Method and apparatus for uplink channel accessing wireless communication system
A communication technique for fusing 5G communication, which supports a higher data transmission rate than a 4G system, with an IoT technology is provided, and may be applied to an intelligent service based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT related technology. Accordingly, a method performed by a UE in a communication system includes receiving, from a base station, information indicating a channel access type via DCI, wherein the information indicates the channel access type as one of a first type to sense a channel to be idle before a UL transmission using a random time duration, a second type to sense the channel to be idle before the UL transmission using a deterministic time duration, or a third type not to sense the channel before the UL transmission; and transmitting, to the base station, the UL transmission according to the channel access type.
1. A method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a communication system, the method comprising:
receiving, from a base station, information indicating a channel access type via downlink control information (DCI), wherein the information indicates the channel access type as one of a first type to sense a channel to be idle before an uplink (UL) transmission using a random time duration, a second type to sense the channel to be idle before the UL transmission using a deterministic time duration, or a third type not to sense the channel before the UL transmission; and
transmitting, to the base station, the UL transmission according to the channel access type,
wherein a size of a contention window associated with the first type is adjusted based on a set of contention window sizes according to hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedbacks in a reference duration for a latest UL transmission,
wherein a first set of contention window sizes is used for a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission, and the first set of contention window sizes is based on a configuration via higher layer signaling,
wherein a second set of contention window sizes is used for a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission and a physical random access channel (PRACH) transmission, and the second set of contention window sizes is predetermined, and
wherein the first set of contention window sizes includes at least one contention window size greater than the second set of contention window sizes.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the random time duration associated with the first type is based on a random number in the contention window.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second set of contention window sizes is used for a sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein, in case that the contention window size is increased, the size of the contention window is increased within the set of contention window sizes, and
wherein the set of contention window sizes is predefined for a class of a channel access associated with the UL transmission.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the size of the contention window is increased in case that a ratio of positive acknowledgements (ACKs) of the HARQ-ACK feedbacks in the reference duration for the latest UL transmission is less than a threshold, and
wherein the size of the contention window is initialized as a minimum value in case that the ratio of ACKs of the HARQ-ACK feedbacks in the reference duration for the latest UL transmission is greater than or equal to the threshold.
6. A method performed by a base station in a communication system, the method comprising:
transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), information indicating a channel access type via downlink control information (DCI), wherein the information indicates the channel access type as one of a first type to sense a channel to be idle before an uplink (UL) transmission using a random time duration, a second type to sense the channel to be idle before the UL transmission using a deterministic time duration, or a third type not to sense the channel before the UL transmission; and
receiving, from the UE, the UL transmission,
wherein a size of a contention window associated with the first type is adjusted based on a set of contention window sizes according to hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedbacks in a reference duration for a latest UL transmission,
wherein a first set of contention window sizes is used for a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission, and the first set of contention window sizes is based on a configuration via higher layer signaling,
wherein a second set of contention window sizes is used for a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission and a physical random access channel (PRACH) transmission, and the second set of contention window sizes is predetermined, and
wherein the first set of contention window sizes includes at least one contention window size greater than the second set of contention window sizes.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the random time duration associated with the first type is based on a random number in the contention window.
8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the second set of contention window sizes is used for a sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission.
9. The method of claim 6 , wherein, in case that the contention window size is increased, the size of the contention window is increased within the set of contention window sizes, and
wherein the set of contention window sizes is predefined for a class of a channel access associated with the UL transmission.
10. The method of claim 6 , wherein the size of the contention window is increased in case that a ratio of positive acknowledgements (ACKs) of the HARQ-ACK feedbacks in the reference duration for the latest UL transmission is less than a threshold, and
wherein the size of the contention window is initialized as a minimum value in case that the ratio of ACKs of the HARQ-ACK feedbacks in the reference duration for the latest UL transmission is greater than or equal to the threshold.
11. A user equipment (UE) in a communication system, the UE comprising:
a transceiver; and
at least one processor configured to:
receive, from a base station, information indicating a channel access type via downlink control information (DCI), wherein the information indicates the channel access type as one of a first type to sense a channel to be idle before an uplink (UL) transmission using a random time duration, a second type to sense the channel to be idle before the UL transmission using a deterministic time duration, or a third type not to sense the channel before the UL transmission, and
transmit, to the base station, the UL transmission according to the channel access type,
wherein a size of a contention window associated with the first type is adjusted based on a set of contention window sizes according to hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedbacks in a reference duration for a latest UL transmission,
wherein a first set of contention window sizes is used for a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission, and the first set of contention window sizes is based on a configuration via higher layer signaling,
wherein a second set of contention window sizes is used for a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission and a physical random access channel (PRACH) transmission, and the second set of contention window sizes is predetermined, and
wherein the first set of contention window sizes includes at least one contention window size greater than the second set of contention window sizes.
12. The UE of claim 11 , wherein the random time duration associated with the first type is based on a random number in the contention window.
13. The UE of claim 11 , wherein the second set of contention window sizes is used for a sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission.
14. The UE of claim 11 , wherein, in case that the contention window size is increased, the size of the contention window is increased within the set of contention window sizes, and
wherein the set of contention window sizes is predefined for a class of a channel access associated with the UL transmission.
15. The UE of claim 11 , wherein the size of the contention window is increased in case that a ratio of positive acknowledgements (ACKs) of the HARQ-ACK feedbacks in the reference duration for the latest UL transmission is less than a threshold, and
wherein the size of the contention window is initialized as a minimum value in case that the ratio of ACKs of the HARQ-ACK feedbacks in the reference duration for the latest UL transmission is greater than or equal to the threshold.
16. A base station in a communication system, the base station comprising:
a transceiver; and
at least one processor configured to:
transmit, to a user equipment (UE), information indicating a channel access type via downlink control information (DCI), wherein the information indicates the channel access type as one of a first type to sense a channel to be idle before an uplink (UL) transmission using a random time duration, a second type to sense the channel to be idle before the UL transmission using a deterministic time duration, or a third type not to sense the channel before the UL transmission, and
receive, from the UE, the UL transmission,
wherein a size of a contention window associated with the first type is adjusted based on a set of contention window sizes according to hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedbacks in a reference duration for a latest UL transmission,
wherein a first set of contention window sizes is used for a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission, and the first set of contention window sizes is based on a configuration via higher layer signaling,
wherein a second set of contention window sizes is used for a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission and a physical random access channel (PRACH) transmission, and the second set of contention window sizes is predetermined, and
wherein the first set of contention window sizes includes at least one contention window size greater than the second set of contention window sizes.
17. The base station of claim 16 , wherein the random time duration associated with the first type is based on a random number in the contention window.
18. The base station of claim 16 , wherein the second set of contention window sizes is used for a sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission.
19. The base station of claim 16 , wherein, in case that the contention window size is increased, the size of the contention window is increased within the set of contention window sizes, and
wherein the set of contention window sizes is predefined for a class of a channel access associated with the UL transmission.
20. The base station of claim 16 , wherein the size of the contention window is increased in case that a ratio of positive acknowledgements (ACKs) of the HARQ-ACK feedbacks in the reference duration for the latest UL transmission is less than a threshold, and
wherein the size of the contention window is initialized as a minimum value in case that the ratio of ACKs of the HARQ-ACK feedbacks in the reference duration for the latest UL transmission is greater than or equal to the threshold.