Granted Patent B2

US 11,272,416 · App. 17/099,354 · Granted Mar 8, 2022

Inventors: Guodong Zhang (Syosset, NY); Sung-Hyuk Shin (Northvale, NJ); Stephen E. Terry (Northport, NY); James M. Miller (Verona, NJ); Stephen G. Dick (Nesconset, NY)

Assignee: Pantech Wireless, LLC

H04W36/18H04L1/1812H04L1/1887H04L1/1893H04W74/004H04W74/04H04B7/022H04W36/30H04W88/08

Abstract

Claims (41)

1. A base station comprising:

a receiver; and

a transmitter,

wherein the receiver and the transmitter are configured to cause the base station to:

transmit, to a primary downlink cell, a first scheduling assignment for a first uplink transmission;

receive first data in the first uplink transmission to at least a primary uplink cell using a first hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process;

transmit, to the primary downlink cell, a second scheduling assignment indicating, the second scheduling assignment indicating a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process identification of the first HARQ process, a modulation and coding set (MCS), and a transmission time opportunity; and

receive the first data in a second uplink transmission using the first HARQ process, the MCS, and the transmission time opportunity, wherein the first data is received in a transmission based on the HARQ process identification.

2. The base station of claim 1 , wherein the first scheduling assignment includes an indication of a priority of data for the first uplink transmission.

3. The base station of claim 1 , wherein the MCS indicated by the second scheduling assignment is different than an MCS used for the first uplink transmission.

4. The base station of claim 1 , wherein the receiver and the transmitter are further configured to cause the base station to:

transmit, to the primary downlink cell, a third scheduling assignment for a third uplink transmission;

receive, from at least a non-primary cell, third data in the third uplink transmission using a second HARQ process;

transmit, to the primary downlink cell, a fourth scheduling assignment for a fourth uplink transmission; and

receive, from at least the non-primary cell, fourth data in the fourth uplink transmission using the second HARQ process.

5. The base station of claim 4 , wherein the base station transmits the fourth scheduling assignment based on the base station successfully receiving the third uplink transmission from the non-primary cell and not based on whether the base station successfully received the third uplink transmission from the primary cell.

6. The base station of claim 1 , wherein the receiver and the transmitter are further configured to cause the base station to:

transmit, to the primary downlink cell, a third scheduling assignment for a third uplink transmission;

receive, from at least a non-primary cell, third data in the third uplink transmission using a second HARQ process;

transmit, to the primary downlink cell, a fourth scheduling assignment indicating a retransmission of the third data; and

receive, from at least the non-primary cell, the third data in the fourth uplink transmission using the second HARQ process.

7. The base station of claim 6 , wherein the fourth scheduling assignment is transmitted based on the non-primary cell not successfully receiving the third uplink transmission.

8. A method comprising:

transmitting, to a primary downlink cell, a first scheduling assignment for a first uplink transmission;

receiving first data in the first uplink transmission to at least a primary uplink cell using a first hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process;

transmitting, to the primary downlink cell, a second scheduling assignment indicating, the second scheduling assignment indicating a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process identification of the first HARQ process, a modulation and coding set (MCS), and a transmission time opportunity; and

receiving the first data in a second uplink transmission using the first HARQ process, the MCS, and the transmission time opportunity, wherein the first data is received in a transmission based on the HARQ process identification.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the first scheduling assignment includes an indication of a priority of data for the first uplink transmission.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the MCS indicated by the second scheduling assignment is different than an MCS used for the first uplink transmission.

11. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

transmitting, to the primary downlink cell, a third scheduling assignment for a third uplink transmission;

receiving, from at least a non-primary cell, third data in the third uplink transmission using a second HARQ process;

transmitting, to the primary downlink cell, a fourth scheduling assignment for a fourth uplink transmission; and

receiving, from at least the non-primary cell, fourth data in the fourth uplink transmission using the second HARQ process.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the base station transmits the fourth scheduling assignment based on the base station successfully receiving the third uplink transmission from the non-primary cell and not based on whether the base station successfully received the third uplink transmission from the primary cell.

13. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

transmitting, to the primary downlink cell, a third scheduling assignment for a third uplink transmission;

receiving, from at least a non-primary cell, third data in the third uplink transmission using a second HARQ process;

transmitting, to the primary downlink cell, a fourth scheduling assignment indicating a retransmission of the third data; and

receiving, from at least the non-primary cell, the third data in the fourth uplink transmission using the second HARQ process.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the fourth scheduling assignment is transmitted based on the non-primary cell not successfully receiving the third uplink transmission.

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Continuity (14)