WO2004006603A2 - System, apparatus and method for uplink resource allocation - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to the field of radio resource allocation within networks. More specifically, the present invention relates to a system, apparatus and method for allocating radio resources to a plurality of subscriber stations transmitting to a radio base station.
- the network needs to provide sufficient capacity (which can be measured as a data rate in bits/s) to meet the needs of each subscriber.
- Media traffic such as telephony calls, streaming video or the like, requires a predictable amount of capacity (for example, a telephony call using the G.729AB codec requires 9.6 kbits/s); however, this capacity must be guaranteed. Otherwise, latency will degrade the media service and result in an unsatisfactory subscriber experience.
- Data traffic such as HTTP requests and FTP service, can often require large amounts of capacity, but subscribers usually will tolerate brief periods of latency. However, if there is too much latency or the data rate is too slow, then the subscriber will be dissatisfied.
- the finite resources can include the radio bandwidth, the transmission power levels, etc. If the network includes shared links between subscriber stations, these radio resources and the resulting capacity must be allocated between the subscriber stations. For example, time division multiple access (TDMA) networks allocate slots of time to nodes to transmit over the links and code division multiple access (CDMA) networks can allocate different spreading factors and/or transmission power levels to subscriber stations. For economic reasons a network operator typically wants to allocate as much of the network resources as possible, allowing for a small safety margin, to provide optimal data rates, throughput and economic return. However, the network operator must be careful not to allow excess traffic onto the network as this can cause serious performance and/or stability issues.
- TDMA time division multiple access
- CDMA code division multiple access
- Network operators are further concerned with how to allocate the available radio resources between various subscriber stations (whether they are cellular phones, PDAs, laptops with wireless network cards, etc belonging to individual subscribers). Allocation can be performed either fairly between all subscriber stations, or preferentially to reflect different services or service levels for some subscriber stations versus other. For example, media traffic, being generally latency-intolerant should be provided priority over latency-tolerant data traffic like HTTP requests. Similarly, some subscriber stations may have paid for, or otherwise be entitled to, higher average data rates or better service levels than other subscriber stations.
- a centralized radio-based network a plurality of subscriber stations communicate with a single base station.
- the base station admits subscriber stations onto the network and allocates a portion of the network's resources to service each subscriber station in both the uplink (many to one) and downlink (one to many) directions. Since the base station is responsible for resource management, it is necessary for the base station to monitor network traffic levels to effectively allocate and/or reallocate radio resources to ensure sufficient capacity for each subscriber station. In the downlink direction (i.e., from the base station to the subscriber station), monitoring is relatively straightforward since all data and media traffic passes directly through the base station enroute to the subscriber stations, allowing the base station to monitor network utilization, allocate resources and schedule traffic accordingly.
- RRAM radio resource and access manger
- RRAM strategies are concerned with admitting subscriber stations to the network, assigning resources to meet a "fairness" or other criteria of resource allocation, and managing usage levels in view of available resources to ensure graceful service degradation and/or stability when usage approaches the maximum threshold.
- RRAM strategies are typically engineered for a specific physical channel (Ethernet, wireless, etc) to the different types of data structures that the network is expecting to carry (i.e., session-based traffic, bursty LP traffic, etc.).
- each subscriber station can connect to the base station using an ALOHA-style protocol where the subscriber station simply transmits at will and continually retries at random intervals if the earlier transmission fails.
- an ALOHA-style protocol is highly inefficient in terms of its utilization of capacity.
- a number of more sophisticated uplink traffic management schemes have been developed and/or suggested, such as random access polling, resource scheduling and reservation systems.
- Wired Medium Access Control Protocols published in IEEE Communications Surveys (Second Quarter 2000)
- Ajay Gummalla and John Limb survey a number of MAC strategies to address these problems.
- channels are of a fixed size, designed with significant redundancy for worst-case scenarios. While overprovisioning allows for some robustness in the channel, it is an inefficient use of network resources. Since the channel sized is fixed, the channel is underutilized (in terms of maximum capacity) in better than worst case scenarios. For example, an assigned channel may provide 19.2 kbits/s. Regardless of the channel quality, the subscriber will only ever transmit at 19.2 kbits/s. Additionally, once a channel is booked, those channel resources are unavailable to the rest of the network, even when nothing is currently being transmitted on the channel.
- probabilistic scheduling Another method of managing uplink traffic is the use of "probabilistic scheduling".
- the base station provides each subscriber station with a "transmit probability”. This transmit probability is the probability that the subscriber station will transmit a packet.
- Probabilistic scheduling allows the base station to better manage bursty network traffic .
- one problem with probabilistic scheduling is that all subscriber stations must be provided a channel whether they are transmitting or not, and channels are typically a limited resource in most networks.
- probabilistic scheduling as implemented by many 3G systems such as the Third Generation Partnership Program (www.3gpp.org). is designed for "session based" or more connection-like services, and are not optimized for a mix of voice and conventional IP data services.
- a subscriber station requests dedicated bandwidth from a base station, typically using a random access channel (RACH) or other control or signaling channels provided for such a purpose.
- RACH random access channel
- the base station then schedules bandwidth allocation to each subscriber station based on overall network demand mediated by its own scheduling rules, and authorizes each subscriber station to transmit at . appropriate times.
- RACH random access channel
- QoS quality of service
- fairness however defined
- a method for managing a request for an assignment of at least one uplink dedicated data channel in a network comprising a base station including a radio resource and access manager and a plurality of subscriber stations, where the base station can assign a dedicated data channel from a pool of unassigned dedicated data channels and can allocate a portion of radio resources to assign data rate capacity to an assigned channel, comprising: a) receiving at the base station a request for a dedicated data channel from one subscriber station of the plurality of subscriber stations; b) the radio resource and access manager determining if sufficient radio resources are available for providing the requested data channel and if a dedicated data channel is available for assignment from the pool of unassigned dedicated data channels, then i) if the resources and the dedicated data channel are available, advancing to step
- a method for allocating a minimum uplink data rate to a subscriber station in a network comprising a base station and a plurality of subscriber stations, each of the plurality of subscriber stations being independently allocated a current data rate from a set of possible data rates and the data rates requiring varying amounts of uplink radio resources, the method comprising: a) receiving a reservation request at the base station from one subscriber station of the plurality of subscriber stations; b) determining whether sufficient uplink radio resources are available to allocate the minimum data rate to the one subscriber station, then i) if sufficient uplink radio resources are available, advancing to step (e); ii) if sufficient uplink radio resources are not available, advancing to step (c); c) determining whether at least one other subscriber station from the plurality of subscriber stations is eligible for a lower data rate, then iii) if at least one other subscriber station is eligible for the lower data rate, advancing to step (d); iv) otherwise
- the present invention provides a system for managing uplink resources to ensure an efficient use of available uplink resources and to provide fairness amongst uplink subscriber stations.
- the RRAM responds to a number of different system events, such as the reception of a high or low traffic volume report, reservation request, or RACH request. In general, the RRAM tries to allocate higher data rates (DDCHs) to subscriber stations requiring them.
- DDCHs data rates
- the RRAM employs a selective rate reduction policy to ensure sufficient network resources for subscriber stations depending on their individual requirements.
- the RRAM can drop a subscriber station at a low data rate and no media reservations, hi response to traffic measurement reports from the subscriber stations, the RRAM attempts to increase or decrease the data rate of a subscriber station .
- the RRAM tries to lower the rate of another subscriber .
- the base station RRAM starts at the highest rate and checks the oldest subscriber stations at that rate. RRAM continues to search lower data rates until a suitable candidate subscriber station is found. This policy prevents subscriber stations from capturing high rate channels while other low rate subscriber stations are demanding more bandwidth. During congestion periods with many subscriber stations demanding rate increases, high data rate channels are assigned to subscriber stations in a round-robin fashion where each subscriber stations holds a high rate channel only for a fixed period of time.
- Figure 1 is a schematic representation of a wireless network in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.
- Figure 2 is a representation of a communications link as shown in Figure 1, comprised of multiple channels;
- FIG 3 is a schematic representation of the base station shown in Figure 1;
- Figure 4 is a schematic representation of one of the subscriber stations shown in Figure 1;
- Figure 5 is a representation of event messages transmitted between subscriber stations and a base station over the communications link shown in Figure 2;
- Figure 6a, 6b, and 6c are state diagrams of channel transitions for the network shown in Figure 1 ;
- Figure 7 is a schematic representation of the radio resource manager running on the base station shown in Figure 3;
- Figure 8 is a flowchart showing how the radio resource manager handles the assignment of an uplink DDCH
- Figure 9 is a flowchart showing resizing of the uplink DDCH
- Figure 10 is a flowchart showing how the radio resource manager handles a low traffic volume measurement report
- Figure 11 is a flowchart showing how the radio resource manager handles a high traffic volume measurement report
- Figure 12 is a flowchart showing how the radio resource manager handles a request to reserve uplink resources
- Figure 13 is a flowchart showing how the radio resource manager handles a request to release reserved uplink resources.
- Figure 14 is a flowchart showing how the radio resource manager handles an uplink load alarm.
- Network 20 includes a radio base station 24 and a plurality of subscriber stations 28a, 28b ... 28n.
- radio base station 24 is connected to at least one data telecommunications network (not shown), such as a land line-based switched data network, a packet network, etc., by an appropriate gateway and one or more backhauls (not shown), such as a Tl, T3, El, E3, OC3 or other suitable land line link, or a satellite or other radio or microwave channel link or any other link suitable for operation as a backhaul as will occur to those of skill in the art.
- Base station 24 communicates with subscriber stations 28 which, in a present embodiment of the invention, are installed at subscriber premises, as is common in a wireless local loop (WLL) system but could also be nomadic .or mobile stations as will be apparent.
- WLL wireless local loop
- the number 'n' of subscriber stations serviced by a base station 24 can vary depending upon a variety of factors, including the amount of radio bandwidth available and/or the configuration and requirements of the subscriber stations 28.
- the geographic distribution of subscriber stations 28 with respect to base station 24 need not be symmetric nor will subscriber stations 28 which are physically located close to one another necessarily experience the same or similar reception qualities due to a variety of factors including the geographic environment (the presence or absence of buildings which can reflect or mask signals), the radio environment (the presence or absence of radio noise sources), etc.
- geographic environment the presence or absence of buildings which can reflect or mask signals
- radio environment the presence or absence of radio noise sources
- transception reception and transmission
- subscriber stations 28 can be geographically divided into different sectors 36, formed via beam forming antennas at base station 24 to increase the number of subscriber station 28 that can be served from a single base station location, hi such a case, each sector 36 essentially acts as a different base station and base station 24 can manage the network resources in each sector 36 independent of each other sector 36. While Figure 1 shows only one base station 24, it will further be apparent to those of skill in the art that network 20 can contain multiple, geographically distributed base stations 24, with overlapping sector 36 coverage of subscriber stations 28, and where each subscriber station 28 in an overlapping sector 36 coverage area can select which base station 24 it will be serviced by.
- a communication link 32 is established in each sector 36 between base station 24 and each subscriber station 28 in the sector 36 via radio.
- Communication link 32a carries information to be transferred between base station 24 and subscriber station 28b
- communication link 32b carries information to be transferred between base station 24 and subscriber stations 28c and 28d, etc.
- Communication link 32 can be implemented using a variety of multiple access techniques, including TDMA, FDMA, CDMA or hybrid systems such as GSM, etc.
- data transmitted over communication link 32 is transmitted using CDMA as a multiple access technology and the data is in the form of packets, encapsulated within slotted time frames, the details of which will be discussed in greater detail below.
- packaging refers to the overall arrangement of the transmission of the data for its reception at an intended destination receiver.
- Packaging of data can include, without limitation, applying different levels of forward error correcting (FEC) codes (from no coding to high levels of coding and/or different coding methods), employing various levels of symbol repetition, employing different modulation schemes (4-QAM, 16-QAM, 64-QAM, etc.) and any other techniques or methods for arranging data transmission with a selection of the amount of radio (or other physical layer) resources required, the data rate and the probability of transmission errors which are appropriate for the transmission.
- FEC forward error correcting
- data can be packaged with rate 1/4 FEC coding (each 1 data bit is transmitted in 4 bits of information) and 16-QAM modulation for transmission to a first intended receiver and packaged with rate 1/2 FEC coding and 64-QAM modulation for transmission to a second intended receiver, which has a better reception-quality than the first.
- rate 1/4 FEC coding each 1 data bit is transmitted in 4 bits of information
- 16-QAM modulation for transmission to a first intended receiver
- rate 1/2 FEC coding and 64-QAM modulation for transmission to a second intended receiver, which has a better reception-quality than the first.
- Communications link 32 operates in both an uplink (from a subscriber station 28 to base station 24) and a downlink direction (from base station 24 to subscriber stations 28).
- the method of providing both uplink and downlink direction is not particularly limited, and in the present embodiment communications link 32 operates by frequency division duplexing (FDD).
- FDD frequency division duplexing
- TDD time division duplexing
- hybrids thereof are within the scope of the invention.
- communications link 32 is comprised of a plurality of channels, which in the present CDMA implementation, is achieved with orthogonal coding of link 32.
- base station 24 uses a broadcast data channel (BDCH) 38 to provide signaling and data transmissions to all subscriber stations 28 in a sector 36.
- BDCH broadcast data channel
- DDCHs 40 are set up between base station 24 and each subscriber station 28 which needs to transmit data to base station 24 and DDCHs 40 can be appropriately sized to provide a variety of data rate capacities, as needed.
- DDCH's are bi-directional, although they can have differing data rate capacities in the uplink and downlink.
- RACH 42 random access channel
- Signaling traffic is normally carried from subscriber stations 28 to base station 24 using the DDCH 40 assigned to the subscriber station 28, but some signaling, such as the above-mentioned request for a DDCH, can be carried by RACH 42.
- Figure 3 shows an example of base station 24 in greater detail. For the sake of clarity, Figure 3 shows an example of a single sector base station 24.
- Base station 24 comprises an antenna 46, or antennas, for receiving and transmitting radio-communications over communication communications link 32.
- Antenna 46 is connected to a radio 48 and a modem 50.
- Modem 50 is connected to a microprocessor-router assembly 52 such as a Pentium HI processor system manufactured by INTEL.
- Microprocessor-router assembly 52 is responsible for radio resource management of all subscriber stations 28 within its sector 36. It will be understood that assembly 52 can include multiple microprocessors, as desired and/or that the router can be provided as a separate unit, if desired.
- the router within microprocessor-router assembly 52 is connected to a backhaul 56 in any suitable manner, which in turn connects base station 24 to a data telecommunications network (not shown).
- Subscriber station 28 comprises an antenna 60, or antennas, for receiving and transmitting radio-communications over communication communications link 32.
- Antenna 60 is connected to a radio 64 and a modem 68, which in turn is connected to a microprocessor- assembly 72.
- Microprocessor-assembly 72 can include, for example, a StrongARM processor manufactured by Intel, that performs a variety of functions, including implementing A/D-D/A conversion, filters, encoders, decoders, data compressors, de-compressors and/or packet assembly/disassembly. Micro-processor-assembly 72 also includes one or more buffers 74 which store queued traffic waiting for transport to base station 24 via communications link 32.
- microprocessor-assembly 72 interconnects modem 68 with a data port 76, for connecting subscriber station 28 to a data client device (not shown), such as a personal computer, personal digital assistant or the like which is operable to use data received over communication communications link 32. Accordingly, microprocessor-assembly 72 is operable to process data between data port 76 and modem 68. Microprocessor-assembly 72 is also interconnected to at least one telephony port 80, for connecting subscriber station 28 to a telephony device (not shown) such as a telephone.
- RRAM 100 radio resource manager 100 which runs on microprocessor assembly 52 of base station 24 or on any other appropriate computing resource within system 20.
- RRAM 100 is responsible for assigning subscriber stations 28 a DDCH 40, unassigning DDCHs 40 from subscribers stations and for allocating and reallocating data rate capacity to subscriber stations 28.
- the data rate assigned to a DDCH 40 can change over the course of its duration, based on the demands from subscriber station 28 and the demands for and amount of available uplink resources, as discussed below.
- Capacity allocation for media traffic i.e. - that traffic which requires guaranteed capacity, is achieved through the reservation of uplink resources where a guaranteed minimum data rate is assigned to each DDCH 40 to ensure that the media traffic is transmitted accordingly.
- Subscriber stations 28 without a DDCH 40 can request a dedicated channel using a RACH request 112 over RACH 42.
- RRAM 100 determines if resources are available to create a new DDCH 40 for that subscriber station 28. If the resources are available, RRAM 100 will assign the DDCH 40. If the resources are not available, RRAM 100 can determine if it can lower the data rate capacity of a subscriber station 28 which already has an assigned DDCH 40 or if a subscriber station 28 with an assigned DDCH 40 can be moved to a "camped" state to make the required resources available to open a new DDCH 40 for the requesting subscriber station 28.
- a subscriber station 28 When a subscriber station 28 is in a camped state, its presence within sector 36 is known to base station 24, but no DDCH 40 is assigned. If a subscriber station 28 transmits a RACH request 112 and does not receive a response from base station 24 within a predetermined period of time, it will retransmit its RACH request 112, provided that subscriber station 28 still requires a DDCH 40.
- subscriber stations 28 with assigned DDCHs 40 send traffic volume measurement reports 104 (for data traffic) or reservation requests 108 (for media traffic like telephony services) to indicate their data rate capacity requirements for their DDCH 40.
- These measurement reports 104 or reservation requests 108 are transmitted over DDCH 40 to base station 24. If a response to these messages is not provided after a predetermined period of time, these messages will be retransmitted, provided that the condition which triggered them still exists.
- each subscriber station 28 queues packets waiting to be transmitted in buffers 74 and, in a present embodiment, sends a measurement report 104 identifying whenever its queue size in buffers 74 either exceeds a predetermined threshold (indicating a high volume of traffic to be sent) or whenever its queue size drops below a second predetermined threshold (indicating a low volume of traffic to be sent), where the second threshold is lower than the first threshold.
- the queue size in buffers 74 must either exceed the first predetermined threshold or fall below the second predetermined threshold for predetermined periods of time before sending a measurement report 104. This avoids sending a measurement report 104 in response to a momentary spike or lull in the traffic volume to be transmitted.
- Subscriber stations 28 can also send a reservation request 108 to reserve a minimum amount of guaranteed uplink resources or to release the minimum amount of guaranteed uplink resources used for media services. Guaranteed uplink resources assigned to a subscriber station will not normally be reassigned away from a subscriber station while in use, and thus can be used to transmit media traffic.
- Base station 24 receives measurement reports 104 and reservations requests 108 and generates a system event within RRAM 100. In response to these events, RRAM 100 determines whether data rate modification of DDCH 40 is needed for one or more of subscriber stations 28. If a data rate increase is needed for a subscriber station 28 and if, as described below the necessary resources are, or can be made, available, base station 24 informs that subscriber station 28 of its new uplink DDCH 40 configuration using inband signaling in DDCH 40 and the subscriber station 28 then switches to the new configuration. If the necessary resources for a data rate modification are not available, RRAM 100 ignores the measurement report and will consider the next report.
- RRAM 100 will inform the affected subscriber station 28 of its new uplink DDCH 40 configuration using inband signaling in DDCH 40 and the subscriber station 28 then switches to the new configuration. RRAM 100 responds to these events in sequence as it receives them. In response to any of the above-mentioned events, RRAM 100 can resize one or more of the uplink DDCHs 40s. For a given subscriber stations 28; with a DDCH 40, the new rate is selected from a set of preselected rates (R) denoted as ⁇ R' m m , R; , R 2 , ...
- R preselected rates
- R N ⁇ - RI , R2 , ⁇ -, R N represent the set of discrete rates possible for DDCH 40, where R; ⁇ R 2 ⁇ ... ⁇ R N and R N indicates the highest discreet rate available to subscriber station 28j.
- the number (N) of rates in R is configurable by a network operator.
- R l m icetate is the minimum uplink rate (e.g., in kbits/s) that can be reserved for any particular subscriber station 28; and equals the sum of its current uplink reservation(s) for media traffic (if any) plus a minimum data rate allocated for non-media data traffic.
- R l m icetate can vary over time as the amount of reserved uplink capacity changes. It will be apparent that R'toritude favoring may be greater than any R value (R , R 2 —) less than R N (since R N is the maximum data rate available for subscriber station 28).
- R' perennially affector subscriber station 28j hi the current embodiment, the value of each rate buffer in R (in kbps) is configurable by a network operator.
- a DDCH 40 When a DDCH 40 is first assigned to a subscriber station 28; it is initially assigned a rate equal to its R' m , compassion. When a subscriber station 28; is granted its first rate increase, it is assigned the minimum R that is greater than R' mm .
- the subscriber station 28; rate may change step-by-step in the set of ⁇ Rj , R 2 , ..., R N ⁇ but never drops below its R l m i n -
- Figures 6a through 6c show some examples of possible channel transitions in a system with four discrete rates.
- Figure 6a shows the set of possible channel transitions where R' mm ⁇ Ri.
- Figure 6b shows a set of possible transitions where Ri ⁇ R', mecanic ⁇ R 2 .
- Figure 6c shows a set of possible channel transitions where R 2 ⁇ R'mm ⁇ R3. fri each of these three scenarios, subscriber station 28 is always provided with a channel rate at least equal to its R' m ikie. In the current embodiment, changes between rates require approximately 50 ms to occur and moving out of a camped state (not shown) typically takes longer (approx. 500 ms in the current embodiment) than a transition from rate to rate since a DDCH must be set-up and this requires a long period of time, relative to the time required for a rate change.
- RRAM 100 maintains a list of subscriber records 116 that track information on each subscriber station 28.
- each subscriber record 116 contains at least the . following: a unique identifier 120, the mimmum uplink rate 124, the uplink loading factor 128, and the rate index 132.
- Unique identifier 120 is a value unique to its particular subscriber station 28 and is used to track subscriber records 116.
- Minimum uplink rate 124 stores the R' m j treat for subscriber station 28; and is updated whenever R' min changes.
- Uplink loading factor 128 stores the current uplink loading metric (L' min ) of an uplink DDCH 40.
- the uplink loading metric represents the loading factor of an allocated data rate adjusted by environmental interference. £', «/ « equals the uplink loading metric of an uplink DDCH 40 at data rate R' m!schreib.
- Uplink loading factor 128 is updated whenever the value in minimum uplink rate 124 changes.
- Rate index 132 stores the index value (Rateldx ⁇ ) for subscriber station 28;'s current data rate (from the set of R). Rate index 132 ranges from zero to N where zero corresponds to R' min. and N corresponds to the maximum value of R. Rate index 132 updates its value for Rateldx whenever the data rate on DDCH 40 changes.
- RRAM 100 also maintains a plurality of rate lists 136 that track different subscriber stations 28 at each data rate.
- Each rate list 136 is associated with a specific uplink data rate from the set R, except for rate buffer 136a, which instead contains records of subscriber stations 28 with minimum data reservations (rate index equals zero).
- rate list 136a maintains identifiers for each subscriber station 28 that has been assigned a rate of R mm
- rate list 136b maintains records for each subscriber station 28 that has been assigned a rate of R 7
- rate list 136c is associated with R 2 , etc.
- each subscriber rate record 138 in rate list 136 contains an identifier 140 that is identical to a corresponding identifier number 120 and a transition time 144, indicating the time that a particular subscriber station 28 moved to its current data rate
- transition time 144 is a timestamp from when subscriber station 28 moved to its current rate.
- RRAM 100 compares transition time 144 against a minimum holding time to determine whether or not a subscriber station 28 can be moved to a lower data rate.
- each rate buffer 136 subscriber rate records 138 are sorted in decreasing order of their age at the current rate level. With each rate change, the subscriber rate record 138 is removed from its current rate list 136, added to the bottom of the new rate list 136 matching the new data rate, and updates transition time 144.
- RRAM 100 also maintains a number of values that are used across an entire sector 36.
- Uplink load 148 is RRAM 100's estimate of the uplink interference ⁇ u L ) within sector 36 and measures the sum load of all DDCH40s plus other interference.
- the transmissions of each subscriber station 28; in a sector 36 acts as interference against the transmissions of each other subscriber station 28; in the sector 36 to the signal received at the receiver of base station 24.
- other interference sources such as subscriber stations 28; in other sectors 36 or subscriber stations 28; served by other base stations 24 or other sources of radio noise will also be present.
- each subscriber station 28 is finite and ideally is set as low as possible, while ensuring an acceptable probability of proper reception of its signal, to reduce the extent to each subscriber station 28 interferes with each other subscriber station 28.
- both open loop and closed loop power control cycles are employed in system 20 to manage the transmission power levels of each subscriber station 28;.
- these cycles vary the power levels of individual subscriber stations 28;, the interference experienced at the base station receiver against the signal from a particular subscriber station 28; and/or the interference generated by that subscriber station 28; with respect to the signals of other subscriber stations 28 received at the base station receiver will vary with time, even when no changes occur in the data transmissions of the particular subscriber station 28;.
- RRAM 100 manages the signal to interference ratio that will be experienced at the base station receiver to provide data rate capacity even though there is no fixed relationship between the two quantities.
- RRAM 100 periodically measures the received uplink power at antenna 46 and updates • hi addition, RRAM 100 updates ⁇ u ⁇ after each uplink rate transition, hi the current embodiment, a single instance of uplink load 148 exists per sector 36.
- Admission threshold 152 is the maximum uplink loading value (T ⁇ u£) for which base station 24 will admit additional subscriber stations 28 to network 20. Once uplink load 148 for the sector equals or exceeds admission threshold 152, base station 24 will not admit any additional subscriber stations 28 to the network without reducing uplink load 148. In the current embodiment, a single instance of admission threshold 152 exists per sector 36 and is configurable by a network operator.
- Maximum uplink load 156 is the maximum uplink loading value (max ⁇ uL) allowed by RRAM 100. Once uplink load 148 for this sector reaches or exceeds this variable, RRAM 100 begins to reduce the uplink load and will downgrade the rates of DDCHs 40 assigned to subscriber stations 28 or drop DDCHs 40 altogether. A single value of this parameter exists per sector 36. In the current embodiment, maximum uplink load 158 is configurable, although limited by system and environmental factors.
- Sector interference ratio 160 stores the ratio of inter-sector interference to intra- sector interference (q) received at antenna 46. Iter-sector interference is interference received from subscriber stations 28 spilling over from a different sector 36 or base station 24. Intra- sector interference refers to interference generated by subscriber stations 28 within the same sector 36. Sector interference ratio 160 is used by RRAM 100 to calculate uplink loads of subscriber stations 28 more accurately by taking into account inter-sector interference. RRAM 100 periodically updates q based on its uplink load measurement. A single value of this parameter exists per sector 36.
- Minimum hold time 164 stores the value of the minimum holding time (minHoldingTime) that a subscriber station 28 must stay at a particular data rate (R) before becoming eligible for rate reduction (as described further below).
- Holding time may be expressed in terms of a number of frames (e.g., 500 frames) or a period of time (e.g., 5 seconds). fri a current embodiment, a single instance of this parameter exists per sector 36 and is configurable by a network operator. However, it is contemplated that an instance of minimum holding time 164 could exist per subscriber station 28.
- maxULDDCH 168 stores the value of the maximum number of assignable uplink DDCHs available in a sector 36.
- minDataRate 172 stores the value of the mimmum data rate reserved for the uplink data traffic of a subscriber station 28 with an uplink DDCH 40.
- minDataRate represents both the initial rate of an uplink DDCH 40 after a RACH request 112 and the minimum rate assigned for data traffic on top of any media reservation. As such, R', r ⁇ hail can be considered equal to media reservations + minDataRate.
- a single value of minDataRate exists per sector.
- RRAM 100 responds to different events, such as receiving a measurement report 104, a reservation request 108, or a RACH request 112 received at base station 24, or the generation of an uplink load alarm 114 at base station 24.
- RRAM 100 uses a number of different MAC strategies to respond to these events under different loading conditions. For example a measurement report 104 indicating a high level of queued data on a subscriber station 28 will cause RRAM 100 to try to increase the data rate of DDCH 40 for that subscriber station, while a measurement report 104 indicating a low level of queued data will cause RRAM 100 to try to decrease the data rate of DDCH 40.
- RRAM 100 strategies will be described in greater detail below.
- the method begins at step 200 where, in response to a RACH request 112 from a subscriber station 28;, RRAM 100 attempts to provision subscriber station 28; with an uplink DDCH 40.
- the total number of uplink DDCHs 40 in a sector 36 cannot exceed the number stored in maxULDDCH 168. If the maximum number of DDCH 40s have already been allocated, then the method advances to step 204 where RRAM 100 will attempt to move another subscriber station 28 j into a camped state and reassign its DDCH 40. Otherwise, the method advances to step 212.
- RRAM 100 examines rate lists 136 to determine if any subscriber station 28 j with an assigned DDCH 40 can be moved into the camped state.
- subscriber station 28 j will be the oldest subscriber station 28 in the lowest data rate list 136 currently with rate record 138.
- subscriber station 28 j must have been in its current data rate list 136 longer than minimum holding time 164, and must currently not hold any reserved uplink capacity (i.e., media reservations). If no subscriber station 28 meets these conditions, then the method advances to step 224. Otherwise, if these conditions can be met, the method moves to step 208.
- step 208 RRAM 100 moves selected subscriber station 28 j to the camped state, releasing its assigned DDCH 40. The method advances to step 228.
- RRAM 100 checks to see if admitting subscriber station 28; on a new DDCH 40 at minimum data rate 172 will not increase uplink load 148 above admission threshold 152. In the current embodiment, the following condition must be true: ⁇ u L + + ⁇ ) X L(minDatarate) ⁇ T ⁇ uL for there to be deemed to be sufficient uplink capacity. RRAM 100 checks to see if the current uplink load 148 plus the additional load of the new DDCH 40 at minDataRate 172, multiplied by sector interference ratio 160 plus one is less than or equal to admission threshold 152. If sufficient uplink capacity is available, then the method advances to step 228 to assign the DDCH 40. If there is insufficient uplink capacity, then the method moves to step 216.
- RRAM 100 determines whether it can reduce the data rate on any other subscriber station 28 j as to admit a new subscriber station at the minimum rate. RRAM 100 then determines the number of rate reduction steps needed for subscriber station 28 j in order to provide capacity for subscriber station 28j. RRAM 100 looks for the oldest subscriber rate record 138 in the highest rate list 136 that is assigned a data rate higher than its own R / mecanical makeup (i.e., rate index 132 is greater than zero). If at least one subscriber station 28 j is at a rate higher than its own R/mi n then the method advances to step 220. If no subscriber stations 28 j have a rate higher than their respective m i n , then the method advances to step 224.
- the data rate for subscriber station 28 j is reduced one step at a time until one of the following two conditions is met, either sufficient resources have been freed to admit a new DDCH 40 for subscriber station 28; or the rate reduction will bring subscriber station 28j down to its ! m i n (rate index equals zero).
- the first condition is met when ⁇ u L + (1+ x [L(minDataRate)+( L neV RateiD ⁇ - LmteiDx)] ⁇ T ⁇ uL.
- RRAM 100 checks to see if the current uplink load 148 plus the additional load of the new DDCH 40 for subscriber station 28; at minimum data rate 172 (multiplied by sector interference ratio 160 plus one) plus the delta in the uplink load caused by subscriber station 28 j (multiplied by sector interference ratio 160 plus one) is less than or equal to admission threshold 152.
- rate reduction occurs in accordance with the method described below with reference to Figure 9. Once rate reduction is complete, all records in subscriber records 116 and rate lists 136 are updated and the method returns to step 212 to check if sufficient uplink resources have now been freed to admit a new DDCH 40. At step 224, since either no uplink DDCH 40 is available or sufficient uplink resources are not available, RRAM 100 ignores RACH request 112 and the method ends.
- RRAM 100 assigns an uplink DDCH 40 to subscriber station 28; at the minimum data rate 172, and subscriber station 28; is entered into subscriber records 116 and rate lists 136. Subscriber station 28; now has a dedicated uplink DDCH 40 and can request media reservations and/or increases in its data rate.
- the method for assigning a DDCH 40 to a subscriber station 28; in response to a received RACH request 112 is now complete.
- a method for resizing uplink DDCH 40 to a higher or lower data rate for subscriber station 28 is shown beginning at step 230.
- RRAM 100 reconfigures the uplink DDCH 40 on communication link 32 of subscriber station 28; moving it to its new data rate R from the set of / hopefully organize • impart , Rj , R 2 , ... R N ⁇ .
- the method of DDCH 40 reconfiguration is not particularly limited and is known to those of skill in the art.
- the rate lists 136 are updated to reflect the new uplink DDCH 40. This involves removing subscriber rate record 138 from its current rate list 136 and adding it to the end of its new rate list 136 with an updated transition time 144 set to the current system time.
- RRAM 100 adjusts the rate index 132 to the new rate R. At this point RRAM 100 has updated its records and resized uplink DDCH 40. This method is repeated as needed for each resizing of DDCH 40.
- a measurement report 104 indicating a small queue size is transmitted by subscriber stations 28 to report that its traffic queue in buffer 74 has fallen to below its second threshold value for a pre-configured period of time, thus indicating a low volume of data traffic to be sent.
- RRAM 100 will reduce the size of DDCH 40 accordingly to free up network resources for future demands of uplink resources.
- RRAM 100 checks to see if subscriber station 28; is currently assigned an uplink DDCH 40. If subscriber station 28; does not have an uplink DDCH 40 currently assigned then the method terminates. This condition can occur if RRAM 100 has already decided to close uplink DDCH 40 in response to another event before receiving measurement report 104. Otherwise, the method advances to step 240.
- RRAM 100 checks to see if rate index 132 for subscriber station 28; is currently at zero (i.e., subscriber station 28; is currently at R' mm ). If the current rate index 132 is at zero, then the method terminates. Otherwise, the method advances to step 242.
- RRAM 100 reduces the channel rate R for subscriber station 28; by one step from the set of ⁇ R'mm , R? , R , • • • RN ⁇ • RRAM 100 updates subscriber record 116 and moves subscriber rate record 138 to the next lower rate buffer 136, according to the method described above with reference to Figure 9. RRAM 100 has completed its response for handling a low volume measurement report 104. Future rate reductions will occur if subscriber station 28 continues to send further low traffic volume measurement reports 104.
- a measurement report 104 indicating high traffic volume is transmitted by a subscriber station 28; to report that its traffic queue in at least one buffers 74, or the aggregate of all of its buffers 74 has risen to a pre- configured value and has been there for a pre-configured period of time, thus indicating a large number of queued packets waiting to be sent.
- RRAM 100 will check to see if it can increase the size of the assigned DDCH 40 immediately or if it can adjust the size of a DDCH 40 assigned to another subscriber station 28 j and then increase the size of the assigned DDCH 40 to effectively transfer the reclaimed capacity to the subscriber station 28; which now needs it.
- RRAM 100 checks to see if subscriber station 28; is currently assigned an uplink DDCH 40. If subscriber station 28; does not have an uplink DDCH 40 currently assigned then the method terminates. This condition can occur if RRAM 100 has already decided to close uplink DDCH 40 in response to another event. Otherwise, the method advances to step 244.
- RRAM 100 checks to determine if the rate index 132 for subscriber station 28; is currently at N (i.e., subscriber station 28; is currently at the maximum data rate). If rate index 132 currently is N(i.e., at the maximum), then RRAM 100 ignores measurement report 104 and the method terminates. Otherwise, the method advances to step 248.
- RRAM 100 finds a higher rate R for subscriber station 28;, where the higher rate R is R r te i dx+ ⁇ (the higher rate R is one step higher than the current value for R) or, if R is currently at R ⁇ , then the higher rate is the lowest value for R> R l min (as shown in Figures 6b and 6c), with .
- RRAM 100 checks to see if subscriber station 28; has sufficient power headroom to transmit at the higher rate R. If not, then subscriber station 28; cannot currently transmit at a higher rate and the method terminates.
- power headroom refers to the maximum available power output (either as limited by system or regulatory constraints) In the cu ⁇ ent embodiment, the maximum power headroom for subscriber station 28 is known to base station 24 as each subscriber station 28 periodically informs base station 24 of its transmitting power level over DDCH 40. However, the method to determine whether or not there is sufficient power headroom is not particularly limited and other methods will be apparent to those of skill in the art. Otherwise the method advances to step 256.
- RRAM 100 checks to see if there is sufficient uplink resources available in the network to allow a rate increase for subscriber station 28;.
- RRAM 100 checks to see if the increase in uplink load 148 (the estimated increase in load in subscriber station 28 j multiplied by sector interference ratio 160 plus one) will bring uplink load 148 equal to or above admission threshold 152. To do this, RRAM 100 checks the following condition: r ⁇ L + (1 + x (L Supportew - L 0 ij) ⁇ T ⁇ u ⁇ - If this condition is true, then there is deemed to be sufficient uplink resources available to allow a rate increase and the method advances to step 260. If sufficient uplink resources are not available in the network to grant the rate increase without bringing uplink load 148 equal to or above admission threshold 152, the method advances to step 264.
- RRAM 100 increases the channel rate R for subscriber station 28; by one step from the set of ⁇ R l mm , Rj , R 2 , ... R N ⁇ - RRAM 100 then updates subscriber record 116 and moves subscriber rate record 138 to the next lower rate buffer 136, according to the method indicated in Figure 7.
- the method for responding to a high traffic volume traffic measurement report 104 is complete. Future rate increases may occur when further high traffic volume measurement reports 104 are sent.
- RRAM 100 checks to see if it can free uplink resources currently assigned to other subscriber stations 28 j in order to allow the rate increase for subscriber station 28;.
- RRAM 100 determines whether any subscriber station 28 j is transmitting at a rate index 132 (Rateldx j ) that is greater than zero (i.e., subscriber station 28 j is transmitting at a data rate higher than its own mimmum uplink rate 124) and that is greater than the current Rateldxi of subscriber station 28;. If both these conditions are met by at least one subscriber station 28j, then the method advances to step 266. If no subscriber station 28 j meets both these conditions, then RRAM 100 ignores measurement report 104 and does not grant a rate increase to subscriber station 28;.
- RRAM 100 determines which subscriber station 28 j (if there is more than one subscriber station 28 j which satisfied the criteria set in step 264) will be targeted for rate reduction.
- RRAM 100 finds the oldest subscriber station 28 j at the highest data rate currently in use. Starting with highest rate list 136 with a rate record 138, RRAM 100 checks to the rate records of each subscriber station 28 j to find the oldest rate record 138 with a holding time greater than the preselected minimum holding time 164. The first subscriber station 28 j found that meets this condition will be targeted for rate reduction. Once a subscriber station 28j is targeted for rate reduction the method advances to step 268.
- RRAM 100 determines that no subscriber stations 28 j have been at their current data rate for at least minimum holding time 164, then it will not reduce the rate for any active subscriber stations 28 j . Instead, RRAM 100 will ignore the high volume measurement report 104 and exit the method.
- the uplink data rate for subscriber station 28j is lowered one step in the set of ⁇ R l mm , Ri , Ri , ... R N ⁇ , i.e. from R ; to R ;- .
- the method then returns to step 256 to see if sufficient uplink resources are now available. In this way, multiple subscriber stations 28 can have their data rates reduced in order to provide sufficient uplink resources for subscriber station 28;.
- a reservation request 108 to reserve uplink resources typically occurs when subscriber station 28; requires a fixed minimum data rate, particularly for a latency intolerant application such as telephony service.
- Other criteria for reserving uplink resources e.g., guaranteeing QoS terms for a premium customer
- the reservation request 108 can come from a subscriber station 28; on network 20 or it can originate from elsewhere in network 20 or even outside network 20 (i.e., for an incoming telephone call) with a destination of subscriber station 28;.
- RRAM 100 will check to see if it can allocate the desired uplink resources for the media service.
- a subscriber station 28 may already have reserved uplink resources when it transmits a new reservation request 108.
- One example of when this situation could occur is when a telephone call is currently set up between subscriber station 28; and base station 24 and a second telephone call is set up between the two.
- Another example, again for a telephony call would be a change in voice codec (say, from G.729ab to G.711).
- the existing amount of reserved uplink resources can be enlarged to accommodate the new telephony service.
- Other examples of reserving additional uplink resources will occur to those of skill in the art.
- the method commences at step 276, where RRAM 100 calculates the new minimum uplink rate 124 and new uplink loading factor 128 required to admit this riew uplink resource reservation.
- RRAM 100 calculates a new rate index 132 for subscriber station 28; so that R accommodates both the new media reservation and the existing data traffic, to a maximum of R ⁇ .
- the newrateldx is greater than or equal to the current oldrateldxj + R' ne w Me ⁇ a within the set of ⁇ R l mm , Ry , R 2 , ... R N ⁇ -
- RRAM 100 checks whether or not sufficient uplink resources are available for the requested reservation and that network 20 does not exceed admission threshold 152. RRAM 100 checks to see if the current uplink load 148 plus the delta in loading factor
- admission threshold 152 (multiplied by sector interference ratio 160 plus one) is less than or equal to admission threshold 152.
- the following condition is checked: ⁇ uL + (l ⁇ x ⁇ ⁇ T ⁇ uL- If this condition is not met, then sufficient uplink resources are deemed to be not currently available and the method advances to step 288. If this condition is met, then sufficient uplink resources are deemed to be available and the method advances to step 308.
- RRAM 100 checks to see if it can free any uplink resources elsewhere within network 20.
- RRAM 100 determines whether or not any subscriber station 28 j with an uplink DDCH 40 is eligible for rate reduction. This condition is true if there is at least one subscriber station 28 j with a data rate higher than its R / WI -ssen stored in rate lists 136. If no subscriber station 28 j is eligible for rate reduction, the media reservation cannot be granted and the method ends. Otherwise, the method advances to step 292.
- the system determines which subscriber station 28 j will have its uplink data rate reduced, h the current embodiment, the subscriber station 28 j to have its rate reduced is the subscriber station 28 j stored in the highest rate list 136 with the longest transition time 144. Note that it is possible for the subscriber station 28 j that it is targeted for rate reduction to be subscriber station 28;, i.e., the subscriber station 28 that is requesting a new media reservation. Once a subscriber station 28 j has been selected for rate reduction, then the method advances to step 296. At step 296, the system determines the new reduced rate index 132 for subscriber station 28 j .
- the new data rate is the data rate at the maximum rate index 132 for subscriber station 28 j that frees sufficient uplink resources to admit the new media reservation for subscriber station 28; while maintaining its current reservation requirements for subscriber station 28 j .
- newRatelDx j is calculated to satisfy the following condition: ⁇ m + + x [ ⁇ Z + ( L new -L 0 i(i)] ⁇ T ⁇ u L -
- the rate index 132 for subscriber station 28 j is reduced one step at a time until the above condition becomes true or rate index 132 equals 0, i.e., subscriber station 28 j will be reduced to R 7 , ,,. Once a new rate index 132 has been determined, the method advances to step 300.
- rate index 132 can be reduced a single step (to a minimum value of zero).
- the rate of the data traffic for subscriber station 28 j is reduced to the new rate index 132 determined in step 296 to allow the new media reservation to be admitted.
- the data rate for subscriber station 28 j is reduced accordingly, as described in Fig. 8 and RRAM 100 updates rate records 116 and rate lists 136.
- RRAM 100 has reduced the data rate of subscriber station 28 j , the method advances to step 304.
- RRAM 100 checks to see if sufficient uplink resources have been made available to admit the new media reservation for subscriber station 28;.
- step 308 If the condition is true (as determined by the formula : ⁇ ui + (1 + q) x [ ⁇ L,- + ( L new - L 0 id)] ⁇ T ⁇ ui), then the method moves to step 308. Otherwise, the method returns to step 288 to find additional subscriber stations 28 j to target for rate reduction. At step 308, RRAM 100 is ready to admit the new media reservation. If subscriber station 28; requires a DDCH 40 to be established (i.e., subscriber station 28; does not cu ⁇ ently have an assigned DDCH 40), the method moves to step 312. If subscriber station 28; already has an assigned uplink DDCH 40, the method advances to step 320.
- RRAM 100 assigns a DDCH 40 to subscriber station 28;.
- a method for assigning a DDCH 40 is described earlier, with reference to Figure 8. Once DDCH 40 has been established, subscriber records 116 and rate lists 136 are updated accordingly.
- RRAM 100 resizes DDCH 40 of subscriber station 28; to accommodate the new media reservation. In the current embodiment, resizing occurs in accordance with the method described earlier, with respect to Fig. 10. After step 312 or 320, RRAM 100 has finished responding to reservation request 108.
- Figure 13 shows a method to respond to a reservation request 108 from subscriber station 28; to release reserved uplink resources.
- a reservation request 108 from subscriber station 28; to release reserved uplink resources.
- RRAM 100 will release the reservation of the uplink resources.
- a subscriber station 28 can close a media reservation while still maintaining another media reservation. In such a scenario, the total amount of the reserved uplink resources simply shrinks.
- RRAM 100 calculates the new minimum uplink rate 124.
- RRAM 100 calculates the new uplink loading factor 128 associated with the new minimum uplink rate 124 .
- the new uplink loading factor 128 is L(R i min ).
- RRAM 100 checks whether rate index 132 for subscriber station 28; is zero. If rate index 132 equals zero, the method will advance to step 336. Otherwise, the method advances to step 340.
- RRAM 100 also updates estimated uplink load 148 so that ⁇ m - ⁇ uL + +q) x ⁇ Z,,-. After updating the records, RRAM 100 exits the method.
- RRAM 100 determines the new rate index 132 as the minimum data rate from the set R operable to carry all remaining media reservations and data traffic (if subscriber station 28; now has no reserved media traffic, then R' m ⁇ - shake equals minimum data rate 172). The system then modifies the data rate of subscriber station 28; in accordance with the method described in Figure 7 and RRAM 100 updates all records in rate lists 136.
- RRAM 100 determines whether any subscriber stations 28 are eligible for rate reduction.
- RRAM 100 reduces the data rate for the selected subscriber station
- step 380 After reducing the rate for subscriber station 28;, the method advances to step 380.
- RRAM 100 determines whether an uplink load alarm 114 still exists for network 20, i.e. - is a further rate reduction required. If the uplink load alarm 114 still exists ⁇ m ⁇ tn a ⁇ L ), then the method returns to step 372. If the uplink load alarm 114 no longer exists ⁇ m ⁇ max ⁇ ui)., then the method terminates.
- RRAM 100 determines whether an uplink load alarm 114 still exists for network 20. If the uplink load alarm 114 still exists, then the method returns to step 384 to determine if there are any more subscriber stations 28 without media reservations that can be dropped. If the uplink load alarm 114 no longer exists, then the method terminates. Alternatively, it is contemplated that the method could return to step 372 to check if any subscriber stations 28 could have dropped their media reservations.
- RRAM 100 determines whether an uplink load alarm 114 still exists for sector 36. If the uplink load alarm 114 still exists, then the method returns to step 396 to randomly drop another subscriber station 28. Alternatively, the method could return to step 372. If the uplink load alarm condition no longer exists, then the method terminates.
- the present invention provides a system for managing uplink resources to ensure an efficient use of available uplink resources, and to provide fairness amongst uplink subscriber stations 28.
- RRAM 100 responds to a number of different system events, such as the reception of a high or low traffic volume report 104, reservation request 108, or RACH request 112. In general, RRAM 100 tries to allocate the minimum data rate DDCH 40 possible to subscriber stations 28 that maintains the queue in buffers 74 between the first and second threshold . RRAM 100 employs a rate reduction policy to implement "fairness" (as defined by the network operator) between subscriber stations 28.
- RRAM 100 When there is insufficient uplink resources available, RRAM 100 tries to lower the rate of another subscriber station 28 currently transmitting at a higher data rate in order to make room for a rate increase from the first subscriber station 28. In search for candidate high rate subscriber station 28s, RRAM 100 starts at the highest rate list 136. RRAM 100 continues to search lower data rates until a suitable candidate subscriber station 28 is found. This policy prevents subscriber stations 28 from capturing high data rates while other low rate subscriber stations 28 are demanding more bandwidth.
- RRAM 100 can drop a subscriber station 28 at a low data rate with no media reservations.
- RRAM attempts to increase the data rate of a subscriber station .
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