Control information transmission method and apparatus for use in mobile communication system

• US 10,536,936 B2
• Filed: 03/07/2017
• Issued: 01/14/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Park, Suyoung, Yoon, Suha, Jung, Euichang, Shin, Sunghyuk
• Primary Examiner(s): Kassim, Khaled M
• Assistant Examiner(s): Waqas, Saad A.
• Application Number:
  US15/452,009
• Publication Number:
  US 20170265170A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,043 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/20 Control channels or signalling for resource management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/0808 using carrier sensing, e.g. carrier sense multiple access [CSMA]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

Abstract

A method of control information transmission for a terminal in a mobile communication system, and an apparatus therefor are provided. In the method of control information transmission, the terminal acquires unlicensed frequency channel occupancy information based on the control information received from a base station and transmits the unlicensed frequency channel occupancy information to other terminals operating on the same unlicensed frequency. The method of control information transmission includes receiving a first control information from a base station using a first radio communication protocol, acquiring channel occupancy information based on the first control information, and transmitting a second control information including the channel occupancy information to another terminal using a second radio communication protocol.

Claims

1. A method for controlling information transmission of a first terminal in a first network in a mobile communication system, the method comprising:

receiving first control information from a base station using a first radio protocol;

acquiring channel occupancy information based on the first control information;

generating second control information based on the channel occupancy information; and

transmitting the second control information to a second terminal in a second network using a second radio protocol,

wherein the second control information comprises a clear-to-send (CTS) packet including channel occupancy information, and

wherein the transmitting of the second control information comprises;

calculating a transmission start time for starting transmission of the second control information based on the first control information, and

transmitting the second control information at the transmission start time.

2. The method of claim 1,

wherein the first radio protocol comprises a long-term evolution (LTE) protocol, and

wherein the second radio protocol comprises a wireless local area network (WLAN) protocol.

3. The method of claim 1,

wherein the first control information comprises downlink control information (DCI) including the channel occupancy information, and

wherein the DCI is received through a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH).

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the channel occupancy information includes a channel occupancy time in an unlicensed band.

5. A first terminal for receiving control information in a mobile communication system, the first terminal comprising:

a first module configured to perform a first communication using a first radio protocol;

a second module configured to perform a second communication using a second radio protocol; and

at least one processor configured to;

receive first control information from a base station using the first radio protocol,

acquire channel occupancy information based on the first control information,

generate second control information based on the channel occupancy information, and

transmit second control information to a second terminal in a second network using the second radio protocol,

wherein the second control information comprises a clear-to-send (CTS) packet including channel occupancy information, and

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to;

calculate a transmission start time for starting transmission of the second control information based on the first control information, and

transmit the second control information at the transmission start time.

6. The first terminal of claim 5,

wherein the first radio protocol comprises a long-term evolution (LTE) protocol, and

wherein the second radio protocol comprises a wireless local area network (WLAN) protocol.

7. The first terminal of claim 5,

wherein the first control information comprises downlink control information (DCI) including the channel occupancy information, and

wherein the DCI is received through a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH).

8. The first terminal of claim 5, wherein the channel occupancy information includes a channel occupancy time in an unlicensed band.