Data Processing Implementation Method, Base Station and User Equipment

• US 20170311337A1
• Filed: 01/29/2015
• Published: 10/26/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: MO, Linmei, ZHAO, Yajun, XU, Hanqing
• Application Number:
  US15/505,250
• Publication Number:
  US 20170311337A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0452 Multi-user MIMO systems
• 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 1/1887 Scheduling and prioritising arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1893 Physical mapping arrangements physical resource mapping in general H04L5/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/001 the frequencies being arranged in component carriers
• 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 5/0098 Signalling of the activation or deactivation of component carriers, subcarriers or frequency bands
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/14 Spectrum sharing arrangements between different networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/12 Wireless traffic scheduling
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/21 in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 Access point devices

Abstract

Disclosed are a method for implementing data processing, a base station and a user equipment. The method includes: a base station determining to perform data transmission using an unlicensed carrier and notifying a UE of scheduling information; the UE determining that the base station pre-schedules the UE; the UE performing modulation coding according to the scheduling meanwhile the base station preempts an unlicensed carrier resource; and the UE sending data on which modulation coding has been performed on the preempted unlicensed carrier resource.

Claims

1. A method for implementing data processing, comprising:

a base station determining to perform data transmission using an unlicensed carrier; and

notifying a user equipment UE of scheduling information.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

the UE determining that the base station pre-schedules the UE according to a received notification;

the UE performing modulation coding according to the scheduling and meanwhile the base station preempts an unlicensed carrier resource; and

the UE sending data on which modulation coding has been performed on the preempted unlicensed carrier resource.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein a base station determining to perform data transmission using an unlicensed carrier comprises:

the base station deciding at any time to perform data transmission on the unlicensed carrier;

or determining to perform data transmission on the unlicensed carrier according to a usage condition of a licensed carrier.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein notifying a UE of scheduling information comprises:

notifying the UE of the scheduling information by sending control information to the UE,

wherein the base station notifies the UE implicitly or explicitly, wherein

said notifying implicitly is;

the base station notifying the UE of whether to perform data transmission using the unlicensed carrier through a carrier indication domain in the control information; and

said notifying explicitly is;

the base station notifying the UE of whether to perform data transmission using the unlicensed carrier through a newly added pre-scheduling domain in the control information,

wherein the control information is sent through a physical downlink control channel PDCCH or an enhanced physical downlink control channel EPDCCH,

wherein the base station notifies the UE implicitly, and said notifying implicitly is;

the base station notifying the UE of whether to perform data transmission using the unlicensed carrier through a carrier indication domain in the control information;

if the control information sent by the base station does not comprise carrier indication domain, then it is indicated that current scheduling is normal scheduling; and

the UE determines whether a target carrier of the current scheduling is a licensed carrier or an unlicensed carrier according to the carrier indication domain in the control information from the base station, and if being a licensed carrier, then it is indicated that the current scheduling is normal scheduling,

wherein the UE determining that the base station pre-schedules the UE comprises;

when the UE determines that the target carrier is an unlicensed carrier, the UE determining whether the unlicensed carrier resource has been preempted by the base station successfully, and if the unlicensed carrier has been preempted by the base station successfully currently, then it is indicated that current scheduling is normal scheduling, and if the unlicensed carrier has not been preempted by the base station successfully currently, then it is indicated that the current scheduling is pre-scheduling,

wherein the base station notifies the UE explicitly, and said notifying explicitly is;

the base station notifying the UE of whether to perform data transmission using the unlicensed carrier through a newly added pre-scheduling domain in the control information;

if the newly added pre-scheduling domain shows that present scheduling is pre-scheduling, then it is indicated that the current scheduling is pre-scheduling; and

if the newly added pre-scheduling domain shows that present scheduling is normal scheduling, then it is indicated that the current scheduling is normal scheduling,

wherein the method further comprises;

the base station initiating resource preemption on one or more unlicensed carriers, and meanwhile the base station starts a timer and waits for an unlicensed carrier resource preemption result, and if the preemption is successful, then the scheduling is normal scheduling and then performing the normal scheduling processing,

wherein the method further comprises;

if the preemption is unsuccessful, the base station continuing to preempt a resource until the preemption is successful or notifying the UE that the current scheduling is pre-scheduling based on an unlicensed carrier, and continuing to perform the step of the UE performing modulation coding according to the scheduling meanwhile the base station preempts an unlicensed carrier resource;

or the base station performing scheduling on a licensed carrier and notifying the UE,

wherein the base station preempting an unlicensed carrier comprises;

the UE starting a timer and waiting for the base station to preempt an unlicensed spectrum resource; and

before the timer has timed out, the base station attempting to preempt a resource on one or more unlicensed carriers, and if the base station has preempted an unlicensed spectrum resource on one carrier, the base station sending a preemption resource notification to the UE and then performing the step of the UE sending data on which modulation coding has been performed on the preempted unlicensed carrier resource,

the method further comprises;

if the timer has timed out and the base station has not preempted an unlicensed carrier resource,

the UE attempting to perform scheduling and data transmission on a licensed spectrum resource, and if the licensed spectrum resource cannot be scheduled, then the UE continuing to wait for a scheduling chance on the licensed spectrum resource; and

if the licensed spectrum resource can realize scheduling, then performing normal scheduling;

or, the UE restarting the timer and waiting for the base station to preempt a resource on one or more other unlicensed carriers until the base station has preempted a resource, and then performing the step of the UE sending data on which modulation coding has been performed on the preempted unlicensed carrier resource;

or the UE discarding this data and ending a current flow.

14. The method according to claim 2, wherein the UE sending data on which modulation coding has been performed on the preempted unlicensed carrier resource comprises:

after the UE receives an indication that the unlicensed carrier has been preempted, if the modulation coding has been performed, then sending data on which modulation coding has been performed immediately using the preempted unlicensed carrier resource; and

if the modulation coding has not been performed, then after the UE has performed modulation coding, sending data on which modulation coding has been performed immediately using the preempted unlicensed carrier resource.

15. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

when the base station schedules another UE to perform data transmission on an unlicensed spectrum, the base station scheduling the UE and the other UE as a multi-user multi-input multi-output MU-MIMO mode;

the base station attempting to preempt a resource on one or more unlicensed carriers, and after the base station successfully preempts an unlicensed carrier resource, notifying the other UE; and

the base station scheduling the other UE to perform data transmission on the currently preempted unlicensed carrier during next scheduling,

wherein the method further comprises;

if the base station has not preempted an unlicensed carrier resource, the other UE attempting to be scheduled as a single user mode on a licensed spectrum resource to perform data transmission;

or if the base station has not preempted an unlicensed carrier resource, the other UE attempting to continue to be scheduled together with the UE as a MU-MIMO mode on a licensed spectrum resource to perform data transmission; and

if the licensed spectrum resource can realize scheduling, then the other UE performing normal scheduling processing;

or, if the base station has not preempted an unlicensed carrier resource, the other UE restarting the timer and waiting for the base station to continue to preempt a resource on one or more other unlicensed carriers until the base station has preempted a resource, and then the other UE sending data on which modulation coding has been performed on the preempted unlicensed carrier resource.

17. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

the UE feeding back ACK/NACK information to the base station on a licensed carrier or an unlicensed carrier,

wherein the UE feeding back ACK/NACK information to the base station on a licensed carrier or an unlicensed carrier comprises;

if the base station has not preempted an unlicensed carrier resource, the UE feeding back ACK/NACK information to the base station on a licensed carrier;

or if the base station has preempted an unlicensed carrier resource,

if the UE is allowed to perform uplink sending on the unlicensed carrier and the unlicensed carrier resource is available, the UE feeding back ACK/NACK information of previous transmission to the base station on the unlicensed carrier through a physical uplink shared channel PUSCH or physical uplink control channel PUCCH; and

if the UE is not allowed to perform uplink sending on the unlicensed carrier or the unlicensed carrier resource is unavailable, the UE feeding back ACK/NACK information of previous transmission to the base station on the unlicensed carrier through PUSCH or PUCCH,

wherein the method further comprises;

the ACK/NACK information received by the base station showing that data sending is failed, the base station performing downlink scheduling and downlink retransmission on the UE, wherein

the base station performing downlink scheduling and downlink retransmission on the UE comprises;

after receiving the ACK/NACK information fed back by the UE, the base station demodulating and processing the ACK/NACK; and

scheduling retransmission data according to the demodulated and processed ACK/NACK information and downlink resource allocation condition.

23. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

the base station feeding back ACK/NACK information to the UE on a licensed carrier or an unlicensed carrier,

wherein the base station feeding back ACK/NACK information to the UE on a licensed carrier or an unlicensed carrier comprises;

the base station sending uplink scheduling to the UE through a control channel, wherein the control channel comprises PDCCH or enhanced physical downlink control channel EPDCCH;

the base station feeding back ACK/NACK information to the UE through the control channel on a licensed carrier or an unlicensed carrier, wherein the control channel is a physical HARQ indication channel PHICH,

wherein the method further comprises;

the ACK/NACK information showing that data sending is failed, the base station performing uplink scheduling and uplink retransmission on the UE, wherein

the base station performing uplink scheduling and uplink retransmission on the UE comprises;

after receiving the ACK/NACK information fed back by the base station, the UE demodulating and processing the ACK/NACK; and

under scheduling by the base station, performing uplink data retransmission according to the demodulated and processed ACK/NACK information and uplink resource allocation condition,

wherein under the scheduling by the base station, performing uplink data retransmission according to the demodulated and processed ACK/NACK information and uplink resource allocation condition comprises;

if the base station schedules the UE to send uplink initial transmission data on a licensed carrier and the licensed carrier is available, the base station continuing to schedule the UE to send uplink retransmission data on the licensed carrier;

or the base station preempting an unlicensed carrier while sending the ACK/NACK information to the UE and scheduling the UE to send uplink retransmission data on the unlicensed carrier when the unlicensed carrier resource has been preempted;

or if the base station schedules the UE to send uplink initial transmission data on an unlicensed carrier and the unlicensed carrier is available, the base station continuing to schedule the UE to send uplink retransmission data on the unlicensed carrier;

or if the base station schedules the UE to send uplink initial transmission data on an unlicensed carrier but the unlicensed carrier is unavailable, the base station preempting an unlicensed carrier while feeding back the ACK/NACK information to the UE and scheduling the UE to send uplink retransmission data on another unlicensed carrier when the other unlicensed carrier resource has been preempted;

or if the base station schedules the UE to send uplink initial transmission data on an unlicensed carrier but the unlicensed carrier is unavailable, the base station scheduling the UE to send uplink retransmission data on a licensed carrier;

or if there is no available resource, the base station abandoning uplink retransmission or terminating uplink retransmission,

wherein the method further comprises;

when a carrier used to receive the uplink initial transmission data and a carrier used to receive the uplink retransmission data are different, the base station recalculating available subframe locations and resource blocks which can be used for uplink retransmission, and notifying the UE through control information,

wherein the method further comprises;

when a carrier used to receive the uplink initial transmission data and a carrier used to receive the uplink retransmission data are different, an MAC entity which manages an HARQ process mapping to the carrier of the uplink retransmission data.

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

before the UE sends data on which modulation coding has been performed on the preempted unlicensed carrier resource, if the unlicensed carrier resource is unavailable,

the base station notifying the UE that the unlicensed carrier has been released;

or the base station adjusting the UE to use a licensed carrier or reselect an available unlicensed carrier or re-preempt an unlicensed carrier.

31. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

when a base station schedules a UE of which an available carrier resource has changed to perform data transmission on an unlicensed carrier,

the base station scheduling a scheduled UE and the current UE of which an available carrier resource has changed as a multi-user multi-input multi-out (MU-MIMO) mode;

the base station attempting to preempt a resource on one or more unlicensed carriers, and after the base station successfully preempts an unlicensed carrier resource, notifying the UE of which an available carrier resource has changed; and

during next scheduling, the base station scheduling the UE of which an available carrier resource has changed to perform data transmission on the currently preempted unlicensed carrier,

wherein the method further comprises;

if the base station has not preempted an unlicensed carrier resource, the UE of which an available carrier resource has changed attempting to be scheduled as a single user mode on a licensed spectrum resource to perform data transmission;

or if the base station has not preempted an unlicensed carrier resource, the UE of which an available carrier resource has changed attempting to continue to be scheduled together with the scheduled UE as a MU-MIMO mode on a licensed spectrum resource to perform data transmission; and

if the licensed spectrum resource can realize scheduling, then the UE of which an available carrier resource has changed performing normal scheduling processing;

or, if the base station has not preempted an unlicensed carrier resource, the UE of which an available carrier resource has changed restarting a timer and waiting for the base station to continue to preempt a resource on one or more other unlicensed carriers until the base station has preempted a resource, and then the UE of which an available carrier resource has changed sending data on which modulation coding has been performed on the preempted unlicensed carrier resource.

33. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

a base station performing downlink scheduling and downlink initial transmission data sending on a licensed carrier or an unlicensed carrier;

the UE feeding back ACK/NACK information to the base station on a licensed carrier or an unlicensed carrier; and

the ACK/NACK information received by the base station showing that data sending is failed, the base station performing downlink scheduling and downlink retransmission on the UE,

wherein the UE feeding back ACK/NACK information to the base station on a licensed carrier or an unlicensed carrier comprises;

if the base station has not preempted an unlicensed carrier resource, the UE feeding back ACK/NACK information to the base station on a licensed carrier;

or if the base station has preempted an unlicensed carrier resource,

if the UE is allowed to perform uplink sending on the unlicensed carrier and the unlicensed carrier resource is available, the UE feeding back ACK/NACK information of previous transmission to the base station on the unlicensed carrier through a physical uplink shared channel PUSCH or physical uplink control channel PUCCH;

if the UE is not allowed to perform uplink sending on the unlicensed carrier or the unlicensed carrier resource is unavailable, the UE feeding back ACK/NACK information of the previous transmission to the base station on the unlicensed carrier through PUSCH or PUCCH,

wherein, the base station performing downlink scheduling and downlink retransmission on the UE comprises;

after receiving the ACK/NACK information fed back by the UE, the base station demodulating and processing the ACK/NACK; and

scheduling retransmission data according to the demodulated and processed ACK/NACK information and downlink resource allocation condition.

40. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

a base station performing uplink scheduling on a licensed carrier or an unlicensed carrier and a UE sending uplink initial transmission data to the base station on a licensed carrier or an unlicensed carrier;

the base station feeding back ACK/NACK information to the UE on a licensed carrier or an unlicensed carrier; and

the ACK/NACK information showing that data sending is failed, and the method further comprising;

the base station performing uplink scheduling and uplink retransmission on the UE,

wherein the base station feeding back ACK/NACK information to the UE on a licensed carrier or an unlicensed carrier comprises;

the base station sending uplink scheduling to the UE through a control channel, wherein the control channel comprises a physical downlink control channel PDCCH or an enhanced physical downlink control channel EPDCCH; and

the base station feeding back ACK/NACK information to the UE through the control channel on a licensed carrier or an unlicensed carrier, wherein the control channel is a physical HARQ indication channel PHICH.

42. The method according to claim 40, wherein the base station performing uplink scheduling and uplink retransmission on the UE comprises:

after receiving the ACK/NACK information fed back by the base station, the UE demodulating and processing the ACK/NACK; and

under scheduling by the base station, performing uplink data retransmission according to the demodulated and processed ACK/NACK information and uplink resource allocation condition,

wherein under scheduling by the base station, performing uplink data retransmission according to the demodulated and processed ACK/NACK information and uplink resource allocation condition comprises;

if the base station schedules the UE to send uplink initial transmission data on a licensed carrier and the licensed carrier is available, the base station continuing to schedule the UE to send uplink retransmission data on the licensed carrier;

or the base station preempting an unlicensed carrier while sending the ACK/NACK information to the UE, and scheduling the UE to send uplink retransmission data on the unlicensed carrier when the unlicensed carrier resource has been preempted;

or if the base station schedules the UE to send uplink initial transmission data on an unlicensed carrier and the unlicensed carrier is available, the base station continuing to schedule the UE to send uplink retransmission data on the unlicensed carrier;

or if the base station schedules the UE to send uplink initial transmission data on an unlicensed carrier but the unlicensed carrier is unavailable, the base station preempting an unlicensed carrier while feeding back the ACK/NACK information to the UE, and scheduling the UE to send uplink retransmission data on another unlicensed carrier when the other unlicensed carrier resource has been preempted;

or if the base station schedules the UE to send uplink initial transmission data on an unlicensed carrier but the unlicensed carrier is unavailable, the base station scheduling the UE to send uplink retransmission data on a licensed carrier;

or if there is no available resource, the base station abandoning uplink retransmission or terminating uplink retransmission,

wherein the method further comprises;

when the base station has preempted an unlicensed carrier resource, the base station sending a notification to the UE to notify the UE of a preemption result that an unlicensed spectrum resource has been preempted, which indicates that the preempted unlicensed carrier information comprises a carrier number, a channel number and a cell number corresponding to the carrier.

59. A computer-readable storage medium storing program instructions, which, when executed, are enabled to implement the method of claim 1.

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45. A base station, comprising:

a sending unit arranged to determine to perform data transmission using an unlicensed carrier and notify a UE of scheduling information and further arranged to notify the UE of a preemption result or release result of the unlicensed carrier;

a resource preemption unit arranged to preempt an unlicensed carrier resource and further arranged to preempt a resource on one or more other unlicensed carriers until the base station has preempted a resource; and

a scheduling unit arranged to schedule the UE to send data on which modulation coding has been performed on the preempted unlicensed carrier resource,

wherein the scheduling unit is further arranged to schedule the UE and another UE which is prepared to be scheduled currently as a MU-MIMO mode;

the resource preemption unit is arranged to attempt to preempt a resource on one or more unlicensed carriers;

the sending unit is further arranged to notify the other UE when the resource preemption unit successfully preempts an unlicensed carrier resource; and

the scheduling module is further arranged to schedule the other UE to perform data transmission on the currently preempted unlicensed carrier during next scheduling,

wherein the base station further comprises;

a receiving unit arranged to receive ACK/NACK information;

a demodulation and processing unit arranged to demodulate and process the ACK/NACK when the ACK/NACK information shows that data sending is failed; and

the scheduling unit is further arranged to schedule retransmission data according to the demodulated and processed ACK/NACK information and downlink resource allocation condition.

50. The base station according to claim 45, wherein

when the scheduling unit schedules the UE to receive downlink initial transmission data on a licensed carrier and the licensed carrier is available, the scheduling unit continues to schedule the UE to receive downlink retransmission data on the licensed carrier;

or the resource preemption unit preempts an unlicensed carrier while the receiving unit receives the ACK/NACK information fed back by the UE, and the scheduling unit schedules the UE to receive downlink retransmission data on an unlicensed carrier when the unlicensed carrier resource has been preempted;

or the scheduling unit is arranged to, when the UE is scheduled to receive downlink initial transmission data on an unlicensed carrier and the unlicensed carrier is available, continue to schedule the UE to receive downlink retransmission data on the unlicensed carrier;

or when the scheduling unit schedules the UE to receive downlink initial transmission data on an unlicensed carrier but the unlicensed carrier is unavailable, the resource preemption unit preempts an unlicensed carrier while the receiving unit receives the ACK/NACK information fed back by the UE, and the scheduling unit schedules the UE to receive downlink retransmission data on another unlicensed carrier when the other unlicensed carrier resource has been preempted;

or the scheduling unit is arranged to, when the base station schedules the UE to receive downlink initial transmission data on an unlicensed carrier but the unlicensed carrier is unavailable, schedule, by the base station, the UE to receive downlink retransmission data on a licensed carrier;

or the scheduling unit is arranged to, when there is no available resource, abandon or terminate, by the base station, downlink retransmission,

wherein the scheduling unit is further arranged to perform uplink scheduling on a licensed carrier or an unlicensed carrier and feed back ACK/NACK information to the UE on a licensed carrier or an unlicensed carrier;

when the fed back ACK/NACK information shows that data sending is failed,

schedule the UE to perform uplink data retransmission according to uplink resource allocation condition,

wherein

when the scheduling unit schedules the UE to send uplink initial transmission data on a licensed carrier and the licensed carrier is available, the scheduling unit continues to schedule the UE to send uplink retransmission data on the licensed carrier;

or the resource preemption unit preempts an unlicensed carrier while sending the ACK/NACK information to the UE, and the scheduling unit schedules the UE to send uplink retransmission data on the unlicensed carrier when the unlicensed carrier resource has been preempted;

or the scheduling unit is arranged to schedule, by the base station, the UE to send uplink initial transmission data on an unlicensed carrier and the unlicensed carrier is available, continue, by the base station, to schedule the UE to send uplink retransmission data on the unlicensed carrier;

or when the scheduling unit schedules the UE to send uplink initial transmission data on an unlicensed carrier but the unlicensed carrier is unavailable, the resource preemption unit preempts an unlicensed carrier while the scheduling unit feeds back ACK/NACK to the UE, and the resource scheduling unit schedules the UE to send uplink retransmission data on another unlicensed carrier when the other unlicensed carrier resource has been preempted;

or the scheduling unit is arranged to, when the UE is scheduled to send uplink initial transmission data on an unlicensed carrier but the unlicensed carrier is unavailable, schedule the UE to send uplink retransmission data on a licensed carrier;

or the scheduling unit is arranged to, when there is no available resource, abandon uplink retransmission or terminate uplink retransmission,

wherein before the scheduling unit schedules the UE to send data on which modulation coding has been performed on the preempted unlicensed carrier resource, if the unlicensed carrier resource is unavailable, the sending unit is further arranged to;

notify the UE that the unlicensed carrier has been released;

or the scheduling unit is further arranged to adjust the UE to use a licensed carrier or reselect an available unlicensed carrier or re-preempt an unlicensed carrier.

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54. A user equipment, comprising:

a receiving unit arranged to receive scheduling information sent by a base station;

a modulation coding unit arranged to determine that the base station pre-schedules the user equipment according to the scheduling information and perform modulation coding according to the scheduling;

a sending unit arranged to send data on which modulation coding has been performed on an unlicensed carrier resource preempted by the base station,

wherein the sending unit is further arranged to send data on which modulation coding has been performed on a licensed carrier,

wherein the sending unit is further arranged to feed back ACK/NACK information to the base station on a licensed carrier or an unlicensed carrier,

wherein the receiving unit is further arranged to receive ACK/NACK information fed back by the base station on a licensed carrier or an unlicensed carrier,

wherein the user equipment may further comprising;

a demodulation and processing unit arranged to demodulate and process the ACK/NACK information fed back by the base station;

when the ACK/NACK information fed back by the base station and received by the receiving unit shows that data sending is failed,

the sending unit is further arranged to, under scheduling by the base station, perform uplink data retransmission according to the demodulated and processed ACK/NACK information and uplink resource allocation condition.

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