Method for establishing downlink HARQ-ACK timing and apparatus therefor
Provided area a method for establishing downlink (DL) HARQ-ACK timing, and an apparatus therefor. The method establishes downlink HARQ-ACK timing when a primary cell and a secondary cell having different duplex modes are established for a user equipment. The user equipment receives a DL signal on the secondary cell. The user equipment applies HARQ-ACK timing established to be used in the duplex mode of the primary cell as HARQ-ACK timing regarding the received downlink signal.
1. A method of establishing, by a user equipment, downlink HARQ-ACK timing when the primary cell is established as a time division duplex (TDD) primary cell and the secondary cell is established as a frequency division duplex (FDD) secondary cell for the user equipment, the method comprising:
receiving, by the user equipment, a downlink signal on the FDD secondary cell; and
applying, by the user equipment, HARQ-ACK timing included in an uplink subframe-specific downlink association set established to be used in the TDD primary cell, as HARQ-ACK timing for the downlink signal received on the FDD secondary cell,
wherein the applying of the HARQ-ACK timing comprises when an interval of a switch-point periodicity of an uplink subframe-specific downlink association set established for the TDD primary cell is K which is one of 5 and 10, applying, in the user equipment, HARQ-ACK timing in which the K is added to the uplink subframe-specific downlink association set, and
wherein the applying of the HARQ-ACK timing comprises: applying, by the user equipment, HARQ-ACK timing added to a single uplink subframe within the switch-point periodicity established for the TDD primary cell, and when the interval of the switch-point is 10 subframes, the added single uplink subframe is a subframe 2 , and when the interval of the switch-point is 5 subframes, the added single uplink subframe is a subframe 3 .
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, when two or more uplink subframes are present within a switch-point periodicity of the TDD primary cell, the HARQ-ACK timing regarding the downlink signal is distributed to the two or more uplink subframes.
3. A method of establishing, by a base station, downlink HARQ-ACK timing when the primary cell is established as a time division duplex (TDD) primary cell and the secondary cell is established as a frequency division duplex (FDD) secondary cell for the user equipment, the method comprising:
transmitting, by the base station, a downlink signal to the user equipment on the FDD secondary cell; and
receiving, by the base station through the TDD primary cell, an HARQ-ACK in response to the downlink signal from the user equipment, on an uplink subframe to which HARQ-ACK timing included in an uplink subframe-specific downlink association set established to be used in the TDD primary cell, as HARQ-ACK timing for the downlink signal received on the FDD secondary cell,
wherein the applying of the HARQ-ACK timing comprises when an interval of a switch-point periodicity of an uplink subframe-specific downlink association set established for the TDD primary cell is K which is one of 5 and 10, applying, in the user equipment, HARQ-ACK timing in which the K is added to the uplink subframe-specific downlink association set, and
wherein the applying of the HARQ-ACK timing comprises: applying, by the user equipment, HARQ-ACK timing added to a single uplink subframe within the switch-point periodicity established for the TDD primary cell, and when the interval of the switch-point is 10 subframes, the added single uplink subframe is a subframe 2 , and when the interval of the switch-point is 5 subframes, the added single uplink subframe is a subframe 3 .
4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein, when two or more uplink subframes are present within a switch-point periodicity of the TDD primary cell, HARQ-ACK timing regarding the downlink signal is distributed to the two or more uplink subframes.
5. A user equipment for establishing downlink HARQ-ACK timing when a primary cell and a secondary cell having different duplex modes are established for the user equipment, the user equipment comprising:
a receiver configured to receive a downlink signal on the second cell; and
a controller configured to apply HARQ-ACK timing included in an uplink subframe-specific downlink association set established to be used in the TDD primary cell, as HARQ-ACK timing for the downlink signal received on the FDD secondary cell,
wherein the applying of the HARQ-ACK timing comprises when an interval of a switch-point periodicity of an uplink subframe-specific downlink association set established for the TDD primary cell is K which is one of 5 and 10, applying, in the user equipment, HARQ-ACK timing in which the K is added to the uplink subframe-specific downlink association set, and
wherein the applying of the HARQ-ACK timing comprises: applying, by the user equipment, HARQ-ACK timing added to a single uplink subframe within the switch-point periodicity established for the TDD primary cell, and when the interval of the switch-point is 10 subframes, the added single uplink subframe is a subframe 2 , and when the interval of the switch-point is 5 subframes, the added single uplink subframe is a subframe 3 .
6. The user equipment according to claim 5 , wherein when two or more uplink subframes are present within a switch-point periodicity of the TDD primary cell, the HARQ-ACK timing regarding the downlink signal is distributed to the two or more uplink subframe.