IP Library Granted Patent US 8,370,695
Granted Patent B2
US 8,370,695 · App. 12/613,538 · Granted Feb 5, 2013

Method and apparatus for improving uplink transmission of transmission time interval bundling in a wireless communication system

Inventor: Chia-Chun Hsu (Taoyuan County, TW)
Assignee: HTC Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,370,695
App. No.
12/613,538
Granted
Feb 5, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of improving uplink transmission of TTI bundling for a MAC layer of a user equipment in a wireless communication system includes receiving a first signaling and a second signaling, and when a transmission collision happens between a first transmission corresponding to the first signaling and a second transmission corresponding to the second signaling, handling the transmission collision according to a type of the first signaling and a type of the second signaling.

Claims (27)

1. A method of improving uplink transmission of transmission time interval, abbreviated to TTI, bundling for a medium access control (MAC) layer of a user equipment in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving an earlier, first signaling corresponding to a first transmission and a later, second signaling corresponding to a second transmission while TTI bundling is activated, wherein the first signaling or the second signaling is a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) uplink (UL) grant, a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) UL grant, or a negative acknowledgement (NACK);

when determining that the first transmission collides with the second transmission

and determining that

(1) the first signaling is a NACK and the second signaling is an UL grant for a new transmission

or that

(2) the first signaling is a NACK and the second signaling is an UL grant for an adaptive retransmission which is in a same hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process as a non-adaptive retransmission triggered by the NACK,

or that

(3) the first signaling and the second signaling are NACKs,

or that

(4) the first signaling and the second signaling are UL grants for new transmissions or adaptive retransmissions which are in the same HARQ process,

concatenating a bundle of the second transmission and a part of the first transmission which does not collide with the second transmission; and

canceling a part of the first transmission colliding with the second transmission.

2. A method of improving uplink transmission of transmission time interval, TTI, bundling for a medium access control, MAC, layer of a user equipment, UE, in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving an earlier, first signaling corresponding to a first transmission and a later, second signaling corresponding to a second transmission while TTI bundling is activated, wherein the first signaling or the second signaling is a physical downlink control channel, PDCCH, uplink, UL, grant, a semi-persistent scheduling, SPS, uplink, UL, grant, or a negative acknowledgement, NACK;

when determining that

the first transmission collides with the second transmission

and determining that

(1) the first signaling is a NACK and the second signaling is an UL grant for an adaptive retransmission which is in a same hybrid automatic repeat request, HARQ, process as a non-adaptive retransmission triggered by the NACK,

or that

(2) the first signaling is an UL grant and the second signaling is a NACK which triggers a non-adaptive retransmission in the same HARQ process as an adaptive transmission requested by the UL grant,

or that

(3) the first signaling and the second signaling are NACKs,

or that

(4) the first signaling and the second signaling are UL grants for new transmissions or adaptive retransmissions which are in the same HARQ process,

concatenating a bundle of the first transmission and a part of the second transmission which does not collide with the first transmission; and

canceling a part of the second transmission colliding with the first transmission.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 6, 2009
From: HSU, CHIA-CHUN
To: HTC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 023479/0597 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61112153 · Nov 6, 2008
Related Publication 20100115367A1 · May 6, 2010