US 12,726,321 B2Granted

Flexible cross transmission-time-interval data portion transmission in a wireless communication system

AssigneeFraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.

InventorsThomas Schierl, Cornelius Hellge, Yago Sánchez De La Fuente, Bernd Holfeld, Thomas Wirth, Thomas Fehrenbach, Dennis Wieruch

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Abstract

A receiver for a wireless communication system, wherein the receiver is configured to receive a data signal having a time domain and a frequency domain, the data signal including control data and payload data, the data signal further including at least one data portion including at least one payload data transport block including a payload data package consisting of a portion of the payload data, wherein the data signal is received over transmission time intervals, wherein a length of one of the transmission time intervals is shorter than the duration of the data portion, so that the data portion is received over more than one of the transmission time intervals, and wherein the receiver includes a signal processing device configured for processing the data portion which have been received over more than one of the transmission time intervals.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A receiver for a wireless communication system,

wherein the receiver is configured to receive a data signal comprising a time domain and a frequency domain, the data signal comprising control data and payload data, the data signal further comprising a data portion,
and wherein the data portion comprises a payload data transport block,
and wherein the payload data transport block comprises a payload data package,
and wherein the payload data package comprises a portion of the payload data,
and wherein the data signal is received over transmission time intervals,
and wherein a length of one of the transmission time intervals is shorter than a duration of the data portion such that the data portion is received over more than one transmission time interval of the transmission time intervals,
and wherein the receiver comprises a signal processing device configured for processing the data portion,
and wherein the length of one of the transmission time intervals is shorter than the duration of the payload data transport block,
and wherein the payload data transport block is received over immediately subsequent transmission time intervals of the transmission time intervals such that the payload data transport block is received over more than one of the immediately subsequent transmission time intervals,
and wherein the signal processing device is configured for processing the payload data transport block,
and wherein the data signal comprises a plurality of frames, each frame comprising a plurality of subframes, and each subframe comprising symbols in the time domain and frequency ranges in the frequency domain,
and wherein a combination of a symbol of the symbols and a frequency range of the frequency ranges defines a resource element,
and wherein the data portion comprises a plurality of resource elements allocated to the payload data,
and wherein the control data comprises frequency range data,
and wherein the frequency range data indicates which subset of ranges of the frequency ranges of the data signal is assigned to the payload data transport block for each of the immediately subsequent transmission time intervals over which the payload data transport block is received,
and wherein the frequency range data indicates that different ranges of the frequency ranges are assigned to the payload data transport block for different intervals of the immediately subsequent transmission time intervals over which the payload data transport block is received, wherein the different intervals of the immediately subsequent transmission time intervals to which different ranges of the frequency ranges are assigned to, comprise different portions of the payload data package of the payload data transport block,
and wherein the signal processing device is configured for using the frequency range data for processing the payload data transport block.

14 more elements

A transmitter for a wireless communication system,

wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit a data signal comprising a time domain and a frequency domain, the data signal comprising control data and payload data, the data signal further comprising a data portion comprising a payload data transport block comprising a payload data package comprising of a portion of the payload data,
and wherein the transmitter is configured for transmitting the data signal over transmission time intervals,
and wherein a length of one of the transmission time intervals is shorter than a duration of the data portion such that the data portion is transmitted over more than one of the transmission time intervals,
and wherein the length of one of the transmission time intervals is shorter than the duration of the payload data transport block,
and wherein the payload data transport block is transmitted over immediately subsequent transmission time intervals of the transmission time intervals such that the payload data transport block is transmitted over more than one of the immediately subsequent transmission time intervals,
and wherein the data signal comprises a plurality of frames, each frame comprising a plurality of subframes, and each subframe comprising symbols in the time domain and frequency ranges in the frequency domain,
and wherein a combination of a symbol of the symbols and a frequency range of the frequency ranges defines a resource element,
and wherein the data portion comprises a plurality of resource elements allocated to the payload data,
and wherein the transmitter is to receive frequency range data,
and wherein the frequency range data indicates which subset of ranges of the frequency ranges of the data signal is assigned to the payload data transport block for each of the immediately subsequent transmission time intervals over which the payload data transport block is transmitted,
and wherein the frequency range data indicates that different ranges of the frequency ranges are assigned to the payload data transport block for different intervals of the immediately subsequent transmission time intervals over which the payload data transport block is transmitted, wherein the different intervals of the immediately subsequent transmission time intervals to which different ranges of the frequency ranges are assigned to, comprise different portions of the payload data package of the payload data transport block.

8 more elements

A method for receiving a data signal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, by a receiver, the data signal comprising a time domain and a frequency domain, the data signal comprising control data and payload data, the data signal further comprising at a data portion comprising a payload data transport block comprising a payload data package comprising of a portion of the payload data,
and wherein the data signal is received over transmission time intervals,
and wherein a length of one of the transmission time intervals is shorter than a duration of the data portion, so that the data portion is received over more than one of the transmission time intervals;
and
processing, by a signal processing device of the receiver, the data portion,
wherein the length of one of the transmission time intervals is shorter than the duration of the payload data transport block,
and wherein the payload data transport block is received over immediately subsequent transmission time intervals of the transmission time intervals such that the payload data transport block is received over more than one of the immediately subsequent transmission time intervals,
and wherein the payload data transport block is processed by the signal processing device,
and wherein the data signal comprises a plurality of frames, each frame comprising a plurality of subframes, and each subframe comprising symbols in the time domain and frequency ranges in the frequency domain,
and wherein a combination of a symbol of the symbols and a range of the frequency ranges defines a resource element,
and wherein the data portion comprises a plurality of resource elements allocated to the payload data, and
and wherein the control data comprises frequency range data,
and wherein the frequency range data indicates which subset of ranges of the frequency ranges of the data signal is assigned to the payload data transport block for each of the immediately subsequent transmission time intervals over which the payload data transport block is received,
and wherein the frequency range data indicates that different ranges of the frequency ranges are assigned to the payload data transport block for different intervals of the immediately subsequent transmission time intervals over which the payload data transport block is received, wherein the different intervals of the immediately subsequent transmission time intervals to which different ranges of the frequency ranges are assigned to, comprise different portions of the payload data package of the payload data transport block,
and wherein the frequency range data is used by the signal processing device for processing the payload data transport block.

12 more elements

A method for transmitting a data signal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting, by a transmitter, the data signal in such way, that the data signal comprises a time domain and a frequency domain, that the data signal comprises control data and payload data, that the data signal further comprises a data portion comprising a payload data transport block comprising a payload data package comprising of a portion of the payload data, and that the data signal is transmitted over transmission time intervals,
and wherein a length of one of the transmission time intervals is shorter than a duration of the data portion, so that the data portion is transmitted over more than one of the transmission time intervals,
and wherein the length of one of the transmission time intervals is shorter than the duration of the payload data transport block,
and wherein the payload data transport block is transmitted over immediately subsequent transmission time intervals of the transmission time intervals, so that the payload data transport block is transmitted over more than one of the immediately subsequent transmission time intervals,
and wherein the data signal comprises a plurality of frames, each frame comprising a plurality of subframes, and each subframe comprising symbols in the time domain and frequency ranges in the frequency domain,
and wherein a combination of a symbol of the symbols and a frequency range of the frequency ranges defines a resource element,
and wherein the data portion comprises a plurality of resource elements allocated to the payload data,
and wherein the transmitter receives frequency range data,
and wherein the frequency range data indicates which subset of ranges of the frequency ranges of the data signal is assigned to the payload data transport block for each of the immediately subsequent transmission time intervals over which the payload data transport block is transmitted,
and wherein the frequency range data indicates that different ranges of the frequency ranges are assigned to the payload data transport block for different intervals of the immediately subsequent transmission time intervals over which the payload data transport block is transmitted, wherein the different intervals of the immediately subsequent transmission time intervals to which different ranges of the frequency ranges are assigned to, comprise different portions of the payload data package of the payload data transport block.

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A non-transitory digital storage medium having a computer program stored thereon to perform a method for receiving a data signal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, by a receiver, the data signal comprising a time domain and a frequency domain, the data signal comprising control data and payload data, the data signal further comprising a data portion comprising a payload data transport block comprising a payload data package comprising of a portion of the payload data,
wherein the data signal is received over transmission time intervals,
and wherein a length of one of the transmission time intervals is shorter than a duration of the data portion such that the data portion is received over more than one of the transmission time intervals;
and
processing, by a signal processing device of the receiver, the data portion,
and wherein the length of one of the transmission time intervals is shorter than the duration of the payload data transport block,
and wherein the payload data transport block is received over immediately subsequent transmission time intervals of the transmission time intervals such that the payload data transport block is received over more than one of the immediately subsequent transmission time intervals,
and wherein the payload data transport block is processed by the signal processing device,
and wherein the data signal comprises a plurality of frames, each frame comprising a plurality of subframes, and each subframe comprising symbols in the time domain and frequency ranges in the frequency domain,
and wherein a combination of a symbol the symbols and a range of the frequency ranges defines a resource element,
and wherein the data portion comprises of a plurality of the resource elements allocated to the payload data, and
and wherein the control data comprises frequency range data,
and wherein the frequency range data indicates which subset of ranges of the frequency ranges of the data signal are assigned to the payload data transport block for each of the immediately subsequent transmission time intervals over which the payload data transport block is received,
and wherein the frequency range data indicates that different ranges of the frequency ranges are assigned to the payload data transport block for different intervals of the immediately subsequent transmission time intervals over which the payload data transport block is received, wherein the different intervals of the immediately subsequent transmission time intervals to which different ranges of the frequency ranges are assigned to, comprise different portions of the payload data package of the payload data transport block,
and wherein the frequency range data is used by the signal processing device for processing the payload data transport block.

12 more elements

A non-transitory digital storage medium having a computer program stored thereon to perform a method for transmitting a data signal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting, by a transmitter, the data signal over transmission time intervals,
wherein the data signal comprises a time domain and a frequency domain,
and wherein the data signal comprises control data and payload data,
and wherein the data signal further comprises a data portion comprising a payload data transport block comprising a payload data package comprising a portion of the payload data,
and wherein a length of one of the transmission time intervals is shorter than a duration of the data portion such that the data portion is transmitted over more than one of the transmission time intervals,
and wherein the length of one of the transmission time intervals is shorter than the duration of the payload data transport block,
and wherein the payload data transport block is transmitted over immediately subsequent transmission time intervals of the transmission time intervals such that the payload data transport block is transmitted over more than one of the immediately subsequent transmission time intervals,
and wherein the data signal comprises a plurality of frames, each frame comprising a plurality of subframes, and each subframe comprising symbols in the time domain and frequency ranges in the frequency domain,
and wherein a combination of a symbol of the symbols and a range of the frequency ranges defines a resource element,
and wherein the data portion comprises a plurality of the resource elements allocated to the payload data,
and wherein the transmitter receives the control data which comprises frequency range data,
and wherein the frequency range data indicates which subset of ranges of the frequency ranges of the data signal are assigned to the payload data transport block for each of the immediately subsequent transmission time intervals over which the payload data transport block is transmitted,
and wherein the frequency range data indicates that different ranges of the frequency ranges are assigned to the payload data transport block for different intervals of the immediately subsequent transmission time intervals over which the payload data transport block is transmitted, wherein the different intervals of the immediately subsequent transmission time intervals to which different ranges of the frequency ranges are assigned to, comprise different portions of the payload data package of the payload data transport block.

10 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/447,042Filed 20 Jun 2019 · continuation
Priority: EP 1620679123 Dec 2016
Published: US 2019/0305913 A13 Oct 2019
Granted: 1 Sep 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

H04L 5/0082
Timing of allocation: at predetermined intervals
H04L 1/189
Arrangements specially adapted for the transmitter end: transmission or retransmission of more than one copy of a message
H04L 5/0044
Arrangements for allocating sub-channels of the transmission path: allocation of payload; Allocation of data channels, e.g. PDSCH or PUSCH
H04L 5/0053
Arrangements for allocating sub-channels of the transmission path: allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals