Granted Patent B2

US 8,488,549 · App. 13/513,053 · Granted Jul 16, 2013

Inventors: Suckchel Yang (Anyang-si, KR); Mingyu Kim (Anyang-si, KR); Joonkui Ahn (Anyang-si, KR); Dongyoun Seo (Anyang-si, KR)

Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.

Abstract

Claims (216)

1. A method of transmitting uplink control information at a communication apparatus configured with Time Division Duplex (TDD) and a plurality of cells in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving at least one of one or more Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) signals and one or more Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) signals within M downlink subframes where M≧1;

generating acknowledgement information per cell in response to the at least one of one or more PDCCH signals and one or more PDSCH signals; and

transmitting a plurality of per-cell acknowledgement information on a uplink subframe corresponding to the M downlink subframes, the plurality of per-cell acknowledgement information being concatenated sequentially in order of cell index,

wherein if a specific PDSCH signal without a corresponding PDCCH signal is present among the one or more PDSCH signals, acknowledgment information in response to the specific PDSCH signal is placed at an end of per-cell acknowledgment information configured for a cell on which the specific PDSCH signal is received.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the specific PDSCH is received on a Primary Cell (PCell).

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein if the plurality of per-cell acknowledgement information are transmitted via a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH), a payload size of a per-cell acknowledgement information is determined using a Downlink Assignment Index (DAI) value of a PDCCH for PUSCH scheduling.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the DAI value indicates a number of downlink subframes on which the at least one of one or more PDCCH signals and one or more PDSCH signals can be present.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein if the plurality of per-cell acknowledgement information are transmitted via a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH), a payload size of a per-cell acknowledgement information is determined using a number of downlink subframes corresponding to the uplink subframe.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of per-cell acknowledgement information are concatenated in increasing order of cell index.

7. A communication apparatus configured to transmit uplink control information in a wireless communication system, wherein the communication apparatus configured with Time Division Duplex (TDD) and a plurality of cells, the communication apparatus comprising:

a Radio Frequency (RF) unit; and

a processor,

wherein the processor is configured to receive at least one of one or more Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) signals and one or more Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) signals within M downlink subframes (M≧1), to generate acknowledgement information per cell in response to the at least one of one or more PDCCH signals and one or more PDSCH signals, and to transmit a plurality of per-cell acknowledgement information on a uplink subframe corresponding to the M downlink subframes, the plurality of per-cell acknowledgement information being concatenated sequentially in order of cell index,

wherein if a specific PDSCH signal without a corresponding PDCCH signal is present among the one or more PDSCH signals, acknowledgment information in response to the specific PDSCH signal is placed at an end of per-cell acknowledgment information configured for a cell on which the specific PDSCH signal is received.

8. The communication apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the specific PDSCH is received on a Primary Cell (PCell).

9. The communication apparatus of claim 7 , wherein if the plurality of per-cell acknowledgement information are transmitted via a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH), a payload size of a per-cell acknowledgement information is determined using a Downlink Assignment Index (DAI) value of a PDCCH for PUSCH scheduling.

10. The communication apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the DAI value indicates a number of downlink subframes on which the at least one of one or more PDCCH signals and one or more PDSCH signals can be present.

11. The communication apparatus of claim 7 , wherein if the plurality of per-cell acknowledgement information are transmitted via a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH), a payload size of a per-cell acknowledgement information is determined using a number of downlink subframes corresponding to the uplink subframe.

12. The communication apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the plurality of per-cell acknowledgement information are concatenated in increasing order of cell index.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the M downlink subframes are subframe n−k (k εK), the uplink subframe is subframe n, and the K: {k 0 , k 1 , . . . , k M−1 } is defined in a table below:

UL-DL

Config-

Subframe n

uration

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

0

—

—

6

—

4

—

—

6

—

4

1

—

—

7, 6

4

—

—

—

7, 6

4

—

2

—

—

8, 7,

—

—

—

—

8, 7,

—

—

4, 6

4, 6

3

—

—

7, 6, 11

6, 5

5, 4

—

—

—

—

—

4

—

—

12, 8,

6, 5,

—

—

—

—

—

—

7, 11

4, 7

5

—

—

13, 12, 9,

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

8, 7, 5, 4,

11, 6

6

—

—

7

7

5

—

—

7

7

—

14. The communication apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the M downlink subframes are subframe n−k (kεK), the uplink subframe is subframe n, and the K:{k 0 , k 1 , . . . , k M−1 } is defined in a table below:

UL-DL

Config-

Subframe n

uration

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

0

—

—

6

—

4

—

—

6

—

4

1

—

—

7, 6

4

—

—

—

7, 6

4

—

2

—

—

8, 7,

—

—

—

—

8, 7,

—

—

4, 6

4, 6

3

—

—

7, 6, 11

6, 5

5, 4

—

—

—

—

—

4

—

—

12, 8,

6, 5,

—

—

—

—

—

—

7, 11

4, 7

5

—

—

13, 12, 9,

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

8, 7, 5, 4,

11, 6

6

—

—

7

7

5

—

—

7

7

—

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Continuity (8)