Method and apparatus for processing scheduling information in mobile communication system

• US 10,660,086 B2
• Filed: 04/21/2015
• Issued: 05/19/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 04/06/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Soeng-hun, Van Lieshout, Gert-Jan
• Primary Examiner(s): Kao, Jutai
• Application Number:
  US14/692,280
• Publication Number:
  US 20150230248A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,855 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0007 the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A), DMT
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/001 the frequencies being arranged in component carriers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0053 Allocation of signaling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0091 Signaling for the administration of the divided path
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0278 using buffer status reports dynamic wireless traffic scheduling definition H04W72/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/365 Power headroom reporting
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 56/0045 compensating for timing error by altering transmission time
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0446 Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/20 Control channels or signalling for resource management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/21 in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/52 based on load
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for processing scheduling information in a terminal into which a plurality of forward carriers and reverse carriers are aggregated are provided. The method includes receiving a control message from a base station, the control message including information on a reverse carrier added by the carrier aggregation, and determining a new buffer state table to be used for reporting the state of buffers to the base station, based on the information included in the control message.

Claims

1. A method for performing uplink transmission by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

grouping a plurality of uplink carriers into a transmission timing group sharing a timing advance based on a control message received from a base station;

determining a reference downlink carrier for the transmission timing group including the plurality of uplink carriers;

determining uplink transmission timing which is common to the plurality of uplink carriers in the transmission timing group, by adjusting a frame boundary of each of the plurality of uplink carriers based on a frame boundary of the reference downlink carrier and the timing advance; and

performing uplink transmission on the plurality of uplink carriers based on the determined uplink transmission timing.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the reference downlink carrier is assigned by the base station.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the control message comprises a radio resource control (RRC) message.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein uplink grants for the plurality of uplink carriers are transmitted through at least one downlink carrier of a plurality of downlink carriers, and the at least one downlink carrier is indicated by the base station.

5. The method of claim 1,

further comprising, if a media access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU) contains a regular buffer status report (BSR) or a periodic BSR and the MAC PDU has sufficient padding space to insert a padding BSR, determining that the padding BSR is omitted from the MAC PDU.

6. A terminal for performing uplink transmission in a wireless communication system, the terminal comprising:

a transceiver configured to communicate with a base station; and

a processor coupled with the transceiver and configured to;

group a plurality of uplink carriers into a transmission timing group sharing a timing advance based on a control message received from the base station,

determine a reference downlink carrier for the transmission timing group including the plurality of uplink carriers,

determine uplink transmission timing which is common to the plurality of uplink carriers in the transmission timing group, by adjusting a frame boundary of each of the plurality of uplink carriers based on a frame boundary of the reference downlink carrier and the timing advance, and

perform uplink transmission on the plurality of uplink carriers based on the determined uplink transmission timing.

7. The terminal of claim 6, wherein the reference downlink carrier is assigned by the base station.

8. The terminal of claim 6, wherein the control message comprises a radio resource control (RRC) message.

9. The terminal of claim 6,

wherein the processor is further configured to receive uplink grants for the plurality of uplink carriers that are transmitted through at least one downlink carrier of a plurality of downlink carriers, and

wherein the at least one downlink carrier is indicated by the base station.

10. The terminal of claim 6, wherein the processor is further configured to, if a media access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU) contains a regular buffer status report (BSR) or a periodic BSR and the MAC PDU has a sufficient padding space to insert a padding BSR, determine that the padding BSR is omitted from the MAC PDU.

11. A method for scheduling uplink transmission by a base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting, to a terminal, a control message comprising information for grouping a plurality of uplink carriers into a transmission timing group sharing a timing advance; and

receiving, from the terminal, uplink transmission on the plurality of uplink carriers based on uplink transmission timing which is common to the plurality of uplink carriers in the transmission timing group,

wherein a reference downlink carrier is determined for the transmission timing group including the plurality of uplink carriers, and

wherein a frame boundary of each of the plurality of uplink carriers in the transmission timing group is adjusted based on a frame boundary of the reference downlink carrier and the timing advance.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising assigning the reference downlink carrier to the terminal.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the control message comprises a radio resource control (RRC) message.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein uplink grants for the plurality of uplink carriers are transmitted through at least one downlink carrier of a plurality of downlink carriers, and the at least one downlink carrier is indicated by the base station.

15. A base station for scheduling uplink transmission in a wireless communication system, the base station comprising:

a transceiver configured to communicate with a terminal; and

a processor coupled with the transceiver and configured to;

transmit, to the terminal, a control message comprising information for grouping a plurality of uplink carriers into a transmission timing group sharing a timing advance, and

receive, from the terminal, uplink transmission on the plurality of uplink carriers, based on uplink transmission timing which is common to the plurality of uplink carriers in the transmission timing group,

wherein a reference downlink carrier is determined for the transmission timing group including the plurality of uplink carriers, and

wherein a frame boundary of each of the plurality of uplink carriers in the transmission timing group is adjusted based on a frame boundary of the reference downlink carrier and the timing advance.

16. The base station of claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured to assign the reference downlink carrier to the terminal.

17. The base station of claim 15, wherein the control message comprises a radio resource control (RRC) message.

18. The base station of claim 15, wherein uplink grants for the plurality of uplink carriers are transmitted through at least one downlink carrier, and the at least one downlink carrier is indicated by the base station.