This application claims priority to and the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2012-0075226 and No. 10-2013-0080595 filed in the Korean Intellectual Property Office on Jul. 10, 2012 and on Jul. 9, 2013 respectively, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
(a) Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to frames and a dedicated channel which are used for talk-around direct communication.
(b) Description of the Related Art
IEEE 802.16n can be used to build a reliable wireless network even in emergency situations, based on WiBro technology. One of the key features of IEEE 802.16n is the talk-around direct communication (TDC) feature.
In an IEEE 802.16n system, some of infrastructure communication resources can be assigned to terminals performing direct communication, in order to provide talk-around direct communication. Frames used for talk-around direct communication include resources (channels) assigned in the IEEE 802.16n system, and the resources (channels) include a synchronization channel, a dedicated channel, and a supplementary channel. The dedicated channel may be used for data transmission and reception between terminals.
However, there are some problems in current permutated dedicated channel structures. If high-reliability mobile stations (HR-MSs) are synchronized by a distributed synchronization method, the HR-MSs may have different timing/frequency offsets.
Also, if the HR-MSs are positioned adjacent to each other, interference may occur due to the difference in power level between the dedicated channels used by the HR-MSs. Referring to
Accordingly, it is necessary to modify the dedicated channel structure to solve this problem occurring in the prior art.
The present invention has been made in an effort to provide a permutated channel structure based on a block structure in talk-around direct communication.
An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a method for transmitting frames in talk-around direct communication. The method for transmitting frames in talk-around direct communication comprising: assigning a plurality of mini-resource blocks (mRBs) to at least one subframe assigned for a dedicated channel, among a plurality of subframes included in the frames; calculating a number of cyclic shifts based on indices of the subframes and a number of dedicated subchannels included in a slot; cyclically shifting the mRBs according to the number of cyclic shifts; and transmitting frames including a plurality of cyclically shifted mRBs.
Another embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus for transmitting frames in talk-around direct communication. The apparatus comprising: a block assignment part that assigns a plurality of mini-resource blocks (mRBs) to at least one subframe assigned for a dedicated channel, among a plurality of subframes included in the frames; a shifting part that calculates a number of cyclic shifts based on indices of the subframes and a number of dedicated subchannels included in a slot, and cyclically shifts the mRBs according to the number of cyclic shifts; and a transmitting part that transmits frames including a plurality of cyclically shifted mRBs.
In the following detailed description, only certain exemplary embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, simply by way of illustration. As those skilled in the art would realize, the described embodiments may be modified in various different ways, all without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention. Accordingly, the drawings and description are to be regarded as illustrative in nature and not restrictive. Like reference numerals designate like elements throughout the specification.
Throughout the specification, unless explicitly described to the contrary, the word “comprise” and variations such as “comprises” or “comprising” will be understood to imply the inclusion of stated elements but not the exclusion of any other elements. Terms such as “unit”, “module”, “block”, or the like described in the specification may refer to a unit for processing at least one function or operation, which can be implemented by hardware, software, or a combination of hardware and software.
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In accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the duration of a superframe is 20 ms, the superframe includes four frames, and the duration of each frame is 5 ms. Each frame includes three subframes. That is, the number of subframes per frame (Nsubframe
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By the first step (
In this step, 12 successive mRBs may be assigned to at least one of the first to (4Nsubframe
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By the second step (
According to Equation 1, Nded-subchannel,1 is 4 because four dedicated subchannels are included in slot 1, and Nded-subchannel,2 is 5 because five dedicated subchannels are included in slot 2. As a result, the number of cyclic shifts of the second, third, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, eleventh, and twelfth subframes is 3, 6, 0, 3, 0, 2, 4, 8, and 10.
Among these subframes, the second subframe in which the mRBs are cyclically shifted are illustrated in
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Next, the number of cyclic shifts of the second subframe is calculated according to Equation 2.
Because the number of cyclic shifts is 3 according to Equation 2, each mRB is shifted three units down, and the three mRBs of the fourth dedicated subchannel at the bottom are cyclically shifted to the top.
Once dedicated subchannels are temporarily assigned, the dedicated subchannels are in the same positions in the second and third subframes. Thus, if the dedicated subchannels in the third subframe are cyclically shifted, the number of cyclic shifts of the third subframe is calculated according to Equation 3.
Because the number of cyclic shifts is 6 according to Equation 2, each mRB is shifted six units down, and the six mRBs of the third and fourth dedicated subchannels at the bottom are cyclically shifted to the top.
By distributing dedicated subchannels in subframes by cyclic shifts and transmitting a frame as set forth above in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a dedicated subchannel interferes with only one adjacent dedicated subchannel even with a large synchronization error, whereby diversity gain can be maintained and interference between adjacent channels can be minimized.
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The block assignment part 710 allocates 12 successive mRBs to each subframe based on the time axis. Each subframe to which these mRBs are assigned is a subframe assigned for a dedicated channel.
The shifting part 720 calculates a shift value for cyclically shifting mRBs assigned to a subframe. In this case, the shifting part 720 can cyclically shift the mRBs by Equation 1, based on the number (Nded-subchannel,i) of dedicated subchannels included in an i-th slot and the index (j) of the subframe.
Afterwards, the transmitting part 730 can transmit a frame in which mRBs are cyclically shifted.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, a dedicated subchannel interferes with only one adjacent dedicated subchannel, even with a large synchronization error, by permutating the dedicated subchannels by cyclic shifts, whereby diversity gain can be maintained and interference between adjacent channels can be minimized.
At least some features of the method and apparatus for transmitting frames according to the above-described exemplary embodiment of the present invention may be implemented in hardware or in software combined with hardware. For example, a processor implemented as a central processing unit (CPU), a chipset, a microprocessor, etc. may function as the block assignment part 710 and the shifting part 720, and a transmitter may function as the transmitting part 730.
While this invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be practical exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.
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