IP Library Granted Patent US 9,474,025
Granted Patent B2
US 9,474,025 · App. 14/801,280 · Granted Oct 18, 2016

Apparatus and method for controlling in-device coexistence interference in wireless communication system

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Patent No.
US 9,474,025
App. No.
14/801,280
Granted
Oct 18, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and an apparatus for controlling in-device coexistence interference (IDC) in a wireless communication system are provided. The present invention comprises transmitting IDC indication information including an unusable frequency band that is a frequency band in which performing communication is difficult because of IDC interference to a evolved NodeB (eNB), receiving Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection reconfiguration including IDC Discontinous Reception (DRX) configuration reconfiguring DRX relating the unusable frequency band based on the IDC indication information from the eNB and performing autonomously denial of Industrial Scientific Medical (ISM) transmission in the unusable frequency band by reconfiguring DRX based on the IDC DRX configuration.

Claims (25)

1. A method for controlling in-device coexistence interference (IDC) through a User Equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, comprising:

transmitting IDC indication information including an unusable frequency band that is a frequency band in which performing communication is interfered by IDC interference to an evolved NodeB (eNB);

receiving, from the eNB, Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection reconfiguration including IDC Discontinuous Reception (DRX) configuration reconfiguring DRX relating to the unusable frequency band based on the IDC indication information; and

reconfiguring DRX based on the IDC DRX configuration to perform autonomous denial of Industrial Scientific Medical (ISM) transmission in the unusable frequency band,

wherein the IDC DRX configuration includes information configuring a DRX retransmission timer and information configuring a DRX short cycle to a predetermined cycle for avoiding the IDC interference.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the RRC connection reconfiguration further includes information for configuring a time-division multiplexing (TDM) pattern which is not related to IDC interference.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the autonomous denial of ISM transmission in the unusable frequency band autonomously denies a transmission of a scheduling request.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the autonomous denial of ISM transmission in the unusable frequency band autonomously denies the ISM transmission with respect to a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) region in a random access operation and autonomously denies the ISM transmission with respect to a non-PDCCH region in a case where downlink resource allocation exists in the non-PDCCH region that is indicated by the PDCCH region.

5. A User Equipment (UE) for controlling in-device coexistence interference (IDC) in a wireless communication system, comprising:

a transmitter to transmit IDC indication information including an unusable frequency band that is a frequency band in which performing communication is interfered by IDC interference to an evolved NodeB (eNB);

a receiver to receive, from the eNB, Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection reconfiguration including IDC Discontinuous Reception (DRX) configuration reconfiguring DRX relating to the unusable frequency band based on the IDC indication information; and

an IDC resolution processor to reconfigure DRX based on the IDC DRX configuration to autonomously deny Industrial Scientific Medical (ISM) transmission in the unusable frequency band,

wherein the IDC DRX configuration includes information configuring a DRX retransmission timer and information configuring a DRX short cycle to a predetermined cycle for avoiding the IDC interference.

6. The UE of claim 5 , wherein the RRC connection reconfiguration further includes information for configuring a time-division multiplexing (TDM) pattern which is not related to IDC interference.

7. The UE of claim 5 , wherein the IDC resolution processor autonomously denies a transmission of a scheduling request.

8. The UE of claim 5 , wherein the IDC resolution processor autonomously denies the ISM transmission with respect to a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) region in a random access operation and autonomously denies the ISM transmission with respect to a non-PDCCH region in a case where downlink resource allocation exists in the non-PDCCH region that is indicated by the PDCCH region.

9. A method for controlling in-device coexistence interference (IDC) through an evolved-NodeB (eNB) in a wireless communication system, comprising:

receiving, from a User Equipment (UE), IDC indication information including an unusable frequency band that is a frequency band in which performing communication is interfered by IDC interference;

analyzing the IDC indication information to determine IDC Discontinuous Reception (DRX) configuration associated with the unusable frequency, determining the IDC DRX configuration reconfiguring DRX relating to the unusable frequency band based on the IDC indication information, and selecting IDC resolution operation autonomously denying Industrial Scientific Medical (ISM) transmission in the unusable frequency band; and

transmitting, to the UE, Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection reconfiguration including the IDC DRX configuration and the IDC resolution operation;

wherein the IDC DRX configuration includes information configuring a DRX retransmission timer and information configuring a DRX short cycle to a predetermined cycle for avoiding the IDC interference.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the RRC connection reconfiguration further includes information for configuring a time-division multiplexing (TDM) pattern which is not related to IDC interference; and

the DRX pattern based on the IDC DRX configuration is information reconfiguring the TDM pattern which is not related to IDC interference.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the IDC resolution operation comprises autonomously denying a transmission of a scheduling request.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the IDC resolution operation comprises autonomously denying the ISM transmission with respect to a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) region in a random access operation and autonomously denying the ISM transmission with respect to a non-PDCCH region in a case where downlink resource allocation exists in the non-PDCCH region that is indicated by the PDCCH region.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 13, 2020
From: GOLDPEAK INNOVATIONS INC
To: PANTECH CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052657/0066 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 27, 2017
From: PANTECH INC
To: GOLDPEAK INNOVATIONS INC
Reel/Frame 042098/0653 →