IP Library Granted Patent US 9,497,012
Granted Patent B2
US 9,497,012 · App. 14/427,791 · Granted Nov 15, 2016

Method and apparatus for receiving ACK/NACK in wireless communication system

Inventors: Dongyoun Seo (Seoul, KR); Yunjung Yi (Seoul, KR); Hanbyul Seo (Seoul, KR); Joonkui Ahn (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04L5/0055H04L1/1861H04W74/004H04L5/001
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Patent No.
US 9,497,012
App. No.
14/427,791
Granted
Nov 15, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a method for receiving acknowledgement/not-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) of a terminal in a wireless communication system. The method transmits uplink data through an uplink data channel and receives ACK/NACK for the uplink data. The uplink data channel is transmitted through aggregated carriers and the aggregated carriers include a first band recognizable to first and second type terminals and a second band recognizable only to the second type terminal.

Claims (21)

1. A method of receiving acknowledgement/not-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) of a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting uplink data through an uplink data channel, wherein the uplink data channel is transmitted through aggregated carriers; and

receiving ACK/NACK for the uplink data,

wherein the aggregated carriers include a first band recognizable to first and second type of terminals and a second band recognizable only to the second type of terminal, and

wherein resource blocks included in the first band are indexed in order using a first index, and a second index is used for indexing resource blocks included in the second band.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein a resource constructing a downlink channel for receiving the ACK/NACK is determined on the basis of a resource block having a lowest index constituting the uplink data channel.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the resource blocks included in the first band are indexed in the same indexing order applied to the first type of terminal which operates only in the first band.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first type of terminal supports only an operation in the first band, and the second type of terminal supports operations in the first band and the second band.

5. A communication method of a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving physical hybrid-ARQ indicator channel (PHICH) information indicating a time duration of a downlink channel for receiving acknowledgement/not-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) through system information; and

receiving information indicating a starting position of an enhanced-physical downlink control channel (E-PDCCH) through a radio resource control (RRC) message,

wherein an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol at which the E-PDCCH starts is determined on the basis of a greater value between the PHICH information and information indicating a starting position of the E-PDCCH.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the E-PDCCH is a control channel located in a region to which a data channel is allocated.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein an OFDM symbol at which the E-PDCCH starts is determined on the basis of a smaller value between the PHICH information and information indicating a starting position of the E-PDCCH.

8. A terminal comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) unit for transmitting and receiving a radio signal; and

a processor, operatively coupled to the RF unit, that:

controls the RF unit to transmit uplink data through an uplink data channel, wherein the uplink data channel is transmitted through aggregated carriers; and

controls the RF unit to receive acknowledgement/not-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) for the uplink data,

wherein the aggregated carriers include a first band recognizable to first and second type of terminals and a second band recognizable only to the second type of terminal, and

wherein resource blocks included in the first band are indexed in order using a first index, and a second index is used for indexing resource blocks included in the second band.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 12, 2015
From: SEO, DONGYOUN; YI, YUNJUNG; SEO, HANBYUL; AHN, JOONKUI
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Continuity (6)
Provisional Application 61706093 · Sep 26, 2012
Provisional Application 61723310 · Nov 6, 2012
Provisional Application 61729345 · Nov 22, 2012
Provisional Application 61753921 · Jan 17, 2013
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