US 10,219,251 B2Granted

Method and device for communication

AssigneeChina Academy of Telecommunications Technology

InventorsXueming Pan, Zukang Shen, Jing Xu

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Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a method and a device for communication. The method includes: determining, by the user equipment, a specific uplink-downlink sub-frame configuration when the uplink-downlink sub-frame configuration information is not received by the user equipment during the period; and communicating with a network side equipment by the user equipment during the period based on the specific uplink-downlink sub-frame configuration. By the solution of the present disclosure, a probability of the situation that the user equipment cannot communicate with the network normally as the user equipment does not correctly receive the physical layer control signaling which carries the uplink-downlink sub-frame configuration information and is sent from the network side is reduced, and user throughput is improved.

Claims6

Dependent claims

A method for communication, comprising:

receiving, by a user equipment, uplink-downlink sub-frame configuration information sent by a network side equipment, during a current uplink-downlink sub-frame reconfiguration period;
determining, by the user equipment, a specific uplink-downlink sub-frame configuration when the uplink-downlink sub-frame configuration information is not received by the user equipment during the current uplink-downlink sub-frame reconfiguration period;
and
communicating, by the user equipment, with the network side equipment during the current uplink-downlink sub-frame reconfiguration period, based on the specific uplink-downlink sub-frame configuration;
wherein the determining, by the user equipment, the specific uplink-downlink sub-frame configuration comprises:
determining, by the user equipment, an uplink-downlink sub-frame configuration corresponding to last uplink-downlink sub-frame configuration information received successfully by the user equipment as the specific uplink-downlink sub-frame configuration;
or
selecting, by the user equipment, an uplink-downlink sub-frame configuration with the most downlink sub-frames or uplink sub-frames from all alternative uplink-downlink sub-frame configurations as the specific uplink-downlink sub-frame configuration;
or
determining, by the user equipment, the specific uplink-downlink sub-frame configuration based on previously received specific uplink-downlink sub-frame configuration information sent by the network side equipment via a high-layer signaling;
or
determining, by the user equipment, an uplink-downlink sub-frame configuration corresponding to previously received uplink-downlink sub-frame configuration information sent by the network side equipment via system broadcasting as the specific uplink-downlink sub-frame configuration;
or
determining, by the user equipment, a reference uplink-downlink sub-frame configuration configured to determine a downlink hybrid automatic repeat request (DL HARQ) timing or an uplink hybrid automatic repeat request (UL HARQ) timing as the specific uplink-downlink sub-frame configuration.

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A user equipment for communication, comprising:

a receiving module, configured to receive uplink-downlink sub-frame configuration information sent by a network side equipment during a current uplink-downlink sub-frame reconfiguration period;
a determination module, configured to determine a specific uplink-downlink sub-frame configuration when the uplink-downlink sub-frame configuration information is not received during the current uplink-downlink sub-frame reconfiguration period;
and
a communication module, configured to communicate with the network side equipment during the current uplink-downlink sub-frame reconfiguration period based on the specific uplink-downlink sub-frame configuration,
wherein the determination module is configured to,
determine an uplink-downlink sub-frame configuration corresponding to last uplink-downlink sub-frame configuration information received successfully as the specific uplink-downlink sub-frame configuration;
or
select an uplink-downlink sub-frame configuration with the most downlink sub-frames or uplink sub-frames from all alternative uplink-downlink sub-frame configurations as the specific uplink-downlink sub-frame configuration;
or
determine the specific uplink-downlink sub-frame configuration based on previously received specific uplink-downlink sub-frame configuration information sent by the network side equipment via a high-layer signaling;
or
determine an uplink-downlink sub-frame configuration corresponding to previously received uplink-downlink sub-frame configuration information sent by the network side equipment via system broadcasting as the specific uplink-downlink sub-frame configuration;
or
determine a reference uplink-downlink sub-frame configuration configured to determine a downlink hybrid automatic repeat request (DL HARQ) timing or an uplink hybrid automatic repeat request (UL HARQ) timing as the specific uplink-downlink sub-frame configuration.

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A user equipment comprising a processor and a data transceiver;

wherein the processor is configured to receive uplink-downlink sub-frame configuration information sent by a network side equipment during a current uplink-downlink sub-frame reconfiguration period;
determine a specific uplink-downlink sub-frame configuration when the uplink-downlink sub-frame configuration information is not received during the current uplink-downlink sub-frame reconfiguration period;
and communicate with the network side equipment during the current uplink-downlink sub-frame reconfiguration period based on the specific uplink-downlink sub-frame configuration;
the data transceiver is configured to implement a data transmission between the processor and the network side equipment,
wherein the processor is further configured to:
determine an uplink-downlink sub-frame configuration corresponding to last uplink-downlink sub-frame configuration information received successfully by the user equipment as the specific uplink-downlink sub-frame configuration;
or
select an uplink-downlink sub-frame configuration with the most downlink sub-frames or uplink sub-frames from all alternative uplink-downlink sub-frame configurations as the specific uplink-downlink sub-frame configuration;
or
determine the specific uplink-downlink sub-frame configuration based on previously received specific uplink-downlink sub-frame configuration information sent by the network side equipment via a high-layer signaling;
or
determine an uplink-downlink sub-frame configuration corresponding to previously received uplink-downlink sub-frame configuration information sent by the network side equipment via system broadcasting as the specific uplink-downlink sub-frame configuration;
or
determine a reference uplink-downlink sub-frame configuration configured to determine a downlink hybrid automatic repeat request (DL HARQ) timing or an uplink hybrid automatic repeat request (UL HARQ) timing as the specific uplink-downlink sub-frame configuration.

11 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/780,574Filed 31 Mar 2014
Priority: CN 2013 1 01114611 Apr 2013
Published: US 2016/0057744 A125 Feb 2016
Granted: 26 Feb 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

H04W 72/20
Local resource management: control channels or signalling for resource management
H04L 1/1812
Automatic repetition systems, e.g. Van Duuren systems: hybrid protocols; Hybrid automatic repeat request [HARQ]
H04L 1/1864
Arrangements specially adapted for the receiver end: aRQ related signaling
H04L 1/1896
Arrangements specially adapted for the transmitter end: aRQ related signaling