Separate resource partitioning management for uplink control and uplink data signals

摘要

Transmission management is provided with separate resource partitioning management for control and data transmissions. An evolved node B (eNB) generates separate resource partition schedules for the transmission stream, in which a first schedule is used for data transmissions while a second schedule is used for control signal transmissions. The two separate schemes may have different periodicities or different subframe type assignments that benefit either data or control transmissions or that allow for coordination of both data and control. The eNBs may broadcast the different schedules in regular system information messages, in which the UEs served by these eNBs will configure data and control signal transmissions according to the appropriate resource partition schedules.

主权项

1. A method of wireless communication, comprising:
generating a first resource partition schedule for at least one uplink (UL) control signal; generating a second resource partition schedule for at least one UL data signal, said first and second resource partition schedules applicable to a same transmission frame structure; transmitting said first resource partition schedule and said second resource partition schedule to a user equipment (UE); and receiving a transmission frame from said UE, said transmission frame configured according to said first resource partition schedule and said second resource partition schedule, wherein said first resource partition schedule uses a first subframe class assignment configuration specifying one of a plurality of subframe classes for each of a plurality of subframes for the at least one UL control signal, and said second resource partition schedule uses a second subframe class assignment configuration specifying one of the plurality of subframe classes for each of a plurality of subframes for the at least one UL data signal, wherein the plurality of subframe classes indicate whether a respective subframe is potentially interfered by one or more neighbor base stations, and wherein said second subframe class assignment configuration is different from said first subframe class assignment configuration.