PUUCH resource mapping an HARQ-ACK feedback

• US 10,045,339 B2
• Filed: 07/17/2014
• Issued: 08/07/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Wei, Chao, Chen, Wanshi, Zhang, Xiaoxia, Wang, Neng, Xu, Hao, Gaal, Peter
• Primary Examiner(s): Renner, Brandon M
• Application Number:
  US14/910,567
• Publication Number:
  US 20160192354A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,482 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0073 Special arrangements for feedback channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1812 Hybrid protocols; Hybrid automatic repeat request [HARQ]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1854 Scheduling and prioritising arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1861 Physical mapping arrangements for ACK signaling see also H04L5/0053
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0055 Physical resource allocation for ACK/NACK for physical mapping arrangements in ARQ protocols H04L1/1861
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/04 TPC
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/04 Wireless resource allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0446 Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/20 Control channels or signalling for resource management

Abstract

Aspects of the present disclosure relate to techniques that may help enable the determination of uplink resource allocation in systems that support dynamic uplink-downlink subframe configurations. An example method generally includes receiving signaling indicating a dynamic uplink-downlink (UL-DL) subframe configuration, determining hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgment/negative acknowledgment (ACK/NACK) timing based on a reference UL-DL subframe configuration, and determining HARQ resource allocation based on the dynamic UL-DL subframe configuration.

Claims

1. A method for wireless communication by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

receiving signaling indicating a dynamic uplink-downlink (UL-DL) subframe configuration;

determining hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) timing based on a reference UL-DL subframe configuration;

determining HARQ resource allocation based on the dynamic UL-DL subframe configuration, wherein determining HARQ resource allocation based on the dynamic UL-DL subframe configuration comprises determining physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource allocation based on the dynamic UL-DL subframe configuration, and wherein separate PUCCH regions are configured for UEs capable of supporting dynamic UL-DL subframe configuration and legacy UEs not capable of supporting dynamic UL-DL subframe configuration;

determining whether a potential collision exists between the HARQ resource allocation and the legacy UE PUCCH region;

using the legacy PUCCH region for communications between the UE and a base station if no potential collision is determined; and

transmitting HARQ ACK/NACK based on the HARQ ACK/NACK timing and HARQ resource allocation.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining HARQ ACK/NACK timing based on the reference UL-DL subframe configuration comprises determining a subframe in which to transmit a HARQ ACK/NACK based on the reference UL-DL subframe configuration.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining HARQ resource allocation based on the dynamic UL-DL subframe configuration comprises determining a HARQ-ACK codebook size based on the dynamic UL-DL subframe configuration.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein at least one of a codebook size or a number of ACK/NACK bits is determined based on a size of a DL association set of the dynamic UL-DL subframe configuration.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein fixed DL subframes are mapped first in the packing order of the remaining DL subframes.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the PUCCH resource allocation is determined, at least in part, based on dynamic signaling.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the dynamic signaling is conveyed via at least one of:

one or more bits in a downlink control information (DCI) format used for transmit power control (TPC) commands, or

one or more acknowledgement resource offset (ARO) bits.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting a missed dynamic UL-DL subframe configuration; and

in response to the detection, determining HARQ resource allocation based on an UL-DL subframe configuration signaled in a system information block (SIB).

9. A method for wireless communications by a user equipment, comprising:

receiving signaling indicating a dynamic uplink-downlink (UL-DL) subframe configuration;

determining hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgment/negative acknowledgment (ACK/NACK) timing based on a reference UL-DL subframe configuration;

determining HARQ resource allocation based on the dynamic UL-DL subframe configuration, wherein determining HARQ resource allocation based on the dynamic UL-DL subframe configuration comprises determining physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource allocation based on the dynamic UL-DL subframe configuration, wherein the PUCCH resource allocation is determined based on a size of a DL association set of the dynamic UL-DL subframe configuration, wherein flexible subframes in a bundling set not configured as DL in the dynamic UL-DL configuration are not counted when determining the size of the DL association set, and wherein the HARQ resource allocation includes a packing order of remaining DL subframes in the bundling set determined by removing UL subframes; and

transmitting HARQ ACK/NACK based on the HARQ ACK/NACK timing and HARQ resource allocation.

10. A method for wireless communications by a user equipment, comprising:

receiving signaling indicating a dynamic uplink-downlink (UL-DL) subframe configuration;

determining hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) timing based on a reference UL-DL subframe configuration;

determining HARQ resource allocation based on the dynamic UL-DL subframe configuration, wherein determining HARQ resource allocation based on the dynamic UL-DL subframe configuration comprises determining physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource allocation based on the dynamic UL-DL subframe configuration, wherein separate PUCCH regions are configured for UEs capable of supporting dynamic UL-DL subframe configuration and legacy UEs not capable of supporting dynamic UL-DL subframe configuration;

determining whether a potential collision exists between the HARQ resource allocation and the legacy UE PUCCH region;

selecting a first offset value if no potential collision is determined;

selecting a second offset value if a potential collision is determined; and

transmitting HARQ ACK/NACK based on the HARQ ACK/NACK timing, HARQ resource allocation, and the selected first or second offset value.

11. A method for wireless communication by a base station (BS), comprising:

transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), signaling indicating a dynamic uplink-downlink (UL-DL) subframe configuration;

determining hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) timing for the UE based on a reference UL-DL subframe configuration;

determining HARQ resource allocation for the UE based on the dynamic UL-DL subframe configuration, wherein determining HARQ resource allocation based on the dynamic UL-DL subframe configuration comprises determining physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource allocation based on the dynamic UL-DL subframe configuration, wherein separate PUCCH regions are configured for UEs capable of supporting dynamic UL-DL subframe configuration and legacy UEs not capable of supporting dynamic UL-DL subframe configuration;

determining whether a potential collision exists between the determined HARQ resource allocation and the legacy UE PUCCH region, wherein the legacy PUCCH region is used for communications between the BS and both legacy UEs and UEs capable of supporting dynamic UL-DL subframe configuration if no potential collision is determined; and

receiving HARQ ACK/NACK from the UE based on the determined HARQ resource allocation and HARQ ACK/NACK timing.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein determining HARQ ACK/NACK timing based on the reference UL-DL subframe configuration comprises determining a subframe in which to transmit a HARQ ACK/NACK based on the reference UL-DL subframe configuration.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein determining HARQ resource allocation based on the dynamic UL-DL subframe configuration comprises determining a HARQ-ACK codebook size based on the dynamic UL-DL subframe configuration.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein at least one of a codebook size or a number of ACK/NACK bits is determined based on a size of a DL association set of the dynamic UL-DL subframe configuration.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the PUCCH resource allocation is determined based on a size of a DL association set of the dynamic UL-DL subframe configuration.

16. The method of claim 11, further comprising providing dynamic signaling for the UE to use in determining the PUCCH resource allocation.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the dynamic signaling is conveyed via at least one of:

one or more bits in a downlink control information (DCI) format used for transmit power control (TPC) commands, or

one or more acknowledgement resource offset (ARO) bits.

18. A method for wireless communications by a base station, comprising:

transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), signaling indicating a dynamic uplink-downlink (UL-DL) subframe configuration;

determining hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) timing for the UE based on a reference UL-DL subframe configuration;

determining HARQ resource allocation for the UE based on the dynamic UL-DL subframe configuration, wherein determining HARQ resource allocation based on the dynamic UL-DL subframe configuration comprises determining physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource allocation based on the dynamic UL-DL subframe configuration, wherein separate PUCCH regions are configured for UEs capable of supporting dynamic UL-DL subframe configuration and legacy UEs not capable of supporting dynamic UL-DL subframe configuration;

determining whether a potential collision exists between the determined HARQ resource allocation and the legacy UE PUCCH region, wherein the legacy PUCCH region is used for both legacy UEs and UEs capable of supporting dynamic UL-DL subframe configuration if no potential collision is determined;

selecting a first offset value into a PUCCH region if no potential collision is determined;

selecting a second offset value into a PUCCH region if a potential collision is determined; and

receiving HARQ ACK/NACK from the UE based on the HARQ ACK/NACK timing, HARQ resource allocation, and the selected first or second offset value.