WO2006096765A1 - De-coupling forward and reverse link assignment for multi-carrier wireless communication systems - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to wireless communication systems generally, and specifically to methods and apparatus for de-coupling forward and reverse link assignment in multi-carrier wireless communication systems.
- a communication system may provide communication between a number of base stations and access terminals.
- Forward link or downlink refers to transmission from a base station to an access terminal.
- Reverse link or uplink refers to transmission from an access terminal to a base station.
- Each access terminal may communicate with one or more base stations on the forward and reverse links at a given moment, depending on whether the access terminal is active and whether the access terminal is in soft handoff.
- FIG. 1 illustrates a wireless communication system with base stations and access terminals.
- FIG. 2 illustrates an example of symmetric forward link and reverse link carrier assignment.
- FIGs. 3A and 3B illustrate examples of asymmetric carrier assignment.
- FIG. 4A illustrates an example of a data rate control (DRC) reverse link transmission for a single forward link carrier.
- DRC data rate control
- FIGs. 4B-4F illustrate examples of multi-carrier, time division multiplexed
- FIGs. 5A-5B illustrate an example of an access terminal sending two DRC channel transmit requests to a base station for two forward link carriers to transmit data at two different rates.
- FIGs. 5C-5D illustrate a base station transmitting forward traffic channel sub- packets on two forward link carriers at two different rates.
- FIG. 5E illustrates an access terminal sending acknowledgements (ACK) and negative acknowledgements (NAK) on a single reverse link channel for the two forward link carriers.
- FIG. 6 illustrates a process and structure for preparing single-carrier DRC messages for transmission.
- FIGs. 7 and 8 illustrate processes and structures for separate multi-carrier DRC rate and cover transmission.
- FIG. 9 illustrates a structure and process for preparing ACK channel transmissions.
- FIG. 1OA illustrates an example of a forward link transmit chain, structure or process, which may be implemented at a base station of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 1OB illustrates an example of a forward link receive chain, process or structure, which may be implemented at an access terminal of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 11 illustrates some components of an access terminal of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 1 illustrates a wireless communication system 100, which includes a system controller 102, base stations 104a-104b, and a plurality of access terminals 106a- 106h.
- the system 100 may have any number of controllers 102, base stations 104 and access terminals 106.
- controllers 102, base stations 104 and access terminals 106 may be implemented in the system 100.
- Access terminals 106 may be mobile or stationary and may be dispersed throughout the communication system 100 of FIG. 1.
- An access terminal 106 may be connected to or implemented in a computing device, such as a laptop personal computer.
- an access terminal may be a self-contained data device, such as a personal digital assistant.
- An access terminal 106 may refer to various types of devices, such as a wired phone, a wireless phone, a cellular phone, a lap top computer, a wireless communication personal computer (PC) card, a personal digital assistant (PDA), an external or internal modem, etc.
- An access terminal may be any device that provides data connectivity to a user by communicating through a wireless channel or through a wired channel, for example using fiber optic or coaxial cables.
- An access terminal may have various names, such as mobile station, access unit, subscriber unit, mobile device, mobile terminal, mobile unit, mobile phone, mobile, remote station, remote terminal, remote unit, user device, user equipment, handheld device, etc.
- the system 100 provides communication for a number of cells, where each cell is serviced by one or more base stations 104.
- a base station 104 may also be referred to as a base station transceiver system (BTS), an access point, a part of an access network, a modem pool transceiver (MPT), or a Node B.
- Access network refers to network equipment providing data connectivity between a packet switched data network (e.g., the Internet) and the access terminals 106.
- Forward link (FL) or downlink refers to transmission from a base station 104 to an access terminal 106.
- Reverse link (RL) or uplink refers to transmission from an access terminal 106 to a base station 104.
- a base station 104 may transmit data to an access terminal 106 using a data rate selected from a set of different data rates.
- An access terminal 106 may measure a signal-to-noise-and-interference ratio (SINR) of a pilot signal sent by the base station 104 and determine a desired data rate for the base station 104 to transmit data to the access terminal 106.
- the access terminal 106 may send data request channel or data rate control (DRC) messages to the base station 104 to inform the base station 104 of the desired data rate.
- DRC data rate control
- the system controller 102 may provide coordination and control for base stations 104, and may further control routing of calls to access terminals 106 via the base stations 104.
- the system controller 102 may be further coupled to a public switched telephone network (PSTN) via a mobile switching center (MSC), and to a packet data network via a packet data serving node (PDSN).
- PSTN public switched telephone network
- MSC mobile switching center
- PDSN packet data serving node
- the communication system 100 may use one or more communication techniques, such as code division multiple access (CDMA), IS-95, high rate packet data (EDRPD), also referred to as high data rate (BDDR), as specified in "cdma2000 High Rate Packet Data Air Interface Specification," TIA/EIA/IS-856, CDMA Ix evolution data optimized (EV-DO), IxEV-DV, wideband CDMA (WCDMA), universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS), time division synchronous CDMA (TD- SCDMA), orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM), etc.
- CDMA code division multiple access
- ERPD high rate packet data
- BDDR high data rate
- CDMA Ix evolution data optimized EV-DO
- IxEV-DV wideband CDMA
- WCDMA wideband CDMA
- UMTS universal mobile telecommunications system
- TD- SCDMA time division synchronous CDMA
- OFDM orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
- a "multi-carrier" system described herein may use frequency division multiplex, wherein each "carrier” corresponds to a radio frequency range.
- a carrier may be 1.25 Megahertz wide, but other carrier sizes may be used.
- a carrier may also be called a CDMA carrier, a link or a CDMA channel.
- Data flow requirements may be biased towards heavier usage of a forward or reverse link.
- the description below relates to de-coupling forward link and reverse link assignment in a multi-carrier wireless communication system.
- the system 100 may assign M forward links (or carriers) and N reverse links (or carriers) to an access terminal 106, where M and N may not be equal.
- the description below describes mechanisms for overhead channel transmissions to reduce reverse link overhead.
- the base stations, BSCs or MSC may determine a number of FL carriers assigned for an access terminal.
- the base stations, BSCs or MSC may also change the number of FL carriers assigned for an access terminal depending on conditions, such as channel conditions, available data for the terminal, terminal power amplifier headroom, and application flows.
- the access terminals 106 may run applications, such as Internet applications, video conferencing, movies, games, etc., which may use voice, image files, video clips, data files, etc., transmitted from the base stations 104.
- the applications may include two types:
- an access terminal 106 may avoid transmission on all associated carriers on the reverse link to improve reverse link efficiency.
- an access terminal 106 may: a) transmit a continuous pilot signal on a primary reverse link carrier; b) transmit data only on the primary reverse link carrier; c) transmit DRC for each FL carrier as time-division multiplexed on the primary reverse link carrier, which assumes slower DRC channel update is acceptable; and d) transmit acknowledgment (ACK) or negative acknowledgment (NAK) messages for each FL carrier as needed.
- An access terminal 106 can transmit a gated pilot (at the same power level as the pilot on the primary RL carrier) on secondary carriers when transmitting ACK channel, e.g., x h slot skirt around ACK transmission for pilot filter warm-up.
- an access terminal 106 may: a) transmit a continuous pilot signal on all reverse link carrier(s) associated with enabled forward link carriers; b) transmit data only on the primary reverse link carrier; and c) transmit ACK for each FL carrier as needed.
- an access terminal 106 may: a) transmit a continuous pilot on the primary reverse link carrier; b) transmit data only on the primary reverse link carrier; c) transmit DRC for each FL carrier as time-division multiplexed on the primary reverse link carrier, which assumes slower DRC channel update is acceptable; and d) transmit ACK only on the primary reverse link carrier.
- a base station 104 may be constrained to ensure no more than one packet is in flight across all forward link carriers. A base station 104 can determine ACK association based on timing of transmitted FL packet.
- an access terminal 106 may perform an alternate form of ACK channel transmission: a) Reduce ACK channel transmit time interval if desired, e.g., if the system 100 supports additional FL carriers (in an EV-DO system, ACK may be transmitted
- ACK channel transmission for N forward link carriers within a single x h slot b) ACK channel transmission for N forward link carriers within a single x h slot; c) ACK channel transmit interval is a function of number of enabled forward link carriers; and d) ACK channel transmissions on RL and FL association setup may be implemented via signaling in the medium access control (MAC) layer 1100 (FIG. 11).
- MAC medium access control
- FIG. 2 illustrates an example of symmetric carrier assignment with three forward link carriers 200A-200C, e.g., used for EV-DO data, and three corresponding reverse link carriers 202A-202C.
- Symmetric carrier assignment may be used for (a) applications with symmetric data rate requirements, and/or (b) applications with asymmetric data rate requirements supported on hardware that enforces symmetric FL/RL operation.
- FIGs. 3A and 3B illustrate examples of asymmetric carrier assignment.
- FIG. 3A shows three forward link carriers 300A-300C and one corresponding reverse link carrier 302.
- FIG. 3B shows three forward link carriers 300A-300C, and two corresponding reverse link carriers 304A, 304B.
- Asymmetric carrier assignment may be used for applications with asymmetric data rate requirements, such as file transfer protocol (FTP) download.
- Asymmetric carrier assignment may have (a) reduced reverse link overhead and (b) MAC channels that allow forward link traffic (FLT) carrier assignment to be separate from reverse power control (RPC) carrier assignment.
- FTP file transfer protocol
- RPC reverse power control
- An access terminal 106 may time-division multiplex DRC channel transmission for multiple forward link carriers on a single reverse link carrier.
- FIG. 11 illustrates a time division multiplexer 1102 for multiplexing DCR information in an access terminal 106 of FIG. 1.
- a MAC layer 1100 (FIG. 11) in the access terminal 106 may provide DRC-to- forward-link association based on DRC transmit time.
- four FL carriers are associated with a single RL carrier, which may be limited by sending ACKs for the four FL carriers.
- an access terminal 106 may use a single DRC channel across all carriers. In other words, an access terminal 106 sends a single DRC to a base station 104 for all designated FL carriers to transmit data at the DRC-designated rate to that access terminal 106.
- an access terminal 106 may use a combination of (a) a single DRC channel across multiple carriers (same DRC for some FL carriers of the total number of FL carriers) and (b) time-division multiplexed DRC channel.
- FIG. 4A illustrates an example of a DRC reverse link transmission (DRC length
- An access terminal 106 may time division multiplex ACK channel transmission for multiple forward link carriers on a single reverse link carrier, as explained below with FIG. 5E.
- FIG. 11 illustrates a time division multiplexer 1104 for multiplexing ACK information in an access terminal 106 of FIG. 1.
- Per carrier ACK channel transmission may be reduced, for example, from 1 slot to 1 A slot (each ACK transmitted for 1/4 slot) (instead of 1/2 slot used in EV-DO Rev A), which may depend on a number of FL carriers for which ACK channel is transmitted.
- the MAC layer 1100 (FIG. 11) at the access terminal 106 may provide ACK-to-forward-link association based on ACK transmit time.
- FIGs. 5A-5B show an example of two DRC channel transmit requests sent from an access terminal 106 to a base station 104 for two forward link carriers (carriers 1 and 2) to transmit FL data at two different rates (e.g., 153.6 and 307.2 kbps).
- HGs. 5A-5B may show the DRCs decoded by the base station 104, but FIGs. 5A-5B do not indicate the method with which the DRCs are time division multiplexed on a single Reverse Link carrier, as in FIGs. 4B-4F.
- the base station 104 transmits forward traffic channel
- FTC forward link carrier
- the base station 104 may repeat and process data bits of an original data packet into a plurality of corresponding "sub-packets" to transmit to the access terminal 106. If the access terminal 106 experiences a high signal-to-noise ratio signal, the first sub- packet may contain sufficient information for the access terminal 106 to decode and derive the original data packet. If the access terminal 106 experiences fading or a low signal-to-noise-ratio signal, the access terminal 106 may have a relatively low probability of correctly decoding and deriving the original data packet from only the first sub-packet. [0051] If the access terminal 106 does not successfully decode the first sub-packet, the access terminal 106 sends a NAK to the base station 104.
- the base station 104 then sends a second sub-packet.
- the access terminal 106 may combine information from the first and second sub-packets to try to decode the original data packet. As the access terminal 106 receives more sub-packets and combines information derived from each received sub-packet, the probability of decoding and deriving the original data packet increases.
- a base station 104 sends a first sub-packet of an original data packet to the access terminal 106 in slot 1 of carrier 1.
- the base station 104 sends a first sub-packet of another original data packet to the access terminal 106 in slot 1 of carrier 2.
- the access terminal 106 tries to decode the two original data packets from the received first sub-packets on carriers 1 and 2, respectively.
- the access terminal 106 cannot correctly decode the received first sub-packet on carrier I; sends a NAK on the ACK channel to the base station 104 in FIG. 5E; cannot correctly decode a received second sub-packet on carrier 1; sends a NAK on the ACK channel to the base station 104; cannot correctly decode a received third sub-packet on carrier 1; sends a NAK on the ACK channel to the base station 104; correctly decodes a received fourth sub-packet on carrier 1; and sends an ACK on the ACK channel to the base station 104.
- the access terminal 106 cannot correctly decode the first and second received sub-packets on carrier 2 and sends NAKs to the base station 104.
- the access terminal 106 correctly decodes the original second packet (e.g., using a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) or other error detection technique) after receiving and processing the third sub-packet on slot 3 of carrier 2.
- the access terminal 106 sends an acknowledgement (ACK) signal to the base station 104 to not send a fourth sub-packet for the second original packet on carrier 2.
- CRC cyclic redundancy check
- the base station 104 can then send a first sub-packet of a next packet in slot 1 (n
- the access terminal 106 sends ACKs and NAKs on a single ACK/NAK RL channel for the two FL carriers (1/2 slot ACK/NAK channel transmissions with a 1/4 slot per FL carrier).
- an access terminal 106 may use a single RL ACK channel, where RL ACK is associated with FL based on timing of packet reception (also called transmit-time-based-ACK-channel association). This may be used for Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)-type traffic. Transmit-time-based- ACK-channel association may add a constraint on a FL scheduler to limit transmission on a single FL carrier to a given access terminal 106 at a time.
- an access terminal 106 may implement an enhanced multi-carrier DRC, which may include: a) Split DRC rate and DRC cover information (FIGs. 7 and 8), i.e., an access terminal 106 may transmit separate DRC rate and DRC cover messages.
- An access terminal 106 uses a "DRC cover" to specify a sector to transmit data, such as a sector in the access terminal's active set. The access terminal 106 is said to "point" the DRC at that sector.
- An access terminal 106 may transmit the same DRC cover for all FL carriers.
- DRC cover length may be equal to DRC rate length.
- DRC rate length may correspond to DRC rate transmission for all assigned FL carriers.
- Per carrier bi-orthogonal coding for rate (FIG.
- a single DRC cover channel (FIG. 8) may be used for an access terminal 106, regardless of the number of FL carriers.
- the DRC cover channel may include the DRC cover and the number of active FL carriers, e.g., 1 through 16.
- DRC channel transmissions on RL and FL association may be setup via signaling in the MAC layer 1100 (FIG. 11).
- FIG. 6 illustrates a process and structure for preparing single-carrier DRC messages for transmission.
- a bi-orthogonal encoder 600 encodes DRC symbols (one 4- bit symbol per active slot) and outputs 8 binary symbols per active slot.
- a multiplier 602 applies a Walsh covering/code to produce 16 binary symbols per active slot.
- a signal point mapping block 604 maps Os and Is to +1 and -1. Other multipliers 606, 608 may apply additional Walsh coverings/codes.
- FIGs. 7 and 8 illustrate processes and structures for separate multi-carrier DRC rate and cover transmission.
- FIG. 7 shows a process and structure for preparing multi-carrier DRC rate information for transmission.
- a bi-orthogonal encoder 700 encodes DRC symbols (one 4-bit symbol per forward link carrier per active slot).
- a codeword repetition or repeater block 702 may repeat codewords per carrier.
- Another codeword repetition block 704 may repeat codewords to produce 64 binary symbols per active slot.
- a signal point mapping block 706 maps Os and Is to +1 and -1.
- a multiplier 708 applies a Walsh covering/code to indicate a DRC rate channel.
- FIG. 8 shows a process and structure for preparing enhanced multi-carrier DRC cover information for transmission.
- a bi-orthogonal encoder 800 encodes DRC cover information (e.g., one 3-bit symbol per active slot) and the number of active FL carriers (e.g., one 4-bit symbol per active slot) and produces 16 binary symbols per active slot.
- a codeword repetition or repeater block 802 may repeat codewords with a factor of four to produce 64 binary symbols per active slot.
- a signal point mapping block 804 maps Os and Is to +1 and -1.
- a multiplier 806 applies a Walsh covering/code to indicate a DRC cover channel. Multi-carrier Reverse Link Walsh Channel Usage
- Appendix A shows examples of DRC cover channel and DRC rate channel formats, which may be implemented by the processes and structures in FIGs. 7 and 8 for enhanced multi-carrier DRC.
- Other DRC cover channel and DRC rate channel formats may be implemented instead of or in addition to the formats shown in Appendix A.
- An access terminal 106 may use an enhanced multi-carrier ACK by: a) Transmitting ACK over a Vi slot or 1 slot, depending on a number of FL carriers for which the ACK channel is transmitted. b) Transmitting ACK channel for first 4-carriers using I/Q phases (in-phase (I), quadrature (Q)) of Walsh code W(32,12) and I/Q-phases of W(32,20). If additional ACK channel transmissions are required for additional FL carriers, the access terminal 106 can use 1 A slot ACK on each of the phases of W(32,12) and W(32,20). Thus, the access terminal 106 may support ACKs for up to 8 FL carriers with a single RL carrier. c) ACK channel transmissions on RL and FL association may be setup via signaling in the MAC layer 1100 (FIG. 11).
- FIG. 9 illustrates a structure and process for preparing multi-carrier ACK channel transmissions.
- a bit repetition block or repeater 900 receives ACK channel bits (1 bit per slot for assigned carrier) and may repeat bits at a factor of 32 or 64 to produce 32 (1/2 slot) or 64 (1 slot) binary symbols (transmitted in 1/2 slot or 1 slot).
- a signal point mapping block 902 maps Os and Is to +1 and -1.
- a multiplier 904 applies a Walsh covering/code (I-phase or Q-phase) to indicate an ACK/NAK channel.
- An access terminal 106 may transmit multi-carrier Data Source Channel (DSC) on a single/primary RL carrier.
- DSC Data Source Channel
- the access terminal 106 may use MAC layer assignment of the carrier. Forward Link Soft-combining Mode
- An access terminal 106 may use multi-carrier DRC with a forward link soft- combining mode (soft-combining data received across multiple FL carriers). In this mode, the base station 104 does not have to transmit the packets on the individual forward links at the same time, i.e., the design would support soft handoff across carriers with asynchronous transmissions.
- An access terminal 106 may indicate a DRC index based on transmission to the access terminal 106 in a given slot on multiple FL carriers by the same base station 104.
- the system or network 100 may use general attribute update protocol (GAUP) to indicate that all packet transmissions to a given terminal 106 will be multi-carrier transmissions for some length of time.
- the access terminal 106 may, until instructed otherwise, transmit a DRC based on a combined SINR prediction.
- the MAC layer 1100 (FIG. 11) may provide signal mapping.
- the network may have some flexibility to serve the access terminal 106 using one carrier or a combination of carriers in that same time interval. This may use individual DRCs per carrier as well as DRCs based on a combined SINR prediction.
- the network may configure the access terminal 106 to operate in one of these two modes of DRC reporting.
- the forward link soft-combining mode may be used, for example, when the access terminal 106 experiences poor channel conditions for VoIP flows or for all types of flows. Number of MAC Indices
- the system 100 may use additional MAC indices for preamble transmission to access terminals 106 assigned with multiple FL carriers.
- a total number of MAC indices per carrier may be increased to 256 with an 8-bit preamble MAC index and bi- orthogonally coded 128-chip preamble: W(128,i/4), 0 ⁇ i ⁇ 255 W(128,(i-l)/4), 1 ⁇ i ⁇ 255 W(128,(i-2)/4), 2 ⁇ i ⁇ 255 W(128,(i-3)/4), 3 ⁇ i ⁇ 255
- the system 100 may modify a packet information (Packetlnfo) field in a multiuser packet (MUP) header: 1-bit format field + 7-bit preamble (MAC) index (e.g., format field indicates Format A or Format B connection layer packet) and 8-bit preamble (MAC) Index.
- Packetlnfo packet information
- MUP multiuser packet
- MAC preamble index
- MAC 8-bit preamble
- FIG. 1OA illustrates an example of a forward link transmit chain, structure or process, which may be implemented at a base station 104 of FIG. 1.
- the functions and components shown in FIG. 1OA may be implemented by software, hardware, or a combination of software and hardware. Other functions may be added to FIG. 1OA in addition to or instead of the functions shown in FIG. 1OA.
- an encoder encodes data bits using one or more coding schemes to provide coded data chips.
- Each coding scheme may include one or more types of coding, such as cyclic redundancy check (CRC), convolutional coding, Turbo coding, block coding, other types of coding, or no coding at all.
- Other coding schemes may include Automatic Repeat Request (ARQ), Hybrid ARQ, and incremental redundancy repeat techniques. Different types of data may be coded with different coding schemes.
- an interleaver interleaves the coded data bits to combat fading.
- a modulator modulates coded, interleaved data to generate modulated data. Examples of modulation techniques include binary phase shift keying (BPSK) and quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK).
- BPSK binary phase shift keying
- QPSK quadrature phase shift keying
- a repeater may repeat a sequence of modulated data or a symbol puncture unit may puncture bits of a symbol.
- a spreader e.g., multiplier
- a Walsh cover i.e., Walsh code
- a multiplexer may time-division multiplex the data chips with pilot chips and MAC chips to form a stream of chips.
- a pseudo random noise (PN) spreader may spread the stream of chips with one or more PN codes (e.g., short code, long code).
- the forward link modulated signal (transmitted chips) is then transmitted via an antenna over a wireless communication link to one or more access terminals 106.
- FIG. 1OB illustrates an example of a forward link receive chain, process or structure, which may be implemented at an access terminal 106 of FIG. 1.
- the functions and components shown in FIG. 1OB may be implemented by software, hardware, or a combination of software and hardware. Other functions may be added to FIG. 1OB in addition to or instead of the functions shown in FIG. 1OB.
- One or more antennas 1020A-1020B receive the forward link modulated signals from one or more base stations 104. Multiple antennas 1020A-1020B may provide spatial diversity against deleterious path effects such as fading. Each received signal is provided to a respective antenna receiver filtering block 1022, which conditions (e.g., filters, amplifies, downconverts) and digitizes the received signal to generate data samples for that received signal.
- conditions e.g., filters, amplifies, downconverts
- a cascaded adaptive linear equalizer 1024 receives data samples and generates equalized chips to block 1025.
- Block 1025 may despread the samples with one or more PN codes used in block 1014.
- Block 1026 may remove pilots time skew and insert blanks.
- a despreader may deWalsh, i.e., despread or remove Walsh codes from the received data samples, with the same spreading sequence used to spread the data in block 1010 at the base station.
- a demodulator demodulates the data samples for all received signals to provide recovered symbols.
- demodulation tries to recover a data transmission by (1) channelizing the despread samples to isolate or channelize the received data and pilot onto their respective code channels, and (2) coherently demodulating the channelized data with a recovered pilot to provide demodulated data.
- Demodulate block 1030 may implement a rake receiver to process multiple signal instances.
- Block 1034 may receive punctured symbol locations and convert symbols to consecutive bits.
- Block 1032 may zero log likelihood ratios (LLRs) at punctured bit epochs.
- Block 1036 may apply a channel de-interleave.
- a channel decoder decodes the demodulated data to recover decoded data bits transmitted by the base station 104.
- DSP digital signal processor
- ASIC application specific integrated circuit
- FPGA field programmable gate array
- a general purpose processor may be a microprocessor, but in the alternative, the processor may be any conventional processor, controller, microcontroller, or state machine.
- a processor may also be implemented as a combination of computing devices, e.g., a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, a plurality of microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in conjunction with a DSP core, or any other such configuration.
- a software module may reside in RAM memory, flash memory, ROM memory, EPROM memory, EEPROM memory, registers, hard disk, a removable disk, a CD-ROM, or any other form of storage medium.
- a storage medium is coupled to the processor such that the processor may read information from, and write information to, the storage medium.
- the storage medium may be integral to the processor.
- the processor and the storage medium may reside in an ASIC.
- the ASIC may reside in a user terminal.
- the processor and the storage medium may reside as discrete components in a user terminal.
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