U.S. patent application number 15/615944 was filed with the patent office on 2017-09-28 for fast control feedback for multiple downlink carrier operations.
This patent application is currently assigned to InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.. The applicant listed for this patent is InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.. Invention is credited to Lujing Cai, Christopher R. Cave, Rocco Di Girolamo, Paul Marinier, Diana Pani, Benoit Pelletier.
Application Number | 20170280433 15/615944 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 41822401 |
Filed Date | 2017-09-28 |
United States Patent
Application |
20170280433 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Pani; Diana ; et
al. |
September 28, 2017 |
FAST CONTROL FEEDBACK FOR MULTIPLE DOWNLINK CARRIER OPERATIONS
Abstract
A method and apparatus for fast control channel feedback for
multiple downlink carrier operations are disclosed. A wireless
transmit/receive unit (WTRU) receives signals over a plurality of
downlink carriers, generates feedback for each of the plurality of
downlink carriers based on the received signals, and transmits via
a plurality of antennas, the feedback for at least one of the
plurality of downlink carriers over a first physical channel and
feedback for another of the plurality of downlink carriers over a
second physical channel.
Inventors: |
Pani; Diana; (Montreal,
CA) ; Pelletier; Benoit; (Roxboro, CA) ; Cai;
Lujing; (Morganville, NJ) ; Marinier; Paul;
(Brossard, CA) ; Cave; Christopher R.;
(Dollard-des-Ormeaux, CA) ; Di Girolamo; Rocco;
(Laval, CA) |
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Applicant: |
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InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. |
Wilmington |
DE |
US |
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Assignee: |
InterDigital Patent Holdings,
Inc.
Wilmington
DE
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Family ID: |
41822401 |
Appl. No.: |
15/615944 |
Filed: |
June 7, 2017 |
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H04L 1/0027 20130101;
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Claims
1-16. (canceled)
17. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) comprising: a receiver
configured to receive multiple downlink signals, wherein a first
subset of the downlink signals is received on a first serving cell,
and wherein a second subset of the downlink signals is received on
a second serving cell; circuitry configured to: generate a first
hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) feedback
relating to the first subset of the downlink signals and a second
HARQ-ACK feedback relating to the second subset of the downlink
signals; and concatenate the first HARQ-ACK feedback and the second
HARQ-ACK feedback into a HS-DPCCH; and a transmitter configured to
transmit the concatenated first HARQ-ACK feedback and the second
HARQ-ACK feedback over a single uplink carrier.
18. The WTRU of claim 17, wherein the concatenated first HARQ-ACK
feedback and the second HARQ-ACK feedback are transmitted with a
spreading factor of 128.
19. The WTRU of claim 17, wherein the circuitry is further
configured to generate a first channel quality indicator (CQI)
relating to the first subset of the downlink signals and a second
CQI relating to the second subset of the downlink signals.
20. The WTRU of claim 19, wherein the circuitry is further
configured to transmit the first CQI and the second CQI over the
single uplink carrier.
21. The WTRU of claim 20, wherein the first CQI and the second CQI
are combined into the HS-DPCCH.
22. The WTRU of claim 17, wherein the concatenating comprises
time-multiplexing the first HARQ-ACK feedback and the second
HARQ-ACK feedback.
23. The WTRU of claim 17, wherein the circuitry is further
configured to generate a state reduction, wherein the state
reduction maps actual hybrid automatic repeat
request-acknowledgement states to reported hybrid automatic repeat
request-acknowledgement states of a smaller set.
24. A method implemented in a wireless transmit/receive unit, the
method comprising: receiving multiple downlink signals, wherein a
first subset of the downlink signals is received on a first serving
cell, and wherein a second subset of the downlink signals is
received on a second serving cell; generate a first hybrid
automatic repeat request acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) feedback
relating to the first subset of the downlink signals and a second
HARQ-ACK feedback relating to the second subset of the downlink
signals; and concatenating the first HARQ-ACK feedback and the
second HARQ-ACK feedback into a HS-DPCCH; and transmitting the
concatenated first HARQ-ACK feedback and the second HARQ-ACK
feedback over a single uplink carrier.
25. The method of claim 24, wherein the concatenated first HARQ-ACK
feedback and the second HARQ-ACK feedback are transmitted with a
spreading factor of 128.
26. The method of claim 24, further comprising generating a first
channel quality indicator (CQI) relating to the first subset of the
downlink signals and a second CQI relating to the second subset of
the downlink signals.
27. The method of claim 26, further comprising transmitting the
first CQI and the second CQI over the single uplink carrier.
28. The method of claim 27, wherein the first CQI and the second
CQI are combined into the HS-DPCCH.
29. The method of claim 24, wherein concatenating the first
HARQ-ACK feedback and the second HARQ-ACK feedback comprises
time-multiplexing the first HARQ-ACK feedback and the second
HARQ-ACK feedback.
30. The method of claim 24, further comprising generating a state
reduction, wherein the state reduction maps actual hybrid automatic
repeat request-acknowledgement states to reported hybrid automatic
repeat request-acknowledgement states of a smaller set.
Description
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. patent
application Ser. No. 12/650,022 filed Dec. 30, 2009, which claims
the benefit of U.S. provisional application Nos. 61/141,605 filed
Dec. 30, 2008, 61/256,173 filed Oct. 29, 2009, 61/148,804 filed
Jan. 30, 2009 which are hereby incorporated by reference as if
fully set forth herein.
FIELD OF INVENTION
[0002] This application is related to wireless communications.
BACKGROUND
[0003] Personal communications devices with advanced data
capabilities and data cards allow mobile computers to connect to
the internet wirelessly. These devices create an increasing demand
for higher data rate and bandwidth to wireless service providers
and operators. To meet these needs, wireless communication systems
may use multiple carriers for the transmission of data. A wireless
communication systems that uses multiple carriers for the
transmission of data may be referred to as a multi-carrier system.
The use of multiple carriers is expanding in both cellular and
non-cellular wireless systems.
[0004] A multi-carrier system may increase the bandwidth available
in a wireless communication system according to a multiple of how
many carriers are made available. For instance, a dual-carrier
system may double the bandwidth when compared to a single carrier
system and tri-carrier system may triple the bandwidth when
compared to a single carrier system. In addition to this throughout
gain, diversity and joint scheduling gains may also be expected.
This may result in improving the quality of service (QoS) for end
users. Further, the use of multiple carriers may be used in
combination with multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO).
[0005] As a response to this increased demand in bandwidth,
wireless technology continues to evolve. For example, as part of
the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) specifications,
simultaneous use of two High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA)
downlink carriers has been introduced. In this setup, a base
station (which may also be referred to as a Node-B, an access
point, site controller, etc. in other variations or types of
communications networks) communicates to a wireless
transmit/receive unit (WTRU) over two downlink carriers
simultaneously. This not only may double the bandwidth and the peak
data rate available to WTRUs, but also may increase the network
efficiency by means of fast scheduling and fast channel feedback
over two carriers. This dual-carrier HSDPA (DC-HSDPA) so far only
offers a limited set of HSDPA functionality as it does not support
MIMO.
[0006] As the data usage continues to increase rapidly,
communication systems may use more than two downlink carriers.
Multi-carrier operations are proposed to allow multi-carrier
aggregation. Multi-carrier operations may allow the WTRU and
network to receive/transmit on two or more carriers.
[0007] While for dual-carrier the Hybrid automatic repeat request
(HARQ) acknowledgment codebook has been specified, a codebook and
associated feedback mechanism for more than two carriers is
desired.
SUMMARY
[0008] A method and apparatus for fast control channel feedback for
multiple downlink carrier operations are disclosed. A WTRU receives
signals over a plurality of downlink carriers, generates feedback
for each of the plurality of downlink carriers based on the
received signals and transmits, via a plurality of antennas, the
feedback for at least one of the plurality of downlink carriers
over a first physical channel and feedback for another of the
plurality of downlink carriers over a second physical channel.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0009] A more detailed understanding may be had from the following
description, given by way of example in conjunction with the
accompanying drawings wherein:
[0010] FIG. 1 shows a composite CQI report;
[0011] FIG. 2 shows an HS-DPCCH frame structure;
[0012] FIG. 3 shows an example wireless communication system where
uplink transmissions are handled with a single carrier and downlink
transmissions are handled using multiple carriers;
[0013] FIG. 4 shows an example wireless communications system where
uplink transmissions are handled using multiple carriers and
downlink transmissions are handled using multiple carriers;
[0014] FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram of the WTRU and the
Node-B of the wireless communication system of FIG. 4;
[0015] FIG. 6 shows an example format and channel coding using at
least one new physical control channel to provide feedback
information for additional carriers;
[0016] FIG. 7 shows an example HS-DPCCH frame format where two
HARQ-ACK fields (HARQ1 and HARQ2) are time-multiplexed;
[0017] FIG. 8 shows an example time slotted structure of two
consecutive sub-frames of a HS-DPCCH;
[0018] FIG. 9 illustrates another example of possible HS-DPCCH
frame structure with the spreading factor of 128;
[0019] FIG. 10 shows an example embodiment where a composite CQI
feedback report is made from four individual CQI reports that are
represented by CQI1, CQI2, CQI3, and CQI4;
[0020] FIG. 11 shows a time slot structure of two consecutive
sub-frames of a HS-DPCCH;
[0021] FIG. 12 shows an example embodiment of a composite CQI
report with three reports, where three CQI reports are concatenated
together;
[0022] FIG. 13 shows an example embodiment where the HS-DPCCH1 may
be transmitted on the serving/primary UL carrier and HS-DPCCH2 may
be transmitted on the secondary carrier; and
[0023] FIG. 14 shows an example of a state reduction function.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0024] When referred to hereafter, the terminology "wireless
transmit/receive unit (WTRU)" includes but is not limited to a user
equipment (UE), a mobile station, a fixed or mobile subscriber
unit, a pager, a cellular telephone, a personal digital assistant
(PDA), a computer, or any other type of user device capable of
operating in a wireless environment. When referred to hereafter,
the terminology "base station" includes but is not limited to a
Node-B, a site controller, an access point (AP), or any other type
of interfacing device capable of operating in a wireless
environment.
[0025] The network may assign at least one downlink (DL) and/or at
least one uplink (UL) carrier as an anchor downlink carrier and an
anchor uplink carrier, respectively. In multi-carrier operation a
WTRU may be configured to operate with two or more carriers or also
referred to as frequencies. Each of these carriers may have
distinct characteristics and logical association with the network
and the WTRU, and the operating frequencies may be grouped and
referred to as anchor or primary carrier and supplementary and
secondary carrier. Hereinafter, the terminologies "anchor carrier"
and "primary carrier", and "supplementary carrier" and "secondary
carrier" will be used interchangeably, respectively. "Anchor
carrier" may also refer to a "primary uplink frequency" in the
uplink and "primary downlink frequency in the downlink." Similarly,
"supplementary carrier" may also refer to a "secondary uplink
frequency" in the uplink and "secondary downlink frequency in the
downlink." If more than two carriers are configured, the WTRU may
contain more than one primary carrier and/or more than one
secondary carrier(s). The embodiments described herein are
applicable and may be extended to these scenarios as well. For
example, the anchor carrier may be defined as the carrier for
carrying a specific set of control information for downlink/uplink
transmissions. Any carrier that is not assigned as an anchor
carrier may be a supplementary carrier. Alternatively, the network
may not assign an anchor carrier and no priority, preference, or
default status may be given to any downlink or uplink carriers. For
multi-carrier operation more than one supplementary carriers or
secondary carriers may exist.
[0026] The DL feedback for up to two carriers or for up to two
streams in case of MIMO configuration with single MIMO carrier may
be implemented. An example of DL feedback includes the High Speed
Dedicated Physical Control Channel (HS-DPCCH), which is used to
transmit ACK/NACK information and Channel Quality Indicator (CQI)
for each carrier. The ACK/NACK info is jointly coded and
transmitted over one HS-DPCCH.
[0027] Table 1 shows an example channel coding of HARQ-ACK in case
dual-carrier is configured. The composite HARQ acknowledgement
message to be transmitted may be coded to ten bits as shown in the
Table 1. The output is denoted as w.sub.0, w.sub.1, . . . ,
w.sub.9.
TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 HARQ-ACK message to be transmitted w.sub.0
w.sub.1 w.sub.2 w.sub.3 w.sub.4 w.sub.5 w.sub.6 w.sub.7 w.sub.8
w.sub.9 HARQ-ACK when WTRU detects a single scheduled transport
block (TB) on the serving HS-DSCH cell ACK 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 NACK
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 HARQ-ACK when WTRU detects a single scheduled
TB on the secondary serving HS-DSCH cell ACK 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
NACK 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 HARQ-ACK when WTRU detects a single
schleduled TB on each of the serving and secondary serving HS-DSCH
cells Response to TB Response to TB from secondary from serving
serving HS- HS-DSCH cell DSCH cell ACK ACK 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 ACK
NACK 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 NACK ACK 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 NACK NACK 0 1
0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 PRE/POST indication PRE 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 POST 0
1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
[0028] FIG. 1 shows a composite CQI report. The composite CQI
report is constructed from two individual CQI reports that are
represented by CQI1 and CQI2. CQI1 corresponds to the CQI
associated to a serving High-Speed Downlink Shared Channel
(HS-DSCH) cell, and CQI2 corresponds to the CQI associated to a
secondary serving HS-DSCH cell. The two individual CQI reports are
concatenated to form the composite channel quality indication
according to the following relation:
(a.sub.0a.sub.1a.sub.2a.sub.3a.sub.4a.sub.5a.sub.6a.sub.7a.sub.8a.sub.9)-
=(cqi1.sub.0cqi1.sub.1cqi1.sub.2cqi1.sub.3cqi1.sub.4cqi2.sub.0cqi2.sub.1cq-
i2.sub.2cqi2.sub.3cqi2.sub.4)
[0029] In addition to multi-carrier communication, MIMO is a
technique for improving wireless capacity and range by using
spatial multiplexing. MIMO uses multiple antennas to send
information. In addition to two ACK/NACKs for potentially two data
streams and the combined CQI, a WTRU operating in MIMO mode also
needs to transmit the precoding control information (PCI).
[0030] FIG. 2 shows an HS-DPCCH frame structure. The HS-DPCCH may
carry uplink feedback information related to downlink HS-DSCH
transmission. This feedback information is carried on the uplink
HS-DPCCH. As shown in FIG. 2, the feedback information may include
a HARQ-ACK field and a CQI. Each sub-frame of 2 ms may include, for
example, three slots. The HARQ-ACK field, for example, may be
included in a first slot. The HARQ-ACK field carries the ACK/NACK
information The CQI field, which carries the channel quality
indication, may use two slots. A 10 ms radio frame, for example,
may include five sub-frames.
[0031] The introduction of multi-carrier operation introduces the
need for additional feedback mechanism. If the network is
transmitting in more than two carriers simultaneously, the WTRU
needs to be capable of acknowledging all carriers and also sending
CQI feedback for all configured carriers.
[0032] Additionally, the current HARQ acknowledgment codebook only
allows a WTRU to provide DL feedback for up to two carriers or for
up to four streams in total in cases that MIMO is configured in
conjunction with the dual-carrier operation.
[0033] The composite HARQ acknowledgement message to be transmitted
may be coded to 10 bits as shown in Table 2, which is the codebook
table used for when dual-carrier downlink operation is combined
with MIMO. Here `A` means `ACK`, `N` means `NACK` and `D` means `no
transmission` (`i.e. discontinuous transmission (DTX)). `AA`, `AN`,
`NA` and `NN` refer to feedback for dual-stream transmission in a
cell. For example, `AN` means ACK on the primary stream and NACK on
the secondary stream. The output is denoted as w.sub.0, w.sub.1, .
. . w.sub.9.
[0034] Table 2 shows channel coding of HARQ-ACK in case both
dual-carrier and MIMO are configured.
TABLE-US-00002 TABLE 2 A/D 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 AA/A 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
0 0 N/D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 AA/N 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 AA/D 1 0 1 0 1
1 1 1 0 1 AN/A 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 AN/D 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 AN/N 0
0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 NA/D 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 NA/A 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0
NN/D 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 NA/N 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 D/A 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1 1 1 NN/A 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 D/N 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 NN/N 0 1 0 0
0 1 1 0 0 1 D/AA 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 AA/AA 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 D/AN
0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 AA/AN 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 D/NA 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1
1 0 AA/NA 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 D/NN 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 AA/NN 0 1 1
1 0 1 1 1 0 0 A/A 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 AN/AA 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 A/N
0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 AN/AN 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 N/A 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0
0 AN/NA 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 N/N 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 AN/NN 0 0 1 1 0
1 0 0 0 1 A/AA 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 NA/AA 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 A/AN 1
0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 NA/AN 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 A/NA 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0
1 NA/NA 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 A/NN 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 NA/NN 1 1 1 0
0 1 1 0 1 0 N/AA 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 NN/AA 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 N/AN
1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 NN/AN 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 N/NA 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0
1 0 NN/NA 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 N/NN 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 NN/NN 0 0 0
0 0 1 1 0 1 1 PRE/POST PRE 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 POST 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
0 0
[0035] FIG. 3 shows an example wireless communication system 100
where uplink transmissions are handled with a single carrier 160
and downlink transmissions are handled using multiple carriers 170.
The wireless communication system 100 includes a plurality of WTRUs
110, a Node-B 120, a controlling radio network controller (CRNC)
130, a serving radio network controller (SRNC) 140, and a core
network 160. The Node-B 120 and the CRNC 130 may collectively be
referred to as the UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network
(UTRAN).
[0036] As shown in FIG. 3, the WTRUs 110 are in communication with
the Node-B 120, which is in communication with the CRNC 130 and the
SRNC 140. Although three WTRUs 110, one Node-B 120, one CRNC 130,
and one SRNC 140 are shown in FIG. 2, it should be noted that any
combination of wireless and wired devices may be included in the
wireless communication system 100.
[0037] FIG. 4 shows an example wireless communications system 200
according to an example embodiment where uplink transmissions are
handled using multiple carriers 260 and downlink transmissions are
handled using multiple carriers 270. The wireless communication
system 200 includes a plurality of WTRUs 210, a Node-B 220, a CRNC
230, a SRNC 240, and a core network 250. The Node-B 220 and the
CRNC 230 may collectively be referred to as the UTRAN.
[0038] As shown in FIG. 4, the WTRUs 210 are in communication with
the Node-B 220, which is in communication with the CRNC 230 and the
SRNC 240. Although three WTRUs 210, one Node-B 220, one CRNC 230,
and one SRNC 240 are shown in FIG. 3, it should be noted that any
combination of wireless and wired devices may be included in the
wireless communication system 200.
[0039] FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram of the WTRU 410 and the
Node-B 420 of the wireless communication system 200 of FIG. 4. As
shown in FIG. 5, the WTRU 410 is in communication with the Node-B
420 and both are configured to perform a method wherein uplink
transmissions from the WTRU 410 are transmitted to the Node-B 420
using multiple uplink carriers 460. The WTRU 410 includes a
processor 415, a transmitter 416, a receiver 417, a memory 418, an
antenna 419, and other components (not shown) that may be found in
a typical WTRU. The antenna 419 may include a plurality of antenna
elements or plurality of antennas may be included in the WTRU 410.
The memory 418 is provided to store software including operating
system, application, and other similar uses. The processor 415 is
provided to perform, alone or in association with software and/or
any one or more of the components, a method of performing uplink
transmissions with multiple uplink carriers. The receiver 417 and
the transmitter 416 are in communication with the processor 415.
The receiver 417 and the transmitter 416 are capable of receiving
and transmitting one or more carriers simultaneously.
Alternatively, multiple receivers and/or multiple transmitters may
be included in the WTRU 410. The antenna 419 is in communication
with both the receiver 417 and the transmitter 416 to facilitate
the transmission and reception of wireless data.
[0040] The Node-B 420 includes a processor 425, a transmitter 426,
a receiver 427, a memory 428, an antenna 429, and other components
(not shown) that may be found in a typical base station. The
antenna 429 may include a plurality of antenna elements or
plurality of antennas may be included in the Node-B 420. The memory
428 is provided to store software including operating system,
application, and other similar uses. The processor 425 is provided
to perform, alone or in association with software and/or any one or
more of the components, a method wherein uplink transmissions from
the WTRU 410 are transmitted to the Node-B 420 using multiple
uplink carriers in accordance with embodiments disclosed hereafter.
The receiver 427 and the transmitter 426 are in communication with
the processor 425. The receiver 427 and the transmitter 426 are
capable of receiving and transmitting one or more carriers
simultaneously. Alternatively, multiple receivers and/or multiple
transmitters may be included in the Node-B 420. The antenna 429 is
in communication with both the receiver 427 and the transmitter 426
to facilitate the transmission and reception of wireless data.
[0041] It is also noted that although the embodiments described
herein are described with reference to channels associated with
3GPP Releases 4 through 9, it should be noted that the embodiments
are applicable to further 3GPP releases (and the channels used
therein) such as 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) as well as any
other type of wireless communication system, and the channels used
therein. It should also be noted that the embodiments described
herein may be applicable in any order or in any combination.
[0042] Feedback mechanisms and methods to allow/enable reception of
multiple downlink transmissions and increase the efficiency of
multi-carrier operation are disclosed herein. The different
embodiments described may be used individually or in any
combination.
[0043] In one embodiment, when a WTRU 410 is configured with
dual-carrier operation in the UL, the WTRU 410 may also be
configured with a primary/anchor UL carrier and a supplementary UL
carrier. The anchor/primary UL carrier may be referred to as the UL
carrier that is associated to the anchor DL carrier. Depending on
the dual cell UL operation, the WTRU 410 may be configured with two
DL cells that consist of the same set of channels as a previously
defined serving HS-DSCH cell (i.e., Fractional Dedicated Channel
(F-DPCH), Enhanced-Dedicated Channel (E-DCH) HARQ Acknowledgement
Indicator Channel (E-HIGH), E-DCH Relative Grant Channel(E-RGCH),
and E-DCH Absolute Grant Channel (E-AGCH)). The WTRU 410 may be
configured with two anchor or two primary cells, each associated to
an UL carrier. If one of these two anchors contains a bigger subset
of channels, this cell may also be referred to as the main anchor
carrier and the other carrier may be referred to as the secondary
anchor carrier.
[0044] The methods described hereafter describe multi-carrier
downlink operation for three carriers or four carriers. It is
understood that these carrier may be in the same band or in
different bands. Further, it is important to note that
multi-carrier operation may apply to more than four carriers.
[0045] The network may configure a WTRU 410 with multiple carriers
(e.g., carrier-1 through carrier-n). For each carrier, there may be
associated feedback messages (e.g., HARQ1-n and CQI1-n),
respectively. When described hereafter, the carriers are labeled 1
to n. However, the labeling of the carriers does not mean that the
carriers are labeled in the order of their frequency allocation.
The cell/frequency may be mapped to carrier-1 to carrier-n
according to any one or a combination of the following: explicit
configuration by the network where each frequency is explicitly
indicated by the carrier number (e.g., carrier-1 to carrier-n may
be numbered according to the order provided by the configuration);
carrier-1 to carrier-n may be numbered according to frequency value
(or channel number, e.g., using the Universal Terrestrial Radio
Access (UTRA) Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number (UARFCN)) in
increasing or decreasing order; the first carrier may always
correspond to the anchor carrier; the first two carriers may
correspond to two anchor carriers; the odd numbered carriers may
correspond to anchor carriers when more than one anchor carrier is
configured; or carriers may be configured according to frequency
band.
[0046] The WTRU 410 may be configured to use dual and single
carrier uplink control channels (e.g., HS-DPCCH). In one
embodiment, the WTRU 410 is configured to provide feedback for
additional DL carriers on additional uplink control channels. For
example, when a WTRU 410 is configured with dual-carrier operation
in the UL, the WTRU 410 may be configured to provide feedback on an
UL physical control channel referred to as HS-DPCCH2 transmitted on
the secondary uplink carrier. In an another example, the WTRU 410
may be configured to provide feedback on an UL physical control
channel referred to as HS-DPCCH2, which may be transmitted on the
same UL carrier as the conventional HS-DPCCH using a different
channelization code and possibly different in-phase/quadrature
(I/Q) branch. The HS-DPCCH format and channelization code and I/Q
branch mapping as defined for HSDPA operations is referred to as
HS-DPCCH1.
[0047] The WTRU 410 may be configured to transmit the additional
uplink control channel(s) (e.g., HS-DPCCH2) using additional
channelization codes and possibly mapped to different I/Q branches.
In one embodiment, HS-DPCCH1 and HS-DPCCH2 are transmitted in the
same UL carrier. This ensures that multi-carrier operation is
functional regardless on the number of UL carriers. The WTRU 410
may transmit the uplink control channels in a single transmission
time interval (TTI), or over consecutive TTIs.
[0048] In another alternative, the WTRU 410 may be configured such
that an additional UL scrambling code carries control channels,
such as HS-DPCCH2.
[0049] The WTRU 410 transmits ACK/NACK and CQI feedback for the
first two carriers on HS-DPCCH1. However, when one or more
additional carriers are configured, the WTRU 410 transmits ACK/NACK
and CQI feedback for the additional carriers on the additional
uplink control channels (e.g., HS-DPCCH2).
[0050] Each additional uplink control channel (e.g., HS-DPCCH2)
provides ACK/NACK and CQI feedback for one or two additional DL
carriers. If more than two additional carriers are present, the
WTRU 410 may use an additional channelization code or, optionally,
another UL scrambling code for HS-DPCCH3 and for additional uplink
control channels. According to this embodiment, the WTRU 410 may
use x dual HS-DPCCH, where x is equivalent to the number of DL
carriers divided by two (rounded up to the next largest
integer).
[0051] FIG. 6 shows a format and channel coding using at least one
new physical control channel to provide feedback information for
additional carriers.
[0052] The format and channel coding of HS-DPCCH2 (or HS-DPCCHx for
n>4) may depend on the number of outstanding additional carriers
in the system. More specifically, if there is one additional
carrier (i.e., total of three carriers or an odd number of carriers
when n>4), then the WTRU 410 reports a single ACK/NACK and CQI
report on HS-DPCCH2 (or HS-DPCCHx). The HARQ acknowledgment message
and the channel quality indication may be coded using the current
single carrier channel coding for HS-DPCCH when MIMO is not
configured. If two additional carriers are configured (or an even
number of carriers when n>4), then the WTRU 410 uses the channel
coding for HS-DPCCH when a secondary cell is present (i.e., the
HS-DPCCH channel coding for current dual cell operation). Further,
when n>4, HS-DPCCH(x-1) may be configured with a dual cell
channel coding.
[0053] The channelization code and I/Q branch for the HS-DPCCH2 may
be designed to minimize the cubic metric.
[0054] In an alternative embodiment, the WTRU 410 is configured to
operate in more than one UL carrier. Accordingly HS-DPCCH1 and
HS-DPCCH2 may be transmitted on different UL carriers. For example,
HS-DPCCH1 may be transmitted on the anchor/primary UL carrier, and
HS-DPCCH2 may be transmitted on the secondary carrier. In this
example, the HS-DPCCH channelization code and I/Q branch may be the
same for both HS-DPCCH formats, but transmitted on different
frequencies.
[0055] It is possible that a WTRU 410 may communicate using
multiple carriers and then switch to communicating via a single
carrier. If a secondary UL carrier is disabled or deactivated and
multi-carrier operation continues, the WTRU 410 may be configured
to revert to providing feedback as it may in single carrier
operation. Accordingly, the WTRU 410 may autonomously switch
transmission of the HS-DPCCH2 on the anchor carrier. This switch
may be performed, for example, using an additional channelization
code, on a different scrambling code, or using another single
carrier approach, for example, using a embodiments described
herein. Similarly, when the secondary UL carrier is enabled and
activated or re-activated, the WTRU 410 may resume transmission of
the HS-DPCCH2 on an additional channelization code or, optionally,
on a different scrambling code as defined on the anchor carrier.
Optionally, multi-carrier operation may be configured and/or
performed when the WTRU 410 is transmitting over two carriers in
the UL, in which case each group of DL carriers may have an
associated HS-DPCCH on the UL carrier paired with the DL carrier
belonging to that group. For example, for n DL carriers, the WTRU
410 may require x UL carriers to transmit the x HS-DPCCH associated
with each pair of DL carriers.
[0056] The pair of carriers associated with each HS-DPCCH may be
defined or preconfigured by the network in any one or a combination
of the following: the network may explicitly configure the mapping
of carriers to a HS-DPCCH using Radio Resource Control (RRC)
signaling; the network may have a predetermined mapping for the
carriers to a HS-DPCCH based on the order of the DL frequencies
provided in a configuration; carrier-1 and carrier-2 may always
correspond to the primary/anchor DL carrier and the first adjacent
frequency of the primary carrier while carrier-3 and carrier-4 may
correspond to the remaining supplementary frequencies of the WTRU
410 and be defined in order of the provided frequencies or the
provided configuration; carrier-1 and carrier-2 may correspond to
the primary anchor carrier and the supplementary carrier while
carrier-3 and carrier-4 may correspond to a secondary anchor
carrier and the adjacent carrier associated to that frequency;
carrier-1 and carrier-2 may correspond to two DL anchor/primary
cells, (if two DL anchor carriers are present as defined above),
while carrier-3 and carrier-4 correspond to the supplementary
carriers thereby allowing the network to disable a secondary
carrier associated with each primary carrier; carrier-1 and
carrier-2 correspond to the anchor and secondary carrier associated
to the UL carrier in which the HS-DPCCH1 is being transmitted while
carrier-3 and carrier-4 correspond to the anchor and secondary
frequency of the secondary UL carrier in which HS-DPCCH2 is being
transmitted; the HS-DPCCH may be band dependent such that one
HS-DPCCH is used per band when the carriers are over different
bands, (e.g., if two carriers are on each band, then the WTRU 410
uses one HS-DPCCH per band and if three carriers are on one band,
then the WTRU 410 uses three HS-DPCCHs), but, if two or less
transmissions are detected, then the first HS-DPCCH may send the
report regardless of which carriers are transmitting, or a HS-DPCCH
may be used to carry information of the primary cells, (i.e., the
cells associated with the UL carriers, if the UL carriers are
transmitted), thereby allowing the network to disable the secondary
carriers associated with each primary carrier. The examples
described are for the case of four DL carriers, (mapping to two
HS-DPCCHs), however, it should be understood that the concepts
described may also apply in general to three or more carriers.
[0057] The WTRU 410 may further be configured for flexible carrier
to uplink control channel (e.g., HS-DPCCH) mapping. In a
multi-carrier system the WTRU 410 may be configured to transmit a
HARQ and CQI for each carrier. For example, in a four carrier
system, the WTRU 410 may transmit up to four HARQ feedbacks (i.e.,
HARQ1, HARQ2, HARQ3, HARQ4) and up to four CQI feedbacks (i.e.,
CQI1, CQI2, CQI3, CQI4). The WTRU 410 may be configured to
dynamically adjust the amount and type of feedback based on the
received DL transmissions. For example, the WTRU 410 may be
configured to only transmit on certain uplink control channels in
case a corresponding downlink transmission is received. When the
WTRU 410 transmits on the additional UL physical control channels,
(i.e., HSDP-CCH), the WTRU 410 is configured to determine an
optimal or preferred channelization code. The optimized or
preferred channelization code may be signaled by the network, or
determined by the WTRU 410 based, for example, on minimizing a
power ratio, power backoff, or maximizing power headroom. Using a
fixed carrier to HS-DPCCH mapping, the feedback for carriers i and
j is carried on HS-DPCCHx, where the mapping for carrier i, j and x
is fixed. That is, for each HS-DPCCH corresponds up to two downlink
carriers.
[0058] Table 3 shows possible combinations of HARQ and CQI feedback
in a four carrier system. Because HARQ and CQI feedback are not
dependent, for each HARQ feedback combination, one out of a
possible sixteen CQI feedback combinations is used. A `Y` in Table
3 indicates that the feedback is transmitted and a "N" in the Table
3 indicates that the feedback is not transmitted.
TABLE-US-00003 TABLE 3 Comb. HARQ1 HARQ2 HARQ3 HARQ4 CQI1 CQI2 CQI3
CQI4 A N N N N N N N N Y N N N Y N N N N Y N N N Y N N N N Y N N N
Y N N N N Y N N N Y Y Y N N Y Y N N Y N Y N Y N Y N Y N N Y Y N N Y
N Y Y N N Y Y N N Y N Y N Y N Y N N Y Y N N Y Y B Y Y Y N Y Y Y N Y
Y N Y Y Y N Y Y N Y Y Y N Y Y N Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
[0059] Table 3 shows two different feedback combinations,
combinations A and combinations B. In the section labeled
combinations A, the WTRU 410 sends CQI and HARQ feedback for a
maximum of two carriers simultaneously. Accordingly, the WTRU 410
may send all feedback using a single feedback channel (e.g.,
HS-DPCCH) provided that the feedback channel has a flexible
carrier/HS-DPCCH mapping. A flexible carrier/HS-DPCCH mapping HARQ
feedback is provided for any two carriers (i, j) and CQI feedback
is provided for any two carriers (m, n) where the carriers (i, j,
m, n) need not be the same. The mapping associates carriers i, j
(for HARQ), and m, n (for CQI) to an HS-DPCCH x.
[0060] In the section labeled Combinations B, the WTRU 410 sends
HARQ or CQI feedback for three carriers simultaneously. The sending
of HARQ or CQI feedback for three carriers requires that the WTRU
410 use two feedback channels (e.g., two HS-DPCCHs).
[0061] To provide the network with an indication of which carriers
are sending feedback, the WTRU 410 may signal which one of the
possible combinations is being included in the HS-DPCCH. For
example, in the case where two carriers are active, it may be
(11)(11)=121 possible combinations. The signaling of the indication
may require at least seven bits. In one embodiment, the WTRU 410
uses a HS-DPCCH channelization code number, where the
channelization code number is selected from a set that has been
optimized for cubic metric performance, to signal the index of
carriers sending feedback. In another embodiment, the index of
carriers sending feedback is sent inband along with the CQI and
HARQ feedback. This is performed by either expanding the codeword
set of the HARQ feedback or reducing the coding of the CQI
feedback.
[0062] Alternatively, the network may blind detect the carriers and
channelization code and I/Q branches providing the CQI and HARQ
feedback. For the CQI feedback, the network may make use of the
configured CQI feedback cycle and repetition factor to determine
the carrier associated to the received feedback. For the HARQ
feedback, the network may use knowledge of transmitted downlink and
the strict timing requirements for the HARQ feedback, to determine
the carrier associated with the received feedback.
[0063] In an alternative embodiment, a single uplink control
channel (e.g., HS-DPCCH) channelization code may be used to carry
feedback information in a multi-carrier system. The channel coding
for the HARQ and CQI feedback is described in greater detail
hereafter.
[0064] With respect to the HARQ feedback, more particularly the
channel coding for HARQ ACK/NACK, two different channel coding
implementations may be defined for three or four carrier operation.
Alternatively, one channel coding implementation is defined for
four carrier operation and may also be used for three carrier
operation. Because there may be three or four carriers, there may
be four transmissions during one TTI and possibly up to eight
transport blocks in the case where dual-stream MIMO operations is
configured for each carrier. As a result, there are a large number
of different possible feedback combinations, including PRE/POST
signaling. In the case of four carriers, this may require many bit
(e.g., 7, 8, or more) bits to transmit all the different possible
feedback combinations.
[0065] In one embodiment, the HARQ feedback may be transmitted
using a new HS-DPCCH frame format that carries ACK/NACK feedback
without carrying any CQI feedback. This embodiment allows the WTRU
410 to use a full sub-frame (i.e., the space used for CQI feedback
to carry the ACK/NACK information bits for all three or four
carriers. An example of the resulting frame format is illustrated
in FIG. 7, where two HARQ-ACK fields (e.g., HARQ1 and HARQ2) are
time-multiplexed in a single new HS-DPCCH frame format.
[0066] Alternatively, the CQI feedback is multiplexed in the same
HS-DPCCH code as the HARQ feedback. To achieve this, the WTRU 410
may be configured to adjust a spreading factor (SF). For example,
the WTRU 410 may lower the spreading factor making more symbols are
made available on the HS-DPCCH, thereby essentially creating a new
HS-DPCCH format. In one example of this embodiment, the WTRU 410
may be configured to generate an HS-DPCCH with a frame format using
a spreading factor of 128 instead of the conventional spreading
factor of 256. Using the same frame structure of three radio slots,
this may allow for twice as many control information symbols to be
available for transmission on this new SF-reduced HS-DPCCH (e.g.,
60 symbols as opposed to 30 symbols). Accordingly, two conventional
HARQ-ACK fields and two conventional CQI fields may be multiplexed
into the new structure.
[0067] FIG. 8 shows an example time slotted structure of two
consecutive sub-frames of a HS-DPCCH. As shown in FIG. 8, a 2 ms
sub-frame is split into four time slots. It can be seen in this
example that the HARQ-ACK field of the HS-DPCCH1 and HS-DPCCH2 may
be multiplexed in the first time slot of the new HS-DPCCH whereas
the CQI field of the HS-DPCCH1 and HS-DPCCH2 may be multiplexed in
the second and third time slot of the new HS-DPCCH frame format. In
one option, the conventional encoding of the HARQ-ACK and CQI
fields may be used.
[0068] FIG. 9 illustrates another example of possible HS-DPCCH
frame structure with a spreading factor of 128. In this example
HS-DPCCH1 is multiplexed with HS-DPCCH2 sequentially.
[0069] Other time-multiplexing structures may also be considered
without changing the basic concept described in this document.
[0070] With respect to the CQI feedback, because the WTRU 410 may
be configured to receive from up to three or more DL carriers, the
WTRU 410 may have to transmit CQI feedback for all of the
configured DL carriers.
[0071] FIG. 10 shows a composite CQI feedback report made from four
individual CQI reports that are represented by CQI1, CQI2, CQI3,
and CQI4, when there are four configured DL carriers. Although each
CQI feedback report in FIG. 10 is shown to carry five bits, any
number of bits may be used in the CQI feedback report. Further,
different numbers of bits may be used for each CQI feedback
report.
[0072] Alternatively, the composite CQI feedback report made from
four individual CQI reports may be transmitted in one HS-DPCCH with
the HARQ feedback. However, this may require that additional
information bits be sent over the HS-DPCCH. These additional
information bits may require a change in the spreading factor or
other similar signaling changes.
[0073] In one embodiment, the CQI feedback report is multiplexed
with the HARQ feedback but not all of the CQI reports are
concatenated and transmitted together. If the WTRU 410 is unable to
send three or four CQI reports in one TTI, then the WTRU 410 may
use time multiplexing of different CQI reports. Alternatively, as
discussed herein, the WTRU 410 may be configured to reduce the
spreading factor further. In some cases, the WTRU 410 may need to
adjust the power of transmission to account for the lower spreading
factor.
[0074] For example, the WTRU 410 may send CQI reports for one
carrier at a time in different sub-frames. More particularly, a
sub-frame number may be reserved for a certain CQI report such that
the WTRU 410 may send CQI1 in the first sub-frame of a frame, CQI2
on the second sub-frame, and so on.
[0075] In an alternative embodiment, two CQI reports may be
concatenated into a composite CQI report to be sent over the
HS-DPCCH in a TTI. The WTRU 410 may alternate, in time, the sending
of a pair of CQI reports. For example, the WTRU 410 may send the
concatenated CQI1 and CQI2 in odd sub-frames and CQI3 and CQI4 in
even sub-frames. In case CQI repetition is configured (i.e.,
N_cqi_transmit>1), the WTRU 410 may transmit all repetition of
the concatenated CQI1 and CQI2 first and then all repetitions of
the concatenated CQI3 and CQI4 next. Alternatively, the WTRU 410
may transmit the concatenated CQI1 and CQI2 in time alternation
with concatenated CQI3 and CQI4 until all repetitions are
transmitted. This embodiment may be extended to various grouping
and time multiplexing configurations.
[0076] The WTRU 410 may further be configured to reduce CQI
feedback using multiplexing. In one embodiment, the transmission of
HARQ feedback by the WTRU 410 for multiple carriers is combined
with a reduction of the reporting frequency of CQI feedback for
each carrier. This may prevent excessive peak UL power requirements
due to feedback when multiple DL carriers are configured.
[0077] The reduction of CQI feedback overhead may be leveraged in
several possible ways. For example, the reduction of CQI overhead
may allow for the time-multiplexing of feedback information over
two consecutive sub-frames when a single UL carrier is used.
[0078] FIG. 11 shows the time slot structure of two consecutive
sub-frames of a HS-DPCCH. In one embodiment, the HARQ feedback
information or the CQI feedback information or both types of
feedback may be jointly encoded over two consecutive sub-frames.
Table 4 shows HARQ feedback that is jointly encoded and is related
to a set of two past consecutive sub-frames.
TABLE-US-00004 TABLE 4 Option 1 Option 2 Option 3 Sub-frame n
ACK/NAK ACK/NAK ACK/NAK Slot 1 carriers 1&2 carriers 1&2
carriers 1&2 Sub-frame n-x Sub-frame n-x Sub-frame n-x
Sub-frame n ACK/NAK ACK/NAK ACK/NAK Slot 2 carriers 3&4
carriers 3&4 carriers 3&4 Sub-frame n-x Sub-frame n-x
Sub-frame n-x Sub-frame n CQI part 1 CQI part 1 ACK/NAK Slot 3
carrier carriers carriers 1&2 (n div 2) mod 2[(n mod 4) div 2]
+ Sub-frame 4 + 1 1 & n-x + 1 2[(n mod 4) div 2] + 2 Sub-frame
n + 1 ACK/NAK ACK/NAK ACK/NAK Slot 1 carriers 1&2 carriers
1&2 carriers 3&4 Sub-frame n- Sub-frame n-x + 1 Sub-frame x
+ 1 n-x + 1 Sub-frame n + 1 ACK/NAK ACK/NAK CQI part 1 Slot 2
carriers 3&4 carriers 3&4 carriers Sub-frame n- Sub-frame
n-x + 1 2[(n mod 4) div x + 1 2] + 1 & 2[(n mod 4) div 2] + 2
Sub-frame n + 1 CQI part 2 CQI part 2 CQI part 2 Slot 3 carrier
carriers carriers (n div 2) mod 2[(n mod 4) div 2] + 2[n mod 4) div
4 + 1 1& 2] + 1 & 2[(n mod 4) div 2] + 2[(n mod 4) div 2 2]
+ 2 CQI encoding As in single As in dual-carrier As in dual-
carrier case case carrier case
[0079] As shown in Table 4, there are different options for joint
encoding feedback over consecutive sub-frames. In Option 1 and
Option 2, the two first slots of each sub-frame are utilized to
provide HARQ feedback for up to four downlink carriers. The
encoding of HARQ feedback information in each slot may be the same
encoding used for the dual-carrier case. When there are only three
carriers, it is possible to encode one of the slots for a single
carrier. The third slot of each sub-frame may be used to encode CQI
information. Because CQI information normally requires two slots,
half of the bits are transmitted in the first sub-frame and the
other half in the second sub-frame.
[0080] Depending on whether the CQI for one carrier (Option 1) or
two carriers (Option 2) is transmitted in each pair of sub-frames,
the CQI encoding is performed based on the single-carrier or
dual-carrier mechanism, respectively. If it is not possible to
report the CQI for all four carriers over a pair of sub-frames,
then the WTRU 410 may be configured to report the CQI for each
carrier once every four pairs of sub-frames (Option 1) or once
every two pairs of sub-frames (Option 2). In case there are only
three carriers, a similar method may be used except the WTRU 410
may be configured to report each carriers CQI every three pairs of
sub-frames (Option 1) or in every two out of three pairs of
sub-frames (Option 2). Option 3 is similar to Option 2, except that
the information is spread differently over the six slots.
[0081] Second, the reduction of CQI overhead may allow for the
multiplexing of feedback information over two carriers when a dual
UL carrier is used.
[0082] When multiple UL carriers are available, the WTRU 410 may be
configured to transmit feedback over each of the UL carriers.
However, when the UL transmission power is limited, it remains
important to reduce the maximum amount of power that needs to be
transmitted in total on all of the carriers during a time slot.
Table 6 shows options for reducing the peak power requirement of
High-Speed Physical Downlink Shared Channel (HS-PDSCH) feedback
where two uplink carriers are available and up to four carriers are
used in the downlink.
TABLE-US-00005 TABLE 5 Option 1 Option 2 Option 3 Option 4
sub-frame n ACK/NAK ACK/NAK ACK/NAK ACK/NAK UL carrier-1 carriers
1&2 carrier-1 carriers 1&2 carrier-1 Slot 1 sub-frame n-x
sub-frame n-x sub-frame n-x sub-frame n-x sub-frame n ACK/NAK
ACK/NAK ACK/NAK ACK/NAK UL carrier-1 carriers 3&4 carrier-2
carriers 3&4 carrier-2 Slot 2 Sub-frame n-x sub-frame n-x
Sub-frame n-x sub-frame n-x sub-frame n CQI part 1 CQI part 1 CQI
part 1 CQI part 1 UL carrier-2 carrier carrier carriers carriers
Slot 3 n mod 4 + 1 n mod 4 + 1 2[(n mod 2)] + 1 2[(n mod 2)] + 1
& & 2[(n mod 2)] + 2 2[(n mod 2)] + 2 sub-frame n No
ACK/NAK No ACK/NAK UL carrier-2 transmission carrier-3 transmission
carrier-3 Slot 1 sub-frame n-x sub-frame n-x sub-frame n No ACK/NAK
No ACK/NAK UL carrier-2 transmission carrier-4 transmission
carrier-4 Slot 2 sub-frame n-x sub-frame n-x sub-frame n CQI part 2
CQI part 2 CQI part 1 CQI part 1 UL carrier-2 carrier carrier
carriers carriers slot 3 n mod 4 + 1 n mod 4 + 1 2[(n mod 2)] + 1
2[(n mod 2)] + 1 & & 2[(n mod 2)] + 2 2[(n mod 2)] + 2 CQI
As in single As in single As in dual- As in dual- encoding carrier
case carrier case carrier case carrier case ACK/NAK As in dual- As
in single As in dual- As in single encoding carrier case carrier
case carrier case carrier case
[0083] In all four options shown in Table 5, the third slot of the
sub-frame is available to CQI reporting on each uplink carrier. In
Option 1 and Option 2, the CQI for one downlink carrier may be
reported in each sub-frame. The CQI is encoded in the same way as
the single (DL) carrier case, except that the two slots are on two
different UL carriers. In Option 3 and Option 4, the CQI for two
downlink carriers may be reported in each sub-frame. The CQI is
encoded in the same way as the dual-carrier case, except that the
two slots are on two different UL carriers. In Option 1 and Option
3 the HARQ feedback is reported for two downlink carriers in each
slot, but on one UL carrier using the same encoding as has been
defined for the dual-DL carrier case. In Option 2 and Option 4, the
HARQ feedback is also reported for two downlink carriers in each
slot, but on both UL carriers using the normal HARQ feedback
encoding used for the single-DL carrier case.
[0084] The WTRU 410 may further be configured to reduce CQI
feedback using autonomous transmission. When a WTRU 410 is
configured with more than N DL carriers (e.g., N>2), the network
may configure the WTRU 410 to autonomously determine when to
transmit the CQI for each of these carriers. Because the value of a
CQI for a WTRU 410 may be relatively constant over a short period
of time, the network may receive little or no additional
information from the repeated CQI values. Accordingly, the WTRU 410
may be configured to determine a feedback cycle and repetition
factor. Alternatively, the network may signal the feedback cycle
and repetition factor.
[0085] The WTRU 410 may monitor the quality of all carriers and
transmit a fresh CQI if the quality of one of the carriers changes
by more than a predetermined threshold value or predetermined
delta. The quality may be based on a measured Common Pilot Channel
(CPICH) Energy per Chip/power density in the band (EcNo), CPICH
Received Signal Code Power (RSCP), or a calculated CQI. The delta
and quality metric may be preconfigured by the network, signaled
through system information, or provided with the HS-DSCH
configuration information. Alternatively, these parameters may be
constant across all carriers or specific to each carrier.
[0086] If the WTRU 410 determines that during a sub-frame more than
one carrier requires a CQI update, the WTRU 410 may decide to
perform any one or a combination of the following. The WTRU 410 may
transmit the CQI for the carrier experiencing the biggest change in
quality (e.g., CPICH EcNo, CPICH RSCP, or the calculated CQI). The
WTRU 410 may transmit the CQI for the carrier which may suffer the
most from using an outdated CQI (e.g., in a case where carrier-1
supports a larger transport block than was reported in its last CQI
transmission while carrier-2 supports a smaller transport block
than was reported in its last CQI transmission, the WTRU 410 may
decide to send CQI for carrier-2, even if the quality measure for
this carrier changed less than for carrier-1 and transmissions on
carrier-1 may still continue but at a rate lower than what is
supported by the WTRU 410). The WTRU 410 may base its decision on
the type of traffic it is receiving (e.g., if the WTRU 410 is
receiving DL traffic, then the WTRU 410 may prioritize Dedicated
Control Channel (DCCH) over Dedicated Traffic Channel (DTCH)). Or
the WTRU 410 may transmit more than one CQI in a single
HS-DPCCH.
[0087] As the CQI transmissions are autonomous, the network no
longer knows the link between the reported CQI and the carrier
associated with the reported CQI. To establish the link between the
reported CQI and carrier, the WTRU 410 may include the carrier
index information within the uplink control channel feedback (e.g.,
HS-DPCCH). For example, the WTRU 410 may transmit a two-bit carrier
index along with the reported CQI. The reported CQI may be reduced
to accommodate the additional information. Alternatively, the
coding on the CQI may be reduced to accommodate the additional
information. Further, in sub-frames where no HARQ feedback is
required, the WTRU 410 may use the HARQ-ACK field to indicate the
carrier index, for example by using one of four reserved codewords,
each one associated to a specific carrier index.
[0088] In this embodiment, the WTRU 410 may be configured to repeat
the CQI. If the WTRU 410 is required to transmit a new CQI (for a
different carrier) at the same time that it may be required to
transmit a repeat of an old CQI, the WTRU 410 may define and apply
rules to prioritize one transmission over the other. For example,
according to one rule the WTRU 410 may be configured to prioritize
the new CQI such that it is transmitted over other CQI (absolute
priority of new CQIs). In another rule, the WTRU 410 may be
configured to transmit the new CQI only if a predetermined minimum
time interval between the first instance of the repeated CQI and
transmission of the new CQI, (possibly from a different carrier),
has elapsed. As the CQI are transmitted autonomously by the WTRU
410, the interval between repeated transmissions may be left to the
WTRU 410, with each transmission requiring an indication of the
carrier. Alternatively, the transmission interval may be
preconfigured, provided in system information, or transmitted with
HS-DSCH information.
[0089] The WTRU 410 may further be configured to reduce CQI
feedback through multiplexing and autonomous transmission. In this
embodiment, the WTRU 410 may be configured to use the time
multiplexing of the feedback over two consecutive sub-frames. The
embodiments described hereafter are done so in reference to Option
1 as an example, however, embodiments may be generalized to cover
Option 2 and Option 3 as well. The WTRU 410 may send the HARQ
feedback for the four carriers in the first two slots of every
sub-frame, and send the CQI feedback spread over every two
consecutive sub-frames, (e.g., in the third slot of each of these
sub-frames). The CQI transmitted over these two sub-frames may be
the CQI for a single carrier, which the WTRU 410 has determines
autonomously. The carrier indication is provided to the network
through the use of reserved codewords for the four slots carrying
the HARQ feedback. Each of the slots carries HARQ feedback for two
DL carriers. A special or unique set of codewords may be used in
slot K (K=1,2,3,4) if the WTRU 410 is transmitting CQI for carrier
K. The network blindly detects the usage of the special set of
codewords in one of the slot and uses the slot index to determine
the carrier for which the CQI belongs.
[0090] In an alternate embodiment, multiple uplink control channel
codes are used to transmit feedback separately (e.g., two HS-DPCCH
codes for HARQ feedback and CQI feedback). Two HS-DPCCH formats are
defined to carry CQI feedback and HARQ feedback over two HS-DPCCHs.
For example, one HS-DPCCH transmits the HARQ-ACK field for all four
carrier or three carriers using the full sub-frame to carry the
information. The HARQ feedback may be jointly coded or separately
coded.
[0091] Alternatively, separate jointly coded HARQ feedback may be
sent on HS-DPCCH1. For example, HARQ1 field contains the HARQ
feedback for carrier-1 and carrier-2, which are jointly coded.
HARQ2 field contains the HARQ feedback for carrier-3 and carrier4
which are jointly coded. In the case of three carriers, the HARQ1
may be jointly coded for carrier-1 and carrier-2 and HARQ2 may
separately contain the HARQ feedback of carrier-3. For the case
where the number of carriers N>4, the WTRU 410 may contain x
HARQ fields which are jointly coded in pairs, where x is equal to
the integer number of N/2 rounded up.
[0092] FIG. 12 shows an example embodiment where three CQI reports
are concatenated together. The second HS-DPCCH code is used to send
the CQI reports of up to four carriers in one full sub-frame. The
CQI composite is constructed by concatenating CQI1, CQI2, CQI3, and
CQI4 together.
[0093] The channelization code and I/Q branch for the second
HS-DPCCH may be designed to minimize the cubic metric. The first
HS-DPCCH channelization code and branch maybe one in use for
HS-DPCCH.
[0094] The HS-DPCCH1 and HS-DPCCH2 may be transmitted in the same
UL carrier. This may ensure that multi-carrier operation may be
functional regardless of the number of UL carriers. Alternatively,
the HS-DPCCH1 and HS-DPCCH2 may be transmitted in different UL
carriers, if the WTRU 410 is configured to operate in more than one
UL carrier.
[0095] FIG. 13 shows an example embodiment where the HS-DPCCH1 is
transmitted on the serving/primary UL carrier and HS-DPCCH2 is
transmitted on the secondary carrier. In this case the HS-DPCCH
channelization code and I/Q branch may be the same for both
HS-DPCCH formats, but transmitted on different frequencies. In the
case where the secondary UL carrier is disabled and multi-carrier
DL operation continues, the WTRU 410 may start transmitting
HS-DPCCH2 on an additional channelization code defined on the
anchor carrier. When the WTRU 410 activates (or re-activates) the
secondary uplink carrier, it may transmit HS-DPCCH2 on the
secondary uplink carrier as described herein. The WTRU 410
transmits the additional HS-DPCCH or set of control channels using
the conventional channelization code and I/Q branch but using a
specific and different scrambling code.
[0096] In an alternate embodiment, the WTRU 410 may use a second UL
scrambling code for sending feedback information for the different
downlink carriers. The network configures the WTRU 410 with a
different scrambling code for each additional physical uplink
control channel (e.g., HS-DPCCH) or set of control channels
needed.
[0097] The format of the control information sent using the second
scrambling code, may be similar to that defined for dual-cell
operation that allows transmission of two cell HARQ feedback and
two cell CQI reporting. Alternatively, the format may be according
to any of the embodiments described herein.
[0098] The feedback channel may be configured by the network or
implicit based on the DL configuration.
[0099] When the WTRU 410 is configured with three or four downlink
carriers without MIMO and has one UL carrier a control channel for
dual-carrier operations (e.g., the HS-DPCCH for DC-HSDPA) may
provide feedback for two of the three or four carriers. An
additional control channel (e.g., an additional HS-DPCCH) may
(using another channelization code, branch pair and/or using
another scrambling code) report for the remaining carriers. In case
three DL carriers are configured, a legacy control channel (e.g.,
the legacy HS-DPCCH) may be used to report the feedback for the
remaining channel. In case four DL carriers are configured, a
control channel for dual-carrier operations (e.g., the HS-DPCCH for
DC-HSDPA) may be used to provide feedback for the remaining two
carriers. The mapping between UL carrier and DL carrier may be
implicit or signaled by the network. Each control channel (e.g.,
HS-DPCCH) may be configured with a different transmit power
offset.
[0100] When the WTRU 410 is configured with three or four downlink
carriers without MIMO and has two UL carriers, the HS-DPCCH for
DC-HSDPA on the UL anchor carrier provides feedback for two of the
three or four carriers. An additional control channel (e.g., an
additional HS-DPCCH) is used on the UL secondary carrier to report
for the remaining carriers. In case three DL carriers are
configured, a legacy control channel (e.g., HS-DPCCH) may be used
to report the feedback for the remaining channel. For example, in
case four DL carriers are configured, a control channel used for
dual-carrier communication (e.g., HS-DPCCH for DC-HSDPA) may be
used to provide feedback for the remaining two carriers. The
mapping between UL carriers and DL carriers may be implicit or
signaled by the network. Each control channel (e.g., HS-DPCCH) may
be configured with a different transmit power offset.
[0101] When the WTRU 410 is configured with two downlink carriers
with MIMO and two UL carriers a high-speed control channel (e.g.,
HS-DPCCH for MIMO operations) on the UL anchor carrier may provide
feedback for the downlink anchor carrier. A high-speed control
channel for the secondary UL carrier (e.g., HS-DPCCH for MIMO
operations on the UL secondary carrier) may be used for providing
feedback for the downlink secondary carrier. Each HS-DPCCH may be
configured with a different transmit power offset.
[0102] In another embodiment, methods of optimizing the HARQ
acknowledgement codebook for feedback control in the context of
simultaneous multiple carrier high-speed downlink operations are
disclosed as follows.
[0103] For each HARQ transmission pertaining to a HS-DSCH per
transmission time interval (TTI), the WTRU 410 receiver may exhibit
the following states. If the receiver (or equivalently the WTRU
410) correctly receives both the HS-SCCH and the data packet
associated with the HS-PDSCH, it may send an ACK. If the receiver
correctly receives the control information from the HS-SCCH, but
detects an error in the data packet, it may send a NACK. If the
receiver fails to detect an HS-SCCH at present TTI that matches the
identity (ID) assigned for a current WTRU 410, it may declare a
DTX. For a DTX state, the following scenarios may occur: the Node-B
420 did not send any data at current TTI to this WTRU 410, or the
WTRU 410 receiver fails to decode the HS-SCCH that is indeed
addressed to this WTRU 410.
[0104] As for LTE, similarly to High-speed Packet Access (HSPA),
for each HARQ transmission pertaining to a Physical Downlink Shared
Channel (PDSCH) per transmission time interval (TI), the WTRU 410
receiver 417 may exhibit the following states. If the receiver (or
equivalently the WTRU 410) correctly receives both the Physical
Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) and the data packet associated
with the PDCCH, it may generate an ACK. If the receiver 417
correctly receives the control information from the PDCCH, but
detects an error in the data packet, it may generate a NACK. If no
PDCCH control signaling intended for the WTRU 410 is detected at a
present TTI, then the associated control information is not
transmitted on the Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) (i.e.,
DTX). By not occupying PUCCH resources when no valid PDSCH-related
control signaling is detected, the eNode-B 420 is able to conduct
three-state detection: ACK, NACK, or DTX. In case the WTRU 410 has
a valid uplink scheduling grant in the current TTI, the HARQ
acknowledgements are time-multiplexed with data and transmitted on
the Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) rather than the
PUCCH.
[0105] When multi-carrier downlink operation is configured, the
composite acknowledgement message is represented by the HARQ-ACK
states formed by a letter of either A, N, or D separated by a
divider `/` to indicate the HARQ status of that carrier, where `A`
means `ACK`, `N` means `NACK` and `D` means `no transmission`
(i.e., DTX). If MIMO is configured, then there may be two letters
between the dividers for the dual-stream transmission incurring in
that carrier. For example, A/NA/D carries the HARQ acknowledgement
message for three carriers with the second carrier being configured
with MIMO. It should be noted that the carriers may be treated
equally and identified by their position in the message. For
example, they are not distinguished by any means of the "primary",
or "secondary", or "supplementary" carriers.
[0106] Because of transmissions over multiple carriers (e.g., three
or four carriers) at the same TTI, in addition to potentially dual
stream operation at each carrier that may result from the MIMO
configuration, the number of total data streams may increase. The
number of total data streams may lead to a large set of feedback
combinations in a HARQ-ACK states codebook. For example, in
networks using three or more carriers, the number of states may
increase to eight (e.g., for HSPA) or more (e.g., in
LTE/LTE-Advanced), which may lead to a large set of different
feedback combinations of the HARQ-ACK states in the codebook.
Carrier aggregation, where two or more component carriers are
aggregated, may be implemented LTE-Advanced to support wider
transmission bandwidths, (e.g., up to 100 MHz.). LTE-Advanced may
support for more than five downlink component carriers.
Accordingly, multiple ACK/NACKs corresponding to the downlink
component carrier transport blocks may be transmitted in the
uplink. For example, assuming a MIMO spatial multiplexing
configuration with two transport blocks per component carrier, the
total number of ACK/NACKs to be transmitted in the uplink may be
ten.
[0107] To reduce the size of the HARQ-ACK codebook table while
minimizing the impact on the downlink transmission performance, the
WTRU 410 may be configured with a state reduction device. FIG. 14
shows a state reduction function that may be implemented in the
WTRU 410. The state reduction function may map actual HARQ-ACK
states to reported HARQ-ACK states of a smaller set. As result of
the state reduction function, the number of codewords in the
channel coding is smaller, which may allow for better coding
efficiency. The state reduction function may be preconfigured,
signaled by the network, or dynamically determined based on
conditions by the WTRU 410.
[0108] The state reduction function may be implemented according to
one or any of combinations of the following embodiments.
[0109] In one embodiment, the WTRU 410 may be configured to perform
a grouped DTX report method. The WTRU 410 groups a set of carriers
or data streams. If the WTRU 410 detects DTX from any of the
carriers or data streams, DTX is declared on all the other carriers
or data streams regardless the HARQ-ACK states over other carriers
or data streams in the group. Optionally, if the WTRU 410 detects a
specified number of DTX states from any of the carriers, or data
streams, the WTRU 410 declares DTX on all the other carriers or
data streams regardless the HARQ-ACK states over other carriers or
data streams in the group. This embodiment may be referred to as a
grouped DTX report method.
[0110] In another embodiment, the WTRU 410 may be configured to
perform a network signaling method. The WTRU 410 may be configured
to perform state reduction conditional on signaling received from
the network. The WTRU 410 may map HARQ acknowledgment states to
other states differently depending on the signaling received from
network, for example, on a per-TI basis. Examples of such signaling
may be indication of number of transport blocks being transmitted
at a current TTI or for a group of TTIs.
[0111] In another embodiment, the Node-B 420 may be configured to
perform a restricted transmission method. A set of carriers may be
grouped and "no data transmission" at the Node-B 420 transmitter
427 is allowed simultaneously on all carriers within the set on a
per-TTI basis, or group of TTIs. Within a set, rules are set to
restrict the transmission state combinations across the carriers in
the set. In particular, combinations of all transmission, or all
no-transmission are allowed. The combinations of no-transmission
only on partial carriers are not allowed. For example, in the case
of four carriers, (e.g., C1, C2, C3, C4), the carriers may be
grouped into sets wherein Set 1 includes C1/C2, and Set 2 includes
C3/C4. The Node-B 420 may be configured with rules for each set,
such that carriers C1 and C2 may be each set for transmission or
each set for no-transmission. Accordingly, the signaling may be
reduced because if carrier C1 is set for transmission it implies
that carrier C2 is set for transmission, and vice versa. It should
be understood that while the example is for four carriers and two
groups, any number of carriers with any number of members in each
group may be used. One alternative is that even if there is no data
to transmit in one carrier, HS-SCCH is still sent if other carriers
in the set are transmitting. Accordingly, the number of the
possible HARQ-ACK states to transmit may be effectively reduced.
This method may be referred to as a restricted transmission from a
Node-B 420 method.
[0112] In another embodiment, the WTRU 410 may also be configured
to provide a grouped NACK report. A set of carriers or data
streams, is grouped, and if a NACK is detected (or a specified
number of NACKs are detected) from any of the carriers, or data
streams, then a NACK is declared on all the other carriers or data
streams, regardless the HARQ-ACK states over other carriers or data
streams in the group. Alternatively, if a NACK is detected from any
of the carriers, or data streams, a NACK is declared on all the
other carriers or data streams that have ACK state detected.
[0113] In another embodiment, the WTRU 410 may be configured to
provide a conditional DTX report converted from a NACK Depending on
the states of the other carriers, if a NACK is detected on a
carrier or data stream, then it is converted to DTX for reporting.
The conditions for the conversion may be one or in any combination
of the following: if the number of DTX states among all the
carriers or data streams, is greater than a specified value; if the
number of NACK states among all the carriers or data streams, is
greater than a specified value; and/or if the number of ACK states
among all the carriers or data streams, is smaller than a specified
or configured value. Setting the conditions identifies states that
have a small probability of occurrence to minimize the impact on
downlink performance due to reduction of the states.
[0114] In another embodiment, the WTRU 410 may be configured to
provide a conditional NACK report converted from ACK Depending on
the states of the other carriers, if an ACK is detected on a
carrier or data stream, it is converted to a NACK for reporting.
The conditions for the conversion may be one or in any combination
of the following: if the number of DTX states among all the
carriers or data streams, is greater than a specified value; if the
number of NACK states among all the carriers or data streams, is
greater than a specified value; and/or if the number of ACK states
among all the carriers, or streams, is smaller than a specified
value.
[0115] It should be noted that the methodologies are generally
applicable to any number of carriers with any form of MIMO
combinations, which may create a vast number of unlisted designs of
optimized codebooks for the HARQ acknowledgement.
[0116] Table 6 shows the possible combinations of the HARQ-ACK
states for four carriers without MIMO configured. Simultaneous
transmission over four carriers may result in a total number of
HARQ-ACK states in the codebook equal to 34-1=80, as listed in
Table 6.
TABLE-US-00006 TABLE 6 D/D/D/A D/A/N/D A/D/D/N A/A/N/A N/D/A/D
N/A/N/N D/D/D/N D/A/N/A A/D/A/D A/A/N/N N/D/A/A N/N/D/D D/D/A/D
D/A/N/N A/D/A/A A/N/D/D N/D/A/N N/N/D/A D/D/A/A D/N/D/D A/D/A/N
A/N/D/A N/D/N/D N/N/D/N D/D/A/N D/N/D/A A/D/N/D A/N/D/N N/D/N/A
N/N/A/D D/D/N/D D/N/D/N A/D/N/A A/N/A/D N/D/N/N N/N/A/A D/D/N/A
D/N/A/D A/D/N/N A/N/A/A N/A/D/D N/N/A/N D/D/N/N D/N/A/A A/A/D/D
A/N/A/N N/A/D/A N/N/N/D D/A/D/D D/N/A/N A/A/D/A A/N/N/D N/A/D/N
N/N/N/A D/A/D/A D/N/N/D A/A/D/N A/N/N/A N/A/A/D N/N/N/N D/A/D/N
D/N/N/A A/A/A/D A/N/N/N N/A/A/A D/A/A/D D/N/N/N A/A/A/A N/D/D/D
N/A/A/N D/A/A/A A/D/D/D A/A/A/N N/D/D/A N/A/N/D D/A/A/N A/D/D/A
A/A/N/D N/D/D/N N/A/N/A
[0117] The following example applies grouped DTX and report state
reduction conditional on signaling received from the network method
jointly in the effort of optimizing the codebook for four carriers.
The four carriers, denoted by C1, C2, C3, C4, are grouped into two
pairs: (C1/C2) and (C3/C4). There is no preference to the order of
the carriers. It may be any other combination as long as the sets
are formed pairwise. Secondly, it may be assumed that a network may
be configured to transmit one or more bits to a WTRU 410 for each
pair of the carriers, indicating whether the data transmission is
performed on both of the carriers or on a single carrier in a pair.
The reduction mapping is conducted on each pair of the carriers as
follows. If there is any DTX in a pair and network signaling
indicates a dual-carrier transmission over the pair, then report
DTX on both of the carriers. For example, (D/A)/(A/N) may become
(D/D)/(A/N), which may be simplified as (D)/(A/N). If there is any
DTX in a pair and network signaling indicates a single carrier
transmission over the pair, repeat the true state from the other
carrier. For example, (D/A)/(A/N) may become (A/A)/(A/N). Both
sides may know the single carrier transmission. Otherwise, the
states remain unmodified.
[0118] Because one HS-SCCH may be shared by the dual data streams
in the MIMO mode, a MIMO configured WTRU 410 may imply the use of a
similar reduction mechanism on its HARQ-ACK codebook design.
Therefore, it may be deduced that the downlink performance loss
introduced by the above approach may be within the range similar to
a MIMO configured systems.
[0119] Table 7 shows a conditional mapping for a single pair, where
Dual TX means the condition that the network signaling indicates
dual-carrier transmission, and Single TX means the condition that
the data transmission is performed on one carrier in the pair.
TABLE-US-00007 TABLE 7 Reported states Original Dual Single states
TX TX (D/D) (D/D) (D/D) (D/A) (D/D) (A/A) (D/N) (D/D) (N/N) (A/D)
(D/D) (A/A) (A/A) (A/A) (A/A) (A/N) (A/N) (A/N) (N/A) (D/D) (N/N)
(N/A) (N/A) (N/A)
[0120] A composite reported HARQ-ACK state for all carriers is
obtained by applying the mapping individually to each of the pairs
according to Table 6 and then concatenating. As result of the
optimization, the codebook size is reduced from 80 to 24, since
there are only 24 outstanding states remaining as shown in Table
8.
TABLE-US-00008 TABLE 8 (A/A)/(A/A) (A/N)/(A/N) (D/D)/(N/A)
(N/A)/(N/N) (A/A)/(A/N) (A/N)/(D/D) (D/D)/(N/N) (N/N)/(A/A)
(A/A)/(D/D) (A/N)/(N/A) (N/A)/(A/A) (N/N)/(A/N) (A/A)/(N/A)
(A/N)/(N/N) (N/A)/(A/N) (N/N)/(D/D) (A/A)/(N/N) (D/D)/(A/A)
(N/A)/(D/D) (N/N)/(N/A) (A/N)/(A/A) (D/D)/(A/N) (N/A)/(N/A)
(N/N)/(N/N)
[0121] The mapping relations may be modified by adding states as
shown in the Table 9. Table 9 shows a mapping table for a single
pair for reuse of an existing codebook.
TABLE-US-00009 TABLE 9 Reported states Original Dual Single states
TX TX (D/D) (D/D) D (D/A) (D/D) (A/A) (D/N) (D/D) N (A/D) (D/D) A
(A/A) (A/A) (A/A) (A/N) (A/N) (A/N) (N/D) (D/D) N (N/A) (N/A) (N/A)
(N/N) (N/N) (N/N)
[0122] Hence, the resulted codebook states reported to Node-B 420
may be obtained in Table 10. Table 10 shows reported HARQ-ACK
states that may use the binary coding scheme specified in Table 2,
which may be used to encode the states given in Table 10 to
generate the ten bit HARQ-ACK message carried by HS-SCCH.
TABLE-US-00010 TABLE 10 (A/N)/(A/N) (A)/(A) (A/A)/(A/A) (D)/(N)
(N)/(N/A) (N/A)/(N/N) (A/N)/(D) (A)/(A/A) (A/A)/(A/N) (D)/(N/A)
(N)/(N/N) (N/N)/(A) (A/N)/(N) (A)/(A/N) (A/A)/(D) (D)/(N/N)
(N/A)/(A) (N/N)/(A/A) (A/N)/(N/A) (A)/(D) (A/A)/(N) (N)/(A)
(N/A)/(A/A) (N/N)/(A/N) (A/N)/(N/N) (A)/(N) (A/A)/(N/A) (N)/(A/A)
(N/A)/(A/N) (N/N)/(D) (D)/(A) (A)/(N/A) (A/A)/(N/N) (N)/(A/N)
(N/A)/(D) (N/N)/(N) (D)/(A/A) (A)/(N/N) (A/N)/(A) (N)/(D) (N/A)/(N)
(N/N)/(N/A) (D)/(A/N) (A/A)/(A) (A/N)/(A/A) (N)/(N) (N/A)/(N/A)
(N/N)/(N/N)
[0123] In another embodiment, the pairwise grouped DTX report may
be applied without the assistance of the network signaling, which
may end up with the same reported state table as in Table 8. In
this embodiment, the single carrier transmission within a pair may
be blocked by the grouped DTX report. To avoid this blocking,
restriction of transmission may be applied as suggested in the
restricted transmission from the Node-B method, from which data
transmission on one carrier within a pair may not be allowed.
[0124] In a third embodiment, a conditional DTX report converted
from NACK is applied to consolidate the less-probable states by
converting some NACKs to DTXs. For example, if a NACK is detected
in one carrier, and if the number of NACKs among other carriers is
greater than two, then DTX is reported for this carrier. Otherwise,
the states remain unmodified. The mapping relations created are as
follows in Table 11.
TABLE-US-00011 TABLE 11 Original Reported Original Reported
Original Reported states states states states states states D/D/D/A
D/D/D/A A/D/D/A A/D/D/A N/D/D/A N/D/D/A D/D/D/N D/D/D/N A/D/D/N
A/D/D/N N/D/D/N D/D/D/D D/D/A/D D/D/A/D A/D/A/D A/D/A/D N/D/A/D
N/D/A/D D/D/A/A D/D/A/A A/D/A/A A/D/A/A N/D/A/A N/D/A/A D/D/A/N
D/D/A/N A/D/A/N A/D/A/N N/D/A/N D/D/A/D D/D/N/D D/D/N/D A/D/N/D
A/D/N/D N/D/N/D D/D/D/D D/D/N/A D/D/N/A A/D/N/A A/D/N/A N/D/N/A
D/D/D/A D/D/N/N D/D/D/D A/D/N/N A/D/D/D N/D/N/N D/D/D/D D/A/D/D
D/A/D/D A/A/D/D A/A/D/D N/A/D/D N/A/D/D D/A/D/A D/A/D/A A/A/D/A
A/A/D/A N/A/D/A N/A/D/A D/A/D/N D/A/D/N A/A/D/N A/A/D/N N/A/D/N
D/A/D/D D/A/A/D D/A/A/D A/A/A/D A/A/A/D N/A/A/D N/A/A/D D/A/A/A
D/A/A/A A/A/A/A A/A/A/A N/A/A/A N/A/A/A D/A/A/N D/A/A/N A/A/A/N
A/A/A/N N/A/A/N D/A/A/D D/A/N/D D/A/N/D A/A/N/D A/A/N/D N/A/N/D
D/A/D/D D/A/N/A D/A/N/A A/A/N/A A/A/N/A N/A/N/A D/A/D/A D/A/N/N
D/A/D/D A/A/N/N A/A/D/D N/A/N/N D/A/D/D D/N/D/D D/N/D/D A/N/D/D
A/N/D/D N/N/D/D D/D/D/D D/N/D/A D/N/D/A A/N/D/A A/N/D/A N/N/D/A
D/D/D/A D/N/D/N D/D/D/D A/N/D/N A/D/D/D N/N/D/N D/D/D/D D/N/A/D
D/N/A/D A/N/A/D A/N/A/D N/N/A/D D/D/A/D D/N/A/A D/N/A/A A/N/A/A
A/N/A/A N/N/A/A D/D/A/A D/N/A/N D/D/A/D A/N/A/N A/D/A/D N/N/A/N
D/D/A/D D/N/N/D D/D/D/D A/N/N/D A/D/D/D N/N/N/D D/D/D/D D/N/N/A
D/D/D/A A/N/N/A A/D/D/A N/N/N/A D/D/D/A D/N/N/N D/D/D/D A/N/N/N
A/D/D/D N/N/N/N D/D/D/D A/D/D/D A/D/D/D N/D/D/D N/D/D/D
[0125] The number of reported states is reduced from 80 to 47, as
shown in Table 12, where the outstanding states that Node-B 420
receives are listed.
TABLE-US-00012 TABLE 12 A/A/A/A A/D/A/A A/N/A/A D/A/D/D D/D/D/N
N/A/A/D A/A/A/D A/D/A/D A/N/A/D D/A/D/N D/D/N/A N/A/D/A A/A/A/N
A/D/A/N A/N/D/A D/A/N/A D/D/N/D N/A/D/A A/A/D/A A/D/D/A A/N/D/D
D/A/N/D D/N/A/A N/D/A/A A/A/D/D A/D/D/D D/A/A/A D/D/A/A D/N/A/D
N/D/A/D A/A/D/N A/D/D/N D/A/A/D D/D/A/D D/N/D/A N/D/D/A A/A/N/A
A/D/N/A D/A/A/N D/D/A/N D/N/D/D N/D/D/D A/A/N/D A/D/N/D D/A/D/A
D/D/D/A N/A/A/A
[0126] The binary codewords specified in Table 2 may be used to
encode the states given in Table 12 to generate the ten bit
HARQ-ACK message carried by HS-SCCH. This is performed by
identifying any mapping relations of the 47 states to entries of
codeword table and then performing the encoding.
[0127] In another example of three carriers with one carrier
configured in MIMO, let carrier C1, and carrier C2 denote two
carriers without MIMO and let carrier C3 denote the carrier with
MIMO, they are grouped as a pair (C1/C2). The carrier with MIMO may
be handled as is without any further processing. The composite
HARQ-ACK states are represented by (C1,C2)/C3. Table 13 shows
possible combinations of the HARQ-ACK states for three carriers
with one configured with MIMO, which has total of 62 entries.
TABLE-US-00013 TABLE 13 (A/A)/A (A/D)/N (D/A)/AA (D/D)/NN (N/A)/D
(N/N)/A (A/A)/AA (A/D)/NA (D/A)/AN (D/N)/A (N/A)/N (N/N)/AA
(A/A)/AN (A/D)/NN (D/A)/D (D/N)/AA (N/A)/NA (N/N)/AN (A/A)/D
(A/N)/A (D/A)/N (D/N)/AN (N/A)/NN (N/N)/D (A/A)/N (A/N)/AA (D/A)/NA
(D/N)/D (N/D)/A (N/N)/N (A/A)/NA (A/N)/AN (D/A)/NN (D/N)/N (N/D)/AA
(N/N)/NA (A/A)/NN (A/N)/D (D/D)/A (D/N)/NA (N/D)/AN (N/N)/NN
(A/D)/A (A/N)/N (D/D)/AA (D/N)/NN (N/D)/D (A/D)/AA (A/N)/NA
(D/D)/AN (N/A)/A (N/D)/N (A/D)/AN (A/N)/NN (D/D)/N (N/A)/AA
(N/D)/NA (A/D)/D (D/A)/A (D/D)/NA (N/A)/AN (N/D)/NN
[0128] Table 14 shows a composite reduction mapping table for three
carriers with one configured with MIMO. To optimize the codebook
table, same processing, (i.e., grouped DTX reporting conditional on
the network signaling), is applied to (C1/C2) according to Table 7,
which generates the composite mapping shown in Table 14. One bit of
network signaling may be used to indicate two modes including dual
TX which indicates transmission over both carrier C1 and carrier
C2, and single TX, which indicates transmission on one of the
carriers in the pair.
TABLE-US-00014 TABLE 14 original reported states original reported
states states dual TX single TX states dual TX single TX (A/A)/A
(A/A)/A (A/A)/A (D/D)/N (D/D)/N (D/D)/N (A/A)/AA (A/A)/AA (A/A)/AA
(D/D)/NA (D/D)/NA (D/D)/NA (A/A)/AN (A/A)/AN (A/A)/AN (D/D)/NN
(D/D)/NN (D/D)/NN (A/A)/D (A/A)/D (A/A)/D (D/N)/A (D/D)/A (N/N)/A
(A/A)/N (A/A)/N (A/A)/N (D/N)/AA (D/D)/AA (N/N)/AA (A/A)/NA
(A/A)/NA (A/A)/NA (D/N)/AN (D/D)/AN (N/N)/AN (A/A)/NN (A/A)/NN
(A/A)/NN (D/N)/D (D/D)/D (N/N)/D (A/D)/A (D/D)/A (A/A)/A (D/N)/N
(D/D)/N (N/N)/N (A/D)/AA (D/D)/AA (A/A)/AA (D/N)/NA (D/D)/NA
(N/N)/NA (A/D)/AN (D/D)/AN (A/A)/AN (D/N)/NN (D/D)/NN (N/N)/NN
(A/D)/D (D/D)/D (A/A)/D (N/A)/A (N/A)/A (N/A)/A (A/D)/N (D/D)/N
(A/A)/N (N/A)/AA (N/A)/AA (N/A)/AA (A/D)/NA (D/D)/NA (A/A)/NA
(N/A)/AN (N/A)/AN (N/A)/AN (A/D)/NN (D/D)/NN (A/A)/NN (N/A)/D
(N/A)/D (N/A)/D (A/N)/A (A/N)/A (A/N)/A (N/A)/N (N/A)/N (N/A)/N
(A/N)/AA (A/N)/AA (A/N)/AA (N/A)/NA (N/A)/NA (N/A)/NA (A/N)/AN
(A/N)/AN (A/N)/AN (N/A)/NN (N/A)/NN (N/A)/NN (A/N)/D (A/N)/D
(A/N)/D (N/D)/A (D/D)/A (N/N)/A (A/N)/N (A/N)/N (A/N)/N (N/D)/AA
(D/D)/AA (N/N)/AA (A/N)/NA (A/N)/NA (A/N)/NA (N/D)/AN (D/D)/AN
(N/N)/AN (A/N)/NN (A/N)/NN (A/N)/NN (N/D)/D (D/D)/D (N/N)/D (D/A)/A
(D/D)/A (A/A)/A (N/D)/N (D/D)/N (N/N)/N (D/A)/AA (D/D)/AA (A/A)/AA
(N/D)/NA (D/D)/NA (N/N)/NA (D/A)/AN (D/D)/AN (A/A)/AN (N/D)/NN
(D/D)/NN (N/N)/NN (D/A)/D (D/D)/D (A/A)/D (N/N)/A (N/N)/A (N/N)/A
(D/A)/N (D/D)/N (A/A)/N (N/N)/AA (N/N)/AA (N/N)/AA (D/A)/NA
(D/D)/NA (A/A)/NA (N/N)/AN (N/N)/AN (N/N)/AN (D/A)/NN (D/D)/NN
(A/A)/NN (N/N)/D (N/N)/D (N/N)/D (D/D)/A (D/D)/A (D/D)/A (N/N)/N
(N/N)/N (N/N)/N (D/D)/AA (D/D)/AA (D/D)/AA (N/N)/NA (N/N)/NA
(N/N)/NA (D/D)/AN (D/D)/AN (D/D)/AN (N/N)/NN (N/N)/NN (N/N)/NN
[0129] Table 15 shows reported HARQ-ACK states for three carriers
with one carrier in MIMO. The outstanding states remaining from the
reduction mapping are given in Table 15, that are reported to
Node-B 420.
TABLE-US-00015 TABLE 15 (A/A)/A (A/N)/NA (N/A)/N (A/A)/AA (A/N)/NN
(N/A)/NA (A/A)/AN (D/D)/A (N/A)/NN (A/A)/D (D/D)/AA (N/N)/A (A/A)/N
(D/D)/AN (N/N)/AA (A/A)/NA (D/D)/N (N/N)/AN (A/A)/NN (D/D)/NA
(N/N)/D (A/N)/A (D/D)/NN (N/N)/N (A/N)/AA (N/A)/A (N/N)/NA (A/N)/AN
(N/A)/AA (N/N)/NN (A/N)/D (N/A)/AN (A/N)/N (N/A)/D
[0130] Therefore the size of a codebook may be reduced from 62 to
34. If use of an existing codebook from an existing encoding scheme
is desirable, (e.g. a scheme used in the 3GPP specifications), the
reduction mapping for (C1/C2) may be performed according to Table
9, which leads to the final reported states similar to Table 10. At
the last stage, the 48 states are coded to form a ten bit codeword
according to the channel coding table specified in Table 2.
[0131] In a third example of four carriers with MIMO configured on
two carriers, two carriers out of four may be configured with MIMO
mode and the other two carriers are not configured with MIMO. For
this case there are a total of 9*49-1=440 possible combinations in
the HARQ-ACK table. Let carrier C1 and carrier C2 be the two
carriers without MIMO. They are grouped to a pair and all possible
combinations for the HARQ-ACK states related to this pair are
treated by the same reduction mapping operation as specified in
Table 4 based on the input of the Node-B 420 signaling. Since there
are five outstanding states in Table 4, the total number of the
composite HARQ-ACK states merging the carriers, with or without
MIMO, may be reduced to 5*49-1=244 after the reduction effort.
Therefore, the size of codebook is reduced from 440 to 244.
[0132] Knowing the number of carriers that are transmitting data is
useful to minimize the loss due to the grouped DTX reporting. The
Node-B 420 indicates carrier activity to the WTRU 410, which will
be described in greater detail hereafter. The WTRU 410 detects the
indication from the Node-B 420, and applies the appropriate
codebook compression to the HARQ-ACK field in the corresponding
HS-SCCH.
[0133] The carrier activity may be indicated, for example, using
the HS-SCCH. For example, the new data indicator bit may be reused.
In another embodiment, the carrier activity information is provided
over the HS-SCCH type 1 in place of the new data indicator bit.
Alternatively, the HS-SCCH Type 3 format for single transport block
is used for the HS-DSCH transmission. Since MIMO mode may not be
configured when performing the grouped DTX reporting, some
signaling bits used for MIMO may be used for reporting the carrier
activities. The bits may include, for example x.sub.wipb1,
x.sub.pwipb2, x.sub.ma3, or x.sub.ccs7.
[0134] Optionally, a HS-SCCH Type 3 format for two transport blocks
may be used, where the additional information fields for the
secondary transport block may be used to send configuration
information duplicated from another carrier in the pair.
[0135] Although features and elements are described above in
particular combinations, each feature or element can be used alone
without the other features and elements or in various combinations
with or without other features and elements. The methods or flow
charts provided herein may be implemented in a computer program,
software, or firmware incorporated in a computer-readable storage
medium for execution by a general purpose computer or a processor.
Examples of computer-readable storage mediums include a read only
memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a register, cache
memory, semiconductor memory devices, magnetic media such as
internal hard disks and removable disks, magneto-optical media, and
optical media such as CD-ROM disks, and digital versatile disks
(DVDs).
[0136] Suitable processors include, by way of example, a general
purpose processor, a special purpose processor, a conventional
processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), a plurality of
microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in association with a
DSP core, a controller, a microcontroller, Application Specific
Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs)
circuits, any other type of integrated circuit (IC), and/or a state
machine.
[0137] A processor in association with software may be used to
implement a radio frequency transceiver for use in a wireless
transmit receive unit (WTRU), user equipment (UE), terminal, base
station, radio network controller (RNC), or any host computer. The
WTRU may be used in conjunction with modules, implemented in
hardware and/or software, such as a camera, a video camera module,
a videophone, a speakerphone, a vibration device, a speaker, a
microphone, a television transceiver, a hands free headset, a
keyboard, a Bluetooth.RTM. module, a frequency modulated (FM) radio
unit, a liquid crystal display (LCD) display unit, an organic
light-emitting diode (OLED) display unit, a digital music player, a
media player, a video game player module, an Internet browser,
and/or any wireless local area network (WLAN) or Ultra Wide Band
(UWB) module.
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