Method and apparatus for providing timing alignment
AssigneeNokia Technologies Oy
InventorTsyoshi Kashima
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Abstract
An approach includes generating a control message having a format designated for resource allocation, wherein the control message includes a plurality of control fields. One of the control fields is reserved to specify information other than information for resource allocation, the value indicating timing alignment information or information for starting a random access procedure. The control message is transmitted over a control channel according to a lower layer protocol.
Claims31
A method comprising:
- generating a control message having a format designated for resource allocation, wherein the control message includes a plurality of control fields;
- and
- reserving a value of one of the control fields to specify information other than information for resource allocation, the value indicating information for starting a non-contention based random access procedure at a base station,
- wherein the control message is transmitted over a control channel according to a lower layer protocol.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to at least perform the following steps:
- generating a control message having a format designated for resource allocation, wherein the control message includes a plurality of control fields;
- and
- reserving a value of one of the control fields to specify information other than information for resource allocation, the value indicating information for starting a non-contention based random access procedure at a base station,
- wherein the control message is transmitted over a control channel according to a lower layer protocol.
An apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following,
- generate a control message having a format designated for resource allocation, wherein the control message includes a plurality of control fields;
- and
- reserve a value of one of the control fields to specify information other than information for resource allocation, the value indicating information for starting a non-contention based random access procedure at a base station,
- wherein the control message is transmitted over a control channel according to a lower layer protocol.
A method comprising:
- receiving a control message having a format designated for resource allocation, wherein the control message includes a plurality of control fields, and a value of one of the control fields is reserved to specify information other than information for resource allocation, the value indicating information for starting of a non-contention based random access procedure, wherein the control message is received over a control channel according to a lower layer protocol.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to at least perform the following steps:
- receiving a control message having a format designated for resource allocation, wherein the control message includes a plurality of control fields, and a value of one of the control fields is reserved to specify information other than information for resource allocation, the value indicating information for starting of a non-contention based random access procedure,
- wherein the control message is received over a control channel according to a lower layer protocol.
An apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following,
- receive a control message having a format designated for resource allocation, wherein the control message includes a plurality of control fields, and a value of one of the control fields is reserved to specify information other than information for resource allocation, the value indicating information for starting of a non-contention based random access procedure,
- wherein the control message is received over a control channel according to a lower layer protocol.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.