IP Library Granted Patent US 8,064,919
Granted Patent B2
US 8,064,919 · App. 12/983,770 · Granted Nov 22, 2011

Radio communication base station device and control channel arrangement method

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Patent No.
US 8,064,919
App. No.
12/983,770
Granted
Nov 22, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a radio communication base station device which can obtain a maximum frequency diversity effect of a downstream line control channel. The device includes: an RB allocation unit ( 101 ) which allocates upstream line resource blocks continuous on the frequency axis for respective radio communication mobile stations by the frequency scheduling and generates allocation information indicating which upstream line resource block has been allocated to which radio communication mobile station device; and an arrangement unit ( 109 ) which arranges a response signal to the radio communication mobile station device in the downstream line control channels distributed/arranged on the frequency axis while being correlated to the continuous upstream line resource blocks according to the allocation information.

Claims (26)

1. A mobile station apparatus comprising:

a reception unit configured to receive, from a base station, allocation information indicating one or a plurality of allocated resource block(s) of uplink, the resource blocks being consecutive in a frequency domain; and

a determination unit configured to determine a resource of downlink, to which a response signal transmitted from the base station is mapped, from an index of the allocated resource block based on the allocation information,

wherein: the indices of a plurality of the consecutive resource blocks are respectively associated with a plurality of the resources which are different in a frequency domain; the plurality of the resources are respectively comprised of a plurality of subcarrier groups which are inconsecutive in a frequency domain; and the response signal is mapped to the subcarrier group.

2. The mobile station apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising a transmission unit configured to transmit data using the allocated resource block(s) based on the allocation information,

wherein said determination unit determines the resource, to which the response signal is mapped, from an index of the resource block used for transmitting the data.

3. The mobile station apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the response signal is mapped to a plurality of the resources distributed in the frequency domain.

4. The mobile station apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the response signal is spread in the base station, and the spread response signal is mapped to the resource.

5. The mobile station apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of the same response signals are generated with a repetition in the base station, and the plurality of the same response signals are mapped to a plurality of the resources distributed in the frequency domain, respectively.

6. The mobile station apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the response signal is carried on a hybrid ARQ indicator channel (HICH) in the base station, and the response signal is mapped to the resource to which the hybrid ARQ indicator channel is mapped.

7. The mobile station apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of the response signals are mapped to the resource with code-multiplexed.

8. The mobile station apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the response signal is carried on a hybrid ARQ indicator channel (HICH) in the base station, and a plurality of the response signals are mapped to the resource, to which a plurality of the hybrid. ARQ indicator channels are mapped, with code-multiplexed.

9. The mobile station apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the index of the resource block is associated with the resource depending on a cell.

10. A method for determining a response signal resource comprising:

receiving, from a base station, allocation information indicating one or a plurality of allocated resource block(s) of uplink, the resource blocks being consecutive in a frequency domain; and

determining a resource of downlink, to which a response signal transmitted from the base station is mapped, from an index of the allocated resource block based on the allocation information,

wherein: the indices of a plurality of the consecutive resource blocks are respectively associated with a plurality of the resources which are different in a frequency domain; the plurality of the resources are respectively comprised of a plurality of subcarrier groups which are inconsecutive in a frequency domain; and the response signal is mapped to the subcarrier group.

11. The method for determining a response signal resource according to claim 10 further comprising transmitting data using the allocated resource block(s) based on the allocation information,

wherein the resource, to which the response signal is mapped, is determined from an index of the resource block used for transmitting the data.

12. The method for determining a response signal resource according to claim 10 , wherein the response signal is mapped to a plurality of the resources distributed in the frequency domain.

13. The method for determining a response signal resource according to claim 10 , wherein the response signal is spread in the base station, and the spread response signal is mapped to the resource.

14. The method for determining a response signal resource according to claim 10 , wherein a plurality of the same response signals are generated with a repetition in the base station, and the plurality of the same response signals are mapped to a plurality of the resources distributed in the frequency domain, respectively.

15. The method for determining a response signal resource according to claim 10 , wherein the response signal is carried on a hybrid ARQ indicator channel (HICH) in the base station, and the response signal is mapped to the resource to which the hybrid ARQ indicator channel is mapped.

16. The method for determining a response signal resource according to claim 10 , wherein a plurality of the response signals are mapped to the resource with code-multiplexed.

17. The method for determining a response signal resource according to claim 10 , wherein the response signal is carried on a hybrid ARQ indicator channel (HICH) in the base station, and a plurality of the response signals are mapped to the resource, to which a plurality of the hybrid ARQ indicator channels are mapped, with code-multiplexed.

18. The method for determining a response signal resource according to claim 10 , wherein the index of the resource block is associated with the resource depending on a cell.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 12, 2017
From: FUKUOKA, MASARU; NISHIO, AKIHIKO; NAKAO, SEIGO; GOLITSCHEK EDLER VON ELBWART, ALEXANDER
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044099/0076 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 15, 2016
From: HPS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC
To: OPTIS WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY, LLC
Reel/Frame 039361/0001 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 12, 2014
From: OPTIS WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY, LLC
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 032437/0638 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 23, 2014
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: OPTIS WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY, LLC
Reel/Frame 032326/0707 →
LIEN Recorded Jan 24, 2014
From: OPTIS WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY, LLC
To: HIGHBRIDGE PRINCIPAL STRATEGIES, LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 032180/0115 →