Method for uplink data transmission, terminal, and wireless communication node

• US 10,264,576 B2
• Filed: 12/31/2015
• Issued: 04/16/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Lin, Bo, Zhao, Chao
• Primary Examiner(s): Truong, Lan-Huong
• Application Number:
  US14/985,573
• Publication Number:
  US 20160113000A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,202 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0077 Cooperative coding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1825 Adaptation of specific ARQ protocol parameters according to transmission conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1887 Scheduling and prioritising arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/10 Scheduling measurement reports ; Arrangements for measurement reports
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/044 based on the type of the allocated resource

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention relate to the communications field, and disclose a method for uplink data transmission, a terminal, and a wireless communication node, which can ensure that a HARQ mechanism between a terminal and a wireless communication node works normally. The method includes: determining, by a first wireless communication node, whether a terminal is within downlink coverage of a second wireless communication node; and when the first wireless communication node determines that the terminal is not within the downlink coverage of the second wireless communication node, instructing, by the first wireless communication node, the terminal to use a non-feedback mode; and/or instructing, by the first wireless communication node, the second wireless communication node to use a non-feedback mode.

Claims

1. A method for uplink data transmission in a wireless communication system including a first wireless communication node and a second wireless communication node both serve a terminal, wherein the first wireless communication node is a downlink serving node of the terminal, and the second wireless communication node is an uplink serving node of the terminal, the method comprising:

determining, by the first wireless communication node, whether the terminal is within downlink coverage of the second wireless communication node; and

when the first wireless communication node determines that the terminal is not within the downlink coverage of the second wireless communication node;

instructing, by the first wireless communication node, the terminal to use a non-feedback mode in which the terminal does not retransmit to the second wireless communication node, uplink data that has been sent; and

/or

instructing, by the first wireless communication node, the second wireless communication node to use a non-feedback mode in which the second wireless communication node does not receive, on a time-frequency resource allocated to the terminal, uplink data retransmitted from the terminal,

wherein the determining, by the first wireless communication node, whether the terminal is within downlink coverage of the second wireless communication node comprises;

receiving, by the first wireless communication node, a measurement report of the terminal for a downlink reference signal of at least one cell, wherein the measurement report comprises an identifier of the at least one cell;

determining, by the first wireless communication node, whether the identifier of the at least one cell comprises an identifier of a cell served by the second wireless communication node; and

if the identifier of the at least one cell does not comprise the identifier of the cell served by the second wireless communication node, determining, by the first wireless communication node, that the terminal is not within the downlink coverage of the second wireless communication node.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining, by the first wireless communication node, whether the terminal is within downlink coverage of the second wireless communication node comprises:

receiving, by the first wireless communication node, a measurement report of the terminal for a downlink reference signal of a cell served by the second wireless communication node, wherein the measurement report comprises a reference signal measurement result of the downlink reference signal of the cell served by the second wireless communication node;

determining, by the first wireless communication node, whether the reference signal measurement result of the downlink reference signal is greater than a preset threshold; and

if the reference signal measurement result of the downlink reference signal is not greater than the preset threshold, determining, by the first wireless communication node, that the terminal is not within the downlink coverage of the second wireless communication node.

3. A wireless communication node in a wireless communication system including a first wireless communication node and a second wireless communication node both serve a terminal, wherein the wireless communication node is the first wireless communication node that is a downlink serving node of the terminal, and the second wireless communication node is an uplink serving node of the terminal, wherein the wireless communication node comprises:

a processor configured to determine whether the terminal is within downlink coverage of the second wireless communication node; and

a transmitter coupled to the processor and configured to;

when the processor determines that the terminal is not within the downlink coverage of the second wireless communication node, transmit a message instructing the terminal to use a non-feedback mode in which the terminal does not retransmit to the second wireless communication node, uplink data that has been sent; and

/or transmit a message instructing the second wireless communication node to use a non-feedback mode in which the second wireless communication node does not receive, on a time-frequency resource allocated to the terminal, uplink data retransmitted from the terminal,

wherein the processor is further configured to;

receive a measurement report of the terminal for a downlink reference signal of a cell served by the second wireless communication node, wherein the measurement report comprises a reference signal measurement result of the downlink reference signal of the cell served by the second wireless communication node; and

if the reference signal measurement result of the downlink reference signal is not greater than a preset threshold, determine that the terminal is not within the downlink coverage of the second wireless communication node.

4. The wireless communication node according to claim 3, wherein the processor is configured to:

receive a measurement report of the terminal for a downlink reference signal of at least one cell, wherein the measurement report comprises an identifier of the at least one cell;

determine whether the identifier of the at least one cell comprises an identifier of a cell served by the second wireless communication node; and

if the identifier of the at least one cell does not comprise the identifier of the cell served by the second wireless communication node, determine that the terminal is not within the downlink coverage of the second wireless communication node.

5. A terminal served by a first wireless communication node which is a downlink serving node of the terminal and a second wireless communication node which is an uplink serving node of the terminal, wherein the terminal comprises:

a processor; and

a transmitter, wherein

the processor is configured to determine use a non-feedback mode in which the terminal does not retransmit to the second wireless communication node uplink data that has been sent, when the terminal is not within the downlink coverage of the second wireless communication node; and

the transmitter is configured to transmit uplink data to the second wireless communication node in the non-feedback mode,

wherein the transmitter is further configured to transmit a measurement report for a downlink reference signal of at least one cell to the first wireless communication node, wherein the measurement report is used to determine whether the terminal is within the downlink coverage of the second wireless communication node,

wherein the terminal further comprises a receiver configured to;

receive instruction information used to instruct the terminal to use the non-feedback mode from the first wireless communication node when the first wireless communication node determines the terminal is not within the downlink coverage of the second wireless communication node based on that the measurement report does not comprise an identifier of a cell served by the second wireless communication node;

wherein the processor is configured to determine to use the non-feedback mode when the receiver receives the instruction information.

6. The terminal according to claim 5,

wherein the terminal further comprises a receiver configured to:

receive instruction information used to instruct the terminal to use the non-feedback mode from the first wireless communication node when the first wireless communication node determines the terminal is not within the downlink coverage of the second wireless communication node based on that the measurement report comprises a measurement result of a downlink reference signal of a cell served by the second wireless communication node, and the measurement result of the downlink reference signal of the cell served by the second wireless communication node is not greater than a preset threshold;

wherein the processor is configured to determine to use the non-feedback mode when the receiver receives the instruction information.

7. The terminal according to claim 5, wherein the processor is configured to determine to use the non-feedback mode when the processor determines the terminal is not within the downlink coverage of the second wireless communication node according to a measurement report for a downlink reference signal of at least one cell.

8. The terminal according to claim 5, wherein the transmitter is further configured to transmit a message instructing the second wireless communication node to use a non-feedback mode in which the second wireless communication node does not receive, on the time-frequency resource allocated to the terminal, uplink data retransmitted from the terminal.

9. The terminal according to claim 5, wherein the transmitter is further configured to transmit a measurement report for a downlink reference signal of at least one cell to the second wireless communication node, wherein the measurement report is used to determine whether the terminal is within the downlink coverage of the second wireless communication node.

10. The terminal according to claim 9, wherein the terminal further comprises a receiver configured to receive instruction information sent by the second wireless communication node through the first wireless communication node, wherein the instruction information is used to instruct the terminal to use the non-feedback mode, when the second wireless communication node determines, according to the measurement result, that the terminal is not within downlink coverage of a cell served by the second wireless communication node.

11. The terminal according to claim 5,

wherein the processor is further configured to discard a feedback message from the second wireless communication node when the terminal uses the non-feedback mode, the feedback message indicating the second wireless communication node has or has not received the uplink data from the terminal.