DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS OF MACHINE-TYPE COMMUNICATION DEVICE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

• US 20130022029A1
• Filed: 03/29/2011
• Published: 01/24/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Ryu, Jin Sook, Lee, Dong Keun
• Granted Patent: US 8,824,427 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/336
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal

Abstract

Provided are a data transmission method and apparatus of a machine-type communication (MTC) device in a wireless communication system. The MTC device receives common control channel (CCCH) configuration information for CCCH configuration of a normal terminal and the MTC CCCH configuration information for CCCH configuration of the MTC device from a base station, selects one MTC CCCH group from a set of the MTC CCCH groups on the basis of the CCCH configuration information and the MTC CCCH configuration information, and transmits or receives data through an the MTC CCCH to which the selected the MTC CCCH group belongs.

Claims

1. A data transmission method of a machine-type communication (MTC) device in a wireless communication system, the data transmission method comprising:

receiving common control channel (CCCH) configuration information for a CCCH configuration of a normal mobile station (MS) and MTC CCCH configuration information for a CCCH configuration of the MTC device from a base station (BS),

selecting one MTC CCCH group from a set of MTC CCCH groups based on the CCCH configuration information and the MTC CCCH configuration information, and

transmitting or receiving data on an MTC CCCH to which the selected MTC CCCH group belongs.

2. The data transmission method of claim 1, wherein:

the CCCH configuration information comprises a first parameter indicating a number of CCCHs and a second parameter indicating whether a CCCH and a standalone dedicated control channel (SDCCH) are combined or not, and

the MTC CCCH configuration information comprises a third parameter indicating a number of MTC CCCHs and a fourth parameter indicating whether an MTC CCCH and the SDCCH are combined or not.

3. The data transmission method of claim 2, wherein a sum of the first parameter and the third parameter is a maximum of 4.

4. The data transmission method of claim 2, wherein the second parameter and the fourth parameter are identical with each other.

5. The data transmission method of claim 2, wherein the one MTC CCCH group is selected according to an equation below.

MTC_CCCH_GROUP:

(BS_CC_CHANS, . . . ((MTC_BS_CC_CHANS−

1)+BS_CC_CHANS))=((IMSI mod

     1000) mod (MTC_BS_CC_CHANS×

N)) div N)+BS_CC_CHANS

PAGING_GROUP (0 . . . N−

1)=((IMSI mod

     1000) mod (MTC_BS_CC_CHANS×

N)) mod N,

where BS_CC_CHANS denotes the first parameter, MTC_BS_CC_CHANS denotes the third parameter, N denotes a number of paging blocks available for one CCCH, IMSI denotes an international mobile subscriber identity, mod denotes a modulo operation, and div denotes an integer division operation.

6. The data transmission method of claim 1, wherein a size of the MTC CCCH configuration information is one of 1 bit to 3 bits.

7. The data transmission method of claim 1, wherein the MTC CCCH is allocated to at least one of time slots 0, 2, 4, and 6 of a radio frequency channel C0.

8. The data transmission method of claim 7, wherein the MTC CCCH is allocated to a time slot 2N when an index of a CCCH group indicated by the CCCH configuration information is N.

9. A machine-type communication (MTC) device in a wireless communication system, the MTC device comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) unit configured to receive common control channel (CCCH) configuration information for a CCCH configuration of a normal mobile station (MS) and MTC CCCH configuration information for a CCCH configuration of the MTC device from a Base Station (BS); and

a processor connected to the RF unit and configured to select one MTC CCCH group from a set of MTC CCCH groups based on the CCCH configuration information and the MTC CCCH configuration information.

10. The MTC device of claim 9, wherein:

the CCCH configuration information comprises a first parameter indicating a number of CCCHs and a second parameter indicating whether a CCCH and a standalone dedicated control channel (SDCCH) are combined or not, and

the MTC CCCH configuration information comprises a third parameter indicating a number of MTC CCCHs and a fourth parameter indicating whether an MTC CCCH and the SDCCH are combined or not.

11. The MTC device of claim 10, wherein a sum of the first parameter and the third parameter is a maximum of 4.

12. The MTC device of claim 10, wherein the second parameter and the fourth parameter are identical with each other.

13. The MTC device of claim 10, wherein the one MTC CCCH group is selected according to an equation below.

MTC_CCCH_GROUP:

(BS_CC_CHANS, . . . ((MTC_BS_CC_CHANS−

1)+BS_CC_CHANS))=((IMSI mod

     1000) mod (MTC_BS_CC_CHANS×

N)) div N)+BS_CC_CHANS

PAGING_GROUP (0 . . . N−

1)=((IMSI mod

     1000) mod (MTC_BS_CC_CHANS×

N)) mod N

wherein BS_CC_CHANS denotes the first parameter, MTC_BS_CC_CHANS denotes the third parameter, N denotes a number of paging blocks available for one CCCH, IMSI denotes an international mobile subscriber identity, mod denotes a modulo operation, and div denotes an integer division operation.

14. The MTC device of claim 9, wherein a size of the MTC CCCH configuration information is any one of 1 bit to 3 bits.

15. The MTC device of claim 9, wherein the MTC CCCH is allocated to a time slot 2N when an index of a CCCH group indicated by the CCCH configuration information is N.