Apparatus and method for providing notification of allocation of communication resources in a radio communication system
AssigneeResearch In Motion Limited
InventorsMark Pecen, Mihal Lazaridis, Sean Simmons
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Abstract
Apparatus, and an associated method, for notifying a remote station of a communication resource allocation made to communicate data thereto. The allocation of communication resources is made across a plurality of radio carriers during time frames defined upon each of the carriers. A matrix representation of the resource allocation is made, and the matrix representation is included in an allocation message that is created and sent to the remote station.
Claims20
Apparatus for providing notification of communication resources allocated for communication of data, the allocated communication resources being comprised of a plurality of Radio Frequency (RF) carriers and a plurality of frames, wherein each of the frames being a representation of a plurality of time slots associated with each of the plurality of RF carriers, said apparatus comprising:
- a matrix representer adapted at least to receive an indication of the assignable communication resource allocation for the communication of data, said matrix representer configured to perform a mapping of the assignable communication resource allocation to form a sub-set of the assignable communication resource, the sub-set being representative of less than all of the available communication resources received at said matrix representer;
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- a message generator adapted to receive the sub-set representation of the communication resource allocation assignment made by said matrix representer, said message generator configured to generate an allocation assignment message that includes logical values of the sub-set representation of the assignable communication resource allocation across at least two of the RF carriers and the representation of time slots for each of the included RF carriers.
Apparatus for a communication station operable for the communication of data across a plurality of RF carriers and a frame having a representation of a plurality of time slots, said apparatus comprising:
- a detector configured to detect an allocation assignment message delivered to the communication station, the allocation assignment message including a representation of less than all of the available communication resources and formed of a mapping of the assignable communication allocation across the plurality of mobile allocation index offsets and the plurality of time slots including logical values indicating whether a allocation assignment is made during a corresponding mobile allocation index offset and time slot and
- a controller adapted to receive an indication of detected mobile allocation index offset and plurality of time slots by the detector, said controller configured to control operation of the communication station responsive to the detected mobile allocation index offset and plurality of time slots by the detector.
A method for providing notification of an assignable communication allocation for the communication of data across a plurality of Radio Frequency (RF) carriers and a frame having a representation of a plurality of time slots, said method characterized by the operations of:
- forming at least two logical value sets representative of the assignable communication allocation indicating whether a resource allocation assignment is made for each of the RF carriers and the associated time slots of each of the RF carrier, the at least two logical value sets being representative of less than all of the available communication resources;
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- generating an allocation assignment message that includes the at least two logical sets representative of the assignable communication resource allocation and associated RF carriers, the allocation assignment message for communication to provide the notification of the assignable communication resource allocation assignment pursuant to the communication of the data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.