Method and apparatus for transmitting control channel in wireless communication system

• US 10,644,783 B2
• Filed: 02/21/2019
• Issued: 05/05/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Yohan, Kang, Namkoo, Park, Hyoyol, Hwang, Keunchul
• Primary Examiner(s): Neff, Michael R
• Application Number:
  US16/281,265
• Publication Number:
  US 20190260461A1
• Time in Patent Office: 439 Days
• Field of Search: 375211
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0413 MIMO systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/06 at the transmitting station
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0617 for beam forming
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0626 Channel coefficients, e.g. channel state information [CSI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/063 Parameters other than those covered in groups H04B7/0623 - H04B7/0634, e.g. channel matrix rank or transmit mode selection
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0695 using beam selection
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/15542 Selecting at relay station its transmit and receive resources selection of wireless resources by user or terminal H04W72/02; arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path by two-dimensional division of the resources H04L5/0003, or by allocating sub-channels H04L5/003
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/15592 Adapting at the relay station communication parameters for supporting cooperative relaying, i.e. transmission of the same data via direct - and relayed path cooperative diversity H04B7/024
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/12 using downlink control channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/20 Control channels or signalling for resource management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/542 using measured or perceived quality
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/10 adapted for operation in multiple networks, e.g. multi-mode access points
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/10 between terminal device and access point, i.e. wireless air interface

Abstract

Provided are a method and a Base Station (BS) for transmitting a control channel and a method and a User Equipment (UE) for receiving a control channel in a wireless communication system. The BS includes: a transceiver; and at least one processor configured to control the transceiver to receive Beam State Information (BSI) from the UE through at least one first beam, identify a second beam, based on the BSI, and control the transceiver to transmit a first BSI request to the UE through the second beam, identify a third beam, based on information on the at least one first beam, and determine whether control the transceiver to transmit the control channel to the UE through the third beam.

Claims

1. A method of transmitting a control channel by a Base Station (BS), the method comprising:

receiving, from a User Equipment (UE) through at least one first beam, Beam State Information (BSI);

identifying a second beam, based on the BSI;

transmitting, to the UE through the second beam, a first BSI request;

identifying a third beam, based on information on the at least one first beam; and

determining whether to transmit, to the UE through the third beam, the control channel based on a rate of data reception from the UE through the at least one first beam being less than or equal to a first threshold value or based on a reception performance using the at least one first beam being less than or equal to a second threshold value.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining whether to transmit the control channel comprises, based on no other UE having a higher priority than the UE, according to scheduling of a first beam group including the third beam, determining to transmit the control channel to the UE through the third beam.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the determining whether to transmit the control channel comprises, based on a priority of the UE being lower than a priority of another UE that uses a fourth beam included in a first beam group, determining to transmit the control channel through the fourth beam; and

the first beam group comprises the third beam and the fourth beam.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the identifying the third beam comprises storing information on each of the at least one first beam for transmitting a second BSI request during a predetermined time period from a time at which the second BSI request is transmitted.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the determining whether to transmit the control channel comprises receiving a BSI request feedback from the UE through the third beam; and

the control channel includes the first BSI request.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising, based on a success rate of data reception from the UE using the second beam being greater than or equal to the first threshold value or based on a reception performance using the second beam being greater than or equal to the second threshold value, stopping transmitting the control channel through the third beam.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising switching a method of transmitting the first BSI request.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the second beam and the third beam belong to different beam groups, and the first BSI request and the control channel are transmitted in a same time resource.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the second beam and the third beam belong to a same beam group, and the first BSI request and the control channel are transmitted in different time resources.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, from the UE through the second beam, a BSI request feedback for the first BSI request; and

determining whether to transmit the control channel through the third beam,

wherein the determining of whether to transmit the control channel through the third beam comprises, based on a beam included in the BSI request feedback for the first BSI request belonging to a beam group different from the second beam, determining to transmit the control channel through the third beam.

11. A Base Station (BS) for transmitting a control channel, the BS comprising:

a transceiver; and

at least one processor configured to;

control the transceiver to receive, from a User Equipment (UE) through at least one first beam, Beam State Information (BSI),

identify a second beam, based on the BSI,

control the transceiver to transmit, to the UE through the second beam, a first BSI request,

identify a third beam, based on information on the at least one first beam, and

determine whether to control the transceiver to transmit, to the UE through the third beam, the control channel based on a rate of data reception from the UE through the at least one first beam being less than or equal to a first threshold value or based on a reception performance using the at least one first beam being less than or equal to a second threshold value.

12. The BS of claim 11, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to, based on no other UE having a higher priority than the UE, according to scheduling of a first beam group including the third beam, determine to control the transceiver to transmit the control channel to the UE through the third beam.

13. The BS of claim 11, wherein:

the at least one processor is further configured to, based on a priority of the UE being lower than a priority of another UE that uses a fourth beam included in a first beam group, determine to control the transceiver to transmit the control channel through the fourth beam; and

the first beam group comprises the third beam and the fourth beam.

14. The BS of claim 11, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to control to store information on each of the at least one first beam for transmitting a second BSI request during a predetermined time period from a time at which the second BSI request is transmitted.

15. The BS of claim 11, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to determine, as the third beam, one of a most recently used beam and a beam having a highest reception performance value among the at least one first beam, based on the information on the at least one first beam.

16. The BS of claim 11, wherein:

the at least one processor is further configured to control the transceiver to receive a BSI request feedback from the UE through the third beam; and

the control channel includes the first BSI request.

17. The BS of claim 11, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to, based on a success rate of data reception from the UE using the second beam being greater than or equal to the first threshold value or based on a reception performance using the second beam being greater than or equal to the second threshold value, control the transceiver to stop transmitting the control channel through the third beam.

18. The BS of claim 11, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to switch a method of transmitting the first BSI request.

19. The BS of claim 11, wherein the second beam and the third beam belong to different beam groups, and the first BSI request and the control channel are transmitted in a same time resource.

20. The BS of claim 11, wherein the second beam and the third beam belong to a same beam group, and the first BSI request and the control channel are transmitted in different time resources.

21. A method of receiving a control channel by a User Equipment (UE), the method comprising:

transmitting, to a Base Station (BS) through at least one first beam, Beam State Information (BSI);

receiving, from the BS through a second beam, a BSI request; and

receiving, from the BS through a third beam, the control channel,

wherein the second beam is identified based on the BSI and the third beam is identified based on information on the at least one first beam, and

wherein the control channel is transmitted in case that a rate of data reception from the UE through the at least one first beam is less than or equal to a first threshold value or in case that a reception performance using the at least one first beam is less than or equal to a second threshold value.

22. A User Equipment (UE) for receiving a control channel, the UE comprising:

a transceiver; and

at least one processor configured to;

control the transceiver to transmit, to a Base Station (BS) through at least one first beam, Beam State Information (BSI),

control the transceiver to receive, from the BS through a second beam, a BSI request, and

control the transceiver to receive, from the BS through a third beam, the control channel,

wherein the second beam is identified based on the BSI and the third beam is identified based on information on the at least one first beam, and

wherein the control channel is transmitted in case that a rate of data reception from the UE through the at least one first beam is less than or equal to a first threshold value or in case that a reception performance using the at least one first beam is less than or equal to a second threshold value.