Method and apparatus for allocating data streams onto a single channel
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsAlkinoos Hector Vayanos, Francesco Grilli
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Abstract
A method and system that enables multiplexing a plurality of data streams onto one data stream based on data stream priorities and available transport frame combinations (TFCs) is disclosed. A mobile station has applications that produce separate data streams. Example applications include voice, signaling E-mail and web applications. The data streams are combined by a multiplexer module into one data stream called the transport stream. The transport stream is sent over the reverse link to base station transceivers (BTS). The multiplexer module multiplexes the data streams onto the transport stream according to their priorities and the available TFCs.
Claims16
A method for use with a multiplexor, comprising:
- receiving a set of transport format combinations (TFCs);
- and
- removing a TFC from the received set based on whether at least one TFC in the received set requires padding blocks;
- selecting from the received set, after the removal step, a TFC that allows the transmission of higher priority data streams from a plurality of data streams;
- and
- multiplexing some of the plurality of data streams into the selected TFC.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a multiplexer for receiving a set of transport format combinations (TFCs);
- removing a TFC from the received set based on whether at least one TFC in the received set requires padding blocks;
- and
- selecting from the received set, after the removal step, a TFC that allows the transmission of higher priority data streams from a plurality of data streams, wherein the apparatus comprises a subscriber unit.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising:
- code for causing a computer to receive a set of transport format combinations (TFCs);
- and
- code for causing a computer to remove a TFC from the received set based on whether at least one TFC in the received set requires padding blocks;
- code for causing a computer to select from the received set, after the removal step, a TFC that allows the transmission of higher priority data streams from a plurality of data streams.
An apparatus comprising:
- means for receiving a set of transport format combinations (TFCs);
- and
- means for removing a TFC from the received set based on whether at least one TFC in the received set requires padding blocks;
- means for selecting from the received set, after the removal, a TFC that allows the transmission of higher priority data streams from a plurality of data streams.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.