Patent Publication Number: US-10333654-B2

Title: Method for supporting HARQ in communication system using unlicensed frequency band and device having applied same

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS AND CLAIM OF PRIORITY 
     This application is a National Phase Entry of PCT International Application No. PCT/KR2016/003361, which was filed on Mar. 31, 2016, entitled “METHOD FOR SUPPORTING HARQ IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING UNLICENSED FREQUENCY BAND AND DEVICE HAVING APPLIED SAME”, and claims priority to U.S. Patent Application No. 62/145,072, filed on Apr. 9, 2015, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. 
    
    
     TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The present disclosure relates to a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) method and an apparatus adopting the same in a communication system using an unlicensed frequency band. 
     BACKGROUND 
     To satisfy demands for wireless data traffic having increased since commercialization of 4 th -Generation (4G) communication systems, efforts have been made to develop improved 5 th -Generation (5G) communication systems or pre-5G communication systems. For this reason, the 5G communication system or the pre-5G communication system is also called a beyond-4G-network communication system or a post-Long Term Evolution (LTE) system. 
     To achieve a high data rate, implementation of the 5G communication system in an ultra-high frequency (mmWave) band (e.g., a 60 GHz band) is under consideration. In the 5G communication system, beamforming, massive multi-input multi-output (MIMO), full dimensional MIMO (FD-MIMO), an array antenna, analog beamforming, and large-scale antenna technologies have been discussed to alleviate a propagation path loss and to increase a propagation distance in the ultra-high frequency band. 
     For system network improvement, in the 5G communication system, techniques such as an evolved small cell, an advanced small cell, a cloud radio access network (RAN), an ultra-dense network, a device to device (D2D) communication, a wireless backhaul, a moving network, cooperative communication, coordinated multi-points (CoMPs), and interference cancellation have been developed. 
     In the 5G system, advanced coding modulation (ACM) schemes including hybrid frequency-shift keying (FSK) and quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) modulation (FQAM) and sliding window superposition coding (SWSC), and advanced access schemes including filter bank multi carrier (FBMC), non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA), and sparse code multiple access (SCMA) have been developed. 
     A frequency band is roughly classified into a licensed frequency band (i.e., a permitted frequency band) and an unlicensed frequency band (i.e., a frequency band for which permission is not required), depending on whether an exclusive right for its use is granted to a particular operator. The licensed frequency band is available only by the particular operator, such that the particular operator may transmit and receive data at a desired point in time. On the other hand, the unlicensed frequency band is available to everyone, such that an operator (or device) that is to use the unlicensed frequency band needs to use the unlicensed frequency band after determining whether there is no operator (or device) currently using the unlicensed frequency band. 
       FIG. 1  is a flowchart of a process in which a terminal transmits data or a control signal to a base station in a communication system using a licensed frequency band. 
     A terminal  103  sends a scheduling request to a base station  101  in operation  111 . The scheduling request means a request for a resource that is used for the terminal  103  to transmit data or a control signal to the base station  101  in an uplink (UL). The base station  101  performs scheduling in response to the scheduling request of the terminal  103  and transmits a scheduling result to the terminal  103  in operation  113 . The scheduling result may be, for example, an UL grant. If the base station  101  sends the UL grant to the terminal  103 , the base station  101  may allocate a point in time to transmit data, etc., a frequency resource, and so forth to the terminal  103 . The terminal  103  having received the UL grant transmits the data at the point in time allocated by the base station  101  in operation  115 . The base station  101  receives and decodes the data transmitted from the terminal  103 . Once the decoding has been successfully performed, the base station  101  sends an acknowledge (ACK) signal to the terminal  103 . However, if the decoding has failed, the base station  101  sends a negative acknowledge (NACK) signal to the terminal  103 . Even if the decoding has failed, the base station  101  soft-combines the received data with subsequently re-transmitted data without discarding the received data, thereby increasing the success rate of data reception. 
     Such a scheme for increasing the success rate of data reception by soft-combining previously received data with re-transmitted data without discarding the received data is referred to as a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) scheme. The HARQ scheme may be roughly classified into a synchronous HARQ scheme and an asynchronous HARQ scheme. In the synchronous HARQ scheme, a base station is synchronized with a terminal by fixing a point in time when the base station sends an ACK or NACK signal to the terminal and a point in time when the terminal transmits new data or re-transmits existing data to the base station. Thus, the base station or terminal using the synchronous HARQ scheme does not need to transmit information about a point in time to transmit data and a point in time to send an ACK or NACK signal. 
     On the other hand, in the asynchronous HARQ scheme, the terminal and the base station inform each other of points in time to transmit data before transmitting the data, and then transmit the data at the informed points in time. That is, in the asynchronous HARQ scheme, the data transmission points in time may be flexible. 
       FIG. 2  is a diagram showing an example of exchange of data and an ACK/NACK signal between a base station and a terminal that use the synchronous HARQ scheme. 
     Referring to  FIG. 2 , once the terminal transmits UL data in  201 ,  203 , and  205 , the base station sends an ACK or NACK signal indicating a decoding result with respect to the data to the terminal in  211 ,  213 , and  215  after three subframes  231 . The terminal then transmits new data or re-transmits previous data in  221 ,  223 , and  225  after three subframes  233  according to the decoding result. The number of subframes,  3 , is a preset value, and may be changed. 
       FIG. 3  is a flowchart showing transmission and reception of data or a control signal between a terminal and a base station that use the synchronous HARQ scheme in an unlicensed frequency band. 
       FIG. 3A  is a flowchart showing a case where any device does not use the unlicensed frequency band at a point in time when the terminal is to use the unlicensed frequency band. 
       FIG. 3B  is a flowchart showing a case where a device uses the unlicensed frequency band at a point in time when the terminal is to use the unlicensed frequency band. 
     A process in which the terminal  103  sends a scheduling request to the base station  101  in operation  111  and thus the base station  101  sends a UL grant to the terminal  103  in operation  113  is the same as shown in  FIG. 1 , and thus will not be described now. However,  FIG. 3  is different from  FIG. 1  in a sense that the base station  101  allocates the unlicensed frequency band to the terminal  103 . 
     The terminal  103 , because of using the synchronous HARQ scheme, checks a state of the unlicensed frequency band at a preset point in time. That is, to avoid interference or collision with another device, before sending a signal, the terminal  103  may perform listen before talk (LBT)-based clear channel assessment (CCA) which includes sensing a power level of a channel or carrier in the unlicensed frequency band to be used and determining whether the channel or carrier is available. If the channel is in a clear state, the terminal  103  may send a signal. However, if the channel is in a busy state, the terminal  103  may not send a signal. Depending on a scheme for performing LBT, a device may be classified into frame based equipment (FBE) and load based equipment (LBE). Hereinbelow, performing CCA may have the same meaning as performing LBT. 
     In  FIG. 3A , a state of the unlicensed frequency band (i.e., a channel state of the unlicensed frequency band) is a state where any device does not use the unlicensed frequency band, that is, a clear state  301 . On the other hand, in  FIG. 3B , the state of the unlicensed frequency band is a state where another device uses the unlicensed frequency band, that is, a busy state  311 . 
     When the unlicensed frequency band is in the clear state, operation  115  where the terminal  103  transmits data and operation  117  where the base station  101  sends an ACK or NACK signal are the same as operations  115  and  117  of  FIG. 1 . 
     In contrast, when the unlicensed frequency band is in the busy state, the terminal  103  may not transmit data at a preset point in time as in  313 . However, the base station  101  determines that the terminal  103  surely transmits data, and thus performs decoding, but fails. The base station  101  having failed in the decoding sends a NACK signal to the terminal  103  in operation  315 . 
     As described with reference to  FIG. 3 , since the unlicensed frequency band may be in the busy state at a preset point in time, a problem may occur as below. Particularly, in the synchronous HARQ scheme where points in time to transmit data, etc., are preset by synchronization, the transmission points in time may not be freely changed, making it difficult to use the synchronous HARQ scheme in the unlicensed frequency band. 
     For example, the terminal  103  may distinguish the NACK signal sent in operation  117  of  FIG. 3A  from the NACK signal sent in operation  315  of  FIG. 3B . In  FIG. 3A , since the terminal  103  has transmitted data, the base station  101  may soft-combine the received data with re-transmitted data without discarding the received data, thus increasing a decoding success rate. In  FIG. 3B , the terminal  103  does not transmit data, such that data received by the base station  101  may be an interference or noise signal that needs to be discarded. The problem occurs because the base station  101  does not know whether the terminal  103  has transmitted data. That is, since the base station  101  does not know whether to discard data received from the terminal  103  or to store the received data in a buffer for soft-combination, the problem occurs. 
     SUMMARY 
     The present disclosure provides an efficient HARQ scheme. In particular, the present disclosure solves a problem occurring when data fails to be transmitted at a scheduled point in time in a communication system using an unlicensed frequency band. 
     According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a method for performing a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) through a channel of an unlicensed frequency band by a terminal in a communication system, the method including requesting uplink (UL) scheduling, sensing whether the channel is clear, upon receiving a first UL grant with respect to the scheduling request, transmitting first UL data according to whether the channel is clear, sensing whether the channel is clear, upon receiving a negative acknowledge (NACK) with respect to the first UL grant and a second UL grant, and transmitting second UL data and an indicator indicating whether the second UL data is re-transmitted data, according to whether the channel is clear, in which the indicator indicating whether the second UL data is re-transmitted data is determined based on a reference signal (RS) detection failure indicator of the base station transmitted together with the second UL grant from the base station. 
     According to another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a method for performing a HARQ through a channel of an unlicensed frequency band by a base station in a communication system, the method including transmitting a first UL grant with respect to an UL scheduling request of a terminal, receiving data in response to the first UL grant, detecting an RS of the received data, transmitting an indicator indicating whether the detecting of the RS fails to the terminal, transmitting a second UL grant depending on whether the detecting of the RS fails, receiving second UL data and an indicator indicating whether the second UL data is re-transmitted data, in response to the second UL grant, and processing the second UL data according to the indicator indicating whether the second UL data is re-transmitted data. 
     According to another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a terminal of a communication system for performing a HARQ through a channel of an unlicensed frequency band, the terminal including a transmitter configured to request UL scheduling, to transmit first UL data according to whether the channel is clear, to transmit second UL data and an indicator indicating whether the second UL data is re-transmitted data, according to whether the channel is clear, and a controller configured to sense whether the channel is clear, upon receiving a first UL grant with respect to the scheduling request, and to sense whether the channel is clear, upon receiving an NACK with respect to the first UL grant and a second UL grant, in which the indicator indicating whether the second UL data is re-transmitted data is determined based on an RS detection failure indicator of the base station transmitted together with the second UL grant from the base station. 
     According to another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a base station of a communication system for performing a HARQ through a channel of an unlicensed frequency band, the base station including a transmitter configured to transmit a first UL grant with respect to an UL scheduling request of a terminal, to transmit an indicator indicating whether the detecting of the RS fails to the terminal, and to transmit a second UL grant depending on whether the detecting of the RS fails, a receiver configured to receive data in response to the first UL grant and to receive second UL data and an indicator indicating whether the second UL data is re-transmitted data, in response to the second UL grant, and a controller configured to detect an RS of the received data and to process the second UL data according to the indicator indicating whether the second UL data is re-transmitted data. 
     The present disclosure may have effects when a transmission apparatus fails to transmit data at a scheduled point in time in a communication system using an unlicensed frequency band. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a flowchart of a process in which a terminal transmits data or a control signal to a base station in a communication system using a licensed frequency band; 
         FIG. 2  is a diagram showing an example of exchange of data and an ACK/NACK signal between a base station and a terminal that use a synchronous HARQ scheme; 
         FIG. 3  is a flowchart showing transmission and reception of data or a control signal between a terminal and a base station that use a synchronous HARQ scheme in an unlicensed frequency band; 
         FIG. 4  is a flowchart showing an example of transmission and reception of data or a control signal between a terminal and a base station that use an asynchronous HARQ scheme in an unlicensed frequency band; 
         FIG. 5  is a flowchart showing another example of transmission and reception of data or a control signal between a terminal and a base station that use an asynchronous HARQ scheme in an unlicensed frequency band; 
         FIG. 6  is a flowchart showing another example of transmission and reception of data or a control signal between a terminal and a base station that use an asynchronous HARQ scheme in an unlicensed frequency band; 
         FIGS. 7A and 7B  show examples where a terminal simultaneously transmits an indicator and data to a base station; 
         FIG. 8  is a flowchart showing another example of transmission and reception of data or a control signal between a terminal and a base station that use an asynchronous HARQ scheme in an unlicensed frequency band; 
         FIG. 9  is a flowchart showing operations of a base station according to examples of  FIGS. 4 through 6  and  FIG. 8 ; 
         FIG. 10  is a flowchart showing operations of a terminal according to an example of  FIG. 8 ; 
         FIG. 11  is a flowchart showing operations of a terminal according to examples of  FIGS. 4 through 6 ; 
         FIG. 12  is a diagram showing an embodiment where a base station schedules multiple subframes for a terminal when the terminal and the base station use an asynchronous HARQ scheme in an unlicensed frequency band; 
         FIG. 13  is another diagram for describing a method proposed in  FIG. 12 ; 
         FIG. 14  is a diagram showing another embodiment where a base station schedules multiple subframes for a terminal when the terminal and the base station use an asynchronous HARQ scheme in an unlicensed frequency band; 
         FIG. 15  is a flowchart showing an example of transmission and reception of data or a control signal between a terminal and a base station that use an unlicensed frequency band in a carrier aggregation (CA) system according to the present disclosure; 
         FIG. 16  is a flowchart showing another example of transmission and reception of data or a control signal between a terminal and a base station that use an unlicensed frequency band according to the present disclosure; 
         FIGS. 17A to 17C  are diagrams showing a buffer processed according to the present disclosure; 
         FIG. 18  is a block diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure; and 
         FIG. 19  is a block diagram of a base station according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     Hereinafter, embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Moreover, a detailed description of well-known functions or elements associated with the present disclosure will be omitted if it unnecessarily obscures the subject matter of the present disclosure. Further, the terminologies to be described below are defined in consideration of functions in the present disclosure and may vary depending on a user&#39;s or operator&#39;s intention or practice. Therefore, the definitions should be made based on the contents throughout the entire description of the present disclosure. 
     Hereinbelow, a base station is an entity that performs resource allocation, and may be at least one of evolved NodeB (eNodeB), Node B, a base station (BS), a radio access unit, a base station controller, and a node on a network. A terminal may include a user equipment (UE), a mobile station (MS), a cellular phone, a smart phone, a computer, a multimedia system capable of performing a communication function, etc. 
     To solve a problem occurring when a synchronous hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) scheme is applied in an unlicensed frequency band, an asynchronous HARQ scheme capable of flexibly determining a point in time to transmit data, etc. is proposed. When the asynchronous HARQ scheme is applied in the unlicensed frequency band, the base station may freely schedule a point in time when the terminal is to transmit data for an uplink (UL) and a point in time when the base station is to transmit data for a downlink (DL), by using a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) (or an enhanced PDCCH (ePDCCH)). 
     When the present disclosure is applied to a carrier aggregation (CA) system, a cell operating in a licensed frequency band may transmit necessary information to the terminal that operates in the unlicensed frequency band. For example, in a CA system where a primary cell (PCell) operates in a licensed frequency band and a secondary cell (SCell) operates in an unlicensed frequency band, resource allocation information allocated by the SCell to the terminal is transmitted to the terminal by the PCell or the SCell. The present disclosure is also applicable when the PCell transmits the resource allocation information. 
     Hereinbelow, a description will be made of a case where the asynchronous HARQ scheme is applied to an UL in an unlicensed frequency band proposed in the present disclosure. However, a method proposed in the present disclosure is applicable to a DL as well as an UL. A method proposed in the present disclosure has been proposed to solve a problem occurring in the asynchronous HARQ scheme, but the method is also applicable to a synchronous HARQ scheme. 
     When a terminal sends a scheduling request to a base station, the base station may send a scheduling grant or reject to the terminal, but hereinbelow, a description will be made of only a case where the base station grants scheduling to the terminal. In this case, the base station may notify the terminal of the scheduling grant, for example, by sending an UL grant signal to the terminal. 
       FIG. 4  is a flowchart showing an example of transmission and reception of data or a control signal between a terminal and a base station that use an asynchronous HARQ scheme in an unlicensed frequency band. 
     More specifically,  FIG. 4  is a flowchart of a case where the base station detects a reference signal (RS) because any device does not use the unlicensed frequency band when the terminal uses the unlicensed frequency band, but the base station fails in decoding. 
     Although the RS signal is used as an example for description in  FIG. 4 , various signals such as a demodulation reference signal (DM-RS), a cell specific reference signal (CRS), etc., may be used. 
     A terminal  403  sends a scheduling request to a base station  401  in operation  411 . 
     After performing scheduling in response to the scheduling request of the terminal  403 , the base station  401  transmits a scheduling result (e.g., an UL grant) to the terminal  403  by using a DCI transmitted through a PDCCH, in operation  413 . The scheduling result may include resource information allocated due to the grant of scheduling. 
     The terminal  403  performs clear channel assessment (CCA) at an allocated point in time. The terminal  403  detects (or senses) a clear state of the unlicensed frequency band (i.e., a clear channel) in operation  415 . 
     The terminal  403  transmits data because the unlicensed frequency band is in the clear state, in operation  417 . Since the terminal  403  transmits the data for the first time, the terminal  403  sets an HARQ redundancy version (HARQ RV) to 0 when transmitting the data. Thereafter, when the terminal  403  re-transmits the data, the terminal  403  sets the HARQ RV sequentially to 2, 3, and 1 before the re-transmission. The HARQ RV indicates information about information included in the re-transmitted data. 
     The base station  401  detects the RS and measures energy of the RS to determine whether the terminal  403  has transmitted the data. For example, if the energy (or power) of the RS is equal to or less than a predetermined value (or a reference value), the base station  401  may determine that the terminal  403  has not transmitted the data. In  FIG. 4 , the base station  401  fails in decoding in spite of detecting the RS, in operation  419 . The base station  401  may fail in decoding due to low channel gain, noise and interference signal, etc. For reference, if the base station  401  detects the RS and succeeds in decoding, any problem may not occur. 
     The base station  401  sends a NACK signal to the terminal  403  because of failing in decoding, in operation  421 . 
     In addition, since the base station  401  sends a NACK signal to the terminal  403 , the base station  401  performs scheduling again to enable the terminal  403  to re-transmit the data and transmits a scheduling result (UL grant) to the terminal  403  using a DCI transmitted through a PDCCH, in operation  423 . Selectively, the base station  401  may transmit a new data indicator (NDI), which indicates that data to be transmitted by the terminal  403  is new data, to the terminal  403  through the UL grant  413  or  423 . The NDI is an indicator indicating to the terminal  403  by the base station  401  whether the terminal  403  has to transmit the new data. More specifically, the base station  401  transmits the NDI through the UL grant  413  in response to the scheduling request  411  and, and if transmitting the NDI through the UL grant  423  after sending the NACK signal  421 , the base station  401  determines an NDI value of the UL grant  413  as an NDI value of the UL grant  423 . That is, since the base station  401  fails in decoding, the base station  401  transmits the NDI (i.e., the NDI value of the UL grant  413 ) without changing the NDI value of the UL grant  413  to indicate, to the terminal  403 , re-transmission of previously transmitted data instead of new data. 
     In regard to priorities of information transmitted through the NACK signal and the UL grant signal, a priority of the UL grant signal may be higher than that of the NACK signal. For example, if an NDI value in an UL grant signal is changed to indicate new data transmission, the terminal  403  transmits new data even if receiving a NACK signal. 
     The terminal  403  performs CCA at an allocated point in time because of having received the UL grant signal. The terminal  403  detects the clear state of the unlicensed frequency band in operation  425 . 
     In operation  427 , the terminal  403  re-transmits the data because of having received the NACK signal in operation  421 . Since the terminal  403  transmits the data for the second time, the terminal  403  sets an HARQ RV to 2 when transmitting the data. 
     The example of  FIG. 4  corresponds to a case where the terminal  403  and the base station  401  may predict their operations because of performing the operations as requested. 
     Although an UL is described as an example in  FIG. 4 , the present disclosure is also applicable to a DL as long as the base station  401  allocates a resource to the terminal  403  and transmits data to the terminal  403  at an allocated point in time. The following other examples may also be applied to the DL. 
       FIG. 5  is a flowchart showing an example of transmission and reception of data or a control signal between a terminal and a base station that use an asynchronous HARQ scheme in an unlicensed frequency band. 
     More specifically,  FIG. 5  is a flowchart of a case where the base station fails in detecting an RS because another device is already using the unlicensed frequency band when the terminal is to use the unlicensed frequency band. 
     A terminal  503  sends a scheduling request to a base station  501  in operation  511 . 
     After performing scheduling in response to the scheduling request of the terminal  503 , the base station  501  transmits a scheduling result (e.g., an UL grant) to the terminal  503  by using a DCI transmitted through a PDCCH, in operation  513 . 
     The terminal  503  performs CCA at an allocated point in time. Unlike in the example of  FIG. 4 , the terminal  503  detects a busy state of the unlicensed frequency band (i.e., a busy channel) in operation  515 . 
     The terminal  503  fails to transmit data because the unlicensed frequency band is in the busy state, in operation  517 . 
     In operation  519 , the base station  501  attempts to detect the RS, but fails in detecting the RS, because of not knowing whether the terminal  503  has transmitted data. The base station  501  may assume two reasons for a failure in detection of the RS because of not knowing an operation performed by the terminal  503 . The first one is that the base station  501  assumes that the terminal  503  does not transmit data because of a bad state of the unlicensed frequency band. The second one is that although the terminal  503  transmits data, the base station  501  is assumed to fail to detect the RS due to other reasons such as a low channel gain, interference, noise, and so forth. 
     Despite the two assumptions, the base station  501  sends a NACK signal to the terminal  503  because of failing to detect the RS, in operation  521 . 
     In addition, since the base station  501  sends a NACK signal to the terminal  503 , the base station  401  performs scheduling again to enable the terminal  503  to re-transmit the data and transmits an UL grant to the terminal  503  using a DCI transmitted through a PDCCH, in operation  523 . Like in  FIG. 4 , the base station  501  may transmit an NDI through something. On the first assumption, the base station  501  transmits the NDI after changing a value of the NDI. However, on the second assumption, the base station  501  transmits the NDI without changing the value of the NDI. Although the NDI is described as being transmitted only in operation  523 , the NDI may also be transmitted in operation  513 . 
     In regard to priorities of information transmitted through the NACK signal and the UL grant signal, a priority of the UL grant signal may be higher than that of the NACK signal. For example, if an NDI value in an UL grant signal is changed to indicate new data transmission, the terminal  503  transmits new data even if receiving a NACK signal. 
     The terminal  503  performs CCA at an allocated point in time because of having received the UL grant signal. The terminal  503  detects the clear state of the unlicensed frequency band in operation  525 . 
     The terminal  503  transmits the data based on the NDI in operation  527 . A problem is that a set value of the HARQ RV by the terminal  503  varies with an assumption of the base station  501 . That is, on the first assumption, the terminal  503  sets the HARQ RV to 0. However, on the second assumption, the terminal  503  sets the HARQ RV to 2. In this case, since determining that all the data having a state where the HARQ RV is set to 0 is lost, the base station  501  performs an automatic repeat request (ARQ) scheme instead of the HARQ scheme because there is no previous data. It is already known that data recovery based on the ARQ scheme takes a longer time than data recovery based on the HARQ scheme. 
     The terminal  503  performs the following operations to solve problems occurring according to the two assumptions. More specifically, the terminal  503  determines whether three conditions described below are satisfied. First, the terminal  503  determines whether data has not been transmitted because of detecting the busy state of the unlicensed frequency band (i.e., a busy channel) as a result of performing CCA after operation  513  of receiving an UL grant, before operation  523  of receiving a current UL grant. Second, the terminal  503  determines whether a value of the NDI is not changed in operation  513  of receiving the UL grant, before operation  523  of receiving the current UL grant. Third, the terminal  503  determines whether the unlicensed frequency band is in the clear state (i.e., a clear channel) as a result of performing CCA after operation  523  of receiving the current UL grant. If all the three conditions are satisfied, the terminal  503  transmits a new indicator, a new data indicator from user equipment (NDI-UE), in operation  529 . The terminal  503  may indicate through the NDI-UE indicator that data to be transmitted is new data. 
     Thus, in operation  527 , the terminal  503  sets the HARQ RV to 0 regardless of the two assumptions. 
       FIG. 6  is a flowchart showing another example of transmission and reception of data or a control signal between a terminal and a base station that use an asynchronous HARQ scheme in an unlicensed frequency band. 
     More specifically,  FIG. 6  is a flowchart of a case where the base station fails in detecting an RS although any device is not using the unlicensed frequency band when the terminal is to use the unlicensed frequency band. 
     A terminal  603  sends a scheduling request to a base station  601  in operation  611 . 
     After performing scheduling in response to the scheduling request of the terminal  603 , the base station  601  transmits a scheduling result (e.g., an UL grant) to the terminal  603  by using a DCI transmitted through a PDCCH, in operation  613 . 
     The terminal  603  performs CCA at an allocated point in time. Like in the example of  FIG. 4 , the terminal  603  detects a clear state of the unlicensed frequency band (i.e., a clear channel) in operation  615 . 
     The terminal  603  transmits data because the unlicensed frequency band is in the clear state, in operation  617 . Since the terminal  603  transmits the data for the first time, the terminal  603  sets an HARQ RV to 0 when transmitting the data. 
     The base station  601  detects the RS and measures energy of the RS to determine whether the terminal  603  has transmitted the data. Unlike in the example of  FIG. 4 , the base station  601  may fail to detect the RS for several reasons such as a low channel gain, noise, interference, and so forth, in operation  619 . The base station  601  may not perform decoding because of failing to detect the RS in operation  619 . Selectively, the base station  601  may fail in decoding even if performing the decoding. Like in the example of  FIG. 5 , the base station  601  may assume two reasons for a failure in detection of the RS because of not knowing an operation performed by the terminal  603 . The first one is that the base station  601  assumes that the terminal  603  does not transmit data because of a bad state of the unlicensed frequency band. The second one is that although the terminal  603  transmits data, the base station  601  is assumed to fail to detect the RS due to other reasons such as a low channel gain, interference, noise, and so forth. 
     Despite the two assumptions, the base station  601  sends a NACK signal to the terminal  603  because of failing to detect the RS, in operation  621 . 
     In addition, since the base station  601  sends a NACK signal to the terminal  603 , the base station  401  performs scheduling again to enable the terminal  603  to re-transmit the data and transmits a scheduling result (UL grant) to the terminal  603  using a DCI transmitted through a PDCCH, in operation  623 . Like in  FIG. 5 , the base station  601  may transmit an NDI after changing a value of the NDI. On the first assumption, the base station  601  transmits the NDI after changing a value of the NDI. However, on the second assumption, the base station  601  transmits the NDI without changing the value of the NDI. Although the NDI is described as being transmitted only in operation  623 , the NDI may also be transmitted in operation  613 . 
     Regarding priorities of information transmitted through the NACK signal and the UL grant signal, a priority of the UL grant signal may be higher than that of the NACK signal. For example, if an NDI value in an UL grant signal is changed to indicate new data transmission, the terminal  603  transmits new data even if receiving a NACK signal. 
     The terminal  603  performs CCA at an allocated point in time because of having received the UL grant signal. The terminal  603  detects the clear state of the unlicensed frequency band in operation  625 . 
     The terminal  603  transmits the data based on the NDI in operation  627  Like in the example of  FIG. 5 , a problem occurs because the terminal  604  does not know what assumption the base station  601  has made. That is, the terminal  603  sets a value of the HARQ RV differently depending on an assumption of the base station  601 , when transmitting the data. More specifically, if determining that the base station  601  has made the first assumption, the terminal  603  sets the HARQ RV value to 0. However, if determining that the base station  601  has made the second assumption, the terminal  603  sets the HARQ RV value to 2. In this case, since determining that all the data having a state where the HARQ RV is set to 0 is lost, the base station  601  performs the ARQ scheme instead of the HARQ scheme, causing a problem. 
     The terminal  603  performs the following operations to solve problems occurring according to the two assumptions. More specifically, the terminal  603  determines whether three conditions described below are satisfied. First, the terminal  603  has transmitted data because of detecting the clear state of the unlicensed frequency band (i.e., the clear channel) as a result of performing CCA after operation  613  of receiving an UL grant, before operation  623  of receiving a current UL grant, but the terminal  603  determines whether a NACK signal has been received from the base station  601  with respect to the data transmission. Second, the terminal  603  determines whether a value of the NDI is changed in operation  613  of receiving the UL grant, before operation  623  of receiving the current UL grant. Third, the terminal  603  determines whether the unlicensed frequency band is in the clear state (i.e., the clear channel) as a result of performing CCA after operation  623  of receiving the current UL grant. If all the three conditions are satisfied, the terminal  603  transmits a new indicator, a not-new data indicator from user equipment (NNDI-UE), in operation  629 . The terminal  603  may indicate through the NNDI-UE indicator that data to be transmitted is not new data. Alternatively, if all the three conditions are satisfied, the terminal  603  may transmit data without indicating the new indicator NDI-UE. 
     In operation  627 , the terminal  603  sets the HARQ RV to 0 regardless of the two assumptions. 
       FIGS. 7A and 7B  are examples where a terminal simultaneously transmits an indicator and data to a base station. 
     The indicator may be the NDI-UE indicator or the NNDI-UE indicator described with reference to  FIGS. 4 through 6 . 
     The terminal may also transmit the indicator by multiplexing while transmitting data through a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) at a point in time allocated by the base station through an UL grant. 
       FIG. 7A  shows an example where the indicator is positioned vertically beside a rank indicator (RI). When ACK/NACK, a channel quality indicator (CQI), a precoding matrix indicator (PMI), an uplink control indicator (UCI) such as an RI, and so forth are multiplexed in the PUSCH, the terminal may transmit the indicator to the base station by making a rule like ACK/NACK beside an RS, an RI beside the ACK/NACK, the indicator beside the RI, and so forth. 
       FIG. 7B  shows an example in which the indicator is positioned horizontally after allocation of a CQI is finished. 
       FIG. 8  is a flowchart showing another example of transmission and reception of data or a control signal between a terminal and a base station that use an asynchronous HARQ scheme in an unlicensed frequency band. 
     The example shown in  FIG. 8  is applicable regardless of the assumptions in  FIG. 5 or 6 . 
     A terminal  803  sends a scheduling request to a base station  801  in operation  811 . 
     After performing scheduling in response to the scheduling request of the terminal  803 , the base station  801  transmits a scheduling result (e.g., an UL grant) to the terminal  803  by using a DCI transmitted through a PDCCH, in operation  813 . 
     The terminal  803  performs CCA at an allocated point in time in operation  815 . 
     The terminal  803  may not transmit data if the unlicensed frequency band is busy (i.e., the busy channel), whereas if the unlicensed frequency band is clear (i.e., the clear channel), the terminal  803  transmits the data in operation  817 . 
     In operation  819 , the base station  801  attempts to detect the RS, but fails in detecting the RS, because of not knowing whether the terminal  503  has transmitted data. The base station  801  may not perform decoding because of failing to detect the RS in operation  819 . The base station  801  sends a NACK signal to the terminal  803 . As shown in the example of  FIG. 5  and the example of  FIG. 6 , the base station  801  may assume two reasons for a failure in detection of the RS because of not knowing an operation performed by the terminal  803 . 
     In addition, since the base station  801  sends a NACK signal to the terminal  803 , the base station  801  performs scheduling again to enable the terminal  803  to re-transmit the data and transmits a scheduling result (UL grant) to the terminal  803  using a DCI transmitted through a PDCCH, in operation  821 . 
     When transmitting the UL grant, the base station  801  determines whether conditions described below are satisfied and transmits a previous UL failure indicator through the UL grant in operation  823 . 
     More specifically, although in operation  813  of transmitting the UL grant before operation  821  of transmitting the current UL grant, indicating to the terminal  803  that scheduling is successfully performed, the base station  801  may fail to detect the RS. Alternatively, although transmitting the UL grant in operation  813  before operation  821  of transmitting the current UL grant, the base station  801  may fail to detect the RS because the terminal  803  fails in receiving the previous UL grant and thus does not transmit data. The base station  801  may transmit the previous UL failure indicator indicating the failure in detecting the RS, through the UL grant. That is, if the base station  801  transmits the previous UL failure indicator, it means that the base station  801  does not know whether new data needs to be requested or previous data needs to be requested, and does not know a set value of the HARQ RV if the previous data needs to be requested. 
     The terminal  803  performs CCA at an allocated point in time because of having received the UL grant signal. The terminal  803  detects the clear state of the unlicensed frequency band in operation  825 . 
     The terminal  803  transmits the data based on the previous UL failure indicator in operation  827 . 
     The terminal  803  also transmits information about the data, e.g., an NDI-UE and/or a redundancy version—user equipment (RV-UE), together, in operation  829 . That is, the terminal  803  transmits the NDI-UE after changing a value of the NDI-UE if the data in operation  827  is new data, and transmits the NDI-UE without changing the value of the NDI-UE if the data is previous data. Alternatively, if the terminal  803  uses the NNDI-UE, the terminal  803  may transmit the NNDI-UE in a manner reverse to the case with the NDI-UE. However, if the data in operation  827  is previous data, the terminal  803  may also transmit information about an RV by using the RV-UE. The terminal  803  may also transmit a CCA result (i.e., the clear channel or the busy channel), an HARQ process ID for the data transmitted by the terminal  803 , a DM-RS sequence, shift information, and so forth through the NDI-UE and/or the RV-UE. 
       FIG. 9  is a flowchart showing operations of the base station according to the examples of  FIGS. 4 through 6  and  FIG. 8 . 
     The base station performs scheduling in response to a scheduling request of a terminal and transmits an UL grant to the terminal using a DCI transmitted through a PDCCH in operation  901 . 
     The base station attempts detection of an RS at a point in time based on the scheduling in operation  903 . 
     Once the base station succeeds in detecting the RS, the base station performs decoding and transmits a decoding result to the terminal through an ACK or NACK signal in operation  905 . 
     If the base station fails in detecting the RS, the base station performs scheduling again because of expecting re-transmission of data from the terminal, and transmits a scheduling result (UL grant) to the terminal using a DCI transmitted through a PDCCH in operation  907 . Selectively, the base station may also transmit a previous UL failure indicator through the UL grant. 
     The base station attempts detection of an RS at a point in time based on the scheduling in operation  909 . 
     The base station performs again operation  907  if failing to detect the RS. However, if succeeding in detecting the RS, the base station performs decoding in operation  911 . 
     The base station performs again operation  901  if failing in the decoding. However, if succeeding in the decoding, the base station checks an NDI-UE indicator transmitted by the terminal in operation  913 . That is, the base station determines whether the data transmitted by the terminal using the NDI-UE indicator is new data. 
     If the data transmitted by the terminal is new data, the base station performs HARQ buffering, combining, and decoding corresponding to initial transmission in operation  915 . 
     However, if the data transmitted by the terminal is not new data, the base station performs HARQ buffering, combining, and decoding corresponding to re-transmission in operation  917 . 
       FIG. 10  is a flowchart showing operations of the terminal according to the example of  FIG. 8 . 
     The terminal receives an UL grant from the base station in operation  1001 . 
     The terminal performs CCA at a point in time scheduled by the base station in operation  1003 . 
     The terminal checks a previous UL failure indicator received from the base station in operation  1005 . 
     If the previous UL failure indicator is indicated, the terminal also transmits information about the transmission data through the transmission data in operation  1007 . The information about the transmission data may include information about whether the transmission data is previously transmitted data, information about the number of re-transmissions before the current re-transmission if the transmission data is previously transmitted data, and so forth. 
     If the previous UL failure indicator is not indicated, the terminal transmits only the data without including the information about the transmission data in operation  1009 . 
       FIG. 11  is a flowchart showing operations of the terminal according to the examples of  FIGS. 4 through 6 . 
     The terminal receives an UL grant from the base station in operation  1101 . 
     The terminal checks an NDI in the UL grant in operation  1103 . 
     If a value of the NDI has been changed, the terminal determines whether to transmit data corresponding to a previous UL grant previous to operation  1101 , in operation  1105 . 
     Once determining to transmit the data corresponding to the previous UL grant, the terminal transmits an NDI-UE indicator through the data in operation  1107 . 
     However, if determining not to transmit the data corresponding to the previous UL grant, the terminal transmits the data without including the NDI-UE indicator in operation  1109 . 
     If the value of the NDI has not been changed, the terminal determines whether to transmit the data corresponding to the previous UL grant in operation  1111 . 
     If determining to transmit the data corresponding to the previous UL grant, the terminal transmits the data without including the NDI-UE indicator in operation  1113 . 
     However, if determining not to transmit the data corresponding to the previous UL grant, the terminal transmits the NDI-UE indicator through the data in operation  1115 . 
     The above examples concern scheduling of one subframe when the base station performs scheduling for the terminal. Those of ordinary skill in the art may easily apply the above examples to scheduling of multiple subframes by the base station, but to help understanding, the following description will be made of a case where the base station schedules the multiple subframes for the terminal. 
       FIG. 12  is a diagram showing an embodiment where a base station schedules multiple subframes for a terminal when the terminal and the base station use an asynchronous HARQ scheme in an unlicensed frequency band. 
     Referring to  FIG. 12 , the base station schedules three subframes  1211 ,  1213 , and  1215  in a first UL grant  1201  and schedules four subframes  1231 ,  1233 ,  1235 , and  1237  in a second UL grant  1203 . An HARQ process ID allocated to each subframe using in a corresponding UL grant is shown in  FIG. 12 . Whether data is transmitted based on a result of CCA performed by the terminal in a corresponding subframe is also shown in  FIG. 12 . 
     Referring to  FIG. 12 , the terminal detects a busy channel as a result of CCA performed in a first subframe  1211  among the three subframes scheduled in the first UL grant  1201 , and thus fails in transmitting data corresponding to HARQ process ID  1  as indicated in  1221 . 
     However, the terminal detects a clear channel as a result of CCA performed in second and third subframes  1213  and  1215  among the three subframes scheduled in the first UL grant  1201 , and thus transmits data corresponding to HARQ process ID  2  and HARQ process ID  3  as indicated in  1223  and  1225 . 
     To solve a problem occurring because the base station does not know a result of CCA performed by the terminal and whether the terminal transmits data, the terminal transmits an indicator NDI or NNDI to the base station. However, since the base station has scheduled multiple subframes for the terminal by using one UL grant, a definition of when the terminal has to transmit the NDI or the NNDI is needed. 
     According to the current embodiment, the terminal operates based on principles described below. Once the terminal is allocated with a subframe for transmitting data corresponding to an HARQ process ID N in an UL grant, the terminal performs CCA in the subframe. An indicator indicating a result of the CCA is transmitted in a first subframe for transmitting data corresponding to the HARQ process ID N after the UL grant. 
     In  FIG. 12 , although the terminal is allocated with the subframe  1211  for transmitting data corresponding to the HARQ process ID  1  in the UL grant  1201 , the terminal detects a busy channel as a result of CCA and thus fails in transmitting the data. An indicator  1251  indicating the result of CCA is also transmitted as indicated in  1241 , if the terminal is allocated with the subframe  1231  for transmitting the data corresponding to the HARQ process ID  1  in the next UL grant  1203  and detects a clear channel as the result of CCA. 
     Likewise, the terminal is allocated with the subframes  1213  and  1215  for transmitting data corresponding to the HARQ process ID  2  and data corresponding to the HARQ process ID  3  in the UL grant  1201  and detects a clear channel as a result of CCA, thus transmitting the data. Corresponding indicators  1253  and  1255  are also transmitted as indicated in  1243  and  1245 , if the terminal is allocated with the subframes  1233  and  1235  for transmitting the data corresponding to the HARQ process ID  2  and the data corresponding to the HARQ process ID  3  in the next UL grant  1203  and detects a clear channel as the result of CCA, as indicated by  1243  and  1245 . 
     While the description has been made of a case where the base station schedules multiple persistent subframes for the terminal with reference to  FIG. 12 , the description may also be applied to scheduling of multiple semi-persistent subframes. 
       FIG. 13  is another diagram for describing a method proposed in  FIG. 12 . 
     Referring to  FIG. 13 , for the terminal, the base station schedules three subframes  1311 ,  3 , and  1315  in a first UL grant  1301 , schedules one subframe  1331  in a second UL grant  1303 , and schedules two subframes  1351  and  1353  in a third UL grant  1305 . 
     Referring to  FIG. 13 , the terminal detects a busy channel as a result of CCA performed in a first subframe  1311  and a second subframe  1313  among the three subframes scheduled in the first UL grant  1301 , and thus fails in transmitting data corresponding to HARQ process ID  1  and data corresponding to HARQ process ID  2  as indicated in  1321  and  1323 . 
     However, the terminal detects a clear channel as a result of CCA performed in a third subframe  1315  among the three subframes scheduled in the first UL grant  1301 , and thus transmits data corresponding to HARQ process ID  3  as indicated in  1325 . 
     In the same manner as described with reference to  FIG. 12 ,  FIG. 13  works. 
     More specifically, although the terminal is allocated with the subframe  1311  for transmitting the data corresponding to the HARQ process ID  1  in the UL grant  1301 , the terminal detects the busy channel as a result of CCA and thus fails in transmitting the data. An indicator  1371  indicating the result of CCA is also transmitted as indicated in  1341 , if the terminal is allocated with the subframe  1331  for transmitting the data corresponding to the HARQ process ID  1  in the next UL grant  1303  and detects the clear channel as the result of CCA. However, since the base station schedules only one subframe in the UL grant  1303 , the terminal may not transmit an indicator regarding RQ process ID  2  and an indicator regarding HARQ process ID  3 . 
     In this case, the terminal transmits the indicator regarding HARQ process ID  2  and the indicator regarding HARQ process ID  3  in the next UL grant  1305  following the UL grant  1303 . More specifically, the terminal is allocated with the two subframes  1313  and  1315  for transmitting the data corresponding to the HARQ process ID  2  and the data corresponding to the HARQ process ID  3  in the UL grant  1301 , and detects the busy channel in one subframe  1313  and the clear channel in the other subframe  1315  as results of CCA, thus transmitting the data only in the clear channel. Indicators  1373  and  1375  indicating the results of CCA are also transmitted to the base station as indicated in  1361  and  1363 , if the terminal is allocated with the subframes  1351  and  1353  for transmitting the data corresponding to the HARQ process ID  2  and the data corresponding to the HARQ process ID  3  in the next UL grant  1305  following the UL grant  1303  and detects the clear channel as the results of CCA, as indicated by  1361  and  1363 . 
       FIG. 14  is a diagram showing another embodiment where a base station schedules multiple subframes for a terminal when the terminal and the base station use an asynchronous HARQ scheme in an unlicensed frequency band. 
     More specifically, a situation of  FIG. 14  is the same as that of  FIG. 13 . The same operations of  FIG. 14  as in  FIG. 13  will be referred to as the same reference numerals. 
     The embodiment shown in  FIG. 14  is different from the embodiment of  FIG. 12  and the embodiment of  FIG. 13  in that indicators regarding multiple subframes allocated to the terminal are transmitted to the base station, collectively rather than individually. 
     Referring to  FIG. 14 , the base station schedules for the terminal the three subframes  1311 ,  1313 , and  1315  in the first UL grant  1301 . Thereafter, the terminal collectively transmits indicators ( 1401 ) corresponding to the three subframes  1311 ,  1313 , and  1315  in the subframe  1331  allocated in the next UL grant  1303 , instead of separately transmitting the indicators ( 1401 ). If multiple subframes are allocated in the UL grant, the subframe in which the indicators are to be collectively transmitted may be one selected from among the multiple subframes. 
       FIG. 15  is a flowchart showing an example of transmission and reception of data or a control signal between a terminal and a base station that use an unlicensed frequency band in a CA system according to the present disclosure. 
     A terminal  1503  sends a scheduling request to a base station  1501  in operation  1511 . 
     The base station  1501  performs scheduling in response to the scheduling request of the terminal  1503  and transmits an UL grant to the terminal  1503  in operation  1513 . The terminal  1503  having received the UL grant prepares for transmitting data. More specifically, the terminal  1503  encodes data to be transmitted. 
     The terminal  1503  performs CCA at an allocated point in time in operation  1515 . 
     The terminal  1503  may not transmit data if the unlicensed frequency band is busy (i.e., the busy channel), whereas if the unlicensed frequency band is clear (i.e., the clear channel), the terminal  1503  transmits the data in operation  1517 . 
     The base station  1501  buffers data received from the terminal  1503  even if not knowing whether the terminal  1503  has transmitted the data in operation  1519 . 
     The terminal  1503  transmits a busy indicator to the base station  1501  in operation  1521  if failing to transmit the data because the unlicensed frequency band is busy in operation  1515 . The base station  1501  has to know transmission/reception points in time of the busy indicator in advance. In case of the CA system, the terminal  1503  may transmit the busy indicator by using a cell using a licensed frequency band. The busy indicator indicates that the data has not been transmitted using a resource allocated by the base station  1501  because the terminal  1503  detects the busy channel as a result of CCA. 
     However, if the terminal  1503  has transmitted the data because the unlicensed frequency band is clear, the terminal  1503  may not transmit the busy indicator. Alternatively, the terminal  1503  may transmit the data without indicating the busy indicator. The terminal  1503  may transmit the busy indicator together with the data in operation  1517 . 
     The busy indicator needs to be transmitted before the terminal  1503  transmits next data. The busy indicator may be transmitted using a cell using the unlicensed frequency band or a cell using the licensed frequency band. The busy indicator may be transmitted through a PUSCH, a PUCCH, a sounding reference signal (SRS), or an RS including a particular sequence of the cell using the unlicensed frequency band. The busy indicator may be transmitted through a PUSCH, a PUCCH, an SRS, or an RS including a particular sequence of the cell using the licensed frequency band. The busy indicator may be transmitted together with a UCI of a feedback with respect to DL data. A resource for transmitting the busy indicator may be periodically allocated or, in a particular case, aperiodically allocated. The particular case may be, for example, a case where the base station determines that the terminal performs CCA and detects the busy state. In the particular case, the base station may allocate a resource for aperiodic transmission of the busy indicator together with an NACK signal. Alternatively, in the particular case, the base station may allocate a resource for aperiodic transmission of the busy indicator using an NACK signal and an UL grant signal. 
     In operation  1523 , the base station  1501  processes the data by determining, based on the busy indicator, a result of CCA performed by the terminal  1503  and whether the terminal  1503  has transmitted depending on the result. The base station  1501  does not discard the buffered data if determining that the terminal  1503  has transmitted the data. However, if determining that the data has not been transmitted, the base station  1501  discards the buffered data. 
     Since the base station  1501  receives the busy indicator from the terminal  1503  after granting scheduling to the terminal  1503  in operation  1513 , the base station  1501  may know that the terminal  1503  is ready to transmit the data. 
     Thus, the base station  1501  transmits a fast UL grant rather than the UL grant in operation  1525  to allow the terminal  1503  to transmit the transmission-ready data fast. Since the terminal  1503  is ready to transmit data in operation  1513 , the base station  1501  may transmit the fast UL grant to the terminal  1503 . 
     Table 1 shows an example of the fast UL grant. More specifically, Table 1 shows information omittable from a UL grant of a Long Term Evolution (LTE) DCI format 0 to indicate the fast UL grant. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
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                 Items of UL grant (DCI 
                 Number 
                 Information 
               
               
                 format 0) 
                 of Bits 
                 Omittable in fast UL grant 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                 Format 0/format 1A flag 
                 1 
                   
               
               
                 Hopping flag 
                 1 
               
               
                 Resource block 
                 Variable 
                 Omittable (in case of no change in 
               
               
                 allocation 
                 (5-13 bits) 
                 resource allocation) 
               
               
                 MCS and redundancy 
                 5 
                 Omittable (allocate fast UL grant 
               
               
                 version 
                   
                 in case of no change in MCS and 
               
               
                   
                   
                 RV) 
               
               
                 New data indicator 
                 1 
                 Omittable 
               
               
                 TPC command 
                 2 
               
               
                 Cyclic shift for DM-RS 
                 3 
                 Omittable 
               
               
                 CQI request 
                 1 
                 Omittable 
               
               
                 Padding 
                 Variable 
               
               
                   
                 (1-2 bits) 
               
               
                 Fast UL transmission 
                 2 
                 Addable 
               
               
                 timing 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     The fast UL grant may have an identifier added to the UL grant (DCI format 0) for distinguishment from the UL grant. To reduce the complexity of implementation of the terminal, information indicating the fast UL grant may be transmitted in a determined manner only in a particular case. The particular case may be, for example, a case where the identifier is transmitted only through the cell using the licensed frequency band. The predetermined manner may be transmission of the identifier between operation  1517  and operation  1521  and between operation  1521  and operation  1525 . The fast UL grant may be transmitted in a subframe that is set based on a preset time offset. The preset time offset may be transmitted using radio resource control (RRC). 
     Fast UL transmission timing may be added to the UL grant (DCI format 0). The fast UL transmission timing may also be transmitted using the RRC. 
     A position of an UL resource may be indicated by a resource block assignment (RBA) field. The number of resource blocks (RBs) with respect to a system bandwidth is given as a constant. The number of allocated RBs may be floor(RBA/Max_RB)+1. The floor function outputs a desired multiple to which an input value is rounded down. A start RB (RB_offset) of the UL resource may be obtained using an RBA mod Max RB. RB_offset may be transmitted in an UL grant in initial transmission. Thereafter, RB_offset may be changed using a physical HARQ indicator channel (PHICH) in re-transmission. The base station may use the PHICH to change a cyclic shift of RB_offset and DM-RS for a re-transmission packet. In the present disclosure, if the terminal  1513  detects the busy state as a result of performing CCA in operation  1515 , it means that data has been encoded, such that the base station  1501  may cause the terminal  1503  to transmit data after changing only RB_offset. Alternatively, the base station  1501  may cause the terminal  1503  to transmit data after changing the cyclic shift of RB_offset and the DM-RS. The base station  1501  may adjust RB_offset in one subframe to prevent collision between a fast UL grant transmitted to another device and a fast UL grant transmitted to the terminal  1503 . 
       FIG. 16  is a flowchart showing another example of transmission and reception of data or a control signal between a terminal and a base station that use an unlicensed frequency band according to the present disclosure. 
     A terminal  1603  sends a scheduling request to a base station  1601  in operation  1611 . 
     The base station  1601  performs scheduling in response to the scheduling request of the terminal  1603  and transmits a scheduling result (UL grant) to the terminal  1603  in operation  1613 . 
     The terminal  1603  performs CCA at an allocated point in time in operation  1615 . 
     The terminal  1603  may not transmit data if the unlicensed frequency band is busy (i.e., the busy channel), whereas if the unlicensed frequency band is clear (i.e., the clear channel), the terminal  1503  transmits the data in operation  1617 . 
     The base station  1601  buffers data received from the terminal  1603  even if not knowing whether the terminal  1603  has transmitted the data in operation  1619 . 
     When sending a NACK signal to the terminal  1603 , the base station  1601  performs scheduling again because of expecting re-transmission of data from the terminal  1603 , and transmits a scheduling result (UL grant) to the terminal  1603  in operation  1621 . 
     The terminal  1603  performs CCA at an allocated point in time. The terminal  1603  detects the clear state of the unlicensed frequency band in operation  1623 . 
     In operation  1625 , the terminal  1603  transmits the data as a result of CCA performed in operation  1615 . That is, if the terminal  1603  detects the clear channel as a result of CCA, transmits data, and receives a NACK signal from the base station  1601  in operation  1617 , the terminal  1603  re-transmits the data transmitted in operation  1617 . The terminal  1603  may also transmit an ReTx-Clear indicator. The ReTx-Clear indicator indicates combining previously received data with currently received data. 
     However, if the terminal  1603  detects the busy channel as a result of CCA, fails to transmit data, and receives a NACK signal from the base station  1601  in operation  1617 , the terminal  1603  transmits the data that is attempted to be transmitted in operation  1617 . The terminal  1603  may also transmit an ReTx-Busy indicator. The ReTx-Busy indicator indicates removing previously received data from a buffer. 
     The terminal  1603  may use both ReTx-Clear indicator and ReTx-Busy indicator or one of them. For example, if only the ReTx-Clear indicator is used, the ReTx-Clear indicator may have a meaning of the ReTx-Clear indicator or the ReTx-Busy indicator according to whether the ReTx-Clear indicator is indicated or not. Alternatively, if only the ReTx-Busy indicator is used, the ReTx-Busy indicator may have a meaning of the ReTx-Clear indicator or the ReTx-Busy indicator according to whether the ReTx-Busy indicator is indicated or not. The ReTx-Clear indicator or the ReTx-Busy indicator may be transmitted using a PUCCH. 
     The base station  1601  processes the data based on the ReTx-Clear indicator or the ReTx-Busy indicator in operation  1629 . 
       FIGS. 17A to 17C  are diagrams showing a buffer processed according to the present disclosure.  FIG. 17A  shows a buffer of a base station operating in a licensed frequency band.  FIG. 17B  and  FIG. 17C  show a buffer of a base station operating in an unlicensed frequency band. 
     Referring to  FIG. 17A , in the licensed frequency band, the terminal has to transmit data (hereinafter, referred to as ‘first received data’) at a point in time allocated by the base station. Thus, if the base station fails in decoding, the base station performs combining (or HARQ combining) with data (hereinafter, referred to as ‘second received data’) re-transmitted by the terminal. The base station may perform processing only with one buffer. 
     On the other hand, in the unlicensed frequency band, it is not certain that the terminal transmits data at a point in time allocated by the base station. Thus, the base station may not process the buffer like in the licensed frequency band. The base station performs combining with re-transmitted data (the second received data) only when the terminal transmits the data (the first received data). 
     Although  FIG. 17  shows the buffer of the base station,  FIG. 17  may show the buffer of the terminal if a proposal of the present disclosure is applied to a DL. 
       FIG. 18  is a block diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. For convenience of a description, elements that are not directly related to the present disclosure will not be illustrated and described. 
     Referring to  FIG. 18 , the terminal may include a controller  1800 , a transmitter  1810 , and a receiver  1820 . Herein, the present disclosure has been described using multiple elements, but if necessary, the above-described operations may be performed by a single element. The controller  1800  controls the transmitter  1810  and the receiver  1820 , and performs operations of the terminal related to the above-described methods according to the embodiments of the present disclosure. The transmitter  1810  and the receiver  1820  are elements for communication with the base station, etc., and perform operations related to a scheduling request to the base station, transmission and reception of data, transmission and reception of indicators, etc., under control of the controller  1800 . 
       FIG. 19  is a block diagram of a base station according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. For convenience of a description, elements that are not directly related to the present disclosure will not be illustrated and described. 
     Referring to  FIG. 19 , the base station may include a controller  1900 , a transmitter  1910 , and a receiver  1920 . Herein, the present disclosure has been described using multiple elements, but if necessary, the above-described operations may be performed by a single element. The controller  1900  controls the transmitter  1910  and the receiver  1920 , and performs operations of the base station related to the above-described methods according to the embodiments of the present disclosure. The transmitter  1910  and the receiver  1920  are elements for communication with the terminal, etc., and perform operations related to a scheduling grant result to the terminal, transmission and reception of data, transmission and reception of indicators, etc., under control of the controller  1900 . 
     The embodiments disclosed in the present specification and drawings have been provided to easily describe the present disclosure and to help understanding of the present disclosure, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure. That is, it would be obvious to those of ordinary skill in the art that other variations and modifications can be made to the disclosed embodiments based on the technical spirit of the present disclosure. In addition, the embodiments may be used in combination if necessary.