IP Library Granted Patent US 9,628,242
Granted Patent B2
US 9,628,242 · App. 14/347,205 · Granted Apr 18, 2017

Method and apparatus for transmitting a signal in a wireless communication system

Inventors: Hyeyoung Choi (Anyang-si, KR); Jinmin Kim (Anyang-si, KR); Seunghee Han (Anyang-si, KR); Hyukmin Son (Anyang-si, KR); Hyunwoo Lee (Anyang-si, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04L5/0055H04L1/1861H04L5/0005
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Patent No.
US 9,628,242
App. No.
14/347,205
Granted
Apr 18, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An embodiment of the present invention relates to a method in which a base station transmits a signal in a wireless communication system, comprising: a step of generating a reception acknowledgement response to the uplink data received from a terminal; and a step of mapping the reception acknowledgement response to a downlink time-frequency resource and transmitting the mapped result. The downlink time-frequency resource is located on a resource region excluding the control region indicated by a physical control format indicator channel, and associated with the index of the resource block with which the uplink data is transmitted.

Claims (45)

1. A method for transmitting signals by a base station (BS) in a wireless communication system, comprising:

generating an Acknowledgement/Negative Acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) response in response to uplink (UL) data received from a user equipment (UE); and

mapping the ACK/NACK response to downlink (DL) resources, and transmitting the mapped ACK/NACK response,

wherein a time domain location of the DL resources is in a data region, which is a resource region, other than a control region indicated by a physical control format indicator channel (PCFICH), and

wherein a frequency domain location of the DL resources is determined in consideration of at least one UL resource block (RB) used for receiving the UL data

wherein a frequency domain location of the DL resources is represented by an index of a DL resource block (RB), and the index of the DL RB is determined by the following equation:

n PRB e-PHICH =n PRB PUSCH mod m

wherein n is an index value, n PRB e-PHICH is the index of the DL RB, n PRB PUSCH is an index of a UL RB having a lowest RB index value among at least one UL RB, and m is an integer representing a number of DL RBs.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein m is any one of the number of RBs contained in a given downlink bandwidth, and wherein m is a cell-specific parameter.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein if the ACK/NACK response and another ACK/NACK response for a another UE are mapped to the same DL RB, the ACK/NACK response and the another ACK/NACK response are generated using different orthogonal sequences.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein an index of an orthogonal sequence which is used for generating the ACK/NACK response is determined in consideration of n PRB PUSCH .

5. The method according to claim 3 , wherein an index of an orthogonal sequence which is used for generating the ACK/NACK response is determined by the following equation,

n e-PHICH seq =└n PRB PUSCH /m┘

where n e-PHICH seq is the index of the orthogonal sequence.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein if the ACK/NACK response and another ACK/NACK response for another UE are mapped to the same DL RB, the ACK/NACK response and the another ACK/NACK response are generated using different resource elements (REs).

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein m is either the number of RBs allocated for DL data transmission to the UE or a UE-specific parameter.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein m is the number of RBs attempted to be decoded for the UE configured to obtain control information.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein:

the frequency domain location of the DL resources varies based on a group index, and

the group index is determined by the following equation:

n e-PHICH group =n PRB PUSCH mod l

where n e-PHICH group is the group index, n PRB PUSCH is an index of a UL RB having the lowest RB index among the at least one UL RB, and l is either the number of groups or a UE-specific parameter.

10. A method for receiving signals by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, comprising:

transmitting uplink (UL) data to a base station (BS); and

receiving an Acknowledgement/Negative Acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) response in response to the UL data on downlink (DL) resources,

wherein a time domain location of the DL resources is in a data region, which is a resource region, other than a control region indicated by a physical control format indicator channel (PCFICH), and

wherein a frequency domain location of the DL resources is represented by an index of a DL resource block (RB), and the index of the DL RB is determined by the following equation:

n PRB e-PHICH =n PRB PUSCH mod m

where n is an index value, n PRB e-PHICH is the index of the DL RB, n PRB PUSCH is an index of a UL RB having a lowest RB index value among at least one UL RB, and m is an integer representing a number of DL RBs.

11. A base station (BS) device for use in a wireless communication system comprising:

a transmission (Tx) module; and

a processor,

wherein the processor generates an Acknowledgement/Negative Acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) response in response to uplink (UL) data received from a user equipment (UE), and maps the ACK/NACK response to downlink (DL) resources and transmits the mapped ACK/NACK response,

wherein a time domain location of the DL resources is in a data region, which is a resource region, other than a control region indicated by a physical control format indicator channel (PCFICH), and

wherein a frequency domain location of the DL resources is represented by an index of a DL resource block (RB), and the index of the DL RB is determined by the following equation:

n PRB e-PHICH =n PRB PUSCH mod m

where n is an index value, n PRB e-PHICH is the index of the DL RB, n PRB PUSCH is an index of a UL RB having a lowest RB index value among at least one UL RB, and m is an integer representing a number of DL RBs.

12. A user equipment (UE) device for use in a wireless communication system comprising:

a reception (Rx) module; and

a processor,

wherein the processor receives an Acknowledgement/Negative Acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) response in response to a UL data transmitted to a base station (BS) on downlink (DL) resources,

wherein a time domain location of the DL resources is in a data region, which is a resource region, other than a control region indicated by a physical control format indicator channel (PCFICH), and

wherein a frequency domain location of the DL resources is represented by an index of a DL resource block (RB), and the index of the DL RB is determined by the following equation:

n PRB e-PHICH =n PRB PUSCH mod m

where n is an index value, n PRB e-PHICH is the index of the DL RB, n PRB PUSCH is an index of a UL RB having a lowest RB index value among the at least one UL RB, and m is an integer representing a number of DL RBs.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 25, 2014
From: CHOI, HYEYOUNG; KIM, JINMIN; HAN, SEUNGHEE; SON, HYUKMIN; LEE, HYUNWOO
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 032522/0928 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 61538953 · Sep 26, 2011
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