IP Library Patent Application 14681133
Patent Application
App. No. 14/681,133

METHOD FOR CONTROLLING UPLINK TRANSMISSION IN A MANAGEMENT DEVICE OF LTE-A NETWORK AND THE DEVICE THEREOF

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14/681,133
Abstract

According to embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a method of providing, for a dual-antenna UE or quadri-antenna UE, downlink control information used for uplink transmission in a management device of LTE-A network, and the method for the former comprises the steps of: determining an uplink transmission scheme for the dual-antenna UE; semi-statically configuring, by high level signaling, the uplink transmission mode to which the uplink transmission scheme belongs; generating downlink control information corresponding to the determined uplink transmission scheme, the downlink control information comprising a first indicating field, a second indicating field, a new-data indicating field for a first transmission block and a new-data indicating field for a second transmission block; wherein, when transmission block is disabled for the determined up-link transmission scheme, disablement of at least one of two transmission blocks is represented by a first combination of the value of the first indicating field and the second indicating field; and the disablement of the two transmission blocks is represented by a combination formed by the new-data indicating field for the first transmission block and the new-data indicating field for the second transmission block; transmitting the generated downlink control information to the dual-antenna UE.

Claims (95)

1 . A method of providing, for a dual-antenna UE, downlink control information used for uplink transmission in a management device of LTE-A network, the method comprising:

generating downlink control information comprising a first indicating field, a second indicating field, a new-data indicating field for a first transmission block and a new-data indicating field for a second transmission block;

wherein, when transmission block disabling function is adopted in said determined uplink transmission scheme, a first combination formed by the values of said first indicating field and said second indicating field is used to represent disablement of at least one of two transmission blocks; and a combination formed by said new-data indicating field for said first transmission block and said new-data indicating field for said second transmission block is used to represent the disabled transmission block of said two transmission blocks;

transmitting said generated downlink control information to said dual-antenna UE.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein, said downlink control information further comprises respective redundant versions of modulation-coding modes of said two transmission blocks; when a transmission block is disabled in the determined uplink transmission scheme, at least part of the redundant version of modulation-coding mode of said disabled transmission block is utilized to represent pre-coding matrix indicating information of channel coding codeword which is mapped by the transmission block without being disabled, so as to replace a precoding matrix indicating field.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein, when one-codeword retransmission is used in a determined uplink transmission scheme, a second combination formed by the values of said first indicating field and said second indicating field is used to represent the one-codeword retransmission of one transmission block of the two transmission blocks transmitted last time, and the combination formed by said new-data indicating field for said first transmission block and said new-data indicating field for said second transmission block is used to represent the transmission block, with said one-codeword retransmission conducted thereon, of said two transmission blocks.

4 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein, said downlink control information further comprises respective redundant versions of modulation-coding modes of said two transmission blocks, at least part of the redundant version of modulation-coding mode of the other transmission block, other than said transmission block with said one-codeword retransmission conducted, of said two transmission blocks is utilized to represent pre-coding matrix indicating information of channel coding codeword which is mapped by said transmission block with said one-codeword retransmission conducted, so as to replace a precoding matrix indicating field.

5 . A method of providing, for a multi-antenna UE, downlink control information used for uplink transmission in a management device of LTE-A network, the method comprising:

generating downlink control information comprising a precoding matrix indicating field, and further comprising a new-data indicating field for a first transmission block and a new-data indicating field for a second transmission block;

wherein, when transmission block disabling function is adopted in said determined uplink transmission scheme, a first value of said precoding matrix indicating field is used to represent disablement of at least one of two transmission blocks; and a combination of said new-data indicating field for said first transmission block and said new-data indicating field for said second transmission block is used to represent the disabled transmission block of said two transmission blocks;

said downlink control information further comprises respective redundant version fields of modulation-coding modes of said two transmission blocks, wherein, the redundant version field of modulation-coding mode of said disabled transmission block is utilized to represent the pre-coding matrix information of channel coding codeword which is mapped by the transmission block without being disabled;

transmitting said generated downlink control information to said multi-antenna UE.

6 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein, when one-codeword retransmission is used in said a determined uplink transmission scheme, a second value of said precoding matrix indicating field is used to represent the one-codeword retransmission of one transmission block of the two transmission blocks transmitted last time; and the combination formed by said new-data indicating field for said first transmission block and said new-data indicating field for said second transmission block is used to represent the transmission block, with said one-codeword retransmission conducted thereon, of said two transmission blocks;

wherein, the redundant version field of modulation-coding mode of said transmission block, without said one-codeword retransmission conducted, represents the pre-coding matrix of channel coding codeword which is mapped by the transmission block with said one-codeword retransmission conducted.

7 . A method of providing, for a dual-antenna UE, downlink control information used for uplink transmission in a management device of LTE-A network, the method comprising:

generating downlink control information corresponding to a determined uplink transmission scheme, wherein, when said uplink transmission scheme is of a closed-loop spatial multiplexing transmission with up to two codewords, said downlink control information comprises:

a resource block assignment and hopping information field;

a transmission block disabling indicating field;

a TB-codeword mapping indicating field;

a redundant version field of modulation-coding mode of every transmission block;

a new-data indicating field of every transmission block;

a transmission power control field;

a cycle shift field for demodulation reference signal corresponding to a first channel coding codeword;

a CQI request field;

a SRS request field;

a CIF field;

an UL index field for TDD only;

a CRC field;

transmitting said generated downlink control information to said dual-antenna UE.

8 . A method of providing, for a multi-antenna UE, downlink control information used for uplink transmission in a management device of LTE-A network, the method comprising:

generating downlink control information corresponding to a determined uplink transmission scheme, wherein, when said uplink transmission scheme is of a closed-loop spatial multiplexing transmission with up to two codewords, said downlink control information comprises:

a resource block assignment and hopping information field;

a precoding matrix indicating field;

a TB-codeword mapping indicating field;

a redundant version field of modulation-coding mode of every transmission block;

a new-data indicating field of every transmission block;

a transmission power control field;

a cycle shift field for demodulation reference signal corresponding to a first channel coding codeword;

a CQI request field;

a SRS request field;

a CIF field;

an UL index field for TDD only;

a CRC field;

transmitting said generated downlink control information to said multi-antenna UE.

9 . A method of providing, for a multi-antenna UE,

downlink control information used for uplink transmission in a management device of LTE-A network, the method comprising:

generating downlink control information corresponding to a determined uplink transmission scheme, wherein, when said uplink transmission scheme is of a closed-loop spatial multiplexing transmission with single layer, said downlink control information comprises:

a resource block assignment and hopping information field;

a precoding matrix indicating field;

a redundant version field of modulation-coding mode of every transmission block;

a new-data indicating field of every transmission block;

a transmission power control field;

a cycle shift field for demodulation reference signal corresponding to a channel coding codeword;

a CQI request field;

a SRS request field;

a CIF field;

an UL index field for TDD only;

a CRC field;

transmitting said generated downlink control information to said multi-antenna UE.

10 . A method of controlling uplink transmission of a UE in a management device of LTE-A network, wherein, said method comprises:

predetermining three uplink transmission modes for said UE, said three uplink transmission mode comprising a first uplink transmission mode, a second uplink transmission mode and a third uplink transmission mode, wherein:

said first uplink transmission mode corresponds to single-antenna port transmission;

said second uplink transmission mode corresponds to single-antenna port transmission or closed-loop spatial multiplexing transmission with up to two codewords;

said third uplink transmission mode corresponds to single-antenna port transmission or closed-loop spatial multiplexing transmission with single layer;

when said UE is a dual-antenna UE, downlink control information provided for closed-loop spatial multiplexing transmission with up to two codewords to be conducted by said UE has a format; or

when said UE is a multi-antenna UE other than dual-antenna UE, downlink control information provided for closed-loop spatial multiplexing transmission with up to two codewords to be conducted by said UE has a downlink control information format.

11 . A first device of providing, for a dual-antenna UE, downlink control information used for uplink transmission in a management device of LTE-A network, the device comprising:

a first unit for determining an uplink transmission scheme for said dual-antenna UE;

a second unit for configuring, by signaling, the uplink transmission mode to which said uplink transmission scheme belongs;

a third unit for generating downlink control information corresponding to said determined uplink transmission scheme, said downlink control information comprising a first indicating field, a second indicating field, a new-data indicating field for a first transmission block and a new-data indicating field for a second transmission block;

wherein, when transmission block disabling function is adopted in said determined uplink transmission scheme, the disablement of at least one of two transmission blocks is represented by a first combination formed by the values of said first indicating field and said second indicating field; and the disabled transmission block of said two transmission blocks is represented by a combination formed by said new-data indicating field for said first transmission block and said new-data indicating field for said second transmission block;

a transmitting device for transmitting said generated downlink control information to said dual-antenna UE.

12 . The first device according to claim 11 , wherein, said downlink control information further comprises respective redundant versions of modulation-coding modes of said two transmission blocks; when a transmission block is disabled in the determined uplink transmission scheme, at least part of the redundant version of modulation-coding mode of said disabled transmission block is utilized to represent pre-coding matrix indicating information of channel coding codeword which is mapped by the transmission block without being disabled, so as to replace a precoding matrix indicating field; or,

when one-codeword retransmission is used in said determined uplink transmission scheme, the one-codeword retransmission, of one transmission block of the two transmission blocks transmitted last time, is represented by a second combination formed by the values of said first indicating field and said second indicating field, and the transmission block, with said one-codeword retransmission conducted thereon, of said two transmission blocks is represented by the combination formed by said new-data indicating field for said first transmission block and said new-data indicating field for said second transmission block.

13 . The first device according to claim 12 , wherein, said downlink control information further comprises respective redundant versions of modulation-coding modes of said two transmission blocks, at least part of the redundant version of modulation-coding mode of the other transmission block, other than said transmission block with said one-codeword retransmission conducted, of said two transmission blocks is utilized to represent pre-coding matrix indicating information of channel coding codeword which is mapped by said transmission block with said one-codeword retransmission conduct, so as to replace a precoding matrix indicating field.

14 . A device of providing, for a quadri-antenna UE, downlink control information used for uplink transmission in a management device of LTE-A network, the device comprising:

a first unit for determining an uplink transmission scheme for said quadri-antenna UE;

a second unit for configuring, by signaling, the uplink transmission mode to which said uplink transmission scheme belongs;

a third unit for generating downlink control information corresponding to said determined uplink transmission scheme, said downlink control information comprising a precoding matrix indicating field, and further comprising a new-data indicating field for a first transmission block and a new-data indicating field for a second transmission block;

wherein, when transmission block disabling function is adopted in said determined uplink transmission scheme, disablement of at least one of two transmission blocks is represented by a first value of said precoding matrix indicating field; and the disabled transmission block of said two transmission blocks is represented by a combination of said new-data indicating field for said first transmission block and said new-data indicating field for said second transmission block;

said downlink control information further comprises respective redundant version fields of modulation-coding modes of said two transmission blocks, wherein, the TB-codeword mapping indicating field and the redundant version field of modulation-coding mode of said disabled transmission block collaboratively represent the pre-coding matrix of channel coding codeword which is mapped by the transmission block without being disabled;

a transmitting device for transmitting said generated downlink control information to said multi-antenna UE.

15 . The device according to claim 14 , wherein, when one-codeword retransmission is used in said determined uplink transmission scheme, the one-codeword retransmission, of one transmission block of the two transmission blocks transmitted last time, is represented by a second value of said precoding matrix indicating field; and the transmission block, with said one-codeword retransmission conducted thereon, of said two transmission blocks transmitted last time is represented by the combination formed by said new-data indicating field for said first transmission block and said new-data indicating field for said second transmission block;

wherein, the redundant version field of modulation-coding mode of said transmission block, without said one-codeword retransmission conducted, represents the pre-coding matrix of channel coding codeword which is mapped by the transmission block with said one-codeword retransmission conducted.

16 . A method for use by a user equipment (UE) adapted to receive downlink control information, comprising:

receiving downlink control information; and

disabling a transmission block function in response to the received downlink control information;

wherein the downlink control information comprises a first indicating field, a second indicating field, a new-data indicating field for a first transmission block and a new-data indicating field for a second transmission block;

wherein, when a transmission block disabling function is adopted in a determined uplink transmission scheme, a first combination formed by the values of said first indicating field and said second indicating field is used to represent disablement of at least one of two transmission blocks; and a combination formed by said new-data indicating field for said first transmission block and said new-data indicating field for said second transmission block is used to represent the disabled transmission block of said two transmission blocks.

17 . The method according to claim 16 , wherein the configuration information is received from a base station.

18 . The method according to claim 16 , wherein:

when one-codeword retransmission is used in the determined uplink transmission scheme, a second combination formed by the values of said first indicating field and said second indicating field is used to represent the one-codeword retransmission of one transmission block of the two transmission blocks transmitted last time, and the combination formed by said new-data indicating field for said first transmission block and said new-data indicating field for said second transmission block is used to represent the transmission block, with said one-codeword retransmission conducted thereon, of said two transmission blocks; and

wherein the retransmission is performed by the UE.

19 . The method according to claim 18 , wherein:

said downlink control information further comprises respective redundant versions of modulation-coding modes of said two transmission blocks, at least part of the redundant version of modulation-coding mode of the other transmission block, other than said transmission block with said one-codeword retransmission conducted, of said two transmission blocks is utilized to represent pre-coding matrix indicating information of channel coding codeword which is mapped by said transmission block with said one-codeword retransmission conducted, so as to replace a precoding matrix indicating field.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 26, 2016
From: ALCATEL LUCENT
To: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
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