Abstract:
A method and apparatus for frequency domain joint detection for multicamer code division multiple access (MC-CDMA) and spread orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) systems are disclosed The apparatus includes a receiver (150) having a frequency domain (156) joint detector (160), whereby channel distortion and data symbols are jointly equalized and detected by the frequency domain joint detector in a frequency domain Users of the data symbols may be assigned all or a subset of subcamers with variable spreading factor codes Alternatively, the subset of subcarriers may be further divided into multiple partitions and the frequency domain joint detection may be performed on the subcarriers in the partition The users are assigned a spreading code which may be a Hadamard code a spread complex quadratic sequence (SCQS) code or anv type of orthogonal soreading code.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for controlling transmissions of data via an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) are disclosed. A list of available transport format combinations (TFCs) is generated based on a plurality of dedicated channel medium access control (MAC-d) flows. An enhanced uplink medium access control (MAC-e) protocol data unit (PDU) is generated using a TFC which is selected from the list of available TFCs. The MAC-e PDU is forwarded to a hybrid-automatic repeat request (H-ARQ) process unit for transmission. The list of available TFCs is continuously updated by eliminating and recovering TFCs based on remaining E-DCH power, an E- DCH transport format combination set (TFCS), a power offset of a highest priority MAC-d flow that has E-DCH data to transmit, and a gain factor for each TFC.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for processing data blocks during soft handover. The apparatus may be a wireless communication system including at least two enhanced uplink soft handover (EU-SHO) Node-B's and a radio network controller (RNC) as shown in figure 1. Each Node-B decodes a received data block and forwards the decoded data block to the RNC. If the RNC receives at least one copy of a successfully decoded data block, the RNC uses a re-ordering function entity to process the copy of the successfully decoded data block to support in-sequence delivery to higher protocol layers. If the RNC receives more than one copy of a successfully decoded data block, the RNC discards the extra successfully decoded data block copies. The RNC is either a serving-RNC (S-RNC) or a controlling-RNC (C-RNC). Each Node-B includes a medium access control (MAC) entity that handles enhanced uplink dedicated channel (EU-DCH) functionalities.
Abstract:
In a communications system with a wireless transmit/receive unit and a cell, a method for transmission of a broadcast channel is presented. The method contains the steps of generating a broadcast signal, processing said broadcast signal according to a modified spatial frequency block coding scheme, and broadcasting the processed signal to a wireless transmit/receive unit.
Abstract:
The present invention is related to a method and system for sending and reducing uplink feedback signaling by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) related to transmission of multimedia broadcast multi cast service (MBMS) data over a high speed down link packet access (HSDPA) channel. A Node B may pre-allocate a time frequency region or a common channelization code for the feedback. A triggering criterion for reporting a channel quality indicator (CQI) is set and WTRUs send a CQI to a Node B only if the triggering criterion is satisfied. The triggering criterion may be a current operating CQI value at the Node B, or based on erroneous transport block reception statistics, or a predetermined time period. A feedback reduction method related to ACK/NACK includes the WTRU sending an indication of an average number of transmissions needed to successfully decode the data instead of sending an ACK/NACK for every transmission interval.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for synchronization in an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) evolved universal terrestrial radio access (E-UTRA) system including at least one base station and a plurality of wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs). A secondary synchronization channel (S-SCH) symbol is generated to include cell-specific information. The S-SCH symbol is mapped to the center of the available bandwidth of the system. In one embodiment, the S-SCH symbol is transmitted on different subcarriers at different sectors in the system. In another embodiment, the S-SCH symbol is transmitted on the same subcarriers at different sectors in the system.
Abstract:
A Node-B sends a polling message to a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). The WTRU sends an uplink synchronization burst in response to the polling message without contention. The Node-B estimates an uplink timing shift based on the synchronization burst and sends an uplink timing adjustment command to the WTRU. The WTRU then adjusts uplink timing based on the uplink timing adjustment command. Alternatively, the Node-B may send a scheduling message for uplink synchronization to the WTRU. The WTRU may send a synchronization burst based on the scheduling message. Alternatively, the WTRU may perform contention-based uplink synchronization after receiving a synchronization request from the Node-B. The WTRU may enter an idle state instead of performing a handover to a new cell when the WTRU moves to the new cell. A discontinuous reception (DRX) interval for the WTRU may be set based on activity of the WTRU.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for efficient operation of an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) are disclosed. A physical layer processing includes computation of various control parameters followed by actual processing of the data to be transmitted. In accordance with the present invention, the computation of the control parameters is performed asynchronously from the associated data operation. A medium access control (MAC) layer provides information needed for computation of the control parameters to the physical layer as early as possible, while the data is being processed in parallel. The provided data includes a hybrid automatic repeat request (H-ARQ) profile, a transport block size, power offset, or the like. By sending this data to the physical layer before MAC-e processing is complete, the latency constraint can be significantly relaxed.
Abstract:
In a wireless communication system comprising at least one wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), a base station, and a radio network controller (RNC), a method for constant envelope orthogonal frequency division multiplexin (CE-OFDM) modulation (430) comprises the WTRU (110) performing an inverse transform on the data (420). The WTRU next performs constant envelope (CE) modulation on the data and transmits the CE-OFDM data to the base station. The base station receives the data and CE demodulates the data. The base station performs a transform on the demodulated data.
Abstract:
A method and system for scheduling uplink transmissions in a single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) system are disclosed. A Node-B receives a scheduling request from a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). The Node-B selects at least one subcarrier block having a certain bandwidth for the WTRU based on quality of service (QoS) requirement of the WTRU. If the QoS requirement is high, the Node-B selects at least one subcarrier block having a large bandwidth and if the QoS requirement is low, the Node-B selects at least one subcarrier block having a small bandwidth. The Node-B then schedules uplink transmissions in a time domain and/or a frequency domain based on a predetermined factor. The Node-B may perform frequency and/or time hopping in scheduling the uplink transmissions.