Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method and an apparatus for transmitting hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system supporting carrier aggregation (CA), the method comprises receiving a downlink signal from a base station, determining the number of bits of HARQ-ACK information for cells configured for the UE on the basis of at least one of an uplink downlink assignment index (UL DAI), the number of downlink subframes, the number of the cells configured for the UE, which are acquired from the downlink signal, and a transmission mode, and transmitting an uplink subframe including the HARQ-ACK information for the cells.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The present disclosure provides a method of receiving downlink channel and/or downlink reference signal on an unlicensed band. An LTE user equipment (UE) receives control information of a cell operating on an unlicensed band, and receives downlink channel and/or downlink reference signal transmitted in the cell according to the control information. According to the present disclosure, data can be properly received on an unlicensed band.

Abstract: The present application discloses a cellular network access method and apparatus. An embodiment of the cellular network access method for a base station comprises: receiving, from a pair of D2D devices, a result of a spectrum detection which indicates a load level of a detected spectrum; selecting a cellular communication mode or a D2D communication mode based on the received result of the spectrum detection; and notifying the pair of D2D devices of the selected mode. Through dynamic switching between the cellular communication mode and the D2D communication mode, it is possible to make full use of the available spectrum, thereby increasing the throughput of the system.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for transmitting uplink demodulation reference signals (DMRSs) is provided. The method includes a user equipment (UE) determines an uplink DMRS format for demodulating a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) according to frequency-domain resources occupied by the PUSCH, in which the uplink DMRS format includes a comb occupied by a PUSCH DMRS sequence. The comb is subcarriers having specified intervals occupied by demodulation reference signals, and the specified intervals between the occupied subcarriers are same. For the DMRSs using the comb format, subcarriers with specific intervals are used for channel estimation, and values of the channel estimation are used for data demodulation. The UE transmits uplink information and the demodulation reference signals on physical resources using the uplink DMRS format. The present disclosure can improve the multiplexing ratio of uplink physical resources in a multi-UE scenario.

Abstract: Examples of the present invention provide a method for allocating Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) channel resources supporting transmit diversity and channel selection. The method includes: receiving, by a UE, Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) information and Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) data from a base station through two Carrier Components (CCs); obtaining, by the UE according to specific indication information, Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) channel resources required for transmitting HARQ-ACK feedback information using a transmit diversity technique; and transmitting, by the UE, the HARQ-ACK feedback information on the obtained PUCCH channel resources adopting the transmit diversity technique. According to the method provided by the examples of the present invention, it is possible to allocate HARQ-ACK channel resources to the UE reasonably and avoid waste of channel resources in the premise that channel selection and SORTD technique are supported.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for reporting channel state information (CSI), first, an instruction instructing a UE to report the CSI are acquired by the UE from a PDCCH scheduling the PDSCH; then, the UE measures the reference signal to give CSI; finally, the UE reports CSI on the PUCCH or the PUSCH transmitting the HARQ-ACK feedback information of the PDSCH. The present application also discloses a device. With the technical solution disclosed in the present application, the flexibility of CSI transmission can be enhanced.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for sending Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedback information are provided. The User Equipment (UE) receives a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) and a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) sent by a base station, determines a number of downlink subframes corresponding to the HARQ-ACK feedback information sent in the PUSCH of each CC in the current uplink subframe, the Uplink (UL) Downlink Assignment Index (UL DAI) obtained from the UL Grant of the PDCCH, a sum of the number of PDSCH subframes received from a HARQ-ACK bundling window and a number of PDCCHs indicating the downlink SPS releasing, and a size of the HARQ-ACK bundling window, and sends HARQ-ACK feedback information of each CC via the PUSCH in the current uplink subframe. A number of bits of the HARQ-ACK feedback information of each CC is determined according to the number of the downlink subframes.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a soft buffer processing method, comprising the steps of: first, receiving, by UE, D2D data and PDSCH data; and then performing soft buffer processing on the D2D data, and performing soft buffer processing on the PDSCH data. The present application further discloses a soft buffer processing apparatus. By the present application, the problem of soft buffer processing required for storing soft bits of D2D data and soft bits of PDSCH data can be solved, so that the link performance is improved.

Abstract: A method, terminal, and base station for transmitting or receiving hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) information in a wireless communication system. The method includes receiving, from a base station (BS), first data on a first component carrier (CC) configured with frequency division duplex (FDD) and second data on a second CC configured with time division duplex (TDD), wherein one of the first and second CC is a primary CC (PCC) and another of the first and second CC is a secondary CC (SCC); determining HARQ-ACK timing for the first data based on a configuration of the PCC; determining HARQ-ACK timing for the second data based on the configuration of the PCC; transmitting, to the BS on the PCC, HARQ-ACK information for the first data using the determined HARQ-ACK timing for the first data and HARQ-ACK information for the second data using the determined HARQ-ACK timing for the second data.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for transmitting/receiving a Physical Uplink Shared CHannel (PUSCH) signal in a cellular radio communication system supporting a Carrier Aggregation (CA) scheme are provided. In the PUSCH transmission method, a User Equipment (UE) transmits a PUSCH signal to a Base Station (BS) based on an UpLink (UL)/DownLink (DL) Configuration, wherein, for a Time Division Duplexing (TDD) scheme, if the UE is configured with more than one serving cell, UL/DL Configurations of at least two serving cells are different, and a serving cell is one of a primary cell and a secondary cell, a UL/DL Configuration for the serving cell is set as a UL-reference UL/DL Configuration based on a pair formed by a UL/DL Configuration for another serving cell and the UL/DL Configuration for the serving cell.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for data transmission on an unlicensed band, comprising the steps of: receiving, by UE, configuration information, the configuration information configuring a cell where the UE works on an unlicensed and; and, receiving, by the UE, control information, and performing data transmission on the unlicensed band according to the control information. The present application further discloses a method for data transmission on an unlicensed band, UE and a base station. By the technical solutions provided by the present invention, a wireless channel can be reserved for the data transmission of UE on an unlicensed band, and the data transmission of the UE on the unlicensed band and the frequency occupation of a WiFi system are coordinated, so that the mutual interference between the data transmission of the UE on the unlicensed band and the WiFi system is avoided.

Abstract: The provided is a method for transmtting HARQ-ACK in a LTE system, which is applicable to a situation that an upink subframe is occupied in an FDD or TDD sytem. The method is implemented as follows. A UE receives information from an eNB, and determines the assignment of uplink subframes in a cell. The UE determines the transmission of HARQ-ACK according to the assignment of uplink subframes in the cell. By the provided method, the transmission of HARQ-ACK of PDSCH is less influenced when an uplink subframe in the FDD or TDD system is occupied.

Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for transmitting Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest ACKnowledgment (HARQ-ACK) feedback information by a User Equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, when Component Carriers (CCs) configured for the UE include a Frequency Division Duplexing (FDD) CC and a Time Division Duplexing (TDD) CC. The method includes determining a HARQ-ACK timing and a CC for transmitting the HARQ-ACK feedback information, based on a composition structure of the CCs configured for the UE, and transmitting the HARQ-ACK feedback information on a Physical Uplink Control CHannel (PUCCH) or a Physical Uplink Shared CHannel (PUSCH) of the determined CC, based on the determined HARQ-ACK timing.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for communicating data on PDSCH, including: receiving, by a user equipment (UE), configuration information, with which the UE works in a flexible duplex (FD) mode; receiving, by the UE, data of a PDSCH and control data of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) or enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) indicating downlink (DL) semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) release according to a scheduling mode of the FD mode; and feeding back, by the UE, hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledge (HARQ-ACK) information according to a corresponding HARQ-ACK timing. An embodiment of the present disclosure may further disclose a user device. With the present disclosure, the UL and DL peak rate of the user may be enhanced and the throughput of the system may be enhanced.

Abstract: A method for implementing uplink transmission in a flexible frequency division duplex (FDD) system is provided. A flexible FDD supported user equipment (FFUE) receives signaling from an evolved node B (eNB), obtains an uplink carrier configuration, and performs physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission by way of synchronous HARQ of 8 ms, synchronous HARQ of 10 ms, or asynchronous hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ). According to the solution provided by the present invention, uplink transmission in the FDD system can be realized with low complexity, and the system performance of the FDD system is improved.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure describe a terminal and a base station. Various embodiments of the present disclosure describe how to transmit the SRS on an FDD downlink carrier and effectively configure and transmit the FDD downlink carrier SRS, so that the FDD system has the channel reciprocity and is more suitable for a large-scale multi-antenna system. Various embodiments of the present disclosure describe an SRS transmission method and device when an uplink carrier of the FDD system can transmit an uplink signal and a downlink signal.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for reporting channel state information (CSI). In the method, a UE receives information of a CSI report, analyzes the information of the CSI report, determines a frequency band of the CSI report, a report type of the CSI report, a report mode of the CSI report, a CSI process of the CSI report, a combination of at least one in a CSI subframe set and/or cells, and a report way of the CSI report. According to the method, it is ensured that in a condition that a part of uplink subframes are occupied, transmission of the CSI report of the UE is not impacted.

Abstract: The present invention provide a method for processing flexible duplex, including: receiving, by a UE, configuration information of flexible duplex; and according to the received configuration information of flexible duplex, transmitting and receiving data by the UE based on configured uplink and downlink subframe distribution on one or two carriers of a flexible duplex cell. The present disclosure further provides an apparatus for processing flexible duplex. The method and apparatus of the present disclosure support to configure uplink and downlink subframes at the same time on a pair of carriers or one of a pair of carriers of the flexible duplex cell, so as to meet requirements of uplink and downlink traffics.

Abstract: An uplink control information (UCI) transmitting method is provided. In this method, a user equipment (UE) receives a configuration signaling, determines a candidate physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) set corresponding to an acknowledgement (ACK)/negative acknowledgement (NACK) resource indication (ARI), receives a downlink grant signaling and downlink data corresponding to the downlink grant signaling, generates hybrid automatic repeat request ACK (HARQ-ACK) bits, performs processing for UCI bits including HARQ-ACK, determines the PUCCH used to transmit the UCI bits in the candidate PUCCH set according to an ARI in the downlink grant signaling, and transmits the UCI bits on the determined PUCCH. The present disclosure further provides an aperiodic channel state information (A-CSI) transmitting method.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for reporting channel state information, comprising the following steps of: acquiring, by UE, information about at least two sets of CSI RSs, wherein the information about CSI RSs comprises time domain resource and frequency domain resource occupied by CSI RSs; and measuring, by the UE, a reference signal according to the information about at least two sets of CSI RSs, determining channel state information, and reporting the channel state information to a base station. Another aspect of the present invention further provides a device for reporting channel state information. By the technical solutions provided by the present invention, after pre-coding the CSI RSs, the system performance can be improved, and the resources occupied by the CSI RSs may be greatly saved in practical applications, so that more downlink physical resources may be used for transmission of physical downlink shared channels (PDSCH), thereby increasing the throughput of downlink traffic.