IP Library Granted Patent US 8,780,868
Granted Patent B2
US 8,780,868 · App. 13/280,454 · Granted Jul 15, 2014

Method for transmitting data between a radio transmitting device and a radio receiving device

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Patent No.
US 8,780,868
App. No.
13/280,454
Granted
Jul 15, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for transmitting data between a radio transmitting device and a radio receiving device includes transmitting a frame structure over a radio channel, the frame structure including a control channel and a data channel. The method further includes detecting a quality degradation of the radio channel, selecting a bit from the data channel and increasing a transmission power of the selected bit when the quality degradation of the radio channel is detected.

Claims (52)

1. A method for transmitting data between a radio transmitting device and a radio receiving device, comprising:

transmitting a frame structure over a downlink radio channel, the frame structure comprising a downlink control channel and a downlink data channel;

detecting a quality degradation of the downlink radio channel;

selecting a bit from the downlink data channel; and

increasing a transmission power of the selected bit with respect to a transmission power of a non-selected bit of the downlink data channel when the quality degradation of the radio channel is detected.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data channel is frame-aligned to the downlink control channel.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the downlink control channel is configured to transmit pilot data.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the downlink data channel is configured to transmit one or both of user data and control data.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the downlink control channel comprises a dedicated physical control channel and the data channel comprises a dedicated physical data channel.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the downlink data channel comprises a signaling channel configured to transmit a control message.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the bit is selected from the signaling channel.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

acknowledging a reception of a control message sent by the radio transmitting device.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein detecting a quality degradation of the downlink radio channel depends on acknowledging a reception of a control message sent by the radio transmitting device.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein detecting a quality degradation comprises one or more of the following:

a control message is not acknowledged;

a number of control messages not being acknowledged is increased;

measurement reports sent by the radio receiving device to the radio transmitting device over the radio channel indicate the quality degradation of the downlink radio channel; and

the radio receiving device is operated in a compressed mode.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the downlink data channel comprises a user data channel configured to transmit at least one of voice data and internet data.

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

decreasing a transmission power of a further bit of the frame structure, the further bit differing from the selected bit.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein an overall transmission power of the frame structure does not exceed a predetermined threshold value.

14. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

muting a transmission power of a further bit of the frame structure, the further bit differing from the selected bit.

15. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

performing a cyclic redundancy check on the basis of data transmitted over the downlink data channel.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the frame structure is based on one of the wireless standards UMTS, GSM and LTE.

17. The method of claim 1 , wherein the frame structure is based on a 3GPP standard.

18. A radio transmitting device configured to transmit a frame structure over a downlink radio channel, the frame structure comprising

a downlink control channel and a downlink data channel, the radio transmission device comprising:

a detecting unit configured to detect a quality degradation of the downlink radio channel;

a selecting unit configured to select a bit from the downlink data channel; and

a power unit configured to increase a transmission power of the selected bit with respect to a transmission power of a non-selected bit of the downlink data channel when the quality degradation of the downlink radio channel is detected by the detecting unit.

19. The radio transmitting device of claim 18 , wherein the detecting unit is configured to detect an acknowledgment acknowledging a reception of a control message, the control message being sent by the radio transmitting device.

20. The radio transmitting device of claim 18 , wherein the power unit is configured to decrease a transmission power of a further bit, the further bit differing from the selected bit.

21. A method for transmitting data between a radio transmitting device and a radio receiving device, comprising:

transmitting a frame structure over a radio channel, the frame structure comprising a control channel and a data channel;

detecting a quality degradation of the radio channel;

selecting a bit from the data channel; and

increasing a transmission power of the selected bit when the quality degradation of the radio channel is detected,

wherein detecting a quality degradation comprises one or more of the following:

a control message is not acknowledged;

a number of control messages not being acknowledged is increased;

measurement reports sent by the radio receiving device to the radio transmitting device over the radio channel indicate the quality degradation of the radio channel; and

the radio receiving device is operated in a compressed mode.

22. A method for transmitting data between a radio transmitting device and a radio receiving device, comprising:

transmitting a frame structure over a radio channel, the frame structure comprising a control channel and a data channel;

detecting a quality degradation of the radio channel;

selecting a bit from the data channel;

increasing a transmission power of the selected bit when the quality degradation of the radio channel is detected; and

decreasing a transmission power of a further bit of the frame structure, the further bit differing from the selected bit.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 29, 2022
From: INTEL DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
To: INTEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061356/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 6, 2015
From: INTEL MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS GMBH
To: INTEL DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Reel/Frame 037057/0061 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 2, 2011
From: CLEVORN, THORSTEN
To: INTEL MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS GMBH
Reel/Frame 027319/0483 →