System and method for uplink data transfer in dynamic timeslot reduction
View Patent ↗A method for communicating with a network is presented. The method includes receiving an assignment of first timeslots for uplink communications, and receiving an instruction to reduce monitoring to a set of timeslots. The set of timeslots has a number of timeslots less than a number of timeslots to be monitored in accordance with the assignment. The method includes receiving a negative acknowledgement of a data block previously transmitted to the network, and, after receiving the instruction to reduce monitoring and the negative acknowledgement, transmitting a new data block to the network before retransmitting the data block previously transmitted to the network.
1. A method for communicating with a network, comprising:
receiving, by a mobile station, an assignment of a set of timeslots for uplink communications;
receiving, by the mobile station, an instruction to monitor a reduced set of timeslots, the reduced set of timeslots having a number of timeslots less than a number of timeslots to be monitored in accordance with the assignment;
receiving, by the mobile station, a negative acknowledgement of a data block previously transmitted to the network; and
in response to receiving the instruction to monitor the reduced set of timeslots and receiving the negative acknowledgement, transmitting, by the mobile station, a new data block to the network before retransmitting the data block previously transmitted to the network, wherein transmitting the new data block includes using a resource on at least one timeslot that corresponds to a timeslot that is not within the reduced set of timeslots.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the instruction to monitor the reduced set of timeslots and the negative acknowledgement are received in a single radio block.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reduced set of timeslots is identified within a radio link control data block.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the new data block has not previously been transmitted to the network.
5. A mobile station, comprising:
a processor, the processor being configured to:
receive an assignment of a set of timeslots for uplink communications;
receive an instruction to monitor a reduced set of timeslots, the reduced set of timeslots having a number of timeslots less than a number of timeslots to be monitored in accordance with the assignment;
receive a negative acknowledgement of a data block previously transmitted to a network; and
in response to receiving the instruction to monitor the reduced set of timeslots and receiving the negative acknowledgement, transmit a new data block to the network before retransmitting the data block previously transmitted to the network, wherein the processor is configured to transmit the new data block using a resource on at least one timeslot that corresponds to a timeslot that is not within the reduced set of timeslots.
6. The mobile station of claim 5 , wherein the instruction to monitor the reduced set of timeslots and the negative acknowledgement are received in a single radio block.
7. The mobile station of claim 5 , wherein the reduced set of timeslots is identified within a radio link control data block.
8. The mobile station of claim 5 , wherein the new data block has not previously been transmitted to the network.
9. A method for communicating with a mobile station, comprising:
transmitting, to the mobile station by a network system comprising a processor, an assignment of a set of timeslots for uplink communications;
transmitting, to the mobile station by the network system, an instruction to monitor a reduced set of timeslots, the reduced set of timeslots having a number of timeslots less than a number of timeslots to be monitored in accordance with the assignment; and
responsive to the transmitting of the instruction to monitor the reduced set of timeslots, prioritizing, by the network system, a transmission of a new data block over a transmission of a NACKED data block to the mobile station.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the NACKED data block comprises a data block that was previously transmitted to the mobile station and for which a negative acknowledgement has been received.
11. A method for communicating with a mobile station, comprising:
transmitting an assignment of a set of timeslots for uplink communications;
transmitting an instruction to monitor a reduced set of timeslots, the reduced set of timeslots having a number of timeslots less than a number of timeslots to be monitored in accordance with the assignment; and
prioritizing a transmission of a new data block over a transmission of a NACKED data block to the mobile station, wherein prioritizing the transmission of the new data block over the transmission of the NACKED data block is performed only once during a single dynamic timeslot reduction period.
12. A network component, comprising:
a processor, the processor being configured to:
transmit an assignment of a set of timeslots for uplink communications;
transmit an instruction to monitor a reduced set of timeslots, the reduced set of timeslots having a number of timeslots less than a number of timeslots to be monitored in accordance with the assignment; and
responsive to the transmitting of the instruction to monitor the reduced set of timeslots, prioritize a transmission of a new data block over a transmission of a NACKED data block to the mobile station.
13. The network component of claim 12 , wherein the NACKED data block comprises a data block that was previously transmitted to the mobile station and for which a negative acknowledgement has been received.
14. The network component of claim 12 , wherein the processor is configured to prioritize the transmission of the new data block over the transmission of the NACKED data block only once during a single dynamic timeslot reduction period.