WO2017135420A1 - ユーザ端末、無線基地局及び無線通信方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a user terminal, a radio base station, and a radio communication method in a next-generation mobile communication system.
- LTE Long Term Evolution
- Non-Patent Document 1 LTE-Advanced
- FRA Full Radio Access
- 4G, 5G, LTE Rel. 13, 14, 15 ⁇ LTE successor systems
- inter-device communication M2M: Machine-to-Machine
- MTC Machine Type Communication
- 3GPP Third Generation Partnership Project
- MTC UE User Equipment
- E-UTRA Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access
- E-UTRAN Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network
- NB-IoT Near Band Internet of Things
- NB-LTE Narrow Band LTE
- NB Cellular IoT Narrow Band cellular Internet of Things
- the bandwidth used by user terminals that support NB-IoT is the minimum system bandwidth (1.1) of existing LTE systems (for example, LTE systems prior to Rel.12). It is also assumed that the frequency band is limited to a band narrower than 4 MHz (for example, 180 kHz, 1 resource block (RB: also called Resource Block, PRB: Physical Resource Block, etc.)).
- a downlink signal for example, retransmission control information of a downlink shared channel (PDSCH: Physical Downlink Shared Channel)
- PDSCH Physical Downlink Shared Channel
- uplink transmission of the existing LTE system single tone transmission is not supported. Therefore, in the NB-IoT that supports single tone transmission, if the transmission method of retransmission control information of the existing LTE system is applied as it is, retransmission control of the downlink signal is performed. This is because it may not be performed properly.
- the present invention has been made in view of the above points, and in a future wireless communication system, a user terminal, a wireless base station, and a wireless communication capable of appropriately performing retransmission control of a downlink signal (for example, a downlink shared channel)
- a downlink signal for example, a downlink shared channel
- the user terminal which concerns on 1 aspect of this invention is the control part which determines the single subcarrier used for transmission of the retransmission control information of a downlink shared channel based on the receiving part which receives downlink control information, and the said downlink control information And a portion.
- a downlink signal for example, a downlink shared channel
- FIG. 3A and 3B are diagrams illustrating a configuration example of the PUCCH format 1a.
- 4A and 4B are diagrams illustrating a configuration example of a new PUCCH format according to the first aspect.
- 5A and 5B are explanatory diagrams of examples of PUCCH resources according to the first aspect.
- 6A and 6B are other explanatory diagrams of the PUCCH resource according to the first aspect.
- 7A and 7B are explanatory diagrams of an example of the subcarrier interval according to the modified example of the first mode.
- 8A to 8C are diagrams illustrating a configuration example of a new PUCCH format according to a modification of the first mode.
- 9A and 9B are diagrams illustrating an example of a transmission scheme for retransmission control information according to the second mode.
- NB-IoT terminals In NB-IoT terminals, it has been studied to allow a reduction in processing capability and simplify the hardware configuration. For example, in NB-IoT terminals, compared to existing user terminals (for example, LTE terminals before Rel.12), the peak rate is reduced, the transport block size (TBS) is limited, and the resource block (RB) : Resource Block, PRB (Physical Resource Block, etc.) restrictions, and RF (Radio Frequency) restrictions are being considered.
- TSS transport block size
- RB resource block
- PRB Physical Resource Block, etc.
- RF Radio Frequency
- the upper limit of the use band of the NB-IoT terminal is a predetermined narrow band (NB: Narrow Band, For example, it is limited to 180 kHz and 1.4 MHz.
- the predetermined narrow band is the same as the minimum system band (for example, 1.4 MHz, 6 PRB) of an existing LTE system (LTE system before Rel.12, hereinafter, also simply referred to as LTE system), or A part of the band (for example, 180 kHz, 1 PRB) may be used.
- the NB-IoT terminal transmits and / or receives (hereinafter, referred to as a terminal having a narrower upper limit of the use band than the existing LTE terminal and a band narrower than the existing LTE terminal (for example, a band narrower than 1.4 MHz). It can also be said that the terminal is capable of transmitting and receiving).
- this NB-IoT terminal is considered to operate within the system band of the LTE system.
- frequency multiplexing may be supported between an NB-IoT terminal whose band is limited and an existing LTE terminal whose band is not limited.
- NB-IoT may be operated using a guard band or a dedicated frequency between carriers adjacent to the LTE system band as well as within the LTE system band.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an arrangement example of a narrow band that is a use band of an NB-IoT terminal.
- the use band of the NB-IoT terminal is set to a part of the system band (for example, 20 MHz) of the LTE system.
- the use band of the NB-IoT terminal is set to 180 kHz, but the present invention is not limited to this.
- the use band of the NB-IoT terminal may be narrower than the system band (for example, 20 MHz) of the LTE system.
- the bandwidth may be equal to or less than 13 LC-MTC terminals (for example, 1.4 MHz).
- the narrow band frequency position used as the use band of the NB-IoT terminal can be changed within the system band.
- the NB-IoT terminal preferably communicates using different frequency resources for each predetermined period (for example, subframe).
- the NB-IoT terminal preferably has an RF retuning function in consideration of application of frequency hopping and frequency scheduling.
- the NB-IoT terminal may use different bands for downlink and uplink, or may use the same band.
- a band used for downlink transmission / reception may be called a downlink narrow band (DL NB).
- a band used for uplink transmission / reception may be called an uplink narrow band (UL NB).
- the NB-IoT terminal receives downlink control information (DCI: Downlink Control Information) using a downlink control channel allocated in a narrow band.
- DCI Downlink Control Information
- the downlink control channel may be called PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel), EPDCCH (Enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel), M-PDCCH (MTC PDCCH), NB-PDCCH, etc. May be called.
- the NB-IoT terminal receives downlink data using a downlink shared channel arranged in a narrow band.
- the downlink shared channel may be called PDSCH (Physical Downlink Shared Channel), M-PDSCH (MTC PDSCH), NB-PDSCH, or the like.
- the NB-IoT terminal transmits uplink control information (UCI) using an uplink control channel arranged in a narrow band.
- the UCI includes downlink signal retransmission control information and / or channel state information (CSI).
- the retransmission control information is information used for retransmission control of a downlink signal (for example, the downlink shared channel). For example, at least one of ACK (ACKnowledge), NACK (Non-ACKnowledge), and DTX (Discontinuous Transmission). One (hereinafter referred to as ACK / NACK).
- the retransmission control information is also called HARQ-ACK (Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest-ACKnowledge).
- the uplink control channel may be referred to as PUCCH (Physical Uplink Control Channel), or may be referred to as M-PUCCH (MTC PUCCH), NB-PUCCH, or the like.
- the NB-IoT terminal receives UCI and / or uplink data using an uplink shared channel arranged in a narrow band.
- the uplink shared channel may be called PUSCH (Physical Uplink Shared Channel), or may be called M-PUSCH (MTC PUSCH), NB-PUSCH, or the like.
- the present invention is not limited to the above channels, and a conventional channel used for the same application may be represented by adding “M” indicating MTC, “N” indicating NB-IoT, or “NB”.
- M MTC
- N indicating NB-IoT
- NB NB-IoT
- the downlink control channel, downlink shared channel, uplink shared channel, and uplink shared channel used in the narrow band are referred to as PDCCH, PDSCH, PUCCH, and PUSCH, respectively, but as described above, the names are not limited to these. .
- the same downlink signal eg, PDCCH, PDSCH, etc.
- / or uplink signal eg, PUCCH, PUSCH, etc.
- Transmission / reception may be performed.
- the number of subframes in which the same downlink signal and / or uplink signal is transmitted / received is also referred to as a repetition number. Further, the number of repetitions may be indicated by a repetition level.
- the repetition level may be referred to as a coverage enhancement (CE) level.
- CE coverage enhancement
- the NB-IoT as described above supports transmission using a single subcarrier (single tone transmission) and transmission using multiple subcarriers (multi-tone transmission) in uplink transmission.
- a tone is synonymous with a subcarrier and means each band obtained by dividing a use band (for example, 180 kHz, one resource block).
- single tone transmission it has been studied to support the same subcarrier interval (that is, 15 kHz) as that of the existing LTE system and a subcarrier interval (for example, 3.75 kHz) that is narrower than that of the LTE system.
- a subcarrier interval for example, 3.75 kHz
- multi-tone transmission it is considered to support the same subcarrier interval (that is, 15 kHz) as the LTE system.
- the subcarrier interval is 15 kHz
- 1 PRB 180 kHz
- 1 PRB is configured by 48 subcarriers.
- the NB-IoT terminal performs uplink transmission (for example, PUSCH or / and PUCCH transmission) with the number of subcarriers (tones) notified from the radio base station.
- uplink transmission for example, PUSCH or / and PUCCH transmission
- the number of subcarriers tones notified from the radio base station.
- the number of subcarriers for example, ⁇ 1, 3, 6, 12 ⁇ can be considered.
- the number of subcarriers selected from a predetermined combination is configured by higher layer signaling (for example, RRC (Radio Resource Control) signaling or broadcast information), and the NB-IoT terminal Uplink transmission may be performed with the set number of subcarriers.
- RRC Radio Resource Control
- FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a resource unit in NB-IoT.
- FIG. 2 illustrates the case where ⁇ 1, 3, 6, 12 ⁇ is used as the combination of the number of subcarriers (tones), the combination of the number of tones is not limited to this. For example, a combination of ⁇ 1, 2, 4, 12 ⁇ may be used.
- the time unit of one resource unit is changed according to the number of subcarriers (tones) constituting one resource unit. Specifically, the time unit constituting one resource unit becomes longer as the number of subcarriers constituting one resource and / or the subcarrier interval decreases.
- the time unit of one resource unit is 1 ms, respectively. 2 ms, 4 ms, and 8 ms.
- the time unit of one resource unit is 32 ms.
- one transport block (TB) which is a data storage unit may be mapped to one resource unit or may be mapped to a plurality of resource units. Further, the resource unit as described above can be applied not only to uplink transmission but also to downlink transmission.
- the NB-IoT terminal transmits downlink signal retransmission control information (for example, the ACK / NACK) to the radio base station. Further, it is assumed that both the 15 kHz and 3.75 kHz subcarrier intervals are supported for transmission of the retransmission control information.
- downlink signal retransmission control information for example, the ACK / NACK
- a PUSCH transmission scheme for example, an encoding scheme, a modulation scheme, a resource mapping scheme, etc.
- a PUSCH transmission scheme for example, an encoding scheme, a modulation scheme, a resource mapping scheme, etc.
- the turbo code gain may not be effectively obtained.
- a 24-bit cyclic redundancy check is added to detect an ACK / NACK error with a small number of bits, which may increase the overhead.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the PUCCH format 1a.
- the PUCCH format 1a is used for transmitting ACK / NACK of up to 2 bits in the existing LTE system.
- the three symbols at the center of each slot are used for a demodulation reference signal (DMRS: DeModulation Reference Signal), and the remaining four symbols are used for ACK / NACK.
- DMRS Demodulation Reference Signal
- the three symbols for DMRS are also called reference signal (RS) symbols and DMRS symbols, and the symbols for ACK / NACK are also called information symbols, ACK / NACK symbols, and data symbols.
- frequency hopping is applied between slots in a subframe.
- frequency hopping refers to allocating resources to a frequency position that is symmetric about the center frequency of a user terminal use band (for example, system band, one component carrier (CC)).
- a user terminal use band for example, system band, one component carrier (CC)
- the user terminal modulates 1 or 2-bit ACK / NACK into one modulation symbol by BPSK (Binary Phase Shift Keying) or QPSK (Quadrature Phase Shift Keying), and the first half and the second half of the slot Repeat for.
- the user terminal copies 2 modulation symbols for 2 slots for 4 information symbols in each slot, and cyclic shift (phase rotation) using a cyclic shift sequence (Cyclic Shift Sequence) is performed.
- the user terminal inputs a signal in the frequency domain to 12 subcarriers (corresponding to 1 PRB) at a predetermined position of an Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT) having a frequency bandwidth including the system band, and time Convert to region symbol. Also, the position of 12 subcarriers is switched so that frequency hopping is applied between slots.
- IFFT Inverse Fast Fourier Transform
- the user terminal uses the orthogonal sequence [W 0 ,..., W N ⁇ 1 ] (for example, OCC: Orthogonal Cover Code) is multiplied, and the symbol is block-spread to all information symbols in each slot.
- OCC Orthogonal Cover Code
- the user terminal multiplies an output symbol from IFFT by OCC having a sequence length of 4, and 4 information symbols and Multiplex 3DMRS symbols.
- ACK / NACKs of a plurality of user terminals are multiplexed by code division multiplexing (CDM) in the frequency direction by cyclic shift and code division multiplexing in the time direction by block spreading.
- CDM code division multiplexing
- the PUCCH format 1a as described above assumes transmission using 12 subcarriers (1PRB) as shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, and single tone transmission using a single subcarrier is assumed. Not. Therefore, when the NB-IoT terminal transmits retransmission control information in a single tone, the PUCCH format 1a cannot be applied as it is. Further, when the NB-IoT terminal transmits the retransmission control information in multitone, there is a possibility that the peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) becomes large.
- PAPR peak-to-average power ratio
- the present inventors have studied a transmission method of downlink signal retransmission control information in a future wireless communication system that supports single-tone transmission, and have reached the present invention.
- the present invention is conceived by transmitting retransmission control information using a new PUCCH format (first mode) and recognizing retransmission control information based on the presence or absence of tone transmission (second mode). It came to.
- the use band of the user terminal is limited to 180 kHz (1 PRB), which is a narrower band than the minimum system band (1.4 MHz) of the existing LTE system. .
- the subcarrier interval is 15 kHz and 180 kHz is composed of 12 subcarriers is illustrated, but the present invention is not limited thereto. This embodiment can be applied as appropriate, for example, when the subcarrier interval is 3.75 kHz and 180 kHz is configured with 48 subcarriers. As described with reference to FIG. 2, the time length of one resource unit may be changed according to the subcarrier interval.
- the present invention is not limited to this.
- the present embodiment can also be appropriately applied to multitone transmission in a frequency unit (for example, 3 or 6 subcarriers) smaller than 1 PRB (180 kHz).
- the transmission method of retransmission control information according to the present embodiment is not limited to NB-IoT, but is a 5G wireless access method (New RAT (Radio Access Technology), for example, a normal transmission time interval (TTI)). It is also applicable to a configuration using a TTI shorter than) and an IoT whose use band is not limited to a narrow band. That is, in the present embodiment, the subframe length, the number of symbols constituting the subframe, and the number of symbols constituting the slot may be changed as appropriate.
- New RAT Radio Access Technology
- TTI normal transmission time interval
- the user terminal determines a transmission resource composed of a single subcarrier (a PUCCH resource for the new PUCCH format of the first aspect, a transmission resource of the second aspect), and uses the transmission resource Then, retransmission control information for the downlink signal is transmitted.
- a transmission resource composed of a single subcarrier a PUCCH resource for the new PUCCH format of the first aspect, a transmission resource of the second aspect
- the user terminal transmits retransmission control information using a new PUCCH format suitable for single tone transmission.
- ACK / NACK of a plurality of user terminals is frequency division multiplexed (FDM) in units of subcarriers (tones), and ACK / NACK of each user terminal is transmitted using a single subcarrier. Is done.
- orthogonal spreading in the time direction and / or frequency direction may be applied to ACK / NACK of a plurality of user terminals transmitted using the same subcarrier using orthogonal sequences.
- orthogonal spreading block spreading
- orthogonal spreading may not be applied.
- the position and number of DMRS symbols are not limited to those shown in FIG.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a new PUCCH format according to the first aspect.
- the new PUCCH format the three symbols at the center of each slot may be used as the DMRS symbol, and the DMRS may be mapped to the 3DMRS symbol. Further, the remaining 4 symbols of each slot may be used as information symbols, and ACK / NACK may be mapped to the 4 information symbols. Note that, as will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 8, the number and position of DMRS symbols constituting the new PUCCH format are not limited to this.
- frequency hopping between slots in a subframe may not be applied.
- FIG. 3A when the user terminal can use the system band, a frequency diversity effect can be obtained by frequency hopping between slots.
- the use band of the user terminal is limited to a predetermined narrow band (for example, 180 kHz), it is assumed that the frequency diversity effect cannot be greatly obtained even if the frequency hopping within the narrow band is applied between the slots. Is done.
- frequency hopping between slots in a subframe may not be applied, and the same subcarrier may be used between slots.
- frequency hopping within a narrow band may be applied between the plurality of subframes.
- the user terminal may modulate 1-bit ACK / NACK into 1 modulation symbol by Pi / 2-BPSK ( ⁇ / 2-BPSK, ⁇ / 2 shift BPSK).
- Pi / 2-BPSK is a modulation method that alternately uses BPSK having different phases of 90 degrees ( ⁇ / 2 radians) for each modulation (one symbol).
- ACK / NACK modulation scheme normal BPSK or QPSK, Pi / 4-QPSK ( ⁇ / 4-QPSK, ⁇ / 4 shift QPSK), QAM (Quadrature Amplitude Modulation), or the like may be used.
- the user terminal may repeat one modulation symbol for the first and second half slots and map the two modulation symbols for two slots to a single subcarrier (tone) (multiply the phase for tone shift). To do).
- the user terminal multiplies the modulation symbol of each slot by an OCC having a sequence length of 4, and 4 information symbols and 3DMRS symbols in each slot May be multiplexed (8 information symbols and 6 DMRS symbols are multiplexed per subframe).
- ACK / NACK of up to 36 user terminals can be transmitted in the same subframe by frequency division multiplexing in subcarrier units and orthogonal spreading in the time direction.
- the new PUCCH format can also be appropriately applied when an extended CP is added to each symbol. is there.
- extended CP one subframe is composed of 12 symbols, each slot is composed of 6 symbols, 2 symbols at the center of each slot are used as DMRS symbols, and the remaining 4 symbols are used as information symbols. Also good. Further, a guard period for matching with the existing 1 ms may be provided between the slots. Further, as will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 8, in the new PUCCH format, the normal CP or the extended CP may not be added to each symbol.
- modulation symbol repetition is applied, but the repetition may not be applied.
- the user terminal may map to a single subcarrier without repeating one modulation symbol, and multiply by an orthogonal sequence having a sequence length equal to the number of information symbols in the subframe (here, 8). . That is, orthogonal multiplexing (block spreading) between information symbols in a subframe instead of between information symbols in a slot may be applied.
- FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of an example of the PUCCH resource according to the first aspect.
- FIG. 5A shows an existing PUCCH resource for PUCCH format 1a.
- the frequency direction indicates 12 types of cyclic shift (CS) sequences (for example, CS sequences of CS index values “0” to “11” (hereinafter, CS sequences # 0 to # 11)), and the time direction Indicates three types of orthogonal sequences (for example, OCC sequences with OCC index values “0” to “2” (hereinafter, OCC sequences # 0 to # 2)).
- CS cyclic shift
- resource identifiers are assigned to available PUCCH resources in order from the frequency direction.
- the resource identifier “0” is attached to the PUCCH resource configured by the OCC sequence # 0 and the CS index # 0.
- resource identifiers “1”, “2”, “3”, and PUCCH resources composed of OCC sequence # 0 and CS indexes # 2, # 4, # 6, # 8, and # 10, respectively, “4” and “5” are attached. The same applies to the OCC sequences # 1 and # 2.
- the user terminal derives a CS index value and an OCC index value based on a resource identifier derived according to a predetermined rule and an offset value ⁇ PUCCH shift notified by higher layer signaling. For example, the user terminal derives the CS index value “2” and the OCC index value “0” based on the resource identifier “1” of the PUCCH resource and the offset ⁇ PUCCH shift value “2”.
- FIG. 5B shows PUCCH resources for the new PUCCH format.
- the frequency direction indicates 12 types of subcarriers (for example, tones (subcarriers) having tone index values “0” to “11”)
- the time direction indicates three types of orthogonal sequences.
- the PUCCH resource for the new PUCCH format is defined by a combination of subcarriers (tones) and orthogonal sequences (OCC sequences). 5B is merely an example, and the number of subcarriers and the number of orthogonal sequences are not limited to this.
- resource identifiers are assigned to PUCCH resources for a new PUCCH format in order from the time direction. Specifically, resource identifiers are assigned in order from combinations of the same subcarrier and different orthogonal sequences.
- the new PUCCH format when resource identifiers are assigned in order from the frequency direction as in the existing PUCCH format 1a, all subcarriers in the use band may be occupied by the PUCCH.
- the ACK / NACK of a plurality of user terminals can be code-multiplexed on the same subcarrier by different OCC sequences, frequency utilization efficiency may decrease as a result of frequency division multiplexing on different subcarriers. There is.
- ACK / NACK of multiple user terminals can be multiplexed using different OCC sequences on the same subcarrier, thus improving frequency utilization efficiency it can.
- PUCCH resources with resource identifiers “0”, “1”, and “2” are assigned to user terminals # 1, # 2, and # 3 in order
- user terminals # 1, # 2, and # 3 ACK / NACK can be multiplexed on the same subcarrier # 0 using different OCC indexes “0”, “1”, and “2”.
- the frequency direction is defined by orthogonal subcarriers
- orthogonality between user terminals can be maintained even if all subcarriers in the used band are used as PUCCH resources. it can. That is, in the new PUCCH format, as in the existing PUCCH format 1a, it is not necessary to provide a PUCCH resource that is not used (no resource identifier is attached) in order to maintain orthogonality between user terminals.
- subjected to each PUCCH resource is only an example, and is not restricted to this.
- the same resource identifier may be attached to different PUCCH resources according to a predetermined hopping pattern between the plurality of subframes.
- three types of orthogonal sequences are used, but the number of orthogonal sequences and the sequence length may be any values.
- ⁇ PUCCH resource allocation> The allocation of PUCCH resources for the new PUCCH format as described above to user terminals will be described.
- the PUCCH resource for the new PUCCH format may be (1) implicitly assigned to the user terminal, or (2) explicitly assigned to the user terminal.
- the user terminal can use a PDCCH (NB-PDCCH) control channel element (CCE) index (hereinafter referred to as CCE index) and / or PDCCH repetition information (for example, repetition number, repetition).
- PUCCH resources eg, see FIG. 5B
- NB-PDCCH control channel element
- PDCCH repetition information for example, repetition number, repetition.
- the user terminal derives the resource identifier of the PUCCH resource based on the CCE index and / or repetition information, and derives the tone index value and / or the OCC index value based on the resource identifier. Good.
- the user terminal may derive the tone index value and / or the OCC index value itself based on the CCE index and / or the repetition information.
- the user terminal uses at least one of a predetermined parameter notified by higher layer signaling, an offset notified by DCI, hopping pattern information indicating a hopping pattern between subframes, etc. for the determination of the PUCCH resource. May be.
- the radio base station may transmit DCI (eg, DL assignment, UL grant) including PUCCH resource allocation information.
- the allocation information may be a resource identifier of a PUCCH resource, or may be a tone index value and / or an OCC index value.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating another example of the PUCCH resource according to the first aspect.
- FIGS. 6A and 6B show examples in which the number of tones that can be used as PUCCH resources is limited to 1 and 3, respectively.
- the number of tones that can be used as the PUCCH resource is not limited to 1 or 3.
- NB-IoT PUSCH tone numbers are assumed to support ⁇ 1, 3, 6, 12 ⁇ . 6A and 6B, when the number of tones that can be used as PUCCH resources is limited to 1 or 3, PUSCH and PUCCH can be multiplexed more efficiently in the same subframe.
- the number of subcarriers (tones) that can be used as PUCCH resources is limited, which subcarriers make up the PUCCH resource is determined by higher layer signaling (for example, RRC signaling) to the user terminal. Or notification information), or may be determined in advance.
- RRC signaling for example, RRC signaling
- tone # 0 For example, in FIG. 6A, it is assumed that information indicating that tone # 0 can be used as the PUCCH resource is transmitted to the user terminal by higher layer signaling.
- the user terminal uses which OCC sequence in tone # 0 (that is, one of PUCCH resources # 0 to # 2) according to PUCCH resource allocation information (for example, 1 or 2 bits) in DCI May be determined.
- tones # 0 to # 2 can be used as PUCCH resources is transmitted to the user terminal by higher layer signaling.
- the user terminal uses which OCC sequence to use in any of tones # 0 to # 2 (ie, PUCCH resource # 0 to # 2) according to PUCCH resource allocation information (for example, 3 or 4 bits) in DCI. Any of # 8) may be determined.
- the DCI including the PUCCH resource allocation information may be a DL assignment that allocates a PDSCH that responds with an ACK / NACK, or a DCI that allocates a message 4 in a random access procedure.
- the message 4 is a collision transmitted from the radio base station when the user terminal transmits an upper layer message such as an RRC connection request to the radio base station in response to a random access response (RAR) from the radio base station. It is a resolution message.
- the message 4 is transmitted via the PDSCH, and the user terminal receives the DL assignment for assigning the message 4 (PDSCH) via the PDCCH, and receives the message 4.
- FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of an example of the subcarrier interval according to the modified example of the first aspect.
- the symbol length, the slot length, and the subframe length are each four times that in the case where the subcarrier interval is 15 kHz. For this reason, the new PUCCH format described in FIG. 4 may be applied with a time length four times as long.
- the PUCCH resource in the frequency direction is configured with 48 types of subcarriers (for example, tone index values “0” to “47”). May be. 7B shows a case where the PUCCH resource in the time direction is composed of three types of orthogonal sequences (for example, OCC sequences), the number of orthogonal sequences is not limited to this. Further, the orthogonal spreading in the time direction may not be applied.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a new PUCCH format according to a modification of the first mode. Note that FIG. 8 illustrates the case where the subcarrier interval is 15 kHz, but the present invention can be appropriately applied to the case where the subcarrier interval is 3.75 kHz.
- DMRS symbols and information symbols may be set together in the first half or the second half of the subframe.
- a predetermined number (here 7) symbols of the first half of a subframe are set as DMRS symbols
- a predetermined number (here 7) symbols of the second half of a subframe are set as information symbols.
- DMRS symbols are collectively arranged in the first half of a subframe, so that channel estimation accuracy can be improved.
- the sequence length of the orthogonal sequence used for block spreading may be equal to the number of information symbols in the subframe (here, 7).
- the number of DRMS symbols and the number of information symbols in the subframe are set to be equal, but they may not be set to be equal.
- the new PUCCH format may be configured to include information symbols without including DMRS symbols.
- a known sequence for example, a PN (Pseudo-random Noise) sequence
- Information symbols can be detected (demodulated) by a maximum likelihood (ML) method without performing channel estimation using DMRS in a receiver (in this case, a radio base station).
- ML maximum likelihood
- the above sequence may be transmitted only when ACK, and not transmitted when NACK.
- the known sequence is preferably cell-specific or user-specific in order to reduce the influence of inter-cell interference. These known sequences may be notified by broadcast or RRC signals, or may be obtained by linking them with user terminal identifiers (UE-ID) or cell identifiers (cell IDs).
- the radio base station detects an ACK / NACK modulation symbol (ACK / NACK bit) by the ML method.
- detection accuracy can be improved as compared with the case of detecting ACK / NACK modulation symbols by channel estimation using DMRS.
- the DMRS overhead can be reduced, which is suitable when single-tone transmission is assumed (that is, when there are few frequency resources). Also, when a TTI shorter than a normal TTI (subframe, 1 ms) is used (that is, when there are few time resources), a configuration in which no DMRS symbol is arranged as shown in FIG. 8B is suitable.
- a cyclic prefix may not be added to each symbol, and a CP may be added only when switching between DMRS symbols and information symbols.
- CP cyclic prefix
- block spreading is not applied in the new PUCCH format (no multiplication of orthogonal sequences)
- the same symbols are repeated, so that the CPs added to each symbol may be collected as shown in FIG. 8C.
- the CP length can be made longer than in the case of adding a CP to each symbol, so that it is possible to improve the resistance to coverage expansion (to be robust).
- retransmission control information can be transmitted using a new PUCCH format suitable for single-tone transmission, so that the detection accuracy of retransmission control information in the radio base station can be improved. As a result, the number of retransmissions can be reduced, which is effective in reducing the power consumption of the user terminal.
- retransmission control information is recognized based on the presence or absence of tone transmission.
- the user terminal transmits retransmission control information (ACK) using a transmission resource composed of a single subcarrier only when the downlink signal is successfully decoded.
- ACK retransmission control information
- DTX is a determination result that “ACK and NACK were not notified from the user terminal”, and may mean that the user terminal could not receive the PDCCH.
- the radio base station determines a binary value of ACK and DTX or NACK (hereinafter referred to as DTX / NACK) (that is, whether or not it is ACK). It only has to be detected. For this reason, the radio base station may detect whether or not an ACK is transmitted from the user terminal based on the presence or absence of transmission in the transmission resource (for example, a tone at a predetermined position).
- DTX / NACK a binary value of ACK and DTX or NACK
- FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a retransmission control information transmission scheme according to the second aspect.
- FIG. 9 shows a case where the subcarrier interval is 15 kHz (that is, 12 subcarriers per PRB), but is not limited thereto.
- the present invention can be appropriately applied when the subcarrier interval is 3.75 kHz.
- tone # 0 is assigned as the transmission resource.
- the user terminal succeeds in decoding the downlink data, the user terminal transmits ACK with subcarrier (tone) # 0 as shown in FIG. 9A.
- the user terminal cannot receive the PDCCH (usually when transmitting DTX) or when decoding of the downlink signal fails (usually when transmitting NACK), as shown in FIG. Do not send (cancel) # 0.
- the radio base station When the radio base station detects transmission on subcarrier # 0 at a predetermined timing (for example, a subframe after a predetermined period from the transmission subframe of PDSCH), the radio base station determines that it is ACK and retransmits the downlink data. Do not do. On the other hand, if the radio base station does not detect transmission with tone # 0 at a predetermined timing, the radio base station determines that it is DTX or NACK and retransmits the downlink signal.
- a predetermined timing for example, a subframe after a predetermined period from the transmission subframe of PDSCH
- ACKs of a plurality of user terminals may be multiplexed on the same subcarrier # 0.
- different orthogonal sequences may be assigned to a plurality of user terminals to which the same subcarrier # 0 is assigned, and the plurality of user terminals may be code division multiplexed.
- ACK transmission resources are defined by a combination of subcarriers and orthogonal sequences.
- ACK transmission resource The allocation of ACK transmission resources will be described. As described with reference to FIGS. 5B and 6, a resource identifier may be assigned to the ACK transmission resource.
- the transmission resource of the ACK may be (1) implicitly allocated to the user terminal, or (2) explicitly allocated to the user terminal.
- the user terminal may determine an ACK transmission resource based on the PDCCH (NB-PDCCH) CCE index and / or PDCCH repetition information. Specifically, the user terminal derives the resource identifier of the transmission resource based on the CCE index and / or the repetition information, and derives the tone index value and / or the OCC index value based on the resource identifier. Good. Alternatively, the user terminal may derive the tone index value and / or the OCC index value itself based on the CCE index and / or the repetition information.
- NB-PDCCH PDCCH
- the user terminal may derive the tone index value and / or the OCC index value itself based on the CCE index and / or the repetition information.
- the user terminal uses at least one of a predetermined parameter notified by higher layer signaling, an offset notified by DCI, hopping pattern information indicating a hopping pattern between subframes, etc., for determining the transmission resource. May be.
- the radio base station may transmit DCI (eg, DL assignment, UL grant) including transmission resource allocation information.
- the allocation information may be a resource identifier of a transmission resource, a tone index value, and / or an OCC index value.
- the DCI including the transmission resource allocation information may be a DL assignment that allocates a PDSCH that responds with ACK / NACK, or a DCI that allocates a message 4 in a random access procedure.
- the radio base station can detect the necessity of retransmission based on the presence / absence of single tone transmission in a predetermined transmission resource. For this reason, the detection accuracy of the retransmission control information in the radio base station can be improved.
- the transmission scheme according to the second aspect is also applicable to a 5G wireless access scheme and IoT when a TTI shorter than a normal TTI (subframe, 1 ms) is used.
- wireless communication system a configuration of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.
- the wireless communication method according to each aspect described above is applied.
- wireless communication method which concerns on each aspect may be used independently, and may be combined.
- an NB-IoT terminal is exemplified as a user terminal whose use band is limited to a narrow band, but the present invention is not limited to this.
- FIG. 10 is a schematic configuration diagram of a radio communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- a wireless communication system 1 shown in FIG. 10 is an example in which an LTE system is adopted in a network domain of a machine communication system.
- carrier aggregation (CA) and / or dual connectivity (DC) in which a plurality of basic frequency blocks (component carriers) having the system bandwidth of the LTE system as one unit can be applied.
- CA carrier aggregation
- DC dual connectivity
- the LTE system is set to a system band from a minimum of 1.4 MHz to a maximum of 20 MHz for both downlink and uplink, the present invention is not limited to this configuration.
- the wireless communication system 1 includes SUPER 3G, LTE-A (LTE-Advanced), IMT-Advanced, 4G (4th generation mobile communication system), 5G (5th generation mobile communication system), FRA (Future Radio Access), IoT. And so on.
- the wireless communication system 1 includes a wireless base station 10 and a plurality of user terminals 20A, 20B, and 20C that are wirelessly connected to the wireless base station 10.
- the radio base station 10 is connected to the higher station apparatus 30 and is connected to the core network 40 via the higher station apparatus 30.
- the upper station device 30 includes, for example, an access gateway device, a radio network controller (RNC), a mobility management entity (MME), and the like, but is not limited thereto.
- a plurality of user terminals 20 (20A-20C) can communicate with the radio base station 10 in the cell 50.
- the user terminal 20A is a user terminal that supports LTE (up to Rel-10) or LTE-Advanced (including Rel-10 and later) (hereinafter, LTE terminal (LTE UE: LTE User Equipment)), and other terminals.
- LTE terminal LTE UE: LTE User Equipment
- the user terminals 20B and 20C are NB-IoT terminals (NB-IoT UE (NB-IoT User Equipment)) serving as communication devices in the machine communication system.
- NB-IoT UE NB-IoT User Equipment
- the user terminals 20 ⁇ / b> A, 20 ⁇ / b> B, and 20 ⁇ / b> C are simply referred to as the user terminal 20 unless it is necessary to distinguish between them.
- the user terminal 20 may be called a UE (User Equipment) or the like.
- the NB-IoT terminals 20B and 20C are user terminals whose use band is limited to a narrower band than the minimum system bandwidth supported by the existing LTE system.
- the NB-IoT terminals 20B and 20C may be terminals compatible with various communication methods such as LTE and LTE-A, and are not limited to fixed communication terminals such as electric meters, gas meters, and vending machines, but also vehicles and the like.
- the mobile communication terminal may be used.
- the user terminal 20 may communicate directly with another user terminal 20 or may communicate via the radio base station 10.
- orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) is applied to the downlink, and single carrier-frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) is used for the uplink.
- Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access is applied.
- OFDMA is a multi-carrier transmission scheme that performs communication by dividing a frequency band into a plurality of narrow frequency bands (subcarriers) and mapping data to each subcarrier.
- SC-FDMA is a single-carrier transmission scheme that reduces interference between terminals by dividing the system bandwidth into bands consisting of one or continuous resource blocks for each terminal and using a plurality of terminals with mutually different bands. is there.
- the uplink and downlink radio access methods are not limited to these combinations.
- downlink channels include a downlink shared channel (PDSCH) shared by each user terminal 20, a broadcast channel (PBCH: Physical Broadcast Channel), a downlink L1 / L2 control channel, and the like. Used. User data, higher layer control information, and predetermined SIB (System Information Block) are transmitted by PDSCH. Also, MIB (Master Information Block) is transmitted by PBCH.
- PDSCH downlink shared channel
- PBCH Physical Broadcast Channel
- SIB System Information Block
- Downlink L1 / L2 control channels include PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel), EPDCCH (Enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel), PCFICH (Physical Control Format Indicator Channel), PHICH (Physical Hybrid-ARQ Indicator Channel), and the like.
- Downlink control information (DCI: Downlink Control Information) including scheduling information of PDSCH and PUSCH is transmitted by PDCCH.
- the number of OFDM symbols used for PDCCH is transmitted by PCFICH.
- the retransmission control information (HARQ-ACK) of PUSCH is transmitted by PHICH.
- the EPDCCH is frequency-division multiplexed with the PDSCH, and is used for transmission of DCI and the like as with the PDCCH.
- an uplink shared channel (PUSCH: Physical Uplink Shared Channel) shared by each user terminal 20, an uplink L1 / L2 control channel (PUCCH: Physical Uplink Control Channel), a random access channel (PRACH: Physical Random Access Channel) is used.
- PUSCH may be referred to as an uplink data channel.
- User data and higher layer control information are transmitted by PUSCH.
- downlink radio quality information (CQI: Channel Quality Indicator), retransmission control information (HARQ-ACK), and the like are transmitted by PUCCH.
- CQI Channel Quality Indicator
- HARQ-ACK retransmission control information
- a random access preamble for establishing connection with a cell is transmitted by the PRACH.
- the channel for the MTC terminal / NB-IoT terminal may be represented with “M” indicating MTC or “NB” indicating NB-IoT, and may be represented by PDCCH / for MTC terminal / NB-IoT terminal.
- EPDCCH, PDSCH, PUCCH, PUSCH may be referred to as M (NB) -PDCCH, M (NB) -PDSCH, M (NB) -PUCCH, M (NB) -PUSCH, etc., respectively.
- PDCCH, PDSCH, PUCCH, and PUSCH are simply referred to as PDCCH, PDSCH, PUCCH, and PUSCH.
- a cell-specific reference signal CRS
- CSI-RS channel state information reference signal
- DMRS demodulation reference signal
- PRS Positioning Reference Signal
- a measurement reference signal SRS: Sounding Reference Signal
- a demodulation reference signal DMRS
- the DMRS may be referred to as a user terminal specific reference signal (UE-specific Reference Signal). Further, the transmitted reference signal is not limited to these.
- FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of the overall configuration of the radio base station according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- the radio base station 10 includes at least a plurality of transmission / reception antennas 101, an amplifier unit 102, a transmission / reception unit 103, a baseband signal processing unit 104, a call processing unit 105, and a transmission path interface 106.
- User data transmitted from the radio base station 10 to the user terminal 20 via the downlink is input from the higher station apparatus 30 to the baseband signal processing unit 104 via the transmission path interface 106.
- PDCP Packet Data Convergence Protocol
- RLC Radio Link Control
- MAC Medium Access
- Retransmission control for example, HARQ (Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest) transmission processing
- HARQ Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest
- the downlink control signal is also subjected to transmission processing such as channel coding and inverse fast Fourier transform, and transferred to each transmitting / receiving unit 103.
- Each transmission / reception unit 103 converts the baseband signal output by precoding from the baseband signal processing unit 104 for each antenna to a radio frequency band and transmits the converted signal.
- the transmission / reception unit 103 can be configured by a transmitter / receiver, a transmission / reception circuit, or a transmission / reception device which is described based on common recognition in the technical field according to the present invention.
- the transmission / reception part 103 may be comprised as an integral transmission / reception part, and may be comprised from a transmission part and a receiving part.
- the radio frequency signal frequency-converted by the transmission / reception unit 103 is amplified by the amplifier unit 102 and transmitted from the transmission / reception antenna 101.
- the transmission / reception unit 103 can transmit and receive various signals with a narrow bandwidth (for example, 180 kHz) limited by the system bandwidth (for example, one component carrier).
- the radio frequency signal received by each transmitting / receiving antenna 101 is amplified by the amplifier unit 102.
- Each transmitting / receiving unit 103 receives the upstream signal amplified by the amplifier unit 102.
- the transmission / reception unit 103 converts the frequency of the received signal into a baseband signal and outputs it to the baseband signal processing unit 104.
- the baseband signal processing unit 104 performs fast Fourier transform (FFT) processing, inverse discrete Fourier transform (IDFT: Inverse Discrete Fourier Transform) processing, and error correction on user data included in the input upstream signal.
- FFT fast Fourier transform
- IDFT inverse discrete Fourier transform
- Decoding, MAC retransmission control reception processing, RLC layer, and PDCP layer reception processing are performed and transferred to the upper station apparatus 30 via the transmission path interface 106.
- the call processing unit 105 performs call processing such as communication channel setting and release, state management of the radio base station 10, and radio resource management.
- the transmission path interface 106 transmits and receives signals to and from the higher station apparatus 30 via a predetermined interface.
- the transmission path interface 106 transmits / receives signals (backhaul signaling) to / from other radio base stations 10 via an interface between base stations (for example, an optical fiber compliant with CPRI (Common Public Radio Interface), X2 interface). May be.
- CPRI Common Public Radio Interface
- X2 interface May be.
- the transmitting / receiving unit 103 transmits downlink signals such as a synchronization signal, a reference signal, a control signal, and a data signal to the user terminal 20 in a narrow band. Further, the transmission / reception unit 103 receives uplink signals such as a reference signal, a control signal, and a data signal from the user terminal 20 in a narrow band. Specifically, the transmission / reception unit 103 transmits a downlink control signal (DCI) and higher layer control information by higher layer signaling. Moreover, the transmission / reception part 103 transmits PDSCH allocated to the user terminal 20 by DCI, and receives PUSCH allocated to the user terminal 20 by DCI.
- DCI downlink control signal
- FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of the radio base station according to the embodiment of the present invention. Note that FIG. 12 mainly shows functional blocks of characteristic portions in the present embodiment, and the wireless base station 10 also has other functional blocks necessary for wireless communication. As illustrated in FIG. 12, the baseband signal processing unit 104 includes at least a control unit 301, a transmission signal generation unit (generation unit) 302, a mapping unit 303, a reception signal processing unit 304, and a measurement unit 305. I have.
- the control unit 301 controls the entire radio base station 10.
- the control part 301 can be comprised from the controller, the control circuit, or control apparatus demonstrated based on the common recognition in the technical field which concerns on this invention.
- the control unit 301 controls signal generation by the transmission signal generation unit 302 and signal allocation by the mapping unit 303, for example.
- the control unit 301 also controls signal reception processing by the reception signal processing unit 304 and signal measurement by the measurement unit 305.
- the control unit 301 controls system information, PDSCH, PUSCH resource allocation (scheduling). It also controls resource allocation for downlink signals such as synchronization signals (for example, PSS (Primary Synchronization Signal) / SSS (Secondary Synchronization Signal), NB-SS) and CRS, CSI-RS, DM-RS.
- synchronization signals for example, PSS (Primary Synchronization Signal) / SSS (Secondary Synchronization Signal), NB-SS
- CRS channel CSI-RS
- DM-RS DM-RS
- the control unit 301 controls the transmission signal generation unit 302 and the mapping unit 303 so that various signals are allocated to a narrow band and transmitted to the user terminal 20.
- the control unit 301 controls, for example, downlink broadcast information (MIB, SIB (MTC-SIB)), PDCCH (also referred to as M-PDCCH, NB-PDCCH, etc.), PDSCH, and the like in a narrow band.
- the narrow band (NB) is a band (for example, 180 kHz) narrower than the system band of the existing LTE system.
- the control unit 301 assigns the transmission resource (for example, The transmission signal generation unit 302, the mapping 303, and the transmission / reception unit 103 may be controlled to generate a downlink control signal (DCI) including a resource identifier.
- DCI downlink control signal
- the control unit 301 transmits information used for determination of the transmission resource in the user terminal 20 (for example, a parameter by higher layer signaling or an offset in DCI).
- the transmission signal generation unit 302, the mapping unit 303, and the transmission / reception unit 103 may be controlled.
- control unit 301 controls retransmission of the downlink signal based on the retransmission control information from the user terminal 20. Specifically, when the retransmission control information from the user terminal 20 indicates DTX / NACK, the control unit 301 controls the transmission signal generation unit 302, the mapping unit 303, and the transmission / reception unit 103 so as to retransmit the downlink signal. It is also possible (first aspect).
- control unit 301 when the control unit 301 detects transmission on a predetermined transmission resource at a predetermined timing (for example, a subframe after a predetermined period from the PDSCH transmission subframe), the control unit 301 determines that the transmission is an ACK, and transmits the downlink signal. Will not be resent.
- the radio base station if it does not detect transmission with a predetermined transmission resource at a predetermined timing, it may determine DTX or NACK and retransmit the downlink signal (second mode).
- control unit 301 receives the PUSCH with the determined PUSCH resource in cooperation with the transmission / reception unit 103, the reception signal processing unit 302, and the measurement unit 305. Further, the control unit 301 cooperates with the transmission signal generation unit 302, the mapping unit 303, and the transmission / reception unit 103 to transmit the PDSCH using the determined PDSCH resource.
- the transmission signal generation unit (generation unit) 302 generates a downlink signal (PDCCH, PDSCH, downlink reference signal, etc.) based on an instruction from the control unit 301 and outputs it to the mapping unit 303.
- the transmission signal generation unit 302 can be configured by a signal generator, a signal generation circuit, or a signal generation device described based on common recognition in the technical field according to the present invention.
- the transmission signal generation unit 302 generates, for example, DCI (also referred to as DL assignment, UL grant, etc.) that allocates the PUSCH and / or PDSCH to the user terminal 20 based on an instruction from the control unit 301.
- DCI also referred to as DL assignment, UL grant, etc.
- the PDSCH is subjected to coding processing and modulation processing according to a coding rate, a modulation scheme, and the like determined based on channel state information (CSI) from each user terminal 20.
- CSI channel state information
- the mapping unit 303 Based on an instruction from the control unit 301, the mapping unit 303 maps the downlink signal generated by the transmission signal generation unit 302 to a predetermined narrowband radio resource (for example, a maximum of one resource block), and transmits and receives To 103.
- the mapping unit 303 can be configured by a mapper, a mapping circuit, or a mapping device described based on common recognition in the technical field according to the present invention.
- the reception signal processing unit 304 performs reception processing (for example, demapping, demodulation, decoding, etc.) on the reception signal input from the transmission / reception unit 103.
- the received signal is, for example, an uplink signal (PUCCH, PUSCH, uplink reference signal, etc.) transmitted from the user terminal 20.
- the reception signal processing unit 304 can be configured by a signal processor, a signal processing circuit, or a signal processing device described based on common recognition in the technical field according to the present invention.
- the reception signal processing unit 304 outputs the information decoded by the reception processing to the control unit 301.
- the reception signal processing unit 304 outputs the reception signal and the signal after reception processing to the measurement unit 305.
- the measurement unit 305 performs measurement on the received signal.
- the measurement part 305 can be comprised from the measuring device, measurement circuit, or measurement apparatus demonstrated based on common recognition in the technical field which concerns on this invention.
- the measurement unit 305 may measure signal reception power (for example, RSRP (Reference Signal Received Power)), reception quality (for example, RSRQ (Reference Signal Received Quality)), channel state, and the like.
- the measurement result may be output to the control unit 301.
- FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of an overall configuration of a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. Although a detailed description is omitted here, a normal LTE terminal may behave as an NB-IoT terminal.
- the user terminal 20 includes at least a transmission / reception antenna 201, an amplifier unit 202, a transmission / reception unit 203, a baseband signal processing unit 204, and an application unit 205.
- the user terminal 20 may include a plurality of transmission / reception antennas 201, an amplifier unit 202, a transmission / reception unit 203, and the like.
- the radio frequency signal received by the transmission / reception antenna 201 is amplified by the amplifier unit 202.
- the transmission / reception unit 203 receives the downlink signal amplified by the amplifier unit 202.
- the transmission / reception unit 203 converts the frequency of the received signal into a baseband signal and outputs it to the baseband signal processing unit 204.
- the transmission / reception unit 203 can be configured by a transmitter / receiver, a transmission / reception circuit, or a transmission / reception device described based on common recognition in the technical field according to the present invention.
- the transmission / reception unit 203 may be configured as an integral transmission / reception unit, or may be configured from a transmission unit and a reception unit.
- the baseband signal processing unit 204 performs FFT processing, error correction decoding, retransmission control reception processing, and the like on the input baseband signal.
- the downlink user data is transferred to the application unit 205.
- the application unit 205 performs processing related to layers higher than the physical layer and the MAC layer.
- broadcast information in the downlink data is also transferred to the application unit 205.
- uplink user data is input from the application unit 205 to the baseband signal processing unit 204.
- retransmission control information HARQ-ACK
- channel coding channel coding
- precoding precoding
- DFT discrete Fourier transform
- IFFT processing IFFT processing
- the transmission / reception unit 203 converts the baseband signal output from the baseband signal processing unit 204 into a radio frequency band and transmits it.
- the radio frequency signal frequency-converted by the transmission / reception unit 203 is amplified by the amplifier unit 202 and transmitted from the transmission / reception antenna 201.
- the transmitting / receiving unit 203 receives downlink signals such as a synchronization signal, a reference signal, a control signal, and a data signal from the radio base station 10 in a narrow band. Further, the transmission / reception unit 203 transmits uplink signals such as a reference signal, a control signal, and a data signal to the radio base station 10 in a narrow band. Specifically, the transmission / reception unit 203 receives downlink control signals (DCI) and higher layer control information by higher layer signaling. Moreover, the transmission / reception part 203 receives PDSCH allocated to the user terminal 20 by DCI, and transmits PUSCH allocated to the user terminal 20 by DCI.
- DCI downlink control signals
- FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of a functional configuration of the user terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention. Note that FIG. 14 mainly shows functional blocks of characteristic portions in the present embodiment, and the user terminal 20 also has other functional blocks necessary for wireless communication. As illustrated in FIG. 14, the baseband signal processing unit 204 included in the user terminal 20 includes a control unit 401, a transmission signal generation unit (generation unit) 402, a mapping unit 403, a reception signal processing unit 404, and a measurement unit. 405.
- the control unit 401 controls the entire user terminal 20.
- the control unit 401 can be composed of a controller, a control circuit, or a control device described based on common recognition in the technical field according to the present invention.
- the control unit 401 controls, for example, signal generation by the transmission signal generation unit 402 and signal allocation by the mapping unit 403.
- the control unit 401 controls signal reception processing by the reception signal processing unit 404 and signal measurement by the measurement unit 405.
- the control unit 401 acquires the downlink signal (PDCCH, PDSCH, downlink reference signal) transmitted from the radio base station 10 from the reception signal processing unit 404.
- the control unit 401 controls generation of uplink control information (UCI) such as retransmission control information (HARQ-ACK, ACK / NACK, ACK) and channel state information (CSI) and uplink data based on the downlink signal.
- UCI uplink control information
- HARQ-ACK retransmission control information
- ACK / NACK ACK
- CSI channel state information
- control unit 401 controls transmission of retransmission control information for downlink signals (for example, PDSCH). Specifically, control section 401 determines a transmission resource composed of a single subcarrier (a PUCCH resource in the new PUCCH format in the first mode, a transmission resource in the second mode). In addition, the control unit 401 controls the transmission signal generation unit 402 and the transmission / reception unit 203 to transmit retransmission control information using transmission resources.
- a transmission resource composed of a single subcarrier a PUCCH resource in the new PUCCH format in the first mode, a transmission resource in the second mode.
- control unit 401 controls the transmission signal generation unit 402 and the transmission / reception unit 203 to transmit retransmission control information using transmission resources.
- the transmission resource may be composed of a single subcarrier, or may be composed of a combination of a single subcarrier and an orthogonal sequence used for orthogonal spreading of retransmission control information (see FIG. 5 and FIG. 5). 6).
- the resource identifier for identifying the transmission resource may be assigned in order from a combination of the same subcarrier and different orthogonal sequences.
- control unit 401 determines the transmission resource based on at least one of a control channel element (CCE) index constituting a downlink control signal (for example, PDCCH) and repetition information of the downlink control signal. May be used (in case of implicit assignment).
- CCE control channel element
- the control unit 401 may determine the transmission resource based on the allocation information (in the case of explicit allocation). ).
- control unit 401 controls the transmission signal generation unit 402 to generate retransmission control information based on the downlink signal decoding result in the reception signal processing unit 404. Specifically, the control unit 401 may generate retransmission control information indicating ACK / NACK of the downlink signal (first mode). Alternatively, the control unit 401 may control the transmission signal generation unit 402 so as to generate retransmission control information indicating ACK only when the downlink signal is successfully decoded (second mode).
- control unit 401 may control the transmission signal generation unit 402 and the mapping unit 403 so as to perform encoding / modulation and mapping of retransmission control information based on the new PUCCH format (first mode). . Specifically, the control unit 401 may control the mapping unit 403 so as to map the demodulation reference signal of the retransmission control information to at least one symbol constituting the new PUCCH format. Further, the control unit 401 may control the mapping unit 403 so as to map the retransmission control information to all symbols constituting the new PUCCH format.
- control unit 401 may control the transmission signal generation unit 402 and the transmission / reception unit 203 to transmit retransmission control information indicating ACK only when the downlink signal is successfully decoded (second mode).
- control unit 401 cooperates with the transmission signal generation unit 402, the mapping unit 403, and the transmission / reception unit 203 to transmit the PUSCH using the PUSCH resource. Further, the control unit 401 receives the PDSCH using the PDSCH resource in cooperation with the transmission / reception unit 203, the reception signal processing unit 404, and the measurement unit 405.
- the transmission signal generation unit 402 generates an uplink signal (PUCCH, PUSCH, uplink reference signal, etc.) based on an instruction from the control unit 401 and outputs the uplink signal to the mapping unit 403.
- the transmission signal generation unit 402 can be configured by a signal generator, a signal generation circuit, or a signal generation device described based on common recognition in the technical field according to the present invention.
- the transmission signal generation unit 402 generates uplink control information (UCI) and / or uplink data based on an instruction from the control unit 401, for example. Also, the transmission signal generation unit 402 generates a PUSCH that transmits UCI and / or uplink data based on an instruction from the control unit 401. For example, the transmission signal generation unit 402 is instructed by the control unit 401 to generate a PUSCH when DCI that assigns a PUSCH to the user terminal 20 is received. Further, the transmission signal generation unit 402 generates a PUCCH that transmits UCI based on an instruction from the control unit 401.
- UCI uplink control information
- PUSCH that transmits UCI and / or uplink data based on an instruction from the control unit 401. For example, the transmission signal generation unit 402 is instructed by the control unit 401 to generate a PUSCH when DCI that assigns a PUSCH to the user terminal 20 is received. Further, the transmission signal generation unit 402 generates a PUCCH that
- the mapping unit 403 maps the uplink signal generated by the transmission signal generation unit 402 to a resource (for example, a PUSCH resource or a PUCCH resource) based on an instruction from the control unit 401, and outputs the resource to the transmission / reception unit 203.
- the mapping unit 403 can be configured by a mapper, a mapping circuit, or a mapping device described based on common recognition in the technical field according to the present invention.
- the reception signal processing unit 404 performs reception processing (for example, demapping, demodulation, decoding, etc.) on the reception signal input from the transmission / reception unit 203.
- the received signal is, for example, a downlink signal (downlink control signal, downlink data signal, downlink reference signal, etc.) transmitted from the radio base station 10.
- the reception signal processing unit 404 can be configured by a signal processor, a signal processing circuit, or a signal processing device described based on common recognition in the technical field according to the present invention.
- the reception signal processing unit 404 outputs the information decoded by the reception processing to the control unit 401.
- the reception signal processing unit 404 outputs broadcast information, system information, RRC signaling, DCI, and the like to the control unit 401, for example.
- the reception signal processing unit 404 outputs the reception signal and the signal after reception processing to the measurement unit 405.
- the measurement unit 405 performs measurement on the received signal.
- the measurement part 405 can be comprised from the measuring device, measurement circuit, or measurement apparatus demonstrated based on common recognition in the technical field which concerns on this invention.
- the measurement unit 405 may measure, for example, the received power (for example, RSRP), reception quality (for example, RSRQ), channel state, and the like of the received signal.
- the measurement result may be output to the control unit 401.
- each functional block is realized by one physically coupled device, or may be realized by two or more physically separated devices connected by wire or wirelessly and by a plurality of these devices. Good.
- a wireless base station, a user terminal, etc. in an embodiment of the present invention may function as a computer that performs processing of the wireless communication method of the present invention.
- FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of a radio base station and a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the wireless base station 10 and the user terminal 20 described above may be physically configured as a computer device including a processor 1001, a memory 1002, a storage 1003, a communication device 1004, an input device 1005, an output device 1006, a bus 1007, and the like. Good.
- the term “apparatus” can be read as a circuit, a device, a unit, or the like.
- the hardware configurations of the radio base station 10 and the user terminal 20 may be configured to include one or a plurality of each device illustrated in the figure, or may be configured not to include some devices.
- Each function in the radio base station 10 and the user terminal 20 is obtained by reading predetermined software (program) on hardware such as the processor 1001 and the memory 1002, so that the processor 1001 performs computation, and communication by the communication device 1004, This is realized by controlling reading and / or writing of data in the memory 1002 and the storage 1003.
- the processor 1001 controls the entire computer by operating an operating system, for example.
- the processor 1001 may be configured by a central processing unit (CPU) including an interface with peripheral devices, a control device, an arithmetic device, a register, and the like.
- CPU central processing unit
- the baseband signal processing unit 104 (204) and the call processing unit 105 described above may be realized by the processor 1001.
- the processor 1001 reads programs (program codes), software modules, and data from the storage 1003 and / or the communication device 1004 to the memory 1002, and executes various processes according to these.
- programs program codes
- software modules software modules
- data data from the storage 1003 and / or the communication device 1004 to the memory 1002, and executes various processes according to these.
- the program a program that causes a computer to execute at least a part of the operations described in the above embodiments is used.
- the control unit 401 of the user terminal 20 may be realized by a control program stored in the memory 1002 and operated by the processor 1001, and may be realized similarly for other functional blocks.
- the memory 1002 is a computer-readable recording medium, and may be configured by at least one of ROM (Read Only Memory), EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM), RAM (Random Access Memory), and the like, for example.
- the memory 1002 may be called a register, a cache, a main memory (main storage device), or the like.
- the memory 1002 can store a program (program code), a software module, and the like that can be executed to implement the wireless communication method according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- the storage 1003 is a computer-readable recording medium, and may be composed of at least one of an optical disk such as a CD-ROM (Compact Disc ROM), a hard disk drive, a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk, and a flash memory, for example. .
- the storage 1003 may be referred to as an auxiliary storage device.
- the communication device 1004 is hardware (transmission / reception device) for performing communication between computers via a wired and / or wireless network, and is also referred to as a network device, a network controller, a network card, a communication module, or the like.
- a network device for example, the transmission / reception antenna 101 (201), the amplifier unit 102 (202), the transmission / reception unit 103 (203), the transmission path interface 106, and the like described above may be realized by the communication device 1004.
- the input device 1005 is an input device (for example, a keyboard, a mouse, etc.) that accepts external input.
- the output device 1006 is an output device (for example, a display, a speaker, etc.) that performs output to the outside.
- the input device 1005 and the output device 1006 may have an integrated configuration (for example, a touch panel).
- each device such as the processor 1001 and the memory 1002 is connected by a bus 1007 for communicating information.
- the bus 1007 may be configured with a single bus or may be configured with different buses between apparatuses.
- the radio base station 10 and the user terminal 20 include a microprocessor, a digital signal processor (DSP), an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), a PLD (Programmable Logic Device), an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array), and the like. It may be configured including hardware, and a part or all of each functional block may be realized by the hardware. For example, the processor 1001 may be implemented by at least one of these hardware.
- DSP digital signal processor
- ASIC Application Specific Integrated Circuit
- PLD Programmable Logic Device
- FPGA Field Programmable Gate Array
- the channel and / or symbol may be a signal (signaling).
- the signal may be a message.
- a component carrier CC may be called a cell, a frequency carrier, a carrier frequency, or the like.
- the radio frame may be configured with one or a plurality of periods (frames) in the time domain.
- Each of the one or more periods (frames) constituting the radio frame may be referred to as a subframe.
- a subframe may be composed of one or more slots in the time domain.
- a slot may be composed of one or more symbols (OFDM symbols, SC-FDMA symbols, etc.) in the time domain.
- the radio frame, subframe, slot, and symbol all represent a time unit when transmitting a signal.
- Different names may be used for the radio frame, the subframe, the slot, and the symbol.
- one subframe may be referred to as a transmission time interval (TTI)
- a plurality of consecutive subframes may be referred to as a TTI
- one slot may be referred to as a TTI.
- the subframe or TTI may be a subframe (1 ms) in the existing LTE, a period shorter than 1 ms (for example, 1-13 symbols), or a period longer than 1 ms. Also good.
- TTI means, for example, a minimum time unit for scheduling in wireless communication.
- a radio base station performs scheduling to allocate radio resources (frequency bandwidth, transmission power, etc. that can be used in each user terminal) to each user terminal in units of TTI.
- the definition of TTI is not limited to this.
- a TTI having a time length of 1 ms may be called a normal TTI (TTI in LTE Rel. 8-12), a normal TTI, a long TTI, a normal subframe, a normal subframe, or a long subframe.
- TTI shorter than a normal TTI may be called a shortened TTI, a short TTI, a shortened subframe, a short subframe, or the like.
- a resource block is a resource allocation unit in the time domain and the frequency domain, and may include one or a plurality of continuous subcarriers (subcarriers) in the frequency domain. Further, the RB may include one or a plurality of symbols in the time domain, and may have a length of one slot, one subframe, or 1 TTI. One TTI and one subframe may each be composed of one or a plurality of resource blocks.
- the RB may be called a physical resource block (PRB: Physical RB), a PRB pair, an RB pair, or the like.
- the resource block may be composed of one or a plurality of resource elements (RE: Resource Element).
- RE Resource Element
- 1RE may be a radio resource region of 1 subcarrier and 1 symbol.
- the structure of the above-described radio frame, subframe, slot, symbol, and the like is merely an example.
- the configuration such as the cyclic prefix (CP) length can be variously changed.
- information, parameters, and the like described in this specification may be represented by absolute values, may be represented by relative values from a predetermined value, or may be represented by other corresponding information.
- the radio resource may be indicated by a predetermined index.
- software, instructions, information, etc. may be transmitted / received via a transmission medium.
- software may use websites, servers, or other devices using wired technology (coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair and digital subscriber line (DSL), etc.) and / or wireless technology (infrared, microwave, etc.) When transmitted from a remote source, these wired and / or wireless technologies are included within the definition of transmission media.
- the radio base station in this specification may be read by the user terminal.
- each aspect / embodiment of the present invention may be applied to a configuration in which communication between a radio base station and a user terminal is replaced with communication between a plurality of user terminals (D2D: Device-to-Device).
- the user terminal 20 may have a function that the wireless base station 10 has.
- words such as “up” and “down” may be read as “side”.
- the uplink channel may be read as a side channel.
- a user terminal in this specification may be read by a radio base station.
- the wireless base station 10 may have a function that the user terminal 20 has.
- notification of predetermined information is not limited to explicitly performed, but is performed implicitly (for example, by not performing notification of the predetermined information). May be.
- notification of information is not limited to the aspect / embodiment described in this specification, and may be performed by other methods.
- notification of information includes physical layer signaling (eg, DCI (Downlink Control Information), UCI (Uplink Control Information)), upper layer signaling (eg, RRC (Radio Resource Control) signaling, broadcast information (MIB (Master Information Block)). ), SIB (System Information Block), etc.), MAC (Medium Access Control) signaling), other signals, or a combination thereof.
- the RRC signaling may be referred to as an RRC message, and may be, for example, an RRC connection setup (RRCConnectionSetup) message, an RRC connection reconfiguration (RRCConnectionReconfiguration) message, or the like.
- the MAC signaling may be notified by, for example, a MAC control element (MAC CE (Control Element)).
- MAC CE Control Element
- LTE Long Term Evolution
- LTE-A Long Term Evolution
- LTE-B Long Term Evolution-Beyond
- SUPER 3G IMT-Advanced
- 4G 4th generation.
- mobile communication system 5G (5th generation mobile communication system)
- FRA Full Radio Access
- New-RAT Radio Access Technology
- CDMA2000 Code Division Multiple Access 2000
- UMB User Mobile Broadband
- IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi (registered trademark)
- IEEE 802.16 WiMAX (registered trademark)
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第1の態様では、ユーザ端末は、シングルトーン送信に適する新規PUCCHフォーマットを用いて再送制御情報を送信する。新規PUCCHフォーマットでは、サブキャリア(トーン)単位で複数のユーザ端末のACK/NACKが周波数分割多重(FDM:Frequency Division Multiplexing)され、各ユーザ端末のACK/NACKは単一のサブキャリアを用いて送信される。
図4は、第1の態様に係る新規PUCCHフォーマットの構成例を示す図である。例えば、図4Aに示すように、新規PUCCHフォーマットでは、各スロットの中央の3シンボルがDMRSシンボルとして用いられ、当該3DMRSシンボルにDMRSがマッピングされてもよい。また、各スロットの残りの4シンボルが情報シンボルとして用いられ、当該4情報シンボルにACK/NACKがマッピングされてもよい。なお、図8で詳述するように、新規PUCCHフォーマットを構成するDMRSシンボルの数及び位置は、これに限られない。
以上のように構成される新規PUCCHフォーマットで用いられる無線リソース(PUCCHリソース)について説明する。図5は、第1の態様に係るPUCCHリソースの一例の説明図である。
以上のような新規PUCCHフォーマット用のPUCCHリソースのユーザ端末に対する割り当てについて説明する。新規PUCCHフォーマット用のPUCCHリソースは、(1)黙示的にユーザ端末に割り当てられてもよいし、(2)明示的にユーザ端末に割り当てられてもよい。
ユーザ端末は、PDCCH(NB-PDCCH)の制御チャネル要素(CCE:Control Channel Element)のインデックス(以下、CCEインデックス)及び/又はPDCCHの繰り返し情報(例えば、繰り返し数、繰り返しレベル、CEレベルなど)に基づいて、PUCCHリソース(例えば、図5B参照)を決定してもよい。
或いは、無線基地局は、PUCCHリソースの割り当て情報を含むDCI(例えば、DLアサインメント、ULグラント)を送信してもよい。当該割り当て情報は、PUCCHリソースのリソース識別子であってもよいし、或いは、トーンインデックス値及び/又はOCCインデックス値であってもよい。
以上の新規PUCCHフォーマットの構成及びPUCCHリソースの割り当ては、サブキャリア間隔が15kHzである場合を想定するが、サブキャリア間隔が3.75kHzである場合にも適宜適用可能である。図7は、第1の態様の変更例に係るサブキャリア間隔の一例の説明図である。
第2の態様では、トーン送信の有無で再送制御情報を認識させる。具体的には、ユーザ端末は、前記下り信号の復号に成功する場合にだけ、単一のサブキャリアで構成される送信リソースを用いて再送制御情報(ACK)を送信する。
ACKの送信リソースの割り当てについて説明する。ACKの送信リソースには、図5B及び図6で説明したように、リソース識別子が付与されていてもよい。当該ACKの送信リソースは、(1)黙示的にユーザ端末に割り当てられてもよいし、(2)明示的にユーザ端末に割り当てられてもよい。
ユーザ端末は、PDCCH(NB-PDCCH)のCCEインデックス及び/又はPDCCHの繰り返し情報に基づいて、ACKの送信リソースを決定してもよい。具体的には、ユーザ端末は、CCEインデックス及び/又は繰り返し情報に基づいて、送信リソースのリソース識別子を導出し、当該リソース識別子に基づいて、トーンインデックス値及び/又はOCCインデックス値を導出してもよい。或いは、ユーザ端末は、CCEインデックス及び/又は繰り返し情報に基づいて、トーンインデックス値及び/又はOCCインデックス値そのものを導出してもよい。
或いは、無線基地局は、送信リソースの割り当て情報を含むDCI(例えば、DLアサインメント、ULグラント)を送信してもよい。当該割り当て情報は、送信リソースのリソース識別子であってもよいし、トーンインデックス値及び/又はOCCインデックス値であってもよい。また、上記送信リソースの割り当て情報を含むDCIは、ACK/NACKを応答するPDSCHを割り当てるDLアサインメントであってもよいし、ランダムアクセス手順におけるメッセージ4を割り当てるDCIであってもよい。
以下、本発明の一実施の形態に係る無線通信システムの構成について説明する。この無線通信システムでは、上述した各態様に係る無線通信方法が適用される。なお、各態様に係る無線通信方法は、単独で用いられてもよいし、組み合わせされてもよい。ここでは、狭帯域に使用帯域が制限されたユーザ端末としてNB-IoT端末を例示するが、これに限定されるものではない。
図11は、本発明の一実施の形態に係る無線基地局の全体構成の一例を示す図である。無線基地局10は、複数の送受信アンテナ101と、アンプ部102と、送受信部103と、ベースバンド信号処理部104と、呼処理部105と、伝送路インターフェース106と、を少なくとも備えている。
図13は、本発明の一実施の形態に係るユーザ端末の全体構成の一例を示す図である。なお、ここでは詳細な説明を省略するが、通常のLTE端末がNB-IoT端末としてふるまうように動作してもよい。ユーザ端末20は、送受信アンテナ201と、アンプ部202と、送受信部203と、ベースバンド信号処理部204と、アプリケーション部205と、を少なくとも備えている。また、ユーザ端末20は、送受信アンテナ201、アンプ部202、送受信部203などを複数備えてもよい。
なお、上記実施の形態の説明に用いたブロック図は、機能単位のブロックを示している。これらの機能ブロック(構成部)は、ハードウェア及び/又はソフトウェアの任意の組み合わせによって実現される。また、各機能ブロックの実現手段は特に限定されない。すなわち、各機能ブロックは、物理的に結合した1つの装置により実現されてもよいし、物理的に分離した2つ以上の装置を有線又は無線で接続し、これら複数の装置により実現されてもよい。
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- 下り制御情報を受信する受信部と、
前記下り制御情報に基づいて、下り共有チャネルの再送制御情報の送信に用いられる単一のサブキャリアを決定する制御部と、を具備することを特徴とするユーザ端末。 - 前記制御部は、前記ユーザ端末が使用可能な最大サブキャリア数よりも少ない数に制限された複数のサブキャリアの中から、前記単一のサブキャリアを決定することを特徴とする請求項1に記載のユーザ端末。
- 前記下り制御情報は、前記下り共有チャネルの割り当てに用いられることを特徴とする請求項1又は請求項2に記載のユーザ端末。
- 前記再送制御情報の送信には、上り共有チャネルが用いられることを特徴とする請求項1から請求項3のいずれかに記載のユーザ端末。
- 前記単一のサブキャリアのサブキャリア間隔は、15kHz又は3.75kHzであることを特徴とする請求項1から請求項4のいずれかに記載のユーザ端末。
- 前記ユーザ端末は、NB-IoT(Narrow Band Internet of Things)をサポートすることを特徴とする請求項1から請求項5のいずれかに記載のユーザ端末。
- 下り制御情報を送信する送信部と、
前記下り制御情報に基づいて決定される単一のサブキャリアを用いて送信される、下り共有チャネルの再送制御情報の受信を制御する制御部と、を具備することを特徴とする無線基地局。 - ユーザ端末において、
下り制御情報を受信する工程と、
前記下り制御情報に基づいて、下り共有チャネルの再送制御情報の送信に用いられる単一のサブキャリアを決定する工程と、を有することを特徴とする無線通信方法。
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