Patent ID: 9219580
Filing Date: 2015-12-22
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A resource allocation method, comprising: determining, by a base station (BS) from at least two physical channel areas, a physical channel area for one physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) on one downlink carrier in at least two downlink carriers, wherein each of the at least two physical channel areas comprises at least two physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources, the at least two downlink carriers are capable of being configured to transmit data for a user equipment (UE) on one or more of the at least two downlink carriers, and the determined physical channel area for the one PDSCH is dynamically located between a long term evolution (LTE) area and an LTE-A specific area of the at least two physical channel areas; transmitting, by the BS, a physical channel area indication for notifying the UE of the determined physical channel area; transmitting, by the BS, the PDSCH to the UE on the one downlink carrier; and receiving, by the BS from the UE, uplink acknowledgement or non-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) information, in response to the PDSCH, on a PUCCH resource in the determined physical channel area.