# US 9,439,179 B2 · Method and apparatus for assigning resources in a wireless system with multiple regions > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,439,179 B2 - Document ID: US9439179B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/360,499 - Filed: 2012-01-27 - Published: 2012-05-17 - Granted: 2016-09-06 - Earliest claimed: 2007-06-15 - Assignees: Futurewei Technologies, Inc. - Applicants: Jianmin Lu; Anthony C. K. Soong; Yunsong Yang; Sean Michael McBeath - Inventors: Jianmin Lu; Anthony C. K. Soong; Yunsong Yang; Sean Michael McBeath - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9439179B2 ## CPC - H04W 72/23: in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal - H04L 5/0023: {Time-frequency-space} - H04L 5/0094: {Indication of how sub-channels of the path are allocated} - H04L 5/0037: {Inter-user or inter-terminal allocation} - H04L 5/0044: {Allocation of payload; Allocation of data channels, e.g. PDSCH or PUSCH} - H04L 5/0064: {Rate requirement of the data, e.g. scalable bandwidth, data priority} - H04W 72/04: Wireless resource allocation - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract A method and apparatus of signaling radio resource allocation in a wireless communication system includes transmitting at least one region boundary to a mobile station indicating a division of the time-frequency resources into at least two regions, determining a time-frequency resource assignment for the mobile station, transmitting an indication of the determined time-frequency resource to the mobile station in the same region as the determined time-frequency resource, and transmitting a packet to the mobile station using the physical time-frequency resources corresponding to the determined time-frequency resource. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of receiving resource assignments in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving at least one region boundary indicating a division of radio resources into at least two regions; receiving, by a mobile station, a radio resource assignment in a downlink partial usage of subcarriers (PUSC) region of a frame, the frame comprising at least the downlink PUSC, a downlink full usage of subcarriers (FUSC), and a control channel region, at least one data burst being allocated in each of the downlink PUSC and the downlink FUSC; and receiving, by the mobile station, a data packet on a physical time-frequency resource in the downlink PUSC region of the frame, wherein the radio resource assignment assigns the physical time-frequency resource in the downlink PUSC region of the frame to carry the data packet to the mobile station, and wherein the data packet and the radio resource assignment are received in the same downlink PUSC region of the same frame and the radio resource assignment excludes identifiers (IDs) that identify the downlink PUSC region carrying the data packet, wherein the radio resource assignment comprises a multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) parameter identifier. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving an indication of at least one preferred region. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, further comprising processing control channel resources only in the regions corresponding to the at least one preferred region. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless communication system is an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDMA) based system. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one region boundary, the radio resource assignment, and the data packet are received from a base station. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the physical time-frequency resource is a resource in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDMA) based system. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the downlink PUSC region of the frame carries both the physical time-frequency resource used to transport the data packet and the radio resource assignment assigning the physical time-frequency resource to the mobile station. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the radio resource assignment in one of the at least two regions includes receiving at least one of: a connection identifier; a channel identifier; and a modulation coding parameter identifier. ### Claim 9 A mobile station comprising: a processor; a computer readable medium storing programming for execution by the processor, the programming including instructions to: receive at least one region boundary indicating a division of radio resources into at least two regions; receive a radio resource assignment in a downlink partial usage of subcarriers (PUSC) region of a frame, the frame comprising at least the downlink PUSC, a downlink full usage of subcarriers (FUSC), and a control channel region, at least one data burst being allocated in each of the downlink PUSC and the downlink FUSC; and receive a data packet on a physical time-frequency resource in the downlink PUSC region of the frame, wherein the radio resource assignment assigns the physical time-frequency resource in the downlink PUSC region of the frame to carry the data packet to the mobile station, and wherein the data packet and the radio resource assignment are received in the same downlink PUSC region of the same frame and the radio resource assignment excludes identifiers (IDs) that identify the downlink PUSC region carrying the data packet, and wherein the radio resource assignment comprises a multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) parameter identifier. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The mobile station of claim 9, wherein the programming further includes instructions to receive an indication of at least one preferred region. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The mobile station of claim 10, wherein the programming further includes instructions to process control channel resources only in the regions corresponding to the at least one preferred region. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The mobile station of claim 9, wherein the at least one region boundary, the radio resource assignment, and the data packet are received from a base station. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The mobile station of claim 9, wherein the physical time-frequency resource is a resource in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDMA) based system. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The mobile station of claim 9, wherein the downlink PUSC region of the frame carries both the physical time-frequency resource used to transport the data packet and the radio resource assignment assigning the physical time-frequency resource to the mobile station. ### Claim 15 A mobile station for processing a control channel, the mobile station comprising: a processor; a computer readable medium storing programming for execution by the processor, the programming including instructions to: receive a radio resource assignment in a downlink full usage of subcarriers (FUSC) region of a frame, the frame comprising at least the downlink FUSC, a downlink partial usage of subcarriers (PUSC), and a control channel region, at least one data burst being allocated in each of the downlink PUSC and the downlink FUSC; and receive a data packet on a physical time-frequency resource in the downlink FUSC region of the frame, the data packet and the radio resource assignment being received in the same downlink FUSC region of the same frame and the radio resource assignment excludes identifiers (IDs) that identify the downlink FUSC region carrying the data packet, wherein the radio resource assignment comprises a multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) parameter identifier, and wherein the radio resource assignment assigns the physical time-frequency resource in the downlink FUSC region of the frame to carry the data packet to the mobile station. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The mobile station of claim 15, wherein the radio resource assignment is received from a base station, and wherein the data packet is received from the same base station as the radio resource assignment. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising processing the control channel region. ### Claim 18 (depends on 9) The mobile station of claim 9, further comprising processing the control channel region. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The mobile station of claim 15, wherein the downlink FUSC region of the frame carries both the physical time-frequency resource used to transport the data packet and the radio resource assignment assigning the physical time-frequency resource to the mobile station. ### Claim 20 A method of receiving resource assignments in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving at least one region boundary indicating a division of radio resources into at least two regions; receiving, by a mobile station, a radio resource assignment in a downlink full usage of subcarriers (FUSC) region of a frame, the frame comprising at least the downlink FUSC, a downlink partial usage of subcarriers (PUSC), and a control channel region, at least one data burst being allocated in each of the downlink PUSC and the downlink FUSC; and receiving, by the mobile station, a data packet on a physical time-frequency resource in the downlink FUSC region of the frame, wherein the radio resource assignment assigns the physical time-frequency resource in the downlink FUSC region of the frame to carry the data packet to the mobile station, and wherein the data packet and the radio resource assignment are received in the same downlink FUSC region of the same frame and the radio resource assignment excludes identifiers (IDs) that identify the downlink FUSC region carrying the data packet, and wherein the radio resource assignment comprises a multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) parameter identifier.