A method for determining a resource for an uplink control channel in a long term evolution, LTE, wireless communication system using a time division duplex, TDD, sub frame configuration, the method comprising: receiving a physical downlink shared channel, PDSCH, in at least one downlink subframe; and determining a physical uplink control channel, PUCCH, resource for transmitting acknowledgement/not-acknowledgement, ACK/NACK, information for the PDSCH, wherein the PUCCH resource is determined based on a sum of a number of control channel elements in each of control channels in the at least one downlink subframe, wherein if a special subframe with a specific 'special subframe configuration' is included in the at least one downlink subframe, control channel elements in the special subframe are excluded from the sum which is used for determining the PUCCH resource, and wherein the specific 'special subframe configuration' includes a special subframe configuration #0 or #5 in a normal cyclic prefix, or a special subframe configuration #0, #4, or #7 in an extended cyclic prefix in the following table: Special subframe configuration Normal cyclic prefix in downlink Extended cyclic prefix in downlink DwPTS UpPTS DwPTS UpPTS Normal cyclic prefix in uplink Extended cyclic prefix in uplink Normal cyclic prefix in uplink Extended cyclic prefix in uplink 0 6592 ·T s 2192. T s 2560· T s 7680· T s 2192· T s 2560· T s 1 19760 · T s 20480· T s 2 21952· T s 23040· T s 3 24144· T s 25600· T s 4 26336· T s 7680· T s 4384· T s 5120· T s 5 6592 ·T s 4384. T s 5120· T s 20480· T s 6 19760· T s 23040· T s 7 21952· T s 12800· T s 8 24144· T s - - - 9 13168· T s - - - wherein 307200.T s = 10 milliseconds. receiving a physical downlink shared channel, PDSCH, in at least one downlink subframe; and determining a physical uplink control channel, PUCCH, resource for transmitting acknowledgement/not-acknowledgement, ACK/NACK, information for the PDSCH, wherein the PUCCH resource is determined based on a sum of a number of control channel elements in each of control channels in the at least one downlink subframe, wherein if a special subframe with a specific 'special subframe configuration' is included in the at least one downlink subframe, control channel elements in the special subframe are excluded from the sum which is used for determining the PUCCH resource, and wherein the specific 'special subframe configuration' includes a special subframe configuration #0 or #5 in a normal cyclic prefix, or a special subframe configuration #0, #4, or #7 in an extended cyclic prefix in the following table: Special subframe configuration Normal cyclic prefix in downlink Extended cyclic prefix in downlink DwPTS UpPTS DwPTS UpPTS Normal cyclic prefix in uplink Extended cyclic prefix in uplink Normal cyclic prefix in uplink Extended cyclic prefix in uplink 0 6592 ·T s 2192. T s 2560· T s 7680· T s 2192· T s 2560· T s 1 19760 · T s 20480· T s 2 21952· T s 23040· T s 3 24144· T s 25600· T s 4 26336· T s 7680· T s 4384· T s 5120· T s 5 6592 ·T s 4384. T s 5120· T s 20480· T s 6 19760· T s 23040· T s 7 21952· T s 12800· T s 8 24144· T s - - - 9 13168· T s - - - wherein 307200.T s = 10 milliseconds.