IP Library Granted Patent US 10,993,255
Granted Patent B2
US 10,993,255 · App. 16/482,230 · Granted Apr 27, 2021

Method for performing sub-band unit downlink scheduling in next generation wireless communication system and apparatus for same

Inventors: Hyungtae Kim (Seoul, KR); Jonghyun Park (Seoul, KR); Jiwon Kang (Seoul, KR); Kijun Kim (Seoul, KR); Haewook Park (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W72/1289H04W72/0453
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,993,255
App. No.
16/482,230
Filed
Jul 30, 2019
Granted
Apr 27, 2021
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2467
USPC
370/329
Abstract

Disclosed in the present application is a method for a terminal transmitting an uplink signal in a wireless communication system. Particularly, the method comprises the steps of: receiving, from the base station, allocation information for resource blocks in a wideband and information on precoders indicated in sub-band units; configuring the allocated resource blocks into sub-bands including two or more continuous resource blocks; and transmitting the uplink signal through the sub-bands to the base station by applying the precoders to corresponding sub-bands.

Claims (34)

1. A method of transmitting an uplink signal by a user equipment (UE) to a base station (BS) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, from the BS, first downlink control information (DCI) including information about resource blocks allocated in a wideband (WB) and second DCI including information about precoders indicated in units of a subband (SB);

configuring the allocated resource blocks as SBs including two or more contiguous resource blocks; and

transmitting, to the BS, the uplink signal through the SBs, by applying the precoders to corresponding SBs,

wherein a WB modulation and coding scheme (MCS) and a WB precoding matrix indicator (PMI) are included in the first DCI, and a SB MCS and SB PMIs are included in the second DCI,

wherein, based on the UE being configured to use the SB PMI for the transmission of the uplink signal and succeeding in the reception of the second DCI, the SB MCS and a corresponding SB PMI included in the second DCI are used for the transmission of the uplink signal,

wherein, based on the UE being configured to use the SB PMI for the transmission of the uplink signal and failing in the reception of the second DCI, the WB MCS and the WB PMI included in the first DCI are used for the transmission of the uplink signal, and

wherein the first and the second DCI are received through a same subframe and are configured based on a same aggregation level.

2. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the configuring the allocated resource blocks as the SBs includes defining, as one SB, resource blocks of contiguous indexes which are equal to or less than a predetermined number from a resource block of a minimum index not configured as a SB among the allocated resource blocks.

3. The method of claim 2 ,

wherein if a resource block of an index which is contiguous with the resource block of the minimum index not configured as a SB is not present among the allocated resource blocks, the resource block of the minimum index is defined as one SB.

4. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the first and the second DCI are UE specific DCI.

5. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the first DCI includes information about a size of SBs defined as the number of resource blocks.

6. A user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a wireless communication module; and

a processor connected to the wireless communication module and configured to:

receive, from the BS, first downlink control information (DCI) including information about resource blocks allocated in a wideband (WB) and second DCI including information about precoders indicated in units of a subband (SB),

configure the allocated resource blocks as SBs including two or more contiguous resource blocks, and

transmit, to the BS, the uplink signal through the SBs, by applying the precoders to corresponding SBs,

wherein a WB modulation and coding scheme (MCS) and a WB precoding matrix indicator (PMI) are included in the first DCI, and a SB MCS and SB PMIs are included in the second DCI,

wherein, based on the UE being configured to use the SB PMI for the transmission of the uplink signal and succeeding in the reception of the second DCI, the SB MCS and a corresponding SB PMI included in the second DCI are used for the transmission of the uplink signal,

wherein, based on the UE being configured to use the SB PMI for the transmission of the uplink signal and failing in the reception of the second DCI, the WB MCS and the WB PMI included in the first DCI are used for the transmission of the uplink signal, and

wherein the first and the second DCI are received through a same subframe and are configured based on a same aggregation level.

7. The UE of claim 6 ,

wherein the processor defines, as one SB, resource blocks of contiguous indexes which are equal to or less than a predetermined number from a resource block of a minimum index not configured as a SB among the allocated resource blocks.

8. The UE of claim 7 ,

wherein if a resource block of an index which is contiguous with the resource block of the minimum index not configured as a SB is not present among the allocated resource blocks, the resource block of the minimum index is defined as one SB.

9. The UE of claim 6 ,

wherein the first and the second DCI are UE specific DCI.

10. The UE of claim 6 ,

wherein the first DCI includes information about a size of SBs defined as the number of resource blocks.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 30, 2019
From: KIM, HYUNGTAE; PARK, JONGHYUN; KANG, JIWON; KIM, KIJUN; PARK, HAEWOOK
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 62501768 · May 5, 2017
Provisional Application 62452945 · Jan 31, 2017
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