Base station device, terminal device, resource allocation method and response signal transmission method

• US 9,148,881 B2
• Filed: 06/26/2013
• Issued: 09/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Takeda, Kazuki, Horiuchi, Ayako, Oizumi, Toru
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Andrew
• Application Number:
  US14/342,514
• Publication Number:
  US 20140204897A1
• Time in Patent Office: 825 Days
• Field of Search: 370/328, 370/329, 370/348, 370/343
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/001 the frequencies being arranged in component carriers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0048 Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0053 Allocation of signaling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal

Abstract

A base station apparatus is disclosed in which control section (150) generates an index indicating a response signal resource to be used for transmission of a response signal in response to downlink data of a plurality of CCs for at least each second CC, and transmitting section (160) transmits control information including the index. When a terminal receives the control information using only one second CC or two or more CCs among the plurality of CCs, the terminal apparatus determines the response signal resource based on the index of the second CC. Control section (150) specifies, as the response signal resource, using the index of the second CC, a first resource for transmission of a response signal in response to downlink data transmitted using only one CC or a second resource for transmission of a plurality of response signals in response to downlink data transmitted using a plurality of CCs.

Claims

1. A base station apparatus configured to transmit downlink data to a terminal apparatus using a plurality of component carriers (CCs) including one first CC and one or a plurality of second CCs, the base station apparatus comprising:

a control section that generates an index indicating a response signal resource to be used for transmission of a response signal in response to the downlink data of the plurality of CCs for at least each of the second CCs; and

a transmitting section that transmits control information including the index, wherein;

when the terminal apparatus receives the control information using only one second CC or two or more CCs among the plurality of CCs, the terminal apparatus determines the response signal resource based on the index of the second CC; and

the control section specifies a first resource or a second resource as the response signal resource using the index of the second CC, the first resource being a resource for transmission of a response signal in response to downlink data transmitted using only one CC, the second resource being a resource for transmission of a plurality of response signals in response to downlink data transmitted using a plurality of CCs.

2. The base station apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, when control information of the first CC is transmitted via a control channel arranged in a data channel region, the control section generates the index of the first CC and specifies the first resource or the second resource as the response signal resource using the index of the first CC.

3. The base station apparatus according to claim 2, wherein:

when downlink data is transmitted using only the first CC, the control section specifies one of a plurality of the first resources using the index of the first CC; and

when downlink data is transmitted using the plurality of CCs, the control section specifies, using the index of the first CC, a resource identical to the resource indicated by the index of the second CC among a plurality of the second resources.

4. The base station apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

when transmitting downlink data to the terminal apparatus using one second CC among the plurality of CCs, the control section specifies the first resource using the index of the one second CC; and

when transmitting downlink data to the terminal apparatus using two or more CCs among the plurality of CCs, the control section specifies the second resource using the index of the second CC.

5. The base station apparatus according to claim 2, wherein, when downlink data is transmitted using only two CCs of the plurality of CCs, the control section specifies the first resources different from each other using the indexes of the two CCs, respectively.

6. The base station apparatus according to claim 2, wherein:

a set of the first resources, or the second resource is associated with each value used for the index; and

when downlink data is transmitted using only two CCs of the plurality of CCs, the control section specifies different sets of the first resources using the indexes of the two CCs, respectively.

7. The base station apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the index of each of the plurality of second CCs indicates one resource of the plurality of different first resources among the plurality of second CCs and the plurality of identical second resources among the plurality of second CCs.

8. The base station apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first resource and the second resource are resources in the first CC.

9. A terminal apparatus comprising:

a receiving section that receives downlink data and control information transmitted from a base station apparatus using a plurality of component carriers (CCs) including one first CC and one or a plurality of second CCs;

a control section that determines, when the control information is received using only one second CC or two or more CCs among the plurality of CCs, a response signal resource to be used for transmission of a response signal in response to the downlink data based on an index included in the control information of the second CC; and

a transmitting section that transmits the response signal using the determined response signal resource, wherein

the response signal resource determined based on the index of the second CC is a first resource for transmission of a response signal in response to downlink data transmitted using only one CC or a second resource for transmission of a plurality of response signals in response to downlink data transmitted using a plurality of CCs.

10. A resource allocation method for a base station apparatus that transmits downlink data to a terminal apparatus using a plurality of component carriers (CCs) including one first CC and one or a plurality of second CCs, the resource allocation method comprising:

generating an index indicating a response signal resource to be used for transmission of a response signal in response to the downlink data of the plurality of CCs for at least each of the second CCs;

transmitting control information including the index;

determining by the terminal apparatus, when the terminal apparatus receives the control information using only one second CC or two or more CCs among the plurality of CCs, the response signal resource based on the index of the second CC; and

specifying a first resource or a second resource using the index of the second CC as the response signal resource, the first resource being a resource for transmission of a response signal in response to downlink data transmitted by only one CC, the second resource being a resource for transmission of a plurality of response signals in response to downlink data transmitted using a plurality of CCs.

11. A response signal transmission method comprising:

receiving downlink data and control information transmitted from a base station apparatus using a plurality of component carriers (CCs) including one first CC and one or a plurality of second CCs;

determining, when the control information is received using only one second CC or two or more CCs among the plurality of CCs, a response signal resource to be used for transmission of a response signal in response to the downlink data based on an index included in the control information of the second CC; and

transmitting the response signal using the determined response signal resource, wherein

the response signal resource determined based on the index of the second CC is a first resource for transmission of a response signal in response to downlink data transmitted using only one CC or a second resource for transmission of a plurality of response signals in response to downlink data transmitted using a plurality of CCs.