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US 11,317,391 · App. 16/483,403 · Granted Apr 26, 2022

Method for transmitting/receiving special subframe in wireless communication system and device therefor

Inventors: Uihyun Hong (Seoul, KR); Yunjung Yi (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W72/042H04L5/0007H04L5/0048H04L5/1469H04L27/2607H04L27/2613H04W72/0413H04W72/0446
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Patent No.
US 11,317,391
App. No.
16/483,403
Granted
Apr 26, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method in which a terminal transmits/receives a special subframe in a wireless communication system supporting time division duplex (TDD) according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a step for receiving information about a special subframe configuration; a step for receiving a downlink signal from a base station during a time corresponding to a downlink pilot time slot (DwPTS) allocated according to the special subframe configuration; and a step for transmitting an uplink signal to the base station during a time corresponding to an uplink pilot time slot (UpPTS) allocated according to the special subframe configuration, wherein the special subframe consists of the DwPTS, a guard period (GP), and the UpPTS, and is received or transmitted through an sTTI structure pattern including a plurality of short transmission time interval (sTTI) transmission blocks, wherein the sTTI structure patterns can be determined according to the special subframe configuration.

Claims (36)

1. A method for transmitting/receiving a special subframe from/in a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system supporting time division duplex (TDD), the method comprising the steps of:

receiving information on a special subframe configuration;

receiving a downlink signal from a base station during a time corresponding to a downlink pilot time slot (DwPTS) allocated in accordance with the special subframe configuration; and

transmitting an uplink signal to the base station during a time corresponding to an uplink pilot time slot (UpPTS) allocated in accordance with the special subframe configuration,

wherein the special subframe includes the DwPTS, a guard period (GP), and the UpPTS,

wherein whether the special subframe is received or transmitted through a sTTI (short transmission time interval) structure pattern including a plurality of sTTI transport blocks is determined based on the information,

wherein the sTTI structure pattern is determined as one of (3,2,2,3,2,2) and (3,2,2,2,2,3) based on a number of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols used for a transmission of a PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel) being equal to 1 or 3,

wherein, based on the information configuring 9 OFDM symbols for the DwPTS and 2 OFDM symbols for the UpPTS, or 6 OFDM symbols for the DwPTS and 2 OFDM symbols for the UpPTS, the uplink signal is transmitted without applying the sTTI structure pattern.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein, based on the information configuring 3, 10, 11 or 12 OFDM symbols for the DwPTS, the uplink signal is transmitted by applying the sTTI structure pattern.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sTTI structure pattern does not include sTTI transport block mapped into a boundary of the DwPTS and the GP.

4. A method for transmitting/receiving a special subframe from/in a base station in a wireless communication system supporting time division duplex (TDD), the method comprising the steps of:

transmitting information on a special subframe configuration;

transmitting a downlink signal to a user equipment (UE) during a time corresponding to a downlink pilot time slot (DwPTS) allocated in accordance with the special subframe configuration; and

receiving an uplink signal from the UE during a time corresponding to an uplink pilot time slot (UpPTS) allocated in accordance with the special subframe configuration,

wherein the special subframe includes the DwPTS, a guard period (GP), and the UpPTS,

wherein whether the special subframe is received or transmitted through a sTTI (short transmission time interval) structure pattern including a plurality of sTTI transport blocks is determined based on the information,

wherein the sTTI structure pattern is determined as one of (3,2,2,3,2,2) and (3,2,2,2,2,3) based on a number of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols used for a transmission of a PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel) being equal to 1 or 3,

wherein, based on the information configuring 9 OFDM symbols for the DwPTS and 2 OFDM symbols for the UpPTS, or 6 OFDM symbols for the DwPTS and 2 OFDM symbols for the UpPTS, the uplink signal is transmitted without applying the sTTI structure pattern.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein, based on the information configuring 3, 10, 11 or 12 OFDM symbols for the DwPTS, the downlink signal is transmitted by applying the sTTI structure pattern.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the sTTI structure pattern does not include sTTI transport block mapped into a boundary of the DwPTS and the GP.

7. A UE for transmitting/receiving a special subframe in a wireless communication system supporting time division duplex (TDD), the UE comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) unit; and

a processor,

wherein the processor is configured to receive information on a special subframe configuration, receive a downlink signal from a base station during a time corresponding to a downlink pilot time slot (DwPTS) allocated in accordance with the special subframe configuration, and transmit an uplink signal to the base station during a time corresponding to an uplink pilot time slot (UpPTS) allocated in accordance with the special subframe configuration,

wherein the special subframe includes the DwPTS, a guard period (GP), and the UpPTS,

wherein whether the special subframe is received or transmitted through a sTTI (short transmission time interval) structure pattern including a plurality of sTTI transport blocks is determined based on the information,

wherein the sTTI structure pattern is determined as one of (3,2,2,3,2,2) and (3,2,2,2,2,3) based on a number of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols used for a transmission of a PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel) being equal to 1 or 3,

wherein, based on the information configuring 9 OFDM symbols for the DwPTS and 2 OFDM symbols for the UpPTS, or 6 OFDM symbols for the DwPTS and 2 OFDM symbols for the UpPTS, the uplink signal is transmitted without applying the sTTI structure pattern.

8. A base station for transmitting/receiving a special subframe in a wireless communication system supporting time division duplex (TDD), the base station comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) unit; and

a processor,

wherein the processor is configured to transmit information on a special subframe configuration, transmit a downlink signal to a user equipment (UE) during a time corresponding to a downlink pilot time slot (DwPTS) allocated in accordance with the special subframe configuration, and receive an uplink signal from the UE during a time corresponding to an uplink pilot time slot (UpPTS) allocated in accordance with the special subframe configuration,

wherein the special subframe includes the DwPTS, a guard period (GP), and the UpPTS,

wherein whether the special subframe is received or transmitted through a sTTI (short transmission time interval) structure pattern including a plurality of sTTI transport blocks is determined based on the information,

wherein the sTTI structure pattern is determined as one of (3,2,2,3,2,2) and (3,2,2,2,2,3) based on a number of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols used for a transmission of a PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel) being equal to 1 or 3,

wherein, based on the information configuring 9 OFDM symbols for the DwPTS and 2 OFDM symbols for the UpPTS, or 6 OFDM symbols for the DwPTS and 2 OFDM symbols for the UpPTS, the uplink signal is transmitted without applying the sTTI structure pattern.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2019
From: HONG, UIHYUN; YI, YUNJUNG
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Continuity (2)
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