IP Library Granted Patent US 9,072,046
Granted Patent B2
US 9,072,046 · App. 14/170,206 · Granted Jun 30, 2015

Precoding matrix index feedback interaction with discontinuous reception

Inventors: Zhijun Cai (Herndon, VA); James Earl Womack (Bedford, TX); Yi Yu (Reston, VA)
Assignee: Blackberry Limited
H04W52/0209H04W8/24H04W52/0216H04W76/048H04W88/02H04B7/0456
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Patent No.
US 9,072,046
App. No.
14/170,206
Granted
Jun 30, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A user equipment (UE) is provided that includes a processor configured to transmit a precoding matrix index (PMI) using one of an assigned periodic PMI reporting resource that precisely aligns with the start of an on-duration of a discontinuous reception (DRX) operation mode of the UE and a first assigned periodic PMI reporting after the start of an on-duration of a discontinuous reception (DRX) operation mode of the UE.

Claims (22)

1. A user equipment (UE), comprising:

a transmitter;

a receiver; and

one or more processors configured to:

receive, using the receiver, a resource configuration, the resource configuration indicating a periodic reporting resource for transmitting precoding matrix indexes (PMIs);

control the receiver in the UE to have an active time, wherein the active time includes at least a time period corresponding to an on duration and a time period when an inactivity timer is running;

control the transmitter to transmit a PMI using the PMI reporting resource that immediately follows the on duration; and

control the transmitter to not transmit PMIS when not in the active time.

2. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors further configured to identify one or more reporting resources for transmitting PMIs using the periodic PMI reporting resource, wherein the one or more identified reporting resources occur during the active time.

3. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the active time is associated with a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle.

4. The UE of claim 3 , wherein the active time includes a periodic on-duration, the periodic on-duration associated with DRX operation mode of the UE.

5. The UE of claim 3 , wherein the active time includes a retransmission window.

6. The UE of claim 1 , the one or more processors further configured to control the transmitter to transmit a PMI using the PMI reporting resource that immediately precedes the on duration.

7. A method for user equipment (UE) including a receiver and a transmitter, comprising:

receiving using the receiver, a resource configuration, the resource configuration indicating a periodic reporting resource for transmitting precoding matrix indices (PMIs);

controlling the receiver in the UE to have an active time, wherein the active time includes at least a time period corresponding to an on duration and a time period when an inactivity timer is running;

controlling the transmitter to transmit an PMI using the PMI reporting resource that immediately follows the on duration; and

controlling the transmitter to not transmit PMIs when not in the active time.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising identifying one or more reporting resources for transmitting the PMI using the periodic PMI reporting resource, wherein the one or more identified reporting resources occur during the active time.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the active time is associated with a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the active time includes a retransmission window.

11. The method of claim 7 , further comprising controlling the transmitter to transmit a PMI using the PMI reporting resource that immediately precedes the on duration.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 21, 2014
From: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
To: BLACKBERRY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 032982/0479 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 25, 2014
From: CAI, ZHIJUN; WOMACK, JAMES EARL
To: RESEARCH IN MOTION CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032761/0564 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 25, 2014
From: YU, YI
To: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
Reel/Frame 032761/0628 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 25, 2014
From: RESEARCH IN MOTION CORPORATION
To: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
Reel/Frame 032763/0204 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 13449575 · Apr 18, 2012
Continuation 12058448 · Mar 28, 2008
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