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US 12,225,560 · App. 17/489,729 · Granted Feb 11, 2025

Resource allocation method for performing transmission in unlicensed band, and device using same

Inventors: Minseok Noh (Seoul, KR); Kyungjun Choi (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Jinsam Kwak (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.
H04W72/51H04L1/1614H04W72/044H04W72/1263H04W72/23H04W72/56H04W74/0816
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Patent No.
US 12,225,560
App. No.
17/489,729
Granted
Feb 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides: a resource allocation method for uplink transmission onto an unlicensed band in a wireless communication system, particularly, in cellular wireless communication system; and a method, a device, and a system for transmitting scheduling information in a base station and for performing reception and transmission in a terminal. In addition, provided are: a method for efficiently transmitting a signal in a wireless communication system, particularly, in a cellular wireless communication system; and a device therefor, and another objective of the present invention is to provide: a method for efficiently sensing a channel and transmitting a signal/channel in a specific frequency band (for example, unlicensed band); a method for receiving the corresponding signal/channel; and a device therefor.

Claims (58)

1. A terminal configured to operate in a wireless communication system, the terminal comprising:

a communication module; and

a processor configured to control the communication module,

wherein the processor is configured to,

receive Downlink Control Information (DCI) for allocating a plurality of resource blocks (RBs) for transmitting a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH), and

transmit the PUSCH to the base station through the plurality of resource blocks allocated through the DCI,

wherein the DCI includes first bits for allocating at least one resource block set including the plurality of resource blocks for transmitting the PUSCH and second bits related to an interlaced allocation for the plurality of resource blocks,

wherein the first bits are used for allocating the at least one resource block set included in an active bandwidth part (BWP),

wherein the second bits are used for providing at least one interlace included in the interlaced allocation for the plurality of resource blocks,

wherein at least one resource block included in each of the at least one interlace is arranged at a specific interval in the active BWP,

wherein the at least one resource block set is continuously allocated within the active BWP based on the first bits,

wherein the second bits are used for indicating the at least one interlace using different schemes based on a subcarrier spacing (SCS) configured to the active BWP, and

wherein a number of the second bits varies depending on the SCS configured to the active BWP.

2. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein the first bits indicates the at least one resource block set for the plurality of resource blocks using a Resource Indication Value (RIV) scheme.

3. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein the second bits are used for indicating the at least one interlace in the interlaced allocation for the plurality of resource blocks through a bitmap scheme or a RIV scheme according to the SCS.

4. The terminal of claim 3 , wherein, when the SCS is 30 kHz, each of the at least one interlace in the interlaced allocation for the plurality of resource blocks is represented by a respective bit value included in the second bits based on the bitmap scheme.

5. The terminal of claim 3 , wherein, when the SCS is 15 kHz, the second bits indicate a start index of the at least one interlace in the interlaced allocation for the plurality of resource blocks and a number of the at least one interlace in the interlaced allocation for the plurality of resource blocks based on the RIV scheme.

6. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein the first bits are related to a start index of the at least one resource block set and a number of the at least one resource block set for allocating the at least one resource block set including the plurality of resource blocks.

7. The terminal of claim 6 ,

wherein the first bits and the second bits are encoded together and included in the DCI.

8. The terminal of claim 7 ,

wherein indication information in which the first bits and the second bits are encoded together is sequentially calculated in an ascending order by giving a priority to one of the at least one resource block set for the plurality of resource blocks or the interlaced allocation for the plurality of resource blocks.

9. The terminal of claim 1 ,

wherein the plurality of resource blocks has an interlaced structure over the at least one resource block set in which an operation for channel access is performed.

10. A method of operating a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving Downlink Control Information (DCI) for allocating a plurality of resource blocks (RBs) for transmitting a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH); and

transmitting the PUSCH to the base station through the plurality of resource blocks allocated through the DCI,

wherein the DCI includes first bits for allocating at least one resource block set including the plurality of resource blocks for transmitting the PUSCH and second bits related to an interlaced allocation for the plurality of resource blocks,

wherein the first bits are used for allocating the at least one resource block set included in an active bandwidth part (BWP),

wherein the second bits are used for providing at least one interlace included in the interlaced allocation for the plurality of resource blocks,

wherein at least one resource block included in each of the at least one interlace is arranged at a specific interval in the active BWP,

wherein the at least one resource block set is continuously allocated within the active BWP based on the first bits,

wherein the second bits are used for indicating the at least one interlace using different schemes based on a subcarrier spacing (SCS) configured to the active BWP, and

wherein a number of the second bits varies depending on the SCS configured to the active BWP.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the first bits indicates the at least one resource block set for the plurality of resource blocks using a Resource Indication Value (RIV) scheme.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the second bits are used for indicating the at least one interlace in the interlaced allocation for the plurality of resource blocks through a bitmap scheme or a RIV scheme according to the SCS.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein, when the SCS is 30 kHz, each of the at least one interlace in the interlaced allocation for the plurality of resource blocks is represented by a respective bit value included in the second bits based on the bitmap scheme.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein, when the SCS is 15 kHz, the second bits indicate a start index of the at least one interlace in the interlaced allocation for the plurality of resource blocks and a number of the at least one interlace in the interlaced allocation for the plurality of resource blocks based on the RIV scheme.

15. The method of claim 10 , wherein the first bits are related to a start index of the at least one resource block set and a number of the at least one resource block set for allocating the at least one resource block set including the plurality of resource blocks.

16. The method of claim 15 ,

wherein the first bits and the second bits are encoded together and included in the DCI.

17. The method of claim 16 ,

wherein indication information in which the first bits and the second bits are encoded together is sequentially calculated in an ascending order by giving a priority to one of the at least one resource block set for the plurality of resource blocks or the interlaced allocation for the plurality of resource blocks.

18. The method of claim 10 ,

wherein the plurality of resource blocks has an interlaced structure over the at least one resource block set in which an operation for channel access is performed.

19. A base station configured to operate in a wireless communication system, the base station comprising:

a communication module; and

a processor configured to control the communication module,

wherein the processor is configured to,

transmit Downlink Control Information (DCI) for allocating a plurality of resource blocks (RBs) for transmitting a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH),

receive the PUSCH to the base station through the plurality of resource blocks allocated through the DCI,

wherein the DCI comprises first bits for allocating at least one resource block set including the plurality of resource blocks for transmitting the PUSCH and second bits related to an interlaced allocation for the plurality of resource blocks,

wherein the first bits are used for allocating the at least one resource block set included in an active bandwidth part (BWP),

wherein the second bits are used for providing the at least one interlace included in the interlaced allocation for the plurality of resource blocks,

wherein at least one resource block included in each of the at least one interlace is arranged at a specific interval in the active BWP,

wherein the at least one resource block set is continuously allocated within the active BWP based on the first bits,

wherein the second bits are used for indicating the at least one interlace using different schemes based on a subcarrier spacing (SCS) configured to the active BWP, and

wherein a number of the second bits varies depending on the SCS configured to the active BWP.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 17, 2024
From: NOH, MINSEOK; CHOI, KYUNGJUN; KWAK, JINSAM
To: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.
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Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2019-0037511 · Mar 30, 2019 · national
KR 10-2019-0039285 · Apr 3, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTKR2020095055 · Mar 30, 2020
Related Publication 20220124698A1 · Apr 21, 2022
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