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Granted Patent B2
US 9,887,810 · App. 14/759,285 · Granted Feb 6, 2018

Terminal, base station, and communication method

Inventors: Kazuyuki Shimezawa (Osaka, JP); Kimihiko Imamura (Osaka, JP); Alvaro Ruiz Delgado (Osaka, JP); Toshizo Nogami (Osaka, JP); Naoki Kusashima (Osaka, JP); Shoichi Suzuki (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
H04L1/1812H04L1/1861H04L1/1864H04L1/1896H04L5/0053H04L5/0055H04L5/0082H04L5/0094H04L5/1469H04W72/0406H04W72/0446H04L5/001H04L5/0023H04L5/0048
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Patent No.
US 9,887,810
App. No.
14/759,285
Granted
Feb 6, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A terminal includes a transmission unit which transmits HARQ response information to transmission of a downlink-shared channel in one or more predetermined subframes based on resources of one or more uplink control channels. When a certain subframe in the predetermined subframes is a first subframe, a resource of an uplink control channel is given by an arithmetic operation using at least an initial value of a control channel element for use in transmitting a physical downlink control channel in the certain subframe and a first value configured by a higher layer. When a certain subframe in the predetermined subframes is a second subframe, a resource of an uplink control channel is given by an arithmetic operation using at least an initial value of a control channel element for use in transmitting a physical downlink control channel in the certain subframe and a second value configured by a higher layer.

Claims (28)

1. A terminal configured to communicate with a base station, the terminal comprising:

transmission circuitry that transmits a plurality of Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) Acknowledgments (ACKs) using a resource selected from a plurality of resources of physical uplink control channels, the plurality of HARQ-ACKs being for transmissions of physical downlink shared channels indicated by detections of physical downlink control channels in a plurality of subframes, wherein

in a case that a first subframe in the plurality of subframes is included in a first set of subframes, a first resource in the plurality of resources of physical uplink control channels is given by a computation using a number of a first control channel element used for a transmission of a physical downlink control channel in the first subframe and a first value configured by a higher layer, the first resource corresponding to a physical downlink shared channel transmission indicated by a detection of a physical downlink control channel in the first subframe,

in a case that a second subframe in the plurality of subframes is included in a second set of subframes, a second resource in the plurality of resources of physical uplink control channels is given by a computation using a number of a first control channel element used for a transmission of a physical downlink control channel in the second subframe and a second value configured by the higher layer, the second resource corresponding to a physical downlink shared channel transmission indicated by a detection of a physical downlink control channel in the second subframe,

the first set of subframes and the second set of subframes are determined based on a first parameter and a second parameter the first parameter and the second parameter being configured by the higher layer and indicating uplink-downlink configurations,

a subframe indicated as a downlink subframe or a special subframe by the first parameter is not used as an uplink subframe, and

a subframe indicated as an uplink subframe or a special subframe by the second parameter is not used as a downlink subframe.

2. A base station configured to communicate with a terminal, the base station comprising:

reception circuitry that receives a plurality of Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) Acknowledgments (ACKs) using a resource selected from a plurality of resources of physical uplink control channels, the plurality of HARQ-ACKs being for transmissions of physical downlink shared channels indicated by detections of physical downlink control channels in a plurality of subframes, wherein

in a case that a first subframe in the plurality of subframes is included in a first set of subframes, a first resource in the plurality of resources of physical uplink control channels is given by a computation using a number of a first control channel element used for a transmission of a physical downlink control channel in the first subframe and a first value configured by a higher layer, the first resource corresponding to a physical downlink shared channel transmission indicated by a detection of a physical downlink control channel in the first subframe,

in a case that a second subframe in the plurality of subframes is included in a second set of subframes, a second resource in the plurality of resources of physical uplink control channels is given by a computation using a number of a first control channel element used for a transmission of a physical downlink control channel in the second subframe and a second value configured by the higher layer, the second resource corresponding to a physical downlink shared channel transmission indicated by a detection of a physical downlink control channel in the second subframe,

the first set of subframes and the second set of subframes are determined based on a first parameter and a second parameter, the first parameter and the second parameter being configured by the higher layer and indicating uplink-downlink configurations,

a subframe indicated as a downlink subframe or a special subframe by the first parameter is not used as an uplink subframe, and

a subframe indicated as an u link subframe or as special subframe by the second parameter is not used as a downlink subframe.

3. A communication method for a terminal configured to communicate with a base station, the communication method comprising:

transmitting a plurality of Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) Acknowledgments (ACKs) using a resource selected from a plurality of resources of physical uplink control channels, the plurality of HARQ-ACKs being for transmissions of physical downlink shared channels indicated by detections of physical downlink control channels in a plurality of subframes, wherein

in a case that a first subframe in the plurality of subframes is included in a first set of subframes, a first resource in the plurality of resources of physical uplink control channels is given by a computation using a number of a first control channel element used for a transmission of a physical downlink control channel in the first subframe and a first value configured by a higher layer, the first resource corresponding to a physical downlink shared channel transmission indicated by a detection of a physical downlink control channel in the first subframe,

in a case that a second subframe in the plurality of subframes is included in a second set of subframes, a second resource in the plurality of resources of physical uplink control channels is given by a computation using a number of a first control channel element used for a transmission of a physical downlink control channel in the second subframe and a second value configured by the higher layer, the second resource corresponding to a physical downlink shared channel transmission indicated by a detection of a physical downlink control channel in the second subframe,

the first set of subframes and the second set of subframes are determined based on a first parameter and a second parameter, the first parameter and the second parameter being configured by the higher layer and indicating uplink-downlink configurations,

a subframe indicated as a downlink subframe or a special subframe by the first parameter is not used as an uplink subframe, and

a subframe indicated as an uplink subframe or a special subframe by the second parameter is not used as a downlink subframe.

4. A communication method for a base station configured to communicate with a terminal, the communication method comprising:

receiving a plurality of Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) Acknowledgments (ACKs) using a resource selected from a plurality of resources of physical uplink control channels, the plurality of HARQ-ACKs being for transmissions of physical downlink shared channels indicated by detections of physical downlink control channels in a plurality of subframes, wherein

in a case that a first subframe in the plurality of subframes is included in a first set of subframes, a first resource in the plurality of resources of physical uplink control channels is given by a computation using a number of a first control channel element used for a transmission of a physical downlink control channel in the first subframe and a first value configured by a higher layer, the first resource corresponding to a physical downlink shared channel transmission indicated by a detection of a physical downlink control channel in the first subframe,

in a case that a second subframe in the plurality of subframes is included in a second set of subframes, a second resource in the plurality of resources of physical uplink control channels is given by a computation using a number of a first control channel element used for a transmission of a physical downlink control channel in the second subframe and a second value configured by the higher layer, the second resource corresponding to a physical downlink shared channel transmission indicated by a detection of a physical downlink control channel in the second subframe,

the first set of subframes and the second set of subframes are determined based on a first parameter and a second parameter, the first parameter and the second parameter being configured by the higher layer and indicating uplink-downlink configurations,

a subframe indicated as a downlink subframe or a special subframe by the first parameter is not used as an uplink subframe, and

a subframe indicated as an uplink subframe or a special subframe by the second parameter is not used as a downlink subframe.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 6, 2015
From: SHIMEZAWA, KAZUYUKI; IMAMURA, KIMIHIKO; RUIZ DELGADO, ALVARO; NOGAMI, TOSHIZO; KUSASHIMA, NAOKI; SUZUKI, SHOICHI
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (2)
JP 2013-162217 · Aug 5, 2013 · national
JP 2013-164684 · Aug 8, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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