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US 8,787,344 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for ACKCH with repetition in orthogonal systems
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsDurga Prasad Malladi, Serge Willenegger
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for a wireless communication system, using a repetition factor to determine how many times a acknowledgement should be repeated in response to receiving a first data transmission, selecting an acknowledgement transmission (ACK TX) pattern, wherein the ACK TX pattern comprises of resources information of a plurality of blocks used for transmitting the first acknowledgement, and transmitting, repeatedly, the acknowledgement according to the ACK TX pattern.
Claims47
A method operable in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
- using a repetition factor to determine how many times a first acknowledgement should be repeatedly transmitted, the first acknowledgement being transmitted in response to receiving a first data transmission;
- selecting an acknowledgement transmission (ACK TX) pattern using the repetition factor, wherein the ACK TX pattern comprises frequency and time location of a plurality of blocks used for transmitting the first acknowledgement, wherein selecting the ACK TX pattern comprises selecting a first ACK TX pattern having a plurality of blocks and allocating to each block of the plurality of blocks different time and frequency resources for transmitting the first acknowledgement;
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- transmitting, repeatedly, the first acknowledgement according to the ACK TX pattern, wherein the transmitting comprises frequency division multiplexing.
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A method operable in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
- transmitting a first acknowledgement in response to receiving a first data transmission using a first set of tones and a first set of symbols of a frame;
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- transmitting the first acknowledgement in response to receiving the first data transmission using a second set of tones and a second set of symbols of the frame, based at least in part on a repetition factor, wherein the first set of tones and the second set of tones are orthogonal to each other and the first set of symbols and the second set of symbols are orthogonal to each other, and wherein the repetition factor determines how many times the first acknowledgement should be repeatedly transmitted.
An apparatus operable in a wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising:
- means for using a repetition factor to determine how many times a first acknowledgement should be repeatedly transmitted, the first acknowledgement being transmitted in response to receiving a first data transmission;
- means for selecting an acknowledgement transmission (ACK TX) pattern using the repetition factor, wherein the ACK TX pattern comprises frequency and time location of a plurality of blocks used for transmitting the first acknowledgement, wherein the means for selecting the ACK TX pattern comprises means for selecting a first ACK TX pattern having a plurality of blocks and means for allocating to each block of the plurality of blocks different time and frequency resources for transmitting the first acknowledgement;
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- means for transmitting, repeatedly, the first acknowledgements according to the ACK TX pattern, wherein the transmitting comprises frequency division multiplexing.
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An apparatus operable in a wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising:
- means for transmitting a first acknowledgement in response to receiving a first data transmission using a first set of tones and a first set of symbols of a frame;
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- means for transmitting the first acknowledgement in response to receiving the first data transmission using a second set of tones and a second set of symbols of the frame, based at least in part on a repetition factor, wherein the first set of tones and the second set of tones are orthogonal to each other and the first set of symbols and the second set of symbols are orthogonal to each other, and wherein the repetition factor determines how many times the first acknowledgment should be repeatedly transmitted.
A computer program product, comprising:
- a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising:
- code for using a repetition factor to determine how many times a first acknowledgement should be repeatedly transmitted, the first acknowledgement being transmitted in response to receiving a first data transmission;
- code for selecting an acknowledgement transmission (ACK TX) pattern using a repetition factor, wherein the ACK TX pattern comprises frequency and time location of a plurality of blocks used for transmitting the first acknowledgement, wherein the code for selecting the ACK TX pattern comprises code for selecting a first ACK TX pattern having a plurality of blocks and code for allocating to each block of the plurality of blocks different time and frequency resources for transmitting the first acknowledgement;
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- code for transmitting, repeatedly, the first acknowledgements according to the ACK TX pattern, wherein the transmitting comprises frequency division multiplexing.
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A computer program product comprising:
- a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising:
- code for transmitting a first acknowledgement in response to receiving a first data transmission using a first set of tones and a first set of symbols of a frame;
- and
- code for transmitting the first acknowledgement in response to receiving the first data transmission using a second set of tones and a second set of symbols of the frame, based at least in part on a repetition factor, wherein the first set of tones and the second set of tones are orthogonal to each other and the first set of symbols and the second set of symbols are orthogonal to each other, and wherein the repetition factor determines how many times the first acknowledgment should be repeatedly transmitted.
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An apparatus operable in a wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor configured to:
- use a repetition factor to determine how many times a first acknowledgement should be repeatedly transmitted, the first acknowledgment being transmitted in response to receiving a first data transmission;
- select an acknowledgement transmission (ACK TX) pattern using the repetition factor, wherein the ACK TX pattern comprises frequency and time location of a plurality of blocks used for transmitting the first acknowledgement, wherein selecting the ACK TX pattern comprises selecting a first ACK TX pattern having a plurality of blocks and allocating to each block of the plurality of blocks different time and frequency resources for transmitting the first acknowledgement;
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- transmit, repeatedly, the first acknowledgements according to the ACK TX pattern, wherein the transmitting comprises frequency division multiplexing.
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An apparatus operable in a wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor configured to:
- transmit a first acknowledgement in response to receiving a first data transmission using a first set of tones and a first set of symbols of a frame;
- and
- transmit the first acknowledgement in response to receiving the first data transmission using a second set of tones and a second set of symbols of the frame, based at least in part on a repetition factor, wherein the first set of tones and the second set of tones are orthogonal to each other and the first set of symbols and the second set of symbols are orthogonal to each other, and wherein the repetition factor determine how many times the first acknowledgement should be repeatedly transmitted.
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An apparatus operable in a wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising:
- means for determining a maximum repetition factor that indicates the number of times a first acknowledgement will be repeatedly transmitted;
- means for determining a first transmission pattern using the maximum repetition factor, wherein the first transmission pattern comprises frequency and time location of plurality of blocks used for receiving the first acknowledgement, wherein each of the plurality of blocks used for receiving the first acknowledgment is allocated different time and frequency resources;
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- means for allocating resources based on the first transmission pattern for receiving the first acknowledgement, wherein the first acknowledgment is transmitted using frequency division multiplexing.
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A method operable in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
- determining a maximum repetition factor that indicates the number of times a first acknowledgement will be repeatedly transmitted;
- determining a first transmission pattern using the maximum repetition factor, wherein the first transmission pattern comprises frequency and time location of plurality blocks used for receiving the first acknowledgement, wherein each of the plurality of blocks used for receiving the first acknowledgment is allocated different time and frequency resources;
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- allocating resources based on the first transmission pattern for receiving the first acknowledgement, wherein the first acknowledgment is transmitted using frequency division multiplexing.
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A computer program product, comprising:
- a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising:
- code for determining a maximum repetition factor that indicates the number of times a first acknowledgement will be repeatedly transmitted;
- code for determining a first transmission pattern using the maximum repetition factor, wherein the first transmission pattern comprises frequency and time location of a plurality blocks used for receiving the first acknowledgement, wherein each of the plurality of blocks used for receiving the first acknowledgment is allocated different time and frequency resources;
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- code for allocating resources based on the first transmission pattern for receiving the first acknowledgement, wherein the first acknowledgment is transmitted using frequency division multiplexing.
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An apparatus operable in a wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor configured to:
- determine a maximum repetition factor that indicates the number of times a first acknowledgement will be repeatedly transmitted;
- determine a first transmission pattern using the maximum repetition factor, wherein the first transmission pattern comprises of frequency and time location of plurality blocks used for receiving the first acknowledgement, wherein each of the plurality of blocks used for receiving the first acknowledgment is allocated different time and frequency resources;
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- allocate resources based on the first transmission pattern for receiving the first acknowledgement, wherein the first acknowledgment is transmitted using frequency division multiplexing.
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A method operable in a wireless communication, the method comprising:
- using a repetition factor to determine how many times a first acknowledgement should be repeatedly transmitted, the first acknowledgment being transmitted in response to receiving a first data transmission;
- selecting an acknowledgement transmission (ACK TX) pattern using the repetition factor, wherein the ACK TX pattern comprises resource information for a plurality of blocks used for transmitting the first acknowledgement, wherein selecting the ACK TX pattern comprises selecting a first ACK TX pattern having a plurality of blocks and allocating to each block of the plurality of blocks different time and frequency resources for transmitting the first acknowledgement;
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- transmitting, repeatedly, the first acknowledgement according to the ACK TX pattern, wherein the transmitting comprises frequency division multiplexing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.