IP Library › Granted Patent US 9,425,943
Granted Patent B2
US 9,425,943 · App. 14/802,710 · Granted Aug 23, 2016

Method for transmitting control information and apparatus for same

Inventors: Suckchel Yang (Anyang-si, KR); Joonkui Ahn (Anyang-si, KR); Dongyoun Seo (Anyang-si, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04L5/0055H04B7/26H04L1/1607H04L1/18H04L1/1861H04L5/14H04W72/0413H04L1/0073H04L1/1812H04L5/001H04W88/02
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Patent No.
US 9,425,943
App. No.
14/802,710
Granted
Aug 23, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless communication system is disclosed. A method for transmitting uplink control information in a wireless communication system supporting carrier aggregation and operating in TDD includes: generating a first HARQ-ACK (hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement) set for a first cell using a value M; generating a second HARQ-ACK set for a second cell using the value M; and transmitting a bit value corresponding to a third HARQ-ACK set including the first HARQ-ACK set and the second HARQ-ACK set in an uplink subframe n, wherein M=max(M1, M2), max(M1, M2) representing a value being equal to or larger than not smaller between M1 and M2, wherein M1 corresponds to the number of downlink subframes corresponding to the uplink subframe n in the first cell, and M2 corresponds to the number of downlink subframes corresponding to the uplink subframe n in the second cell, wherein the first cell and the second cell have different UL-DL configurations.

Claims (28)

1. A method for transmitting by a user equipment (UE) uplink control information in a wireless communication system operating in a time division duplex (TDD) and supporting carrier aggregation of a plurality of cells including a first cell and a second cell, the method comprising:

based on the first cell and the second cell having different uplink-downlink (UL-DL) configurations, determining a value M as a largest value of M1 or M2, M1 being a value according to an UL-DL configuration of the first cell and M2 being a value according to an UL-DL configuration of the second cell;

obtaining hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) responses for the first cell and the second cell using the value M; and

transmitting at least one bit value corresponding to the obtained HARQ-ACK responses in an uplink subframe.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the value M is determined by M=max(M1, M2), max(M1, M2) indicating the largest value of M1 or M2.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein:

M1 corresponds to a number of downlink subframes corresponding to the uplink subframe in the first cell, and

M2 corresponds to a number of downlink subframes corresponding to the uplink subframe in the second cell.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first cell is a primary cell (PCell) and the second cell is a secondary cell (SCell).

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, based on M being greater than M1, (M−M1) HARQ-ACK responses for the first cell are set to discontinuous transmissions (DTX).

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, based on M being greater than M2, (M−M2) HARQ-ACK responses for the second cell are set to discontinuous transmissions (DTX).

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one bit value is transmitted via a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) using a specific PUCCH resource corresponding to the obtained HARQ-ACK responses from among a plurality of PUCCH resources.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one bit value is transmitted via a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH).

9. A communication device configured to transmit uplink control information in a wireless communication system operating in a time division duplex (TDD) and supporting carrier aggregation of a plurality of cells including a first cell and a second cell, the communication device comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) transceiver; and

a processor configured to:

based on the first cell and the second cell having different uplink-downlink (UL-DL) configurations, determine a value M as a largest value of M1 or M2, M1 being a value according to an UL-DL configuration of the first cell and M2 being a value according to an UL-DL configuration of the second cell,

obtain hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) responses for the first cell and the second cell using the value M, and

transmit at least one bit value corresponding to the obtained HARQ-ACK responses in an uplink subframe.

10. The communication device according to claim 9 , wherein the value M is determined by M=max(M1, M2), max(M1, M2) indicating the largest value of M1 or M2.

11. The communication device according to claim 9 , wherein:

M1 corresponds to a number of downlink subframes corresponding to the uplink subframe in the first cell, and

M2 corresponds to a number of downlink subframes corresponding to the uplink subframe in the second cell.

12. The communication device according to claim 9 , wherein the first cell is a primary cell (PCell) and the second cell is a secondary cell (SCell).

13. The communication device according to claim 9 , wherein, based on M being greater than M1, (M−M1) HARQ-ACK responses for the first cell are set to discontinuous transmissions (DTX).

14. The communication device according to claim 9 , wherein, based on M being greater than M2, (M−M2) HARQ-ACK responses for the second cell are set to discontinuous transmissions (DTX).

15. The communication device according to claim 9 , wherein the at least one bit value is transmitted via a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) using a specific PUCCH resource corresponding to the HARQ-ACK responses from among a plurality of PUCCH resources.

16. The communication device according to claim 9 , wherein the at least one bit value is transmitted via a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 17, 2015
From: YANG, SUCKCHEL; AHN, JOONKUI; SEO, DONGYOUN
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 036119/0323 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2012-0106158 · Sep 24, 2012 · national
Continuity (7)
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