Method and system for configuring a frame in a communication system

• US 8,644,270 B2
• Filed: 02/22/2008
• Issued: 02/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Park, Jeong-Ho, Roh, Kwan-Hee, Cho, Jae-Hee, Kim, Tae-Young, Koo, Jin-Kyu, Park, Dong-Seek, Choi, Ho-Kyu
• Primary Examiner(s): Moore, Ian N
• Assistant Examiner(s): Huynh, Dung B
• Application Number:
  US12/035,656
• Publication Number:
  US 20080205364A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,174 Days
• Field of Search: 370/338, 370/203, 370/208, 455 68- 70, 455/73, 375/260
• US Class Current: 370/338
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/2656 for structure of frame, burst
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2601 Multicarrier modulation systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0007 the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A), DMT
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/003 Arrangements for allocating sub-channels of the transmission path
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0037 Inter-user or inter-terminal allocation

Abstract

A method and system for configuring a frame in a communication system is provided. The method includes determining a number of frames for configuring one multi-frame, wherein the number is at least two, and configuring each of the determined number of frames, wherein the determined number of frames include a first frame and a second frame temporally discriminated from each other, each of the determined number of frames includes a downlink sub-frame and an uplink sub-frame, a downlink sub-frame of the first frame includes a first area for transmitting a reference signal used for an acquisition of synchronization between a base station and a mobile station, a second area including system information and common control information related to the multi-frame, a third area including modulation scheme information and allocation information of data bursts, a fourth area to which a downlink data burst is allocated in a diversity mode and a fifth area to which a downlink data burst is allocated in a band Adaptive Modulation and Coding (AMC) mode, and a downlink sub-frame of the second frame includes a sixth area including modulation scheme information and allocation information of data bursts, a seventh area to which a data burst is allocated in a diversity mode, and an eighth area to which a data burst is allocated in an AMC mode.

Claims

1. A method for at least one of transmitting and receiving a signal in a communication system, the method comprising:

at least one of transmitting and receiving a signal using a multiframe,

wherein the multiframe includes at least two frames including a first frame and a second frame, and each of the at least two frames includes a downlink subframe and an uplink subframe,

wherein a downlink subframe included in the first frame includes a first region, a second region, a third region and a fourth region, and an uplink subframe included in the first frame includes a fifth region and a sixth region,

wherein a preamble signal is transmitted through the first region,

wherein system information and common control information related to the multiframe is transmitted through the second region,

wherein a downlink data burst to which a distributed resource mode is adapted is transmitted through the third region,

wherein a downlink data burst to which a contiguous resource mode is adapted is transmitted through the fourth region,

wherein an uplink burst to which the distributed resource mode is adapted is received through the fifth region,

wherein an uplink data burst to which the contiguous resource mode is adapted is received through the sixth region,

wherein the third region is distinguished from the fourth region using a frequency band,

wherein the third region and the fourth region are located in a same time interval, and

wherein a downlink subframe included in the second frame does not include the second region.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the downlink subframe included in the second frame does not include the first region.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the downlink subframe included in the first frame includes a seventh region and an eighth region,

wherein a midamble signal is transmitted through the seventh region, and

wherein MAP information is transmitted through the eighth region.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein, if a number of frames included in the multiframe is 8, a length of each of the 8 frames is 2.5 ms.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein, if a number of frames included in the multiframe is 4, a length of each of the 4 frames is 5 ms.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein a downlink subframe of only one of the at least two frames includes a ninth region, and the downlink subframe of one of the at least two frames does not include the first region and the second region, and

wherein a downlink data burst to which a Single Input Single Output (SISO) mode is adapted is transmitted through the ninth region.

7. A method for at least one of transmitting and receiving a signal in a communication system, the method comprising:

at least one of transmitting and receiving a signal using a multiframe,

wherein the multiframe includes at least two frames including a first frame and a second frame, and each of the at least two frames includes a downlink subframe and an uplink subframe,

wherein a downlink subframe included in the first frame includes a first region, a second region, a third region and a fourth region, and an uplink subframe included in the first frame includes a fifth region and a sixth region,

wherein a preamble signal is received through the first region,

wherein system information and common control information related to the multiframe is received through the second region,

wherein a downlink data burst to which a distributed resource mode is adapted is received through the third region,

wherein a downlink data burst to which a contiguous resource mode is adapted is received through the fourth region,

wherein an uplink burst to which the distributed resource mode is adapted is transmitted through the fifth region,

wherein an uplink data burst to which the contiguous resource mode is adapted is transmitted through the sixth region,

wherein the third region is distinguished from the fourth region using a frequency band,

wherein the third region and the fourth region are located in a same time interval, and

wherein a downlink subframe included in the second frame does not include the second region.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the downlink subframe included in the second frame does not include the first region.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the downlink subframe included in the first frame includes a seventh region and an eighth region,

wherein a midamble signal is received through the seventh region, and

wherein MAP information is received through the eighth region.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein, if a number of frames included in the multiframe is 8, a length of each of the 8 frames is 2.5 ms.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein, if a number of frames included in the multiframe is 4, a length of each of the 4 frames is 5ms.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein a downlink subframe of only one of the at least two frames includes a ninth region, and the downlink subframe of one of the at least two frames does not include the first region and the second region, and

wherein a downlink data burst to which a Single Input Single Output (SISO) mode is adapted is transmitted through the ninth region.

13. A base station in a communication system, the base station comprising:

a transmitter for transmitting a signal using a multiframe; and

a receiver for receiving a signal using the multiframe,

wherein the multiframe includes at least two frames including a first frame and a second frame, and each of the at least two frames includes a downlink subframe and an uplink subframe,

wherein a downlink subframe included in the first frame includes a first region, a second region, a third region and a fourth region, and an uplink subframe included in the first frame includes a fifth region and a sixth region,

wherein a preamble signal is transmitted through the first region,

wherein system information and common control information related to the multiframe is transmitted through the second region,

wherein a downlink data burst to which a distributed resource mode is adapted is transmitted through the third region,

wherein a downlink data burst to which a contiguous resource mode is adapted is transmitted through the fourth region,

wherein an uplink burst to which the distributed resource mode is adapted is received through the fifth region,

wherein an uplink data burst to which the contiguous resource mode is adapted is received through the sixth region,

wherein the third region is distinguished from the fourth region using a frequency band,

wherein the third region and the fourth region are located in a same time interval, and

wherein a downlink subframe included in the second frame does not include the second region.

14. The base station of claim 13, wherein the downlink subframe included in the second frame does not include the first region.

15. The base station of claim 13, wherein the downlink subframe included in the first frame includes a seventh region and an eighth region,

wherein a midamble signal is transmitted through the seventh region, and

wherein MAP information is transmitted through the eighth region.

16. The base station of claim 13, wherein, if a number of frames included in the multiframe is 8, a length of each of the 8 frames is 2.5 ms.

17. The base station of claim 13, wherein, if a number of frames included in the multiframe is 4, a length of each of the 4 frames is 5 ms.

18. The base station of claim 13, wherein a downlink subframe of only one of the at least two frames includes a ninth region, and the downlink subframe of one of the at least two frames does not include the first region and the second region, and

wherein a downlink data burst to which a Single Input Single Output (SISO) mode is adapted is transmitted through the ninth region.

19. A mobile station in a communication system, the mobile station comprising:

a transmitter for transmitting a signal using a multiframe; and

a receiver for receiving a signal using the multiframe,

wherein the multiframe includes at least two frames including a first frame and a second frame, and each of the at least two frames includes a downlink subframe and an uplink subframe,

wherein a downlink subframe included in the first frame includes a first region, a second region, a third region and a fourth region, and an uplink subframe included in the first frame includes a fifth region and a sixth region,

wherein a preamble signal is received through the first region,

wherein system information and common control information related to the multiframe is received through the second region,

wherein a downlink data burst to which a distributed resource mode is adapted is received through the third region,

wherein a downlink data burst to which a contiguous resource mode is adapted is received through the fourth region,

wherein an uplink burst to which the distributed resource mode is adapted is transmitted through the fifth region,

wherein an uplink data burst to which the contiguous resource mode is adapted is transmitted through the sixth region,

wherein the third region is distinguished from the fourth region using a frequency band,

wherein the third region and the fourth region are located in a same time interval, and

wherein a downlink subframe included in the second frame does not include the second region.

20. The mobile station of claim 19, wherein the downlink subframe included in the second frame does not include the first region and the second region.

21. The mobile station of claim 19, wherein the downlink subframe included in the first frame includes a seventh region and an eighth region,

wherein a midamble signal is received through the seventh region, and

wherein MAP information is received through the eighth region.

22. The mobile station of claim 19, wherein, if a number of frames included in the multiframe is 8, a length of each of the 8 frames is 2.5 ms.

23. The mobile station of claim 19, wherein, if a number of frames included in the multiframe is 4, a length of each of the 4 frames is 5 ms.

24. The mobile station of claim 19, wherein a downlink subframe of only one of the at least two frames includes a ninth region, and the downlink subframe of one of the at least two frames does not include the first region and the second region, and

wherein a downlink data burst to which a Single Input Single Output (SISO) mode is adapted is transmitted through the ninth region.