Method and device for sending and receiving control data on a wireless communications system

• US 8,687,581 B2
• Filed: 07/09/2010
• Issued: 04/01/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/09/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, So Yeon, Chung, Jae Hoon, Kwon, Yeong Hyeon, Han, Seung Hee
• Primary Examiner(s): Yao, Kwang B
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bokhari, Syed M
• Application Number:
  US13/381,478
• Publication Number:
  US 20120188959A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,362 Days
• Field of Search: 370/329, 370/206, 370/302, 370/310.2, 370/326, 370/328, 370/334, 370/336, 455/73, 455/522, 455/423, 455/552.1
• US Class Current: 370/329
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 11/0069 Cell search, i.e. determining cell identity [cell-ID] design of multiplexing codes H04J13/00; processing access restriction or access information H04W48/16; discovery of network devices for network data management H04W8/005; sounding signals for channel estimation H04L25/0226; structure of reference signals in multicarrier modulation systems H04L27/2613; frame, time or carrier synchronisation in multicarrier modulation systems H04L27/2655
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/001 the frequencies being arranged in component carriers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0053 Allocation of signaling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0091 Signaling for the administration of the divided path

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and device for sending and receiving control data on a wireless communications system employing an aggregated carrier arrangement. In a method for transmitting control data on a wireless communications system supporting carrier aggregation according to one aspect of the present invention, a base station transmits, to a mobile station, information relating to physical cell ID (physical cell identification, hereinafter “PCI”) for use in uplink signal transmission, and receives an uplink signal generated from the mobile station using the PCI.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting control information from a base station of a wireless communications system supporting carrier aggregation where non-backward compatible component carrier (NBC CC) and backward compatible component carrier (BC CC) coexist, the method comprising the steps of:

transmitting information on physical cell ID (physical cell identification or PCI) for use in uplink signal transmission, to a user equipment; and

receiving an uplink signal, which is generated using the PCI, from the user equipment,

wherein, if non-backward compatible downlink component carrier (NBC DL CC) and backward compatible downlink component carrier (BC DL CC) are aggregated by carrier aggregation and connected with one uplink component carrier (UL CC), the step of transmitting information on PCI includes transmitting information on PCI of the BC DL CC through the NBC DL CC, and the step of receiving an uplink signal includes receiving the uplink signal generated based on the PCI of the BC DL CC.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the information on PCI is an offset between the PCI for uplink signal transmission and a PCI detected by the user equipment.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein, if non-backward compatible uplink component carrier (NBC UL CC) and backward compatible uplink component carrier (BC UL CC) are aggregated by carrier aggregation and connected with one downlink component carrier (DL CC), the step of transmitting information on PCI includes transmitting information on PCI for use in uplink signal transmission through the NBC UL CC.

4. A method for receiving control information from a user equipment of a wireless communications system supporting carrier aggregation where non-backward compatible component carrier (NBC CC) and backward compatible component carrier (BC CC) coexist, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving information on first PCI (physical cell identification) for use in uplink signal transmission, from a base station; and

transmitting an uplink signal, which is generated using the first PCI, to the base station,

wherein, if non-backward compatible downlink component carrier (NBC DL CC) and backward compatible downlink component carrier (BC DL CC) are aggregated by carrier aggregation and connected with one uplink component carrier (UL CC), the first PCI is a PCI of the BC DL CC.

5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising the step of detecting second PCI through a downlink component carrier, wherein the information on first PCI is an offset between the first PCI and the second PCI.

6. The method according to claim 4, wherein if NBC UL CC and BC UL CC are aggregated by carrier aggregation and connected with one downlink component carrier (DL CC), the first PCI is the PCI for use in uplink signal transmission when the user equipment transmits an uplink signal through the NBC UL CC.

7. A base station of a wireless communications system supporting carrier aggregation where non-backward compatible component carrier (NBC CC) and backward compatible component carrier (BC CC) coexist, the base station comprising:

a Tx module transmitting information on physical cell ID (physical cell identification or PCI) for use in uplink signal transmission, to a user equipment; and

an Rx module receiving an uplink signal, which is generated using the PCI, from the user equipment,

wherein, if non-backward compatible downlink component carrier (NBC DL CC) and backward compatible downlink component carrier (BC DL CC) are aggregated by carrier aggregation and connected with one uplink component carrier (UL CC), the Tx module transmits information on PCI of the BC CC through the NBC CC, and the Rx module receives the uplink signal, which is generated based on the PCI of the BC CC.

8. The base station according to claim 7, wherein the information on PCI is an offset between the PCI for uplink signal transmission and a PCI detected from by the user equipment.

9. The base station according to claim 7, wherein, if non-backward compatible uplink component carrier (NBC UL CC) and backward compatible uplink component carrier (BC UL CC) are aggregated by carrier aggregation and connected with one downlink component carrier (DL CC), the Tx module transmits information on PCI (physical cell identification) for use in uplink signal transmission when the user equipment transmits the uplink signal through the NBC UL CC.

10. A user equipment of a wireless communications system supporting carrier aggregation where non-backward compatible component carrier (NBC CC) and backward compatible component carrier (BC CC) coexist, the user equipment comprising:

an Rx module receiving information on first PCI for use in uplink signal transmission, from a base station; and

a Tx module transmitting an uplink signal, which is generated using the first PCI, to the base station,

wherein, if non-backward compatible downlink component carrier (NBC DL CC) and backward compatible downlink component carrier (BC DL CC) are aggregated by carrier aggregation and connected with one uplink component carrier (UL CC), the first PCI is a PCI of the BC DL CC.

11. The user equipment according to claim 10, further comprising a processor detecting second PCI through a downlink component carrier, wherein the information on first PCI is an offset between the first PCI and the second PCI.

12. The user equipment according to claim 10, wherein if NBC UL CC and BC UL CC are aggregated by carrier aggregation and connected with one downlink component carrier (DL CC), the first PCI is the PCI for use in uplink signal transmission when the user equipment transmits an uplink signal through the NBC UL CC.