# US 10,485,019 B2 · Uplink control signaling for joint FDD and TDD carrier aggregation

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- Number: US 10,485,019 B2
- Document ID: US10485019B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/645,262
- Filed: 2017-07-10
- Published: 2018-01-18
- Granted: 2019-11-19
- Earliest claimed: 2013-06-28
- Assignees: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Applicants: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Inventors: Anthony Edet Ekpenyong
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10485019B2

## CPC

- H04W 72/23: in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
- H04L 1/1861: {Physical mapping arrangements (for ACK signaling see also H04L5/0053)}
- H04L 5/0055: {Physical resource allocation for ACK/NACK (for physical mapping arrangements in ARQ protocols H04L1/1861)}
- H04L 5/001: {the frequencies being arranged in component carriers}
- H04L 5/0035: {Resource allocation in a cooperative multipoint environment}
- H04L 5/143: {for modulated signals (H04L5/1469 takes precedence)}
- H04L 5/1469: {using time-sharing}
- H04W 76/15: Setup of multiple wireless link connections
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)

## Abstract

Embodiments of the invention are directed to a method for operating a mobile device including establishing a connection to a first base station designated as a PCell and establishing a connection to a second base station designated as a SCell. When the mobile device receives PDSCH from a TDD SCell in a subframe n, it transmits a HARQ ACK to an FDD PCell in subframe n+4. When the mobile device receives PDSCH in a downlink subframe from an FDD SCell, it transmits a HARQ ACK corresponding to the PDSCH to a TDD PCell in a selected uplink subframe. The selected uplink subframe may be the first valid uplink subframe following the downlink subframe. For example, where the downlink subframe carrying the PDSCH is subframe n, and the selected uplink subframe is subframe n+k, where k≥4.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A user equipment device, comprising:
a processor circuit configured to:
establish a connection to a first base station operating in a Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) mode, the first base station designated as a primary serving cell (PCell); and
establish a connection to a second base station operating in a Time Division Duplex (TDD) mode, the second base station designated as a secondary serving cell (SCell);
a receiver circuit configured to receive subframe scheduling messages from the SCell; and
a transmitter circuit configured to transmit acknowledgment messages to the PCell, the acknowledgement messages corresponding to the subframe scheduling messages received on the SCell.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The user equipment of claim 1, wherein the subframe scheduling messages comprise a TDD uplink or downlink configuration, and wherein the acknowledgement messages comprise a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request acknowledgment (HARQ ACK).

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The user equipment of claim 1, wherein when the receiver circuit detects a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) from the TDD SCell in a subframe n, the transmitter circuit transmits a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request acknowledgment (HARQ ACK) to the FDD PCell in subframe n+4.

### Claim 4

A user equipment device, comprising:
a processor circuit configured to:
establish a connection to a first base station operating in a Time Division Duplex (TDD) mode, the first base station designated as a primary serving cell (PCell); and
establish a connection to a second base station operating in a Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) mode, the second base station designated as a secondary serving cell (SCell);
a receiver circuit configured to receive Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) messages in a downlink subframe from the SCell; and
a transmitter circuit configured to transmit acknowledgment messages corresponding to the PDSCH messages to the PCell in a selected uplink subframe, wherein the selected uplink subframe is the first valid uplink subframe following the downlink subframe.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The user equipment of claim 4, wherein the downlink subframe is subframe n, and the selected uplink subframe is subframe n+k, where k≥4.

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

The user equipment of claim 4, wherein the processor circuit operates in half-duplex TDD.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The user equipment of claim 6, wherein the processor circuit applies an uplink/downlink subframe configuration for the TDD PCell to the FDD SCell.

### Claim 8

A method for operating a mobile device, comprising:
establishing a connection to a first base station designated as a primary serving cell (PCell);
establishing a connection to a second base station designated as a secondary serving cell (SCell), wherein the SCell uses a different operating mode than the PCell;
receiving subframe scheduling messages from the SCell in a downlink subframe; and
selecting an uplink subframe to send a scheduling message acknowledgement based upon the operating mode of the PCell.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The method of claim 8, wherein the PCell and SCell operating modes are selected from a Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) mode and a Time Division Duplex (TDD) mode.

### Claim 10 (depends on 8)

The method of claim 8, wherein the PCell operates in FDD mode and the SCell operates in TDD mode, the method further comprising:
receiving a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) from the TDD SCell in a subframe n; and
transmitting a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request acknowledgment (HARQ ACK) to the FDD PCell in subframe n+4.

### Claim 11 (depends on 8)

The method of claim 8, wherein the PCell operates in TDD mode and the SCell operates in FDD mode, the method further comprising:
receiving a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) in a downlink subframe from the FDD SCell; and
transmitting a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request acknowledgment (HARQ ACK) corresponding to the PDSCH to the TDD PCell in a selected uplink subframe, wherein the selected uplink subframe is the first valid uplink subframe following the downlink subframe.

### Claim 12 (depends on 8)

The method of claim 8, wherein the downlink subframe carrying the PDSCH is subframe n, and the selected uplink subframe is subframe n+k, where k≥4.

### Claim 13 (depends on 8)

The method of claim 8, wherein the mobile device operates in half-duplex TDD.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The method of claim 13, wherein the mobile device uses an uplink/downlink subframe configuration for the TDD PCell when transmitting to the FDD SCell.