System and method for transmitting data in a multi-cell network

• US 9,112,650 B2
• Filed: 06/18/2010
• Issued: 08/18/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lim, Jong Bu, Hwang, Hyo Sun, Ahn, Hyun Gi, Choi, Hyun Ho, Jung, Young-ho
• Primary Examiner(s): GREY, CHRISTOPHER P
• Application Number:
  US12/818,679
• Publication Number:
  US 20110110285A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,887 Days
• Field of Search: 370/203, 370/312, 370/330, 370/350, 370/503
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/022 Site diversity; Macro-diversity using two or more spaced independent antennas H04B7/04
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2607 Cyclic extensions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2655 Synchronisation arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0007 the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A), DMT
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0035 Resource allocation in a cooperative multipoint environment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0069 Allocation based on distance or geographical location allocation based on terminal or device properties in general, H04W72/51

Abstract

A communication system and method that receives data from a terminal using a cooperative reception scheme, is provided. Each terminal may generate multi-cell transmission data used for overcoming transmission delay and transmit, to each base station, a data frame including the multi-cell transmission data.

Claims

1. A terminal, comprising:

a transmission data generating unit configured to generate multi-cell transmission data by repeating a data group comprising a plurality of data bits, the repeated data group comprising at least two repetitions of the plurality of data bits, and the number of repetitions of the plurality of data bits generated is determined based on a transmission delay of the terminal or at least one other terminal; and

a transmission unit configured to transmit the multi-cell transmission data comprising the repeated data group to each of a plurality of base stations,

wherein a total window duration is set while the multi-cell transmission data is received, based on the transmission delay of the terminal or the at least one other terminal,

a maximum value of the transmission delay is determined to be a starting time of a first window duration,

an end point in time of the multi-cell transmission data is determined to be an end time of the first window duration,

data bits not included in the first window duration from among the repeated data groups are set as a second window duration, and

the first window duration and the second window duration are set as the total window duration.

2. The terminal of claim 1, further comprising:

a cyclic prefix unit configured to generate a cyclic prefix signal using at least one bit of the plurality of data bits; and

a frame generation unit configured to generate an uplink frame by time-division multiplexing the cyclic prefix signal and the multi-cell transmission data.

3. The terminal of claim 1, further comprising:

a receiving unit configured to receive downlink data from a serving base station and a cooperative base station, from among the plurality of base stations; and

an error determination unit configured to determine whether an error of the downlink data occurs,

wherein the plurality of data bits comprises information about whether an error of the downlink data occurs.

4. The terminal of claim 1, further comprising:

a modulation unit configured to modulate uplink data in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) scheme; and

a data bit selecting unit configured to select the plurality of data bits from the uplink data based on an order of carrier frequencies of the uplink data.

5. The terminal of claim 4, wherein the data bit selecting unit is further configured to select uplink data having an odd-numbered carrier frequency, as the plurality of data bits, or select uplink data having an even-numbered carrier frequency, as the plurality of data bits.

6. The terminal of claim 4, further comprising:

a receiving unit configured to receive, from a serving base station included in the plurality of base stations, a maximum transmission delay value,

wherein the data bit selecting unit is further configured to select the plurality of data bits in accordance with the maximum transmission delay value.

7. A base station, comprising:

a receiving unit configured to receive, from a plurality of terminals, multi-cell transmission data generated by repeating a data group comprising a plurality of data bits;

a window setting unit configured to set a total window duration during which the multi-cell transmission data is received, based on transmission delay values from each of the plurality of terminals; and

a restoration unit configured to restore the data group using the multi-cell transmission data corresponding to the total window duration,

wherein the window setting unit is further configured to;

determine, as a starting time of a first window duration, a maximum value from the transmission delay values,

determine, as an end time of the first window duration, an end point in time of the multi-cell transmission data,

set, as a second window duration, data bits not included in the first window duration from among the repeated data groups, and

set, as the total window duration, the first window duration and the second window duration.

8. The base station of claim 7, further comprising:

a transmission unit configured to transmit downlink data to the plurality of terminals; and

a receiving unit configured to receive the plurality of data bits comprising information about whether an error of the downlink data occurs.

16. The base station of claim 7, wherein total window duration comprises an amount of time that is less in time than an amount of time it takes to transmit the entire multi-cell transmission data, and

the restoration unit is configured to restore the entire multi-cell transmission data using only the multi-cell transmission data received during the total window duration.

9. A data transmission method of a terminal, the data transmission method comprising:

generating multi-cell transmission data by repeating a data group comprising a plurality of data bits, the repeated data group comprising at least two repetitions of the plurality of data bits, and the number of repetitions of the plurality of data bits generated is determined based on a transmission delay of the terminal or at least one other terminal; and

transmitting the multi-cell transmission data comprising the repeated data group to each of a plurality of base stations,

wherein a total window duration is set while the multi-cell transmission data is received, based on the transmission delay of the terminal or the at least one other terminal,

a maximum value of the transmission delay is determined to be a starting time of a first window duration,

an end point in time of the multi-cell transmission data is determined to be an end time of the first window duration,

data bits not included in the first window duration from among the repeated data groups are set as a second window duration, and

the first window duration and the second window duration are set as the total window duration.

10. The data transmission method of claim 9, further comprising:

generating a cyclic prefix signal using at least one bit of the plurality of data bits; and

generating an uplink frame by time-division multiplexing the cyclic prefix signal and the multi-cell transmission data,

wherein the transmitting further comprises transmitting the uplink frame.

11. The data transmission method of claim 9, further comprising:

receiving downlink data from a serving base station and a cooperative base station, from among the plurality of base stations; and

verifying whether an error of the downlink data occurs,

wherein the plurality of data bits comprises information about whether an error of the downlink data occurs.

12. The data transmission method of claim 9, further comprising:

modulating uplink data in an OFDM scheme; and

selecting the plurality of data bits from the uplink data based on a carrier frequency of the uplink data.

13. The data transmission method of claim 12, wherein the selecting selects uplink data having an odd-numbered carrier frequency, as the plurality of data bits, or selects uplink data having an even-numbered carrier frequency, as the plurality of data bits.

14. The data transmission method of claim 12, further comprising:

receiving a maximum transmission delay value from a serving base station included in the plurality of base stations,

wherein the selecting selects the plurality of data bits in accordance with the maximum transmission delay value.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein program instructions to cause a processor to implement the data transmission method of claim 9.

17. A data communication method of a base station, the data communication method comprising:

receiving, from a plurality of terminals, multi-cell transmission data generated by repeating a data group comprising a plurality of data bits;

setting a total window duration during which the multi-cell transmission data is received, based on transmission delay values from each of the plurality of terminals; and

restoring the data group using the multi-cell transmission data corresponding to the total window duration,

determining, as a starting time of a first window duration, a maximum value from the transmission delay values,

determining, as an end time of the first window duration, an end point in time of the multi-cell transmission data,

setting, as a second window duration, data bits not included in the first window duration from among the repeated data groups, and

setting, as the total window duration, the first window duration and the second window duration.