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AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorsRaino Lintulampi, Janne Parantainen, Guillaume Sebire
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A method and an apparatus are described for increasing the flexibility of uplink resource allocation for a mobile station (MS) (100), that is backwards compatible with earlier standards that provide only a single data flow per MS. The method includes steps of (A) associating an allocated uplink resource (an Uplink State Flag (USF)) with one or more Temporary Block Flows (TBFs) for a Packet Data Channel (PDCH), and not with a MS per se (although a given USF is associated with only a single MS); and (B) using a Temporary Flow Identity (TFI) for identifying a TBF, where a TFI may be unique to a PDCH and, if not, is unique with respect to the MS on a PDCH (and hence with respect to the USF). The result is that the MS is enabled to send any of its TBFs on allocated resources of the same PDCH. An uplink resource may be allocated to the MS dynamically using the Uplink State Flag (USF) or by using a fixed allocation. A total of n Radio Bearers are associated with a single TBF, where n≧1.
A method for facilitating uplink resource allocation for a mobile station (MS), comprising steps of:
A method for facilitating uplink resource allocation for a mobile station (MS), comprising steps of:
A method for facilitating uplink resource allocation for a mobile station (MS), comprising steps of:
A wireless telecommunications system comprising a network and at least one mobile station (MS), said system providing at least two uplink data flows from one mobile station (MS) on a Packet Data Channel (PDCH) by allocating an uplink resource for at least two Temporary Block Flows (TBFs) using an Uplink State Flag (USF), where a given USF is assigned to one MS, enabling the MS to transmit the at least two data flows on the allocated uplink resource on the PDCH, and using for each TBF a Temporary Flow Identity (TFI) that identifies the TBF for enabling the MS to send any of its TBFs assigned to the PDCH on allocated resources of the PDCH.
A wireless telecommunications system comprising a network and at least one mobile station (MS), said system providing at least one uplink data flow from one mobile station (MS) by associating an allocated uplink resource with at least one Temporary Block Flow (TBF) using an Uplink State Flag (USF), where a given USF is associated with one MS, enabling the MS to transmit one or more data flows on the allocated uplink resource on a Packet Data Channel (PDCH), and using a Temporary Flow Identity (TFI) that identifies the TBF for enabling the MS to send any of its TBFs assigned to the PDCH on allocated resources of the PDCH, wherein the uplink TFI is used simultaneously by a plurality of MSs on the same Packet Data Channel (PDCH), and wherein the MS is identified in the downlink direction by the networks, when a dynamic allocation of uplink resources is used, by a USF, and where an actual TBF that is acknowledged is identified using TFI.
A wireless telecommunications system comprising a network and at least one mobile station (MS), said system providing at least one uplink data flow from one mobile station (MS) by associating an allocated uplink resource with at least one Temporary Block Flow (TBF) using an Uplink State Flag (USF), where a given USF is associated with one MS, enabling the MS to transmit one or more data flows on the allocated uplink resource on a Packet Data Channel (PDCH), and using a Temporary Flow Identity (TFI) that identifies the TBF for enabling the MS to seed any of its TBFs assigned to the PDCH on allocated resources of the PDCH, wherein the uplink TFI is used simultaneously by a plurality of MSs on the same Packet Data Channel (PDCH), and wherein the MS is identified in the downlink direction by the network, when a fixed allocation of uplink resources is used, by the allocated uplink resource.
A method for facilitating uplink resource allocation for a mobile station (MS), comprising steps of:
A method for facilitating uplink resource allocation for a mobile station (MS), comprising steps of:
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