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US 9,413,496 · App. 14/395,768 · Granted Aug 9, 2016

Method for transceiving data in wireless communication system, and apparatus therefor

Inventors: Jaewon Lim (Anyang-si, KR); Kijun Kim (Anyang-si, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04L1/1861H04L1/1812H04L1/1822
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Patent No.
US 9,413,496
App. No.
14/395,768
Granted
Aug 9, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method configured to enable user equipment to transmit or receive data relating to hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process to/from a plurality of base stations in a wireless communication system may comprise the steps of: receiving, from a serving base station, information relating to HARQ processes allocated for the HARQ process of the plurality of base stations, and base station pattern information indicating the base station to/from which the user equipment transmits or receives the data in a specific subframe; and transmitting or receiving the data to/from at least one base station from among the plurality of base stations on the basis of the information relating to the HARQ processes and the base station pattern information.

Claims (37)

1. A method for transmitting or receiving data related to a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) procedure to or from a plurality of Base Stations (BSs) by a User Equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, from a serving BS, information about HARQ processes allocated for the plurality of BSs and information about a BS pattern indicating a specific BS, among the plurality of BSs, performing communication with the UE in specific subframes, wherein at least one HARQ process allocated for one of the plurality of BSs is different from at least one HARQ process allocated for another of the plurality of BSs; and

transmitting or receiving data to or from the specific BS in one of the specific subframes by using one of at least one HARQ process allocated for the specific BS.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the information about the HARQ processes includes Identifiers (IDs) of the plurality of BSs and numbers of the HARQ processes allocated for each of the plurality of BSs.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the information about the HARQ processes is determined in consideration of a channel state and/or data load of each of the plurality of BSs.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein if the BS pattern indicates the specific BS in N-th subframe, the BS pattern indicates the specific BS in N+8-th subframe, and

wherein the UE transmits data to the specific BS in each of the N-th subframe and the N+8-th subframe.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein if the BS pattern indicates the specific BS in N-th subframe, the BS pattern indicates the specific BS in N+4-th subframe, and

wherein the UE receives data from the specific BS in the N-th subframe and transmits acknowledgment or negative acknowledgment (ACK or NACK) information regarding the received data to the specific BS in the N+4-th subframe.

6. A method for transmitting or receiving data related to a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) procedure to or from a User Equipment (UE) by a Base Station (BS) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting, to the UE, information about HARQ processes allocated for a plurality of BSs including the BS and information about a BS pattern indicating the BS performing communication with the UE in specific subframes, wherein at least one HARQ process allocated for one of the plurality of BSs is different from at least one HARQ process allocated for another of the plurality of BSs; and

transmitting or receiving data to or from the UE in one of the specific subframes by using one of at least one HARQ process allocated for the BS.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the information about the HARQ processes includes Identifiers (IDs) of the plurality of BSs and numbers of the HARQ processes allocated for each of the plurality of BSs.

8. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the information about the HARQ processes is determined in consideration of a channel state and/or data load of each of the plurality of BSs.

9. The method according to claim 6 , wherein if the BS pattern indicates the BS in N-th subframe, the BS pattern indicates the BS in N+8-th subframe, and

wherein the BS receives data from the UE in each of the N-th subframe and the N+8-th subframe.

10. The method according to claim 6 , wherein if the BS pattern indicates the BS in N-th subframe, the BS pattern indicates the BS in N+4-th subframe, and

wherein the BS transmits data to the UE in the N-th subframe and receives acknowledgment or negative acknowledgment (ACK or NACK) information regarding the transmitted data from the UE in the N+4-th subframe.

11. A User Equipment (UE) for transmitting or receiving data related to a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) procedure to or from a plurality of Base Stations (BSs) in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a Radio Frequency (RF) unit; and

a processor configured to control the RF unit,

wherein the processor is configured to:

receive, from a serving BS, information about HARQ processes allocated for the plurality of BSs and information about a BS pattern indicating a specific BS, among the plurality of BSs, performing communication with the UE in specific subframes, wherein at least one HARQ process allocated for one of the plurality of BSs is different from at least one HARQ process allocated for another of the plurality of BSs, and

transmit or receive data to or from the specific BS in one of the specific subframes by using one of at least one HARQ process allocated for the specific BS.

12. A Base Station (BS) for transmitting or receiving data related to a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) procedure to or from a User Equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the BS comprising:

a Radio Frequency (RF) unit; and

a processor configured to control the RF unit,

wherein the process is configured to:

transmit, to the UE, information about HARQ processes allocated for a plurality of BSs including the BS and information about a BS pattern indicating the BS performing communication with the UE in specific subframes, wherein at least one HARQ process allocated for one of the plurality of BSs is different from at least one HARQ process allocated for another of the plurality of BSs, and

transmit or receive data to or from the UE in one of the specific subframes by using one of at least one HARQ process allocated for the BS.

13. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of BSs includes a first BS and a second BS, and

the BS pattern indicates the first BS performing communication with the UE in first subframes and indicates the second BS performing communication with the UE in second subframes, and

wherein the first subframes and the second subframes are not overlapping each other.

14. The method according to claim 13 , further comprising:

transmitting or receiving data to or from the first BS in the first subframes by using a first HARQ process allocated to the first BS; and

transmitting or receiving data to or from the second BS in the second subframes by using a second HARQ process allocated to the second BS,

wherein the first HARQ process and the second HARQ process are different each other.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 21, 2014
From: LIM, JAEWON; KIM, KIJUN
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 033996/0924 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61638483 · Apr 25, 2012
Related Publication 20150110027A1 · Apr 23, 2015