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US 9,425,925 · App. 14/380,897 · Granted Aug 23, 2016

Method for operating HARQ to change dynamic resource of wiress resource in wireless communication system, and apparatus therefor

Inventors: Seungmin Lee (Anyang-si, KR); Hanbyul Seo (Anyang-si, KR); Hakseong Kim (Anyang-si, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04L1/1861H04L5/14H04L1/1812H04L5/0055H04L5/1469H04W72/0446
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Patent No.
US 9,425,925
App. No.
14/380,897
Granted
Aug 23, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present application discloses a method for executing a hybrid automatic repeat and request (HARQ) process from a particular layer at a receiving end in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the method comprises the steps of: receiving predetermined information regarding one or more HARQ processes from a subordinate layer so as to change a configuration of a previously configured first uplink/downlink subframe configuration to a configuration of a second uplink/downlink subframe configuration; and processing one or more HARQ processes on the basis of the predetermined information when changing to the second uplink/downlink subframe configuration, wherein the one or more HARQ processes are HARQ processes, from among the HARQ processes linked to the first uplink/downlink subframe configuration, which cannot be linked to the second uplink/downlink subframe configuration.

Claims (24)

1. A method for performing hybrid automatic repeat and request (HARQ) at a specific layer of a receiver in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving first information indicating that a predetermined first uplink/downlink configuration changes to a second uplink/downlink configuration;

receiving second information about one or more HARQ processes from a lower layer,

wherein the second information indicates that the one or more HARQ processes cannot be supported by the second uplink/downlink configuration among HARQ processes linked to the first uplink/downlink configuration;

processing the one or more HARQ processes based on the second information when changing to the second uplink/downlink configuration, the processing of the one or more HARQ processes comprises:

terminating the one or more HARQ processes, and

retransmitting one or more service data units corresponding to the one or more HARQ processes after terminating the one or more HARQ processes.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second information includes identifiers of the one or more HARQ processes.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the second information includes a sequence number of the service data units.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising receiving the second information from a transmitter via a physical layer signal.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the terminating of the one or more HARQ processes comprises terminating the one or more HARQ processes after a specific timer has elapsed.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein a value of the specific timer is received from the lower layer along with the second information.

7. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising flushing the service data units stored in a buffer.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, when the first uplink/downlink configuration is changed to the second uplink/downlink configuration, a number of downlink HARQ processes is decreased.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the specific layer is a radio link control (RLC) layer and the lower layer is a medium access control (MAC) layer.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the wireless communication system is a time division duplex (TDD) system.

11. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising flushing a service data unit corresponding to the one or more HARQ processes stored in a buffer.

12. An apparatus for performing hybrid automatic repeat and request (HARQ) in a wireless communication system, comprising;

a radio frequency module configured to receive first information indicating that a predetermined first uplink/downlink configuration changes to a second uplink/downlink configuration; and

a processor configured to;

receive second information about one or more HARQ processes from a lower layer, wherein the second information indicates that the one or more HARQ processes cannot be supported by the second uplink/downlink configuration among HARQ processes linked to the first uplink/downlink configuration, and

process the one or more HARQ processes based on the second information when changing to the second uplink/downlink configuration, the processing of the one or more HARQ processes comprises:

terminating the one or more HARQ processes, and

retransmitting one or more service data units corresponding to the one or more HARQ processes after terminating the one or more HARQ processes.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 25, 2014
From: LEE, SEUNGMIN; SEO, HANBYUL; KIM, HAKSEONG
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 033604/0220 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 61615885 · Mar 26, 2012
Provisional Application 61778409 · Mar 12, 2013
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