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US 10,038,542 · App. 15/180,803 · Granted Jul 31, 2018

Method and apparatus for allocating and signaling ACK/NACK resources in a wireless communication system

Inventors: Joon-Young Cho (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Ju-Ho Lee (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Yong-Jun Kwak (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
H04L5/0055H04L1/1607H04L1/1671H04L1/1861H04L1/1867H04L1/1896H04L5/0053H04L5/0057H04L5/0091H04W72/042H04L1/1887H04L5/006H04L5/0007H04L5/0064H04W72/04
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Patent No.
US 10,038,542
App. No.
15/180,803
Granted
Jul 31, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods and apparatus are provided for receiving a physical downlink control channel in a wireless communication system. The physical downlink control channel is received. The physical downlink control channel is decoded. A scheduling type is determined using scheduling type information in the physical downlink control channel. Scheduling information is determined for a data channel according to the scheduling type.

Claims (48)

1. A method for determining acknowledgment/negative acknowledgment (ACK/NACK) resources at a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving control information on a downlink control channel for data transmission and decoding the control information;

determining whether a scheduling type of a data channel for the data transmission is persistent or non-persistent based on the decoded downlink control information; and

determining a resource for transmission of an ACK/NACK in a first manner when the scheduling type is persistent, and in a second manner, different from the first manner, when the scheduling type is non-persistent.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the resource for transmission of the ACK/NACK is determined based on an index of the downlink control channel, when the scheduling type is non-persistent, and

the resource for transmission of the ACK/NACK is determined based on information configured by higher layers, when the scheduling type is persistent.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining scheduling information for the data channel based on the determined scheduling type,

wherein the scheduling information comprises, modulation and coding Scheme (MCS) of the data channel, and hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) information.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

receiving data using the determined scheduling information; and

transmitting ACK/NACK corresponding to the data using the resource for transmission of the ACK/NACK.

5. An apparatus for determining acknowledgment/negative acknowledgment (ACK/NACK) resources in a wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising:

a transceiver configured to receive control information on a downlink control channel for data transmission and decoding the control information; and

a controller configured to determine whether a scheduling type of a data channel for the data transmission is persistent or non-persistent based on the decoded downlink control information, and determine a resource for transmission of an ACK/NACK in a first manner when the scheduling type is persistent, and in a second manner, different from the first manner, when the scheduling type is non-persistent.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

determine the resource for transmission of the ACK/NACK based on an index of the downlink control channel, when the scheduling type is non-persistent, and

determine the resource for transmission of the ACK/NACK based on information configured by higher layers, when the scheduling type is persistent.

7. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the controller is configured to determine scheduling information for the data channel based on the determined scheduling type,

wherein the scheduling information comprises, modulation and coding Scheme (MCS) of the data channel, and hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) information.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the transceiver is further configured to:

receive data using the determined scheduling information; and

transmit ACK/NACK corresponding to the data using the resource for transmission of the ACK/NACK.

9. A method for determining acknowledgment/negative acknowledgment (ACK/NACK) resources at a node b in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of:

determining a scheduling type of a data channel;

determining a resource for reception of an ACK/NACK in a first manner when the scheduling type is persistent, and in a second manner, different from the first manner, when the scheduling type is non-persistent; and

transmitting control information on a downlink control channel for the data channel.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein:

the resource for reception of the ACK/NACK is determined based on an index of the downlink control channel, when the scheduling type is determined to non-persistent, and

the resource for reception of the ACK/NACK is determined based on information configured by higher layers, when the scheduling type is determined to persistent.

11. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

determining scheduling information for the data channel based on the determined scheduling type,

wherein the scheduling information comprises, modulation and coding Scheme (MCS) of the data channel, and hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) information.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

transmitting data using the determined scheduling information; and

receiving ACK/NACK corresponding to the data using the resource for transmission of the ACK/NACK.

13. An apparatus for determining acknowledgment/negative acknowledgment (ACK/NACK) resources in a wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising:

a controller configured to determine a scheduling type of a data channel and determine a resource for reception of an ACK/NACK in a first manner when the scheduling type is persistent, and in a second manner, different from the first manner, when the scheduling type is non-persistent; and

a transceiver configured to transmit control information on a downlink control channel for the data channel.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

determine the resource for reception of the ACK/NACK based on an index of the downlink control channel, when the scheduling type is determined to non-persistent, and

determine the resource for reception of the ACK/NACK based on information configured by higher layers, when the scheduling type is determined to persistent.

15. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the controller is further configured to determining scheduling information for the data channel based on the determined scheduling type,

wherein the scheduling information comprises, modulation and coding Scheme (MCS) of the data channel, and hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) information.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the transceiver is further configured to:

transmitting data using the determined scheduling information; and

receiving ACK/NACK corresponding to the data using the resource for transmission of the ACK/NACK.

Priority Claims (4)
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KR 10-2007-0027626 · Mar 21, 2007 · national
KR 10-2007-0043785 · May 4, 2007 · national
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Continuity (3)
Continuation 13337853 · Dec 27, 2011
Continuation 11972372 · Jan 10, 2008
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