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Granted Patent B2
US 11,895,609 · App. 17/712,458 · Granted Feb 6, 2024

Method and apparatus for shifting boundary of uplink subframe or uplink slot in wireless communication system

Inventors: Yunjung Yi (Seoul, KR); Byounghoon Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04W56/0045H04L5/0055H04W72/0446H04W74/0833
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Patent No.
US 11,895,609
App. No.
17/712,458
Granted
Feb 6, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and apparatus for shifting boundary of an uplink (UL) subframe and/or UL slot in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE) receives information on a timing advance (TA) offset from the network, and shifts the boundary of the UL subframe and/or the UL slot based on a TA and the TA offset. The UE transmits a UL signal as a response to a downlink (DL) signal in the shifted UL subframe and/or UL slot.

Claims (30)

1. A method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block (SSB) from a network;

obtaining a master information block (MIB) in the SSB;

receiving, from the network, a system information block 1 (SIB 1 ) based on information included in the MIB for a control resource set (CORESET);

performing an access to a cell related to the network based on access information included in the SIB 1 ;

receiving a downlink (DL) data from the network;

determining an acknowledgement/negative-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) transmission timing as a timing after a predetermined time interval from an end of a reception of the DL data;

based on that a processing time of the DL data is less than the predetermined time interval minus an offset, transmitting an ACK/NACK for the DL data to the network by applying the offset to a timing advance (TA) so that the ACK/NACK is transmitted at the offset earlier than the ACK/NACK transmission timing; and

transmitting an UL data to the network by applying the offset to the TA after transmitting the ACK/NACK,

wherein the offset is configured by the network.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein information on the offset is received via a remaining minimum system information (RMSI).

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the offset is configured per frequency range or per frequency band.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the offset is configured in terms of number of symbols based on a numerology used in a synchronization signal block (SSB) including synchronization signals and a physical broadcast channel (PBCH).

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the offset is configured in terms of number of symbols based on a numerology used in RMSI.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the offset is configured in terms of number of symbols based on at least one of a numerology used in a UL subframe or a UL slot.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the offset is applied to a physical random access channel (PRACH) preamble transmission.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the UE is in communication with at least one of a mobile device, a network, or autonomous vehicles other than the UE.

9. A user equipment (UE) configured to operate in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a memory;

a transceiver, and

at least one processor, operably coupled to the memory and the transceiver, configured to:

control the transceiver to receive a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block (SSB) from a network;

obtain a master information block (MIB) in the SSB;

control the transceiver to receive, from the network, a system information block 1 (SIB 1 ) based on information included in the MIB for a control resource set (CORESET);

perform an access to a cell related to the network based on access information included in the SIB 1 ;

control the transceiver to receive a downlink (DL) data from the network;

determine an acknowledgement/negative-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) transmission timing as a timing after a predetermined time interval from an end of a reception of the DL data;

based on that a processing time of the DL data is less than the predetermined time interval minus an offset, control the transceiver to transmit an ACK/NACK for the DL data to the network by applying the offset to a timing advance (TA) so that the ACK/NACK is transmitted at the offset earlier than the ACK/NACK transmission timing; and

control the transceiver to transmit an uplink (UL) data to the network by applying the offset to the TA after transmitting the ACK/NACK,

wherein the offset is configured by the network.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 12, 2022
From: YI, YUNJUNG; KIM, BYOUNGHOON
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 061065/0018 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16652869
Provisional Application 62571743 · Oct 12, 2017
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