Base station, user equipment, transmission control method for the base station and data transmission method for the user equipment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016302231-A1
Application number	US-201615091567-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 5, 2016
Priority date	Apr 8, 2015
Publication date	Oct 13, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A base station (BS), a user equipment (UE), a transmission control method for the BS and a data transmission method for the UE are provided. Based on user group information, the base station transmits uplink transmission control information to a plurality of the UEs in a group to make each UE contend for a plurality of subframes in the allocated unlicensed band radio resource pool. If a UE successfully contends for a subframe, the UE transmits a reservation signal and transmits an uplink data signal in the contended subframe. If the UE detects another reservation signal when contending for the subframe, the UE determines whether the another reservation signal is associated with the ID of its group. If associated, the UE transmits the uplink data signal in the subframe.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A base station (BS) for a wireless communication system, comprising:
a transceiver; a processor electrically connected to the transceiver, being configured to execute the following operations:
generating first uplink transmission control information and second uplink transmission control information, the first uplink transmission control information indicating a first unlicensed band radio resource pool of an unlicensed band and the second uplink transmission control information indicating a second unlicensed band radio resource pool of the unlicensed band; and
transmitting the first uplink transmission control information and the second uplink transmission control information to a first user equipment (UE) and a second UE of a user group respectively via the transceiver so that the first UE contends for a first subframe of the first unlicensed band radio resource pool according to the first uplink transmission control information and the second UE contends for a second subframe of the second unlicensed band radio resource pool according to the second uplink transmission control information;
wherein when the first UE transmits a first reservation signal after having successfully contended for the first subframe and the first subframe and the second subframe are a same subframe, the first UE transmits a first uplink data signal in the same subframe, the second UE determines that the first reservation signal is associated with an identity (ID) of the user group so as to transmit a second uplink data signal in the same subframe, and the processor further receives the first uplink data signal and the second uplink data signal in the same subframe via the transceiver.

2 . The base station of claim 1 , wherein the first unlicensed band radio resource pool and the second unlicensed band radio resource pool comprise a plurality of subframes, the subframes are distributed on at least one carrier and include the first subframe and the second subframe, and each of the subframes comprises a plurality of resource block sets.

3 . The base station of claim 2 , wherein the first UE is configured to use a first resource block set among the resource block sets of the same subframe to transmit the first uplink data signal, and the second UE is configured to use a second resource block set among the resource block sets of the same subframe to transmit the second uplink data signal, and the first resource block set is different from the second resource block set.

4 . The base station of claim 2 , wherein the first UE further contends for the subframes of the first unlicensed band radio resource pool in sequence according to a contention priority, and the second UE further contends for the subframes of the second unlicensed band radio resource pool in sequence according to another contention priority.

5 . The base station of claim 2 , wherein the first UE and the second UE respectively select a first resource block set and a second resource block set from the resource block sets of the same subframe according to a user priority, and use the first resource block set and the second resource block set to transmit the first uplink data signal and the second uplink data signal respectively, and the first resource block set is different from the second resource block set.

6 . The base station of claim 1 , wherein the processor further receives a first resource request message from the first UE via the transceiver so as to generate the first uplink transmission control information according to the first resource request message, and the processor further receives a second resource request message from the second UE via the transceiver so as to generate the second uplink transmission control information according to the second resource request message.

7 . The base station of claim 1 , wherein the first uplink transmission control information and the second uplink transmission control information further indicate the user group.

8 . The base station of claim 1 , wherein the processor further generates user group information and broadcasts the user group information via the transceiver to indicate the user group.

9 . The base station of claim 1 , wherein the ID of the user group is selected from a group consisting of a group ID, a cell ID and a UE ID.

10 . The base station of claim 1 , wherein the processor further receives a pre-reservation signal from the first UE via the transceiver, and generates the first uplink transmission control information according to the pre-reservation signal, and wherein the pre-reservation signal is transmitted on at least one carrier of the unlicensed band after the first UE has detected that the at least one carrier is available.

11 . A UE for a wireless communication system, comprising:
a transceiver; a processor electrically connected to the transceiver, being configured to execute the following operations:
receiving uplink transmission control information from a base station via the transceiver, the uplink transmission control information indicating an unlicensed band radio resource pool of an unlicensed band;
contending for a specific subframe of the unlicensed band radio resource pool via the transceiver according to the uplink transmission control information;
after the contention for the specific subframe via the transceiver succeeds, transmitting a reservation signal and transmitting on the specific subframe an uplink data signal via the transceiver, the reservation signal being associated with an ID of a user group to which the UE belongs; and
when the contention for the specific subframe fails and another reservation signal is detected via the transceiver, determining whether the another reservation signal is associated with the ID, and when the another reservation signal is associated with the ID, then transmitting the uplink data signal on the specific subframe via the transceiver.

12 . The UE of claim 11 , wherein the unlicensed band radio resource pool comprises a plurality of subframes, the subframes are distributed on at least one carrier and include the specific subframe, and each of the subframes comprises a plurality of resource block sets.

13 . The UE of claim 12 , wherein the UE is configured to use a resource block set among the resource block sets of the specific subframe to transmit the uplink data signal, and another UE that transmits the another reservation signal is configured to use another resource block set among the resource block sets of the specific subframe to transmit another uplink data signal, and the resource block set is different from the another resource block set.

14 . The UE of claim 13 , wherein the processor further contends for the subframes of the unlicensed band radio resource pool in sequence via the transceiver according to a contention priority.

15 . The UE of claim 13 , wherein the UE and the another UE that transmits the another reservation signal respectively select a first resource block set and a second resource block set from the resource block sets of the specific subframe according to a user priority, and use the first resource block set and the second resource block set to transmit the uplink data signal and the another uplink data signal respectively, and the first resource block set is different from the second resource block set.

16 . The UE of claim 11 , wherein the processor further transmits a resource request message to the base station via the transceiver so that the base station generates the uplink transmission control information according to the resource request message.

Assignees

• Inst Information Ind

Inventors

• Chien Chun-Che
• Chen Chiu-Wen

Classifications

• H04W72/23

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

• H04W72/21 Primary

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

• H04W74/0816 Primary

  with collision avoidance · CPC title

• H04W74/006

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

• H04W72/0446

  Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames · CPC title