Method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving HARQ-ACK signal in wireless communication system supporting carrier aggregation

1. A method for transmitting hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, comprising:

receiving higher layer signaling including at least one of first configuration information indicating whether to apply HARQ-ACK spatial bundling to HARQ-ACK information to be transmitted on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) or second configuration information indicating whether to apply HARQ-ACK spatial bundling to HARQ-ACK information to be transmitted on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH);

determining at least one HARQ-ACK information bit corresponding to downlink data received in at least one cell, based on whether at least one of the first configuration information and the second configuration information is included in the higher layer signaling; and

transmitting HARQ-ACK information corresponding to the determined at least one HARQ-ACK information bit on at least one of the PUCCH or the PUSCH.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first configuration information indicating whether to apply HARQ-ACK spatial bundling to HARQ-ACK information to be transmitted on the PUCCH is indicated by a first bit included in the higher layer signaling, and the second configuration information indicating whether to apply HARQ-ACK spatial bundling to HARQ-ACK information to be transmitted on the PUSCH is indicated by a second bit included in the higher layer signaling.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein a total number of the at least one HARQ-ACK information bit is determined based on a total number of the at least one cell.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the at least one HARQ-ACK information bit comprises:

if the HARQ-ACK spatial bundling is applied, determine a first number of HARQ-ACK information bits corresponding to downlink data received in at least one cell, and if the HARQ-ACK spatial bundling is not applied, determine a second number of HARQ-ACK information bits corresponding to downlink data received in at least one cell.

5. A method for receiving hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information by a base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), higher layer signaling including at least one of first configuration information indicating whether to apply HARQ-ACK spatial bundling to HARQ-ACK information to be transmitted on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) or second configuration information indicating whether to apply HARQ-ACK spatial bundling to HARQ-ACK information to be transmitted on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH); and

receiving, from the UE, at least one HARQ-ACK information bit on at least one of the PUCCH or the PUSCH,

wherein the at least one HARQ-ACK information bit is determined based on whether at least one of the first configuration information and the second configuration information is included in the higher layer signaling.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the first configuration information indicating whether to apply HARQ-ACK spatial bundling to HARQ-ACK information to be transmitted on the PUCCH is indicated by a first bit included in the higher layer signaling, and the second configuration information indicating whether to apply HARQ-ACK spatial bundling to HARQ-ACK information to be transmitted on the PUSCH is indicated by a second bit included in the higher layer signaling.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein a total number of the at least one HARQ-ACK information bit is determined based on a total number of the at least one cell.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein, if the HARQ-ACK spatial bundling is applied, the at least one HARQ-ACK information bit is determined as a first number, and if the HARQ-ACK spatial bundling is not applied, the at least one HARQ-ACK information bit is determined as a second number.

9. A user equipment (UE) for transmitting hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information in a wireless communication system, comprising:

a transceiver; and

a controller coupled with the transceiver and configured to:

receive higher layer signaling including at least one of first configuration information indicating whether to apply HARQ-ACK spatial bundling to HARQ-ACK information to be transmitted on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) or second configuration information indicating whether to apply HARQ-ACK spatial bundling to HARQ-ACK information to be transmitted on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH);

determine at least one HARQ-ACK information bit corresponding to downlink data received in at least one cell, based on whether at least one of the first configuration information and the second configuration information is included in the higher layer signaling; and

transmit HARQ-ACK information corresponding to the determined at least one HARQ-ACK information bit on at least one of the PUSCH or the PUCCH.

10. The UE of claim 9 , wherein the first configuration information indicating whether to apply HARQ-ACK spatial bundling to HARQ-ACK information to be transmitted on the PUCCH is indicated by a first bit included in the higher layer signaling, and the second configuration information indicating whether to apply HARQ-ACK spatial bundling to HARQ-ACK information to be transmitted on the PUSCH is indicated by a second bit included in the higher layer signaling.

11. The UE of claim 9 , wherein a total number of the at least one HARQ-ACK information bit is determined based on a total number of the at least one cell.

12. The UE of claim 9 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

if the HARQ-ACK spatial bundling is applied, determine a first number of HARQ-ACK information bits corresponding to downlink data received in at least one cell, and

if the HARQ-ACK spatial bundling is not applied, determine a second number of HARQ-ACK information bits corresponding to downlink data received in at least one cell.

13. A base station for receiving hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information in a wireless communication system, the base station comprising:

a transceiver; and

a controller coupled with the transceiver and configured to:

transmit, to a user equipment (UE), higher layer signaling including at least one of first configuration information indicating whether to apply HARQ-ACK spatial bundling to HARQ-ACK information to be transmitted on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) or second configuration information indicating whether to apply HARQ-ACK spatial bundling to HARQ-ACK information to be transmitted on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH); and

receive, from the UE, at least one HARQ-ACK information bit on at least one of the PUCCH or the PUSCH,

wherein the at least one HARQ-ACK information bit is determined based on whether at least one of the first configuration information and the second configuration information is included in the higher layer signaling.

14. The base station of claim 13 , wherein the first configuration information indicating whether to apply HARQ-ACK spatial bundling to HARQ-ACK information to be transmitted on the PUCCH is indicated by a first bit included in the higher layer signaling, and the second configuration information indicating whether to apply HARQ-ACK spatial bundling to HARQ-ACK information to be transmitted on the PUSCH is indicated by a second bit included in the higher layer signaling.

15. The base station of claim 13 , wherein a total number of the at least one HARQ-ACK information bit is determined based on a total number of the at least one cell.

16. The base station of claim 13 , wherein, if the HARQ-ACK spatial bundling is applied, the at least one HARQ-ACK information bit is determined as a first number, and if the HARQ-ACK spatial bundling is not applied, the at least one HARQ-ACK information bit is determined as a second number.