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US 12,089,199 · App. 18/219,645 · Granted Sep 10, 2024

Resource allocation method, device and system of wireless communication system

Inventors: Kyungjun Choi (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Minseok Noh (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Jinsam Kwak (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.
H04W72/12H04W72/04
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Patent No.
US 12,089,199
App. No.
18/219,645
Granted
Sep 10, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are a UE of a wireless communication system and a wireless communication method using the same. More particularly, the method including receiving scheduling information including resource allocation information, wherein the resource allocation information comprises a RIV determined based on the number of RBs of a first BWP, and transmitting or receiving data on a RB set corresponding to the RIV in a second BWP, wherein the number of RBs of the second BWP is greater than the number of RBs of the first BWP, the starting RB index S and the number of RBs of the RB set corresponding to the RIV in the second BWP are given in powers of 2 and a device for the same are disclosed.

Claims (122)

1. A user equipment (UE) for use in a 3 rd generation partnership project (3GPP)-based wireless communication system having a plurality of Bandwidth Parts (BWPs) in a cell, the UE comprising:

a processor, and

a communication module,

wherein the processor is configured to:

receive downlink control information (DCI) for scheduling a physical shared channel, wherein the DCI includes a resource indication value (RIV) defined with reference to a size N BWP1 of a first BWP; and

based on the RIV of the DCI, transmit or receive the physical shared channel on a contiguous resource block (RB) set within a second BWP with a size N BWP2 ,

wherein, when N BWP2 >N BWP1 , the RIV corresponds to a starting RB index S and a length L of the contiguous RB set within the second BWP as follows, by using a scaling factor K:

S: an element of {0, K, 2*K, . . . , (N BWP1 −1)*K}, and

L: an element of {K, 2*K, 3*K, . . . , N BWP1 *K}, where

the scaling factor K is determined depending on (N BWP2 /N BWP1 ), within a set of values {2 n } where n represents non-negative integers starting from 0.

2. The UE of claim 1 , wherein both the first BWP and the second BWP belong to the cell, and a relation between the first BWP and the second BWP comprises:

(first BWP, second BWP)=(initial BWP, active BWP).

3. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the scaling factor K and (N BWP2 /N BWP1 ) satisfy a relation including at least part of the following table:

X

1 < X < 2

2 ≤ X < 4

4 ≤ X < 8

8 ≤ X < 16

K

1

2

4

8

where X is (N BWP2 /N BWP1 ).

4. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the RIV has a value satisfying the following equation:

RIV= N BWP1 *( L ′−1)+ S ′, if ( L ′−1)≤floor( N BWP1 /2),and

RIV= N BWP1 *( N BWP1 −L ′+1)+( N BWP1 −1 −S ′), if ( L ′−1)>floor( N BWP1 /2),

where L′ is L/K (1≤L′≤N BWP1 −S′), and S′ is S/K, and

where floor represents a flooring function.

5. The UE of claim 1 , wherein when N BWP2 ≤N BWP1 , the RIV corresponds to the starting RB index S and the length L of the contiguous RB set within the second BWP as follows:

S: an element of {0, 1, 2, . . . }, and

L: an element of {1, 2, 3, . . . }.

6. A base station (BS) for use in a 3 rd generation partnership project (3GPP)-based wireless communication system having a plurality of Bandwidth Parts (BWPs) in a cell, the BS comprising:

a processor; and

a communication module,

wherein the processor is configured to:

transmit downlink control information (DCI) for scheduling a physical shared channel, wherein the DCI includes a resource indication value (RIV) defined with reference to a size N BWP1 of a first BWP; and

based on the RIV of the DCI, transmit or receive the physical shared channel on a contiguous resource block (RB) set within a second BWP with a size N BWP2 ,

wherein, when N BWP2 >N BWP1 , the RIV corresponds to a starting RB index S and a length L of the contiguous RB set within the second BWP as follows, by using a scaling factor K:

S: an element of {0, K, 2*K, . . . , (N BWP1 −1)*K}, and

L: an element of {K, 2*K, 3*K, . . . , N BWP1 *K}, where

the scaling factor K is determined depending on (N BWP2 /N BWP1 ), within a set of values {2 n } where n represents non-negative integers starting from 0.

7. The BS of claim 6 , wherein both the first BWP and the second BWP belong to the cell, and a relation between the first BWP and the second BWP comprises:

(first BWP, second BWP)=(initial BWP, active BWP).

8. The BS of claim 6 , wherein the scaling factor K and (N BWP2 /N BWP1 ) satisfy a relation including at least part of the following table:

X

1 ≤ X < 2

2 ≤ X < 4

4 ≤ X < 8

8 ≤ X < 16

K

1

2

4

8

where X is (N BWP2 /N BWP1 ).

9. The BS of claim 6 , wherein the RIV has a value satisfying the following equation:

RIV= N BWP1 *( L ′−1)+ S ′, if ( L ′−1)≤floor( N BWP1 /2),and

RIV= N BWP1 *( N BWP1 −L ′+1)+( N BWP1 −1 −S ′), if ( L ′−1)>floor( N BWP1 /2),

where L′ is L/K (1≤L′≤N BWP1 −S′), and S′ is S/K, and

where floor represents a flooring function.

10. The BS of claim 6 , wherein when N BWP2 ≤N BWP1 , the RIV corresponds to the starting RB index S and the length L of the contiguous RB set within the second BWP as follows:

S: an element of {0, 1, 2, . . . }, and

L: an element of {1, 2, 3, . . . }.

11. A method for use by a user equipment (UE) in a 3 rd generation partnership project (3GPP)-based wireless communication system having a plurality of Bandwidth Parts (BWPs) in a cell, the method comprising:

receiving downlink control information (DCI) for scheduling a physical shared channel, wherein the DCI includes a resource indication value (RIV) defined with reference to a size N BWP1 of a first BWP; and

based on the RIV of the DCI, transmitting or receiving the physical shared channel on a contiguous resource block (RB) set within a second BWP with a size N BWP2 ,

wherein, when N BWP2 >N BWP1 , the RIV corresponds to a starting RB index S and a length L of the contiguous RB set within the second BWP as follows, by using a scaling factor K:

S: an element of {0, K, 2*K, . . . , (N BWP1 −1)*K}, and

L: an element of {K, 2*K, 3*K, . . . , N BWP1 *K}, where

the scaling factor K is determined depending on (N BWP2 /N BWP1 ), within a set of values {2 n } where n represents non-negative integers starting from 0.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein both the first BWP and the second BWP belong to the cell, and a relation between the first BWP and the second BWP comprises:

(first BWP, second BWP)=(initial BWP, active BWP).

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the scaling factor K and (N BWP2 /N BWP1 ) satisfy a relation including at least part of the following table:

X

1 ≤ X < 2

2 ≤ X < 4

4 ≤ X < 8

8 ≤ X < 16

K

1

2

4

8

where X is (N BWP2 /N BWP1 ).

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the RIV has a value satisfying the following equation:

RIV= N BWP1 *( L ′−1)+ S ′, if ( L ′−1)≤floor( N BWP1 /2),and

RIV= N BWP1 *( N BWP1 −L ′+1)+( N BWP1 −1 −S ′), if ( L ′-1)>floor( N BWP1 /2),

where L′ is L/K (1≤L′≤N BWP1 −S′), and S′ is S/K, and

where floor represents a flooring function.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein when N BWP2 ≤N BWP1 , the RIV corresponds to the starting RB index S and the length L of the contiguous RB set within the second BWP as follows:

S: an element of {0, 1, 2, . . . }, and

L: an element of {1, 2, 3, . . . }.

16. A method for use by a base station (BS) in a 3 rd generation partnership project (3GPP)-based wireless communication system having a plurality of Bandwidth Parts (BWPs) in a cell, the method comprising:

transmitting downlink control information (DCI) for scheduling a physical shared channel, wherein the DCI includes a resource indication value (RIV) defined with reference to a size N BWP1 of a first BWP; and

based on the RIV of the DCI, transmitting or receiving the physical shared channel on a contiguous resource block (RB) set within a second BWP with a size N BWP2 ,

wherein, when N BWP2 >N BWP1 , the RIV corresponds to a starting RB index S and a length L of the contiguous RB set within the second BWP as follows, by using a scaling factor K:

S: an element of {0, K, 2*K, . . . , (N BWP1 −1)*K}, and

L: an element of {K, 2*K, 3*K, . . . , N BWP1 *K}, where

the scaling factor K is determined depending on (N BWP2 /N BWP1 ), within a set of values {2 n } where n represents non-negative integers starting from 0.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein both the first BWP and the second BWP belong to the cell, and a relation between the first BWP and the second BWP comprises:

(first BWP, second BWP)=(initial BWP, active BWP).

18. The method of claim 16 , wherein the scaling factor K and (N BWP2 /N BWP1 ) satisfy a relation including at least part of the following table:

X

1 ≤ X < 2

2 ≤ X < 4

4 ≤ X < 8

8 ≤ X < 16

K

1

2

4

8

where X is (N BWP2 /N BWP1 ).

19. The method of claim 16 , wherein the RIV has a value satisfying the following equation:

RIV= N BWP1 *( L ′−1)+ S ′, if ( L ′−1)≤floor( N BWP1 /2),and

RIV= N BWP1 *( N BWP1 −L ′+1)+( N BWP1 −1 −S ′), if ( L ′−1)>floor( N BWP1 /2),

where L′ is L/K (1≤L′N BWP1 −S′), and S′ is S/K, and

where floor represents a flooring function.

20. The method of claim 16 , wherein when N BWP2 ≤N BWP1 , the RIV corresponds to the starting RB index S and the length L of the contiguous RB set within the second BWP as follows:

S: an element of {0, 1, 2, . . . }, and

L: an element of {1, 2, 3, . . . }.

Priority Claims (4)
KR 10-2018-0004732 · Jan 13, 2018 · national
KR 10-2018-0018899 · Feb 17, 2018 · national
KR 10-2018-0040028 · Apr 5, 2018 · national
KR 10-2018-0043548 · Apr 13, 2018 · national
Continuity (3)
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