MAC control element uplink configuration method and device and communications system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10440694-B2
Application number	US-201715630624-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 22, 2017
Priority date	Jan 15, 2015
Publication date	Oct 8, 2019
Grant date	Oct 8, 2019

Abstract

An MAC control element (CE) uplink configuration method and device, and communications system, the method includes: when an MAC CE is activated, determining, by user equipment (UE), whether an uplink grant of a serving cell in an authorization frequency band exists; and when the uplink grant of the serving cell in the authorization frequency band exists and can accommodate the MAC CE, allocating, by the UE and for the MAC CE, the uplink grant of the serving cell in the authorization frequency band. An embodiment of the present disclosure improves reliability for transmitting the MAC CE, in an LAA system, and reduces unnecessary latency or failure.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A medium access control (MAC) control element uplink configuration method, comprising:
determining, by user equipment (UE), whether there exists an uplink grant of a serving cell in a licensed band when an MAC control element is triggered;
allocating, by the UE, at least part of a granted uplink resource of the serving cell in the licensed band for the MAC control element in a case where there exists the uplink grant of the serving cell in the licensed band and the uplink grant of the serving cell in the licensed band is capable of accommodating the MAC control element;
determining, by the UE, whether there exists an uplink grant of a serving cell in an unlicensed band in a case where there exists no the uplink grant of the serving cell in the licensed band; and
allocating, by the UE, at least a part of granted uplink resource of the serving cell in the unlicensed band for the MAC control element in a case where there exists the uplink grant of the serving cell in the unlicensed band and the uplink grant of the serving cell in the unlicensed band is capable of accommodating the MAC control element.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the MAC control element comprises:
an MAC control element for a BSR with exception of BSRs included for padding, and/or
an MAC control element for a PHR or an extended PHR.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
delaying, by the UE, transmission of the MAC control element in a case where the uplink grant of the serving cell in the licensed band is incapable of accommodating the MAC control element.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
delaying, by the UE, transmission of the MAC control element in a case where there exists no the uplink grant of the serving cell in the licensed band.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
delaying, by the UE, transmission of the MAC control element in a case where the uplink grant of the serving cell in the unlicensed band is incapable of accommodating the MAC control element.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
terminating, by the UE, a process of logical channel prioritization in a case where there exists no the uplink grant of the serving cell in the unlicensed band.

7. A medium access control (MAC) control element uplink configuration device, comprising:
a memory configured to store a plurality of instructions; and

processor circuitry coupled to the memory and configured execute the plurality of instructions to:
determine whether there exists an uplink grant of a serving cell in a licensed band when an MAC control element is triggered; and
allocate at least a part of a granted uplink resource the uplink grant of the serving cell in the licensed band for the MAC control element in a case where there exists uplink grant of the serving cell in the licensed band and the uplink grant of the serving cell in the licensed band is capable of accommodating the MAC control element;
determine whether there exists an uplink grant of a serving cell in an unlicensed band in a case where there exists no the uplink grant of the serving cell in the licensed band; and
allocate at least a part of granted uplink resource of the serving cell in the unlicensed band for the MAC control element in a case where there exists the uplink grant of the serving cell in the unlicensed band and the uplink grant of the serving cell in the unlicensed band is capable of accommodating the MAC control element.

8. The device according to claim 7 , wherein the MAC control element comprises:
an MAC control element for a BSR with exception of BSRs included for padding, and/or
an MAC control element for a PHR or an extended PHR.

9. The device according to claim 7 , wherein the processor circuitry is further configured to delay transmission of the MAC control element in a case where the uplink grant of the serving cell in the licensed band is incapable of accommodating the MAC control element.

10. The device according to claim 7 , wherein the processor circuitry is further configured to delay transmission of the MAC control element in a case where there exists no the uplink grant of the serving cell in the licensed band.

11. The device according to claim 7 , wherein the processor circuitry is further configured to delay transmission of the MAC control element in a case where the uplink grant of the serving cell in the unlicensed band is incapable of accommodating the MAC control element.

12. The device according to claim 7 , wherein the processor circuitry is further configured to terminate a process of logical channel prioritization in a case where there exists no the uplink grant of the serving cell in the unlicensed band.

13. A communications system, comprising:
A User Equipment (UE) configured to:
determine whether there exists an uplink grant of a serving cell in a licensed band when a medium access control (MAC) control element is triggered, and allocate at least a part of a granted uplink resource of the serving cell in the licensed band for the MAC control element in a case where there exists the uplink grant of the serving cell in the licensed band and the uplink grant of the serving cell in the licensed band is capable of accommodating the MAC control element;
determine whether there exists the uplink grant of the serving cell in an unlicensed band in a case where there exists no the uplink grant of the serving cell in the licensed band; and
allocate at least a part of granted uplink resource of the serving cell in the unlicensed band for the MAC control element in a case where there exists the uplink grant of the serving cell in the unlicensed band and the uplink grant of the serving cell in the unlicensed band is capable of accommodating the MAC control element.

14. The communications system according to claim 13 , wherein the MAC control element comprises:
an MAC control element for a BSR with exception of BSRs included for padding, and/or
an MAC control element for a PHR or an extended PHR.

15. The communications system according to claim 13 , wherein the UE is configured to delay transmission of the MAC control element, in a case where there exists no the uplink grant of the serving cell in the licensed band, or in a case where there exists the uplink grant of the serving cell in the licensed band but the uplink grant of the serving cell in the licensed band is incapable of accommodating the MAC control element.

16. The communications system according to claim 13 , wherein the UE is configured to terminate a process of logical channel prioritization in a case where there exists no the uplink grant of the serving cell in the unlicensed band, or
delay transmission of the MAC control element in a case where there exists the uplink grant of the serving cell in the unlicensed band but the uplink grant of the serving cell in the unlicensed band is incapable of accommodating the MAC control element.

Assignees

• Fujitsu Ltd

Inventors

• Lu Yanling
• Wu Lianhai
• Xu Haibo

Classifications

• H04W72/21 Primary

  in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network · CPC title

• H04L41/0803

  Configuration setting · CPC title

• H04W24/02

  Arrangements for optimising operational condition · CPC title

• H04W72/04

  Wireless resource allocation · CPC title

• H04L61/6022

  Electricity · mapped topic