Transmission apparatus

• US 10,104,652 B2
• Filed: 12/22/2015
• Issued: 10/16/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/13/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Goto, Jungo, Nakamura, Osamu, Hamaguchi, Yasuhiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Moore, Ian N
• Assistant Examiner(s): Le, Brian T
• Application Number:
  US15/543,010
• Publication Number:
  US 20180007665A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,029 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0048 Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0053 Allocation of signaling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/265 taking into account the quality of service QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/288 taking into account the usage mode, e.g. hands-free, data transmission, telephone
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/38 TPC being performed in particular situations
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0473 the resource being transmission power
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/12 Wireless traffic scheduling
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/006 in the downlink, i.e. towards the terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/02 Hybrid access

Abstract

In M2M communication, data transmission is performed 4 msec after control information for dynamic scheduling is received from a base station apparatus, and the data transmission that needs immediacy has more overhead. In a case where a transmission apparatus performs data transmission to a reception apparatus, there are a first transmission mode in which a data signal based on a transmission parameter included in the received control information is transmitted, and a second transmission mode in which the control signal information is not received, and the data signal is transmitted without the reception apparatus being notified of a transmission timing of the data signal. In a case where transmission of an SR is possible and in a case where data communication is possible with the first transmission mode and the second transmission mode, the transmission apparatus configures different transmission powers in accordance with the transmission modes.

Claims

1. A transmission apparatus that transmits a data signal to a reception apparatus, comprising:

a control information reception unit that receives control information which is transmitted on a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) or an Enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel (EPDCCH) from the reception apparatus;

a control information transmission unit that transmits an Scheduling Request (SR) that requests the control information;

a transmission mode selection unit that selects a transmission mode for the data signal; and

a transmit power control unit that configures a transmission power for the data signal, wherein

the transmission mode includes a first transmission mode in which the control information is received on the PDCCH or the EPDCCH in the control information reception unit, and the data signal based on a transmission parameter included in the control information is transmitted, and a second transmission mode in which the control information is not received on any one of the PDCCH and the EPDCCH, and the data signal is transmitted without the reception apparatus being notified of a transmission timing of the data signal, and

in a case where transmission of the SR is possible and data transmission is possible with the first transmission mode and the second transmission mode, the transmission apparatus configures a first transmission power for the first transmission mode and a second transmission power for the second transmission mode.

2. The transmission apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the transmission parameter includes at least one of frequency resource allocation used for transmission of the data signal, a modulation scheme, a coding rate, retransmission information, and a cyclic shift of a demodulation reference signal.

3. The transmission apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the second transmission power for the second transmission mode is higher than the first transmission power for the first transmission mode.

4. The transmission apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein a target reception power for the second transmission mode is higher than a target reception power for the first transmission mode.

5. The transmission apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein in the first transmission mode, the data signal is periodically transmitted, and in the second transmission mode, the data signal is aperiodically transmitted.

6. The transmission apparatus according to claim 5,

wherein a plurality of transmission powers are configurable in the second transmission mode, and the second transmission power is configured in accordance with QoS of the data signal aperiodically transmitted.

7. The transmission apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein more frequency resources are used in the second transmission mode than in the first transmission mode.

8. The transmission apparatus according to claim 7,

wherein a total transmission power for all frequency resources that are used for the transmission of the data signal in the second transmission mode is higher than a total transmission power for all frequency resources that are used for the transmission of the data signal in the first transmission mode.