DPCCH

Abstract: A method and device for gating the transmission of dedicated control channels in a CDMA communication system is disclosed. In the device and method, if a base station (mobile station) determines whether there is no data to transmit to a mobile station (base station) for predetermined period of time, the base station (mobile station) gates transmission of control information according to a predetermined pattern on a dedicated control channel, which is used for transmitting control information to the mobile station (base station). Control information transmitted from the base station to the mobile station includes Transport Format Combination Indicator (TFCI), Transmit Power Control (TPC), and a pilot symbol. Control information transmitted from the mobile station to the base station includes TFCI, TPC, a pilot symbol, and FeedBack Information (FBI) for information about a transmit diversity antenna system. In a downlink DPCCH, transmission of the TFCI, TPC and pilot symbol of the predetermined n slots out of total slots of frame can be transmitted discontinuously during gated transmission. Alternatively, transmission of a pilot symbol of the predetermined nth slots and TFCI and TPC of (n+1)th slots can be transmitted discontinuously. In an uplink DPCCH, transmission of all the TFCI, TPC, FBI and pilot symbol of a specific slot are transmitted discontinuously during gated transmission. In addition, transmission of TPC for power control can be continuously transmitted for full rate power control when the traffic data is for transmission.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) located in a soft handover region transmits channel quality indicator (CQI) information bits for informing a Node B of quality of a downlink channel through a CQI field and a high speed pilot (HS-Pilot) field constituting a subframe of an uplink secondary dedicated physical control channel (DPCCH) in a code division multiple access (CDMA) communication system. The UE outputs a codeword of length 20 by coding the CQI information bits with a code of length 20, which is used when a high speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) service is not supported, and permutes 15 coded bits coded by the same code, as a code of length 15, which is used when the HSDPA service is supported, among 20 coded bits constituting the codeword, thereby locating the 15 coded bits in the CQI field, and permutes the 5 remaining coded bits to be located in the HS-Pilot field.

Abstract: Disclosed is a code division multiple access (CDMA) communication system having a downlink dedicated physical channel (DL_DPCH) having a downlink dedicated physical control channel (DL_DPCCH) and a downlink dedicated physical data channel (DL_DPDCH). The DL_DPCCH having a transport power control (TPC) field transmitting a TPC command for controlling uplink transport power, a transport format combination indicator (TFCI) field transmitting TFCI indicating a transport format combination of a currently transmitted channel, and a pilot field transmitting a pilot. The DL_DPDCH has first and second data fields transmitting downlink data. If data is normally received over an enhanced uplink dedicated channel (EUDCH), ACK information is generated, and if data is abnormally received over the EUDCH, NACK information is generated. Bits corresponding to the ACK or NACK information are punctured at a position randomly selected from the first and second data fields of the DL_DPDCH, and the ACK or NACK information is inserted into the punctured position before being transmitted.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for scheduling transmissions via an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) are disclosed. A scheduled power is calculated for scheduled data flows. A remaining transmit power is calculated for the E-DCH transmission. A rate request message is generated, wherein the scheduled power, remaining transmit power and rate request message are used to select transport format combinations (TFCs) and multiplex data scheduled for the E-DCH transmission. The remaining transmit power is calculated by subtracting from a maximum allowed power the power of a dedicated physical data channel (DPDCH), a dedicated physical control channel (DPCCH), a high speed dedicated physical control channel (HS-DPCCH), an enhanced uplink dedicated physical control channel (E-DPCCH) and a power margin.