Method and apparatus for PDCP reordering at handoff

    公开(公告)号:AU2008265717A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-12-24

    申请号:AU2008265717

    申请日:2008-06-18

    Applicant: QUALCOMM INC

    Inventor: MEYLAN ARNAUD

    Abstract: Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate management of data delivery and processing in a wireless communication system and, more particularly, that support Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) reordering of packets during a handoff operation. Various aspects described herein can mitigate processing delays associated with PDCP reordering of packets at handoff by determining, communicating, and/or otherwise identifying one or more indicators during handoff that facilitate lossless communication of packets to a terminal with minimal delay. These indicators can include sequence number information for a source Node B, information regarding a step or jump size applied to a sequence number by a target Node B, a reset command, and/or other suitable indicators.

    CIPHERING SEQUENCE NUMBER FOR AN ADJACENT LAYER PROTOCOL IN DATA PACKET COMMUNICATIONS

    公开(公告)号:CA2683533A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-11-13

    申请号:CA2683533

    申请日:2008-05-01

    Applicant: QUALCOMM INC

    Abstract: A data packet communication system employs data encryption in a packet da ta convergence protocol (PDCP) and radio link control (RLC) in Layer 2 of tr ansmission between a transmitter (TX) and a receiver (RX). A single sequence number is used for both the PDCP and RLC to reduce overhead by signaling a TX PDCP first ciphering sequence number to the RX prior to encrypted data pa cket communication. A sequence number accompanies each RLC PDU, which can en compass concatenated or segmented service data units (SDUs) from the higher layer PDCP. This sequence number is sufficient for the RLC to perform re-ord ering, gap detection, retransmission, etc., while also allowing the RX upper layer PDCP to reconstruct a sequenced value used to encrypt content.

    Ciphering sequence number for an adjacent layer protocol in data packet communications

    公开(公告)号:AU2008247661A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-11-13

    申请号:AU2008247661

    申请日:2008-05-01

    Applicant: QUALCOMM INC

    Abstract: A data packet communication system employs data encryption in a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) and radio link control (RLC) in Layer 2 of transmission between a transmitter (TX) and a receiver (RX). A single sequence number is used for both the PDCP and RLC to reduce overhead by signaling a TX PDCP first ciphering sequence number to the RX prior to encrypted data packet communication. A sequence number accompanies each RLC PDU, which can encompass concatenated or segmented service data units (SDUs) from the higher layer PDCP. This sequence number is sufficient for the RLC to perform re-ordering, gap detection, retransmission, etc., while also allowing the RX upper layer PDCP to reconstruct a sequenced value used to encrypt content.

    POWER SAVE ENHANCEMENTS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION

    公开(公告)号:CA2833883A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-09-25

    申请号:CA2833883

    申请日:2007-10-16

    Applicant: QUALCOMM INC

    Abstract: Techniques for improving power saving by stations in wireless networks are described. In an aspect, a source station sends a frame with a buffer status for a recipient station during an awake time for both stations and sends one or more data frames to the recipient station as indicated by the buffer status. The recipient station knows how many data frames to expect based on the buffer status and can go to sleep after receiving the expected number of data frames. In another aspect, a source station receives a frame with information on transmission opportunity (TXOP) bursting receive capability of a recipient station operating in a power save mode. The source station performs channel access at the start of a TXOP and sends multiple data frames in the TXOP to the recipient station based on the TXOP bursting receive capability of the recipient station.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POLLING IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONSYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:CA2679319A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-09-25

    申请号:CA2679319

    申请日:2008-03-17

    Applicant: QUALCOMM INC

    Abstract: A data packet communication system employs radio link control (RLC) trans mission between a transmitter and a receiver with an Automatic Repeat Reques t (ARQ) arrangement whereby polling of the receiver is accomplished with red uced amount of redundantly transmitted data, such as between an access node and terminal. Upon a polling event, such as emptying of a transmission buffe r of the transmitter, expiration of a polling timer, or reaching a radio lin k control (RLC) protocol data units (PDUs) count threshold, the transmitter sends a polling command to the receiver. This polling command is smaller tha n any of the RLC PDUs, which are conventionally resent with a polling bit se t to evoke a STATUS PDU from the receiver. With evolving communication stand ards tending toward larger PDUs, such as in excess of a kilobyte for HSPA+ ( High-Speed Packet Access Evolution) and 3GPP LTE (Long Term Evolution), this inefficiency can be of increasing impact.

    TRANSMISSION MODE AND RATE SELECTION FOR A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:CA2567039A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-01-05

    申请号:CA2567039

    申请日:2005-05-05

    Applicant: QUALCOMM INC

    Abstract: A method of selecting a transmission mode for data transmission in a wireless communication system is described. The method comprising determining the age of channel information available for use to transmit data via a wireless channel, comparing the age of the channel information against a threshold, and selecting a steered mode when the age of the channel information is less than or equal to the threshold and selecting an unsteered mode when the age of the channel information is greater than the threshold, and processing data in accordance with the selected transmission mode wherein the channel information is used for processing when the steered mode is selected and the channel information is not used for processing when the unsteered mode is selected. Further, a corresponding apparatus is described.

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