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US 10,911,206 · App. 16/708,225 · Granted Feb 2, 2021

Method for transmitting control information in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor

Inventors: Yeong Hyeon Kwon (Anyang-si, KR); Jae Hoon Chung (Anyang-si, KR); Seung Hee Han (Anyang-si, KR); So Yeon Kim (Anyang-si, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04L5/0055H04L1/1614H04L1/1854H04L1/1858H04L1/1861H04L5/0007H04L5/0053H04W72/042H04L1/0003H04L1/1692H04W72/1278
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Patent No.
US 10,911,206
App. No.
16/708,225
Granted
Feb 2, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of generating Acknowledgement/Negative Acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) information by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is discussed. The method includes receiving, by the UE from a base station (BS), a plurality of codewords through a plurality of downlink frequency bands related to a plurality of downlink carriers, wherein the UE is configured with a 1-codeword mode or a 2-codeword mode for each of the plurality of downlink frequency bands independently, and wherein a number of supported codewords is one for the 1-codeword mode or two for the 2-codeword mode; determining, by the UE, a total number of ACK/NACK bits, wherein the total number of ACK/NACK bits is determined based on a total number of the plurality of downlink carriers and the number of supported codewords; and generating, by the UE, a sequence of the ACK/NACK bits based on the total number of the ACK/NACK bits.

Claims (55)

1. A method of generating an Acknowledgement/Negative Acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) payload by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, by the UE, at least one transport block (TB) for at least one carrier among a plurality of carriers; and

generating, by the UE, the ACK/NACK payload based on receiving the at least one TB,

wherein the ACK/NACK payload comprises ACK/NACK bits for the plurality of carriers,

wherein a total number of the ACK/NACK bits is determined at least based on (i) a total number of the plurality of carriers, and (ii) for each carrier in the plurality of carriers, a respective maximum number of TBs that the UE is configured to receive in a downlink frequency band of the carrier,

wherein for each of at least one first carrier among the plurality of carriers, the respective maximum number of TBs that the UE is configured to receive in a downlink frequency band of the first carrier is equal to 1,

wherein for each of at least one second carrier among the plurality of carriers, the respective maximum number of TBs that the UE is configured to receive in a downlink frequency band of the second carrier is equal to 2,

wherein the ACK/NACK bits comprise at least:

one ACK/NACK bit for each of the at least one first carrier; and

two ACK/NACK bits for each of the at least one second carrier, and

wherein the ACK/NACK payload comprises the ACK/NACK bits such that an ACK/NACK bit associated with a carrier with a lower carrier index precedes an ACK/NACK bit associated with a carrier with a higher carrier index in the ACK/NACK payload.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ACK/NACK payload comprises the ACK/NACK bits such that, among the two ACK/NACK bits for each of the at least one second carrier, an ACK/NACK bit associated with a first TB precedes an ACK/NACK bit associated with a second TB in the ACK/NACK payload.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

transmitting, by the UE, the ACK/NACK payload through a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) of an uplink carrier.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein based on only one ACK/NACK to be transmitted for a downlink frequency band of the at least one second carrier, the ACK/NACK payload comprises the ACK/NACK bits such that one bit among two bits for the downlink frequency band of the at least one second carrier is used for the one ACK/NACK.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the ACK/NACK payload comprises the ACK/NACK bits such that the other one bit among the two bits for the downlink frequency band of the at least one second carrier has a NACK value.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein, based on no ACK/NACK to be transmitted for a downlink frequency band of a certain carrier, the ACK/NACK payload comprises the ACK/NACK bits such that an ACK/NACK bit for the downlink frequency band of the certain carrier has a NACK value.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein a position of a respective ACK/NACK bit for each of the plurality of carriers is fixed in the ACK/NACK payload.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the total number of the ACK/NACK bits is greater than the total number of the plurality of carriers.

9. An device for a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the device comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one computer memory operably connectable to the at least one processor and storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, perform operations comprising:

receiving at least one transport block (TB) for at least one carrier among a plurality of carriers; and

generating an Acknowledgement/Negative Acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) payload based on receiving the at least one TB,

wherein the ACK/NACK payload comprises ACK/NACK bits for the plurality of carriers,

wherein a total number of the ACK/NACK bits is determined at least based on (i) a total number of the plurality of carriers, and (ii) for each carrier in the plurality of carriers, a respective maximum number of TBs that the UE is configured to receive in a downlink frequency band of the carrier,

wherein for each of at least one first carrier among the plurality of carriers, the respective maximum number of TBs that the UE is configured to receive in a downlink frequency band of the first carrier is equal to 1,

wherein for each of at least one second carrier among the plurality of carriers, the respective maximum number of TBs that the UE is configured to receive in a downlink frequency band of the second carrier is equal to 2,

wherein the ACK/NACK bits comprise at least:

one ACK/NACK bit for each of the at least one first carrier; and

two ACK/NACK bits for each of the at least one second carrier, and

wherein the ACK/NACK payload comprises the ACK/NACK bits such that an ACK/NACK bit associated with a carrier with a lower carrier index precedes an ACK/NACK bit associated with a carrier with a higher carrier index in the ACK/NACK payload.

10. The device of claim 9 , wherein the ACK/NACK payload comprises the ACK/NACK bits such that, among the two ACK/NACK bits for each of the at least one second carrier, an ACK/NACK bit associated with a first TB precedes an ACK/NACK bit associated with a second TB in the ACK/NACK payload.

11. The device of claim 10 , wherein the operations further comprise:

transmitting the ACK/NACK payload through a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) of an uplink carrier.

12. The device of claim 9 , wherein based on only one ACK/NACK to be transmitted for a downlink frequency band of the at least one second carrier, the ACK/NACK payload comprises the ACK/NACK bits such that one bit among two bits for the downlink frequency band of the at least one second carrier is used for the one ACK/NACK.

13. The device of claim 12 , wherein the ACK/NACK payload comprises the ACK/NACK bits such that the other one bit among the two bits for the downlink frequency band of the at least one second carrier has a NACK value.

14. The device of claim 9 , wherein based on no ACK/NACK to be transmitted for a downlink frequency band of a certain carrier, the ACK/NACK payload comprises the ACK/NACK bits such that an ACK/NACK bit for the downlink frequency band of the certain carrier has a NACK value.

15. The device of claim 9 , wherein a position of a respective ACK/NACK bit for each of the plurality of carriers is fixed in the ACK/NACK payload.

16. The device of claim 9 , wherein the total number of the ACK/NACK bits is greater than the total number of the plurality of carriers.

17. A method of receiving an Acknowledgement/Negative Acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) payload by a base station (BS) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting at least one transport block (TB) for at least one carrier among a plurality of carriers for a user equipment (UE); and

receiving the ACK/NACK payload based on transmitting the at least one TB,

wherein the ACK/NACK payload comprises ACK/NACK bits for the plurality of carriers,

wherein a total number of the ACK/NACK bits is determined at least based on (i) a total number of the plurality of carriers, and (ii) for each carrier in the plurality of carriers, a respective maximum number of TBs to be transmitted for the UE in a downlink frequency band of the carrier,

wherein for each of at least one first carrier among the plurality of carriers, the respective maximum number of TBs to be transmitted for the UE in a downlink frequency band of the first carrier is equal to 1,

wherein for each of at least one second carrier among the plurality of carriers, the respective maximum number of TBs to be transmitted for the UE in a downlink frequency band of the second carrier is equal to 2,

wherein the ACK/NACK bits comprise at least:

one ACK/NACK bit for each of the at least one first carrier; and

two ACK/NACK bits for each of the at least one second carrier, and

wherein the ACK/NACK payload comprises the ACK/NACK bits such that an ACK/NACK bit associated with a carrier with a lower carrier index precedes an ACK/NACK bit associated with a carrier with a higher carrier index in the ACK/NACK payload.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the ACK/NACK payload comprises the ACK/NACK bits such that, among the two ACK/NACK bits for each of the at least one second carrier, an ACK/NACK bit associated with a first TB precedes an ACK/NACK bit associated with a second TB in the ACK/NACK payload.

19. The method of claim 17 , further comprising:

receiving the ACK/NACK payload through a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) of an uplink carrier.

20. The method of claim 17 , wherein the total number of the ACK/NACK bits is greater than the total number of the plurality of carriers.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 9, 2020
From: KWON, YEONG HYEON; CHUNG, JAE HOON; HAN, SEUNG HEE; KIM, SO YEON
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Continuity (10)
Continuation 16239168 · Jan 3, 2019
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Continuation 13254323
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