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Granted Patent B2
US 9,137,762 · App. 14/112,213 · Granted Sep 15, 2015

Method for transmitting uplink and wireless device using same

Inventors: Joon Kui Ahn (Anyang-si, KR); Suck Chel Yang (Anyang-si, KR); Yun Jung Yi (Anyang-si, KR); Dong Youn Seo (Anyang-si, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W52/32H04L5/0037H04L5/0048H04L5/0051H04L5/0053H04W52/146H04W52/367H04W56/0005H04W56/0045H04W72/0413H04W4/00H04W52/325
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Patent No.
US 9,137,762
App. No.
14/112,213
Granted
Sep 15, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a method for transmitting an uplink and a wireless device. The wireless device decides a first wireless resource through which a sounding reference signal (SRS) will be transmitted from a first serving cell, and decides a second wireless resource through which an uplink channel will be transmitted from a second service cell. When all or a portion of the first wireless resource and the second wireless resource overlap, and a total transmission power with respect to the SRS and the uplink channel from the overlapping wireless resources exceeds a predetermined maximum transmission power, the wireless device drops the transmission of the SRS and transmits the uplink channel through the second wireless resource from the second service cell.

Claims (45)

1. A method for uplink transmission in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

determining, by a user equipment, a sounding reference signal (SRS) symbol of an i th subframe for a SRS transmission for a first serving cell in a first timing advance group (TAG); and

if a portion of the SRS symbol of the i th subframe for the SRS transmission toward the first serving cell in the first TAG is overlapped with an (i+1) th subframe for transmitting an uplink channel toward a second serving cell in a second TAG and if a total uplink transmission power exceeds a maximum value on the overlapped portion of the SRS symbol, dropping, by the user equipment, the SRS transmission on the SRS symbol in the i th subframe,

wherein the uplink channel includes at least one of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) and a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH).

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the SRS symbol includes a last orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol in the i th subframe for the first serving cell.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

receiving a periodic configuration indicating a SRS periodicity and a SRS subframe offset,

wherein the i th subframe for the SRS symbol is determined based on the periodic configuration.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a request for the SRS transmission.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

starting a first time alignment timer for the first TAG; and

starting a second time alignment timer for the second TAG.

6. A user equipment for uplink transmission in a wireless communication system, the user equipment comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) unit configured to transmit and receive radio signals; and

a processor operatively coupled with the RF unit and configured to:

determine a sounding reference signal (SRS) symbol of an i th subframe used for a SRS transmission for a first serving cell in a first timing advance group (TAG); and

if a portion of the SRS symbol of the i th subframe for the SRS transmission toward the first serving cell in the first TAG is overlapped with an (i+1) th subframe for transmitting an uplink channel toward a second serving cell in a second TAG and if a total uplink transmission power exceeds a maximum value on the overlapped portion of the SRS symbol, drop the SRS transmission on the SRS symbol in the i th subframe,

wherein the uplink channel includes at least one of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) and a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH).

7. The user equipment of claim 6 , wherein the SRS symbol includes a last orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol in the i th subframe for the first serving cell.

8. The user equipment of claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to receive a periodic configuration indicating a SRS periodicity and a SRS subframe offset,

wherein the i th subframe for the SRS symbol is determined based on the periodic configuration.

9. The user equipment of claim 6 , wherein the processor is further configured to receive a request for the SRS transmission.

10. The user equipment of claim 6 , further comprising:

a first time alignment timer; and

a second time alignment timer,

wherein the processor is further configured to:

start the first time alignment timer for the first TAG, and

start the second time alignment timer for the second TAG.

11. A method for uplink transmission in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

determining, by a user equipment, a sounding reference signal (SRS) symbol of an i th subframe used for a SRS transmission for a first serving cell in a first timing advance group (TAG);

overlapping, by the user equipment, at least a portion of the SRS symbol of the i th subframe for the SRS transmission toward the first serving cell in the first TAG with an (i+1) th subframe for transmitting an uplink channel toward a second serving cell in a second TAG; and

dropping, by the user equipment, the SRS transmission on the SRS symbol in the i th subframe,

wherein a total uplink transmission power exceeds a maximum value on the overlapped portion of the SRS symbol, and

wherein the uplink channel includes at least one of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) and a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH).

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

starting a first time alignment timer for the first TAG; and

starting a second time alignment timer for the second TAG,

wherein the total uplink transmission power exceeds the maximum value on the overlapped portion of the SRS symbol while the first time alignment timer and the second time alignment timer are running.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the SRS symbol includes a last orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol in the i th subframe for the first serving cell.

14. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

receiving a periodic configuration indicating a SRS periodicity and a SRS subframe offset,

wherein the i th subframe for the SRS symbol is determined based on the periodic configuration.

15. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

receiving a request for the SRS transmission.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 17, 2013
From: AHN, JOON KUI; YANG, SUCK CHEL; YI, YUN JUNG; SEO, DONG YOUN
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2012-0108365 · Sep 27, 2012 · national
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