IP Library Granted Patent US 8,891,479
Granted Patent B2
US 8,891,479 · App. 13/969,107 · Granted Nov 18, 2014

Method for transmitting control information and apparatus therefor

Inventors: Suckchel Yang (Anyang-si, KR); Mingyu Kim (Anyang-si, KR); Joonkui Ahn (Anyang-si, KR); Dongyoun Seo (Anyang-si, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04W72/0413H04L5/001H04L5/0032H04L1/1812H04L5/0057H04L5/0023H04L5/0094H04L5/0055H04L1/1861
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Patent No.
US 8,891,479
App. No.
13/969,107
Granted
Nov 18, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. Specifically, the present invention relates to a method for transmitting uplink control information and an apparatus therefore, which includes the steps of selecting one uplink control channel resource corresponding to a plurality of HARQ-ACKs from a plurality of uplink control channel resources, and transmitting bit values corresponding to the plurality of HARQ-ACKs using the selected uplink control channel resource.

Claims (93)

1. A method for transmitting uplink control information by a communication apparatus configured with a plurality of cells including a primary cell and a secondary cell in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

selecting a PUCCH (Physical Uplink Control Channel) resource corresponding to HARQ-ACK (Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest-Acknowledgement)(0), HARQ-ACK(1) and HARQ-ACK(2) from a plurality of PUCCH resources, according to a relation including Table 1; and

transmitting b(0)b(1) corresponding to the HARQ-ACK (0), the HARQ-ACK(1) and the HARQ-ACK(2) using the selected PUCCH resource, wherein the b(0)b(1) is given according to the relation including Table 1,

TABLE 1

HARQ-

HARQ-

HARQ-

ACK(0)

ACK(1)

ACK(2)

n (1) PUCCH, i

b(0)b(1)

ACK

ACK

NACK/DTX

n (1) PUCCH, 0

11

ACK

NACK

NACK/DTX

n (1) PUCCH, 0

10

NACK

ACK

NACK/DTX

n (1) PUCCH, 0

01

NACK

NACK

DTX

n (1) PUCCH, 0

00

NACK/DTX

NACK/DTX

ACK

n (1) PUCCH, 2

11

NACK/DTX

NACK/DTX

NACK

n (1) PUCCH, 2

00

where the HARQ-ACK(0) and the HARQ-ACK(1) indicate ACK/NACK(Negative ACK)/DTX(Discontinuous Transmission) responses to data blocks related to a first cell, the HARQ-ACK(2) indicates ACK/NACK/DTX response to a data block related to a second cell, n(1)PUCCH, i (i=0, 1, 2) indicates the plurality of PUCCH resources, n(1)PUCCH,0 indicates a PUCCH resource linked to a PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel) on the first cell, and n(1)PUCCH,2 indicates a PUCCH resource linked to a PDCCH on the second cell.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first cell is a cell configured to support up to 2 transport blocks, and the second cell is a cell configured to support up to 1 transport block.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first cell is a MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) cell, and the second cell is a non-MIMO cell.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first cell includes a first component carrier (CC) and the second cell includes a second component carrier (SCC).

5. A communication apparatus configured with a plurality of cells and configured to transmit uplink control information in a wireless communication system, the communication apparatus comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) unit; and

a processor,

wherein the processor is configured to select a PUCCH (Physical Uplink Control Channel) resource corresponding to HARQ-ACK (Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest-Acknowledgement)(0), HARQ-ACK(1) and HARQ-ACK(2) from a plurality of PUCCH resources, according to a relation including Table 1, and to transmit b(0)b(1) corresponding to the HARQ-ACK(0), the HARQ-ACK(1) and the HARQ-ACK(2) using the selected PUCCH resource, wherein the b(0)b(1) is given according to the relation including Table 1,

TABLE 1

HARQ-

HARQ-

HARQ-

ACK(0)

ACK(1)

ACK(2)

n (1) PUCCH, i

b(0)b(1)

ACK

ACK

NACK/DTX

n (1) PUCCH, 0

11

ACK

NACK

NACK/DTX

n (1) PUCCH, 0

10

NACK

ACK

NACK/DTX

n (1) PUCCH, 0

01

NACK

NACK

DTX

n (1) PUCCH, 0

00

NACK/DTX

NACK/DTX

ACK

n (1) PUCCH, 2

11

NACK/DTX

NACK/DTX

NACK

n (1) PUCCH, 2

00

where the HARQ-ACK(0) and the HARQ-ACK(1) indicate ACK/NACK(Negative ACK)/DTX(Discontinuous Transmission) responses to data blocks related to a first cell, the HARQ-ACK(2) indicates ACK/NACK/DTX response to a data block related to a second cell, n(1)PUCCH, i (i=0, 1, 2) indicates the plurality of PUCCH resources, n(1)PUCCH,0 indicates a PUCCH resource linked to a PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel) on the first cell, and n(1)PUCCH,2 indicates a PUCCH resource linked to a PDCCH on the second cell.

6. The communication apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the first cell is a cell configured to support up to 2 transport blocks, and the second cell is a cell configured to support up to 1 transport block.

7. The communication apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the first cell is a MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) cell, and the second cell is a non-MIMO cell.

8. The communication apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the first cell includes a first component carrier (CC) and the second cell includes a second component carrier (SCC).

Continuity (5)
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