Method and device for enhancing carrier aggregation

• US 10,448,381 B2
• Filed: 01/18/2016
• Issued: 10/15/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Chang, Ningjuan, Jiang, Qi, Xiao, Fangying
• Primary Examiner(s): Moutaouakil, Mounir
• Application Number:
  US15/544,241
• Publication Number:
  US 20180007666A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,366 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0623 Auxiliary parameters, e.g. power control [PCB] or not acknowledged commands [NACK], used as feedback information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/18 Automatic repetition systems, e.g. Van Duuren systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/001 the frequencies being arranged in component carriers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0035 Resource allocation in a cooperative multipoint environment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0053 Allocation of signaling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0057 Physical resource allocation for CQI
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0091 Signaling for the administration of the divided path
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0098 Signalling of the activation or deactivation of component carriers, subcarriers or frequency bands
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/04 Wireless resource allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/20 Control channels or signalling for resource management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/21 in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/0833 Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/045 using private Base Stations, e.g. femto Base Stations, home Node B
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 Access point devices

Abstract

Provided in the present invention is a method, base station, and user equipment for configuring a serving cell group. The method includes: a base station transmitting serving cell group configuration information to a user equipment having carrier aggregation capability, where the serving cell group configuration information indicates a reference cell used for transmitting uplink control information of a serving cell. The present invention allows the base station to flexibly configure multiple PUCCH reference cells and to configure different PUCCH reference cells on the basis of different cell loads.

Claims

1. A method executed by a base station, comprising:

transmitting a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) reference cell information for a SCell in an RRC Connection Reconfiguration message; and

receiving uplink control information of the SCell on a PUCCH SCell if the PUCCH reference cell information is configured for the SCell;

receiving uplink control information of the SCell on the SCell if the SCell is the PUCCH SCell;

receiving uplink control information of the SCell on a PCell or a PSCell, if the PUCCH reference cell information is absent for the SCell and the SCell is not a PUCCH SCell;

wherein, the PUCCH SCell is a SCell configured with PUCCH.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the uplink control information includes one or more of:

a channel quality indicator, a precoding matrix index, a rank indicator, a precoding type indicator, and hybrid automatic repeat request feedback.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein

the primary cell and the secondary cells belong to the same base station;

and/or

the secondary cells and the reference cells corresponding thereto belong to the same base station.

3. A method executed by a user equipment, comprising:

receiving a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) reference cell information for a SCell in an RRCConnectionReconfiguration message; and

sending uplink control information of the SCell on a PUCCH SCell if the PUCCH reference cell information is configured for the SCell;

sending uplink control information of the SCell on the SCell if the SCell is the PUCCH SCell;

sending uplink control information of the SCell on a PCell or a PSCell, if the PUCCH reference cell information is absent for the SCell and the SCell is not a PUCCH SCell;

wherein, the PUCCH SCell is a SCell configured with PUCCH.

5. The method according to claim 3, further comprising:

transferring, a capability information included in a UE-EUTRAN-Capability information element in UECapabilitylnformation message to a eNB, wherein the capability information indicates whether the UE support PUCCH transmission on the PUCCH SCell;

wherein, the PUCCH SCell is a SCell configured with PUCCH.

6. The method according to claim 3, wherein the uplink control information includes one or more of:

a channel quality indicator, a precoding matrix index, a rank indicator, a precoding type indicator, and hybrid automatic repeat request feedback.

7. The method according to claim 3, wherein

the primary cell and the secondary cells belong to the same base station;

and/or

the secondary cells and the reference cells corresponding thereto belong to the same base station.

8. A base station, comprising:

a transmission unit, configured to transmit a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) reference cell information for a SCell in an RRCConnectionReconfiguration message; and

a receiving unit, configured to receive uplink control information of the SCell on a PUCCH SCell if the PUCCH reference cell information is configured for the SCell;

receive uplink control information of the SCell on the SCell if the SCell is the PUCCH SCell;

receive uplink control information of the SCell on a PCell or a PSCell, if the PUCCH reference cell information is absent for the SCell and the SCell is not a PUCCH SCell;

wherein, the PUCCH SCell is a SCell configured with PUCCH.

9. The base station according to claim 8, wherein the uplink control information includes one or more of:

a channel quality indicator, a precoding matrix index, a rank indicator, a precoding type indicator, and hybrid automatic repeat request feedback.

10. The base station according to claim 8, wherein

the primary cell and the secondary cells belong to the same base station;

and/or

the secondary cells and the reference cells corresponding thereto belong to the same base station.

11. A user equipment, comprising:

a reception unit, configured to receive a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) reference cell information for a SCell in an RRCConnectionReconfiguration message; and

a transmission unit, configured to send uplink control information of the SCell on a PUCCH SCell if the PUCCH reference cell information is configured for the SCell;

send uplink control information of the SCell on the SCell if the SCell is the PUCCH SCell;

send uplink control information of the SCell on a PCell or a PSCell, if the PUCCH reference cell information is absent for the SCell and the SCell is not a PUCCH SCell;

wherein, the PUCCH SCell is a SCell configured with PUCCH.

12. The user equipment according to claim 11, wherein the uplink control information includes one or more of:

a channel quality indicator, a precoding matrix index, a rank indicator, a precoding type indicator, and hybrid automatic repeat request feedback.

13. The user equipment according to claim 11, wherein

the primary cell and the secondary cells belong to the same base station;

and/or

the secondary cells and the reference cells corresponding thereto belong to the same base station.

14. The user equipment according to claim 11, wherein

the PUCCH reference cell configuration information of the serving cells is included in a radio resource control (RRC) message.