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US 8,411,645 B2Granted
Method, system, apparatus and software product for combination of uplink dedicated physical control channel gating and enhanced uplink dedicated channel to improve capacity
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorsMarkku Kuusela, Esa Malkamäki, Anna-Mari Vimpari, Antti Toskala, Jussi Numminen
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Abstract
A method, apparatus, system, network element, and software product are used to provide a traffic signal, such as a voice over internet protocol (VoIP) signal, via high speed packet access. The traffic signal is prepared and provided via a high speed transmission, and a control signal is gated to produce a discontinuous transmission. This reduces interference, and therefore increases traffic capacity.
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A method comprising:
- providing a dedicated channel for transmission of data, wherein the transmission of data is scheduled by a Node B;
- gating a dedicated physical control channel to produce a discontinuous transmission,
- receiving signaling associated with at least one gating pattern for the dedicated physical control channel, and
- providing a control transmission via the dedicated physical control channel based on the data transmission or the gating pattern,
- wherein the gating of the dedicated physical control channel is at least partly dependent upon whether the Node B has scheduled the transmission of data on said dedicated channel during the discontinuous transmission, and
- wherein the data transmission on said dedicated channel controls at least one amount or degree of a plurality of transmission gaps in the discontinuous transmission.
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An apparatus comprising:
- means for providing a dedicated channel for transmission of data, wherein the transmission of data is scheduled by a Node B;
- means for gating a dedicated physical control channel to produce a discontinuous transmission,
- means for receiving signaling associated with at least one gating pattern for the dedicated physical control channel, and
- means for providing a control transmission via the dedicated physical control channel based on the data transmission on said dedicated channel or the gating pattern,
- wherein the gating of the dedicated physical control channel is at least partly dependent upon whether the Node B has scheduled the transmission of data on said dedicated channel during the discontinuous transmission, and
- wherein the data transmission on said dedicated channel controls at least one amount or degree of a plurality of transmission gaps in the discontinuous transmission.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a preparation device configured to provide a dedicated channel for transmission of data, wherein the transmission of data is scheduled by a Node B;
- a gating device configured to gate a dedicated physical control channel to produce a discontinuous transmission in the dedicated physical control channel, and
- a receiver configured to receive signaling associate with at least one gating pattern for the dedicated physical control channel,
- wherein the preparation device is configured to provide a control transmission via the dedicated physical control channel based on the data transmission or the gating pattern, and
- wherein the gating of the dedicated physical control channel is at least partly dependent upon whether the Node B has scheduled the transmission of data on said dedicated channel during the discontinuous transmission, and
- wherein the data transmission on said dedicated channel controls at least one amount or degree of a plurality of transmission gaps in the discontinuous transmission.
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A software product for use in providing a traffic signal via high speed packet access, the software product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having executable codes embedded therein, the code, when executed being adapted to carry out the tasks of:
- providing a dedicated channel for transmission of data, wherein the transmission of data is scheduled by a Node B;
- gating a dedicated physical control channel to produce a discontinuous transmission,
- receiving signaling associated with at least one gating pattern for the dedicated physical control channel, and
- providing a control transmission via the dedicated physical control channel based on the traffic signal transmission on said dedicated channel or the gating pattern,
- wherein the gating of the dedicated physical control channel is at least partly dependent upon whether the Node B has scheduled the transmission of data on said dedicated channel during the discontinuous transmission, and
- wherein the data transmission on said dedicated channel controls at least one amount or degree of a plurality of transmission gaps in the discontinuous transmission.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.