User Terminal Radio Resource Allocation Offset Method

Resolve Bottlenecks,
Find Innovative Solutions
Generate Solutions

Solution Overview

Problem

Existing LTE resource allocation methods face challenges in ultra-wideband communications, leading to increased information requirements and potential throughput drops in next-generation radio communication systems like 5G.

Innovation Solution

A user terminal and radio communication method that allocates resources by using relative coordinates and amounts with respect to a reference resource, reducing the number of control information bits needed, thereby maintaining throughput even in wideband communications.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If existing LTE resource allocation methods are applied to ultra-wideband communications, then resource allocation can be performed, but the amount of control information increases and throughput may drop

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovethroughputVSAvoidcontrol information bits
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the resource allocation information into two parts: (1) common information shared across multiple users, and (2) user-specific differential information. By segmenting the control information this way, the patent reduces the number of bits needed for resource allocation in ultra-wideband communications while maintaining allocation accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the parameter representation method by using relative resource allocation offsets instead of absolute resource indices. This parameter transformation reduces the number of bits required to represent resource allocations in wideband scenarios, directly addressing the control information overhead problem.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Manufacturing precision

If resource allocation information is increased to support ultra-wideband communications, then resource allocation accuracy improves, but control overhead increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresource allocation accuracyVSAvoidcontrol information structure
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides resource allocation information into segmented components that can be efficiently encoded. By segmenting the allocation data into common and differential parts, the patent achieves precise resource allocation without requiring a complete increase in control information structure complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies partial action by transmitting only the necessary differential information for each user rather than complete resource allocation information. This approach maintains allocation accuracy for the specific resources needed while avoiding excessive control overhead for the entire ultra-wideband spectrum.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentEP3496487B1User equipment and radio communication method
Publication Date: 2022.01.19 NTT DOCOMO INC
  • EP3496487B1 patent drawingFigure 1
  • EP3496487B1 patent drawingFigure 2
  • EP3496487B1 patent drawingFigure 3

AI summary

The present invention is designed so that that resources are allocated adequately even in broadband communication. A user terminal, according to one aspect of the present invention, has a receiving section that receives specifying information for specifying a frequency offset of a radio resource relative to a reference resource and/or an allocation resource amount of the radio resource, and a control section that determines allocation of the radio resource based on the specifying information.