Multi-radio coexistence

• US 8,923,208 B2
• Filed: 01/29/2013
• Issued: 12/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Dayal, Pranav, Kadous, Tamer Adel, Mantravadi, Ashok
• Primary Examiner(s): CHO, HONG SOL
• Application Number:
  US13/753,352
• Publication Number:
  US 20130194994A1
• Time in Patent Office: 700 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 370/328
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1812 Hybrid protocols; Hybrid automatic repeat request [HARQ]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/188 Time-out mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1887 Scheduling and prioritising arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/1215 for collaboration of different radio technologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/28 Discontinuous transmission [DTX]; Discontinuous reception [DRX]

Abstract

A user equipment (UE) may manage coexistence between multiple radio access technologies (RATs) utilized by the UE to allow a first RAT to be active during times when communications of a second RAT of the UE are inactive. In some instances, the UE may indicate discontinuous reception (DRX) operation of the UE to allow for time-division multiplexed (TDM) operation between the first RAT and the second RAT. The UE may set a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) configuration to allow for a HARQ retransmission of a packet of the first RAT, originally received in a first DRX cycle, during a second DRX cycle.

Claims

1. A method for wireless communications, comprising:

indicating discontinuous reception (DRX) operation of a user equipment (UE) to allow for time-division multiplexed (TDM) operation between a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second RAT;

setting a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) configuration to allow for a HARQ retransmission of a packet of the first RAT, originally received in a first DRX cycle, during a second DRX cycle; and

enabling the UE to enter an inactive period with respect to the first RAT to allow the second RAT to communicate during the inactive period when pending uplink HARQ retransmissions are expected during the first DRX cycle.

2. The method of claim 1 in which the HARQ retransmission is sent during an on duration of the second DRX cycle.

3. The method of claim 1 in which the setting a HARQ configuration comprises receiving a physical HARQ indicator channel (PHICH) acknowledgement.

4. The method of claim 1 in which the setting a HARQ configuration comprises sending a physical HARQ indicator channel (PHICH) acknowledgement.

5. The method of claim 1 in which the setting a HARQ configuration comprises receiving an adaptive retransmission grant on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH).

6. The method of claim 1 in which the setting a HARQ configuration comprises sending an adaptive retransmission grant on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH).

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising enabling grants during a last subframe of a DRX on duration.

8. The method of claim 7 further comprising permitting acknowledgment of a grant during a DRX off duration.

9. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

means for indicating discontinuous reception (DRX) operation of a user equipment (UE) to allow for time-division multiplexed (TDM) operation between a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second RAT;

means for setting a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) configuration to allow for a HARQ retransmission of a packet of the first RAT, originally received in a first DRX cycle, during a second DRX cycle; and

means for enabling the UE to enter an inactive period with respect to the first RAT to allow the second RAT to communicate during the inactive period when pending uplink HARQ retransmissions are expected during the first DRX cycle.

10. A computer program product for wireless communication in a wireless network, comprising:

a computer-readable medium having non-transitory program code recorded thereon, the program code comprising;

program code to indicate discontinuous reception (DRX) operation of a user equipment (UE) to allow for time-division multiplexed (TDM) operation between a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second RAT;

program code to set a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) configuration to allow for a HARQ retransmission of a packet of the first RAT, originally received in a first DRX cycle, during a second DRX cycle; and

program code to enable the UE to enter an inactive period with respect to the first RAT to allow the second RAT to communicate during the inactive period when pending uplink HARQ retransmissions are expected during the first DRX cycle.

11. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory, the at least one processor being configured;

to indicate discontinuous reception (DRX) operation of a user equipment (UE) to allow for time-division multiplexed (TDM) operation between a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second RAT;

to set a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) configuration to allow for a HARQ retransmission of a packet of the first RAT, originally received in a first DRX cycle, during a second DRX cycle; and

to enable the UE to enter an inactive period with respect to the first RAT to allow the second RAT to communicate during the inactive period when pending uplink HARQ retransmissions are expected during the first DRX cycle.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 in which the HARQ retransmission is sent during an on duration of the second DRX cycle.

13. The apparatus of claim 11 in which the at least one processor is further configured to receive a physical HARQ indicator channel (PHICH) acknowledgement.

14. The apparatus of claim 11 in which the at least one processor is further configured to send a physical HARQ indicator channel (PHICH) acknowledgement.

15. The apparatus of claim 11 in which the at least one processor is further configured to receive an adaptive retransmission grant on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH).

16. The apparatus of claim 11 in which the at least one processor is further configured to send an adaptive retransmission grant on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH).

17. The apparatus of claim 11 in which the at least one processor is further configured to enable grants during a last subframe of a DRX on duration.

18. The apparatus of claim 17 in which the at least one processor is further configured to permit acknowledgment of a grant during a DRX off duration.