APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR UPLINK TRANSMISSION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

• US 20200137796A1
• Filed: 10/30/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Korea University Research and Business Foundation (Korea University), Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Korea University Research and Business Foundation (Korea University), Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: JUNG, Byounghoon, KANG, Chunggu, KIM, Chungkee, YANG, Chanseok
• Granted Patent: US 11,206,685 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/14 Spectrum sharing arrangements between different networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/08 Testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/30 Resource management for broadcast services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/541 using the level of interference
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/56 based on priority criteria
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/08 Non-scheduled access, e.g. ALOHA hybrid access H04W74/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/0808 using carrier sensing, e.g. carrier sense multiple access [CSMA]

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a fifth-generation (5G) or a pre-5G communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate than a fourth-generation (4G) communication system such as Long-Term Evolution (LTE). The disclosure relates to uplink transmission in a wireless communication system, in which an operating method of a user equipment (UE) may include: receiving information about a UE group to which the same uplink resource is allocated from a base station; receiving uplink resource allocation information corresponding to the UE group from the base station; performing channel access for uplink transmission on the basis of the received uplink resource allocation information; and transmitting uplink data to the base station after accessing a channel, wherein the channel access may be performed using a multilevel threshold value in a contention slot for the UE.

Claims

1. An operating method of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving information about a UE group to which a same uplink resource is allocated from a base station;

receiving uplink resource allocation information corresponding to the UE group from the base station;

performing channel access for uplink transmission on the basis of the received uplink resource allocation information; and

transmitting uplink data to the base station after accessing a channel,

wherein the channel access is performed using a multilevel threshold value in a contention slot for the UE.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving information about a measurement period for measuring an interference state of the UE from the base station;

measuring the interference state of the UE in the measurement period; and

transmitting information about the measured interference state of the UE to the base station.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the information about the UE group comprises a group identifier allocated per UE group, and the group identifier is used for uplink resource allocation for the UE group.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the uplink resource allocation information comprises information about a position of an orthogonal frequency resource for the UE group and information about a channel access priority for UEs in the UE group, and

the information about the channel access priority comprises information about at least one of a contention window size for the UE and a contention slot index for the UE.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the performing of the channel access for the uplink transmission comprises determining the contention slot for the UE on the basis of the information about the channel access priority,

the multilevel threshold value comprises a first threshold value used to detect an external interferer and a second threshold value used to detect an initial signal from a different UE in the UE group, and

the second threshold value is less than the first threshold value.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the performing of the channel access for the uplink transmission comprises:

identifying whether the initial signal from the different UE in the UE group is detected using the second threshold value;

identifying whether a signal from the external interferer is detected using the first threshold value; and

transmitting an initial signal reporting the channel access of the UE to the base station in the contention slot for the UE when the initial signal from the different UE or the signal from the external interferer is not detected.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

receiving information about at least one of the first threshold value and the second threshold value from the base station.

8. An operating method of a base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting information about a user equipment (UE) group to which a same uplink resource is allocated to a UE;

transmitting uplink resource allocation information corresponding to the UE group to the UE; and

receiving uplink data from the UE,

wherein the uplink resource allocation information is used for channel access of the UE, and

the channel access is performed using a multilevel threshold value in a contention slot for the UE.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

transmitting information about a measurement period for measuring an interference state of the UE to the UE; and

receiving information about the interference state of the UE measured by the UE from the UE.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the information about the UE group comprises a group identifier allocated per UE group, and the group identifier is used for uplink resource allocation for the UE group.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the uplink resource allocation information comprises information about a position of an orthogonal frequency resource for the UE group and information about a channel access priority for UEs in the UE group, and

the information about the channel access priority comprises information about at least one of a contention window size for the UE and a contention slot index for the UE.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

receiving an initial signal reporting the channel access of the UE from the UE; and

decoding the uplink data on the basis of information about the UE comprised in the received initial signal.

13. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

transmitting, to the UE, information about at least one of a first threshold value used to detect an external interferer or a second threshold value used to detect an initial signal from a different UE in the UE group,

wherein the multilevel threshold value comprises the first threshold value and the second threshold value, and

the second threshold value is less than the first threshold value.

14. A user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a transceiver; and

at least one processor operably coupled to the transceiver, and configured to;

receive information about a UE group to which a same uplink resource is allocated from a base station and to receive uplink resource allocation information corresponding to the UE group from the base station; and

perform channel access for uplink transmission based on the received uplink resource allocation information and to transmit uplink data to the base station after accessing a channel,

wherein the channel access is performed using a multilevel threshold value in a contention slot for the UE.

15. The UE of claim 14, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

receive information about a measurement period for measuring an interference state of the UE from the base station;

measure the interference state of the UE in the measurement period; and

transmit information about the measured interference state of the UE to the base station.

16. The UE of claim 14, wherein the information about the UE group comprises a group identifier allocated per UE group, and the group identifier is used for uplink resource allocation for the UE group.

17. The UE of claim 16, wherein the uplink resource allocation information comprises information about a position of an orthogonal frequency resource for the UE group and information about a channel access priority for UEs in the UE group, and

the information about the channel access priority comprises information about at least one of a contention window size for the UE and a contention slot index for the UE.

18. The UE of claim 17, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to determine the contention slot for the UE on the basis of the information about the channel access priority,

the multilevel threshold value comprises a first threshold value used to detect an external interferer and a second threshold value used to detect an initial signal from a different UE in the UE group, and

the second threshold value is less than the first threshold value.

19. The UE of claim 18, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

identify whether the initial signal from the different UE in the UE group is detected using the second threshold value and identifies whether a signal from the external interferer is detected using the first threshold value; and

transmit an initial signal reporting the channel access of the UE to the base station in the contention slot for the UE when the initial signal from the different UE or the signal from the external interferer is not detected.

20. The UE of claim 18, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to receive information about at least one of the first threshold value and the second threshold value from the base station.