Method and system for providing an uplink structure and minimizing pilot signal overhead in a wireless communication network

1. A method of providing uplink control in a wireless communication network, the wireless communication network including at least one base station that is communicatively coupled to at least one mobile terminal, the method comprising:

providing a dedicated random access channel to communicatively couple the at least one base station and the at least one mobile terminal;

initiating the at least one mobile terminal to select a random access signaling identification;

generating a resource request at the at least one base station to receive uplink resource information from the at least one mobile terminal;

receiving an initial access information request from the at least one mobile terminal to configure a base station connection; and

receiving by the at least one base station, when the at least one mobile terminal moves to a different cell, a service renewal request.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein selecting the random access signaling identification includes embedding a header on a packet transmission communicated from the at least one mobile terminal to the at least one base station.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the header on the packet transmission selects a sequence length from a single resource block.

4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the header on the packet transmission selects a sequence length from a plurality of resource blocks.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the uplink resource information includes at least one of a channel quality indicator, a pre-coding matrix index and a rank.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the initial access information request includes at least one of a bandwidth request, continuation of service request and allocation of a re-configured header.

7. A system for providing uplink control in a wireless communication network, the system comprising:

a base station, comprising:

a processing element;

a storage medium, coupled to the processing element; and

at least one antenna, coupled to the processing element;

wherein the storage medium stores program instructions executable by the processing element to:

provide a dedicated random access channel to communicatively couple the base station and a mobile terminal using the at least one antenna;

initiate the mobile terminal to select a random access signaling identification;

generate a resource request at the base station to receive uplink resource information from the mobile terminal;

receive an initial access information request from the mobile terminal to configure a base station connection; and

receive, by the base station, when the mobile terminal moves to a different cell, a service renewal request.

8. The system according to claim 7 , wherein selecting the random access signaling identification includes embedding a header on a packet transmission communicated from the mobile terminal to the base station.

9. The system according to claim 8 , wherein the header on the packet transmission selects a sequence length from a single resource block.

10. The system according to claim 8 , wherein the header on the packet transmission selects a sequence length from a plurality of resource blocks.

11. The system according to claim 7 , wherein the uplink resource information includes at least one of a channel quality indicator, a pre-coding matrix index and a rank.

12. The system according to claim 7 , wherein the initial access information request includes at least one of a bandwidth request, continuation of service request, and allocation of a re-configured header.

13. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium that stores program instructions executable by a processing element of a base station to perform:

providing a dedicated random access channel to communicatively couple the base station and a mobile terminal;

initiating the mobile terminal to select a random access signaling identification;

generating a resource request at the base station to receive uplink resource information from the mobile terminal;

receiving an initial access information request from the mobile terminal to configure a base station connection; and

receiving by the base station, when the mobile terminal moves to a different cell, a service renewal request.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 13 , wherein selecting the random access signaling identification includes embedding a header on a packet transmission communicated from the mobile terminal to the base station.

15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 14 , wherein the header on the packet transmission selects a sequence length from a single resource block.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 14 , wherein the header on the packet transmission selects a sequence length from a plurality of resource blocks.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 13 , wherein the uplink resource information includes at least one of a channel quality indicator, a pre-coding matrix index and a rank.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 13 , wherein the initial access information request includes at least one of a bandwidth request, continuation of service request, and allocation of a re-configured header.