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Granted Patent B2
US 10,383,103 · App. 15/565,403 · Granted Aug 13, 2019

Method for allocating resources in cellular network using unlicensed band and device therefor

Inventors: Seung-Hoon Park (Seoul, KR); Jung-Min Moon (Suwon-si, KR); Sun-Heui Ryoo (Yongin-si, KR); Byoung-Hoon Jung (Seoul, KR); Jung-Soo Jung (Seongnam-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04W72/042H04L5/0092H04L27/0006H04W16/14H04W72/0446H04W72/14H04W74/08H04W72/1268
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Patent No.
US 10,383,103
App. No.
15/565,403
Granted
Aug 13, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a 5G or pre-5G communication system provided so as to support a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G communication system, such as LTE. A method and a device for transmitting information in a communication system are disclosed. The method for allocating resources in a cellular network using an unlicensed band comprises the steps of: generating at least one resource allocation signal containing information indicating a plurality of continuous uplink subframes capable of communicating through the unlicensed band; transmitting the resource allocation signal to a user equipment (UE) through the unlicensed band for the duration of at least one downlink subframe; and receiving uplink data from the UE for the duration of the continuous uplink subframes.

Claims (79)

1. A method for allocating resources for an unlicensed band in a cellular network, the method comprising:

transmitting, in a downlink subframe, downlink control information comprising first information for resource assignment and second information indicating a plurality of scheduled uplink subframes in the unlicensed band;

and

receiving uplink data from a user equipment (UE) during the scheduled uplink subframes in the unlicensed band.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the downlink control information comprises:

the first information indicating at least one resource block,

the second information indicating a number of the scheduled uplink subframes, the scheduled uplink subframes being consecutive; and

a modulation and coding scheme for the uplink data in the scheduled consecutive uplink subframes.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein a firstly scheduled subframe from among the plurality of scheduled uplink subframes is identified based on a position of the downlink subframe in a frame.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the downlink control information further comprises hybrid automatic request repeat (HARM) process identifier (ID) of a firstly scheduled subframe from among the plurality of scheduled uplink subframes, and

HARQ process IDs for other scheduled subframes are sequentially allocated from a next value of the HARQ process ID of the firstly scheduled subframe.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the downlink control information further comprises a timing offset between the downlink subframe and the first scheduled uplink subframe.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting, in a first downlink subframe, first downlink control information comprising resource assignment for a single uplink subframe in the unlicensed band, to the UE; and

receiving, in the unlicensed band, uplink data from the UE during the single uplink subframe identified based on the first downlink control information and a position of the first downlink subframe, wherein the first downlink control information comprises:

a timing offset between the first downlink subframe and the single uplink subframe,

information indicating at least one resource block,

a modulation and coding scheme for the single uplink subframe,

a HARQ process ID of the single uplink subframe.

7. A method for receiving resource allocation for an unlicensed band in a cellular network, the method comprising:

receiving, from a base station, downlink control information comprising first information for resource assignment and second information indicating a plurality of scheduled uplink subframes in the unlicensed band in a downlink subframe;

identifying the plurality of scheduled uplink subframes based on the downlink control information; and

transmitting uplink data to the base station during the scheduled uplink subframes in the unlicensed band.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the downlink control information comprises:

the first information indicating at least one resource block,

the second information indicating a number of the scheduled uplink subframes, the scheduled uplink subframes being consecutive; and

a modulation and coding scheme for the uplink data in the scheduled uplink subframes.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein a firstly scheduled subframe from among the plurality of scheduled uplink subframes is identified based on a position of the downlink subframe in a frame.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the downlink control information further comprises a hybrid automatic request repeat (HARQ) process identifier (ID) of a firstly scheduled subframe from among the plurality of scheduled uplink subframes, and

HARQ process IDs for other scheduled subframes are sequentially allocated from a next value of the HARQ process ID of the firstly scheduled subframe.

11. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

performing listen before talk (LBT) based on a timing offset between the downlink subframe and the first scheduled uplink subframe.

12. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

receiving, from the base station, first downlink control information comprising resource assignment for a single uplink subframe in the unlicensed band, in a first downlink subframe; and

transmitting, in the unlicensed band, uplink data to the base station during the single uplink subframe identified based on the first downlink control information and a position of the first downlink subframe,

wherein the first downlink control information comprises:

a timing offset between the first downlink subframe and the single uplink subframe,

information indicating at least one resource block,

a modulation and coding scheme for the single uplink subframe,

a HARQ process ID of the single uplink subframe.

13. A base station for allocating resources for an unlicensed band in a cellular network, the base station comprising:

a controller configured to generate downlink control information comprising first information for resource assignment and second information indicating a plurality of scheduled uplink subframes in the unlicensed band; and

a transceiver configured to transmit the downlink control information to a user equipment (UE) in a downlink subframe and to receive uplink data from the UE during the scheduled uplink subframes in the unlicensed band.

14. The base station of claim 13 , wherein the downlink control information comprises:

the first information indicating at least one resource block,

the second information indicating a number of the scheduled uplink subframes, the scheduled uplink subframes being consecutive; and

a modulation and coding scheme for the uplink data in the scheduled consecutive uplink subframes.

15. The base station of claim 14 , wherein a firstly scheduled subframe from among the plurality of scheduled uplink subframes is identified based on a position of the downlink subframe in a frame.

16. The base station of claim 13 , wherein the downlink control information further comprises a hybrid automatic request repeat (HARQ) process identifier (ID) of a firstly scheduled subframe from among the plurality of scheduled uplink subframes, and

HARQ process IDs for other scheduled subframes are sequentially allocated from a next value of the HARQ process ID of the firstly scheduled subframe.

17. The base station of claim 13 , wherein the downlink control information further comprises a timing offset between the downlink subframe and the first scheduled uplink subframe.

18. The base station of claim 13 , wherein the transceiver is further configured to:

transmit, in a first downlink subframe, first downlink control information comprising resource assignment for a single uplink subframe in the unlicensed band, to the UE; and

receive, in the unlicensed band, uplink data from the UE during the single uplink subframe identified based on the first downlink control information and a position of the first downlink subframe,

wherein the first downlink control information comprises:

a timing offset between the first downlink subframe and the single uplink subframe,

information indicating at least one resource block,

a modulation and coding scheme for the single uplink subframe,

a HARQ process ID of the single uplink subframe.

19. A user equipment (UE) for receiving resource allocation for an unlicensed band in a cellular network, the UE comprising:

a transceiver configured to receive, from a base station, downlink control information comprising first information for resource assignment and second information indicating a plurality of scheduled uplink subframes in the unlicensed band in a downlink subframe and to transmit uplink data to the base station during the scheduled uplink subframes in the unlicensed band; and

a controller configured to identify the plurality of scheduled uplink subframes based on downlink control information.

20. The UE of claim 19 , wherein the downlink control information comprises:

the first information indicating at least one resource block,

the second information indicating a number of the scheduled uplink subframes, the scheduled uplink subframes being consecutive; and

a modulation and coding scheme for the uplink data in the scheduled uplink subframes.

21. The UE of claim 20 , wherein a firstly scheduled subframe from among the plurality of scheduled uplink subframes is identified based on a position of the downlink subframe in a frame.

22. The UE of claim 19 , wherein the downlink control information further comprises a hybrid automatic request repeat (HARQ) process identifier (ID) of a firstly scheduled subframe from among the plurality of scheduled uplink subframes, and

HARQ process IDs for other scheduled subframes are sequentially allocated from a next value of the HARQ process ID of the first scheduled subframe.

23. The UE of claim 19 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

perform listen before talk (LBT) based on a timing offset between the downlink subframe and the first scheduled uplink subframe.

24. The UE of claim 19 , wherein the transceiver is further configured to:

receive, from the base station, first downlink control information comprising resource assignment for a single uplink subframe in the unlicensed band, in a first downlink subframe; and

transmit, in the unlicensed band, uplink data to the base station during the single uplink subframe identified based on the first downlink control information and a position of the first downlink subframe,

wherein the first downlink control information comprises:

a timing offset between the first downlink subframe and the single uplink subframe,

information indicating at least one resource block,

a modulation and coding scheme for the single uplink subframe,

a HARQ process ID of the single uplink subframe.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 9, 2017
From: PARK, SEUNG-HOON; MOON, JUNG-MIN; RYOO, SUN-HEUI; JUNG, BYOUNG-HOON; JUNG, JUNG-SOO
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2016-0039790 · Mar 31, 2016 · national
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62145151 · Apr 9, 2015
Related Publication 20180124749A1 · May 3, 2018
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