Transmitting NPUSCH and wireless device thereof

• US 10,454,661 B2
• Filed: 01/25/2019
• Issued: 10/22/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Hwang, Seunggye, Ahn, Joonkui, Park, Changhwan, Kim, Seonwook
• Primary Examiner(s): Ng, Christine
• Application Number:
  US16/257,630
• Publication Number:
  US 20190158261A1
• Time in Patent Office: 270 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2666 Acquisition of further OFDM parameters, e.g. bandwidth, subcarrier spacing, or guard interval length
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/001 the frequencies being arranged in component carriers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0051 of dedicated pilots, i.e. pilots destined for a single user or terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0053 Allocation of signaling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/14 Two-way operation using the same type of signal, i.e. duplex
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0446 Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/0833 Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access

Abstract

The disclosure of the present specification provides a method for performing a narrowband physical uplink shared channel (NPUSCH) transmission. The method may comprise: determining a start position of the NPUSCH transmission; performing the NPUSCH transmission, if the start position of the NPUSCH transmission is determined as a first of two contiguous subframes; and postponing the NPUSCH transmission, if the start position of the NPUSCH transmission is determined as a second of the two contiguous subframes. The two contiguous subframes may be configured as a time division duplex (TDD) uplink subframe based on at least one of TDD configurations 1 and 4. The two contiguous subframes may be defined for a subcarrier spacing of 3.75 kHz.

Claims

1. A method of performing a narrowband physical uplink shared channel (NPUSCH) transmission, the method comprising:

determining a start position of the NPUSCH transmission in a first group of two contiguous subframes that are configured as time division duplex (TDD) uplink subframes, wherein the first group of two contiguous subframes are defined for a subcarrier spacing of 3.75 kHz;

postponing the NPUSCH transmission to a second group of two contiguous subframes that are subsequent to the first group of two contiguous subframes based on the start position of the NPUSCH transmission determined as a second subframe of the first group of two contiguous subframes; and

performing the NPUSCH transmission in the first group of two contiguous subframes based on the start position of the NPUSCH transmission determined as a first subframe of the first group of two contiguous subframes.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the NPUSCH transmission is performed in the first group of two contiguous subframes further based on the first group of two contiguous subframes not overlapping with any uplink subframe that is configured as an invalid subframe.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the NPUSCH transmission is postponed to the second group of two contiguous subframes further based on at least one of the first group of two contiguous subframes overlapping with an uplink subframe that is configured as an invalid subframe.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the NPUSCH transmission is postponed to the second group of two contiguous subframes further based on the first group of two contiguous subframes overlapping with a narrowband physical random access channel (NPRACH) transmission.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the NPUSCH transmission is mapped to a plurality of resource elements (REs) which are not used for a reference signal.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the NPUSCH transmission is postponed to the second group of two contiguous subframes further based on at least one of the first group of two contiguous subframes overlapping with an uplink subframe that is configured as an invalid subframe, and further based on a repetition level of the NPUSCH transmission being smaller than or equal to a threshold value, and

wherein the NPUSCH transmission is punctured based on at least one of the first group of two contiguous subframes overlapping with an uplink subframe that is configured as an invalid subframe, and based on the repetition level of the NPUSCH transmission being greater than or equal to the threshold value.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the NPUSCH transmission is postponed to the second group of two contiguous subframes further based on the first group of two contiguous subframes overlapping with fewer than or equal to 1 uplink subframe that is configured as a valid subframe.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein based on at least one of the first group of two contiguous subframes overlapping with an uplink subframe that is configured as an invalid subframe, the NPUSCH transmission that is mapped to a resource element (RE) in the invalid subframe is punctured.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the first group of two contiguous subframes are configured as TDD uplink subframes based on at least one of TDD configurations 1 or 4.

10. A wireless device configured to perform a narrowband physical uplink shared channel (NPUSCH) transmission, the wireless device comprising:

a transceiver;

at least one processor; and

at least one computer memory operably connectable to the at least one processor and storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, perform operations comprising;

determining a start position of the NPUSCH transmission in a first group of two contiguous subframes that are configured as time division duplex (TDD) uplink subframes, wherein the first group of two contiguous subframes are defined for a subcarrier spacing of 3.75 kHz;

postponing the NPUSCH transmission to a second group of two contiguous subframes that are subsequent to the first group of two contiguous subframes based on the start position of the NPUSCH transmission determined as a second subframe of the first group of two contiguous subframes; and

performing the NPUSCH transmission in the first group of two contiguous subframes based on the start position of the NPUSCH transmission determined as a first subframe of the first group of two contiguous subframes.

11. The wireless device of claim 10, wherein the NPUSCH transmission is performed in the first group of two contiguous subframes further based on the first group of two contiguous subframes not overlapping with any uplink subframe that is configured as an invalid subframe.

12. The wireless device of claim 10, wherein the NPUSCH transmission is postponed to the second group of two contiguous subframes further based on at least one of the first group of two contiguous subframes overlapping with an uplink subframe that is configured as an invalid subframe.

13. The wireless device of claim 10, wherein the NPUSCH transmission is postponed to the second group of two contiguous subframes further based on the first group of two contiguous subframes overlapping with a narrowband physical random access channel (NPRACH) transmission.

14. The wireless device of claim 10, wherein the NPUSCH transmission is mapped to a plurality of resource elements (REs) which are not used for a reference signal.

15. The wireless device of claim 10, wherein the NPUSCH transmission is postponed to the second group of two contiguous subframes further based on at least one of the first group of two contiguous subframes overlapping with an uplink subframe that is configured as an invalid subframe, and further based on a repetition level of the NPUSCH transmission being smaller than or equal to a threshold value, and

wherein the NPUSCH transmission is punctured based on at least one of the first group of two contiguous subframes overlapping with an uplink subframe that is configured as an invalid subframe, and based on the repetition level of the NPUSCH transmission being greater than or equal to the threshold value.

16. The wireless device of claim 10, wherein the NPUSCH transmission is postponed to the second group of two contiguous subframes further based on the first group of two contiguous subframes overlapping with fewer than or equal to 1 uplink subframe that is configured as a valid subframe.

17. The wireless device of claim 10, wherein based on at least one of the first group of two contiguous subframes overlapping with an uplink subframe that is configured as an invalid subframe, the NPUSCH transmission that is mapped to a resource element (RE) in the invalid subframe is punctured.

18. The wireless device of claim 10, wherein the first group of two contiguous subframes are configured as TDD uplink subframes based on at least one of TDD configurations 1 or 4.