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US 12,213,185 · App. 18/448,569 · Granted Jan 28, 2025

Methods and apparatus for transmitting and receiving uplink control information and for requesting random access in wireless communication system

Inventors: Feifei Sun (Beijing, CN); Di Su (Beijing, CN); Jingxing Fu (Beijing, CN); Chen Qian (Beijing, CN); Bin Yu (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04W74/0833H04L5/1469H04W4/80H04W72/0446H04W72/0453H04W72/21H04W74/0891H04W76/27H04W80/02
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Patent No.
US 12,213,185
App. No.
18/448,569
Granted
Jan 28, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). A method performed by a user equipment (UE) is provided that includes receiving, via a RRC signaling, SIB for two uplink carriers in one cell, the two uplink carriers including a first uplink carrier corresponding to a downlink carrier in which a downlink synchronization signal is received and a second uplink carrier, transmitting an uplink signal on one of the two uplink carriers configured to the UE.

Claims (58)

1. A method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, from a base station via a radio resource control (RRC) signaling, a system information block (SIB) for two uplink carriers in one cell, wherein the two uplink carriers include:

a first uplink carrier corresponding to a downlink carrier in which a downlink synchronization signal is received, and

a second uplink carrier different from the first uplink carrier; and

transmitting, to the base station, an uplink signal on one of the two uplink carriers configured to the UE,

wherein, in case of a frequency division duplex (FDD) system, the SIB includes first information for indicating a carrier position of the first uplink carrier and second information for indicating a carrier position of the second uplink carrier, and

wherein, in case of a time division duplex (TDD) system, a center frequency of the first uplink carrier and a center frequency of the downlink carrier are same.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein an uplink transmission slot of the uplink signal is identified according to a time offset indicated by downlink control information (DCI) received from the base station.

3. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein a frequency-domain resource of the uplink signal is indicated from a frequency-domain resource set, by downlink control information (DCI) for physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) received from the base station, and

wherein the frequency-domain resource set is configured for one of the two uplink carriers configured to the UE.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the uplink signal comprises at least one of hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information, scheduling request (SR) information, or channel state information (CSI).

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting of the uplink signal comprises:

in case that the uplink signal includes a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedback of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) associated with a message 4 (MSG 4) of a random access procedure, identifying the one of the two uplink carriers, which was used for a physical random access channel (PRACH) transmission of the random access procedure.

6. A method performed by a base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting, to a user equipment (UE) via a radio resource control (RRC) signaling, a system information block (SIB) for two uplink carriers in one cell, wherein the two uplink carriers include:

a first uplink carrier corresponding to a downlink carrier in which a downlink synchronization signal is transmitted, and

a second uplink carrier different from the first uplink carrier; and

receiving, from the UE, an uplink signal on one of the two uplink carriers configured to the UE,

wherein, in case of a frequency division duplex (FDD) system, the SIB includes first information for indicating a carrier position of the first uplink carrier and second information for indicating a carrier position of the second uplink carrier, and

wherein, in case of a time division duplex (TDD) system, a center frequency of the first uplink carrier and a center frequency of the downlink carrier are same.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein an uplink transmission slot of the uplink signal is associated with a time offset indicated by downlink control information (DCI) transmitted to the UE.

8. The method of claim 6 ,

wherein a frequency-domain resource of the uplink signal is indicated from a frequency-domain resource set, by downlink control information (DCI) for physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmitted to the UE, and

wherein the frequency-domain resource set is configured for one of the two uplink carriers configured to the UE.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the uplink signal comprises at least one of hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information, scheduling request (SR) information, or channel state information (CSI).

10. The method of claim 6 , wherein, in case that the uplink signal includes a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedback of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) associated with a message 4 (MSG 4) of a random access procedure, the one of the two uplink carriers, which was used for a physical random access channel (PRACH) reception of the random access procedure, is configured for the uplink signal.

11. A user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a transceiver; and

at least one processor coupled with the transceiver and configured to:

receive, from a base station via a radio resource control (RRC) signaling, a system information block (SIB) for two uplink carriers in one cell, wherein the two uplink carriers include:

a first uplink carrier corresponding to a downlink carrier in which a downlink synchronization signal is received, and

a second uplink carrier different from the first uplink carrier, and

transmit, to the base station, an uplink signal on one of the two uplink carriers configured to the UE,

wherein, in case of a frequency division duplex (FDD) system, the SIB includes first information for indicating a carrier position of the first uplink carrier and second information for indicating a carrier position of the second uplink carrier, and

wherein, in case of a time division duplex (TDD) system, a center frequency of the first uplink carrier and a center frequency of the downlink carrier are same.

12. The UE of claim 11 , wherein an uplink transmission slot of the uplink signal is identified according to a time offset indicated by downlink control information (DCI) received from the base station.

13. The UE of claim 11 ,

wherein a frequency-domain resource of the uplink signal is indicated from a frequency-domain resource set, by downlink control information (DCI) for physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) received from the base station, and

wherein the frequency-domain resource set is configured for one of the two uplink carriers configured to the UE.

14. The UE of claim 13 , wherein the uplink signal comprises at least one of hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information, scheduling request (SR) information, or channel state information (CSI).

15. The UE of claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor, to transmit the uplink signal, is configured to:

in case that the uplink signal includes a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedback of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) associated with a message 4 (MSG 4) of a random access procedure, identify the one of the two uplink carriers, which was used for a physical random access channel (PRACH) transmission of the random access procedure.

16. A base station in a wireless communication system, the base station comprising:

a transceiver; and

at least one processor coupled with the transceiver and configured to:

transmit, to a user equipment (UE) via a radio resource control (RRC) signaling, a system information block (SIB) for two uplink carriers in one cell, wherein the two uplink carriers include:

a first uplink carrier corresponding to a downlink carrier in which a downlink synchronization signal is transmitted, and

a second uplink carrier different from the first uplink carrier, and

receive, from the UE, an uplink signal on one of the two uplink carriers configured to the UE,

wherein, in case of a frequency division duplex (FDD) system, the SIB includes first information for indicating a carrier position of the first uplink carrier and second information for indicating a carrier position of the second uplink carrier, and

wherein, in case of a time division duplex (TDD) system, a center frequency of the first uplink carrier and a center frequency of the downlink carrier are same.

17. The base station of claim 16 , wherein an uplink transmission slot of the uplink signal is associated with a time offset indicated by downlink control information (DCI) transmitted to the UE.

18. The base station of claim 16 ,

wherein a frequency-domain resource of the uplink signal is indicated from a frequency-domain resource set, by downlink control information (DCI) for physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmitted to the UE, and

wherein the frequency-domain resource set is configured for one of the two uplink carriers configured to the UE.

19. The base station of claim 18 , wherein the uplink signal comprises at least one of hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information, scheduling request (SR) information, or channel state information (CSI).

20. The base station of claim 16 , wherein, in case that the uplink signal includes a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedback of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) associated with a message 4 (MSG 4) of a random access procedure, the one of the two uplink carriers, which was used for a physical random access channel (PRACH) reception of the random access procedure, is configured for the uplink signal.

Priority Claims (4)
CN 201710670026.0 · Aug 8, 2017 · national
CN 201710681936.9 · Aug 10, 2017 · national
CN 201711137954.7 · Nov 16, 2017 · national
CN 201810078508.1 · Jan 26, 2018 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17585074 · Jan 26, 2022
Continuation 16636803
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