IP Library Granted Patent US 8,989,127
Granted Patent B2
US 8,989,127 · App. 13/818,296 · Granted Mar 24, 2015

Method and device for relay node retransmitting backhaul uplink to base station in a wireless communication system

Inventors: Seungmin Lee (Anyang-si, KR); Hanbyul Seo (Anyang-si, KR); Kijun Kim (Anyang-si, KR); Byounghoon Kim (Anyang-si, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04W72/04H04L1/1887H04L5/0055H04L1/1822H04L1/1896H04L5/0007H04L5/0048H04L2001/0097H04W72/0446H04W84/047
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Patent No.
US 8,989,127
App. No.
13/818,296
Granted
Mar 24, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention discloses a method for a relay node configuring a backhaul uplink hybrid automatic repeat and request (HARQ) process in a wireless communication system. More particularly, the present invention comprises the following steps: receiving from a base station a backhaul downlink subframe pattern and a HARQ process offset value; allocating a backhaul uplink subframes, based on the backhaul downlink subframe pattern excluding the subframe which is set to an access downlink subframe; applying the HARQ process offset value to the number of HARQ processes corresponding to the backhaul downlink subframe pattern; and configuring HARQ process identifiers to the allocated backhaul uplink subframes, wherein each of the configured HARQ process identifiers have a predetermined roundtrip time (RTT) value.

Claims (87)

1. A method for configured an uplink Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) process using a frequency division duplex (FDD) frame structure at a relay node in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving information on a downlink subframe pattern from a base station,

wherein the downlink subframe pattern is defined as a bitmap having a size of 8 bits;

allocating downlink subframes between a base station and the relay node based on the downlink subframe pattern;

allocating uplink subframes between the base station and the relay node based on the allocated downlink subframes; and

assigning at least one uplink HARQ process to the allocated uplink subframes,

wherein a number of the at least one uplink HARQ process is determined by using a decimal equivalent of the bitmap.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein allocating downlink subframes comprises allocating the downlink subframes between the base station and the relay node based on the downlink subframe pattern except for subframes having indexes 0, 4, 5 and 9.

3. A relay node in a wireless communication system, comprising:

a receiver configured to receive information on a downlink subframe pattern from a base station,

wherein the downlink subframe pattern is defined as a bitmap having a size of 8 bits; and

a processor configured to

allocate downlink subframes between a base station and the relay node based on the downlink subframe pattern;

allocate uplink subframes between the base station and the relay node based on the allocated downlink subframes; and

assign at least one uplink HARQ process to the allocated uplink subframes,

wherein a number of the at least one uplink HARQ process is determined by using a decimal equivalent of the bitmap.

4. The relay node according to claim 3 , wherein the processor allocates the downlink subframes between the base station and the relay node based on the downlink subframe pattern except for subframes having indexes 0, 4, 5 and 9.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a relation between the decimal equivalent of the bitmap and the number of the at least one uplink HARQ process is defined as a Table below

TABLE

Number of

at least one

uplink HARQ

Decimal equivalent of bitmap

processes

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128

1

3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, 17, 18, 20, 24, 33, 34, 36, 40, 48, 65, 66,

2

68, 72, 80, 96, 129, 130, 132, 136, 144, 160, 192

7, 11, 13, 14, 19, 21, 22, 25, 26, 28, 35, 37, 38, 41, 42, 44,

3

49, 50, 52, 56, 67, 69, 70, 73, 74, 76, 81, 82, 84, 85, 88, 97,

98, 100, 104, 112, 131, 133, 134, 137, 138, 140, 145, 146,

148, 152, 161, 162, 164, 168, 170, 176, 193, 194, 196, 200,

208, 224

15, 23, 27, 29, 30, 39, 43, 45, 46, 51, 53, 54, 57, 58, 60, 71,

4

75, 77, 78, 83, 86, 87, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 99, 101, 102, 105,

106, 107, 108, 109, 113, 114, 116, 117, 120, 135, 139, 141,

142, 147, 149, 150, 153, 154, 156, 163, 165, 166, 169, 171,

172, 173, 174, 177, 178, 180, 181, 182, 184, 186, 195, 197,

198, 201, 202, 204, 209, 210, 212, 213, 214, 216, 218, 225,

226, 228, 232, 234, 240

31, 47, 55, 59, 61, 62, 79, 94, 95, 103, 110, 111, 115, 118,

5

119, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 143, 151, 155, 157, 158, 167,

175, 179, 183, 185, 187, 188, 189, 190, 199, 203, 205, 206,

211, 215, 217, 219, 220, 221, 222, 227, 229, 230, 233, 235,

236, 237, 238, 241, 242, 244, 245, 246, 248, 250

63, 126, 127, 159, 191, 207, 223, 231, 239, 243, 247, 249,

6

251, 252, 253, 254, 255.

6. The relay node according to claim 3 , wherein a relation between the decimal equivalent of the bitmap and the number of the at least one uplink HARQ process is defined as a Table below

TABLE

Number of

at least one

uplink HARQ

Decimal equivalent of bitmap

processes

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128

1

3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, 17, 18, 20, 24, 33, 34, 36, 40, 48, 65, 66,

2

68, 72, 80, 96, 129, 130, 132, 136, 144, 160, 192

7, 11, 13, 14, 19, 21, 22, 25, 26, 28, 35, 37, 38, 41, 42, 44,

3

49, 50, 52, 56, 67, 69, 70, 73, 74, 76, 81, 82, 84, 85, 88, 97,

98, 100, 104, 112, 131, 133, 134, 137, 138, 140, 145, 146,

148, 152, 161, 162, 164, 168, 170, 176, 193, 194, 196, 200,

208, 224

15, 23, 27, 29, 30, 39, 43, 45, 46, 51, 53, 54, 57, 58, 60, 71,

4

75, 77, 78, 83, 86, 87, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 99, 101, 102, 105,

106, 107, 108, 109, 113, 114, 116, 117, 120, 135, 139, 141,

142, 147, 149, 150, 153, 154, 156, 163, 165, 166, 169, 171,

172, 173, 174, 177, 178, 180, 181, 182, 184, 186, 195, 197,

198, 201, 202, 204, 209, 210, 212, 213, 214, 216, 218, 225,

226, 228, 232, 234, 240

31, 47, 55, 59, 61, 62, 79, 94, 95, 103, 110, 111, 115, 118,

5

119, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 143, 151, 155, 157, 158, 167,

175, 179, 183, 185, 187, 188, 189, 190, 199, 203, 205, 206,

211, 215, 217, 219, 220, 221, 222, 227, 229, 230, 233, 235,

236, 237, 238, 241, 242, 244, 245, 246, 248, 250

63, 126, 127, 159, 191, 207, 223, 231, 239, 243, 247, 249,

6

251, 252, 253, 254, 255.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 11, 2022
From: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
To: TAISSA RESEARCH LLC
Reel/Frame 061148/0325 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 21, 2013
From: LEE, SEUNGMIN; SEO, HANBYUL; KIM, KIJUN; KIM, BYOUNGHOON
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 029853/0660 →
Continuity (4)
Provisional Application 61379704 · Sep 2, 2010
Provisional Application 61379719 · Sep 2, 2010
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