IP Library Granted Patent US 8,306,544
Granted Patent B2
US 8,306,544 · App. 12/528,805 · Granted Nov 6, 2012

Base station apparatus and communication control method

Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 8,306,544
App. No.
12/528,805
Granted
Nov 6, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A disclosed base station apparatus includes a resource allocation unit allocating radio resources using a first resource allocation method for dynamically allocating the radio resources and a second resource allocation method for allocating the radio resources at a constant period, wherein when a size of data to be transmitted is equal to or greater than a first threshold value, the resource allocation unit allocates the radio resources using the first resource allocation method, otherwise, the resource allocation unit allocates the radio resources using the second resource allocation method, and when the size of the data to be transmitted is equal to or greater than a second threshold value, the resource allocation unit allocates radio resources reserved as radio resources to be allocated using the second resource allocation method as radio resources to be allocated using the first resource allocation method.

Claims (15)

1. A base station apparatus capable of communicating with a user equipment terminal using a downlink shared channel, the base station apparatus comprising:

a resource allocation unit configured to allocate radio resources using a first resource allocation method for dynamically allocating the radio resources and a second resource allocation method for allocating the radio resources at a constant period, wherein

when a size of data to be transmitted is equal to or greater than a threshold value, the resource allocation unit allocates the radio resources using the first resource allocation method,

when the size of the data to be transmitted is less than the threshold value, the resource allocation unit allocates the radio resources using the second resource allocation method, and

when the size of the data to be transmitted is equal to or greater than a threshold value, the resource allocation unit allocates radio resources reserved as radio resources to be allocated using the second resource allocation method as radio resources to be allocated using the first resource allocation method.

2. A base station apparatus capable of communicating with a user equipment terminal using a downlink shared channel, the base station apparatus comprising:

a resource allocation unit configured to allocate radio resources using a first resource allocation method for dynamically allocating the radio resources and a second resource allocation method for allocating the radio resources at a constant period, wherein

in a case where a size of data to be transmitted is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value at a timing when resource allocation using the second resource allocation method is not performed or in a case where there are data to be retransmitted at a timing when resource allocation using the second resource allocation method is not performed, the resource allocation unit assumes that there are data to be transmitted using the first resource allocation method, and

in a case where the size of the data to be transmitted is less than the predetermined threshold value and there are no retransmittable data, the resource allocation unit assumes that there are no data to be transmitted using the first resource allocation method.

3. The base station apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

when there is no data to be transmitted using the second resource allocation method, the resource allocation unit allocates the radio resources reserved as radio resources to be allocated using the second resource allocation method as the radio resources to be allocated using the first resource allocation method.

4. A communication control method of allocating radio resources using a first resource allocation method for dynamically allocating the radio resources and a second resource allocation method for allocating the radio resources at a constant period, the method being used in a base station apparatus capable of communicating with a user equipment terminal using a downlink shared channel, the method comprising:

a first radio resource allocating step of, when a size of data to be transmitted is equal to or greater than a threshold value, allocating the radio resources using the first resource allocation method;

a second radio resource allocating step of, when the size of the data to be transmitted is less than the threshold value, allocating the radio resources using the second resource allocation method; and

a third radio resource allocating step of, when the size of the data to be transmitted is equal to or greater than a threshold value, allocating radio resources reserved as radio resources to be allocated using the second resource allocation method as radio resources to be allocated using the first resource allocation method.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 9, 2009
From: ISHII, HIROYUKI; UMESH, ANIL
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
Reel/Frame 023491/0285 →
Priority Claims (3)
JP 2007-052115 · Mar 1, 2007 · national
JP 2007-161938 · Jun 19, 2007 · national
JP 2007-329024 · Dec 20, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
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