Method of transmitting at least one sub-packet based on feedback information in a wireless communication system

• US 9,300,384 B2
• Filed: 09/14/2012
• Issued: 03/29/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/03/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Sang G., Wang, Shu, Yoon, Young Cheul, Sun, Li-Hsiang, Kwon, Soonyil, Lee, Suk Woo, Kim, Hobin
• Primary Examiner(s): Appiah, Charles
• Assistant Examiner(s): YI, ALEXANDER J.
• Application Number:
  US13/620,659
• Publication Number:
  US 20130010740A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,292 Days
• Field of Search: 370/332, 370/352, 370/329, 370/203, 370/305, 370/342, 370/331, 370/345, 370/282, 370/330, 455/436, 455/69, 455/101
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/24 with feedback of measurements to the transmitter
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0491 using two or more sectors, i.e. sector diversity
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/061 using feedback from receiving side
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0632 Channel quality parameters, e.g. channel quality indicator [CQI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0641 Differential feedback
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0647 Variable feedback rate
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/12 Frequency diversity
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0003 by switching between different modulation schemes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0009 by adapting the channel coding H04L1/1812 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0026 Transmission of channel quality indication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0027 Scheduling of signalling, e.g. occurrence thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0028 Formatting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/06 using space diversity
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1812 Hybrid protocols; Hybrid automatic repeat request [HARQ]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1893 Physical mapping arrangements physical resource mapping in general H04L5/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/10 Flow control; Congestion control
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/08 Closed loop power control

Abstract

A method of transmitting subsequent sub-packets in a wireless communication system using a hybrid automatic request (HARQ) technique is disclosed. The method includes receiving feedback information from at least one receiving end, transmitting a transmit packet via at least one overhead channel, wherein the transmit packet includes information on carrier and antenna combination selected for subsequent transmission, and transmitting at least one sub-packet according to the selected carrier and antenna combination.

Claims

1. A method of transmitting feedback information at a user equipment (UE) in a multi-carrier wireless communication system, the method comprising:

when single carrier is assigned to the UE, receiving signals through an assigned forward link carrier; and

transmitting, through an assigned reverse link carrier corresponding to the assigned forward link carrier, feedback information including hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback information related to the signals received through the assigned forward link carrier; and

when multi-carriers are assigned to the UE in a such way that a new carrier is additionally assigned to the UE in addition to the assigned single carrier, receiving a first signal through the assigned forward link carrier of the multi-carriers assigned to the UE;

receiving a second signal through an additionally assigned new forward link carrier of the multi-carriers assigned to the UE, the second signal being different from the first signal; and

transmitting first HARQ feedback information related to the first signal and second HARQ feedback information related to the second signal, wherein the first HARQ feedback information related to the first signal received through the assigned forward link carrier is transmitted by the UE through the assigned reverse link carrier, wherein the second HARQ feedback information related to the second signal received through the additionally assigned new forward link carrier is also transmitted by the UE only through the assigned reverse link carrier among the assigned reverse link carrier and an additionally assigned new reverse link carrier configured for the UE, wherein, when the single carrier is assigned to the UE, the HARQ feedback information is transmitted through a control channel of the assigned forward link carrier, wherein, when the multi-carriers are assigned to the UE, the second HARQ feedback information related to the second signal is not transmitted by the UE through a control channel of the additionally assigned new reverse link carrier, wherein the assigned forward link carrier and the additionally assigned new forward link carrier are different forward link carriers, wherein the assigned reverse link carrier and the additionally assigned new reverse link carrier are different reverse link carriers, and wherein the feedback information comprises information indicating a best pilot type for a best channel condition of each antenna from among predefined pilot types of different sub-carriers.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

when the multi-carriers are assigned to the UE, transmitting first feedback information related to the first signal and second feedback information related to the second signal.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

when single carrier is assigned to the UE,

transmitting, through the assigned reverse link carrier corresponding to the assigned forward link carrier, channel quality information (CQI) related to the assigned forward link carrier, and

when the multi-carriers are assigned to the UE,

transmitting first CQI related to the assigned forward link carrier; and

transmitting second CQI related to the additionally assigned new forward link carrier,

wherein the first CQI related to the assigned forward link carrier is transmitted through the assigned reverse link carrier, and the second CQI related to the additionally assigned new forward link carrier is transmitted only through the assigned reverse link carrier among the assigned reverse link carrier and an additionally assigned new reverse link carrier configured for the UE,

wherein, when the single carrier is assigned to the UE, the CQI is transmitted through a control channel of the assigned reverse link carrier, and

wherein, when the multi-carriers are assigned to the UE, the second CQI is not transmitted through a control channel of the additionally assigned new reverse link carrier.

3. A method of receiving feedback information at a base station (BS) in a multi-carrier wireless communication system, the method comprising:

when single carrier is assigned to a user equipment (UE), transmitting signals through an assigned forward link carrier; and

receiving, through an assigned reverse link carrier corresponding to the assigned forward link carrier, feedback information including hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback information related to the signals received through the assigned forward link carrier; and

when multi-carriers are assigned to the UE in a such way that a new carrier is additionally assigned to the UE in addition to the assigned single carrier, transmitting a first signal through the assigned forward link carrier of the multi-carriers assigned to the UE;

transmitting a second signal through an additionally assigned new forward link carrier of the multi-carriers assigned to the UE, the second signal being different from the first signal; and

receiving first HARQ feedback information related to the first signal and second HARQ feedback information related to the second signal, wherein the first HARQ feedback information related to the first signal transmitted through the assigned forward link carrier is received from the UE through the assigned reverse link carrier, wherein the second HARQ feedback information related to the second signal transmitted through the additionally assigned new forward link carrier is also received from the UE only through the assigned reverse link carrier among the assigned reverse link carrier and an additionally assigned new reverse link carrier configured for the UE, wherein, when the single carrier is assigned to the UE, the HARQ feedback information is transmitted through a control channel of the assigned forward link carrier, wherein, when the multi-carriers are assigned to the UE, the second HARQ feedback information related to the second signal is not received from the UE through a control channel of the additionally assigned new reverse link carrier, wherein the assigned forward link carrier and the additionally assigned new forward link carrier are different forward link carriers, and wherein the assigned reverse link carrier and the additionally assigned new reverse link carrier are different reverse link carriers, and wherein the feedback information comprises information indicating a best pilot type for a best channel condition of each antenna from among predefined pilot types of different sub-carriers.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

when the multi-carriers are assigned to the UE, receiving first feedback information related to the first signal and second feedback information related to the second signal.

6. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

when single carrier is assigned to the UE,

receiving, through the assigned reverse link carrier corresponding to the assigned forward link carrier, channel quality information (CQI) related to the assigned forward link carrier, and

when the multi-carriers are assigned to the UE,

receiving first CQI related to the assigned forward link carrier; and

receiving second CQI related to the additionally assigned new forward link carrier,

wherein the first CQI related to the assigned forward link carrier is received through the assigned reverse link carrier, and the second CQI related to the additionally assigned new forward link carrier is received only through the assigned reverse link carrier among the assigned reverse link carrier and an additionally assigned new reverse link carrier configured for the UE,

wherein, when the single carrier is assigned to the UE, the CQI is transmitted through a control channel of the assigned reverse link carrier, and

wherein, when the multi-carriers are assigned to the UE, the second CQI is not received through a control channel of the additionally assigned new reverse link carrier.

7. A user equipment (UE) configured to transmit feedback information in a multi-carrier wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

an antenna;

a radio frequency (RF) unit configured to transmit and receive signals via the antenna; and

a processor operatively connected to the RF unit and configured to when single carrier is assigned to the UE, receive signals through an assigned forward link carrier; and

transmit, through an assigned reverse link carrier corresponding to the assigned forward link carrier, feedback information including hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback information related to the signals received through the assigned forward link carrier; and

when multi-carriers are assigned to the UE in a such way that a new carrier is additionally assigned in addition to the assigned single carrier, receive a first signal through the assigned forward link carrier of the multi-carriers assigned to the UE;

receive a second signal through an additionally assigned new forward link carrier of the multi-carriers assigned to the UE, the second signal being different from the first signal; and

transmit first HARQ feedback information related to the first signal and second HARQ feedback information related to the second signal, wherein the first HARQ feedback information related to the first signal received through the assigned forward link carrier is transmitted by the UE through the assigned reverse link carrier, wherein the second HARQ feedback information related to the second signal received through the additionally assigned new forward link carrier is also transmitted by the UE only through the assigned reverse link carrier among the assigned reverse link carrier and additionally assigned new reverse link carrier configured for the UE, wherein, when the single carrier is assigned to the UE, the HARQ feedback information is transmitted through a control channel of the assigned forward link carrier, wherein, when the multi-carriers are assigned to the UE, the second HARQ feedback information related to the second signal is not transmitted by the UE through a control channel of the additionally assigned new reverse link carrier, wherein the assigned forward link carrier and the additionally assigned new forward link carrier are different forward link carriers, wherein the assigned reverse link carrier and the additionally assigned new reverse link carrier are different reverse link carriers, and wherein the feedback information comprises information indicating a best pilot type for a best channel condition of each antenna from among predefined pilot types of different sub-carriers.