Abstract:
A wireless communication method and apparatus for controlling the power of signals (105) transmitted by downlink (DL) and/or uplink (UL) coded composite transport channels (CCTrCHs). A base station (110) transmits signals to a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) (115) via at least one UL CCTrCH. The base station (110) determines whether or not discontinuous transmission (DTX) of a UL CCTrCH that controls the power of a DL CCTrCH is employed, and/or the WTRU determines whether or not DTX of a DL CCTrCH that controls the power of a UL CCTrCH is employed. The power of the CCTrCHs is incremented or decremented by a first step size when DTX is employed, and by a second step size when DTX is not employed.
Abstract:
A method (100) for accelerating discovery of access points (APs) in a wireless local area network begins by transmitting an advertisement packet by an AP via at least one channel other than a channel on which the AP transmits beacon signals. The advertisement packet is received by a station (STA), which then determines whether to associate to the transmitting AP. The advertisement packet can include reassociation information, such that the STA can associate to the AP based on the information in the advertisement packet, or timing information, such that the STA can tune to the AP and receive the AP's beacon without dwelling on the AP for an extended period of time.
Abstract:
A method and system wherein users are encouraged to participate in cooperative positioning among wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUS) (102) is disclosed. Participating WTRUS determined to be suitable for providing positioning information for target-WTRUS are identified and sent a broadcast message requesting positioning information regarding a target-WTRU(s) (102). Participating wireless transmit/receive units that report positioning information are given a reward or credit.
Abstract:
A wireless communication method and system for optimizing channel selection for an AP. The channel selection optimization process includes four sub-processes: 1) a measurement process; 2) a candidate channel determining process; 3) a channel selection process; and 4) a channel update process. Candidate channels used for supporting communication performed by the AP are determined. The candidate channels are chosen from an allowable channel set (ACS) if a detected interference of each candidate channel is less than an established maximum allowed interference.
Abstract:
A system and method for equalizing the signal-to-interference ratios (SIRs) of a plurality of physical channels supporting a coded composite transport channel CCTrCH comprises calculating new transmission powers such that not only are the SIRs of the physical channels equalized, but also the average SIR of the CCTrCH remains constant.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for combined medium access control (MAC) and radio link control (RLC) processing are disclosed. For uplink processing, a combined MAC/RLC (CMR) entity generates an SDU descriptor and allocates protocol data unit (PDU) descriptor resources. A protocol engine (PE) populates a PDU descriptor for each PDU carrying at least a portion of the SDU and generates a MAC PDU in a physical layer shared memory based on the SDU descriptor and the PDU descriptor. The MAC PDU is generated while moving RLC SDU data from the bulk memory to the physical layer shared memory. For downlink processing, received MAC PDUs are stored in the physical layer shared memory. The PE reads MAC and RLC headers in the MAC PDU and populates an SDU segment descriptor (SD) and corresponding PDU descriptors for each SDU segment. The CMR entity merges SDU SDs that comprise a same RLC SDU.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for handling cell reselections and transitions includes executing a cell reselection. A medium access control (MAC) -ehs reset is performed. In an embodiment, cell reselection is performed while waiting for a cell update confirm message. Undergoing a Radio link failure. Clearing an HS_DSCH_RECEPTION_OF_CCCH_ENABLED Variable (or set it to TRUE/FALSE). Transition between states and support of HSDPA (Release 7 of 3GPP).
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for adjusting power grants in wireless communications. Multiple power grant tables are stored and one or more tables are designated during communication.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving a packet via high speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) are disclosed. At least one HSDPA medium access control (MAC-hs) service data unit (SDU) is segmented into a plurality of segments. MAC-hs protocol data units (PDUs) are generated from the segments wherein each MAC-hs PDU includes at least one segment. Each MAC-hs PDU may include one segment from a single MAC-hs SDU. The size of the segments may match to the size of the MAC-hs PDUs minus the size of the header of the MAC-hs PDU. The sizes of the segments may be determined based on the number of segments to which the MAC-hs SDU is segmented. Alternatively, each MAC-hs PDU may include a combination of segments from a plurality of MAC-hs SDUs or a combination of at least one segment from one MAC-hs SDU and at least one entire MAC-hs SDU.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for controlling discontinuous transmission and reception are disclosed. A Node-B schedules an offset for discontinuous transmission (DTX) and/or discontinuous reception (DRX) for a user equipment (UE) and sends the offset to the UE. The UE then shifts the DTX and/or DRX pattern based on the received offset. The UE may modify the offset based on the transmission time of an activation command for DTX and DRX. The UE may modify an offset for DTX and DRX to shift the DTX pattern and DRX pattern when the UE receives downlink data or transmits uplink data based on a sub-frame number at the time of the downlink reception and uplink transmission.