Method and apparatus for supporting flexible UE bandwidth in next generation communication system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11546802-B2
Application number	US-201715668269-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 3, 2017
Priority date	Aug 10, 2016
Publication date	Jan 3, 2023
Grant date	Jan 3, 2023

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method and a system for supporting flexible user equipment (UE) bandwidth by the UE during a random access are provided. The method includes transmitting, to a base station, a random access preamble over a first bandwidth selected among a plurality of channel bandwidths of the UE, receiving, from the base station, a random access response over a second bandwidth selected among the plurality of channel bandwidths, and transmitting, to the base station, a scheduled transmission message over a third bandwidth selected among the plurality of channel bandwidths of the UE.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
receiving, from a base station, a system information block (SIB) including first information on a first bandwidth part for monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) for a random access response (RAR), second information on a second bandwidth part for a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) scheduled by an uplink grant based on the RAR, and third information on a frequency resource for monitoring a PDCCH for a contention resolution message;
transmitting, to the base station, a random access preamble of a random access procedure;
receiving, from the base station, first downlink control information (DCI) associated with the RAR by monitoring the PDCCH for the RAR based on the first bandwidth part;
receiving, from the base station, the RAR on a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) scheduled by the first DCI;
transmitting, to the base station, the PUSCH scheduled by the uplink grant based on the second bandwidth part; and
receiving, from the base station, second DCI associated with the contention resolution message by monitoring the PDCCH for the contention resolution message based on the frequency resource,
wherein a reception channel bandwidth of the terminal is less than a carrier bandwidth of a serving cell of the base station, and
wherein a bandwidth of the PDCCH for RAR and a bandwidth of the PDCCH for the contention resolution message is less than the reception channel bandwidth of the terminal.

2. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the carrier bandwidth of the serving cell of the base station is divided into a plurality of bandwidth parts, and
wherein the SIB indicates the first bandwidth part and the second bandwidth part among the plurality of bandwidth parts, respectively.

3. The method of claim 2 ,
wherein a bandwidth of a physical random access channel (PRACH), to which the random access preamble is transmitted, is less than a transmission channel bandwidth of the terminal, and
wherein the transmission channel bandwidth of the terminal is less than the carrier bandwidth of the serving cell of the base station.

4. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the SIB further includes information on a time resource for the PDCCH for the RAR, and
wherein the first DCI associated with the RAR is received by monitoring the PDCCH for the RAR based on the time resource and the first bandwidth part.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
in response to receiving the second DCI associated with the contention resolution message, transmitting hybrid automatic repeat request (HARD) feedback, in case the contention resolution message received in the second DCI is successfully decoded,
wherein the second DCI associated with the contention resolution message is received based on a temporary cell radio network temporary identifier (TC-RNTI), and
wherein the HARD feedback is transmitted based on a C-RNTI.

6. A method performed by a base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
transmitting, to a terminal, a system information block (SIB) including first information on a first bandwidth part for a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) for a random access response (RAR), second information on a second bandwidth part for a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) scheduled by an uplink grant based on the RAR, and third information on a frequency resource for a PDCCH for a contention resolution message;
receiving, from the terminal, a random access preamble of a random access procedure;
transmitting, to the terminal, first downlink control information (DCI) associated with the RAR on the PDCCH for the RAR based on the first bandwidth part;
transmitting, to the terminal, the RAR on a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) scheduled by the first DCI;
receiving, from the terminal, the PUSCH scheduled by the uplink grant based on the second bandwidth part; and
transmitting, to the terminal, second DCI associated with the contention resolution message on the PDCCH for the contention resolution message based on the frequency resource,
wherein a reception channel bandwidth of the terminal is less than a carrier bandwidth of a serving cell of the base station, and
wherein a bandwidth of the PDCCH for RAR and a bandwidth of the PDCCH for the contention resolution message is less than the reception channel bandwidth of the terminal.

7. The method of claim 6 ,
wherein the carrier bandwidth of the serving cell of the base station is divided into a plurality of bandwidth parts, and
wherein the SIB indicates the first bandwidth part and the second bandwidth part among the plurality of bandwidth parts, respectively.

8. The method of claim 7 ,
wherein a bandwidth of a physical random access channel (PRACH), to which the random access preamble is transmitted, is less than a transmission channel bandwidth of the terminal, and
wherein transmission channel bandwidth of the terminal is less than the carrier bandwidth of the serving cell of the base station.

9. The method of claim 6 ,
wherein the SIB further includes information on a time resource for the PDCCH for the RAR, and
wherein the first DCI associated with the RAR is transmitted on the PDCCH for the RAR based on the time resource and the first bandwidth part.

10. A terminal in a wireless communication system, the terminal comprising:
a transceiver configured to transmit or receive a signal; and
at least one processor coupled with the transceiver and configured to:
receive, from a base station, a system information block (SIB) including first information on a first bandwidth part for monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) for a random access response (RAR), second information on a second bandwidth part for a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) scheduled by an uplink grant based on the RAR, and third information on a frequency resource for monitoring a PDCCH for a contention resolution message,
transmit, to the base station, a random access preamble of a random access procedure,
receive, from the base station, first downlink control information (DCI) associated with the RAR by monitoring the PDCCH for the RAR based on the first bandwidth part,
receive, from the base station, the RAR on a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) scheduled by the first DCI,
transmit, to the base station, the PUSCH scheduled by the uplink grant based on the second bandwidth part, and

receive, from the base station, second DCI associated with the contention resolution message by monitoring the PDCCH for the contention resolution message based on the frequency resource,
wherein a reception channel bandwidth of the terminal is less than a carrier bandwidth of a serving cell of the base station, and
wherein a bandwidth of the PDCCH for RAR and a bandwidth of the PDCCH for the contention resolution message is less than the reception channel bandwidth of the terminal.

11. The terminal of claim 10 ,
wherein the carrier bandwidth of the serving cell of the base station is divided into a plurality of bandwidth parts, and
wherein the SIB indicates the first bandwidth part and the second bandwidth part among the plurality of bandwidth parts, respectively.

12. The terminal of claim 11 ,
wherein a bandwidth of a physical random access channel (PRACH), to which the random access preamble is transmitted, is less than a transmission channel bandwidth of the terminal, and
wherein transmission channel bandwidth of the terminal is less than the carrier bandwidth of the serving cell of the base station.

13. The terminal of claim 10 ,

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Agiwal Anil
• Chang Youngbin

Classifications

• H04B1/69

  Spread spectrum techniques · CPC title

• H04W52/40

  during macro-diversity or soft handoff · CPC title

• H04W16/14

  Spectrum sharing arrangements {between different networks} · CPC title

• H04W28/20 Primary

  Negotiating bandwidth · CPC title

• H04W74/006 Primary

  in the downlink, i.e. towards the terminal · CPC title