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Primary transfer for simplex mode forward-link high-speed packet data services in CDMA systems
Assignee: CACI LGS Innovations LLC
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Filing: 1999-06-11
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Granted: 2003-01-14
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Expires: 2019-06-11
Abstract
Abstract A back haul architecture enables efficient primary transfer (i.e., transfer of the designation of primary base station from one base station to another). A frame selection/distribution (FSD) function queues packets of forward-link data—to which sequence numbers have been assigned—for packet-mode transmission over the back haul only to one base station—the current primary base station—where the packets are again queued for over-the-air transmission to the mobile unit. If and when it becomes appropriate to transfer the designation of primary base station to another base station, there may still be packets of data queued at the old primary base station awaiting transmission to the mobile unit. The old primary base station sends a message to the new primary base station indicating a particular sequence number that identifies the remaining packets of forward-link data queued at the old primary base station. The new primary base station then sends a message to the FSD function requesting transmission of those packets of forward-link data corresponding to the particular sequence number. The FSD function then transmits those requested packets of forward-link data to the new primary base station, which queues the requested packets for over-the-air transmission to the mobile unit. In this way, transmission of all of the forward-link data to the mobile unit is enabled without having to transmit the remaining queued packets of forward-link data from the old primary base station to the new primary base station over the back haul, thereby providing an efficient mechanism for primary transfer in wireless communications systems that support forward-link data transmissions only in simplex mode.
Inventors
- 👤 Sarath Kumar
- 👤 Sanjiv Nanda
- 👤 Harvey Rubin
- 👤 Stanislav Vitebskiy
Bibliographic Details
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US
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google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 14:12
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04W; H04W52/00; H04W52/04; H04W52/06; H04W52/14; H04W52/143; H04W52/146; H04W52/38; H04W52/40; H04W52/44; H04W72/00; H04W72/50; H04W72/56; H04W36/00; H04W36/16; H04W36/18; H04W52/50
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 35
Claim 1
Independent Claim
367 words
A wireless communications method, comprising the steps of: (a) queuing packets of forward-link data at a data distribution function of a wireless communications system, wherein each packet of forward-link data has a sequence number; (b) transmitting the packets of forward-link data from the data distribution function to only a current primary base station of the wireless communications system; (c) queuing at the current primary base station the packets of forward-link data for transmission over an air interface; (d) determining at the current primary base station, before transmitting all of the packets of forward-link data queued at the current primary base station, that the current primary base station is to become an old primary base station and a different base station of the wireless communications system is to become a new primary base station; (e) transmitting from the old primary base station to the new primary base station a message indicating a particular sequence number identifying one or more remaining queued packets of forward-link data at the old primary base station, wherein packets associated with one or more sequence numbers prior to the particular sequence number define a first portion of the data for transmission over the air interface by the old primary base station and packets associated with the particular sequence number define a second portion of the data; (f) transmitting from the new primary base station to the data distribution function a request for one or more packets of forward-link data based on the particular sequence number; (g) transmitting from the data distribution function to the new primary base station the requested one or more packets of forward-link data based on the particular sequence number; and (h) queuing at the new primary base station the requested one or more packets of forward-link data for transmission of the second portion over the air interface, thereby enabling transmission of all of the forward-link data over the air interface without having to transmit the one or more remaining queued packets of forward-link data from the old primary base station to the new primary base station, and wherein the first portion of the data and the second portion of the data are not transmitted over the air interface in synchronism.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
367 words
A wireless communications method, comprising the steps of: (a) queuing packets of forward-link data at a data distribution function of a wireless communications system, wherein each packet of forward-link data has a sequence number; (b) transmitting the packets of forward-link data from the data distribution function to only a current primary base station of the wireless communications system; (c) queuing at the current primary base station the packets of forward-link data for transmission over an air interface; (d) determining at the current primary base station, before transmitting all of the packets of forward-link data queued at the current primary base station, that the current primary base station is to become an old primary base station and a different base station of the wireless communications system is to become a new primary base station; (e) transmitting from the old primary base station to the new primary base station a message indicating a particular sequence number identifying one or more remaining queued packets of forward-link data at the old primary base station, wherein packets associated with one or more sequence numbers prior to the particular sequence number define a first portion of the data for transmission over the air interface by the old primary base station and packets associated with the particular sequence number define a second portion of the data; (f) transmitting from the new primary base station to the data distribution function a request for one or more packets of forward-link data based on the particular sequence number; (g) transmitting from the data distribution function to the new primary base station the requested one or more packets of forward-link data based on the particular sequence number; and (h) queuing at the new primary base station the requested one or more packets of forward-link data for transmission of the second portion over the air interface, thereby enabling transmission of all of the forward-link data over the air interface without having to transmit the one or more remaining queued packets of forward-link data from the old primary base station to the new primary base station, and wherein the first portion of the data and the second portion of the data are not transmitted over the air interface in synchronism.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
32 words
The invention of claim 1 , wherein the wireless communications system is an IS-95 CDMA system and the data distribution function is part of a frame selection/distribution (FSD)/radio link protocol (RLP) function.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
The invention of claim 1 , wherein, at different times, each primary base station transmits forward-link data in simplex mode, when corresponding reverse-link operations are in soft handoff.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
45 words
The invention of claim 1 , wherein each primary base station has a new data queue for forward-link data that has not been previously transmitted over the air interface and a retransmission queue for forward-link data that has been previously transmitted over the air interface.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
21 words
The invention of claim 4 , wherein the retransmission queue has a higher transmission priority level than the new data queue.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
42 words
The invention of claim 4 , wherein at least one forward-link transmission over the air interface from a primary base station comprises one or more user message segments from the retransmission queue and a user message segment from the new data queue.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
33 words
The invention of claim 1 , wherein the message indicating the particular sequence number is transmitted from the old primary base station to the new primary base station via the data distribution function.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
361 words
A wireless communications system comprising a data distribution function in communication with a current primary base station, wherein: the data distribution function is configured to: (a) queue packets of forward-link data, wherein each packet of forward-link data has a sequence number; and (b) transmit the packets of forward-link data to only the current primary base station; the current primary base station is configured to: (c) queue the packets of forward-link data for transmission over an air interface; (d) determine, before transmitting all of the packets of forward-link data queued at the current primary base station, that the current primary base station is to become an old primary base station and a different base station of the wireless communications system is to become a new primary base station; and (e) transmit to the new primary base station a message indicating a particular sequence number identifying one or more remaining queued packets of forward-link data at the old primary base station, wherein packets associated with one or more sequence numbers prior to the particular sequence number define a first portion of the data for transmission over the air interface by the old primary base station and packets associated with the particular sequence number define a second portion of the data; the new primary base station is configured to transmit to the data distribution function a request for one or more packets of forward-link data based on the particular sequence number; the data distribution function is further configured to transmit to the new primary base station the requested one or more packets of forward-link data based on the particular sequence number; and the new primary base station is further configured to queue the requested one or more packets of forward-link data for transmission of the second portion over the air interface, thereby enabling transmission of all of the forward-link data over the air interface without having to transmit the one or more remaining queued packets of forward-link data from the old primary base station to the new primary base station, and wherein the first portion of the data and the second portion of the data are not transmitted over the air interface in synchronism.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
361 words
A wireless communications system comprising a data distribution function in communication with a current primary base station, wherein: the data distribution function is configured to: (a) queue packets of forward-link data, wherein each packet of forward-link data has a sequence number; and (b) transmit the packets of forward-link data to only the current primary base station; the current primary base station is configured to: (c) queue the packets of forward-link data for transmission over an air interface; (d) determine, before transmitting all of the packets of forward-link data queued at the current primary base station, that the current primary base station is to become an old primary base station and a different base station of the wireless communications system is to become a new primary base station; and (e) transmit to the new primary base station a message indicating a particular sequence number identifying one or more remaining queued packets of forward-link data at the old primary base station, wherein packets associated with one or more sequence numbers prior to the particular sequence number define a first portion of the data for transmission over the air interface by the old primary base station and packets associated with the particular sequence number define a second portion of the data; the new primary base station is configured to transmit to the data distribution function a request for one or more packets of forward-link data based on the particular sequence number; the data distribution function is further configured to transmit to the new primary base station the requested one or more packets of forward-link data based on the particular sequence number; and the new primary base station is further configured to queue the requested one or more packets of forward-link data for transmission of the second portion over the air interface, thereby enabling transmission of all of the forward-link data over the air interface without having to transmit the one or more remaining queued packets of forward-link data from the old primary base station to the new primary base station, and wherein the first portion of the data and the second portion of the data are not transmitted over the air interface in synchronism.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
32 words
The invention of claim 8 , wherein the wireless communications system is an IS-95 CDMA system and the data distribution function is part of a frame selection/distribution (FSD)/radio link protocol (RLP) function.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
28 words
The invention of claim 8 , wherein, at different times, each primary base station transmits forward-link data in simplex mode, when corresponding reverse-link operations are in soft handoff.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
45 words
The invention of claim 8 , wherein each primary base station has a new data queue for forward-link data that has not been previously transmitted over the air interface and a retransmission queue for forward-link data that has been previously transmitted over the air interface.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
21 words
The invention of claim 11 , wherein the retransmission queue has a higher transmission priority level than the new data queue.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
42 words
The invention of claim 11 , wherein at least one forward-link transmission over the air interface from a primary base station comprises one or more user message segments from the retransmission queue and a user message segment from the new data queue.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
33 words
The invention of claim 8 , wherein the message indicating the particular sequence number is transmitted from the old primary base station to the new primary base station via the data distribution function.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
201 words
A wireless communications method, comprising the steps of: (a) queuing packets of forward-link data at a data distribution function of a wireless communications system, wherein each packet of forward-link data has a sequence number; (b) transmitting the packets of forward-link data from the data distribution function to only a current primary base station of the wireless communications system; (c) then receiving at the data distribution function a request from a new primary base station of the wireless communications system for one or more of the packets of forward-link data based on a particular sequence number, wherein packets associated with one or more sequence numbers prior to the particular sequence number define a first portion of the data for transmission over the air interface by the current primary base station and packets associated with the particular sequence number define a second portion of the data; and (d) then transmitting from the data distribution function to the new primary base station the one or more requested packets of forward-link data of the second portion based on the particular sequence number, wherein the first portion of the data and the second portion of the data are not transmitted over the air interface in synchronism.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
201 words
A wireless communications method, comprising the steps of: (a) queuing packets of forward-link data at a data distribution function of a wireless communications system, wherein each packet of forward-link data has a sequence number; (b) transmitting the packets of forward-link data from the data distribution function to only a current primary base station of the wireless communications system; (c) then receiving at the data distribution function a request from a new primary base station of the wireless communications system for one or more of the packets of forward-link data based on a particular sequence number, wherein packets associated with one or more sequence numbers prior to the particular sequence number define a first portion of the data for transmission over the air interface by the current primary base station and packets associated with the particular sequence number define a second portion of the data; and (d) then transmitting from the data distribution function to the new primary base station the one or more requested packets of forward-link data of the second portion based on the particular sequence number, wherein the first portion of the data and the second portion of the data are not transmitted over the air interface in synchronism.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
32 words
The invention of claim 15 , wherein the wireless communications system is an IS-95 CDMA system and the data distribution function is part of a frame selection/distribution (FSD)/radio link protocol (RLP) function.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
221 words
A wireless communications method, comprising the steps of: (a) receiving at a current primary base station of a wireless communications system packets of forward-link data, wherein each packet of forward-link data has a sequence number; (b) queuing at the current primary base station the packets of forward-link data for transmission over an air interface; (c) determining at the current primary base station, before transmitting all of the packets of forward-link data queued at the current primary base station, that the current primary base station is to become an old primary base station and a different base station of the wireless communications system is to become a new primary base station; and (d) transmitting from the old primary base station to the new primary base station a message indicating a particular sequence number identifying one or more remaining queued packets of forward-link data at the old primary base station, wherein packets associated with one or more sequence numbers prior to the particular sequence number define a first portion of the data for transmission over the air interface by the old primary base station and packets associated with the particular sequence number define a second portion of the data, and wherein the first portion of the data and the second portion of the data are not transmitted over the air interface in synchronism.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
221 words
A wireless communications method, comprising the steps of: (a) receiving at a current primary base station of a wireless communications system packets of forward-link data, wherein each packet of forward-link data has a sequence number; (b) queuing at the current primary base station the packets of forward-link data for transmission over an air interface; (c) determining at the current primary base station, before transmitting all of the packets of forward-link data queued at the current primary base station, that the current primary base station is to become an old primary base station and a different base station of the wireless communications system is to become a new primary base station; and (d) transmitting from the old primary base station to the new primary base station a message indicating a particular sequence number identifying one or more remaining queued packets of forward-link data at the old primary base station, wherein packets associated with one or more sequence numbers prior to the particular sequence number define a first portion of the data for transmission over the air interface by the old primary base station and packets associated with the particular sequence number define a second portion of the data, and wherein the first portion of the data and the second portion of the data are not transmitted over the air interface in synchronism.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
16 words
The invention of claim 17 , wherein the wireless communications system is an IS-95 CDMA system.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
30 words
The invention of claim 17 , wherein the current primary base station transmits forward-link data over the air interface in simplex mode, when corresponding reverse-link operations are in soft handoff.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
46 words
The invention of claim 17 , wherein the current primary base station has a new data queue for forward-link data that has not been previously transmitted over the air interface and a retransmission queue for forward-link data that has been previously transmitted over the air interface.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
21 words
The invention of claim 20 , wherein the retransmission queue has a higher transmission priority level than the new data queue.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
43 words
The invention of claim 20 , wherein at least one forward-link transmission over the air interface from the current primary base station comprises one or more user message segments from the retransmission queue and a user message segment from the new data queue.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
38 words
The invention of claim 17 , wherein the message indicating the particular sequence number is transmitted from the old primary base station to the new primary base station via a frame distribution function of the wireless communications system.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
201 words
A wireless communications method, comprising the steps of: (a) receiving at a new primary base station of a wireless communications system a message indicating a particular sequence number identifying one or more remaining queued packets of forward-link data at an old primary base station of the wireless communications system; (b) transmitting from the new primary base station to a data distribution function of the wireless communications system a request for one or more packets of forward-link data based on the particular sequence number, wherein packets associated with one or more sequence numbers prior to the particular sequence number define a first portion of the data for transmission over the air interface by the old primary base station and packets associated with the particular sequence number define a second portion of the data; (c) receiving at the new primary base station the requested one or more packets of forward-link data; and (d) queuing at the new primary base station the requested one or more packets of forward-link data for transmission of the second portion over an air interface, and wherein the first portion of the data and the second portion of the data are not transmitted over the air interface in synchronism.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
201 words
A wireless communications method, comprising the steps of: (a) receiving at a new primary base station of a wireless communications system a message indicating a particular sequence number identifying one or more remaining queued packets of forward-link data at an old primary base station of the wireless communications system; (b) transmitting from the new primary base station to a data distribution function of the wireless communications system a request for one or more packets of forward-link data based on the particular sequence number, wherein packets associated with one or more sequence numbers prior to the particular sequence number define a first portion of the data for transmission over the air interface by the old primary base station and packets associated with the particular sequence number define a second portion of the data; (c) receiving at the new primary base station the requested one or more packets of forward-link data; and (d) queuing at the new primary base station the requested one or more packets of forward-link data for transmission of the second portion over an air interface, and wherein the first portion of the data and the second portion of the data are not transmitted over the air interface in synchronism.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
32 words
The invention of claim 24 , wherein the wireless communications system is an IS-95 CDMA system and the data distribution function is part of a frame selection/distribution (FSD)/radio link protocol (RLP) function.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
30 words
The invention of claim 24 , wherein the new primary base station transmits forward-link data over the air interface in simplex mode, when corresponding reverse-link operations are in soft handoff.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
46 words
The invention of claim 24 , wherein the new primary base station has a new data queue for forward-link data that has not been previously transmitted over the air interface and a retransmission queue for forward-link data that has been previously transmitted over the air interface.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
21 words
The invention of claim 27 , wherein the retransmission queue has a higher transmission priority level than the new data queue.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
43 words
The invention of claim 27 , wherein at least one forward-link transmission over the air interface from the new primary base station comprises one or more user message segments from the retransmission queue and a user message segment from the new data queue.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
38 words
The invention of claim 24 , wherein the message indicating the particular sequence number is transmitted from the old primary base station to the new primary base station via a frame distribution function of the wireless communications system.
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