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US 10,903,944 · App. 15/572,155 · Granted Jan 26, 2021

Method for determining result of transmission for contention-based PUSCH in a wireless communication system and a device therefor

Inventors: Seungjune Yi (Seoul, KR); Sunyoung Lee (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04L1/1812H04L1/00H04W28/04H04W72/14H04W74/006H04W28/0205H04W80/02H04W84/042
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,903,944
App. No.
15/572,155
Filed
Nov 6, 2017
Granted
Jan 26, 2021
Kind
B2
Examiner
PHAM, TITO Q
Art Unit
2466
USPC
370/328
Abstract

The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for determining result of transmission for contention-based PUSCH in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: transmitting a MAC PDU using a CB grant to an eNB; starting a timer when the UE transmits the MAC PDU using the CB grant; monitoring an ACK indication transmitted by the eNB while the timer is running; considering that the MAC PDU transmission using the CB grant is failed if the UE doesn't receive the ACK indication from the eNB until the timer expires; and retransmitting the MAC PDU to the eNB.

Claims (27)

1. A method for a User Equipment (UE) operating in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

configuring an uplink (UL) grant, wherein the configured UL grant is a grant configured to the UE with an opportunity to send UL packets without requiring the UE to send a scheduling request;

transmitting a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) on the configured UL grant;

starting a timer related to the configured UL grant when the UE transmits the PUSCH on the configured UL grant;

determining whether a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback related to the PUSCH is received while the timer is running;

stopping the timer based on a determination that the HARQ feedback is received while the timer is running; and

retransmitting the PUSCH on the configured UL grant based on a decision of the UE that the transmission of the PUSCH is negative acknowledged based on a determination that the HARQ feedback has not been received until the timer expires,

wherein a value of the timer is configured via the RRC message per configured UL grant not per UE.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the UE keeps monitoring the HARQ feedback from a base station in each time interval with a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), while the timer is running.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the HARQ feedback includes an ACK indication, and the ACK indication is at least one of a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) masked by Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI) related to the configured UL grant, a PDCCH masked by Cell-RNTI (C-RNTI), or Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) including a UL grant associated with new transmission related to the PDCCH masked by the C-RNTI.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein when the UE receives an ACK indication included in the HARQ feedback from a base station, the UE discards a Medium Access Control Protocol Data Unit (MAC PDU) transmitted in the PUSCH on the configured UL grant, and generates a new MAC PDU to be transmitted in a new PUSCH on the configured UL grant.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the PUSCH is retransmitted on the configured UL grant without obtaining a new UL grant related to the uplink retransmission when the transmission of the PUSCH is negative acknowledged.

6. A User Equipment (UE) operating in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a Radio Frequency (RF) module; and

a processor configured to:

control the RF module,

configure an uplink (UL) grant, wherein the configured UL grant is a grant configured to the UE with an opportunity to send UL packets without requiring the UE to send a scheduling request;

control the RF module to transmit a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) on the configured UL grant;

start a timer related to the configured UL grant when the UE transmits the PUSCH on the configured UL grant;

determining whether a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback related to the PUSCH is received while the timer is running;

stop the timer based on a determination that the HARQ feedback is received while the timer is running; and

control the RF module to retransmit the PUSCH on the configured UL grant based on a decision of the UE that the transmission of the PUSCH is negative acknowledged based on a determination that the HARQ feedback has not been received until the timer expires,

wherein a value of the timer is configured via the RRC message per configured UL grant not per UE.

7. The UE according to claim 6 , wherein the UE keeps monitoring the HARQ feedback from a base station in each time interval with a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), while the timer is running.

8. The UE according to claim 6 , wherein the HARQ feedback includes an ACK indication, and the ACK indication is at least one of a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) masked by Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI) related to the configured UL grant, a PDCCH masked by Cell-RNTI (C-RNTI), or a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) including a UL grant associated with new transmission related to the PDCCH masked by the C-RNTI.

9. The UE according to claim 6 , wherein when the UE receives an ACK indication included in the HARQ feedback from a base station, the UE discards a Medium Access Control Protocol Data Unit (MAC PDU) transmitted in the PUSCH on the configured UL grant, and generates a new MAC PDU to be transmitted in a new PUSCH on the configured UL grant.

10. The UE according to claim 6 , wherein the PUSCH is retransmitted on the configured UL grant without obtaining a new UL grant related to the uplink retransmission when the transmission of the PUSCH is negative acknowledged.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 7, 2017
From: YI, SEUNGJUNE; LEE, SUNYOUNG
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62159371 · May 11, 2015
Related Publication 20180145795A1 · May 24, 2018
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