IP Library Granted Patent US 10,581,560
Granted Patent B2
US 10,581,560 · App. 15/716,568 · Granted Mar 3, 2020

Method of transceiving data via uplink channel for coverage expansion and apparatus thereof

Inventors: Kyujin Park (Seoul, KR); Woo-jin Choi (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: KT CORPORATION
H04L1/1812H04L1/0038H04L1/0046H04L1/08H04L1/1896H04W72/042H04W72/08
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,581,560
App. No.
15/716,568
Granted
Mar 3, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a method of transceiving data via an uplink data channel for coverage expansion. The method may include establishing, by a base station, an uplink data channel enhancement mode for uplink data channel coverage enhancement of a user equipment; configuring a first downlink control information (DCI) format for the user equipment set with the uplink data channel enhancement mode; and transmitting the first DCI format via a downlink control channel.

Claims (26)

1. A method of transceiving data via an uplink data channel for coverage expansion, the method comprising:

establishing, by a base station, a transmission mode of a user equipment as an uplink data channel enhancement transmission mode for uplink data channel coverage enhancement of the user equipment;

configuring a first downlink control information (DCI) format for the user equipment set with the uplink data channel enhancement transmission mode; and

transmitting the first DCI format via a downlink control channel,

wherein the first DCI format is a DCI format for the uplink data channel enhancement transmission mode for allocating uplink shared channel resources for the user equipment, and the first DCI format includes information for allocating a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARD) process number and information for setting a repetition number, and

wherein when a transmission mode of the user equipment is the uplink data channel enhancement transmission mode, the user equipment monitors the first DCI format in a specific search space without monitoring a second DCI format, wherein the second DCI format is a DCI format for a user equipment configured for an uplink data channel normal transmission mode.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the uplink data channel enhancement transmission mode is established through specific higher layer signaling of the user equipment.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the specific search space of the user equipment is a UE specific search space, and the user equipment decodes the first DCI formation in the UE specific search space without decoding a second DCI format.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the first DCI format is configured by modifying the second DCI format to additionally include an HARQ process number and a repetition number.

5. A method of transceiving data via an uplink data channel for coverage expansion, the method comprising:

establishing a transmission mode for transmitting an uplink data channel;

when the transmission mode is an uplink data channel enhancement transmission mode, monitoring a downlink control channel to receive a first downlink control information (DCI) format, and when the transmission mode is an uplink data channel normal mode, monitoring the downlink control channel to receive a second DCI format; and

receiving one of the first DCI format and the second DCI format via the downlink control channel,

wherein the first DCI format is a DCI format for the uplink data channel enhancement transmission mode for allocating uplink shared channel resources for the user equipment, and the first DCI format includes information for allocating a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process number and information for setting a repetition number, and

when a transmission mode of the user equipment is the uplink data channel enhancement transmission mode, the user equipment monitors the first DCI format in a specific search space without monitoring a second DCI format, wherein the second DCI format is a DCI format for a user equipment configured for an uplink data channel normal transmission mode.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the uplink data channel enhancement transmission mode is established by specific higher layer signaling of a user equipment.

7. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the specific search space of the user equipment is a UE specific search space, and the user equipment decodes the first DCI formation in the UE specific search space without decoding a second DCI format.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the first DCI format is configured by modifying the second DCI format to include a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process number and a repetition number.

9. A base station for transceiving data via an uplink data channel for coverage expansion, comprising:

a controller configured to establish an uplink data channel enhancement transmission mode for uplink data channel coverage enhancement of a user equipment and configures a first downlink control information (DCI) format for the user equipment set with the uplink data channel enhancement transmission mode; and

a transmitter configured to transmit the first DCI format via a downlink control channel,

wherein the first DCI format is a DCI format for the uplink data channel enhancement transmission mode for allocating uplink shared channel resources for the user equipment, and the first DCI format includes information for allocating a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process number and information for setting a repetition number, and

when a transmission mode of the user equipment is the uplink data channel enhancement transmission mode, the user equipment monitors the first DCI format in a specific search space without monitoring a second DCI format, wherein the second DCI format is a DCI format for a user equipment configured for an uplink data channel normal transmission mode.

10. The base station according to claim 9 , wherein the uplink data channel enhancement transmission mode is established by specific higher layer signaling of the user equipment.

11. The base station according to claim 9 , wherein the specific search space of the user equipment is a UE specific search space, and the user equipment decodes the first DCI format in the UE specific search space without decoding a second DCI format.

12. The base station according to claim 11 , wherein the first DCI format is configured by adding a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARD) process number and a repetition number to the second DCI format.

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 Sep 27, 2017
From: PARK, KYUJIN; CHOI, WOO-JIN
To: KT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043709/0403 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2016-0127089 · Sep 30, 2016 · national
KR 10-2017-0080594 · Jun 26, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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