Granted Patent B2

US 9,807,799 · App. 14/319,975 · Granted Oct 31, 2017

Inventors: Benoit Pelletier (Roxboro, CA); Diana Pani (Montreal, CA); Rocco DiGirolamo (Laval, CA); Christopher R. Cave (Dollard-des-Ormeaux, CA); Vincent Roy (Longueuil, CA); Paul Marinier (Brossard, CA); Eldad M. Zeira (Huntington, NY)

Assignee: SIGNAL TRUST FOR WIRELESS INNOVATION

H04W74/0833H04L1/1812H04L5/0053H04L5/0055H04W28/04H04W72/04H04W72/0406H04W72/12H04W76/046H04W76/068H04W88/08

Abstract

Claims (68)

1. An apparatus comprising:

a receiver;

a transmitter;

a processor, wherein the processor:

allocates an enhanced uplink (EU) resource and an associated hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process for a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) based on a request received from the WTRU by the receiver; and

releases the allocated EU resource when a scheduling information (SI) is received from the WTRU by the receiver with a total Enhanced Dedicated Channel (E-DCH) buffer status (TEBS) equal to zero and a HARQ transmission associated with the HARQ process is completed.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the allocated EU resource is transmitted to the WTRU via an enhanced acquisition indication channel.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the receiver receives a random access channel preamble from the WTRU and the transmitter transmits a response to the random access channel preamble prior to the transmission of the allocated EU resource.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the receiver receives EU data from the WTRU after the transmission of the allocated EU resource.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the HARQ process is configured to generate acknowledgments (ACKs) and negative acknowledgements (NACKs) in response to the received EU data, and the transmitter transmits the HARQ ACKs and NACKs to the WTRU.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the HARQ transmission is completed when a HARQ buffer controlled by the HARQ process is empty.

7. A method comprising:

allocating an enhanced uplink (EU) resource and an associated hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process for the WTRU based on a request received from the WTRU; and

releasing the allocated EU resource when a scheduling information (SI) is received from the WTRU with a total Enhanced Dedicated Channel (E-DCH) buffer status (TEBS) equal to zero and a HARQ transmission associated with the HARQ process is completed.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the allocated EU resource is transmitted to the WTRU via an enhanced acquisition indication channel.

9. The method of claim 7 , further comprising the steps of:

receiving a random access channel preamble from the WTRU; and

transmitting a response to the random access channel preamble prior to the transmission of the allocated EU resource.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising the step of:

receiving EU data from the WTRU after the transmission of the allocated EU resource.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising the steps of:

generating, by the HARQ process, acknowledgments (ACKs) and negative acknowledgements (NACKs) in response to the received EU data; and

transmitting the HARQ ACKs and NACKs to the WTRU.

12. The method of claim 7 , wherein the HARQ transmission is completed when a HARQ buffer controlled by the HARQ process is empty.

13. A wireless communication system comprising:

a plurality of base stations, wherein at least one of the plurality of base stations includes:

a wireless receiver;

a wireless transmitter; and

a processor, wherein the processor:

allocates an enhanced uplink (EU) resource and an associated hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process for a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU); and

releases the allocated EU resource when a scheduling information (SI) is received from the WTRU by the wireless receiver with a total Enhanced Dedicated Channel (E-DCH) buffer status (TEBS) equal to zero and a HARQ transmission associated with the HARQ process is completed.

14. The wireless communication system of claim 13 , wherein the allocated EU resource is transmitted to the WTRU via an enhanced acquisition indication channel.

15. The wireless communication system of claim 13 , wherein the wireless receiver receives a random access channel preamble from the WTRU and the wireless transmitter transmits a response to the random access channel preamble prior to the transmission of the allocated EU resource.

16. The wireless communication system of claim 15 , wherein the wireless receiver receives EU data from the WTRU after the transmission of the allocated EU resource.

17. The wireless communication system of claim 16 , wherein the HARQ process is configured to generate acknowledgments (ACKs) and negative acknowledgements (NACKs) in response to the received EU data, and the wireless transmitter transmits the HARQ ACKs and NACKs to the WTRU.

18. The wireless communication system of claim 13 , wherein the wireless network is a base station.

19. A method comprising:

allocating, by a wireless network, an enhanced uplink (EU) resource and an associated hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process for a wireless transmit/receive (WTRU); and

releasing, by the wireless network, the allocated EU resource when a scheduling information (SI) is received from the WTRU with a total Enhanced Dedicated Channel (E-DCH) buffer status (TEBS) equal to zero and a HARQ transmission associated with the HARQ process is completed.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the allocated EU resource is transmitted to the WTRU via an enhanced acquisition indication channel.

21. The method of claim 19 , further comprising the steps of:

receiving, at the wireless network, a random access channel preamble from the WTRU; and

transmitting, by the wireless network, a response to the random access channel preamble prior to the transmission of the allocated EU resource.

22. The method of claim 21 , further comprising the step of:

receiving, at the wireless network, EU data from the WTRU after the transmission of the allocated EU resource.

23. The method of claim 22 , further comprising the steps of:

generating, by the HARQ process at the wireless network, acknowledgments (ACKs) and negative acknowledgements (NACKs) in response to the received EU data; and

transmitting, by the wireless network, the HARQ ACKs and NACKs to the WTRU.

24. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) comprising:

a receiver;

a transmitter;

a processor, wherein the processor:

requests an enhanced uplink (EU) resource from a wireless network; and

releases an allocated EU resource when transmission of a scheduling information (SI) including a total Enhanced Dedicated Channel (E-DCH) buffer status (TEBS) equal to zero has been made and a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) transmission is completed.

25. The WTRU of claim 24 , wherein the allocated EU resource is received by the WTRU via an enhanced acquisition indication channel.

26. The WTRU of claim 24 , wherein the transmitter transmits a random access channel preamble to the wireless network and the receiver receives a response to the random access channel preamble prior to the transmission of the allocated EU resource.

27. The WTRU of claim 26 , wherein the transmitter transmits EU data to the wireless network after reception of the allocated EU resource.

28. The WTRU of claim 24 , wherein the HARQ transmission is completed when a HARQ buffer is empty.

29. A method comprising:

requesting, by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), an enhanced uplink (EU) resource from a wireless network; and

releasing, by the WTRU, an allocated EU resource when transmission of a scheduling information (SI) including a total Enhanced Dedicated Channel (E-DCH) buffer status (TEBS) equal to zero has been made and a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) transmission is completed.

30. The method of claim 29 , wherein the allocated EU resource is received by the WTRU via an enhanced acquisition indication channel.

31. The method of claim 29 , further comprising the steps of:

transmitting a random access channel preamble to the wireless network; and

receiving a response to the random access channel preamble prior to reception of the allocated EU resource.

32. The method of claim 31 , further comprising the step of:

transmitting EU data to the wireless network after reception of the allocated EU resource.

33. The method of claim 29 , wherein the HARQ transmission is completed when a HARQ buffer is empty.

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