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- the invention generally relates to wireless communication systems.
- the invention relates to point to multi-point services in such systems.
- point to multi-point There is a growing desire to use point to multi-point services in wireless communication systems. As shown in FIG. 1 in point to multi-point (PtM), one service is sent from a single point, such as a base station 10 , to multiple points, such as multiple user equipments 12 1 - 12 3 . Examples of point to multi-point services are multimedia broadcasts and multicast services.
- FACH forward access channel
- TrCH downlink common transport channel
- S-CCPCH secondary common control physical channel
- the S-CCPCH data rate is limited.
- a high data rate service was transmitted over the S-CCPCH, it would need to be transmitted using a low data redundancy to achieve that high data rate.
- the S-CCPCH is transmitted to the entire cell, it is transmitted at a power level sufficient for reception by a user at the periphery of the cell at a certain quality of service (QOS). Broadcasting a high data rate service at this power level would increase interference to other users reducing the capacity of system, which is extremely undesirable, due to the inefficient use of cell resources.
- QOS quality of service
- the radio resources required for the S-CCPCH and FACH are rather static, due to channel allocation and messaging on these channels being provided at a relatively slow rate by layer 3 signaling techniques.
- the modulation and coding set (MCS) and transmission power level used by the S-CCPCH needs to be sufficient to maintain a certain QOS at the periphery of the cell.
- the static nature of the S-CCPCH configuration does not allow dynamic adjustment of these parameters to make efficient use of radio resources. Additionally, scheduling of transmissions also occur at this slow rate, which does not allow for efficient use of this radio resource and does not allow for efficient multiplexing of data streams to each user.
- DSCHs Downlink shared channels
- the DSCHs are shared by multiple users. Transmissions to different users (user equipments) over the DSCH are separated by time. As a result, the DSCHs are time shared channels.
- Each user using the DSCH has an uplink and a downlink dedicated control channel. These control channels allow a more efficient radio resource utilization of the DSCHs. These control channels allow for power control for each user's transmission over the DSCH and also allow for beam forming to better separate user transmissions. The DSCH's use of power control and beam forming allows for better resource utilization than provided by FACH channels.
- a burst in the downlink control channel may have both a first portion and a second portion of a transport format combination indicator (TFCI).
- the first portion indicates the transport format of the downlink dedicated channel.
- the second portion indicates existence and the transport format of a subsequent DSCH transmission. If a DSCH transmission to the user is going to be sent to the user, the downlink control channel has the second portion of the TFCI set. The transmission will occur in a subsequent transmission time interval (TTI), after a specified time period.
- TTI transmission time interval
- the user then monitors the DSCH for its transmission. To verify that the user is the correct recipient of the DSCH transmission, it checks the transmission for its user identifier. If a transmission is not going to be sent, the second portion of the TFCI is not present on the downlink dedicated control channel.
- DSCHs allows for a more efficient utilization of radio resources, only point to point services can be handled. To handle multiple reception points, multiple transmissions are made over the DSCH. Accordingly, transmission to many users requires many transmissions over the DSCH, using valuable radio resources.
- Service data is transferred in a wireless communication system.
- An indicator is synchronously transmitted for reception by a group of users of a cell in the system.
- the group of users does not include all of the users of the cell.
- Each of the group of users receives the service indicator.
- Each of the group of users monitors for a service identification being transmitted over a downlink shared channel.
- the service data is transmitted over the downlink shared channel with the service identification.
- Each of the group of users detects the service identification and receives the service data of the downlink shared channel.
- FIG. 1 is an illustration of a point to multi-point service.
- FIG. 2 is an illustration of a preferred shared channel.
- FIG. 3 is simplified diagram of a preferred radio network controller/Node-B and user equipment.
- FIG. 4 is a simplified diagram of a preferred radio network controller with a scheduling mechanism for the preferred shared channel.
- FIG. 5A , 5 B, 5 C, 5 D and 5 E are illustrations of preferred scheduling of signals for the shared channel.
- FIG. 6 is an illustration of preferred signals for establishment and transmission of a point to multi-point service over a downlink shared channel.
- FIG. 7 is a simplified diagram of a preferred Node-B and user equipment using transmission power control and beam steering for a shared channel.
- FIG. 2 is an illustration of a preferred shared channel 16 and its associated downlink and uplink dedicated control channels 14 1 - 14 N .
- the information sent over these channels may, in alternate embodiments, be sent by other means, such as by common physical control channels or layer 2/3 signals.
- a group of users, UE 1 12 1 , . . . , UE J 12 J , . . . , UE N 12 N are to receive a shared service 16 .
- a downlink dedicated control channel 14 1 - 14 N for each user is utilized to establish the shared channel and for other control purposes.
- the shared channel 16 is sent by a base station 10 and is received by the group of UEs 12 1 - 12 N .
- UEs, such as UE X 12 x do not receive the shared channel allocation indication in their dedicated control channels 14 x and do not receive data of the shared channel 16 .
- FIG. 3 is a simplified diagram of a RNC 20 /Node-B 18 and one of the UEs, UE J 12 J , for use in transferring data over the shared channel.
- each downlink dedicated control channel (DDCC) generator 24 1 - 24 N produces a control channel signal for each UE 12 1 - 12 N .
- a multi-point synchronization device 25 is used to synchronize DSCH allocations to user groups subscribing to a common PtM service on the users' DDCCs.
- a UE J 12 J After its dedicated control channel is radiated by an antenna 32 or antenna array through the wireless radio interface 22 , it is received by an antenna 34 or an antenna array of the UE J 12 J and processed by a control channel receiver 36 to recover control information of the channel.
- a downlink shared channel generator 26 produces the shared channel signal for transfer through the wireless interface 22 .
- the shared channel signal is received by the UE J 12 J using its antenna 34 or antenna array.
- Information of the shared channel is recovered using the dedicated control channel information by a downlink shared channel receiver 38 .
- a shared channel measuring device 40 takes channel quality measurements/information of the downlink dedicated channel and/or shared channel, for example, received signal code power, relative interference, and block error rate.
- the measurements/information is sent to the RNC 20 /Node-B 18 .
- this channel quality measurements/information is transmit power commands (TPC), phase shift and amplitude information for use in beam forming, and measured values of received power and interference.
- TPC transmit power commands
- a measurement receiver 30 at the RNC 20 /Node-B 18 , recovers the channel measurements from all the users of the shared channel.
- a power control device 28 uses the channel measurements/information to set the power level for the shared channel.
- a transmit diversity device 29 may use the phase shift and amplitude information to set beam forming for the shared channel.
- the power level and beam forming is updated every transmission time interval (TTI), although a longer time period can be used.
- TTI transmission time interval
- the dedicated channels are continuously maintained.
- the received BLER is used to determine a signal to interference ratio (SIR) target.
- SIR signal to interference ratio
- TPC commands are generated.
- the DSCH is activated, the power required is derived from the dedicated channel.
- the transmission power level is set to achieve the desired QOS to the user with the worst reception quality for the PtM transmission. It is also possible to omit users within the PtM user group for which their QoS requirements can not be achieved due to physical limitations in this transmission.
- the transmission characteristics of the various sub-streams may be handled separately.
- a multimedia service may have an audio, video and text sub-streams.
- the QOS of each sub-stream may differ allowing different transmission attributes to be used by each sub-stream. This approach allows for better resource efficiency. Instead of transmitting each sub-stream to meet the highest QOS sub-stream requirements, they can be handled separately on individual DSCH transmissions.
- FIG. 4 is a simplified block diagram of a preferred radio network controller (RNC) 42 .
- the preferred RNC 42 has a scheduling mechanism 46 .
- the scheduling mechanism 46 is preferably used to schedule data every TTI, although a longer scheduling period may be used.
- the scheduling mechanism 46 receives data to be transmitted over shared channel resources.
- the received data includes data for PtP and PtM services.
- the scheduling mechanism schedules the data for transmission in the PtP and PtM transmissions.
- the scheduling mechanism 46 considers the QOS required by each transmission including its required data latency and throughput, as well as physical propagation requirements including the total power requirements of the cell and each channel and beam steering information. For each TTI, the scheduling mechanism makes a best use of the cell resources in it's decision to schedule the data transmissions.
- the total cell power requirement may be almost reached. If the PtM service can be delayed, the PtM service transmission may be delayed one or two TTIs, until the total cell power requirement drops. If this TTI by TTI flexibility is not available, a resource decision is made and can not be changed over a specified time period, such as 100 ms. or 1 s. In these situations, resources are allocated and not changed in that time period. As a result, certain transmissions that could have been transmitted may not be due to idle allocated resources.
- the RNC 42 signals to the UEs 12 1 - 12 N the channels and the timing of the PtP and PtM transmissions.
- Scheduling on a TTI basis offers a greater ability to achieve the QOS and data latency requirements while maintaining high utilization of DSCH cell resources.
- Cell physical channel and PtP/PtM data transmission requirements change dynamically, therefore a scheduling mechanism 46 which can react quickly to these changes offers improved ability to achieve QoS requirements while making the most efficient use of the cells physical resources.
- the scheduler 46 may also take into account physical transmission requirements. For example, one user or user group may require a more robust MCS than another. During the next TTI resources may only be available for a less robust MCS. The scheduler 46 may then schedule transmissions for PtP users or PtM user groups that maximize the use of available resources. Since data available for transmission with specific QOS requirements, available physical resources and channel quality measurements change on a TTI basis, the ability to schedule within this interval improves the number of satisfied users and the overall utilization and efficient use of physical resources.
- the preferred scheduling for each TTI reduces resource conflicts between services, by reducing the occurrences of idle radio resources. Additionally, the TTI scheduling granularity allows for the changing of PtM transmissions to PtP transmissions and vice versa on the fly.
- a multimedia service is sent by a PtM transmission to multiple users. For a particular TTI, only one user requires the transmission and the scheduling mechanism 46 schedules that TTIs service transmission as PtP. In the next TTI, multiple users require the service transmission and a PtM transmission is scheduled.
- the PtP and PtM services can be segmented and reassembled over multiple non-contiguous TTI allocations. This scheduling mechanism 46 further increases flexibility of radio resource assignment and results in greater radio resource efficiency.
- FIGS. 5A , 5 B, 5 C, 5 D and 5 E are illustrations of a potential allocation of the shared channel for a PtM service.
- dedicated control channels 14 1 - 14 N for each user of a PtM user group, user 1 to user N, receiving the service as shown in FIG. 5A , control information is sent.
- FIG. 5B for a 3GPP FDD system, there is a chip offset “DOFF” used to stagger start of user TTIs.
- a service transmission indicator (STI) 50 is sent along with the dedicated control information.
- the service transmission indicator 50 indicates that service data will be sent over the shared channel 16 .
- the preferred service transmission indicator is the presence of the second portion of the TFCI in the dedicated downlink control channel burst, although different indicators, such as a bit or word, may be used.
- the service data is transmitted over the shared channel 16 .
- the transmitted service data preferably, has an ID 52 associated with the service. This service ID (SID) 52 is used to verify that the correct group of recipients is receiving the transmission.
- FIG. 5C illustrates the allocation of multiple PtM services.
- Users 1 and 2 are in group A and receive one PtM service.
- Users 2 and 3 are in group B and receive another PtM service.
- a particular user can receive multiple PtM and PtP services.
- user 2 receives both PtM services.
- a service indicator 50 1 , 50 2 is sent to indicate that a corresponding service transmission is being sent over its DSCH.
- the multiple services may be sent over the same DSCH or multiple DSCHs 16 1 , 16 2 .
- Each service transmission has its service ID 52 1 and 52 2 .
- the STIs 50 1 and 50 2 and the DDCCs are staggered in time. However, the transmission over the different shared channels 16 1 , 16 2 may be simultaneous.
- multiple user groups 1 -G may be receiving a service.
- Each user has a DDCC 14 11 to 14 G N and receives an STI to indicate the PtM transmission.
- UE groups 1 -G are to receive the service.
- the data transmitted in the shared channel comprises a group ID (GID) 54 1 - 54 G for each of the recipient groups.
- GID group ID
- FIG. 6 is an illustration of preferred signals for establishment and transmissions of a point to multi-point service over DSCHs.
- the UMTS terrestrial radio access network (UTRAN) 70 signals to each user, user equipment 12 , to received the service the transport attributes of the transmission, 74 .
- Data to be sent for the point to multi-point service is received from the core network by the UTRAN 70 .
- Each user of the PtM service may not be activated/configured to receive the service at the same time. Users may register for the service at any time, even when the service is ongoing or the user may register when entering specific PtM service areas.
- Each user configures itself for reception of the transmission, 72 , and monitors it's dedicated control channel for DSCH allocations 82 .
- Each user maintains uplink and downlink dedicated channels and sends channel information, such as received interference, received power, calculated pathloss and location information, to the UTRAN 70 , 76 .
- the received interference and pathloss can also be indicated by use of TPC and location information can be signaled by phase shift indications.
- the RAN 70 uses the channel information for all the users within each PtM user group, the RAN 70 establishes criteria for allocation of the DSCH transmissions, such as transmission power levels and beam forming requirements, 78 . To illustrate, if beam forming is not used, the RAN 70 would typically set the transmission power level at a level for reception by the user having the worst reception quality, such as the user having the largest pathloss.
- the power level for each beam is based on the users within the beam having the worst quality.
- the location information is used to group the users based on their location to establish the number, size and shape of the beams needed to service the group.
- these parameters are preferably updated every time transmission interval (TTI), preferably, on each user's uplink dedicated control channel, although a longer time period between updates may be used by transferring equivalent information with layer 3 signaling procedures.
- TTI time transmission interval
- the UTRAN 70 sends the service indicator to the user group(s) on each users dedicated control channel in a synchronized manner, 80 .
- Each user in the group(s) configures itself to receive the PtM transmission, 82 .
- an identifier is sent in the DSCH.
- the DSCH identifier may not be used.
- a specific user identifier is signaled with the DSCH transmission.
- a PtM service identifier common to all users within the PtM user group is signaled with DSCH, 84 .
- Each user verifies that either its PtP user specific identifier or the PtM service identifier is sent with the service transmission.
- the received service data is forwarded to the common traffic channel at the UE 12 1 - 12 N , 86 .
- FIG. 7 is a simplified illustration of a Node-B 18 and UE 12 J utilizing adaptive power control and beam steering for the DSCH.
- the UE 12 J receives the DSCH over the wireless radio interface 64 using its antenna 72 .
- the DSCH data is recovered by a user DSCH receiver 66 .
- a user feedback transmitter 68 sends channel information, such as TPC and/or phase shift information back to the Node-B 18 .
- the Node-B 18 recovers the channel information from all the users associated with each PtM user group using a user feed back receiver 62 .
- Data to be sent over the DSCH for each PtM user group is produced by a DSCH generator 56 .
- a power control device 58 establishes the transmission power level of the DSCH or each DSCH beam using the received feedback information. Beams for the DSCH are determined by a beam steering controller 60 , which provides appropriate magnitude and weight values to each antenna 70 1 to 70 N of the Node-B's antenna array.
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Service data is transferred in a wireless communication system. A first service identification is synchronously transmitted for reception by a group of users of a cell in the system. The group of users does not include all of the users of the cell. Each of the group of users receives the service identification. Each of the group of users monitors for a second service identification being transmitted over a downlink shared channel. The service data is transmitted over the downlink shared channel with the second service identification. Each of the group of users detects the second service identification and receives the service data of the downlink shared channel.
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- This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/426,377 filed Apr. 30, 2003, which claims priority from U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/377,037, filed on May 1, 2002, which is incorporated by reference as if fully set forth.
- The invention generally relates to wireless communication systems. In particular, the invention relates to point to multi-point services in such systems.
- There is a growing desire to use point to multi-point services in wireless communication systems. As shown in
FIG. 1 in point to multi-point (PtM), one service is sent from a single point, such as abase station 10, to multiple points, such as multiple user equipments 12 1-12 3. Examples of point to multi-point services are multimedia broadcasts and multicast services. - In the third generation partnership program (3GPP) proposed system, one proposed channel that could be used for such services is the forward access channel (FACH). The FACH is a downlink common transport channel (TrCH) that can be received by all users. The FACH TrCH is broadcast by applying it to the secondary common control physical channel (S-CCPCH). The S-CCPCH is transmitted to all the cell users.
- To limit the radio recourses utilized by the S-CCPCH, the S-CCPCH data rate is limited. To illustrate, if a high data rate service was transmitted over the S-CCPCH, it would need to be transmitted using a low data redundancy to achieve that high data rate. Since the S-CCPCH is transmitted to the entire cell, it is transmitted at a power level sufficient for reception by a user at the periphery of the cell at a certain quality of service (QOS). Broadcasting a high data rate service at this power level would increase interference to other users reducing the capacity of system, which is extremely undesirable, due to the inefficient use of cell resources.
- Additionally, due to the broadcast nature of the S-CCPCH and FACH, the radio resources required for the S-CCPCH and FACH are rather static, due to channel allocation and messaging on these channels being provided at a relatively slow rate by layer 3 signaling techniques. The modulation and coding set (MCS) and transmission power level used by the S-CCPCH needs to be sufficient to maintain a certain QOS at the periphery of the cell. The static nature of the S-CCPCH configuration does not allow dynamic adjustment of these parameters to make efficient use of radio resources. Additionally, scheduling of transmissions also occur at this slow rate, which does not allow for efficient use of this radio resource and does not allow for efficient multiplexing of data streams to each user.
- Another channel that can be used for point to point (PtP) services is the downlink shared channels (DSCHs). The DSCHs are shared by multiple users. Transmissions to different users (user equipments) over the DSCH are separated by time. As a result, the DSCHs are time shared channels.
- Each user using the DSCH has an uplink and a downlink dedicated control channel. These control channels allow a more efficient radio resource utilization of the DSCHs. These control channels allow for power control for each user's transmission over the DSCH and also allow for beam forming to better separate user transmissions. The DSCH's use of power control and beam forming allows for better resource utilization than provided by FACH channels.
- To receive information over the DSCH, a user first monitors its dedicated downlink control channel. A burst in the downlink control channel may have both a first portion and a second portion of a transport format combination indicator (TFCI). The first portion indicates the transport format of the downlink dedicated channel. The second portion indicates existence and the transport format of a subsequent DSCH transmission. If a DSCH transmission to the user is going to be sent to the user, the downlink control channel has the second portion of the TFCI set. The transmission will occur in a subsequent transmission time interval (TTI), after a specified time period. The user then monitors the DSCH for its transmission. To verify that the user is the correct recipient of the DSCH transmission, it checks the transmission for its user identifier. If a transmission is not going to be sent, the second portion of the TFCI is not present on the downlink dedicated control channel.
- Although the DSCHs allows for a more efficient utilization of radio resources, only point to point services can be handled. To handle multiple reception points, multiple transmissions are made over the DSCH. Accordingly, transmission to many users requires many transmissions over the DSCH, using valuable radio resources.
- Accordingly, it is desirable to have added flexibility in providing wireless point to multi-point services.
- Service data is transferred in a wireless communication system. An indicator is synchronously transmitted for reception by a group of users of a cell in the system. The group of users does not include all of the users of the cell. Each of the group of users receives the service indicator. Each of the group of users monitors for a service identification being transmitted over a downlink shared channel. The service data is transmitted over the downlink shared channel with the service identification. Each of the group of users detects the service identification and receives the service data of the downlink shared channel.
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FIG. 1 is an illustration of a point to multi-point service. -
FIG. 2 is an illustration of a preferred shared channel. -
FIG. 3 is simplified diagram of a preferred radio network controller/Node-B and user equipment. -
FIG. 4 is a simplified diagram of a preferred radio network controller with a scheduling mechanism for the preferred shared channel. -
FIG. 5A , 5B, 5C, 5D and 5E are illustrations of preferred scheduling of signals for the shared channel. -
FIG. 6 is an illustration of preferred signals for establishment and transmission of a point to multi-point service over a downlink shared channel. -
FIG. 7 is a simplified diagram of a preferred Node-B and user equipment using transmission power control and beam steering for a shared channel. - Although the preferred embodiments are described in conjunction with a preferred 3GPP proposed system, they can be utilized with other wireless systems using point to multi-point transmissions.
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FIG. 2 is an illustration of a preferred sharedchannel 16 and its associated downlink and uplink dedicated control channels 14 1-14 N. Although the preferred embodiment uses downlink and uplink dedicated control channels, the information sent over these channels may, in alternate embodiments, be sent by other means, such as by common physical control channels orlayer 2/3 signals. A group of users, UE 1 12 1, . . . ,UE J 12 J, . . . ,UE N 12 N, are to receive a sharedservice 16. A downlink dedicated control channel 14 1-14 N for each user is utilized to establish the shared channel and for other control purposes. The sharedchannel 16 is sent by abase station 10 and is received by the group of UEs 12 1-12 N. UEs, such asUE X 12 x, do not receive the shared channel allocation indication in theirdedicated control channels 14 x and do not receive data of the sharedchannel 16. -
FIG. 3 is a simplified diagram of aRNC 20/Node-B 18 and one of the UEs,UE J 12 J, for use in transferring data over the shared channel. At theRNC 20/Node-B 18, each downlink dedicated control channel (DDCC) generator 24 1-24 N produces a control channel signal for each UE 12 1-12 N. Amulti-point synchronization device 25 is used to synchronize DSCH allocations to user groups subscribing to a common PtM service on the users' DDCCs. For aUE J 12 J, after its dedicated control channel is radiated by anantenna 32 or antenna array through thewireless radio interface 22, it is received by anantenna 34 or an antenna array of theUE J 12 J and processed by acontrol channel receiver 36 to recover control information of the channel. - A downlink shared
channel generator 26 produces the shared channel signal for transfer through thewireless interface 22. The shared channel signal is received by theUE J 12 J using itsantenna 34 or antenna array. Information of the shared channel is recovered using the dedicated control channel information by a downlink sharedchannel receiver 38. A sharedchannel measuring device 40 takes channel quality measurements/information of the downlink dedicated channel and/or shared channel, for example, received signal code power, relative interference, and block error rate. The measurements/information is sent to theRNC 20/Node-B 18. Typically, this channel quality measurements/information is transmit power commands (TPC), phase shift and amplitude information for use in beam forming, and measured values of received power and interference. - A
measurement receiver 30, at theRNC 20/Node-B 18, recovers the channel measurements from all the users of the shared channel. Apower control device 28 uses the channel measurements/information to set the power level for the shared channel. Additionally, a transmitdiversity device 29 may use the phase shift and amplitude information to set beam forming for the shared channel. Preferably, the power level and beam forming is updated every transmission time interval (TTI), although a longer time period can be used. - The dedicated channels are continuously maintained. The received BLER is used to determine a signal to interference ratio (SIR) target. Based on the received estimated SIR, TPC commands are generated. When the DSCH is activated, the power required is derived from the dedicated channel. However, it is typically not exactly the same, since the BLER requirement and physical configuration differ between them. For a PtM transmission, the transmission power level is set to achieve the desired QOS to the user with the worst reception quality for the PtM transmission. It is also possible to omit users within the PtM user group for which their QoS requirements can not be achieved due to physical limitations in this transmission.
- For services having multiple sub-streams of data, the transmission characteristics of the various sub-streams may be handled separately. To illustrate, a multimedia service may have an audio, video and text sub-streams. The QOS of each sub-stream may differ allowing different transmission attributes to be used by each sub-stream. This approach allows for better resource efficiency. Instead of transmitting each sub-stream to meet the highest QOS sub-stream requirements, they can be handled separately on individual DSCH transmissions.
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FIG. 4 is a simplified block diagram of a preferred radio network controller (RNC) 42. Thepreferred RNC 42 has ascheduling mechanism 46. Thescheduling mechanism 46 is preferably used to schedule data every TTI, although a longer scheduling period may be used. Thescheduling mechanism 46 receives data to be transmitted over shared channel resources. The received data includes data for PtP and PtM services. The scheduling mechanism schedules the data for transmission in the PtP and PtM transmissions. To schedule the information, thescheduling mechanism 46 considers the QOS required by each transmission including its required data latency and throughput, as well as physical propagation requirements including the total power requirements of the cell and each channel and beam steering information. For each TTI, the scheduling mechanism makes a best use of the cell resources in it's decision to schedule the data transmissions. To illustrate, in a particular TTI the total cell power requirement may be almost reached. If the PtM service can be delayed, the PtM service transmission may be delayed one or two TTIs, until the total cell power requirement drops. If this TTI by TTI flexibility is not available, a resource decision is made and can not be changed over a specified time period, such as 100 ms. or 1 s. In these situations, resources are allocated and not changed in that time period. As a result, certain transmissions that could have been transmitted may not be due to idle allocated resources. TheRNC 42 signals to the UEs 12 1-12 N the channels and the timing of the PtP and PtM transmissions. Scheduling on a TTI basis offers a greater ability to achieve the QOS and data latency requirements while maintaining high utilization of DSCH cell resources. Cell physical channel and PtP/PtM data transmission requirements change dynamically, therefore ascheduling mechanism 46 which can react quickly to these changes offers improved ability to achieve QoS requirements while making the most efficient use of the cells physical resources. - The
scheduler 46 may also take into account physical transmission requirements. For example, one user or user group may require a more robust MCS than another. During the next TTI resources may only be available for a less robust MCS. Thescheduler 46 may then schedule transmissions for PtP users or PtM user groups that maximize the use of available resources. Since data available for transmission with specific QOS requirements, available physical resources and channel quality measurements change on a TTI basis, the ability to schedule within this interval improves the number of satisfied users and the overall utilization and efficient use of physical resources. - The preferred scheduling for each TTI reduces resource conflicts between services, by reducing the occurrences of idle radio resources. Additionally, the TTI scheduling granularity allows for the changing of PtM transmissions to PtP transmissions and vice versa on the fly. To illustrate, a multimedia service is sent by a PtM transmission to multiple users. For a particular TTI, only one user requires the transmission and the
scheduling mechanism 46 schedules that TTIs service transmission as PtP. In the next TTI, multiple users require the service transmission and a PtM transmission is scheduled. Using thepreferred scheduling mechanism 46, the PtP and PtM services can be segmented and reassembled over multiple non-contiguous TTI allocations. Thisscheduling mechanism 46 further increases flexibility of radio resource assignment and results in greater radio resource efficiency. -
FIGS. 5A , 5B, 5C, 5D and 5E are illustrations of a potential allocation of the shared channel for a PtM service. In dedicated control channels 14 1-14 N for each user of a PtM user group,user 1 to user N, receiving the service as shown inFIG. 5A , control information is sent. As shown inFIG. 5B for a 3GPP FDD system, there is a chip offset “DOFF” used to stagger start of user TTIs. For each user within the PtM service user group as shown inFIG. 5A and 5B , a service transmission indicator (STI) 50 is sent along with the dedicated control information. Theservice transmission indicator 50 indicates that service data will be sent over the sharedchannel 16. The preferred service transmission indicator is the presence of the second portion of the TFCI in the dedicated downlink control channel burst, although different indicators, such as a bit or word, may be used. After a set time period, the service data is transmitted over the sharedchannel 16. The transmitted service data, preferably, has anID 52 associated with the service. This service ID (SID) 52 is used to verify that the correct group of recipients is receiving the transmission. -
FIG. 5C illustrates the allocation of multiple PtM services.Users Users 2 and 3 are in group B and receive another PtM service. A particular user can receive multiple PtM and PtP services. As shown inFIG. 5C ,user 2 receives both PtM services. In theDDCCs 14 1 to 14 3 for each user, aservice indicator multiple DSCHs service ID FIG. 5D , theSTIs channels - In
FIG. 5E for a differing signaling approach, multiple user groups 1-G may be receiving a service. Each user has aDDCC 14 11 to 14 GN and receives an STI to indicate the PtM transmission. UE groups 1-G are to receive the service. The data transmitted in the shared channel comprises a group ID (GID) 54 1-54 G for each of the recipient groups. -
FIG. 6 is an illustration of preferred signals for establishment and transmissions of a point to multi-point service over DSCHs. The UMTS terrestrial radio access network (UTRAN) 70 signals to each user,user equipment 12, to received the service the transport attributes of the transmission, 74. Data to be sent for the point to multi-point service is received from the core network by theUTRAN 70. Each user of the PtM service may not be activated/configured to receive the service at the same time. Users may register for the service at any time, even when the service is ongoing or the user may register when entering specific PtM service areas. Each user configures itself for reception of the transmission, 72, and monitors it's dedicated control channel forDSCH allocations 82. - Each user maintains uplink and downlink dedicated channels and sends channel information, such as received interference, received power, calculated pathloss and location information, to the
UTRAN RAN 70 establishes criteria for allocation of the DSCH transmissions, such as transmission power levels and beam forming requirements, 78. To illustrate, if beam forming is not used, theRAN 70 would typically set the transmission power level at a level for reception by the user having the worst reception quality, such as the user having the largest pathloss. If beam forming is used, the power level for each beam is based on the users within the beam having the worst quality. For beam forming, the location information is used to group the users based on their location to establish the number, size and shape of the beams needed to service the group. To optimize the usage of radio resources, these parameters are preferably updated every time transmission interval (TTI), preferably, on each user's uplink dedicated control channel, although a longer time period between updates may be used by transferring equivalent information with layer 3 signaling procedures. - The
UTRAN 70 sends the service indicator to the user group(s) on each users dedicated control channel in a synchronized manner, 80. Each user in the group(s) configures itself to receive the PtM transmission, 82. - Since the indication of the shared channel transmission is typically not completely fault tolerant, preferably, an identifier is sent in the DSCH. However, in alternate embodiments, the DSCH identifier may not be used. For PtP services, a specific user identifier is signaled with the DSCH transmission. For the preferred embodiment, a PtM service identifier common to all users within the PtM user group is signaled with DSCH, 84. Each user verifies that either its PtP user specific identifier or the PtM service identifier is sent with the service transmission. The received service data is forwarded to the common traffic channel at the UE 12 1-12 N, 86.
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FIG. 7 is a simplified illustration of a Node-B 18 andUE 12 J utilizing adaptive power control and beam steering for the DSCH. TheUE 12 J receives the DSCH over thewireless radio interface 64 using itsantenna 72. The DSCH data is recovered by auser DSCH receiver 66. Auser feedback transmitter 68 sends channel information, such as TPC and/or phase shift information back to the Node-B 18. The Node-B 18 recovers the channel information from all the users associated with each PtM user group using a user feed backreceiver 62. - Data to be sent over the DSCH for each PtM user group is produced by a
DSCH generator 56. Apower control device 58 establishes the transmission power level of the DSCH or each DSCH beam using the received feedback information. Beams for the DSCH are determined by abeam steering controller 60, which provides appropriate magnitude and weight values to eachantenna 70 1 to 70 N of the Node-B's antenna array.
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1. A method for joining a multimedia broadcast multicast service session in wireless communications, the method comprising:
monitoring a control channel for a service identifier of the multimedia broadcast multicast service session;
decoding the service identifier to determine a time interval of the multimedia broadcast multicast service session;
receiving a service message indicating a plurality of multimedia broadcast multicast service sessions;
selecting one of the plurality of multimedia broadcast multicast service service sessions; and
receiving the chosen multimedia broadcast multicast service session on a downlink shared channel on the decoded time interval.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the service identifier is received on a transmission time interval basis.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein additional service identifiers are received for ongoing multimedia broadcast multicast service sessions.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein users register to receive the service identifiers.
5. A user equipment configured to join a multimedia broadcast multicast service session in wireless communications, the user equipment comprising:
a transmitter, a receiver and an antenna array;
the transmitter, receiver and antenna array configured to monitor a control channel for a service identifier of the multimedia broadcast multicast service session;
the processor configured to decode the service identifier to determine a time interval of the multimedia broadcast multicast service session;
the receiver and antenna array configured to receive a service message indicating a plurality of multimedia broadcast multicast service sessions;
the processor configured to choose select one of the plurality of multimedia broadcast multicast service sessions; and
the receiver and the antenna array configured to receive the chosen multimedia broadcast multicast service session on a downlink shared channel on the decoded time interval.
6. The user equipment of claim 5 , wherein the service identifier is received on a transmission time interval basis.
7. The user equipment of claim 5 , wherein additional service identifiers are received for ongoing multimedia broadcast multicast service sessions.
8. The user equipment of claim 5 , wherein users register to receive the service identifiers.
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