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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2017
Applicant:
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Phong Nguyen, Victoria, AU;
Yuanrong Lan, Victoria, AU;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/00 (2006.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04L 1/16 (2006.01); H04L 5/16 (2006.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04L 5/14 (2006.01); H04L 1/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/0493 (2013.01); H04L 1/16 (2013.01); H04L 1/1861 (2013.01); H04L 5/0053 (2013.01); H04L 5/0055 (2013.01); H04L 5/14 (2013.01); H04L 5/1469 (2013.01); H04L 5/16 (2013.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method is disclosed for PHICH resource allocation in a wireless communication system that supports flexible TDD UL-DL configuration and in which different TDD UL-DL configurations are available and the TDD UL-DL configuration used by first UEs which operate according to the flexible TDD configuration can be different to the TDD UL-DL configuration used by second UEs which operate according to a long term TDD UL-DL configuration. The method comprising allocating a PHICH resource for both first UEs and second UEs according to LTE timing rules applicable to the TDD UL-DL configuration in use by second UEs.