Method for transmitting multiplexed HARQ feedbacks in a carrier aggregation system and a device therefor

• US 10,615,921 B2
• Filed: 06/25/2018
• Issued: 04/07/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Sunyoung, Yi, Seungjune
• Primary Examiner(s): Ton, Dang T
• Application Number:
  US16/017,666
• Publication Number:
  US 20180309545A1
• Time in Patent Office: 652 Days
• Field of Search: 370401
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1628 List acknowledgements, i.e. the acknowledgement message consisting of a list of identifiers, e.g. of sequence numbers H04L1/1614 takes precedence
• 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 5/0001 Arrangements for dividing the transmission path duplexing H04L5/14; multiplexing of different sources on one path H04J
• 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: H04L 5/0098 Signalling of the activation or deactivation of component carriers, subcarriers or frequency bands

Abstract

A method for a User Equipment (UE) operating in a wireless communication system including a Primary Cell (PCell) and a first Secondary Cell (SCell) with a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) resource. The method includes receiving a parameter included in information about a second SCell without the PUCCH resource. The parameter indicates that a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) feedback of the second SCell is to be sent on the first SCell. The method further includes transmitting the HARQ feedback of the second SCell to the first SCell.

Claims

1. A method for a User Equipment (UE) operating in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving configuration information for configuring a third cell in which a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) resource is not configured; and

transmitting a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) feedback of the third cell on a first cell or a second cell,

wherein the first cell is not a special cell (SpCell) of a base station, and the second cell is the SpCell,

wherein each of the first and second cells is configured with a PUCCH resource, and

wherein the HARQ feedback is transmitted on the first cell when an indication indicating that the HARQ feedback is to be sent on the first cell is received in the configuration information, and the HARQ feedback is transmitted on the second cell when the indication is not received.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the SpCell is a Primary Cell (PCell) of a Master Cell Group (MCG) or a Primary Secondary Cell (PSCeIl) of a Secondary Cell Group (SCG).

3. A User Equipment (UE) for operating in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a Radio Frequency (RF) module; and

a processor configured to control the RF module,

wherein the processor is configured to;

receive configuration information for configuring a third cell in which a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) resource is not configured, and

transmit a Hybrid Automatic Repeat r(HARQ) feedback of the third cell on a first cell or a second cell,

wherein the first cell is not a special cell (SpCell) of a base station, and the second cell is the SpCell,

wherein each of the first and second cells is configured with a PUCCH resource, and

wherein the HARQ feedback is transmitted on the first cell when an indication indicating that the HARQ feedback is to be sent on the first cell is received in the configuration information, and the HARQ feedback is transmitted on the second cell when the indication is not received.

4. The UE according to claim 3, wherein the SpCell is a Primary Cell (PCell) of a Master Cell Group (MCG) or a Primary Secondary Cell (PSCell) of a Secondary Cell Group (SCG).