Combined contention and scheduling based uplink for S3g
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
InventorsPer Johan Torsner, Eva Englund, Stefan Parkvall
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Abstract
A communications system comprises a terminal, and network resources. The terminal is operable to transmit substantially simultaneously a data portion and a data transfer request for that data portion to the network resources.
Claims36
A method for transmitting data between a terminal and network resources in a communications network, wherein the method comprises:
- receiving a data portion and a data transfer scheduling request transmitted concurrently by a terminal, the data transfer scheduling request relating to said data portion;
- transmitting a scheduling message to the terminal if the data portion is not received completely by the network resources;
- and
- receiving the data portion from the terminal according to a schedule determined by the scheduling message.
A communications system comprising:
- a terminal;
- and
- network resources wherein the terminal is operable to:
- transmit a data portion to the network resources concurrently with a data transfer scheduling request relating to the data portion;
- receive a scheduling message transmitted by the network resources indicating that the data portion was not received completely by the network resources;
- and
- transmit the data portion to the network resources according to a schedule determined by the scheduling message.
A terminal for a communications system, operable to:
- transmit a data portion to the network resources concurrently with submit a data transfer scheduling request relating to the data portion;
- receive a scheduling message transmitted by the network resources indicating that the data portion was not received completely by the network resources;
- and
- transmit the data portion to the network resources according to a schedule determined by the scheduling message.
An apparatus for communicating with terminals via a contention-based data transmission, the apparatus operable to:
- receive a data portion and a data transfer scheduling request relating to the data portion transmitted concurrently from a terminal;
- transmit a scheduling message to the terminal, if the data portion is not received completely;
- and
- receive the data portion according to a schedule determined by said scheduling message.
A method for communicating with resources of a telecommunication network, the method comprising:
- transmitting a data portion to network resources concurrently with a data transfer scheduling request relating to the data portion;
- receiving a scheduling message transmitted by the network resources indicating that the data portion was not received completely by the network resources;
- and
- transmitting the data portion to the network resources according to a schedule determined by the scheduling message.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.