Resource allocation in two domains
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorsTimothy J. Moulsley, Matthew P. J. Baker, Milos Tesanovic
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Abstract
A method for transmitting data from a secondary station to at least one primary station includes the primary station transmitting on a signaling channel to the secondary station a resource allocation message allocating resource blocks for transmission of data from the secondary station. The resource allocation message includes a field for allocating resources in a first domain, where at least one bit of the field is stolen to allocate resources in a second domain which is different from the first domain.
Claims10
A method for transmitting data from a secondary station to at least one primary station, comprising the acts of:
- transmitting by the at least one primary station on a signaling channel to the secondary station a resource allocation message allocating resource blocks for transmission of data from the secondary station;
- and transmitting the data from the secondary station to the at least one primary station using the allocated resource blocks, wherein the resource allocation message comprises a field for allocating resources in a first domain, wherein at least one bit of said field is stolen to allocate resources in a second domain being different from the first domain, wherein the first domain is a frequency domain and the second domain is a time domain, and wherein the at least one bit of said field indicates a non-contiguous set of frames in the time domain.
A method for transmitting data from a secondary station to at least one primary station, comprising the acts of:
- transmitting by the at least one primary station on a signaling channel to the secondary station a resource allocation message allocating resource blocks for transmission of data from the secondary station;
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- transmitting the data from the secondary station to the at least one primary station using the allocated resource blocks, wherein the resource allocation message comprises a field for allocating resources in a first domain, wherein at least one bit of said field is stolen to allocate resources in a second domain being different from the first domain, and wherein a number of stolen bits is zero for resource allocations smaller than a threshold, and greater than zero for resource allocations larger than a threshold.
A primary station comprising:
- a transmitter configured to transmit data to a secondary station;
- and a receiver configured to receive data from the secondary station, wherein the transmitter is further configured to transmit on a signaling channel to the secondary station a resource allocation message allocating resource blocks for transmission of data from the secondary station, said message comprising a field for allocating resources in a frequency domain, wherein at least one bit of said field is stolen to indicate a non-contiguous set of frames in a time domain.
A primary station comprising:
- a transmitter configured to transmit data to a secondary station;
- and a receiver configured to receive data from the secondary station, wherein the transmitter is further configured to transmit on a signaling channel to the secondary station a resource allocation message allocating resource blocks for transmission of data from the secondary station, wherein the resource allocation message comprises a field for allocating resources in a first domain, wherein at least one bit of said field is stolen to allocate resources in a second domain being different from the first domain, and wherein a number of stolen bits is zero for resource allocations smaller than a threshold, and greater than zero for resource allocations larger than a threshold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.