Method of transmitting at least one sub-packet based on feedback information in a wireless communication system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9300384-B2
Application number	US-201213620659-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 14, 2012
Priority date	Feb 3, 2006
Publication date	Mar 29, 2016
Grant date	Mar 29, 2016

Abstract

A method of transmitting subsequent sub-packets in a wireless communication system using a hybrid automatic request (HARQ) technique is disclosed. The method includes receiving feedback information from at least one receiving end, transmitting a transmit packet via at least one overhead channel, wherein the transmit packet includes information on carrier and antenna combination selected for subsequent transmission, and transmitting at least one sub-packet according to the selected carrier and antenna combination.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. A method of transmitting feedback information at a user equipment (UE) in a multi-carrier wireless communication system, the method comprising: when single carrier is assigned to the UE, receiving signals through an assigned forward link carrier; and transmitting, through an assigned reverse link carrier corresponding to the assigned forward link carrier, feedback information including hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback information related to the signals received through the assigned forward link carrier; and when multi-carriers are assigned to the UE in a such way that a new carrier is additionally assigned to the UE in addition to the assigned single carrier, receiving a first signal through the assigned forward link carrier of the multi-carriers assigned to the UE; receiving a second signal through an additionally assigned new forward link carrier of the multi-carriers assigned to the UE, the second signal being different from the first signal; and transmitting first HARQ feedback information related to the first signal and second HARQ feedback information related to the second signal, wherein the first HARQ feedback information related to the first signal received through the assigned forward link carrier is transmitted by the UE through the assigned reverse link carrier, wherein the second HARQ feedback information related to the second signal received through the additionally assigned new forward link carrier is also transmitted by the UE only through the assigned reverse link carrier among the assigned reverse link carrier and an additionally assigned new reverse link carrier configured for the UE, wherein, when the single carrier is assigned to the UE, the HARQ feedback information is transmitted through a control channel of the assigned forward link carrier, wherein, when the multi-carriers are assigned to the UE, the second HARQ feedback information related to the second signal is not transmitted by the UE through a control channel of the additionally assigned new reverse link carrier, wherein the assigned forward link carrier and the additionally assigned new forward link carrier are different forward link carriers, wherein the assigned reverse link carrier and the additionally assigned new reverse link carrier are different reverse link carriers, and wherein the feedback information comprises information indicating a best pilot type for a best channel condition of each antenna from among predefined pilot types of different sub-carriers.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
when the multi-carriers are assigned to the UE, transmitting first feedback information related to the first signal and second feedback information related to the second signal.

3. A method of receiving feedback information at a base station (BS) in a multi-carrier wireless communication system, the method comprising: when single carrier is assigned to a user equipment (UE), transmitting signals through an assigned forward link carrier; and receiving, through an assigned reverse link carrier corresponding to the assigned forward link carrier, feedback information including hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback information related to the signals received through the assigned forward link carrier; and when multi-carriers are assigned to the UE in a such way that a new carrier is additionally assigned to the UE in addition to the assigned single carrier, transmitting a first signal through the assigned forward link carrier of the multi-carriers assigned to the UE; transmitting a second signal through an additionally assigned new forward link carrier of the multi-carriers assigned to the UE, the second signal being different from the first signal; and receiving first HARQ feedback information related to the first signal and second HARQ feedback information related to the second signal, wherein the first HARQ feedback information related to the first signal transmitted through the assigned forward link carrier is received from the UE through the assigned reverse link carrier, wherein the second HARQ feedback information related to the second signal transmitted through the additionally assigned new forward link carrier is also received from the UE only through the assigned reverse link carrier among the assigned reverse link carrier and an additionally assigned new reverse link carrier configured for the UE, wherein, when the single carrier is assigned to the UE, the HARQ feedback information is transmitted through a control channel of the assigned forward link carrier, wherein, when the multi-carriers are assigned to the UE, the second HARQ feedback information related to the second signal is not received from the UE through a control channel of the additionally assigned new reverse link carrier, wherein the assigned forward link carrier and the additionally assigned new forward link carrier are different forward link carriers, and wherein the assigned reverse link carrier and the additionally assigned new reverse link carrier are different reverse link carriers, and wherein the feedback information comprises information indicating a best pilot type for a best channel condition of each antenna from among predefined pilot types of different sub-carriers.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
when the multi-carriers are assigned to the UE, receiving first feedback information related to the first signal and second feedback information related to the second signal.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
when single carrier is assigned to the UE,
transmitting, through the assigned reverse link carrier corresponding to the assigned forward link carrier, channel quality information (CQI) related to the assigned forward link carrier, and
when the multi-carriers are assigned to the UE,
transmitting first CQI related to the assigned forward link carrier; and
transmitting second CQI related to the additionally assigned new forward link carrier,
wherein the first CQI related to the assigned forward link carrier is transmitted through the assigned reverse link carrier, and the second CQI related to the additionally assigned new forward link carrier is transmitted only through the assigned reverse link carrier among the assigned reverse link carrier and an additionally assigned new reverse link carrier configured for the UE,
wherein, when the single carrier is assigned to the UE, the CQI is transmitted through a control channel of the assigned reverse link carrier, and
wherein, when the multi-carriers are assigned to the UE, the second CQI is not transmitted through a control channel of the additionally assigned new reverse link carrier.

6. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
when single carrier is assigned to the UE,
receiving, through the assigned reverse link carrier corresponding to the assigned forward link carrier, channel quality information (CQI) related to the assigned forward link carrier, and
when the multi-carriers are assigned to the UE,
receiving first CQI related to the assigned forward link carrier; and
receiving second CQI related to the additionally assigned new forward link carrier,
wherein the first CQI related to the assigned forward link carrier is received through the assigned reverse link carrier, and the second CQI related to the additionally assigned new forward link carrier is received only through the assigned reverse link carrier among the assigned reverse link carrier and an additionally assigned new reverse link carrier configured for the UE,
wherein, when the single carrier is assigned to the UE, the CQI is transmitted through a control channel of the assigned reverse link carrier, and
wherein, when the multi-carriers are assigned to the UE, the second CQI is not received through a control channel of the additionally assigne

Assignees

• Kim Sang G
• Wang Shu
• Yoon Young Cheul
• Sun Li-Hsiang
• Kwon Soonyil
• Lee Suk Woo
• Kim Hobin
• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Kim Sang G
• Wang Shu
• Yoon Young Cheul
• Sun Li-Hsiang
• Kwon Soonyil
• Lee Suk Woo
• Kim Hobin

Classifications

• H04L1/0003

  by switching between different modulation schemes · CPC title

• H04B17/24

  with feedback of measurements to the transmitter · CPC title

• H04L1/0028

  Formatting · CPC title

• H04B7/0491

  using two or more sectors, i.e. sector diversity · CPC title

• H04B7/061 Primary

  using feedback from receiving side · CPC title