Apparatus and method for transmitting ACK/NACK in TDD system

• US 9,450,742 B2
• Filed: 04/22/2014
• Issued: 09/20/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Li, Yingyang, Lee, Ju-Ho
• Primary Examiner(s): Lai, Andrew
• Assistant Examiner(s): LEE, ANDREW CHUNG CHEUNG
• Application Number:
  US14/259,078
• Publication Number:
  US 20140226543A1
• Time in Patent Office: 882 Days
• Field of Search: 370/280, 370/329, 370/335, 370/338, 370/342, 370/437, 370/476, 455/68, 455/452.1, 714/749, 714/776
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/06 using space diversity
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1614 using bitmaps
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1854 Scheduling and prioritising arrangements
• 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 5/14 Two-way operation using the same type of signal, i.e. duplex

Abstract

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for transmitting an ACK/NACK in a TDD system. A component carrier (CC) configuration for a user equipment (UE) and a transmission mode of each CC are received. An ACK/NACK feedback mode is selected based on an overhead status for feedback in an uplink. An ACK/NACK is processed according to the selected feedback mode. And the ACK/NACK is transmitted in the uplink. The method provided by the present invention can avoid excessive overhead for feedback in uplink in various extreme circumstances while ensuring satisfying performances of downlinks under many configurations.

Claims

1. An operating method for a user equipment (UE) in a time division duplexing (TDD) system, the method comprising:

determining a number of Acknowledgement (ACK) bits for multiple downlink (DL) subframes based on a transmission mode and a number of at least one component carrier (CC);

selecting a feedback mode of at least two feedback modes based on the number of ACK bits; and

generating feedback information for the DL subframes based on the selected feedback mode,

wherein selecting the feedback mode comprises;

if the number of ACK bits is greater than a predefined number, selecting a bundling feedback mode; and

if the number of ACK bits is equal to or lower than the predefined number, selecting a non-bundling feedback mode.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting the feedback information to a base station.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving information for the transmission mode and the number of the at least one CC and from a base station.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein generating feedback information for the DL subframes comprises performing a generation procedure of the feedback information for the DL subframes based on the selected feedback mode.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the predefined number is 20.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the at least two feedback modes comprise the bundling feedback mode, and the non-bundling feedback mode.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein performing the generation procedure comprises:

for each CC, not bundling the feedback information for the DL subframes; and

generating the feedback information for the DL subframes.

8. The method of claim 4, wherein performing the generation procedure comprises:

for each CC, bundling the feedback information for the DL subframes; and

generating bundled feedback information for the DL subframes.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein, for each CC, bundling the feedback information for the DL subframes comprises:

for each CC, spatial bundling feedback information across multiple codewords within each of the DL subframes.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein, for each CC, bundling the feedback information for the DL subframes comprises:

for each CC, bundling the DL subframes, and bundling feedback information for bundled DL subframes.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein, for each CC, bundling the feedback information for the DL subframes comprises:

bundling feedback information for CC.

12. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

selecting the feedback mode of the at least two feedback modes based on at least one of a number of the DL subframes, the number of the at least one CC configured by a base station for the UE to receive, a number of transmission blocks (TBs) configured by the base station for the UE to receive, and a total number of codewords in all CCs received by the UE.

13. An apparatus of a user equipment (UE) in a time division duplexing (TDD) system, the apparatus comprising:

a controller configured to;

determine a number of Acknowledgement (ACK) bits for multiple downlink (DL) subframes based on a transmission mode and a number of at least one component carrier (CC);

select a feedback mode of at least two feedback modes based on the number of ACK bits, wherein the controller is further configured to select a bundling feedback mode if the number of ACK bits is greater than a predefined number and select a non-bundling feedback mode if the number of ACK bits is equal to or lower than the predefined number; and

generate feedback information for the DL subframes based on the selected feedback mode.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, further comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit the feedback information to a base station.

15. The apparatus of claim 13, further comprising:

a receiver configured to receive information for the number of the at least one CC and the transmission mode from a base station.

16. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the controller is configured to perform a generation procedure of the feedback information for the DL subframes based on the selected feedback mode.

17. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the predefined number is 20.

18. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the at least two feedback modes comprise the bundling feedback mode, and the non-bundling feedback mode.

19. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the controller is configured to:

for each CC, not bundle the feedback information for the DL subframes; and

generate the feedback information for the DL subframes.

20. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the controller is configured to:

for each CC, bundle the feedback information for the DL subframes; and

generate bundled feedback information for the DL subframes.

21. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the controller is configured to:

for each CC, spatial bundle feedback information, across multiple codewords within each of the DL subframes.

22. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the controller is configured to:

for each CC, bundle the DL subframes, and bundle feedback information for bundled DL subframes.

23. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the controller is configured to:

bundle feedback information for CC.

24. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the controller is further configured to:

select the feedback mode of the at least two feedback modes based on at least one of a number of the DL subframes, the number of the at least one CC configured by a base station for the UE to receive, a number of transmission blocks (TBs) configured by the base station for the UE to receive, and a total number of codewords in all CCs received by the UE.