Short PUCCH in Uplink sPUCCH

• US 20170041103A1
• Filed: 03/09/2016
• Published: 02/09/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/09/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Original Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Inventors: Zhang, Hanzhi, Mttanen, Helka-Liina, Andersson, Mattias, Parkvall, Stefan, Synnergren, Per, Wager, Stefan
• Granted Patent: US 9,762,357 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0626 Channel coefficients, e.g. channel state information [CSI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1671 the supervisory signal being transmitted together with control information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1812 Hybrid protocols; Hybrid automatic repeat request [HARQ]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1861 Physical mapping arrangements for ACK signaling see also H04L5/0053
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/18 Phase-modulated carrier systems, i.e. using phase-shift keying H04L27/32 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2278 using correlation techniques, e.g. for spread spectrum signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2601 Multicarrier modulation systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/26526 with inverse FFT [IFFT] or inverse DFT [IDFT] demodulators, e.g. standard single-carrier frequency-division multiple access [SC-FDMA] receiver or DFT spread orthogonal frequency division multiplexing [DFT-SOFDM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/005 of common pilots, i.e. pilots destined for multiple users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0055 Physical resource allocation for ACK/NACK for physical mapping arrangements in ARQ protocols H04L1/1861
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0057 Physical resource allocation for CQI
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/21 in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 Access point devices

Abstract

In one aspect, a wireless device receives a first data transmission from a base station in a first subframe interval and transmits HARQ feedback and/or CSI to the base station in a subsequent subframe interval, within a duration that is less than a maximum transmission duration that is possible within the subsequent subframe interval. In another aspect, a base station transmits a first data transmission to a wireless device in a first subframe interval and receives HARQ feedback and/or CSI from the wireless device in a subsequent subframe interval, within a duration that is less than a maximum transmission duration that is possible within the subsequent subframe interval.

Claims

1-44. -44. (canceled)

45. A method, in a first wireless device, the method comprising:

receiving a first data transmission from a second wireless device in a first subframe interval; and

transmitting hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback and/or channel state information (CSI) to the second wireless device in a subsequent subframe interval, within a duration that is less than a maximum transmission duration that is possible within the subsequent subframe interval.

46. The method of claim 45, wherein the first data transmission is received within a duration that is less than a maximum data transmission duration that is possible within the first subframe interval.

47. The method of claim 45, wherein the length of the predetermined subframe interval is 1 millisecond and consists of 14 orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols.

48. The method of claim 45, wherein the transmission of the HARQ feedback and/or CSI occupies exactly one of two slots in the subsequent subframe interval.

49. The method of claim 48, wherein transmitting the HARQ feedback and/or CSI comprises:

converting one or two bits of HARQ data to a complex-valued number;

spreading the complex-valued number over twelve subcarriers using a cyclically-shifted length-12 sequence, to form an array of twelve complex numbers;

spreading the array of twelve complex numbers to four single carrier frequency-division multiple access (SC-FDMA) symbols of twelve subcarriers, using a length-four orthogonal spreading code; and

mapping the four SC-FDMA symbols to symbols of the one of two slots.

50. The method of claim 48, wherein transmitting the HARQ feedback and/or CSI comprises:

encoding a plurality of HARQ bits and/or CSI bits to 10 bits, using a channel code;

scrambling the encoded bits;

modulating the scrambled, encoded bits, using quadrature-phase-shift-keying (QPSK) modulation, to form five QPSK symbols;

multiplying each of the five QPSK symbols with a cyclically-shifted length-12 sequence, to obtain five arrays of twelve QPSK symbols; and

mapping each of the five arrays of twelve QPSK symbols to a corresponding single carrier frequency-division multiple access (SC-FDMA) symbol of the one of two slots.

51. The method of claim 50, further comprising:

converting one or two HARQ bits to a complex number;

using the complex number to generate a demodulation reference symbol (DMRS) sequence; and

mapping symbols from the generated DMRS sequence to two SC-FDMA symbols of the one of two slots.

52. The method of claim 48, wherein transmitting the HARQ feedback and/or CSI comprises:

encoding a plurality of HARQ feedback bits and/or CSI bits to 24 bits, using a channel code;

scrambling the encoded bits and modulating the scrambled, encoded bits, using quadrature-phase-shift-keying (QPSK) modulation, to form twelve QPSK symbols;

inputting the twelve QPSK symbols to a discrete-Fourier-transform (DFT) precoder, to form a DFT-spread OFDM, DFTS-OFDM, symbol;

spreading the OFDM symbol, using a length-five orthogonal spreading sequence, to form five DFTS-OFDM symbols; and

transmitting the five DFTS-OFDM symbols in OFDM symbols of the one of two slots.

53. The method of claim 45, wherein the subsequent subframe interval consists of a plurality of transmission symbols, and wherein the transmission of the HARQ feedback and/or CSI occupies fewer than all of the transmission symbols in the subsequent subframe interval.

54. The method of claim 53, wherein the subsequent subframe interval consists of two slots, each slot comprising a plurality of transmission symbols, and wherein the transmission of the HARQ feedback and/or CSI is confined to one of the two slots and occupies fewer than all of the transmission symbols in the one of the two slots.

55. The method of claim 53, wherein transmitting the HARQ feedback and/or CSI comprises:

converting one or two bits of HARQ data to a complex-valued number;

spreading the complex-valued number over twelve subcarriers using a cyclically-shifted length-12 sequence, to form an array of twelve complex numbers;

spreading the array of twelve complex numbers to two or more single carrier frequency-division multiple access (SC-FDMA) symbols of twelve subcarriers, using an orthogonal spreading code; and

mapping the two or more SC-FDMA symbols to symbols of the subsequent subframe interval.

56. The method of claim 53, wherein transmitting the HARQ feedback and/or CSI comprises:

converting one or two HARQ bits to a complex number;

using the complex number to generate a demodulation reference symbol (DMRS) sequence; and

mapping symbols from the generated DMRS sequence to one or more orthogonal single carrier frequency-division multiple access (SC-FDMA) symbols of the subsequent subframe interval.

57. The method of claim 53, wherein transmitting the HARQ feedback and/or CSI comprises:

encoding a plurality of HARQ feedback bits and/or CSI bits to 24 bits, using a channel code;

scrambling the encoded bits and modulating the scrambled, encoded bits, using quadrature-phase-shift-keying (QPSK) modulation, to form twelve QPSK symbols;

inputting the twelve QPSK symbols to a discrete-Fourier-transform (DFT) precoder, to form an OFDM symbol;

spreading the OFDM symbol, using an orthogonal spreading sequence, to form two or more spread OFDM symbols; and

transmitting the two or more spread OFDM symbols in OFDM symbols of the subsequent subframe interval.

58. The method of claim 45, wherein transmitting the HARQ feedback and/or CSI comprises transmitting HARQ feedback information and/or CSI information simultaneously using two disjoint frequency resource regions.

59. The method of claim 45, wherein the method comprises bundling one or more HARQ feedback bits for the first data transmission with one or more additional HARQ feedback bits for a second data transmission received by the first wireless device.

60. The method of claim 59, wherein the second data transmission is received in a subframe interval other than the first subframe interval, or is received in a different portion of the first subframe interval than the portion in which the first data transmission is received.

61. The method of claim 59, wherein the second data transmission is received by the first wireless device using a different radio-access technology (RAT) from that used for the first data transmission.

62. A method, in a first wireless device, the method comprising:

transmitting a first data transmission to a second wireless device in a first subframe interval; and

receiving hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback and/or channel state information (CSI) from the second wireless device in a subsequent subframe interval, within a duration that is less than a maximum transmission duration that is possible within the subsequent subframe interval.

63. The method of claim 62, wherein the first data transmission is transmitted within a duration that is less than a maximum data transmission duration that is possible within the first subframe interval.

64. The method of claim 62, wherein the length of the subsequent subframe interval corresponds to an interval at which scheduling information for transmissions to the second wireless device is exchanged between the first and second wireless devices.

65. The method of claim 62, wherein the received HARQ feedback and/or CSI occupies exactly one of two slots of the subsequent subframe interval.

66. The method of claim 65, wherein receiving the HARQ feedback and/or CSI comprises:

de-mapping four single-carrier frequency-division multiple access (SC-FDMA) symbols of twelve subcarriers from symbols of the one of two slots;

de-spreading an array of twelve complex numbers from the four SC-FDMA symbols, using a length-four orthogonal spreading code;

de-spreading a complex-valued number from the array of twelve complex numbers, using a cyclically-shifted length-12 sequence; and

converting the complex-valued number to one or two bits of HARQ data.

67. The method of claim 65, wherein receiving the HARQ feedback and/or CSI comprises:

de-mapping each of five arrays of twelve quadrature-phase-shift-keying (QPSK) symbols from a corresponding single-carrier frequency-division multiple access (SC-FDMA) symbol of the one of two slots;

dividing each of the five arrays of twelve QPSK symbols with a cyclically-shifted length-12 sequence, to obtain five QPSK symbols;

de-modulating the five QPSK symbols to obtain a set of ten scrambled, encoded bits, using quadrature-phase-shift-keying (QPSK) modulation;

unscrambling the scrambled, encoded bits to obtain ten encoded bits; and

decoding the ten encoded bits to obtain a plurality of HARQ bits and/or CSI bits.

68. The method of claim 67, further comprising:

de-mapping a sequence of demodulation reference symbol (DMRS) symbols from two OFDM symbols of the one of two slots;

using the sequence of DMRS symbols to obtain a complex number; and

converting the complex number to one or two HARQ bits.

69. The method of claim 65, wherein receiving the HARQ feedback and/or CSI comprises:

receiving five spread orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols in OFDM symbols of the one of two slots;

de-spreading the five spread OFDM symbols, using a length-five orthogonal spreading sequence, to obtain a de-spread OFDM symbol;

using an inverse discrete-Fourier-transform (IDFT) to obtain twelve quadrature-phase-shift-keying (QPSK) symbols from the OFDM symbol;

de-modulating the twelve QPSK symbols to obtain 24 scrambled, encoded bits, and de-scrambling the scrambled, encoded bits to obtain 24 encoded bits; and

decoding the 24 encoded bits to obtain a plurality of HARQ feedback bits and/or CSI bits.

70. The method of claim 62, wherein the subsequent subframe interval consists of a plurality of transmission symbols, and wherein the received HARQ feedback and/or CSI occupies fewer than all of the transmission symbols of the subsequent subframe interval.

71. The method of claim 70, wherein the subsequent subframe interval consists of two slots, each slot comprising a plurality of transmission symbols, and wherein the transmission of the HARQ feedback and/or CSI is confined to one of the two slots and occupies fewer than all of the transmission symbols in the one of the two slots.

72. The method of claim 70, wherein receiving the HARQ feedback and/or CSI comprises:

de-mapping two or more single-carrier frequency-division multiple access (SC-FDMA) symbols of twelve subcarriers from symbols of the one of two slots;

de-spreading an array of twelve complex numbers from the two or more SC-FDMA symbols, using an orthogonal spreading code;

de-spreading a complex-valued number from the array of twelve complex numbers, using a cyclically-shifted length-12 sequence; and

converting the complex-valued number to one or two bits of HARQ data.

73. The method of claim 70, wherein receiving the HARQ feedback and/or CSI comprises:

de-mapping a demodulation reference symbol (DMRS) symbol sequence from one or more single-carrier frequency-division multiple access (SC-FDMA) symbols of the subsequent subframe interval;

using the de-mapped DMRS symbol sequence to obtain a complex number; and

converting the complex number to one or two HARQ bits.

74. The method of claim 70, wherein receiving the HARQ feedback and/or CSI comprises:

receiving two or more spread orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols in OFDM symbols of the one of two slots;

de-spreading the two or more spread OFDM symbols, using an orthogonal spreading sequence, to obtain a de-spread OFDM symbol;

using an inverse discrete-Fourier-transform (IDFT) to obtain twelve quadrature-phase-shift-keying (QPSK) symbols from the OFDM symbol;

de-modulating the twelve QPSK symbols to obtain 24 scrambled, encoded bits, and de-scrambling the scrambled, encoded bits to obtain 24 encoded bits; and

decoding the 24 encoded bits to obtain a plurality of HARQ feedback bits and/or CSI bits.

75. The method of claim 62, wherein receiving the HARQ feedback and/or CSI comprises simultaneously receiving HARQ feedback information and/or CSI information from each of two disjoint frequency resource regions.

76. The method of claim 62, wherein the method further comprises unbundling, from the received HARQ feedback and/or CSI, one or more HARQ feedback bits for the first data transmission and one or more additional HARQ feedback bits for a second data transmission transmitted to the second wireless device.

77. The method of claim 76, wherein the second data transmission is transmitted in a subframe interval other than the first subframe interval, or is transmitted in a different portion of the first subframe interval than the portion in which the first data transmission is received.

78. The method of claim 76, wherein the second data transmission is transmitted to the second wireless device using a different radio-access technology (RAT) from that used for the first data transmission.

79. A wireless device apparatus comprising a transceiver circuit and a processing circuit, wherein the processing circuit is configured to:

receive a first data transmission from a second wireless device in a first subframe interval, using the transceiver circuit; and

transmit hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback and/or channel state information (CSI) to the second wireless device in a subsequent subframe interval, using the transceiver circuit, within a duration that is less than a maximum transmission duration that is possible within the subsequent subframe interval.

80. The wireless device apparatus of claim 79, wherein the wireless device apparatus is a base station.

81. The wireless device apparatus of claim 79, wherein the wireless device apparatus is a user equipment.

82. A wireless device apparatus comprising a transceiver circuit and a processing circuit, wherein the processing circuit is configured to:

transmit a first data transmission to a second wireless device in a first subframe interval, using the transceiver circuit; and

receive hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback and/or channel state information (CSI) from the second wireless device in a subsequent subframe interval, using the transceiver, within a duration that is less than a maximum transmission duration that is possible within the subsequent subframe interval.

83. The wireless device apparatus of claim 82, wherein the wireless device apparatus is a base station.

84. The wireless device apparatus of claim 82, wherein the wireless device apparatus is a user equipment.

85. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising, stored thereupon, a computer program product comprising program instructions that, when executed by a processing circuit in a wireless device, cause the wireless device to:

receive a first data transmission from a second wireless device in a first subframe interval, using a transceiver circuit; and

transmit hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback and/or channel state information (CSI) to the second wireless device in a subsequent subframe interval, using the transceiver circuit, within a duration that is less than a maximum transmission duration that is possible within the subsequent subframe interval.