Method and apparatus for processing scheduling information in mobile communication system

• US 9,042,320 B2
• Filed: 04/06/2011
• Issued: 05/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/06/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Soeng-hun, Van Lieshout, Gert-Jan
• Primary Examiner(s): Kao, Jutai
• Application Number:
  US13/640,246
• Publication Number:
  US 20130028223A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,511 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 370/329
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0007 the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A), DMT
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/001 the frequencies being arranged in component carriers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0053 Allocation of signaling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0091 Signaling for the administration of the divided path
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0278 using buffer status reports dynamic wireless traffic scheduling definition H04W72/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/365 Power headroom reporting
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 56/0045 compensating for timing error by altering transmission time
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0446 Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/20 Control channels or signalling for resource management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/21 in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/52 based on load
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for processing scheduling information in a terminal into which a plurality of forward carriers and reverse carriers are aggregated are provided. The method includes receiving a control message from a base station, the control message including information on a reverse carrier added by the carrier aggregation, and determining a new buffer state table to be used for reporting the state of buffers to the base station, based on the information included in the control message.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting a Buffer State Report (BSR) by a User Equipment (UE) in a mobile communication system, the method comprising:

receiving from an Evolved Node B (ENB) a control message including information indicating a buffer status table to be used in the UE which has a plurality of buffer status tables; and

transmitting the BSR to the ENB by using the buffer status table indicated by the control message,

wherein buffer status values in the buffer status table are obtained by logarithmically sampling as many values as a number of the buffer status values between a minimum value and a maximum value, and each buffer status value is indicated by an index in the buffer status table.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the control message is a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting of the BSR comprises transmitting, to the ENB, information about an amount of transmittable data for each Logical Channel Group (LCG) based on the buffer status table indicated by the control message, each LCG formed by grouping logical channels created to service data.

4. A User Equipment (UE) for transmitting a Buffer State Report (BSR) in a mobile communication system, the UE comprising:

a receiver for receiving a control message from an Evolved Node B (ENB);

a transmitter for transmitting a message for the BSR to the ENB; and

a controller configured to control receiving, from the ENB, the control message including information indicating a buffer status table to be used in the UE which has a plurality of buffer status tables, and transmitting the BSR to the ENB by using the buffer status table indicated by the control message,

wherein buffer status values in the buffer status table are obtained by logarithmically sampling as many values as a number of the buffer status values between a minimum value and a maximum value, and each buffer status value is indicated by an index in the buffer status table.

5. The UE of claim 4, wherein the control message is a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message.

6. The UE of claim 4, wherein the controller is further configured to control transmitting, to the ENB, information about an amount of transmittable data for each Logical Channel Group (LCG) based on the buffer status table indicated by the control message when transmitting the BSR, each LCG formed by grouping logical channels created to service data.

7. A method for receiving a Buffer State Report (BSR) by an Evolved Node B (ENB) in a mobile communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting, to a User Equipment (UE), a control message including information indicating a buffer status table to be used in the UE which has a plurality of buffer status tables; and

receiving, from the UE, the BSR based on the buffer status table indicated by the control message,

wherein buffer status values in the buffer status table are obtained by logarithmically sampling as many values as a number of the buffer status values between a minimum value and a maximum value, and each buffer status value is indicated by an index in the buffer status table.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the control message is a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the BSR comprises information reporting an amount of transmittable data for each Logical Channel Group (LCG) based on the buffer status table indicated by the control message, each LCG formed by grouping logical channels eo service data.

10. An Evolved Node B (ENB) for receiving a Buffer State Report (BSR) in a mobile communication system, the ENB comprising:

a transmitter for transmitting a control message to a User Equipment (UE);

a receiver for receiving a message for the BSR from the UE; and

a controller configured to control transmitting, to the UE, the control message including information indicating a buffer status table to be used in the UE which has a plurality of buffer status tables, and receiving, from the UE, the BSR based on the buffer status table indicated by the control message,

wherein buffer status values in the buffer status table are obtained by logarithmically sampling as many values as a number of the buffer status values between a minimum value and a maximum value, and each buffer status value is indicated by an index in the buffer status table.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the control message is a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the BSR comprises information reporting an amount of transmittable data for each Logical Channel Group (LCG) based on the buffer status table indicated by the control message, each LCG formed by grouping logical channels created to service data.