Quality of service based resource determination and allocation apparatus and procedure in high speed packet access evolution and long term evolution systems

Abstract

A wireless transmit receive unit and method disclose processing communication data in a hierarchy of processing layers including a physical (PHY) layer, a medium access control (MAC) layer, and higher layers. A MAC layer transport format selection device (TFSD) assigns higher layer transmission data to parallel data streams based on data characteristics received from higher layers and physical resource information received from the PHY layer. The TFSD generates transport format parameters for each data stream. A multiplexer component multiplexes transmission data onto parallel data streams in transport blocks according to data stream assignment and transport format parameters generated by the TFSD and outputs the selectively multiplexed transmission data to the PHY layer for transmission over physical resource partitions. The TFSD generates physical transmission attributes such as modulation and coding rate, number of subframes per transmission time interval (TTI), duration of TTI, transmission power, and hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) parameters.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A network node comprising:
 means for receiving a channel quality indicator (CQI) report from a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) indicating for each of a plurality of transport blocks a respective CQI; and   means in response to the received CQI report for transmitting a plurality of transport blocks to the WTRU in a common transmission time interval.   
     
     
         2 . The network node of  claim 1  wherein a different Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) process is used for each transport block; wherein the HARQ processes are asynchronous and the network node identifies the HARQ processes for each transport block. 
     
     
         3 . The network node of  claim 1  wherein each transport block is associated with a transport block size, a modulation and Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) parameters. 
     
     
         4 . The network node of  claim 1  wherein the plurality of transport blocks are associated with different multiple input multiple output (MIMO) streams and precoding weights. 
     
     
         5 . A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) comprising:
 means for transmitting a channel quality indicator (CQI) report to a network node indicating for each of a plurality of transport blocks a respective CQI; and   means in response to the transmitted CQI report for receiving a plurality of transport blocks from the network node in a common transmission time interval using a different Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) process for each transport block; wherein the HARQ processes are asynchronous and the network node identifies the HARQ processes for each transport block.   
     
     
         6 . The WTRU of  claim 5  wherein a different HARQ process is used for each transport block; wherein the HARQ processes are asynchronous and the network node identifies the HARQ processes for each transport block. 
     
     
         7 . The WTRU of  claim 5  wherein each transport block is associated with a transport block size, a modulation and HARQ parameters. 
     
     
         8 . The WTRU of  claim 5  wherein the plurality of transport blocks are associated with different multiple input multiple output (MIMO) streams and precoding weights. 
     
     
         9 . A method comprising:
 transmitting, by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), a channel quality indicator (CQI) report to a network node indicating for each of a plurality of transport blocks a respective CQI; and   in response to the transmitted CQI report, receiving, by the WTRU, a plurality of transport blocks from the network node in a common transmission time interval using a different Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) process for each transport block; wherein the HARQ processes are asynchronous and a Node B identifies the HARQ processes for each transport block.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9  wherein a different HARQ process is used for each transport block; wherein the HARQ processes are asynchronous and the network node identifies the HARQ processes for each transport block. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 9  wherein each transport block is associated with a transport block size, a modulation and HARQ parameters. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 9  wherein the plurality of transport blocks are associated with different multiple input multiple output (MIMO) streams and precoding weights. 
     
     
         13 . An integrated circuit comprising:
 means for transmitting a channel quality indicator (CQI) report to a network node indicating for each of a plurality of transport blocks a respective CQI; and   means in response to the transmitted CQI report for processing a plurality of transport blocks from the network node in a common transmission time interval using a different Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) process for each transport block; wherein the HARQ processes are asynchronous and the network node identifies the HARQ processes for each transport block.   
     
     
         14 . The integrated circuit of  claim 13  wherein a different HARQ process is used for each transport block; wherein the HARQ processes are asynchronous and the network node identifies the HARQ processes for each transport block. 
     
     
         15 . The integrated circuit of  claim 13  wherein each transport block is associated with a transport block size, a modulation and HARQ parameters. 
     
     
         16 . The integrated circuit of  claim 13  wherein the plurality of transport blocks are associated with different multiple input multiple output (MIMO) streams and precoding weights. 
     
     
         17 . A wireless system comprising:
 a plurality of wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs), each comprising:
 means for transmitting a channel quality indicator (CQI) report to a network node indicating for each of a plurality of transport blocks a respective CQI; and 
 means in response to the transmitted CQI report for receiving a plurality of transport blocks from the network node in a common transmission time interval using a different Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) process for each transport block; and 
   at least one network node comprising:
 means for receiving the CQI report from one of the WTRUs; and 
 means in response to the received CQI report for transmitting the plurality of transport blocks to the one WTRU in the common transmission time interval using the different HARQ process for each transport block; wherein the HARQ processes are asynchronous and the network node identifies the HARQ processes for each transport block. 
   
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 17  wherein a different HARQ process is used for each transport block; wherein the HARQ processes are asynchronous and the network node identifies the HARQ processes for each transport block. 
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 17  wherein each transport block is associated with a transport block size, a modulation and HARQ parameters. 
     
     
         20 . The system of  claim 17  wherein the plurality of transport blocks are associated with different multiple input multiple output (MIMO) streams and precoding weights.