Method for terminal to transmit/receive signal to/from base station in wireless communication system and device therefor

• US 9,479,965 B2
• Filed: 04/18/2012
• Issued: 10/25/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/03/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Seo, Hanbyul, Kim, Hakseong
• Primary Examiner(s): Rutkowski, Jeffrey M
• Assistant Examiner(s): TACDIRAN, ANDRE GEE
• Application Number:
  US14/110,055
• Publication Number:
  US 20140092921A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,651 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2602 Signal structure
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/001 the frequencies being arranged in component carriers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0023 Time-frequency-space
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0037 Inter-user or inter-terminal allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0048 Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0053 Allocation of signaling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/065 using assembly or disassembly of packets
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/20 Control channels or signalling for resource management

Abstract

A method for transceiving a signal with a base station (BS) at a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system. A default configuration of a specific subframe is configured, and information about a dynamic configuration of the specific subframe is received from the BS. The dynamic configuration of the specific subframe indicates whether the specific subframe is configured for an uplink signal transmission or a downlink signal reception. The downlink signal reception from the BS is performed in the specific subframe, or the uplink signal transmission to the BS is performed in the specific subframe, according to the dynamic configuration of the specific subframe. A first period for the downlink signal reception is positioned at the start of the specific subframe and a second period for the uplink signal transmission is positioned at the end of the specific subframe.

Claims

1. A method for transceiving a signal with a Base Station (BS) at a User Equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

configuring, by the UE, a default configuration of a specific subframe;

determining, by the UE, which one of an uplink signal transmission or a downlink signal reception is scheduled in the specific subframe;

receiving, by the UE, information about a dynamic configuration of the specific subframe from the BS; and

performing, by the UE, the downlink signal reception from the BS in the specific subframe or performing, by the UE, the uplink signal transmission to the BS in the specific subframe, according to a result of the determining,

wherein a first period for the downlink signal reception is positioned at the start of the specific subframe and a second period for the uplink signal transmission is positioned at the end of the specific subframe,

wherein the default configuration and the dynamic configuration of the specific subframe define both a size of the first period in the specific subframe and a size of the second period in the specific subframe,

wherein the sizes of the first and second periods in the dynamic configuration are varied according to which one of the uplink signal transmission or the downlink signal reception is scheduled in the specific subframe,

wherein another UE is configured with a predetermined configuration of the specific subframe, the predetermined configuration of the specific subframe defining a third period for which downlink transmission and uplink transmission are not expected for the another UE, and

wherein at least a portion of the third period is scheduled concurrently with the determined downlink signal reception or the determined uplink signal transmission.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the specific subframe includes a Downlink Pilot Time Slot (DwPTS), a Guard Period (GP), and an Uplink Pilot Time Slot (UpPTS), and

wherein the first period is the DwPTS and the second period is the UpPTS.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein a size of the GP is fixed to one symbol.

4. A User Equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a wireless communication module configured to transceive a signal with a Base Station (BS); and

a processor configured to process the signal,

wherein the processor configures a default configuration of a specific subframe and makes a determination as to which one of an uplink signal transmission or a downlink signal reception is scheduled in the specific subframe,

wherein the wireless communication module receives information about a dynamic configuration of the specific subframe from the BS, and the processor controls the wireless communication module to perform the downlink signal reception from the BS in the specific subframe or to perform the uplink signal transmission to the BS in the specific subframe according to a result of the determination,

wherein a first period for downlink signal reception is positioned at the start of the specific subframe, and a second period for uplink signal transmission is positioned at the end of the specific subframe,

wherein the default configuration and the dynamic configuration of the specific subframe defines both a size of the first period in the specific subframe and a size of the second period in the specific subframe,

wherein the sizes of the first and second periods in the dynamic configuration are varied according to which one of the uplink signal transmission or the downlink signal reception is scheduled in the specific subframe, and

wherein another UE is configured with a predetermined configuration of the specific subframe, the predetermined configuration of the specific subframe defining a third period for which downlink transmission and uplink transmission are not expected for the another UE, and

wherein at least a portion of the third period is scheduled concurrently with the determined downlink signal reception or the determined uplink signal transmission.

5. The UE according to claim 4, wherein the specific subframe includes a Downlink Pilot Time Slot (DwPTS), a Guard Period (GP), and an Uplink Pilot Time Slot (UpPTS), and

wherein the first period is the DwPTS and the second period is the UpPTS.

6. The UE according to claim 5, wherein a size of the GP is fixed to one symbol.