Uplink resource allocation for lte advanced
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsWanshi Chen, Peter Gaal, Aamod Dinkar Khandekar, Juan Montojo, Naga Bhushan
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Abstract
Methods, systems, apparatus and computer program products are provided to receive downlink control information (DCI) in a downlink control channel, where the downlink control information configured to indicate an allocation of uplink resources with a clustered uplink resource allocation protocol or a contiguous uplink resource allocation protocol, to detect which of the clustered uplink resource allocation protocol and the contiguous uplink resource allocation protocol is indicated and to allocate the uplink resources based on the indicated uplink resource allocation protocol.
Claims30
A method in a wireless communication device, comprising:
- receiving downlink control information (DCI) in a downlink control channel, the downlink control information configured to indicate an allocation of uplink resources with a clustered uplink resource allocation protocol or a contiguous uplink resource allocation protocol;
- detecting which of the clustered uplink resource allocation protocol and the contiguous uplink resource allocation protocol is indicated;
- and
- allocating the uplink resources based on the indicated uplink resource allocation protocol.
An apparatus, comprising:
- means for receiving downlink control information (DCI) in a downlink control channel, the downlink control information configured to indicate an allocation of uplink resources with a clustered uplink resource allocation protocol or a contiguous uplink resource allocation protocol;
- means for detecting which of the clustered uplink resource allocation protocol and the contiguous uplink resource allocation protocol is indicated;
- and
- means for allocating the uplink resources based on the indicated uplink resource allocation protocol.
A communication device, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory comprising processor executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, configures the communication device to:
- receive downlink control information (DCI) in a downlink control channel, the downlink control information configured to indicate an allocation of uplink resources with a clustered uplink resource allocation protocol or a contiguous uplink resource allocation protocol;
- detect which of the clustered uplink resource allocation protocol and the contiguous uplink resource allocation protocol is indicated;
- and
- allocate the uplink resources based on the indicated uplink resource allocation protocol.
A computer program product, embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, comprising:
- program code for receiving downlink control information (DCI) in a downlink control channel, the downlink control information configured to indicate an allocation of uplink resources with a clustered uplink resource allocation protocol or a contiguous uplink resource allocation protocol;
- program code for detecting which of the clustered uplink resource allocation protocol and the contiguous uplink resource allocation protocol is indicated;
- and
- program code for allocating the uplink resources based on the indicated uplink resource allocation protocol.
A method, comprising:
- transmitting downlink control information (DCI) in a downlink control channel, the downlink control information configured to indicate an allocation of uplink resources with a clustered uplink resource allocation protocol or a contiguous uplink resource allocation protocol,
- wherein the downlink control information is formatted to size-match a DCI format configured for a downlink resource allocation protocol.
An apparatus, comprising:
- means for transmitting downlink control information (DCI) in a downlink control channel, the downlink control information comprising an allocation of uplink resources with a clustered uplink resource allocation protocol or a contiguous uplink resource allocation protocol,
- wherein the downlink control information is formatted to size-match a DCI format configured for a downlink resource allocation protocol;
- and
- means for indicating whether the allocation of uplink resources comprises the clustered uplink resource allocation protocol or the contiguous uplink resource allocation protocol.
A communication device, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory comprising processor executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, configures the communication device to:
- transmit downlink control information (DCI) in a downlink control channel, the downlink control information configured to indicate an allocation of uplink resources with a clustered uplink resource allocation protocol or a contiguous uplink resource allocation protocol,
- wherein the downlink control information is formatted to size-match a DCI format configured for a downlink resource allocation protocol.
A computer program product, embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, comprising:
- program code for transmitting downlink control information (DCI) in a downlink control channel, the downlink control information configured to indicate an allocation of uplink resources with a clustered uplink resource allocation protocol or a contiguous uplink resource allocation protocol,
- wherein the downlink control information is formatted to size-match a DCI format configured for a downlink resource allocation protocol.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.