Method for providing multiple services and apparatus for the same

Abstract

The present invention provides a method for providing multiple services and an apparatus for the same in a wireless packet data communication system. It guarantees various qualities of the services to a plurality of users by determining priorities of the mobile stations and an amount of resource allocated to each mobile station, and determining priorities of the multiple services and an amount of resource allocated to each service based on the resource allocated to each mobile station.

What is claimed is:  
     
       1. An apparatus for providing multiple packet data services to each of a plurality of mobile stations using a packet data channel in a communication system, comprising:
 a first scheduler configured to determine priorities of the mobile stations and to determine an amount of resources allocated to each mobile station based on the determined priorities; and  
 at least one second scheduler, located at a base station, configured to determine an order of priorities of the multiple packet data services for each mobile station and to determine an amount of resources allocated to each packet data service of the multiple packet data services based on the amount of resources allocated to each mobile station by the first scheduler.  
 
     
     
       2. The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one second scheduler determines the order of priorities of the multiple packet data services based on a required Quality of Service (QoS) for each packet data service. 
     
     
       3. The apparatus of  claim 2 , wherein the at least one second scheduler allocates more slots and more transmission time to each packet data service having a higher priority than others. 
     
     
       4. A method for providing multiple packet data services to each of a plurality of mobile stations using a packet data channel in a communication system, comprising:
 determining priorities of the mobile stations;  
 determining an amount of resources allocated to each mobile station based on the determined priorities of the mobile stations;  
 determining an order of priorities of the multiple packet data services for each mobile station; and  
 determining at a base station an amount of resources allocated to each packet data service of the multiple packet data services based on the determined order of packet data service priorities and the determined amount of resources allocated to each mobile station.  
 
     
     
       5. The method of  claim 4 , wherein the multiple packet data services are determined based on a required Quality of Service (QoS) for each packet data service. 
     
     
       6. The method of  claim 4 , wherein more slots and more transmission time are allocated to each packet data service having a higher priority than others. 
     
     
       7. A dual structured scheduler for providing multiple packet data services to each of a plurality of mobile users using a packet data channel in a communication system, comprising:
 a first scheduler configured to determine priorities of each user and to determine a quantity of communication resources allocated to each user based on the determined priorities of each user; and  
 second schedulers, located at a base station, configured to determine a priority of each inputted packet data in service-wise regarding each user receiving the inputted packet data and a quantity of communication resources for corresponding packet data services based on the priority of each inputted packet data,  
 wherein the second schedulers allocate the communication resources to each packet data service based on the determined quantity of the resources allocated by the first scheduler.  
 
     
     
       8. The scheduler of  claim 7 , wherein the second schedulers further include a plurality of buffers configured to save data outputted according to the priority of each packet data service. 
     
     
       9. A multiple services allocation method for providing multiple packet data services, comprising:
 first determining a call priority and an amount of resources required to support a request packet service for each mobile terminal among a plurality of mobile terminals requesting packet services based on the determined call priority; and  
 second determining at a base station, for each mobile terminal, priorities for different packet data services requested by the corresponding mobile terminal and an amount of resources required to support the different packet data services requested by the corresponding mobile terminal based on the priorities for different packet data services and the amount of resources determined for the corresponding mobile terminal.  
 
     
     
       10. The method of  claim 9 , further comprising:
 assigning a requested packet data service requiring a higher Quality of Service (QoS) a higher priority than a requested service requiring a lower QoS.  
 
     
     
       11. The method of  claim 10 , further comprising:
 allocating more bandwidth to the higher priority packet data service.  
 
     
     
       12. The method of  claim 10 , further comprising:
 allocating more time to the higher priority packet data service.  
 
     
     
       13. The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the priorities of the multiple packet data services are determined based on a quality of service. 
     
     
       14. The method of  claim 4 , wherein the priorities of the multiple packet data services are determined based on a quality of service. 
     
     
       15. The scheduler of  claim 7 , wherein the priorities of the multiple packet data services are determined based on a quality of service. 
     
     
       16. The method of  claim 9 , wherein the priorities of the multiple packet data services are determined based on a quality of service. 
     
     
       17. The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the amount of resource is at least one of transmission time, bandwidth, and a number of slots. 
     
     
       18. The method of  claim 4 , wherein the amount of resource is at least one of transmission time, bandwidth, and a number of slots. 
     
     
       19. The method of  claim 9 , wherein the amount of resource is at least one of transmission time, bandwidth, and a number of slots. 
     
     
       20. A method for providing multiple packet data services in each of a plurality of mobile stations using a packet data channel in a communication system, comprising:
 determining an amount of resources allocated to each mobile station based on priorities of the mobile stations; and  
 determining at a base station an amount of resource allocated to each packet data service of the multiple packet data services based on packet data service priorities within the resources allocated to each mobile station.  
 
     
     
       21. The method of  claim 20 , wherein the amount of resource is at least one of transmission time, bandwidth, and a number of slots. 
     
     
       22. The method of  claim 20 , wherein the packet data service priorities are determined based on a quality of service. 
     
     
       23. The scheduler of  claim 7 , wherein an amount of resource is at least one of transmission time, bandwidth, and a number of slots. 
     
     
       24. A method for providing multiple packet data traffic to each of a plurality of mobile stations using a packet data channel in a communication system, the method comprising:
   receiving packet data from an upper layer of a base station, wherein the received packet data is classified according to mobile stations and packet data traffic which are subject to a quality of service  ( QoS )  parameter value;        buffering the received packet data to at least one of a plurality of packet data traffic buffers corresponding to a mobile station and packet data traffic;        allocating, by the base station, transmission opportunities within itself for transmitting data to the plurality of mobile stations on the packet data channel, wherein each allocated transmission opportunity respectively corresponds to each of the plurality of mobile stations; and        selecting, by the base station, data to be transmitted to one mobile station from the plurality of packet data traffic buffers based on a priority of the data for transmitting during one allocated transmission opportunity, wherein each of the packet data traffic buffers stores different packet data traffic from each other corresponding to the one mobile station.     
     
     
       25. The method according to  claim 24 , wherein the priority of the data is based upon priority of the data relative to the multiple packet data traffic. 
     
     
       26. The method according to  claim 24 , wherein each transmission opportunity is at least one of a transmission time and a number of slots. 
     
     
       27. The method according to  claim 24 , wherein the data selected for transmission from different packet data traffic buffers based on the priority of the data are transmitted in order of the priority on the allocated transmission opportunity. 
     
     
       28. The method according to  claim 24 , wherein the selection of the data from the plurality of packet data traffic buffers is further based on a quality of service ( QoS )  parameter of the data.   
     
     
       29. A base station for providing multiple packet data traffic to each of a plurality of mobile stations using a packet data channel in a communication system, the base station comprising:
   a plurality of packet data traffic buffers for receiving packet data from an upper layer of a base station,        wherein the received packet data is classified according to mobile stations and packet data traffic which are subject to a quality of service  ( QoS )  parameter value,        wherein the received packet data is buffered to at least one of the plurality of packet data traffic buffers corresponding to a mobile station and packet data traffic;        a scheduler allocating transmission opportunities within itself for transmitting data to the plurality of mobile stations on the packet data channel, wherein each allocated transmission opportunity respectively corresponds to each of the plurality of mobile stations,        wherein the scheduler selects data to be transmitted to one mobile station from the plurality of packet data traffic buffers based on a priority of the data for transmitting during one allocated transmission opportunity, wherein each of the packet data traffic buffers stores different packet data traffic from each other corresponding to the one mobile station.     
     
     
       30. The base station according to  claim 29 , wherein the priority of the data is based upon priority of the data relative to the multiple packet data traffic. 
     
     
       31. The base station according to  claim 29 , wherein each transmission opportunity is at least one of a transmission time and a number of slots. 
     
     
       32. The base station according to  claim 29 , wherein the data selected for transmission from different packet data traffic buffers based on the priority of the data are transmitted in order of the priority on the allocated transmission opportunity. 
     
     
       33. The base station according to  claim 29 , wherein the selection of the data from the plurality of packet data traffic buffers is further based on a quality of service ( QoS )  parameter of the data.