Transmission method and apparatus in TDD-FDD joint system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10498520-B2
Application number	US-201815943554-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 2, 2018
Priority date	Aug 26, 2013
Publication date	Dec 3, 2019
Grant date	Dec 3, 2019

Abstract

The present invention provides a transmission method and apparatus in a TDD-FDD joint system. In an embodiment of cross-carrier scheduling, an HARQ time sequence of a PUSCH on a scheduled CC complies with a time sequence of a TDD system, and an HARQ time sequence of a PDSCH on the scheduled CC complies with a time sequence of an FDD system; if an uplink reference frame structure on the scheduled CC is #0, uplink-scheduling DCI of the scheduled CC comprises ULI/DAI bits; and if the uplink reference frame structure on the scheduled CC is one of #1 to #6, the uplink-scheduling DCI of the scheduled CC does not comprise the ULI/DAI bits. By using the technical solutions provided in the present invention, redundant overheads of the DCI are reduced, the coverage of the DCI is enlarged, and meanwhile, the compatibility with an existing system is kept to the greatest degree in the present invention.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A transmission method used in a User Equipment (UE) for a Time Division Duplex (TDD)-Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) joint system, comprising:
Step A: receiving a first Downlink Control Information (DCI) on the subframe n on a first carrier, wherein the first carrier is an FDD downlink carrier, n is an integer, and the first DCI is the uplink-scheduling DCI; and
Step B: transmitting the uplink data on Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) of a second carrier in the subframe n+k according to the scheduling of the first DCI, wherein the second carrier is a TDD carrier, k is the uplink scheduling delay of the uplink reference frame configuration of the second carrier on the subframe n;
wherein the first DCI includes two bits, being used as Uplink Index (ULI) only when the uplink reference frame configuration is configuration #0, while the first DCI does not include 2 bits being used as Downlink Assignment Index (DAI) when the uplink reference frame configuration is one of #0, #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, and #6.

2. The transmission method used in a UE for a TDD-FDD joint system according to claim 1 , wherein the Step A comprises the following step A1, and the Step B comprises the following Step B1:
Step A1: in the jth subframe before the subframe n+k of the second carrier, receiving at least one of the following:
Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) data;
Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) indicating Semi Persistent Scheduling (SPS) release;
Extended Physical Downlink Control Channel (EPDCCH) indicating SPS release, j being an uplink scheduling delay of the FDD system;

Step B1: transmitting ACK/NACK associating with the Step A1 on the PUSCH.

3. The transmission method used in a UE for a TDD-FDD joint system according to claim 1 , further comprising the following steps:
Step C: for the uplink data, detecting the Physical Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) Indicator Channel (PHICH) information in the sth subframe after the subframe n+k on the first carrier, s being the PHICH reporting delay corresponding to the uplink reference frame configuration;
Step D: transferring ACK information to higher layers when the PHICH is detected as ACK, or when no PHICH is detected.

4. A transmission method used in a system equipment for a Time Division Duplex (TDD)-Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) joint system, comprising:
Step A: transmitting a first Downlink Control Information (DCI) on the subframe n on a first carrier, wherein the first carrier is an FDD downlink carrier, n is an integer, and the first DCI is the uplink-scheduling DCI; and
Step B: receiving the uplink data on Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) of a second carrier in the subframe n+k according to the scheduling of the first DCI, wherein the second carrier is a TDD carrier, k is the uplink scheduling delay of the uplink reference frame configuration of the second carrier on the subframe n;
wherein the first DCI includes two bits, being used as Uplink Index (ULI) only when the uplink reference frame configuration is configuration #0, while the first DCI does not include 2 bits being used as Downlink Assignment Index (DAI) when the uplink reference frame configuration is one of #0, #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, and #6.

5. The transmission method used in a system equipment for a TDD-FDD joint system according to claim 4 , wherein the Step A comprises the following Step A1, and the Step B comprises the following Step B1:
Step A1: in the jth subframe before the subframe n+k of the second carrier, transmitting at least one of the following:
Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) data;
Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) indicating Semi Persistent Scheduling (SPS) release;
Extended Physical Downlink Control Channel (EPDCCH) indicating SPS release, j being an uplink scheduling delay of the FDD system;

Step B1: receiving ACK/NACK associating with the Step A1 on the PUSCH.

6. The transmission method used in a system equipment for a TDD-FDD joint system according to claim 4 , further comprising the following steps:
Step C: the higher layer transferring the ACK information associating with the uplink data; and
Step D: transmitting ACK or maintaining zero power in the corresponding Physical Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) Indicator Channel (PHICH) resource in the sth subframe after the subframe n+k on the first carrier;
s being the PHICH reporting delay corresponding to the uplink reference frame configuration.

7. A User Equipment (UE) in a Time Division Duplex (TDD)-Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) joint system, comprising:
a first module for receiving a first Downlink Control Information (DCI) on the subframe n on a first carrier, wherein the first carrier is an FDD downlink carrier, n is an integer, and the first DCI is the uplink-scheduling DCI; and
a second module for transmitting the uplink data on Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) of a second carrier in the subframe n+k according to the scheduling of the first DCI, wherein the second carrier is a TDD carrier, k is the uplink scheduling delay of the uplink reference frame configuration of the second carrier on the subframe n;
wherein the first DCI includes two bits, being used as Uplink Index (ULI) only when the uplink reference frame configuration is configuration #0, while the first DCI does not include 2 bits being used as Downlink Assignment Index (DAI) when the uplink reference frame configuration is one of #0, #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, and #6.

8. A system equipment in a Time Division Duplex (TDD)-Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) joint system, comprising:
a first module for transmitting a first Downlink Control Information (DCI) on the subframe n on a first carrier, wherein the first carrier is an FDD downlink carrier, n is an integer, and the first DCI is the uplink-scheduling DCI; and
a second module for receiving the uplink data on Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) of a second carrier in the subframe n+k according to the scheduling of the first DCI, wherein the second carrier is a TDD carrier, k is the uplink scheduling delay of the uplink reference frame configuration of the second carrier on the subframe n;
wherein the first DCI includes two bits, being used as Uplink Index (ULI) only when the uplink reference frame configuration is configuration #0, while the first DCI does not include 2 bits being used as Downlink Assignment Index (DAI) when the uplink reference frame configuration is one of #0, #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, and #6.

9. A system equipment in a TDD-FDD joint system according to claim 8 , wherein the first module is configured for transmitting in the jth subframe before the subframe n+k of the second carrier at least one of the following:
Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) data;
Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) indicating Semi Persistent Scheduling (SPS) release;
Extended Physical Downlink Control Channel (EPDCCH) indicating SPS release, j being an uplink scheduling delay of the FDD system;
and wherein the second module is configured for receiving ACK/NACK associating with the transmitting on the first module on the PUSCH ACK/NACK associating with the receiving of the first module.

10. A system equipment in a TDD-FDD joint system according to claim 8 , wherein the system equipment is configured for:
the higher layer transferring the ACK information associating with the uplink data; and transmitting ACK or maintaining zero power in the corresponding Physical Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) Indicator Channel (PHICH) resource in the sth subframe after the subframe n+k on the first carrier;
s being the PHICH reporting delay corresponding to the uplink reference frame configuration.

11. A User

Assignees

• Shanghai Langbo Comm Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Shi Fei

Classifications

• H04W72/23

  in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal · CPC title

• H04L1/1854

  Scheduling and prioritising arrangements · CPC title

• H04L5/0055

  Physical resource allocation for ACK/NACK (for physical mapping arrangements in ARQ protocols H04L1/1861) · CPC title

• H04L5/0094

  Indication of how sub-channels of the path are allocated · CPC title

• H04L5/14 Primary

  Two-way operation using the same type of signal, i.e. duplex · CPC title