IP Library Granted Patent US 9,197,390
Granted Patent B2
US 9,197,390 · App. 14/237,820 · Granted Nov 24, 2015

Communication device, and retransmission control method

Inventors: Ayako Horiuchi (Kanagawa, JP); Akihiko Nishio (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
H04L5/0055H04L1/1812H04L1/1854H04L1/1887H04L1/1896H04L2001/125
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Patent No.
US 9,197,390
App. No.
14/237,820
Granted
Nov 24, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a wireless communication device. A PHICH reception unit ( 206 ) determines whether a received signal in a PHICH region is an ACK signal or a NACK signal. When doing so, the PHICH reception unit ( 206 ) does not receive a PHICH in a subframe in which a terminal ( 200 ) monitors an E-PDCCH. A control signal reception unit ( 207 ) outputs a retransmission prompting signal to a signal allocation unit ( 210 ) when the signal outputted from the PHICH reception unit ( 206 ) is a NACK signal and when a UL grant was not detected. Meanwhile, when a UL grant was detected, the control signal reception unit ( 207 ) outputs the detected UL grant to the signal allocation unit ( 210 ). The signal allocation unit ( 210 ) maps the transmission signal in accordance with the retransmission prompting signal and the UL grant and transmits the transmission signal from a wireless transmission unit ( 211 ).

Claims (16)

1. A communication apparatus comprising:

a physical HARQ indicator channel (PHICH) receiving section that, when receiving a PHICH including an ACK or NACK transmitted from another communication apparatus, does not receive the PHICH in units of communication in which the communication apparatus monitors an enhanced physical downlink control channel (E-PDCCH), but receives the PHICH in units of communication in which the communication apparatus does not monitor an E-PDCCH; and

a retransmission control section that controls whether to perform retransmission to the other communication apparatus, based on the received PHICH and assignment control information.

2. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the PHICH receiving section receives a PHICH in one of two subsets in a channel state information (CSI) measurement set or a mobility measurement set and does not receive a PHICH in the other one of the two subsets.

3. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the PHICH receiving section receives a PHICH in an MBMS single frequency network (MBSFN) subframe, but does not receive a PHICH in a non-MBSFN subframe.

4. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the PHICH receiving section does not receive a PHICH in an MBMS single frequency network (MBSFN) subframe, but receives a PHICH in a non-MBSFN subframe.

5. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the PHICH receiving section determines whether to receive a PHICH, based on the number of PHICHs.

6. A retransmission control method comprising:

when a physical HARQ indicator channel (PHICH) including an ACK or NACK transmitted from a first communication apparatus is received, not receiving by a second communication apparatus, the PHICH in units of communication in which the second communication apparatus monitors an enhanced physical downlink control channel (E-PDCCH), but receiving by the second communication apparatus, the PHICH in units of communication in which the second communication apparatus does not monitor an E-PDCCH; and

controlling whether to perform retransmission to the first communication apparatus, based on the received PHICH and assignment control information.

7. A communication apparatus comprising:

a physical HARQ indicator channel (PHICH) receiving section that, when receiving a PHICH including an ACK or NACK transmitted from another communication apparatus, does not receive a PHICH corresponding to a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) assigned by assignment control information on an enhanced physical downlink control channel (E-PDCCH), but receives a PHICH corresponding to a PUSCH assigned by assignment control information on a PDCCH; and

a retransmission control section that controls whether to perform retransmission to the other communication apparatus, based on the received PHICH and assignment control information.

8. A retransmission control method comprising:

when a physical HARQ indicator channel (PHICH) including an ACK or NACK transmitted from a first communication apparatus is received, not receiving by a second communication apparatus, a PHICH corresponding to a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) assigned to the second communication apparatus by assignment control information on an enhanced physical downlink control channel (E-PDCCH), but receiving by the second communication apparatus, a PHICH corresponding to a PUSCH assigned to the second communication apparatus by assignment control information on a PDCCH; and

controlling whether to perform retransmission to the first communication apparatus, based on the received PHICH and assignment control information.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 27, 2014
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Reel/Frame 033033/0163 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 28, 2014
From: HORIUCHI, AYAKO; NISHIO, AKIHIKO
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032546/0805 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-176864 · Aug 12, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
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