IP Library Granted Patent US 8,498,228
Granted Patent B2
US 8,498,228 · App. 12/354,563 · Granted Jul 30, 2013

Method for signal transmission/reception based on HARQ scheme in wireless mobile communication system

Inventors: Mi-Hyun Lee (Seoul, KR); Ho-Kyu Choi (Seongnam-si, KR); Jae-Weon Cho (Suwon-si, KR); Ki-Chun Cho (Suwon-si, KR); Tae-Young Kim (Seongnam-si, KR); Chi-Woo Lim (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,498,228
App. No.
12/354,563
Granted
Jul 30, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of signal transmission/reception by a transmitter in a wireless mobile communication system is provided. The method includes determining a signal transmission/reception corresponding relation between a downlink and an uplink of the wireless mobile communication system using a super-frame, the super-frame including at least one frame, said at least one frame including at least one downlink sub-frame and at least one uplink sub-frame, the signal transmission/reception corresponding relation enabling each sub-frame within a link including fewer sub-frames to correspond to at least one sub-frame within a link including more sub-frames when the downlink and the uplink of the wireless mobile communication system include different numbers of sub-frames, wherein the signal transmission/reception corresponding relation is also determined when the downlink and the uplink of the wireless mobile communication system include a same number of sub-frames, and transmitting and receiving signals to and from a receiver through at least one downlink sub-frame and at least one uplink sub-frame according to the determined signal transmission/reception corresponding relation.

Claims (1527)

1. A method of signal transmission and reception by a transmitter in a wireless mobile communication system using a super-frame, the method comprising:

determining a signal transmission/reception corresponding relation between downlink sub-frames of a downlink and uplink sub-frames of an uplink, the super-frame comprising a plurality of frames, each frame comprising a plurality of downlink sub-frames and a plurality of uplink sub-frames, the signal transmission/reception corresponding relation enabling each sub-frame within a link comprising fewer sub-frames to correspond to at least one sub-frame within a link comprising more sub-frames, considering whether the downlink and the uplink comprise different numbers of sub-frames or not;

transmitting and receiving signals to and from a receiver through the downlink sub-frames and the uplink sub-frames according to the signal transmission/reception corresponding relation;

receiving feedback, in response to a transmitted data burst, through at least one uplink sub-frame of a first frame corresponding to a downlink sub-frames through which control information and the data burst have been transmitted according to the signal transmission/reception corresponding relation; and

when the feedback is a Non-ACKnowledgement (NACK) response, retransmitting the data burst, through at least one downlink sub-frame of a second frame corresponding to said at least one uplink sub-frame of the first frame according to the signal transmission/reception corresponding relation,

wherein a time slot index within the link comprising fewer time slots corresponds to a time slot index within the link comprising more time slots based on the signal transmission/reception corresponding relation.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the signal transmission/reception corresponding relation is determined by

u

=

floor

(

d

M

/

N

)

,

wherein d indicates a time slot index within the link having the more time slots, u indicates a time slot index within the link having the fewer time slots, M indicates the number of time slots within the link having the more time slots, N indicates the number of time slots within the link having the fewer time slots, and the floor function has a value obtained by rounding down decimals of the value obtained from a calculation within the parenthesis.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein, when M is 6 and N is 2, a first sub-frame, a second sub-frame, and a third sub-frame within a link comprising six sub-frames correspond to a first sub-frame within a link comprising two sub-frames, and a fourth sub-frame, a fifth sub-frame, and a sixth sub-frame within the link comprising the six sub-frames correspond to a second sub-frame within the link comprising the two sub-frames.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein a first signal corresponding to at least one of control information or a data burst is transmitted through the first sub-frame, the second sub-frame, and the third sub-frame within the link comprising six sub-frames, a response signal to the transmitted first signal is received through the corresponding first sub-frame of the link comprising the two sub-frames, a second signal corresponding to at least one of control information or a data burst is transmitted through the fourth sub-frame, the fifth sub-frame, and the sixth sub-frame within the link comprising the six sub-frames, and a response signal to the transmitted second signal is received through the corresponding second sub-frame of the link comprising the two sub-frames.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein, when M is 5 and N is 3, a first sub-frame and a second sub-frame within a link comprising six sub-frames correspond to a first sub-frame within a link comprising three sub-frames, a third sub-frame and a fourth sub-frame within the link comprising the six sub-frames correspond to a second sub-frame within the link comprising the three sub-frames, and a fifth sub-frame within the link comprising the six sub-frames corresponds to a third sub-frame within the link comprising the three sub-frames.

6. The method of claim 3 , wherein a first signal corresponding to at least one of control information or a data burst is transmitted through the first sub-frame and the second sub-frame within the link comprising five sub-frames, a response signal to the transmitted first signal is received through the corresponding first sub-frame of the link comprising the three sub-frames, a second signal corresponding to at least one of control information or a data burst is transmitted through the third sub-frame and the fourth sub-frame within the link comprising five sub-frames, a response signal to the transmitted second signal is received through the corresponding second sub-frame of the link comprising the three sub-frames, a third signal corresponding to at least one of control information or a data burst is transmitted through the fifth sub-frame within the link comprising five sub-frames, and a response signal to the transmitted third signal is received through the corresponding third sub-frame of the link comprising the three sub-frames.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting and receiving of the signals to and from the receiver is performed through a sub-frame determined by

DL

UL

Subframe

Subframe

M ≧ N

index

Frame index

index

Frame index

MAP

M

i

m

i

Burst

M

i

n = Floor(m/K)

i

ACK/NACK

n =

i

m

i + 1

Floor(m/K)

ReTx.burst

M

i + 1

n = Floor(m/K)

i + 1

wherein m (m=0, . . . , M−1) indicates a sub-frame index in the downlink, n (n=0, . . . , N−1) indicates a sub-frame index in the uplink, K is defined as M/N or ceiling (M/N), DL denotes DownLink, UL denotes UpLink, ACK denotes ACKnowledgment, NACK denotes Non-ACKnowledgment, and ReTx denotes ReTransmission.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting and receiving of the signals to and from the receiver is performed through a sub-frame determined by

DL

UL

Mini

Frame

Frame

M < N

frame index

index

Mini frame index

index

MAP

m

i

m

i

Burst

m

i

n

where

Floor

(

n

/

K

)

=

m

,

n

{

m

K

,

m

K

+

1

,

,

m

+

1

K

-

1

}

i

ACK/NACK

n

where

Floor

(

n

/

K

)

=

m

,

n

{

m

K

,

m

K

+

1

,

,

m

+

1

K

-

1

}

i

m

i + 1

ReTx.burst

m

i + 1

n

i + 1

wherein m (m=0, . . . , M−1) indicates a sub-frame index in the downlink, n (n=0, . . . , N−1) indicates a sub-frame index in the uplink, K is defined as M/N or ceiling(M/N), DL denotes DownLink, UL denotes UpLink, ACK denotes ACKnowledgment, NACK denotes Non-ACKnowledgment, and ReTx denotes ReTransmission.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting and receiving of the signals to and from the receiver is performed through a sub-frame determined by

DL

UL

Frame

Frame

FDD

subframe index

index

subframe index

index

MAP

m

i

M

i

Burst

m

i

m ≦ F/2

m + F/2

i

m > F/2

m − F/2

i + 1

ACK/NACK

m ≦

m + F/2

i

M

i + 1

F/2

m > F/2

m − F/2

i + 1

ReTx.burst

m

i + 1

m ≦ F/2

m + F/2

i + 1

m > F/2

m − F/2

i + 2

wherein m (m=0, . . . , F−1) indicates a sub-frame index in the downlink, n (n=0, . . . , F−1) indicates a sub-frame index in the uplink, F indicates the number of sub-frames within each of the downlink and the uplink, FDD denotes Frequency Division Duplex, DL denotes DownLink, UL denotes UpLink, ACK denotes ACKnowledgment, NACK denotes Non-ACKnowledgment, and ReTx denotes ReTransmission.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting and receiving of the signals to and from the receiver is performed through a sub-frame determined by

subframe Index

Frame

M:N

M ≧ N

M < N

Index

MAP

M

m

i

Data Burst

m*

m*

i

ACK

n = M + floor(m/K)

n

{

m

K

+

M

,

m

K

+

1

+

M

,

,

m

+

1

K

-

1

+

M

}

i

ReTx

m*

m*

i + 1

wherein each of m and m* (m, m*=0, . . . , M−1) indicates a sub-frame index in the downlink, n (n=M, . . . , M+N−1) indicates a sub-frame index in the uplink, i indicates a frame index, ACK denotes ACKnowledgment, and ReTx denotes ReTransmission.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting and receiving of the signals to and from the receiver is performed through a sub-frame determined by

subframe Index

M:N

M ≧ N

M < N

Frame

MAP

M

m

i

Data Burst

n* = M + floor(m/K)

n

{

m

K

+

M

,

m

K

+

1

+

M

,

,

m

+

1

K

-

1

+

i

ACK

M

m

i + 1

ReTx

m* = M + floor(m/K)

n

i + 1

wherein m (m=0, . . . , M−1) indicates a sub-frame index in the downlink, each of n, n*, and m* (n, n*, m*=M, . . . , M+N−1) indicates a sub-frame index in the uplink, i indicates a frame index, ACK denotes ACKnowledgment, and ReTx denotes ReTransmission.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting and receiving of the signals to and from the receiver is performed through a sub-frame determined by

subframe Index

M:N

M ≧ N

M < N

Frame Index

MAP

m = N + m′

m = N + m′

i

Data

m*

m*

i

ACK

n = floor(m′/K)

n

{

m

K

,

m

K

+

1

,

,

m

+

1

K

-

1

}

i + 1

ReTx

m*

m*

i + 1

wherein each of m and m* (m, m*=N, . . . , N+M−1) indicates a sub-frame index in the downlink, n (n=0, . . . , N−1) indicates a sub-frame index in the uplink, m′ indicates an order of a sub-frame in the downlink, i indicates a frame index, ACK denotes ACKnowledgment, and ReTx denotes ReTransmission.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting and receiving of the signals to and from the receiver is performed through a sub-frame determined by

subframe Index

M:N

M ≧ N

M < N

Frame Index

MAP

m = m′ + M

m = m′ + M

i

Data Burst

n* = floor(m/K)

n

*

{

m

K

,

m

K

+

1

,

,

m

+

1

K

-

1

}

i + 1

ACK

m

m

i + 1

ReTx

N

n

i + 2

wherein m (m=N, . . . , N+M−1) indicates a sub-frame index in the downlink, each of n and n* (n, n*=0, . . . , N−1) indicates a sub-frame index in the uplink, m′ indicates an order of the sub-frames in the downlink, and i indicates a frame index, ACK denotes ACKnowledgment, and ReTx denotes ReTransmission.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting and receiving of the signals to and from the receiver is performed through a sub-frame determined by

Operation

Sub-frame Index

Delay

Note

Data Tx

m

Fx + F/2

x is a delay factor

ACK

(m + F/2) mod F

and depends on

processing time

and TTI

wherein m (m=N, . . . , N+M−1) indicates a sub-frame index in the downlink, F indicates the number of sub-frames within one frame, ACK denotes ACKnowledgment, Tx denotes Transmission and TTI denotes Transmission Time Interval.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting and receiving of the signals to and from the receiver is performed through a sub-frame determined by

Operation

Sub-frame Index

Delay

Note

Data Tx

m

(M + N)x +

K = M/N

M − m + n

HARQ feedback

M ≧ N

n

=

m

K

M < N

n

{

m

K

,

m

K

+

1

,

,

m

+

1

K

-

1

}

(M + N)y + N − n + m

Data

m

(Re)Tx

wherein m (m=N, . . . , N+M−1) indicates a sub-frame index in the downlink, n (n=0, . . . , N−1) indicates a sub-frame index in the uplink, x and y are predetermined delay factors, M indicates the number of sub-frames within a data burst link, N indicates the number of sub-frames within a feedback link, Tx denotes transmission, and HARQ denotes Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein, when control information is provided at an interval of predefined number of sub-frames within the downlink, the control information indicates data burst transmission before a sub-frame providing a next downlink control channel.

17. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting and receiving of the signals to and from the receiver is performed through a sub-frame determined by

DL (M ≧ N)

DL (M < N)

Subframe

Frame

Frame

index

index

Subframe index

index

MAP

m′

i

m′

i

Burst

m ∈ {m′,

i

m ∈ {m′,

i

m′ + 1, . . . ,

m′ + 1, . . . ,

m′ + p − 1}

m′ + p − 1}

ACK/NACK

m

K

i

m

K

,

m

K

+

1

,

,

m

+

1

K

-

1

i

ReTx.burst

m

i + 1

m

i + 1

wherein p indicates an interval between sub-frames for transmission of control information, m′ indicates a sub-frame index in which a control channel is transmitted,

m

=

m

0

+

0

,

m

0

+

p

,

m

0

+

2

p

,

m

0

+

p

×

(

M

-

m

0

p

-

1

)

,

m0 indicates a location of a first sub-frame transmitting the control channel within one frame, the number of sub-frames in which the control channel are provided is

M

-

m

0

p

when m0 has a value other than 0, m indicates a sub-frame index in which a data burst transmission starts and is m′, m′+1, . . . , m+p−1, K is defined by

M

N

or

M

N

,

M indicates the number of sub-frames within the link comprising the more sub-frames, N indicates the number of sub-frames within the link comprising the fewer sub-frames, DL denotes DownLink, ACK denotes ACKnowledgment, NACK denotes Non-ACKnowledgment, and ReTx denotes ReTransmission.

18. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting and receiving of the signals to and from the receiver is performed through a sub-frame determined by

UL (M′ ≧ N)

UL (M′ < N)

Frame

Frame

Subframe index

index

Subframe index

index

MAP

m′

i

m′

i

Burst

m

/

p

K

i

n

{

m

/

p

K

,

m

/

p

K

+

1

,

,

m

/

p

+

1

K

-

1

}

i

ACK/NACK

m′

i

m′

i + 1

ReTx.burst

m

/

p

K

i + 1

n

i + 1

wherein p indicates an interval between sub-frames for transmission of control information, m′ indicates a sub-frame index in which a control channel is transmitted,

m

=

m

0

+

0

,

m

0

+

p

,

m

0

+

2

p

,

m

0

+

p

×

(

M

-

m

0

p

-

1

)

,

M′ indicates the number of sub-frames in each of which the control information is provided and is defined by

M

-

m

0

p

,

the number of sub-frames for uplink data burst transmission has a maximum of

M

=

M

p

,

K′ is defined by M′/N or |M′/N|, M indicates the number of sub-frames within the link comprising the more sub-frames, N indicates the number of sub-frames within the link comprising the fewer sub-frames, UL denotes UpLink, ACK denotes ACKnowledgment, NACK denotes Non-ACKnowledgment, and ReTx denotes ReTransmission.

19. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting and receiving of the signals to and from the receiver is performed through a sub-frame determined by

DL

UL

Subframe

Frame

Subframe

Frame

FDD

index

index

index

index

MAP

m′

i

m′

i

Burst

m ∈ {m′, m′ + 1, . . . , m′ + p − 1}

i

n ∈ {mod(m′ + F/2, F), mod(m′ + 1 + F/2, F), . . . , mod(m′ + p − 1 + F/2, F)}

i

+

F

n

+

1

+

F

/

2

ACK/NACK

m < F/2

m + F/2

i

m′

i + 1

m > F/2

m − F/2

i + 1

ReTx.burst

M

i + 1

n

i

+

F

n

+

1

+

F

/

2

+

1

wherein each of m and m′ indicates a sub-frame index in the downlink, n indicates a sub-frame index in the uplink, p indicates an interval between sub-frames for transmission of control information, F indicates the number of sub-frames included in one frame, FDD denotes Frequency Division Duplex, DL denotes DownLink, UL denotes UpLink, ACK denotes ACKnowledgment, NACK denotes Non-ACKnowledgment, and ReTx denotes ReTransmission.

20. A method of signal transmission and reception by a transmitter in a wireless mobile communication system using a super-frame, the method comprising:

determining a signal transmission/reception corresponding relation between downlink sub-frames of a downlink and uplink sub-frames of an uplink, the super-frame comprising a plurality of frames, each frame comprising a plurality of downlink sub-frames and a plurality of uplink sub-frames, the signal transmission/reception corresponding relation enabling each sub-frame within a link comprising fewer sub-frames to correspond to at least one sub-frame within a link comprising more sub-frames, considering whether the downlink and the uplink comprise different numbers of sub-frames or not;

transmitting control information indicating data burst allocation in each downlink sub-frame at a predefined period from among downlink sub-frames included in a first frame;

transmitting a data burst through a downlink sub-frame indicated by the control information;

receiving feedback, in response to the transmitted data burst, through at least one uplink sub-frame of the first frame corresponding to the downlink sub-frames through which the control information and the data burst have been transmitted according to the signal transmission/reception corresponding relation; and

when the feedback is a Non-ACKnowledgement (NACK) response, retransmitting the data burst, through at least one downlink sub-frame of a second frame corresponding to said at least one uplink sub-frame of the first frame according to the signal transmission/reception corresponding relation

wherein a time slot index within the link comprising fewer time slots corresponds to a time slot index within the link comprising more time slots based on the signal transmission/reception corresponding relation.

21. The method of claim 20 , further comprising, when the feedback is an ACKnowledgement (ACK) response, transmitting a data burst different from the data burst transmitted through the first frame.

22. The method of claim 20 , wherein the uplink sub-frame and the downlink sub-frame occupy different time intervals.

23. The method of claim 20 , wherein the transmitting and receiving of the signals to and from the receiver is performed through a sub-frame determined by

DL (M ≧ N)

DL (M < N)

Subframe

Frame

Frame

index

index

Subframe index

index

MAP

m′

i

m′

i

Burst

m ∈ {m′,

i

m ∈ {m′, m′ + 1, . . . ,

i

m′ + 1, . . . ,

m′ + p − 1}

m′ + p − 1}

ACK/NACK

m

K

i

m

K

,

m

K

+

1

,

,

m

+

1

K

-

1

i + 1

ReTx.burst

m

i + 1

m

i + 1

wherein p indicates an interval between sub-frames for transmission of the control information, m′ indicates a sub-frame index in which the control information of a control channel is transmitted,

m

=

m

0

+

0

,

m

0

+

p

,

m

0

+

2

p

,

m

0

+

p

×

(

M

-

m

0

p

-

1

)

,

m0 indicates a location of the first sub-frame transmitting the control information within one frame, the number of sub-frames in which control channels are provided is

M

-

m

0

p

when m0 has a value other than 0, m indicates a sub-frame index in which a transmission of the data burst starts and is m′, m′+1, . . . , m+p−1, Kis defined by

M

N

or

M

N

,

M indicates the number of sub-frames within the link comprising the more sub-frames, N indicates the number of sub-frames within the link comprising the fewer sub-frames, DL denotes DownLink, ACK denotes ACKnowledgment, and ReTx denotes ReTransmission.

24. A method of signal transmission and reception by a receiver in a wireless mobile communication system using a super-frame, the method comprising:

determining a signal transmission/reception corresponding relation between downlink sub-frames of a downlink and uplink sub-frames of an uplink, the super-frame comprising a plurality of frames, each frame comprising a plurality of downlink sub-frames and a plurality of uplink sub-frames, the signal transmission/reception corresponding relation enabling each sub-frame within a link comprising fewer sub-frames to correspond to at least one sub-frame within a link comprising more sub-frames, considering whether the downlink and the uplink comprise different numbers of sub-frames or not;

receiving control information indicating data burst allocation in each downlink sub-frame at a predefined period from among downlink sub-frames included in a first frame;

transmitting a data burst through an uplink sub-frame of the first frame indicated by the control information;

receiving feedback, in response to the transmitted data burst, through at least one downlink sub-frame of a second frame corresponding to the uplink sub-frame through which the data burst has been transmitted according to the signal transmission/reception corresponding relation; and

when the feedback is a Non-ACKnowledgement (NACK) response, retransmitting the data burst, through at least one uplink sub-frame of the second frame corresponding to said at least one downlink sub-frame of the second frame according to the signal transmission/reception corresponding relation,

wherein a time slot index within the link comprising fewer time slots corresponds to a time slot index within the link comprising more time slots based on the signal transmission/reception corresponding relation.

25. The method of claim 24 , further comprising, when the feedback is an ACKnowledgement (ACK) response, transmitting a data burst, which is different from the data burst transmitted through the first frame, through at least one uplink sub-frame of the second frame.

26. The method of claim 24 , wherein the uplink sub-frame and the downlink sub-frame occupy different time intervals.

27. The method of claim 24 , wherein the transmitting and receiving of the signals to and from the receiver is performed through a sub-frame determined by

UL (M′ ≧ N)

UL (M′ < N)

Subframe

Frame

Frame

index

index

Subframe index

index

MAP

m′

i

m′

i

Burst

m

/

p

K

i

n

{

m

/

p

K

,

m

/

p

K

+

1

,

,

m

/

p

+

1

K

-

1

}

i

ACK/NACK

m′

i

m′

i + 1

ReTx.burst

m

/

p

K

i + 1

n

i + 1

wherein p indicates an interval between sub-frames for transmission of the control information, m′ indicates a sub-frame index in which the control information of a control channel is transmitted,

m

=

m

0

+

0

,

m

0

+

p

,

m

0

+

2

p

,

m

0

+

p

×

(

M

-

m

0

p

-

1

)

,

M′ indicates the number of sub-frames in each of which the control information is provided and is defined by

M

-

m

0

p

,

the number of sub-frames for uplink data burst transmission has a maximum of

M

=

M

p

,

K′ is defined by M′/N or |M′/N|, M indicates the number of sub-frames within the link comprising the more sub-frames, N indicates the number of sub-frames within the link comprising the fewer sub-frames, UL denotes UpLink, ACK denotes ACKnowledgment, and ReTx denotes ReTransmission.

28. The method of claim 24 , wherein the transmitting and receiving of the signals to and from the receiver is performed through a sub-frame determined by

DL

UL

Subframe

Frame

Subframe

Frame

FDD

index

index

index

index

MAP

m′

I

m′

i

Burst

m ∈ {m′, m′ + 1, . . . , m′ + p − 1}

I

n ∈ {mod(m′ + F/2, F), mod(m′ + 1 + F/2, F), . . . , mod(m′ + p − 1 + F/2, F)}

i

+

F

n

+

1

+

F

/

2

ACK/NACK

m < F/2

m + F/2

I

m′

i + 1

m > F/2

m − F/2

i + 1

ReTx.burst

M

i + 1

n

i

+

F

n

+

1

+

F

/

2

+

1

wherein each of m and m′ indicates a sub-frame index in the downlink, p indicates an interval between sub-frames for transmission of the control information, F indicates the number of sub-frames included in one frame, FDD denotes Frequency Division Duplex, DL denotes DownLink, UL denotes UpLink, ACK denotes ACKnowledgment, and ReTx denotes ReTransmission.

29. The method of claim 24 , wherein the transmitting and receiving of the signals to and from the receiver is performed through a sub-frame determined by

DL HARQ

Subframe index

Frame index

MAP

m′

i

Burst

m ∈ {m′, m′ + 1}

i

HARQ feedback

0 ≦ m < S

n = 0

i

S ≦ m < N + S

n = m − S

N + S ≦ m < M

n = N − 1

wherein m (m=0, . . . , M−1) indicates a sub-frame index in the downlink, n (n=0, . . . , N−1) indicates a sub-frame index in the uplink, M indicates the number of downlink sub-frames within one frame, N indicates the number of uplink sub-frames within one frame, p indicates an interval between sub-frames for transmission of the control information, DL denotes DownLink, HARQ denotes Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest, m′=p*x, x={0, 1, . . . , (ceiling(M/p)−1}, and S is defined by

S

{

floor

(

M

-

N

2

)

,

if

M

N

-

floor

(

N

-

M

2

)

,

else

or

S

{

ceiling

(

M

-

N

2

)

,

if

M

N

-

ceiling

(

N

-

M

2

)

,

else

.

30. The method of claim 24 , wherein the transmitting and receiving of the signals to and from the receiver is performed through a sub-frame determined by

UL HARQ

Subframe index

Frame index

MAP

m′

i

Burst Tx

0 ≦ m′ < S

n = 0

i

S ≦ m′ < N + S

n ∈ {m′ − S}

N + S ≦ m′ < M

n = N − 1

HARQ feedback

m′

i + 1

Burst Re Tx

n

i + 1

wherein m (m=0, . . . , M−1) indicates a sub-frame index in the downlink, n (n=0, . . . , N−1) indicates a sub-frame index in the uplink, M indicates the number of downlink sub-frames within one frame, N indicates the number of uplink sub-frames within one frame, UL denotes UpLink, HARQ denotes Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest, Tx denotes Transmission, N ceiling(M/p), m′=p*x, x={0, 1, . . . , (ceiling(M/p)−1}, p indicates an interval between sub-frames for transmission of the control information, and S is defined by

S

{

floor

(

M

-

N

2

)

,

if

M

N

-

floor

(

N

-

M

2

)

,

else

or

S

{

ceiling

(

M

-

N

2

)

,

if

M

N

-

ceiling

(

N

-

M

2

)

,

else

.

31. The method of claim 24 , wherein the transmitting and receiving of the signals to and from the receiver is performed through a sub-frame determined by

Frame

UL HARQ

Subframe index

index

MAP

m′

i

Burst Tx

m′ = 0

n ∈ {0, 1, . . . , m′ − S, m′ −

i

S + 1}

0 < m′ < M − 1

n ∈ {m′ − S, m′ − S + 1}

m′ = M − 1

n ∈ {m′ − S, m′ −

S + 1, . . . , N − 1}

HARQ

m′

i + 1

feedback

Burst Re Tx

n

i + 1

wherein m (m=0, . . . , M−1) indicates a sub-frame index in the downlink, n (n=0, . . . , N−1) indicates a sub-frame index in the uplink, M indicates the number of downlink sub-frames within one frame, N indicates the number of uplink sub-frames within one frame, UL denotes UpLink, HARQ denotes Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest, Tx denotes Transmission, N ceiling(M/p), m′=p*x, x={0, 1, . . . , (ceiling(M/p)−1}, p indicates an interval between sub-frames for transmission of the control information, and S is defined by

S

{

floor

(

M

-

N

2

)

,

if

M

N

-

floor

(

N

-

M

2

)

,

else

or

S

{

ceiling

(

M

-

N

2

)

,

if

M

N

-

ceiling

(

N

-

M

2

)

,

else

.

32. The method of claim 24 , wherein the transmitting and receiving of the signals to and from the receiver is performed through a sub-frame determined by

Operation

DL HARQ

UL HARQ

Rx delay

(M + N)x DL + M − m + n

(M + N)x UL + N − n + m

Tx delay

(M + N)y DL + N − n + m

(M + N)y UL + M − m + n

HARQ

(M + N)(x DL + y DL + 1)

(M + N)(x UL + y UL + 1)

Retransmission

delay

wherein M indicates the number of downlink sub-frames of the downlink, and N indicates the number of uplink sub-frames of the uplink, m for DL HARQ indicates a sub-frame index in which the data burst is transmitted, n for DL HARQ indicates a sub-frame index in which an HARQ feedback is transmitted, m for UL HARQ indicates a sub-frame index in which burst allocation is indicated or an HARQ feedback is transmitted, n for UL HARQ indicates a sub-frame index in which a data burst is transmitted, x DL and x UL refer to reception delays up to HARQ feedback transmission after data burst reception in the downlink and uplink sub-frames, respectively, and y DL and y UL refer to transmission delays up to data burst retransmission after NACK reception in the downlink and uplink sub-frames, respectively, DL denotes DownLink, UL denotes UpLink, HARQ denotes Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest, Rx denotes Reception, Tx denotes Transmission.

33. The method of claim 24 , wherein the transmitting and receiving of the signals to and from the receiver is performed through a sub-frame determined by

Operation

DL HARQ

UL HARQ

Rx offset

F · x DL + ceiling(F/2)

F · x UL + ceiling(F/2)

Tx offset

F · y DL + ceiling(F/2)

F · y UL + ceiling(F/2)

HARQ

F · (x DL + y DL + 1)

F · (x UL + y UL + 1)

Retransmission delay

wherein F indicates the number of sub-frames included in one frame, x DL and x UL refer to reception delays up to HARQ feedback transmission after data burst reception in the downlink and uplink sub-frames, respectively, and y DL and y UL refer to transmission delays up to data burst retransmission after NACK reception in the downlink and uplink sub-frames, respectively, DL denotes DownLink, UL denotes UpLink, HARQ denotes Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest, Rx denotes Reception, Tx denotes Transmission.

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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 15, 2009
From: LEE, MI-HYUN; CHOI, HO-KYU; CHO, JAE-WEON; CHO, KI-CHUN; KIM, TAE-YOUNG; LIM, CHI-WOO
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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KR 10-2008-0004649 · Jan 15, 2008 · national
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