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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2004
Srinivasan Balasubramanian, San Diego, CA (US);
David Reeves Comstock, San Diego, CA (US);
Long L. Duan, San Diego, CA (US);
Ralph Gholmieh, San Diego, CA (US);
Thawatt Gopal, San Diego, CA (US);
Patrick Ahamad Hosein, San Diego, CA (US);
Seong-jun OH, San Diego, CA (US);
Anthony C. K. Soong, Superior, CO (US);
Shiau-he Shawn Tsai, San Diego, CA (US);
Rath Vannithamby, San Diego, CA (US);
Jonas Wiorek, San Diego, CA (US);
Hsein Woo, San Diego, CA (US);
Tao Wu, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Young C. Yoon, San Diego, CA (US);
Srinivasan Balasubramanian, San Diego, CA (US);
David Reeves Comstock, San Diego, CA (US);
Long L. Duan, San Diego, CA (US);
Ralph Gholmieh, San Diego, CA (US);
Thawatt Gopal, San Diego, CA (US);
Patrick Ahamad Hosein, San Diego, CA (US);
Seong-Jun Oh, San Diego, CA (US);
Anthony C. K. Soong, Superior, CO (US);
Shiau-He Shawn Tsai, San Diego, CA (US);
Rath Vannithamby, San Diego, CA (US);
Jonas Wiorek, San Diego, CA (US);
Hsein Woo, San Diego, CA (US);
Tao Wu, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Young C. Yoon, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method provide MAC logic enabling the use of two or more reverse link rate controls at the same time in one or more sectors of a radio base station. That enables the base station to control reverse link loading via reverse link rate control, while assigning mobile stations to the type of reverse link rate control best suited to their needs. For example, the base station MAC logic may implement both a common rate controller that generates per-sector rate control commands, and a dedicated rate controller that generates per-user rate control commands and assign mobile stations having relatively lax reverse link service needs to the common rate controller, while assigning mobile stations having more demanding reverse link service requirements to the dedicated rate control. More than two rate controls can be implemented, and exemplary choices include per-user, per-sector, per-group, and scheduled rate control in any combination.