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Granted Patent B2
US 9,847,854 · App. 14/827,000 · Granted Dec 19, 2017

Method and apparatus for transmitting reception acknowledgement information in wireless communication system

Inventors: Dong Youn Seo (Anyang-si, KR); Min Gyu Kim (Anyang-si, KR); Suck Chel Yang (Anyang-si, KR); Joon Kui Ahn (Anyang-si, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04L1/1861H04L5/0055H04W72/042H04W72/0413H04L1/0007H04L5/0007H04L5/0091
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Patent No.
US 9,847,854
App. No.
14/827,000
Granted
Dec 19, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for configuring an acknowledgement for hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ), and a user equipment therefore are discussed. The method according to one embodiment includes receiving downlink data through one of first and second downlink component carriers; and determining a resource used for a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH). The resource used for the PUCCH is determined based on a downlink component carrier. If downlink data is received through the first downlink component carrier, the resource used for the PUCCH is determined by using a control channel element (CCE) of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH). If the downlink data is received through the second downlink component carrier, the resource used for the PUCCH is determined by using a radio resource control (RRC) message. The method according to the embodiment further includes transmitting an acknowledgement (ACK)/negative-acknowledgement (NACK) signal for the downlink data using the resource used for the PUCCH.

Claims (25)

1. A method for configuring an acknowledgement for hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving downlink data through one of a first downlink component carrier and a second downlink component carrier from a base station;

determining a resource used for a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) to transmit an acknowledgement (ACK)/negative-acknowledgement (NACK) signal for the downlink data,

wherein the resource used for the PUCCH is determined based on a downlink component carrier carrying the downlink data,

wherein if the downlink data is received through the first downlink component carrier, the resource used for the PUCCH is determined by using a control channel element (CCE) of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) associated with the downlink data, and

wherein if the downlink data is received through the second downlink component carrier, the resource used for the PUCCH is determined by using a radio resource control (RRC) message; and

transmitting the ACK/NACK signal for the downlink data using the resource used for the PUCCH.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein if the downlink data is received through the first downlink component carrier, the resource used for the PUCCH is determined based on a first PUCCH format.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein if the downlink data is received through the second downlink component carrier, the resource used for the PUCCH is determined based on a second PUCCH format different from the first PUCCH format.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first downlink component carrier is a primary component carrier, and the second component carrier is a secondary component carrier.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein if the downlink data is received through the first downlink component carrier, a payload size of the PUCCH is set to one or two bits, and if the downlink data is received through the second downlink component carrier, a payload size of the PUCCH is set to more than two bits.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the downlink data is received on a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH).

7. A user equipment configuring an acknowledgement for hybrid automatic repeat request (HARK) in a wireless communication system, the user equipment comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) unit configured to:

receive downlink data through one of a first downlink component carrier and a second downlink component carrier from a base station, and

transmit an acknowledgement (ACK)/negative-acknowledgement (NACK) signal for the downlink data; and

a processor coupled to the RF unit and configured to determine a resource used for a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) to transmit the ACK/NACK signal for the downlink data,

wherein the resource used for the PUCCH is determined based on a downlink component carrier carrying the downlink data,

wherein if the downlink data is received through the first downlink component carrier, the resource used for the PUCCH is determined by using a control channel element (CCE) of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) associated with the downlink data, and

wherein if the downlink data is received through the second downlink component carrier, the resource used for the PUCCH is determined by using a radio resource control (RRC) message.

8. The user equipment of claim 7 , wherein if the downlink data is received through the first downlink component carrier, the resource used for the PUCCH is determined based on a first PUCCH format.

9. The user equipment of claim 8 , wherein if the downlink data is received through the second downlink component carrier, the resource used for the PUCCH is determined based on a second PUCCH format different from the first PUCCH format.

10. The user equipment of claim 7 , wherein the first downlink component carrier is a primary component carrier, and the second component carrier is a secondary component carrier.

11. The user equipment of claim 7 , wherein if the downlink data is received through the first downlink component carrier, a payload size of the PUCCH is set to one or two bits, and if the downlink data is received through the second downlink component carrier, a payload size of the PUCCH is set to more than two bits.

12. The user equipment of claim 7 , wherein the downlink data is received on a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH).

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