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US 9,730,243 · App. 14/766,024 · Granted Aug 8, 2017

Method and device for transmitting uplink signal in wireless communication system

Inventors: Inkwon Seo (Seoul, KR); Hanbyul Seo (Seoul, KR); Seungmin Lee (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04W74/002H04L1/00H04L5/0055H04W72/04H04W72/042H04W72/0406H04W88/02
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Patent No.
US 9,730,243
App. No.
14/766,024
Granted
Aug 8, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A user equipment (UE) is provided in a long term evolution (LTE) frequency division duplex (FDD) system. The UE receives a downlink control information (DCI) including a UL grant for transmitting the UL signal in an N-th subframe, and transmits the UL signal using the UL grant, in at least one of an (N+4)-th subframe and an (M+4)-th subframe. An M-th subframe is a subframe in which both of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) and an enhanced PDCCH (EPDCCH) are not transmitted. N and M are integers, and M is greater than N.

Claims (23)

1. A method of transmitting an uplink (UL) signal, which is transmitted by a user equipment (UE) in a long term evolution (LTE) frequency division duplex (FDD) system, the method comprising:

receiving a downlink control information (DCI) in an N-th subframe including a UL grant for transmitting the UL signal; and

transmitting the UL signal using the UL grant, in at least one of an (N+4)-th subframe and an (M+4)-th subframe,

wherein an M-th subframe is a subframe in which both of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) and an enhanced PDCCH (EPDCCH) are not transmitted, and

wherein N and M are integers, and M is greater than N.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the UL signal is transmitted in the (N+4)-th subframe when the DCI is masked with a UL scheduling-radio network temporary identifier (US-RNTI), and the UL signal is transmitted in the (M+4)-th subframe when the DCI is masked with another RNTI other than the US-RNTI.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the UL signal is transmitted in the (N+4)-th subframe when a UL index field in the DCI is set to 01, the UL signal is transmitted in the (M+4)-th subframe when the UL index field is set to 10, and the UL signal is transmitted in both of the (N+4)-th subframe and the (M+4)-th subframe when the UL index field is set to 11.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the M-th subframe is a multimedia broadcast single frequency network (MBSFN) subframe.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the M-th subframe is a subframe in which resources except a resource for at least one of a physical multicast channel (PMCH) and a positioning reference signal (PRS) are smaller than those required for transmitting the DCI.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the M-th subframe is a subframe in which either a physical multicast channel (PMCH) and a positioning reference signal (PRS) is transmitted using extended cyclic prefix (CP) and the DCI is transmitted using normal CP.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the M-th subframe is indicated to the UE through an upper layer signaling.

8. A User Equipment (UE) for transmitting an uplink (UL) signal in a long term evolution (LTE) frequency division duplex (FDD) system, the UE comprising:

a Radio Frequency (RF) module; and

a processor operably coupled with the RF module and configured to:

receive a downlink control information (DCI) in an N-th subframe including a UL grant for transmitting the UL signal, and

transmit the UL signal using the UL grant, in at least one of an (N+4)-th subframe and an (M+4)-th subframe, wherein an M-th subframe is a subframe in which both of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) and an enhanced PDCCH (EPDCCH) are not transmitted, and

wherein N and M are integers, and M is greater than N.

9. The UE according to claim 8 , wherein the UL signal is transmitted in the (N+4)-th subframe when the DCI is masked with a UL scheduling-radio network temporary identifier (US-RNTI), and the UL signal is transmitted in the (M+4)-th subframe when the DCI is masked with another RNTI other than the US-RNTI.

10. The UE according to claim 8 , wherein the UL signal is transmitted in the (N+4)-th subframe when a UL index field in the DCI is set to 01, the UL signal is transmitted in the (M+4)-th subframe when the UL index field is set to 10, and the UL signal is transmitted in both of the (N+4)-th subframe and the (M+4)-th subframe when the UL index field is set to 11.

11. The UE according to claim 8 , wherein the M-th subframe is a multimedia broadcast single frequency network (MBSFN) subframe.

12. The UE according to claim 8 , wherein the M-th subframe is a subframe in which resources except a resource for at least one of a physical multicast channel (PMCH) and a positioning reference signal (PRS) are smaller than those required for transmitting the DCI.

13. The UE according to claim 8 , wherein the M-th subframe is a subframe in which either a physical multicast channel (PMCH) and a positioning reference signal (PRS) is transmitted using extended cyclic prefix (CP) and the DCI is transmitted using normal CP.

14. The UE according to claim 8 , wherein the M-th subframe is indicated to the UE through an upper layer signaling.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2015
From: SEO, INKWON; SEO, HANBYUL; LEE, SEUNGMIN
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 036264/0670 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61761695 · Feb 6, 2013
Related Publication 20150373739A1 · Dec 24, 2015