IP Library Granted Patent US 10,547,354
Granted Patent B2
US 10,547,354 · App. 16/066,466 · Granted Jan 28, 2020

Methods, systems and devices for wireless transmit/receive unit cooperation

Inventors: J. Patrick Tooher (Montreal, CA); Benoit Pelletier (Roxboro, CA)
Assignee: IDAC Holdings, Inc.
H04B7/026H04W72/0406H04W72/0446H04W72/14H04W88/04H04B7/0413
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Patent No.
US 10,547,354
App. No.
16/066,466
Granted
Jan 28, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for transmitting data using a two-phase cooperation that includes a first sharing phase and a second cooperative phase is provided. In an embodiment, a method for cooperative data transmission performed by a first WTRU is disclosed. The method includes receiving, by the first WTRU from an eNB, cooperative set configuration information including a cooperative set identification. In the sharing phase, the first WTRU may receive from the eNB, a resource assignment for a first data transmission. During the sharing phase, the first data transmission may be transmitted using resources indicated in the received resource assignment. A second data transmission may be received from a second WTRU during the sharing phase. On a condition the second data transmission is successfully received by the first WTRU, a third data transmission may be transmitted, in cooperation with the second WTRU, during the cooperative phase.

Claims (39)

1. A first wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) configured for multiple phase cooperative data transmission, the first WTRU comprising:

a receiver configured to receive, by the first WTRU from an evolved Node B (eNB), cooperative set configuration information including a cooperating set specific radio network identifier (C-RNTI);

the receiver further configured to receive, by the first WTRU from the eNB, a resource assignment for a first data transmission corresponding to a sharing phase;

a transmitter configured to transmit the first data transmission during the sharing phase, using resources indicated in the received resource assignment and the received C-RNTI;

on a condition the first data transmission is successfully received by at least a second WTRU and the first data transmission is not successfully received by the eNB, the transmitter is configured to transmit a second data transmission, in cooperation with the second WTRU, during a cooperative transmission phase using a first redundancy version; and

on a condition the first data transmission is not successfully received by the second WTRU and not successfully received by the eNB, the transmitter is configured to transmit a third data transmission during the cooperative transmission phase using a second redundancy version;

wherein the first redundancy version and the second redundancy version are different redundancy versions.

2. The first WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the first data transmission is transmitted to the eNB.

3. The first WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the receiver is further configured to receive a fourth data transmission, from a third WTRU, during the sharing phase.

4. The first WTRU of claim 1 , further comprising:

the receiver is further configured to receive, from the eNB, a control message with an indication of the at least one determined time instances corresponding to the first data transmission.

5. The first WTRU of claim 1 , further comprising:

the receiver is further configured to receive, from a cooperating set master, a control message with an indication of at least one determined time instance of the first data transmission.

6. The first WTRU of claim 1 , further comprising:

the receiver is further configured to receive feedback information comprising an acknowledgement or negative acknowledgement corresponding to the first data transmission.

7. A first wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) configured for multiple phase cooperative data transmission, the first WTRU comprising:

a receiver configured to receive cooperative set configuration information including a cooperating set specific radio network identifier (C-RNTI);

the receiver further configured to receive a first data transmission, from a second WTRU, during a sharing phase, using the received C-RNTI and a first redundancy version; and

a transmitter configured to, on a condition the first data transmission is successfully received by the receiver and is not successfully received by an eNB, transmit a second data transmission, in cooperation with the second WTRU, during a cooperative transmission phase, using a second redundancy version;

wherein the first redundancy version and the second redundancy version are different redundancy versions.

8. The first WTRU of claim 7 , wherein the receiver is further configured to receive a resource assignment for the first data transmission.

9. The first WTRU of claim 7 , wherein the first data transmission is received in accordance with the received resource assignment.

10. The first WTRU of claim 7 , wherein the first data transmission is transmitted to the eNB.

11. The first WTRU of claim 7 , wherein the receiver is further configured to receive a third data transmission, from a third WTRU, during the sharing phase.

12. The first WTRU of claim 7 , further comprising:

the receiver is further configured to receive feedback information comprising an acknowledgement or negative acknowledgement corresponding to the first data transmission.

13. The first WTRU of claim 7 , further comprising:

the receiver is further configured to receive a control message with an indication of the at least one determined time instance corresponding to the first data transmission.

14. The first WTRU of claim 13 , wherein the receiver is further configured to receive the control message from a cooperating set master.

15. An evolved Node B (eNB) configured for multiple phase cooperative data transmission, the eNB comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit cooperative set configuration information including a cooperating set specific radio network identifier (C-RNTI);

a receiver further configured to receive a first data transmission, from a first WTRU, during a sharing phase, using the transmitted C-RNTI and a first redundancy version; and

the receiver is further configured to, on a condition the first data transmission is not successfully received by the eNB but is successfully received by a second WTRU, receive a second data transmission, from the first WTRU and the second WTRU, during a cooperative transmission phase, using a second redundancy version;

wherein the first redundancy version and the second redundancy version are different redundancy versions.

16. The eNB of claim 15 , wherein the transmitter is further configured to transmit a resource assignment for the first data transmission.

17. The eNB of claim 15 , wherein the first data transmission is received in accordance with the received resource assignment.

18. The eNB of claim 15 , wherein the first data transmission is transmitted to the eNB.

19. The eNB of claim 15 , further comprising:

the transmitter is further configured to transmit a negative acknowledgement in response to unsuccessfully receiving the first data transmission.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 15, 2023
From: IDAC HOLDINGS, INC.
To: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 063089/0085 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 16, 2019
From: TOOHER, J. PATRICK; PELLETIER, BENOIT
To: IDAC HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 049200/0162 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62273250 · Dec 30, 2015
Related Publication 20190020381A1 · Jan 17, 2019