Patent ID: 8345661

Claim:
A method for sending Physical Hybrid ARQ (Automatic Repeat reQuest) Indicator Channel (PHICH) signals in a Downlink Pilot Time Slot (DwPTS), comprising: sending, by a base station, the PHICH signals in one or more symbols included in the DwPTS, wherein the one or more symbols for transmitting the PHICH signals are different from symbols for sending Primary-Synchronization Channel (P-SCH) signals or Secondary-Synchronization Channel (S-SCH) signals; wherein the P-SCH signals are sent in a third symbol included in the DwPTS; if there is 1 symbol used for transmitting the PHICH signals, the PHICH signals are sent in a first symbol included in the DwPTS; and if there are 2 symbols used for transmitting the PHICH signals, the PHICH signals are sent in the first symbol and a second symbol included in the DwPTS.