Method and user equipment for receiving downlink signals

• US 10,542,559 B2
• Filed: 03/13/2018
• Issued: 01/21/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Jeonggu, Lee, Sunyoung, Yi, Seungjune
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Jay P
• Application Number:
  US16/314,271
• Publication Number:
  US 20190208538A1
• Time in Patent Office: 679 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1816 with retransmission of the same, encoded, message
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1822 involving configuration of automatic repeat request [ARQ] with parallel processes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1851 using multiple timers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1864 ARQ related signaling H04L1/1607 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/16 Half-duplex systems; Simplex/duplex switching; Transmission of break signals non-automatically inverting the direction of transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/28 Discontinuous transmission [DTX]; Discontinuous reception [DRX]

Abstract

A user equipment (UE) starts a downlink (DL) discontinuous reception (DRX) retransmission timer for a DL hybrid automatic repeat and request (HARQ) process of the UE. The UE monitors a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) while the DL DRX retransmission timer for the DL HARQ process is running. The UE stops the DL DRX retransmission timer for the DL HARQ process when the UE receives a PDCCH indicating a uplink (UL) transmission.

Claims

1. A method for receiving, by a user equipment (UE), downlink signals in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

starting, by the UE, a downlink (DL) discontinuous reception (DRX) retransmission timer for a DL hybrid automatic repeat and request (HARQ) process of the UE;

monitoring, by the UE, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) while the DL DRX retransmission timer for the DL HARQ process is running; and

stopping, by the UE, the DL DRX retransmission timer for the DL HARQ process when the UE receives a PDCCH indicating an uplink (UL) transmission,

wherein, if there are multiple DL DRX retransmission timers running for multiple DL HARQ processes, all of the multiple DL DRX retransmission timers running for the multiple DL HARQ processes are stopped when the UE receives the PDCCH indicating the UL transmission.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the DL DRX retransmission timer for the DL HARQ process is stopped in a time unit when there is an UL grant configured in the time unit for a UL HARQ process.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the UE is a UE operating in half duplex.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the UE is a narrowband internet of things (NB-IoT) UE.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the DL DRX retransmission timer for the DL HARQ process is stopped when the UE receives the PDCCH indicating the UL transmission, even when the UE does not receive a PDCCH indicating a DL transmission for the DL HARQ process.

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

receiving, by the UE, DRX configuration information including a value for the DL DRX retransmission timer.

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

performing, by the UE, the UL transmission.

8. A user equipment (UE) for receiving downlink signals in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor configured to;

start a downlink (DL) discontinuous reception (DRX) retransmission timer for a DL hybrid automatic repeat and request (HARQ) process of the UE;

monitor a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) while the DL DRX retransmission timer for the DL HARQ process is running; and

stop the DL DRX retransmission timer for the DL HARQ process when the UE receives a PDCCH indicating an uplink (UL) transmission,

wherein, if there are multiple DL DRX retransmission timers running for multiple DL HARQ processes, the processor is configured to stop all of the multiple DL DRX retransmission timers running for the multiple DL HARQ processes when the UE receives the PDCCH indicating the UL transmission.

9. The UE according to claim 8, wherein the processor is configured to stop the DL DRX retransmission timer for the DL HARQ process in a time unit when there is an UL grant configured in the time unit for a UL HARQ process.

10. The UE according to claim 8, wherein the UE is a UE operating in half duplex.

11. The UE according to claim 8, wherein the UE is a narrowband internet of things (NB-IoT) UE.

12. The UE according to claim 8, wherein the processor is configured to stop the DL DRX retransmission timer for the DL HARQ process when the UE receives the PDCCH indicating the UL transmission, even when the UE does not receive a PDCCH indicating a DL transmission for the DL HARQ process.

13. The UE according to claim 8, wherein the processor is configured to control the transceiver to receive DRX configuration information including a value for the DL DRX retransmission timer.

14. The UE according to claim 8, wherein the processor is configured to control the transceiver to transmit the UL transmission.