Mobile station aggregation of acknowledgments and negative acknowledgments in wireless networks
Various example embodiments are disclosed herein. According to one example embodiment, a method may include sending, from a base station, an acknowledgment/negative acknowledgment (ACK/NAK) aggregation indicator to the mobile station based on the determining, sending a plurality of data bursts to the mobile station, and receiving at least one aggregated ACK/NAK report from the mobile station.
1. A method performed by a mobile station in a wireless network, the method comprising:
receiving scheduling information, from a base station, the scheduling information including channel resource information for M data bursts and an indication of channel resources to transmit ACK/NAK information;
receiving, from the base station, the M data bursts, wherein M is an integer greater than 1; and
transmitting to the base station, subsequent to receiving the M data bursts, an aggregated ACK/NAK report in a single channel using the indicated channel resources for the ACK/NAK information, the aggregated ACK/NAK report comprising aggregated ACK/NAKs for the M data bursts.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the aggregated ACK/NAK report is transmitted at a predetermined time after transmission of the M data bursts.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting the aggregated ACK/NAK report includes transmitting the ACK/NAK report at a time after transmission of the M data bursts, the time being indicated by the scheduling information.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein the scheduling information includes an indication of a modulation and coding set for each of the M data bursts.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein the aggregated ACK/NAK report includes orthogonal code words.
6. The method of claim 5 further comprising transmitting a plurality of aggregated ACK/NAK reports using same channel resources.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein each data burst includes a cyclic redundancy check (CRC).
8. A mobile station comprising:
a receiver configured to:
receive scheduling information, from a base station, the scheduling information including channel resource information for M data bursts and an indication of channel resources to transmit ACK/NAK information; and
receive, from the base station, the M data bursts, wherein M is an integer greater than 1; and
a transmitter configured to transmit to the base station, subsequent to receiving the M data bursts, an aggregated ACK/NAK report in a single channel using the indicated channel resources for the ACK/NAK information, the aggregated ACK/NAK report comprising aggregated ACK/NAKs for the M data bursts.
9. The mobile station of claim 8 wherein the aggregated ACK/NAK report is transmitted at a predetermined time after transmission of the M data bursts.
10. The mobile station of claim 8 wherein the transmitter is further configured to transmit the aggregated ACK/NAK report at a time after transmission of the M data bursts, the time being indicated by the scheduling information.
11. The mobile station of claim 8 wherein the scheduling information includes an indication of a modulation and coding set for each of the M data bursts.
12. The mobile station of claim 8 wherein the aggregated ACK/NAK report includes orthogonal code words.
13. The mobile station of claim 12 , wherein the transmitter is further configured to transmit a plurality of aggregated ACK/NAK reports using same channel resources.
14. The mobile station of claim 8 wherein each data burst includes a cyclic redundancy check (CRC).
15. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising executable code stored thereon, wherein the executable code, when executed by a processor, causes an apparatus to at least:
receive scheduling information, from a base station, the scheduling information including channel resource information for M data bursts and an indication of channel resources to transmit ACK/NAK information;
receive, from the base station, the M data bursts, wherein M is an integer greater than 1; and
transmit to the base station, subsequent to receiving the M data bursts, an aggregated ACK/NAK report in a single channel using the indicated channel resources for the ACK/NAK information, the aggregated ACK/NAK report comprising aggregated ACK/NAKs for the M data bursts.
16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the aggregated ACK/NAK report is transmitted at a predetermined time after transmission of the M data bursts.
17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the executable code, when executed by the processor, further causes the apparatus to at least:
transmit the aggregated ACK/NAK report at a time after transmission of the M data bursts, the time being indicated by the scheduling information.
18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the scheduling information includes an indication of a modulation and coding set for each of the M data bursts.
19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the aggregated ACK/NAK report includes orthogonal code words.
20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 19 , wherein the executable code, when executed by the processor, further causes the apparatus to at least:
transmit a plurality of aggregated ACK/NAK reports using same channel resources.
21. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein each data burst includes a cyclic redundancy check (CRC).