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 base station in a wireless network, the method comprising:
transmitting scheduling information to a mobile station, the scheduling information including channel resource information for M data bursts and an indication of channel resources to transmit ACK/NAK information;
transmitting the M data bursts to the mobile station, wherein M is an integer greater than 1; and
receiving, from the mobile station subsequent to transmitting the M data bursts, an aggregated ACK/NAK report in a single channel via 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 received at a predetermined time after transmission of the M data bursts.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving the aggregated ACK/NAK report includes receiving the ACK/NAK report at a time after transmission of the M data bursts.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the time is indicated by the scheduling information.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein the aggregated ACK/NAK report includes orthogonal code words.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein each data burst includes a cyclic redundancy check (CRC).
7. A base station comprising:
a transmitter operable to:
transmit scheduling information to a mobile station, the scheduling information including channel resource information for M data bursts and an indication of channel resources to transmit ACK/NAK information; and
transmit the M data bursts to the mobile station, wherein M is an integer greater than 1; and
a receiver operable to receive, from the mobile station subsequent to transmitting 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.
8. The base station of claim 7 wherein the aggregated ACK/NAK report is received at a predetermined time after transmission of the M data bursts.
9. The base station of claim 7 wherein the receiver is further operable to receive the aggregated ACK/NAK report at a time after transmission of the M data bursts.
10. The base station of claim 9 , wherein the time is indicated by the scheduling information.
11. The base station of claim 7 wherein the scheduling information includes an indication of a modulation and coding set for each of the M data bursts.
12. The base station of claim 7 wherein the aggregated ACK/NAK report includes orthogonal code words.
13. The base station of claim 7 wherein each data burst includes a cyclic redundancy check (CRC).
14. 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:
transmit scheduling information to a mobile station, the scheduling information including channel resource information for M data bursts and an indication of channel resources to transmit ACK/NAK information;
transmit the M data bursts to the mobile station, wherein M is an integer greater than 1; and
receive, from the mobile station subsequent to transmitting 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.
15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the aggregated ACK/NAK report is received at a predetermined time after transmission of the M data bursts.
16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the executable code, when executed by the processor, further causes the apparatus to at least:
receive the aggregated ACK/NAK report at a time after transmission of the M data bursts.
17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the time is indicated by the scheduling information.
18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 14 , 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 14 , wherein the aggregated ACK/NAK report includes orthogonal code words.
20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein each data burst includes a cyclic redundancy check (CRC).