Reconfiguration control channel resource mapping collision avoidance

• US 9,445,338 B2
• Filed: 12/27/2013
• Issued: 09/13/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/04/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel IP Corporation (Intel Corporation)
• Inventors: He, Hong, Han, Seunghee, Fwu, Jong-Kae, Khoryaev, Alexey Vladimirovich
• Primary Examiner(s): Louis, Vinncelas
• Application Number:
  US14/141,876
• Publication Number:
  US 20140301290A1
• Time in Patent Office: 991 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/38 Transceivers, i.e. devices in which transmitter and receiver form a structural unit and in which at least one part is used for functions of transmitting and receiving
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• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/28 : Discontinuous transmission [DTX]; Discontinuous reception [DRX]
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Abstract

A device includes a transceiver to receive, from a base station, a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission and processing circuitry to classify downlink (DL) subframe types for a set of DL subframes associated with a first uplink (UL) subframe for transmission of a hybrid automatic report request acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) and perform physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources mapping based on the classified DL subframe Types for an acknowledgement transmission associated with PDSCH transmission reception.

Claims

1. A device comprising:

a transceiver to receive, from a base station, a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission; and

processing circuitry to;

classify downlink (DL) subframe types for a set of DL subframes associated with a first uplink (UL) subframe for transmission of a hybrid automatic report request acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK), wherein the DL subframe types comprise at least Type 1 subframes that are constructed by DL subframes that are associated with the first uplink (UL) subframe for transmission of HARQ-ACK according to a time division duplex (TDD) UL/DL configuration indicated in a system information block Type 1(SIB1) message; and

perform physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources mapping based on the classified DL subframe Types for an acknowledgement transmission associated with PDSCH transmission reception

wherein the DL subframe types further comprise;

Type 2 DL subframes that are constructed by;

firstly identifying DL subframes that are associated with the first UL subframe for transmission of HARQ-ACK according to a higher layer configured DL-reference UL/DL configuration; and

when the Type 1 DL subframes are overlapped with the Type 2 DL subframes, the overlapping subframes between Type 1 and Type 2 DL subframes are further removed from the Type 2 DL subframes.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry further performs PUCCH resource mapping for PDSCH transmission indicated via Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) on a Type 1 DL subframe based on:

n_PUCCH,j⁽¹⁾=(M₁−

j−

1)·

N_c+j·

N_c+1+n_CCE,j+N_PUCCH⁽¹⁾

where N_PUCCH⁽¹⁾ is a PUCCH resource offset associated with legacy PDCCH that is configured by higher layer for PUCCH resource mapping of Type 1 DL subframes, c is selected from {0, 1, 2, 3} such that N_c≦

n_CCE,j<

N_c+1, N_c=max{0,└

[N_RB^DL·

(N_sc^RB·

c−

4)]/36┘

}, N_RB^DL refers to Downlink bandwidth configuration and N_sc^RB refers to resource block size in the frequency domain that is expressed as a number of subcarriers, is a number of the first control channel element (CCE) used for transmission of the corresponding PDCCH in Type 1 DL subframe j, and j(0≦

j<

M₁) is the index of the Type 1 DL subframe, and M₁ is a number of Type 1 DL subframes.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein the processing circuitry further performs PUCCH resource mapping for PDSCH transmission indicated via PDCCH on the Type 1 DL subframe based on:

n_PUCCH,j⁽¹⁾=(M₁−

j−

1)·

N_c+j·

N_c+1+n_CCE,j+N_PUCCH⁽¹⁾+Δ

_ARO

Where j(0≦

j<

M₁) is the index of the Type 1 DL subframe, and Δ

_ARO refers to HARQ-ACK resource offset value that is selected from predefined values based on 2-bits HARQ-ACK resource offset field in a downlink control information (DCI) format depending on the number of Type 1 DL subframes associated with the first UL subframe for HARQ-ACK transmission.

4. The device of claim 3, wherein the processing circuitry further performs determining the HARQ-ACK offset Δ

_ARO for the Type 1 DL subframe based on 2-bits HARQ-ACK resource offset field in the DCI format of the corresponding PDCCH depending on the number of Type 1 DL subframes associated with the first UL subframe for HARQ-ACK transmission;

selecting a Δ

_ARO value out of {0,−

1,−

2, 2} when the number of Type 1 DL subframes is one; and

selecting a value out of {0, Δ

₁−

1, Δ

₂−

2, 2} when the number of Type 1 DL subframes is more than one, where Δ

₁ or Δ

₂ could be one of {0, −

(M,−

j−

1)·

N_c−

j·

N_c+1, −

M₁·

(N_c−

N<sub>c−

1</sub>), −

j·

(N_c+1−

N_c),−

(N_c+1−

N_c), −

M₁·

N_c}, and j(0≦

j<

M₁) is the index of the Type 1 DL subframe, and M₁ is the number of Type 1 DL subframes, and c is selected from {0, 1, 2, 3} such that N_c≦

n_CCE,j<

N_c+1, N_c=max{0,└

[N_RB^DL·

(N_sc^RB·

c−

4)]/36┘

}.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry further performs PUCCH resource mapping for PDSCH transmission indicated via Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) on a Type 2 DL subframe based on higher-layer signaling or based on:

6. The device of claim 5 wherein the PUCCH resource offset N_PUCCH⁽²⁾ are configured by higher layer signal in the device specific manner or a Cell-specific manner, or determined based on:

N_PUCCH⁽²⁾=M₁·

N₄

where M₁ is a number of Type 1 DL subframes associated with the first UL subframe for HARQ-ACK transmission, and N₄ refers to PUCCH resources reserved for a Type 1 DL subframe and is calculated according to N_c=max{0,└

[N_RB^DL·

(N_sc^RB·

c−

4)]/36┘

}.

7. The device of claim 5, wherein the processing circuitry further performs PUCCH resource mapping for PDSCH transmission on the Type 2 DL subframe via PDCCH based on:

8. The device of claim 7, wherein the processing circuitry further performs determining the HARQ-ACK offset for the Type 2 DL subframe based on 2-bits HARQ-ACK resource offset field in the DCI format of the corresponding PDCCH depending on the number of Type 2 DL subframes associated with the first UL subframe for HARQ-ACK transmission:

selecting a Δ

_ARO value out of {0,−

1,−

2, 2} when the number of Type 2 DL subframes is one;

selecting a Δ

_ARO value out of {0, Δ

₁−

1, Δ

₂−

2, 2} when the number of Type 2 DL subframes is more than one, where Δ

₁ or Δ

₂ could be one value of {0, —

(M₂−

l−

1)·

N_c−

l·

N_c+1,−

M₂·

(N_c−

N<sub>c−

1</sub>),−

l·

(N_c+1−

N_c),−

(N_c+1−

N_c),−

M₂·

N_c,

9. The device of claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry further performs PUCCH resource mapping for PDSCH transmission indicated via enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) indicating downlink semi persistent scheduling (SPS) release in a Type 1 or Type 2 sub-frame, the device shall use:

10. The device of claim 9, wherein the processing circuitry further performs PUCCH resource mapping for PDSCH transmission indicated via EPDCCH indicating downlink SPS release in the Type 1 or Type 2 sub-frame, the device shall use:

11. A method comprising:

receiving from a base station via a transceiver, a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission;

classifying, via processing circuitry, downlink (DL) subframe types for a set of DL subframes associated with a first uplink (UL) subframe for transmission of a hybrid automatic report request acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK), wherein the DL subframe types comprise Type 1 subframes that are constructed by DL subframes that are associated with the first UL subframe for transmission of HARQ-ACK according to a time division duplex (TDD) UL/DL configuration indicated in a system information block Type 1(SIB1) message and wherein the DL subframe types further comprise Type 2 DL subframes that are constructed by identifying DL subframes that are associated with the first UL subframe for transmission of HARQ-ACK according to a higher layer configured DL-reference UL/DL configuration; and

performing physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources mapping based on the classified DL subframe Types for an acknowledgement transmission associated with PDSCH transmission reception;

wherein the Type 2 DL subframes are further constructed by;

determining that the Type 1 DL subframes are overlapped with the Type 2 DL subframes, and removing the overlapping subframes between Type 1 and Type 2 DL subframes from the Type 2 DL subframes.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising performing PUCCH resource mapping for PDSCH transmission indicated via Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) on a Type 1 DL subframe based on:

n_PUCCH,j⁽¹⁾=(M₁−

j−

1)·

N_c+j·

N_c+1+n_CCE,j+N_PUCCH⁽¹⁾

where N_PUCCH⁽¹⁾ is a PUCCH resource offset associated with legacy PDCCH that is configured by higher layer for PUCCH resource mapping of Type 1 DL subframes, c is selected from {0, 1, 2, 3} such that N_c≦

n_CCE,j<

N_c+1, N_c=max{0,└

[N_RB^DL·

(N_sc^RB·

c−

4)]/36┘

}, N_RB^CL refers to downlink bandwidth configuration and N_sc^RB refers to resource block size in the frequency domain that is expressed as a number of subcarriers, n_CCE,j is a number of the first control channel element (CCE) used for transmission of the corresponding PDCCH in Type 1 DL subframe j, and j(0≦

j<

M₁) is the index of the Type 1 DL subframe, and M₁ is a number of Type 1 DL subframes.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising performing PUCCH resource mapping for PDSCH transmission indicated via PDCCH on the Type 1 DL subframe based on:

n_PUCCH,j⁽¹⁾=(M₁−

j−

1)·

N_c+j·

N_c+1+n_CCE,j+N_PUCCH⁽¹⁾+Δ

_ARO

where j(0≦

j<

M_I) is the index of the Type 1 DL subframe, and Δ

_ARO refers to HARQ-ACK resource offset value that is selected from predefined values based on 2-bits HARQ-ACK resource offset field in a downlink control information (DCI) format depending on a number of Type 1 DL subframes associated with the first UL subframe for HARQ-ACK transmission.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising determining the HARQ-ACK offset Δ

_ARO for the Type 1 DL subframe based on 2-bits HARQ-ACK resource offset field in the DCI format of the corresponding PDCCH depending on the number of Type 1 DL subframes associated with the first UL subframe for HARQ-ACK transmission;

selecting a Δ

_ARO value out of {0,−

1,−

2, 2} when the number of Type 1 DL subframes is one; and

selecting a value out of {0, Δ

₁−

1, Δ

₂−

2, 2} when the number of Type 1 DL subframes is more than one, where Δ

₁ or Δ

₂ could be one of {0, −

(M₁−

j−

1)·

N_c−

j·

N_c+1, −

M₁·

(N_c−

N<sub>c−

1</sub>), −

j·

(N_c+1−

N_c),−

(N_c+1−

N_c), −

M₁·

N_c}, and j(0≦

j<

M₁) is the index of the Type 1 DL subframe, and M₁ is the number of Type 1 DL subframes, and c is selected from {0, 1, 2, 3} such that <

N_c≦

n_CCE,j<

N_c+1,N_c=max{0,└

[N_RB^DL·

(N_sc^RB·

c−

4)]/36┘

}.

15. The method of claim 11, further comprising performing PUCCH resource mapping for PDSCH transmission indicated via Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) on a Type 2 DL subframe based on higher-layer signaling or based on:

16. The method of claim 15 wherein the PUCCH resource offset N_PUCCH⁽²⁾ are configured by higher layer signal in a user equipment specific manner or a Cell-specific manner, or determined based on:

N_PUCCH⁽²⁾=M₁·

N₄

where M₁ is a number of Type 1 DL subframes associated with the first UL subframe for HARQ-ACK transmission, and N₄ refers to PUCCH resources reserved for a Type 1 DL subframe and is calculated according to N_c=max{0,└

[N_RB^DL·

(N_sc^RB·

c−

4)]/36┘

}.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising performing PUCCH resource mapping for PDSCH transmission on the Type 2 DL subframe via PDCCH based on:

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising determining the HARQ-ACK offset for the Type 2 DL subframe based on 2-bits HARQ-ACK resource offset field in the DCI format of the corresponding PDCCH depending on the number of Type 2 DL subframes associated with the first UL subframe for HARQ-ACK transmission:

selecting a Δ

_ARO value out of {0,−

1,−

2, 2} when the number of Type 2 DL subframes is one;

selecting a Δ

_ARO value out of {0, Δ

₁−

1, Δ

₂−

2, 2} when the number of Type 2 DL subframes is more than one, where Δ

₁ or Δ

₂ could be one value of

19. The method of claim 11, further comprising performing PUCCH resource mapping for PDSCH transmission indicated via enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) indicating downlink semi persistent scheduling (SPS) release in a Type 1 or Type 2 sub-frame, a user equipment (UE) shall use:

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising performing PUCCH resource mapping for PDSCH transmission indicated via EPDCCH or EPDCCH indicating downlink SPS release in the Type 1 or Type 2 sub-frame, the user equipment (UE) shall use:

21. A non-transitory machine readable storage device having instructions to cause a machine to:

receive from a base station via a transceiver, a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission;

classify, via processing circuitry, downlink (DL) subframe types for a set of DL subframes associated with a first uplink (UL) subframe for transmission of a hybrid automatic report request acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK); and

perform physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources mapping based on the classified DL subframe Types for an acknowledgement transmission associated with PDSCH transmission reception;

wherein the DL subframe types comprise;

Type 1 DL subframes that are constructed by DL subframes that are associated with the first uplink (UL) subframe for transmission of HARQ-ACK according to a time division duplex (TDD) UL/DL configuration indicated in a system information block Type 1(SIB1) message; and

Type 2 DL subframes that are constructed by;

firstly identifying DL subframes that are associated with the first UL subframe for transmission of HARQ-ACK according to a higher layer configured DL-reference UL/DL configuration; and

when the Type 1 DL subframes are overlapped with the Type 2 DL subframes, the overlapping subframes between Type 1 and Type 2 DL subframes are further removed from the Type 2 DL subframes.

22. The machine readable storage device of claim 21 further having instructions to cause a machine to:

perform PUCCH resource mapping for PDSCH transmission indicated via enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) indicating downlink semi persistent scheduling (SPS) release in a Type 1 DL subframe or a Type 2 DL sub-frame, the machine shall use;