# US 9,439,095 B2 · Hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) mapping for carrier aggregation (CA) > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,439,095 B2 - Document ID: US9439095B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/867,020 - Filed: 2013-04-19 - Published: 2014-04-03 - Granted: 2016-09-06 - Earliest claimed: 2012-09-28 - Assignees: Intel Corporation - Applicants: Intel Corporation - Inventors: Hong He; Seunghee Han; Jong-Kae Fwu; Rui Huang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9439095B2 ## CPC - H04W 28/0221: {power availability or consumption} - H04W 48/14: using user query {or user detection} - H04B 17/318: Received signal strength - H04J 3/1694: {Allocation of channels in TDM/TDMA networks, e.g. distributed multiplexers (Passive Optical Networks H04Q11/0062)} - H04J 11/00: Orthogonal multiplex systems, {e.g. using WALSH codes}(H04J13/00 takes precedence) - H04J 11/0086: {Search parameters, e.g. search strategy, accumulation length, range of search, thresholds (code acquisition in DSSS H04B1/7075)} - H04L 1/1812: Hybrid protocols; Hybrid automatic repeat request [HARQ] - H04L 1/1861: {Physical mapping arrangements (for ACK signaling see also H04L5/0053)} - H04L 1/1864: {ARQ related signaling (H04L1/1607 takes precedence)} - H04L 1/1893: {Physical mapping arrangements (physical resource mapping in general H04L5/00)} - H04L 5/0035: {Resource allocation in a cooperative multipoint environment} - H04L 5/0055: {Physical resource allocation for ACK/NACK (for physical mapping arrangements in ARQ protocols H04L1/1861)} - H04L 5/0057: {Physical resource allocation for CQI} - H04L 5/0073: {Allocation arrangements that take into account other cell interferences} - H04L 5/0091: {Signalling for the administration of the divided path, e.g. signalling of configuration information} - H04L 5/14: Two-way operation using the same type of signal, i.e. duplex - H04L 41/069: using logs of notifications; Post-processing of notifications - H04L 41/5032: {Generating service level reports} - H04L 43/16: Threshold monitoring - H04L 65/60: Network streaming of media packets - H04L 65/612: for unicast - H04L 65/65: Network streaming protocols, e.g. real-time transport protocol [RTP] or real-time control protocol [RTCP] - H04L 65/762: {at the source (reformatting of additional data in video distribution servers H04N21/2355)} - H04L 67/10: in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network (software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46) - H04W 8/08: Mobility data transfer - H04W 24/02: Arrangements for optimising operational condition - H04W 24/08: Testing, {supervising or monitoring} using real traffic - H04W 24/10: Scheduling measurement reports {; Arrangements for measurement reports} - H04W 28/0205: {at the air interface (dynamic wireless traffic scheduling H04W72/12)} - H04W 28/0215: {based on user or device properties, e.g. MTC-capable devices (services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC] H04W4/70; wireless resource selection or allocation plan definition based on terminal or device properties H04W72/51)} - H04W 28/0252: {per individual bearer or channel (dynamic wireless traffic scheduling H04W72/12)} - H04W 28/0268: {using specific QoS parameters for wireless networks, e.g. QoS class identifier [QCI] or guaranteed bit rate [GBR] (negotiating SLA or negotiating QoS H04W28/24)} - H04W 28/16: Central resource management; Negotiation of resources or communication parameters, e.g. negotiating bandwidth or QoS [Quality of Service] - H04W 36/0061: {of neighbour cell information} - H04W 36/0066: {of control information between different types of networks in order to establish a new radio link in the target network} - H04W 36/0085: {Hand-off measurements} - H04W 36/0088: {Scheduling hand-off measurements} - H04W 36/22: for handling the traffic - H04W 40/005: {Routing actions in the presence of nodes in sleep or doze mode} - H04W 40/246: {Connectivity information discovery} - H04W 48/16: Discovering, processing access restriction or access information - H04W 48/20: Selecting an access point - H04W 52/0209: {in terminal devices} - H04W 52/0212: {managed by the network, e.g. network or access point is leader and terminal is follower} - H04W 52/0225: {using monitoring of external events, e.g. the presence of a signal} - H04W 52/0235: {where the received signal is a power saving command} - H04W 52/0258: {controlling an operation mode according to history or models of usage information, e.g. activity schedule or time of day} - H04W 52/04: Transmission power control [TPC] - H04W 52/14: Separate analysis of uplink or downlink - H04W 72/02: Selection of wireless resources by user or terminal - H04W 72/044: based on the type of the allocated resource - H04W 72/0453: Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA - H04W 72/20: Control channels or signalling for resource management - H04W 72/21: in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network - H04W 72/23: in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal - H04W 72/52: based on load - H04W 72/541: using the level of interference - H04W 74/002: {Transmission of channel access control information} - H04W 74/004: {in the uplink, i.e. towards network} - H04W 76/12: Setup of transport tunnels - H04W 76/15: Setup of multiple wireless link connections - H04W 76/16: Involving different core network technologies, e.g. a packet-switched [PS] bearer in combination with a circuit-switched [CS] bearer - H04W 76/23: Manipulation of direct-mode connections - H04W 76/27: Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states - H04W 76/28: Discontinuous transmission [DTX]; Discontinuous reception [DRX] - H04W 76/30: Connection release - H04W 88/02: Terminal devices - H04L 5/001: {the frequencies being arranged in component carriers} - H04W 4/70: Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC] - H04W 48/18: Selecting a network or a communication service - H04W 52/0261: {managing power supply demand, e.g. depending on battery level} - H04W 72/30: Resource management for broadcast services - H04W 80/10: adapted for {application} session management, e.g. SIP [Session Initiation Protocol] {(connection management H04W76/00; arrangements for session management H04L67/14)} - H04W 84/042: {Public Land Mobile systems, e.g. cellular systems} - H04W 84/12: WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks] - H04W 88/06: adapted for operation in multiple networks {or having at least two operational modes}, e.g. multi-mode terminals - H04W 88/08: Access point devices - H04W 88/12: Access point controller devices - H04W 88/14: Backbone network devices - H04W 88/16: Gateway arrangements - H04W 88/18: Service support devices; Network management devices - Y02D 30/70: in wireless communication networks - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04B: TRANSMISSION - H04J: MULTIPLEX COMMUNICATION (transmission in general H04B; peculiar to transmission of digital information H04L5/00; systems for the simultaneous or sequential transmission of more than one television signal H04N7/08; in exchanges H04Q11/00; stereophonic systems H04S) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - Y02D: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE ## Abstract Technology to dynamically alter hybrid automatic retransmission re-quest (HARQ) mapping for carrier aggregation (CA) is disclosed. In an example, a user equipment (UE) operable to dynamically alter hybrid automatic retransmission re-quest (HARQ) mapping for carrier aggregation (CA) can include computer circuitry configured to: Determine a secondary HARQ bundling window size for a secondary cell (SCell), when a primary HARQ bundling window size for a primary cell (PCell) is zero; determine a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource for transmission of a HARQ-ACKnowledge (ACK) feedback using the secondary HARQ bundling window size; and transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback in the PUCCH resource. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A user equipment (UE) operable to dynamically alter hybrid automatic retransmission re-quest (HARQ) mapping for carrier aggregation (CA), having computer circuitry configured to: determine a secondary HARQ bundling window size for a subframe for a secondary cell (SCell) based on uplink-downlink (UL-DL) configuration of the SCell, wherein the secondary HARQ bundling window includes at least one of a number of downlink (DL) subframes or a previous radio frame, when a primary HARQ bundling window size for a primary cell (PCell) is zero; determine a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource for transmission of a HARQ-ACKnowledge (ACK) feedback for a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) on the PCell and the SCell based on a number of a first Control Channel Element (CCE) used to construct a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) for transmission of a corresponding PDSCH in the secondary HARQ bundling window of the SCell; and transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback in the determined PUCCH resource, wherein the PUCCH resource nPUCCH(1,{tilde over (p)}) for transmission of the HARQ-ACK in a subframe n for a {tilde over (p)} mapped to an antenna port p for a Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Long Term Evolution (LTE) standard Release 11 PUCCH format 1a or 1b, is represented by: nPUCCH,i(1,{tilde over (p)}0)=(M−m−1)·Nc+m·Nc+1+nCCE+NPUCCH(1) for antenna port p0 for time division duplex (TDD) when the secondary HARQ bundling window size Ms=1 and the primary HARQ bundling window size Mp=0, where a HARQ bundling window size M=Ms, nCCE is a number of a first CCE index used for transmission of a corresponding physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in subframe n−km and the corresponding m, where km is the smallest value in set K such that UE detects a PDCCH in subframe n−km, Nc=max{0,└[NRBDL·(NscRB·c−4)]/36┘} where c is a value out of {0, 1, 2, 3} such that Nc≦nCCE1 and the primary HARQ bundling window size Mp=0 for a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission indicated by a detection of a corresponding physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) or a PDCCH indicating downlink semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) release in sub-frame n−ki on the SCell, where a HARQ bundling window size M=Ms, nCCE,i is a first CCE index number used for transmission of the corresponding physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in subframe n−ki on the SCell, where kiεK and K is a set of M elements {k0, k1, . . . kM−1} and 0≦i≦Ms−1, Nc=max{0,└[NRBDL·(NscRB·c−4)]/36┘} where c is a value out of {0, 1, 2, 3} such that Nc≦nCCE1 and the primary HARQ bundling window size Mp=0 for the PDSCH transmission where there is not a corresponding PDCCH in subframe n−ki on the SCell. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The computer circuitry of claim 2, wherein the HARQ-ACK feedback is represented as HARQ-ACK(i) and includes a combination of ACK, negative ACK (NACK), or discontinuous transmission (DTX) responses from sub-frame n−ki on the SCell, where kiεK and K is a set of M elements {k0, k1, . . . kM−1} and 0≦i≦Ms−1. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The computer circuitry of claim 1, further configured to: perform channel selection based on a HARQ bundling window size M=Ms, where Ms is the secondary HARQ bundling window size, wherein: the computer circuitry uses a Table 10.1.3-5 in a Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Long Term Evolution (LTE) standard Release 11 Technical Specification (TS) 36.213 when Ms=2; the computer circuitry uses a Table 10.1.3-6 in the TS 36.213 when Ms=3; or the computer circuitry uses a Table 10.1.3-7 in the TS 36.213 when Ms=4, wherein the Table 10.1.3-5 in the TS 36.213 is: HARQ-ACK(0), HARQ-ACK(1) nPUCCH(1) b(0)b(1) ACK, ACK nPUCCH,1(1) 1, 0 ACK, NACK/DTX nPUCCH,0(1) 1, 1 NACK/DTX, ACK nPUCCH,1(1) 0, 1 NACK, NACK/DTX nPUCCH,0(1) 0, 0 DTX, NACK/DTX No Transmission the Table 10.1.3-6 in the TS 36.213 is: HARQ-ACK(0), HARQ-ACK(1), HARQ-ACK(2) nPUCCH(1) b(0)b(1) ACK, ACK, ACK nPUCCH,2(1) 1, 1 ACK, ACK, NACK/DTX nPUCCH,1(1) 1, 0 ACK, NACK/DTX, ACK nPUCCH,2(1) 1, 0 ACK, NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX nPUCCH,0(1) 1, 1 NACK/DTX, ACK, ACK nPUCCH,2(1) 0, 1 NACK/DTX, ACK, NACK/DTX nPUCCH,1(1) 0, 1 NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX, ACK nPUCCH,2(1) 0, 0 NACK, NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX nPUCCH,0(1) 0, 0 DTX, NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX No Transmission the Table 10.1.3-7 in the TS 36.213 is: HARQ-ACK(0), HARQ-ACK(1), HARQ-ACK(2), HARQ-ACK(3) nPUCCH(1) b(0)b(1) ACK, ACK, ACK, ACK nPUCCH,1(1) 1, 1 ACK, ACK, ACK, NACK/DTX nPUCCH,2(1) 1, 1 ACK, ACK, NACK/DTX, ACK nPUCCH,0(1) 1, 0 ACK, ACK, NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX nPUCCH,1(1) 1, 0 ACK, NACK/DTX, ACK, ACK nPUCCH,3(1) 1, 1 ACK, NACK/DTX, ACK, NACK/DTX nPUCCH,2(1) 1, 0 ACK, NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX, ACK nPUCCH,0(1) 0, 1 ACK, NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX nPUCCH,0(1) 1, 1 NACK/DTX, ACK, ACK, ACK nPUCCH,1(1) 0, 0 NACK/DTX, ACK, ACK, NACK/DTX nPUCCH,2(1) 0, 1 NACK/DTX, ACK, NACK/DTX, ACK nPUCCH,3(1) 1, 0 NACK/DTX, ACK, NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX nPUCCH,1(1) 0, 1 NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX, ACK, ACK nPUCCH,3(1) 0, 1 NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX, ACK, NACK/DTX nPUCCH,2(1) 0, 0 NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX, ACK nPUCCH,3(1) 0, 0 NACK, NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX nPUCCH,0(1) 0, 0 DTX, NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX No Transmission. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The computer circuitry of claim 4, wherein computer circuitry configured to transmit the HARQ-ACK feedback is further configured to: determine a value of constellation bits b(0) and b(1) and the PUCCH resource nPUCCH(1) based on the HARQ-ACK feedback using tables for Ms equal to 2, 3, or 4. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The computer circuitry of claim 1, wherein the UE includes an antenna, a touch sensitive display screen, a speaker, a microphone, a graphics processor, an application processor, internal memory, or a non-volatile memory port. ### Claim 7 A method for hybrid automatic retransmission re-quest (HARQ) bundling used in carrier aggregation (CA) at a user equipment (UE), comprising: receiving, at the UE, an uplink-downlink (UL-DL) configuration for a primary cell (PCell) and an UL-DL configuration for a secondary cell (SCell); determining a secondary HARQ bundling window size for a subframe based on the UL-DL configuration for the SCell and a primary HARQ bundling window size for the subframe based on the UL-DL configuration for the PCell, wherein the secondary HARQ bundling window includes at least one of a number of downlink (DL) subframes or a previous radio frame; determining a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource nPUCCH(1) for transmission of a HARQ-ACKnowledge (ACK) for a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) on the PCell and the SCell based on a number of a first Control Channel Element (CCE) used to construct a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) for transmission of a corresponding PDSCH using the secondary HARQ bundling window of the SCell; generating a HARQ-ACK for a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) of the SCell; and transmitting the HARQ-ACK in the determined PUCCH resource nPUCCH(1), wherein the PUCCH resource nPUCCH(1) for transmission of the HARQ-ACK in a subframe n for a {tilde over (p)} mapped to an antenna port p for a Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Long Term Evolution (LTE) standard Release 11 PUCCH format 1a or 1b, is represented by: nPUCCH,i(1,{tilde over (p)}0)=(M−m−1)·Nc+m·Nc+1+nCCE+NPUCCH(1) for antenna port p0, for time division duplex (TDD) when the secondary HARQ bundling window size Ms=1 and the primary HARQ bundling window size Mp=0, where a HARQ bundling window size M=Ms, nCCE is a number of a first CCE index used for transmission of a corresponding physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in subframe n−km and the corresponding m, where km is the smallest value in set K such that UE detects a PDCCH in subframe n−km, Nc=max{0,└[NRBDL·(NscRB·c−4)]/36┘} where c is a value out of {0, 1, 2, 3} such that Nc≦nCCE1 and the primary HARQ bundling window size Mp=0 for a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission indicated by a detection of a corresponding physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) or a PDCCH indicating downlink semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) release in sub-frame n−ki on the SCell, where a HARQ bundling window size M=Ms, nCCE,i is a first CCE index number used for transmission of the corresponding physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in subframe n−ki on the SCell, where kiεK and K is a set of M elements {k0, k1, . . . kM−1} and 0≦i≦Ms−1, Nc=max{0,└[NRBDL·(NscRB·c−4)]/36┘} where c is a value out of {0, 1, 2, 3} such that Nc≦nCCE1 and the primary HARQ bundling window size Mp=0 for the PDSCH transmission where there is not a corresponding PDCCH in subframe n−ki on the SCell. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, further comprising: channel selecting based on a HARQ bundling window size M=Ms, where Ms is the secondary HARQ bundling window size, using: a Table 10.1.3-5 in a Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Long Term Evolution (LTE) standard Release 11 Technical Specification (TS) 36.213 when Ms=2; a Table 10.1.3-6 in the TS 36.213 when Ms=3; or a Table 10.1.3-7 in the TS 36.213 when Ms=4, perform channel selection based on a HARQ bundling window size M=Ms, where Ms is the secondary HARQ bundling window size, wherein: the Table 10.1.3-5 in the TS 36.213 is: HARQ-ACK(0), HARQ-ACK(1) nPUCCH(1) b(0)b(1) ACK, ACK nPUCCH,1(1) 1, 0 ACK, NACK/DTX nPUCCH,0(1) 1, 1 NACK/DTX, ACK nPUCCH,1(1) 0, 1 NACK, NACK/DTX nPUCCH,0(1) 0, 0 DTX, NACK/DTX No Transmission the Table 10.1.3-6 in the TS 36.213 is: HARQ-ACK(0), HARQ-ACK(1), HARQ-ACK(2) nPUCCH(1) b(0)b(1) ACK, ACK, ACK nPUCCH,2(1) 1, 1 ACK, ACK, NACK/DTX nPUCCH,1(1) 1, 0 ACK, NACK/DTX, ACK nPUCCH,2(1) 1, 0 ACK, NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX nPUCCH,0(1) 1, 1 NACK/DTX, ACK, ACK nPUCCH,2(1) 0, 1 NACK/DTX, ACK, NACK/DTX nPUCCH,1(1) 0, 1 NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX, ACK nPUCCH,2(1) 0, 0 NACK, NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX nPUCCH,0(1) 0, 0 DTX, NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX No Transmission the Table 10.1.3-7 in the TS 36.213 is: HARQ-ACK(0), HARQ-ACK(1), HARQ-ACK(2), HARQ-ACK(3) nPUCCH(1) b(0)b(1) ACK, ACK, ACK, ACK nPUCCH,1(1) 1, 1 ACK, ACK, ACK, NACK/DTX nPUCCH,2(1) 1, 1 ACK, ACK, NACK/DTX, ACK nPUCCH,0(1) 1, 0 ACK, ACK, NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX nPUCCH,1(1) 1, 0 ACK, NACK/DTX, ACK, ACK nPUCCH,3(1) 1, 1 ACK, NACK/DTX, ACK, NACK/DTX nPUCCH,2(1) 1, 0 ACK, NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX, ACK nPUCCH,0(1) 0, 1 ACK, NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX nPUCCH,0(1) 1, 1 NACK/DTX, ACK, ACK, ACK nPUCCH,1(1) 0, 0 NACK/DTX, ACK, ACK, NACK/DTX nPUCCH,2(1) 0, 1 NACK/DTX, ACK, NACK/DTX, ACK nPUCCH,3(1) 1, 0 NACK/DTX, ACK, NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX nPUCCH,1(1) 0, 1 NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX, ACK, ACK nPUCCH,3(1) 0, 1 NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX, ACK, NACK/DTX nPUCCH,2(1) 0, 0 NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX, ACK nPUCCH,3(1) 0, 0 NACK, NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX nPUCCH,0(1) 0, 0 DTX, NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX No Transmission. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, further comprising: determining a value of constellation bits b(0) and b(1) and the PUCCH resource nPUCCH(1) based on the HARQ-ACK using tables for Ms equal to 2, 3, or 4. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the UL-DL configuration for the PCell is included in a system information block 1 (SIB1) transmitted on the PCell and the UL-DL configuration for the SCell is included in a SIB1 transmitted on the SCell. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) At least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium comprising a plurality of instructions adapted to be executed to implement the method of claim 7. ### Claim 13 A device at a node configured to detect a hybrid automatic retransmission re-quest (HARQ) bundle used in carrier aggregation (CA), comprising: a transceiver to receive constellation bits in a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource in a subframe transmitted in a primary cell (PCell) for a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) of a secondary cell (SCell), wherein the PUCCH resource is determined for transmission of a HARQ-ACKnowledge (ACK) response for a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) on the PCell and the SCell based on a number of a first Control Channel Element (CCE) used to construct a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) for transmission of a corresponding PDSCH in a secondary HARQ bundling window of the SCell; and a processor to: determine the secondary HARQ bundling window size for a subframe based on an uplink-downlink (UL-DL) configuration for the SCell and a primary HARQ bundling window size for the subframe based on an UL-DL configuration for the PCell, wherein the secondary HARQ bundling window includes at least one of a number of downlink (DL) subframes or a previous radio frame, and determine a HARQ-ACKnowledge (ACK) response for the subframe for the SCell using the secondary HARQ bundling window size and the PUCCH resource, when the primary HARQ bundling window size is zero, wherein the PUCCH resource nPUCCH(1,{tilde over (p)}) for transmission of the HARQ-ACK in a subframe n for a {tilde over (p)} mapped to an antenna port p for a Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Long Term Evolution (LTE) standard Release 11 PUCCH format 1a or 1b, is represented by: nPUCCH,i(1,{tilde over (p)}0)=(M−m−1)·Nc+m·Nc+1+nCCE+NPUCCH(1) for antenna port p0, for time division duplex (TDD) when the secondary HARQ bundling window size Ms=1 and the primary HARQ bundling window size Mp=0, where a HARQ bundling window size M=Ms, nCCE is a number of a first CCE index used for transmission of a corresponding physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in subframe n−km and the corresponding m, where km is the smallest value in set K such that UE detects a PDCCH in subframe n−km, Nc=max{0,└[NRBDL·(NscRB·c−4)]/36┘} where c is a value out of {0, 1, 2, 3} such that Nc≦nCCE1 and the primary HARQ bundling window size Mp=0 for a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission indicated by a detection of a corresponding physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) or a PDCCH indicating downlink semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) release in sub-frame n−ki on the SCell, where a HARQ bundling window size M=Ms, nCCE,i is a first CCE index number used for transmission of the corresponding physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in subframe n−ki on the SCell, where kiεK and K is a set of M elements {k0, k1, . . . kM−1} and 0≦i≦Ms−1, Nc=max{0,└[NRBDL·(NscRB·c−4)]/36┘} where c is a value out of {0, 1, 2, 3} such that Nc≦NCCE1 and the primary HARQ bundling window size Mp=0 for the PDSCH transmission where there is not a corresponding PDCCH in subframe n−ki on the SCell. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The device of claim 14, wherein the HARQ-ACK response is represented as HARQ-ACK(i) and includes a combination of ACK, negative ACK (NACK), or discontinuous transmission (DTX) responses from sub-frame n−ki on the SCell, where kiεK and K is a set of M elements {k0, k1, . . . kM−1} and 0≦i≦Ms−1. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The device of claim 14, wherein higher layer signaling includes radio resource control (RRC) signaling. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The device of claim 13, wherein the processor is further configured to: determine the HARQ-ACK response for the subframe for the SCell by applying the values of the constellation bits and the PUCCH resource to a HARQ-ACK multiplexing look-up table based on a HARQ bundling window size M=Ms, where Ms is the secondary HARQ bundling window size, wherein the HARQ-ACK multiplexing look-up table is represented by: a Table 10.1.3-5 in a Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Long Term Evolution (LTE) standard Release 11 Technical Specification (TS) 36.213 when Ms=2; a Table 10.1.3-6 in the TS 36.213 when Ms=3; or a Table 10.1.3-7 in the TS 36.213 when Ms=4, wherein the Table 10.1.3-5 in the TS 36.213 is: HARQ-ACK(0), HARQ-ACK(1) nPUCCH(1) b(0)b(1) ACK, ACK nPUCCH,1(1) 1, 0 ACK, NACK/DTX nPUCCH,0(1) 1, 1 NACK/DTX, ACK nPUCCH,1(1) 0, 1 NACK, NACK/DTX nPUCCH,0(1) 0, 0 DTX, NACK/DTX No Transmission the Table 10.1.3-6 in the TS 36.213 is: HARQ-ACK(0), HARQ-ACK(1), HARQ-ACK(2) nPUCCH(1) b(0)b(1) ACK, ACK, ACK nPUCCH,2(1) 1, 1 ACK, ACK, NACK/DTX nPUCCH,1(1) 1, 0 ACK, NACK/DTX, ACK nPUCCH,2(1) 1, 0 ACK, NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX nPUCCH,0(1) 1, 1 NACK/DTX, ACK, ACK nPUCCH,2(1) 0, 1 NACK/DTX, ACK, NACK/DTX nPUCCH,1(1) 0, 1 NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX, ACK nPUCCH,2(1) 0, 0 NACK, NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX nPUCCH,0(1) 0, 0 DTX, NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX No Transmission the Table 10.1.3-7 in the TS 36.213 is: HARQ-ACK(0), HARQ-ACK(1), HARQ-ACK(2), HARQ-ACK(3) nPUCCH(1) b(0)b(1) ACK, ACK, ACK, ACK nPUCCH,1(1) 1, 1 ACK, ACK, ACK, NACK/DTX nPUCCH,2(1) 1, 1 ACK, ACK, NACK/DTX, ACK nPUCCH,0(1) 1, 0 ACK, ACK, NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX nPUCCH,1(1) 1, 0 ACK, NACK/DTX, ACK, ACK nPUCCH,3(1) 1, 1 ACK, NACK/DTX, ACK, NACK/DTX nPUCCH,2(1) 1, 0 ACK, NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX, ACK nPUCCH,0(1) 0, 1 ACK, NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX nPUCCH,0(1) 1, 1 NACK/DTX, ACK, ACK, ACK nPUCCH,1(1) 0, 0 NACK/DTX, ACK, ACK, NACK/DTX nPUCCH,2(1) 0, 1 NACK/DTX, ACK, NACK/DTX, ACK nPUCCH,3(1) 1, 0 NACK/DTX, ACK, NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX nPUCCH,1(1) 0, 1 NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX, ACK, ACK nPUCCH,3(1) 0, 1 NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX, ACK, NACK/DTX nPUCCH,2(1) 0, 0 NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX, ACK nPUCCH,3(1) 0, 0 NACK, NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX nPUCCH,0(1) 0, 0 DTX, NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX, NACK/DTX No Transmission. ### Claim 18 (depends on 13) The device of claim 13, wherein the node is selected from the group consisting of a base station (BS), a Node B (NB), an evolved Node B (eNB), a baseband unit (BBU), a remote radio head (RRH), a remote radio equipment (RRE), a remote radio unit (RRU), and a central processing module (CPM).