Uplink contention based access with quick access channel
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsMuthaiah Venkatachalam, Xiangying Yang, Sassan Ahmadi
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Abstract
Embodiments of a wireless communication system and methods allocating bandwidth are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. In some embodiments, an estimated requested bandwidth is included in a contention code. Additionally, a mobile station may reuse a previously used contention code that resulted in successful access to a base station. Further, a base station may determine or predict contention patterns and allocate codes based on the patterns.
Claims18
A method for execution by one or more processors, the method comprising:
- determining by the one or more processors a plurality of subcode spaces within a contention code space, the subcode spaces having a subcode space identifier;
- receiving a contention code, the contention code including the subcode space identifier;
- allocating by the one or more processors an uplink resource for a data stream in accordance with the subcode space identifier;
- saving the contention code that resulted in successful access to a base station;
- and
- reusing the contention code for a subsequent contention-based access to the base station.
A method for execution by one or more processors, the method comprising:
- determining by the one or more processors a contention pattern for a mobile station, the contention pattern based on a history of bandwidth requests for the mobile station;
- reserving one or more contention codes, each of the contention codes associated with a different bandwidth request;
- and
- notifying the mobile station of the one or more reserved contention codes.
An apparatus comprising:
- a MAC component to receive a contention code, the contention code having a subcode;
- a bandwidth request history having a plurality of bandwidth requests and associated mobile station identifiers;
- and
- an uplink scheduler to schedule an uplink resource based on the subcode;
- wherein the MAC component is operable to identify a contention pattern from the bandwidth request history and to reserve one or more contention codes to associate with the contention pattern.
A machine-readable non-transitory medium having stored thereon machine executable instructions for causing one or more processors to perform a method, the method comprising:
- determining a plurality of subcode spaces within a contention code space, the subcode spaces having a subcode space identifier;
- receiving a contention code, the contention code including the subcode space identifier;
- allocating an uplink resource for a data stream in accordance with the subcode space identifier;
- saving the contention code that resulted in successful access to a base station;
- and
- reusing the contention code for a subsequent contention-based access to the base station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.