IP Library Granted Patent US 9,906,334
Granted Patent B2
US 9,906,334 · App. 15/363,058 · Granted Feb 27, 2018

Method and apparatus for transmitting ACK/NACK signal in wireless communication system

Inventors: Dong Youn Seo (Anyang-si, KR); Suck Chel Yang (Anyang-si, KR); Joon Kui Ahn (Anyang-si, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04L1/1861H04L1/1664H04L1/1812H04L1/1854H04W72/042H04W72/0446
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Patent No.
US 9,906,334
App. No.
15/363,058
Granted
Feb 27, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for transmitting an acknowledgement/not-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) signal in a wireless communication system. The method includes the steps of: receiving a transmission block; and transmitting an ACK/NACK signal for the transmission block in a first subframe or a second subframe according to the size of the transmission block, wherein, when the size of the transmission block is smaller than or equal to a reference value, the ACK/NACK signal is transmitted in the first frame, when the size of the transmission block is greater than the reference value, the ACK/NACK signal is transmitted in the second subframe, and the second subframe is behind the first subframe in a time domain.

Claims (33)

1. A method for receiving acknowledgement/not-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) information, the method performed by a base station (BS) and comprising:

transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), a first downlink control information (DCI) or a second DCI;

transmitting, to the UE, a transport block which is scheduled by the first DCI or the second DCI; and

receiving, from the UE, ACK/NACK information for the transport block in a first subframe or a second subframe,

wherein:

when the BS has transmitted the first DCI, the BS receives the ACK/NACK information in the first subframe, and

when the BS has transmitted the second DCI, the BS receives the ACK/NACK information in the second subframe, and

wherein the second subframe is received later in time than the first subframe.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein when a subframe receiving the transport block is subframe n, the first subframe is subframe n+4 and the second subframe is subframe n+k add , and

wherein k add is a natural number larger than 4.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein when the first subframe is subframe n+k default , k default being any natural number larger than or equal to 4, the second subframe is subframe n+k default +k add , wherein k add is a natural number larger than 0.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

when the first subframe is subframe n+k default , k default being any natural number larger than or equal to 4, and when the second subframe is subframe n+k default +k add ,

k add is one of a plurality of fixed values.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second DCI includes a field indicating the second subframe.

6. A base station (BS), comprising:

a transceiver which transmits or receives a radio signal; and

a processor connected to the transceiver,

wherein the processor controls the transceiver to:

transmit, to a user equipment (UE), a first downlink control information (DCI) or a second DCI,

transmit, to the UE, a transport block which is scheduled by the first DCI or the second DCI and

receive, from the UE, ACK/NACK information for the transport block in a first subframe or a second subframe,

wherein:

when the BS has transmitted the first DCI, the BS receives the ACK/NACK information in the first subframe and

when the BS has transmitted the second DCI, the BS receives the ACK/NACK information in the second subframe, and

wherein the second subframe is received later in time than the first.

7. The BS of claim 6 , wherein when a subframe receiving the transport block is subframe n, the first subframe is subframe n+4 and the second subframe is subframe n+k add , and

wherein k add is a natural number larger than 4.

8. The BS of claim 6 , wherein when the first subframe is subframe n+k default , k default being any natural number larger than or equal to 4, the second subframe is subframe n+k default +k add , wherein k add is a natural number larger than 0.

9. The BS of claim 6 , wherein:

when the first subframe is subframe n+k default , k default being any natural number larger than or equal to 4, and when the second subframe is subframe n+k default +k add ,

k add is one of a plurality of fixed values.

10. The BS of claim 6 , wherein the second DCI includes a field indicating the second subframe.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 29, 2016
From: SEO, DONG YOUN; YANG, SUCK CHEL; AHN, JOON KUI
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 040449/0336 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 14359543
Provisional Application 61562401 · Nov 21, 2011
Related Publication 20170085343A1 · Mar 23, 2017