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Granted Patent B2
US 10,673,556 · App. 15/542,301 · Granted Jun 2, 2020

Method for transmitting control information, and apparatus therefor

Inventors: Suckchel Yang (Seoul, KR); Daesung Hwang (Seoul, KR); Seungmin Lee (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04L1/0007H04B7/0626H04L1/0026H04L1/0028H04L1/0031H04L1/1671H04L1/18H04L1/1812H04L1/1861H04L5/00H04L5/0055H04L27/26H04W72/0413
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Patent No.
US 10,673,556
App. No.
15/542,301
Granted
Jun 2, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for transmitting control information and an apparatus therefor, the method comprising the steps of: detecting one or more PDSCHs on a plurality of cells, wherein the plurality of cells are divided into a first cell set having PCell and a first SCell, and a second cell set having one or more second SCells; and as feedback for the one or more PDSCHs, transmitting HARQ-ACK information over PUCCH, wherein when the one or more PDSCHs are detected only in the first cell set, the HARQ-ACK information contains only a HARQ-ACK response for the first cell set, and when the one or more PDSCHs are detected at least in the second cell set, the HARQ-ACK information contains HARQ-ACK responses for both the first and the second cell sets.

Claims (50)

1. A method for a user equipment (UE) to transmit control information in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

generating an Uplink Control Information (UCI) payload including Hybrid ARQ Acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information and channel state information (CSI);

based on a size of the UCI payload being larger than a maximum payload size of a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) format, reducing a size of the CSI so that a size of a reduced UCI payload is within the maximum payload size;

generating a UCI codeword from the reduced UCI payload; and

transmitting the UCI codeword through UCI symbol(s) of the PUCCH format,

wherein a number of the UCI symbol(s) of the PUCCH format is one of a plurality of values, and

wherein the maximum payload size of the PUCCH format is determined based on the number of the UCI symbol(s) of the PUCCH format.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the size of the UCI codeword is matched to a total resource amount of the UCI symbol(s) of the PUCCH format.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the maximum payload size of the PUCCH format for M UCI symbol(s) is less than the maximum payload size of the PUCCH format for N SC-FDMA symbol(s), and wherein M is less than N.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein different information is transmitted in each of the UCI symbol of the PUCCH format.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the wireless communication system includes a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)-based wireless communication system,

wherein the number of UCI symbol(s) of the PUCCH format is N when Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) protection is not required,

wherein N>1, and

wherein the number of UCI symbol(s) of the PUCCH format is N−1 when SRS protection is required.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the number of UCI symbol(s) of the PUCCH format is N when a Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) transmission of the UE is not present,

wherein N>1, and

wherein the number of UCI symbol(s) of the PUCCH format is N−1 when the SRS transmission of the UE is present.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the wireless communication system includes a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)-based wireless communication system,

wherein N is 12 when a normal CP is configured, and

wherein N is 10 when an extended CP is configured.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the UCI symbol(s) includes Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA)-based symbols.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the UCI codeword includes a plurality of sub-blocks, and

wherein each sub-block is mapped on a respective UCI symbol of the PUCCH format after a discrete fourier transformation.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein based on the size of the UCI payload being equal to or smaller than the maximum payload size of the PUCCH format, maintaining the size of the UCI payload.

11. A user equipment (UE) for use in a wireless communication, the UE comprising:

a transmitter and receiver; and

a processor, operatively coupled to the transmitter and receiver, wherein the processor is configured to:

generate an Uplink Control Information (UCI) payload including Hybrid ARQ Acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information and channel state information (CSI),

based on a size of the UCI payload being larger than a maximum payload size of a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) format, reduce a size of the CSI so that a size of a reduced UCI payload is within the maximum payload size,

generate a UCI codeword from the reduced UCI payload, and

control the transmitter to transmit the UCI codeword through UCI symbol(s) of the PUCCH format,

wherein a number of the UCI symbol(s) of the PUCCH format is one of a plurality of values, and

wherein the maximum payload size of the PUCCH format is determined based on the number of the UCI symbol(s) of the PUCCH format.

12. The UE of claim 11 , wherein the size of the UCI codeword is matched to a total resource amount of the UCI symbol(s) of the PUCCH format.

13. The UE of claim 11 , wherein the maximum payload size of the PUCCH format for M UCI symbol(s) is less than the maximum payload size of the PUCCH format for N SC-FDMA symbol(s), and wherein M is less than N.

14. The UE of claim 11 , wherein different information is transmitted in each of the UCI symbol of the PUCCH format.

15. The UE of claim 11 , wherein the wireless communication system includes a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)-based wireless communication system,

wherein the number of UCI symbol(s) of the PUCCH format is N when Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) protection is not required,

wherein N>1, and

wherein the number of UCI symbol(s) of the PUCCH format is N−1 when SRS protection is required.

16. The UE of claim 11 , wherein the number of UCI symbol(s) of the PUCCH format is N when a Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) transmission of the UE is not present,

wherein N>1, and

wherein the number of UCI symbol(s) of the PUCCH format is N−1 when the SRS transmission of the UE is present.

17. The UE of claim 11 , wherein the wireless communication system includes a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)-based wireless communication system,

wherein N is 12 when a normal CP is configured, and

wherein N is 10 when an extended CP is configured.

18. The UE of claim 11 , wherein the UCI symbol(s) includes Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA)-based symbols.

19. The UE of claim 11 , wherein the UCI codeword includes a plurality of sub-blocks, and

wherein each sub-block is mapped on a respective UCI symbol of the PUCCH format after a discrete fourier transformation.

20. The UE of claim 11 , wherein based on the size of the UCI payload being equal to or smaller than the maximum payload size of the PUCCH format, maintaining the size of the UCI payload.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2017
From: YANG, SUCKCHEL; HWANG, DAESUNG; LEE, SEUNGMIN
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Continuity (7)
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