Granted Patent B2

US 8,335,959 · App. 12/479,556 · Granted Dec 18, 2012

Abstract

Claims (29)

1. A method for reuse of one of a plurality of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) Process ID comprising:

receiving signaling at a user agent;

reserving, by the user agent, at least one of the plurality of HARQ Process IDs for semi-persistent scheduling based upon the signaling;

determining, by the user agent, an activation of a semi-persistent resource;

associating, by the user agent, the at least one of the plurality of HARQ Process IDs with the semi-persistent resource; and

receiving, by the user agent, a non-semi-persistent data communication utilizing the at least one of the plurality of HARQ Process IDs.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving a second semi-persistent activation signal indicating a second semi-persistently allocated resource; and

associating the at least one of the plurality of HARQ Process IDs to the second semi-persistent allocated resource.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

releasing the at least one of the plurality of HARQ Process IDs.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the signaling used to reserve at least one of the plurality of HARQ Process IDs for semi-persistent scheduling is one of:

radio resource control signaling; and

packet data control channel (PDCCH) signaling.

5. The method of claim 3 wherein the at least one of the plurality of HARQ Process IDs is re-associated with the semi-persistent resource at the end of an idle period in the non-semi-persistent data communication.

6. A user agent comprising:

a component configured such that the user agent receives signaling used to reserve at least one of a plurality of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) Process IDs for semi-persistent scheduling, the user agent determines an activation of a semi-persistent resource, the user agent associates the at least one of the plurality of HARQ Process IDs with the semi-persistent resource, and the user agent receives a non-semi-persistent data communication utilizing the at least one of the plurality of HARQ Process IDs.

7. The user agent of claim 6 wherein the user agent receives a second semi-persistent activation signal indicating a second semi-persistently allocated resource, and the user agent associates the at least one of the plurality of HARQ Process IDs to the second semi-persistent allocated resource.

8. The user agent of claim 6 wherein the user agent releases the at least one of the plurality of HARQ Process IDs.

9. The user agent of claim 6 wherein the signaling used to reserve at least one of the plurality of HARQ Process IDs for semi-persistent scheduling is one of:

radio resource control signaling; and

packet data control channel (PDCCH) signaling.

10. The user agent of claim 8 wherein the at least one of the plurality of HARQ Process IDs is re-associated with the semi-persistent resource at the end of an idle period in the non-semi-persistent data communication.

11. An access device comprising:

a component configured such that access device transmits signaling used to reserve at least one of a plurality of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) Process IDs for semi-persistent scheduling, the access device associates the at least one of the plurality of HARQ Process IDs with a semi-persistent resource, and the access device transmits a non-semi-persistent data communication utilizing the at least one of the plurality of HARQ Process IDs.

12. The access device of claim 11 wherein the access device transmits a second semi-persistent activation signal indicating a second semi-persistently allocated resource, and the access device associates the at least one of the plurality of HARQ Process IDs to the second semi-persistent allocated resource.

13. The access device of claim 11 wherein the signaling used to reserve at least one of the plurality of HARQ Process IDs for semi-persistent scheduling is one of:

radio resource control signaling; and

packet data control channel (PDCCH) signaling.

Assignments (8)