Method, apparatus and computer program for wireless communication
View Patent ↗An apparatus and method for wireless communication uses carrier aggregation (LTE, HSPA) having an improved feedback operation that optimises the radio interface for the uplink direction (LTE).
1. A method of communication in a wireless communication apparatus connected to a wireless network, the method comprising:
receiving one or more first downlink component carriers and one or more second downlink component carriers, the second component carrier(s) having a shorter radio frame length than the first downlink component carrier(s);
rearranging an order of feedback symbols, wherein said feedback symbols correspond to the first downlink component carrier(s); and
sending uplink a feedback report comprising the feedback symbols via an uplink carrier having the same frame length as the second downlink carrier(s).
2. The method according to claim 1 , comprising mapping to the feedback report every second one of the feedback symbols in a time sequential order corresponding to an order of the first downlink component carriers, wherein said feedback symbols form first feedback symbols.
3. The method according to claim 2 , comprising mapping to the feedback report after the first feedback symbols the remaining feedback symbols in a time sequential order corresponding to the order of the first downlink component carriers.
4. The method according to claim 3 , comprising repeating the last feedback symbol in the feedback report if the number of the first downlink component carriers is not even.
5. The method according to claim 1 , comprising mapping to the beginning of the feedback report the feedback symbols corresponding to the first portion of downlink component carriers; and mapping to the end of the feedback report the feedback symbols corresponding to the second portion of downlink component carriers.
6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the wireless network comprises a wireless network element assigning an SCell index to each of the component carriers, the wireless communication apparatus rearranging feedback symbols in the order of SCell indexes of the corresponding component carriers.
7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the wireless communication apparatus is configured to operate as part of a user equipment.
8. A wireless communication apparatus, the apparatus comprising at least one processor and a memory storing computer instructions, the processor with the memory and the computer instructions being configured to receive one or more first downlink component carriers and one or more second downlink component carriers, the second component carrier(s) comprising a shorter radio frame length than the first downlink component carrier(s); the processor with the memory and the computer instructions being configured to rearrange an order of the feedback symbols, wherein said feedback symbols correspond to the first downlink component carrier(s); and the processor with the memory and the computer instructions being configured to send uplink a feedback report comprising feedback symbols via an uplink carrier comprising the same frame length as the second downlink carrier(s).
9. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the processor with the memory and the computer instructions is configured to map to the feedback report every second one of the feedback symbols in a time sequential order corresponding to an order of the first downlink component carriers, wherein said feedback symbols form first feedback symbols.
10. The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the processor with the memory and the computer instructions is configured to map to the feedback report after the first feedback symbols the remaining feedback symbols in a time sequential order corresponding to the order of the first downlink component carriers.
11. The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the processor with the memory and the computer instructions is configured to repeat the last feedback symbol in the feedback report if the number of the first downlink component carriers is not even.
12. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the processor with the memory and the computer instructions is configured to map to the beginning of the feedback report the feedback symbols corresponding to the first portion of downlink component carriers; and to map to the end of the feedback report the feedback symbols corresponding to the second portion of downlink component carriers.
13. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the processor with the memory and the computer instructions is configured to rearrange feedback symbols in the order of SCell indexes of the corresponding component carriers.
14. The apparatus according to claim 8 , configured to operate as part of a user equipment.
15. A non-transitory computer-readable memory storing computer program code embodied therein for use with a computer, the computer program code comprising instructions for causing a wireless communication apparatus to carry out a method of:
receiving one or more first downlink component carriers and one or more second downlink component carriers, the second component carrier(s) having a shorter radio frame length than the first downlink component carrier(s);
rearranging an order of feedback symbols, wherein said feedback symbols correspond to the first downlink component carrier(s); and
sending uplink a feedback report comprising the feedback symbols via an uplink carrier having the same frame length as the second downlink carrier(s).
16. The computer-readable memory according to claim 15 , wherein the computer program code comprises instructions for causing a wireless communication apparatus to map to the feedback report every second one of the feedback symbols in a time sequential order corresponding to an order of the first downlink component carriers, wherein said feedback symbols form first feedback symbols.
17. The computer-readable memory according to claim 16 , wherein the computer program code comprises instructions for causing a wireless communication apparatus to map to the feedback report after the first feedback symbols the remaining feedback symbols in a time sequential order corresponding to the order of the first downlink component carriers.
18. The computer-readable memory according to claim 17 , wherein the computer program code comprises instructions for causing a wireless communication apparatus to repeat the last feedback symbol in the feedback report if the number of the first downlink component carriers is not even.
19. The computer-readable memory according to claim 15 , wherein the computer program code comprises instructions for causing a wireless communication apparatus to map to the beginning of the feedback report the feedback symbols corresponding to the first portion of downlink component carriers; and to map to the end of the feedback report the feedback symbols corresponding to the second portion of downlink component carriers.
20. The computer-readable memory according to claim 15 , wherein the computer program code comprises instructions for causing a wireless communication apparatus to rearrange feedback symbols in the order of SCell indexes of the corresponding component carriers.