Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). A technique for receiving a downlink control channel is provided that includes operations of determining whether a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) is received at a time-domain position n; determining, according to a result of the determining, a frequency-domain position of a bandwidth part (BWP) for receiving a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) at a time-domain position n+1, and receiving the PDCCH at the BWP of the frequency-domain position.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for transmitting uplink control information. The method includes: a User Equipment (UE) receives Uplink Control Information UCI configuration information, wherein the UCI configuration information includes information for determining a periodicity, an offset and a Physical Uplink Control Channel PUCCH for Periodic-Channel State Information P-CSI to be report in one subframe and configuration information for transmission of Hybrid Automatic Retransmission reQuest-Acknowledgement HARQ-ACK; processes one or more kinds of UCI in the subframe, and transmits the UCI on resources using a PUCCH format. According to the method of the present disclosure, the transmit power for transmitting the UCI on the channel using the PUCCH format is optimized. During the transmission of the P-CSI, the PUCCH resource most preferable for the transmission of the P-CSI is determined. The uplink resource utilization ratio is increased.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for reporting channel state information, comprising the following steps of: acquiring, by UE, information about at least two sets of CSI RSs, wherein the information about CSI RSs comprises time domain resource and frequency domain resource occupied by CSI RSs; and measuring, by the UE, a reference signal according to the information about at least two sets of CSI RSs, determining channel state information, and reporting the channel state information to a base station. Another aspect of the present invention further provides a device for reporting channel state information. By the technical solutions provided by the present invention, after pre-coding the CSI RSs, the system performance can be improved, and the resources occupied by the CSI RSs may be greatly saved in practical applications, so that more downlink physical resources may be used for transmission of physical downlink shared channels (PDSCH), thereby increasing the throughput of downlink traffic.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for feeding back hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information. In the method provided by the present disclosure, an evolved Node B (eNB) transmits Downlink Assignment (DL-GRANT) within a time-frequency bundling window, which corresponds to an uplink subframe feeding back HARQ-ACK. A UE receives DL-GRANT scheduling downlink HARQ transmission in the time-frequency bundling window corresponding to respective uplink subframe for feeding back HARQ-ACK in turn, obtains a DL DAI in the DL-GRANT, and determines a mapping value of each DL DAI; then, maps HARQ-ACK bits of the time-frequency bundling window corresponding to respective uplink subframe for feeding back the HARQ-ACK to corresponding bits of a feedback bit sequence according to the mapping value of the DL DAI; and transmits the HARQ-ACK on an available uplink carrier. The present disclosure also provides a method for feeding back HARQ-ACK information.

Abstract: A method for semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) and an apparatus therefor are provided. The method includes monitoring downlink control information (DCI) in a first format group, and activating SPS according to an indication in the DCI in the first format group, and monitoring DCI in a second format group, and releasing SPS according to an indication in the DCI in the second format group, wherein, the payload size of the DCI format in the second format group is less than the payload size of the DCI format in the first format group. The payload size of the scheduled DCI format after the SPS is activated is less than the payload size of the scheduled DCI format activated by the SPS, which significantly promotes efficiency of utilization of resource(s) and reduces power consumption of user equipment for monitoring and detecting DCI, schedule overhead of downlink channel of SPS, and service delay.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for reporting channel state information, comprising the following steps of: acquiring, by UE, information about at least two sets of CSI RSs, wherein the information about CSI RSs comprises time domain resource and frequency domain resource occupied by CSI RSs; and measuring, by the UE, a reference signal according to the information about at least two sets of CSI RSs, determining channel state information, and reporting the channel state information to a base station. Another aspect of the present invention further provides a device for reporting channel state information. By the technical solutions provided by the present invention, after pre-coding the CSI RSs, the system performance can be improved, and the resources occupied by the CSI RSs may be greatly saved in practical applications, so that more downlink physical resources may be used for transmission of physical downlink shared channels (PDSCH), thereby increasing the throughput of downlink traffic.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a soft buffer processing method, comprising the steps of: first, receiving, by UE, D2D data and PDSCH data; and then performing soft buffer processing on the D2D data, and performing soft buffer processing on the PDSCH data. The present application further discloses a soft buffer processing apparatus. By the present application, the problem of soft buffer processing required for storing soft bits of D2D data and soft bits of PDSCH data can be solved, so that the link performance is improved.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for reporting channel state information (CSI). a first set of channel state information-reference signals (CSI-RSs) sent from a base station is measured to obtain a first set of CSI, and the first set of CSI obtained is reported to the base station. A second set of CSI-RSs sent from the base station is measured based on the first set of CSI to obtain a second set of CSI, and the second set of CSI obtained is reported to the base station, in which the second set of CSI-RSs is precoded CSI-RSs determined based on the first set of CSI.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a power control method applicable to a system configured with serving cells having D2D sub-frames. The method includes: a user equipment (UE) calculates transmission power required by each of serving cells configured for the UE; the UE determines a signal or channel that is possible to be transmitted in each of the serving cells and allocates transmission power to the signal or channel according to conditions of the serving cells configured for the UE and a relation between the amount of total transmission power required by all of the serving cells configured for the UE and the amount of maximum transmission power configured in the UE; the UE transmits the signal or a maximum transmission power configured in the channel of a serving cell configured for the UE according to the transmission power allocated to the signals or channels. The present disclosure also provides an user equipment.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides several methods, user equipment (UEs) and base stations for transmitting uplink signals. After receiving uplink synchronization command information, the UE may transmit an uplink signal on at least one idle unlicensed cell. Besides, the UE may try to transmit the uplink signal on multiple uplink signal resources within an uplink signal transmission window. By using the present disclosure, transmission probability of uplink signals may be improved, and time delay of uplink synchronization may be shortened.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The present disclosure provides a power allocating method. A User Equipment (UE) receives power control indication information from a control node, obtains a power control mode, and/or, uplink transmission power configuration information. The UE allocates power for each uplink carrier, based on the power control mode, and/or, the uplink transmission power configuration information. By applying the present disclosure, power waste generated in the following scene may be reduced. A scheduled uplink signal cannot be transmitted in a corresponding carrier due to a busy channel. Subsequently, uplink scheduling efficiency of the UE may be improved, and the whole network efficiency may also be enhanced.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The present disclosure provides a method and device for suppressing an inter-cell interference. The method includes receiving, from an adjacent BS, information associated with a first multiple access resource configured for a serving terminal of the adjacent BS and configuring a second multiple access resource for a serving terminal of the BS based on the information of the first multiple access resource. The method also includes transmitting, to the serving terminal of the BS, information associated with the second multiple access resource and receiving, from the serving terminal of the BS, data allocated based on the second multiple access resource, wherein the second multiple access resource is different from the first multiple access resource.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). Method and apparatus for interleaving is provided.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). Methods and apparatuses for grid mapping are described. A method for operating a base station comprises configuring grid mapping patterns for a plurality of terminals, transmitting, to the plurality of terminals, the grid mapping patterns, receiving, from the plurality of terminals, information on which a grid mapping is performed based on the grid mapping patterns, and identifying data of the information corresponding to each of the plurality of terminals based on the grid mapping patterns. Therefore, the terminal can hold a low peak-to-average power ratio, and the power consumption can be effectively saved. The base station can complete signal detection in a moderate detection complexity by multi-terminal joint detection. The detection complexity and the performance are balanced.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for transmitting hybrid automatic repeat-request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedback information in an enhanced carrier aggregation system. A user equipment (UE) determines the number of HARQ-ACK feedback information bits that the UE needs to transmit in an uplink subframe, and determines the number of uplink control information (UCI) bits to be transmitted in the uplink subframe based on the number of the HARQ-ACK feedback information bits, the number of channel state information (CSI) bits, and the number of scheduling request (SR) bits that need to be transmitted in the uplink subframe, and transmitting the UCI according to the PUCCH format and the resource for transmission of PUCCH determined. With the present disclosure, UCI information may be transmitted using different formats in different PUCCH formats.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for selecting a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) and the number of resource blocks, comprising the following steps of: selecting, by a terminal apparatus, an MCS and the number of resource blocks for uplink data transmission according to power control information, channel state information, multiple access resource information, the size of a data packet and/or interference intensity information; and, partitioning resource blocks within a frequency band according to a pre-defined resource partitioning and mapping pattern, and transmitting data through the partitioned resource block combination, the partitioned resource block combination being corresponding to the selected MCS and the selected number of resource blocks.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The present disclosure provides method and apparatus for receiving a common signaling. According to the various embodiments of the present disclosure, a method of a terminal for receiving a common signaling comprises determining a reception mode of a common signaling based on a maximum bandwidth supported by the terminal, and receiving, by the terminal, the common signaling based on the determined reception mode.

Abstract: Examples of the present invention provide a method for allocating Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) channel resources supporting transmit diversity and channel selection. The method includes: receiving, by a UE, Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) information and Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) data from a base station through two Carrier Components (CCs); obtaining, by the UE according to specific indication information, Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) channel resources required for transmitting HARQ-ACK feedback information using a transmit diversity technique; and transmitting, by the UE, the HARQ-ACK feedback information on the obtained PUCCH channel resources adopting the transmit diversity technique. According to the method provided by the examples of the present invention, it is possible to allocate HARQ-ACK channel resources to the UE reasonably and avoid waste of channel resources in the premise that channel selection and SORTD technique are supported.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method and an apparatus for transmitting hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system supporting carrier aggregation (CA), the method comprises receiving a downlink signal from a base station, determining the number of bits of HARQ-ACK information for cells configured for the UE on the basis of at least one of an uplink downlink assignment index (UL DAI), the number of downlink subframes, the number of the cells configured for the UE, which are acquired from the downlink signal, and a transmission mode, and transmitting an uplink subframe including the HARQ-ACK information for the cells.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The present disclosure provides a method of receiving downlink channel and/or downlink reference signal on an unlicensed band. An LTE user equipment (UE) receives control information of a cell operating on an unlicensed band, and receives downlink channel and/or downlink reference signal transmitted in the cell according to the control information. According to the present disclosure, data can be properly received on an unlicensed band.