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Granted Patent B2
US 10,945,274 · App. 15/454,758 · Granted Mar 9, 2021

System and method for bandwidth utilization

Inventors: Liqing Zhang (Ottawa, CA); Jianglei Ma (Ottawa, CA); Kelvin Kar Kin Au (Kanata, CA); Wen Tong (Ottawa, CA)
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
H04W72/12H04L5/0044H04L5/0092H04L27/2602H04W72/044H04L5/0007
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Patent No.
US 10,945,274
App. No.
15/454,758
Granted
Mar 9, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods of bandwidth utilization are provided. Within a scheduling bandwidth, which may be an entire carrier bandwidth or a sub-band, scheduling is used to reserve a guard zone at the edge of the scheduled bandwidth. This can be based on the frequency localization capabilities of a transmitter that is to be scheduled. The guard zone may be defined to a resolution that is the same as the scheduling resolution in which case the guard zone is defined entirely through scheduling. Alternatively, the guard zone may be defined to a resolution smaller than the scheduling resolution in which case scheduling and further signaling may be employed to define the guard zone.

Claims (90)

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by an apparatus from a network device, a first signal in a first sub-band of a carrier using a first subcarrier spacing, the carrier having a carrier bandwidth;

wherein the carrier comprises at least a second sub-band associating with a value of a second subcarrier spacing different than a value of the first subcarrier spacing, and the first sub-band and the second sub-band are within the carrier;

wherein the carrier having a first guard band at a first edge of the carrier bandwidth adjacent to the first sub-band, and the carrier having a second guard band at a second edge of the carrier bandwidth adjacent to the second sub-band;

wherein a first width in frequency of the first guard band is defined by the first subcarrier spacing, a second width in frequency of the second guard band is defined by the second subcarrier spacing, and the second guard band has a different width in frequency than the first guard band;

the method further comprising receiving a scheduling to indicate a third width in frequency of a third guard band between the first sub-band and the second sub-band or between the first sub-band and a third sub-band of the carrier, wherein the scheduling indicates resource information defined by resource unit of any one of resource block, partial resource block, resource block group or sub-carrier spacing.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the first subcarrier spacing and the second subcarrier spacing is 15 kHz, 30 kHz, 60 kHz, or 120 kHz.

3. The method of claim 1 , the method further comprising:

receiving, by the apparatus, indication of at least one sub-band comprising the first sub-band.

4. The method of claim 1 , the method further comprising:

receiving, by the apparatus, indication of resource information within the first sub-band, wherein the resource information is scheduled by resource unit of any one of the following:

resource block group;

fractional resource block group;

resource block;

fractional resource block;

sub-carrier.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first subcarrier spacing has a reference sub-carrier grid to align with a sub-carrier of the second subcarrier spacing.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first signal is filtered or windowed.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein any one the first guard band and the second guard band comprises a resource used for transmitting data, wherein the resource is scheduled by resource unit of any one of the following:

resource block group;

fractional resource block group;

resource block;

fractional resource block;

sub-carrier.

8. An apparatus comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a first signal in a first sub-band of a carrier using a first subcarrier spacing, the carrier having a carrier bandwidth;

wherein the carrier comprises at least a second sub-band associating with a value of a second subcarrier spacing different than a value of the first subcarrier spacing, and the first sub-band and the second sub-band are within the carrier;

wherein the carrier having a first guard band at a first edge of the carrier bandwidth adjacent to the first sub-band, and the carrier having a second guard band at a second edge of the carrier bandwidth adjacent to the second sub-band;

wherein a first width in frequency of the first guard band is defined by the first subcarrier spacing, a second width in frequency of the second guard band is defined by the second subcarrier spacing, and the second guard band has a different width in frequency than the first guard band;

the apparatus is further configured to receive a scheduling to indicate a third width in frequency of a third guard band between the first sub-band and the second sub-band or between the first sub-band and a third sub-band of the carrier, wherein the scheduling indicates resource information defined by resource unit of any one of resource block, partial resource block, resource block group or sub-carrier spacing.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein each of the first subcarrier spacing and the second subcarrier spacing is 15 kHz, 30 kHz, 60 kHz or 120 kHz.

10. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the receiver further configured to receive indication of at least one sub-band comprising the first sub-band.

11. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the receiver further configured to receive indication of resource information within the first sub-band, wherein the resource information is scheduled by resource unit of any one of the following:

resource block group;

fractional resource block group;

resource block;

fractional resource block;

sub-carrier.

12. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the first subcarrier spacing has a reference sub-carrier grid to align with a sub-carrier of the second subcarrier spacing.

13. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the first signal has a transmitted waveform type that is filtered or windowed.

14. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein any one the first guard band and the second guard band comprises a resource used for transmitting data wherein the resource is scheduled by resource unit of any one of the following:

resource block group;

fractional resource block group;

resource block;

fractional resource block;

sub-carrier.

15. A method comprising:

sending, by a network device, a first signal in a first sub-band of a carrier using a first subcarrier spacing, the carrier having a carrier bandwidth;

wherein the carrier comprises at least a second sub-band associating with a value of a second subcarrier spacing different than a value of the first subcarrier spacing, and the first sub-band and the second sub-band are within the carrier;

wherein the carrier having a first guard band at a first edge of the carrier bandwidth adjacent to the first sub-band, and the carrier having a second guard band at a second edge of the carrier bandwidth adjacent to the second sub-band;

wherein a first width in frequency of the first guard band is defined by the first subcarrier spacing, a second width in frequency of the second guard band is defined by the second subcarrier spacing, and the second guard band has a different width in frequency than the first guard band;

the method further comprising using a scheduling to indicate a third width in frequency of a third guard band between the first sub-band and the second sub-band or between the first sub-band and a third sub-band of the carrier, wherein the scheduling indicates resource information defined by resource unit of any one of resource block, partial resource block, resource block group or sub-carrier spacing.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein each of the first subcarrier spacing and the second subcarrier spacing is 15 kHz or 30 kHz.

17. The method of claim 15 , the method further comprising:

sending, by the network device, indication of at least one sub-band comprising the first sub-band.

18. The method of claim 15 , the method further comprising:

sending, by the network device, indication of resource information within the first sub-band, wherein the resource information is scheduled by resource unit of any one of the following:

resource block group;

fractional resource block group:

resource block;

fractional resource block;

sub-carrier.

19. The method of claim 15 , wherein the first subcarrier spacing has a reference sub-carrier grid to align with a sub-carrier of the second subcarrier spacing.

20. The method of claim 15 , wherein any one the first guard band and the second guard band comprises a resource used for transmitting data, wherein the resource is scheduled by resource unit of any one of the following:

resource block group;

fractional resource block group;

resource block;

fractional resource block;

sub-carrier.

21. A network device, comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit a first signal in a first sub-band of a carrier using a first subcarrier spacing, the carrier having a carrier bandwidth;

wherein the carrier comprises at least a second sub-band associating with a value of a second subcarrier spacing different than a value of the first subcarrier spacing, and the first sub-band and the second sub-band are within the carrier;

wherein the carrier having a first guard band at a first edge of the carrier bandwidth adjacent to the first sub-band, and the carrier having a second guard band at a second edge of the carrier bandwidth adjacent to the second sub-band;

wherein a first width in frequency of the first guard band is defined by the first subcarrier spacing, a second width in frequency of the second guard band is defined by the second subcarrier spacing, and the second guard band has a different width in frequency than the first guard band;

wherein the network device is further configured to use a scheduling to indicate a third width in frequency of a third guard band between the first sub-band and the second sub-band or between the first sub-band and a third sub-band of the carrier, wherein the scheduling indicates resource information defined by resource unit of any one of resource block, partial resource block, resource block group or sub-carrier spacing.

22. The network device of claim 21 , wherein each of the first subcarrier spacing and the second subcarrier spacing is 15 kHz, 30 kHz, 60 kHz or 120 kHz.

23. The network device of claim 21 , the transmitter further configured to transmit indication of at least one sub-band comprising the first sub-band.

24. The network device of claim 21 , the transmitter further configured to transmit indication of resource information within the first sub-band, wherein the resource information is scheduled by resource unit of any one of the following:

resource block group;

fractional resource block group;

resource block;

fractional resource block;

sub-carrier.

25. The network device of claim 21 , wherein the first subcarrier spacing has a reference sub-carrier grid to align with a sub-carrier of the second subcarrier spacing.

26. The network device of claim 21 , wherein any one the first guard band and the second guard band comprises a resource used for transmitting data, wherein the resource is scheduled by resource unit of any one of the following:

resource block group;

fractional resource block group;

resource block;

fractional resource block;

sub-carrier.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 14, 2017
From: ZHANG, LIQING; MA, JIANGLEI; AU, KELVIN KAR KIN; TONG, WEN
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 043285/0560 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62336232 · May 13, 2016
Related Publication 20170332387A1 · Nov 16, 2017
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