Method and apparatus for efficiently transmitting control information to support uplink multiple antenna transmission
The present invention relates to a method for transmitting control information regarding uplink multiple antenna transmission may comprise the steps of: transmitting DCI for scheduling the uplink transmission of a plurality of data blocks through a PDCCH; receiving the plurality of data blocks scheduled by the DCI; transmitting information which indicates positive acknowledgement or negative acknowledgement to each of the plurality of received data blocks through the PHICH; and receiving retransmission for the negative acknowledged data blocks. When the number of the negative-acknowledged data blocks is not equal to the number data blocks indicated in the PDCCH, a pre-coding matrix, which is for the number of transmission layers equivalent to that of layers corresponding to the negative-acknowledged data blocks, may be used for retransmission.
1. A method for transmitting control information of uplink (UL) MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) transmission by a base station (BS), the method comprising:
transmitting downlink control information (DCI) scheduling UL transmission of a plurality of transport blocks to a user equipment (UE) through a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH);
receiving the plurality of transport blocks scheduled by the DCI from the user equipment (UE);
transmitting information indicating acknowledgement (ACK) or negative acknowledgement (NACK) of each of the received transport blocks to the user equipment (UE) through a physical hybrid-automatic repeat request indicator channel (PHICH); and
receiving retransmission of a transport block indicating NACK from the user equipment (UE),
wherein, if the number of NACK transport blocks is different from the number of a plurality of transport blocks indicated by the PDCCH, a precoding matrix for the same number of transmission layers as the number of layers corresponding to the NACK transport block is used in the retransmission.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the retransmission is carried out if a PDCCH is not detected in a downlink subframe in which the UE detects the PHICH.
3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the precoding matrix is a specific precoding matrix for the same number of transmission layers as the number of layers corresponding to the NACK transport block, from among a plurality of precoding matrices indicated by the most recent PDCCH.
4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a subframe performing the retransmission at the UE is a fourth subframe starting from a subframe in which the UE receives the PHICH.
5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein one PHICH resource is allocated to one transport block (TB).
6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein one transport block (TB) is mapped to a single codeword, and the single codeword is mapped to one or two layers.
7. A method for performing uplink (UL) MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) transmission by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:
receiving downlink control information (DCI) scheduling UL transmission of a plurality of transport blocks from a base station (BS) through a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH);
transmitting the plurality of transport blocks (TBs) scheduled by the DCI to the base station (BS);
receiving information indicating acknowledgement (ACK) or negative acknowledgement (NACK) of each of the transmitted transport blocks from the base station (BS) through a physical hybrid-automatic repeat request indicator channel (PHICH); and
transmitting retransmission of a transport block indicating NACK to the base station (BS),
wherein, if the number of NACK transport blocks is different from the number of a plurality of transport blocks indicated by the PDCCH, a precoding matrix for the same number of transmission layers as the number of layers corresponding to the NACK transport block is used in the retransmission.
8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the retransmission is carried out if a PDCCH is not detected in a downlink subframe in which the UE detects the PHICH.
9. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the precoding matrix is a specific precoding matrix for the same number of transmission layers as the number of layers corresponding to the NACK transport block, from among a plurality of precoding matrices indicated by the most recent PDCCH.
10. The method according to claim 7 , wherein a subframe performing the retransmission at the UE is a fourth subframe starting from a subframe in which the UE receives the PHICH.
11. The method according to claim 7 , wherein one PHICH resource is allocated to one transport block (TB).
12. The method according to claim 7 , wherein one transport block (TB) is mapped to a single codeword, and the single codeword is mapped to one or two layers.
13. A base station (BS) for transmitting control information of uplink (UL) MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) transmission comprising:
a reception module for receiving an uplink signal from a user equipment (UE);
a transmission module for transmitting a downlink signal to the user equipment (UE); and
a processor for controlling the base station (BS) including the reception module and the transmission module,
wherein the processor enables the transmission module to transmit downlink control information (DCI) scheduling UL transmission of a plurality of transport blocks to a user equipment (UE) through a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), enables the reception module to receive the plurality of transport blocks scheduled by the DCI from the user equipment (UE), enables the transmission module to transmit information indicating acknowledgement (ACK) or negative acknowledgement (NACK) of each of the received transport blocks to the user equipment (UE) through a physical hybrid-automatic repeat request indicator channel (PHICH), and enables the reception module to receive retransmission of a transport block indicating NACK from the user equipment (UE),
wherein, if the number of NACK transport blocks is different from the number of a plurality of transport blocks indicated by the PDCCH, a precoding matrix for the same number of transmission layers as the number of layers corresponding to the NACK transport block is used in the retransmission.
14. A user equipment (UE) for performing uplink (UL) MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) transmission comprising:
a reception module for receiving a downlink signal from a base station (BS);
a transmission module for transmitting an uplink signal to the base station (BS); and
a processor for controlling the user equipment (UE) including the reception module and the transmission module,
wherein the processor enables the reception module to receive downlink control information (DCI) scheduling UL transmission of a plurality of transport blocks from the base station (BS) through a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), enables the transmission module to transmit the plurality of transport blocks (TBs) scheduled by the DCI to the base station (BS), enables the reception module to receive information indicating acknowledgement (ACK) or negative acknowledgement (NACK) of each of the transmitted transport blocks from the base station (BS) through a physical hybrid-automatic repeat request indicator channel (PHICH), and enables the transmission module to transmit retransmission of a transport block indicating NACK to the base station (BS),
wherein, if the number of NACK transport blocks is different from the number of a plurality of transport blocks indicated by the PDCCH, a precoding matrix for the same number of transmission layers as the number of layers corresponding to the NACK transport block is used in the retransmission.