US8068511B2

5G,4G

Title

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENDING FEEDBACK FOR A DOWNLINK SHARED SERVICE AND ESTIMATING A NUMBER OF WIRELESS TRANSMIT/RECEIVE UNITS

Application Number:

US20090549726

Publication Date:

29-11-2011

Family ID:

Application Date:

28-08-2009

Publication Country:

US

Priority Date:

10-10-2006

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Abstract  Abstract

A method and an apparatus for sending a signal on a contentious feedback channel for a downlink shared service and for estimating a number of wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs) are disclosed. When a transmission criterion associated with a physical random access feedback channel (P-RAFCH) is satisfied a physical resource is randomly selected among a plurality of physical resources assigned for the P-RAFCH and a pre-configured signal is sent using the selected physical resource. A Node-B receives the pre-configured signal from a plurality of WTRUs and calculates a number of the WTRUs based on a number of used physical resources. The transmission criterion is at least one of successful reception of a data packet on a downlink physical channel successful reception of a data block on a data service reception of a signaling command occurrence of a measurement event and failure to receive a transmission after a specified number of times.

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