Method for efficiently transmitting physical channel in multi-carrier aggregation state to support broadband

• US 9,930,640 B2
• Filed: 09/27/2013
• Issued: 03/27/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, So Yeon, Chung, Jae Hoon, Kwon, Yeong Hyeon, Han, Seung Hee, Lee, Moon Il
• Primary Examiner(s): Sheikh, Ayaz
• Assistant Examiner(s): ASEFA, DEBEBE A
• Application Number:
  US14/040,194
• Publication Number:
  US 20140029545A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,642 Days
• Field of Search: 370254-350, 709201-213
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1671 the supervisory signal being transmitted together with control information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1861 Physical mapping arrangements for ACK signaling see also H04L5/0053
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0007 the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A), DMT
• 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 72/04 Wireless resource allocation

Abstract

A method for receiving feedback information by a user equipment (UE) includes: receiving scheduling information from a base station through a first downlink component carrier linked with a first uplink component carrier; determining resources on a second uplink component carrier other than the first uplink component carrier using said scheduling information, wherein said scheduling information allows cross-carrier scheduling which schedules the resources on the second uplink component carrier; transmitting data to the base station through the determined resources on the second uplink component carrier; determining a PHICH (a Physical Hybrid ARQ Indicator Channel) resource to receive feedback information for the data transmitted on the second uplink component carrier, wherein the PHICH resource is predetermined as that of the first downlink component carrier in which the scheduling information was received; and receiving the feedback information from the base station through the determined PHICH resource.

Claims

1. A method for receiving feedback information by a user equipment (UE) capable of simultaneously transmitting or receiving signals on one or multiple uplink or downlink component carriers to or from a single base station, the method comprising:

receiving scheduling information from the base station through a first downlink component carrier linked with a first uplink component carrier;

determining a second uplink component carrier as an uplink component carrier for transmitting data using the scheduling information, wherein the scheduling information comprises a carrier indication field indicating that the scheduling information is for the second uplink component carrier among the multiple uplink component carriers;

transmitting the data to the base station on the second uplink component carrier; and

receiving a Physical Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) Indicator Channel (PHICH) for the data transmitted on the second uplink component carrier,

wherein the first downlink component carrier and a second downlink component carrier of the multiple downlink component carriers respectively have a first PHICH resource and a second PHICH resource, and

wherein the UE determines that the first PHICH resource receives the PHICH among the first PHICH resource and the second PHICH resource based on where the scheduling information was received among the multiple downlink component carriers.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the scheduling information comprises carrier indicator information explicitly indicating the second uplink component carrier.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein feedback information is received only on the first downlink component carrier.

4. A user equipment comprising:

a transceiver configured to simultaneously transmit or receive signals on one or multiple uplink or downlink component carriers to or from a single base station; and

a processor connected to the transceiver, and configured to;

determine a second uplink component carrier as an uplink component carrier for transmitting data, when the transceiver receives scheduling information through a first downlink component carrier linked with a first uplink component carrier;

transmit the data on the second uplink component carrier,

wherein the scheduling information comprises a carrier indication field indicating that the scheduling information is for the second uplink component carrier among the multiple uplink component carriers; and

receive a Physical Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) Indicator Channel (PHICH) for the data transmitted on the second uplink component carrier,

wherein the first downlink component carrier and a second downlink component carrier of the multiple downlink component carriers respectively have a first PHICH resource and a second PHICH resource, and

wherein the UE determines that the first PHICH resource receives the PHICH among the first PHICH resource and the second PHICH resource based on where the scheduling information was received among the multiple downlink component carriers.

5. The user equipment of claim 4, wherein the scheduling information comprises carrier indicator information explicitly indicating the second uplink component carrier.

6. The user equipment of claim 4, wherein feedback information is received only on the first downlink component carrier.