Device and method for time division duplex and frequency duplex carrier aggregation in wireless communication system

• US 10,536,215 B2
• Filed: 03/19/2015
• Issued: 01/14/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Hee-Kwang, Kwon, Il-Won, Choi, Jung-Ah, Jeon, Jae-Ho
• Primary Examiner(s): Louis, Vinncelas
• Application Number:
  US15/129,275
• Publication Number:
  US 20170111106A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,762 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/2615 using hybrid frequency-time division multiple access [FDMA-TDMA]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/00 Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received correcting synchronisation H04L7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0026 Transmission of channel quality indication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/18 Automatic repetition systems, e.g. Van Duuren systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1854 Scheduling and prioritising arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/001 the frequencies being arranged in component carriers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/00 Local resource management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 Access point devices

Abstract

An apparatus and a method for a carrier aggregation (CA) operation using a Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) carrier and a Time Division Duplex (TDD) carrier in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes receiving downlink signals via downlink FDD TDD CA using a first carrier operated in an FDD mode and a second carrier operated in a TDD mode and transmitting, via the first carrier, uplink signals corresponding to the downlink signals received via the first and second carriers.

Claims

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

receiving, from a base station, a first downlink signal through a first carrier using frequency division duplex (FDD) scheme and a second downlink signal through a second carrier using-time division duplex (TDD) scheme based on FDD-TDD carrier aggregation (CA); and

transmitting, to the base station, a first uplink signal corresponding to the first downlink signal and a second uplink signal corresponding to the second downlink signal,

wherein the second uplink signal is transmitted through the first carrier using the FDD scheme, in a first case that the terminal is located out of an uplink coverage of the second carrier,

wherein the second uplink signal is transmitted through the second carrier using the TDD scheme, in a second case that the terminal is located in the uplink coverage of the second carrier, and

wherein, in the first case, resources used for downlink communication using the second carrier include a resource in a guard period of at least one special subframe, and the guard period is used for switching from a downlink operation to an uplink operation by another terminal which performs uplink communication through the second carrier.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting acknowledge (ACK) for downlink data received through the second carrier, through an uplink resource of the first carrier;

receiving first downlink data through a downlink subframe of the first carrier;

receiving second downlink data through a downlink subframe of the first carrier and a downlink subframe of the second carrier at the same position on a time axis; and

transmitting ACK for the first downlink data and ACK for the second downlink data through the same uplink subframe of the first carrier.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

measuring a channel state for the second carrier; and

transmitting information of the channel state of the second carrier through the first carrier.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting, to the base station, a first message notifying that the terminal supports TDD-FDD CA using the first carrier and the second carrier.

5. The method of claim 1,

wherein the second uplink signal includes acknowledge (ACK) information for downlink data in the second downlink signal, and

wherein the second ACK information is transmitted according to a timing of ACK feedback in the first carrier.

6. A method for operating a base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting, to a terminal, a first downlink signal through a first carrier using frequency division duplex (FDD)-scheme and a second downlink signal through a second carrier using time division duplex (TDD) scheme based on FDD-TDD carrier aggregation (CA); and

receiving, from the terminal, a first uplink signal corresponding to the first downlink signal and a second uplink signal corresponding to the second downlink signal,

wherein the second uplink signal is received through the first carrier using the FDD scheme, in a first case that the terminal is located out of an uplink coverage of the second carrier,

wherein the second uplink signal is received through the second carrier using the TDD scheme, in a second case that the terminal is located in the uplink coverage of the second carrier, and

wherein, in the first case, resources used for downlink communication using the second carrier include a resource in a guard period of at least one special subframe, and the guard period is used for switching from a downlink operation to an uplink operation by another terminal which performs uplink communication through the second carrier.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

allocating a resource to the terminal in downlink resources of the first carrier, downlink resources of the second carrier, and uplink resources of the first carrier.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

receiving acknowledge (ACK) for downlink data received through the second carrier, through an uplink resource of the first carrier;

transmitting first downlink data through a downlink subframe of the first carrier;

transmitting second downlink data through a downlink subframe of the first carrier and a downlink subframe of the second carrier at the same position on a time axis; and

receiving ACK for the first downlink data and ACK for the second downlink data through the same uplink subframe of the first carrier.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the first carrier occupies a lower frequency band than the second carrier.

10. An apparatus for a terminal in a wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising:

a transceiver; and

at least one processor operatively coupled with the transceiver,

wherein the at least one processor is configured to control to;

receive, from a base station, a first downlink signal through a first carrier using frequency division duplex (FDD) scheme and a second downlink signal through a second carrier using-time division duplex (TDD) scheme based on FDD-TDD carrier aggregation (CA), and

transmit, to the base station, a first uplink signal corresponding to the first downlink signal and a second uplink signal corresponding to the second downlink signal,

wherein the second uplink signal is transmitted through the first carrier using the FDD scheme, in a first case that the terminal is located out of an uplink coverage of the second carrier,

wherein the second uplink signal is transmitted through the second carrier using the TDD scheme, in a second case that the terminal is located in the uplink coverage of the second carrier, and

wherein, in the first case, resources used for downlink communication using the second carrier include a resource in a guard period of at least one special subframe, and the guard period is used for switching from a downlink operation to an uplink operation by another terminal which performs uplink communication through the second carrier.

11. The apparatus of claim 10,

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to control to:

transmit acknowledge (ACK) for downlink data received through the second carrier, through an uplink resource of the first carrier,

receive first downlink data through a downlink subframe of the first carrier,

receive second downlink data through a downlink subframe of the first carrier and a downlink subframe of the second carrier at the same position on a time axis, and

transmit ACK for the first downlink data and ACK for the second downlink data through the same uplink subframe of the first carrier.

12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to control to:

measure a channel state for the second carrier, and

transmit information of the channel state of the second carrier through the first carrier.

13. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the first carrier comprises a lower frequency band than the second carrier.

14. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the second uplink signal comprises an acknowledgement (ACK) for downlink data received through the second carrier.

15. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the second uplink signal comprises information of a channel state of the second carrier.

16. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the second uplink signal comprises a measurement report for determining leaving a downlink coverage of the second carrier.

17. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the second uplink signal comprises uplink control information for the second carrier.