Method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving data in wireless communication system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9548845-B2
Application number	US-201314439540-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 1, 2013
Priority date	Nov 1, 2012
Publication date	Jan 17, 2017
Grant date	Jan 17, 2017

Abstract

Disclosed is a method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving data in a wireless communication system. The method includes: a terminal transmitting a coverage enhancement request or capability information for the terminal; a base station determining a channel setting for the terminal based on the transmitted request or information; and transmitting downlink data and performing random access on the basis of the determined channel setting. Namely, a scheme for adaptively transmitting and receiving data in consideration of the coverage of the terminal is proposed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for a terminal transmitting and receiving data in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
determining, by a terminal, a coverage extension level;
checking, by the terminal, a channel configuration according to the determined extension level; and
transmitting and receiving, by the terminal, data to/from a base station (BS) according to the checked channel configuration,
wherein the channel configuration includes a setting related to a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) and a repetition number or a repetition period of a varied PBCH with respect to the PBCH,
wherein the channel configuration further includes a setting of a physical random access channel (PRACH), and
wherein the setting of the PRACH includes information on a period having a value longer than a PRACH configuration period related to a legacy terminal or information on a repetition number of the PRACH which varies according to the coverage extension level of the terminal.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the setting of the PRACH includes information on uplink radio resource available for random access of a machine-type communication (MTC) terminal, and
wherein the setting of the PRACH is indicated by a PRACH configuration index including a transmission period having a value longer than 20 ms of the legacy terminal and subframe numbers 0 to 80,
wherein the PRACH configuration index is set to 64, and
wherein the setting of the PRACH further includes setting varied according to different repetition numbers.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
checking, by the terminal, the strength of a downlink signal and variably setting an index for a request of coverage enhancement according to the strength of the signal,
wherein the index is set to a level that corresponds to the strength of the downlink signal, and
wherein the index is set to a level less than or equal to a coverage request group determined for the terminal by the BS.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
checking a setting on a variably configured PRACH according to the request of the coverage enhancement,
wherein the transmission number of the variably configured PRACH increases by double to correspond to a previous PRACH transmission number, as the level of the index increases.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the checking of the channel configuration comprises:
checking system information including information indicating that the terminal is a coverage-limited terminal, and
checking a setting on a variously configured PBCH according to the system information.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
checking a setting of the variably configured PBCH according to the coverage enhancement request,
wherein the setting of the variably configured PBCH includes information on a repeated transmission of the PBCH and a transmission of a new PBCH, and
wherein the repeated transmission of the PBCH and the transmission of a new PBCH is performed on variable positions through OFDM symbols excluding symbols used for a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH).

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the repeated transmission of the PBCH and the transmission of a new PBCH performed on a set including different OFDM symbols, different subframes, and different frequencies variably determined according to an index for the coverage enhancement request.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the repeated transmission of the PBCH and the transmission of a new PBCH performed on one or two physical resource blocks (PRBs), and
wherein power of the PBCH transmitted through the one or two PRBs is 6-fold or 3-fold boosted so as to be set to be equal to power used in 6 PRBs allocated for PBCH transmission.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the checking of the channel configuration includes:
checking a setting regarding a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), and
checking a setting of a transmission time interval (TTI) bundling regarding the variably set PDSCH according to the coverage enhancement request,
wherein the number of TTI bundling increases as the level of the index increases.

10. An apparatus for receiving downlink data in a wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising:
a radio frequency (RF) unit that transmits and receives signals to and from a base station (BS); and
a processor, connected to the RF unit, that:
determines a coverage extension level,
checks a channel configuration according to the determined extension level, and
controls the RF unit to transmit and receive data to/from the BS according to the checked channel configuration,
wherein the channel configuration includes a setting related to a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) and a repetition number or a repetition period of varied PBCH with respect to the PBCH
wherein the channel configuration further includes a setting of a physical random access channel (PRACH), and
wherein the setting of the PRACH includes information on a period having a value longer than a PRACH configuration period related to a legacy terminal or information on a repetition number of the PRACH varied according to the coverage extension level of the terminal.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the processor further:
checks that a PRACH configuration index of the channel configuration is set to 64,
checks information on uplink radio resource available for random access of a machine-type communication (MTC) terminal according to the PRACH configuration index, and
sets the RACH or checks that the setting is differently set according to different repetition numbers according to a transmission period having a value longer than 20 ms of the legacy terminal and a PRACH configuration index including 0 or 80 subframe numbers,
confirms the setting of the PRACH determined variably according to different repetition numbers.

12. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the processor further:
checks the strength of a downlink signal of the terminal,
variably sets an index for the coverage enhancement request according to the strength of the signal,
sets the index to a level that corresponds to the strength of the downlink signal, and
sets the index to a level less than or equal to a coverage request group determined for the terminal by the BS.

13. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the processor further:
checks a setting regarding a variably configured physical random access channel (PRACH) according to the coverage enhancement request, and
checks that the transmission number of the PRACH increases by double to correspond to a previous PRACH transmission number, as the level of the index increases.

14. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the processor further:
checks a setting of the variably configured PBCH according to the coverage enhancement request,
checks that the setting of the variably configured PBCH includes information on a repeated transmission of the PBCH and a transmission of a new PBCH, and
checks that the repeated transmission of the PBCH and the transmission of a new PBCH is performed on variable positions through OFDM symbols excluding symbols used for a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH),
wherein the repeated transmission of the PBCH and the transmission of a new PBCH performed on a set including different OFDM symbols, different subframes, and different frequencies variably determined according to an index for the coverage enhancement request,
wherein the repeated transmission of the PBCH and the transmission of a new PBCH performed on one or two physical resource blocks (PRBs), and
wherein power of the PBCH transmitted through the

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Yi Yunjung
• Yang Suckchel
• Ahn Joonkui
• Seo Dongyoun
• Seo Inkwon
• You Hyangsun

Classifications

• H04W72/23

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

• H04L1/08 Primary

  by repeating transmission, e.g. Verdan system {(H04L1/1858 and H04L1/189 take precedence)} · CPC title

• H04W72/51 Primary

  based on terminal or device properties · CPC title

• H04L5/0007

  the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A) or DMT · CPC title

• H04W72/0446

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