Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (publ)

Johan Lundsj&ouml;

Per Johan Beming

Mathias Johansson

Christiaan Roobol

Erik Bengt Dahlman

Per Narvinger

A communications system and method are provided that enables the balancing and rate matching of different types of services used simultaneously by a mobile terminal. More specifically, the communications system includes a network and mobile terminal either of which is capable of matching the bit rates of a plurality of transport channels each handling a service to a bit rate of a physical channel handling multiplexed services using relative offset measures and predefined rules. The network assigns and signals the relative offset measures to the mobile terminal.

Communications system and method for matching and balancing the bit rates of transport channels to the bit rate of a physical channel

A method for processing multiple data services over a communications link between a mobile station and a base station is disclosed. A RLC/MAC protocol layer of the communications link between a mobile station and a base station receives a plurality of radio bearer services each including at least one service provided by the mobile station. The plurality of radio bearer services are processed in such a manner that services having substantially similar quantity of signal requirements are combined for transmission on a single logical channel. Data within the transmission blocks may be prioritized to enable flexible control of transmission rates.

Multi-service handling by a single mobile station

An optimal data block size is determined for use in transmitting data at variable rates over a communications link in predetermined time intervals, where each predetermined time interval has the same time duration. Rather than varying data block size according to changes in transmission rates, which adds unnecessary complexity, the data blocks all have the same fixed size, i.e., the same number of data bits in each block. That fixed data block size is determined so that for all of the available data transmission rates, each predetermined time interval is fully occupied with useful information. The fixed data block size is determined based on a maximum frequency at which the transmission rate may change on the communications link and a lowest available transmission rate. Preferably, the fixed size of each data block is limited by predetermined maximum and minimum data block sizes in order to reduce the number of bit errors per data block, maintain a certain data throughput, and limit the amount of overhead bits relative to the number of payload bits for each data block.

Data transmission over a communications link with variable transmission rates

In a spread spectrum communications system supporting bursty uplink and downlink data packet transmission telecommunications services, significant concerns exist as to the generation of unacceptable levels of interference resulting from plural and simultaneous data packet transmissions. To address this concern, the system selectively organizes an access schedule for mobile station uplink data packet transmissions and a delivery schedule for downlink data packet transmissions. For the uplink, the schedule is transmitted to plural mobile stations in a current frame, and identifies which one or ones of plural mobile stations are authorized to make an uplink data packet transmission in a next frame. Only those mobile stations scheduled with authorization to make an access in the next frame then transmit their data packets (or a portions thereof) to the base station during that next frame. On the downlink, a notification of intended delivery is communicated to destination mobile stations in a current frame. The system then makes downlink delivery in accordance with the schedule to the destination mobile stations in a next frame.

Packet data communications scheduling in a spread spectrum communications system

Methods of controlling the power levels of transmitted signals in telecommunication systems are described. A user may be assigned a plurality of radio bearers associated with a plurality of physical channels for communicating with a radiocommunication system. A fast power control loop monitors a reference channel and adjusts transmit power in accordance with an SIR target value. A plurality of slow power control loops adjust the SIR target value and also provide offset transmit power values associated with each physical channel to adapt the transmit powers in accordance with varying quality requirements between radio bearers.

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Bromma, Sweden

Johan Lundsjö

Growing community of inventors

Bromma, Sweden

Johan Lundsj&ouml;

Johan Lundsjö