IP Library Granted Patent US 8,560,909
Granted Patent B2
US 8,560,909 · App. 13/802,066 · Granted Oct 15, 2013

Method for effectively transmitting control signal in wireless communication system

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Patent No.
US 8,560,909
App. No.
13/802,066
Granted
Oct 15, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of performing HARQ performed by a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method includes receiving a bundling indicator which indicates the number of bundled downlink subframes, determining whether at least one bundled downlink subframe is missed by comparing the bundling indicator with the number of detected bundled downlink subframes, generating a representative ACK/NACK signal when no bundled downlink subframe is missed, and transmitting the representative ACK/NACK signal on an uplink channel. Recovery capability is maximized and the packet loss is reduced in such a situation that less number of ACK/NACK signals are fed back than that of downlink packets.

Claims (22)

1. A method for transmitting a reception acknowledgement in a wireless communication system, performed by a user equipment, the method comprising:

receiving at least one downlink packet in a plurality of Time Division Duplex (TDD) downlink subframes from a base station;

determining an ACK/NACK signal based on whether the at least one downlink packet is missed in the plurality of TDD downlink subframes; and

transmitting an ACK/NACK signal on an uplink data channel,

wherein, if the at least one downlink packet is determined to have been missed, the ACK/NACK signal is determined as a NACK, and

wherein, if no downlink packet is determined to have been missed, the ACK/NACK signal is determined by a logical AND operation of ACK/NACKs for the at least one received downlink packet.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving information about a total number of the plurality of TDD downlink subframes from the base station.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein whether the at least one downlink packet is missed is determined based on the total number of the plurality of TDD downlink subframes and a number of the at least one received downlink packet.

4. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

receiving an uplink assignment for the uplink data channel from the base station.

5. A user equipment configured for transmitting a reception acknowledgement in a wireless communication system, the user equipment comprising:

a radio frequency unit configured to receive and transmit radio signals; and

a processor operatively coupled with the radio frequency unit and configured to:

receive at least one downlink packet in a plurality of Time Division Duplex (TDD) downlink subframes from a base station;

determine an ACK/NACK signal based on whether the at least one downlink packet is missed in the plurality of TDD downlink subframes; and

instruct the radio frequency unit to transmit an ACK/NACK signal on an uplink data channel,

wherein, if the at least one downlink packet is determined to have been missed, the ACK/NACK signal is determined as a NACK, and

wherein, if no downlink packet is determined to have been missed, the ACK/NACK signal is determined by a logical AND operation of ACK/NACKs for the at least one received downlink packet.

6. The user equipment of claim 5 , wherein the processor is configured to receive information about a total number of the plurality of TDD downlink subframes from the base station.

7. The user equipment of claim 6 , wherein whether the at least one downlink packet is missed is determined based on the total number of the plurality of TDD downlink subframes and a number of the at least one received downlink packet.

8. The user equipment of claim 6 , the processor is configured to receive an uplink assignment for the uplink data channel from the base station.

Assignments (7)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 14, 2017
From: AHN, JOON KUI; LEE, DAEWON; YUN, YOUNG WOO; KIM, KI JUN
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 044121/0834 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 15, 2016
From: HPS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC
To: OPTIS CELLULAR TECHNOLOGY, LLC
Reel/Frame 039359/0916 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE NATURE OF CONVEYANCE TO READ "SECURITY INTEREST" PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 032786 FRAME 0546. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE SECURITY INTEREST. Recorded Jul 8, 2014
From: OPTIS CELLULAR TECHNOLOGY, LLC
To: HIGHBRIDGE PRINCIPAL STRATEGIES, LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 033281/0216 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 30, 2014
From: OPTIS CELLULAR TECHNOLOGY, LLC
To: HIGHBRIDGE PRINCIPAL STRATEGIES, LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 032786/0546 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 23, 2014
From: LG ELECTRONICS, INC.
To: OPTIS CELLULAR TECHNOLOGY, LLC
Reel/Frame 032326/0618 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Feb 6, 2014
From: OPTIS CELLULAR TECHNOLOGY, LLC
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (AS COLLATERAL AGENT)
Reel/Frame 032167/0406 →
LIEN Recorded Dec 20, 2013
From: OPTIS CELLULAR TECHNOLOGY, LLC
To: HIGHBRIDGE PRINCIPAL STRATEGIES, LLC (AS COLLATERAL AGENT)
Reel/Frame 031866/0697 →