Rank indicator transmission during discontinuous reception

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9433002-B2
Application number	US-201514704526-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 5, 2015
Priority date	Mar 28, 2008
Publication date	Aug 30, 2016
Grant date	Aug 30, 2016

Abstract

A user equipment (UE) is disclosed. The UE includes a processor configured to transmit a rank indicator (RI) using one of an assigned periodic RI reporting resource that precisely aligns with the start on an on-duration of a discontinuous reception (DRX) operation mode of the UE and a first assigned periodic RI reporting resource after the start of the on-duration.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A user equipment (UE), comprising:
a transmitter;
a receiver; and
one or more processors configured to:
control the receiver a resource configuration, the resource configuration indicating a periodic reporting resource for transmitting rank indicators (RIs);
control the receiver in the UE to have an active time, wherein the active time includes at least a time period corresponding to an on duration and a time period when an inactivity timer is running;
control the transmitter to transmit an RI using the RI reporting resource that immediately follows a beginning of the on duration;
control the transmitter to transmit an RI using each subsequent RI reporting resource until an end of the active time; and
control the transmitter to discontinue transmission of RI at the end of the active time.

2. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to identify one or more reporting resources for transmitting the RI using the periodic RI reporting resource, wherein the one or more identified reporting resources occur during the active time.

3. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the active time is associated with a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle.

4. The UE of claim 3 , wherein DRX cycle includes the on duration followed by an off duration.

5. The UE of claim 4 , wherein the DRX cycle repeats periodically.

6. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the active time includes a retransmission window.

7. The UE of claim 1 , the one or more processors further configured to control the transmitter to transmit RI using the RI reporting resource that immediately precedes the on duration.

8. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the UE enters a reduced power state at the end of the active time.

9. A method for user equipment (UE) including a receiver and a transmitter, comprising:
controlling the receiver to receive a resource configuration, the resource configuration indicating a periodic reporting resource for transmitting rank indicators (RIs);
controlling the receiver in the UE to have an active time, wherein the active time includes at least a time period corresponding to an on duration and a time period when an inactivity timer is running;
controlling the transmitter to transmit an RI using the RI reporting resource that immediately follows a beginning of the on duration;
controlling the transmitter to transmit an RI using each subsequent RI reporting resource until an end of the active time; and
controlling the transmitter to discontinue transmission of RI at the end of the active time.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising identifying one or more reporting resources for transmitting the RI using the periodic RI reporting resource, wherein the one or more identified reporting resources occur during the active time.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the active time is associated with a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the active time includes a retransmission window.

13. The method of claim 9 , further comprising controlling the transmitter to transmit RI using the RI reporting resource that immediately precedes the on duration.

14. A computer program product encoded on a non-transitory medium, the product comprising computer readable instructions for causing one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
controlling a receiver to receive a resource configuration, the resource configuration indicating a periodic reporting resource for transmitting rank indicators (RIs);
controlling the receiver in the UE to have an active time, wherein the active time includes at least a time period corresponding to an on duration and a time period when an inactivity timer is running;
controlling a transmitter to transmit an RI using the RI reporting resource that immediately follows a beginning of the duration;
controlling the transmitter to transmit an RI using each subsequent RI reporting resource until an end of the active time; and
controlling the transmitter to discontinue transmission of RI at the end of the active time.

15. The computer program product of claim 14 , the instructions further comprising identifying one or more reporting resources for transmitting the RI using the periodic RI reporting resource, wherein the one or more identified reporting resources occur during the active time.

16. The computer program product of claim 14 , wherein the active time is associated with a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle.

17. The computer program product of claim 14 , wherein the active time includes a retransmission window.

18. The computer program product of claim 14 , the instructions further comprising controlling the transmitter to transmit RI using the RI reporting resource that immediately precedes the on duration.

Assignees

• Blackberry Ltd

Inventors

• Yu Yi
• Womack James Earl
• Cai Zhijun

Classifications

• H04L1/1887

  Scheduling and prioritising arrangements · CPC title

• H04W76/28

  Discontinuous transmission [DTX]; Discontinuous reception [DRX] · CPC title

• H04W28/04

  Error control · CPC title

• H04L1/0027 Primary

  Scheduling of signalling, e.g. occurrence thereof · CPC title

• H04W8/24

  Transfer of terminal data · CPC title