IP Library Granted Patent US 9,560,640
Granted Patent B2
US 9,560,640 · App. 14/410,541 · Granted Jan 31, 2017

Method and apparatus for transmitting control information

Inventors: Suckchel Yang (Anyang-si, KR); Joonkui Ahn (Anyang-si, KR); Dongyoun Seo (Anyang-si, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W72/0413H04B7/2643H04L1/18H04L5/0055H04L5/0007H04W72/0453
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Patent No.
US 9,560,640
App. No.
14/410,541
Granted
Jan 31, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for transmitting an uplink control signal in a carrier aggregation-based wireless communication system, the method comprising a step of receiving, at one or more cells from among a plurality of cells, one or more downlink signals in subframe #(n−k); and a step of transmitting, in subframe #n, an uplink control signal including information on the acknowledgement to the one or more downlink signals. The bit number of the information on the acknowledgement corresponding to a specific cell from among the plurality of cells in the subframe #(n−k) is given as a first value according to the transmission mode of the specific cell if the subframe #(n−k) is a first subframe, and given as a predetermined second value if the subframe #(n−k) is a second subframe.

Claims (21)

1. A method for transmitting an uplink control signal by a communication apparatus for which a plurality of cells is configured in a carrier aggregation-based wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, in one or more cells from among the plurality of cells, one or more downlink signals in subframe #(n−k); and

transmitting, in subframe #n, an uplink control signal including acknowledgement information on the one or more downlink signals,

wherein the number of acknowledgement information bits corresponding to a specific cell from among the plurality of cells in the subframe #(n−k) is given as a first value of 1 or 2 according to a transmission mode of the specific cell when the subframe #(n−k) is a non-MBSFN (Multicast Broadcast Single Frequency Network) subframe, and given as a predetermined second value when the subframe #(n−k) is an MBSFN subframe, and

wherein the predetermined second value is 1 when the specific cell is a primary cell (PCell) and 0 when the specific cell is a secondary cell (SCell).

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the specific cell is a cell composed of a specific number of resource blocks (RBs) or less, the non-MBSFN subframe is a subframe having no broadcast channel and synchronization channel, and the MBSFN subframe is a subframe having at least one of a broadcast channel and a synchronization channel.

3. The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the non-MBSFN subframe includes a downlink (DL) subframe or a first special subframe and the MBSFN subframe includes a second special subframe, and

wherein the first special subframe is a subframe in which the number of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols reserved for DL transmission is greater than N and the second special subframe is a subframe in which the number of OFDM symbols reserved for DL transmission is equal to or less than N.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the uplink control signal is transmitted using a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) format 3 or a channel selection scheme.

5. A communication apparatus configured to transmit an uplink control signal in a carrier aggregation-based wireless communication system, comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) unit; and

a processor,

wherein the processor is configured to receive, in one or more cells from among a plurality of cells, one or more downlink signals in subframe #(n−k) and to transmit, in subframe #n, an uplink control signal including acknowledgement information on the one or more downlink signals,

wherein the number of acknowledgement information bits corresponding to a specific cell from among the plurality of cells in the subframe #(n−k) is given as a first value of 1 or 2 according to a transmission mode of the specific cell when the subframe #(n−k) is a non-MBSFN (Multicast Broadcast Single Frequency Network) subframe, and given as a predetermined second value when the subframe #(n−k) is a MBSFN subframe, and

wherein the predetermined second value is 1 when the specific cell is a primary cell (PCell) and 0 when the specific cell is a secondary cell (SCell).

6. The communication apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the specific cell is a cell composed of a specific number of RBs or less, the non-MBSFN subframe is a subframe having no broadcast channel and synchronization channel, and the MBSFN subframe is a subframe having at least one of a broadcast channel and a synchronization channel.

7. The communication apparatus according to claim 5 ,

wherein the non-MBSFN subframe includes a DL subframe or a first special subframe and the MBSFN subframe includes a second special subframe, and

wherein the first special subframe is a subframe in which the number of OFDM symbols reserved for DL transmission is greater than N and the second special subframe is a subframe in which the number of OFDM symbols reserved for DL transmission is equal to or less than N.

8. The communication apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the uplink control signal is transmitted using a PUCCH format 3 or a channel selection scheme.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 30, 2015
From: YANG, SUCKCHEL; AHN, JOONKUI; SEO, DONGYOUN
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 61671107 · Jul 13, 2012
Provisional Application 61678599 · Aug 1, 2012
Related Publication 20150351091A1 · Dec 3, 2015