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US 8,861,325 · App. 13/514,228 · Granted Oct 14, 2014

Method for configuring subchannels in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor

Inventors: Jin Soo Choi (Anyang-si, KR); Han Gyu Cho (Anyang-si, KR); Jin Sam Kwak (Anyang-si, KR); Jin Young Chun (Anyang-si, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04L5/0037H04L5/0007H04L5/0039
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,861,325
App. No.
13/514,228
Filed
Jun 6, 2012
Granted
Oct 14, 2014
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2465
USPC
370/329
Abstract

A method for configuring subchannels for an uplink data transmission at a base station in a wireless communication system is disclosed herein. More specifically, the method includes the steps of dividing an uplink transmission resource to PUSC (Partial Usage of SubChannel) tiles of 4 subcarriers×3 symbols, configuring subchannels to 6 PUSC tiles based on a predetermined rule; allocating a predetermined number of contiguous subchannels among the configured subchannels as subchannels for a legacy system, and allocating the remaining subchannels as subchannels for the wireless communication system, wherein a subchannel rotation per slot consisting of 3 symbols is applied to the subchannels for the legacy system, and wherein the subchannel rotation per slot is based on a number of subchannels for the legacy system.

Claims (32)

1. A method for configuring subchannels for an uplink data transmission at a base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising;

dividing an uplink transmission resource to PUSC (Partial Usage of SubChannel) tiles of 4 subcarriers×3 symbols;

configuring sub channels to 6 PUSC tiles based on a predetermined rule;

allocating a predetermined number of contiguous subchannels among the configured subchannels as subchannels for a legacy system, and

allocating the remaining subchannels as subchannels for the wireless communication system,

wherein subchannel rotation per slot consisting of 3 symbols is applied to the subchannels for the legacy system,

wherein a subchannel rotation per subframe consisting of 6 symbols or 9 symbols is applied to the subchannels for the wireless communication system,

wherein the subchannel rotation per slot is performed in accordance with Equation 1,

temp2_subchannel_number=(temp1_subchannel_number+13 *S idx )mod N subchannel for 16e MS ,  <Equation 1>

wherein, temp 2 _subchannel represents a subchannel index after the subchannel rotation is applied, temp 1 _subchannel represents a subchannel index before the subchannel rotation is applied, S idx represents a slot index, and N subchannel for 16e MS represents a number of subchannels for the legacy system,

wherein the subchannel rotation per subframe is performed in accordance with Equation 2,

temp2_subchannel_number=(temp1_subchannel_number+13 *S k )mod N subchannel for 16m AMS , and  <Equation 2>

wherein, temp 2 _subchannel represents a subchannel index after the subchannel rotation is applied, temp 1 _subchannel represents a subchannel index before the subchannel rotation is applied, S k represents a subframe index, and N subchannel for 16m AMS represents a number of subchannels for the wireless communication system.

2. The method of claim, 1 , wherein the number of subchannels for the legacy system is signaled to a legacy user equipment through a UCD (Uplink Channel Descriptor) message.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the subchannels for the wireless communication system are signaled as zones to which the subchannel rotation per slot is not applied, to o legacy user equipment through a UIUC (uplink interval usage code) included in an uplink MAP.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein, whether the subchannel rotation per subframe is applied is signaled to a user equipment for wireless communication through a MAC (Media Access Control) message or indicated to the user equipment in a Secondary Superframe Heather (S-SFH).

5. A base station comprising:

a processor configured to allocated a resource for m uplink data transmission;

a transmitting module configured to transmit information on the allocated resource to a user equipment; and

a receiving module configured to receive the uplink data from the user equipment through the allocated resource,

wherein the processor is further configured to:

divide an uplink transmission resource to PUSC (Partial Usage of SubChannel) tiles of 4 subcarriers×3 symbols, configure subchannels to 6 PUSC tile based on a predetermined rule, allocate a predetermined number of contiguous subcbannels among the configured subchannels as subchannels for a legacy system, and allocate the remaining subchannels as subchannels for the wireless communication system,

wherein a subchannel rotation per slot consisting of 3 symbols is applied to the subchannels for the legacy system,

wherein a subchannel rotation per subframe consisting, of 6 symbols or 9 symbols is applied to the subchannels for the wireless communication system,

wherein the subchannel rotation per slot is performed in accordance with Equation 1,

temp2_subchannel_number=(temp1_subchannel_number+13 *S idx )mod N subchannel for 16e MS ,  <Equation 1>

wherein, temp 2 _subchannel represents a subchannel index after the subchannel rotation is applied temp 1 _subchannel represents a subchannel index before the subchannel rotation is applied, S idx represents a slot index, and N subchannel for 16e MS represents a number of subchannels for the legacy system,

wherein the subchannel rotation per subframe is performed in accordance with Equation 2,

temp2_subchannel_number=(temp1_subchannel_number+13 *S k )mod N subchannel for 16m AMS , and  <Equation 2>

wherein, temp 2 _subchannel represents a subchannel index after the subchannel rotation is applied, temp 1 _subchannel represents a subchannel index before the subchannel rotation is applied, S k represents a subframe index, and N subchannelfor 16m AMS represents a number of subchannels for the wireless communication system.

6. The base station of claim 5 , wherein the number of subchannels for the legacy system is signaled to a legacy user equipment through a UCD (Uplink Channel Descriptor) message.

7. The base station of claim 5 , wherein the subchannels for the wireless communication system are signaled as zones, or areas, to which the subchannel rotation per slot is not applied, to a legacy user equipment through a UIUC (uplink interval usage code) included in an uplink MAP.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 7, 2012
From: CHOI, JIN SOO; CHO, HAN GYU; KWAK, JIN SAM; CHUN, JIN YOUNG
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Continuity (5)
Provisional Application 61300005 · Jan 31, 2010
Provisional Application 61300031 · Feb 1, 2010
Provisional Application 61300447 · Feb 2, 2010
Provisional Application 61305145 · Feb 17, 2010
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