Wireless communication method and apparatus for efficiently providing channel quality information to a Node-B downlink scheduler

摘要

A method and apparatus for obtaining channel quality estimates for a downlink scheduler located in a Node-B which communicates with a plurality of wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs). The Node-B signals a scheduled WTRU, via a high speed shared control channel (HS-SCCH) carrying valid transport format resource combination (TFRC) information, indicating that a high speed downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH) transmission will be arriving. The Node-B also indicates the upcoming arrival of the HS-DSCH transmission by signaling at least one non-scheduled WTRU via a HS-SCCH carrying invalid TFRC information. The Node-B transmits the HS-DSCH transmission to the scheduled WTRU. The non-scheduled WTRU monitors a subset of the HS-DSCH transmission and, when invalid TFRC information is detected, determines a CQI without decoding HS-DSCH data. Otherwise, the results of cyclic redundancy check (CRC), always a non-acknowledgement (NACK) message, is signaled along with the CQI to the Node-B.