IP Library Granted Patent US 9,030,942
Granted Patent B2
US 9,030,942 · App. 13/521,160 · Granted May 12, 2015

Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving data using contention-based access in mobile communication system

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Patent No.
US 9,030,942
App. No.
13/521,160
Granted
May 12, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and apparatus is provided for transmitting and receiving data using a Contention-Based (CB) access to prevent successive collisions due to an HARQ operation and improve the probability of successful reception in a mobile communication system. In a method for transmitting data using a CB access, it is determined whether it is possible to transmit data provided from an upper layer to a Node B using a CB access method. If it is possible to transmit the data using the CB access method, a CB grant is acquired from the Node B. Upon acquiring the CB grant, a transmit power is determined by selecting a smaller value among a value obtained by adding a predetermined first margin value to an uplink power Required_uplink_power required to transmit the data, and a maximum transmit power of a UE.

Claims (19)

1. A method for transmitting data using a Contention-Based (CB) access in a mobile communication system, the method comprising:

determining whether it is possible to transmit data provided from an upper layer to a Node B using a CB access method;

if it is possible to transmit the data using the CB access method, acquiring a CB grant from the Node B;

upon acquiring the CB grant, determining, prior to transmission, as a transmit power, a smaller value among a value obtained by adding a predetermined first margin value to an uplink power required to transmit the data, and a maximum transmit power of a User Equipment (UE); and

transmitting the data through a resource indicated by the CB grant with the determined transmit power, wherein the first margin value comprises a CB margin value assigned differently or differentially to each UE and added to the uplink power to set the transmit power for each UE differently or differentially in order to prevent a collision which may occur when the UE transmits data using the CB access method.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, upon receiving a Not-Acknowledge (NACK) message from the Node B after transmitting the data, re-setting the transmit power as a smaller value among the uplink power and the maximum transmit power and retransmitting the data with the re-set transmit power.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, upon receiving a NACK message from the Node B after transmitting the data, re-setting the transmit power as a smaller value among a value obtained by subtracting the first margin value to the uplink power and the maximum transmit power.

4. An apparatus for transmitting data using a Contention-Based (CB) access in a mobile communication system, the apparatus comprising:

a Hybrid Automatic Repeat request (HARQ) buffer for storing data provided from an upper layer;

and an analyzer for,

determining whether it is possible to transmit data stored in the HARQ buffer to a Node B using a CB access method;

if it is possible to transmit the data using the CB access method, acquiring a CB grant from the Node B through a transceiver;

determining, prior to transmission, as a transmit power, a smaller value among a value obtained by adding a predetermined first margin value to an uplink power required to transmit the data, and a maximum transmit power value of a User Equipment (UE); and

controlling the transceiver to transmit the data through a resource indicated by the CB grant with the determined transmit power,

wherein the first margin value comprises a CB margin value assigned differently or differentially to each UE and added to the uplink power to set the transmit power for each UE differently or differentially in order to prevent a collision which may occur when the UE transmits data using the CB access method.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein upon

receiving a Not-Acknowledge (NACK) message from the Node B after transmitting the data, the analyzer re-sets the transmit power as a smaller value among the uplink

power and the maximum transmit power.

6. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein upon receiving a NACK message from the Node B after transmitting the data, the analyzer re-sets the transmit power as a smaller value among a value obtained by subtracting the first margin value to the uplink power and the maximum transmit power.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 13, 2021
From: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
To: HONOR DEVICE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 055919/0344 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 11, 2019
From: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048854/0699 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 9, 2012
From: KIM, SANG-BUM; KIM, SOENG-HUN; JUNG, JUNG-SOO
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 028515/0133 →