Method and apparatus of controlling downlink HARQ timing
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for controlling a downlink (DL) Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) timing in a system supporting a TDD-FDD joint operation and an FDD-TDD joint operation environment. A base station transmits a PDSCH and a UE transmits an HARQ response in response to the PDSCH. In the TDD-FDD joint operation, the interval between the PDSCH transmission and the HARQ response may be determined based on an FDD mode configuration when the PDSCH is transmitted through a TDD-based primary serving cell.
1. A User Equipment (UE) to transmit a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) response, the UE comprising:
a processor to establish a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection with a base station through a first serving cell, the first serving cell supporting a Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) mode;
a receiver to receive an RRC message through the first serving cell, the RRC message comprising carrier aggregation (CA) configuration information, the CA configuration information comprising information of a second serving cell supporting a Time Division Duplex (TDD) mode, and the first serving cell and the second serving cell being aggregated by an FDD-TDD CA scheme, and to receive at least one of a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) and an Enhanced PDCCH (EPDCCH) through the second serving cell; and
a transmitter,
wherein the processor detects, based on resource allocation information included in the at least one of the PDCCH and the EPDCCH, a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) transmitted from the base station through the second serving cell, the PDSCH being received in a subframe n−4, wherein n−4 is an integer, and the PDSCH comprises Downlink Shared Channel (DL-SCH) transmitted from the base station to the UE, and
wherein the transmitter transmits, to the base station, an HARQ response responsive to the detected PDSCH through the first serving cell, the HARQ response being transmitted in a subframe n, wherein n is an integer.
2. The UE of claim 1 , wherein an interval between the subframe n−4 and the subframe n is determined by a subframe n−1, a subframe n−2, and a subframe n−3, and
wherein the subframe n−1, the subframe n−2, and the subframe n−3 exist between the subframe n−4 and the subframe n.
3. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the transmitter transmits a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) that includes the HARQ response.
4. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the first serving cell is a primary serving cell (PCell), and the second serving cell is a secondary serving cell (SCell).
5. The UE of claim 1 , wherein an uplink/downlink configuration for the second serving cell comprises at least one of uplink/downlink configurations 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 as shown in the following table:
Uplink/downlink
Subframe number
configuration
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
D
S
U
U
U
D
S
U
U
U
1
D
S
U
U
D
D
S
U
U
D
2
D
S
U
D
D
D
S
U
D
D
3
D
S
U
U
U
D
D
D
D
D
4
D
S
U
U
D
D
D
D
D
D
5
D
S
U
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
6
D
S
U
U
U
D
S
U
U
D,
where D denotes a downlink (DL) subframe, U denotes an uplink (UL) subframe, and S denotes a special subframe.
6. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the receiver receives, through the second serving cell, a PDCCH that indicates release of Semi-Persistent Scheduling (SPS) transmitted from the base station, the PDCCH that indicates release of SPS being received in a subframe m−4, wherein m−4 is an integer, and
wherein the transmitter transmits, to the base station through the first serving cell, an HARQ response responsive to the received PDCCH that indicates release of SPS, the HARQ response responsive to the received PDCCH that indicates release of SPS being transmitted in a subframe m, wherein m is an integer.
7. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the at least one of the PDCCH and the EPDCCH is received in the subframe n−4 in which the PDSCH is received.
8. A base station to receive a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) response, the base station comprising:
a processor to establish a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection with a User Equipment (UE) through a first serving cell, the first serving cell supporting a Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) mode;
a transmitter to transmit, to the UE, an RRC message through the first serving cell, the RRC message comprising carrier aggregation (CA) configuration information, the CA configuration information comprising information of a second serving cell supporting a Time Division Duplex (TDD) mode, and the first serving cell and the second serving cell being aggregated by an FDD-TDD CA scheme, to transmit, to the UE, at least one of a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) and an Enhanced PDCCH (EPDCCH) through the second serving cell, wherein resource allocation information for a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) is included in the at least one of the PDCCH and the EPDCCH, and to transmit, to the UE, the PDSCH through the second serving cell, the PDSCH being transmitted in a subframe n−4, wherein n−4 is an integer, and the PDSCH comprises Downlink Shared Channel (DL-SCH) to be transmitted from the base station to the UE; and
a receiver to receive an HARQ response responsive to the transmitted PDSCH through the first serving cell, the HARQ response being transmitted from the UE and received in a subframe n, wherein n is an integer.
9. The base station of claim 8 , wherein an interval between the subframe n−4 and the subframe n is determined by a subframe n−1, a subframe n−2, and a subframe n−3, and
wherein the subframe n−1, the subframe n−2, and the subframe n−3 exist between the subframe n−4 and the subframe n.
10. The base station of claim 8 , wherein the receiver receives a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) that includes the HARQ response.
11. The base station of claim 8 , wherein the first serving cell is a primary serving cell (PCell), and the second serving cell is a secondary serving cell (SCell).
12. The base station of claim 8 , wherein an uplink/downlink configuration for the second serving cell comprises at least one of uplink/downlink configurations 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 as shown in the following table:
Uplink/downlink
Subframe number
configuration
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
D
S
U
U
U
D
S
U
U
U
1
D
S
U
U
D
D
S
U
U
D
2
D
S
U
D
D
D
S
U
D
D
3
D
S
U
U
U
D
D
D
D
D
4
D
S
U
U
D
D
D
D
D
D
5
D
S
U
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
6
D
S
U
U
U
D
S
U
U
D,
where D denotes a downlink (DL) subframe, U denotes an uplink (UL) subframe, and S denotes a special subframe.
13. The base station of claim 8 , wherein the transmitter transmits, to the UE through the second serving cell, a PDCCH that indicates release of Semi-Persistent Scheduling (SPS), the PDCCH that indicates release of SPS being transmitted in a subframe m−4, wherein m−4 is an integer, and
wherein the receiver receives, through the first serving cell, an HARQ response responsive to the transmitted PDCCH that indicates release of SPS, the HARQ response responsive to the transmitted PDCCH that indicates release of SPS being received in a subframe m, wherein m is an integer.
14. The base station of claim 8 , wherein the at least one of the PDCCH and the EPDCCH is transmitted in the subframe n−4 in which the PDSCH is transmitted.