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Granted Patent B2
US 11,552,738 · App. 16/870,319 · Granted Jan 10, 2023

Method and device for operation of user equipment and base station in wireless communication system

Inventors: Duckhyun Bae (Seoul, KR); Yunjung Yi (Seoul, KR); Daesung Hwang (Seoul, KR); Inkwon Seo (Seoul, KR); Changhwan Park (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04L1/08H04L1/1812H04W72/0446
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Patent No.
US 11,552,738
App. No.
16/870,319
Granted
Jan 10, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention discloses methods for operating a user equipment and a base station in a wireless communication system and devices for supporting the same. More specifically, the present invention provides various embodiments of methods by which a user equipment transmits an uplink signal to a base station and receives feedback information on the uplink signal in order to transmit and receive signals to and from the base station.

Claims (39)

1. A method performed by a User Equipment (UE) to communicate with a Base Station (BS) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, from the BS, information regarding a number of repetitions K to perform repeated uplink transmissions;

performing the repeated uplink transmissions on consecutive time-domain resources within a time period associated with a single Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) process identity (ID), wherein the repeated uplink transmissions are configured by the BS without dynamic scheduling; and

terminating the repeated uplink transmissions at the end of the time period, wherein a number of the repeated uplink transmissions does not reach the number of repetitions K at the end of the time period,

wherein the time period comprises a plurality of predetermined time-domain resources, and

wherein each of the repeated uplink transmissions is performed on a respective one of the plurality of predetermined time-domain resources.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein an initial uplink transmission among the repeated uplink transmissions occurs after an initial time-domain resource of the time period.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising obtaining acknowledgement information for the repeated uplink transmissions.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the obtaining the acknowledgement information for the repeated uplink transmissions comprises:

based on receiving, from the BS, acknowledgement information corresponding to a HARQ process ID associated with the repeated uplink transmissions, obtaining Non-ACKnowledgement (NACK) for the repeated uplink transmissions; and

based on not receiving, from the BS, the acknowledgement information corresponding to the HARQ process ID associated with the repeated uplink transmissions, obtaining ACKnowledgement (ACK) for the repeated uplink transmissions.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising, based on receiving the NACK for the repeated uplink transmissions, performing retransmission of the repeated uplink transmissions.

6. The method of claim 3 , wherein the acknowledgement information is indicated by combining either or both of information indicating a specific value as resource allocation information for the UE and feedback information using an HARQ process which is not currently used.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the HARQ process ID associated with the repeated uplink transmissions is determined based on a time-domain resource that an initial uplink transmission among the repeated uplink transmissions is performed.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein a redundancy version for the repeated uplink transmissions is determined based on each transmission occasion for the repeated uplink transmissions.

9. A method performed by a Base Station (BS) to communicate with a User Equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting, to the UE, information regarding a number of repetitions K to perform repeated uplink transmissions;

receiving, from the UE, the repeated uplink transmissions on consecutive time-domain resources within a time period associated with a single Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) process identity (ID), wherein the repeated uplink transmissions are configured by the BS without dynamic scheduling; and

wherein the reception of the repeated uplink transmissions are performed until the end of the time period, wherein a number of the repeated uplink transmissions does not reach the number of repetitions K at the end of the time period,

wherein the time period comprises a plurality of predetermined time-domain resources, and

wherein each of the repeated uplink transmissions is received on a respective one of the plurality of predetermined time-domain resources.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein an initial uplink transmission among the repeated uplink transmissions occurs after an initial time-domain resource of the time period.

11. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

based on whether the repeated uplink transmissions are successfully decoded, (i) transmitting acknowledgement information corresponding to the HARQ process ID associated with the repeated uplink transmissions with respect to the UE, or (ii) dropping a transmission of the acknowledgement information.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the acknowledgement information corresponds to Non-ACKnowledgement (NACK) for the repeated uplink transmissions.

13. The method of claim 11 , further comprising, based on the BS transmitting the acknowledgement information, receiving, from the UE, a signal that is retransmitted for the repeated uplink transmissions.

14. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

transmitting, to the UE, acknowledgement information corresponding to the HARQ process ID based whether the repeated uplink transmissions are successfully decoded,

wherein the acknowledgement information is indicated by at least one of (i) information indicating a specific value as resource allocation information for the UE, or (ii) feedback information using an HARQ process which is not currently used.

15. The method of claim 9 , wherein the HARQ process ID associated with the repeated uplink transmissions is determined based on a time-domain resource that the UE performs an initial uplink transmission among the repeated uplink transmissions.

16. The method of claim 9 , wherein a time-domain resource that an initial uplink transmission among the repeated uplink transmissions is performed is determined based on a specific resource index of the time period.

17. A communication device configured for a Base Station (BS) to communicate with a User Equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the communication device comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory operably coupled with the at least one processor and storing instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to control the BS to perform operations comprising:

transmitting, to the UE, information regarding a number of repetitions K to perform repeated uplink transmissions;

receiving, from the UE, the repeated uplink transmissions on consecutive time-domain resources within a time period associated with a single Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) process identity (ID), wherein the repeated uplink transmissions are configured by the BS without dynamic scheduling; and

wherein the reception of the repeated uplink transmissions are performed until the end of the time period, wherein a number of the repeated uplink transmissions does not reach the number of repetitions K at the end of the time period,

wherein the time period comprises a plurality of predetermined time-domain resources, and

wherein each of the repeated uplink transmissions is received on a respective one of the plurality of predetermined time-domain resources.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 26, 2020
From: BAE, DUCKHYUN; YI, YUNJUNG; HWANG, DAESUNG; SEO, INKWON; PARK, CHANGHWAN
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 053056/0797 →
Continuity (8)
Continuation 16065718
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