Method for configuring uplink grants over multiple subframes in a wireless communication system and a device therefor

• US 10,433,333 B2
• Filed: 05/18/2016
• Issued: 10/01/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/22/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Yi, Seungjune, Lee, Sunyoung
• Primary Examiner(s): Mui, Gary
• Application Number:
  US15/574,472
• Publication Number:
  US 20180295644A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,231 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/18 Automatic repetition systems, e.g. Van Duuren systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1848 Time-out mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1887 Scheduling and prioritising arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0055 Physical resource allocation for ACK/NACK for physical mapping arrangements in ARQ protocols H04L1/1861
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0278 using buffer status reports dynamic wireless traffic scheduling definition H04W72/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/10 Flow control between communication endpoints
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0446 Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/1268 of uplink data flows
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/21 in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/27 Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states

Abstract

The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for configuring uplink grants over multiple subframes in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving an uplink grant from an eNodeB (eNB), wherein the uplink grant is valid during a specific time duration; transmitting data using the uplink grant when the data is generated during the specific time duration; and discarding the uplink grant when the specific time duration is passed.

Claims

1. A method for a User Equipment (UE) operating in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving an uplink grant from an eNodeB (eNB) when there is no uplink data to be generated, wherein the uplink grant is valid during a specific time duration;

transmitting data using the uplink grant when the data is generated during the specific time duration; and

discarding the uplink grant when the specific time duration is passed when the data has not been generated during the specific time duration,

wherein the uplink grant includes an indication that the uplink grant is for data which the UE expects to be generated.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the specific time duration is configured by the eNB using Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling, or pre-configured, or is received with the uplink grant.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

discarding the uplink grant after the UE transmits the data using the UL grant during the specific time duration although the specific time duration is not passed.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the specific time duration comprises two or more subframes.

5. A method for a User Equipment (UE) operating in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

starting a timer when an uplink grant is received from an eNodeB (eNB) and there is no uplink data to be generated, wherein the uplink grant is valid while the timer is running;

transmitting data using the uplink grant when the data is generated while the timer is running; and

discarding the uplink grant when the timer expires when the data has not been generated while the timer is running,

wherein the uplink grant includes an indication that the uplink grant is for data which the UE expects to be generated.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein a value of the timer is configured by the eNB using Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling, or pre-configured, or is received with the uplink grant.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the value of the timer is equal to or larger than two subframes.

8. The method according to claim 5, further comprising:

discarding the uplink grant after the UE transmits the data using the uplink grant while the timer is running although the timer has not expired.

9. A User Equipment (UE) for operating in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a Radio Frequency (RF) module; and

a processor operably coupled with the RF module and configured to;

receive an uplink grant from an eNodeB (eNB) when there is no uplink data to be generated, wherein the uplink grant is valid during a specific time duration;

transmit data using the uplink grant when the data is generated during the specific time duration; and

discard the uplink grant when the specific time duration is passed when the data has not been generated during the specific time duration,

wherein the uplink grant includes an indication that the uplink grant is for data which the UE expects to be generated.

10. The UE according to claim 9, wherein the specific time duration is configured by the eNB using Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling, or pre-configured, or is received with the uplink grant.

11. The UE according to claim 10, wherein the specific time duration comprises two or more subframes.

12. The UE according to claim 9, wherein the processor is further configured to discard the uplink grant after the UE transmits the data using the UL grant during the specific time duration although the specific time duration is not passed.

13. A User Equipment (UE) for operating in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a Radio Frequency (RF) module; and

a processor operably coupled with the RF module and configured to;

start a timer when an uplink grant is received from an eNodeB (eNB) and there is no uplink data to be generated, wherein the uplink grant is valid while the timer is running;

transmit data using the uplink grant when the data is generated while the timer is running; and

discard the uplink grant when the timer expires when the data has not been generated while the timer is running,

wherein the uplink grant includes an indication that the uplink grant is for data which the UE expects to be generated.