IP Library Granted Patent US 11,336,401
Granted Patent B2
US 11,336,401 · App. 16/823,322 · Granted May 17, 2022

Method of retransmission for downlink transmission in wireless communication system and apparatus for the same

Inventors: Seok-Ki Ahn (Daejeon, KR); Sung-Ik Park (Daejeon, KR); Jae-Hyun Seo (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
H04L1/1819H04L1/0004H04L1/0055H04L1/0061H04W4/06H04W72/005H04W76/18
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Patent No.
US 11,336,401
App. No.
16/823,322
Granted
May 17, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein are a method of retransmission for downlink transmission of a wireless communication system and an apparatus for the same. The method includes receiving multiple feedback signals corresponding to a transmission failure from multiple terminals corresponding to point-to-multipoint transmission, generating retransmission data in response to the multiple feedback signals, and transmitting the retransmission data to the multiple terminals.

Claims (37)

1. A method of retransmission for downlink transmission, comprising:

receiving multiple feedback signals corresponding to a transmission failure from multiple terminals corresponding to point-to-multipoint transmission;

generating retransmission data in response to the multiple feedback signals; and

transmitting the retransmission data to the multiple terminals,

wherein generating the retransmission data comprises

generating additional code blocks using physical-layer code block level forward error correction (CB-level FEC) coding in which each of multiple code blocks is used as a single information symbol, and

generating the retransmission data using bits through which the additional code blocks are able to be restored,

wherein the additional code blocks correspond to respective parity symbols generated through the physical-layer CB-level FEC coding.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the retransmission data is configured to generate the retransmission data for increasing a probability that multiple code blocks included in a transport block will be successfully decoded, regardless of a code block in which the transmission failure occurs.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the additional code blocks has a length that is equal to a length of a longest code block, among the multiple code blocks.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the retransmission data is used to restore the code block corresponding to the transmission failure using CB-level decoding performed by including results of decoding of previously transmitted code blocks.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the CB-level decoding is decoding on a binary erasure channel (BEC) in which code blocks and additional code blocks, corresponding to the transmission failure, are treated as erased.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the code block corresponding to the transmission failure is restored using code blocks that are successfully decoded.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the multiple feedback signals include a number of code blocks corresponding to the transmission failure.

8. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

transmitting a control signal corresponding to the retransmission data to the multiple terminals,

wherein the control signal includes information corresponding to a number of additional code blocks.

9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the multiple terminals calculate a number of additional code blocks using modulation and coding scheme (MCS) information and physical-layer resource information corresponding to the retransmission data.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the retransmission data comprises:

determining a retransmission group using the multiple feedback signals; and

generating the retransmission data using additional bits for respective code blocks included in the retransmission group.

11. A base station of a wireless communication system, comprising:

at least one processor;

an RF unit controlled by the processor and configured to transmit/receive a wireless signal; and

memory connected with the processor and configured to store at least one instruction executed by the processor,

wherein the at least one instruction is configured to receive multiple feedback signals corresponding to a transmission failure from multiple terminals corresponding to point-to-multipoint transmission, to generate retransmission data in response to the multiple feedback signals, and to transmit the retransmission data to the multiple terminals,

wherein the retransmission data is generated using bits through which additional code blocks are able to be restored, and the additional code blocks are generated using physical-layer code block level forward error correction (CB-level FEC) coding in which each of multiple code blocks is used as a single information symbol,

wherein the additional code blocks correspond to respective parity symbols generated through the physical-layer CB-level FEC coding.

12. The base station of claim 11 , wherein the retransmission data is data for increasing a probability that multiple code blocks included in a transport block will be successfully decoded, regardless of a code block in which the transmission failure occurs.

13. The base station of claim 11 , wherein each of the additional code blocks has a length that is equal to a length of a longest code block, among the multiple code blocks.

14. A terminal of a wireless communication system, comprising:

at least one processor;

an RF unit controlled by the processor and configured to transmit/receive a wireless signal; and

memory connected with the processor and configured to store at least one instruction executed by the processor,

wherein the at least one instruction is configured to transmit a feedback signal corresponding to a transmission failure of first transmitted data, to receive retransmission data corresponding to the feedback signal, and to restore a code block corresponding to the transmission failure using the retransmission data, the retransmission data being data for increasing a probability that multiple code blocks included in a transport block will be successfully decoded, regardless of the code block in which the transmission failure occurs,

wherein the retransmission data is generated using bits through which additional code blocks are able to be restored, and the additional code blocks are generated using physical-layer code block level forward error correction (CB-level FEC) coding in which each of the multiple code blocks is used as a single information symbol,

wherein the additional code blocks correspond to respective parity symbols generated through the physical-layer CB-level FEC coding.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 18, 2020
From: AHN, SEOK-KI; PARK, SUNG-IK; SEO, JAE-HYUN
To: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Reel/Frame 052158/0752 →
Priority Claims (3)
KR 10-2019-0032361 · Mar 21, 2019 · national
KR 10-2019-0094221 · Aug 2, 2019 · national
KR 10-2020-0026646 · Mar 3, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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