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Granted Patent B2
US 10,887,057 · App. 15/594,395 · Granted Jan 5, 2021

Method and apparatus for performing light connection in wireless communication system

Inventors: Soenghun Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Jaehyuk Jang (Suwon-si, KR); Donggun Kim (Seoul, KR); Sangbum Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Alexander Sayenko (Seoul, KR); Gert Jan Van Lieshout (Apeldoorn, NL)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04L1/1861H04L1/1887H04L1/1896H04W72/042H04W74/0833H04W76/27
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Patent No.
US 10,887,057
App. No.
15/594,395
Granted
Jan 5, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a communication technology and system for integrating a 5G communication system with IoT technologies to achieve a data rate higher than those of 4G systems. The present disclosure is applicable to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technologies and IoT technologies (e.g., smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail business, and security and safety services). The present disclosure proposes a method for supporting a light connected mode as a new terminal operation mode in addition to the idle mode and connected mode to facilitate operations of the terminals and base stations in a mobile communication system.

Claims (66)

1. A method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting to a base station, a random access preamble;

receiving, from the base station, a random access response message including an uplink grant in response to the random access preamble;

identifying that the terminal is configured to use asynchronous hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) operation for an uplink HARQ operation; and

transmitting, to the base station, a message using the uplink grant based on the identification that the terminal is configured to use the asynchronous HARQ operation for the uplink HARQ operation, wherein a HARQ process identifier “0” is used for an uplink transmission of the message using the uplink grant in the random access response message, and

wherein a physical HARQ indicator channel (PHICH) is not used for the asynchronous HARQ operation associated with an uplink transmission of the message using the uplink grant included in the random access response message.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, from the base station, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) including the HARQ process identifier “0” and a new data indicator (NDI); and

identifying whether the message has successfully received in the base station based on the HARQ process identifier “0” and the NDI.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

retransmitting, to the base station, the message with the HARQ process identifier “0” based on the identification that the message has not successfully received in the base station.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the terminal is configured to use the asynchronous HARQ operation for a serving cell operating in an unlicensed band.

5. A method performed by a base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, from a terminal, a random access preamble;

transmitting, to the terminal, a random access response message including an uplink grant in response to the random access preamble;

identifying that the terminal is configured to use asynchronous hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) operation for an uplink HARQ operation; and

receiving, from the terminal, a message using the uplink grant based on the identification that the terminal is configured to use the asynchronous HARQ operation for the uplink HARQ operation,

wherein a HARQ process identifier “0” is used for an uplink transmission of the message using the uplink grant in the random access response message, and

wherein a physical HARQ indicator channel (PHICH) is not used for the asynchronous HARQ operation associated with an uplink transmission of the message using the uplink grant included in the random access response message.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

transmitting, to the terminal, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) including the HARQ process identifier “0” and a new data indicator (NDI), wherein the HARQ process identifier “0” and the NDI is used to identify whether the message has successfully received in the base station.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

receiving, from the terminal, the message with the HARQ process identifier “0” based on the identification that the message has not successfully received in the base station.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein the terminal is configured to use the asynchronous HARQ operation for a serving cell operating in an unlicensed band.

9. A terminal in a wireless communication system, the terminal comprising:

a transceiver; and

a controller configured to:

transmit, to a base station via the transceiver, a random access preamble,

receive, from the base station via the transceiver, a random access response message including an uplink grant in response to the random access preamble,

identify that the terminal is configured to use asynchronous hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) operation for an uplink HARQ operation, and

transmit, to the base station via the transceiver, a message using the uplink grant based on the identification that the terminal is configured to use the asynchronous HARQ operation for the uplink HARQ operation,

wherein a HARQ process identifier “0” is used for an uplink transmission of the message using the uplink grant in the random access response message, and

wherein a physical HARQ indicator channel (PHICH) is not used for the asynchronous HARQ operation associated with an uplink transmission of the message using the uplink grant included in the random access response message.

10. The terminal of claim 9 , wherein the controller is further configured to control the transceiver to receive, from the base station, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) including the HARQ process identifier “0” and a new data indicator (NDI), and to identify whether the message has successfully received in the base station based on the HARQ process identifier “0” and the NDI.

11. The terminal of claim 10 , wherein the controller is further configured to control the transceiver to retransmit, to the base station, the message with the HARQ process identifier “0” based on the identification that the message has not successfully received in the base station.

12. The terminal of claim 9 , wherein the terminal is configured to use the asynchronous HARQ operation for a serving cell operating in an unlicensed band.

13. A base station in a wireless communication system, the base station comprising:

a transceiver; and

a controller configured to:

receive, from a terminal via the transceiver, a random access preamble,

transmit, to the terminal via the transceiver, a random access response message including an uplink grant in response to the random access preamble,

identify that the terminal is configured to use asynchronous hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) operation for an uplink HARQ operation, and

receive, from the terminal via the transceiver, a message using the uplink grant based on the identification that the terminal is configured to use the asynchronous HARQ operation for the uplink HARQ operation,

wherein a HARQ process identifier “0” is used for an uplink transmission of the message using the uplink grant in the random access response message, and

wherein a physical HARQ indicator channel (PHICH) is not used for the asynchronous HARQ operation associated with an uplink transmission of the message using the uplink grant included in the random access response message.

14. The base station of claim 13 , wherein the controller is further configured to control the transceiver to transmit, to the terminal, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) including the HARQ process identifier “0” and a new data indicator (NDI), wherein the HARQ process identifier “0” and the NDI is used to identify whether the message has successfully received in the base station.

15. The base station of claim 14 , wherein the controller is further configured to control the transceiver to receive, from the terminal, the message with the HARQ process identifier “0” based on the identification that the message has not successfully received in the base station.

16. The base station of claim 13 , wherein the terminal is configured to use the asynchronous HARQ operation for a serving cell operating in an unlicensed band.

17. A terminal in a wireless communication system, the terminal comprising:

a transceiver; and

a controller configured to control to:

transmit, to a base station via the transceiver, a random access preamble,

receive, from the base station via the transceiver, a random access response message including an uplink grant in response to the random access preamble,

identify that the terminal is configured to use asynchronous hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) operation for an uplink HARQ operation, and

transmit, to the base station via the transceiver, a message using the uplink grant based on a fixed HARQ process identifier according to the identification that the terminal is configured to use the asynchronous HARQ operation for the uplink HARQ operation,

wherein only a HARQ process identifier “0” is used as the fixed HARQ process identifier for the asynchronous HARQ operation associated with an uplink transmission of the message using the uplink grant included in the random access response message, and

wherein a physical HARQ indicator channel (PHICH) is not used for the asynchronous HARQ operation associated with an uplink transmission of the message using the uplink grant included in the random access response message.

18. A base station in a wireless communication system, the base station comprising:

a transceiver; and

a controller configured to control to:

receive, from a terminal via the transceiver, a random access preamble,

transmit, to the terminal via the transceiver, a random access response message including an uplink grant in response to the random access preamble,

identify that the terminal is configured to use asynchronous hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) operation for an uplink HARQ operation, and

receive, from the terminal via the transceiver, a message using the uplink grant based on a fixed HARQ process identifier according to the identification that the terminal is configured to use the asynchronous HARQ operation for the uplink HARQ operation,

wherein only a HARQ process identifier “0” is used as the fixed HARQ process identifier for the asynchronous HARQ operation associated with an uplink transmission of the message using the uplink grant included in the random access response message, and

wherein a physical HARQ indicator channel (PHICH) is not used for the asynchronous HARQ operation associated with an uplink transmission of the message using the uplink grant included in the random access response message.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 12, 2017
From: KIM, SOENGHUN; JANG, JAEHYUK; KIM, DONGGUN; KIM, SANGBUM; SAYENKO, ALEXANDER; VAN LIESHOUT, GERT JAN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2016-0058340 · May 12, 2016 · national
KR 10-2016-0060337 · May 17, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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