Wireless communication method, mobile station apparatus, wireless communication system and integrated circuit

• US 9,686,047 B2
• Filed: 03/25/2011
• Issued: 06/20/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Suzuki, Shoichi, Nakashima, Daiichiro, Uemura, Katsunari
• Primary Examiner(s): Kassim, Khaled
• Assistant Examiner(s): BELETE, BERHANU D
• Application Number:
  US13/635,752
• Publication Number:
  US 20130051341A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,279 Days
• Field of Search: 370345, 370351-352, 370252-254, 370343, 370348, 370328-338, 714748-749, 455 6711, 4554521, 455454, 455455, 455502, 455507
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1835 Buffer management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0005 Time-frequency
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/001 the frequencies being arranged in component carriers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal

Abstract

To perform control of PUSCH retransmission efficiently in a wireless communication system where a mobile station apparatus and a base station apparatus communicate with each other using a plurality of downlink component carriers. In a mobile station apparatus which communicates with a base station apparatus using a plurality of downlink component carriers and a plurality of uplink component carriers, in case that the downlink component carrier corresponding to the uplink component carrier is set not to be used for downlink communication, the mobile station apparatus flushes HARQ buffers of the uplink component carrier associated with the downlink component carrier set not to be used for downlink communication.

Claims

1. A wireless communication method used for a mobile station apparatus configured to communicate with a base station apparatus using a plurality of downlink component carriers and a plurality of uplink component carriers, the wireless communication method comprising:

receiving a first command indicating deactivating a first downlink component carrier;

deactivating the first downlink component carrier in response to the first command;

in response to the first command, flushing HARQ buffers of only a first uplink component carrier of the plurality of uplink component carriers, the first uplink component carrier being associated with the first downlink component carrier deactivated; and

in a case that the first command is received after a first uplink grant indicating transmission or retransmission of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) on the first uplink component carrier is received on the first downlink component carrier, and the mobile station apparatus is notified, before the transmission or the retransmission of the PUSCH is performed, from the base station apparatus by the first command not to use the first downlink component carrier for downlink communication, flushing the HARQ buffers after performing the transmission or the retransmission of the PUSCH.

2. The wireless communication method according to claim 1, wherein the first downlink component carrier is different from a downlink primary component carrier, and

the first uplink component carrier is different from an uplink primary component carrier.

3. The wireless communication method according to claim 1, further comprising:

before receiving the first command, receiving on the first downlink component carrier a second command for the base station apparatus to configure the mobile station apparatus with a second downlink component carrier of the plurality of downlink component carriers, the second downlink component carrier being used for the base station apparatus to transmit to the mobile station apparatus, a first uplink grant associated with the first uplink component carrier; and

flushing the HARQ buffers in a case that the first downlink component carrier is deactivated.

4. A mobile station apparatus configured to communicate with a base station apparatus using a plurality of downlink component carriers and a plurality of uplink component carriers, the mobile station apparatus comprising:

receiving circuitry configured to and/or programmed to receive a first command indicating deactivating a first downlink component carrier of the plurality of downlink component carriers;

control circuitry configured to and/or programmed to deactivate the first downlink component carrier in response to the first command; and

HARQ control circuitry configured to and/or programmed to, in response to the first command, flush HARQ buffers of only a first uplink component carrier of the plurality of uplink component carriers, the first uplink component carrier being associated with the first downlink component carrier deactivated, wherein

the HARQ control circuitry is configured to and/or programmed to, in a case that the first command is received after a first uplink grant indicating transmission or retransmission of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) on the first uplink component carrier is received on the first downlink component carrier, and the mobile station apparatus is notified, before the transmission or the retransmission of the PUSCH is performed, from the base station apparatus by the first command not to use the first downlink component carrier for downlink communication, flush the HARQ buffers after the transmission or the retransmission of the PUSCH is performed.

5. The mobile station apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the first downlink component carrier is different from a downlink primary component carrier, and

the first uplink component carrier is different from an uplink primary component carrier.

6. The mobile station apparatus according to claim 4, wherein

the receiving circuitry is configured to and/or programmed to, before the first command is received, receive on the first downlink component carrier, a second command for the base station apparatus to configure the mobile station apparatus with a second downlink component carrier of the plurality of downlink component carriers, the second downlink component carrier being used for the base station apparatus to transmit to the mobile station apparatus, a first uplink grant associated with the first uplink component carrier, and

the HARQ control circuitry is configured to and/or programmed to flush the HARQ buffers in a case that the first downlink component carrier is deactivated.

7. An integrated circuit mountable on a mobile station apparatus configured to communicate with a base station apparatus using a plurality of downlink component carriers and a plurality of uplink component carriers, the integrated circuit comprising:

receiving circuitry configured to and/or programmed to receive a first command indicating deactivating a first downlink component carrier of the plurality of downlink component carriers,

control circuitry configured to and/or programmed to deactivate the first downlink component carrier in response to the first command; and

HARQ control circuitry configured to and/or programmed to, in response to the first command flush HARQ buffers of only a first uplink component carrier of the plurality of uplink component carriers, the first uplink component carrier being associated with the first downlink component carrier deactivated, wherein

the HARQ control circuitry is configured to and/or programmed to, in a case that the first command is received after a first uplink grant indicating transmission or retransmission of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) on the first uplink component carrier is received on the first downlink component carrier, and the mobile station apparatus is notified, before the transmission or the retransmission of the PUSCH is performed, from the base station apparatus by the first command not to use the first downlink component carrier for downlink communication, flush the HARQ buffers after the transmission or the retransmission of the PUSCH is performed.

8. The integrated circuit according to claim 7, wherein

the first downlink component carrier is different from a downlink primary component carrier, and

the first uplink component carrier is different from an uplink primary component carrier.

9. The integrated circuit according to claim 7, wherein

the receiving circuitry is configured to and/or programmed to, before the first command is received, receive on the first downlink component carrier, a second command for the base station apparatus to configure the mobile station apparatus with a second downlink component carrier of the plurality of downlink component carriers, the second downlink component carrier being used for the base station apparatus to transmit to the mobile station apparatus, a first uplink grant associated with the first uplink component carrier, and

the HARQ control circuitry is configured to and/or programmed to flush the HARQ buffers in a case that the first downlink component carrier is deactivated.