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US 12,376,115 · App. 19/050,502 · Granted Jul 29, 2025

Method, device and system for performing wireless communication in wireless communication system

Inventor: Zhongbin Qin (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
H04W72/21H04L5/001H04L5/0035H04L5/0053H04W24/08H04W52/146H04W52/242H04W28/082
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Patent No.
US 12,376,115
App. No.
19/050,502
Granted
Jul 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method, device and system for performing wireless communication in a wireless communication system that includes a low power node and a macro base station with common baseband and user equipment. The user equipment communicates with the low power node and the macro base station via a plurality of component carriers. The method includes: receiving, by the user equipment, a downlink signal transmitted by the low power node and the macro base station; and transmitting uplink signals to the low power node and the macro base station, wherein the method further includes: transmitting all first uplink signals of the uplink signals to the low power node as a receiving node. Accordingly, efficiency of uplink power control of a terminal may be increased and/or the burden for uplink control channel transmission of a macro cell may be reduced.

Claims (28)

1. A communication device operational in a communication system including a first node and a second node, the communication device comprising:

circuitry configured to cause communication with the first node and the second node with multiple component carriers, the communication including:

setting a downlink component carrier associated with the first node as a downlink primary component carrier,

setting an uplink component carrier associated with the second node for transmitting Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH), and

wherein the communication includes transmitting, using the circuitry, an uplink control signaling on the PUCCH via the uplink component carrier associated with the second node, and

setting another uplink component carrier associated with the first node for transmitting PUCCH, and the communication includes receiving, via Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling from the first node, designation information regarding an uplink primary component carrier to override a default uplink primary component carrier.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to transmit PUCCH signals on both of the uplink component carrier associated with the second node and an uplink primary component carrier associated with the first node.

3. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the communication includes, prior to said setting the uplink component carrier, releasing association of the downlink primary component carrier from an uplink primary component carrier.

4. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the first node is a macro base station and the second node is a low power node (LPN).

5. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the first node operates at a first frequency and the second node operates at a second frequency higher than the first frequency.

6. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the communication includes transmitting, using the circuitry, the uplink control signaling via the uplink component carrier associated with the second node to control transmissions between the device and the first node.

7. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the communication includes receiving, by the circuitry, designation information regarding the uplink component carrier for transmitting the PUCCH of the second node, via one of Media Access Control (MAC) signaling, or physical layer signaling.

8. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the communication includes aggregating multiple component carriers for the second node, and receiving, by the circuitry, information regarding designation of the uplink component carrier for transmitting the PUCCH of the second node, via one of Media Access Control (MAC) signaling, or physical layer signaling.

9. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the first node and the second node are in common baseband with each other.

10. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the device is implemented as user equipment.

11. A wireless communication method comprising:

performing communication, using a processor, with a first node and a second node with multiple component carriers, said communication including: setting a downlink component carrier associated with the first node as a downlink primary component carrier, setting an uplink component carrier associated with the second node for transmitting Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH), and

wherein the communication includes transmitting an uplink control signaling on the PUCCH via the uplink component carrier associated with the second node, setting another uplink component carrier associated with the first node for transmitting PUCCH, and the communication includes receiving, via radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling from the first node, designation information regarding an uplink primary component carrier to override a default uplink primary component carrier.

12. The wireless communication method according to claim 11 , wherein the communication includes transmitting uplink control signaling via the uplink component carrier associated with the second node to control transmissions between the processor and the first node.

13. The wireless communication method according to claim 11 , wherein the communication includes receiving designation information regarding the uplink component carrier, via one of Media Access Control (MAC) signaling, or physical layer signaling.

14. The wireless communication method according to claim 11 , wherein the method comprises transmitting PUCCH signals on both of the uplink component carrier associated with the second node and an uplink primary component carrier associated with the first node.

15. The wireless communication method according to claim 11 , wherein the first node and the second node are in common baseband with each other.

16. A communication device residing in a second node operational in a communication system, the communication system including a first node and user equipment, the communication device comprising:

circuitry configured to communicate with the user equipment in cooperation with the first node with multiple component carriers, wherein a downlink component carrier associated with the first node is set as a downlink primary component carrier, an uplink component carrier associated with the second node is set for transmitting Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH), wherein the circuitry is further configured to, receive from the user equipment an uplink control signaling via the uplink component carrier associated with the second node, setting another uplink component carrier associated with the first node for transmitting PUCCH, and receive, via Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling from the first node, designation information regarding an uplink primary component carrier to override a default uplink primary component carrier.

17. A communication device operational in a communication system including a first node and a second node, the communication device comprising:

circuitry configured to cause communication with the first node and the second node with multiple component carriers, the communication including:

setting a downlink component carrier associated with the first node as a downlink primary component carrier, setting an uplink component carrier associated with the second node for transmitting Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH),

wherein the communication includes transmitting, using the circuitry, an uplink control signaling on the PUCCH via the uplink component carrier associated with the second node, and wherein the communication includes receiving, by the circuitry, designation information regarding the uplink component carrier for transmitting the PUCCH, via one of Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling, Media Access Control (MAC) signaling, or physical layer signaling, setting another uplink component carrier associated with the first node for transmitting PUCCH, and the communication includes receiving, via Radio Resource Control signaling from the first node, designation information regarding an uplink primary component carrier to override a default uplink primary component carrier.

Priority Claims (1)
CN 201310202975.8 · May 28, 2013 · national
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Continuation 17035789 · Sep 29, 2020
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