IP Library Granted Patent US 8,214,713
Granted Patent B2
US 8,214,713 · App. 12/350,599 · Granted Jul 3, 2012

Wireless communication system and wireless communication method

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Patent No.
US 8,214,713
App. No.
12/350,599
Granted
Jul 3, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

When a determination section of a reception apparatus determines that a control channel is intended for the reception apparatus, a comparing section of the reception apparatus compares control information transmitted on the control channel with a reception capability of the reception apparatus. A data channel reception section of the reception apparatus receives a data channel when the control information is within the reception capability of the reception apparatus, but does not receive the data channel when the control information exceeds the reception capability of the reception apparatus. When the control information exceeds the reception capability of the reception apparatus, the transmission section does not transmit an ACK signal and a NACK signal with respect to the data channel.

Claims (22)

1. A radio communication system comprising a transmission apparatus and a reception apparatus, wherein:

the transmission apparatus comprises a transmitter that transmits a data channel including data, and a control channel including control information; and

the reception apparatus comprises:

a receiver that receives the data channel and the control channel;

a comparator that compares the control information with a reception capability of the reception apparatus;

a detector that detects an error in a decoding result of the data channel;

a transmitter that transmits an ACK signal or a NACK signal according to the detection result in the detector; and

a controller that makes the transmitter transmit neither the ACK signal nor the NACK signal when the control information exceeds the reception capability of the reception apparatus.

2. The radio communication system according to claim 1 , wherein:

the reception apparatus further comprises a determiner that determines whether or not the control channel is a control channel intended for the reception apparatus; and

the controller makes the transmitter transmit the ACK signal or the NACK signal, when the control channel is a control channel intended for the reception apparatus and the control information is within the reception capability of the reception apparatus.

3. The radio communication system according to claim 1 , wherein the data channel is HS-PDSCH and the control channel is HS-SCCH.

4. The radio communication system according to claim 1 , wherein the controller determines that the control information exceeds the reception capability of the reception apparatus, when the number of multicodes required to receive the data channel indicated in the control information exceeds the number of multicodes that the reception apparatus is capable of handling.

5. The radio communication system according to claim 1 , wherein the controller determines that the control information exceeds the reception capability of the reception apparatus, when a modulation scheme for the data channel indicated in the control information is a modulation scheme that the reception apparatus is not capable of handling.

6. A radio communication method used in a radio communication system comprising a transmission apparatus and a reception apparatus, the method comprising:

at the transmission apparatus, transmitting a data channel including data, and a control channel including control information,

at the reception apparatus:

receiving the data channel and the control channel;

comparing the control information with a reception capability of the reception apparatus;

detecting an error in a decoding result of the data channel; and

transmitting an ACK signal or a NACK signal according to the detection result,

wherein transmitting neither the ACK signal nor the NACK signal when the control information exceeds the reception capability of the reception apparatus.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 3, 2016
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039551/0064 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 27, 2014
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Reel/Frame 033033/0163 →