Ultra-low latency LTE control data communication

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9955462-B2
Application number	US-201514839703-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 28, 2015
Priority date	Sep 26, 2014
Publication date	Apr 24, 2018
Grant date	Apr 24, 2018

Abstract

Various aspects described herein relate to communicating in a wireless network. A transmission time interval (TTI) for an uplink control channel transmission within a subframe is determined, wherein the TTI comprises of a number of symbols which are a subset of a plurality of symbols in the subframe. Uplink control data can be transmitted over the uplink control channel during the TTI.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for communicating in a wireless network, comprising:
determining a transmission time interval (TTI) for an uplink control channel transmission within a subframe, wherein the TTI comprises of a number of symbols which are a subset of a plurality of symbols in the subframe; and
transmitting uplink control data over the uplink control channel during the TTI, wherein transmitting the uplink control data comprises transmitting acknowledgement/negative-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) feedback by using one or more different cyclic shifts to indicate a value of the ACK/NACK feedback as being ACK or NACK.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein a duration of the TTI comprises at least one of a symbol duration, a two-symbol duration, or a slot duration wherein the subframe comprises two slots.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the number of symbols is based on one of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol or a single-carrier frequency-division-multiplexing (SC-FDM) symbol.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ACK/NACK feedback is an indicator of ACK/NACK for data transmitted over a downlink channel in a prior TTI.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising bundling the ACK/NACK feedback for at least one of a plurality of codewords or a plurality of carriers by using a one-bit indicator of ACK/NACK for transmitting the uplink control data comprising the bundled ACK/NACK feedback.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
identifying a resource block (RB) group index of one or more RB groups associated with at least one of a downlink control channel or a downlink data channel, where each of the one or more RB groups comprise of a plurality of RBs;
determining a resource location for transmitting the ACK/NACK feedback based on the identified RB group index.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein transmitting the uplink control data comprises transmitting a scheduling request based at least in part on a cyclic shift.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein transmitting the scheduling request is based at least in part on a first cyclic shift of multiple possible cyclic shifts, where the first cyclic shift indicates the uplink control data also includes the ACK/NACK feedback, and wherein a second cyclic shift, different from the first cyclic shift, indicates the uplink control data does not also include the ACK/NACK feedback.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving a trigger for transmitting an uplink reference signal (RS) to a network entity in the TTI, wherein transmitting comprises transmitting the uplink control data instead of the RS in the TTI.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining a different TTI for another uplink control channel transmission within the subframe or another subframe;
receiving a trigger for transmitting an uplink reference signal (RS) to a network entity in the different TTI; and
transmitting the RS instead of the uplink control data in the different TTI.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a trigger for transmitting an uplink reference signal (RS) to a network entity; and
transmitting the RS along with the uplink control data in the TTI by utilizing a first cyclic shift to indicate combined transmission of the uplink control data and the RS in the TTI, wherein the first cyclic shift is different from a second cyclic shift used to indicate that the RS is not transmitted along with the uplink control data.

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining a payload size of the uplink control data; and
determining a number of resource blocks (RB) for the uplink control channel based on the payload size,
wherein transmitting the uplink control channel is based at least in part on the number of RBs.

13. A user equipment for communicating in a wireless network, comprising:
a transceiver;
at least one processor communicatively coupled with the transceiver via a bus for communicating in the wireless network; and
a memory communicatively coupled with the at least one processor and/or the transceiver via the bus;
wherein the at least one processor and the memory are operable to:
determine a transmission time interval (TTI) for an uplink control channel transmission within a subframe, wherein the TTI comprises of a number of symbols which are a subset of a plurality of symbols in the subframe; and
transmit, via the transceiver, uplink control data over the uplink control channel during the TTI, wherein the at least one processor and the memory are operable to transmit the uplink control data at least in part by transmitting acknowledgement/negative-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) feedback by using one or more different cyclic shifts to indicate a value of the ACK/NACK feedback as being ACK or NACK.

14. The user equipment of claim 13 , wherein a duration of the TTI comprises at least one of a symbol duration, a two-symbol duration, or a slot duration wherein the subframe comprises two slots.

15. The user equipment of claim 13 , wherein at least one of the number of symbols is based on one of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol or a single-carrier frequency-division-multiplexing (SC-FDM) symbol.

16. The user equipment of claim 13 , wherein the ACK/NACK feedback is an indicator of ACK/NACK for data transmitted over a downlink channel in a prior TTI.

17. The user equipment of claim 13 , wherein the at least one processor and the memory are further operable to bundle the ACK/NACK feedback for at least one of a plurality of codewords or a plurality of carriers by using a one-bit indicator of ACK/NACK for transmitting the uplink control data comprising the bundled ACK/NACK feedback.

18. The user equipment of claim 13 , wherein the at least one processor and the memory are further operable to:
identify a resource block (RB) group index of one or more RB groups associated with at least one of a downlink control channel or a downlink data channel, where each of the one or more RB groups comprise of a plurality of RBs;
determine a resource location for transmitting the ACK/NACK feedback based on the identified RB group index.

19. The user equipment of claim 13 , wherein the at least one processor and the memory are operable to transmit the uplink control data at least in part by transmitting a scheduling request based at least in part on a cyclic shift.

20. The user equipment of claim 19 , wherein the at least one processor and the memory are operable to transmit the scheduling request based at least in part on a first cyclic shift of multiple possible cyclic shifts, where the first cyclic shift indicates the uplink control data also includes the ACK/NACK feedback, and wherein a second cyclic shift, different from the first cyclic shift, indicates the uplink control data does not also include the ACK/NACK feedback.

21. The user equipment of claim 13 , wherein the at least one processor and the memory are further operable to receive, via the transceiver, a trigger for transmitting an uplink reference signal (RS) to a network entity in the TTI, and to transmit the uplink control data instead of the RS in the TTI.

22. The user equipment of claim 13 , wherein the at least one processor and the memory are further operable to:
determine a different TTI for another uplink control channel transmission within the subframe or another subframe;
receive a trigger for transmitting an uplink reference signal (RS) to a network entity

Assignees

• Qualcomm Inc

Inventors

• Chen Wanshi
• Gaal Peter
• Patel Shimman Arvind
• Xu Hao

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

• H04L1/1671 Primary

  the supervisory signal being transmitted together with control information · CPC title

• H04L5/0091

  Signalling for the administration of the divided path, e.g. signalling of configuration information · CPC title

• H04L1/1861

  Physical mapping arrangements (for ACK signaling see also H04L5/0053) · CPC title