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Granted Patent B2
US 9,350,497 · App. 13/552,125 · Granted May 24, 2016

Method and apparatus for transmitting HARQ acknowledgement in OFDM radio communication system

Inventors: Hyoungju Ji (Seoul, KR); Jinkyu Han (Seoul, KR); Youngbum Kim (Seoul, KR); Joonyoung Cho (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Seunghoon Choi (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
H04L1/1854H04L5/0055H04L1/001H04L1/0026H04L1/0027H04L1/0038H04L1/0071H04L1/0073H04L1/1671H04L1/1812H04L5/0007
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Patent No.
US 9,350,497
App. No.
13/552,125
Granted
May 24, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A Physical Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (ARQ) Indicator CHannel (PHICH) transmission method performed by a base station is provided. The method includes determining whether any PHICH resources are allocated to a current subframe; allocating, upon a determination that the current subframe does not have any PHICH resources allocated, a new PHICH resource; and transmitting a PHICH through the allocated new PHICH resource.

Claims (27)

1. A Physical Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) Indicator CHannel (PHICH) transmission method performed by a base station, comprising:

receiving two or more physical Uplink Shared Channels (PUSCHs) from a User Equipment (UE) using two or more carriers, the two or more PUSCHs corresponding to different Time Division Duplexing (TDD) configurations;

generating two or more HARQ response information corresponding to the two or more PUSCHs;

determining whether a PHICH resource is allocated to each current subframe, based on the TDD configurations;

allocating a new PHICH resource at a current subframe to which the PHICH resource is not allocated; and

transmitting the PHICHs through the allocated PHICH resources for the two or more HARQ response information.

2. The PHICH transmission method of claim 1 , wherein allocating the new PHICH resource includes configuring, as the allocated new PHICH resource, a resource that is allocated for a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) but that is not used for PDCCH transmission.

3. The PHICH transmission method of claim 1 , wherein allocating the new PHICH resource includes configuring, as the allocated new PHICH resource, a region immediately following a common control channel transmission region.

4. The PHICH transmission method of claim 1 , wherein allocating the new PHICH resource includes configuring a part of a terminal-specific control channel as the allocated new PHICH resource.

5. A Physical Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) Indicator CHannel (PHICH) reception method performed by a terminal, comprising:

transmitting two or more physical Uplink Shared Channels (PUSCHs) using two or more carriers, the two or more PUSCHs corresponding to different Time Division Duplexing (TDD) configurations;

determining whether a PHICH resource is allocated to each current subframe, based on the TDD configurations;

identifying a new PHICH resource at a current subframe to which the PHICH resource is not allocated; and

receiving the PHICHs through the allocated and identified PHICH resources for the two or more HARQ response information.

6. The PHICH reception method of claim 5 , wherein the new PHICH resource includes a resource that is allocated for a Physical Downlink Control CHannel (PDCCH) but that is not used for PDCCH transmission.

7. The PHICH reception method of claim 5 , wherein the new PHICH resource includes a region immediately following a common control channel transmission region.

8. The PHICH reception method of claim 5 , wherein the new PHICH resource includes a part of a terminal-specific control channel.

9. A base station for transmitting a Physical Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) Indicator CHannel (PHICH), the base station comprising:

a controller configured to:

receive two or more physical Uplink Shared Channels (PUSCHs) from a User Equipment (UE) using two or more carriers, the two or more PUSCHs corresponding to different Time Division Duplexing (TDD) configurations;

generate two or more HARQ response information corresponding to the two or more PUSCHs; and

determine whether a PHICH resource is allocated to each current subframe, based on the TDD configurations;

a selector configured to allocate a new PHICH resource at a current subframe to which the PHICH resource is not allocated; and

a transmitter configured to transmit the PHICHs through the allocated PHICH resources for the two or more HARQ response information.

10. The base station of claim 9 , wherein the selector configures, as the PHICH resource, a resource that is allocated for a Physical Downlink Control CHannel (PDCCH) but not used for PDCCH transmission, or a resource that has a lowest probability of PDCCH transmission.

11. The base station of claim 9 , wherein the selector configures, as the PHICH resource, a region that immediately follows a common control channel transmission region.

12. The base station of claim 9 , wherein the selector configures a part of a terminal-specific control channel as the PHICH resource.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 2, 2012
From: JI, HYOUNGJU; HAN, JINKYU; KIM, YOUNGBUM; CHO, JOONYOUNG; CHOI, SEUNGHOON
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2011-0071100 · Jul 18, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130021994A1 · Jan 24, 2013