Patent ID: 9055569
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for use in a wireless communications network, the method for a subscriber station communicating with at least one base station, the method comprising: receiving a downlink (DL) assignment from the at least one base station; determining a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) resource index n when a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) comprising a number of Control Channel Elements (CCEs) carries the DL assignment, the subscriber station derives the PUCCH resource index n wherein n when an enhanced PDCCH (ePDCCH) comprising a number of enhanced CCEs (eCCEs) carries the DL assignment: when the ePDCCH is localized, the subscriber station derives the PUCCH resource index n when the ePDCCH is distributed, the subscriber station derives the PUCCH resource index n wherein n transmitting a hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information for a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) scheduled by the DL assignment to the at least one base station on PUCCH resource n