METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ALLOCATING CARRIERS IN CARRIER AGGREGATION SYSTEM

• US 20120082125A1
• Filed: 05/21/2010
• Published: 04/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: Huang, Yada
• Granted Patent: US 9,344,229 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/329
• 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 5/0037 Inter-user or inter-terminal allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0094 Indication of how sub-channels of the path are allocated
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal

Abstract

A method for allocating a carrier in a carrier aggregation system is disclosed. The method includes a network side allocating a component carrier and identifier information of a user equipment to the user equipment, and notifying the user equipment of the allocated component carrier and the identifier information of the user equipment, and/or a corresponding relationship between the allocated downlink component carrier and the identifier information of the user equipment. A device for allocating a carrier in carrier aggregation system is disclosed. The device includes an allocation unit configured to allocate a component carrier and identifier information of a user equipment to the user equipment, and a notification unit configured to notify the user equipment of the allocated component carrier and the identifier information of the user equipment, and/or the corresponding relationship between the allocated downlink component carrier and the identifier information of the user equipment.

Claims

1. A method for allocating a carrier in a carrier aggregation system comprising:

a network side allocating a component carrier and identifier information of a user equipment to the user equipment, and notifying the user equipment of the allocated component carrier and the identifier information of the user equipment, and/or a corresponding relationship between the allocated downlink component carrier and the identifier information of the user equipment.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the network side notifying the user equipment comprises the network side notifying the user equipment by broadcast or dedicated signaling.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the dedicated signaling includes Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling, or a Media Access Control (MAC) control unit or Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) signaling.

4. The method according to claim 1 further comprising:

the network side carrying the identifier information of the user equipment in a downlink component carrier where a downlink control channel is located.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the corresponding relationship between the allocated downlink component carrier and the identifier information of the user equipment is a corresponding relationship between the downlink control channel of the allocated downlink component carrier and the identifier information of the user equipment.

6. The method according to claim 4, wherein the identifier information of the user equipment contains a Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI), which is at least one of a Cell Radio Network Temporary Identifier (C-RNTI), a Semi-static Persistent Scheduling Radio Network Temporary Identifier (SPS-RNTI), and a Transmit Power Control RNTI (TPC-RNTI).

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein TPC-RNTIs allocated on different carriers by the same user equipment are same or different.

8. The method according to claim 4, further comprising:

when a downlink shared channel indicated by the downlink control channel is not carried in the downlink component carrier carrying the downlink control channel, notifying the user equipment of downlink component carrier information carrying the downlink shared channel through the broadcast or dedicated signaling.

9. The method according to claim 4, further comprising:

the network side allocating uplink component carrier information to the user equipment, and notifying the user equipment through the broadcast or dedicated signaling, wherein the uplink component carrier information includes uplink component carrier information where the uplink control channel is located.

10. The method according to claim 9, further comprising:

the network side notifying the user equipment of a corresponding relationship between the uplink component carrier and the downlink component carrier through the broadcast or dedicated signaling.

17. The method according to claim 2, further comprising:

the network side carrying the identifier information of the user equipment in a downlink component carrier where a downlink control channel is located.

18. The method according to claim 3, further comprising:

the network side carrying the identifier information of the user equipment in a downlink component carrier where a downlink control channel is located.

11. A device for allocating a carrier in carrier aggregation system comprising an allocation unit, a first corresponding relationship establishment unit and a notification unit, wherein:

the allocation unit is configured to allocate a component carrier and identifier information of a user equipment to the user equipment;

the first corresponding relationship establishment unit is configured to establish a corresponding relationship between the identifier information of the user equipment and the downlink component carrier allocated to the user equipment; and

the notification unit is configured to notify the user equipment of the allocated component carrier and the identifier information of the user equipment, and/or the corresponding relationship between the allocated downlink component carrier and the identifier information of the user equipment.

12. The device according to claim 11, wherein the notification unit notifies the user equipment of the allocated component carrier and the identifier information of the user equipment, and/or the corresponding relationship between the allocated downlink component carrier and the identifier information of the user equipment by broadcast or dedicated signaling;

wherein the dedicated signaling includes Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling, or a Media Access Control (MAC) control unit or Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) signaling.

13. The device according to claim 11, further comprising:

a carrying unit configured to carry the identifier information of the user equipment in a downlink component carrier where a downlink control channel is located.

14. The device according to claim 13, wherein the identifier information of the user equipment contains a Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI), which is at least one of a Cell Radio Network Temporary Identifier (C-RNTI), a Semi-static Persistent Scheduling Radio Network Temporary Identifier (SPS-RNTI), and a Transmit Power Control RNTI (TPC-RNTI).

15. The device according to claim 13, further comprising a first determination unit and a second corresponding relationship establishment unit, wherein:

the first determination unit is configured to trigger the second corresponding relationship establishment unit when determining that a downlink shared channel indicated by the downlink control channel is not carried in the downlink component carrier carrying the downlink control channel; and

the second corresponding relationship establishment unit is configured to establish a corresponding relationship between the downlink component carrier carrying the downlink control channel and the downlink component carrier carrying the downlink shared channel, and the notification unit notifies the user equipment of the corresponding relationship established by the second corresponding relationship establishment unit by the broadcast or dedicated signaling.

16. The device according to claim 13, wherein the device further comprises:

a second determination unit configured to determine an uplink component carrier carrying an uplink control channel;

the notification unit further notifies the user equipment of the determined uplink component carrier carrying uplink component carrier information through the broadcast or dedicated signaling.