IP Library Granted Patent US 8,050,202
Granted Patent B2
US 8,050,202 · App. 12/995,061 · Granted Nov 1, 2011

Mobile communication method, mobile station, and radio base station

Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 8,050,202
App. No.
12/995,061
Granted
Nov 1, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A radio resource selecting method according to the present invention semi-persistently selects a radio resource to be allocated to an uplink acknowledgement signal indicating a reception state of a persistently allocated downlink signal from a plurality of radio resources defined by frequencies and codes, and includes the steps of: (A) selecting candidates for an allocation radio resource to be allocated to the uplink acknowledgement signal from the plurality of radio resources; (B) notifying candidate information on the selected candidates for the allocation radio resource; and (C) selecting a single allocation radio resource from the plurality of candidates for the allocation radio resource indicated in the candidate information notified in the step (B).

Claims (38)

1. A radio resource selecting method of semi-persistently selecting a radio resource to be allocated to an uplink acknowledgement signal indicating a reception state of a persistently allocated downlink signal from a plurality of radio resources defined by frequencies and codes, the radio resource selecting method comprising the steps of:

(A) designating a plurality of radio resources by first information on uplink radio resource;

(B) designating a single radio resource by second information on uplink radio resource; and

(C) selecting the single allocation radio resource designated by the second information among the plurality of radio resources designated by the first information, as a radio resource to be allocated to the uplink acknowledgement signal.

2. The radio resource selecting method according to claim 1 , wherein in the step (B), an unused radio resource is designated by the second information.

3. The radio resource selecting method according to claim 1 , wherein

in the step (A), identification information of a resource block formed by the plurality of radio resources is designated by the first information; and

in the step (B), identification information of the single allocation radio resource is designated by the second information.

4. The radio resource selecting method according to claim 1 , wherein

the first information is notified by an RRC message; and

the second information is notified via a PDCCH.

5. The radio resource selecting method according to claim 1 , wherein

the second information is notified by bits of command to be used in transmission power control.

6. A radio base station configured to semi-persistently select a radio resource to be allocated to an uplink acknowledgement signal indicating a reception state of a persistently allocated downlink signal from a plurality of radio resources defined by frequencies and codes, the radio base station comprising:

a first designation notification unit configured to designate a plurality of radio resources by first information on uplink radio resource; and

a second designation notification unit configured to designate a single radio resource by second information on uplink radio resource among the plurality of radio resources.

7. The radio base station according to claim 6 , wherein

the first designation notification unit is configured to designate identification information of a resource block formed by the plurality of radio resources by the first information; and

the second designation notification unit is configured to designate identification information of the single allocation radio resource among the plurality of radio resources by the second information.

8. The radio base station according to claim 6 , wherein

the first designation notification unit is configured to notify the first information by an RRC message; and

the second designation notification unit is configured to notify the second information via a PDCCH.

9. The radio base station according to claim 6 , wherein

the second designation notification unit is configured to designate an unused radio resource by the second information.

10. The radio base station according to claim 6 , wherein

the second designation notification unit is configured to notify the second information by bits of command to be used in transmission power control.

11. A mobile station used in a mobile communication system in which a radio base station semi-persistently selects a radio resource to be allocated to an uplink acknowledgement signal indicating a reception state of a persistently allocated downlink signal from a plurality of radio resources defined by frequencies and codes, the mobile station comprising:

a first receiver unit configured to receive first information on uplink radio resource from the radio base station;

a second receiver unit configured to receive second information on uplink radio resource from the radio base station; and

a radio resource selector unit configured to select a single radio resource designated by the second information among the plurality of radio resources designated by the first information, as a radio resource to be allocated to the uplink acknowledgement signal.

12. The mobile station according to claim 11 , wherein

the first information designates identification information of a resource block formed by the plurality of radio resources; and

the second information designates identification information of the single radio resource.

13. The mobile station according to claim 11 , wherein

the first receiver unit is configured to receive the first information via an RRC message; and

the second receiver unit is configured to receive the second information via a PDCCH.

14. The mobile station according to claim 11 , wherein

the second receiver unit is configured to receive the second information via bits of command to be used in transmission power control.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 17, 2011
From: ISHII, HIROYUKI; UMESH, ANIL
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2008-141736 · May 29, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110128931A1 · Jun 2, 2011