Patent ID: 9729297
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for performing Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) in a carrier aggregation system including a first cell which uses a time division duplex (TDD) frame and a second cell which uses a frequency division duplex (FDD) frame, the method performed by a user equipment (UE) and comprising: transmitting data in an uplink subframe of the second cell to a base station; determining whether a first timing relationship coincides with a second timing relationship, wherein the first timing relationship is a time duration between the uplink subframe of the second cell and a first downlink subframe of the first cell supposed to receive an acknowledgement/not-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) for the data, and wherein the second timing relationship is a time duration between an uplink subframe of the first cell, coinciding with the uplink subframe of the second cell, which can be used for transmitting another data and a second downlink subframe of the first cell to be used for receiving ACK/NACK for the another data; and attempting to receive, in the first downlink subframe of the first cell, either ACK/NACK for the data or scheduling information which schedules data to be retransmitted through the second cell from the base station according to the determination, wherein if the UE determines that the first timing relationship coincides with the second timing relationship, the UE attempts to receive the ACK/NACK for the data in the first downlink subframe of the first cell, and wherein if the UE determines that the first timing relationship does not coincide with the second timing relationship, the UE attempts to receive the scheduling information in the first downlink subframe of the first cell.