Method and apparatus for performing data transmission in wireless communication system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9538456-B2
Application number	US-201414766949-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 18, 2014
Priority date	Feb 18, 2013
Publication date	Jan 3, 2017
Grant date	Jan 3, 2017

Abstract

A method is provided for performing, at a wireless device, data transmission in a wireless communication system. The wireless device receives a configuration including a plurality of virtual cell groups, each of the virtual cell groups including two or more serving cells which share an identical virtual cell identification (ID). The wireless device also receives discovery signals scrambled with the identical virtual cell ID and system information including a physical random access channel (PRACH) configuration, from master cells of each of the virtual cell groups. The wireless device selects a cell based on the discovery signals and system information, and performs a random access channel (RACH) procedure and data transmission by using the virtual cell ID of the selected cell.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for performing, at a wireless device, data transmission in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
receiving a configuration including a plurality of virtual cell groups, each of the virtual cell groups including two or more serving cells which share an identical virtual cell identification (ID);
receiving discovery signals scrambled with the identical virtual cell ID and system information including a physical random access channel (PRACH) configuration, from master cells of each of the virtual cell groups;
selecting a cell based on the discovery signals and the system information; and
performing a random access channel (RACH) procedure and data transmission by using the virtual cell ID of the selected cell.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration is received by a serving cell (SCell) configuration, a hand-over configuration, a dual connectivity configuration, a transmission mode (TM) configuration, or a radio resource control (RRC) configuration from a primary cell (PCell).

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration includes at least two sets of a relationship between an identical virtual cell ID for a discovery signal and a physical cell ID of serving cells in a virtual cell group sharing the identical virtual cell ID.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the configuration includes at least one of subframe sets of the virtual cell groups, and multiple subframes sets of each of the virtual cell groups, and a set of the discovery signals transmitted from the serving cells in each of the virtual cell groups.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration includes a frequency hopping pattern which is associated with the identical virtual cell ID.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving the discovery signals includes:
receiving a first discovery signal scrambled with a first virtual cell ID from a first master cell at a first subframe; and
receiving a second discovery signal scrambled with a second virtual cell ID from a second master cell at a second subframe.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selecting the cell includes:
performing a radio resource monitoring measurement by measuring a reference signal received power (RSRP) or a reference signal received quality (RSRQ) of two sets of the discovery signals scrambled with the identical virtual cell ID,
wherein the measurement is configured with a set of different radio frames based on the wireless device's mobility.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the performing the RACH procedure includes:
transmitting a PRACH preamble sequence scrambled with the virtual cell ID of the selected cell; and
receiving a response for the PRACH preamble sequence by decoding a reference signal (RS) scrambled with the virtual cell ID of the selected cell,
wherein the RS includes a cell—specific reference signal (CRS), the CRS is set by the virtual cell ID, and a power of the CRS is set by the virtual cell ID.

9. The method of claim 8 , further including:
receiving a first CRS scrambled with a first virtual cell ID in subframe #0 in a center six physical resource blocks (6PRBs) in a radio frame, and a second CRS scrambled with a second virtual cell ID in subframe #1 in the center 6PRBs in the radio frame.

10. A wireless device for performing data transmission in a wireless communication system, the wireless device comprising:
a radio frequency (RF) unit configured to transmit and receive a radio signal; and
a processor operatively coupled to the RF unit, wherein the processor is configured to:
receive a configuration including a plurality of virtual cell groups, each of the virtual cell groups including two or more serving cells which share an identical virtual cell identification (ID);
receive discovery signals scrambled with the identical virtual cell ID and system information including a physical random access channel (PRACH) configuration, from master cells of each of the virtual cell groups;
select a cell based on the discovery signals and the system information; and
perform a random access control channel (RACH) procedure and data transmission by using the virtual cell ID of the selected cell.

11. The wireless device of claim 10 , wherein the configuration includes at least two sets of a relationship between an identical virtual cell ID for a discovery signal and a physical cell ID of serving cells in a virtual cell group sharing the identical virtual cell ID, at least one of subframe sets of the virtual cell groups, and multiple subframes sets of each of the virtual cell groups, a set of the discovery signals transmitted from the serving cells in each of the virtual cell groups, and frequency hopping patterns each of which is associated with each of the virtual cell groups.

12. The wireless device of claim 10 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
receive a first discovery signal scrambled with a first virtual cell ID from a first master cell at a first subframe; and
receive a second discovery signal scrambled with a second virtual cell ID from a second master cell at a second subframe.

13. The wireless device of claim 10 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
perform a radio resource monitoring measurement by measuring a reference signal received power (RSRP) or a reference signal received quality (RSRQ) of two sets of the discovery signals scrambled with the identical virtual cell ID,
wherein the measurement is configured with a set of different radio frames based on the wireless device's mobility.

14. The wireless device of claim 10 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
transmit a PRACH preamble sequence scrambled with the virtual cell ID of the selected cell; and
receive a response for the PRACH preamble sequence by decoding a reference signal (RS) scrambled with the virtual cell ID of the selected cell,
wherein the RS includes a cell—specific reference signal (CRS), the CRS is set by the virtual cell ID, and a power of the CRS is set by the virtual cell ID.

15. The wireless device of claim 14 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
receive a first CRS scrambled with a first virtual cell ID in subframe #0 in a center six physical resource blocks (6PRBs) in a radio frame, and a second CRS scrambled with a second virtual cell ID in subframe #1 in the center 6PRBs in the radio frame.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Yi Yunjung
• Ahn Joonkui
• Kim Byounghoon

Classifications

• H04W48/20

  Selecting an access point · CPC title

• H04W48/12 Primary

  using downlink control channel · CPC title

• H04W24/08

  Testing, {supervising or monitoring} using real traffic · CPC title

• H04B1/7143

  Arrangements for generation of hop patterns · CPC title

• H04W74/0833

  Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access · CPC title