EP 0983700 A2 20000308 - METHOD FOR INCREASING DATA TRANSMISSION CAPACITY IN A RADIO NETWORK
Title (en)
METHOD FOR INCREASING DATA TRANSMISSION CAPACITY IN A RADIO NETWORK
Title (de)
VERFAHREN ZUR ERHÖHUNG DER DATENÜBERTRAGUNGSKAPAZITÄT IN EINEM FUNKNETZ
Title (fr)
PROCEDE D'AUGMENTATION DE LA CAPACITE DE TRANSMISSION DE DONNEES DANS UN RESEAU RADIO
Publication
Application
Priority
- FI 9800497 W 19980609
- FI 972461 A 19970610
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO9857509A2] The present invention relates generally to radio networks particularly to methods for increasing data transmission capacity in a radio network. In the invention, the capacity of a radio network is increased by utilising any pauses or moments when less transmission capacity is needed in a stream of information (voice or data signal) of a circuit-switched call, i.e. moments when a call is in a discontinuous transmission state (DTX), for transmitting packet data from a base station on the same downlink traffic channel (Radio TCH). When a circuit-switched call switches to a DTX state (transmission of information is interrupted), data (GPRS DATA) of a packet-mode call (calls) is transmitted on the traffic channel allocated for the circuit-switched call, until the discontinuous transmission state ends. A traffic channel can be allocated for packet data transmission (calls) separately in connection with each DTX state, and typically to different mobile stations than the one to which the traffic channel is allocated for circuit-switched transmission. The transmission capacity can thus be allocated effectively to network users that need capacity. The mobile stations may belong to different systems, such as a packet data radio network and a circuit-switched radio network.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 76/04 (2009.01)
CPC (source: EP)
H04W 76/20 (2018.01)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 9857509A2
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 9857509 A2 19981217; WO 9857509 A3 19990304; AU 7768498 A 19981230; CN 1260103 A 20000712; EP 0983700 A2 20000308; FI 105306 B 20000714; FI 972461 A0 19970610; FI 972461 A 19981211; JP 2002507342 A 20020305; TW 348350 B 19981221; ZA 984927 B 19990104
DOCDB simple family (application)
FI 9800497 W 19980609; AU 7768498 A 19980609; CN 98806062 A 19980609; EP 98925661 A 19980609; FI 972461 A 19970610; JP 50168399 A 19980609; TW 86111529 A 19970812; ZA 984927 A 19980608