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Granted Patent B2
US 8,547,903 · App. 12/921,307 · Granted Oct 1, 2013

Ranging structure, multiplexing method and signaling method for legacy support mode

Inventors: Hyun Woo Lee (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Min Seok Noh (Seoul, KR); Yeong Hyeon Kwon (Daejeon-si, KR); Jin Sam Kwak (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Dong Cheol Kim (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Sung Ho Moon (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Seung Hee Han (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
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Patent No.
US 8,547,903
App. No.
12/921,307
Granted
Oct 1, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of performing communication in a wireless communication system is disclosed. In performing ranging, which is performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system supporting a normal scheme and a legacy scheme, the present invention includes selecting a specific ranging structure from a first ranging structure supporting the normal scheme and a second ranging structure supporting the legacy scheme, and transmitting a ranging signal using the specific ranging structure, wherein the first ranging structure and the second ranging structure are set to differ in at least one of a time resource, a frequency resource and a code resource.

Claims (26)

1. A method of performing a ranging procedure at a terminal in a wireless communication system that supports a legacy scheme and a normal scheme, the method comprising:

selecting a specific ranging structure from a first ranging structure that supports the legacy scheme and a second ranging structure that supports the normal scheme based on probabilities; and

transmitting a ranging signal through the specific ranging structure,

wherein code resources for the first ranging structure are generated using a pseudo random noise code generation equation 1+X 1 +X 4 +X 7 +X 15 ,

wherein code resources for the second ranging structure are generated using a pseudo random noise code generation equation 1+X 8 +X 11 +X 14 +X 15 ,

wherein, for a normal communication, a probability for the first ranging structure is given as P A1 (0<P A1 <1) and a probability for the second ranging structure is given as P A2 (P A1 +P A2 =1) in consideration of a ranging load,

wherein, for an emergency communication, the probability for the first ranging structure is given as P B1 (0<P B1 <1) and the probability for the second ranging structure is P B2 (P B1 +P B2 =1) such that P B1 =(P A2 −offset), P B2 =(P A1 +offset) and P B1 <P B2 , and

wherein the offset is a positive real number.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the specific ranging structure is selected randomly or based on a predetermined reference.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the predetermined reference includes a probability value, terminal capability, terminal status, or their combination.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving legacy information for setting the second ranging structure, wherein at least a part of the legacy information is common information and is reused as information for setting the first ranging structure.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the common information includes information on the number of legacy codes used to set the second ranging structure.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the number of normal codes used for the first ranging structure is set using the number of legacy codes and offset.

7. The method of claim 4 , wherein the common information includes information on legacy time-frequency resources for the second ranging structure, and the first ranging structure is set at the relatively same location as the legacy time-frequency resources or at the location away from the legacy time-frequency resources as much as offset within a time-frequency domain allocated to the normal scheme.

8. The method of claim 4 , wherein the common information includes information on total bandwidths of time-frequency resources for the second ranging structure and total subcarriers corresponding to the bandwidths.

9. The method of claim 4 , wherein the common information includes information on a total length of a time domain of time-frequency resources for the second ranging structure and the number of total OFDMA (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access) symbols corresponding to the total length.

10. The method of claim 4 , wherein the common information includes information on the number of legacy slots used for the second ranging structure, and the number of normal slots used for the first ranging structure is defined using the number of legacy slots and offset.

11. A terminal configured to perform a ranging procedure in a wireless communication system that supports a legacy scheme and a normal scheme, the terminal comprising:

a processor configured to

select a specific ranging structure from a first ranging structure that supports the legacy scheme and a second ranging structure that supports the normal scheme based on probabilities, and

transmit a ranging signal through the specific ranging structure,

wherein code resources for the first ranging structure are generated using a pseudo random noise code generation equation 1+X 1 +X 4 +X 7 +X 15 ,

wherein code resources for the second ranging structure are generated using a pseudo random noise code generation equation 1+X 8 +X 11 +X 14 +X 15 ,

wherein, for a normal communication, a probability for the first ranging structure is given as P A1 (0<P A1 <1) and a probability for the second ranging structure is given as P A2 (P A1 +P A2 =1) in consideration of a ranging load,

wherein, for an emergency communication, the probability for the first ranging structure is given as P B1 (0<P B1 <1) and the probability for the second ranging structure is P B2 (P B1 +P B2 =1) such that P B1 =(P A2 −offset), P B2 =(P A1 +offset) and P B1 <P B2 , and

wherein the offset is a positive real number.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 15, 2010
From: LEE, HYUN WOO; NOH, MIN SEOK; KWON, YEONG HYEON; KWAK, JIN SAM; KIM, DONG CHEOL; MOON, SUNG HO; HAN, SEUNG HEE
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2008-0084448 · Aug 28, 2008 · national
KR 10-2009-0016270 · Feb 26, 2009 · national
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 61033431 · Mar 4, 2008
Provisional Application 61042277 · Apr 4, 2008
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