TWI404366B - Multi-carrier operation in data transmission systems - Google Patents

Abstract

MULFI-CARRIER POINT-TO-MULTI-POINT CDMA SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION REDUCES HARDWARE CHANGES IN LEGACY SINGLE-CARRIER SYSTEMS. THE NUMBER OF COMMON DOWNLINK CHANNELS, SUCH AS TIMING/SYNCHRONIZATION AND PAGING CHANNELS, IS REDUCED BY DESIGNATING AN ANCHOR CARRIER FOR TRANSMITTING THESE CHANNELS. PROCEDURES FOR ADDING CARRIERS AND CARRIER ACQUISITION ARE SIMPLIFIED THROUGH COMMON CARRIER TIMING, SIGNALING BY THE NETWORK TO THE USER EQUIPMENT (UE) OF TIMING OFFSETS AND SCRAMBLING CODE SELECTION, AND OTHER MEASURES. CHANNEL REUSE IS EMPLOYED TO MINIMIZE CHANGES IN ASYMMETRIC SYSTEMS WITH DIFFERENT NUMBERS OF UPLINK AND DOWNLINK CARRIERS. CHANNEL QUALITY INDICATOR (CQI) FIELD IS DIVIDED INTO MULTIPLE SUBFIELDS TO ENABLE TRANSMISSION OF MULTIPLE CQIs AND ACK/NACK INDICATORS ON ONE UPLINK CARRIER. JOINT AND SEPARATE SCHEDULING SCHEMES ARE SHOWN FOR CONCURRENT SCHEDULING OF A DATA STREAM TRANSMISSION TO A UE VIA MULTIPLE DOWNLINK CARRIERS.

Description

Complex carrier operation in data transmission system

The present invention relates generally to telecommunications and, more particularly, to complex carrier and complex cell communications in a wireless system.

Modern communication systems are expected to provide reliable data transfer for a variety of applications, such as voice and data applications. In the case of point-to-multipoint communication, known communication systems are based on frequency division multi-directional proximity (FDMA), time division multi-directional proximity (TDMA), code division multi-directional proximity (CDMA), and possibly other multi-directional proximity communication schemes.

CDMA systems can be designed to support one or more CDMA standards, such as (1) "TIA/EIA-95 Mobile Station-Base Station Compatibility Standard for Dual-Mode Wideband Spread Spectrum Cellular System" (this standard and its enhanced revision A and B is called "IS-95 standard"); (2) "TIA/EIA-98-C Recommended Minimum Standard for Dual-Mode Wideband Spread Spectrum Cellular Mobile Station" ("IS-98 standard"); (3) by name A standard ("W-CDMA Standard" initiated by the Association of 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) and in a group of documents including Document Nos. 3G TS 25.211, 3G TS 25.212, 3G TS 25.213 and 3G TS 25.214 (4) initiated by a consortium named "3rd Generation Partnership Project 2" (3GPP2) and in a group including "TR-45.5 Physical Layer Standard for cdma2000 Spread Spectrum Systems", "C.S0005-A Upper Layer ( Layer 3) Standards embodied in the literature of Signaling Standard for cdma2000 Spread Spectrum Systems" and "TIA/EIA/IS-856 cdma2000 High Rate Packet Data Air Interface Specification" (all "cdma2000 standard"); (5) 1xEV DO standards; and (6) certain other standards. The standards listed above, including attachments, appendices, and other ancillary content, are hereby incorporated by reference inso-

The development of complex carrier communication systems to meet the ever-increasing demand for wireless services and, in particular, for data services. A complex carrier communication system is a system that has the ability to transmit information on two or more carrier frequencies. It should be noted that the complex carrier system capability may exist both in the downlink connection and in the uplink connection; or the complex carrier system may have complex carrier capabilities only on the uplink or only on the downlink. "Downlink" means the forward direction of information transfer, that is, the transfer from a radio network to a User Equipment ("UE") such as a mobile phone, PDA or computer. "Uplink" means information transfer in the reverse direction, meaning from the UE to the radio network.

Importantly, the number of forward link carriers in a complex carrier system can be different than the number of reverse link carriers. For example, the number of downlink carriers (N) may exceed the number of uplink carriers (M), that is, N>M. Although the possibility is small, the opposite relationship is also possible, where the number of uplink carriers exceeds the number of downlink carriers, that is, M>N. Of course, the number of uplink carriers in the complex carrier system may be the same as the number of downlink carriers, that is, N=M. N or M can be equal to 1 in a complex carrier system as described in the previous paragraph.

When the number of uplink carriers in the complex carrier system is equal to the number of downlink carriers (N=M), the uplink and downlink carriers may be "paired" in a manner similar to the manner of a single carrier system. That is, each uplink/downlink carrier can be paired with a corresponding downlink/uplink carrier. For two component pairs, the additional information (ie, non-payload or control) of the downlink carrier is carried by the paired uplink carriers, and the additional information of the uplink carrier is downlink. The carrier is carried by the carrier. When the number of uplink carriers is different from the number of downlink carriers (N≠M), one or more "unpaired" carriers may be caused on the downlink or on the uplink. In such asymmetric complex carrier communication systems, signal transmission needs to be adapted such that additional item information is transmitted for unpaired carriers.

When upgrading a previously deployed communication system, it is necessary to maintain traceback compatibility with older devices. For example, when upgrading a radio network, it will be necessary to maintain the compatibility of existing mobile phones. In addition, changes to previously deployed communication systems should preferably be made via software upgrades while minimizing the need for hardware changes. These observations apply equally when upgrading a wireless communication system from a single carrier capability to a complex carrier capability.

Therefore, the following methods and apparatus are needed in the art: when multi-carrier capability is added to a single-carrier communication system, it maintains the backward compatibility of the user equipment and reduces the necessity of hardware changes. In particular, the following methods and apparatus are needed in the art: they provide signal transmission for unpaired carriers in a complex carrier system while maintaining compatibility with user equipment designed for single carrier operation, and At the same time reduce the need for hardware changes in the radio network.

Embodiments disclosed herein address the above needs by providing methods, apparatus, and machine readable articles for implementing complex carrier capabilities in a point-to-multipoint communication system.

In one embodiment, a wireless user equipment device for communicating with a base transceiver station of a radio network includes a receiver, a transmitter, and processing circuitry. The receiver is configured to receive data from the base transceiver station on the first downlink carrier and on the second downlink carrier to determine a value of the first channel quality indicator of the first downlink carrier And determining a value of the second channel quality indicator of the second downlink carrier. Each time slot has a value of one of the first channel quality indicator items, and each time slot has a value of one of the second channel quality indicator items. The transmitter is configured to transmit a channel quality indicator value in the CQI field to the base transceiver station on the first uplink carrier, wherein each time slot has a CQI field. The processing circuit is coupled to the receiver and the transmitter, and configured to encode a CQI field of each of the first plurality of time slots with the following values: (1) self-corresponding to the first plurality of time slots a value derived from the value of the first channel quality indicator of each time slot, and (2) the second channel quality indicator from each of the time slots corresponding to the first plurality of time slots A value derived from this value. In this manner, the CQI field transmitted on the first uplink carrier conveys information about the channel quality of the first downlink carrier for each time slot of the first plurality of time slots and for the first plurality of times Information on the channel quality of the second downlink carrier of each slot of the slot.

In one embodiment, a wireless user equipment device for communicating with a base transceiver station of a radio network includes a receiver, a transmitter, and processing circuitry. The receiver is configured to receive data from the base transceiver station on a plurality of downlink carriers and to determine a channel quality indicator value for each of the plurality of downlink carriers. The transmitter is configured to transmit a channel quality indicator value in the CQI field to the base transceiver station on the first uplink carrier, wherein each time slot has a CQI field. The processing circuit is coupled to the receiver and the transmitter and is configured to select a selected downlink carrier for each time slot from the plurality of downlink carriers. Each of the plurality of downlink carriers is selected once in a cycle. The processing circuitry is also configured to encode the CQI field with a channel quality indicator for the selected downlink carrier for each time slot. In this manner, the CQI field transmitted on the first uplink carrier conveys information about the channel quality of each downlink carrier once during the cycle.

In one embodiment, a wireless user equipment device for communicating with a base transceiver station of a radio network includes a receiver, a transmitter, and processing circuitry. The receiver is configured to receive data from the base transceiver station on a plurality of downlink carriers and to determine a channel quality indicator value for each of the plurality of downlink carriers. The transmitter is configured to transmit data in the Feedback Indicator (FBI) field to the radio network on the first uplink carrier, wherein each time slot has an FBI field. The processing circuit is coupled to the receiver and the transmitter and configured to encode the FBI field with at least a portion of a value of a channel quality indicator of the first downlink carrier selected from the plurality of downlink carriers.

In an embodiment, the base transceiver station in the radio network is in communication with the wireless user equipment device. The base transceiver station includes a receiver, a transmitter, and a processor. The receiver is configured to receive data from the wireless user equipment device on the first uplink carrier, the first uplink carrier including a channel having a CQI field. The transmitter is configured to transmit data to the wireless user equipment device on the first downlink carrier and on the second downlink carrier. The processor coupled to the receiver and the transmitter is configured to perform the following functions: (1) receiving a value in the CQI field, a received value in the CQI field of each time slot; (2) according to (a plural number The first subfield of the received value in the CQI field of each time slot to adjust the output power of the first downlink carrier; and (3) the reception in the CQI field of each time slot The second subfield of values adjusts the output power of the second downlink carrier.

In an embodiment, a method of operating a wireless user equipment device for communicating with a base transceiver station of a radio network includes the steps of: (1) on a first downlink carrier and on a second downlink Receiving data from the base transceiver station on the carrier; (2) determining a value of the first channel quality indicator of the first downlink carrier, wherein each time slot has a value of the first channel quality indicator; (3) Determining a value of a second channel quality indicator of the second downlink carrier, wherein each time slot has a value of a second channel quality indicator; (4) placing a channel in the CQI field on the first uplink carrier The quality indicator value is transmitted to the radio network, wherein each time slot has a CQI field; and (5) the first channel quality indicator is used from the time slot corresponding to the first plurality of time slots And a value derived from the value and a value derived from the value of the second channel quality indicator corresponding to the time slot of the first plurality of time slots to encode each of the first plurality of time slots The CQI field of the slot.

In one embodiment, a method of operating a wireless user equipment device for communicating with a base transceiver station of a radio network includes the steps of: (1) receiving data from a base transceiver station on a plurality of downlink carriers (2) determining a channel quality indicator value for each downlink carrier of the plurality of downlink carriers; (3) transmitting a channel quality indicator value in the CQI field to the radio on the first uplink carrier; a network, wherein each time slot has a CQI field; (4) selecting a selected downlink carrier for each time slot from the plurality of downlink carriers, and each downlink carrier of the plurality of downlink carriers is in a network The cycle is selected once; and (5) the CQI field is encoded using the channel quality indicator of the selected downlink carrier for each time slot. As a result, the CQI field transmitted on the first uplink carrier conveys information about the channel quality of each downlink carrier once during the cycle.

In one embodiment, a method of operating a wireless user equipment device for communicating with a base transceiver station of a radio network includes the steps of: (1) receiving data from a base transceiver station on a plurality of downlink carriers (2) determining a channel quality indicator value for each downlink carrier of the plurality of downlink carriers; (3) transmitting the data in the feedback indication (FBI) field to the first uplink carrier to a radio network, wherein each time slot has an FBI field; and (4) encoding the FBI field with at least a portion of a value of a channel quality indicator of the first downlink carrier selected from the plurality of downlink carriers .

In one embodiment, a method of operating a base transceiver station in a radio network includes the steps of: (1) receiving data from a wireless user equipment device on a first uplink carrier, the first uplink carrier Include a channel with a CQI field; (2) transmit data to the wireless user equipment device on the first downlink carrier and on the second downlink carrier; (3) read in the CQI field The received value receives a value in the CQI field of each time slot; (4) adjusts the first downlink carrier according to the first subfield of the value received in the CQI field of each time slot Output power; and (5) adjusting the output power of the second downlink carrier based on the second subfield of the value received in the CQI field of each time slot.

In one embodiment, a method of operating a base transceiver station in a radio network includes: transmitting at least a downlink anchor carrier having full 3GPP Release 99 capabilities; and transmitting at least a downlink chain having local 3GPP Release 99 capabilities The road is not anchored. The step of transmitting at least the downlink non-anchor carrier and the step of transmitting at least the downlink anchor carrier overlap in time.

In one embodiment, a method of operating a base transceiver station in a radio network includes transmitting at least a downlink anchor carrier having a first common channel; and transmitting at least a downlink that does not carry the first common channel Non-anchor carrier. The two transfer steps overlap in time.

In an embodiment, a base transceiver station in a radio network includes: a receiver for receiving data from a user equipment device on at least one uplink carrier; and a transmitter for use in the plurality of The data is transmitted to the user equipment device on the downlink carrier. The transmitter is configured to transmit at least a downlink anchor carrier having full 3GPP Release 99 capabilities. The transmitter is also configured to transmit at least a downlink non-anchor carrier with local 3GPP Release 99 capabilities. At least the transmission of the downlink anchor carrier overlaps with the transmission of at least the downlink non-anchor carrier in time.

In an embodiment, a base transceiver station in a radio network includes: a receiver for receiving data from a user equipment device on at least one uplink carrier; and a transmitter for use in the plurality of The data is transmitted to the user equipment device on the downlink carrier. The transmitter is configured to transmit at least a downlink anchor carrier having a first common channel and transmit at least a downlink non-anchor carrier that does not carry the first common channel. At least the transmission of the downlink anchor carrier overlaps with the transmission of at least the downlink non-anchor carrier in time.

In an embodiment, a method of operating a base transceiver station in a radio network includes the steps of: (1) transmitting a first downlink anchor carrier having a first common channel; (2) receiving from a user equipment a first signal of the device, the first signal notifying the base transceiver station that the user equipment device has used the first downlink anchor carrier to obtain the radio network system to which the base transceiver station belongs; (3) transmitting has the first a second downlink anchor carrier of the common channel; and (4) after receiving the first signal, transmitting the second signal to the user equipment device, the second signal notifying the user equipment device to use the second downlink The carrier is anchored to obtain a radio network system. The step of transmitting the second downlink anchor carrier overlaps with the step of transmitting the first downlink anchor carrier.

In an embodiment, a base transceiver station in a radio network includes: a receiver for receiving data from a user equipment device on at least one uplink carrier; and a transmitter for use in a plurality of downlinks Data is transmitted to the user equipment device on the link carrier; and a processor is used to control the transmitter and the receiver. The processor configures the transmitter and receiver to perform such functions: (1) transmitting a first downlink anchor carrier having a first common channel; (2) receiving a first signal from the first user equipment device, The first signal informs the base transceiver station that the user equipment device has used the first downlink anchor carrier to obtain the radio network system to which the base transceiver station belongs; (3) transmits the second downlink with the first common channel Linking the anchor carrier; and (4) transmitting the second signal to the first user equipment device after receiving the first signal, the second signal informing the first user equipment device to use the second downlink anchor Carrier to obtain a radio network system.

In an embodiment, a method of operating a user equipment device in a radio network includes: receiving at least a downlink anchor carrier having full 3GPP Release 99 capability from a radio network base transceiver station; and a slave base transceiver The station receives at least a downlink non-anchor carrier with local 3GPP Release 99 capabilities. The anchor carrier and the non-anchor carrier are simultaneously received.

In one embodiment, a wireless user equipment device for communicating with a base transceiver station of a radio network includes a receiver and processing circuitry. The processing circuit is configured to: (1) configure the receiver to receive at least a downlink anchor carrier having full 3GPP Release 99 capability from the base transceiver station; (2) obtain the radio network using at least the downlink carrier And (3) configuring the receiver to receive at least a downlink non-anchor carrier having local 3GPP Release 99 capabilities from the base transceiver station while receiving at least the downlink anchor carrier.

In one embodiment, a method of operating a user equipment device in a radio network includes the step of receiving at least a downlink anchor carrier having a first common channel from a base transceiver station of a radio network. The method also includes the step of obtaining a radio network system using at least a downlink anchor carrier. The method further includes the step of receiving payload data on at least a downlink non-anchor carrier that does not carry the first common channel. The step of receiving the payload data overlaps with the step of receiving at least the downlink anchor carrier.

In an embodiment, a wireless user equipment device for communicating with a radio network includes a receiver and processing circuitry. The processing circuit is configured to: (1) configure the receiver to receive at least a downlink anchor carrier having a first common channel from a base transceiver station of the radio network; (2) use at least one downlink anchor a carrier to obtain a radio network system; and (3) configuring the receiver to receive (at the same time as receiving at least the downlink anchor carrier) on at least the downlink non-anchor carrier that does not carry the first common channel Payload data.

In one embodiment, a method of operating a base transceiver station in a radio network includes the steps of: (1) transmitting a first downlink anchor carrier having a first common channel; (2) transmitting a second downlink a link carrier; (3) receiving a first signal from the user equipment device, the first signal indicating that the user equipment device has used the first downlink anchor carrier to obtain the radio network system; and (4) After receiving the first signal, transmitting a second signal, the second signal instructing the user equipment device to receive the second downlink carrier.

In an embodiment, a base transceiver station in a radio network includes: a receiver for receiving data from a user equipment device; and a transmitter for transmitting data to the plurality of downlink carriers to a user equipment device; and a processor for controlling the receiver and the transmitter. The processor is configured to configure the transmitter to transmit the first downlink anchor carrier and the second downlink carrier having the first common channel. The processor is also configured to configure the receiver to receive the first signal from the first user equipment device, the first signal indicating that the first user equipment device has used the first downlink anchor carrier to obtain the radio network system. The processor is further configured to configure the transmitter to transmit a second signal after receiving the first signal, the second signal instructing the first user equipment device to receive the second downlink carrier.

In an embodiment, a method of operating a base transceiver station in a radio network includes: (1) transmitting a first downlink anchor carrier having a common channel; (2) receiving a first device from a user equipment device An uplink carrier; (3) transmitting a first signal, the first signal instructing the user equipment device to transmit a second uplink carrier; and (4) synchronizing to a second uplink transmitted by the user equipment device Carrier.

In an embodiment, a base transceiver station in a radio network includes: a receiver for receiving data; a transmitter for transmitting data on a plurality of downlink carriers; and a processor for Control the receiver and transmitter. The processor is configured to: (1) cause the transmitter to transmit a first downlink anchor carrier having a common channel; (2) cause the receiver to receive the first uplink carrier from the user equipment device; (3) Causing the transmitter to transmit a first signal, the first signal instructing the user equipment device to transmit the second uplink carrier; and (4) synchronizing the receiver with the second uplink carrier transmitted by the user equipment device.

In one embodiment, a method of operating a user equipment device in a radio network includes the step of receiving, at a user equipment device, a first downlink anchor carrier having a common channel from a base transceiver station. The method also includes transmitting the first uplink carrier to the base transceiver station at the user equipment device. The method further includes receiving, at the user equipment device, a first signal from the base transceiver station, the first signal instructing the user equipment device to transmit the second uplink carrier. The method additionally includes transmitting a second uplink carrier in response to receiving the first signal.

In one embodiment, a wireless user equipment device for communicating with a base transceiver station of a radio network includes a receiver, a transmitter, and processing circuitry. The processing circuit is configured to: (1) cause the receiver to receive the first downlink anchor carrier having the common channel from the base transceiver station; (2) cause the transmitter to transmit the first uplink carrier to the base transceiver And (3) causing the receiver to receive the first signal from the base transceiver station, the first signal instructing the user equipment device to transmit the second uplink carrier; and (4) causing the transmitter to respond to receiving the first signal And transmitting the second uplink carrier.

These and other embodiments and aspects of the present invention will be better understood from the description and appended claims.

In this document, the words "embodiment", "variation" and similar terms are used to refer to a particular device, program, or article, and are not necessarily the same device, program, or article. Thus, "an embodiment" (or a similar wording) used in a location or context may refer to a particular device, program, or article; the same or similar wording in different locations may refer to different devices, procedures, or articles. The word "alternative embodiment" and similar phrases are used to indicate one of many different possible embodiments. The number of possible embodiments is not necessarily limited to two or any other number.

The word "exemplary" as used herein means "serving as an instance, entity or description." Any embodiment described herein as "exemplary" is not necessarily construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments. All of the embodiments described in this description are exemplary embodiments, which are provided to enable those skilled in the art to make or use the invention, and do not limit the scope of legal protection given to the present invention. It is defined by the scope of the patent application and its equivalent.

A subscriber station (referred to herein as a "user equipment", "UE" or "user equipment device") may be mobile or fixed and may be in communication with one or more base transceiver stations. The user equipment device can be any of a number of device types including, but not limited to, a PC card, an external or internal data machine, a wireless telephone, and a personal digital assistant (PDA) with wireless communication capabilities. The user equipment transmits the data packet to the radio network (base station) controller or receives the data packet from the radio network (base station) controller by one or more base transceiver stations.

The base transceiver station and the base station controller are part of a network called "radio network", "RN", "access network" or "AN". The base station controller may also be referred to as a radio network controller or "RNC." The radio network can be a UTRAN or UMTS terrestrial radio access network. The radio network can transmit data packets between multiple user equipment devices. The radio network can be further connected to additional networks outside the radio network, such as an intranet, the Internet, or the well-known public switched telephone network ("PSTN"), and can be used in each user equipment device. Data packets are transmitted between these external networks.

In a single carrier wireless communication system, the uplink is "paired" with the downlink carrier. This means the transmission of signal (control) information and timing of the uplink carrier on the downlink carrier and vice versa. In a symmetric complex carrier system in which the number of uplink carriers (M) is equal to the number of downlink carriers (N), the uplink and downlink carriers can be "paired" in a similar manner. In other words, each uplink/downlink carrier can be paired with a corresponding downlink/uplink carrier. Thus, a "paired carrier" is a frequency carrier for which there is a corresponding associated carrier in the opposite direction. Thus, the paired downlink carriers have associated uplink carriers; the paired uplink carriers have associated downlink carriers. The PHY (physical) channel timing relationships and control data for the paired carriers in the complex carrier system embodiment described in this document are generally the same as the PHY (physical) channel timing relationship and control data for the currently defined single carrier system.

The "unpaired carrier" is a carrier that is not a pair of carriers. Generally, when the complex carrier system is asymmetric, that is, when the number of downlink carriers is not equal to the number of uplink carriers (N≠M), an unpaired carrier is caused.

The "anchor carrier" is typically a carrier that includes full 3GPP Release 99 capabilities within the cell, such as the transmission of SCH, P-CCPCH and S-CCPCH channels, and reception of UE random access by PRACH. The anchor carrier carries at least the timing (SCH) of the cell in which the anchor carrier operates. The anchor carrier concept should be better understood from the description below.

The wording "cold acquisition" and similar phrases are taken by the system of the user equipment. For example, when the UE device is powered in the cell, or when the UE device enters the area served by the cell, it can perform a cold extraction procedure to obtain a unique anchor carrier in the cell, or in the cell. One of several anchor carriers.

The wording "warm acquisition" and similar phrases denote the addition of a downlink carrier in a complex carrier cell.

The "common channel" is a channel that is not dedicated to a special terminal; the common channel can be broadcast to a plurality of user equipment devices in the cell in a downlink manner. A channel does not change its "common" nature simply because it is received by only one terminal or even if it is not received by any terminal. The "dedicated channel" is a channel dedicated to a special terminal.

The "delta update" of a variable is a measure of the change in the variable from one measurement period (eg, time slot) to the next measurement period.

1 illustrates selected components of a communication network 100 that includes a radio network controller 110 coupled to base station wireless transceivers 120A, 120B, and 125A. Base transceiver stations 120A and 120B are part of a site 120 and correspond to different sectors (cells) of the site. Base transceiver station 125A is part of a different site 125.

The base transceiver station 120A is configured to transmit data to the user equipment device 130 by one or more downlink wireless carriers 141A, 141B, and 141C; the transceiver 120A is further configured to utilize one or more Uplink wireless carriers 142A and 142B receive data from UE 130. The base transceiver station 120B is configured to transmit data to the UE 130 via the downlink wireless carrier 143 and receive data from the UE 130 via one or more uplink wireless carriers 144A and 144B. Base transceiver station 125A is configured to transmit data to and receive data from UE 130 using downlink wireless carrier 145A/B and uplink wireless carrier 146A/B, respectively. Each of the carriers 141 to 146 corresponds to a different frequency. The downlink data stream may vary from different transceivers (cells) to UE 130, but there may also be periods when several transceivers simultaneously transmit the same data to the UE.

The radio network controller 110 is coupled to the public switched telephone network (PSTN) 150 by the telephone switch 160 and coupled to the packet switched network 170 by a packet data server node (PDSN) 180. Data exchange between various network elements, such as radio network controller 110 and packet data server node 180, can be implemented using any number of protocols, such as Internet Protocol (IP), Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM). Agreement, T1, E1, frame relay, other agreements and combinations of agreements.

Communication network 100 provides both data communication services and telephone (voice) services to UE 130. In an alternate embodiment, communication network 100 may only provide material or only provide telephone service. In other alternative embodiments, communication network 100 may provide or provide services such as video delivery services, either in combination or in combination with telephony services and other services.

UE 130 may be or include a wireless telephone, a wireless data unit, a personal digital assistant, a wireless regional loop device, and other communication devices. The UE 130 is configured to communicate data in the forward and reverse directions using at least one transport protocol, such as an agreement consistent with the wireless packet transfer protocol described above. The UE 130 may include a wireless transmitter 131, a wireless receiver 132, a controller 133 (eg, a microcontroller) that executes code, and a memory device 134 (eg, RAM, ROM, PROM, EEPROM, and other memory, some of which Some memory storage code), user interface device 135 (for example, display, keypad, keyboard, indicator device) and other components. In some variations, the user equipment device may include multiple entities of such components, such as multiple receivers and/or multiple transmitters.

Each of the base transceiver stations 120A/B and 125 includes one or more wireless receivers (such as the receiver 122A of the transceiver 120A), one or more wireless transmitters (such as the transmitter 121A of the transceiver 120A). And a base station controller interface (such as interface 123A). The receiver/transmitter pair of each base station is configured by a processor operating under the control of the code to establish a link forward and reverse link with the UE 130 for transmitting the data packet to the UE 130. And receiving data packets from the UE 130. For example, in the case of a data service, the base transceiver station 120/125 receives the forward link data packet from the packet switched network 170 by the packet data server node 180 and by the radio network controller 110. These packets are transmitted to the UE 130. The base transceiver station 120/125 receives the reverse link data packets originating at the UE 130 and forwards the packets to the packet switched network 170 by the radio network controller 110 and the packet data server node 180. In the case of a telephone service, the base transceiver station 120/125 receives the forward link data packets from the telephone network 150 via the telephone switch 160 and by the radio network controller 110 and transmits the packets to the UE 130. The voice carrier packets originating at the UE 130 are received at the base transceiver station 120/125 and forwarded to the telephone network 150 via the radio network controller 110 and the telephone switch 160.

The radio network controller 110 includes one or more interfaces 111 to the base transceiver station 120/125, one interface 112 to the packet data server node 180, and one interface 113 to the telephone switch 160. Interfaces 111, 112, and 113 operate under the control of one or more processors 114 executing code stored in one or more memory devices 115.

As illustrated in Figure 1, network 100 includes a public switched telephone network, a packet switching network, a base station controller, three transceivers, and a user equipment device. Those skilled in the art will appreciate upon reading this document that it is not necessary to limit the alternative embodiments in accordance with the present invention to any particular number of such components. For example, a smaller or larger number of base transceiver stations and user equipment devices may be included in some embodiments. In addition, communication network 100 can connect user equipment device 130 to one or more additional communication networks, such as a second wireless communication network having a plurality of wireless user equipment devices.

It should be appreciated that data and all or some of the additional item information may be simultaneously transmitted to and from the UE 130 over multiple carriers. In addition, data and additional item information may be transmitted to and from UE 130 on carriers from different cells, which may belong to the same site or belong to different sites.

In the wireless portion of communication network 100, complex carrier operations cause certain carriers to be paired while other carriers are not paired. The carrier pair includes (1) carriers 141A and 142A, (2) carriers 141B and 142B, (3) carriers 143 and 144A, (4) carriers 145A and 146A, and (5) carriers 145B and 146B. The unpaired carrier is 141C on the downlink and 144B on the uplink.

According to the 3GPP specification TS 25.213 "Spreading and Modulation (FDD)", the enhanced relative grant channel ("E-RGCH") assigned to the UE 130 and the enhanced hybrid ARQ indicator channel ("E-HICH") use the same channel. Code.

The complex carrier operation is configured such that the timing of the PHY channel for the paired carriers is the same as the timing for the PHY channel for the single carrier system. In other words, the timing of all downlink channels refers to the timing of the primary common control physical channel ("P-CCPCH") or synchronous ("SCH") channel, and the timing of the uplink carrier is the reference association (pair) downlink. Road channel. For a complete description of the timing of the PHY channel, interested readers should refer to the 3GPP specification 25.211 entitled "Physical channels and mapping of transport channels onto physical channels (FDD)". For convenience, an overview of the timing on the downlink channel and the uplink channel is presented in Tables 1 and 2, respectively.

In an embodiment, the time reference within the cell is common across all carriers of the cell. Therefore, the downlink timing reference (ie, the timing of the P-CCPCH or SCH) is the same for all downlink carriers in a particular cell. Furthermore, because the synchronization timing on different cells of a Node B (site) involves little or no cost, the timing of the P-CCPCH or SCH is for a particular site (eg, in some embodiments, in Figure 1) All of the carriers in station 120) are identical.

Synchronizing timing within the same Node B would not require transmitting many channels to the UE (e.g., UE 130) on multiple downlink carriers in a particular site. These channels include the following channels: 1. Primary and Secondary Synchronization Channels (SCH), which allow the UE 130 to perform initial system retrieval.

2. The Primary Common Control Entity Channel (P-CCPCH), which carries system information, including the Broadcast Transmission Channel ("BCH").

3. The Secondary Common Control Physical Channel ("S-CCPCH"), which carries the Paging Transport Channel ("PCH") and the Forward Access Transport Channel ("FACH"). It should be noted that in order to increase the data transmission capability via FACH, additional channels may be configured on other carriers (ie, carriers other than the carrier with S-CCPCH). If the S-CCPCH carrying the PCH is transmitted via a single carrier, then such channels may include a paging indicator channel or "PICH". If the S-CCPCH carrying the MBMS content is transmitted via a single carrier, then the channels may further include an MBMS indicator channel or "MICH".

4. Dedicated entity data channel ("DPDCH"). (This is because the UE is expected to use a single carrier for regular DPDCH transmission; the complex carrier transmission can be limited to an enhanced dedicated channel or "E-DCH").

After obtaining the system, the UE (e.g., UE 130) can use a carrier to attempt system access. The selection of the carrier can be limited to a particular carrier, for example, a carrier paired with the anchor carrier on which the UE obtains the system. Alternatively, the UE may attempt to access the system using another carrier supported by the UE. The UE may expect to receive a corresponding Access Indicator Channel ("AICH") from the carrier used to transmit the Physical Random Access Channel ("PRACH").

In some embodiments, some or all of the common (non-dedicated) channels within the cell are transmitted only in the downlink on the anchor carrier within the cell; other (non-anchor) carriers do not carry such channels . For example, timing and/or paging may be transmitted only on the anchor carrier.

The characterization and use of the carrier as an anchor carrier is typically semi-static in nature because it dynamically changes from frame to frame. Conversely, it exhibits time stability of on the order of hundreds of milliseconds or even hundreds of minutes or longer. A particular anchor carrier can also be a permanent feature of the cell.

The radio network allows the UE to switch from one anchor carrier to another. For example, a signal transmission message can be transmitted to the UE to force the UE to acquire the system on a different anchor carrier. The original anchor carrier can then remain anchored, converted to a non-anchor carrier, or discarded.

When a downlink carrier is to be added to the cell by the network, the network can notify the UE device in the cell that a new downlink carrier is added. The new carrier may have the same timing as one of the existing carriers (e.g., anchor carrier) or have a known timing offset relative to the existing carrier. If the timing offset is known, the transceiver can indicate an offset to the UE on the existing channel to facilitate synchronization of the UE with the new carrier. The transceiver may also transmit the specific scrambling code used on the new carrier to the UE on the existing channel, or indicate to the UE that the scrambling code of the new carrier is the same as the scrambling code used on one of the other carriers. If the new channel is an anchor channel, the transceiver sends the appropriate signal to the UE such that the UE will switch to the new anchor carrier when the new anchor carrier is obtained.

When the UE acquires a new carrier (synchronized with it), the UE can transmit this event signal to the transceiver. For example, the UE may transmit signals to the transceiver either in-band or using an existing channel/field such as a CQI (Channel Quality Indicator) field or an ACK/NAK field. If the new carrier is an anchor carrier, the UE switches and camps on the new anchor carrier to receive its timing, paging or other system information by the new anchor carrier downlink channel.

When an uplink carrier is added to the UE, the network may need to indicate to the UE that the transceiver has synchronized with the new uplink carrier. Therefore, a new downlink channel for transmitting these indications may be required. In some embodiments, a multiple of the E-HIGH channel on the downlink is defined and configured for the same UE for this purpose.

Now focused on the complex carrier channel for downlink operation, the data payload channel used to pass data (which is typically non-voice data) to the UE is the High Speed Entity Downlink Shared Channel ("HS-PDSCH") . The support channel includes a high speed shared control channel ("HS-SCCH"), a fractal dedicated physical channel ("(F-)DPCH" or "F-DPCH") (which is a stripped DPCH containing only power control information), E- HICH, E-RGCH and Enhanced Absolute Grant Channel ("E-AGCH").

Typically, N high speed shared control channels are required, with each high speed shared control channel required for each downlink carrier. As for the fragmented dedicated physical channel, M such channels may be required to provide uplink power control for the M uplink carriers. Similarly, M enhanced hybrid ARQ indicator channels may be required to transmit an acknowledgement ("ACK") and a negative acknowledgement ("NAK") for each enhanced dedicated on each of the M uplink carriers. Physical channel ("E-DPCH"). Again, M enhanced relative grant channels may be required for each E-DPCH.

An absolute grant message for a complex carrier UE with M uplink carriers may be transmitted on M independent AGCH PHY channels (on the same carrier or different carriers), or a single PHY channel may be available on a particular downlink carrier Send these messages on. To this end, the E-DCH Radio Network Temporary Identifier ("E-RNTI") can append the concept of a carrier to the top of the concept of the UE, thereby adding this additional dimension to the message and making it possible to transmit on a single carrier. Without loss of complex carrier capability. Thus, a UE may have more than one associated E-RNTI, for example, one for each uplink carrier on which the UE is allowed to transmit. Thus, for an enhanced absolute grant channel, 1 or M of these channels may be required, depending on whether each UE is absolutely granted to the entire (total) total E-DPCH applied to all uplink carriers or independently It is applied to the E-DPCH of each uplink carrier.

When the number of uplink carriers is equal to the number of downlink carriers (N=M), each downlink carrier has an associated (paired) uplink carrier, and vice versa. The PHY procedures (eg, power control, synchronization, HS-DSCH, E-DCH, and related procedures) used in this case need not be different from the corresponding procedure in the case of a single carrier. For example, in cell 125A of FIG. 1, each downlink channel supporting an uplink carrier can be transmitted on a downlink carrier paired with a particular uplink carrier. Thus, downlink carrier 145A can support uplink carrier 146A, while downlink carrier 145B can support uplink carrier 146B. Therefore, in this case, it may not be necessary to configure a support channel on the downlink carrier other than the channel already defined for the single carrier case.

Similarly, when the number of downlink carriers exceeds the number of uplink carriers (N > M), each uplink carrier has an associated (paired) downlink carrier. The paired downlink carriers will act as a conduit for supporting (F-)DPCH, E-HICH/E-RGCH, and E-AGCH (in the case of M AGCH channels), where (N-M) downlinks The link does not carry the HS-PDSCH and the associated HS-SCCH in pairs. For example, in cell 120A of FIG. 1, a downlink support channel for a particular uplink channel may exist on a downlink carrier that is paired with a particular uplink channel. Therefore, the downlink carrier 141A can support the uplink carrier 142A, and the downlink carrier 141B can support the uplink carrier 142B. In this asymmetrical case, it may not be necessary to configure a support channel on the downlink carrier other than the channel already defined for the single carrier case.

Note that in the case of N>M, the timing of the downlink channel HS-PDSCH and HS-SCCH in the (N-M) unpaired downlink carriers is well defined, because for the downlink, The timing of all PHY changes is referenced to the nominal timing of the P-CCPCH or SCH of the anchor carrier. Therefore, the timing of the channel in the case of (N-M) is defined when the imposed timing constraints (common timing of the downlink carriers) as described above are observed.

When the number of downlink carriers is less than the number of uplink carriers (N < M), there are (M - N) unpaired uplink carriers. Therefore, it may be necessary to configure (M-N) additional (F-) DPCHs in N downlink carriers; if absolute grants are transmitted on a per carrier basis, it may be necessary to (M-N) additional The E-AGCH is configured in N downlink carriers. In addition, (N < M) x 2 additional signatures may be required for E-HICH and E-RGCH on unpaired uplink carriers. For example, in cell 120B of Figure 1, an uplink carrier (e.g., 144B) is not paired. It can be seen that in this asymmetric situation, the support channel for the uplink carrier 144B cannot be configured on the corresponding paired downlink carrier in a normal manner, and needs to be configured in one or more existing downlinks. On the link carrier. For example, the support channel for the uplink carrier 144B can be configured on the downlink carrier 114 (which is paired with the uplink carrier 144A).

The (M-N) group of additional channels ((F-) DPCH, E-HICH/E-RGCH, and optionally E-AGCH) are associated with E-DCH transmission on the uplink. Therefore, the cell in the E-DCH active set of the specific UE of each carrier can transmit the E-DCH feedback information and the reverse link TPC command to the UE. For cells belonging to the same Node B, the transmission of such channels may occur in the same carrier. For implementation reasons, it may also be beneficial for the different Node Bs to have the same carrier for the transmission of such channels. The hybrid ARQ indicator transmitted on the downlink is essentially used for the ACK/NAK channel of the uplink. Additional E-HIGHs may be defined on one or more downlink carriers, each being offset in time by a predetermined period of time (ie, the number of chips of the scrambling code). For example, the additional E-HIGHs can be offset from each other by an equal period.

The timing of the E-HICH is indirectly related to the timing of the associated (F-) DPCH. See Table 1 and Table 2 above. The timing of the E-RGCH for the serving cell is consistent with the timing of the E-HICH and is therefore also related to the (F-)DPCH. The timing of the E-RGCH from the non-servo cell and the timing of the E-AGCH channel are absolute relative to the nominal timing (after the two time slots). Additionally, the E-AGCH can be transmitted on a single carrier as previously described. Thus, (M-N) additional (F-) DPCHs (on top of the N channels corresponding to the paired carriers) will have a specific timing multiple of 256 chips, which will constitute the E-HICH from the serving cell and Indirect reference to E-RGCH. Therefore, when the imposed timing constraints (common timing of the downlink carriers) as described above are observed, the timing of the support channels in the case of (M-N) is defined.

It is noted that multiple F-DPCHs on a particular carrier can be orthogonally timed within the same channelization code by using different timing offsets (eg, timing offsets in multiples of 256 chips) work. Thus, in some embodiments, the additional F-DPCH is time multiplexed within a set of downlink carriers. In some alternative embodiments, different channelization codes are used for additional F-DPCHs having the same or different timing as the timing of the paired F-DPCH (e.g., the F-DPCH of the anchor carrier).

This configuration type may be better than the configuration of the DPCH because it is possible to perform multi-tasking in a time-sharing manner within the same channelization code when configuring the F-DPCH.

This is followed by a transition to the complex carrier channel for uplink operation, and the payload data is passed from the UE to the base transceiver station via the Enhanced Dedicated Physical Data Channel ("E-DPDCH"). Typically, there may be M such channels, one channel per uplink reference. The support downlink channels may include a Dedicated Entity Control Channel ("DPCCH"), an Enhanced Dedicated Entity Control Channel ("E-DPCCH"), and a High Speed Dedicated Entity Control Channel ("HS-DPCCH"). There are typically M DPCCHs because one channel of each uplink carrier is transmitted during all operating hours. There are also usually M E-DPCCHs, each of which is transmitted when its associated E-DPDCH system is active. Finally, the N HS-DPCCHs are typically used to provide ACK/NACK and CQI information for each of the N downlink carriers.

When the number of uplink carriers is equal to the number of downlink carriers (N=M), each uplink carrier has an associated (paired) downlink carrier, and vice versa. The PHY procedures (i.e., power control, synchronization, HS-DSCH, and E-DCH related procedures) used in this case need not be different from the corresponding procedure in the case of a single carrier. For example, in cell 125B of FIG. 1, each uplink channel supporting a downlink carrier can be transmitted on an uplink carrier paired with a particular downlink carrier. Thus, uplink carrier 146A can support downlink carrier 145A, while uplink carrier 146B can support downlink 145B. Therefore, in this case, it may not be necessary to configure a support channel on the uplink carrier other than the channel already defined for the single carrier case.

Similarly, when the number of uplink carriers exceeds the number of downlink carriers (M > N), each downlink carrier has an associated (paired) uplink carrier. The paired uplink carriers can serve as a conduit for HS-DCCH and TPC commands for the N downlink carriers. For example, in cell 120B of FIG. 1, an uplink support channel for a particular downlink carrier may be present on an uplink carrier paired with a particular downlink carrier. Therefore, the uplink carrier 144A can support the downlink carrier 143. In this asymmetrical case, it may not be necessary to configure a support channel on the uplink carrier other than the channel already defined for the single carrier case.

In the case of M>N, there are (M-N) unpaired uplink carriers. The timing of the channels in these unpaired carriers (DPCCH and E-DPCCH timing) is well defined because it refers to (M-N) additional (F-) DPCHs configured within N downlink carriers. Note that for this case, the timing of each unpaired uplink carrier is referenced to have an associated (F-) DPCH downlink carrier.

When the number of downlink carriers exceeds the number of uplink carriers, there are (N-M) unpaired downlink carriers in addition to the M components for the downlink carriers. The timing of the (N-M) HS-DPCCHs of the downlink unpaired carriers refers to the timing of the associated downlink HS-DPCH, and thus, the timing is well defined.

In this asymmetric case (N>M), CQI and ACK/NACK information for (N-M) unpaired downlink carriers need to be transmitted from the UE to the radio network.

2 summarizes possible combinations of transmission channels on the downlink and uplink, both for both the serving cell and the non-serving cell and for both paired and unpaired carriers. In FIG. 2, the serving cell for the HS-DSCH is considered to be the same as the serving cell for the E-DCH.

We now describe a number of system/method variants that, in the case of (N>M), allow a UE (e.g., UE 130) to transmit CQI and ACK/NAK information for unpaired downlink carriers to a radio network (e.g., Sent to transceiver 120A).

In a variant, HSDPA feedback information (such as ACK/NAK and CQI channels) of (N-M) unpaired downlink carriers is via (N-M) additional code divisions within M uplink carriers. The HS-DPCCH is delivered to the appropriate transceiver. This variant allows some hardware changes to be required at the Node B modem.

The additional code division multiplex HS-DPCCH uses an additional channelization code within the carrier. It is noted that the single carrier system defined by the 3GPP specification TS 25.213 specifies the SF 256 channelization code and the quadrature phase (depending on the number of DPDCHs) to be used by the single HS-DPCCH that can be transmitted from the UE. Therefore, this variant uses a channelization code and a quadrature phase in addition to the channelization code and quadrature phase already defined in 3GPP specification TS 25.213. Conceptually, the additional HS-DPCCH does not need to be different from the HS-DPCCH of the paired carrier of the complex carrier system (such as system 100 shown in Figure 1), or without the HS-DPCCH different from the current single carrier system. The timing of such additional channels may depend on the associated downlink HS-PDSCH.

To limit the effect of the extra-coded multiplex channel on the ratio of the peak to the average of the transmitted waveform, (N-M) additional HS-DPCCHs can be spread over the M uplink carriers. For example, the additional HS-DPCCH can be spread substantially evenly over the M uplink carriers.

In another variation, the frequency of the CQI message for each downlink carrier is reduced to transmit CQI messages for all downlink carriers within the available uplink carrier. Imagine a case where M=1 and N=4. The CQI field on a single uplink carrier can be used to transmit the CQI of each of the four downlink carriers to the radio network one at a time. For example, in slot 1, the UE transmits a CQI [1] indicating the channel quality of the first DL carrier. (As defined in the applicable CDMA standard, the time slot is typically about 0.66 ms.) In time slot 2 (which is immediately following slot 1), the UE transmits a CQI [2] indicating the channel quality of the second DL carrier. . In time slot 3 (which is followed by time slot 2), the UE transmits a CQI [3] indicating the channel quality of the third DL carrier. In time slot 4 (which is followed by time slot 3), the UE transmits a CQI [4] indicating the channel quality of the fourth DL carrier. This sequence is then repeated. In this way, the CQI (although the frequency is reduced) of each of the four downlink carriers is transmitted on the uplink carrier.

FIG. 3A illustrates an exemplary process 300 for using this method for N DL carriers and a UL carrier at a user equipment device. At stream point 301, the UE is ready to begin transmitting CQI data for N downlink carriers on a single UL carrier. At step 304, the UE initializes I, I is the DL carrier counter for the UL carrier CQI. For example, I can be set equal to zero. At step 306, the UE encodes the value of CQI[I] into the CQI field of the current time slot, where the CQI[I] is the CQI of the first IDL carrier. At step 308, the UE transmits during the current time slot. At step 310, the UE increments the I counter. At decision block 312, the UE determines whether the CQI for each DL carrier has been transmitted during the current cycle. For example, if I is set equal to zero at step 304, the UE may determine if I = N. If the CQI of each DL carrier has not been transmitted during the current cycle (eg, I < N), then program flow returns to step 306 and the above steps are repeated for the subsequent current time slot, which is the next time slot.

When decision block 312 indicates that the CQI of each DL carrier has been transmitted during the current cycle (eg, I=N), program flow returns to step 304 and a new cycle begins, meaning that the UE reinitializes I, and the UE All CQIs are transmitted cyclically.

When multiple UL carriers are available (but still less than DL carriers), the CQI of the DL carrier can be assigned for transmission to each UL carrier. For example, N DL carriers can be assigned to M UL carriers such that each UL carrier carries the CQI of the same or nearly the same number of DL carriers. For example, in the case of (M=2, N=4), each UL carrier can carry the CQI of two DL carriers. For example, in the case of (M=2, N=5), one UL carrier can carry the CQI of two DL carriers, and another UL carrier can carry the CQI of three DL carriers. The UE then performs a procedure such as procedure 300 for each UL carrier to cyclically assign the CQI to the DL carrier of the UL carrier.

In yet another variation, the CQIs of the plurality of DL carriers are simultaneously multiplexed into the CQI field of the single UL carrier. According to the existing single carrier specification, the CQI is a five-bit field that essentially provides 1 dB resolution over the range of interest. In an embodiment, the resolution of the CQI transmitted by the UE may be reduced to a three-bit value such that the additional two bits within the same CQI field are free. The free bit can be used to send a delta update for the CQI of another DL carrier. The delta update indicates whether the CQI is increasing or decreasing and increasing or decreasing. Figure 3B illustrates this method. In this figure, the full five-bit CQI field 330 is transformed into a three-bit absolute coarse CQI subfield 330' for one carrier and transformed into a delta update CQI subfield 330" for another Carriers. It should be understood by those skilled in the art after reading this disclosure that a particular order of sub-fields 330' and sub-fields 330" is not required. Similarly, the specific order of the bits in these subfields is not required.

For example, in the case of (M=1, N=2), the three-bit rough absolute CQI of the first DL carrier can be encoded into the three-dimensional sub-member of the CQI field of the UL carrier during the first time slot. In the field. The difference update CQI of the second DL carrier may be encoded into the remaining two-ary field portion of the CQI field in the same time slot. In the second (immediate) time slot, the coarse absolute CQI of the second DL carrier may be encoded into the three-bit subfield, and the difference between the first DL carrier and the CQI may be encoded to the remaining two bits. In the subfield. This procedure can then be repeated.

Of course, the CQI field can be divided differently into, for example, a four-bit rough absolute CQI subfield and a one-dimensional difference update CQI subfield. In addition, the different order of the sub-fields and the different order of the bits within each sub-field are also within the scope of this description.

According to yet another variant (referred to herein as "joint coding"), all CQIs are cycled at a reduced frequency in combination with the CQI multiplex of multiple DL carriers into the CQI field of a single UL carrier. For example, in the case of (N=4, M=1), the procedure can be performed as illustrated in FIG. 3C.

At step 340, CQIs corresponding to the first and second DL carriers are acquired for transmission during the first time slot. At step 342, the CQI field in the UL carrier is encoded using the three-bit coarse absolute CQI of the first carrier and the two-dimensional difference of the second carrier to update the CQI. At step 344, the CQI field is transmitted on the UL carrier. At step 346, CQIs corresponding to the third and fourth DL carriers are acquired for transmission during the second time slot of the first time slot. At step 348, the CQI field is encoded using the three-bit coarse absolute CQI of the third carrier and the two-dimensional difference of the fourth carrier to update the CQI. At step 350, the CQI field is transmitted on the UL carrier. At step 352, CQIs corresponding to the first and second DL carriers are acquired for transmission during the third time slot of the second time slot. At step 354, the CQI field is encoded using the three-bit coarse absolute CQI of the second carrier and the two-bit difference of the first carrier to update the CQI field (note the opposite of the encoding of the first and second CQIs). At step 356, the CQI field is transmitted on the UL carrier. At step 358, CQIs corresponding to the third and fourth DL carriers are acquired for transmission during the fourth time slot of the third time slot. At step 360, the CQI field is encoded using the three-bit rough absolute CQI of the fourth carrier and the two-element difference of the third carrier to encode the CQI field (again, note that the encoding is opposite to the third and fourth CQIs). At step 362, the CQI field is transmitted on the UL carrier.

Steps 340 through 362 are then repeated for the next time slot. In this way, the UE transmits the CQIs of all four DL carriers to the network in the CQI time slot of the single UL carrier.

In an additional variation, one or more CQIs are encoded into a feedback information (FBI) bit of the UL DPCCH. The FBI bit can carry a coarse CQI, for example, a two-element CQI. The FQ bit can also be encoded using the delta update CQI. It should also be appreciated that the FBI bit can be used to convey a conventional five-bit CQI (although the frequency is reduced). For example, a five-bit CQI can be encoded into FBI bits in multiple time slots and transmitted via FBI bits.

In another embodiment, power control is implemented for only a subset of downlink carriers (e.g., a single downlink carrier). Downlink control is typically used for telephony (voice) transmission, but can be omitted for data transmission, due to opportunistic scheduling. Since the bandwidth required for voice transmission is lower than the bandwidth required for data downlink transmission in many applications, many voice channels can be transmitted on a downlink carrier many times or sometimes. Therefore, some or all of the remaining downlink carriers within the cell can carry the data payload. In this case, the power control of these remaining downlink carriers can be omitted.

In each case, the transceiver can adjust (if necessary) the transmit power of the downlink carrier associated with the received CQI based on the received CQI. In other words, if the received CQI (whether absolute CQI or differential update CQI) indicates that power should be increased, the processing component of the transceiver adjusts the transmitter such that the power is increased as indicated by the received CQI; if the received CQI Indicating that power should be reduced, the processing component of the transceiver adjusts the transmitter to reduce power as indicated by the received CQI.

Recall that in the case of (N>M), it is also necessary to transmit (N-M) excess downlinks on the uplink using the same M carriers that have already transmitted the ACK/NAK messages of the first M downlink carriers. Path carrier response (ACK/NAK) message. As mentioned, this can be achieved using the additional code division multiplex HS-DPCCH described above with respect to CQI. Other methods described above and illustrated in Figures 3A, 3B, 3C may also be used for ACK/NAK messages, including reducing the frequency of such messages for the downlink carrier (Figure 3A), and reusing the FBI bits.

The ACK/NAK message can also be multiplexed with the coarse CQI and/or the delta update CQI into the existing CQI field. Figure 4A illustrates an example of this multiplex. As shown in the figure, the existing CQI field 405 is divided into three sub-fields: (1) a two-element rough absolute CQI sub-field 410 of one carrier, and (2) a two-element rough absolute CQI sub-field of another carrier. 412, and (3) are used to transmit one of the bit subfields 414 of the uplink ACK/NAK message.

Of course, the CQI field can be split in other ways. 4B illustrates splitting the CQI field 405 into a three-bit rough absolute CQI subfield 418, a one-bit difference update CQI subfield 420, and a one-bit ACK/NAK sub-field 422. The various sequences of sub-fields and the various order of the bits within each sub-field are also within the scope of this specification.

The above methods can be combined. For example, an additional code division multiplex channel may be defined for the CQI, and the FBI bit may be reused for ACK/NAK.

Now let us turn to the system to grab the program. In an embodiment consistent with the present invention, the system of cold extraction of the system by the UE (e.g., by the UE 130) is as described in the 3GPP specification TS 25.214 "Physical layer procedures (FDD)". The cold picking procedure is the same. However, in the case of complex carriers, only a subset of downlink carriers (which are the smallest subset of single carriers from a group of N carriers) need to carry P-SCH/S-SCH and P-CCPCH to enable the UE to Perform a three-step system capture program. Of course, the present invention does not necessarily exclude the possibility that each downlink carrier contains P-SCH/S-SCH and P-CCPCH.

In order to facilitate warm-up, in an embodiment, the timing reference for the newly added downlink carrier is the same as the timing reference for camping on the anchor UE of the particular UE in the same cell. In some variations, all downlink carriers within a cell share the same timing reference. Synchronizing different carriers from the same cell with a common timing reference would allow steps 1 and 2 in the system capture procedure described in 3GPP specification TS 25.214 to be omitted (sampling with time slot and frame timing and interference to the cell) The identification of the code group is related to the acquisition of the P-SCH and the identification of the S-SCH. Synchronizing the downlink carrier can simplify the system with little or no cost.

If only some, but not all, downlink carriers share a common timing reference, the signal transmission message can be used to indicate to the UE (for which a new carrier is added) whether the new carrier shares the timing reference with the anchor carrier. If the new carrier self-anchoring carrier has a known time offset, the signal can be transmitted using the signal to transmit the time-shifted magnitude signal to the UE, thereby simplifying the warm-up procedure. This signal transmission can be performed using, for example, P-CCPCH and/or S-CCPCH.

In addition, the use of the scrambling code for all downlink carriers within the cell would result in the self-fetching procedure omitting step 3. The use of a common scrambling code within a cell has the additional advantage of allowing a shared single descrambler to be used for demodulation of multiple or even all downlink carriers. Thus, in some embodiments, all or a plurality of selected downlink carriers within a cell share a common scrambling code.

If the scrambling code of the new carrier is different from the scrambling code of the current anchor carrier, the radio network can transmit to the UE signal which scrambling code is being used on the new carrier. This signal transmission can be performed using, for example, P-CCPCH and/or S-CCPCH.

The 3GPP specification TS 25.214 defines two phases of synchronization of DL dedicated channels: a first phase and a second phase. Figure 5 illustrates these phases. TS 25.214 further defines two synchronization procedures for the dedicated channel, namely program A and program B. Program A is a setup program and a "break and make" reconfiguration procedure (eg, hard handover to another frequency and inter-RAT handover). Program B is a procedure for adding/reconfiguring radio links (eg, adding more cells to the active set of UEs).

Since the synchronization procedure B does not directly relate to the UE, it does not need to be changed to support complex carrier operations. However, program A can be modified for complex carrier operation. For example, step "b" of procedure A specifies that the initial transmit power of the DL DPCCH or F-DPCH is set by a higher layer in single carrier operation. In some embodiments capable of complex carrier operation, the initial transmit power is set to be the same as the current transmit power of a setup carrier, thereby simplifying synchronization.

In some complex carrier embodiments, the downlink chip and frame synchronization described in step "c" is simplified by the common timing of different downlink carriers within the cell.

Step "d" of procedure A specifies the initial UE transmission. For a single carrier system, the transmission of the DPCCH begins with the initial transmit power set by the higher communication protocol layer. In some complex carrier embodiments, the initial DPCCH power may also be set to the same level as the power level of the DPCCH of another active uplink carrier. Therefore, the power control preamble can be shortened to speed up the synchronization process.

Since the initial system access is performed on a single carrier and the addition of the carrier is considered to be dedicated channel setup or reconfiguration, the random access procedure of the complex carrier system may be the same or substantially the same as the random access procedure of the single carrier system.

In some strict complex carrier system embodiments, the carrier used for PHY HARQ retransmission of HS-PDSCH data is different from the carrier used for the original transmission.

In some embodiments of the complex cell system, PHY HARQ retransmission of E-DPCH data is performed only on the carrier of the cell of the serving cell of the UE.

In a complex carrier system embodiment, downlink carrier scheduling can be performed in different ways. Figure 6 illustrates joint carrier scheduling. In this embodiment, downlink payload data in each UE buffer, such as UE buffer 610, is scheduled by a corresponding complex carrier scheduler, such as complex carrier common scheduler 620. Scheduler 620 scheduling data located at a controller (e.g., controller 110 of FIG. 1) for all downlink carrier transmitters (630-1 to 630-N) in the active set of a particular UE device . Scheduler 620 can schedule scheduling on all available downlink carriers or only on a subset of available downlink carriers. Advantageously, scheduler 620 can schedule downlink transmissions by jointly considering the channel quality and available bandwidth of each carrier. For example, when signal fading limits or delays downlink transmission on one of the carriers, scheduler 620 may reduce or even exclude UE data scheduled for transmission on the carrier, and simultaneously increase the fading experience. The amount of scheduled data delivery on other carriers.

Figure 7 illustrates an independent (or individual) downlink carrier schedule. In this embodiment, the data in the common UE data buffer 710 is partitioned into N parallel streams by a demultiplexer (De-Mux) 715. The streams may be of the same size or of different sizes depending on, for example, the bandwidth of each carrier and other parameters. In strict complex carrier operation, splitting may occur in a controller (e.g., controller 110 of Figure 1) or in a Node B (e.g., station 125). In complex cell operations, splitting can occur in the controller.

Each individual stream is fed into an individual carrier buffer corresponding to the carrier of the stream. Individual carrier buffers are designated using reference numerals 720-1 through 720-N. The data in each individual carrier buffer is then scheduled by the corresponding carrier scheduler for downlink transmission. The carrier scheduler specified by reference numerals 725-1 through 725-N may be located at node B, such as station 125. The data from each carrier buffer 720 is then transmitted on its carrier by the corresponding downlink carrier transmitter. The downlink carrier transmitter is specified using reference numerals 730-1 through 730-N.

It should be understood that the concept of joint and independent carrier scheduling exists on top of the concept of strict complex carrier and complex cell mode of operation.

The strict complex carrier operation features include: 1. A cell is the serving HS-DSCH and E-DCH of all carriers supported by a particular UE.

2. Perform user data buffer multi-carrier split at node B.

3. Node B can perform individual carrier scheduling or joint carrier scheduling.

4. HARQ PHY retransmissions may use the same or different carriers. Figure 8 further illustrates the concept of strict complex carrier operation. Here, the user device device 810 is shown during soft handover. The radio network controller 820 controls the operation of three Node B sites: Node B Site 830A, Node B Site 830B, and Node B Site 830C. The solid line 840 specifies the complex carrier data transfer from the station 830B, while the dashed lines 850A and 850C specify the additional items from the stations 830A and 830C, respectively. Additional item transfers can carry control information such as uplink power control, E-HICH, and E-RGCH. In this manner, multiple sites have the ability to, for example, command the UE 810 to power down in order to reduce interference in its associated sectors.

The complex cell operating characteristics include the following: different cells may be serving HS-DSCH and E-DCH for different carriers supported by a particular UE.

The user profile buffering complex carrier segmentation is performed at the radio network controller; if the Node B contains more than one serving cell for a particular UE, additional segmentation can be performed at the Node B.

The Node B may schedule a Node B to contain a specific UE within a group of carriers for which the UE's serving cell is located; if the group is greater than one, an individual or joint carrier schedule may be performed.

Figure 9 further illustrates the concept of complex carrier operation. In this figure, user device device 910 is also shown during soft handover. The radio network controller 920 controls the operation of three Node B sites: Node B Site 930A, Node B Site 930B, and Node B Site 930C. The solid line 940 specifies the downlink data transfer, while the dashed line 950 specifies the additional item transfer. It is noted that in the complex carrier mode of operation illustrated in Figure 9, the downlink data is provided from both stations 930A and 930B: the solid line 940A specifies the data transfer from the two carriers of station 930A, and Solid line 940B specifies data transfer from different carriers of station 930B. The downlink add-on transmission is designated by the dashed line 950 to be transmitted from all three stations 930. Additional item transfers can carry, for example, control information, uplink power control, E-HICH, and E-RGCH.

Although the steps and decisions of the various methods have been described consistently in this disclosure, some of these steps and decisions may be made by separate elements, either co-operatively or in parallel, asynchronously or synchronously, in a pipeline, or otherwise. To execute. These steps and decisions are not specifically required to be performed in the same order as the ones listed in this description, except where explicitly indicated, otherwise apparent from the content, or inherently required. In addition, each illustrated step and decision is not required in every embodiment in accordance with the present invention, and certain steps that are not explicitly described may be required or necessary in accordance with certain embodiments of the present invention.

Those skilled in the art should understand that information and signals can be represented using any of a variety of different technologies and techniques. For example, the materials, instructions, commands, information, signals, bits, symbols, and chips that may be referenced throughout the above description may be by voltage, current, electromagnetic waves, magnetic fields or particles, light fields or particles, or any thereof. Combined to represent.

It will be further appreciated by those skilled in the art that the various illustrative logical blocks, modules, circuits, and algorithm steps described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented as an electronic hardware, a computer software, or a combination of both. To clearly illustrate this interchangeability of hardware and software, various illustrative components, blocks, modules, circuits, and steps have been described above generally in terms of their functionality. Whether this functionality is implemented as hardware, software, or a combination of hardware and software depends on the specific application and design constraints imposed on the overall system. Those skilled in the art can implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but the implementation decisions should not be construed as a departure from the scope of the invention.

The various illustrative logical blocks, modules, and circuits described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented or carried out using a general purpose processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), or a special application integrated circuit (ASIC). A field programmable gate array (FPGA) or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof designed to perform the functions described herein. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor, but in an alternative embodiment, the processor may be any conventional processor, controller, microcontroller, or state machine. The processor can also be implemented as a combination of computing devices, such as a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, a plurality of microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in conjunction with a DSP core, or any other such configuration.

The steps of a method or algorithm described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be embodied directly in the hardware, in a software module executed by a processor, or in a combination of the two. The software module can reside in RAM memory, flash memory, ROM memory, EPROM memory, EEPROM memory, scratchpad, hard disk, removable disk, CD-ROM, or known in the art. Any other form of storage media. The exemplary storage medium is coupled to the processor such that the processor can read the information from the storage medium and write the data to the storage medium. In an alternate embodiment, the storage medium may be integral to the processor. The processor and the storage medium can reside in the ASIC. The ASIC can reside in the user equipment device. Alternatively, the processor and the storage medium may reside as discrete components in the user device device.

The previous description of the disclosed embodiments is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the invention. Various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the <RTIgt; </ RTI> <RTIgt; </ RTI> <RTIgt; </ RTI> <RTIgt; Therefore, the present invention is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein.

100. . . Communication network

110,820,920. . . Radio network controller

111,112,113. . . interface

114. . . processor

115,134. . . Memory device

120A, 120B, 125A. . . Base transceiver station/base station wireless transceiver/community

120,125. . . Site

121A. . . Transmitter

122A. . . receiver

130,810,910. . . User equipment device

131. . . Wireless transmitter

132. . . Wireless receiver

133. . . Controller

135. . . Humanized interface device

141A, 141B, 141C, 143, 145A, 145B. . . Downlink radio carrier

142A, 142B, 144A, 144B, 146A, 146B. . . Uplink radio carrier

150. . . Public switched telephone network

160. . . Telephone switch

170. . . Packet switched network

180. . . Packet data server node

610. . . UE buffer

620. . . Complex carrier common scheduler

630-1, 630-2, 630-N, 730-1, 730-2, 730-N. . . Downlink carrier transmitter

710. . . Common UE data buffer

715. . . Demultiplexer (De-Mux)

720-1, 720-2, 720-N. . . Carrier buffer

725-1, 725-2, 725-N. . . Carrier scheduler

830A, 830B, 830C, 930A, 930B, 930C. . . Node B site

1 illustrates selected components of a complex carrier communication network; FIG. 2 is an overview of a combination of transmission channels of a complex carrier communication system; FIG. 3A illustrates channel quality indication for transmitting multiple downlink carriers via a single uplink carrier The selected steps and decision blocks of the program of the item; FIG. 3B illustrates the division of the channel quality indicator field into two sub-fields; FIG. 3C illustrates the transmission of multiple downlinks via a single uplink carrier. The selected step and decision block of the joint coding procedure of the channel quality indicator of the carrier; FIG. 4A illustrates the division of the channel quality indicator field into three sub-fields; FIG. 4B illustrates the segmentation of a channel quality indicator field Another division of the three subfields; Figure 5 illustrates the synchronization phase of the downlink dedicated channel; Figure 6 illustrates the joint carrier schedule for the payload data for downlink transmission; Figure 7 illustrates the downlink transmission for Figure 7 Independent carrier scheduling of payload data; Figure 8 illustrates the concept of strict complex carrier operation; and Figure 9 illustrates the concept of complex cell operation.

100. . . Communication network

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A wireless user equipment device for communicating with a base transceiver station of a radio network, the wireless user equipment device comprising: a receiver configured to be on a first downlink carrier and Receiving data from the base transceiver station on a second downlink carrier, determining a value of a first channel quality indicator (CQI) of the first downlink carrier, and determining the second downlink a value of one of the second channel quality indicators of the carrier, each time slot of a first uplink carrier has a value of the first channel quality indicator, and each time slot of the first uplink carrier has the second a value of a channel quality indicator; a transmitter configured to transmit a channel quality indicator value in a CQI field to the base transceiver station on the first uplink carrier, a first uplink Each time slot of the link carrier has a CQI field; and a processing circuit coupled to the receiver and the transmitter, the processing circuit configured to encode the first plurality of the first uplinks with the following values Each of the time slots of the link carrier The CQI field of the time slot: (1) a value derived from the value corresponding to the first channel quality indicator of the time slot, and (2) the second channel quality corresponding to the time slot Deriving a value derived from the value of the indicator such that a single CQI field transmitted on the first uplink carrier conveys the first downlink of the time slot for the first plurality of time slots Information about the channel quality of the path carrier and information about the channel quality of the second downlink carrier for each of the first plurality of time slots, Wherein the transmitter is configured to simultaneously transmit the first downlink carrier from the first channel in the single CQI field in a single time slot of the encoded first uplink carrier The value derived from the value of the quality indicator and the value derived from the value of the second channel quality indicator for the second downlink carrier. The wireless user equipment device of claim 1, the processing circuit being further configured to resolve the value of the first channel quality indicator for each of the time slots corresponding to the first plurality of time slots And obtaining the value derived from the value of the first channel quality indicator corresponding to the each time slot of the first plurality of time slots. The wireless user equipment device of claim 2, the processing circuit being further configured to obtain the first time slot from the first plurality of time slots by calculating a difference between the following values The value derived from the value of the second channel quality indicator: (1) the value of the second channel quality indicator corresponding to the time slot of the first plurality of time slots, and (2) immediately following Corresponding to the value of the second channel quality indicator of the one time slot before the each time slot of the first plurality of time slots. The wireless user equipment device of claim 3, wherein: the processing circuit is further configured to encode the CQI field of each of the second plurality of time slots with the following values: self-corresponding to the second plurality a value derived from the value of the first channel quality indicator of each time slot of the time slot, and the second channel quality indicator of the each time slot corresponding to the second plurality of time slots a value derived by the value; and the time slot of the first plurality of time slots does not belong to the second plurality of time slots, And the time slot of the second plurality of time slots does not belong to the first plurality of time slots. The wireless user equipment device of claim 4, wherein the first and the second plurality of time slots are interlaced. The wireless user equipment device of claim 4, wherein the length of the CQI field is five bits, and the value of the first channel quality indicator from each of the time slots corresponding to the first plurality of time slots The derived value has a length of three bits, and the value derived from the value of the second channel quality indicator corresponding to the time slot of the first plurality of time slots is two Bit. The wireless user equipment device of claim 3, the processing circuit being further configured to utilize an ACK corresponding to payload information received by the wireless user device on a downlink carrier from the base transceiver station The NAK response value is used to encode the CQI field of each of the first plurality of time slots. The wireless user equipment device of claim 7, wherein the length of the CQI field is five bits, and the value of the first channel quality indicator from each of the time slots corresponding to the first plurality of time slots The length of the value derived is three bits, and the value derived from the value of the second channel quality indicator corresponding to the time slot of the first plurality of time slots is one bit. And the length of the ACK/NAK response value is one bit. The wireless user equipment device of claim 2, the processing circuit being further configured to: reduce the value of the second channel quality indicator corresponding to each of the time slots of the first plurality of time slots Resolution, to obtain self-correspondence And the value derived by the value of the second channel quality indicator of the time slot of the first plurality of time slots; and utilizing a corresponding one received by the wireless user device on a downlink carrier The ACK/NAK response value of the payload data of the base transceiver station is used to encode the CQI field of each time slot of the first plurality of time slots. The wireless user equipment device of claim 9, wherein the length of the CQI field is five bits, and the value of the first channel quality indicator from the time slot corresponding to the first plurality of time slots The length of the derived value is two bits, and the value derived from the value of the second channel quality indicator corresponding to the time slot of the first plurality of time slots is two bits. The element, and the length of the ACK/NAK response value is one bit. A wireless user equipment device for communicating with a base transceiver station of a radio network, the wireless user equipment device comprising: a receiver configured to receive from the plurality of downlink carriers Base station transceiver data, and determining one of a plurality of downlink carriers, one of a first downlink carrier, a channel quality indicator (CQI) value, and a second downlink carrier, a channel quality indicator a value of a value; a transmitter configured to transmit a channel quality indicator value in a CQI field to the base transceiver station on a first uplink carrier, the first uplink carrier Each time slot has a CQI field; and a processing circuit coupled to the receiver and the transmitter, the processing circuit configured to: Selecting a single CQI field of one of the first uplink carriers for simultaneously transmitting a value corresponding to one of the channel quality indicator values for the first downlink carrier, and corresponding to a value of the channel quality indicator value of the second downlink carrier, the selection being once in a cycle period, and encoding the single CQI field to simultaneously transmit corresponding to the first downlink carrier The value of the value of the channel quality indicator and the value corresponding to the value of the channel quality indicator for the second downlink carrier. The wireless user equipment device of claim 11, wherein the cycle period corresponds to a number of time slots equal to the number of downlink carriers in the plurality of downlink carriers. A wireless user equipment device for communicating with a base transceiver station of a radio network, the wireless user equipment device comprising: a receiver configured to receive from the plurality of downlink carriers Base transceiver station information and determining a value of a channel quality indicator (CQI) for each downlink carrier of the plurality of downlink carriers; a transmitter configured to be on an uplink carrier Transmitting data in a feedback indicator (FBI) field to the radio network, each time slot having an FBI field; and a processing circuit coupled to the receiver and the transmitter, the processing circuit Configuring to encode at least a portion of a value selected from one of the first downlink carriers of one of the plurality of downlink carriers as a data in a single FBI field, and Downlink The at least a portion of the value of the channel quality indicator of the way carrier simultaneously encodes at least a portion of a value selected from one of the plurality of downlink carriers and a channel quality indicator of the second downlink carrier, wherein the transmitting The device is further configured to transmit a first uplink carrier having the single FBI field in a corresponding single time slot, the single time slot having the channel quality indicator of the first downlink carrier simultaneously The at least a portion of the value and the at least a portion of the value of the channel quality indicator of the second downlink carrier. A base transceiver station for communicating with a wireless user equipment device in a radio network, the base transceiver station comprising: a receiver configured to receive on a first uplink carrier Information from the wireless user equipment device, the first uplink carrier includes a channel having a channel quality indicator (CQI) field, the CQI field having a first subfield and a second subfield a transmitter configured to transmit data to the wireless user equipment device on a first downlink carrier and on a second downlink carrier; and a processor coupled Connecting to the receiver and the transmitter, wherein the processor is configured to: receive values in the CQI fields, each time slot of the first uplink carrier has a CQI field, the CQI column And having one of the received values in the bit, reading a portion of the received value in the first subfield of the CQI field, and reading the portion of the first subfield simultaneously Take this Another portion of the received value in the second sub-field of the CQI field, and based on the received value in the first sub-field of the CQI field in each time slot Reading the portion to adjust an output power of the first downlink carrier, and reading the received value in the second subfield of the CQI field in each time slot Part of adjusting the output power of the second downlink carrier. The base transceiver station of claim 14, the processor being further configured to: read a third subfield of the CQI field, and if the third subfield has a first value, Notifying one of the radio network radio network controllers that the wireless user equipment device has successfully received at least one packet sent to the wireless user equipment device on a downlink carrier. The base transceiver station of claim 14, wherein: the first uplink carrier comprises a channel having a feedback information (FBI) field; and the processor is further configured to: if the FBI field has A first predetermined value informs one of the radio network controllers of the radio network that the wireless user equipment device has successfully received at least one packet transmitted to the wireless user equipment device on a downlink carrier. A method of operating a wireless user equipment device for communicating with a base transceiver station of a radio network, the method comprising: Receiving data from the base transceiver station on a first downlink carrier and on a second downlink carrier; determining a first channel quality indicator (CQI) of the first downlink carrier a value, a time slot of a first uplink carrier has a value of the first channel quality indicator; determining a value of a second channel quality indicator of the second downlink carrier, the first uplink Each time slot of the path carrier has a value of the second channel quality indicator; transmitting, on the first uplink carrier, a channel quality indicator value in a CQI field to the radio network, the first uplink Each time slot of the link carrier has a CQI field; and the CQI field of each time slot of the time slot of the first plurality of the first uplink carriers is encoded to be encoded in the single CQI field. a value derived from the determined value of the first channel quality indicator of the time slot, and a value derived from the value of the second channel quality indicator corresponding to the time slot simultaneously derived from the value a value, wherein the transmission is included in the encoded first The single CQI field in the single time slot of one of the line carrier carriers and the value derived from the value of the first channel quality indicator for the first downlink carrier, and for the value The value derived from the value of the second channel quality indicator of the second downlink carrier. The method of claim 17, further comprising: obtaining a self-correspondence by reducing a resolution of the value of the first channel quality indicator corresponding to the each time slot of the first plurality of time slots The value derived from the value of the first channel quality indicator of the time slot of the first plurality of time slots. The method of claim 18, further comprising: obtaining the value of the second channel quality indicator from each of the time slots corresponding to the first plurality of time slots by calculating a difference between the following values The derived value: (1) the value of the second channel quality indicator corresponding to the time slot of the first plurality of time slots, and (2) immediately corresponding to the plurality of time slots The value of the second channel quality indicator of the one time slot before the time slot. The method of claim 19, further comprising: encoding, by the following values, the CQI field of each time slot of the second plurality of time slots: from the time slot corresponding to the second plurality of time slots a value derived from the value of the channel quality indicator and a value derived from the value of the second channel quality indicator corresponding to the time slot of the second plurality of time slots; wherein the The time slot of the plurality of time slots does not belong to the second plurality of time slots, and the time slots of the second plurality of time slots do not belong to the first plurality of time slots. The method of claim 20, wherein the first and the second plurality of time slots are interlaced. The method of claim 20, wherein the length of the CQI field is five bits, and the value derived from the value of the first channel quality indicator corresponding to the time slot of the first plurality of time slots The length of the value is three bits, and the first time slot corresponding to the first plurality of time slots The value derived from the value of the two channel quality indicator is two bits in length. The method of claim 19, further comprising: encoding the first with an ACK/NAK response value corresponding to payload information received by the wireless user device on a downlink carrier from the radio network The CQI field of each of the time slots of the plurality of time slots. The method of claim 23, wherein the length of the CQI field is five bits, and the value derived from the value of the first channel quality indicator corresponding to the time slot of the first plurality of time slots The length of the value is three bits, and the value derived from the value of the second channel quality indicator corresponding to the time slot of the first plurality of time slots is one bit, and the ACK is The length of the /NAK response value is one bit. The method of claim 18, further comprising: obtaining, by reducing a resolution of the value of the second channel quality indicator corresponding to each of the first plurality of time slots of the first plurality of time slots a value derived from the value of the second channel quality indicator for each of the first plurality of time slots; and utilizing a corresponding one received by the wireless user device on the downlink carrier The ACK/NAK response value of the payload data of the network is used to encode the CQI field of each time slot of the first plurality of time slots. The method of claim 25, wherein the length of the CQI field is five bits, and the first time of each time slot corresponding to the first plurality of time slots The value derived from the value of the channel quality indicator is two bits, and the value derived from the value of the second channel quality indicator corresponding to the time slot of the first plurality of time slots The length of the value is two bits, and the length of the ACK/NAK response value is one bit. A method of operating a wireless user equipment device for communicating with a base transceiver station of a radio network, the method comprising: receiving data from the base transceiver station on a plurality of downlink carriers; determining the a value of a channel quality indicator (CQI) for each downlink carrier of the plurality of downlink carriers, each time slot of a first uplink carrier having a value; and a first uplink carrier The channel quality indicator value in the CQI field is transmitted to the radio network, each time slot of the first uplink carrier has a CQI field; a single CQI field is selected from the plurality of downlink carriers for use Simultaneously transmitting one value of the channel quality indicator value corresponding to a first downlink carrier, and corresponding to one of the channel quality indicator values for a second downlink carrier, Selecting once in a cycle; and encoding the single CQI field to simultaneously transmit the value corresponding to the value of the channel quality indicator for the first downlink carrier, and corresponding to the Second downlink The value of the channel quality indication of the entry of the carrier, so that the CQI field transmitted on the first uplink carrier at a single site on the slot when the first and the second downlink carrier The information on the quality of the channel is delivered once. The method of claim 27, wherein the cycle period corresponds to a number of time slots equal to the number of downlink carriers in the plurality of downlink carriers. A method of operating a wireless user equipment device for communicating with a base transceiver station of a radio network, the method comprising: receiving data from the base transceiver station on a plurality of downlink carriers; determining the Channel quality indicator value for each downlink carrier of the plurality of downlink carriers; transmitting data in a feedback indicator (FBI) field to the radio network on a first uplink carrier, each The one-time slot has an FBI field; and utilizes at least a portion of one of the values of one of the first downlink carriers selected from the plurality of downlink carriers and selected from the plurality of downlink carriers At least a portion of one of the values of one of the second downlink carriers, the channel quality indicator, encoding the FBI field, wherein the encoding includes utilizing the value of the channel quality indicator for the first downlink carrier The at least one portion encodes a single FBI field while encoding the single FBI field with the at least a portion of the value of the channel quality indicator of the second downlink carrier, wherein the pass Simultaneously transmitting the first uplink carrier of the single-bit FBI field encoded with at least a portion of the channel quality indication of the value of the item of the first downlink carrier and the second downlink carrier The at least a portion of the value of the channel quality indicator. A method of operating a base transceiver station in a radio network, the method comprising: receiving data from a wireless user equipment device on a first uplink carrier, the first uplink carrier including a channel of a channel quality indicator item (CQI) field, each time slot of the first uplink carrier has a CQI field, the CQI field has a first sub-field and a second sub-field; Transmitting data to the wireless user equipment device on a first downlink carrier and on a second downlink carrier; reading the value received in the CQI field, the CQI at each time slot Receiving one of the values in the field, the reading includes reading a portion of the received value in the first subfield of the CQI field, and the portion of the first subfield Simultaneously reading another portion of the received value in the second subfield of the CQI field; reading the received value in the first subfield of the CQI field Part of adjusting the output power of the first downlink carrier; and according to the CQI field By reading the value of the portion of the second sub-field of the receiver by adjusting the output power of the second downlink carrier. The method of claim 30, further comprising: notifying one of the radio network radio network controls if the third subfield of the value received in the CQI field has a first predetermined value Controller: The wireless user equipment device has successfully received at least one packet sent to the wireless user equipment device on a downlink carrier. The method of claim 30, further comprising: notifying the radio network if a predetermined subfield of one of the first uplink carrier one of the channel feedback information (FBI) fields has a first predetermined value One of the radio network controllers: the wireless user equipment device has successfully received at least one packet sent to the wireless user equipment device on a downlink carrier. A method of operating a base transceiver station in a radio network, the method comprising: transmitting at least a downlink anchor carrier having full 3GPP Release 99 capabilities; and transmitting at least a downlink chain having local 3GPP Release 99 capabilities The non-anchor carrier, the step of transmitting at least the downlink non-anchor carrier and the step of transmitting at least the downlink anchor carrier are temporally overlapped, wherein the at least one downlink anchor carrier carries a synchronization a time channel (SCH) and a primary common control entity channel (P-CCPCH), a primary control physical channel (S-CCPCH), a physical random access channel (PRACH), and a paging channel or Any combination or sub-combination thereof, and wherein the at least one downlink non-anchor carrier does not carry a SCH and a paging channel. The method of claim 33, wherein the base transceiver station does not transmit the The downlink anchor carrier other than the downlink anchor carrier is less, and the at least one downlink anchor carrier is composed of a single downlink anchor carrier. The method of claim 33, further comprising: synchronizing the at least one downlink carrier and the at least one downlink non-anchor carrier transmitted by the base transceiver station to a single time reference. A method of operating a base transceiver station in a radio network, the method comprising: transmitting at least a downlink anchor carrier having a first common channel; and transmitting at least a downlink that does not carry the first common channel The link non-anchor carrier, the step of transmitting at least the downlink non-anchor carrier and the step of transmitting the at least one downlink anchor carrier are temporally overlapped, wherein the at least one downlink anchor carrier carries one At least one of a Synchronization Time Channel (SCH) and a Primary Common Control Physical Channel (P-CCPCH), a Primary Common Control Physical Channel (S-CCPCH), and a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH), or any combination thereof or a sub-combination, and wherein the at least one downlink non-anchor carrier does not carry an SCH. The method of claim 36, wherein the first common channel is a paging channel. A base transceiver station in a radio network, the base transceiver station comprising: a receiver for receiving data from a user equipment device on at least one uplink carrier; and a transmitter for transmitting data to a user equipment device on a plurality of downlink carriers, the transmitter configured to transmit at least a downlink anchor carrier having full 3GPP Release 99 capabilities, and transmitting At least a downlink non-anchor carrier having local 3GPP Release 99 capabilities, the transmission of the at least one downlink anchor carrier overlapping with the transmission of the at least downlink non-anchor carrier, wherein the at least one The line anchor carrier carries a synchronous timing channel (SCH) and a primary common control entity channel (P-CCPCH), a primary common control physical channel (S-CCPCH), and a physical random access channel (PRACH). At least one or any combination or sub-combination thereof, and wherein the at least one downlink non-anchor carrier does not carry an SCH. The base transceiver station of claim 38, wherein the at least one downlink non-anchor carrier does not carry a paging channel. A base transceiver station in a radio network, the base transceiver station comprising: a receiver for receiving data from a user equipment device on at least one uplink carrier; and a transmitter Means for transmitting data to a user equipment device on a plurality of downlink carriers, the transmitter configured to transmit at least a downlink anchor carrier having a first common channel, and the transmitting does not carry the first At least a downlink non-anchor carrier of the common channel, the transmission of the at least one downlink anchor carrier overlapping with the transmission of the at least one downlink non-anchor carrier, wherein the at least one downlink anchor Fixed carrier carrying a synchronous timing channel (SCH) and at least one of a primary common control entity channel (P-CCPCH), a primary common control physical channel (S-CCPCH), and a physical random access channel (PRACH), or any combination or sub-combination thereof, And wherein the at least one downlink non-anchor carrier does not carry an SCH. A method of operating a base station transceiver station in a radio network, the method comprising: transmitting a first downlink anchor carrier having a first common channel; receiving a device from a user equipment a signal, the first signal notifying the base transceiver station: the user equipment device has used the first downlink anchor carrier to obtain a radio network system to which the base transceiver station belongs; a second downlink anchor carrier of a common channel, the step of transmitting the second downlink anchor carrier overlaps with the step of transmitting the first downlink anchor carrier; and upon receiving After the first signal, a second signal is sent to the user equipment device, and the second signal informs the user equipment device to use the second downlink anchor carrier to obtain the radio network system, where the And each of the second downlink anchor carriers carries a different synchronization time channel (SCH) and a primary common control entity channel (P-CCPCH), and a common control physical channel (S-CCPCH) And at least one of a physical random access channel (PRACH) or any combination or sub-combination thereof. The method of claim 41, further comprising: The first and second downlink anchor carriers are synchronized to the same timing reference. The method of claim 41, further comprising: after receiving the first signal, transmitting a third signal to the user equipment device, the third signal notifying the user equipment device: the second downlink anchor The timing offset of the fixed carrier relative to the first downlink anchor carrier. The method of claim 41, further comprising: after receiving the first signal, transmitting a third signal to the user equipment device, the third signal notifying the user equipment device: the second downlink anchor Fixed carrier scrambling code. The method of claim 41, wherein the first and the second downlink anchor carrier use the same scrambling code. The method of claim 45, further comprising: after receiving the first signal, transmitting a third signal to the user equipment device, the third signal notifying the user equipment device: the second downlink anchor The scrambling code of the fixed carrier is the same as the scrambling code of the first downlink anchor carrier. A base transceiver station in a radio network, the base transceiver station comprising: a receiver for receiving data from a user equipment device on at least one uplink carrier; a transmitter for Transmitting data to user equipment devices on a plurality of downlink carriers; and a processor that controls the transmitter and the receiver, wherein the processor is configured to configure the transmitter and the receiver to: transmit a first downlink anchor carrier having a first common channel Receiving a first signal from a first user equipment device, the first signal notifying the base transceiver station that the first user equipment device has used the first downlink anchor carrier to obtain the base The radio network system to which the transceiver station belongs transmits a second downlink anchor carrier having the first common channel, and after receiving the first signal, sends a second signal to the first user a device device, the second signal informing the first user equipment device to obtain the radio network system using the second downlink anchor carrier, wherein each of the first and second downlink anchor carriers Carrying at least one of a different synchronous time channel (SCH) and a primary common control physical channel (P-CCPCH), a primary common control physical channel (S-CCPCH), and a physical random access channel (PRACH) Or any Combinations or sub-combinations. The base transceiver station of claim 47, wherein the processor is further configured to configure the transmitter to synchronize the first and second downlink anchor carriers to the same timing reference. The base transceiver station of claim 47, wherein the processor is further configured to configure the transmitter to receive a third after receiving the first signal The signal is sent to the first user equipment device, and the third signal informs the first user equipment device of: a timing offset of the second downlink anchor carrier relative to the first downlink anchor carrier. The base transceiver station of claim 47, wherein the processor is further configured to configure the transmitter to transmit a third signal to the first user equipment device after receiving the first signal, the third The signal informs the user equipment device: the second downlink anchor carrier scrambling code. The base transceiver station of claim 47, wherein the first and the second downlink anchor carrier use the same scrambling code. The base transceiver station of claim 51, wherein the processor is further configured to configure the transmitter to transmit a third signal to the first user equipment device after receiving the first signal, the third The signal informs the first user equipment device that the scrambling code of the second downlink anchor carrier is the same as the scrambling code of the first downlink anchor carrier. A method of operating a user equipment device in a radio network, the method comprising: receiving at least one downlink anchor carrier having full 3GPP Release 99 capability from a base transceiver station of the radio network; and Receiving at least a downlink anchored carrier from the base transceiver station with at least a downlink non-anchor carrier capable of local 3GPP Release 99 capability, wherein the at least one downlink anchor carrier carries a synchronous timing channel (SCH) and a primary common control entity channel (P-CCPCH), a common control physical channel (S-CCPCH) and an entity random access channel At least one of (PRACH) or any combination or sub-combination thereof, and wherein the at least one downlink non-anchor carrier does not carry an SCH. A wireless user equipment device for communicating with a base transceiver station of a radio network, the wireless user equipment device comprising: a receiver; and a processing circuit; wherein the processing circuit is configured to: configure The receiver receives at least a downlink anchor carrier having full 3GPP Release 99 capability from a base transceiver station, uses the at least downlink carrier to obtain a radio network system, and configures the receiver to Receiving at least one downlink non-anchor carrier with local 3GPP Release 99 capability from the base transceiver station while receiving the at least one downlink anchor carrier, wherein the at least one downlink anchor carrier carries one At least one of a Synchronization Time Channel (SCH) and a Primary Common Control Physical Channel (P-CCPCH), a Primary Common Control Physical Channel (S-CCPCH), and a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH), or any combination thereof or a sub-combination, and wherein the at least one downlink non-anchor carrier does not carry an SCH. A method of operating a user equipment device in a radio network, the method comprising: receiving at least one downlink anchor carrier having a first common channel from a base transceiver station of the radio network; The at least one downlink link anchor carrier to obtain a radio network system And receiving the payload data on at least the downlink non-anchor carrier that does not carry the first common channel, the step of receiving the payload data and the step of receiving at least the downlink anchor carrier in time Overlapping, wherein the at least one downlink anchor carrier carries a synchronous timing channel (SCH) and a primary common control entity channel (P-CCPCH), a common control physical channel (S-CCPCH), and an entity random access At least one of the channels (PRACH) or any combination or sub-combination thereof, and wherein the at least one downlink non-anchor carrier does not carry an SCH. A wireless user equipment device for communicating with a radio network, the wireless user equipment device comprising: a receiver; and a processing circuit; wherein the processing circuit is configured to: configure the receiver to receive from a base station transceiver station of the radio network having at least a downlink anchor carrier of a first common channel, using the at least downlink link anchor carrier to obtain a radio network system, and configuring the receiver Receiving payload data on at least a downlink non-anchor carrier that does not carry the first common channel while receiving the at least one downlink anchor carrier, wherein the at least one downlink anchor carrier carries one Synchronous Time Channel (SCH) and a Primary Common Control Entity Channel (P-CCPCH) At least one of a Controlling Physical Channel (S-CCPCH) and a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH), or any combination or sub-combination thereof, and wherein the at least one downlink non-anchor carrier does not carry an SCH. A method of operating a base transceiver station in a radio network, the method comprising: transmitting a first downlink anchor carrier having a first common channel; transmitting a second downlink carrier; receiving from a first signal of a user equipment device, the first signal indicating that the user equipment device has used the first downlink anchor carrier to obtain a radio network system; and after receiving the first signal, Transmitting a second signal, the second signal instructing the user equipment device to receive the second downlink carrier, wherein the first downlink anchor carrier carries a synchronous timing channel (SCH) and a primary common control entity At least one of a channel (P-CCPCH), a common control physical channel (S-CCPCH), and a physical random access channel (PRACH), or any combination or sub-combination thereof. The method of claim 57, further comprising: after transmitting the second signal, receiving a third signal from the user equipment device, the third signal indicating that the user equipment device is ready to use the second downlink The path carrier receives the data; and after receiving the third signal, transmits the data to the user equipment device on the second downlink carrier. Base transceiver station in a radio network, the base transceiver The station includes: a receiver for receiving data from the user equipment device; a transmitter for transmitting data to the user equipment device on the plurality of downlink carriers; and a processor for using Controlling the receiver and the transmitter, wherein the processor is configured to: configure the transmitter to transmit a first downlink anchor carrier having a first common channel and a second downlink a carrier configured to receive a first signal from a first user equipment device, the first signal indicating that the first user equipment device has used the first downlink anchor carrier to obtain a radio a network system, and configuring the transmitter to transmit a second signal after receiving the first signal, the second signal instructing the first user equipment device to receive the second downlink carrier, wherein the first The downlink anchor carrier and the second downlink anchor carrier carry a different synchronization time channel (SCH) and a primary common control entity channel (P-CCPCH), and a common control physical channel (S-CCPCH) ) and a real Random Access Channel (PRACH) in the at least one or any combination or subcombination. The base transceiver station of claim 59, wherein the processor is further configured to: configure the receiver to receive a third signal from the first user equipment device after transmitting the second signal, the Three signals indicate the first a user equipment device is ready to receive data using the second downlink carrier; and configuring the transmitter to transmit data to the first downlink carrier on the second downlink carrier after receiving the third signal User equipment device. A method of operating a base transceiver station in a radio network, the method comprising: transmitting a first downlink anchor carrier having a common channel; receiving a first uplink from a user equipment device Transmitting a first signal, the first signal instructing the user equipment device to transmit a second uplink carrier; and synchronizing with the second uplink carrier transmitted by the user equipment device, wherein The first downlink anchor carrier carries a synchronous timing channel (SCH) and a primary common control entity channel (P-CCPCH), a primary common control physical channel (S-CCPCH), and an entity random access channel ( At least one of PRACH) or any combination or sub-combination thereof. The method of claim 61, further comprising: after the synchronizing step, transmitting a second signal, the second signal indicating to the user equipment device that the base transceiver station is ready to be used by the user equipment device Receiving data on the second uplink carrier transmitted; and receiving data from the user equipment device on the second uplink carrier. Base transceiver station in a radio network, the base transceiver The station includes: a receiver for receiving data; a transmitter for transmitting data on a plurality of downlink carriers; and a processor for controlling the receiver and the transmitter, wherein the processor Configuring to: cause the transmitter to transmit a first downlink anchor carrier having a common channel, such that the receiver receives a first uplink carrier from a user equipment device for the transmission Transmitting a first signal, the first signal instructing the user equipment device to transmit a second uplink carrier, and synchronizing the receiver to the second uplink carrier transmitted by the user equipment device, The first downlink anchor carrier carries a synchronous timing channel (SCH) and a primary common control entity channel (P-CCPCH), a common control physical channel (S-CCPCH), and an entity random access channel. At least one of (PRACH) or any combination or sub-combination thereof. The base transceiver station of claim 63, wherein the processor is further configured to, after synchronizing the receiver: causing the transmitter to transmit a second signal, the second signal indicating to the user equipment device: The base transceiver station is ready to receive data on the second uplink carrier transmitted by the user equipment device; and cause the receiver to receive from the second uplink carrier from the use Information on device devices. A method of operating a user equipment device in a radio network, the method comprising: receiving, at the user equipment device, a first downlink anchor carrier having a common channel from one of a base transceiver station Transmitting a first uplink carrier to the base transceiver station at the user equipment device; receiving, at the user equipment device, a first signal from the base transceiver station, the first signal commanding the The user equipment device transmits a second uplink carrier; and transmits the second uplink carrier in response to receiving the first signal, wherein the first downlink anchor carrier carries a synchronous timing channel (SCH) And at least one of a primary common control entity channel (P-CCPCH), a primary common control physical channel (S-CCPCH), and a physical random access channel (PRACH), or any combination or sub-combination thereof. The method of claim 65, further comprising: receiving, at the user equipment device, a second signal from the base transceiver station, the second signal indicating to the user equipment device that the base transceiver station is ready Receiving data on the second uplink carrier transmitted by the user equipment device; and in response to receiving the second signal, transmitting data from the user equipment device on the second uplink carrier To the base transceiver station. Wireless for communicating with a base transceiver station of a radio network a user equipment device, the wireless user equipment device comprising: a receiver; a transmitter; and a processing circuit, wherein the processing circuit is configured to: receive the receiver from one of the base transceiver stations a first downlink anchor carrier of a common channel, the transmitter transmitting a first uplink carrier to the base transceiver station, the receiver receiving a first signal from the base transceiver station The first signal commands the user equipment device to transmit a second uplink carrier, and causes the transmitter to transmit the second uplink carrier in response to receiving the first signal, where the first downlink is The path anchor carrier carries at least one of a synchronous timing channel (SCH) and a primary common control entity channel (P-CCPCH), a primary common control physical channel (S-CCPCH), and a physical random access channel (PRACH). Or any combination or sub-combination thereof. The wireless user equipment device of claim 67, wherein the processing circuit is further configured to: cause the receiver to receive a second signal from the base transceiver station, the second signal indicating to the user equipment device The base transceiver station is ready to receive data on the second uplink carrier transmitted by the user equipment device; and causing the transmitter to respond to the second signal on the second uplink The data is transmitted to the base transceiver station. A wireless user equipment device for communicating with a base transceiver station of a radio network, the wireless user equipment device comprising: receiving means for receiving from the base transceiver station on a plurality of downlink carriers a determining component, configured to determine a channel quality indicator value of each downlink carrier of the plurality of downlink carriers; and a transmitting component configured to use a CQI field on a first uplink carrier Channel quality indicator value is transmitted to the base transceiver station, each time slot of a first uplink carrier has a CQI field; and a selecting component is used for the first uplink from the plurality of downlink carriers One of the path carriers selects a selected first downlink carrier, the selection is once in a cycle period; and an encoding means for utilizing one of the selected first downlink carriers channel quality indicator One of the value and one of the selected second downlink carrier channel quality indicator values encodes a single CQI field of the time slot, wherein the encoding component is configured to be included in the encoding Encoding the single CQI field with at least a portion of the value of the channel quality indicator of the first downlink carrier while utilizing at least a portion of the value of the channel quality indicator of the second downlink carrier Encoding the single FBI field, wherein the transmitting component is configured to include simultaneously transmitting the encoded single CQI field and the channel of the first downlink carrier in the transmission The at least a portion of the value of the quality indicator and the at least a portion of the value of the channel quality indicator of the second downlink carrier. A wireless user equipment device for communicating with a base transceiver station of a radio network, the wireless user equipment device comprising: receiving means for receiving from the base transceiver station on a plurality of downlink carriers a determining component, configured to determine a channel quality indicator value of each downlink carrier of the plurality of downlink carriers; and a transmitting component configured to: send a feedback indicator on a first uplink carrier ( FBI) data in the field is transmitted to the radio network, each time slot has an FBI field; and an encoding means for simultaneously utilizing one of the plurality of downlink carriers selected from the first downlink carrier The FBI field is encoded by at least a portion of a value of one of the channel quality indicator items and at least a portion of a value selected from one of the plurality of downlink carriers and a channel quality indicator of the second downlink carrier, wherein the FBI field is encoded The encoding component is configured to include the at least a portion of the value of the channel quality indicator of the first downlink carrier encoded in the encoding to encode a single FBI field while utilizing The at least a portion of the value of the channel quality indicator of the second downlink carrier encodes the single FBI field, wherein the transmitting component is configured to include simultaneously transmitting the encoded single FBI field in the transmission The at least a portion of the value of the channel quality indicator of the first downlink carrier, and the second downlink The at least a portion of the value of the channel quality indicator of the carrier. A base transceiver station for communicating with a wireless user equipment device in a radio network, the base transceiver station including: receiving means for receiving from the wireless use on a first uplink carrier Information about the device device, the first uplink carrier includes a channel having a CQI field, the CQI field has a first subfield and a second subfield; and a transmitting component is used in the first Transmitting data to the wireless user equipment device on a downlink carrier and on a second downlink carrier; and processing means configured to: receive a value in the CQI field, the Each time slot of an uplink carrier has a CQI field, and the CQI field has one of the received values, and the received one of the first sub-fields of the CQI field is received. a portion of the value, and reading the other portion of the received value in the second subfield of the CQI field simultaneously with the portion of the first subfield, according to the CQI column in each time slot The read value of the received value in the first subfield of the bit Dividing the output power of the first downlink carrier, and based on the read portion of the received value in the second subfield of the CQI field in each time slot Adjusting the output power of the second downlink carrier. The base transceiver station of claim 71, wherein the processing component is further configured to: read a third subfield of the received CQI field, and if the third subfield has a first The value informs one of the radio network controllers of the radio network that the wireless user equipment device has successfully received at least one packet sent to the wireless user equipment device on a downlink carrier. The base transceiver station of claim 71, wherein: the first uplink carrier comprises a channel having a feedback information (FBI) field; and the processing component is further configured to: if the FBI field has A first predetermined value informs one of the radio network controllers of the radio network that the wireless user equipment device has successfully received at least one packet transmitted to the wireless user equipment device on a downlink carrier. A method of operating a wireless user equipment device for communicating with a base transceiver station of a radio network, the method comprising: one for use on a first downlink carrier and a second downlink a step of receiving data from the base transceiver station on a path carrier; a step of determining a value of a first channel quality indicator (CQI) of the first downlink carrier, a first uplink carrier Each time slot has a value of the first channel quality indicator; a step for determining a value of the second channel quality indicator of the second downlink carrier, each time of the first uplink carrier The slot has a value of the second channel quality indicator; a step of transmitting a channel quality indicator value in a CQI field to the radio network on the first uplink carrier, each time slot of the first uplink carrier having a CQI field; And a step of encoding the CQI field of each time slot of the first plurality of first time slots of the first uplink carrier by using the following value: the first channel quality indicator corresponding to the time slot a value derived from the determined value of the item, and a value derived from the value of the second channel quality indicator corresponding to the time slot simultaneously encoded with the value, wherein the step for transmitting Including transmitting, for each time slot of the first plurality of the time slots, the first uplink carrier, the first uplink carrier having the value of the channel quality indicator of the first downlink carrier At least a portion of the at least a portion of the channel quality indicator of the second downlink carrier and the encoded CQI field are simultaneously encoded. A method of operating a wireless user equipment device for communicating with a base transceiver station of a radio network, the method comprising: receiving data from the base transceiver station on a plurality of downlink carriers a step of determining a value of a channel quality indicator for each downlink carrier of the plurality of downlink carriers; a method for determining a channel quality indicator on a first uplink carrier ( The CQI) channel quality indicator value is transmitted to the radio network, each time slot of an uplink carrier has a CQI field; and one is used for the uplink from the plurality of downlink carriers Road carrier Each time slot selects a selected downlink carrier, each downlink carrier of the plurality of downlink carriers is selected once in a cycle; and a selected downlink for utilizing the each time slot The channel quality indicator of the path carrier encodes the CQI field such that the CQI field transmitted on the first uplink carrier will have a channel for each downlink carrier during the cycle The quality information is transmitted once, wherein the step of selecting includes selecting a first downlink carrier and a second downlink carrier from the plurality of downlink carriers for a single time slot of the uplink carrier Each of the first and second downlink carriers of the plurality of downlink carriers is selected once in a cycle period, wherein the step of encoding the CQI field includes simultaneously encoding the isochronous slots One of the single CQI field and the channel quality indicator of the first uplink carrier and the channel quality indicator of the second uplink carrier. A method of operating a base transceiver station in a radio network, the method comprising: a step of receiving data from a wireless user equipment device on a first uplink carrier, the first uplink The path carrier includes a channel having a channel quality indicator (CQI) field, the CQI field having a first subfield and a second subfield; one for use on a first downlink carrier And the step of transmitting data to the wireless user equipment device on a second downlink carrier; a step of reading a value received in the CQI field, receiving one of the values in the CQI field of each time slot, the reading comprising reading the first of the CQI field a portion of the received value in the subfield and reading the other portion of the received value in the second subfield of the CQI field simultaneously with the portion of the first subfield; a step of adjusting an output power of the first downlink carrier based on the read portion of the received value in the first subfield of the CQI field; and The step of adjusting the output power of the second downlink carrier based on the read portion of the received value in the second subfield of the CQI field. A method of operating a base transceiver station in a radio network, the method comprising: a step of transmitting at least a downlink anchor carrier having full 3GPP Release 99 capability; and a method for transmitting with local 3GPP The step of releasing at least the downlink non-anchor carrier of the capability of 99, the step of transmitting at least the downlink non-anchor carrier and the step of transmitting at least the downlink anchor carrier overlap in time And wherein the at least one downlink anchor carrier carries a synchronous timing channel (SCH) and a primary common control entity channel (P-CCPCH), a common control physical channel (S-CCPCH), and an entity random access channel At least one of (PRACH) or any combination or sub-combination thereof, and wherein the at least one downlink non-anchor carrier does not carry an SCH. A method of operating a base transceiver station in a radio network, the method comprising: a step of transmitting at least a downlink anchor carrier having a first common channel; and a transmitting The step of at least one downlink non-anchor carrier of the first common channel, the step of transmitting at least the downlink non-anchor carrier, and the step of transmitting at least the downlink anchor carrier in time Overlapping, wherein the at least one downlink anchor carrier carries a synchronous timing channel (SCH) and a primary common control entity channel (P-CCPCH), a common control physical channel (S-CCPCH), and an entity random access At least one of the channels (PRACH) or any combination or sub-combination thereof, and wherein the at least one downlink non-anchor carrier does not carry an SCH. A base transceiver station in a radio network, the base transceiver station comprising: receiving means for receiving data from a user equipment device on at least one uplink carrier; and transmitting means for multiplexing The data is transmitted to the user equipment device on the downlink carrier, the transmission component configured to transmit at least the downlink anchor carrier with full 3GPP Release 99 capability, and transmit at least the local 3GPP Release 99 capability a line link non-anchor carrier, the transmission of the at least one downlink anchor carrier overlapping with the transmission of the at least one downlink non-anchor carrier, wherein the at least one downlink anchor carrier carries a synchronization Timing channel (SCH) and at least one of a primary common control entity channel (P-CCPCH), a primary common control physical channel (S-CCPCH), and a physical random access channel (PRACH), or any combination or sub-combination thereof, And wherein the at least one downlink non-anchor carrier does not carry an SCH. The base transceiver station of claim 79, wherein the at least one downlink non-anchor carrier does not carry a synchronous timing channel (SCH). A base transceiver station in a radio network, the base transceiver station comprising: receiving means for receiving data from a user equipment device on at least one uplink carrier; and transmitting means for multiplexing Transmitting data to the user equipment device on the downlink carrier, the transmitting component configured to transmit at least a downlink anchor carrier having a first common channel and transmitting at least the first common channel a downlink non-anchor carrier, the transmission of the at least one downlink anchor carrier overlapping with the transmission of the at least one downlink non-anchor carrier, wherein the at least one downlink anchor carrier carries one At least one of a Synchronization Time Channel (SCH) and a Primary Common Control Physical Channel (P-CCPCH), a Primary Common Control Physical Channel (S-CCPCH), and a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH), or any combination thereof or a sub-combination, and wherein the at least one downlink non-anchor carrier does not carry an SCH. A method of operating a base transceiver station in a radio network, the method comprising: transmitting a first downlink anchor having a first common channel a step of terminating a carrier; a step of receiving a first signal from a user equipment device, the first signal notifying the base transceiver station that the user equipment device has used the first downlink anchor a carrier to obtain a radio network system to which the base transceiver station belongs; a step of transmitting a second downlink anchor carrier having the first common channel for transmitting the second downlink anchor carrier The step of the step of transmitting the first downlink anchor carrier overlaps in time; and a step of transmitting a second signal to the user equipment device after receiving the first signal Step, the second signal notifying the user equipment device to use the second downlink anchor carrier to obtain the radio network system, wherein each of the first and second downlink anchor carriers carries one At least one of an individual synchronized timing channel (SCH) and a primary common control physical channel (P-CCPCH), a primary common control physical channel (S-CCPCH), and a physical random access channel (PRACH) or any Combination or Combination. A base transceiver station in a radio network, the base transceiver station comprising: receiving means for receiving data from a user equipment device on at least one uplink carrier; and transmitting means for the plurality of Transmitting data to the user equipment device on the downlink carrier; and a control member for controlling the receiving member and the transmitting member, wherein the control member is configured to configure the transmitting member and the receiving member to: transmit a first downlink anchor having a first common channel a carrier receiving a first signal from a first user equipment device, the first signal notifying the base transceiver station that the first user equipment device has used the first downlink anchor carrier to obtain the The radio network system to which the base transceiver station belongs transmits a second downlink anchor carrier having the first common channel, and after receiving the first signal, sends a second signal to the first use Device device, the second signal notifying the first user equipment device to obtain the radio network system using the second downlink anchor carrier, wherein each of the first and second downlink anchor carriers One carries a different synchronous time channel (SCH) and a main common control physical channel (P-CCPCH), a common control physical channel (S-CCPCH) and a physical random access channel (PRACH) One or any combination or subcombination. The base transceiver station of claim 83, wherein the control component is further configured to configure the transmitting component to synchronize the first and second downlink anchor carriers to the same timing reference. The base transceiver station of claim 83, wherein the control component is further Configuring to configure the transmitting component to transmit a third signal to the first user equipment device after receiving the first signal, the third signal notifying the first user equipment device: the second downlink The timing offset of the anchor carrier relative to the first downlink anchor carrier. The base transceiver station of claim 83, wherein the control component is further configured to configure the transmitting component to transmit a third signal to the first user equipment device after receiving the first signal, the third The signal informs the user equipment device: the second downlink anchor carrier scrambling code. A method of operating a user equipment device in a radio network, the method comprising: receiving at least one downlink anchor with full 3GPP Release 99 capability from a base transceiver station of the radio network a step of transmitting a carrier; and a step of receiving at least a downlink non-anchor carrier having a local 3GPP Release 99 capability from the base transceiver station while receiving the at least one downlink anchor carrier At least the downlink anchor carrier carries a synchronous timing channel (SCH) and a primary common control entity channel (P-CCPCH), a primary common control physical channel (S-CCPCH), and a physical random access channel (PRACH) At least one or any combination or sub-combination thereof, and wherein the at least one downlink non-anchor carrier does not carry an SCH. A wireless user equipment device for communicating with a base transceiver station of a radio network, the wireless user equipment device comprising: a receiving component for receiving a downlink carrier; and a control component for controlling the receiving component; wherein the control component is configured to: configure the receiving component to receive a full 3GPP Release 99 from a base transceiver station At least a downlink anchoring carrier capable of using the at least one downlink carrier to obtain a radio network system, and configuring the receiving component to receive from the base while receiving the at least one downlink anchor carrier At least one downlink non-anchor carrier of the transceiver station having local 3GPP Release 99 capability, wherein the at least one downlink anchor carrier carries a synchronous timing channel (SCH) and a primary common control entity channel (P-CCPCH At least one of any one of a common control physical channel (S-CCPCH) and a physical random access channel (PRACH), or any combination or sub-combination thereof. A method of operating a user equipment device in a radio network, the method comprising: receiving at least one downlink anchor having a first common channel from a base transceiver station of the radio network a carrier step; a step of obtaining a radio network system using the at least one downlink anchor carrier; and a receiving on at least a downlink non-anchor carrier that does not carry the first common channel The step of payload data, the step of receiving the payload data overlaps with the step of receiving at least the downlink anchor carrier, The at least one downlink anchor carrier carries a synchronous timing channel (SCH) and a primary common control entity channel (P-CCPCH), a common control physical channel (S-CCPCH), and an entity random access channel ( At least one of any of the PRACHs, or any combination or sub-combination thereof, and wherein the at least one downlink non-anchor carrier does not carry an SCH. A wireless user equipment device for communicating with a radio network, the wireless user equipment device comprising: a receiving component for receiving a downlink carrier; and a control component configured to: configure the receiving component Receiving at least a downlink anchor carrier having a first common channel from a base transceiver station of the radio network, using the at least one downlink anchor carrier to obtain a radio network system, and configuring The receiving component receives payload data on at least a downlink non-anchor carrier that does not carry the first common channel while receiving the at least one downlink anchor carrier, wherein the at least one downlink anchor is anchored Carrier carrying at least one of a Synchronous Time Channel (SCH) and a Primary Common Control Physical Channel (P-CCPCH), a Primary Common Control Physical Channel (S-CCPCH), and a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) or Any combination or sub-combination, and wherein the at least one downlink non-anchor carrier does not carry an SCH. A method of operating a base transceiver station in a radio network, the method comprising: a step of transmitting a first downlink anchor carrier having a first common channel; a step for transmitting a second downlink carrier; and a step for receiving a device from a user equipment a first signal step, the first signal indicating that the user equipment device has used the first downlink anchor carrier to obtain a radio network system; and a method for transmitting a first signal after receiving the first signal a second signal, the second signal instructing the user equipment device to receive the second downlink carrier, wherein the first downlink anchor carrier carries a synchronous timing channel (SCH) and a primary common control entity channel (P-CCPCH), at least one of a common control physical channel (S-CCPCH) and a physical random access channel (PRACH), or any combination or sub-combination thereof. A base transceiver station in a radio network, the base transceiver station comprising: a receiving component for receiving data from a user equipment device; and a transmitting component for transmitting data on the plurality of downlink carriers a user equipment device; and a control member for controlling the receiving member and the transmitting member, wherein the control member is configured to: configure the transmitting member to transmit a first downlink having a first common channel And a second downlink carrier configured to receive the first signal from a first user equipment device, the first signal indicating the first user equipment The first downlink anchor carrier has been used to obtain the radio network system, and the transmitting component is configured to transmit a second signal after receiving the first signal, the second signal commanding the first use The device device receives the second downlink carrier, wherein the first downlink anchor carrier carries a synchronous timing channel (SCH) and a primary common control entity channel (P-CCPCH), and a common control physical channel At least one of (S-CCPCH) and a physical random access channel (PRACH), or any combination or sub-combination thereof. A method of operating a base transceiver station in a radio network, the method comprising: a step of transmitting a first downlink anchor carrier having a common channel; and a step of receiving from a user a step of the first uplink carrier of the device device; a step of instructing the user equipment device to transmit a second uplink carrier; and a step of causing synchronization to be transmitted by the user equipment device a second uplink carrier, wherein the first downlink anchor carrier carries a synchronous timing channel (SCH) and a primary common control entity channel (P-CCPCH), and a common control physical channel (S- At least one of CCPCH) and a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH), or any combination or sub-combination thereof. Base transceiver station in a radio network, the base transceiver The station includes: a receiving component for receiving data; a transmitting component for transmitting data on the plurality of downlink carriers; and a control component for controlling the receiving component and the transmitting component, wherein the control component is configured to Passing the transmitting component a first downlink anchor carrier having a common channel, causing the receiving component to receive a first uplink carrier from a user equipment device, and causing the transmitting component to transmit a a signal, the first signal commanding the user equipment device to transmit a second uplink carrier; and a synchronization component for synchronizing the receiving component with the second uplink carrier transmitted by the user equipment device The first downlink anchor carrier carries a synchronous timing channel (SCH) and a primary common control entity channel (P-CCPCH), a common control physical channel (S-CCPCH), and an entity random access At least one of the channels (PRACH) or any combination or sub-combination thereof. A method of operating a user equipment device in a radio network, the method comprising: a means for receiving, at the user equipment device, a first downlink from a base transceiver station having a common channel a step of anchoring a carrier; a step of transmitting a first uplink carrier to the base transceiver station at the user equipment device; a step of receiving, at the user equipment device, a first signal from the base transceiver station, the first signal instructing the user equipment device to transmit a second uplink carrier; and a Receiving the first signal and transmitting the second uplink carrier, wherein the first downlink anchor carrier carries a synchronous timing channel (SCH) and a primary common control entity channel (P-CCPCH), At least one of, or a combination or sub-combination of, a common physical channel (S-CCPCH) and a physical random access channel (PRACH) is to be jointly controlled. A wireless user equipment device for communicating with a base transceiver station of a radio network, the wireless user equipment device comprising: a receiving member; a transmitting member; and a control member for controlling the receiving member and the transmitting member The control component is configured to: cause the receiving component to receive a first downlink anchor carrier having a common channel from one of the base transceiver stations, such that the transmitting component will have a first uplink Transmitting a carrier to the base transceiver station, causing the receiving component to receive a first signal from the base transceiver station, the first signal instructing the user equipment device to transmit a second uplink carrier, and causing the transmitting component Transmitting the second uplink carrier in response to receiving the first signal, The first downlink anchor carrier carries a synchronous timing channel (SCH) and a primary common control entity channel (P-CCPCH), a common control physical channel (S-CCPCH), and an entity random access channel. At least one of (PRACH) or any combination or sub-combination thereof. A machine readable medium containing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a wireless user equipment device, cause the wireless user equipment device to perform operations comprising the steps of: Receiving data from a base transceiver station of a radio network on a second carrier and determining a value of a first channel quality indicator of the first downlink carrier, Each time slot of an uplink carrier has a value of the first channel quality indicator; determining a value of a second channel quality indicator of the second downlink carrier, each time of the first uplink carrier The slot has a value of the second channel quality indicator; transmitting, on the first uplink carrier, a channel quality indicator value in a CQI field to the radio network, each of the first uplink carriers The one-time slot has a CQI field; and the CQI field of each of the time slots of the first plurality of first uplink carriers is encoded by using the following values: the first corresponding to the time slot Channel quality indicator a value derived from the determined value, and a value derived from the value of the second channel quality indicator corresponding to the time slot simultaneously encoded with the value, wherein the transmission is included in the first a plurality of time slots of the same time slots Transmitting the first uplink carrier, the first uplink carrier having at least a portion of the value of the channel quality indicator of the first downlink carrier and the channel quality of the second downlink carrier At least a portion of the value of the indicator item encodes the encoded CQI field at the same time. A machine readable medium containing instructions for causing the base transceiver station to perform operations comprising the following steps when executed by at least one processor of a base transceiver station in a radio network: Receiving data from a wireless user equipment device on an uplink carrier, the first uplink carrier including a channel having a channel quality indicator (CQI) field, each time of the first uplink carrier The slot has a CQI field, the CQI field having a first subfield and a second subfield; transmitting data to a first downlink carrier and to a second downlink carrier The wireless user equipment device; reading a value received in the CQI field, receiving one of the values in the CQI field of each time slot, the reading including reading the CQI field a portion of the received value in the first subfield, and reading the received value in the second subfield of the CQI field simultaneously with the portion of the first subfield Part of; receiving the first subfield according to the CQI field And the read portion of the value adjusts an output power of the first downlink carrier; and is adjusted according to the read portion of the received value in the second subfield of the CQI field Output work of the second downlink carrier rate. A machine readable medium containing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a base transceiver station in a radio network, cause the base transceiver station to perform operations comprising the steps of: transmitting At least one downlink anchor carrier of 3GPP Release 99 capability; and at least one downlink non-anchor carrier with local 3GPP Release 99 capability, and at least one step of transmitting at least one downlink non-anchor carrier The step of the line anchoring carrier overlaps in time, wherein the at least one downlink anchor carrier carries a synchronous timing channel (SCH) and a primary common control entity channel (P-CCPCH), a common control entity at a time At least one of a channel (S-CCPCH) and a physical random access channel (PRACH), or any combination or sub-combination thereof, and wherein the at least one downlink non-anchor carrier does not carry an SCH. A machine readable medium containing instructions for causing the base transceiver station to perform an operation comprising: transmitting one when executed by at least one processor of a base transceiver station in a radio network a first downlink anchor carrier of a first common channel; receiving a first signal from a user equipment device, the first signal notifying the base transceiver station that the user equipment device has used the first Downlink anchor carrier to obtain a radio network system to which the base transceiver station belongs; Transmitting a second downlink anchor carrier having the first common channel, the step of transmitting the second downlink anchor carrier and the step of transmitting the first downlink anchor carrier overlapping in time And after receiving the first signal, sending a second signal to the user equipment device, the second signal informing the user equipment device to use the second downlink anchor carrier to obtain the radio network a system, wherein each of the first and second downlink anchor carriers carries a different synchronization time channel (SCH) and a primary common control entity channel (P-CCPCH), and a common control physical channel ( At least one of S-CCPCH) and a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH), or any combination or sub-combination thereof. A machine-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a wireless user equipment device, cause the wireless user equipment device to perform operations comprising: receiving from a radio network a base transceiver station having at least a downlink anchoring carrier capable of full 3GPP Release 99 capability; and receiving local 3GPP Release 99 capability from the base transceiver station while receiving the at least one downlink anchor carrier At least a downlink non-anchor carrier, wherein the at least one downlink anchor carrier carries a synchronous timing channel (SCH) and a primary common control entity channel (P-CCPCH), and a common control physical channel (S) -CCPCH) and at least one of any one or a combination or sub-combination of a physical random access channel (PRACH), and wherein the at least one downlink non-anchor carrier does not carry an SCH.