Power density boosting in uplink shared channels

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016182199-A1
Application number	US-201414910466-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 16, 2014
Priority date	Aug 14, 2013
Publication date	Jun 23, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A communications device transmits/receives data to/from a mobile communications network including one or more network elements forming a wireless access interface for transmitting/receiving the data. An up-link includes a shared channel for transmitting the data to the mobile communications network. A controller controls a transmitter and receiver to transmit to the mobile communications network a request to transmit data in a smaller number of frequency division multiplexed symbols than available on the shared channel, to receive from the mobile communications network an indication of a sub-set of the predetermined number of frequency division multiplexed symbols in which the communications device should transmit the data on the shared channel, and to transmit signals representing the data in the shared channel to occupy a smaller number of frequency division multiplexed symbols than the number of the predetermined number of frequency division multiplexed symbols of the time period of the shared channel.

First claim

1 . A communications device for transmitting data to or receiving data from a mobile communications network, the mobile communications network including one or more network elements which are arranged to form a wireless access interface for transmitting and receiving the data, the communications device comprising
a transmitter unit configured to transmit signals representing the data on an up-link of the wireless access interface to the mobile communications network, a receiver unit configured to receive signals representing the data transmitted on a down-link from the mobile communications network via the wireless access interface, the wireless access interface providing a plurality of communications resource elements across a frequency range for the down-link and the up-link, the communications resource elements being formed by dividing sub-carriers at different frequencies into a plurality of time periods, one or more of the sub-carriers being provided to form, in the time domain, frequency division multiplexed symbols, each of the time periods comprising a predetermined number of the frequency division multiplexed symbols, wherein the up-link includes a shared channel providing the communications resources for allocation to the communications device by the mobile communications network for transmitting the data on the up-link to the mobile communications network, the shared channel providing communications resources which are shared with other communications terminals and comprising in the time domain, the predetermined number of frequency division multiplexed symbols in each time period for allocation to the communications device, and a controller configured to control the transmitter unit to transmit the signals and the receiver unit to receive the signals to transmit or receive the data, wherein the controller is configured to control the transmitter unit and the receiver unit to transmit to the mobile communications network a request to transmit data in a smaller number of frequency division multiplexed symbols than are available on the shared channel, to receive from the mobile communications network an indication of a sub-set of the predetermined number of frequency division multiplexed symbols in which the communications device should transmit the data on the shared channel, and to transmit signals representing the data in the shared channel to occupy a smaller number of frequency division multiplexed symbols than the number of the predetermined number of frequency division multiplexed symbols of the time period of the shared channel.

2 . A communications device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to transmit the signals representing the data in the smaller number of frequency division multiplexed symbols within the time period of the shared channel starting at a different one of the predetermined number of frequency division multiplexed symbols, each of the different starting frequency division multiplexed symbols representing further information.

3 . A communications device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to transmit the signals representing the data with one or more reference symbols included in the number of frequency division multiplexed symbols to assist in demodulating the received signal to recover the data, and a position of the one or more reference symbols within the transmitted frequency division multiplexed symbols is varied between a plurality of locations within the transmitted symbols, each of the locations representing further information.

4 . A communications device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the further information forms part of the data being transmitted by the controller.

5 . A communications device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the shared channel comprises a plurality of frequency division multiplexed symbols in the time domain and a plurality of sub-carriers in the frequency domain and transmission of the signalling information includes a contiguous sub-set of the frequency division multiplexed symbols starting at one of the predetermined frequency division multiplexed symbols.

6 . A communications device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to transmit the data by mapping data symbols representing the frequency division multiplexed symbols by modulating the sub-carriers of the shared channel with modulation symbols representing the data symbols, the modulation order of the modulation symbols being so that the data can be transmitted in a temporal length which is less than the temporal length of the time period of the shared channel.

7 . A communications device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the time period of the shared channel is formed from a sub-frame of a frame into which the up-link is divided.

8 . A communications device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the shared channel is formed from two time slots into which the sub-frame is divided and the predetermined number of frequency division multiplexed symbols is the number of symbols in one of the time slots.

9 . A communications device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured in combination with the receiver unit
to receive control information from the mobile communications network for configuring the transmission of the signals representing the data in the shared channel, whereby other communications devices can be configured to adapt transmissions of signals in the same shared channel with the transmission of the signals representing the data by the communications device, and the controller is configured in combination with the transmitter unit to configure the transmitter unit in accordance with the control information received from the mobile communications network to transmit the signals representing the data in the shared channel.

10 . A method of transmitting data to or receiving data from a mobile communications network, the mobile communications network including one or more network elements which are arranged to form a wireless access interface for transmitting and receiving the data, the method comprising
transmitting signals representing the data on an up-link of the wireless access interface to the mobile communications network, receiving signals representing the data transmitted on a down-link from the mobile communications network via the wireless access interface, the wireless access interface providing a plurality of communications resource elements across a frequency range for the down-link and the up-link, the communications resource elements being formed by dividing sub-carriers at different frequencies into a plurality of time periods, one or more of the sub-carriers being provided to form, in the time domain, frequency division multiplexed symbols, each of the time periods comprising a predetermined number of the frequency division multiplexed symbols, wherein the up-link includes a shared channel providing the communications resources for allocation to the communications device by the mobile communications network for transmitting the data on the up-link to the mobile communications network, the shared channel providing communications resources which are shared with other communications terminals and comprising in the time domain, the predetermined number of frequency division multiplexed symbols in each time period for allocation to the communications device, and controlling the transmitting the signals and the receiving the signals to transmit or receive the data, wherein the controlling the transmitting includes transmitting to the mobile communications network a request to transmit data in a smaller number of frequency division multiplexed symbols than are available on the shared channel, receiving fro

Assignees

• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Webb Matthew William
• Clifton John

Classifications

• H04L5/0053

  Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals · CPC title

• H04L5/0051

  of dedicated pilots, i.e. pilots destined for a single user or terminal · CPC title

• H04L5/0044 Primary

  Allocation of payload; Allocation of data channels, e.g. PDSCH or PUSCH · CPC title