Mobile communication system, base station apparatus, user equipment, and method

A user equipment terminal in a mobile communication system applying an SC-FDMA scheme in uplink, the user equipment terminal comprising:

• one or more antennas;
• a transmission unit that transmits data on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) to a base station apparatus, the physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) being assigned to one or more resource blocks, a plurality of resource blocks including the one or more resource blocks being arranged in a frequency direction occupying consecutive frequency bands in the SC-FDMA scheme applied in uplink, a resource block number being assigned to each of the resource blocks;
• and
• a receiving unit that receives Acknowledgement/Non-Acknowledgement information (ACK/NACK) for the physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmitted by the transmission unit,
• wherein the resource of the Acknowledgement/Non-Acknowledgement information (ACK/NACK) received by the receiving unit corresponds to the minimum resource block number among the resource block numbers of the one or more resource blocks assigned to the physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmitted by the transmission unit,
• wherein the Acknowledgment/Non-Acknowledgment information (ACK/NACK) transmitted to the user equipment terminal and received by the receiving unit, the resource of which Acknowledgement/Non-Acknowledgement information (ACK/NACK) corresponds to the minimum resource block number among the resource block numbers of the one or more resource blocks assigned to the physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), is code-spread, and
• wherein the resource of the Acknowledgement/Non-Acknowledgement information (ACK/NACK) received by the receiving unit is assigned to any one of I-channel and Q-channel for a single user equipment terminal and is assigned to any one of the I-channel and the Q-channel or both for a plurality of user equipment terminals.

A communication method for a base station apparatus in a mobile communication system applying an SC-FDMA scheme in uplink and communicating with a user equipment terminal, the method comprising the steps of:

• receiving data on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) from the user equipment terminal, the physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) being assigned to one or more resource blocks, a plurality of resource blocks including the one or more resource blocks being arranged in a frequency direction occupying consecutive frequency bands in the SC-FDMA scheme applied in uplink, a resource block number being assigned to each of the resource blocks;
• generating Acknowledgement/Non-Acknowledgement information (ACK/NACK) for the physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) received in the receiving;
• and
• transmitting the Acknowledgement/Non-Acknowledgement information (ACK/NACK) generated in the generating to the user equipment terminal,
• wherein the resource of the Acknowledgement/Non-Acknowledgement information (ACK/NACK) transmitted in the transmitting corresponds to the minimum resource block number among the resource block numbers of the one or more resource blocks assigned to the physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH),
• wherein the Acknowledgment/Non-Acknowledgment information (ACK/NACK) transmitted to the user equipment terminal and received in the receiving, the resource of which Acknowledgement/Non-Acknowledgement information (ACK/NACK) corresponds to the minimum resource block number among the resource block numbers of the one or more resource blocks assigned to the physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), is code-spread, and
• wherein the resource of the Acknowledgement/Non-Acknowledgement information (ACK/NACK) transmitted in the transmitting is assigned to any one of I-channel and Q-channel for a single user equipment terminal and is assigned to any one of the I-channel and the Q-channel or both for a plurality of user equipment terminals.

A communication method for a user equipment terminal in a mobile communication system applying an SC-FDMA scheme in uplink and communicating with a base station apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:

• transmitting data on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) to the base station apparatus, the physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) being assigned to one or more resource blocks, a plurality of resource blocks including the one or more resource blocks being arranged in a frequency direction occupying consecutive frequency bands in the SC-FDMA scheme applied in uplink, a resource block number being assigned to each of the resource blocks;
• and
• receiving Acknowledgement/Non-Acknowledgement information (ACK/NACK) for the physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmitted in the transmitting,
• wherein the resource of the Acknowledgement/Non-Acknowledgement information (ACK/NACK) received in the receiving corresponds to the minimum resource block number among the resource block numbers of the one or more resource blocks assigned to the physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmitted in the transmitting,
• wherein the Acknowledgment/Non-Acknowledgment information (ACK/NACK) transmitted to the user equipment terminal and received in the receiving, the resource of which Acknowledgement/Non-Acknowledgement information (ACK/NACK) corresponds to the minimum resource block number among the resource block numbers of the one or more resource blocks assigned to the physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), is code-spread, and
• wherein the resource of the Acknowledgement/Non-Acknowledgement information (ACK/NACK) received in the receiving is assigned to any one of I-channel and Q-channel for a single user equipment terminal and is assigned to any one of the I-channel and the Q-channel or both for a plurality of user equipment terminals.

A communication system applying an SC-FDMA scheme in uplink, the communication system comprising:

• a user equipment terminal that transmits data on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) that is assigned to one or more resource blocks, a plurality of resource blocks including the one or more resource blocks being arranged in a frequency direction occupying consecutive frequency bands in the SC-FDMA scheme applied in uplink, a resource block number being assigned to each of the resource blocks;
• and
• a base station apparatus that generates Acknowledgement/Non-Acknowledgement information (ACK/NACK) for the physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) received from the user equipment terminal and transmits the generated Acknowledgement/Non-Acknowledgement information (ACK/NACK) to the user equipment terminal,
• wherein the resource of the Acknowledgement/Non-Acknowledgement information (ACK/NACK) transmitted by the base station apparatus corresponds to the minimum resource block number among the resource block numbers of the one or more resource blocks assigned to the physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) received by the base station apparatus,
• wherein the Acknowledgment/Non-Acknowledgment information (ACK/NACK) transmitted to the user equipment terminal by the base station apparatus, the resource of which Acknowledgement/Non-Acknowledgement information (ACK/NACK) corresponds to the minimum resource block number among the resource block numbers of the one or more resource blocks assigned to the physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), is code-spread, and
• wherein the resource of the Acknowledgement/Non-Acknowledgement information (ACK/NACK) transmitted by the base station is assigned to any one of I-channel and Q-channel for a single user equipment terminal and is assigned to any one of the I-channel and the Q-channel or both for a plurality of user equipment terminals.