Secure communication method and system based on bit error probability

• US 9,735,925 B2
• Filed: 08/06/2015
• Issued: 08/15/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Ilmin, Ahn, Joonkui, Kim, Byounghoon
• Primary Examiner(s): McMahon, Daniel
• Application Number:
  US14/820,457
• Publication Number:
  US 20160043832A1
• Time in Patent Office: 740 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/08 by repeating transmission, e.g. Verdan system H04L1/1858 and H04L1/189 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1812 Hybrid protocols; Hybrid automatic repeat request [HARQ]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1896 ARQ related signaling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/203 Details of error rate determination, e.g. BER, FER or WER

Abstract

Provided is a method for performing Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) by a data transmitting terminal in a wireless communication system. The terminal transmits data using a specific code word selected from a plurality of code words included in a mother code, calculates a Bit Error Rate (BER) upper bound for a receiving terminal that receives the data, calculates a BER lower bound for another terminal that is able to eavesdrop the data, and performs the HARQ based on whether the BER upper bound is greater than a BER reference level for the receiving terminal and whether a probability of the BER lower bound being less than the BER reference level for the another terminal is less than a predetermined value.

Claims

1. A method for performing Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) by a first terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting data using a specific code word selected from a plurality of code words included in a mother code;

calculating a Bit Error Rate (BER) upper bound for a second terminal that receives the data;

calculating a BER lower bound for a third terminal that is able to eavesdrop the data; and

performing the HARQ based on whether the BER upper bound is greater than a BER reference level for the second terminal and whether a probability of the BER lower bound being less than the calculated BER reference level is less than a predetermined value,

wherein the BER upper bound is determined based on a transmission rate corresponding to the mother code and channel information corresponding to the second terminal, and

wherein the BER lower bound is determined based on the transmission rate and channel information corresponding to the third terminal.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein performing the HARQ comprises determining that transmission of the data is successful when the BER upper bound is less than the BER reference level for the second terminal and the probability is less than the predetermined value.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein performing the HARQ comprises determining that transmission of the data is not successful when the BER upper bound is greater than the BER reference level for the second terminal and the probability is greater than the predetermined value.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein performing the HARQ comprises retransmitting the data when the BER upper bound is greater than the BER reference level for the second terminal and the probability is less than the predetermined value.

5. A method for performing Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) by a first terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting data using a specific code word from a plurality of code words included in a mother code;

receiving a positive-acknowledgement (ACK)/negative-acknowledgement (NACK) message from a second terminal that receives the data;

calculating a Bit Error Rate (BER) lower bound for a third terminal that is able to eavesdrop the data; and

performing the HARQ based on whether the ACK/NACK message is an ACK message or an NACK message and whether a probability of the BER lower bound being less than the calculated BER reference level is less than a predetermined value,

wherein the BER lower bound is determined based on a transmission rate corresponding to the mother code and channel information corresponding to the third terminal.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein performing the HARQ comprises determining that transmission of the data is successful when the ACK/NACK message is an ACK message and the probability is less than the predetermined value.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the performing the HARQ comprises determining that transmission of the data is not successful and stopping the transmission when the ACK/NACK message is a NACK message and the probability is greater than the predetermined value.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein performing the HARQ comprises retransmitting the data when the ACK/NACK message is a NACK message and the probability is less than the predetermined value.

9. A first terminal for performing Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) in a wireless communication system, the first terminal comprising:

an RF (Radio Frequency) unit configured to transmit data using a specific code word selected from a plurality of code words included in a mother code; and

a processor configured to;

calculate a Bit Error Rate (BER) upper bound for a second terminal that receives the data;

calculate a BER lower bound for a third terminal that is able to eavesdrop the data; and

perform Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) based on at least whether a received positive-acknowledgement (ACK)/negative-acknowledgement (NACK) message is an ACK message or a NACK message, whether the BER upper bound is less than a BER reference level for the second terminal, or whether a probability of the BER lower bound being less than a BER reference level for the third terminal is less than a predetermined value,

wherein the BER upper bound is determined based on a transmission rate corresponding to the mother code and channel information corresponding to the second terminal, and

wherein the BER lower bound is determined based on the transmission rate and channel information corresponding to the third terminal.

10. The terminal of claim 9, wherein the processor is further configured to determine that transmission of the data is successful when either the BER upper bound is less than the BER reference level for the second terminal and the probability is less than the predetermined value or the ACK/NACK message is an ACK message and the probability is less than the predetermined value.

11. The terminal of claim 9, wherein the processor is further configured to determine that transmission of the data is not successful and stop the transmission when either the BER upper bound is greater than the BER reference level for the second terminal and the probability is greater than the predetermined value or the ACK/NACK message is a NACK message and the probability is greater than the predetermined value.

12. The terminal of claim 9, wherein the processor is further configured to retransmit the data when either the BER upper bound is greater than the BER reference level for the second terminal and the probability is less than the predetermined value or the ACK/NACK message is a NACK message and the probability is less than the predetermined value.