Method and apparatus for transmitting transport channels over a physical channel of a cellular communication system
AssigneeWireless Technology Solutions LLC
InventorMartin Warwick Beale
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Abstract
A cellular communication network node comprises signal processing logic arranged to transmit at least one direct signalling channel indicator bit. The signal processing logic, upon receipt of a message to be transmitted, sets at least one direct signalling channel indicator bit to indicate that a direct signalling channel is active in at least one unit of resource. The signal processing logic re-allocates the at least one unit of resource for use by at least one channel other than the direct signalling channel when no direct signalling channel messages are to be transmitted.
Claims22
A cellular communication network node comprising a transmitter operably coupled to signal processing logic and arranged to transmit at least one direct signalling channel indicator bit generated by the signal processing logic;
- wherein the signal processing logic is operable to, upon receipt of a message to be transmitted, set the at least one direct signalling channel indicator bit on a first unit of resource to indicate that a direct signalling channel is active in at least a second unit of resource;
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- the signal processing logic is further operable to reallocate the at least second unit of resource for use by at least one channel other than the at least one direct signaling channel when no message is to be transmitted.
A method for transmitting transport channels over a physical channel of a cellular communication system, the method comprising:
- determining whether at least one message is to be transmitted;
- if at least one message is to be transmitted, scheduling the at least one message for transmission in at least a second unit of resource allocated to at least one direct signalling channel;
- setting at least one direct signalling channel indicator bit on a first unit of resource to indicate that a direct signaling channel is active in at least the second unit of resource;
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- if no message is to be transmitted, re-allocating the at least second unit of resource for use by at least one channel other than the at least one direct signalling channel.
A non-transitory computer program product comprising program code for signalling in a wireless communication system from a network element to a wireless communication unit, the non-transitory computer program product comprising program code for:
- setting, upon receipt of a message to be transmitted, at least one direct signalling channel indicator bit on a first unit of resource to indicate that a direct signalling channel is active in at least the second unit of resource;
- transmitting a message in at least a second unit of resource allocated for use as a direct signalling channel;
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- re-allocating the at least second unit of resource for use by at least one channel other than the at least one direct signalling channel when no message is to be transmitted.
A wireless communication unit comprising a receiver configured:
- to receive a signalling message via a first unit of resource in a wireless communication system from a cellular communication network node, the signalling message providing at least one direct signalling channel indicator bit to indicate that a direct signalling channel is active in at least a second unit of resource:
- to receive the direct signalling channel via the at least second unit of resource in response to a status of the received at least one direct signalling channel indicator bit;
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- to receive at least one channel other than the direct signalling channel using at least the second unit of resource for modifying the first unit of resource in response to a status of the at least one direct signalling channel indicator bit.
A method for resource allocation in a wireless communication system by a wireless communication unit, the method comprising:
- receiving at least one direct signalling channel indicator bit, from a communication channel on a first unit of resource, the at least one direct signalling channel indicator bit indicating that a direct signalling channel is active in at least a second unit of resource;
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- receiving the direct signalling channel in at least the second unit of resources in response to a status of the received at least one direct signalling channel indicator bit;
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- receiving at least one channel other than the direct signalling channel using at least the at least one second unit of resource.
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