US 7,453,860 B2 · Scheduling method for supplemental channel resource

Abstract

A method (30) schedules the utilization of the supplemental channel of a base station transceiver (20-25). This scheduling includes time slot assignment as well as data transfer rate per time slot. One method simply selects the next time slot with a maximum rate for the primary base station transceiver (130). The method then selects the same time slot for each of the secondary links with the secondary base stations (132). The data is then simply sent to each of the BTSs (20-25) for transmission to the mobile station (10). In another alternative, a request is made for a supplemental channel usage for the primary link (144). Then secondary links are selected for transmission to the mobile station (10) only if they provide additional diversity gain (148) and resources are available at the secondary link BTSs.

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Dependent claims

A communication system for communicating with a mobile station comprising:

a base station coupled to said mobile station and for maintaining communication with said mobile station;
said base station including:
a selection distribution unit (SDU) for controlling communication of said communication system with said mobile station;
a first base station transceiver (BTS) having a primary channel;
a second BTS having a supplemental channel:
a time slot manager (TSM) for said primary channel and said supplemental channel;
and
said SDU including means for scheduling said supplemental channel to correspond to a time slot and rate of the primary channel via said TSM for communicating with said mobile station wherein the SDU grants the scheduled supplemental channel without a response from the second BTS.

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Scheduling method for supplemental channel resource

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Abstract

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