IP Library Granted Patent US 9,564,995
Granted Patent B2
US 9,564,995 · App. 14/385,685 · Granted Feb 7, 2017

Retransmission method for time division duplexing self-adaptive frame structure, and network side device

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Patent No.
US 9,564,995
App. No.
14/385,685
Granted
Feb 7, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A retransmission method for a time division duplexing self-adaptive frame structure, and a network side device relate to a technology of dynamically allocating uplink and downlink sub-frames in an LTE-advance (3GPP Release11) TDD communication system. The method comprises: during transmission of a TDD self-adaptive frame, for an uplink sub-frame, if a frame structure, of which an RTT period of PHICH and PUSCH of the uplink sub-frame is 10 ms, corresponding to the uplink sub frame is found in 7 types of defined frame structures, then sending PHICH data on a corresponding downlink sub-frame in the found frame structure, and sending retransmission data on the corresponding uplink sub-frame in the found frame structure. The solution ensures HARQ compatibility of an uplink data channel of R10UE. In addition, A/N feedback of the PDSCH is configured according to the uplink A/N resolution, thereby improving retransmission performance.

Claims (37)

1. A retransmission method for a time division duplexing (TDD) self-adaptive frame structure, the method comprising:

during transmission of a TDD self-adaptive frame, for an uplink sub-frame, if a frame structure, of which a round trip time (RTT) period of a Physical Hybrid Indicator Channel (PHICH) and a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) is 10 ms, corresponding to the uplink sub frame is found in 7 types of defined frame structures, then sending PHICH data on a corresponding downlink sub-frame in the found frame structure, and sending retransmission data on a corresponding uplink sub-frame in the found frame structure; wherein

the method further comprises: if the frame structure, of which the RTT period of the PHICH and the PUSCH of the uplink sub-frame is 10 ms, corresponding to the uplink sub frame is not found,

newly defining a frame structure of which the RTT period is 10 ms or an integral multiple of 10 ms, or

transmitting only new uplink data on the uplink sub-frame, or

configuring the uplink sub-frame as the downlink sub-frame.

2. The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein after newly defining the frame structure, the method further comprises: sending the PHICH data on a corresponding downlink sub-frame in the newly defined frame structure, and sending the retransmission data on a corresponding uplink sub-frame in the newly defined frame structure; wherein, the newly defined frame structure is a frame structure which is not conflicted with every sub-frame in the 7 types of defined frame structures.

3. The method according to claim 2 , the method further comprising:

for the downlink sub-frame, finding an uplink sub-frame which is nearest to the downlink sub-frame from a timing sequence relationship of the 7 types of defined frame structures, and if a number of Physical Downlink Shared Channels (PDSCH) related to the found uplink sub-frame is less than or equal to 4, then feeding back an acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement (A/N) response on the uplink sub-frame;

if the number of PDSCHs related to the found uplink sub-frame is greater than 4, then feeding back the A/N on an uplink sub-frame that satisfies the timing sequence relationship of the 7 types of defined frame structures, that is after and nearest to the found uplink sub-frame, and that relates to PDSCHs whose number is less than or equal to 4.

4. The method according to claim 1 , the method further comprising:

for the downlink sub-frame, finding an uplink sub-frame which is nearest to the downlink sub-frame from a timing sequence relationship of the 7 types of defined frame structures, and if a number of Physical Downlink Shared Channels (PDSCH) related to the found uplink sub-frame is less than or equal to 4, then feeding back an acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement (A/N) response on the uplink sub-frame;

if the number of PDSCHs related to the found uplink sub-frame is greater than 4, then feeding back the A/N on an uplink sub-frame that satisfies the timing sequence relationship of the 7 types of defined frame structures, that is after and nearest to the found uplink sub-frame, and that relates to PDSCHs whose number is less than or equal to 4.

5. The method according to claim 4 , the method further comprising:

if the uplink sub-frame that satisfies the timing sequence relationship of the 7 types of defined frame structures, that is after and nearest to the found uplink sub-frame, and that relates to PDSCHs whose number is less than or equal to 4, does not exist, then feeding back the A/N on the found uplink sub-frame.

6. The method according to claim 4 , the method further comprising:

during the above-mentioned transmission of the TDD self-adaptive frame structure, a network side semi-statically notifying a user equipment (UE) to enter a self-adaptive frame structure switchover state through a Radio Resource control protocol (RRC) signaling, and the UE receiving the RRC signaling and performing data operation according to a predefined timing sequence relationship; or

the network side notifying dynamically configured time sequence relationship of every sub-frame through a set dynamic signaling to the UE, and the UE performing the data operation according to the sequential relationship of every sub-frame in the set dynamic signaling which is received.

7. A network side device, the device comprising hardware performing instructions stored in a non-transitory computer readable medium which executes steps in following modules:

a first module, configured to: during transmission of a TDD self-adaptive frame, for an uplink sub-frame, find a frame structure, of which a round trip time (RTT) period of a Physical Hybrid Indicator Channel (PHICH) and a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) is 10 ms, corresponding to the uplink sub-frame from 7 types of defined frame structures; and

a second module, configured to send PHICH data on a corresponding downlink sub-frame in the frame structure found by the first module, and receive retransmission data on the corresponding uplink sub-frame in the found frame structure; wherein

the first module is further configured to: if the frame structure, of which the RTT period of the PHICH and the PUSCH of the uplink sub-frame is 10 ms, corresponding to the uplink sub frame is not found,

newly define a frame structure of which the RTT period is 10 ms or an integral multiple of 10 ms, or

transmit only new uplink data on the uplink sub-frame, or

configure the uplink sub-frame as the downlink sub-frame.

8. The device according to claim 7 , wherein the newly defined frame structure is a frame structure which is not conflicted with every sub-frame in the 7 types of defined frame structures; and

the second module is further configured to: send the PHICH data on a corresponding downlink sub-frame in the frame structure newly defined by the first module, and receive the retransmission data on a corresponding uplink sub-frame in the newly defined frame structure.

9. The device according to claim 8 , the device further comprising: a third module, configured to: notify semi-statically a user equipment (UE) to enter a self-adaptive frame structure switchover state through a Radio Resource control protocol (RRC) signaling, to make the UE perform data operation according to a predefined time sequence relationship; or notify a dynamically configured time sequence relationship of every sub-frame through a set dynamic signaling to the UE.

10. The device according to claim 7 , the device further comprising:

a third module, configured to: notify semi-statically a user equipment (UE) to enter a self-adaptive frame structure switchover state through a Radio Resource control protocol (RRC) signaling, to make the UE perform data operation according to a predefined time sequence relationship; or

notify a dynamically configured time sequence relationship of every sub-frame through a set dynamic signaling to the UE.

11. The device according to claim 10 , the device further comprising:

a fourth module, configured to: for the downlink sub-frame, find an uplink sub-frame which is nearest to the downlink sub-frame from a time sequence relationship of the 7 types of defined frame structures;

a fifth module, configured to: if a number of Physical Downlink Shared Channels (PDSCH) related to the found uplink sub-frame is less than or equal to 4, then feed back an acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement (A/N) response on the uplink sub-frame; and

a sixth module, configured to: if the number of PDSCHs related to the uplink sub-frame found by the fourth module is greater than 4, find an uplink sub-frame that satisfies the timing sequence relationship of the 7 types of defined frame structures, that is after and nearest to the uplink sub-frame found by the fourth module, that relates to PDSCHs whose number is less than or equal to 4, and on which the A/N is received by the sixth module.

12. The device according to claim 11 , wherein, the sixth module is further configured to: if the uplink sub-frame that satisfies the timing sequence relationship of the 7 types of defined frame structures, that is after and nearest to the found uplink sub-frame, and that relates to PDSCHs whose number is less than or equal to 4, does not exist, then receive the A/N on the uplink sub-frame found by the fourth module.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 16, 2023
From: ZTE CORPORATION
To: SANECHIPS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062777/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 11, 2014
From: ZHANG, XIAOBO; YU, BIN; ZHANG, WENFENG
To: ZTE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 034142/0374 →