Patent Grant
10708008
The present invention relates to radio communications techniques, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for allocating HARQ-ACK channel resources supporting transmit diversity and channel selection.
At present, the maximum transmission bandwidth of Long-Term Evolution (LTE) systems is 20 MHz. It cannot meet the requirement of high data rate. Currently, in order to increase user's transmission rate, LTE-Advanced is proposed based on LTE. In LTE-A systems, multiple Component Carriers (CCs) are aggregated to obtain a wider bandwidth and form uplink and downlink of the communication system, so as to support higher transmission rate. This technique is called Carrier Aggregation (CA). For example, in order to support 100 MHz bandwidth, five 20 MHz CCs may be aggregated. Herein, each CC is referred to as a cell.
Among multiple downlink CCs configured by a base station, one is a primary cell (Pcell) and others are secondary cells (Scell). The base station configures a UE to receive downlink data of multiple cells through higher layer signaling. The number of cells scheduled in one subframe may be smaller than or equal to the number of cells configured by higher layers. For example, in
Based on the CA technique, the base station transmits downlink data to the same UE on multiple cells. Accordingly, the UE needs to feedback HARQ-ACK information of the downlink data transmitted on multiple cells. According to a discuss result of LTE-A, the HARQ-ACK feedback information of the data transmission on the cells is transmitted on one uplink cell (i.e., uplink Pcell). In order to support the transmission of multiple HARQ-ACK feedback bits, a method based on channel selection may be adopted in LTE-A to support at most 4 HARQ-ACK feedback bits. This method has been used in LTE TDD systems. In the case of channel selection of non-transmit-diversity, the number of HARQ-ACK resources to be allocated is equal to that of HARQ-ACK feedback bits.
According to the discuss result of LTE-A, in LTE-A FDD systems, the channel selection method supports at most 2 cells in fact, and each cell may feed back one or two HARQ-ACK feedback bits. Herein, in the case that Spatial Orthogonal Resource Transmit Diversity (SORTD) is not adopted to support transmit diversity, the method for allocating the HARQ-ACK channel resources is as follows.
For a downlink Pcell, the HARQ-ACK channel used by the HARQ-ACK feedback information of the Pcell is determined according to a Control Channel Element (CCE) index of the PDCCH via an implicit method.
For a downlink Scell, if cross-carrier scheduling is not adopted, the HARQ-ACK channel used by the HARQ-ACK feedback information of the Scell is determined according to a HARQ-ACK Resource Indicator (ARI) in the PDCCH scheduling the Scell; if the Scell is cross-carrier scheduled from the PDCCH of the Pcell, the HARQ-ACK channel used by the HARQ-ACK information of the Scell is determined via a implicit method according to the CCE index of the PDCCH.
If the Cell is configured with a Single Input Multiple Output (SIMO) transmission mode, since it is only required to feedback one HARQ-ACK with respect to one Transmission Block (TB) of the Cell, one HARQ-ACK channel needs to be allocated. Accordingly, if the Cell is configured with a Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) transmission mode, two HARQ-ACK need to be feedbacked with respect to two TBs of the Cell. Therefore, two HARQ-ACK channels need to be allocated.
As to the situation of allocating HARQ-ACK channel via the implicit method, the HARQ-ACK channel used by the HARQ-ACK information of one Cell is obtained through the PDCCH scheduling the data transmission of the Cell. In particular, the index of a first CCE of the PDCCH is denoted as nCCE. If one HARQ-ACK channel needs to be allocated, the HARQ-ACK channel may be mapped according to the index nCCE of the first CCE. If two HARQ-ACK channels need to be allocated, the two HARQ-ACK channels may be mapped according to the first CCE index nCCE and the second CCE index nCCE+1.
In addition, according to a current discussed result, in the case that the UE is configured with only one cell, the SORTD method is adopted to support transmit diversity. That is to say, two HARQ-ACK channels are allocated to the UE, two transmission antennas respectively use different channels to transmit the same HARQ-ACK feedback information repeatedly. A receiver receives signals from the two channels and performs a Maximum Ratio Combination (MRC) to obtain an optimal diversity effect. Herein, the lowest CCE index of PDCCH is denoted by n. the two HARQ-ACK channels are obtained via the implicit method based on the CCE indexes n and n+1. Corresponding to method for transmitting HARQ-ACK feedback information of the two CCs based on channel selection, in the case that transmit diversity needs to be supported, the SORTD technique may also be adopted. At this time, in order to feedback M HARQ-ACK bits, the number of required HARQ-ACK channels is 2M, wherein M=2, 3 or 4. However, there is no relevant solution at present as how to allocate the 2M HARQ-ACK channel resources, wherein the HARQ-ACK channels resources refer to PUCCH channel resources used for transmitting HARQ-ACK feedback information.
Examples of the present invention provide a method for allocating HARQ-ACK channel resources supporting transmit diversity and channel selection, so as to allocate HARQ-ACK channel resources for a UE in the premise that channel selection and SORTD technique are supported.
According to an example of the present invention, a method for allocating Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) channel resources supporting transmit diversity and channel selection is provided. The method includes:
receiving, by a UE, Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) information and Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) data from a base station through two Component Carriers (CCs);
obtaining, by the UE according to specific indication information, Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) channel resources required for transmitting HARQ-ACK feedback information using a transmit diversity technique; and
transmitting, by the UE, the HARQ-ACK feedback information on the obtained PUCCH channel resources adopting the transmit diversity technique.
Preferably, the UE obtains at most 4 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources of each CC according to the specific indication information, and transmits the HARQ-ACK feedback information adopting a Spatial Orthogonal Resource Transmit Diversity (SORTD) technique using PUCCH format 1b with channel selection.
Preferably, the UE is configured with a Frequency Division Duplexing (FDD).
Preferably, if the CC is a primary CC and is configured with a Single Input Multiple Output (SIMO) transmission mode, the CC requires 2 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources to transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback information, denoted by CH_1 and CH_2;
the specific indication information is the lowest Control Channel Element (CCE) index n of the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH of the primary cell; and
CH_1 and CH_2 are obtained by mapping according to CCE indexes n and n+1.
Preferably, if the CC is a Pcell and is configured with a Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) transmission mode, the CC requires 4 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources to transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback information, denoted by CH_1, CH_2, CH_3 and CH_4;
CH_1 and CH_2 are obtained by mapping according to CCE indexes n and n+1 of the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH of the Pcell, wherein n is the lowest CCE index of the PDCCH;
CH_3 and CH_4 are obtained through any one of:
mapping according to CCE indexes n+2 and n+3 of the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH of the Pcell, wherein n is the lowest CCE index of the PDCCH;
configuring 2 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources semi-statically by higher layer signaling;
configuring multiple PUCCH 1a/1b channel resource semi-statically by higher layer signaling, obtaining 2 PUCCH channel resources through mapping multiple HARQ-ACK channels according to HARQ-ACK Resource indicator (ARI) in the PDCCH scheduling data transmission of the Pcell; and
configuring multiple PUCCH 1a/1b channel resource semi-statically by higher layer signaling, obtaining 2 PUCCH channel resources through mapping multiple HARQ-ACK channels according to the ARI in the PDCCH scheduling data transmission of the Scell.
Preferably, if the CC is a Scell and is configured with a SIMO transmission mode, the CC requires 2 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources to transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback information, denoted by CH_1 and CH_2;
if the Scell is cross-carrier scheduled by the Pcell, the specific indication information is the lowest CCE index n of the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH of the Scell, and CH_1 and CH_2 are obtained through mapping according to CCE indexes n and n+1.
Preferably, if the CC is a Scell and is configured with a MIMO transmission mode, the CC requires 4 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources to transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback information, denoted by CH_1, CH_2, CH_3 and CH_4; if the Scell is cross-carrier scheduled by the Pcell,
CH_1 and CH_2 are obtained through mapping according to CCE indexes n and n+1 of the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH of the Scell, wherein n is the lowest CCE index of the PDCCH;
CH_3 and CH_4 are obtained through any one of:
mapping according to CCE indexes n+2 and n+3 of the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH of the Scell, wherein n is the lowest CCE index of the PDCCH;
configuring 2 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources semi-statically by higher layer signaling; and
configuring multiple PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources semi-statically by higher layer signaling, and obtaining 2 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources through mapping multiple HARQ-ACK channels according to ARI in the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH of the Scell.
Preferably, if the CC is a Scell and is configured with a MIMO transmission mode, the CC requires 4 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources to transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback information, denoted by CH_1, CH_2, CH_3 and CH_4;
if the Scell is cross-carrier scheduled by the Pcell, CH_1, CH_2, CH_3 and CH_4 are obtained by: configuring multiple PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources semi-statically by higher layer signaling, and obtaining 4 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources through mapping multiple HARQ-ACK channels according to ARI in the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH of the Scell.
Preferably, if the CC is a Scell and is configured with a SIMO transmission mode, the CC requires 2 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources to transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback information, denoted by CH_1 and CH_2;
if the Scell is scheduled by itself, CH_1 and CH_2 are obtained by: configuring multiple PUCCH 1a/1b channel resource semi-statically by higher layer signaling, and obtaining 2 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources through mapping multiple HARQ-ACK channels according to ARI in the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH of the Scell.
Preferably, if the CC is a Scell and is configured with a MIMO transmission mode, the CC requires 4 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources to transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback information, denoted by CH_1, CH_2, CH_3 and CH_4;
if the Scell is scheduled by itself, CH_1, CH_2, CH_3 and CH_4 are obtained by: configuring multiple PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources semi-statically by higher layer signaling, and obtaining 4 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources through mapping multiple HARQ-ACK channels according to ARI in the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH of the Scell.
Preferably, the UE is configured with a Time Division Duplexing (TDD), and the number of elements in a Downlink Association Set (DAS) of the CC is 1.
Preferably, if the CC is a Pcell and is configured with a SIMO transmission mode, the CC requires 2 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources to transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback information, denoted by CH_1 and CH_2;
the specific indication information is the lowest CCE index n of the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH of the Pcell;
CH_1 and CH_2 are obtained by mapping according to CCE indexes n and n+1.
Preferably, if the CC is a Pcell and is configured with a MIMO transmission mode, the CC requires 4 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources to transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback information, denoted by CH_1, CH_2, CH_3 and CH_4;
CH_1 and CH_2 are obtained by mapping according to CCE indexes n and n+1 of the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH of the Pcell, wherein n is the lowest CCE index of the PDCCH;
CH_3 and CH_4 are obtained through any one of:
mapping according to CCE indexes n+2 and n+3 of the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH of the Pcell, wherein n is the lowest CCE index of the PDCCH;
configuring 2 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources semi-statically by higher layer signaling;
configuring multiple PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources semi-statically by higher layer signaling, and obtaining 2 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources through mapping multiple HARQ-ACK channels according to ARI in the PDCCH scheduling data transmission of the Pcell; and
configuring multiple PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources semi-statically by higher layer signaling, and obtaining 2 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources through mapping multiple HARQ-ACK channels according to ARI in the PDCCH scheduling data transmission of the Scell.
Preferably, if the UE is configured with the TDD and the number of elements in the DAS of the CC is 1, values in a Downlink Allocation Index (DAI) field is taken as the ARI, and the PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources of CH_3 and CH_4 are obtained through mapping according to table 1.
Preferably, if the CC is a Scell and is configured with a SIMO transmission mode, the CC requires 2 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources to transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback information, denoted by CH_1 and CH_2;
if the Scell is cross-carrier scheduled by the Pcell, the specific indication information is the lowest CCE index n of the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH of the Scell, CH_1 and CH_2 are obtained through mapping according to the CCE indexes n and n+1.
Preferably, if the CC is a Scell and is configured with a MIMO transmission mode, the CC requires 4 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources to transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback information, denoted by CH_1, CH_2, CH_3 and CH_4; if the Scell is cross-carrier scheduled by the Pcell,
CH_1 and CH_2 are obtained by mapping according to CCE indexes n and n+1 of the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH of the Scell, wherein n is the lowest CCE index of the PDCCH;
CH_3 and CH_4 are obtained through any one of:
mapping according to CCE indexes n+2 and n+3 of the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH of the Scell, wherein n is the lowest CCE index of the PDCCH;
configuring 2 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources semi-statically by higher layer signaling;
configuring multiple PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources semi-statically by higher layer signaling, and obtaining 2 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources through mapping multiple HARQ-ACK channels according to ARI in the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH of the Scell.
Preferably, if the CC is a Scell and is configured with a MIMO transmission mode, the CC requires 4 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources to transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback information, denoted by CH_1, CH_2, CH_3 and CH_4;
if the Scell is cross-carrier scheduled by the Pcell, CH_1, CH_2, CH_3 and CH_4 are obtained through: configuring multiple PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources semi-statically by higher layer signaling, and obtaining 4 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources through mapping multiple HARQ-ACK channels according to ARI in the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH of the Scell.
Preferably, if the CC is a Scell and is configured with a SIMO transmission mode, the CC requires 2 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources to transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback information, denoted by CH_1 and CH_2;
if the Scell is scheduled by itself, CH_1 and CH_2 are obtained through: configuring multiple PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources semi-statically by higher layer signaling, and obtaining 2 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources through mapping multiple HARQ-ACK channels according to ARI in the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH of the Scell.
Preferably, if the CC is a Scell and is configured with a MIMO transmission mode, the CC requires 4 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources to transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback information, denoted by CH_1, CH_2, CH_3 and CH_4;
if the Scell is scheduled by itself, CH_1, CH_2, CH_3 and CH_4 are obtained through: configuring multiple PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources semi-statically by higher layer signaling, and obtaining 4 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources through mapping multiple HARQ-ACK channels according to ARI in the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH of the Scell.
Preferably, the UE is configured with a TDD and the number of elements in a DAS of the CC is 2.
Preferably, if the CC is a Pcell and is configured with a MIMO transmission mode, the CC requires 4 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources to transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback information, denoted by CH_1, CH_2, CH_3 and CH_4; subframe 0 and 1 respectively provide 2 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources; if no Semi-Persistent Scheduling (SPS) service is configured in the subframes, HARQ-ACK resource of CH_1 is determined according to the lowest CCE index n of the PDCCH of subframe 0 scheduling the PDSCH, HARQ-ACK resource of CH_2 is determined according to CCE index n+1 of the PDCCH of subframe 0 scheduling the PDSCH, HARQ-ACK resource of CH_3 is determined according to the lowest CCE index m of the PDCCH of subframe 1 scheduling the PDSCH, and HARQ-ACK resource of CH_4 is determined according to CCE index m+1 of the PDCCH of subframe 1 scheduling the PDSCH; if the SPS service is configured in the subframe, 2 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources required by the subframe are 2 HARQ-ACK resources semi-statically configured by higher layer signaling.
Preferably, if the CC is a Scell, the CC requires 4 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources to transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback information, denoted by CH_1, CH_2, CH_3 and CH_4; subframe 0 and 1 respectively provide 2 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources; if the PDSCH of the Scell is cross-carrier scheduled by the PDCCH of the Pcell, HARQ-ACK resource of CH_1 is determined according to the lowest CCE index n of the PDCCH of subframe 0 scheduling the PDSCH, HARQ-ACK resource of CH_2 is determined according to CCE index n+1 of the PDCCH of subframe 0 scheduling the PDSCH, HARQ-ACK resource of CH_3 is determined according to the lowest CCE index m of the PDCCH of subframe 1 scheduling the PDSCH, and HARQ-ACK resource of CH_4 is determined according to CCE index m+1 of the PDCCH of subframe 1 scheduling the PDSCH, wherein the lowest CCE index is n.
Preferably, if the CC is a Scell, the CC requires 4 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources to transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback information, denoted by CH_1, CH_2, CH_3 and CH_4; if the Scell is scheduled by itself, the method for obtaining the CH_1, CH_2, CH_3 and CH_4 comprises: configuring multiple PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources semi-statically by higher layer signaling, and obtaining 4 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources by mapping the multiple HARQ-ACK channels according to ARI in the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH of the Scell
Preferably, the UE is configured with a TDD working manner and the number of elements in a DAS of the CC is larger than 2.
Preferably, if the CC is a Pcell, the CC requires 4 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources to transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback information, denoted by CH_1, CH_2, CH_3 and CH_4; if no SPS service is configured in the cell, HARQ-ACK resource of CH_1 is determined according to the lowest CCE index n of the PDCCH of a subframe with DAI=1 scheduling the PDSCH, HARQ-ACK resource of CH_2 is determined according to CCE index n+1 of the PDCCH of the subframe with DAI=1 scheduling the PDSCH, HARQ-ACK resource of CH_3 is determined according to the lowest CCE index m of the PDCCH of a subframe with DAI=2 scheduling the PDSCH, and HARQ-ACK resource of CH_4 is determined according to CCE index m+1 of the PDCCH of the subframe with DAI=2 scheduling the PDSCH; if the SPS service is configured in the subframe, 2 HARQ-ACK resources are configured by higher layers for the SPS service semi-statically, wherein CH_1 is the first HARQ-ACK resource configured semi-statically by the higher layers for the SPS service, CH_2 is the second HARQ-ACK resource configured semi-statically by the higher layers for the SPS service; HARQ-ACK resource of CH_3 is determined according to the lowest CCE index n of the PDCCH of the subframe with DAI=1 scheduling the PDSCH, and HARQ-ACK resource of CH_4 is determined according to the CCE index n+1 of the PDCCH of the subframe with DAI=1 scheduling the PDSCH.
Preferably, if the CC is a Scell, the CC requires 4 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources to transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback information, denoted by CH_1, CH_2, CH_3 and CH_4; if the PDSCH of the Scell is cross-carrier scheduled by the PDCCH of the Pcell, HARQ-ACK resource of CH_1 is determined according to the lowest CCE index n of the PDCCH of a subframe with DAI=1 scheduling the PDSCH, HARQ-ACK resource of CH_2 is determined according to CCE index n+1 of the PDCCH of the subframe with DAI=1 scheduling the PDSCH, HARQ-ACK resource of CH_3 is determined according to the lowest CCE index m of the PDCCH of a subframe with DAI=2 scheduling the PDSCH, and HARQ-ACK resource of CH_4 is determined according to CCE index m+1 of the PDCCH of the subframe with DAI=2 scheduling the PDSCH.
Preferably, if the CC is a Scell, the CC requires 4 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources to transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback information, denoted by CH_1, CH_2, CH_3 and CH_4; if the Scell is scheduled by itself, the method for obtaining the CH_1, CH_2, CH_3 and CH_4 is as follows: configuring multiple PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources semi-statically by higher layer signaling, and obtaining 4 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources by mapping the multiple HARQ-ACK channels according to ARI in the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH of the Scell.
It can be seen from the above technical solution that, according to the method for allocating HARQ-ACK channel resources provided by the examples of the present invention, it is possible to allocate HARQ-ACK channel resources to the UE reasonably and avoid waste of channel resources in the premise that channel selection and SORTD technique are supported.
The present invention will be described in further detail hereinafter with reference to accompanying drawings and embodiments to make the objective, technical solution and merits therein clearer.
In order to solve the above technical problem, an example of the present invention provides a method for allocating HARQ-ACK channel resources when HARQ-ACK feedback information is transmitted based on channel selection and SORTD technique is used to support transmit diversity. Through the method, it is ensured that resources occupied by SORTD technique are as less as possible.
Two transmission antennas will be mentioned in the following description. Herein, each antenna may be a physical transmission antenna or composed by signals of multiple physical antennas. For example, for a UE configured with four physical antennas, in order to support two-antenna transmit diversity, each antenna may consist of two physical antennas. In the case that SORTD is not adopted, if the number of HARQ-ACK feedback bits is M, M HARQ-ACK channels need to be allocated. Accordingly, in the case that SORTD is adopted, 2M HARQ-ACK channels needs to be allocated and divided into two groups, wherein each group includes M channels. Thus, each antenna selects one channel for use from the M HARQ-ACK channels of one group. In order to simplify the designation, suppose that the two antennas adopt same channel selection mapping table which is the same as that when SORTD is not adopted.
The method for allocating HARQ-ACK channel resources supporting transmit diversity and channel selection is as shown in
At step 301, the UE receives Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) information and Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) data transmitted by the base station via two CCs.
At step 302, the UE obtains PUCCH channel resources used for transmitting HARQ-ACK feedback information based on transmit diversity technique (e.g., SORTD technique) according to specific indication information.
At step 303, the UE transmits the HARQ-ACK feedback information to the base station based on the transmit diversity technique on the PUCCH channel resources obtained.
Now, the flow shown in
For step 302, there are the following cases.
Case 1:
If the UE is configured with a FDD, the UE obtains at most 4 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources of each CC according to the specific indication information. The HARQ-ACK feedback information is transmitted using PUCCH format 1b with channel selection based on the SORTD technique.
Case 1-1:
If the CC is a Pcell and is configured with a Single Input Multiple Output (SIMO) transmission mode, the CC requires 2 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources to transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback information, denoted by CH_1, CH_2. At this time, the specific indication information refers to the lowest CCE index n of the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH of the CC. CH_1 and CH_2 may be obtained through mapping according to CCE indexes n and n+1.
Case 1-2:
If the CC is a Pcell and is configured with MIMO transmission mode, the CC requires 4 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources to transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback information, denoted by CH_1, CH_2, CH_3 and CH_4, wherein CH_1 and CH_2 may be obtained through mapping according to the CCE indexes n and n+1 of the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH of the CC, n is the lowest CCE index of the PDCCH; CH_3 and CH_4 may be obtained according to any one of the following 4 methods.
Method 1: CH_3 and CH_4 are obtained through mapping according to CCE indexes n+2 and n+3 of the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH of the CC, wherein n is the lowest CCE index of the PDCCH.
Method 2: configuring two PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources semi-statically by higher layer signaling.
Method 3: configuring multiple PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources semi-statically by higher layer signaling, and obtaining 2 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources by mapping the multiple HARQ-ACK channels according to HARQ-ACK Resource indicator (ARI) of the PDCCH scheduling data transmission of the Pcell.
Method 4: configuring multiple PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources semi-statically by higher layer signaling, and obtaining 2 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources by mapping the multiple HARQ-ACK channels according to the ARI of the PDCCH scheduling the Scell.
Case 1-3:
If the CC is a Scell and is configured with the SIMO transmission mode, the CC requires 2 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources to transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback information, denoted by CH_1, CH_2. If the Scell is cross-carrier scheduled by the Pcell, CH_1 and CH_2 are obtained by mapping according to CCE indexes n and n+1 of the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH, wherein n is the lowest CCE index of the PDCCH.
Case 1-4:
If the CC is a Scell and is configured with the MIMO transmission mode, the CC requires 4 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources to transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback information, denoted by CH_1, CH_2, CH_3 and CH_4.
If the Scell is cross-carrier scheduled by the Pcell, CH_1 and CH_2 are obtained by mapping according to CCE indexes n and n+1 of the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH, wherein n is the lowest CCE index of the PDCCH. CH_3 and CH_4 are obtained according to any one of the following three methods.
Method 1: CH_3 and CH_4 are obtained by mapping according to CCE indexes n+2 and n+3 of the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH of the CC, wherein n is the lowest CCE index of the PDCCH.
Method 2: configuring two PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources semi-statically by higher layer signaling.
Method 3: configuring multiple PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources semi-statically by higher layer signaling, and obtaining 2 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources by mapping the multiple HARQ-ACK channels according to the ARI of the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH of the Scell.
If the Scell is cross-carrier scheduled by the Pcell, another method for obtaining CH_1, CH_2, CH_3 and CH_4 is as follows: configuring multiple PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources semi-statically by higher layer signaling, obtaining 4 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources by mapping the multiple HARQ-ACK channels according to the ARI of the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH of the Scell.
Case 1-5:
If the CC is a Scell and is configured with the SIMO transmission mode, the CC requires 2 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resource to transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback information, denoted by CH_1 and CH_2. If the Scell is scheduled by itself, CH_1 and CH_2 are obtained as follows: configuring multiple PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources semi-statically by higher layer signaling, and obtaining 2 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources by mapping the multiple HARQ-ACK channels according to the ARI of the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH of the Scell.
Case 1-6:
If the CC is a Scell and is configured with the MIMO transmission mode, the CC requires 4 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources to transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback information, denoted by CH_1, CH_2, CH_3 and CH_4. If the Scell is scheduled by itself, the method for obtaining CH_1, CH_2, CH_3 and CH_4 is as follows: configuring multiple PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources semi-statically by higher layer signaling, and obtaining 4 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources by mapping the multiple HARQ-ACK channels according to the ARI of the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH of the Scell.
Case 2:
If the UE is configured with a TDD working manner and the number of elements in Downlink Association Set (DAS) of the CC is 1, the UE obtains at most 4 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources of each CC according to the specific indication information.
Case 2-1:
If the CC is a Pcell and is configured with the SIMO transmission mode, the CC requires 2 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources to transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback information, denoted by CH_1 and CH_2. CH_1 and CH_2 may be obtained by mapping according to CCE indexes n and n+1 of the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH, wherein n is the lowest CCE index of the PDCCH.
Case 2-2:
If the CC is a Pcell and is configured with the MIMO transmission mode, the CC requires 4 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources to transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback information, denoted by CH_1, CH_2, CH_3 and CH_4. CH_1 and CH_2 are obtained by mapping according to CCE indexes n and n+1 of the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH, wherein n is the lowest CCE index of the PDCCH. CH_3 and CH_4 may be obtained through any one of the following three methods.
Method 1: CH_3 and CH_4 are obtained by mapping according to CCE indexes n+2 and n+3 of the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH of the CC, wherein n is the lowest CCE index of the PDCCH.
Method 2: configuring two PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources semi-statically by higher layer signaling.
Method 3: configuring multiple PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources semi-statically by higher layer signaling, and obtaining through 2 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources by mapping the multiple HARQ-ACK channels according to the ARI of the PDCCH scheduling data transmission of the Pcell. In particular, in LTE Rel-10, when the PDCCH of the Pcell schedules the PDSCH of the Pcell, Transmission Power Control (TPC) in the PDCCH is used for power control command and cannot be used as ARI. Thus, a new field is required to serve as the ARI. If the CA system is configured with the TDD transmission and the number of elements in the DAS of the CC is equal to 1, the Downlink Assignment Index (DAI) of the PDCCH exists but is not used. In the present invention, the DAI field is used as the ARI. Thus, the PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources of CH_3 and CH_4 may be obtained through mapping. The detailed method is shown in table 2.
According to table 2, if the value of the DAI field is “0, 0”, the UE is indicated to use the first set which is configured by higher layers and includes two PUCCH resources as CH_3 and CH_4. If the value of the DAI field is “0, 1”, the UE is indicated to use the second set which is configured by higher layers and includes two PUCCH resources as CH_3 and CH_4. If the value of the DAI field is “1, 0”, the UE is indicated to use the third set which is configured by higher layers and includes two PUCCH resources as CH_3 and CH_4. If the value of the DAI field is “1, 1”, the UE is indicated to use the fourth set which is configured by higher layers and includes two PUCCH resources as CH_3 and CH_4.
Method 4: another method for obtaining the CH_3 and CH_4 is as follows: configuring multiple PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources semi-statically by higher layer signaling, and obtaining 2 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources through mapping the multiple HARQ-ACK channels according to the ARI in the PDCCH scheduling the Scell.
Case 2-3:
If the CC is a Scell and is configured with the SIMO transmission mode, the CC requires 2 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources to transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback information, denoted by CH_1 and CH_2. If the Scell is cross-carrier scheduled by the Pcell, CH_1 and CH_2 are obtained by mapping according to CCE indexes n and n+1 of the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH, wherein n is the lowest CCE index of the PDCCH.
Case 2-4:
If the CC is a Scell and is configured with the MIMO transmission mode, the CC requires 4 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources to transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback information, denoted by CH_1, CH_2, CH_3 and CH_4.
If the Scell is cross-carrier scheduled by the Pcell, CH_1 and CH_2 may be obtained by mapping according to the CCE indexes n and n+1 of the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH, wherein n is the lowest CCE index of the PDCCH; CH_3 and CH_4 may be obtained through any one of the following three methods.
Method 1: CH_3 and CH_4 are mapped according to CCE indexes n+2 and n+3 of the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH of the CC, wherein n is the lowest CCE index of the PDCCH.
Method 2: configuring two PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources semi-statically by higher layer signaling.
Method 3: configuring multiple PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources are semi-statically by higher layer signaling, and obtaining 2 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources by mapping the multiple HARQ-ACK channels according to the ARI of the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH of the Scell.
If the Scell is cross-carrier scheduled by the Pcell, another method for obtaining CH_1, CH_2, CH_3 and CH_4 is as follows: configuring multiple PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources semi-statically by higher layer signaling, and obtaining 4 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources by mapping the multiple HARQ-ACK channels according to the ARI of the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH of the Scell.
Case 2-5:
If the CC is a Scell and is configured with the SIMO transmission mode, the CC requires 2 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources to transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback information, denoted by CH_1 and CH_2. If the Scell is scheduled by itself, CH_1 and CH_2 are obtained through the following method: configuring multiple PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources semi-statically by higher layer signaling, and obtaining 2 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources through mapping the multiple HARQ-ACK channels according to the ARI in the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH of the Scell.
Case 2-6:
If the CC is a Scell and is configured with the MIMO transmission mode, the CC requires 4 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources to transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback information, denoted by CH_1, CH_2, CH_3 and CH_4. If the Scell is scheduled by itself, CH_1, CH_2, CH_3 and CH_4 are obtained through the following method: configuring multiple PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources semi-statically by higher layer signaling, and obtaining 4 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources through mapping the multiple HARQ-ACK channels according to the ARI in the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH of the Scell.
If the Pcell falls within case 1-1 or case 2-1 and the Scell falls within any one of cases 1-3, 1-5, 2-3 and 2-5, the UE transmits the HARQ-ACK feedback information on antenna 0 using CH_1 resource and transmits the HARQ-ACK feedback information repeatedly on antenna 1 using CH_2 resource, as shown in table 3.
If the Pcell falls within case 1-2 or case 2-2 and the Scell falls within any one of cases 1-4, 1-6, 2-4 and 2-6, suppose that ch_a, ch_b, ch_c, ch_d are channels which are used during channel selection when the SORTD is not adopted.
Then, a channel resources mapping manner supporting channel selection and SORTD transmit diversity is as follows.
The UE transmits the HARQ-ACK feedback information on antenna 0 using CH_1 and CH_3 and transmits the HARQ-ACK feedback information repeatedly on antenna 1 using CH_2 and CH_4, as shown in table 4
Another channel resources mapping method supporting channel selection and SORTD transmit diversity is as follows.
The UE transmits the HARQ-ACK feedback information on antenna 0 using CH_1 and CH_2 and transmits the HARQ-ACK feedback information repeatedly on antenna 1 using CH_3 and CH_4, as shown in table 5.
Another channel resources mapping method supporting channel selection and SORTD transmit diversity is as follows.
The UE transmits the HARQ-ACK feedback information on antenna 0 using CH_1 and CH_3 and transmits the HARQ-ACK feedback information repeatedly on antenna 1 using CH_2 and CH_4, as shown in table 6.
If the Pcell falls within case 1-1 or case 2-1 and the Scell falls within any one of cases 1-4, 1-6, 2-4 and 2-6, the Pcell is referred to as Cell_2, the Scell is referred to as Cell_1. If the Pcell falls within case 1-2 or case 2-2 and the Scell falls within any one of case 1-3, 1-5, 2-3 and 2-5, the Pcell is referred to as Cell_1 and the Scell is referred to as Cell_2. At this time, there are the following three kinds of channel resources mapping methods supporting channel selection and SORTD transmit diversity as shown in tables 7-9. In particular, one channel resources mapping method supporting channel selection and SORTD transmit diversity is as follows.
The UE transmits the HARQ-ACK feedback information on antenna 0 using CH_1 and CH_3 and transmits the HARQ-ACK feedback information repeatedly on antenna 1 using CH_2 and CH_4, as shown in table 7.
Another channel resources mapping method supporting channel selection and SORTD transmit diversity is as follows.
The UE transmits the HARQ-ACK feedback information on antenna 0 using CH_1 and CH_2 and transmits the HARQ-ACK feedback information repeatedly on antenna 1 using CH_3 and CH_4, as shown in table 8.
Another channel resources mapping method supporting channel selection and SORTD transmit diversity is as follows.
The UE transmits the HARQ-ACK feedback information on antenna 0 using CH_1 and CH_3 and transmits the HARQ-ACK feedback information repeatedly on antenna 1 using CH_2 and CH_4, as shown in table 9.
Case 3:
If the UE is configured with the TDD working manner and the number of elements in the DAS of the CC is 2, the UE obtains at most 4 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources of each CC according to the specific indication information.
Case 3-1:
If the CC is a Pcell, the CC requires 4 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources to transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback information, denoted by CH_1, CH_2, CH_3 and CH_4. Subframes 0 and 1 respectively provide 2 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources. If no Semi-Persistent Scheduling (SPS) service is configured in the subframes, the HARQ-ACK resource of CH_1 is determined according to the lowest CCE index n of the PDCCH of subframe 0 scheduling the PDSCH, the HARQ-ACK resource of CH_2 is determined according to the CCE index n+1 of the PDCCH of subframe 0 scheduling the PDSCH, the HARQ-ACK resource of CH_3 is determined according to the lowest CCE index m of the PDCCH of subframe 1 scheduling the PDSCH, and the HARQ-ACK resource of CH_4 is determined according to the CCE index m+1 of the PDCCH of subframe 1 scheduling the PDSCH. If the SPS service is configured in the subframe, 2 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources required by the subframe are 2 HARQ-ACK resources semi-statically configured by higher layer signaling.
Case 3-2:
If the CC is a Scell, the CC requires 4 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources to transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback information, denoted by CH_1, CH_2, CH_3 and CH_4. Subframes 0 and 1 respectively provide 2 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources. If the PDSCH of the Scell is cross-carrier scheduled by the PDCCH of the Pcell, the HARQ-ACK resource of CH_1 is determined according to the lowest CCE index n of the PDCCH of subframe 0 scheduling the PDSCH, the HARQ-ACK resource of CH_2 is determined according to the CCE index n+1 of the PDCCH of subframe 0 scheduling the PDSCH, the HARQ-ACK resource of CH_3 is determined according to the lowest CCE index m of the PDCCH of subframe 1 scheduling the PDSCH, and the HARQ-ACK resource of CH_4 is determined according to the CCE index m+1 of the PDCCH of subframe 1 scheduling the PDSCH.
Case 3-3:
If the CC is a Scell, the CC requires 4 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources to transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback information, denoted by CH_1, CH_2, CH_3 and CH_4. If the Scell is scheduled by itself, the method for obtaining the CH_1, CH_2, CH_3 and CH_4 is as follows: configuring multiple PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources semi-statically by higher layer signaling, and obtaining 4 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources by mapping the multiple HARQ-ACK channels according to the ARI in the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH of the Scell.
Case 4:
If the UE is configured with the TDD working manner and the number of elements in the DSA of the CC is 3 or 4, the UE obtains at most 4 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources of each CC according to the specific indication information.
Case 4-1:
If the CC is a Pcell, the CC requires 4 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources to transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback information, denoted by CH_1, CH_2, CH_3 and CH_4.
If no SPS service is configured in the cell, the HARQ-ACK resource of CH_1 is determined according to the lowest CCE index n of the PDCCH of the subframe with DAI=1 scheduling the PDSCH, the HARQ-ACK resource of CH_2 is determined according to the CCE index n+1 of the PDCCH of the subframe with DAI=1 scheduling the PDSCH, the HARQ-ACK resource of CH_3 is determined according to the lowest CCE index m of the PDCCH of the subframe with DAI=2 scheduling the PDSCH, and the HARQ-ACK resource of CH_4 is determined according to the CCE index m+1 of the PDCCH of the subframe with DAI=2 scheduling the PDSCH.
If the SPS service is configured in the subframe, 2 HARQ-ACK resources are configured by higher layers for the SPS service semi-statically. CH_1 is the first HARQ-ACK resource configured semi-statically by the higher layers for the SPS service, CH_2 is the second HARQ-ACK resource configured semi-statically by the higher layers for the SPS service. The HARQ-ACK resource of CH_3 is determined according to the lowest CCE index n of the PDCCH of the subframe with DAI=1 scheduling the PDSCH, and the HARQ-ACK resource of CH_4 is determined according to the CCE index n+1 of the PDCCH of the subframe with DAI=1 scheduling the PDSCH.
Case 4-2:
If the CC is a Scell, the CC requires 4 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources to transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback information, denoted by CH_1, CH_2, CH_3 and CH_4. If the PDSCH of the Scell is cross-carrier scheduled by the PDCCH of the Pcell, the HARQ-ACK resource of CH_1 is determined according to the lowest CCE index n of the PDCCH of the subframe with DAI=1 scheduling the PDSCH, the HARQ-ACK resource of CH_2 is determined according to the CCE index n+1 of the PDCCH of the subframe with DAI=1 scheduling the PDSCH, the HARQ-ACK resource of CH_3 is determined according to the lowest CCE index m of the PDCCH of the subframe with DAI=2 scheduling the PDSCH, and the HARQ-ACK resource of CH_4 is determined according to the CCE index m+1 of the PDCCH of the subframe with DAI=2 scheduling the PDSCH.
Case 4-3:
If the CC is a Scell, the CC requires 4 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources to transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback information, denoted by CH_1, CH_2, CH_3 and CH_4. If the Scell is scheduled by itself, the method for obtaining the CH_1, CH_2, CH_3 and CH_4 is as follows: configuring multiple PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources semi-statically by higher layer signaling, and obtaining 4 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources by mapping the multiple HARQ-ACK channels according to the ARI in the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH of the Scell.
If the Pcell falls within case 3-1 or case 4-1 and the Scell falls within any one of cases 3-2, 3-3, 4-2 and 4-3, the UE transmits the HARQ-ACK feedback information on antenna 0 using CH_1 and transmits the HARQ-ACK feedback information repeatedly on antenna 1 using CH_2, as shown in table 3.
In the cases other than the above cases, suppose that ch_a, ch_b, ch_c and ch_d are channels used during channel selection when SORTD is not used. Then, the UE transmits the HARQ-ACK feedback information on antenna 0 using CH_1 and CH_3 and transmits the HARQ-ACK feedback information repeatedly on antenna 1 using CH_2 and CH_4, as shown in table 10.
Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in further detail with reference to several examples.
Suppose that the UE is configured with the TDD and the number of elements in the DAS is 1. The UE is configured with 2 CCs, respectively are a primary CC and a secondary CC. The PDSCH of the secondary CC is cross-carrier scheduled by the PDCCH of the primary CC. The primary CC is configured with the MIMO transmission mode and the secondary CC is configured with the MIMO transmission mode. The HARQ-ACK feedback information is transmitted using PUCCH format 1b with channel selection and the SORTD transmit diversity technique is adopted.
At this time, the primary CC falls within the above case 2-2. The primary CC requires 4 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources to transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback information, denoted by CH_1, CH_2, CH_3 and CH_4. CH_1 and CH_2 are obtained by mapping according to CCE indexes n and n+1 of the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH. CH_3 and CH_4 are obtained through the following method: configuring multiple PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources semi-statically by higher layer signaling, and obtaining 2 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources through mapping the multiple HARQ-ACK channels according to the ARI in the PDCCH scheduling the data transmission of the Pcell. For example, the ARI in the PDCCH scheduling the data transmission of the Pcell may be obtained through re-defining the DAI. Since the number of elements of the DAS is 1 at this time, the DAI field in the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH is not used and may be used as the ARI by re-defining.
The secondary CC falls within the above case 2-4. The secondary CC requires 4 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources to transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback information, denoted by CH_1, CH_2, CH_3 and CH_4. CH_1 and CH_2 are obtained by mapping according to CCE indexes n and n+1 of the PDCCH of the primary CC scheduling the PDSCH of the secondary CC. CH_3 and CH_4 are obtained through the following method: configuring multiple PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources semi-statically by higher layer signaling, and obtaining 2 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources through mapping the multiple HARQ-ACK channels according to the ARI in the PDCCH of the Pcell scheduling the data transmission of the Scell.
The PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources mapping relationship in this example is shown in table 11.
Suppose that the UE is configured with the TDD working manner and the number of elements in the DAS is 1. The UE is configured with 2 CCs, respectively are a primary CC and a secondary CC. The PDSCH of the secondary CC is cross-carrier scheduled by the PDCCH of the primary CC. The primary CC is configured with the SIMO transmission mode and the secondary CC is configured with the SIMO transmission mode. The HARQ-ACK feedback information is transmitted using PUCCH format 1b with channel selection and the SORTD transmit diversity technique is adopted.
At this time, the primary CC falls within the above case 2-1 and requires 2 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources to transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback information, denoted by CH_1 and CH_2. CH_1 and CH_2 are obtained by mapping according to the CCE indexes n and n+1 of the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH.
The secondary CC falls within the above case 2-3 and requires 2 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources to transmit HARQ-ACK feedback information, denoted by CH_1 and CH_2. CH_1 and CH_2 are obtained by mapping according to the CCE indexes n and n+1 of the PDCCH of the primary CC scheduling the PDSCH of the secondary CC.
In this example, the PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources mapping relationship is shown in table 12.
Suppose that the UE is configured with the TDD and the number of elements in the DAS is 1. The UE is configured with 2 CCs, respectively are a primary CC and a secondary CC. The PDSCH of the secondary CC is scheduled by the PDCCH of the secondary CC. The primary CC is configured with the MIMO transmission mode and the secondary CC is configured with the SIMO transmission mode. The HARQ-ACK feedback information is transmitted using PUCCH format 1b with channel selection and the SORTD transmit diversity technique is adopted.
At this time, the primary CC falls within the above case 2-2 and requires 4 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources to transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback information, denoted by CH_1, CH_2, CH_3 and CH_4. CH_1 and CH_2 are obtained by mapping according to the CCE indexes n and n+1 of the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH. The method for obtaining the CH_3 and CH_4 is as follows: configuring multiple PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources semi-statically by higher layer signaling, and obtaining 2 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources through mapping the multiple HARQ-ACK channels according to the ARI in the PDCCH scheduling the data transmission of the Pcell. For example, the ARI in the PDCCH scheduling the data transmission of the Pcell may be obtained through re-defining the DAI. Since the number of elements of the DAS at this time is 1, the DAI in the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH is not defined. Therefore, the DAI field may be re-defined to be used as the ARI.
The secondary CC falls within the above case 2-5 and requires 2 PUCCH 1a/1b channels resources to transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback information, denoted by CH_1 and CH_2. CH_1 and CH_2 are obtained as follows: configuring multiple PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources semi-statically by higher layer signaling, and obtaining 2 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources through mapping the multiple HARQ-ACK channels according to the ARI in the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH of the Scell.
In this example, the PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources mapping relationship is shown in table 13.
In this example, if the primary CC is configured with the SIMO transmission mode and the secondary CC is configured with the MIMO transmission mode, the PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources mapping relationship is shown in table 14.
Suppose that the UE is configured with the TDD and the number of elements in the DAS is 2. The HARQ-ACK feedback information is transmitted using PUCCH format 1b with channel selection and the SORTD transmit diversity technique is adopted.
The primary CC is configured with the MIMO transmission mode and requires 4 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources to transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback information, denoted by CH_1, CH_2, CH_3 and CH_4. Subframes 0 and 1 respectively provide 2 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources. If no SPS service is configured in the subframes, the HARQ-ACK resource of CH_1 is determined according to the lowest CCE index n of the PDCCH of subframe 0 scheduling the PDSCH, the HARQ-ACK resource of CH_2 is determined according to the CCE index n+1 of the PDCCH of subframe 0 scheduling the PDSCH, the HARQ-ACK resource of CH_3 is determined according to the lowest CCE index m of the PDCCH of subframe 1 scheduling the PDSCH, and the HARQ-ACK resource of CH_4 is determined according to the CCE index m+1 of the PDCCH of subframe 1 scheduling the PDSCH. If the SPS service is configured in the subframe, 2 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources required by the subframe are 2 HARQ-ACK resources semi-statically configured by higher layer signaling.
The secondary CC is configured with the MIMO transmission mode. PUCCH format 1b with channel selection is adopted to transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback information and the SORTD transmit diversity is adopted. The secondary CC requires 4 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources to transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback information, denoted by CH_1, CH_2, CH_3 and CH_4. Subframes 0 and 1 respectively provide 2 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources. If the PDSCH of the Scell is cross-carrier scheduled by the PDCCH of the Pcell, the HARQ-ACK resource of CH_1 is determined according to the lowest CCE index n of the PDCCH of subframe 0 scheduling the PDSCH, the HARQ-ACK resource of CH_2 is determined according to the CCE index n+1 of the PDCCH of subframe 0 scheduling the PDSCH, the HARQ-ACK resource of CH_3 is determined according to the lowest CCE index m of the PDCCH of subframe 1 scheduling the PDSCH, and the HARQ-ACK resource of CH_4 is determined according to the CCE index m+1 of the PDCCH of subframe 1 scheduling the PDSCH.
If the Scell is scheduled by itself, the method for obtaining CH_1, CH_2, CH_3 and CH_4 is as follows: configuring multiple PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources semi-statically by higher layer signaling, and obtaining 4 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources through mapping multiple HARQ-ACK channels according to the ARI in the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH of the Scell.
In this example, the PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources mapping relationship is shown in table 15.
Suppose that the UE is configured with the TDD working manner and the number of elements in the DAS is 3 or 4. The HARQ-ACK feedback information is transmitted using PUCCH format 1b with channel selection and the SORTD transmit diversity technique is adopted.
As to the primary CC, 4 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources are required to transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback information, denoted by CH_1, CH_2, CH_3 and CH_4. If no SPS service is configured in one cell, the HARQ-ACK resource of CH_1 is determined according to the lowest CCE index n of the PDCCH of the subframe with DAI=1 scheduling the PDSCH, the HARQ-ACK resource of CH_2 is determined according to the CCE index n+1 of the PDCCH of the subframe with DAI=1 scheduling the PDSCH, the HARQ-ACK resource of CH_3 is determined according to the lowest CCE index m of the PDCCH of the subframe with DAI=2 scheduling the PDSCH, and the HARQ-ACK resource of CH_4 is determined according to the CCE index m+1 of the PDCCH of the subframe with DAI=2 scheduling the PDSCH. If the SPS service is configured in the subframe, 2 HARQ-ACK resources are configured by higher layers semi-statically for the SPS service, wherein CH_1 is the HARQ-ACK resource of the first HARQ-ACK resource configured semi-statically for the SPS service by higher layers, CH_2 is the HARQ-ACK resource of the first HARQ-ACK resource configured semi-statically for the SPS service by higher layers, the HARQ-ACK resource of CH_3 is determined according to the lowest CCE index n of the PDCCH of the subframe with DAI=1 scheduling the PDSCH, and the HARQ-ACK resource of CH_4 is determined according to the CCE index n+1 of the PDCCH of the subframe with DAI=1 scheduling the PDSCH.
As to the secondary CC, 4 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources are required to transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback information, denoted by CH_1, CH_2, CH_3 and CH_4. If the PDSCH of the Scell is cross-carrier scheduled by the PDCCH of the Pcell, the HARQ-ACK resource of CH_1 is determined according to the lowest CCE index n of the PDCCH of the subframe with DAI=1 scheduling the PDSCH, the HARQ-ACK resource of CH_2 is determined according to the CCE index n+1 of the PDCCH of the subframe with DAI=1 scheduling the PDSCH, the HARQ-ACK resource of CH_3 is determined according to the lowest CCE index m of the PDCCH of the subframe with DAI=2 scheduling the PDSCH, and the HARQ-ACK resource of CH_4 is determined according to the CCE index m+1 of the PDCCH of the subframe with DAI=2 scheduling the PDSCH. Herein, the lowest CCE index of the PDCCH of subframe with DAI=1 scheduling the PDSCH is denoted by n, the lowest CCE index of the PDCCH of subframe with DAI=2 scheduling the PDSCH.
If the Scell is scheduled by itself, the method for obtaining CH_1, CH_2, CH_3 and CH_4 is as follows: configuring multiple PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources semi-statically by higher layer signaling, and obtaining 4 PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources through mapping multiple HARQ-ACK channels according to the ARI in the PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH of the Scell.
In this example, the PUCCH 1a/1b channel resources mapping relationship is as shown in table 16.
It can be seen from the above technical solution that, according to the method for allocating HARQ-ACK channel resources provided by the examples of the present invention, it is possible to allocate HARQ-ACK channel resources to the UE reasonably and avoid waste of channel resources in the premise that channel selection and SORTD technique are supported.
Referring to
The controller (420) obtains according to specific indication information, PUCCH channel resources required for transmitting HARQ-ACK feedback information using a transmit diversity technique.
The transmission unit (400) transmits HARQ-ACK feedback information on the obtained PUCCH channel resources adopting the transmit diversity technique.
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The controller (520) performs an operation of the Node B based on
The foregoing descriptions are only preferred embodiments of this invention and are not for use in limiting the protection scope thereof. Any changes and modifications can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of this invention and therefore should be covered within the protection scope as set by the appended claims.
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