Wireless communication apparatus, allocated resource notifying method and data allocating method

• US 9,008,022 B2
• Filed: 06/13/2011
• Issued: 04/14/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Iwai, Takashi, Imamura, Daichi, Nishio, Akihiko, Ogawa, Yoshihiko, Takaoka, Shinsuke
• Primary Examiner(s): Lai, Andrew
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hasan, Mahmudul
• Application Number:
  US13/702,901
• Publication Number:
  US 20130089056A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,401 Days
• Field of Search: 370/328, 370/329, 370/338, 370/352, 370/278, 370/445, 370/334, 455/69, 455/413, 455/525
• US Class Current: 370/329
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/5692 Selection among different networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/5632 Bandwidth allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/00 Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0041 Frequency-non-contiguous
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0044 allocation of payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0058 Allocation criteria
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0094 Indication of how sub-channels of the path are allocated
• 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 72/0453 Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/20 Control channels or signalling for resource management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal

Abstract

Provided are a radio transmission apparatus and a radio transmission method whereby the increase of number of signaling bits can be suppressed and further the flexibility of frequency scheduling can be improved. A notified RBG calculating unit (203) that adds a predetermined offset value of “1” or “−1” to one of the start RBG number and the end RBG number of allocated RBG number information (b′i) output by a scheduling unit (201), thereby calculating notified RBG number information (bi). An RBG total number setting unit (204) calculates the total number of RBGs, which is to be notified, by adding “1” to the total number of allocated RBGs. A notified information generating unit (205) applies the notified RBG number information (bi) and the notified total number of RBGs (Nrb′) to a predetermined formula, thereby generating and transmitting, to terminals, notified information (r).

Claims

1. A base station apparatus comprising:

an information generating section that generates resource allocation information that indicates at least two clusters of resource blocks to be allocated to a terminal apparatus, each cluster including one or more consecutive resource block groups (RBGs), wherein the at least two clusters are located on frequency positions separated from each other, and wherein the resource allocation information includes a combinatorial index that is calculated by using;

a starting RBG index (s₁) of a first cluster;

an index (e₁) obtained by adding one to an ending RBG index of the first cluster;

a starting RBG index (s₂) of a second cluster;

an index (e₂) obtained by adding one to an ending RBG index of the second cluster; and

a number N that is obtained by adding one to a total number of RBGs included in an uplink system bandwidth; and

a transmission section that transmits the resource allocation information.

2. The base station apparatus according to claim 1 wherein, when the starting RBG index equals its corresponding ending RBG index, a single RBG is allocated for a cluster with the starting RBG index.

3. The base station apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the combinatorial index is generated based on the following formula:

4. A terminal apparatus comprising:

a reception section that receives resource allocation information that indicates at least two clusters of resource blocks allocated by a base station apparatus, each cluster including one or more consecutive resource block groups (RBGs), wherein the at least two clusters are located on frequency positions separated from each other, and wherein the resource allocation information includes a combinatorial index that is calculated by using;

a starting RBG index (s₁) of a first cluster;

an index (e₁) obtained by adding one to an ending RBG index of the first cluster, a starting RBG index (s₂) of a second cluster;

an index (e₂) obtained by adding one to an ending RBG index of the second cluster; and

a number N that is obtained by adding one to a total number of RBGs included in an uplink system bandwidth; and

a transmission section that transmits data using the at least two clusters based on the resource allocation information.

5. The terminal apparatus according to claim 4 wherein, when the starting RBG index s equals its corresponding ending RBG index, a single RBG is allocated for a duster with the starting RBG index.

6. The terminal apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the combinatorial index is generated based on the following formula:

7. A method of radio transmission, the method comprising the steps of:

generating resource allocation information that indicates at least two clusters of resource blocks to be allocated to a terminal apparatus in an uplink, each cluster including one or more consecutive resource block groups (RBGs), wherein the at least two clusters are located on frequency positions separated from each other, and wherein the resource allocation information includes a combinatorial index that is calculated by using;

a starting RBG index (S₁) of a first cluster;

an index (e₁) obtained by adding one to an ending RBG index of the first cluster;

a starting RBG index (s₂) of a second cluster;

an index (e₂ ) obtained by adding one to an ending RBG index of the second cluster and a number N that is obtained by adding one to a total number of RBGs included in an uplink system bandwidth; and

transmitting the resource allocation information.

8. A method of radio reception, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving resource allocation information indicating at least two clusters of resource blocks allocated by a base station apparatus, each cluster including one or more consecutive resource block groups RBGs, wherein the at least two clusters are located on frequency positions separated from each other and wherein the resource allocation information includes a combinatorial index that is calculated by using;

a starting RBG index (s₁) of a first cluster;

an index (e₁) obtained by adding one to an ending RBG index of the first cluster;

a starting RBG index (s₂) of a second cluster;

an index (e₂ ) obtained by adding one to an ending RBG index of the second cluster; and

a number N that is obtained by adding one to a total number of RBGs included in an uplink system bandwidth; and

transmitting data using at least two clusters based on the resource allocation information.