Systems and methods for downlink scheduling that mitigate PDCCH congestion
First Claim
1. A method of operation of a network node in a cellular communications network, comprising:
- transmitting a downlink assignment to a wireless device, the downlink assignment comprising an indication of whether the downlink assignment applies to a single transmit time interval or multiple consecutive transmit time intervals;
transmitting a downlink data transmission to the wireless device during a single transmit time interval or multiple downlink data transmissions to the wireless device during multiple consecutive transmit time intervals according to the downlink assignment where the multiple downlink data transmissions comprise at least two different data values;
determining whether the wireless device supports multiple transmit time interval downlink assignment;
determining whether a service type of a service associated with the downlink transmission to the wireless device is a guaranteed bit rate service type; and
upon determining that the wireless device supports multiple transmit time interval downlink assignment and determining that the service type of the service associated with the downlink transmission to the wireless device is a guaranteed bit rate service type;
determining a number of consecutive transmit time intervals to be scheduled for downlink data transmission to the wireless device, the determined number of consecutive transmit time intervals being greater than or equal to 1; and
scheduling the multiple downlink data transmissions to the wireless device during the determined number of consecutive transmit time intervals.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for improving Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) allocation for improved downlink scheduling. In some embodiments, a method of operation of a network node in a cellular communications network comprises transmitting a downlink assignment to a wireless device, the downlink assignment comprising an indication of whether the downlink assignment applies to a single Transmit Time Interval (TTI) or multiple consecutive TTIs, and transmitting a downlink data transmission to the wireless device during a single TTI or multiple downlink data transmissions to the wireless device during multiple consecutive TTIs according to the downlink assignment. In this manner, the network node does not need to transmit, and the wireless device does not need to receive/decode, a separate downlink assignment in each TTI. This may be beneficial to, e.g., mitigate PDCCH congestion.
28 Citations
32 Claims
-
1. A method of operation of a network node in a cellular communications network, comprising:
-
transmitting a downlink assignment to a wireless device, the downlink assignment comprising an indication of whether the downlink assignment applies to a single transmit time interval or multiple consecutive transmit time intervals; transmitting a downlink data transmission to the wireless device during a single transmit time interval or multiple downlink data transmissions to the wireless device during multiple consecutive transmit time intervals according to the downlink assignment where the multiple downlink data transmissions comprise at least two different data values; determining whether the wireless device supports multiple transmit time interval downlink assignment; determining whether a service type of a service associated with the downlink transmission to the wireless device is a guaranteed bit rate service type; and upon determining that the wireless device supports multiple transmit time interval downlink assignment and determining that the service type of the service associated with the downlink transmission to the wireless device is a guaranteed bit rate service type; determining a number of consecutive transmit time intervals to be scheduled for downlink data transmission to the wireless device, the determined number of consecutive transmit time intervals being greater than or equal to 1; and scheduling the multiple downlink data transmissions to the wireless device during the determined number of consecutive transmit time intervals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
-
-
11. A network node for a cellular communications network, comprising:
-
at least one radio unit; one or more processors; and memory storing instructions executable by the one or more processors whereby the network node is operative to; transmit, via the at least one radio unit, a downlink assignment to a wireless device, the downlink assignment comprising an indication of whether the downlink assignment applies to a single transmit time interval or multiple consecutive transmit time intervals; transmit, via the at least one radio unit, a downlink data transmission to the wireless device during a single transmit time interval or multiple downlink data transmissions to the wireless device during multiple consecutive transmit time intervals according to the downlink assignment where the multiple downlink data transmissions comprise at least two different data values; determine whether the wireless device supports multiple transmit time interval downlink assignment; determine whether a service type of a service associated with the downlink transmission to the wireless device is a guaranteed bit rate service type; and upon determining that the wireless device supports multiple transmit time interval downlink assignment and determining that the service type of the service associated with the downlink transmission to the wireless device is a guaranteed bit rate service type; determine a number of consecutive transmit time intervals to be scheduled for downlink data transmission to the wireless device, the determined number of consecutive transmit time intervals being greater than or equal to 1; and schedule the multiple downlink data transmissions to the wireless device during the determined number of consecutive transmit time intervals. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
-
-
20. A method of operation of a wireless device in a cellular communications network, comprising:
-
receiving a downlink assignment from a network node, the downlink assignment comprising an indication of whether the downlink assignment applies to a single transmit time interval or multiple consecutive transmit time intervals; and determining whether the downlink assignment is in a format that supports multiple consecutive transmit time interval assignment; upon determining that the downlink assignment is in a format that supports multiple consecutive transmit time interval assignment; determining a number of consecutive transmit time intervals being scheduled by the downlink assignment based on the indication comprised in the downlink assignment, the number of consecutive transmit time intervals being greater than or equal to 1; receiving one or more downlink data transmissions on the determined number of consecutive transmit time intervals according to the downlink assignment where the multiple downlink data transmissions comprise at least two different data values. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
-
-
27. A wireless device for operation in a cellular communications network, comprising:
-
at least one receiver; at least one processor; and memory containing instructions executable by the at least one processor whereby the wireless device is operative to; receive, via the at least one receiver, a downlink assignment from a network node, the downlink assignment comprising an indication of whether the downlink assignment applies to a single transmit time interval or multiple consecutive transmit time intervals; determine whether the downlink assignment is in a format that supports multiple consecutive transmit time interval assignment; upon determining that the downlink assignment is in a format that supports multiple consecutive transmit time interval assignment; determine a number of consecutive transmit time intervals being scheduled by the downlink assignment based on the indication comprised in the downlink assignment, the number of consecutive transmit time intervals being greater than or equal to 1; and receive, via the at least one receiver, one or more downlink data transmissions on a single transmit time interval or multiple downlink data transmissions during multiple consecutive transmit time intervals according to the downlink assignment where the multiple downlink data transmissions comprise at least two different data values. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
-
Specification