Shortened control channel resource mapping

• US 10,219,252 B2
• Filed: 01/12/2017
• Issued: 02/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Chendamarai Kannan, Arumugam, Luo, Tao, Patel, Chirag, Kadous, Tamer
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Minh Trang T
• Application Number:
  US15/405,237
• Publication Number:
  US 20170208576A1
• Time in Patent Office: 775 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1861 Physical mapping arrangements for ACK signaling see also H04L5/0053
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0007 the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A), DMT
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0053 Allocation of signaling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/1469 using time-sharing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0446 Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/20 Control channels or signalling for resource management

Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A user equipment (UE) may transmit a control message during a special subframe of a radio frame. The UE may determine a payload size of the control message according to a radio resource configuration, or the UE may determine a payload size based on a number of bits associated with information to be sent in the control message. The UE may identify uplink resources of the special subframe to use for the control message based on explicit signaling or implicitly based on information to be sent in the control message. Designated resources for control message transmissions in a special subframe may remain the same or may change in subsequent transmission opportunities. The UE may determine to use the same or different resources of a special subframe in a subsequent transmission opportunity depending on when the UE receives downlink messages.

Claims

1. A method of wireless communication comprising:

determining a number of bits corresponding to a payload size of a control message that is to be transmitted during a special subframe, wherein the number of bits corresponding to the payload size is based at least in part on a type of information to be transmitted in the control message;

identifying uplink resources of the special subframe to use for the control message transmission; and

transmitting the control message with the payload size using the identified uplink resources of the special subframe.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a configuration message, wherein the number of bits corresponding to the payload size of the control message is determined based at least in part on the received configuration message.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the configuration message indicates a designated payload size for control messages transmitted within a time period after the configuration message is received, and wherein the number of bits corresponding to the payload size of the control message is determined based at least in part on the identified uplink resources of the special subframe being within the time period.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a second number of bits associated with the information to be transmitted in the control message; and

selecting the number of bits corresponding to the payload size of the control message from a set of payload sizes based at least in part on the second number of bits.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the information to be transmitted in the control message comprises acknowledgment (ACK) information or channel state information (CSI), or both.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the number of bits corresponding to the payload size of the control message is based at least in part on a number of carriers, transport blocks, or hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) processes, or any combination thereof, associated with the information to be transmitted in the control message.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the uplink resources of the special subframe to use for the control message transmission comprises:

determining a number of resource blocks (RBs) of the special subframe to use for the control message transmission.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

receiving a configuration message, wherein the number of RBs is indicated by the configuration message.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a configuration message; and

identifying a parameter of a downlink message, wherein the uplink resources of the special subframe are identified based at least in part on the received configuration message and the identified parameter of the downlink message.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein identifying the uplink resources of the special subframe to use for the control message transmission comprises:

determining a set of RBs of the special subframe to use for the control message transmission.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein determining the set of RBs comprises:

determining one or more interlaces of the special subframe to use for the control message transmission, wherein each interlace comprises ten RBs.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein determining the set of RBs of the special subframe to use for the control message comprises:

identifying a user equipment-specific (UE-specific) indicator associated with the set of RBs.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the UE-specific indicator comprises a cyclic shift or a Walsh code, or both.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the special subframe comprises a subframe of a first set of subframes that is associated with a first transmission opportunity, and wherein the method further comprises:

determining that information associated with a downlink message received during the first set of subframes is to be transmitted during a next special subframe of a second set of subframes that is associated with a second transmission opportunity; and

identifying uplink resources of the next special subframe to use for transmitting an additional control message, wherein the uplink resources of the next special subframe are identified based at least in part on uplink resources identified during the first transmission opportunity.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein identifying the uplink resources of the next special subframe comprises:

determining a set of RBs of the next special subframe to use for transmitting the additional control message.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the special subframe comprises a subframe of a first set of subframes that is associated with a first transmission opportunity, and wherein the method further comprises:

determining that a first set of uplink information associated with a first downlink message received during the first set of subframes is to be transmitted during a next special subframe of a second set of subframes that is associated with a second transmission opportunity;

determining that a second set of uplink information associated with a second downlink message received during the second set of subframes is to be transmitted during the next special subframe of the second set of subframes; and

identifying uplink resources of the next special subframe to use for an additional control message that comprises the first set of uplink information and the second set of uplink information, wherein the uplink resources of the next special subframe are identified based at least in part on dedicated signaling or a parameter of the second downlink message.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein identifying uplink resources of the next special subframe comprises:

identifying a UE-specific indicator associated with uplink resources of the next special subframe.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the UE-specific indicator comprises a cyclic shift or a Walsh code, or both.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the identification of the uplink resources of the next special subframe supersedes a prior identification of uplink resources of the next special subframe, wherein the prior identification is based at least in part on uplink resources identified during the first transmission opportunity.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein identifying the uplink resources of the next special subframe comprises:

determining a set of RBs of the next special subframe to use for transmitting the additional control message.

21. A method of wireless communication comprising:

determining a number of bits corresponding to a payload size of a control message that is to be received during a special subframe, wherein the number of bits corresponding to the payload size is based at least in part on a type of information to be received in the control message;

identifying uplink resources of the special subframe to use for the control message; and

receiving the control message with the payload size using the identified uplink resources of the special subframe.

22. The method of claim 21, further comprising:

transmitting a configuration message, wherein the number of bits corresponding to the payload size of the control message is determined based at least in part on the configuration message.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein the information in the control message comprises acknowledgment (ACK) information or channel state information (CSI), or both.

24. The method of claim 21, wherein the number of bits corresponding to the payload size of the control message is based at least in part on a number of carriers or hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) processes, or both, associated with the information in the control message.

25. The method of claim 21, wherein the special subframe comprises a subframe of a first set of subframes that is associated with a first transmission opportunity, and wherein the method further comprises:

determining that information associated with a downlink message transmitted during the first set of subframes is to be received during a next special subframe of a second set of subframes that is associated with a second transmission opportunity; and

identifying uplink resources of the next special subframe to use for an additional control message, wherein the uplink resources of the next special subframe are identified based at least in part on uplink resources identified during the first transmission opportunity.

26. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

a processor;

memory in electronic communication with the processor; and

instructions stored in the memory and operable, when executed by the processor, to cause the apparatus to;

determine a number of bits corresponding to a payload size of a control message that is to be transmitted during a special subframe, wherein the number of bits corresponding to the payload size is based at least in part on a type of information to be transmitted in the control message;

identify uplink resources of the special subframe to use for the control message transmission; and

transmit the control message with the payload size using the identified uplink resources of the special subframe.

27. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein the instructions are operable to cause the apparatus to:

receive a configuration message; and

determine the number of bits corresponding to the payload size of the control message based at least in part on the received configuration message.

28. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein the special subframe comprises a subframe of a first set of subframes that is associated with a first transmission opportunity, wherein the instructions are operable to cause the apparatus to:

determine that a first set of uplink information associated with a first downlink message received during the first set of subframes is to be transmitted during a next special subframe of a second set of subframes that is associated with a second transmission opportunity;

determine that a second set of uplink information associated with a second downlink message received during the second set of subframes is to be transmitted during the next special subframe of the second set of subframes; and

identify uplink resources of the next special subframe to use for an additional control message that comprises the first set of uplink information and the second set of uplink information, wherein the uplink resources of the next special subframe are identified based at least in part on dedicated signaling or a parameter of the second downlink message.

29. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

a processor;

memory in electronic communication with the processor; and

instructions stored in the memory and operable, when executed by the processor, to cause the apparatus to;

determine a number of bits corresponding to a payload size of a control message that is to be received during a special subframe, wherein the number of bits corresponding to the payload size is based at least in part on a type of information to be received in the control message;

identify uplink resources of the special subframe to use for the control message; and

receive the control message with the payload size using the identified uplink resources of the special subframe.

30. The apparatus of claim 29, wherein the instructions are operable to cause the apparatus to:

transmit a configuration message; and

determine the number of bits corresponding to the payload size of the control message based at least in part on the configuration message.