Method and apparatus for requesting uplink persistent scheduling in mobile communication system

A method for requesting uplink persistent scheduling, comprising:

• a terminal generating a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) buffer status report (BSR) including a size of data and further including at least one of an SPS transmission point in time and an SPS period after configuring SPS between the terminal and a base station;
• and
• the terminal requesting SPS allocation while transmitting the SPS BSR to the base station,
• wherein the size of the data indicates a size of data that are to be transmitted per SPS period,
• in the requesting,
• the terminal transmits the SPS BSR using a medium access control (MAC) packet data unit (PDU), and a sub-header of the MAC PDU includes a logical channel ID (LCID) set in a predetermined sequence in order to inform that the MAC PDU includes an SPS BSR MAC control element as a payload, and
• the start field includes information related to a sub-frame number corresponding to a transmission point in time demanded as the SPS transmission point in time, and the information includes a lower least significant bit (LSB) when the sub-frame number is represented by a bit string, and
• wherein:
• in the case in which the terminal requests the SPS period P, the SPS transmission point in time T, and the SPS data size S through the SPS BSR, the sub-frame number satisfies Equation:
• “Subframe number LSB=(T modulo P)+nP (n=0, 1, 2, . . . )”.

A method for requesting uplink persistent scheduling, comprising:

• a terminal generating a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) buffer status report (BSR) including a size of data and further including at least one of an SPS transmission point in time and an SPS period after configuring SPS between the terminal and a base station;
• the terminal requesting SPS allocation while transmitting the SPS BSR to the base station
• receiving SPS activation information depending on the SPS allocation based on the SPS BSR from the base station;
• and
• the terminal performing SPS transmission depending on the SPS activation information,
• wherein:
• in the case in which the SPS transmission point in time included in the SPS BSR transmitted by the terminal is a sub-frame T, the SPS activation information is transmitted in a sub-frame T-Nproc so that resource allocation depending on the SPS is made in the sub-frame T depending on the SPS transmission point in time.

An apparatus for requesting uplink persistent scheduling in a terminal, comprising:

• a transceiver transmitting and receiving signals through an antenna;
• and
• a processor connected to the transceiver and performing uplink persistent scheduling request processing,
• wherein the processor includes:
• a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) request processor configured to transmit an uplink SPS request to a base station after configuring SPS;
• and
• a buffer status report (BSR) report processor configured to generate an SPS BSR including a size of data that are to be transmitted per SPS period among data stored in a buffer and further including at least one of an SPS transmission point in time and an SPS period and request SPS allocation while transmitting the SPS BSR to the base station;
• an SPS reception processor configured to receive SPS activation information depending on the SPS allocation based on the SPS BSR from the base station in a sub-frame that based on a difference between the SPS transmission point and an preset interval;
• a transmission processor configured to allow the terminal to perform SPS transmission depending on the SPS activation information, and
• the transmission processor is configured to transmit data depending on an SPS period included in the SPS activation information, and
• wherein when the SPS transmission point is a sub-frame T, the SPS activation information is transmitted in a sub-frame T-Nproc, and the Nproc is the preset interval.

A base station for processing an uplink persistent scheduling request of a terminal, comprising:

• a transceiver transmitting and receiving signals through an antenna;
• and
• a processor connected to the transceiver and performing processing on the uplink persistent scheduling request,
• wherein the processor includes:
• a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration processor configured to perform a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration process between the base station and the terminal to configure SPS and transmit an RRC reconfiguration message including a plurality of SPS periods that are usable to the terminal through the transceiver;
• an SPS allocation processor configured to receive an SPS buffer status report (BSR) transmitted from the terminal through the transceiver and perform SPS allocation processing on the basis of the SPS BSR, the SPS BSR including an SPS transmission point in time;
• and
• an information transmission processor configured to transmit SPS activation information depending on the SPS allocation processing of the SPS allocation processor to the terminal through the transceiver in a sub-frame that is based on a difference between the SPS transmission point and an preset interval, and
• the SPS activation information includes an SPS period;
• the SPS BSR further includes a size of data that are to be transmitted per SPS period among data stored in a buffer of the terminal, an SPS transmission point in time, and an SPS period,
• the SPS allocation processor obtains the SPS BSR from an SPS BSR MAC control element transmitted through an MAC PDU, and recognizes that a payload of the MAC PDU includes the SPS BSR MAC control element on the basis of an LCID included in a sub-header of the MAC PDU, and
• wherein when the SPS transmission point is a sub-frame T, the SPS activation information is transmitted in a sub-frame T-Nproc and the Nproc is the preset interval.

A base station for processing an uplink persistent scheduling request of a terminal, comprising:

• a transceiver transmitting and receiving signals through an antenna;
• and
• a processor connected to the transceiver and performing processing on the uplink persistent scheduling request,
• wherein the processor includes:
• a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration processor configured to perform a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration process between the base station and the terminal to configure SPS and transmit an RRC reconfiguration message including a plurality of SPS periods that are usable to the terminal through the transceiver;
• an SPS allocation processor configured to receive an SPS buffer status report (BSR) transmitted from the terminal through the transceiver and perform SPS allocation processing on the basis of the SPS BSR, the SPS BSR including an SPS transmission point in time;
• and
• an information transmission processor configured to transmit SPS activation information depending on the SPS allocation processing of the SPS allocation processor to the terminal through the transceiver, and
• the SPS activation information includes an SPS period, and
• wherein:
• the information transmission processor transmits the SPS activation information in a sub-frame T-Nproc so that resource allocation depending on the SPS is made in a sub-frame T depending on the SPS transmission point in time, in the case in which the SPS transmission point in time included in the SPS BSR received from the terminal is the sub-frame T.