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US 9,497,011 · App. 14/398,970 · Granted Nov 15, 2016

Carrier aggregation feedback method, device and system for different TDD uplink/downlink configurations

Inventors: Xuejuan Gao (Beijing, CN); Yanan Lin (Beijing, CN); Zukang Shen (Beijing, CN)

Assignee: China Academy of Telecommunications Technology

H04L5/0055 H04L1/1861 H04L5/001 H04L5/14 H04L5/1469 H04W72/0413 H04L1/1854

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Patent No.: US 9,497,011
App. No.: 14/398,970
Granted: Nov 15, 2016
Kind: B2

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Abstract

Disclosed are a carrier aggregation feedback method, device and system, relating to communication technologies. The number M of subframes requiring ACK/NACK feedback in a current uplink subframe is determined according to a TDD uplink/downlink configuration that corresponds to each carrier and is used for determining a timing relationship based on which a UE reports ACK/NACK feedback information of the carrier, and then ACK/NACK feedback information transmitted by a terminal device in the current uplink subframe and a candidate channel resource used for channel selection are determined according to the value of M, so as to transmit the ACK/NACK feedback information in the candidate channel resource by using PUCCH format 1b in combination with channel selection.

Claims (171)

1. A feedback method of aggregating carriers, comprising:

determining, from Time Division Duplexing, TDD, uplink/downlink configurations corresponding to respective carriers, that the number M of sub-frames for which ACK/NACK needs to be fed back in a current uplink sub-frame is a largest one of the numbers of sub-frames, for which ACK/NACK needs to be fed back in the current uplink sub-frame for the respective carriers, determined from the TDD uplink/downlink configurations corresponding to the respective carriers, wherein the TDD uplink/downlink configurations, configured in system information, corresponding to respective carriers comprise at least two TDD uplink/downlink configurations, or the respective carriers comprise at least one Frequency Division Duplexing, FDD, carrier and at least one TDD carrier, and the TDD uplink/downlink configuration is used for determining a timing relationship for a User Equipment, UE, to report ACK/NACK feedback information of the carrier;

determining, from a value of M, ACK/NACK feedback information to be transmitted in the current uplink sub-frame;

determining, from the value of M, candidate channel resources for channel selection; and

transmitting the ACK/NACK feedback information by PUCCH format 1b with channel selection over the candidate channel resources.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein M represents a larger one of M P and M S ,

M P represents the number of sub-frames, for which ACK/NACK needs to be fed back in the current uplink sub-frame for a Primary Component Carrier, PCC, determined from the TDD uplink/downlink configuration corresponding to the Primary Component Carrier, and M S represents the number of sub-frames, for which ACK/NACK needs to be fed back in the current uplink sub-frame for a Secondary Component Carrier, SCC, determined from the TDD uplink/downlink configuration corresponding to the Secondary Component Carrier; and the number of sub-frames for which ACK/NACK needs to be fed back in the current uplink sub-frame for the carrier is: the number of sub-frames, in a set of sub-frames over the carrier corresponding to the current uplink sub-frame, determined from the TDD uplink/downlink configuration corresponding to the carrier; or the number of downlink sub-frames, in a set of sub-frames over the carrier corresponding to the current uplink sub-frame, determined from the TDD uplink/downlink configuration corresponding to the carrier; or the number of other downlink sub-frames than downlink sub-frames in which no scheduling signaling can be obtained and/or downlink sub-frames of which a transmission direction is determined to be uplink, in a set of sub-frames over the carrier corresponding to the current uplink sub-frame, determined from the TDD uplink/downlink configuration corresponding to the carrier; or the number of sub-frames for which ACK/NACK needs to be fed back in the current uplink sub-frame for the carrier is 0 when it is determined from the TDD uplink/downlink configuration corresponding to the carrier that there is no set of downlink indexes corresponding to the current uplink sub-frame; wherein the set of sub-frames over the carrier is a set of respective sub-frames over the carrier, determined from respective elements in a set of downlink indexes corresponding to the current uplink sub-frame, determined from the TDD uplink/downlink configuration corresponding to the carrier; and

the timing relationship for the UE to report the ACK/NACK feedback information is a correspondence relationship of downlink sub-frames, for which ACK/NACK needs to be fed back, to uplink sub-frames in which ACK/NACK feedbacks of the downlink sub-frames are transmitted.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining from the value of M the ACK/NACK feedback information to be transmitted in the current uplink sub-frame particularly comprises:

generating Q*M bits of ACK/NACK feedback information for each downlink carrier, wherein when M=1 and the downlink carrier is in a multi-codeword transmission mode, Q=2; otherwise, Q=1; and

when the number A of sub-frames for which ACK/NACK needs to be fed back in the current uplink sub-frame for the downlink carrier, determined from the TDD uplink/downlink configuration corresponding to the downlink carrier, is smaller than the value of M, mapping the ACK/NACK feedback information of the A sub-frames, for which ACK/NACK needs to be fed back in the current uplink sub-frame, corresponding to the downlink carrier, to first Q*A bit locations in a sequence of Q*M bits of ACK/NACK feedback information of the downlink carrier, and appending Q*(M−A) bits of NACK/DTX to the Q*A bits, wherein Q bits of NACK/DTX is generated as feedback information for respective sub-frames, in which a Physical Downlink Shared Channel, PDSCH, and/or a Physical Downlink Control Channel, PDCCH, instructing a downlink Semi-Persistent Scheduling, SPS, resource to be released is not received, among the A sub-frames, for which ACK/NACK needs to be fed back in the current uplink sub-frame, corresponding to the downlink carrier.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining from the value of M the candidate channel resources for channel selection particularly comprises:

for a PDSCH, with a corresponding PDCCH, transmitted over a PCC and/or a PDCCH, instructing a downlink SPS resource to be released, transmitted over the PCC, determining a channel resource from a lowest Control Channel Element, CCE, index of the PDCCH;

for a PDSCH, without any corresponding PDCCH, transmitted over the PCC, determining a channel resource from a Transmit Power Control, TPC, field in a PDCCH instructing the PDSCH to be activated, wherein the TPC field indicates one of a plurality of sets of channel resources or one of a plurality of channel resources preconfigured in higher-layer signaling; and

for a PDSCH, with a corresponding PDCCH, transmitted over a SCC, determining a channel resource from a TPC field in the PDCCH; or for a PDSCH, with a corresponding PDCCH, transmitted over the SCC, when the PDCCH is transmitted in an available downlink sub-frame among the M P sub-frames over the PCC, determining a channel resource from the lowest CCE index of the PDCCH, otherwise, determining a channel resource from a TPC field in the PDCCH; or for a PDSCH, with a corresponding PDCCH, transmitted over the SCC, when M P =0 and M S >0 and the PDCCH is transmitted over the PCC, determining a channel resource from the lowest CCE index of the PDCCH, otherwise, determining a channel resource from a TPC field in the PDCCH; wherein the TPC field indicates one of a plurality of sets of channel resources or one of a plurality of channel resources preconfigured in higher-layer signaling; and

wherein when M>2, the channel resource is determined from the lowest CCE index of the PDCCH which is a PDCCH with a Downlink Assignment index, DAI, value of 1 or a PDCCH with a DAI value of 2.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the determining the channel resource from the lowest CCE index of the PDCCH particularly comprises:

determining the channel resource index n PUCCH,j (1) =(M p0 −m−1)·N c +m·N c+1 +n CCE,m +N PUCCH (1) ; wherein M P0 represents the number of elements in a set of downlink indexes

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corresponding to the current uplink sub-frame n, determined from the TDD uplink/downlink configuration configured in the system information corresponding to the PCC, m represents a location index, in the set K, of the downlink index k m corresponding to the downlink sub-frame n−k m in which the PDCCH is transmitted over the PCC, 0≦m≦M P0 −1, c represents a value selected from {0, 1, 2, 3} to N c ≦n CCE,m <N c+1 and N c =max{0, └[N RB DL ·(N sc RB ·c−4)]/36┘}, N RB DL represents an available downlink bandwidth of the PCC in units of Resource Blocks, RBs, N sc RB represents the number of sub-carriers comprised in an RB n CCE,m represents the lowest CCE index of the PDCCH, and N PUCCH (1) is a parameter preconfigured in higher-layer signaling.

6. A feedback method of aggregating carriers, comprising:

determining, from Time Division Duplexing, TDD, uplink/downlink configurations corresponding to respective carriers, that the number M of sub-frames for which ACK/NACK needs to be fed back in a current uplink sub-frame is a largest one of the numbers of sub-frames, for which ACK/NACK needs to be fed back in the current uplink sub-frame for the respective carriers, determined from the TDD uplink/downlink configurations corresponding to the respective carriers, wherein the TDD uplink/downlink configurations, configured in system information, corresponding to respective carriers comprise at least two TDD uplink/downlink configurations, or the respective carriers comprise at least one Frequency Division Duplexing, FDD, carrier and at least one TDD carrier, and the TDD uplink/downlink configuration is used for determining a timing relationship for a base station to receive ACK/NACK feedback information of the carrier;

determining, from a value of M, candidate channel resources for channel selection; and

receiving ACK/NACK feedback information by PUCCH format 1b with channel selection over the candidate channel resources.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein M represents a larger one of M P and M S ,

the timing relationship for the base station to receive the ACK/NACK feedback information is a correspondence relationship of downlink sub-frames, for which ACK/NACK needs to be fed back, to uplink sub-frames in which ACK/NACK feedbacks of the downlink sub-frames are transmitted.

8. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the receiving the ACK/NACK feedback information by PUCCH format 1b with channel selection over the candidate channel resources further comprises:

determining Q*M bits of ACK/NACK feedback information corresponding to each downlink carrier, wherein when M=1 and the downlink carrier is in a multi-codeword transmission mode, Q=2; otherwise, Q=1; and

9. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the determining from the value of M the candidate channel resources for channel selection particularly comprises:

wherein when M>2, the channel resource is determined from the lowest CCE index of the PDCCH which is a PDCCH with a DAI value of 1 or a PDCCH with a Downlink Assignment index, DAI, value of 2.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the determining the channel resource from the lowest CCE index of the PDCCH particularly comprises:

determining the channel resource index

n PUCCH,j (1) =( M p0 −m− 1)· N c +m·N c+1 +n CCE,m +N PUCCH (1) ;

wherein M P0 represents the number of elements in a set of downlink indexes

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corresponding to the current uplink sub-frame n, determined from the TDD uplink/downlink configuration configured in the system information corresponding to the PCC, m represents a location index, in the set K, of the downlink index k m corresponding to the downlink sub-frame n−k m in which the PDCCH is transmitted over the PCC, 0 ≦m≦M P0 −1, c represents a value selected from {0, 1, 2, 3} to satisfy N c ≦n CCE,m <N c+1 and N c =max{0, └[N RB DL ·(N sc RB ·c−4)]/36┘}N RB DL represents an available downlink bandwidth of the PCC in units of Resource Blocks, RBs, N sc RB represents the number of sub-carriers comprised in an RB, n CCE,m represents the lowest CCE index of the PDCCH, and N PUCCH (1) is a parameter preconfigured in higher-layer signaling.

11. A feedback apparatus for aggregating carriers, comprising:

a processor configured to determine, from Time Division Duplexing, TDD, uplink/downlink configurations corresponding to respective carriers, that the number M of sub-frames for which ACK/NACK needs to be fed back in a current uplink sub-frame is a largest one of the numbers of sub-frames, for which ACK/NACK needs to be fed back in the current uplink sub-frame for the respective carriers, determined from the TDD uplink/downlink configurations corresponding to the respective carriers, wherein the TDD uplink/downlink configurations, configured in system information, corresponding to the each carrier comprise at least two TDD uplink/downlink configurations, or the respective carriers comprise at least one Frequency Division Duplexing, FDD, carrier and at least one TDD carrier, and the TDD uplink/downlink configuration is used for determining a relationship for a UE to report ACK/NACK feedback information of the carrier;

the processor configured to determine, from a value of M, ACK/NACK feedback information to be transmitted in the current uplink sub-frame; and

to determine, from the value of M, candidate channel resources for channel selection; and

a transmitter configured to transmit the ACK/NACK feedback information by PUCCH format 1b with channel selection over the candidate channel resources.

12. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein M represents a larger one of M P and M S ,

13. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the processor is particularly configured:

to generate Q*M bits of ACK/NACK feedback information for each downlink carrier, wherein when M=1 and the downlink carrier is in a multi-codeword transmission mode, Q=2; otherwise, Q=1; and

when the number A of sub-frames for which ACK/NACK needs to be fed back in the current uplink sub-frame for the downlink carrier, determined from the TDD uplink/downlink configuration corresponding to the downlink carrier, is smaller than the value of M, to map the ACK/NACK feedback information of the A sub-frames, for which ACK/NACK needs to be fed back in the current uplink sub-frame, corresponding to the downlink carrier, to first Q*A bit locations in a sequence of Q*M bits of ACK/NACK feedback information of the downlink carrier, and to append Q*(M−A) bits of NACK/DTX to the Q*A bits, wherein Q bits of NACK/DTX is generated as feedback information for respective sub-frames, in which a Physical Downlink Shared Channel, PDSCH, and/or a Physical Downlink Control Channel, PDCCH, instructing a downlink Semi-Persistent Scheduling, SPS, resource to be released is not received, among the A sub-frames, for which ACK/NACK needs to be fed back in the current uplink sub-frame, corresponding to the downlink carrier.

14. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the processor is particularly configured:

for a PDSCH, with a corresponding PDCCH, transmitted over a PCC and/or a PDCCH, instructing a downlink SPS resource to be released, transmitted over the PCC, to determine a channel resource from a lowest Control Channel Element, CCE, index of the PDCCH;

for a PDSCH, without any corresponding PDCCH, transmitted over the PCC, to determine a channel resource from a Transmit Power Control, TPC, field in a PDCCH instructing the PDSCH to be activated, wherein the TPC field indicates one of a plurality of sets of channel resources or one of a plurality of channel resources preconfigured in higher-layer signaling; and

for a PDSCH, with a corresponding PDCCH, transmitted over a SCC, to determine a channel resource from a TPC field in the PDCCH; or for a PDSCH, with a corresponding PDCCH, transmitted over the SCC, when the PDCCH is transmitted in an available downlink sub-frame among the M P sub-frames over the PCC, to determine a channel resource from the lowest CCE index of the PDCCH, otherwise, to determine a channel resource from a TPC field in the PDCCH; or for a PDSCH, with a corresponding PDCCH, transmitted over the SCC, when M P =0 and M S >0 and the PDCCH is transmitted over the PCC, to determine a channel resource from the lowest CCE index of the PDCCH, otherwise, to determine a channel resource from a TPC field in the PDCCH; wherein the TPC field indicates one of a plurality of sets of channel resources or one of a plurality of channel resources preconfigured in higher-layer signaling; and

wherein when M>2, the channel resource is determined from the lowest CCE index of the PDCCH which is a PDCCH with a Downlink Assignment index, DAI, value of 1 or a PDCCH with a DAI value of 2.

15. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the processor configured to determine the channel resource from the lowest CCE index of the PDCCH is particularly configured:

to determine the channel resource index

n PUCCH,j (1) =( M p0 −m− 1)· N c +m·N c+1 +n CCE,m +N PUCCH (1) ;

wherein M P0 represents the number of elements in a set of downlink indexes

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corresponding to the current uplink sub-frame n, determined from the TDD uplink/downlink configuration configured in the system information corresponding to the PCC, m represents a location index, in the set K, of the downlink index k m corresponding to the downlink sub-frame n−k m in which the PDCCH is transmitted over the PCC, 0≦m≦M P0 −1, c represents a value selected from {0, 1, 2, 3} to satisfy N c ≦n CCE,m <N c+1 and N c =max{0, └[N RB DL ·(N sc RB ·c−4)]/36┘}, N RB DL represents an available downlink bandwidth of the PCC in units of Resource Blocks, RBs, N sc RB represents the number of sub-carriers comprised in an RB, n CCE,m represents the lowest CCE index of the PDCCH, and N PUCCH (1) is a parameter preconfigured in higher-layer signaling.

16. A feedback apparatus for aggregating carriers, comprising:

a processor configured to determine, from Time Division Duplexing, TDD, uplink/downlink configurations corresponding to respective carriers, that the number M of sub-frames for which ACK/NACK needs to be fed back in a current uplink sub-frame is a largest one of the numbers of sub-frames, for which ACK/NACK needs to be fed back in the current uplink sub-frame for the respective carriers, determined from the TDD uplink/downlink configurations corresponding to the respective carriers, wherein the TDD uplink/downlink configurations, configured in system information, corresponding to each carrier comprise at least two TDD uplink/downlink configurations, or the respective carriers comprise at least one Frequency Division Duplexing, FDD, carrier and at least one TDD carrier, and the TDD uplink/downlink configuration is used for determining a timing relationship for a base station to receive ACK/NACK feedback information of the carrier;

and the processor configured to determine, from a value of M, candidate channel resources for channel selection; and

a receiver configured to receive ACK/NACK feedback information by PUCCH format 1b with channel selection over the candidate channel resources.

17. The apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein M represents a larger one of M P and M S ,

18. The apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the receiver is particularly configured:

to determine Q*M bits of ACK/NACK feedback information corresponding to each downlink carrier, wherein when M=1 and the downlink carrier is in a multi-codeword transmission mode, Q=2; otherwise, Q=1; and

19. The apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the processor is particularly configured:

for a PDSCH, with a corresponding PDCCH, transmitted over a SCC, to determine a channel resource from a TPC field in the PDCCH; or for a PDSCH, with a corresponding PDCCH, transmitted over the SCC, when the PDCCH is transmitted in an available downlink sub-frame among the M P sub-frames over the PCC, to determine a channel resource corresponding to the PDSCH from the lowest CCE index of the PDCCH, otherwise, to determine a channel resource from a TPC field in the PDCCH; or for a PDSCH, with a corresponding PDCCH, transmitted over the SCC, when M P =0 and M S >0 and the PDCCH is transmitted over the PCC, to determine a channel resource from the lowest CCE index of the PDCCH, otherwise, to determine a channel resource from a TPC field in the PDCCH, wherein the TPC field indicates one of a plurality of sets of channel resources or one of a plurality of channel resources preconfigured in higher-layer signaling.

20. The apparatus according to claim 19 , wherein the processor configured to determine the channel resource from the lowest CCE index of the PDCCH is particularly configured:

to determine the channel resource index

n PUCCH,j (1) =( M p0 −m− 1)· N c +m·N c+1 +n CCE,m +N PUCCH (1) ;

wherein M P0 represents the number of elements in a set of downlink indexes

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corresponding to the current uplink sub-frame n, determined from the TDD uplink/downlink configuration configured in the system information corresponding to the PCC, m represents a location index, in the set K, of the downlink index k m corresponding to the downlink sub-frame n−k m in which the PDCCH is transmitted over the PCC, 0≦m≦M P0 −1, c represents a value selected from {0, 1, 2, 3} to satisfy N c ≦n CCE,m <N c+1 and N c =max{0, └[N RB DL ·(N sc RB ·c−4)]/36┘}, N RB DL represents an available downlink bandwidth of the PCC in units of Resource Blocks, RBs, N sc RB represents the number of sub-carriers comprised in an RB, n CCE,m represents the lowest CCE index of the PDCCH, and N PUCCH (1) is a parameter preconfigured in higher-layer signaling.

Assignments (2)

ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 16, 2021

From: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY

To: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD.

Reel/Frame 057452/0169 →

ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 4, 2014

From: GAO, XUEJUAN; LIN, YANAN; SHEN, ZUKANG

To: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY

Reel/Frame 034103/0672 →

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