IP Library Granted Patent US 8,588,843
Granted Patent B2
US 8,588,843 · App. 13/618,649 · Granted Nov 19, 2013

Communication mode controlling method, mobile communication system, radio network controller, base station, and mobile communication terminal

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Patent No.
US 8,588,843
App. No.
13/618,649
Granted
Nov 19, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A communication mode which should be set to a mobile communication terminal having a function of switching between an autonomous mode and a scheduling mode is determined based on an amount of interference in each of the communication modes in the cell of a base station, and/or communication characteristics of each of the communication modes, and a signal indicating an amount of communication data notified from the mobile communication terminal. The base station then notifies the determined communication mode to the mobile communication terminal.

Claims (32)

1. A method for a user equipment, the method comprising:

transmitting a buffer status indicative of an amount of data available for transmission; and

receiving, from a base station, an indication of uplink radio resources reflective of network scheduling, wherein said received indication is at least partially based upon an indication of a maximum received power received at the base station from a radio network controller and said transmitted buffer status.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting at least a portion of said data available for transmission in accordance with the received indication of uplink radio resources.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the indicated maximum received power is at least partially based upon an indicated amount of received signal power.

4. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

receiving an ACK/NACK signal in response to the transmitted data.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the buffer status is transmitted using wideband-code division multiple access (W-CDMA).

6. A method for a user equipment, the method comprising:

transmitting a buffer status indicative of an amount of data available for transmission; and

transmitting at least a portion of said data available for transmission in accordance with scheduling at least partially based upon an indication of a maximum received power received at a base station from a radio network controller and said transmitted buffer status.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising receiving an indication of uplink radio resources.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the indicated maximum received power is at least partially based upon an indicated amount of received signal power.

9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the indicated maximum received power corresponds to a power that should not be exceeded as a result of scheduling.

10. The method of claim 6 , wherein the buffer status is transmitted using wideband-code division multiple access (W-CDMA).

11. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

receiving an ACK/NACK signal in response to the transmitted data.

12. A user equipment configured to:

transmit a buffer status indicative of an amount of data available for transmission; and

receive, from a base station, an indication of uplink radio resources reflective of network scheduling, wherein said scheduling is at least partially based upon an indication of a maximum received power received at the base station from a radio network controller and said transmitted buffer status.

13. The user equipment of claim 12 , further configured to transmit at least a portion of said data available for transmission in accordance with the received indication of uplink radio resources.

14. The user equipment of claim 12 , wherein the indicated maximum received power is at least partially based upon an indicated amount of received signal power at the user equipment.

15. The user equipment of claim 13 , further configured to receive an ACK/NACK signal in response to the transmitted data.

16. The user equipment of claim 13 , wherein the buffer status is transmitted using wideband-code division multiple access (W-CDMA).

17. A user equipment configured to:

transmit a buffer status indicative of an amount of data available for transmission; and

transmit at least a portion of said data available for transmission in accordance with scheduling at least partially based upon an indication of a maximum received power received at a base station from a radio network controller and said transmitted buffer status.

18. The user equipment of claim 17 , further configured to receive an indication of uplink radio resources.

19. The user equipment of claim 17 , wherein the indicated maximum received power is at least partially based upon an indicated amount of received signal power.

20. The user equipment of claim 17 , wherein the indicated maximum received power corresponds to a power that should not be exceeded as a result of scheduling.

21. The user equipment of claim 17 , wherein the buffer status is transmitted using wideband-code division multiple access (W-CDMA).

22. The user equipment of claim 17 , further configured to receive an ACK/NACK signal in response to the transmitted data.

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