Method and apparatus for controlling uplink control information transmission in wireless communication system providing widebandwidth services via carrier aggregation

• US 9,974,062 B2
• Filed: 01/29/2016
• Issued: 05/15/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Youngbum, Choi, Seunghoon, Kwak, Yongjun, Kim, Donghan, Kim, Younsun
• Primary Examiner(s): Duong, Frank
• Application Number:
  US15/010,584
• Publication Number:
  US 20160234830A1
• Time in Patent Office: 837 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1812 Hybrid protocols; Hybrid automatic repeat request [HARQ]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1861 Physical mapping arrangements for ACK signaling see also H04L5/0053
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1887 Scheduling and prioritising arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1896 ARQ related signaling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/00 Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
• 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 5/0057 Physical resource allocation for CQI
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0091 Signaling for the administration of the divided path
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/21 in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/563 of the wireless resources

Abstract

A method whereby a user equipment (UE) transmits hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgement (ACK)/negative ACK (NACK) information corresponding to downlink data received from a corresponding base station (ENB) in a long term evolution-advanced (LTE-A) system supporting carrier aggregation (CA) is provided. When physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission is not scheduled at the time of transmission of HARQ ACK/NACK information, the UE transmits HARQ ACK/NACK information via physical uplink control channel (PUCCH). When PUSCH transmission is scheduled, the UE transmits HARQ ACK/NACK information multiplexed with PUSCH to the ENB. The amount of HARQ ACK/NACK information increases in proportion to the number of aggregated carriers. The present disclosure specifies scheduling operation of the ENB and HARQ ACK/NACK mapping of the UE that maintain reception performance of HARQ ACK/NACK and PUSCH when HARQ ACK/NACK information is multiplexed with PUSCH.

Claims

1. A method of transmitting uplink control information (UCI) by a terminal configured with multiple cells in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, from a base station, at least two offset information for physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) configuration;

determining a PUSCH transmission offset according to at least one of the at least two offset information, based on a number of bits of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgement (ACK) information;

determining a number of modulation symbols for UCI based on the determined PUSCH transmission offset; and

transmitting, to the base station, the UCI on a PUSCH based on the number of modulation symbols.

2. The method of claim 1,

wherein the UCI transmitted on the PUSCH comprises at least one of the HARQ ACK information and rank indicator (RI) information, and

wherein the PUSCH transmission offset comprises at least one of HARQ-ACK offset and RI offset.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least two offset information are received from a base station through higher layer signaling.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining of the PUSCH transmission offset comprises:

if the number of bits of the HARQ ACK information is greater than a preset threshold, configuring the PUSCH transmission offset to a first value according to one of the at least two offset information; and

if the number of bits of the HARQ ACK information is not greater than the preset threshold, configuring the PUSCH transmission offset to a second value according to other one of the at least two offset information.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining of the PUSCH transmission offset comprises determining the PUSCH transmission offset based on the number of bits of the HARQ ACK information if a number of cells configured to the terminal is greater than a preset threshold.

6. A method of receiving uplink control information (UCI) by a base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting at least two offset information for physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) configuration to a terminal; and

receiving UCI on a PUSCH from the terminal based on a number of modulation symbols determined based on a PUSCH transmission offset,

wherein the PUSCH transmission offset is determined by the terminal according to at least one of the at least two offset information, based on a number of bits of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgement (ACK) information.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the at least two offset information are transmitted to the terminal through higher layer signaling.

8. The method of claim 6,

wherein the UCI transmitted on the PUSCH comprises at least one of the HARQ ACK information and rank indicator (RI) information, and

wherein the PUSCH transmission offset comprises at least one of HARQ-ACK offset and RI offset.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the PUSCH transmission offset is determined based on the number of bits of HARQ ACK information if a number of cells configured to the terminal is greater than a preset threshold.

10. The method of claim 6,

wherein, if the number of bits of the HARQ ACK information is greater than a preset threshold, the PUSCH transmission offset is configured to a first value according to one of the at least two offset information, and

wherein, if the number of bits of the HARQ ACK information is not greater than the preset threshold, the PUSCH transmission offset is configured to a second value according to other one of the at least two offset information.

11. A terminal configured with multiple cells in a wireless communication system, the terminal comprising:

a transceiver; and

a control unit coupled with the transceiver and configured to;

control the transceiver to receive, from a base station, at least two offset information for physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) configuration,

determine a PUSCH transmission offset according to at least one of the at least two offset information, based on a number of bits of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgement (ACK) information,

determine a number of modulation symbols for uplink control information (UCI) based on the determined PUSCH transmission offset, and

control the transceiver to transmit, to the base station, the UCI on a PUSCH based on the number of modulation symbols.

12. The terminal of claim 11, wherein the at least two offset information are received from the base station through higher layer signaling.

13. The terminal of claim 11, wherein the control unit is further configured to determine the PUSCH transmission offset based on the number of bits of the HARQ ACK information if a number of configured cells is greater than a preset threshold.

14. The terminal of claim 11,

wherein the UCI to be transmitted on PUSCH comprises at least one of the HARQ ACK information and rank indicator (RI) information, and

wherein the PUSCH transmission offset comprises at least one of HARQ-ACK offset and RI offset.

15. The terminal of claim 11, wherein the control unit is further configured to:

if the number of bits of the HARQ ACK information is greater than a preset threshold, configure the PUSCH transmission offset to a first value according to one of the at least two offset information; and

if the number of bits of the HARQ ACK information is not greater than the preset threshold, configure the PUSCH transmission offset to a second value according to other one of the at least two offset information.

16. A base station in a wireless communication system, the base station comprising:

a transceiver; and

a control unit coupled with the transceiver and configured to;

control the transceiver to transmit at least two offset information for physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) configuration to a terminal, and

control the transceiver to receive uplink control information (UCI) on a PUSCH from the terminal based on a number of modulation symbols determined based on a PUSCH transmission offset,

wherein the PUSCH transmission offset is determined by the terminal according to at least one of the at least two offset information, based on a number of bits of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgement (ACK) information.

17. The base station of claim 16, wherein the at least two offset information are transmitted to the terminal through higher layer signaling.

18. The base station of claim 16, wherein the PUSCH transmission offset is determined based on the number of bits of the HARQ ACK information if the number of cells configured to the terminal is greater than a preset threshold.

19. The base station of claim 16,

wherein, if the number of bits of the HARQ ACK information is greater than a preset threshold, the PUSCH transmission offset is configured to a first value according to one of the at least two offset information, and

wherein, if the number of bits of the HARQ ACK information is not greater than the preset threshold, the PUSCH transmission offset is configured to a second value according to other one of the at least two offset information.

20. The base station of claim 16,

wherein the UCI transmitted on the PUSCH comprises at least one of the HARQ ACK information and rank indicator (RI) information, and

wherein the PUSCH transmission offset comprises at least one of HARQ-ACK offset and RI offset.

21. At least one non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for storing a computer program configured to be readable by at least one processor, for instructing the at least one processor to execute a computer process to control for:

receiving, from a base station, at least two offset index information for physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) configuration;

determining a PUSCH transmission offset according to at least one of the at least two offset index information, based on a number of bits of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgement (ACK) information;

determining a number of modulation symbols for uplink control information (UCI) based on the determined PUSCH transmission offset; and

transmitting, to the base station, the UCI on a PUSCH based on the number of modulation symbols.