Present patent application requires the provisional application No.60/590 of submission on July 21st, 2004,112 priority, and this provisional application is transferred the assignee here, and is incorporated herein by reference clearly at this.This application relates to the U.S. Patent application of following common pending trial: the U. S. application No.10/340 that on January 10th, 2003 submitted to; 507, the U.S. Patent application No.10/726 that submitted on December 3rd, 2003; 944, the U. S. application No.10/426 that submitted on April 29th, 2003; 546, the U.S. Patent application No.10/858 that submitted on June 1st, 2004, the U.S. Patent application No.10/890 that on July 13rd, 870 and 2004 submitted to, 717; All these are transferred the assignee here, and are incorporated herein by reference clearly at this.
Embodiment
" exemplary " used herein speech means " as example, example and a legend ".Here any embodiment or the design that is described to " exemplary " needn't be interpreted as to be compared other embodiment or is designed to preferred or has advantage.Word used herein " is listened to " and is meaned that receiving equipment (access point or access terminal) is receiving and handling the data that on given channel, receive.
Fig. 1 shows the diagrammatic sketch of the wireless multiple-access communication system 100 that adopts multi-carrier modulation.System 100 comprises a plurality of access points (AP) 110 (for simply, only showing two access point 110a and 110b among Fig. 1) of communicating by letter with one or more accessing terminal (AT) 120.AP110x (following, 110x being discussed further in Fig. 5) is to be used as and the fixed station that accesses terminal and communicate by letter.AP110x also can be called as base station or some other terms.
Access point, for example AP110x is to be configured to access terminal with one or more, AT120x (following, 120x further being discussed in Fig. 5) for example, the electronic equipment of communication.Access point 110x also can be called as access node, Access Network, base station, base station terminal, fixed terminal, fixed station, base station controller, controller, transmitter or some other terms.In the following description, use access point, base station terminal and base station convertibly.Access point can be all-purpose computer, standard kneetop computer, fixed terminal, launch according to being disposed by the air interface method of system definitions such as OFDMA, CDMA, GSM, WCDMA, the electronic equipment of reception and deal with data.Access point can be an electronic module, and it comprises one or more computer chips, and said computer chip Be Controlled device or processor control come according to being launched, received and deal with data by the air interface method of definition such as OFDMA, CDMA, GSM, WCDMA.
Access terminal, AT120x for example is to be configured to the electronic equipment that communicates via communication link and AP110x.AT120x also can be called as terminal, user terminal, distant station, mobile radio station, Wireless Telecom Equipment, receiving terminal, or some other terms.In the following description, use convertibly access terminal, portable terminal, user terminal, the terminal.At any given time, each AT120x can communicate with one or more access points on down link and/or up link.Down link (that is, forward link) refers to the transmission from AP110x to AT120x, and up link (that is reverse link) refers to the transmission from AT120x to the access point.AT120x can be any standard kneetop computer, personal electric manager or assistant, mobile phone, cellular phone, according to being configured to by the air interface method of system definitions such as OFDMA, CDMA, GSM, WCDMA to launch, receive and the electronic equipment of deal with data.AT120x can be an electronic module; It comprises one or more computer chips, and said computer chip Be Controlled device or processor control come according to launching, receive and deal with data by the air interface method of system definitions such as OFDMA, CDMA, GSM, WCDMA.
System controller 130 is coupled to access point, and can further be coupled to other system/network (for example, packet data network).System controller 130 provides the coordination of the access point that is coupled to it and control.Via access point, between system controller 130 further control terminals and at the terminal be coupled to the route of the data between other users of other system/network.
Can in various wireless multiple access multi-carrier communications systems, realize the technology of the indication in the gap that is used for providing transmission described herein.For example, system 100 utilizes systems such as the OFDMA of transfer of data, CDMA, GSM, WCDMA.
In one embodiment, use " viscosity " to distribute.Sticky assignment allows system controller 130 to reduce request for allocation.The recipient that sticky assignment allows given resource uses the resource of being distributed to carry out a plurality of communications (emission or receive) under need not be for the newly assigned situation of each communication request.For purposes of discussion, the AT120x request is used for the reverse link transmissions resource to the AP110x emission data (real data, content etc.) of just serving AT120x.Use assignment messages, AP110x provides said reverse link transmissions resource allocation information, for example channel logo to the AT120x that request distributes.In case receive assignment information, AT120x just goes up the emission real data at the reverse chain channel that is distributed (resource).In sticky assignment, the channel that is distributed is continued to distribute to AT120x.Therefore, in each time during the cycle of allocated channel, AT120x or AP110x be emission or reception real data not.So first data pattern that is called as the grouping of deletion characteristic is used to be filled in the gap in the transmission.Length, structure and data transfer rate that the deletion characteristic is divided into groups can change based on available resources.Available resources can be confirmed by system controller 130 or with the AP that communicates of AT of request.For example, handle and have a plurality of information bits the deletion characteristic of (for example, 3 bits) is divided into groups, delete length that characteristic divides into groups so and adjusted a plurality of information bits are provided if receiving entity has resource.This allows receiving entity to confirm that easily the grouping that is received is that the deletion characteristic is divided into groups.Equally, the power level in the time of can changing the grouping of emission deletion characteristic is so that delete the characteristic grouping and make the transmission of deletion sequence can not cause serious disturbance with enough low power level.
Fig. 2 shows during using the sticky assignment notion, the legend 200 of the data service on the channel that is distributed.The sticky assignment duration 208 is normally distributing between the reconciliation distribution.During the sticky assignment duration 208, possibly have several transfer of data and occur, 202a-202d for example, wherein, transmit data packet is launched.Usually, data are emission continuously in the duration of sticky assignment 208 always not, so the leaving gap part, for example, and 204a-204d.For purposes of discussion, below when the TX of AT120x data processor 574 does not send data, TX data processor 574 just is configured to emission deletion characteristic and divides into groups, for example 206a-206d.It can be one or more bits of expression unique data pattern that said deletion characteristic is divided into groups.In other words, the deletion characteristic divides into groups to adopt unique pattern to fill gap portion 204a-d, and prevents that resource from stopping.It can be all known unique identifier of transmitter and receiver before using this deletion characteristic to divide into groups that the deletion characteristic is divided into groups.Equally, in order to reduce interference, divide into groups with low-power and/or low data rate emission deletion characteristic.
Fig. 3 shows during the sticky assignment of transmission resources, the data transmission process 300 of being undertaken by the processor that is configured to launch data (the TX data processor 574 of AT or the TX data processor 514 of AP).For simply, TX data processor 514 will be used to discuss the step of carrying out the data transmission process 300 on the forward link.For the data transmission on the reverse link (for example, to AP emission data), process 300 also can be realized by TX processor 574.In step 302, accomplish forward link data channel and distribute, and TX data processor 514 is ready for sending data, for example transmit data packet.In step 304, TX data processor 514 determines whether that any transmit data packet (for example, converting the coded data of packet to) line up and is ready to and launches.Be ready to emission if confirm one or more packets, then in step 306, TX data processor 514 uses resource (forward link data channel and the reverse chain channel that is used for the terminal that for example, the are used for AP110x) transmit data packet of being distributed.Otherwise in step 308, TX data processor 514 uses the predetermined deletion characteristic of channels transmit of being distributed to divide into groups.
Can launch the deletion characteristic with the transmitted power level that is lower than predetermined thresholding divides into groups.Said thresholding can be scheduled to, and indicates one more than thresholding, to launch the transmitted power level that will cause interference.Said deletion characteristic divides into groups also to launch with low data rate.After deletion being divided into groups or transmit data packet launches, TX data processor 514 repeats this process and execution in step 304, is separated up to resource and distributes or stop.
Fig. 4 shows during resource is carried out sticky assignment, the process 400 of the Data Receiving of being handled by the processor that is configured to receive data (the RX data processor 556 of AT or the RX data processor 534 of AP).For simply, RX data processor 534 will be used for discussing the step of carrying out the DRP data reception process 400 on the reverse link.For the Data Receiving that (for example, receives data from AP) on the forward link, process 400 also can be realized by RX processor 556.In step 402, the one or more information bits that on the channel that is distributed, receive are put in order is packet.In step 404, RX data processor 534 specified datas divide into groups whether to represent actual data packet (by the coded data of transmitting entity emission).If, then in step 406, the 534 normal process packets of RX data processor.Otherwise in step 408, RX data processor 534 specified datas are divided into groups whether represent to delete characteristic and are divided into groups.Characteristic is divided into groups if packet is deletion, then abandons said grouping and at the other information bit of step 402 sampling.Otherwise in step 410, RX data processor 534 is labeled as noise data with packet and at the other information bit of step 402 sampling.In the embodiment of AP110x, RX data processor 534 continues to keep watch on noise datas, and after in preset time, receiving noise signal, confirms that resource loses or confirm that transmitting entity does not need the resource of being distributed.
Fig. 5 shows the block diagram of the embodiment of AP110x and two AT120x and 120y in multiple access multi-carrier communications systems 100.At the AP110x place, emission (TX) data processor 514 receives from the business datum (that is information bit) of data source 512 and comes self-controller 520 and the signaling and other information of scheduler 530.For example, controller 520 can be provided for power control (PC) order of transmitting power of the AT of adjustment activity (active), and scheduler 530 provides allocation of carriers for AT.On different transmission channels, send these various types of data.TX data processor 514 coding also uses multi-carrier modulation (for example, OFDM) to modulate the data that received so that modulating data (for example, OFDM symbol) to be provided.Transmitter unit (TMTR) 516 is handled modulating data then to generate the downlink modulated signal of launching from antenna 518 subsequently.
In each of AT120x and 120y, the signal of launching and modulating is received by antenna 552, and is provided for receiver unit (RCVR) 554.Receiver unit 554 is handled and is carried out digitlization to received signal so that sampling to be provided.Demodulation and the said sampling of decoding are providing decoded data then to receive (RX) data processor 556, and it comprises the business datum recovered, message, signaling or the like.Can business datum be offered data sink 558, and can offer controller 560 for allocation of carriers and the PC order that send at the terminal.
Controller 560 uses the specific carriers of having distributed to the terminal and in the allocation of carriers that receives, having indicated to guide the transfer of data on the up link.When there not being real data to launch, but during the resource that expectation keeps being distributed, controller 560 further inserts the deletion characteristics and divides into groups.
For each movable terminal 120, TX data processor 574 receives the business datum and the signaling of coming self-controller 560 and other information from data source 572.For example, controller 560 provides the information of difference between required transmitting power, maximum transmission power or maximum transmission power and the required transmitting power that indication is used for the terminal.The carrier wave that various types of data are distributed by 574 uses of TX data processor is encoded and is modulated, and further handles the uplink modulated signals of launching from antenna 552 subsequently to generate by transmitter unit 576.
At the AP110x place, from institute's signal of launch and modulating of AT by antenna 518 receptions, handle and carry out demodulation and decoding by RX data processor 534 by receiver unit 532.Receiver unit 532 is estimated the received signal quality (for example, received signal to noise ratio (SNR)) at each terminal, and offers controller 520 to this information.Controller 520 is derived the PC order for each terminal then, makes the received signal quality at terminal keep within the acceptable range.RX data processor 534 offers controller 520 and scheduler 530 with the feedback information (for example, required transmitting power) of the recovery at each terminal.
Scheduler 530 provides indication to keep resource to controller 520.If more data is scheduled to be launched, this indication is provided so.For AT120x, controller 560 confirms whether resource is asked to keep.
Can realize technology described herein in various manners.For example, these technology can use hardware, software or their combination to realize.For hardware is realized; Being used for these technological processing units (for example, controller 520 and 560, TX and RX processor 514 and 534 or the like) can be at one or more application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC)s (ASIC), digital signal processor (DSP), digital signal processing appts (DSPD), programmable logic device (PLD), field programmable gate array (FPGA), processor, controller, microcontroller, microprocessor, be designed to carry out in other electronic unit or their combination of function described here and realize.
For software was realized, technology described herein can use the module (for example program, function or the like) of carrying out function described here to realize.Software code can be stored in the memory cell (for example, the memory 522 among Fig. 5), and can be carried out by processor (for example, controller 520).Memory cell can realize in processor or outside processor, realize that under the outside situation about realizing of processor, it can be via being coupled to processor communicatedly like variety of way known in the art.
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Provide the foregoing description of said disclosed embodiment can make those skilled in the art can realize or use the present invention.For a person skilled in the art, the various modifications of these embodiment are conspicuous, and the general principles of definition here also can be applied to other embodiment on the basis that does not break away from purport of the present invention or scope.Therefore, the embodiment that the present invention is not limited to illustrate here, but consistent with the widest scope that meets principle disclosed herein and novel feature.