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Granted Patent B2
US 10,038,521 · App. 15/236,170 · Granted Jul 31, 2018

Method for transmitting control information and an apparatus therefor

Inventors: Suckchel Yang (Seoul, KR); Joonkui Ahn (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04L1/1812H04L1/1893H04L5/001H04L5/0055
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Patent No.
US 10,038,521
App. No.
15/236,170
Granted
Jul 31, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. In a method of transmitting control information and apparatus therefor, the present invention includes receiving a PDCCH (physical control shared channel) having HARQ-ACK resource indication information in a first cell among a plurality of cells, receiving a first PDSCH (physical downlink shared channel) corresponding to the PDCCH in a second cell among a plurality of the cells, and transmitting HARQ-ACK for the first PDSCH through one of a first PUCCH (physical uplink control channel) format and a second PUCCH format. If the first cell is PCell (primary cell), the HARQ-ACK resource indication information indicates a resource of the first PUCCH format only. If the first cell is SCell (secondary cell), the HARQ-ACK resource indication information indicates one of the resource of the first PUCCH and a resource of the second PUCCH format.

Claims (20)

1. A method of transmitting HARQ-ACK (hybrid ARQ acknowledgement) information by a user equipment in a wireless communication system, comprising:

receiving a RRC (radio resource control) signal including first resource indexes for a first PUCCH (physical uplink control channel) format and second resource indexes for a second PUCCH format;

receiving a PDCCH (physical control shared channel) having a HARQ-ACK resource indicator in a SCell (secondary cell) among a plurality of cells including a PCell (primary cell) and the SCell,

wherein the HARQ-ACK resource indicator indicates one of the first or second resource indexes;

receiving only a PDSCH (physical downlink shared channel) corresponding to the PDCCH in a specific cell among a plurality of the cells;

when the HARQ-ACK resource indicator indicates one of the first resource indexes, transmitting HARQ-ACK information for the plurality of cells through the first PUCCH format using a PUCCH resource indicated by the HARQ-ACK resource indicator; and

when the HARQ-ACK resource indicator indicates one of the second resource indexes, transmitting HARQ-ACK information only for the specific cell through the second PUCCH format using a PUCCH resource indicated by the HARQ-ACK resource indicator.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the specific cell is the SCell.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first PUCCH format comprises either PUCCH format 3 or PUCCH format 4 and wherein the second PUCCH format comprises either PUCCH format 1a or PUCCH format 1b.

4. A user equipment used for a wireless communication system, comprising:

transceiver configured to transmit and/or receive an RF signal; and

a processor connected to the transceiver and configured to: a

receive a RRC (radio resource control) signal including first resource indexes for a first PUCCH (physical uplink control channel) format and second resource indexes for a second PUCCH format,

receive a PDCCH (physical control shared channel) having a HARQ-ACK resource indicator in a SCell (secondary cell) among a plurality of cells including a PCell (primary cell) and the SCell,

wherein the HARQ-ACK resource indicator indicates one of the first or second resource indexes,

receive only a PDSCH (physical downlink shared channel) corresponding to the PDCCH in a specific cell among a plurality of the cells,

when the HARQ-ACK resource indicator indicates one of the first resource indexes, transmit HARQ-ACK information for the plurality of cells through the first PUCCH format using a PUCCH resource indicated by the HARQ-ACK resource indicator, and

when the HARQ-ACK resource indicator indicates one of the second resource indexes, transmit HARQ-ACK information only for the specific cell through the second PUCCH using a PUCCH resource indicated by the HARQ-ACK resource indicator.

5. The user equipment of claim 4 , wherein the specific cell is the SCell.

6. The user equipment of claim 4 , wherein the first PUCCH format comprises either PUCCH format 3 or PUCCH format 4 and wherein the second PUCCH format comprises either PUCCH format 1a or PUCCH format 1b.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 27, 2016
From: YANG, SUCKCHEL; AHN, JOONKUI
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 040155/0280 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 62203933 · Aug 12, 2015
Provisional Application 62367131 · Jul 27, 2016
Related Publication 20170048846A1 · Feb 16, 2017