Patent ID: 9179458
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A resource allocation method comprising: receiving higher layer signaling allocating a size k of resource sets used for transmission of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) to a mobile station (MS), from a base station (BS); receiving a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) including transmission power control (TPC) information explicitly indicating a specific resource and at least one physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) in the resource sets from the BS through at least one downlink component carrier; and mapping a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest Acknowlegement/Not-Acknowlegement (HARQ ACK/NACK) signal with respect to the at least one physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) to the specific resource and transmitting the same to the BS, wherein the size k is variably allocated according to a format of the physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) within a maximum number of resources that are allocated to the MS, and k is an integer greater than zero.