What is TBF:- Temporary Block Flow

0003] A Temporary Block Flow (TBF) is a logical connection use !y two "eneral
#acket $aio %er&ice ("#$%) entities to support the uniirectional trans'er o' lower layer
compati!ility ((()) protocol ata units (#*+s) on packet ata physical channels
(#*),s)(or timeslots)- .n a typical "#$% system/ the network nees to esta!lish a
ownlink (*() TBF to trans'er ata in the *( irection an an uplink (+() TBF to
trans'er ata in the +( irection- TBFs are typically short-li&e an are generally only
acti&e uring ata trans'ers-
00001] F."- 2 is an e3emplary/ prior-art signaling 'low iagram that epicts +( TBF
release an esta!lishment signaling uring an acti&e *( TBF- A mo!ile station (4%)
with an acti&e ownlink TBF/ re5uests uplink resources !y sening a channel re5uest to
the network as a part o' a #acket *ownlink Ack67ack (#*A8) message- The #*A8
message is also use to acknowlege the raio link control ($()) ata !locks recei&e in
the ownlink irection- The network solicits a #*A8 message !y setting the 9poll9 !it in
a *( $() ata !lock- The network/ or packet control unit (#)+)/ sens the mo!ile a
#acket +plink Assignment (#+A) message to assign resources 'or an uplink TBF- The
#+A contains a timeslot allocation 'or the 4%:s uplink TBF- The 4% can then start
sening uplink $() ata !locks on the timeslot(s) allocate in #+A-
0000;] The 4% initiates the release o' the uplink TBF !y !eginning the countown
process (as escri!e in 3"## speci'ication 01-<0/ su! clause =-3->)- *uring an uplink
TBF/ when the mo!ile station has only B%?)@?4AA num!er o' !locks remaining to !e
transmitte in this TBF/ the mo!ile station ecrements the )ountown @alue ()@) in the
$()64A) ata !lock heaer o' each su!se5uent $() ata !lock sent to the network
until the mo!ile sens the last $() ata !lock with )@B0-
0000<] .' the network has recei&e all the $() ata !locks when it etects the en o' the
TBF (i-e-/ when )@B0)/ it will sen the #acket +plink Ack67ack (#+A8) message with
the Final Ack .nicator !it set to C>C- When the recei&e #+A8 message has the Final
Ack .nicator !it set to C>C/ the mo!ile station shall transmit the #acket )ontrol
Acknowlegment (#)A) message an release the TBF-
0000D] .n e3isting "#$% systems/ i' the mo!ile has a limite amount o' ata to sen to
the network/ it esta!lishes a +( TBF an starts counting own soon a'ter it reaches
B%?)@?4AA num!er o' !locks remaining to !e transmitte- The count own
mechanism allows the network to realiEe that the uplink ata trans'er is ening an
allows the network to !etter utiliEe uplink resources- ,owe&er/ once the mo!ile starts its
countown proceure/ it cannot appen more $() ata !locks (than it originally
intene 'or this TBF) with new ata into the same uplink TBF- .n orer to sen any new
ata/ the mo!ile nees to terminate the present +( TBF an re-esta!lish a new +( TBF
a'ter the current TBF is terminate-
0000F] .n e3isting "#$% systems/ +( TBF esta!lishment elays (uring a *( TBF) are
costly/ ranging 'rom >F0 ms to 3<0 ms epening on the roun-trip elay !etween the
!ase transmitter station (BT%) an the !ase station controller (B%))6#)+- .n multiple
wireless application protocol (WA#)-type "#$% sessions/ se&eral +( TBFs are
esta!lishe/ typically uring ongoing *( TBFs- Gach such +( TBF su''ers the roun-trip
elay- ,owe&er/ when poor wireless conitions are pre&alent/ the elays e3perience can
e3cee ; secons- This can occur when +( re5uests/ uring an ongoing *( TBF/ are lost
!ecause o' the poor wireless conitions- %u!se5uent re5uests may not !e sent 'or o&er ;
secons/ causing a serious elay in +( tra''ic-
0000=] There'ore/ a nee e3ists 'or an apparatus an metho 'or pro&iing uplink
communication resources that reuce some o' the e3isting elays in ac5uiring these
resources-
Method for the early establishment of uplink TBFs:-
A mo!ile station operating in G"#$% moe nees to the early esta!lishment o' an uplink
TBF although has not ata to sen/ at the only precautionary purpose o' pre&enting an
intolera!le latency negati&ely a''ecting the su!se5uent elay-sensiti&e transmissions- To
this aim/ the mo!ile sens a #acket )hannel $e5uest message in one phase access moe
incluing a new esta!lishment cause calle 9Garly TBF esta!lishment9- The network
esta!lishes an uplink TBF inicating the re5uester an assigns a raio resource on one
#*), channel or more- Then the network scheules the transmission 'rom the mo!ile
station also when it oes not ha&e ata to transmit other than ummy packets- This is
per'orme through the +%F 'lags in the usual manner- As soon as actual ata !ecome
a&aila!le 'or transmission/ the mo!ile sen them instea o' ummy packets- .n an
alternati&e em!oiment the mo!ile sens the #acket )hannel $e5uest message in two
phase access moe- As soon as the #acket +plink Assignment message is recei&e !y the
mo!ile station/ it sen a #acket resource $e5uest message incluing an G3tene +plink
TBF in'ormation- The network !eha&es as in the pre&ious case ('ig-3)-
)laims:
>- 4etho 'or esta!lishing a temporary !u''er/ calle TBF/ 'or packet ata to !e
transmitte on a packet ata channel 'rom a mo!ile station (4%) uplink to a wireless
network (B%%) it !elong to/ incluing the steps o': a) transmitting !y the mo!ile station a
#acket )hannel $e5uest message to the networkH !) assigning/ !y the network/ a raio
resource to the mo!ile station on at least one uplink packet ata channelH c) esta!lishing
!y the network an uplink TBF to sai mo!ile stationH ) scheuling !y the network
permissions/ also calle +%F/ to access sai uplink packet ata channel 'rom sai mo!ile
stationH characterized in that 'urther incluing the steps o': - transmitting !e'ore step c)
!y the mo!ile station a re5uest to the network incluing an early uplink TBF
esta!lishment in'ormation/ e&en the mo!ile station oes not ha&e ata to transmitH -
transmitting ummy packets !y sai mo!ile station as the proper +%Fs are etecteH -
transmitting a&aila!le actual packet ata !y sai mo!ile station as the proper +%Fs are
etecte-
2- The metho o' claim >/ characterized in that sai #acket )hannel $e5uest message
inicates as esta!lishment cause sai early uplink TBF esta!lishment in'ormation-
3- The metho o' claim 2/ characterized in that sai ummy packets are iscare
locally !y the network-
1- The metho o' claim >/ characterized in that the network in reply to sai #acket
)hannel $e5uest transmits ownlink to the mo!ile station a #acket +plink Assignment
message 'or limite resources ena!ling the mo!ile station to transmit in its turn an uplink
#acket $esource $e5uest message incluing sai early uplink TBF esta!lishment
in'ormation con&eye in a proper raio !lock-
;- The metho o' any preceing claim/ characterized in that sai mo!ile station instea
o' transmitting sai ummy packets oes not transmit any packets i' the support o' this
capa!ility is inicate !y the network-
<- The metho o' any preceing claim/ characterized in that sai early uplink TBF
esta!lishment in'ormation is 'oreseen in only preetermine cases/ such as in elay-
sensiti&e transmissions-
D- The metho o' any preceing claim/ characterized in that sai wireless network is
stanariEe !y 3"##-
*escription:
FIEL !F T"E I#$E#TI!#
The present in&ention relates to the 'iel o' mo!ile raio systems 'rom 2-; generation/
an more precisely to a metho 'or the early esta!lishment o' uplink TBFs- To simpli'y
the isclosure/ use acronyms are gi&en at the en o' the escription- For the sake o'
simplicity the only (G)"#$% em!oiment o' the in&ention will !e escri!e/ !ut the same
conclusions are &ali 'or the other 3"## systems (+4T%)-
B%&'()!*# %)T
Fi+,- shows the 'unctional architecture o' a "%4 6 G*"G network accoring to T.
//,010 @-<-2-0/ incluing the 'ollowing 'unctional !locks: %"%7/ ""%7/ G.$/ B%%/
4%)6@($/ ,($/ %4%-"4%)/ %4%-.W4%)/ %4-%) an 4%- The latter inclues a
'irst 'unctional !lock TG connecte to a secon 'unctional !lock 4T through a
connection inicate !y a $e'erence point $/ typically supporting a stanar serial
inter'ace- The 4T !lock is connecte to the +m inter'ace supplying packet ata ser&ices
on raio channels- The 'ollowing inter'aces are 'oreseen: +m/ "i/ "p/ "!/ "n/ "p/ "'/
"s/ "r/ "/ */ G/ )/ whose connecti&ity !etween the rele&ant !locks are irectly &isi!le
in the 'igure- .n particular/ the "n inter'ace connects two "%7 noes in the same #(47
system/ while the "p inter'ace connects two "%7 noes !elonging to i''erent #(47
systems- The B%% !lock inclues a plurality o' BT% connecte to a B%) through a
respecti&e A!is inter'ace ('ig-2)-
.n operation/ at the +m an A!is inter'aces se&eral protocols are stacke upon the
physical layer/ in particular 4A)/ $()/ an (()- $() gi&es a relia!le raio link an
maps the (() 'rames within the physical "%4 channel- %ignalling proceures 'or
accessing the raio channel are controlle !y 4A)/ which also go&erns ynamic
allocation o' the resources (re5uest an grant)- *ynamic allocation means that a
particular transmission resource/ consisting 'or instance o' a #*), channel on a physical
timeslot/ is mae time i&ision sharea!le among more 4% mo!iles/ each o' them !eing
engage in an acti&e session o' ata trans'er/ or signalling/ through the same transmission
resource Iointly assigne-
The su!-set o' 4A) proceures go&erning the ynamic allocation o' resources/ pro&ies
temporary connections on the physical layer/ calle TBFs/ which inclue memory !u''ers
to house the 5ueues o' $()64A) !locks- Gach TBF connection ena!les the
uniirectional trans'er o' ata an user signalling within a cell !etween the network an a
mo!ile station 4%/ or &ice &ersa- )ontrol messages 'or the esta!lishment6a!atement o' a
connection an the allocation6e-allocation o' rele&ant supporte physical resources/ 'or
instance o' TBF !u''ers/ contemplate i''erent opportunities capa!le o' co&ering the
whole sur&ey 'oreseen in the packet trans'er moe o' the $$ su!layer- For simplicity/ it
is here escri!e a &ery limite sur&ey o' esta!lishment6a!atement o' TBF connections
an o' the rele&ant operation moes- We can start 'rom the esta!lishment o' a TBF uplink
connection 'ollowing a #acket Trans'er originate !y the mo!ile- .n this case the mo!ile
re5uires the assignment o' a "#$% channel sening a #A)8GT ),A77G( $GJ+G%T
message incluing the resources re5ueste 'or the trans'er o' packets to the network- .n
case o' reception/ the network replies with a #A)8GT +#(.78 A%%."74G7T
message on the control channel allocating to the mo!ile the resources re5ueste 'or the
uplink trans'er o' packets- The resources inclue one or more #*), channels an a TF.
&alue- The network oes not assign any !u''er in uplink irection (the !u''er resies in
the mo!ile)- The network re5uires simply knowing the num!er o' !locks that a 4%
mo!ile intens to transmit- We can now procee e3amining the esta!lishment o' a TBF
connection ownlink 'ollowing a #acket Trans'er ene towars the mo!ile- .n this case
at the en o' the paging proceure/ the network sens the mo!ile a #A)8GT
*KW7(.78 A%%."74G7T message in the $eay state on the control channel/ with
enclose the list o' #*), channels allocate 'or the ownlink trans'er- A !u''er/ rele&ant
to the ownlink TBF/ is purposely allocate to contain the $()64A) !locks to !e sent-
.n the maIority o' the cases a TBF is kept ali&e only 'or the trans'er o' one or more (()
protocol units/ to the right purpose o' trans'erring the corresponing $()64A) !locks-
The network assigns each TBF connection its own temporary ienti'ier/ calle TF.
(Temporary Flow .entity)- The mo!ile shall assume that the TF. &alue is uni5ue among
TBF competitors in each irection/ uplink or ownlink- A $()64A) ata !lock is
ienti'ie to the TBF to which it is associate through its own 'iel where the ienti'ier
TF. is written/ an another 'iel to inicate the uplink or ownlink irection o' the !lock-
%houl the $()64A) !lock !e re'erre to a control message/ a 'iel is 'oreseen to
inicate the message transmission irection an type- .n the case o' ynamic allocation/
the heaer o' each $()64A) !lock transmitte on a #*), channel in 9ownlink9
irection inclues an aitional 'iel calle +%F/ which is use !y the network in the
'orm o' a 'lag to control the time i&ision multiple3ing o' i''erent mo!ile stations on a
physical channel #*), in uplink irection- We can now !etter 5uali'y the alreay
mentione #A)8GT +#(.78 A%%."74G7T message/ sent !y the network towars the
mo!iles/ stating that it inclues: the ienti'ier TF. o' the ownlink6TBF !u''er containing
the control !lock carrying this message/ the list o' the allocate #*), channels (time
slots)/ an a corresponing +%F &alue 'or each allocate channel- Three !its are 'oreseen
'or the +%F 'iel that ena!le to unam!iguously iscriminate up to eight users sharing a
time-slot/ also in the !orerline case in which the single TBF !u''er are associate all the
eight time slots o' a T*4A 'rame-
!*TLI#E TE&"#I&%L 2)!BLEM
The setup time o' a TBF in (G)"#$% system might !e in the orer o' se&eral hunres o'
millisecons- .n the case o' an uplink TBF this is ue to the com!ine e''ects o' the
ranom access proceure/ the !ring-up time on the A-!is inter'ace/ the roun-trip time
!etween the mo!ile station an the #)+/ etc-
For elay sensiti&e real-time applications a setup time o' hunres o' millisecons woul
impair the per'ormance greatly- For instance/ this is the case 'or applications/ or @ol#
o&er cellular-
.n 3"##/ T%" "G$A7 is currently iscussing possi!le enhancements to reuce latency
in the #% omain/ incluing solutions to reuce the initial setup time o' a TBF-
Kne iea/ which has alreay !een iscusse in stanariEation/ is the possi!ility to ena!le
an 9early TBF esta!lishment9/ i-e- the possi!ility 'or a mo!ile station to re5uest an uplink
TBF e&en !e'ore some actual ata is reay 'or transmission-
.' a mo!ile station is ena!le to open an uplink TBF in a&ance (i-e- !e'ore some actual
ata is a&aila!le 'or transmission)/ this means that no setup time will !e neee as soon
as there is a real nee to transmit something in the uplink-
%ome speci'ic proposals on how to realiEe this !eha&iour ha&e alreay !een presente 'or
stanariEation: see 'or instance "#-0;203F an "#-0;203= on 9#hantom TBFs9- But
such proposals ha&e some important raw!acks- For instance:
they 'oresee the e'inition a special TBF type/ only neee 'or this proceure/
aing e3tra comple3ity in !oth the 4% an the networkH
they are linke to the support o' multiple TBFs in !oth the 4% an in the
network/ thus limiting the general applica!ility o' the solution-
!B3E&T !F T"E I#$E#TI!#
.n &iew o' the state o' the art escri!e/ it is an o!Iect o' the present in&ention to pro&ie
an alternati&e simpler solution that reuses some alreay a&aila!le proceures in the
stanar an oes not ha&e the support o' multiple TBFs/ nor any other capa!ility/ as a
pre-re5uisite-
.*MM%)4 !F T"E I#$E#TI!#
The in&ention achie&es sai o!Iect !y pro&iing a metho 'or esta!lishing an uplink TBF/
as isclose in claim >- Aitional a&antageous 'eatures are escri!e in the epenent
claims-
The uplink TBF esta!lishing metho o' the in&ention inclues the 'ollowing steps:
>- a) the mo!ile station sens a packet channel re5uest to the networkH
2- !) the mo!ile station sens a re5uest to the network incluing an early uplink TBF
esta!lishment in'ormationH
3- c) the network/ upon reception o' sai re5uest incluing an early uplink TBF
esta!lishment in'ormation/ esta!lishes an uplink TBF to the re5uesterH
1- ) the network scheules the permissions to access the uplink channel !y sai
mo!ile station also when it oes not ha&e ata to transmit other than ummy
packetsH
;- e) the mo!ile station/ e&en i' has no ata to sen/ still hols assigne its uplink
TBF !y sening ummy packets as the proper permissions are etecteH
<- ') sai mo!ile station/ when some actual ata are a&aila!le 'or transmission/ sens
the corresponing raio !locks in the uplink as soon as the proper permissions are
etecte-
As alternati&e to sen ummy uplink control !locks/ the mo!ile oes not transmit any
message i' the support o' this capa!ility is inicate !y the network- Thanks to the
metho o' the in&ention the uplink TBF is kept in a sort o' stan-!y state/ so that when
'urther ata nees to !e transmitte the 4% can immeiately resume the transmission
with no nee to re-open the TBF passing through the ranom access proceure-
Accoring to a 'irst em!oiment o' the in&ention/ the early uplink TBF esta!lishment
in'ormation is a new 9cause9 'oreseen in the (G"#$%) #acket )hannel $e5uest message
'or one-phase access proceure/ clari'ying the re5uest the mo!ile is per'orming on the
(#)$A), is 'or an 9Garly TBF esta!lishment9- .n this case steps a) an !) coincie- The
speci'ic inication to the B%% that the re5uest !eing per'orme !y the mo!ile station is
'or an 9early TBF esta!lishment9 coul also !e use !y the network to unerstan that
the initial message transmitte !y the mo!ile station to open the TBF (i-e- the empty (()
'rame) oesn:t carry any actual in'ormation- .n this case the B%% coul optionally ecie
to iscar it locally (i-e- not 'orwar it to the %"%7) there'ore a&oiing any impact also
on the "! inter'ace-
Accoring to a secon em!oiment o' the in&ention/ an consiering that the num!er o'
com!ination o' !its still a&aila!le to signal the early uplink TBF assignment cause in an
access !urst is &ery reuce/ the early esta!lishment is now a speci'ic re5uest to start an
9e3tene +( TBF9 in the secon message o' a two-phase access proceure/ i-e- the
#acket $esource $e5uest message- %ince this message is con&eye in a proper raio
!lock an not in a short access !urst/ aing aitional in'ormation to it wouln:t !e
pro!lem at all- .n this case step a) an !) are separate in time- .t shoul !e note that/
e&en though the two-phase access proceure is intrinsically slower than the one-phase
access one/ this wouln:t !e a pro!lem at all in this case- This proceure woul !e use
well !e'ore the actual nee to sen ata/ so that no e3tra elays woul !e ae-
The scheuler esign imposes the preetermination o' such real cases an early TBF
esta!lishment in'ormation is re5ueste such as elay-sensiti&e scenarios/ is re5ueste-
A'ter that/ the transmission o' ummy control !locks instea o' true ata upon the +%F
scheuling is currently use in the art-
%$%#T%(E. !F T"E I#$E#TI!#
The propose solution:
*oes not in introuce any elay at the &ery instant that incoming ata to transmit
!ecome a&aila!le-
*oes not introuce aitional proceures in the mo!ile station an in the network
nor new TBFs types-
*oes not re5uire any capa!ility inicator in the 4% $aio Access )apa!ility/ nor
to !e linke to any other 4% capa!ility (e-g- mTBF or other)-
*oes not re5uire the inication o' speci'ic network support-
B)IEF E.&)I2TI!# !F T"E
)%5I#(.
The 'eatures o' the present in&ention which are consiere to !e no&el are set 'orth with
particularity in the appene claims- The in&ention an its a&antages may !e unerstoo
with re'erence to the 'ollowing etaile escription o' an em!oiment thereo' taken in
conIunction with the accompanying rawings gi&en 'or purely non-limiting e3planatory
purposes an wherein:
fi+,-6 alreay escri!e/ shows a "%4-G*"G systemH
fi+,7 shows a B%% !lock o' 'ig-> connecte to se&eral 4%/ constituting the
scenario the present in&ention is implemente withinH
fi+ures 8 an / show two message se5uence iagrams o' two respecti&e
em!oiments o' the early uplink TBF esta!lishment metho accoring to the
present in&ention-
ET%ILE E.&)I2TI!# !F %#
EMB!IME#T !F T"E
I#$E#TI!#
The "%46G"#$% T*4A signal is structure as cyclic multi'rames o' ;2 !asic 'rames
i&ie into >2 raio !locks plus two T 'rames use 'or the synchronisation an two A
ile 'rames- Gach raio !lock incluing 'our !asic 'rames/ The multi'rame is use to time
multiple3 the "#$% an "%4 logical channels- The (() layer 'rames are segmente
within the raio !locks o' the $()64A) layer- Gach raio !lock is transporte !y 'our
consecuti&e 7ormal !ursts o' the multi'rame- The 'our 7ormal !ursts ha&e to !e intene
as interlea&e on 'our consecuti&e T*4A 1-<>; ms 'rames- The resources necessary to
the "#$% ser&ice 'oresee an aitional num!er o' logical channels supporting the
trans'er o' raio !locks through the physical #acket *ata )hannel (#*),)- "#$% logical
channels ha&e names an 'unctional characteristics greatly 'aith'ully 'ollowing those o'
the channels o' the traitional "%4/ though re'erre to packets-
Two !asic $()64A) !lock structures are use either 'or ata trans'er or 'or control
message trans'er- T% 11-0<0/ 'ig->0-0a-2-> shows a structure 'or G"#$% ata trans'er
incluing a $()64A) heaer an a $() ata !lock >/ optionally 'ollowe !y a $()
ata !lock 2- T% 11-0<0/ 'ig->0-0a-3-> shows a structure 'or control message trans'er
incluing a 4A) heaer an a $()64A) control !lock- The i''erent components o' an
$()64A) !lock carrying a "#$% $() ata !lock or an $()64A) control !lock shall
!e assem!le se5uentially- Gach component consists o' an integer num!er o' octets- The
assem!ling o' components shall !e per'orme progressi&ely/ starting in octet num!er > o'
the physical !lock-
Fi+,7 shows a B%% !lock connecte to a plurality o' 4% !locks- The B%% !lock inclues
a B%) !lock an some BT% !locks- The B%) !lock inclues in turn a !lock calle (()
(ayer/ a #hysical (ayer !lock/ a TBF 4A7A"G$ !lock/ an a %cheuler !lock- The
B%) is connecte to the %"%7 !lock o' the Figure through a "! inter'ace- The (()
(ayer has a !i-irectional connection with the TBF 4A7A"G$ that/ in turn has a !i-
irectional connection with the %cheuler !lock an with the #hysical (ayer- The B%) is
charge with the maIority o' the operations ealing with TBFs/ an the e3change o'
rele&ant $$ messages on the A!is inter'ace- The (() (ayer sens to the TBF
4A7A"G$ the (() 'rames 'or ownlink !u''ere connections/ an recei&es 'rom the
TBF 4A7A"G$ the (() 'rames 'or the uplink connections- The TBF 4A7A"G$
sens to the #hysical (ayer the $()64A) raio !locks with the associate +%F
multiple3e 'or T*4A on each time slot- The #hysical (ayer sens the TBF 4anager
the $()64A) raio !locks coming 'rom the uplink connections- The TBF 4A7A"G$
transmits to the %cheuler the inication o' num!er o' raio !locks to transmit 'or each
*(?TBF connection an +(?TBF connection- The %cheuler/ in its turn/ inclues a
*ownlink an an +plink %cheuler pro&iing the TBF 4A7A"G$ with scheuling
in'ormation-
The purpose o' the packet access proceure is to esta!lish a TBF to support the trans'er
o' upper-layer #*+s in the irection 'rom the mo!ile station to the network- #acket
access shall !e one on #))),/ as e'ine in this clause/ i' a #))), e3ists- Ktherwise/
packet access shall !e one on ))),/ as e'ine in 3"## T% 11-0>F- The packet access
can !e one in either one phase (clause D->-2) or in two phases (clauses D->-2 an D->-3)-
Accoring to T% 11-0<0/ paragraph D->-2/ the mo!ile station shall initiate the one phase
packet access proceure !y scheuling the sening o' #A)8GT ),A77G( $GJ+G%T
messages on the #$A), channel corresponing to its #))),?"$K+# an
simultaneously lea&ing the packet ile moe- The mo!ile station shall use the last access
parameters recei&e on #B)),- The #A)8GT ),A77G( $GJ+G%T messages are
sent on #$A), an contain an inication (esta!lishment cause) o' the type o' access an
parameters re5uire to inicate the mo!ile station:s eman o' raio resource ('re5uency/
timeslot/ coe/ etc-)- Kn receipt o' a #A)8GT ),A77G( $GJ+G%T message/ the
network may assign a raio resource on one or more #*),s to !e use !y the mo!ile
station 'or the TBF in "#$% TBF moe- Kn receipt o' an G"#$% #A)8GT ),A77G(
$GJ+G%T message/ the network may assign a raio resource on one or more #*),s to
!e use !y the mo!ile station 'or the TBF in G"#$% TBF moe or "#$% TBF moe- .'
the ynamic allocation meium access moe is use/ the network shall inclue the +%F
&alues allocate 'or #*),s in the #A)8GT +#(.78 A%%."74G7T message-
.n fi+,8 / the pre&ious one phase access proceure is moi'ie accoring to a 'irst
em!oiment o' the in&ention aime to sol&e the pro!lem o' the early esta!lishment o' an
uplink TBF- With re'erence to 'ig-3/ the #A)8GT ),A77G( $GJ+G%T message
inclues an aitional esta!lishment cause calle 9Garly TBF esta!lishment9 that is
linke to those situations the cause is neee/ 'or e3ample the elay-sensiti&e real-time
applications- The network/ a'ter ha&ing allocate the re5ueste #*), resources to the
mo!ile station/ preisposes it to recei&e ummy control !lock 'rom the mo!ile/ station .n
alternati&e the network preisposes it not to recei&e any messages i' the support o' this
capa!ility is inicate !y the network- To this aim the network scheules the uplink
transmission instants !y con&eying rele&ant +%F 'lags in proper ownlink messages/ i-e-
+#(.78 A)867A)8 messages- The mo!ile station hanshakes *+44L control
!locks to the +%Fs until an actual packet ata is coming 'rom the application- Accoring
to T% 11-0<0/ paragraph D->-3/ when the TBF is esta!lishe using two phase access: in
the 'irst phase o' a two phase access in a cell pro&ie with a #))),/ the same
proceures as 'or one phase access are use until the network sens a #A)8GT +#(.78
A%%."74G7T message incluing a %ingle Block Allocation structure or 4ulti Block
Allocation structure/ enoting two phase access to the mo!ile station- The 4ulti Block
Allocation structure may !e use only i' the mo!ile station has G"#$% capa!ility (i-e- the
network recei&e an G"#$% #A)8GT ),A77G( $GJ+G%T message 'rom the mo!ile
station)- .n the #A)8GT +#(.78 A%%."74G7T message/ the network reser&es a
limite resource on one #*), to the mo!ile station where the mo!ile station may
transmit a #A)8GT $G%K+$)G $GJ+G%T message an optionally an A**.T.K7A(
4% $A*.K A))G%% )A#AB.(.T.G% message-
.n fi+,/ the two phase access proceure is moi'ie accoring to a secon em!oiment o'
the in&ention/ also aime to sol&e the pro!lem o' the early esta!lishment o' an uplink
TBF- With re'erence to fi+,/6 the mo!ile replies to the #A)8GT +#(.78
A%%."74G7T message with a #A)8GT $G%K+$)G $GJ+G%T message incluing
an G3tene uplink TBF in'ormation- The network esta!lishes an +plink TBF inicating
the re5uesting mo!ile station an hanshakes +%F 'lags as in the pre&ious fi+,8,
Although the in&ention has !een escri!e with particular re'erence to some pre'erre
em!oiments/ it will !e e&ient to those skille in the art/ that the present in&ention is not
limite thereto/ !ut 'urther &ariations an moi'ications may !e applie without eparting
'rom the scope thereo'-