IP Library Granted Patent US 9,461,803
Granted Patent B2
US 9,461,803 · App. 14/935,169 · Granted Oct 4, 2016

Method for transmitting control information and apparatus therefor

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.
H04L5/0055H04L1/1671H04L1/1861H04L5/001H04L5/0094H04W72/0413H04L1/1812H04L5/0023H04L5/0032H04L5/0057
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Patent No.
US 9,461,803
App. No.
14/935,169
Granted
Oct 4, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for transmitting uplink control information by a user equipment (UE) configured with a plurality of cells including a primary cell and a secondary cell in a wireless communication system is discussed. The method includes identifying, by the UE, a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest-Acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK)(0) and a HARQ-ACK(1); and transmitting, by the UE, bits b(0)b(1) using a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) resource among a plurality of PUCCH resources based on the HARQ-ACK(0) and the HARQ-ACK(1) to a base station (BS) for identifying the HARQ-ACK(0) and the HARQ-ACK(1). The b(0)b(1) and the PUCCH resource are given according to a relation including Table 1, where the HARQ-ACK(0) indicates an ACK/Negative ACK (ACK/NACK)/Discontinuous Transmission (DTX) response to a data block related to the primary cell, and the HARQ-ACK(1) indicates an ACK/NACK/DTX response to a data block related to the secondary cell.

Claims (78)

1. A method for transmitting uplink control information by a user equipment (UE) configured with a plurality of cells including a primary cell and a secondary cell in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

identifying, by the UE, a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest-Acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK)(0) and a HARQ-ACK(1); and

transmitting, by the UE, bits b(0)b(1) using a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) resource based on the HARQ-ACK(0) and the HARQ-ACK(1), according to a relation including Table 1,

TABLE 1

HARQ-ACK(0)

HARQ-ACK(1)

n (1) PUCCH, i

b(0)b(1)

ACK

NACK/DTX

n (1) PUCCH, 0

11

NACK

NACK/DTX

n (1) PUCCH, 0

00,

where the HARQ-ACK(0) indicates an ACK/Negative ACK (ACK/NACK)/Discontinuous Transmission (DTX) response to a data block related to the primary cell, the HARQ-ACK(1) indicates an ACK/NACK/DTX response to a data block related to the secondary cell, and n (1) PUCCH, 0 indicates a PUCCH resource linked to a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) on the primary cell.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein no transmission is performed if the HARQ-ACK(0) is DTX and the HARQ-ACK(1) is NACK.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the primary cell includes a primary component carrier (PCC) and the secondary cell includes a secondary component carrier (SCC).

4. A user equipment (UE) configured to have a plurality of cells including a primary cell and a secondary cell and transmit uplink control information in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) unit; and

a processor operatively coupled to the RF unit and configured to:

identify a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest-Acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK)(0) and a HARQ-ACK(1), and

transmit bits b(0)b(1) using a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) resource based on the HARQ-ACK(0) and the HARQ-ACK(1), according to a relation including Table 1:

TABLE 1

HARQ-ACK(0)

HARQ-ACK(1)

n (1) PUCCH, i

b(0)b(1)

ACK

NACK/DTX

n (1) PUCCH, 0

11

NACK

NACK/DTX

n (1) PUCCH, 0

00,

where the HARQ-ACK(0) indicates an ACK/Negative ACK (ACK/NACK)/Discontinuous Transmission (DTX) response to a data block related to the primary cell, the HARQ-ACK(1) indicates an ACK/NACK/DTX response to a data block related to the secondary cell, and n (1) PUCCH, 0 indicates a PUCCH resource linked to a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) on the primary cell.

5. The UE of claim 4 , wherein no transmission is performed if the HARQ-ACK(0) is DTX and the HARQ-ACK(1) is NACK.

6. The UE of claim 4 , wherein the primary cell includes a primary component carrier (PCC) and the secondary cell includes a secondary component carrier (SCC).

7. A method for receiving uplink control information by a base station (BS) configured with a plurality of cells including a primary cell and a secondary cell in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, by the BS, bits b(0)b(1) using a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) resource; and

identifying, by the BS, a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest-Acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK)(0) and a HARQ-ACK(1) based on the bits b(0)b(1) and the PUCCH resource, according to a relation including Table 1,

TABLE 1

HARQ-ACK(0)

HARQ-ACK(1)

n (1) PUCCH, i

b(0)b(1)

ACK

NACK/DTX

n (1) PUCCH, 0

11

NACK

NACK/DTX

n (1) PUCCH, 0

00,

where the HARQ-ACK(0) indicates an ACK/Negative ACK (ACK/NACK)/Discontinuous Transmission (DTX) response to a data block related to the primary cell, the HARQ-ACK(1) indicates an ACK/NACK/DTX response to a data block related to the secondary cell, and n (1) PUCCH, 0 indicates a PUCCH resource linked to a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) on the primary cell.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the primary cell includes a primary component carrier (PCC) and the secondary cell includes a secondary component carrier (SCC).

9. A base station (BS) configured to have a plurality of cells including a primary cell and a secondary cell and receive uplink control information in a wireless communication system, the BS comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) unit; and

a processor operatively coupled to the RF unit and configured to:

receive bits b(0)b(1) using a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) resource, and

identify a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest-Acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK)(0) and a HARQ-ACK(1) based on the bits b(0)b(1) and the PUCCH resource, according to a relation including Table 1:

TABLE 1

HARQ-ACK(0)

HARQ-ACK(1)

n (1) PUCCH, i

b(0)b(1)

ACK

NACK/DTX

n (1) PUCCH, 0

11

NACK

NACK/DTX

n (1) PUCCH, 0

00,

where the HARQ-ACK(0) indicates an ACK/Negative ACK (ACK/NACK)/Discontinuous Transmission (DTX) response to a data block related to the primary cell, the HARQ-ACK(1) indicates an ACK/NACK/DTX response to a data block related to the secondary cell, and n (1) PUCCH, 0 indicates a PUCCH resource linked to a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) on the primary cell.

10. The BS of claim 9 , wherein the primary cell includes a primary component carrier (PCC) and the secondary cell includes a secondary component carrier (SCC).

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