IP Library Granted Patent US 10,084,508
Granted Patent B2
US 10,084,508 · App. 15/414,280 · Granted Sep 25, 2018

Frequency hopping pattern and method for transmitting uplink signals using the same

Inventors: Joon Kui Ahn (Anyang-si, KR); Nam Yul Yu (Anyang-si, KR); Young Woo Yun (Anyang-si, KR); Ki Jun Kim (Anyang-si, KR); Hyun Wook Park (Anyang-si, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04B1/7143H04B7/12H04L5/0039
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Patent No.
US 10,084,508
App. No.
15/414,280
Granted
Sep 25, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for performing uplink transmission in a time domain transmission unit includes receiving, from a base station, hopping-mode information indicating whether a frequency hopping is an inter-slot hopping or an inter-subframe hopping and performing the uplink transmission using a resource block in the time domain transmission unit.

Claims (54)

1. A method for performing, by a user equipment, physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission in a time domain transmission unit, the method comprising:

receiving frequency hopping on/off information through a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) carrying scheduling information for the PUSCH transmission; and

performing the PUSCH transmission on a resource block in the time domain transmission unit according to a predetermined hopping pattern if the frequency hopping on/off information indicates a frequency hopping on,

wherein the predetermined hopping pattern is defined by a subband hopping performed over subbands and a mirroring on/off, and

wherein the subband hopping is defined using a first integer obtained from a first random sequence, and the mirroring on/off is determined based on a second random sequence separate from the first random sequence.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first integer is given using the first random sequence and using calculation operation which comprises:

performing modular calculation of: (a value generated based on the first random sequence) mod (N sb −1), where “N sb ” is a number of subbands for the subband hopping; and

adding 1 to the modular calculated value.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the subband hopping is defined such that a resource block index, RB, of the resource block used for the PUSCH transmission is given based on:

RB=(a reference index+(the first integer)*N sb RB )) mod (N sb RB *N sb ), where “N sb ” is a number of subbands for the subband hopping and “N sb RB ” is a number of resource block in each subband.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the reference index is determined based on the scheduling information.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the predetermined hopping pattern is defined within “N sb RB *N sb ” resource blocks, and the “N sb RB *N sb ” resource blocks is within a uplink system band configured with N UL RB resource blocks excluding a predetermined number of resource blocks from each end of the uplink system band.

6. A user equipment for performing physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission in a time domain transmission unit, the user equipment comprising:

a receiver,

a transmitter, and

a processor configured to control the receiver and the transmitter, the processor configured to:

control the receiver to receive frequency hopping on/off information through a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) carrying scheduling information for the PUSCH transmission; and

control the transmitter to perform the PUSCH transmission on a resource block in the time domain transmission unit according to a predetermined hopping pattern if the frequency hopping on/off information indicates a frequency hopping on,

wherein the predetermined hopping pattern is defined by a subband hopping performed over subbands and a mirroring on/off, and

wherein the subband hopping is defined using a first integer obtained from a first random sequence, and the mirroring on/off is determined based on a second random sequence separate from the first random sequence.

7. The user equipment of claim 6 , wherein the first integer is given using the first random sequence and using calculation operation which comprises:

performing modular calculation of: (a value generated based on the first random sequence) mod (N sb −1), where “N sb ” is a number of subbands for the subband hopping; and

adding 1 to the modular calculated value.

8. The user equipment of claim 6 , wherein the subband hopping is defined such that a resource block index, RB, of the resource block used for the PUSCH transmission is given based on:

RB=(a reference index+(the first integer)*N sb RB )) mod (N sb RB *N sb ), where “N sb ” is a number of subbands for the subband hopping and “N sb RB ” is a number of resource block in each subband.

9. The user equipment of claim 8 , wherein the reference index is determined based on the scheduling information.

10. The user equipment of claim 8 , wherein the predetermined hopping pattern is defined within “N sb RB *N sb ” resource blocks, and the “N sb RB *N sb ” resource blocks is within a uplink system band configured with N UL RB resource blocks excluding a predetermined number of resource blocks from each end of the uplink system band.

11. A method for receiving, by a base station, physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission in a time domain transmission unit, the method comprising:

transmitting frequency hopping on/off information through a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) carrying scheduling information for the PUSCH transmission; and

receiving the PUSCH transmission on a resource block in the time domain transmission unit according to a predetermined hopping pattern if the frequency hopping on/off information indicates a frequency hopping on,

wherein the predetermined hopping pattern is defined by a subband hopping performed over subbands and a mirroring on/off, and

wherein the subband hopping is defined using a first integer obtained from a first random sequence, and the mirroring on/off is determined based on a second random sequence separate from the first random sequence.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first integer is given using the first random sequence and using calculation operation which comprises:

performing modular calculation of: (a value generated based on the first random sequence) mod (N sb −1), where “N sb ” is a number of subbands for the subband hopping; and

adding 1 to the modular calculated value.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the subband hopping is defined such that a resource block index, RB, of the resource block used for the PUSCH transmission is given based on

RB=(a reference index+(the first integer)*N sb RB )) mod (N sb RB *N sb ), where “N sb ” is a number of subbands for the subband hopping and “N sb RB ” is a number of resource block in each subband.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the reference index is determined based on the scheduling information.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the predetermined hopping pattern is defined within “N sb RB *N sb ” resource blocks, and the “N sb RB *N sb ” resource blocks is within a uplink system band configured with N UL RB resource blocks excluding a predetermined number of resource blocks from each end of the uplink system band.

16. A base station for receiving physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission in a time domain transmission unit, the base station comprising:

a transmitter,

a receiver, and

a processor configured to control the transmitter and the receiver, the processor configured to:

control the transmitter to transmit frequency hopping on/off information through a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) carrying scheduling information for the PUSCH transmission; and

control the receiver to receive the PUSCH transmission on a resource block in the time domain transmission unit according to a predetermined hopping pattern if the frequency hopping on/off information indicates a frequency hopping on,

wherein the predetermined hopping pattern is defined by a subband hopping performed over subbands and a mirroring on/off, and

wherein the subband hopping is defined using a first integer obtained from a first random sequence, and the mirroring on/off is determined based on a second random sequence separate from the first random sequence.

17. The base station of claim 16 , wherein the first integer is given using the first random sequence and using calculation operation which comprises:

performing modular calculation of: (a value generated based on the first random sequence) mod (N sb −1), where “N sb ” is a number of subbands for the subband hopping; and

adding 1 to the modular calculated value.

18. The base station of claim 16 , wherein the subband hopping is defined such that a resource block index, RB, of the resource block used for the PUSCH transmission is given based on

RB=(a reference index+(the first integer)*N sb RB )) mod (N sb RB *N sb ), where “N sb ” is a number of subbands for the subband hopping and “N sb RB ” is a number of resource block in each subband.

19. The base station of claim 18 , wherein the reference index is determined based on the scheduling information.

20. The base station of claim 18 , wherein the predetermined hopping pattern is defined within “N sb RB *N sb ” resource blocks, and the “N sb RB *N sb ” resource blocks is within a uplink system band configured with N UL RB resource blocks excluding a predetermined number of resource blocks from each end of the uplink system band.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 24, 2017
From: AHN, JOON KUI; YU, NAM YUL; YUN, YOUNG WOO; KIM, KI JUN; PARK, HYUN WOOK
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
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