Terminal TTI Management for SPS and Dynamic Scheduling

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Solution Overview

Problem

The existing LTE system faces challenges in managing different Transmission Time Intervals (TTIs) for Semi-Persistent Scheduling (SPS) and Dynamic Scheduling (DS), leading to inefficiencies and increased transmission delay when they operate under different TTI lengths, which affects system compatibility and resource utilization.

Innovation Solution

A data communication method and terminal configuration that allow for separate TTI management for SPS and DS by determining the specific time resources for each within a time unit, enabling communication at different TTIs without overlapping, thus ensuring compatibility with existing LTE systems and optimizing resource allocation.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of time

If a unified TTI is determined according to the service with minimum delay requirement, then transmission delay is reduced, but resources are wasted

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetransmission delayVSAvoidresource waste
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of timeVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically adjusts TTI length based on service type and traffic conditions. Different TTIs are configured for different services: short TTI for delay-sensitive services and conventional TTI for other services, allowing optimal resource utilization while meeting diverse delay requirements

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Loss of time

If DS and SPS correspond to different TTIs, then transmission delay is reduced for short-delay services, but the existing working mechanism with SPS overridden by DS becomes inapplicable

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetransmission delayVSAvoidscheduling mechanism complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of timeVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the time-frequency resource into distinct regions for SPS and DS transmissions. By allocating specific time resources to SPS and others to DS within a time unit, the system avoids resource conflicts and enables independent TTI management for each scheduling type, resolving the inapplicability of the override mechanism

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Different TTI lengths are applied locally to different scheduling types: short TTI for SPS transmissions and conventional TTI for DS transmissions. This localized adaptation allows the system to optimize for short-delay services while maintaining compatibility with existing DS mechanisms

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Loss of time

If short TTI is used for transmission, then transmission delay is shortened, but control signaling overhead increases and spectrum efficiency decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetransmission delayVSAvoidcontrol signaling overhead
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of timeVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically selects TTI length based on service requirements and traffic conditions. Short TTI is used only for delay-sensitive services where it provides benefit, while conventional TTI is used for other services, thereby avoiding unnecessary control signaling overhead and maintaining spectrum efficiency

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentEP3768023B1Data transmission method and terminal
Publication Date: 2022.08.24 GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP LTD
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AI summary

The present invention discloses a data transmission method and a terminal. In the method, the terminal supports transmissions with different TTL The method comprises: a base station instructing the terminal to use, on the basis of a target time unit of a target carrier wave, a first TTI for transmitting first data for semi-persistent scheduling and a second TTI for transmitting a second data for dynamic scheduling; and determining, on the basis of respective positions in the target time unit of a first time resource occupied for transmitting semi-persistent scheduling and of a second time resource occupied for transmitting dynamic scheduling, to transmit at least one of the first data and the second data, thereby achieving dynamic scheduling and semi-persistent scheduling using different TTIs.