Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/US8792425B2/en
Timestamp: 2020-03-28 13:17:07
Document Index: 295106930

Matched Legal Cases: ['art 11', 'art 16', 'art 16', 'Application No. 200810144722', 'Application No. 08', 'Application No. 12', 'Application No. 10', 'Application No. 2008', 'art1', 'art1']

US8792425B2 - Communication systems - Google Patents
US8792425B2
US8792425B2 US12/139,667 US13966708A US8792425B2 US 8792425 B2 US8792425 B2 US 8792425B2 US 13966708 A US13966708 A US 13966708A US 8792425 B2 US8792425 B2 US 8792425B2
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230000011664 signaling Effects 0 claims abstract description 85
where d (meters) is the transmitter-receiver separation, b(dB) and n are the pathloss parameters, and the absolute pathloss is given by l=10(L/10).
x ⁡ ( t ) = 1 N ⁢ ∑ n = 0 N - 1 ⁢ ⁢ c n · ⅇ j ⁢ ⁢ 2 ⁢ ⁢ π ⁢ ⁢ n ⁢ ⁢ Δ ⁢ ⁢ f ⁢ ⁢ t , 0 ≤ t ≤ T s ( 1 )
where Δf is the sub-carrier separation in Hz, Ts=1/Δf is symbol time interval in seconds, and cn are the modulated source signals. The sub-carrier vector in (1) onto which each of the source signals is modulated cεCn, c=(c0, c1 . . . cN−1) is a vector of N constellation symbols from a finite constellation. At the receiver, the received time-domain signal is transformed back to frequency domain by applying a Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) or Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) algorithm.
Reference will now be made, by way of example, to the accompanying drawings, of which:—
1. A signaling method for use in a multiple-access communication system, the system comprising a first communication apparatus and a plurality of second communication apparatuses, the second communication apparatuses being operable to communicate with the first communication apparatus using respective parts of a shared communication frame and each using an available service level for such communication, the method comprising:
assessing service-level requests from the second communication apparatuses to determine if there is a group of the second communication apparatuses that have VoIP service-level requirements;
if it is determined that such a VoIP group exists, employing a first control scheme specifying communication control information for the second communication apparatuses of the VoIP group to be transmitted in each downlink subframe of the shared communication frame; and
for any second communication apparatus not part of the VoIP group, employing a further control scheme different from said first control scheme, the further control scheme specifying communication control information for that second communication apparatus, to be transmitted in each downlink subframe of the shared communication frame using a 2D allocation scheme specifying subchannel offset and symbol offset of allocated resource for that second communication apparatus, and individual control information for use by that second communication apparatus,
wherein the communication control information of the first control scheme is a bitmap signaling mechanism with combined control information for use by all the second communication apparatuses of the VoIP group, the first control scheme employing fewer communication control parameters than the communication control information of the further control scheme, such that use of the first control scheme for said VoIP group of second communication apparatuses enables communication for more such second communication apparatuses to be supported in said shared communication frame than if such a further control scheme were used for said VoIP group of second communication apparatuses.
2. A signaling method as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least a predetermined number of said second communication apparatuses are needed to form such a VoIP group.
3. A signaling method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said service-level requirements include quality-of-service requirements.
4. A signaling method as claimed in claim 1, wherein it is determined that such a VoIP group exists if the second communication apparatuses concerned have a number of identical VoIP service-level requirements.
5. A signaling method as claimed in claim 1, wherein use of the first control scheme indicates that a number of communication control parameters have predetermined values, and wherein the control information of the first control scheme does not include values for those communication control parameters.
6. A signaling method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the control information of the first control scheme is formulated in a reduced format compared to the control information of the or each further control scheme.
7. A signaling method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising, as part of the first control scheme, informing the second communication apparatuses of the VoIP group of the location of their respective parts of the control information in the bitmap.
8. A signaling method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the shared communication frame is configured to have a control area, the method comprising using the control area for transmission of the control information of the first control scheme and control information of the or each further control scheme.
9. A signaling method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the shared communication frame is configured to have a data area, the method comprising, as part of the first control scheme, allocating resources in a region of the data area to the second communication apparatuses of the VoIP group and including in the control information of the first control scheme information identifying the allocated resources for each second communication apparatus of the VoIP group.
10. A signaling method as claimed in claim 1, comprising, as part of the first control scheme, selecting based on the service-level requests of the VoIP group a number of minimum resource allocation units of the shared communication frame to form a combined resource allocation unit and allocating resources of the shared communication frame to the second communication apparatuses of the VoIP group in combined resource allocation units.
11. A signaling method as claimed in claim 1, comprising: determining for at least one of the second communication apparatuses whether it is compatible with said first control scheme; and for any second communication apparatus determined to be not compatible with said first control scheme, designating that second communication apparatus as not capable of being part of said VoIP group and employing said further control scheme for that second communication apparatus.
12. The signaling method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said system is an OFDM or OFDMA system, and wherein the shared communication frame is an OFDM or OFDMA time-division-duplex frame or a downlink or uplink sub-frame thereof.
13. The signaling method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the or each first communication apparatus is a base station or a relay station.
14. The signaling method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the or each second communication apparatus is a mobile station or a relay station.
15. A multiple-access communication system, comprising:
assessing means operable to assess service-level requests from the second communication apparatuses to determine if there is a group of the second communication apparatuses that have VoIP service-level requirements;
first control means operable, if it is determined that such a VoIP group exists, to employ a first control scheme specifying communication control information for the second communication apparatuses of the VoIP group to be transmitted in each downlink subframe of the shared communication frame; and
second control means operable, for any second communication apparatus not part of the VoIP group, to employ a further control scheme different from said first control scheme, the further control scheme specifying communication control information for that second communication apparatus to be transmitted in each downlink subframe of the shared communication frame using a 2D allocation scheme specifying subchannel offset and symbol offset of allocated resource for that second communication apparatus, and individual control information for use by that second communication apparatus,
16. A communication apparatus having a processor for executing a computer program for use in a multiple-access communication system, the system further comprising a plurality of further communication apparatuses operable to communicate with the claimed communication apparatus using respective parts of a shared communication frame and each using an available service level for such communication, the computer program comprising instructions for the communication apparatus to execute:
assessing module operable to assess service-level requests from the further communication apparatuses to determine if there is a group of the further communication apparatuses that have VoIP service-level requirements;
first control module, operable, if it is determined that such a VoIP group exists, to employ a first control scheme specifying communication control information for the further communication apparatuses of the VoIP group to be transmitted in each downlink subframe of the shared communication frame; and
second control module operable, for any further communication apparatus not part of the VoIP group, to employ a further control scheme different from said first control scheme, the further control scheme specifying communication control information for that further communication apparatus to be transmitted in each downlink subframe of the shared communication frame using a 2D allocation scheme specifying subchannel offset and symbol offset of allocated resource for that second communication apparatus, and individual control information for use by that second communication apparatus,
wherein the communication control information of the first control scheme is a bitmap signaling mechanism with combined control information for use by all the second communication apparatuses of the VoIP group, the first control scheme employing fewer communication control parameters than the communication control information of the further control scheme, such that use of the first control scheme for said VoIP group of further communication apparatuses enables communication for more such further communication apparatuses to be supported in said shared communication frame than if such a further control scheme were used for said VoIP group of further communication apparatuses.
17. A computer program stored in a non-transitory computer readable medium which, when executed on a computing device of a multiple-access communication system, the system comprising a first communication apparatus and a plurality of second communication apparatuses, the second communication apparatuses being operable to communicate with the first communication apparatus using respective parts of a shared communication frame and each using an available service level for such communication, the computer program causing the computing device to execute a signaling method comprising:
18. A computer program stored in a non-transitory computer readable medium which, when executed on a computing device of a first communication apparatus of a multiple-access communication system, the system further comprising a plurality of second communication apparatuses operable to communicate with the first communication apparatus using respective parts of a shared communication frame and each using an available service level for such communication, the computer program causing the computing device to execute a signaling method comprising:
if it is determined that such a VoIP group exists, employing a first control scheme specifying communication control information for the second communication apparatuses of the group to be transmitted in each downlink subframe of the shared communication frame; and
19. A multiple-access communication system, comprising:
an assessor operable to assess service-level requests from the second communication apparatuses to determine if there is a group of the second communication apparatuses that have VoIP service-level requirements;
a first controller operable, if it is determined that such a VoIP group exists, to employ a first control scheme specifying communication control information for the second communication apparatuses of the VoIP group to be transmitted in each downlink subframe of the shared communication frame; and
a second controller operable, for any second communication apparatus not part of the VoIP group, to employ a further control scheme different from said first control scheme, the further control scheme specifying communication control information for that second communication apparatus to be transmitted in each downlink subframe of the shared communication frame using a 2D allocation scheme specifying subchannel offset and symbol offset of allocated resource for that second communication apparatus, and individual control information for use by that second communication apparatus,
20. A communication apparatus for use in a multiple-access communication system, the system further comprising a plurality of further communication apparatuses operable to communicate with the claimed communication apparatus using respective parts of a shared communication frame and each using an available service level for such communication, the claimed communication apparatus comprising:
an assessor operable to assess service-level requests from the further communication apparatuses to determine if there is a group of the further communication apparatuses that have VoIP service-level requirements;
a first controller operable, if it is determined that such a VoIP group exists, to employ a first control scheme specifying communication control information for the further communication apparatuses of the VoIP group to be transmitted in each downlink subframe of the shared communication frame; and
a second controller operable, for any further communication apparatus not part of the VoIP group, to employ a further control scheme different from said first control scheme, the further control scheme specifying communication control information for that further communication apparatus to be transmitted in each downlink subframe of the shared communication frame using a 2D allocation scheme specifying subchannel offset and symbol offset of allocated resource for that second communication apparatus, and individual control information for use by that second communication apparatus,
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