Granted Patent B2

US 9,722,757 · App. 15/256,966 · Granted Aug 1, 2017

Inventors: Suckchel Yang (Anyang-si, KR); Mingyu Kim (Anyang-si, KR); Joonkui Ahn (Anyang-si, KR); Dongyoun Seo (Anyang-si, KR)

Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

H04L5/0055H04L1/1671H04L1/1812H04L1/1861H04L5/001H04L5/0023H04L5/0032H04L5/0057H04L5/0094H04W72/0413H04W76/048

Abstract

Claims (188)

1. A method for transmitting uplink control information by a communication apparatus configured with a plurality of cells including a primary cell and a secondary cell in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

identifying a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest-Acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK)(0), HARQ-ACK(1) and HARQ-ACK(2); and

transmitting bits b(0)b(1) using a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) resource based on the HARQ-ACK (0), the HARQ-ACK(1) and the HARQ-ACK(2), according to a relation including Table 1, to efficiently transmit uplink control information,

TABLE 1

HARQ-

HARQ-

HARQ-

ACK(0)

ACK(1)

ACK(2)

n (1) PUCCH,i

b(0)b(1)

ACK

ACK

NACK/DTX

n (1) PUCCH,0

11

ACK

NACK

NACK/DTX

n (1) PUCCH,0

10

NACK

ACK

NACK/DTX

n (1) PUCCH,0

01

NACK

NACK

DTX

n (1) PUCCH,0

00

NACK/DTX

NACK/DTX

ACK

n (1) PUCCH,2

11

NACK/DTX

NACK/DTX

NACK

n (1) PUCCH,2

00

where the HARQ-ACK(0) and the HARQ-ACK(1) indicate Acknowledgement (ACK)/Negative ACK (ACK/NACK)/Discontinuous Transmission (DTX) responses to data blocks related to a first cell, the HARQ-ACK(2) indicates ACK/NACK/DTX response to a data block related to a second cell, n (1) PUCCH,0 indicates a PUCCH resource linked to a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) on the first cell, and n (1) PUCCH,2 indicates a PUCCH resource linked to a PDCCH on the second cell.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first cell is a cell configured to support up to 2 transport blocks, and the second cell is a cell configured to support up to 1 transport block.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first cell is a MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) cell, and the second cell is a non-MIMO cell.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first cell includes a first component carrier (CC) and the second cell includes a second component carrier (SCC).

5. A communication apparatus configured with a plurality of cells and configured to transmit uplink control information in a wireless communication system, the communication apparatus comprising:

a memory;

a radio frequency (RF) unit; and

a processor being coupled to the memory and the RF unit,

wherein the processor is configured to identify a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest-Acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK)(0), HARQ-ACK(1) and HARQ-ACK(2), and to transmit bits b(0)b(1) using a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) resource based on the HARQ-ACK(0), the HARQ-ACK(1) and the HARQ-ACK(2), according to a relation including Table 1, to efficiently transmit uplink control information,

TABLE 1

HARQ-

HARQ-

HARQ-

ACK(0)

ACK(1)

ACK(2)

n (1) PUCCH,i

b(0)b(1)

ACK

ACK

NACK/DTX

n (1) PUCCH,0

11

ACK

NACK

NACK/DTX

n (1) PUCCH,0

10

NACK

ACK

NACK/DTX

n (1) PUCCH,0

01

NACK

NACK

DTX

n (1) PUCCH,0

00

NACK/DTX

NACK/DTX

ACK

n (1) PUCCH,2

11

NACK/DTX

NACK/DTX

NACK

n (1) PUCCH,2

00

where the HARQ-ACK(0) and the HARQ-ACK(1) indicate Acknowledgement (ACK)/Negative ACK (ACK/NACK)/Discontinuous Transmission (DTX) responses to data blocks related to a first cell, the HARQ-ACK(2) indicates ACK/NACK/DTX response to a data block related to a second cell, n (1) PUCCH,0 indicates a PUCCH resource linked to a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) on the first cell, and n (1) PUCCH,2 indicates a PUCCH resource linked to a PDCCH on the second cell.

6. The communication apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the first cell is a cell configured to support up to 2 transport blocks, and the second cell is a cell configured to support up to 1 transport block.

7. The communication apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the first cell is a MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) cell, and the second cell is a non-MIMO cell.

8. The communication apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the first cell includes a first component carrier (CC) and the second cell includes a second component carrier (SCC).

9. A method for receiving uplink control information by a communication apparatus configured with a plurality of cells including a primary cell and a secondary cell in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving bits b(0)b(1) using a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) resource; and

identifying a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest-Acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK)(0), HARQ-ACK(1) and HARQ-ACK(2) based on the bits b(0)b(1) and the PUCCH resource, according to a relation including Table 1, to efficiently identify control information,

TABLE 1

HARQ-

HARQ-

HARQ-

ACK(0)

ACK(1)

ACK(2)

n (1) PUCCH,i

b(0)b(1)

ACK

ACK

NACK/DTX

n (1) PUCCH,0

11

ACK

NACK

NACK/DTX

n (1) PUCCH,0

10

NACK

ACK

NACK/DTX

n (1) PUCCH,0

01

NACK

NACK

DTX

n (1) PUCCH,0

00

NACK/DTX

NACK/DTX

ACK

n (1) PUCCH,2

11

NACK/DTX

NACK/DTX

NACK

n (1) PUCCH,2

00

where the HARQ-ACK(0) and the HARQ-ACK(1) indicate Acknowledgement (ACK)/Negative ACK (ACK/NACK)/Discontinuous Transmission (DTX) responses to data blocks related to a first cell, the HARQ-ACK(2) indicates ACK/NACK/DTX response to a data block related to a second cell, n (1) PUCCH,0 indicates a PUCCH resource linked to a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) on the first cell, and n (1) PUCCH,2 indicates a PUCCH resource linked to a PDCCH on the second cell.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the first cell is a cell configured to support up to 2 transport blocks, and the second cell is a cell configured to support up to 1 transport block.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the first cell is a MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) cell, and the second cell is a non-MIMO cell.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the first cell includes a first component carrier (CC) and the second cell includes a second component carrier (SCC).

13. A communication apparatus configured with a plurality of cells and configured to receive uplink control information in a wireless communication system, the communication apparatus comprising:

a memory;

a radio frequency (RF) unit; and

a processor being coupled to the memory and the RF unit,

wherein the processor is configured to receive bits b(0)b(1) using a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) resource, and to identify a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest-Acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK)(0), HARQ-ACK(1) and HARQ-ACK(2) based on the bits b(0)b(1) and the PUCCH resource, according to a relation including Table 1, to efficiently identify control information,

TABLE 1

HARQ-

HARQ-

HARQ-

ACK(0)

ACK(1)

ACK(2)

n (1) PUCCH i

b(0)b(1)

ACK

ACK

NACK/DTX

n (1) PUCCH,0

11

ACK

NACK

NACK/DTX

n (1) PUCCH,0

10

NACK

ACK

NACK/DTX

n (1) PUCCH,0

01

NACK

NACK

DTX

n (1) PUCCH,0

00

NACK/DTX

NACK/DTX

ACK

n (1) PUCCH,2

11

NACK/DTX

NACK/DTX

NACK

n (1) PUCCH,2

00

where the HARQ-ACK(0) and the HARQ-ACK(1) indicate Acknowledgement (ACK)/Negative ACK (ACK/NACK)/Discontinuous Transmission (DTX) responses to data blocks related to a first cell, the HARQ-ACK(2) indicates ACK/NACK/DTX response to a data block related to a second cell, n (1) PUCCH,0 indicates a PUCCH resource linked to a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) on the first cell, and n (1) PUCCH,2 indicates a PUCCH resource linked to a PDCCH on the second cell.

14. The communication apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the first cell is a cell configured to support up to 2 transport blocks, and the second cell is a cell configured to support up to 1 transport block.

15. The communication apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the first cell is a MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) cell, and the second cell is a non-MIMO cell.

16. The communication apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the first cell includes a first component carrier (CC) and the second cell includes a second component carrier (SCC).

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