JP2020110004A - Base station and communication method - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a base station capable of efficiently using the resources even when the TTI length is reduced, a communication method, and an integrated circuit.SOLUTION: In a base station 100, a PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel) generation part 103 generates a piece of Downlink Control Information (DCI) that includes a piece of control information for multiple first TTIs in which TTI length is reduced to be shorter than that of the second TTI (Transmission Time Interval). A transmission part 107 transmits a piece of DCI. In the DCI, a piece of control information related to a series of data signal retransmission processing is set for each of multiple first TTI, and the control information other than the control information relevant to retransmission processing is commonly set for multiple first TTIs.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Description

The present disclosure relates to a base station and a communication method.

In recent years, it has been considered to realize an application that requires a reduced delay time (delay critical). Examples of applications that require a reduced delay time include autonomous driving of vehicles, ultra-realistic applications in smart glasses, and communication between devices.

In 3GPP, in order to realize these applications, latency reduction that reduces packet delay is being studied (see Non-Patent Document 1). Latency reduction is considered to reduce the TTI (Transmission Time Interval) length, which is the time unit for transmitting and receiving data, to a length between 0.5 msec and 1 OFDM symbol. The conventional TTI length is 1 msec, which is equal to a unit called a subframe. One subframe consists of 2 slots (1 slot is 0.5 msec). One slot is composed of 7 OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) symbols in the case of normal CP (Cyclic Prefix), and is composed of 6 OFDM symbols in the case of extended CP.

FIG. 1 shows an example of a shortened TTI in the case of normal CP. When the TTI length is 0.5 msec (=1 slot), 2 TTIs are arranged per 1 msec. Moreover, when 1 slot is divided into a TTI of 4 OFDM symbols and a TTI of 3 OFDM symbols, 4 TTIs are arranged per 1 msec. Also, when the TTI length is 1 OFDM symbol, 14 TTIs are arranged per 1 msec.

By shortening the TTI length, the delay of CQI reporting can be shortened and the frequency of CQI reporting can be increased, so that there is an advantage that the difference between CQI reporting and actual line quality is reduced.

RP-150465, "New SI proposal: Study on Latency reduction techniques for LTE," Ericsson, Huawei, March 2015 3GPP TR 36.211 V13.0.0, “Physical channels and modulation (Release 13),” December 2015

When the TTI length is shortened, the base station (sometimes called eNB) notifies the terminal (sometimes called UE (User Equipment)) of resource allocation and MCS (Modulation and coding scheme). May be transmitted for each TTI with a reduced DCI (Downlink Control Information).

However, as shown in FIG. 2, when the base station transmits a DCI (EPDCCH (Enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel) in FIG. 2) having the same amount of information as the DCI of the conventional TTI having a TTI length of 1 msec for each TTI, The control signal is required to be several times more than the TTI per 1 msec as compared with the conventional one. Therefore, there is a problem that the ratio of control signals to the resources increases and the system throughput decreases.

One aspect of the present disclosure is to provide a base station, a terminal, and a communication method that can efficiently use resources even when the TTI length is shortened.

A base station according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a circuit that generates downlink control information (DCI) for resource allocation in a plurality of time units, and a transmission unit that transmits the DCI, and the DCI is, It includes first information for each of the plurality of time units and second information for all of the plurality of time units, the second information including frequency resource allocation and MCS.

A communication method according to an aspect of the present disclosure comprises a step of generating downlink control information (DCI) for resource allocation in a plurality of time units, and a step of transmitting the DCI, wherein the DCI is the It includes first information for each of the plurality of time units and second information for all of the plurality of time units, the second information including frequency resource allocation and MCS.

An integrated circuit according to an aspect of the present disclosure controls a process of generating downlink control information (DCI) for resource allocation in a plurality of time units, a process of transmitting the DCI, and the DCI is the It includes first information for each of the plurality of time units and second information for all of the plurality of time units, the second information including frequency resource allocation and MCS.

Note that these comprehensive or specific aspects may be realized by a system, a device, a method, an integrated circuit, a computer program, or a recording medium. The system, the device, the method, the integrated circuit, the computer program, and the recording medium. May be realized in any combination.

According to one aspect of the present disclosure, resources can be efficiently used even when the TTI length is shortened.

Further advantages and effects of one aspect of the present disclosure will be apparent from the specification and the drawings. Such advantages and/or effects are provided by the features described in several embodiments and in the specification and drawings, respectively, but not necessarily all to obtain one or more of the same features. There is no.

Figure showing an example of TTI length FIG. 13 is a diagram provided for describing a problem to be solved by one embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the main configuration of the base station according to Embodiment 1. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the main configuration of the terminal according to the first embodiment. Block diagram showing the configuration of the base station according to the first embodiment Block diagram showing the configuration of the terminal according to the first embodiment FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of DL control information included in DCI according to the first embodiment. The figure which shows the example of DL allocation which concerns on Embodiment 1. The figure which shows an example of the control information of UL contained in DCI which concerns on Embodiment 1. The figure which shows the allocation example in subframe N of UL in the case of supporting Non-adaptive retransmission and Adaptive retransmission which concern on Embodiment 1. The figure which shows the allocation example in subframe N+X of UL in the case of supporting Non-adaptive resending and Adaptive resending according to Embodiment 1. The figure which shows the allocation example in subframe N of UL in the case of supporting the adaptive retransmission which concerns on Embodiment 1. The figure which shows the allocation example in subframe N+X of UL when supporting the adaptive retransmission which concerns on Embodiment 1. Diagram showing the concept of PUCCH resources Diagram showing the concept of PUCCH resources when SRS is deployed FIG. 6 is a diagram showing PUCCH resources for transmitting ACK/NACK signals in the case of 4 TTIs per subframe according to the second embodiment. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of DL allocation according to the second embodiment. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of UL ACK/NACK signal allocation according to the second embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing PUCCH resources for transmitting ACK/NACK signals in the case of 14 TTIs per subframe according to the second embodiment. Diagram showing an example of Spatial bundling Diagram showing an example of time domain bundling FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of generating an ACK/NACK signal according to the operation example 1 of the second embodiment. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of generating an ACK/NACK signal according to the second operation example of the second embodiment.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

[Outline of communication system]
The communication system according to each embodiment of the present disclosure includes a base station 100 and a terminal 200.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of base station 100 according to the embodiment of the present disclosure. In base station 100 shown in FIG. 3, PDCCH generating section 103 includes one Downlink Control Information (DCI) including control information for a plurality of first TTIs having a shorter TTI length than a second TTI (Transmission Time Interval). And the transmitting unit 107 transmits the DCI.

Further, FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of terminal 200 according to each embodiment of the present disclosure. In terminal 200 shown in FIG. 4, PDCCH receiving section 207 includes one Downlink Control Information (DCI) including control information for a plurality of first TTIs having a shorter TTI length than the second TTI (Transmission Time Interval). Upon reception, the signal separation unit 202 separates the downlink data signal from the received signal using DCI, and the signal allocation unit 210 allocates the uplink data signal to the uplink resource using DCI.

In DCI, control information related to the data signal retransmission processing is set for each of the plurality of first TTIs, and control information related to processing other than the retransmission processing is set commonly to the plurality of first TTIs.

(Embodiment 1)
[Base station configuration]
FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of base station 100 according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 5, base station 100 includes TTI determining section 101, MCS determining section 102, PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel) generating section 103, error correction coding section 104, modulating section 105, and signal allocating section 106. A transmission section 107, a reception section 108, a signal separation section 109, a PUCCH (Physical Uplink Control Channel) reception section 110, a demodulation section 111, an error correction decoding section 112, and an ACK/NACK determination section 113. Have.

When allocating resources for a plurality of TTIs using one DCI, the TTI determining unit 101 determines which TTI of the plurality of TTIs should be allocated a resource. TTI determining section 101 outputs information (TTI information) indicating the presence or absence of allocation for each of a plurality of TTIs to PDCCH generating section 103.

Specifically, in the case of DL (downlink) allocation, the TTI determining unit 101 inputs from the PUCCH receiving unit 110, an ACK/NACK signal mapped to the PUCCH and transmitted, or an error correction decoding unit 112. The TTI that requires retransmission is determined based on the ACK/NACK signal transmitted by being multiplexed with the UL (uplink) data signal, and the TTI to which the resource is allocated is determined based on the determination result. Further, the TTI determining unit 101 determines the allocation of new data for each TTI in consideration of the amount of data input from the buffer of a DL data signal (not shown) and the allocation to other UEs, and allocates resources. Determine the TTI to allocate.

On the other hand, in the case of UL allocation, the TTI determining unit 101 determines the TTI that requires retransmission based on the ACK/NACK signal for UL data input from the ACK/NACK determining unit 113, and based on the determination result. Determine the TTI to allocate resources. In addition, the TTI determining unit 101 considers the data amount obtained from the buffer status report of the UL data signal transmitted from the UE (not shown), and the allocation to other UEs in consideration of the new data allocation for each TTI. And TTI to allocate resources.

The MCS determining unit 102 determines the DL MCS based on the CQI information and the ACK/NACK signal for the DL data signal input from the PUCCH receiving unit 110. Further, the MCS determination unit 102 determines the MCS of UL based on the reception quality of SRS (Sounding Reference Signal) or UL data signal transmitted separately. The MCS determination unit 102 outputs information (MCS information) indicating the determined DL and UL MCSs to the PDCCH generation unit 103. The MCS determination unit 102 also outputs the DL MCS to the error correction coding unit 104 and the modulation unit 105, and outputs the UL MCS to the demodulation unit 111 and the error establishment decoding unit 112.

The PDCCH generation unit 103 generates a PDCCH or EPDCCH to which multiple TTIs are assigned. Note that the PDCCH is arranged in the first OFDM symbol (the number of symbols: 1, 2 or 3) in the subframe, and the EPDCCH is arranged in an OFDM symbol other than the OFDM symbol in which the PDCCH in the subframe is arranged.

Specifically, the PDCCH generation unit 103 sets NDI (New Data Indicator) for the TTI that assigns DL and UL based on the TTI information input from the TTI determination unit 101. Further, the PDCCH generating unit 103 further sets a HARQ number (HARQ process number) and a Redandancy version for TTI in the case of DL allocation. Also, the PDCCH generating unit 103 generates DL and UL resource allocation information as information common to a plurality of TTIs. Then, the PDCCH generating unit 103 generates one DCI including the control information regarding allocation to these TTIs and the TTI information. PDCCH generating section 103 generates a PDCCH or EPDCCH using the MCS information input from MCS determining section 102, and outputs the PDCCH or EPDCCH to signal allocating section 106 and signal separating section 109.

The error correction coding unit 104 performs error correction coding on the transmission data signal (DL data signal) or higher layer signaling based on the DL MCS information input from the MCS determination unit 102, and the coded signal is modulated by the modulation unit. Output to 105.

Modulation section 105 performs modulation processing on the signal received from error correction coding section 104 based on the DL MCS information input from MCS determination section 102, and outputs the modulated data signal to signal allocation section 106. To do.

The signal allocation unit 106 allocates signals (including data signals) received from the modulation unit 104 and control signals (PDCCH or EPDCCH) received from the PDCCH generation unit 103 to predetermined downlink resources. In this way, the control signal (PDCCH or EPDCCH) and the data signal (PDSCH) are allocated to a predetermined resource to form a transmission signal. The formed transmission signal is output to the transmission unit 107.

The transmission unit 107 performs radio transmission processing such as up-conversion on the transmission signal input from the signal allocation unit 106, and transmits the transmission signal to the terminal 200 via the antenna.

Receiving section 108 receives the signal transmitted from terminal 200 via the antenna, performs radio receiving processing such as down conversion on the received signal, and outputs the signal to signal separating section 109.

The signal separation unit 109 separates the UL data signal from the received signal based on the information input from the PDCCH generation unit 103, outputs the UL data signal to the demodulation unit 111, and the signal included in the PUCCH resource from the received signal (PUCCH signal ACK. (Including /NACK signal) is separated and output to the PUCCH receiving unit 110.

PUCCH receiving section 110 extracts an ACK/NACK signal for the DL data signal from the PUCCH signal input from signal separating section 109, and outputs it to TTI determining section 101 and MCS determining section 102. Further, PUCCH receiving section 110 extracts CQI information from the PUCCH signal input from signal separating section 109, and outputs it to MCS determining section 102.

The demodulation unit 111 performs demodulation processing on the signal input from the signal separation unit 109 based on the UL MCS information (modulation information) input from the MCS determination unit 102, and performs error correction decoding on the obtained signal. It is output to the unit 112.

The error correction decoding unit 112 decodes the signal input from the demodulation unit 111 based on the UL MCS information (error code information) input from the MCS determination unit 102, and receives the data signal (UL data) from the terminal 200. Signal). The error correction decoding unit 112 outputs the UL data signal to the ACK/NACK determination unit 113. Also, the error correction decoding unit 112 extracts an ACK/NACK signal for the DL data signal, which is multiplexed and transmitted with the UL data signal, and outputs the ACK/NACK signal to the TTI determining unit 101.

The ACK/NACK determination unit 113 determines whether or not there is an error in the UL data signal input from the error correction encoding unit 112 using CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check), and the determination result is UL It is output to the TTI determining unit 101 as an ACK/NACK signal.

[Terminal configuration]
FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of terminal 200 according to the present embodiment. 6, terminal 200 includes receiving section 201, signal separating section 202, demodulating section 203, error correcting decoding section 204, error determining section 205, ACK/NACK generating section 206, PDCCH receiving section 207. The error correction coding unit 208, the modulation unit 209, the signal allocation unit 210, and the transmission unit 211 are included.

The receiving unit 201 receives a received signal via an antenna, performs reception processing such as down conversion on the received signal, and then outputs the received signal to the signal separation unit 202.

The signal demultiplexing unit 202 demultiplexes a signal (PDCCH signal or EPDCCH signal) arranged in a resource to which the PDCCH or EPDCCH may be assigned, and outputs the signal to the PDCCH receiving unit 207. Further, signal demultiplexing section 202 demultiplexes the DL data signal from the received signal based on the DL resource allocation information input from PDCCH receiving section 207, and outputs it to demodulating section 203. Note that, when resources for a plurality of TTIs are assigned on the PDCCH or EPDCCH, the signal separation unit 202 outputs the DL data signals assigned to the same resource to the demodulation unit 203 in the plurality of TTIs to which the resources are assigned. To do.

Demodulation section 203 demodulates the signal received from DL MCS information (modulation information) signal separation section 202 input from PDCCH reception section 207, and outputs the demodulated signal to error correction decoding section 204.

The error correction decoding unit 204 decodes and obtains the demodulated signal received from the demodulation unit 203 based on the DL MCS information (error code information), NDI, HARQ number, and Redandancy version input from the PDCCH receiving unit 207. Output the received data signal. Further, the received data signal is output to error determination section 205.

The error determination unit 205 detects an error in the CRC of the received data signal and outputs the detection result to the ACK/NACK generation unit 206.

The ACK/NACK generation unit 206 generates an ACK if there is no error based on the detection result of the received data signal input from the error determination unit 205, generates a NACK if there is an error, and generates the generated ACK/ The NACK signal is output to signal allocation section 210.

The PDCCH receiving unit 207 receives the PDCCH signal or the EPDCCH signal (that is, DCI) received from the signal separating unit 202, and when a plurality of TTIs are allocated in the DCI, extracts the NDI for each TTI. Further, the PDCCH receiving unit 207 extracts the HARQ number and Redandancy version information for each TTI for the TTI to which the DL data resource is allocated. Also, the PDCCH receiving unit 207 extracts resource allocation information (DL resource allocation information, UL resource allocation information) and MCS information as common information for multiple TTIs, and extracts the DL resource allocation information from the signal separation unit 202. To the signal allocating section 210, the modulation information of the MCS information to the demodulation section 203 and the modulation section 209, the error correction information of the MCS information, and NDI error correction coding. It is output to the unit 204 and the error correction decoding unit 208. The PDCCH receiving unit 207 also outputs the HARQ number and the redundancy version of the DL data to the error correction coding unit 208.

The error correction coding unit 208 determines whether the transmission data signal (UL data signal) is newly assigned or retransmitted based on the NDI input from the PDCCH receiving unit 207. Further, error correction coding section 208 performs error correction coding on the UL data signal based on the MCS information (error code information) input from PDCCH receiving section 207, and outputs the coded data signal to modulating section 209. To do.

Modulation section 209 modulates the data signal received from error correction coding section 208 based on the MCS information (modulation information) input from PDCCH reception section 207, and outputs the modulated data signal to signal allocation section 210. ..

Signal allocating section 210 allocates the data signal input from modulating section 209 to a resource based on the UL resource allocation information received from PDCCH receiving section 207, and outputs the resource to transmitting section 212. Further, signal allocating section 210 allocates the ACK/NACK signal input from ACK/NACK generating section 206 to the PUCCH resource or multiplexes the UL data signal and outputs the UL data signal to transmitting section 211.

The transmission unit 211 performs transmission processing such as up-conversion on the signal input from the signal allocation unit 210 and transmits the signal via an antenna.

[Operations of Base Station 100 and Terminal 200]
The operations of base station 100 and terminal 200 having the above configurations will be explained in detail.

In the present embodiment, when performing latency reduction, base station 100 allocates resources for a plurality of TTIs using one DCI. At this time, the base station 100 includes a bit string (resource allocation) indicating the presence or absence of allocation for each of the plurality of TTIs in the one DCI and notifies the terminal 200.

Here, if the frequency of CQI reporting increases due to the reduction of TTI length by Latency reduction and the delay from CQI measurement to reporting becomes short, the base station predicts a quality close to the actual line quality. There is an advantage that resources can be allocated and MCS can be set. However, if the frequency of CQI reporting is limited to a predetermined period such as every 10 TTIs or 5 TTIs, the base station determines the line quality using the same CQI report until the CQI is updated. The resource allocation and MCS setting will be performed by prediction. Therefore, under the conditions with the above limitation, it is expected that the effect on the throughput reduction is small even if the frequency resource and the MCS are the same for a plurality of TTIs during the period when the CQI is not updated.

Further, it is expected that the followability of the outer loop control will be improved if the number of times the ACK/NACK signal is transmitted/received is increased by shortening the TTI length. The outer loop control is control in which the base station selects the MCS so that the target error rate is achieved according to the decoding determination result (ACK/NACK signal) of the packet reported by the UE. Therefore, shortening the TTI length and increasing the number of ACK/NACK signals per resource allocated to each of a plurality of TTIs is considered to be effective in improving throughput.

In view of the above two points, shortening the TTI length is effective in improving throughput by reducing the delay of CQI reporting and increasing the number of ACK/NACK signals, but changes resource allocation and MCS settings for each TTI. It seems not necessary.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, base station 100 sets control information for ACK/NACK signal transmission/reception processing, that is, retransmission processing (HARQ processing) for each of a plurality of TTIs in one DCI. On the other hand, the base station 100 sets, in one DCI, control information (for example, frequency resources (PRB (Physical Resource Block)) and MCS, etc.) other than the control information related to the retransmission process in common for a plurality of TTIs.

By doing so, even when the base station 100 allocates resources to a plurality of TTIs in Latency reduction, it is possible to suppress an increase in control information included in one DCI and reduce the overhead amount of DCI. In addition, since the number of times DCI is detected in terminal 200 is reduced by notifying control information for a plurality of TTIs with one DCI, the probability of DCI detection error can also be reduced.

Hereinafter, operation examples 1 and 2 according to the present embodiment will be described.

[Operation example 1: DL]
In this operation example, the base station 100 (PDCCH generation unit 103) notifies the DCI to each TTI in order to notify the allocation of resources to a plurality of TTIs within one subframe of DL, as control information to be notified by one DCI. TTI information (Resource allocation) indicating whether or not to perform allocation is newly added.

For example, as TTI information, the base station 100 adds bit strings for the number of TTIs that can be simultaneously assigned to one DCI. Each bit of the bit string corresponds to each TTI that can be simultaneously assigned to one DCI. For example, if a certain bit of the bit string is 1, it indicates that the corresponding TTI has an allocation, and if it is 0, it indicates that the corresponding TTI has no allocation. The terminal 200 identifies the presence or absence of allocation for each TTI based on the TTI information included in one DCI.

In addition, the base station 100 standardizes information that can be shared among a plurality of TTIs among the control information included in the conventional DCI, and individually sets information that requires individual notification for each TTI. The base station 100 transmits all of this information with one DCI.

For example, in LTE/LTE-Advanced, the DCI format used differs depending on the transmission mode (Transmission mode), and the information contained in DCI also differs depending on the DCI format. FIG. 7 shows an example of control information (Common) commonly set by a plurality of TTIs indicated by one DCI and control information set individually for each TTI (Each TTI) in this operation example.

However, format 1C is excluded in this operation example. This is because format 1C is used for allocation of BCCH (Broadcast Control Channel), PCCH (Paging Control Channel), RACH (Random Access Control Channel) response, and it is very compact scheduling of one that is monitored only by CSS (Common search space). This is because BCCH, PCCH, and RACH are assumed not to be latency reduced because they are used for PDSCH codeword. Therefore, even if DCI format is described as “ALL” in FIG. 7, DCI format 1C is not included.

Moreover, the control information for UL included in the DCI of DL allocation is one for UL and is described as "One value for UL".

As shown in FIG. 7, in this operation example, "HARQ process number", "New data indicator (NDI)", "Redundancy version (RV)", and DCI format included in all DCI formats The "Transport block to codeword swap flag" included in 2/2A is individually set for multiple TTIs, and other control information regarding DL allocation is commonly set for multiple TTIs.

The Transport block to codeword swap flag is a parameter indicating the relationship between codeword and Transport block (data). For example, when there are two Transport blocks, in the Transport block to codeword swap flag, bit “0” indicates a combination of transport block 1 and codeword 0, transport block 2 and codeword 1, and bit “1” indicates the opposite. The combinations of transport block 1 and codeword 1 and transport block 2 and codeword 0 are shown below. By using the Transport block to codeword swap flag, it is possible to average the reception quality between transport blocks by changing the combination of transport block and codeword at the time of retransmission.

That is, HARQ process number, NDI, RV, and Transport block to codeword swap flag are control information related to the retransmission process for DL data signals.

In this way, the base station 100 allocates to multiple TTIs using one DCI. At this time, the base station 100 sets the control information regarding the retransmission processing for each of the plurality of TTIs, and sets other control information (for example, resource allocation, MCS, etc.) in common for the plurality of TTIs. By allocating to multiple TTIs using one DCI, the base station 100 can reduce the ratio of control information (DCI) to resources compared with the case where DCI is transmitted individually for each TTI.

Also, since the same frequency resource is assigned to multiple TTIs, there is an advantage that the DL reference signal (RS) can be shared.

FIG. 8 shows an example of DL allocation. In FIG. 8, the number of TTIs per subframe is 4, and the number of TTIs that can be simultaneously assigned by one DCI is 4.

In FIG. 8, Resource allocation indicating presence/absence of resource allocation for each TTI is (0, 1, 1, 0), and resources are allocated to the second, third TTIs, and first, fourth TTIs. Indicates that the resource is not allocated.

As shown in FIG. 8, from the base station 100 to the terminal 200, on the frequency axis, a common frequency resource is instructed for two TTIs assigned by DCI, while the HARQ number (HARQ process number), NDI and RV are specified for each TTI.

Moreover, in DL, as a Reference signal used for DL data demodulation, a case of using a CRS (Cell specific Reference Signal) and a case of using a DMRS (Demodulation Reference signal) can be considered. In the case of CRS, terminal 200 demodulates data using CRS arranged in one subframe or one slot, regardless of whether resources are allocated to TTI.

On the other hand, in the case of DMRS, the following two methods can be considered as the demodulation method in the terminal 200.

The first method is a method in which the terminal 200 demodulates data by using only the DMRS arranged in the TTI to which the resource is allocated. In this case, the base station 100 needs to include the TTI in which the DMRS is allocated when allocating a plurality of TTIs. With this method, the amount of DMRS resources used by the terminal 200 is reduced, and thus there is an advantage that resources of other UEs can be easily allocated to other TTIs.

The second method is a method in which the terminal 200 demodulates data by using DMRS in 1 subframe or 1 slot regardless of whether or not the resource is the TTI to which the resource is allocated. In this method, when allocating a plurality of TTIs, the base station 100 does not change the DMRS that can be used by the terminal 200 regardless of which TTI the resource is allocated to, so that the demodulation accuracy in the terminal 200 can be secured. However, it is necessary to limit the antenna port of DMRS that can be used when allocating a plurality of terminals 200 to different TTIs, or to limit the allocation of TTIs to terminals 200 that can commonly use DMRS.

[Operation example 2: UL]
In this operation example, similarly to DL, the base station 100 (PDCCH generation unit 103) notifies each TTI in order to notify of resources for a plurality of TTIs in one UL subframe as control information to be notified by one DCI. TTI information (Resource allocation) indicating whether or not to perform allocation by DCI is newly added to.

For example, as the TTI information, as with the DL, the base station 100 adds bit strings for the number of TTIs that can be simultaneously assigned to one DCI. Each bit of the bit string corresponds to each TTI that can be simultaneously assigned to one DCI. For example, if a certain bit of the bit string is 1, it indicates that the corresponding TTI has an allocation, and if it is 0, it indicates that the corresponding TTI has no allocation. The terminal 200 identifies the presence or absence of allocation for each TTI based on the TTI information included in one DCI.

FIG. 9 shows an example of control information (Common) commonly set by a plurality of TTIs designated by one DCI and control information set individually for each TTI (Each TTI) in this operation example. Since there are two types of DCI formats that instruct UL data allocation, DCI format 0 and DCI format 4, FIG. 9 shows an example in which there are two types of DCI formats.

In UL allocation, unlike DL, there is no notification of HARQ process number and Redundancy version (RV), and the HARQ process number and Redundancy version (RV) are according to the pre-determined rule between the base station 100 and the terminal 200. Change. Therefore, in UL allocation, only the New data indicator (NDI) is individually transmitted to a plurality of TTIs, and other control information related to UL allocation is commonly transmitted to a plurality of TTIs. That is, the control information related to the retransmission process for UL data signals is NDI.

In this way, the base station 100 allocates to multiple TTIs using one DCI. At this time, the base station 100 sets a control signal (NDI) related to the retransmission processing for each of a plurality of TTIs, and sets other control information (for example, resource allocation, MCS, etc.) in common for a plurality of TTIs. By allocating to multiple TTIs using one DCI, the base station 100 can reduce the ratio of control information (DCI) to resources compared with the case where DCI is transmitted individually for each TTI.

Also, since the same frequency resource is assigned to multiple TTIs, there is an advantage that the UL reference signal (RS) can be shared. In particular, in UL, since it is necessary to transmit the RS for each terminal 200, the RS is shared by a plurality of TTIs, which is effective in reducing the RS and improving the measurement accuracy of the line quality.

Further, in UL, the UE transmits a retransmission signal using TTI with the same HARQ number. However, since the DCI does not include the notification of the HARQ number as described above, the TTIs corresponding to the signals of the same HARQ number are sequentially determined according to a predetermined rule. For example, in a conventional FDD that does not apply Latency reduction, the HARQ number is 8. Therefore, since the same HARQ number is used every 8 TTI, the UE can retransmit the signal every 8 TTI.

In UL, there are two retransmission methods called adaptive retransmission and non-adaptive retransmission.

Adaptive retransmission is a retransmission method in which the base station instructs the UE to perform retransmission using DCI (NDI), allocates resources with DCI every time retransmission is performed, and newly notifies MCS and the like. For allocations other than SPS (Semi Persistent Scheduling), the UE determines whether it is retransmission or new data allocation according to the NDI value. Specifically, in a certain HARQ number, the NDI notified by DCI is the same as the NDI included in the DCI that instructed the UL data signal of the same previous HARQ number (Non toggle), and the UE is retransmitted. If the NDI is different from the previous NDI (Toggle), the UE determines that new data is allocated. In adaptive retransmission, it is possible to instruct retransmission until new data is assigned with the same HARQ number, and it is also possible to instruct retransmission after 8 TTIs and 16 TTIs after 8 TTIs.

Non-Adaptive retransmission is a retransmission method in which the base station instructs the UE to retransmit with only an ACK/NACK signal indicated by PHICH (Physical HARQ Indicator Channel) and does not transmit DCI. In non-adaptive retransmission, the UE determines the presence/absence of retransmission according to PHICH. Specifically, in FDD, when 4 hours after the UL data signal is transmitted and NACK is notified by the PHICH from the base station in the DL, the UE is further TTI with the same HARQ number after 4 TTIs, and the same frequency as the previous transmission. Retransmit signal is transmitted by resource and MCS. In addition, when ACK is notified by PHICH and the UE does not detect DCI, the UE does not transmit the UL data signal with the corresponding HARQ number, but keeps the previously transmitted signal in the buffer and sends it to adaptive retransmission. Prepare

In this operation example, a case of supporting both non-adaptive retransmission and adaptive retransmission and a case of supporting only adaptive retransmission in the case of allocating multiple TTIs in Latency reduction will be described.

[When supporting Non-adaptive resend and Adaptive resend]
10A and 10B show examples of supporting both non-adaptive retransmission and adaptive retransmission. In FIGS. 10A and 10B, the number of TTIs per subframe is 4, and the number of TTIs that can be simultaneously assigned by one DCI is 4. Further, in FIGS. 10A and 10B, HARQ numbers are sequentially assigned for each TTI, and it is specified that the same HARQ number is assigned after X subframes.

In subframe N shown in FIG. 10A, Resource allocation indicating resource allocation to TTI is (1, 1, 1, 0), and new data is allocated to the first, second, and third TTIs, and 4 No data is assigned to the second TTI. For new data assigned to each TTI, frequency resource assignment (PRB) and MCS (MCS=6) are commonly set between TTIs, and NDI is set for each TTI. In FIG. 10A, all NDIs for the first, second, and third TTIs are Toggle (new data allocation).

In subframe N+X after X subframes shown in FIG. 10B (that is, a subframe having the same HARQ number as subframe N), HARQ#0 is adaptive retransmission, HARQ#1 is non-adaptive retransmission, and HARQ#. Let's assume that 2 and 3 are new data allocations.

In this case, the Resource allocation shown in FIG. 10B is (1,0,1,1).

That is, in the resource allocation shown in FIG. 10B, new data allocation and allocation to 1st TTI, 3rd TTI, and 4th TTI corresponding to HARQ numbers #0, #2, and #3 for adaptive retransmission are set (1). .. Further, in FIG. 10B, NDI for HARQ #0 for 1st TTI is Non-toggle, indicating allocation of retransmission data, NDI for HARQ #2 3rd TTI and HARQ #3 4th TTI is Toggle, and new data Indicates allocation. The same frequency resource is assigned to the 1st TTI, 3rd TII, and 4th TTI of HARQ#0, 2, and 3 assigned by one DCI, and the same MCS (MCS=7) is set.

On the other hand, in subfrme N+X, the allocation to the 2nd TTI corresponding to HARQ number #1 for non-adaptive retransmission is set to none (0). That is, the DCI notified from the base station 100 does not include allocation for the 2nd TTI for performing non-adaptive retransmission. In FIG. 10B, PHICH for the 2nd TTI of HARQ#1 is set as NACK. Therefore, in the case of non-adaptive retransmission, the terminal 200 retransmits using the same frequency resource and MCS (MCS=6) as Subframe N.

In this way, the base station 100 transmits a PHICH including an ACK/NACK signal for the UL data signal assigned by the TTI that performs non-adaptive retransmission among the plurality of TTIs, and is assigned by the TTI that performs adaptive retransmission. Send DCI including NDI for UL data signal. That is, the base station 100 does not include the allocation for TTI for performing non-adaptive retransmission in DCI. Then, the terminal 200 performs retransmission processing based on PHICH in TTI that performs non-adaptive retransmission, and performs retransmission processing based on NDI in TTI that performs adaptive retransmission.

As described above, since non-adaptive retransmission does not allocate TTI using one DCI, in a subframe including TTI in which non-adaptive retransmission is performed, new UL data allocation or adaptive retransmission is performed in another TTI. If there is no data of DCI, DCI is not transmitted. Therefore, there is an advantage that the overhead of the control signal can be reduced when there is no DCI allocation.

[When only Adaptive Retransmission is supported]
11A and 11B show an example in which only adaptive retransmission is supported. In FIGS. 11A and 11B, the number of TTIs per subframe is 4, and the number of TTIs that can be simultaneously assigned by one DCI is 4. Further, in FIGS. 11A and 11B, HARQ numbers are sequentially assigned for each TTI, and it is specified that the same HARQ number is assigned after X subframes.

In subframe N shown in FIG. 11A, Resource allocation indicating resource allocation to TTI is (1, 1, 1, 0) as in FIG. 10A, and new data is allocated to the first, second, and third TTIs. No data is assigned to the fourth TTI.

In subframe N+X after X subframes shown in FIG. 11B (that is, a subframe in which the HARQ number is the same as subframe N), HARQ#0 and #1 are adaptive retransmissions and HARQ#2 and 3 are new data allocations. Suppose there is.

In this case, the Resource allocation shown in FIG. 11B is (1, 1, 1, 1).

That is, in Resource allocation shown in FIG. 11B, new data allocation and allocation to 1st TTI, 2nd TTI, 3rd TTI, and 4th TTI corresponding to HARQ numbers #0, #1, #2, and #3 for adaptive retransmission are performed. Yes (1). Also, in FIG. 11B, NDI for HARQ #0 1st TTI and HARQ #1 2nd TTI is Non-toggle, indicating allocation of retransmission data, and HARDI NDI for HARQ #2 3rd TTI and HARQ #3 4th TTI is Toggle. And indicates new data allocation. Note that one 1stTTI of HARQ # 0, 1, 2, 3 assigned by ^{DCI, 2 nd TTI, 3 rd} TII, 4 th TTI, the same frequency resources are allocated, and the same MCS (MCS = 7) is set.

In this way, the base station 100 transmits DCI including NDI for UL data signals allocated by a plurality of TTIs for adaptive retransmission, but does not transmit PHICH. This has the advantage that PHICH resources are not required when only adaptive retransmission is supported. Note that even if any one of TTIs in one subframe has adaptive retransmission or new data allocation, the base station 100 transmits DCI in the subframe, but since retransmission data allocation can be notified by the same DCI, PHICH is unnecessary. In other words, a method that supports only adaptive retransmission that does not require PHICH is effective in reducing overhead.

Further, when only adaptive retransmission is supported, frequency allocation within one subframe and MCS are common between TTIs. Since the frequency resources are common, there is an advantage that the reference signal can be shared between TTIs and an advantage that it is unlikely to collide with data allocation of other UEs. In particular, the conventional UE data allocation is performed in subframe units or slot units, so that when the frequency resources are aligned within the subframe or in the slot, when allocating the conventional UE data resources, it is less likely to collide. There is.

In UL, when resources are not allocated to all TTIs in one subframe, terminal 200 may transmit only the reference signal allocated to the allocated TTI. In this case, when a signal addressed to another UE is assigned to another TTI, the reference signal can be transmitted in each UE.

The operation example 1 and the operation example 2 have been described above.

In this way, according to the present embodiment, base station 100 generates one DCI including control information for a plurality of shortened TTIs and transmits it to terminal 200. Also, in DCI, control information related to DL/UL data signal retransmission processing is set for each of a plurality of shortened TTIs, and control information other than control information related to retransmission processing is commonly assigned to a plurality of shortened TTIs.

As a result, the latency reduction is applied, and even if the shortened TTI is used, it is possible to suppress an increase in the proportion of DCI in the total resources. Therefore, according to the present embodiment, resources can be efficiently used even when the TTI length is shortened.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, when the TTI length is shortened, resource allocation for TTIs arranged in one subframe is included in one DCI. By this means, TTIs included in the same subframe can share the same reference signal. Therefore, since the reference signal does not need to be arranged for each TTI, it is possible to prevent the reduction of resources that can be assigned to data and the reduction of throughput. Furthermore, in Latency reduction, the allocation of TTI in subframe units is notified by DCI, which facilitates scheduling with UEs to which Latency reduction is not applied (that is, UEs to which resources are assigned in subframe units). Become.

Further, according to the present embodiment, the DCI includes information (Resource allocation) indicating the presence or absence of allocation for each of the plurality of shortened TTIs. By this means, terminal 200 can identify the presence or absence of allocation for a plurality of TTIs if DCI can be correctly received. For example, when multiple TTIs are notified by individual DCI, the situation in which the UE cannot detect DCI (misdetection) may occur despite the fact that the base station transmitted DCI, this implementation In the form of, misdetection can be avoided.

In addition, although the HARQ number is illustrated in the present embodiment, the HARQ number is counted by the base station 100 and the terminal 200, and is not limited to a common value. In addition, the number of HARQ numbers is specified, and by counting up the HARQ number in Cyclic for each TTI in the base station 100 and the terminal 200, the same HARQ process is performed between the base station 100 and the terminal 200. You can recognize that there is.

Further, in the present embodiment, it is premised that the UL does not notify the HARQ number in DCI and that the base station 100 and the terminal 200 have the same HARQ process, but in UL, the same as DL. May be informed of the HARQ number. In this case, as in DL, HARQ numbers are individually set for UL multiple TTIs in DCI.

Also, a case has been described in which a plurality of TTIs that can be assigned using one DCI are set as TTIs within one subframe. However, a plurality of TTIs that can be assigned using one DCI are set within a 1slot or are defined in advance. It may be a TTI number. The above-mentioned advantage of allocating a plurality of TTIs can be obtained also in one slot or as a prescribed number of TTIs.

Further, DCIs to which a plurality of TTIs are allocated may be arranged only in PDCCH and not arranged in EPDCCH. Since the PDCCH is arranged at the beginning of the subframe, it is possible to shorten the time when the terminal 200 can complete the DCI reception. On the other hand, the EPDCCH is arranged up to the last OFDM symbol of the subframe, and thus the terminal 200 has a feature that it takes a long time to complete the DCI reception. Therefore, the base station 100 arranges DCI on the PDCCH to quickly complete the DCI reception at the terminal 200, and in Latency reduction, the terminal 200 feeds back an ACK/NACK signal for DL data, or a UL data signal. Has the advantage of being able to secure the preparation period until the transmission of.

On the contrary, DCIs to which a plurality of TTIs are allocated may be arranged only in EPDCCH and not arranged in PDCCH. Since the PDCCH is placed at the beginning of the subframe, the resource amount is limited. The DCI instructing a plurality of TTIs is characterized in that it has a larger amount of information and a longer code length than the DCI instructing only one TTI. On the other hand, the EPDCCH has the feature that the resource amount can be adjusted more easily than the PDCCH because the resources can be increased in the frequency direction. Therefore, the base station 100 can prevent the tightness of PDCCH resources by allocating DCIs to which multiple TTIs are allocated only in EPDCCHs.

Although the resource in which DCI is allocated is PDCCH or EPDCCH, it may be New PDCCH newly set for Latency reduction.

(Embodiment 2)
The present embodiment describes a method of transmitting an ACK/NACK signal for DL data signals assigned to a plurality of TTIs in one subframe when applying latency reduction.

The base station and terminal according to the present embodiment have the same basic configuration as base station 100 and terminal 200 according to Embodiment 1, and will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6.

When a plurality of TTI DL data signals are allocated per subframe, an ACK/NACK signal for the DL data signal is generated for each TTI. Further, since the ACK/NACK signal is set for each codeword, when the DL data signal is assigned, one or two ACK/NACK signals are generated per TTI.

Here, as described in Embodiment 1, it is assumed that base station 100 notifies terminal 200 of allocation of a plurality of TTIs using one DCI. In this case, the PUCCH resource used to transmit the ACK/NACK signal may be implicitly determined in association with the CCE (Control Channel Element) number or ECCE (Enhanced CCE) number of the PDCCH or EPDCCH that transmitted the DCI. is assumed. In this way, there is an advantage that even if the latency reduction is applied, it is not necessary to newly instruct the location of the PUCCH resource.

[Description of PUCCH resource]
The PUCCH resource format used for transmitting the ACK/NACK signal differs depending on the number of bits of the ACK/NACK signal.

When the ACK/NACK signal is 1 bit, PUCCH format 1a is used, and when the ACK/NACK signal is 2 bits, PUCCH format 1b is used. When the ACK/NACK signal has 3 bits or more, the number of bits is reduced by bundling/multiplexing or channel selection, and PUCCH format 1a/1b or PUCCH format 3 is used. In addition, PUCCH format 3 is used when it is instructed to use PUCCH format 3 in the upper layer.

Frequency hopping is applied to the transmission of PUCCH, and PUCCH is transmitted at different frequencies (PRB) in the 1st slot and 2nd slot of UL.

12A and 12B are conceptual diagrams of PUCCH resources of PUCCH format 1a/1b.

As shown in FIGS. 12A and 12B, in the case of Normal CP, in PUCCH format 1a/1b, ACK/NACK signals are arranged in SC-FDMA symbol#0, 1, 5, 6 in each slot, and Reference signal (RS) is allocated to SC-FDMA symbol#2, 3, and 4 in each slot. The ACK/NACK signal is coded in an Orthogonal sequence having a code length of 4, and the Reference signal is coded in an Orthogonal sequence having a code length of 3. However, as shown in FIG. 12B, when the SRS is arranged in the final OFDM symbol of the 2nd slot, the ACK/NACK signal is also encoded in the orthogonal sequences of code length 3.

PUCCH format 3 is a format in which multiple ACK/NACK bits can be transmitted simultaneously, and up to 48 bits can be transmitted. The reference signal is allocated to SC-FDMA symbols #1 and 5 in each slot in the case of normal CP, and is allocated to SC-FDMA symbol #3 in each slot in extended CP (for example, Non-Patent Document 2). See).

Hereinafter, operation examples 1 and 2 according to the present embodiment will be described.

[Operation example 1]
In this operation example, the terminal 200 (signal allocating unit 210) shares the arrangement of ACK/NACK signals generated for each TTI with the arrangement of ACK/NACK signals and Reference sisgnal of the conventional PUCCH format 1a/1b. ..

However, the terminal 200 limits the position where the ACK/NACK signal is arranged for each TTI. For example, the terminal 200 allocates the ACK/NACK signal for the DL data signal in UL in the order allocated by the DL TTI. That is, the ACK/NACK signal for the DL data signal transmitted at the earlier TTI among the plurality of TTIs is allocated to the earlier resource of the PUCCH resources. By this means, the base station 100 can reduce the delay amount of the ACK/NACK signal when receiving the ACK/NACK signals for the DL data signals transmitted in a plurality of TTIs.

Further, in this operation example, the reference signal arranged in the slot is shared between the TTIs transmitted in the same slot.

<For 2 TTIs per subframe>
The terminal 200 transmits the ACK/NACK signal for the DL data signal assigned to the 1st slot in the DL, even in the UL, only in the 1st slot of the PUCCH resource, and ACK/NACK the DL data signal assigned to the 2nd slot in the DL. Send signals in UL, only in the 2nd slot of PUCCH resource.

At this time, terminal 200 uses the same Orthogonal sequences as the conventional PUCCH for ACK/NACK signals.

In this way, in the PUCCH resource of the terminal 200 to which the latency reduction is applied, the frequency hopping gain is eliminated, but since it is encoded with the same Orthogonal sequences as the conventional UE, the orthogonality with the conventional PUCCH resource is maintained, and the simultaneous The advantage is that allocation is possible.

<4TTI per subframe>
FIG. 13 shows allocation of PUCCH resources (SC-FDMA symbols) for transmitting an ACK/NACK signal for a DL data signal allocated to a TTI in a subframe in DL in the case of 4TTI per subframe.

As shown in FIG. 13, 1st slot of the UL, the common ACK / NACK signal corresponding to 1st TTI and 2nd TTI, 2 ^nd slot for UL is common ACK / NACK signal corresponding to 3rd TTI and 4th TTI And Further, as shown in FIG. 13, since the number of SC-FDMA symbols for transmitting the ACK/NACK signal corresponding to each TTI is 2, the code length of the orthogonal sequences is 2. For example, the Sequence index #0 is a code [+1 +1], and the Sequence index #1 is a [+1 -1]. Moreover, the reference signal is assigned to SC-FDMA#2, 3, and 4, and the code length of the orthogonal sequences is 3.

14A and 14B show an operation example in the case of 4 TTI per subframe.

In the DL shown in FIG. 14A, DL data signals are assigned to 2nd TTI, 3rd TTI, and 4th TTI.

In FIG. 14B, the terminal 200 transmits an ACK/NACK signal for the DL data signal assigned by the DL 2nd TTI by SC-FDMA#5, 6 of the UL 1st slot. At that time, the terminal 200 transmits a Reference signal for 2nd TTI by SC-FDMA#2, 3, and 4 of 1st slot.

Also, in FIG. 14B, the terminal 200 transmits an ACK/NACK signal for the DL data signal allocated in the 3rd TT of the DL using SC-FDMA#0,1 of the UL 2nd slot, and allocates in the 4th TTI of the DL. The ACK/NACK signal for the DL data signal is transmitted by SC-FDMA#5 and 6 of UL 2nd slot. At that time, the terminal 200 transmits the reference signals for the 3rd TTI and the 4th TTI by SC-FDMA#2, 3, 4 of the 2nd slot. That is, the Reference signal is shared by the 3rd TTI and the 4th TTI.

When the last SC-FDMA symbol (SC-FDMA#6) of the UL 2nd slot is secured in the SRS, one symbol (SC-FDMA#5) can transmit the 4th TTI ACK/NACK signal. In this case, as a method of transmitting the ACK/NACK signal, a method of transmitting the ACK/NACK signal with only one symbol, and a method of transmitting the ACK/NACK signal of the 3rd TTI and the ACK/NACK signal of the 4th TTI by Bundling or multiplexing. There is. Bundling is a method of reducing the number of bits when the number of ACK/NACK bits is larger than the number of bits that can be transmitted, and the amount of information is reduced. Also, Multiplexing is a method in which each ACK/NACK signal has 1 bit, and is combined (multiplexed) to 2 bits and transmitted in Format 1b.

The method of transmitting the ACK/NACK signal with only one symbol has an advantage that the delay time of the ACK/NACK signal of the 3rd TTI does not have to be extended, although the reception quality of the ACK/NACK signal of the 4th TTI is deteriorated.

On the other hand, the method of transmitting the ACK/NACK signal of the 3rd TTI and the ACK/NACK signal of the 4th TTI by Bundling or multiplexing, the delay time of the ACK/NACK signal of the 3rd TTI is long, but the ACK/NACK after Bundling. There is an advantage that the reception quality of the signal can be secured. Specifically, terminal 200 arranges ACK/NACK signals in SC-FDMA symbols #0, 1, 5 of the 2nd slot and sets the code length of the orthogonal sequences to 3.

<14 TTI per subframe>
In the case of 14 TTIs per subframe, when the ACK/NACK signal is transmitted for each TTI, there are not enough SC-FDMA symbols for transmitting the reference signal (RS). Therefore, in this operation example, the terminal 200 bundling or multiplexes ACK/NACK signals of a plurality of TTIs and transmits.

FIG. 15 shows allocation of PUCCH resources (SC-FDMA symbols) for transmitting an ACK/NACK signal for a DL data signal allocated to a TTI in a subframe in DL in the case of 14 TTI per subframe.

When DL data is allocated to a plurality of TTIs, the terminal 200 bundles or multiplexes the ACK/NACK signal and sets the number of SC-FDMA symbols for transmitting the ACK/NACK signal to 2. Therefore, the code length of the Orthogonal sequences of the ACK/NACK signals of each TTI is 2 as in 4 TTI per subframe. Moreover, the reference signal is assigned to SC-FDMA#2, 3, and 4, and the code length of the orthogonal sequences is 3.

As shown in FIG. 15, in UL, SC-FDMA symbols #0, 1 of 1st slot are common to ACK/NACK signals corresponding to 1st TTI to 4th TTI, and SC-FDMA symbols #5, 6 of 1st slot. Are common to ACK/NACK signals corresponding to 5th TTI to 7th TTI, SC-FDMA symbols #0 and 1 of 2nd slot are common to ACK/NACK signals corresponding to 8th TTI to 11th TTI, and 2nd slot SC-FDMA symbols #5 and 6 are common to ACK/NACK signals corresponding to 12th TTI to 14th TTI.

As a method for applying bundling and multiplexing in the case of 14 TTIs per subframe, if the total number of codewords of multiple TTIs is 2 or less, the terminal 200 does not apply bundling and multiplexing and ACKs each codeword. Alternatively, a signal corresponding to NACK is transmitted by BPSK or QPSK.

On the other hand, when the total number of codewords of a plurality of TTIs is 3 or more, the terminal 200 first Bundling (Spatial bundling) the ACK/NACK signal if a plurality of codewords are assigned in the TTI. As the Bundling method, for example, the Bundling method used in the carrier aggregation of TDD (see FIG. 16) is followed.

In this operation example, as shown in FIG. 15, the maximum ACK/NACK signal of 4 TTI is transmitted as one signal, so the maximum number of ACK/NACK bits after spatial bundling is 4. When the number of ACK/NACK bits after Spatial bundling is 2, terminal 200 transmits a signal corresponding to ACK or NACK by QPSK.

On the other hand, when the number of ACK/NACK bits after Spatial bundling is 3 or 4, terminal 200 further bundles ACK/NACK signals between TTIs. As the Bundling method, for example, the method used at the time of TDD carrier aggregation (see FIG. 17) is followed. By this Bundling, the bit number of the ACK/NACK signal is compressed to 2 bits.

FIG. 18 shows an operation example in the case of 14 TTI per subframe.

In the case where the ACK/NACK signal is transmitted with the SC-FDMA symbol #0,1 of the 1st slot shown in FIG. 18, the DL data signal is assigned to two TTIs, the 1st TTI and the 2nd TTI, and the number of codewords of each is 1 and the total number of codewords is 2.

In addition, in the case where the ACK/NACK signal is transmitted in the SC-FDMA symbols #5 and 6 of the 2nd slot shown in FIG. 18, the DL data signal is assigned to one TTI of the 12th TTI, and two codewords are transmitted by MIMO transmission. It is assigned.

Therefore, in these cases where the total number of codewords of a plurality of TTIs is 2 or less, the terminal 200 transmits a signal corresponding to ACK or NACK of each codeword by BPSK or QPSK.

Next, in the case where the ACK/NACK signal is transmitted with the 1st slot SC-FDMA symbols #5 and 6 shown in FIG. 18, DL data signals are assigned to three TTIs, 5th TTI, 6th TTI, and 7th TTI, The number of each codeword is 1, and the total number of codewords is 3. In this case, the terminal 200 in accordance with FIG. 17, 5th TTI, 6thTTI, 7 th the TTI of the ACK / NACK signal Time domain to bundling (3 to 2 bundling). In FIG. 18, since the three ACK/NACK signals of TTI are ACK, ACK, and ACK, respectively, after Bundling, they are ACK and ACK.

Also, in the case where the ACK/NACK signal is transmitted with the SC-FDMA symbol #0,1 of the 2nd slot shown in FIG. 18, DL data signals are assigned to four TTIs of 8th TTI, 9th TTI, 10th TTI, and 11th TTI. In each TTI, two codewords are assigned by MIMO transmission. Therefore, the total number of codewords is eight. In this case, the terminal 200 first Spatial Bundling the ACK/NACK signal in each TTI according to FIG. 16, and then time domain Bundling (4 to 2 bundling) the ACK/NACK signal between TTIs according to FIG. Compress the ACK/NACK signal to 2 bits. In FIG. 18, the ACK/NACK signal of each TTI after Spatial bundling becomes ACK, ACK, NACK, NACK, and the ACK/NACK signal after Time domain bundling becomes NACK, ACK.

It should be noted that this operation example is premised on the method of allocating a plurality of TTIs described in the first embodiment. Therefore, if the terminal 200 can correctly receive DCI, all DL data allocation of TTIs in the same subframe is performed. Can receive correctly. Therefore, the terminal 200 does not make a mistake in the total number of codewords. This is also an advantage of the first embodiment. Therefore, the terminal 200 can perform Bundling or multiplexing only on the TTI for which data allocation has occurred, compress the ACK/NACK signal, and transmit the compressed ACK/NACK signal.

[Operation example 2]
In this operation example, the terminal 200 performs Bundling or multiplexing of the ACK/NACK signal generated for each TTI, and arranges the ACK/NACK signals over the ACK/NACK resources in one UL subframe.

This can support frequency hopping for PUCCH.

Further, in this operation example, the terminal 200 uses the existing PUCCH format regardless of the number of TTIs in one subframe. This has the advantage that PUCCH resources can be shared with conventional UEs.

For example, when PUCCH format 1a/1b is used and PUCCH format 3 is not used, the terminal 200 compresses all TTI ACK/NACK signals to 2 bits. Similar to the operation example 1 of the present embodiment, the compression method performs spatial domain bundling of ACK/NACK signals of a plurality of codewords within TTI and then time domain bundling between TTIs (see FIGS. 16 and 17).

When the number of assigned TTIs per subframe is 2, the ACK/NACK signal can be compressed to 2 bits by Spatial bundling, so Time domain bundling between TTIs is unnecessary.

When the number of assigned TTIs per subframe is 3 or 4, the terminal 200 performs Time domain Bundling between TTIs in addition to Spatial bundling. Time domain bundling is performed according to FIG. When the application of Channel selection is predetermined, terminal 200 can transmit a 3-bit or 4-bit ACK/NACK signal without performing time domain bundling.

Further, when the number of assigned TTIs per subframe is 5 or more, terminal 200 compresses the ACK/NACK signal to 4 bits when the application of Channel selection is predetermined. On the other hand, when the application of Channel selection is not defined, the terminal 200 compresses the ACK/NACK signal to 2 bits. As a compression method from an ACK/NACK signal of 5 bits or more to an ACK/NACK signal of 2 bits, for example, the method shown in FIG. 17 can be considered.

Moreover, when transmission in PUCCH format 3 is permitted by the signal of the upper layer, terminal 200 can transmit a plurality of ACK/NACK signals using PUCCH format 3. In this case, since the terminal 200 can transmit the ACK/NACK signal without compressing it, there is an advantage that the information amount of the ACK/NACK signal does not decrease.

In the present embodiment, the case where the ACK/NACK signal is transmitted using the PUCCH resource has been described.However, when the UL data signal is assigned to the subframe and TTI for transmitting the PUCCH, the ACK/NACK signal is transmitted to the UL. There is also a method of transmitting the data on a data signal. In this case, the terminal 200 transmits a plurality of ACK/NACK signals corresponding to the DL TTI if the UL data signal is assigned to any one of the UL TTIs. May be. By doing so, the PUCCH format and the PUSCH format do not coexist in the UL subframe, and the terminal 200 has an advantage that the subframe can be transmitted in one format.

The operation example 1 and the operation example 2 have been described above.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, when terminal 200 transmits the ACK/NACK signal for the DL data signal transmitted in the shortened TTI using the PUCCH resource, it supports the TTI of a shorter time among the plurality of shortened TTIs. The ACK/NACK signal to be allocated is allocated to a resource (SC-FDMA symbol) of an earlier time among PUCCH resources. By doing so, the ACK/NACK signal corresponding to the earlier TTI among the plurality of shortened TTIs in one subframe is fed back to the base station 100 earlier, and the delay amount of the ACK/NACK signal can be reduced. ..

Further, in the present embodiment, the Reference signal arranged in the slot is shared with the TTI corresponding to the ACK/NACK signal arranged in one slot. By doing this, it is not necessary to allocate a Reference signal for each TTI.

Note that the present embodiment has been described on the premise that base station 100 notifies terminal 200 of allocation of a plurality of TTIs using one DCI, as in the first embodiment. However, in the present embodiment, the method of notifying the allocation of a plurality of TTIs is not limited to the method described in Embodiment 1, and other methods may be used. The method of the present embodiment can be applied to a case where DL data signals are allocated by DCI for each TTI, without assuming the method of allocating a plurality of TTIs of the first embodiment. In this case, of the plurality of TTIs, there may be a TTI in which the terminal 200 cannot detect DCI (misdetection) even though the base station 100 transmits DCI. In this case, the base station 100 can specify the TTI to be subjected to the Bundling or multiplexing by adding the information on the number of assigned TTIs to the DCI. By this means, when the base station 100 and the terminal 200 can identify the TTI that the terminal 200 could not detect, the base station 100 and the terminal 200 can handle the DTI as the same as NACK.

Further, the present embodiment has described the method of compressing an ACK/NACK signal based on FDD. However, when applied to TDD, the method of the present embodiment can be applied by further applying bundling between subframes.

The embodiments of the present disclosure have been described above.

Note that, although cases have been described with the above embodiment as examples where an aspect of the present disclosure is configured by hardware, the present disclosure can also be implemented by software in cooperation with hardware.

Each functional block used in the description of the above embodiments is typically realized as an LSI which is an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit may control each functional block used in the description of the above embodiment, and may have an input and an output. These may be individually made into one chip, or may be made into one chip so as to include some or all of them. The name used here is LSI, but it may also be called IC, system LSI, super LSI, or ultra LSI depending on the degree of integration.

Further, the method of circuit integration is not limited to LSI, and it may be realized by a dedicated circuit or a general-purpose processor. A field programmable gate array (FPGA) that can be programmed after the LSI is manufactured, or a reconfigurable processor capable of reconfiguring the connection and setting of circuit cells inside the LSI may be used.

Furthermore, if an integrated circuit technology comes out to replace LSI's as a result of the advancement of semiconductor technology or a derivative other technology, it is naturally also possible to carry out function block integration using this technology. The application of biotechnology is possible.

A base station according to the present disclosure includes a generation unit that generates one Downlink Control Information (DCI) including control information for a plurality of first TTIs having a shorter TTI length than a second TTI (Transmission Time Interval). A transmission unit for transmitting DCI, and in the DCI, control information related to retransmission processing of a data signal is set for each of the plurality of first TTIs, related to frequency resources and MCS (Modulation and coding scheme). Control information is commonly set for the plurality of first TTIs, and DMRS (Demodulation Reference signal) is arranged for the plurality of first TTIs.

In the base station of the present disclosure, the DCI includes information indicating whether or not there is allocation for each of the plurality of first TTIs.

In the base station of the present disclosure, in DCI, control information regarding retransmission processing for downlink data signals is HARQ process number, New Data Indicator (NDI), Redundancy Version (RV), or a plurality of transport blocks and codewords. Is information indicating a combination of.

In the base station of the present disclosure, in DCI, control information related to retransmission processing for uplink data signals is New Data Indicator (NDI).

In the base station of the present disclosure, the transmitting unit transmits a PHICH (Physical HARQ Indicator Channel) including an ACK/NACK signal for an uplink data signal assigned by a TTI that performs non-adaptive retransmission among a plurality of first TTIs. Then, DCI including NDI for the uplink data signal assigned by TTI for adaptive retransmission is transmitted, and DCI does not include assignment for TTI for non-adaptive retransmission.

In the base station of the present disclosure, the transmission unit transmits DCI including NDI for uplink data signals allocated by a plurality of first TTIs performing adaptive retransmission, and the transmission unit transmits PHICH (Physical HARQ Indicator Channel). do not do.

In the base station of the present disclosure, the plurality of first TTIs are arranged in one subframe.

In the base station of the present disclosure, the plurality of first TTIs are arranged in one slot.

The base station according to the present disclosure further includes a receiving unit that receives an ACK/NACK signal for the downlink data signal transmitted at the first TTI, and is transmitted at a TTI that is earlier in the first TTI. The ACK/NACK signal for the downlink data signal is allocated to the resource of earlier time among the uplink resources.

In the base station of the present disclosure, the receiving unit receives the reference signal, and the reference signal is shared among the TTIs in which ACK/NACK is arranged in the same slot among the plurality of first TTIs.

The base station according to the present disclosure further includes a receiving unit that receives an ACK/NACK signal for the downlink data signal transmitted in the first TTI, and the ACK/NACK signals respectively corresponding to the first TTI are Bundling or They are multiplexed and arranged over the resources for ACK/NACK in one subframe.

A terminal according to the present disclosure includes a receiving unit that receives one Downlink Control Information (DCI) including control information for a plurality of first TTIs having a TTI length shorter than a second TTI (Transmission Time Interval), and the DCI. Using a signal separation unit for separating a downlink data signal from a received signal, and using the DCI, a signal allocation unit for allocating an uplink data signal to an uplink resource, and in the DCI, a retransmission process of a data signal. Control information regarding the plurality of first TTIs is set for each of the plurality of first TTIs, and control information regarding frequency resources and MCS (Modulation and coding scheme) is set commonly for the plurality of first TTIs, and DMRS (Demodulation Reference). signal) is assigned to the first TTIs.

The communication method of the present disclosure generates one Downlink Control Information (DCI) including control information for a plurality of first TTIs having a TTI length shorter than a second TTI (Transmission Time Interval), and transmits the DCI. However, in the DCI, control information regarding a data signal retransmission process is set for each of the plurality of first TTIs, and control information regarding frequency resources and MCS (Modulation and coding scheme) is included in the plurality of first TTIs. The DMRS (Demodulation Reference signal) is commonly set for TTIs and is assigned to the plurality of first TTIs.

A communication method according to the present disclosure receives one Downlink Control Information (DCI) including control information for a plurality of first TTIs having a shorter TTI length than a second TTI (Transmission Time Interval), and uses the DCI. Then, the downlink data signal is separated from the received signal, the uplink data signal is assigned to the uplink resource by using the DCI, and in the DCI, the control information regarding the retransmission process of the data signal is for each of the plurality of first TTIs. Control information regarding frequency resources and MCS (Modulation and coding scheme) that are set are commonly set for the plurality of first TTIs, and DMRS (Demodulation Reference signal) are arranged for the plurality of first TTIs. ..

One aspect of the present disclosure is useful for mobile communication systems.

100 base station 101 TTI determining unit 102 MCS determining unit 103 PDCCH generating unit 104, 208 error correction coding unit 105, 209 modulating unit 106, 210 signal allocating unit 107, 211 transmitting unit 108, 201 receiving unit 109, 202 signal separating unit 110 PUCCH receiving unit 111, 203 Demodulating unit 112, 204 Error correction decoding unit 113 ACK/NACK determining unit 200 Terminal 205 Error determining unit 206 ACK/NACK generating unit 207 PDCCH receiving unit

Claims (10)

A circuit for generating downlink control information (DCI) for resource allocation in a plurality of time units,
A transmitter for transmitting the DCI,
Equipped with,
The DCI includes first information for each of the plurality of time units and second information for all of the plurality of time units, the second information including frequency resource allocation and MCS,
base station. The DCI includes information indicating the presence or absence of resource allocation for each of the plurality of time units,
The base station according to claim 1. The first information includes HARQ process number, New Data Indicator (NDI), Redundancy Version (RV), or information indicating a combination of a plurality of transport blocks and codewords,
The base station according to claim 1 or 2. The DCI is used for resource allocation of uplink data in the plurality of time units,
The base station according to claim 1. The plurality of time units are included in one subframe,
The base station according to claim 1. The plurality of time units are included in one slot,
The base station according to claim 1. Each of the plurality of time units is shorter than one subframe,
The base station according to claim 1. Each of the plurality of time units is shorter than one slot,
The base station according to claim 1. Generating downlink control information (DCI) for resource allocation in multiple time units,
Transmitting the DCI,
Equipped with,
The DCI includes first information for each of the plurality of time units and second information for all of the plurality of time units, the second information including frequency resource allocation and MCS,
Communication method. A process of generating downlink control information (DCI) for resource allocation in a plurality of time units,
A process of transmitting the DCI,
Control
The DCI includes first information for each of the plurality of time units and second information for all of the plurality of time units, the second information including frequency resource allocation and MCS,
Integrated circuit.

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