Method for transmitting uplink control channel by terminal in wireless communication system

• US 9,848,411 B2
• Filed: 11/19/2012
• Issued: 12/19/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Dongcheol, Jang, Jiwoong, Cho, Hangyu, Lee, Hyunwoo
• Primary Examiner(s): Jiang, Charles C
• Assistant Examiner(s): Atkins, Jr., George
• Application Number:
  US14/358,686
• Publication Number:
  US 20140321337A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,856 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/2656 for structure of frame, burst
• 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: H04W 52/146 Uplink power control
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/325 Power control of control or pilot channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/40 during macro-diversity or soft handoff
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0446 Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/21 in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network

Abstract

A method for transmitting an uplink control channel by a terminal in a wireless communication system that supports a plurality of serving cells for the terminal, comprises a step of receiving information on a plurality of serving cells include a P-cell and at least one S-cell constructed for the terminal and timing division duplex (TDD) downlink/uplink setup information for each of the plurality of serving cells, and a step of, in case of transmitting the plink control channel via a specific subframe interval, transmitting the uplink control channel through a first S-cell allocated as an uplink subframe with respect to the specific subframe interval when it is determined, based on the TDD downlink/uplink setup information, that the specific subframe interval is allocated as a downlink subframe with respect to the P-cell.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting an uplink control channel by a user equipment in a wireless communication system that supports a plurality of serving cells for the user equipment, the method comprising:

receiving time division duplex (TDD) downlink/uplink configuration information for each of the plurality of serving cells, the plurality of serving cells including a primary cell (Pcell) and at least one secondary cell (Scell); and

when a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission is scheduled in a downlink subframe of the Pcell, transmitting a PUCCH through an uplink subframe of a predefined Scell based on a PUCCH transmission power, the predefined Scell corresponding to a Scell having a greatest number of uplink subframes in a TDD frame,

wherein a subframe number of the downlink subframe in the Pcell is the same as that of the uplink subframe of the predefined Scell, and

wherein the PUCCH transmission power is determined based on;

an accumulated transmit power control (TPC) command parameter of the Pcell and other uplink power parameters of the predefined Scell;

or

a pathloss (PL) parameter of the Pcell and other uplink power parameters of the predefined S cell.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

receiving information on at least one uplink power control parameter corresponding to the predefined Scell; and

determining an uplink transmission power for transmitting the uplink control channel through the predefined Scell by using the received at least one uplink power control parameter.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the predefined Scell and the Pcell belong to the same timing advance (TA) group.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the predefined Scell belongs to a timing advance (TA) group different from that of the Pcell.

5. The method according to claim 2, wherein the information on the at least one uplink power control parameter includes a cell index.

6. The method according to claim 2, wherein the information on the at least one uplink power control parameter is received through a higher layer signaling.

7. A user equipment for transmitting an uplink control channel in a wireless communication system that supports a plurality of serving cells for the user equipment, the user equipment comprising:

a receiver;

a transmitter; and

a processor configured to;

control the receiver to receive time division duplex (TDD) downlink/uplink configuration information for each of the plurality of serving cells, the plurality of serving cells including a primary cell (Pcell) and at least one secondary cell (Scell), and

when a transmission of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) is scheduled in a downlink subframe of the Pcell, control the transmitter to transmit a PUCCH through an uplink subframe of a predefined Scell based on a PUCCH transmission power, the predefined Scell corresponding to a Scell having a greatest number of uplink subframes in a TDD frame,

wherein a subframe number of the downlink subframe in the Pcell is same as that of the uplink subframe of the predefined Scell, and

wherein the PUCCH transmission power is determined based on;

an accumulated transmit power control (TPC) command parameter of the Pcell and other uplink power parameters of the predefined Scell;

or

a pathloss (PL) parameter of the Pcell and other uplink power parameters of the predefined Scell.

8. The user equipment according to claim 7, wherein the processor is configured to

control the receiver to further receive information on at least one uplink power control parameter corresponding to the predefined Scell, and determine an uplink transmission power for transmitting the uplink control channel through the predefined Scell by using the received at least one uplink power control parameter.

9. The user equipment according to claim 7, wherein the predefined Scell and the Pcell belong to the same timing advance (TA) group.