US8218526B2

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Title

UPLINK SYNCHRONIZATION MAINTENANCE PRINCIPLES IN WIRELESS NETWORKS

Application Number:

US20080111810

Publication Date:

10-07-2012

Current Assignee:

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Application Date:

29-04-2008

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Publication Country:

US

Priority Date:

30-04-2007

Title

UPLINK SYNCHRONIZATION MAINTENANCE PRINCIPLES IN WIRELESS NETWORKS

Application Number:

US20080111810

Family ID:

Publication Country:

US

Publication Date:

10-07-2012

Application Date:

29-04-2008

Priority Date:

30-04-2007

Current Assignee:

Declaring Company:

Abstract  Abstract

A cell within cellular network includes user equipments (UEs) that transmit data to a base station (eNB). UEs are synchronized to the eNB upon entry to the cell. If a particular UE has data to transmit it will be placed in a connected state and scheduled for transmission. Over a period of time not all of the UEs will have data to transmit. The UEs are tracked as a scheduled portion and an unscheduled portion wherein a UE is included in the scheduled portion in response to receiving a scheduling request from the UE. Synchronization is maintained between the eNB and each UE in the scheduled portion by sending a timing adjustment (TA) command if needed in response to receiving a scheduled transmission from each respective UE in the scheduled portion; Synchronization is maintained between the eNB and each UE in the unscheduled portion by allocating a periodic reference signal (sync-RS) to each UE in the unscheduled portion and by sending a respective timing adjustment (TA) command if needed to each respective UE in the unscheduled portion in response to a respective sync-RS received from each UE in the unscheduled portion.

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