Apparatus and method of controlling action change gap in multi-hop relay cellular network

• US 7,952,988 B2
• Filed: 12/11/2006
• Issued: 05/31/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Cho, Jae-Weon, Lee, Mi-Hyun, Lee, Sung-Jin, Son, Yeong-Moon, Hong, Song-Nam, Kang, Hyun-Jeong, Kim, Young-Ho, Son, Jung-Je, Lim, Hyoung-Kyu, Joo, Pan-Yuh
• Primary Examiner(s): Vu; Huy D
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hailu; Kibrom T
• Application Number:
  US11/636,852
• Publication Number:
  US 20070133388A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,632 Days
• Field of Search: 370/206, 370/208, 370/338, 370/329, 370/315, 370/470, 455/11.1
• US Class Current: 370/208
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/155 Ground-based stations H04B7/204 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/2606 Arrangements for base station coverage control, e.g. by using relays in tunnels
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0007 the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A), DMT
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0046 Determination of how many bits are transmitted on different sub-channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/26 Cell enhancers or enhancement, e.g. for tunnels, building shadow
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/06 Optimizing the usage of the radio link, e.g. header compression, information sizing , discarding information system modifying transmission characteristic according to link quality by modifying frame length H04L1/0007; dynamic adaptation of the packet size for flow control or congestion control H04L47/365
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/042 Public Land Mobile systems, e.g. cellular systems

Abstract

An apparatus and method of controlling an action change gap interval in a multi-hop relay cellular network, includes constructing a first symbol included in a first frame as a first interval for a first action change and a second interval for exchanging data; and constructing a last symbol included in the first frame as a first interval for exchanging data and a second interval for a second action change. Accordingly, the system capacity and the system efficiency can be raised by reducing the overhead due to the action change gap in the cellular network.

Claims

1. An operating method of a relay station (RS) to control an action change gap interval in a cellular network, the method comprising:

transmitting data in a second interval of a first symbol included in a first subframe, after performing a first action change in a first interval of the first symbol included in the first subframe, wherein the first interval of the first symbol is a first action change gap;

performing a second action change in a second interval of a last symbol of the first subframe, after transmitting data in a first interval of the last symbol included in the first subframe, wherein the second interval of the last symbol is a second action change gap; and

receiving data in a second subframe.

2. The operating method of claim 1, further comprising generating the first symbol,

wherein generating the first symbol comprises:

generating a subchannel mapped to a certain number of subcarriers;

repeatedly mapping the subchannel to an entire band of a symbol at uniform intervals; and

removing the subchannel mapped to the first action change gap from the first symbol.

3. The operating method of claim 1, further comprising generating the last symbol,

wherein generating the last symbol comprises:

generating a subchannel mapped to a certain number of subcarriers;

repeatedly mapping the subchannel to an entire band of a symbol at uniform intervals; and

removing the subchannel mapped to the second action change gap from the last symbol.

4. The operating method of claim 1, wherein the first action change gap of the first symbol is a receive/transmit transition gap (RTG) and the second action change gap of the last symbol is a transmit/receive transition gap (TTG).

5. The operating method of claim 1, wherein the first action change gap of the first symbol and the second action change gap of the last symbol have a same length.

6. The operating method of claim 1, wherein the first action change gap of the first symbol and the second action change gap of the last symbol have different lengths.

7. The operating method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting data using all remaining symbols of the first subframe.

8. An operating method of a Relay Station (RS) to control an action change gap interval in a cellular network, the method comprising:

receiving data in a second interval of a first symbol included in a first subframe, after performing a first action change in a first interval of the first symbol included in the first subframe, wherein the first interval of the first symbol is a first action change gap;

receiving data in a first interval of a last symbol included in the first subframe;

performing a second action change in a second interval of the last symbol included in the first subframe, wherein the second interval of the last symbol is a second action change gap; and

transmitting data in a second subframe.

9. The operating method of claim 8, further comprising:

receiving data using all remaining symbols of the first subframe.

10. An operating method of a Relay Station (RS) to control an action change gap interval in a cellular network, the method comprising:

transmitting data in a second interval of a first symbol included in a first subframe, after performing a first action change in a first interval of the first symbol included in the first subframe, wherein the first interval of the first symbol included in the first subframe is a first action change gap; and

receiving data in a second interval of a first symbol included in a second subframe, after performing a second action change in a first interval of the first symbol included in the second subframe, wherein the first interval of the first symbol included in the second subframe is a second action change gap.

11. The operating method of claim 10, further comprising generating the first symbol included in the first subframe,

wherein generating the first symbol comprises:

generating a subchannel mapped to a certain number of subcarriers;

repeatedly mapping the subchannel to an entire band of a symbol at uniform intervals; and

removing the subchannel mapped to the first action change gap from the first symbol.

12. The operating method of claim 10, wherein the first action change gap is a receive/transmit transition gap (RTG) and the second action change gap is a transmit/receive transition gap (TTG).

13. The operating method of claim 10, wherein the first action change gap and the second action change gap have a same length.

14. The operating method of claim 10, wherein the first action change gap and the second action change gap have different lengths.

15. The operating method of claim 10, further comprising:

transmitting data using all remaining symbols of the first subframe; and

receiving data using all remaining symbols of the second subframe.

16. An operating method of a Relay Station (RS) to control an action change gap interval in a cellular network, the method comprising:

receiving data in a second interval of a first symbol included in a first subframe, after performing a first action change in a first interval of the first symbol included in the first subframe, wherein the first interval of the first symbol included in the first subframe is a first action change gap; and

transmitting data in a second interval of a first symbol included in a second subframe, after performing a second action change in a first interval of the first symbol included in the second subframe, wherein the first interval of the first symbol included in the second subframe is a second action change gap.

17. The operating method of claim 16, further comprising:

receiving data using all remaining symbols of the first subframe; and

transmitting data using all remaining symbols of the second subframe.

18. An operating method of a Relay Station (RS) to control an action change gap interval in a cellular network, the method comprising:

performing a first action change in a second interval of a last symbol included in a first subframe, after transmitting data in a first interval of the last symbol included in the first subframe, wherein the second interval of the last symbol included in the first subframe is a first action change gap; and

performing a second action change in a second interval of a last symbol included in a second subframe, after receiving data in a first interval of the last symbol included in the second subframe, wherein the second interval of the last symbol included in the second subframe is a second action change gap.

19. The operating method of claim 18, further comprising generating the last symbol included in the first subframe,

wherein generating the last symbol comprises:

generating a subchannel mapped to a certain number of subcarriers;

repeatedly mapping the subchannel to an entire band of a symbol at uniform intervals; and

removing the subchannel mapped to the first action change gap from the last symbol.

20. The operating method of claim 19, wherein a length of the first action change gap is smaller than or equal to a length of one symbol.

21. The operating method of claim 18, wherein the second action change gap is a receive/transmit transition gap (RTG) and the first action change gap is a transmit/receive transition gap (TTG).

22. The operating method of claim 18, further comprising:

transmitting data using all remaining symbols of the first subframe; and

receiving data using all remaining symbols of the second subframe.

23. The operating method of claim 18, wherein the first action change gap and the second action change gap have a same length.

24. The operating method of claim 18, wherein the first action change gap and the second action change gap have different lengths.

25. An operating method of a Relay Station (RS) to control an action change gap interval in a cellular network, the method comprising:

performing a first action change in a second interval of a last symbol included in a first subframe, after receiving data in a first interval of the last symbol included in the first subframe, wherein the second interval of the last symbol included in the first subframe is a first action change gap; and

performing a second action change in a second interval of a last symbol included in a second subframe, after transmitting data in a first interval of the last symbol included in the second subframe, wherein the second interval of the last symbol included in the second subframe is a second action change gap.

26. The operating method of claim 25, further comprising:

receiving data using all remaining symbols of the first subframe; and

transmitting data using all remaining symbols of the second subframe.

27. A subframe construction method by a transmitter to control an action change gap in a cellular network, the method comprising:

constructing, by the transmitter, a first symbol included in a first subframe as a first interval for a first action change and a second interval for exchanging data, wherein the first interval of the first symbol is a first action change gap; and

constructing a last symbol included in the first subframe as a first interval for exchanging data and a second interval for a second action change, wherein the second interval of the last symbol is a second action change gap.

28. The subframe construction method of claim 27, wherein the first action change gap is a receive/transmit transition gap (RTG) and the second action change gap is a transmit/receive transition gap (TTG).

29. A subframe construction method by a transmitter to control an action change gap in a cellular network, the method comprising:

constructing, by the transmitter, a first symbol included in a first subframe as a first interval for a first action change and a second interval for exchanging data, wherein the first interval of the first symbol included in the first subframe is a first action change gap; and

constructing a first symbol included in a second subframe as a first interval for a second action change and a second interval for exchanging data, wherein the first interval of the first symbol in the second subframe is a second action change gap.

30. The subframe construction method of claim 29, wherein the first action change gap is a receive/transmit transition gap (RTG) and the second action change gap is a transmit/receive transition gap (TTG).

31. A subframe construction method by a transmitter to control an action change gap in a cellular network, the method comprising:

constructing, by the transmitter, a last symbol included in a first subframe as a first interval for exchanging data and a second interval for a first action change, wherein the second interval of the last symbol included in the first subframe is a first action change gap; and

constructing a last symbol included to a second subframe as a first interval for exchanging data and a second interval for a second action change, wherein the second interval of the last symbol included in the second subframe is a second action change gap.

32. The subframe construction method of claim 31, wherein the first action change gap is a receive/transmit transition gap (RTG) and the second action change gap is a transmit/receive transition gap (TTG).

33. A frame construction method by a transmitter to control an action change gap in a cellular network, the method comprising:

constructing, by the transmitter, a first symbol included in a first frame as a first interval for a first action change and a second interval for exchanging data, wherein the first interval of the first symbol is a first action change gap; and

constructing a last symbol included to the first frame as a first interval for exchanging data and a second interval for a second action change, wherein the second interval of the last symbol is a second action change gap.

34. The frame construction method of claim 33, wherein the first action change gap is a receive/transmit transition gap (RTG) and the second action change gap is a transmit/receive transition gap (TTG).

35. A frame construction method by a transmitter to control an action change gap in a cellular network, the method comprising:

constructing, by the transmitter, a first symbol included in a first frame as a first interval for a first action change and a second interval for exchanging data, wherein the first interval of the first symbol included in the first subframe is a first action change gap; and

constructing a first symbol included in a second frame as a first interval for a second action change and a second interval for exchanging data, wherein the first interval of the first symbol included in the second subframe is a second action change gap.

36. The frame construction method of claim 35, wherein the first action change gap is a receive/transmit transition gap (RTG) and the second action change gap is a transmit/receive transition gap (TTG).

37. A frame construction method by a transmitter to control an action change gap in a cellular network, the method comprising:

constructing, by the transmitter, a last symbol included in a first frame as a first interval for exchanging data and a second interval for a first action change, wherein the second interval of the last symbol included in the first subframe is a first action change gap; and

constructing a last symbol included to a second frame as a first interval for exchanging data and a second interval for a second action change, wherein the second interval of the last symbol included in the second subframe is a second action change gap.

38. The frame construction method of claim 37, wherein the first action change gap is a receive/transmit transition gap (RTG) and the second action change gap is a transmit/receive transition gap (TTG).