Patent ID: 8838115
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for use in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: identifying a cell indicated by a data source control channel in an active set; determining whether a number of sectors in an active set is greater than a threshold; assigning more than one of a plurality of non-null Data Rate Control (DRC) covers to at least one sector belonging to the identified cell by: assigning more than one of the plurality of non-null DRC covers to each of a plurality of sectors in the active set if an active set size is less than or equal to a threshold number of sectors to increase a number of DRC indices available for selection without increasing the size of a field used for transmission of the DRC indices, and assigning more than one of the plurality of non-null DRC covers to some, but not all, of the plurality of sectors in the active set if the active set size is greater than the threshold number of sectors; determining whether all cells in the active set are identified; assigning one non-null DRC cover to other sectors of other cells if all the cells in the active set are not identified; and storing one or more digital signals representing the assignment of the plurality of non-null DRC covers in memory in at least one computing device within said wireless communication system.