Method and user device for receiving uplink control information, and method and base station for transmitting uplink control information

• US 10,278,164 B2
• Filed: 02/15/2018
• Issued: 04/30/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: You, Hyangsun, Yi, Yunjung, Kim, Bonghoe, Yang, Suckchel
• Primary Examiner(s): Ton, Dang T
• Application Number:
  US15/898,044
• Publication Number:
  US 20180176907A1
• Time in Patent Office: 439 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1861 Physical mapping arrangements for ACK signaling see also H04L5/0053
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/001 the frequencies being arranged in component carriers
• 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 72/21 in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network

Abstract

The present invention determines a PUCCH resource based on which serving cell ACK/NACK information is related to, when a user device set as a plurality of serving cells transmits the ACK/NACK information. Moreover, if a PUCCH transmission time matches with a PUSCH transmission time, the present invention does not piggy back ACK/NACK information to PUSCH but transmits the ACK/NACK information through PUCCH.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting acknowledgement (ACK)/negative acknowledgement (NACK) information by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

receiving a radio resource control (RRC) signal allocating one or more secondary cells (SCells),

wherein a first cell group and a second cell group are configured for the UE based on the RRC signal, the first cell group including at least one primary cell (PCell) and the second cell group including at least one SCell that does not belong to the first cell group; and

transmitting the ACK/NACK information for the second cell group through a specific SCell belonging to the second cell group,

wherein, when the ACK/NACK information is configured for data received on the specific SCell among SCells belonging to the second cell group, the ACK/NACK information is transmitted on the specific SCell using a first PUCCH format, and

wherein, when the ACK/NACK information is configured for data received on an SCell other than the specific SCell among the SCells belonging to the second cell group, the ACK/NACK information is transmitted on the specific SCell using a second PUCCH format.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein further, when the ACK/NACK information is configured for the data received on the SCell other than the specific SCell among the SCells belonging to the second cell group, the ACK/NACK information is transmitted using a PUCCH resource determined based on a transmit power control (TPC) command field carried by a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) scheduling the SCell other than the specific SCell among the SCells belonging to the second cell group.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first PUCCH format is PUCCH format 1a/1b, and the second PUCCH format is PUCCH format 3.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein a PCell operates on a primary frequency, and

wherein an SCell is a cell other than the PCell, and is configured after completion of an RRC connection establishment.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the specific SCell is indicated by the RRC signal.

6. A user equipment (UE) for transmitting acknowledgement (ACK)/negative acknowledgement (NACK) information, the UE comprising:

a transmitter and a receiver; and

a processor, operatively coupled to the transmitter and the receiver, wherein the processor is configured to;

control the receiver to receive a radio resource control (RRC) signal allocating one or more secondary cells (SCells),

wherein a first cell group and a second cell group are configured for the UE based on the RRC signal, the first cell group including at least one primary cell (PCell) and the second cell group including at least one SCell that does not belong to the first cell group; and

control the transmitter to transmit the ACK/NACK information for the second cell group through a specific SCell belonging to the second cell group,

wherein, when the ACK/NACK information is configured for data received on the specific SCell among SCells belonging to the second cell group, the ACK/NACK information is transmitted on the specific SCell using a first PUCCH format, and

wherein, when the ACK/NACK information is configured for data received on an SCell other than the specific SCell among the SCells belonging to the second cell group, the ACK/NACK information is transmitted on the specific SCell using a second PUCCH format.

7. The UE according to claim 6, wherein further, when the ACK/NACK information is configured for the data received on the SCell other than the specific SCell among the SCells belonging to the second cell group, the ACK/NACK information is transmitted using a PUCCH resource determined based on a transmit power control (TPC) command field carried by a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) scheduling the SCell other than the specific SCell among the SCells belonging to the second cell group.

8. The UE according to claim 6, wherein the first PUCCH format is PUCCH format 1a/1b, and the second PUCCH format is PUCCH format 3.

9. The UE according to claim 6, wherein a PCell operates on a primary frequency, and

wherein an SCell is a cell other than the PCell, and is configured after completion of an RRC connection establishment.

10. The UE according to claim 6, wherein the specific SCell is indicated by the RRC signal.

11. A method for receiving acknowledgement (ACK)/negative acknowledgement (NACK) information by a base station (BS), the method comprising:

transmitting a radio resource control (RRC) signal allocating one or more secondary cells (SCells),

wherein a first cell group and a second cell group are configured for a user equipment (UE) based on the RRC signal, the first cell group including at least one primary cell (PCell) and the second cell group including at least one SCell that does not belong to the first cell group; and

receiving the ACK/NACK information for the second cell group from the UE through a specific SCell belonging to the second cell group,

wherein, when the ACK/NACK information is configured for data transmitted on the specific SCell among SCells belonging to the second cell group, the ACK/NACK information is received on the specific SCell using a first PUCCH format, and

wherein, when the ACK/NACK information is configured for data transmitted on an SCell other than the specific SCell among the SCells belonging to the second cell group, the ACK/NACK information is received on the specific SCell using a second PUCCH format.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein further, when the ACK/NACK information is configured for the data transmitted on the SCell other than the specific SCell among the SCells belonging to the second cell group, the ACK/NACK information is received using a PUCCH resource determined based on a transmit power control (TPC) command field carried by a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) scheduling the SCell other than the specific SCell among the SCells belonging to the second cell group.

13. The method according to claim 11, wherein the first PUCCH format is PUCCH format 1a/1b, and the second PUCCH format is PUCCH format 3.

14. The method according to claim 11, wherein a PCell operates on a primary frequency, and

wherein an SCell is a cell other than the PCell, and is configured after completion of an RRC connection establishment.

15. The method according to claim 11, wherein the specific SCell is indicated by the RRC signal.

16. A base station (BS) for receiving acknowledgement (ACK)/negative acknowledgement (NACK) information, the BS comprising:

a transmitter and a receiver; and

a processor, operatively coupled to the transmitter and the receiver, wherein the processor is configured to;

control the transmitter to transmit a radio resource control (RRC) signal allocating one or more secondary cells (SCells),

wherein a first cell group and a second cell group are configured for a user equipment (UE) based on the RRC signal, the first cell group including at least one primary cell (PCell) and the second cell group including at least one SCell that does not belong to the first cell group; and

control the receiver to receive the ACK/NACK information for the second cell group from the user equipment through a specific SCell belonging to the second cell group,

wherein, when the ACK/NACK information is configured for data transmitted on the specific SCell among SCells belonging to the second cell group, the ACK/NACK information is received on the specific SCell using a first PUCCH format, and

wherein, when the ACK/NACK information is configured for data transmitted on an SCell other than the specific SCell among the SCells belonging to the second cell group, the ACK/NACK information is received on the specific SCell using a second PUCCH format.

17. The BS according to claim 16, wherein further, when the ACK/NACK information is configured for the data transmitted on the SCell other than the specific SCell among the SCells belonging to the second cell group, the ACK/NACK information is received using a PUCCH resource determined based on a transmit power control (TPC) command field carried by a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) scheduling the SCell other than the specific SCell among the SCells belonging to the second cell group.

18. The BS according to claim 16, wherein the first PUCCH format is PUCCH format 1a/1b, and the second PUCCH format is PUCCH format 3.

19. The BS according to claim 16, wherein a PCell operates on a primary frequency, and

wherein an SCell is a cell other than the PCell, and is configured after completion of an RRC connection establishment.

20. The BS according to claim 16, wherein the specific SCell is indicated by the RRC signal.