Method and device for transmitting reverse control signal in mobile communication system

• US 9,629,132 B2
• Filed: 10/12/2012
• Issued: 04/18/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/12/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Soeng Hun, Van Lieshout, Gert-Jan, Jang, Jae Hyuk
• Primary Examiner(s): Kizou, Hassan
• Assistant Examiner(s): Shand, Roberta A
• Application Number:
  US14/347,825
• Publication Number:
  US 20140226613A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,649 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0026 Transmission of channel quality indication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1671 the supervisory signal being transmitted together with control information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1812 Hybrid protocols; Hybrid automatic repeat request [HARQ]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1835 Buffer management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1861 Physical mapping arrangements for ACK signaling see also H04L5/0053
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1896 ARQ related signaling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0057 Physical resource allocation for CQI
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0235 where the received signal is a power saving command
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/21 in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

The present invention pertains to a method and device for transmitting a control signal, and a method for a terminal to transmit a control signal according to one embodiment of the present invention can comprise: a step for sensing a forced termination in a first subframe during active time; and a step in which if the forced termination is sensed and if, in a second subframe among a pre-set number of subframes after the first subframe, Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) transmission via a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) is set, and if neither one among Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) feedback transmission and Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) transmission is set in the second subframe, the CQI transmission is executed via the PUCCH. The embodiment of the present invention enables power consumption by the terminal to be reduced.

Claims

1. A method by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving data for a certain transport block of a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process;

identifying whether an available soft buffer exists if the received data is not decoded successfully; and

if the available soft buffer does not exist, selecting, based on a predetermined rule, a soft buffer storing data to store the received data,

wherein the selecting of the soft buffer comprises;

identifying at least one soft buffer storing data which is already decoded successfully; and

selecting one of the at least one soft buffer to substitute the data stored in the selected soft buffer with the received data.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting a negative acknowledge as an HARQ feedback after storing the received data in the selected soft buffer.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the selecting of the soft buffer comprises:

comparing a size of the received data with a size of data stored in a soft buffer which stores the smallest data among a plurality of soft buffers; and

if the received data is larger than the smallest data, selecting the soft buffer which stores the smallest data among the plurality of soft buffers to substitute the smallest data stored in the selected soft buffer with the received data.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

transmitting a negative acknowledge as an HARQ feedback after storing the received data in the selected soft buffer.

5. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

if the received data is smaller than the smallest data, discarding the received data.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

transmitting an acknowledge as an HARQ feedback after discarding the received data.

7. A terminal in a wireless communication system, the terminal comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a signal; and

a controller configured to;

receive, through the transceiver, data for a certain transport block of an hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process,

identify whether an available soft buffer exists if the received data is not decoded successfully,

select, based on a predetermined rule, a soft buffer storing data to store the received data if the available soft buffer does not exist,

identify at least one soft buffer storing data which is already decoded successfully, and

select one of the at least one soft buffer to substitute the data stored in the selected soft buffer with the received data.

8. The terminal of claim 7, wherein the controller is further configured to:

transmit, through the transceiver, a negative acknowledge as an HARQ feedback after storing the received data in the selected soft buffer.

9. The terminal of claim 7, wherein the controller is further configured to:

compare a size of the received data with a size of data stored in a soft buffer which stores the smallest data among a plurality of soft buffers; and

if the received data is larger than the smallest data, select the soft buffer which stores the smallest data among the plurality of soft buffers to substitute the smallest data stored in the selected soft buffer with the received data.

10. The terminal of claim 9, wherein the controller is further configured to:

transmit, through the transceiver, a negative acknowledge as an HARQ feedback after storing the received data in the selected soft buffer.

11. The terminal of claim 9, wherein the controller is further configured to:

if the received data is smaller than the smallest data, discard the received data.

12. The terminal of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to:

transmit, through the transceiver, an acknowledge as an HARQ feedback after discarding the received data.