Communication apparatus and retransmission control method

• US 9,794,042 B2
• Filed: 10/25/2016
• Issued: 10/17/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2011
• 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: Horiuchi, Ayako, Nishio, Akihiko
• Primary Examiner(s): Thompson, Jr., Otis L
• Application Number:
  US15/334,079
• Publication Number:
  US 20170041114A1
• Time in Patent Office: 357 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1812 Hybrid protocols; Hybrid automatic repeat request [HARQ]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1822 involving configuration of automatic repeat request [ARQ] with parallel processes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1854 Scheduling and prioritising arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1887 Scheduling and prioritising arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1896 ARQ related signaling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2001/125 Arrangements for preventing errors in the return channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0048 Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0055 Physical resource allocation for ACK/NACK for physical mapping arrangements in ARQ protocols H04L1/1861
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/21 in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal

Abstract

Provided is a wireless communication device. A PHICH reception unit determines whether a received signal in a PHICH region is an ACK signal or a NACK signal. When doing so, the PHICH reception unit does not receive a PHICH in a subframe in which a terminal monitors an E-PDCCH. A control signal reception unit outputs a retransmission prompting signal to a signal allocation unit when the signal outputted from the PHICH reception unit is a NACK signal and when a UL grant was not detected. Meanwhile, when a UL grant was detected, the control signal reception unit outputs the detected UL grant to the signal allocation unit. The signal allocation unit maps the transmission signal in accordance with the retransmission prompting signal and the UL grant and transmits the transmission signal from a wireless transmission unit.

Claims

1. A communication apparatus comprising:

a receiver which, in operation, receives a physical HARQ indicator channel (PHICH) including an ACK or NACK transmitted from another communication apparatus, uses the PHICH received in a primary cell, and does not use the PHICH received in one or more secondary cells in extension carriers; and

a retransmission controller which, in operation, controls;

retransmission of data to the other communication apparatus in the primary cell based on the PHICH that is used and based on assignment control information received in the primary cell, and

retransmission of data to the other communication apparatus in the one or more secondary cells based on the assignment control information received in one of the primary cell and the one or more secondary cells and not based on the PHICH.

2. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the receiver, in operation, uses the PHICH received in one of two subsets of subframes, of a channel state information (CSI) measurement set or a mobility measurement set, and does not use the PHICH received in the other subset of subframes.

3. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the receiver, in operation, uses the PHICH received in a multimedia broadcast multicast service single frequency network (MBSFN) subframe and does not use the PHICH received in a non-MBSFN subframe.

4. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the receiver, in operation, does not use the PHICH received in a multimedia broadcast multicast service single frequency network (MBSFN) subframe and uses the PHICH received in a non-MBSFN subframe.

5. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the receiver, in operation, uses the PHICH based on a number of PHICHs configured by a higher layer.

6. A communication apparatus comprising:

a receiver which, in operation, receives a physical HARQ indicator channel (PHICH) including an ACK or NACK transmitted from another communication apparatus, uses the PHICH corresponding to a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) assigned to a primary cell, and does not use the PHICH corresponding to a PUSCH assigned to one or more secondary cells in extension carriers; and

a retransmission controller which, in operation, controls;

retransmission of data to the other communication apparatus in the primary cell based on the PHICH that is used and based on assignment control information received in the primary cell, and

retransmission of data to the other communication apparatus in the one or more secondary cells based on the assignment control information received in one of the primary cell and the one or more secondary cells and not based on the PHICH.

7. The communication apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the receiver, in operation, uses the PHICH received in one of two subsets of subframes, of a channel state information (CSI) measurement set or a mobility measurement set, and does not use the PHICH received in the other subset of subframes.

8. The communication apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the receiver, in operation, uses the PHICH received in a multimedia broadcast multicast service single frequency network (MBSFN) subframe and does not use the PHICH received in a non-MBSFN subframe.

9. The communication apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the receiver, in operation, does not use the PHICH received in a multimedia broadcast multicast service single frequency network (MBSFN) subframe and uses the PHICH received in a non-MBSFN subframe.

10. The communication apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the receiver, in operation, uses the PHICH based on a number of PHICHs configured by a higher layer.

11. A retransmission control method comprising:

a first communication apparatus receiving a physical HARQ indicator channel (PHICH) including an ACK or NACK transmitted from a second communication apparatus,

the first communication apparatus using the PHICH received in a primary cell, and not using the PHICH received in one or more secondary cells in extension carriers;

the first communication apparatus controlling retransmission of data to the second communication apparatus in the primary cell based on the PHICH that is used and based on assignment control information received in the primary cell; and

the first communication apparatus controlling retransmission of data to the second communication apparatus in the one or more secondary cells based on the assignment control information received in one of the primary cell and the one or more secondary cells and not based on the PHICH.

12. The retransmission control method according to claim 11, comprising:

the first communication apparatus using the PHICH received in one of two subsets of subframes, of a channel state information (CSI) measurement set or a mobility measurement set, and not using the PHICH received in the other subset of subframes.

13. The retransmission control method according to claim 11, comprising:

the first communication apparatus using the PHICH received in a multimedia broadcast multicast service single frequency network (MBSFN) subframe and not using the PHICH received in a non-MBSFN subframe.

14. The retransmission control method according to claim 11, comprising:

the first communication apparatus not using the PHICH received in a multimedia broadcast multicast service single frequency network (MBSFN) subframe and using the PHICH received in a non-MBSFN subframe.

15. The retransmission control method according to claim 11, comprising:

the first communication apparatus using the PHICH based on a number of PHICHs configured by a higher layer.

16. A retransmission control method comprising:

a first communication apparatus receiving a physical HARQ indicator channel (PHICH) including an ACK or NACK transmitted from a second communication apparatus,

the first communication apparatus using the PHICH corresponding to a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) assigned to a primary cell, and not using the PHICH corresponding to a PUSCH assigned to one or more secondary cells in extension carriers;

the first communication apparatus controlling retransmission of data to the second communication apparatus in the primary cell based on the PHICH that is used and based on assignment control information received in the primary cell; and

the first communication apparatus controlling retransmission of data to the second communication apparatus in the one or more secondary cells based on the assignment control information received in one of the primary cell and the one or more secondary cells and not based on the PHICH.

17. The retransmission control method according to claim 16, comprising:

the first communication apparatus using the PHICH received in one of two subsets of subframes, of a channel state information (CSI) measurement set or a mobility measurement set, and not using the PHICH received in the other subset of subframes.

18. The retransmission control method according to claim 16, comprising:

the first communication apparatus using the PHICH received in a multimedia broadcast multicast service single frequency network (MBSFN) subframe and not using the PHICH received in a non-MBSFN subframe.

19. The retransmission control method according to claim 16, comprising:

the first communication apparatus not using the PHICH received in a multimedia broadcast multicast service single frequency network (MBSFN) subframe and using the PHICH received in a non-MBSFN subframe.

20. The retransmission control method according to claim 16, comprising:

the first communication apparatus using the PHICH based on a number of PHICHs configured by a higher layer.