Terminal apparatus and retransmission control method
View Patent ↗A terminal apparatus and retransmission control method reduces overhead of the uplink control channel in cases when ARQ is applied in communication that uses an uplink unit band and a plurality of downlink unit bands associated with the uplink unit band. A first condition is set in which downlink assignment control information is transmitted from a base station by a unit band group which comprises a basic unit band, which is the downlink unit band on which a broadcast channel signal including information relating to the uplink unit band is transmitted, and a second downlink unit band other than the basic unit band. A bundling unit will not transmit a response signal to the base station in certain cases.
1. A terminal that communicates with a base station using a unit band group comprising a plurality of downlink unit bands and uplink unit bands, the plurality of downlink unit bands comprising a downlink base unit band a downlink non-base unit band, the unit band group comprising control information, the terminal comprising:
a processor configured to at least:
make a determination from the control information whether downlink data is provided in the downlink base unit band;
when the determination indicates that downlink data is not provided in the downlink base unit band, generate a response signal to the base station regarding the downlink non-base band unit using resources of an uplink control channel of an uplink unit band that forms a band pair with the base unit band.
2. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein the resources of the uplink control channel of the uplink unit band that forms the band pair with the base unit band comprises control channel elements (CCEs) to which downlink assignment control information received in a downlink unit band is mapped.
3. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured, when the determination indicates that downlink data is provided in the downlink base unit band but reception of downlink assignment control information received in the downlink base unit band has failed, to not transmit a response signal to the base station.
4. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to make the determination using a signal bit in a downlink unit band other than the base unit band.
5. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to at least:
acquire identification numbers of control channel elements (CCEs) to which the downlink assignment control information in the downlink unit band is mapped;
identify resources of the uplink control channel corresponding to the identification numbers of the acquired CCEs using a same correspondence as an association between CCEs of the downlink control channel of the base unit band and resources of the uplink unit band that forms a band pair with the base unit band.
6. A method in a terminal that communicates with a base station using a unit band group comprising a plurality of downlink unit bands and uplink unit bands, the plurality of downlink unit bands comprising a downlink base unit band a downlink non-base unit band, the unit band group comprising control information, the method comprising:
making a determination from the control information whether downlink data is provided in the downlink base unit band; and
when the determination indicates that downlink data is not provided in the downlink base unit band, transmitting a response signal regarding the downlink non-base band unit to the base station using resources of an uplink control channel of an uplink unit band that forms a band pair with the base unit band.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the resources of the uplink control channel of the uplink unit band that forms the band pair with the base unit band comprises control channel elements (CCEs) to which downlink assignment control information received in a downlink unit band is mapped.
8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the method further comprises, when the determination indicates that downlink data is provided in the downlink base unit band:
determining a failure to make reception of downlink assignment control information received in a downlink base unit band and, as a result of the failure,
not transmitting a response signal to the base station.
9. The method of claim 6 , further comprising making the determination using a signal bit in a downlink unit band other than the base unit band.
10. The terminal of claim 6 , further comprising:
acquiring identification numbers of control channel elements (CCEs) to which the downlink assignment control information in the downlink unit band is mapped;
identifying resources of the uplink control channel corresponding to the identification numbers of the acquired CCEs using a same correspondence as an association between CCEs of the downlink control channel of the base unit band and resources of the uplink unit band that forms a band pair with the base unit band.