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 17 , further comprising computer executable instructions to communicate data with the infrastructure according to the received resource unit allocation.

19. Wireless communication system infrastructure equipment configured to perform a method for allocating data communication resource units among a plurality of user equipment in a wireless communication system, comprising:

a memory for storing respective indicia of the plurality of user equipment among which data communication resources are to be allocated; and

a processor for allocating a number of resource units to each of the plurality of user equipment having a respective stored indication, wherein the number, γ, of resource units allocated to user equipment is based at least upon:

φ, the volume of data that the user equipment is allocated to communicate with the infrastructure, if a fixed volume of data is to be communicated;

λ, the number of resource units that can be allocated to the user equipment to communicate with the infrastructure, if a fixed number of resource units is to be allocated for communication between the user equipment and the infrastructure;

θ, the number of information bits per resource unit that can be communicated between the user equipment and the infrastructure; and

β, a predetermined fairness parameter ranging from a minimum value to a maximum value that specifies the extent to which λ resource units should be communicated between the user equipment and the infrastructure, and the extent to which a φ volume of data should be communicated between the user equipment and the infrastructure.

20. The infrastructure equipment of claim 19 , wherein the processor is further configured to normalize β to range between zero and one.

21. The infrastructure equipment of claim 20 , wherein the processor is further configured to calculate the number, γ, of resource units allocated to a user as substantially equal to the absolute value of [(1−β)*λ+β*(φ/θ)].

22. The infrastructure equipment of claim 19 , wherein the processor is further configured to store the respective indicia of the plurality of user equipment among which resource units are to be allocated in a FIFO queue.

23. The infrastructure equipment of claim 19 , wherein the processor is further configured to store the respective indicia of the plurality of user equipment among which resource units are to be allocated in a RAM memory with an associated pointer register.

24. The infrastructure equipment of claim 19 , further comprising a radio network controller of the wireless communication system.

25. The infrastructure equipment of claim 24 , wherein the wireless communication is a UMTS system.

26. A user equipment configured to perform a method for obtaining a data communication resource unit allocation by a user equipment in a wireless communication system having an infrastructure, comprising:

a user equipment's subscriber information module, SIM;

a wired receiver configured to receive data from the user equipment's SIM;

a radio transmitter configured to transmit the data received from the user equipment's SIM to the infrastructure; and

a radio receiver configured to receive at least one resource unit allocation, γ, of resource units from the infrastructure, the allocation being based at least upon:

φ, the volume of data that the user equipment is allocated to communicate with the infrastructure, if a fixed volume of data is to be communicated;

λ, the number of resource units that can be allocated to the user equipment to communicate with the infrastructure, if a fixed number of resource units is to be allocated for communication between the user equipment and the infrastructure;

θ, the number of information bits per resource unit that can be communicated between the user equipment and the infrastructure; and

β, a fairness parameter ranging from a minimum value to a maximum value that specifies the extent to which λ resource units should be communicated between the user equipment and the infrastructure, and the extent to which a φ volume of data should be communicated between the user equipment and the infrastructure.

27. The user equipment of claim 26 , further configured to communicate data with the infrastructure according to the received resource unit allocation.

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