Resource allocation method for backhaul link and access link in a wireless communication system including relay

• US 8,848,580 B2
• Filed: 07/31/2009
• Issued: 09/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Park, Kyu Jin, Chung, Jae Hoon, Lee, Eun Jong, Sung, Doo Hyun, Cho, Han Kyu
• Primary Examiner(s): Jiang, Charles C
• Assistant Examiner(s): KAMARA, MOHAMED A
• Application Number:
  US13/056,799
• Publication Number:
  US 20110128893A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,887 Days
• Field of Search: 370/338, 370/477, 370/236.1, 370/277, 370/280, 370/310.2, 370/314, 370321-322, 370328-331, 370/341, 370/345, 370347-348, 370/431, 370442-443, 370/458, 370/468, 455/435.1, 455/443, 455450-4521, 455/464, 455/7, 455447-448
• US Class Current: 370/279
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/14 Relay systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/155 Ground-based stations H04B7/204 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/2606 Arrangements for base station coverage control, e.g. by using relays in tunnels
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1854 Scheduling and prioritising arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1861 Physical mapping arrangements for ACK signaling see also H04L5/0053
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2001/0097 Relays
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/003 Arrangements for allocating sub-channels of the transmission path
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/14 Two-way operation using the same type of signal, i.e. duplex
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/12 Fixed resource partitioning
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/04 Wireless resource allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0453 Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/20 Control channels or signalling for resource management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/00 Wireless channel access
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/04 Scheduled access hybrid access H04W74/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/0866 using a dedicated channel for access
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/047 using dedicated repeater stations

Abstract

A resource allocation method of a relay station in a wireless communication system employing the relay station is provided. The method includes: receiving information on a resource allocation pattern for an access link and a backhaul link of a first frequency band; and determining a resource allocation pattern for an access link and a backhaul link of a second frequency band on the basis of the resource allocation pattern of the first frequency band, wherein the first frequency band is any one of an uplink frequency band and a downlink frequency band, and the second frequency band is a remaining one of the uplink frequency band and the downlink frequency band.

Claims

1. A method of communicating in a wireless communication system, performed by a relay station (RS), the method comprising:

receiving configuration information from a base station (BS), the configuration information indicating at least one backhaul link subframe among a fixed number of subframes in a time domain, wherein the at least one backhaul link subframe can be used for transmission from the BS to the RS;

configuring at least one subframe based on the configuration information; and

receiving a signal from the BS by using the at least one configured subframe,

wherein the at least one configured subframe is selected among the at least one backhaul link subframe with an exception that predefined subframes of a radio frame are excluded,

wherein when the radio flame includes ten subframes, the predefined subframes are a first, a fifth, a sixth and a tenth subframe of the radio flame when the BS and the RS are operated in frequency division duplex (FDD).

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

connecting with a user equipment (UE); and

transmitting a signal to the UE in the first, the fifth, the sixth and the tenth subframes.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein when the radio frame includes ten subframes, the predefined subframes comprise a first, a second, a sixth and a seventh subframe of the radio frame when the BS and the RS are operated in time division duplex (TDD).

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

connecting with a user equipment (UE); and

transmitting a signal to the UE in the first, the second, the sixth and the seventh subframes.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the fixed number of subframes is 8 subframes.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the configuration information is received via a higher layer signal.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the fixed number of subframes is related to a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) round trip time (RTT).

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the configuration information includes a bitmap which indicates the at least one backhaul link subframe.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the bitmap comprises 8 bits.

10. A relay station (RS) comprising:

a processor; and

a radio frequency (RF) unit, coupled to the processor, for transmitting and receiving a radio signal,

wherein the processor receives configuration information from a base station (BS), the configuration information indicating at least one backhaul link subframe among a fixed number of subframes in a time domain, wherein the at least one backhaul link subframe can be used for transmission from the BS to the RS,

configures at least one subframe based on the configuration information, and

receives a signal from the BS by using the at least one configured subframe,

wherein the at least one configured subframe is selected among the at least one backhaul link subframe with an exception that predefined subframes of a radio frame are excluded,

wherein when the radio frame includes ten subframes, the predefined subframes are a first, a fifth, a sixth and a tenth subframe of the radio frame when the BS and the RS are operated in frequency division duplex (FDD).

11. The RS of claim 10, wherein the processor transmits a signal to the UE in the first, the fifth, the sixth and the tenth subframes.

12. The RS of claim 10, wherein when the radio frame includes ten subframes, the predefined subframes comprise a first, a second, a sixth and a seventh subframe of the radio frame when the BS and the RS are operated in time division duplex (TDD).

13. The RS of claim 12, wherein the processor transmits a signal to the UE in the first, the second, the sixth and the seventh subframes.

14. The RS of claim 10, wherein the fixed number of subframes is 8 subframes.

15. The RS of claim 10, wherein the configuration information is received via a higher layer signal.

16. The RS of claim 10, wherein the fixed number of subframes is related to a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) round trip time (RTT).

17. The RS of claim 10, wherein the configuration information includes a bitmap which indicates the at least one backhaul link subframe.

18. The RS of claim 17, wherein the bitmap comprises 8 bits.