NRIV Calculation for PDSCH Resource Allocation in SCG

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current communication systems, such as LTE and emerging New Radio (NR) standards, face challenges in efficiently managing resource allocation for PDSCH and HARQ-ACK in Secondary Cell Groups (SCGs), leading to suboptimal communication performance.

Innovation Solution

The proposed solution involves a terminal apparatus and base station apparatus that utilize specific frequency domain resource allocation rules for PDCCH and PDSCH, where the value NRIV is calculated based on the number of resource blocks and the starting resource block in the downlink BWP, ensuring efficient scheduling and acknowledgment transmission.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If frequency domain resource allocation is optimized using the proposed NRIV calculation method, then communication efficiency is improved, but device complexity increases due to additional calculation operations

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecommunication efficiencyVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the parameter calculation method for frequency domain resource allocation by introducing a new NRIV calculation that considers both the number of resource blocks (LRBs) and the starting resource block position (RBstart). This parameter transformation enables more efficient resource allocation by optimizing the mapping between DCI format values and actual physical resource blocks, thereby improving communication efficiency while managing device complexity through a systematic mathematical approach.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Manufacturing precision

If resource allocation precision is improved through detailed NRIV calculation, then scheduling accuracy is improved, but processing time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvescheduling accuracyVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces complex iterative resource allocation mechanisms with a direct mathematical calculation system. By substituting the traditional mechanical resource allocation process with a closed-form NRIV calculation formula, the system achieves high scheduling accuracy without incurring additional processing time delays. The mathematical substitution eliminates the need for iterative searches or complex decision trees, providing both precision and speed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Data Source

PatentUS11910384B2Terminal apparatus, base station apparatus, and communication method
Publication Date: 2024.02.20 SHARP KK
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AI summary

A terminal apparatus includes a receiver configured to monitor a PDCCH with a DCI format on an active downlink BWP in a serving cell in a Secondary Cell Group (SCG), the DCI format being used for scheduling a PDSCH, and receive the PDSCH on the downlink BWP, and a transmitter configured to transmit a HARQ-ACK on a PUCCH. A value NRIV of a frequency domain resource allocation field included in the DCI format is equal to NsizeBWP*(LRBs−1)+RBstart, in a case that LRBS−1 is equal to or smaller than floor(NsizeBWP*2), the value NRIV is equal to NsizeBWP*(NsizeBWP−LRBs+1)+(NsizeBWP−1−RBstart) in a case that LRBS−1 is larger than floor(NsizeBWP/2), the floor(NsizeBWP/2) represents a largest integer within a range that does not exceed NsizeBWP/2, the RBstart is a starting resource block for allocation of the PDSCH, the LRBs is a number of resource blocks allocated to the PDSCH, and the NsizeBWP is given based on the number of resource blocks in an initial downlink BWP configured by a first parameter in a case that the DCI format is detected in a common search space.