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Granted Patent B2

US 10,506,621 · App. 15/827,883 · Granted Dec 10, 2019

Uplink sharing in a multiple radio access technology environment

Inventors: Ming Yang (San Diego, CA); Kausik Ray Chaudhuri (San Diego, CA); Sameh Guirguis (San Diego, CA); Ozge Koymen (Princeton, NJ); Atanu Halder (San Diego, CA)

Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated

H04W72/1215 H04L1/1829 H04L5/0055 H04W16/14 H04W72/0413 H04L1/1867 H04W72/1268 H04W74/004

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Patent No.: US 10,506,621
App. No.: 15/827,883
Granted: Dec 10, 2019
Kind: B2

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Abstract

Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for sharing uplinks in a multiple radio access technology environment. Such techniques may improve transmission and processing of acknowledgment data from a user equipment in the multiple radio access technology environment.

Claims (98)

1. A method for providing acknowledgment data from a user equipment in a multiple radio access technology environment, comprising:

receiving, at the user equipment from a first base station, a first data transmission on a first physical downlink shared channel in accordance with a first radio access technology; and

transmitting, from the user equipment to a second base station, at least one of:

an acknowledgment (ACK) on a physical uplink control channel in accordance with a second radio access technology after determining, by the user equipment, that the first data transmission has been received correctly; or

a negative acknowledgment (NACK) on the physical uplink control channel in accordance with the second radio access technology, after determining, by the user equipment, that the first data transmission has not been received correctly,

wherein a first bit of the at least one of the ACK or the NACK is configured for use by the first base station in accordance with the first radio access technology, and

wherein a second bit of the at least one of the ACK or the NACK is configured for use by the second base station in accordance with the second radio access technology.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: receiving, at the user equipment from the second base station, an indication to reserve a resource block in the physical uplink control channel in accordance with the second radio access technology for transmission of the at least one of the ACK or the NACK in accordance with the first radio access technology.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first radio access technology is one of NR or 5G and the first base station is a gNodeB.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the second radio access technology is one of LTE or 4G and the second base station is an eNodeB.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, at the user equipment from the first base station, a second data transmission on the first physical downlink shared channel in accordance with the first radio access technology after transmitting, from the user equipment to the second base station, the NACK,

wherein the second data transmission comprises data from the first data transmission.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, at the user equipment from the second base station, a second data transmission on a second physical downlink shared channel in accordance with the second radio access technology after transmitting, from the user equipment to the second base station, the NACK,

wherein the second data transmission comprises data from the first data transmission.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one of the ACK or the NACK is encoded using one of binary phase shift keying (BPSK) modulation or quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) modulation.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, at the user equipment from the second base station, a second data transmission on a second physical downlink shared channel in accordance with the second radio access technology,

wherein the ACK is configured to indicate to the second base station a correct reception by the user equipment of both the first data transmission and the second data transmission, and

wherein the NACK is configured to indicate to the second base station an incorrect reception by the user equipment of either the first data transmission or the second data transmission, or both.

9. A user equipment for wireless communication in a multiple radio access technology environment, comprising:

a memory comprising executable instructions; and

a processor configured to execute the executable instructions and cause the user equipment to:

receive, at the user equipment from a first base station, a first data transmission on a first physical downlink shared channel in accordance with a first radio access technology; and

transmit, from the user equipment to a second base station, at least one of:

wherein a first bit of the at least one of the ACK or the NACK is configured for use by the first base station in accordance with the first radio access technology, and

wherein a second bit of the at least one of the ACK or the NACK is configured for use by the second base station in accordance with the second radio access technology.

10. The user equipment of claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to cause the user equipment to: receive, at the user equipment from the second base station, an indication to reserve a resource block in the physical uplink control channel in accordance with the second radio access technology for transmission of the at least one of the ACK or the NACK in accordance with the first radio access technology.

11. The user equipment of claim 9 , wherein the first radio access technology is one of NR or 5G and the first base station is a gNodeB.

12. The user equipment of claim 11 , wherein the second radio access technology is one of LTE or 4G and the second base station is an eNodeB.

13. The user equipment of claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to cause the user equipment to:

receive, at the user equipment from the first base station, a second data transmission on the first physical downlink shared channel in accordance with the first radio access technology after transmitting, from the user equipment to the second base station, the NACK,

wherein the second data transmission comprises data from the first data transmission.

14. The user equipment of claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to cause the user equipment to:

receive, at the user equipment from the second base station, a second data transmission on a second physical downlink shared channel in accordance with the second radio access technology after transmitting, from the user equipment to the second base station, the NACK,

wherein the second data transmission comprises data from the first data transmission.

15. The user equipment of claim 9 , wherein the at least one of the ACK or the NACK are encoded using one of binary phase shift keying (BPSK) modulation or quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) modulation.

16. The user equipment of claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to cause the user equipment to:

receive, at the user equipment from the second base station, a second data transmission on a second physical downlink shared channel in accordance with the second radio access technology,

wherein the ACK is configured to indicate to the second base station a correct reception by the user equipment of both the first data transmission and the second data transmission, and

wherein the NACK is configured to indicate to the second base station an incorrect reception by the user equipment of either the first data transmission or the second data transmission or both.

17. A method for processing acknowledgment data from a user equipment in a multiple radio access technology environment, comprising:

transmitting, from a first base station to the user equipment, a first data transmission on a first physical downlink shared channel in accordance with a first radio access technology;

receiving, at a second base station from the user equipment, at least one of:

an acknowledgment (ACK) of the first data transmission on a physical uplink control channel in accordance with a second radio access technology; or

a negative acknowledgment (NACK) of the first data transmission on the physical uplink control channel in accordance with the second radio access technology,

wherein a first bit of the at least one of the ACK or the NACK is configured for use by the first base station in accordance with the first radio access technology, and

wherein a second bit of the at least one of the ACK or the NACK is configured for use by the second base station in accordance with the second radio access technology; and

transmitting, from the second base station to the first base station, the at least one of the ACK or the NACK.

18. The method of claim 17 , further comprising: transmitting, from the second base station to the user equipment, an indication to reserve a resource block in the physical uplink control channel in accordance with the second radio access technology for transmission of the at least one of the ACK or the NACK in accordance with the first radio access technology.

19. The method of claim 17 , wherein the first radio access technology is one of NR or 5G and the first base station is a gNodeB.

20. The method of claim 18 , wherein the second radio access technology is one of LTE or 4G and the second base station is an eNodeB.

21. The method of claim 17 , further comprising:

transmitting, from the first base station to the user equipment, a second data transmission on the first physical downlink shared channel in accordance with the first radio access technology after receiving, at the second base station from the user equipment, the NACK,

wherein the second data transmission comprises data from the first data transmission.

22. The method of claim 17 , further comprising:

transmitting, from the second base station to the user equipment, a second data transmission on a second physical downlink shared channel in accordance with the second radio access technology after receiving, at the second base station from the user equipment, the NACK,

wherein the second data transmission comprises data from the first data transmission.

23. A system for processing acknowledgment data from a user equipment in a multiple radio access technology environment, comprising:

a memory comprising executable instructions; and

a processor configured to execute the executable instructions and cause the system to:

transmit, from a first base station to the user equipment, a first data transmission on a first physical downlink shared channel in accordance with a first radio access technology;

receive, at a second base station from the user equipment, at least one of:

an acknowledgment (ACK) of the first data transmission on a physical uplink control channel in accordance with a second radio access technology; or

a negative acknowledgment (NACK) of the first data transmission on the physical uplink control channel in accordance with the second radio access technology,

wherein a first bit of the at least one of the ACK or the NACK is configured for use by the first base station in accordance with the first radio access technology, and

wherein a second bit of the at least one of the ACK or the NACK is configured for use by the second base station in accordance with the second radio access technology; and

transmit, from the second base station to the first base station, at least one of the ACK or the NACK.

24. The system of claim 23 , wherein the processor is further configured to cause the system to: transmit, from the second base station to the user equipment, an indication to reserve a resource block in the physical uplink control channel in accordance with the second radio access technology for transmission of the at least one of the ACK or the NACK in accordance with the first radio access technology.

25. The system of claim 23 , wherein the first radio access technology is one of NR or 5G and the first base station is a gNodeB.

26. The system of claim 24 , wherein the second radio access technology is one of LTE or 4G and the second base station is an eNodeB.

27. The system of claim 23 , wherein the processor is further configured to cause the system to:

transmit, from the first base station to the user equipment, a second data transmission on the first physical downlink shared channel in accordance with the first radio access technology after receiving, at the second base station from the user equipment, the NACK,

wherein the second data transmission comprises data from the first data transmission.

28. The system of claim 23 , wherein the processor is further configured to cause the system to:

transmit, from the second base station to the user equipment, a second data transmission on a second physical downlink shared channel in accordance with the second radio access technology after receiving, at the second base station from the user equipment, the NACK,

wherein the second data transmission comprises data from the first data transmission.

29. A method for providing acknowledgment data from a user equipment in a multiple radio access technology environment, comprising:

receiving, at the user equipment from a first base station, a first data transmission on a first physical downlink shared channel in accordance with a first radio access technology; and

transmitting, from the user equipment to a second base station, at least one of:

receiving, at the user equipment from the second base station, a second data transmission on a second physical downlink shared channel in accordance with the second radio access technology,

wherein the ACK is configured to indicate to the second base station a correct reception by the user equipment of both the first data transmission and the second data transmission, and

wherein the NACK is configured to indicate to the second base station an incorrect reception by the user equipment of either the first data transmission or the second data transmission, or both.

30. A user equipment for wireless communication in a multiple radio access technology environment, comprising:

a memory comprising executable instructions; and

a processor configured to execute the executable instructions and cause the user equipment to:

receive, at the user equipment from a first base station, a first data transmission on a first physical downlink shared channel in accordance with a first radio access technology; and

transmit, from the user equipment to a second base station, at least one of:

receive, at the user equipment from the second base station, a second data transmission on a second physical downlink shared channel in accordance with the second radio access technology,

wherein the ACK is configured to indicate to the second base station a correct reception by the user equipment of both the first data transmission and the second data transmission, and

wherein the NACK is configured to indicate to the second base station an incorrect reception by the user equipment of either the first data transmission or the second data transmission or both.

Assignments (1)

ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 26, 2018

From: YANG, MING; RAY CHAUDHURI, KAUSIK; GUIRGUIS, SAMEH; KOYMEN, OZGE; HALDER, ATANU

To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED

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Continuity (1)

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