EP1779544A1 - Gestion des ressources radio dans un systeme hsupa - Google Patents

Gestion des ressources radio dans un systeme hsupa

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EP1779544A1
EP1779544A1 EP05772315A EP05772315A EP1779544A1 EP 1779544 A1 EP1779544 A1 EP 1779544A1 EP 05772315 A EP05772315 A EP 05772315A EP 05772315 A EP05772315 A EP 05772315A EP 1779544 A1 EP1779544 A1 EP 1779544A1
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block
high speed
packet access
uplink packet
speed uplink
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Jian Gu
Xiangguang Che
Karri Ranta-Aho
Juho Pirskanen
Esa Malkamäki
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Nokia Oyj
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W52/00—Power management, e.g. TPC [Transmission Power Control], power saving or power classes
    • H04W52/04—TPC
    • H04W52/38—TPC being performed in particular situations
    • H04W52/48—TPC being performed in particular situations during retransmission after error or non-acknowledgment
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L1/00—Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received
    • H04L1/12—Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received by using return channel
    • H04L1/16—Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received by using return channel in which the return channel carries supervisory signals, e.g. repetition request signals
    • H04L1/18—Automatic repetition systems, e.g. Van Duuren systems
    • H04L1/1812—Hybrid protocols; Hybrid automatic repeat request [HARQ]
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L1/00—Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received
    • H04L1/20—Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received using signal quality detector
    • H04L1/203—Details of error rate determination, e.g. BER, FER or WER
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W52/00—Power management, e.g. TPC [Transmission Power Control], power saving or power classes
    • H04W52/04—TPC
    • H04W52/18—TPC being performed according to specific parameters
    • H04W52/28—TPC being performed according to specific parameters using user profile, e.g. mobile speed, priority or network state, e.g. standby, idle or non transmission
    • H04W52/286—TPC being performed according to specific parameters using user profile, e.g. mobile speed, priority or network state, e.g. standby, idle or non transmission during data packet transmission, e.g. high speed packet access [HSPA]
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L1/00—Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received
    • H04L1/12—Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received by using return channel
    • H04L1/16—Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received by using return channel in which the return channel carries supervisory signals, e.g. repetition request signals
    • H04L1/1607—Details of the supervisory signal

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  • the invention relates to a method of controlling radio re ⁇ sources in an HSUPA system, user equipment supporting an HSUPA protocol, a wireless telecommunications system supporting an HSUPA protocol, a net ⁇ work element, a computer program product encoding a computer program of instructions for executing a computer process for controlling radio resources in an HSUPA system, and a computer program distribution medium readable by a computer and encoding a computer program of instructions for executing a computer process for controlling radio resources in an HSUPA system.
  • High Speed Uplink Packet Access is a packet- based data service in a WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access) downlink with typical data transmission capacity of a few megabits per second, thus enabling the use of symmetric high-speed data services, such as video conferencing, between user equipment and a network infrastructure.
  • WCDMA Wideband Code Division Multiple Access
  • An uplink data transfer mechanism in the HSUPA is provided by physical HSUPA channels, such as an E-DPDCH (Enhanced Dedicated Physical Data Channel), implemented on top of WCDMA uplink physical data channels such as a DPCCH (Dedicated Physical Control Channel) and a DPDCH (Dedicated Physical Data Channel), thus sharing radio resources, such as power resources, with the WCDMA uplink physical data channels.
  • E-DPDCH Enhanced Dedicated Physical Data Channel
  • WCDMA uplink physical data channels such as a DPCCH (Dedicated Physical Control Channel) and a DPDCH (Dedicated Physical Data Channel)
  • radio resources such as power resources
  • An object of the invention is to provide an improved method, user equipment, a wireless telecommunications system, a network element, a computer program product and a computer program distribution medium.
  • a method of control ⁇ ling radio resources in a High Speed Uplink Packet Access system including: communicating data blocks between user equipment and a network infrastructure over a physical High Speed Uplink Packet Access chan- nel; communicating block acknowledgement messages between the user equipment and the network infrastructure, each block acknowledgement mes ⁇ sage indicating whether or not a data block was received successfully; and controlling transmission power of the physical High Speed Uplink Packet Ac- cess channel on the basis of at least one block acknowledgement message.
  • a transmitter for communicating data blocks between the user equip ⁇ ment and a network infrastructure over a physical High Speed Uplink Packet Access channel
  • a receiver for communicating block acknowledgement mes ⁇ sages between the user equipment and the network infrastructure, each block acknowledgement message indicating whether or not a data block was re ⁇ ceived successfully
  • a High Speed Uplink Packet Access channel power controller for controlling transmission power of the physical High Speed Uplink Packet Access channel on the basis of at least one block acknowledgement message.
  • a third aspect of the invention there is provided user equipment supporting a High Speed Uplink Packet Access protocol, in ⁇ cluding: a first communicating means for communicating data blocks between the user equipment and a network infrastructure over a physical High Speed Uplink Packet Access channel; a second communicating means for communi ⁇ cating block acknowledgement messages, each block acknowledgement mes ⁇ sage indicating whether or not a data block was received successfully; and controlling means for controlling transmission power of the physical High Speed Uplink Packet Access channel on the basis of at least one block ac ⁇ knowledgement message.
  • a wire ⁇ less telecommunications system supporting a High Speed Uplink Packet Ac ⁇ cess protocol including a network infrastructure and user equipment comprising: a transmitter for communicating data blocks between the user equipment and the network infrastructure over a physical High Speed Uplink Packet Access channel; a receiver for communi ⁇ cating block acknowledgement messages between the user equipment and a network infrastructure, each block acknowledgement message indicating whether or not a data block was received successfully; and a High Speed Up ⁇ link Packet Access channel power controller for controlling transmission power of the physical High Speed Uplink Packet Access channel on the basis of at least one block acknowledgement message.
  • a wireless telecommunications system supporting a High Speed Uplink Packet Access protocol
  • the wireless telecommunications system comprising: a first communicating means for communicating data blocks between user equip ⁇ ment and a network infrastructure over a physical High Speed Uplink Packet Access channel; a second communicating means for communicating block acknowledgement messages between the user equipment and the network infrastructure, each block acknowledgement message indicating whether or not a data block was received successfully; and controlling means for control ⁇ ling transmission power of the physical High Speed Uplink Packet Access channel on the basis of at least one block acknowledgement message.
  • a network element of a wireless telecommunications system supporting a High Speed Uplink Packet Access protocol comprising gener ⁇ ating means for generating a reference value of a block reception quality measure, the reference value providing a value that is compared with a block reception quality measure generated from a plurality of the block acknowl- edgement messages in the user equipment, the block reception quality meas ⁇ ure characterising the quality of reception of data blocks carried by a physical High Speed Uplink Packet Access channel, the transmission power of the physical High Speed Uplink Packet Access channel being controlled on the basis of a comparison between the reference value and the block reception quality measure; and the generating means is configured to signal the refer ⁇ ence value of the block reception quality measure to the user equipment.
  • a computer program product encoding a computer program of instruc ⁇ tions for executing a computer process for controlling radio resources in a High Speed Uplink Packet Access system, the process including: communicating data blocks between user equipment and a network infrastructure over a physical High Speed Uplink Packet Access channel; communicating block ac ⁇ knowledgement messages between the user equipment and the network infra ⁇ structure, each block acknowledgement message indicating whether or not a data block was received successfully; and controlling transmission power of the physical High Speed Uplink Packet Access channel on the basis of at least one block acknowledgement message.
  • a computer program distribution medium readable by a computer and encoding a computer program of instructions for executing a computer process for controlling radio resources in a High Speed Uplink Packet Access system, the process including: communicating data blocks between user equipment and a network infrastructure over a physical High Speed Uplink Packet Access channel; communicating block acknowledgement messages between the user equipment and the network infrastructure, each block acknowledgement mes ⁇ sage indicating whether or not a data block was received successfully; and controlling transmission power of the physical High Speed Uplink Packet Ac ⁇ cess channel on the basis of at least one block acknowledgement message.
  • the invention enables the separation of an overall power control and an HSUPA power control, thus enabling a separate power adjustment mechanism for the physical HSUPA channels and the physical channels carrying the physical HSUPA channels.
  • the separate power adjustment mechanisms increase the flexibility of the power control and thus allow the use of optimum transmission power for the physical HSUPA channels and the physical channels carrying the physical HSUPA channels simultane ⁇ ously.
  • Figure 1 shows a first example of a wireless telecommunica ⁇ tions system
  • Figure 2 shows an example of an HSUPA channel structure and an HSUPA protocol
  • Figure 3 shows a second example of a wireless telecommu ⁇ nications system
  • Figure 4 shows another example of a wireless telecommuni ⁇ cations system
  • Figure 5 illustrates a first example of a methodology accord- ing to embodiments of the invention
  • Figure 6 illustrates a second example of a methodology ac ⁇ cording to embodiments of the invention
  • Figure 7 illustrates another example of a methodology ac ⁇ cording to embodiments of the invention.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates an example of a wireless telecommunica ⁇ tions system to which the present solution may be applied.
  • UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
  • HSUPA High Speed Downlink Packet Access
  • AMC Adaptive Modu ⁇ lation and Coding
  • the wireless telecommunications system may be divided into a core network (CN) 100, a UMTS terrestrial radio access network (UTRAN) 102, and user equipment (UE) 104.
  • the core network 100 and the UTRAN 102 compose a network infrastructure of the wireless telecommunications system.
  • the UTRAN 102 is typically implemented with wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA) radio access technology.
  • WCDMA wideband code division multiple access
  • the core network 100 includes a serving GPRS support node (SGSN) 108 connected to the UTRAN 102 over an Iu PS interface.
  • the SGSN 108 represents the center point of the packet-switched domain of the core network 100.
  • the main task of the SGSN 108 is to transmit packets to the user equipment 104 and to receive packets from the user equipment 104 by using the UTRAN 102.
  • the SGSN 108 may contain subscriber and location information related to the user equipment 104.
  • the UTRAN 102 includes radio network sub-systems (RNS) 106A, 106B, each of which includes at least one radio network controller (RNC) 110A, 1 10B and nodes B 112A, 1 12B, 1 12C, 1 12D.
  • RNS radio network sub-systems
  • RNC radio network controller
  • radio network controller 1 10A, 1 10B may be implemented with a digital signal processor, memory, and computer programs for executing computer processes.
  • the basic structure and the op- eration of the radio network controller 1 10A, 110B are known to one skilled in the art and only the details relevant to the present solution are discussed in detail.
  • the node B 1 12A, 1 12B, 112C, 1 12D implements the Uu in ⁇ terface, through which the user equipment 104 may access the network infra- structure.
  • Some functions of the base station 112A, 1 12B, 1 12C, 1 12D may be implemented with a digital signal processor, memory, and computer programs for executing computer processes.
  • the user equipment 104 may include two parts: mobile equipment (ME) 114 and a UMTS subscriber identity module (USIM) 1 16.
  • ME mobile equipment
  • USIM UMTS subscriber identity module
  • the mobile equipment 1 14 typically includes radio frequency parts (RF) 1 18 for providing the Uu interface.
  • RF radio frequency parts
  • the user equipment 104 further includes a digital signal processor 120, memory 122, and computer programs for executing computer processes.
  • the user equipment 104 may further comprise an antenna, a user interface, and a battery not shown in Figure 1.
  • the USIM 1 16 comprises user-related information and in ⁇ formation related to information security in particular, for instance an encryp ⁇ tion algorithm.
  • Figure 2 illustrates an example of physical channels and pro ⁇ cedures associated with the HSUPA protocol.
  • the network infrastructure NIS
  • NIS network infrastructure
  • the user equipment is presented by verti ⁇ cal axis 202.
  • An uplink control channel such as an uplink DPCCH (Dedi ⁇ cated Physical Control Channel) defined in the 3GPP (3 rd Generation Partner ⁇ ship Project) specification, transmitted by the user equipment 200 includes pi ⁇ lot sequences.
  • the network infrastructure 200 encodes the pilot sequences and estimates signal quality parameters, such as SIR (Signal-to-interference Ratio), of the uplink DPCCH 204.
  • SIR Signal-to-interference Ratio
  • the network infrastructure 200 generates power control commands on the basis of the signal quality parameters and transmits the power control commands to the user equipment 202 over a downlink control channel 206, such as a downlink DPCCH.
  • the power control commands may be associated with an inner loop of a closed-loop power control protocol, for example.
  • the user equipment 202 may be connected to the network infrastructure 200 over an uplink physical data channel 208, such as a DPDCH (Dedicated Physical Data channel) defined in the 3GPP specification.
  • the up- link physical data channel 208 represents a conventional data channel that as such excludes the use of the HSUPA protocol.
  • the uplink physical data chan ⁇ nel 208 is typically used for high priority services, such as conversational class speech services and RRC (Radio Resource Signalling), in relation to the HSUPA data transfer capacity.
  • High data rate packet services in the uplink are provided by a physical HSUPA channel 210, such as an E-DPDCH (Enhanced Dedicated Physical Data Channel) defined in the 3GPP specification.
  • E-DPDCH Enhanced Dedicated Physical Data Channel
  • the E-DPDCH transfers data blocks in predetermined temporal intervals, such as a TTI (Transmission Time Interval).
  • TTI Transmission Time Interval
  • CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check
  • a block acknowledgement message is generated for each data block on the basis of the test. If the data block was received successfully, the block acknowledgement message indicates "acknowledgement (ACK)". If the data block was received unsuccessfully, the block acknowledgement mes ⁇ sage indicates "non-acknowledgement (NACK)".
  • the block acknowledgement message is transmitted from the infrastructure 200 over an HSUPA acknowledgement message channel 212.
  • HSUPA channel 210 are parallel code channels each typically having different channel codes.
  • the user equipment 302 support ⁇ ing the HSUPA protocol includes an HSUPA channel generator (HSUPA CG) 306 that generates the physical HSUPA channel 316 from an HSUPA logical channel 314, such as an E-DCH (Enhanced Dedicated Channel).
  • HSUPA logical channels 314 may be generated in an HSUPA logical channel generator 370 from an HSUPA data flow 374 received from an HSUPA data generator (HSUPA DG) 372.
  • the physical HSUPA channel 316 is inputted into an HSUPA power controller 308.
  • the HSUPA power controller 308 may include a power adjustment unit (PAU) 312 for adjusting the signal power of the physical HSUPA channel 316.
  • PAU power adjustment unit
  • the power adjustment unit 312 typically operates in a digital domain and directs power adjustment to a digital signal carrying the physical HSUPA channel 316.
  • the power adjustment unit 312 may be imple- mented with a digital multiplier 354 that multiplies the digital signal carrying the physical HSUPA channel 316 by a multiplication factor, such as an HSUPA gain factor ⁇ e .
  • the power adjustment unit 312 may include an HSUPA gain factor generator (HSUPA GF GEN) 358 connected to the digital multiplier 354 that implements the use of the HSUPA gain factor.
  • HSUPA gain factor generator HSUPA GF GEN
  • the HSUPA power con ⁇ troller 308 controls the transmission power of the physical HSUPA channel in relation to the transmission power of an uplink physical data channel carrying the physical HSUPA channel.
  • the HSUPA gain factor is typically a coefficient that contrib ⁇ utes exclusively to the transmission power of the physical HSUPA channels, such as the E-DPDCH, and it is directly independent of an overall fast closed- loop power control of all the uplink physical channels, including the physical HSUPA channels.
  • the overall power control is based on power control commands received from the network infrastructure 304 and it contrib ⁇ utes to a set of parallel code channels including the physical HSUPA channels.
  • the HSUPA gain factor typically leaves the transmission power of other uplink physical channels, such as the DPDCH, not carrying the physical HSUPA channels, unaltered.
  • the power adjustment unit 312 inputs the physical HSUPA channel 318 into an HSUPA transmitter (HSUPA TX) 310 that communicates the data blocks between the user equipment 302 and the network infrastruc ⁇ ture 304 over the physical HSUPA channel 320.
  • the HSUPA transmitter 310 typically converts a digital format physical HSUPA channel 318 into radio fre- quency and transmits the physical HSUPA channel 320 over a radio interface, such as the Uu interface.
  • An HSUPA receiver (HSUPA RX) 322 located in the network infrastructure 304 receives the physical HSUPA channel 320 transmitted over the radio interface.
  • the HSUPA receiver 322 encodes the data blocks trans ⁇ mitted over the physical HSUPA channel 320 and provides an encoding report 324 to a retransmission controller (RETX CNTL) 326.
  • the encoding report 324 typically includes results of the success of the encoding of each data block.
  • the retransmission controller 326 receives the encoding re ⁇ port 324 and implements parts of a HARQ protocol.
  • the retransmission con ⁇ troller 326 generates a block acknowledgement message 328 for each data block.
  • the acknowledgement message 328 is inputted into a block acknowl ⁇ edgement message transmitter (BAMTX) 330 that transmits the block ac ⁇ knowledgement message 332 to the user equipment 302 over the radio inter ⁇ face.
  • BAMTX block acknowl ⁇ edgement message transmitter
  • the user equipment 302 includes a block acknowledgement message receiver (BAMRX) 368 for communicating the block acknowledge ⁇ ment message 332 between the user equipment 302 and the network infra ⁇ structure 304.
  • BAMRX block acknowledgement message receiver
  • the block acknowledgement message receiver 368 receives the block acknowledgement message 332 and inputs the block acknowledge- ment message 334 into the HSUPA channel generator 306.
  • the HSUPA channel generator 306 may carry out a retransmission procedure according to the HARQ protocol on the basis of the block acknowledgement message 334.
  • the HSUPA power con ⁇ troller 308 includes a block reception quality estimator (BRQE) 336 for gener- ating a block reception quality measure 342 from a plurality of block acknowl ⁇ edgement messages 334.
  • BQE block reception quality estimator
  • the block reception quality measure 342 is typically a statis ⁇ tical quantity characterising the quality of reception of data blocks associated with the block acknowledgement messages 334.
  • the block reception quality measure 342 typically includes long-term quality information on the physical HSUPA channel 320.
  • the block reception qual ⁇ ity measure is proportional to HSUPA BLER (Block Error Ratio), herein de ⁇ noted BLER, that represents the ratio of the number of unsuccessfully received blocks to the total number of blocks transferred by the physical HSUPA chan ⁇ nel 320.
  • HSUPA BLER Block Error Ratio
  • the block reception quality measure 342 may further define an average retransmission rate per data block.
  • the HSUPA power con ⁇ troller 308 includes a comparator (COMP) 338 connected to the block recep- tion quality estimator 336.
  • the block reception quality estimator 336 inputs the block reception quality measure 342 into the comparator 338 which performs a comparison between the block reception quality measure 342 and a reference value of the block reception quality measure.
  • the comparator 338 inputs a comparison result 340 into the HSUPA gain factor generator 358 which generates the HSUPA gain factor ac ⁇ cording to the comparison.
  • the block reception quality measure 342 is BLER and the reference value of the block reception quality measure is target BLER, here denoted BLERt ar get-
  • BLERt ar get- The invention is not restricted to the use of BLER parameters, and one skilled in the art is capable of extending the use of the block reception quality measure 342 and a reference value of the block reception quality measure to other cases by using the teachings of the given example.
  • a BLER less than BLERtarget may indicate that the transmis- sion power of the physical HSUPA channel 320 is above an optimum power and thus the power adjustment unit 312 decreases the transmission power by decreasing the value of the HSUPA gain factor.
  • a BLER greater than BLERtarget may indicate that the trans ⁇ mission power of the physical HSUPA channel 320 is below an optimum power and thus the power adjustment unit 312 increases the transmission power by increasing the value of the HSUPA gain factor.
  • the network infrastructure 304 includes a reference value generator (RV GEN) 344 for generating the reference value 346 of the block reception quality measure and for signalling the reference value 346 to the user equipment 302.
  • the reference value 346 may be defined by a network operator operating the wireless telecommunica ⁇ tions system.
  • the reference value 346 may be contributed by service charac ⁇ teristics of a service provided by the HSUPA protocol. Such service character ⁇ istics may include, for example, retransmission delay between data blocks and/or the maximum transmission data rate supported by the user equipment 302.
  • the RNC 110A, 110B periodically optimises and updates the reference value 346 according to the current state of the wireless telecommunications system.
  • the reference value generator 344 inputs the reference value 346 into a reference value transmitter 348 (RV TX), which transmits a signal 350 carrying the reference value 346 over the radio interface.
  • the refer ⁇ ence value 346 may be signalled by using a higher layer signalling.
  • the user equipment 302 may include a reference value re ⁇ DC (RV RX) 352 that receives the signal 350 carrying the reference value 346 and inputs the reference value 346 into the comparator 338.
  • the HSUPA gain factor is a superposition of a block reception quality independent gain factor, here de ⁇ noted ⁇ de , and a block reception quality dependent gain factor, here denoted ⁇ e .
  • the block reception quality independent gain factor ⁇ de is in ⁇ dependent of the block acknowledgement messages and thus the encoding result of the data blocks carried by the physical HSUPA channel 320.
  • the block reception quality dependent gain factor ⁇ e repre ⁇ sents a block acknowledgement message dependent part of the HSUPA gain factor ⁇ e , thus characterizing the quality of reception of the data blocks carried by the physical HSUPA channel 320.
  • the block reception quality independent gain factor ⁇ de may be proportional to an overall transmission power level concerning the set of parallel code channels and determined by channel estimation, for example.
  • the HSUPA gain factor generator 358 receives the comparison result 340 of BLER and BLERt ar get > for example, and sets the value of the block reception quality dependent gain fac ⁇ tor ⁇ e according to the comparison result 340.
  • the HSUPA gain factor gen ⁇ erator 358 may calculate the HSUPA gain factor ⁇ e according to Equation (1 ) and input the HSUPA gain factor ⁇ e into the multiplier 354.
  • the HSUPA power con ⁇ troller 312 controls the transmission power of the physical HSUPA channel 320 by taking into account a transport format applied to data blocks to be commu ⁇ nicated over the physical HSUPA channel 320.
  • the HSUPA gain factor gen- erator 358 may include a table of block reception quality dependent gain fac ⁇ tors ⁇ e for candidate transport formats for different values of the comparison result 340.
  • a block reception quality dependent gain factor ⁇ e corresponding to an applied transport format is selected and substituted to Equation (1 ), for ex ⁇ ample.
  • a transport format sensitive the power control also accounts for the ap ⁇ plied data transfer rate and thus improves the efficiency of the use of radio re- sources.
  • the block reception quality independent gain factor ⁇ de is typically determined in the network infrastructure 304.
  • the network infrastructure 304 includes a gain factor generator (GF GEN) 356 for generating the block reception quality independent gain factor 366.
  • the gain factor generator 356 may be connected to a closed-loop power control system that provides an inner loop power control command for the gain factor generator 356.
  • the gain factor generator 356 may apply an appropriate scaling to the block reception quality independent gain factor ⁇ de -
  • the block reception quality independent gain factor 366 is inputted into a gain factor transmitter 360.
  • the gain factor transmitter 360 transmits a signal 362 carrying the block reception quality independent gain factor 366 over the radio interface.
  • the user equipment 302 may include a gain factor receiver (GF RX) 364 for receiving the signal carrying 362 the block reception quality independent gain factor 366.
  • the gain factor receiver 364 inputs the block re ⁇ ception quality independent gain factor 366 into the HSUPA gain factor gen ⁇ erator 358.
  • the block reception qual ⁇ ity independent gain factor 366 is generated in the HSUPA gain factor gen- erator 358 or in another functional block of the user equipment 302.
  • the user equipment 302 may generate the block reception quality independent gain fac ⁇ tor 366 on the basis of overall power control commands signalled by the RNC 110A, 110B, for example.
  • the HSUPA power controller 308 may be implemented with computer programs stored in the memory 122 and executed in the digital sig ⁇ nal processor 120 of the user equipment 104. In some applications, ASICs (Application Specific Integrated Circuits) and/or FPGAs (Field Programmable Gate Arrays) may be applied.
  • ASICs Application Specific Integrated Circuits
  • FPGAs Field Programmable Gate Arrays
  • the block acknowledgement message transmitter 330, the reference value transmitter 348, and the gain factor transmitter 360 may be implemented by using a base station transmitter located in a node B 1 12A, 1 12B, 1 12C, 1 12D.
  • the gain factor generator 356 and the reference value gen ⁇ erator 344 may be located in the RNC 1 10A, 110B and implemented with the digital signal processor and software of the RNC 110A, 1 10B.
  • the block acknowledgement message receiver 368, the ref ⁇ erence value receiver 352 and the gain factor receiver 364 may be imple ⁇ mented in the radio frequency parts 1 18 of the user equipment 104.
  • the parallel code channels i.e. the DPDCH channels 408A, 408B, the DPCCH channel 410, and the E- DPDCH channels 412A, 412B are generated in a channel generator 406 of the user equipment 402.
  • E-DPDCH channels 412A, 412B is denoted
  • the parallel code channels 408A to 412 B are inputted into a coding and weighting unit (C&W U) 414 responsible to channel coding and power adjustment of the parallel code channel 408A to 412B.
  • the coding and weighting unit 414 includes DPDCH code multipliers 420A, 420B that multiply the DPDCH channels 408A, 408B by DPDCH channel code coefficients Cd,i,Cd,N-
  • the coding and weighting unit 414 includes DPDCH weight multipliers 422A, 422B that multiply the DPDCH channels 408A, 408B by a DPDCH gain factor ⁇ d .
  • Coded and weighted DPDCH channels 426A, 426B are in ⁇ putted into an IQ modulation and spreading unit 432.
  • the coding and weighting unit 414 includes a DPCCH code multiplier 420C that multiplies the DPCCH channel 410 by a channel code co- efficient c c .
  • the coding and weighting unit 414 includes a DPCCH weight multiplier 422C that multiplies the DPCCH channel 410 by a DPCCH gain fac ⁇ tor ⁇ c .
  • a coded and weighted DPCCH channel 428 is inputted into the IQ modulation and spreading unit 432.
  • the coding and weighting unit 414 includes E-DPDCH code multipliers 420D, 420E that multiply the E-DPDCH channels 412A, 412B by E- DPDCH channel code coefficients c e ,i, C ⁇ ,M-
  • the coding and weighting unit 414 includes first E-DPDCH weight multipliers 422D, 422E that multiply the E-DPDCH channels 412A, 412B by a block reception quality independent gain factor ⁇ de -
  • the coding and weighting unit 414 includes second E- DPDCH weight multipliers 424A, 424B that multiply the E-DPDCH channels 412A, 412B by a block reception quality dependent gain factor ⁇ e .
  • Coded and weighted E-DPDCH channels 430A, 430B are inputted into the IQ modulation and spreading unit 432.
  • the IQ modulation and spreading unit 432 typically adds up the physical channels 426A to 430B, IQ modulates combined signals and applies spreading coding to the combined signals.
  • a combined signal 434 including the physical channels 408A to 412B is inputted into a transmitter 436.
  • the transmitter 436 transmits the E-DPDCH channels 438, the DPDCH channels 440, and the DPCCH channel 442 to the network infra- structure 404 over the radio interface.
  • a receiver 444 of the network infrastructure 404 receives the E-DPDCH channels 438, DPDCH channels 440 and the DPCCH channel 442.
  • the receiver 444 is typically a part of base station transceiver located in one of the nodes B 1 12A to 1 12B.
  • the 404 includes an HSUPA decoder 450 connected to the receiver 444.
  • the HSUPA decoder decodes the data blocks carried by the E-DPDCH channels 438 and generates the encoding report 454.
  • the encoding report 454 is deliv ⁇ ered to the retransmission controller 462.
  • the retransmission controller 462 generates the block ac ⁇ knowledgement messages 468 and inputs the block acknowledgement mes ⁇ sages 468 into a transmitter 464.
  • the transmitter transmits the block acknowledgement mes ⁇ sages 468 to the user equipment 402 over the radio interface.
  • the DPDCH channels 442 are inputted into a DPDCH de ⁇ coder 454 responsible for decoding data blocks delivered by the DPDCH channels 440.
  • the DPDCH decoder 452 may calculate BLER for a plurality of data blocks delivered by the DPDCH channels 440 and compare BLER with a target value.
  • a target SIR 456 is generated on the basis of the comparison, and the target SIR 456 is inputted into a SIR measurement unit (SIR MU) 460.
  • the SIR measurement unit 460 measures SIR from the pilot sequences of the DPCCH channel 458 obtained from the receiver 444. Quality metrics calcu ⁇ lated from the plurality of data blocks delivered by the E-DPDCH channels 438 may also be used in generating the target SIR 456.
  • a measured SIR is compared with the target SIR 456 and a series of power control commands (TPC_CMD) 466 are generated so that the measured SIR converges to the target SIR 456.
  • TPC_CMD power control commands
  • the power control commands 466 are inputted into the transmitter 464 and transmitted to the user equipment 402 over the radio in ⁇ terface.
  • a receiver 470 in the user equipment 402 receives the block acknowledgement messages (ACK/NACK) 468 and the power control com ⁇ mands (TCP_CMD) 466.
  • ACK/NACK block acknowledgement messages
  • TCP_CMD power control com ⁇ mands
  • the power control commands 466 are inputted into an over ⁇ all power controller (OVERALL PWR CNTL) 472 of the user equipment 402.
  • the overall power controller 472 interprets the power control commands 466 and generates the block reception quality independent gain factor ⁇ de , the DPDCH gain factor ⁇ d , and the DPCCH gain factor ⁇ c according to the power control commands 466.
  • the form of the gain factors ⁇ c , ⁇ d and ⁇ de may vary de- pending on the embodiment.
  • the gain factors ⁇ c , ⁇ d and ⁇ de are composed of a rapidly varying term proportional to the power control command 466 and a semi-static term that depends on the information deliv ⁇ ered to the user equipment 402 by the network infrastructure 404 with higher layer signalling.
  • the gain factors ⁇ c , ⁇ d and ⁇ de are composed only of these semi-static elements and the rapidly varying term is superimposed to all the channels in the IQ modulation & spreading unit 432 or transmitter unit 436.
  • the basic functionality of the gain factors ⁇ c , ⁇ d and ⁇ de is to set the power proportions of different physical channels DPCCH, DPDCH, E-DPDCH, and the rapidly varying component derived from the power control commands 466 adjusts the actual transmitted power without affecting the power proportion of different channels.
  • the detailed structure of the gain factors ⁇ c , ⁇ d and ⁇ d e does not restrict the embodiments of the invention.
  • gain factors may apply separate multipliers 422A to 424B or the superposition of the gain factors may be formed in the controllers 472, 474.
  • the block reception quality independent gain factor ⁇ de , the DPDCH gain factor ⁇ d , and the DPCCH gain factor ⁇ c are inputted into the cod ⁇ ing and weighting unit 414 by using a control signal 476.
  • the block reception quality independent gain factor ⁇ de , the DPDCH gain factor ⁇ d , and the DPCCH gain factor ⁇ c affect the power proportion of the E-DPDCH 438 channels when compared to other physical channels, such as the DPCCH 442 and DPDCH 440.
  • the HSUPA power controller 474 receives the block acknowledgement messages 468 and generates the block reception quality dependent gain fac- tor ⁇ e by using the comparison between the USDPA BLER obtained from a plurality of block acknowledgement messages 468 and the BLERt ar get > for ex ⁇ ample.
  • a control signal 478 carrying the block reception quality de ⁇ pendent gain factor ⁇ e is inputted into the coding and weighting unit 414.
  • the overall power controller 472 typically manages the power control associated with the closed-loop power control provided by the DPDCH decoder 452 and the SIR measurement unit 460.
  • the overall power controller 472 may further supply power control commands 480 to the trans ⁇ mitter 436.
  • the transmitter 436 may perform an analogue adjustment of the transmission amplifiers accordingly.
  • the HSUPA power controller manages the transmission power of the E-DPDCH channels 438.
  • the separation of the overall power control and the HSUPA power control allows the physical HSUPA channel 438 to be controlled in relation to the transmission power of an uplink physical data channel carrying the physical HSUPA channel 438, thus enabling a separate power adjustment mechanism for the E-DPDCH channels 438 and the DPDCH channels.
  • the separate power adjustment mechanisms increase the flexibility of the power control and thus allow the use of optimum transmission power for the E-DPDCH channels 438 and the DPDCH channels 440 simultaneously.
  • data blocks are communicated between the user equipment 302 and the network infrastructure 304 over the physical HSUPA channel 320.
  • block acknowledgement messages 328 are commu ⁇ nicated between the user equipment 302 and the network infrastructure 304, each block acknowledgement message 328 indicating whether or not a data block was received successfully.
  • the transmission power of the physical HSUPA chan- nel 320 is controlled on the basis of at least one block acknowledgement mes ⁇ sage 328.
  • the transmission power of the physical HSUPA channel 320 is controlled by taking into account a trans ⁇ port format applied to data blocks to be communicated over the physical HSUPA channel 320.
  • the transmission power of the physical HSUPA channel 320 is controlled in relation to the transmission power of an uplink physical data channel carrying the physical HSUPA channel 320. [0119] In 508, the method ends.
  • the reference value 346 of the block reception quality measure is generated.
  • the reference value 346 of the block reception quality measure is signalled.
  • a block reception quality measure 342 is generated from a plurality of block acknowledgement messages 334, the block reception quality measure 342 characterising a quality of reception of data blocks asso ⁇ ciated with the block acknowledgement messages 334.
  • a comparison between the block reception quality measure 342 and the reference value 346 of the block reception quality meas ⁇ ure is performed.
  • the transmission power of the physical HSUPA chan ⁇ nel 320 is controlled on the basis of the comparison. [0126] In 612, the method ends.
  • the block reception quality independent gain factor 366 is signalled.
  • a block reception quality dependent gain factor is generated on the basis of the at least one block acknowledgement message 334.
  • the transmission power of the physical HSUPA chan ⁇ nel 320 is controlled by using the block reception quality independent gain fao tor 366 and the block reception quality dependent gain factor.
  • the invention provides a computer program product encoding a computer program of instructions for executing a computer process.
  • the invention provides a computer pro ⁇ gram distribution medium readable by a computer and encoding a computer program of instructions for executing a computer process.
  • the distribution medium may include a computer readable medium, a program storage medium, a record medium, a computer readable memory, a computer readable software distribution package, a computer read ⁇ able signal, a computer readable telecommunications signal, and/or a com ⁇ puter readable compressed software package.
  • Embodiments of the computer process are shown and de ⁇ scribed in conjunction with Figures 5, 6 and 7.
  • the computer program may be executed in the digital signal processor 120 of the user equipment 104. Some process steps may be exe ⁇ cuted in the digital signal processor of the node B 1 12A to 1 12D. Some proc ⁇ ess steps may be executed, depending on the embodiment, in the digital sig ⁇ nal processor of the radio network controller 1 10A, 1 10B.

Abstract

La présente invention concerne une gestion des ressources radio dans un système HSUPA. La procédure de gestion consiste à échanger des blocs de données entre équipement utilisateur et infrastructure de réseau via un canal physique HSUPA (High Speed Uplink Packet Access) (320), à échanger des messages d'accusé de réception de bloc entre équipement utilisateur et infrastructure de réseau, chaque message d'accusé de réception de bloc indiquant su un bloc de données a bien été reçu, et à commander la puissance d'émission (312) du canal physique HSUPA sur la base d'au moins un message d'accusé de réception de bloc.
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