IP Library Granted Patent US 10,412,731
Granted Patent B2
US 10,412,731 · App. 15/497,362 · Granted Sep 10, 2019

Methods for transmitting and receiving uplink data and apparatuses thereof

Inventors: Kyujin Park (Seoul, KR); Woo-jin Choi (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: KT CORPORATION
H04W72/0446H04W16/14H04W72/042H04W84/042
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Patent No.
US 10,412,731
App. No.
15/497,362
Granted
Sep 10, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for uplink data scheduling of a cell using an unlicensed spectrum. The method may include configuring carrier aggregation including a secondary cell (SCell) using an unlicensed spectrum, receiving downlink control information including subframe allocation information for transmitting uplink data in the secondary cell from a base station, and transmitting the uplink data through a plurality of consecutive subframes based on the subframe allocation information.

Claims (26)

1. A method for transmitting uplink data by a user equipment, the method comprising:

configuring carrier aggregation including a secondary cell which is using an unlicensed spectrum;

receiving, by the user equipment, downlink control information including subframe allocation information for transmitting uplink data in the secondary cell, from a base station; and

transmitting the uplink data through a plurality of consecutive subframes of the secondary cell based on the subframe allocation information,

wherein the subframe allocation information comprises i) offset information for determination of a subframe in which the uplink data starts to be transmitted and ii) duration information indicating the number of subframes in which the uplink data is transmitted.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the subframe in which the uplink data starts to be transmitted is determined as n+4+the offset information, when a subframe number in which the downlink control information is received is n, where n is an integer number greater than 0.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving maximum information indicating the largest number of the plurality of consecutive subframes of the secondary cell through a high layer signaling before receiving the downlink control information.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein a size of information area of the duration information is determined by the maximum information.

5. A method for receiving uplink data by a base station, the method comprising:

controlling carrier aggregation configuration of a user equipment including a secondary cell which is using an unlicensed spectrum;

transmitting, by the base station to the user equipment, downlink control information including subframe allocation information for transmitting uplink data in the secondary cell; and

receiving the uplink data transmitted through a plurality of consecutive subframes of the secondary cell based on the subframe allocation information,

wherein the subframe allocation information comprises i) offset information for determination of a subframe in which the uplink data starts to be transmitted and ii) duration information indicating the number of subframes in which the uplink data is transmitted.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the subframe in which the uplink data starts to be transmitted is determined as n+4+the offset information, when a subframe number in which the downlink control information is received is n, where n is an integer number greater than 0.

7. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

transmitting maximum information indicating the largest number of the plurality of consecutive subframes of the secondary cell through a high layer signaling to the user equipment before transmitting the downlink control information.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein a size of information area of the duration information is determined by the maximum information.

9. A user equipment for transmitting uplink data, the user equipment comprising:

a controller configured to configure carrier aggregation including a secondary cell which is using an unlicensed spectrum;

a receiver configured to receive downlink control information including subframe allocation information for transmitting a uplink data in the secondary cell, from a base station; and

a transmitter configured to transmit the uplink data through a plurality of consecutive subframes of the secondary cell based on the subframe allocation information,

wherein the subframe allocation information comprises i) offset information for determination of a subframe in which the uplink data starts to be transmitted and ii) duration information indicating the number of subframes in which the uplink data is transmitted.

10. The user equipment of claim 9 , wherein the subframe in which the uplink data starts to be transmitted is determined as n+4+the offset information, when a subframe number in which the downlink control information is received is n, where n is an integer number greater than 0.

11. The user equipment of claim 9 , wherein the receiver receives maximum information indicating the largest number of the plurality of consecutive subframes of the secondary cell through a high layer signaling.

12. The user equipment of claim 11 , wherein a size of information area of the duration information is determined by the maximum information.

Assignments (2)
EXCLUSIVE LICENSE WITH ALL SUBSTANTIAL RIGHT Recorded Oct 11, 2023
From: KT CORPORATION
To: PEGASUS WIRELESS INNOVATION LLC
Reel/Frame 065219/0144 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 26, 2017
From: PARK, KYUJIN; CHOI, WOO-JIN
To: KT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 042147/0237 →
Continuity (1)
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