METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPLINK ALLOCATION PLACEMENT IN AN UPLINK FRAME

摘要

Various embodiments are described to address the need for a method and apparatus that could reduce the start-up delay for uplink data transfers in multiple-access technologies. A time-symbol threshold (551) is introduced for an uplink frame (550) in order to create a partition of the frame that includes the earlier of the available time symbols and in which any bandwidth request allocations may be placed. By placing bandwidth request allocations earlier in the uplink frame (i.e., at or before the time-symbol threshold), remote units are able to send their bandwidth requests to a scheduler sooner and thereby receive a bandwidth grant for an uplink data transfer with less delay.