Terminal, base station, communication system, and communication method

• US 9,337,981 B2
• Filed: 07/19/2012
• Issued: 05/10/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Corporation (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Nogami, Toshizo, Aiba, Tatsushi, Nakashima, Daiichiro, Shimezawa, Kazuyuki, Imamura, Kimihiko
• Primary Examiner(s): Liu, Jung-Jen
• Application Number:
  US14/238,432
• Publication Number:
  US 20140211732A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,391 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 13/0003 Code application, i.e. aspects relating to how codes are applied to form multiplexed channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1854 Scheduling and prioritising arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1861 Physical mapping arrangements for ACK signaling see also H04L5/0053
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2602 Signal structure
• 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 5/0055 Physical resource allocation for ACK/NACK for physical mapping arrangements in ARQ protocols H04L1/1861

Abstract

In a terminal that communicates with a base station, in the case where a physical downlink control channel or an enhanced physical downlink control channel, which is associated with a physical downlink shared channel on a first cell, and an enhanced physical downlink control channel associated with a physical downlink shared channel on a second cell are detected, one physical uplink control channel resource is selected from a physical uplink control channel resource configured for the physical downlink shared channel on the first cell and a physical uplink control channel resource configured for the physical downlink shared channel on the second cell.

Claims

1. A terminal apparatus that is configured to and/or programmed to communicate with a base station apparatus by using a primary cell and a secondary cell, the terminal apparatus comprising:

a downlink control channel detection unit configured to and/or programmed to monitor a Physical Downlink Control CHannel (PDCCH) and an Enhanced Physical Downlink Control CHannel (EPDCCH), and

a response transmission unit configured to and/or programmed to transmit information indicating Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) response information, using a Physical Uplink Control CHannel (PUCCH) resource which is selected from a plurality of PUCCH resource candidates,

downlink control information transmitted in the PDCCH comprising at least a field for downlink resource block assignment and a field for Transmission Power Control (TPC) command,

downlink control information transmitted in the EPDCCH comprising, in addition to a field for downlink resource block assignment and a field for TPC command, at least a field for determining one of the plurality of PUCCH resource candidates,

wherein the plurality of PUCCH resource candidates comprise a second PUCCH resource related to the EPDCCH on the primary cell and a third PUCCH resource related to the PDCCH or the EPDCCH on the secondary cell.

2. The terminal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein,

the plurality of PUCCH resource candidates comprise a first PUCCH resource which is determined, for a Physical Downlink Shared CHannel (PDSCH) related to the PDCCH on the primary cell, on the basis of at least (i) an index of the first element of one or a plurality of elements that construct the PDCCH and (ii) a value which is common in a cell.

3. The terminal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein,

the plurality of PUCCH resource candidates comprise a second PUCCH resource which is determined, for a Physical Downlink Shared CHannel (PDSCH) related to the EPDCCH on the primary cell, on the basis of at least the field for determining one of the plurality of PUCCH resource candidates.

4. The terminal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein,

the plurality of PUCCH resource candidates comprise a third PUCCH resource which is determined, for a Physical Downlink Shared CHannel (PDSCH) related to the PDCCH or the EPDCCH on the secondary cell, on the basis of at least the field for TPC command.

5. A base station apparatus that is configured to and/or programmed to communicate with a terminal apparatus by using a primary cell and a secondary cell, the terminal apparatus comprising:

a physical control information delivering unit configured to and/or programmed to transmit a Physical Downlink Control CHannel (PDCCH) and an Enhanced Physical Downlink Control CHannel (EPDCCH), and

a response information reception unit configured to and/or programmed to receive information indicating Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) response information, which is transmitted using a Physical Uplink Control CHannel (PUCCH) resource which is selected from a plurality of PUCCH resource candidates,

downlink control information transmitted in the PDCCH comprising at least a field for downlink resource block assignment and a field for Transmission Power Control (TPC) command,

downlink control information transmitted in the EPDCCH comprising, in addition to a field for downlink resource block assignment and a field for TPC command, at least a field for determining one of the plurality of PUCCH resource candidates,

wherein the plurality of PUCCH resource candidates comprise a second PUCCH resource related to the EPDCCH on the primary cell and a third PUCCH resource related to the PDCCH or the EPDCCH on the secondary cell.

6. The base station apparatus according to claim 5, wherein,

the plurality of PUCCH resource candidates comprise a first PUCCH resource which is determined, for a Physical Downlink Shared CHannel (PDSCH) related to the PDCCH on the primary cell, on the basis of at least (i) an index of the first element of one or a plurality of elements that construct the PDCCH and (ii) a value which is common in a cell.

7. The base station apparatus according to claim 5, wherein,

the plurality of PUCCH resource candidates comprise a second PUCCH resource which is determined, for a Physical Downlink Shared CHannel (PDSCH) related to the EPDCCH on the primary cell, on the basis of at least the field for determining one of the plurality of PUCCH resource candidates.

8. The base station apparatus according to claim 5, wherein,

the plurality of PUCCH resource candidates comprise a third PUCCH resource which is determined, for a Physical Downlink Shared CHannel (PDSCH) related to the PDCCH or the EPDCCH on the secondary cell, on the basis of at least the field for TPC command.

9. A communication method used by a terminal apparatus that is configured to and/or programmed to communicate with a base station apparatus by using a primary cell and a secondary cell, the communication method comprising:

monitoring a Physical Downlink Control CHannel (PDCCH) and an Enhanced Physical Downlink Control CHannel (EPDCCH), and

transmitting information indicating Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) response information, using a Physical Uplink Control CHannel (PUCCH) resource which is selected from a plurality of PUCCH resource candidates,

downlink control information transmitted in the PDCCH comprising at least a field for downlink resource block assignment and a field for Transmission Power Control (TPC) command,

downlink control information transmitted in the EPDCCH comprising, in addition to a field for downlink resource block assignment and a field for TPC command, at least a field for determining one of the plurality of PUCCH resource candidates,

wherein the plurality of PUCCH resource candidates comprise a second PUCCH resource related to the EPDCCH on the primary cell and a third PUCCH resource related to the PDCCH or the EPDCCH on the secondary cell.

10. The communication method according to claim 9, wherein

the plurality of PUCCH resource candidates comprise a first PUCCH resource which is determined, for a Physical Downlink Shared CHannel (PDSCH) related to the EPDCCH on the primary cell, on the basis of at least the field for determining one of the plurality of PUCCH resource candidates.

11. A communication method used by a base station apparatus that is configured to and/or programmed to communicate with a terminal apparatus by using a primary cell and a secondary cell, the communication method comprising:

transmitting either one of a Physical Downlink Control CHannel (PDCCH) and an Enhanced Physical Downlink Control CHannel (EPDCCH), and

receiving information indicating Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) response information, which is transmitted using a Physical Uplink Control CHannel (PUCCH) resource which is selected from a plurality of PUCCH resource candidates,

downlink control information transmitted in the PDCCH comprising at least a field for downlink resource block assignment and a field for Transmission Power Control (TPC) command,

downlink control information transmitted in the EPDCCH comprising, in addition to a field for downlink resource block assignment and a field for TPC command, at least a field for determining one of the plurality of PUCCH resource candidates,

wherein the plurality of PUCCH resource candidates comprise a second PUCCH resource related to the EPDCCH on the primary cell and a third PUCCH resource related to the PDCCH or the EPDCCH on the secondary cell.

12. The communication method according to claim 11, wherein

the plurality of PUCCH resource candidates comprise a first PUCCH resource which is determined, for a Physical Downlink Shared CHannel (PDSCH) related to the EPDCCH on the primary cell, on the basis of at least the field for determining one of the plurality of PUCCH resource candidates.