Carrier aggregation configuration method and device for same

• US 10,644,819 B2
• Filed: 07/31/2015
• Issued: 05/05/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: KT Corporation
• Original Assignee: KT Corporation
• Inventors: Kang, Seunghyun, Noh, Minseok, Choi, Woo-jin, Park, Kyujin, Lee, KyungJun
• Primary Examiner(s): Sefcheck, Gregory B
• Assistant Examiner(s): Esmaeilian, Majid
• Application Number:
  US15/501,263
• Publication Number:
  US 20170222746A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,740 Days
• Field of Search: 370395
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0626 Channel coefficients, e.g. channel state information [CSI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 11/0076 Acquisition of secondary synchronisation channel, e.g. detection of cell-ID group
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 11/0093 Neighbour cell search
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0026 Transmission of channel quality indication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/001 the frequencies being arranged in component carriers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0035 Resource allocation in a cooperative multipoint environment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0048 Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/006 Quality of the received signal, e.g. BER, SNR, water filling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0098 Signalling of the activation or deactivation of component carriers, subcarriers or frequency bands
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/10 Dynamic resource partitioning
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/14 Spectrum sharing arrangements between different networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/24 Cell structures
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/04 Wireless resource allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0453 Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/542 using measured or perceived quality

Abstract

Provided are a method and a device for selecting a channel of an unlicensed band in configuring carrier aggregation for a terminal using an unlicensed band cell which uses an unlicensed frequency band. The method may include: receiving, from a base station, channel candidate information of a secondary cell using an unlicensed frequency band; transmitting channel state information with respect to one or more channels generated using the channel candidate information; and adding, as the secondary cell, a channel selected on the basis of the channel state information by the base station; and a device.

Claims

1. A method for a user equipment (UE) to perform carrier aggregation (CA), the method comprising:

receiving channel candidate information of a secondary cell that uses an unlicensed frequency band from a base station;

receiving a reference signal of the secondary cell transmitted through one or more channels of the unlicensed frequency band from the base station;

transmitting channel state information associated with the one or more channels, which are generated using the channel candidate information; and

adding, as the secondary cell, an unlicensed band channel that the base station selects based on the channel state information,

wherein the reference signal of the secondary cell is a cell specific reference signal generated using physical cell identification information that is configured for the secondary cell and is independent of physical cell identification information of a primary cell,

wherein the channel state information includes i) a received signal strength indicator associated with each of the one or more channels and ii) information on whether each of the one or more channels is used, determined by the received signal strength indicator,

wherein the channel candidate information includes at least one of unlicensed frequency band information associated with each of the one or more channels, information associated with the number of channel candidates, and channel candidate list information, and

wherein the channel candidate information is received through a high layer signaling of the primary cell.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting at least one of channel information of the primary cell and reference signal measurement information associated with the secondary cell,

wherein the base station selects the unlicensed band channel to be added as the secondary cell, by further using location information of the UE which is calculated based on at least one of the channel information of the primary cell and the reference signal measurement information associated with the secondary cell.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the channel candidate information further includes at least one of transmission power information of a secondary cell reference signal, transmission location information, and transmission period information.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the reference signal of the secondary cell is transmitted from the base station to the UE through all candidate channels associated with the channel candidate information.

5. A method for a base station to configure carrier aggregation (CA), the method comprising:

transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), channel candidate information of a secondary cell that uses an unlicensed frequency band;

transmitting, through one or more channels of the unlicensed frequency band, a reference signal of the secondary cell to the UE;

receiving channel state information associated with the one or more channels, which are generated based on the channel candidate information; and

additionally, configuring an unlicensed band channel having the smallest signal interference as a secondary cell of the UE, based on the channel state information,

wherein the reference signal of the secondary cell is a cell specific reference signal generated using physical cell identification information that is configured for the secondary cell and is independent of physical cell identification information of a primary cell,

wherein the channel state information includes i) a received signal strength indicator associated with each of the one or more channels and ii) information on whether each of the one or more channels is used, determined by the received signal strength indicator,

wherein the channel candidate information includes at least one of unlicensed frequency band information associated with each of the one or more channels, information associated with the number of channel candidates, and channel candidate list information, and

wherein the channel candidate information is received through a high layer signaling of the primary cell.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5, further comprising:

receiving channel information of the primary cell or reference signal measurement information associated with the secondary cell; and

calculating location information of the UE based on at least one of the channel information of the primary cell and the reference signal measurement information associated with the secondary cell,

wherein the unlicensed band channel that is additionally configured as the secondary cell is selected based on the channel state information and the location information of the UE.

7. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the channel candidate information further includes at least one of transmission power information of the secondary cell reference signal, transmission location information, and transmission period information.

8. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the reference signal of the secondary cell is transmitted from the base station to the UE through all candidate channels associated with the channel candidate information.

9. A user equipment (UE) that performs carrier aggregation, the UE comprising:

a receiving unit configured to receive, from a base station, channel candidate information of a secondary cell that uses an unlicensed frequency band and to receive a reference signal of the secondary cell transmitted through one or more channels of the unlicensed frequency band from the base station;

a transmitting unit configured to transmit channel state information associated with the one or more channels, which are generated using the channel candidate information; and

a controller configured to add, as the secondary cell, an unlicensed band channel that the base station selects based on the channel state information,

wherein the reference signal of the second cell is a cell specific reference signal generated using physical cell identification information that is configured for the secondary cell and is independent of physical cell identification information of a primary cell, and

wherein the channel state information includes i) a received signal strength indicator associated with each of the one or more channels and ii) information on whether each of the one or more channels is used, determined by the received signal strength indicator.

10. The UE as claimed in claim 9, wherein the transmitting unit further transmits channel information of the primary cell or reference signal measurement information associated with the secondary cell,

wherein the base station selects the unlicensed band channel to be added as the secondary cell, by further using location information of the UE that is calculated based on at least one of the channel information of the primary cell and the reference signal measurement information associated with the secondary cell.

11. The UE as claimed in claim 9, wherein the channel candidate information further includes at least one of transmission power information of a secondary cell reference signal, transmission location information, and transmission period information.

12. The UE as claimed in claim 9, wherein the reference signal of the secondary cell is transmitted from the base station to the UE through all candidate channels associated with the channel candidate information.