Method for transmitting an uplink control signal, user equipment, method for receiving an uplink signal, and base station

• US 9,363,799 B2
• Filed: 10/31/2012
• Issued: 06/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Park, Sungjun, Jung, Sunghoon, Yi, Seungjune, Lee, Youngdae
• Primary Examiner(s): Ton, Dang
• Assistant Examiner(s): Aung, Sai
• Application Number:
  US14/355,519
• Publication Number:
  US 20140254538A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,315 Days
• Field of Search: 370/329, 370/331, 370/347
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0026 Transmission of channel quality indication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1874 Buffer management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1887 Scheduling and prioritising arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0053 Allocation of signaling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0058 Allocation criteria
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 56/00 Synchronisation arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/20 Control channels or signalling for resource management

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for determining whether or not to transmit an uplink control signal in a first subframe according to whether or not a subframe (the first frame) corresponding to a transmission time of the uplink control signal is within an active time, or whether or not the first subframe is one of a constant number of subframes after the last subframe of the active time, and the active time is a time for the reception of resource allocation information for data retransmission.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting an uplink control signal to a base station by a user equipment for which discontinuous reception is configured, the method comprising:

if a first subframe corresponding to transmission timing of the uplink control signal is not within an active time, determining whether to transmit the uplink control signal in the first subframe according to whether the first subframe is one of a prescribed number of subframes after a last subframe of the active time and according to whether the last subframe of the active time is a second subframe that is included in the active time as the second subframe is a time while an uplink grant for a pending hybrid automatic repeat and request (HARQ) retransmission can occur and there is data in a corresponding HARQ buffer; and

transmitting the uplink control signal in the first subframe when the first subframe is one of the prescribed number of subframes after the last subframe of the active time and when the last subframe of the active time is not the second subframe, regardless of whether a physical downlink control channel is received at the last subframe of the active time, and

not transmitting the uplink control signal in the first subframe when more than four subframes pass since the last subframe of the active time or when the first subframe is one of the prescribed number of subframes after the last subframe of the active time corresponding to the second subframe.

2. The method according to claim 1,

wherein whether the first subframe is one of the prescribed number of subframes after the last subframe of the active time is determined and then, if the first subframe is one of the prescribed number of subframes after the last subframe of the active time, whether the last subframe of the active time is the second subframe is determined.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the uplink control signal is at least a periodic channel state information report or a periodic sounding reference signal.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein, if the uplink control signal is the periodic channel state information report, the uplink control signal is transmitted through an uplink physical control channel.

5. A user equipment for transmitting an uplink control signal to a base station, for which discontinuous reception is configured, the user equipment comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) unit configured to transmit a signal; and

a processor configured to control the RF unit, the processor configured to;

if a first subframe corresponding to transmission timing of the uplink control signal is not within an active time, determine whether to transmit the uplink control signal in the first subframe according to whether the first subframe is one of a prescribed number of subframes after a last subframe of the active time and according to whether the last subframe of the active time is a second subframe that is included in the active time as the second subframe is a time while an uplink grant for a pending hybrid automatic repeat and request (HARQ) retransmission can occur and there is data in a corresponding HARQ; and

control the RF unit to transmit the uplink control signal in the first subframe when the first subframe is one of the prescribed number of subframes after the last subframe of the active time and when the last subframe of the active time is not the second subframe, regardless of whether a physical downlink control channel is received at the last subframe of the active time, and

control the RF unit not to transmit the uplink control signal in the first subframe when more than four subframes pass since the last subframe of the active time or when the first subframe is one of the prescribed number of subframes after the last subframe of the active time corresponding to the second subframe.

6. The user equipment according to claim 5, wherein the processor is configured to determine whether the first subframe is one of the prescribed number of subframes after the last subframe of the active time and then, if the first subframe is one of the prescribed number of subframes after the last of the active time, the processor is configured to determine whether the last subframe of the active time is the second subframe.

7. The user equipment according to claim 5, wherein the uplink control signal is at least a periodic channel state information report or a periodic sounding reference signal.

10. The user equipment according to claim 7, wherein, if the uplink control signal is the periodic channel state information report, the uplink control signal is transmitted through an uplink physical control channel.

8. A method for receiving, by a base station, an uplink control signal from a user equipment for which discontinuous reception is configured, the method comprising:

if a first subframe corresponding to reception timing of the uplink control signal is not within an active time, determining whether to receive the uplink control signal in the first subframe according to whether the first subframe is one of a prescribed number of subframes after a last subframe of the active time and according to whether the last subframe of the active time is a second subframe that is included in the active time as the second subframe is a time while an uplink grant for a pending hybrid automatic repeat and request (HARQ) retransmission can occur and there is data in a corresponding HARQ buffer; and

receiving the uplink control signal in the first subframe when the first subframe is one of the prescribed number of subframes after the last subframe of the active time and when the last subframe of the active time is not the second subframe, regardless of whether a physical downlink control channel is transmitted to the user equipment at the last subframe of the active time, and

not receiving the uplink control signal in the first subframe when more than four subframes pass since the last subframe of the active time or when the first subframe is one of the prescribed number of subframes after the last subframe of the active time corresponding to the second subframe.

11. The method according to claim 8, wherein whether the first subframe is one of the prescribed number of subframes after the last subframe of the active time is determined and then, if the first subframe is one of the prescribed number of subframes after the last subframe of the active time, whether the last subframe of the active time is the second subframe is determined.

12. The method according to claim 8, wherein the uplink control signal is at least a periodic channel state information report or a periodic sounding reference signal.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein, if the uplink control signal is the periodic channel state information report, the uplink control signal is received through an uplink physical control channel.

16. The base station according to claim 12, wherein, if the uplink control signal is the periodic channel state information report, the uplink control signal is received through an uplink physical control channel.

9. A base station for receiving an uplink control signal from a user equipment for which discontinuous reception is configured, the base station comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) unit configured to transmit a signal; and

a processor configured to control the RF unit, the processor configured to;

if a first subframe corresponding to reception timing of the uplink control signal is not within an active time, determine whether to receive the uplink control signal in the first subframe according to whether the first subframe is one of a prescribed number of subframes after a last subframe of the active time and according to whether the last subframe of the active time is a second subframe that is included in the active time as the second subframe is a time while an uplink grant for a pending hybrid automatic repeat and request (HARQ) retransmission can occur and there is data in a corresponding HARQ buffer; and

control the RF unit to receive the uplink control signal in the first subframe when the first subframe is one of the prescribed number of subframes after the last subframe of the active time and when the last subframe of the active time is not the second subframe, regardless of whether a physical downlink control channel is transmitted to the user equipment at the last subframe of the active time, and

not control the RF unit not to receive the uplink control signal in the first subframe when more than four subframes pass since the last subframe of the active time or when the first subframe is one of the prescribed number of subframes after the last subframe of the active time corresponding to the second subframe.

14. The base station according to claim 9, wherein the processor is configured to determine whether the first subframe is one of the prescribed number of subframes after the last subframe of the active time and then, if the first subframe is one of the prescribed number of subframes after the last of the active time, the processor is configured to determine whether the last subframe of the active time is the second subframe.

15. The base station according to claim 9, wherein the uplink control signal is at least a periodic channel state information report or a periodic sounding reference signal.