Wireless communication system, base station device, mobile station device, and wireless communication method

Abstract

A terminal apparatus communicates with a base station apparatus using a plurality of downlink subbands and a plurality of uplink subbands. The terminal apparatus receives, in a downlink subband, response information for an uplink data transmitted in an uplink subband in accordance with setting information which is received from the base station apparatus and indicates a relationship between the uplink subband and the downlink subband used to receive the response information, where the uplink subband being one of the plurality of uplink subbands, and where the downlink subband being one of the plurality of downlink subbands.

Claims

1. A terminal apparatus configured to and/or programmed to communicate with a base station apparatus by using a plurality of downlink subbands and a plurality of uplink subbands, the terminal apparatus comprising: transmission processing circuitry configured and/or programmed to transmit first uplink data by using a first uplink shared data channel in a first uplink subband on a first subframe and second uplink data by using a second uplink shared data channel in a second uplink subband on the first subframe; and reception processing circuitry configured and/or programmed to receive, in a second subframe, first response information for the first uplink data and second response information for the second uplink data, based on setting information from the base station apparatus which indicates receiving the first response information and the second response information by using one or a respectively different one of the plurality of downlink subbands, the setting information indicating at least a relationship between the first uplink subband and a downlink subband used to receive the first response information, wherein the first response information and the second response information are received by using different physical hybrid automatic repeat request indicator channels.

2. The terminal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the setting information indicates whether at least the first and second response information respectively for the first uplink data and the second uplink data and respectively transmitted in the first uplink subband and the second uplink subband are to be received in one downlink subband.

3. A base station apparatus configured to and/or programmed to communicate with a terminal apparatus by using a plurality of downlink subbands and a plurality of uplink subbands, the base station apparatus comprising: reception processing circuitry configured and/or programmed to receive first uplink data by using a first uplink shared data channel in a first uplink subband on a first subframe and second uplink data by using a second uplink shared data channel in a second uplink subband on the first subframe; and transmission processing circuitry configured and/or programmed to transmit, in a second subframe, first response information for the first uplink data and second response information for the second uplink data, based on setting information to the terminal apparatus which indicates transmitting the first response information and the second response information by using one or a respectively different one of the plurality of downlink subbands, the setting information indicating at least a relationship between the first uplink subband and a downlink subband used to transmit the first response information, wherein the first response information and the second response information are transmitted by using different physical hybrid automatic repeat request indicator channels.

4. The base station apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the setting information indicates whether at least the first and second response information respectively for the first uplink data and the second uplink data and respectively received in the first uplink subband and the second uplink subband are to be transmitted in one downlink subband.

5. A communication method of a terminal apparatus configured to and/or programmed to communicate with a base station apparatus by using a plurality of downlink subbands and a plurality of uplink subbands, the communication method comprising: transmitting first uplink data by using a first uplink shared data channel in a first uplink subband on a first subframe and second uplink data by using a second uplink shared data channel in a second uplink subband on the first subframe; and receiving, in a second subframe, first response information for the first uplink data and second response information for the second uplink data, based on setting information from the base station apparatus which indicates receiving the first response information and the second response information by using one or a respectively different one of the downlink subbands, the setting information indicating at least a relationship between the first uplink subband and a downlink subband used to receive the first response information, wherein the first response information and the second response information are received by using different physical hybrid automatic repeat request indicator channels.

6. The communication method according to claim 5, wherein the setting information indicates whether at least the first and second response information respectively for the first uplink data and the second uplink data and respectively transmitted in the first uplink subband and the second uplink subband are to be received in one downlink subband.

7. A communication method of a base station apparatus configured to and/or programmed to communicate with a terminal apparatus by using a plurality of downlink subbands and a plurality of uplink subbands, the communication method comprising: receiving first uplink data by using a first uplink shared data channel in a first uplink subband on a first subframe and second uplink data by using a second uplink shared data channel in a second uplink subband on the first subframe; and transmitting, in a second subframe, first response information for the first uplink data and second response information for the second uplink data, based on setting information to the terminal apparatus which indicates transmitting the first response information and the second response information by using one or a respectively different one of the downlink subbands, the setting information indicating at least a relationship between the first uplink subband and a downlink subband used to transmit the first response information, wherein the first response information and the second response information are transmitted by using different physical hybrid automatic repeat request indicator channels.

8. The communication method according to claim 7, wherein the setting information indicates whether at least the first and second response information respectively for the first uplink data and the second uplink data and respectively received in the first uplink subband and the second uplink subband are to be transmitted in one downlink subband.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of an uplink radio frame according to a present embodiment.

(2) FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the allocation of subbands of an uplink radio frame to mobile station devices according to the present embodiment.

(3) FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a downlink radio frame according to the present embodiment.

(4) FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating the allocation of subbands of a downlink radio frame to mobile station devices according to the present embodiment.

(5) FIG. 5 is a schematic block diagram showing a configuration of a base station device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

(6) FIG. 6 is a schematic block diagram showing an internal configuration of a transmission processing unit of the base station device of FIG. 5.

(7) FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a method of code multiplexing by a multiplexing unit of FIG. 6.

(8) FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a method of arranging HARQ indicator channel group clusters by the multiplexing unit of FIG. 6.

(9) FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a method of regenerating and arranging an HARQ indicator channel group cluster.

(10) FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating another method of regenerating and arranging an HARQ indicator channel group cluster.

(11) FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a method of arranging multiple HARQ indicator channel group clusters in 1 subband of a downlink.

(12) FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating another method of arranging multiple HARQ indicator channel group clusters in 1 subband of the downlink.

(13) FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a method of continuously arranging HARQ indicator channel groups in a frequency direction.

(14) FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating another method of continuously arranging HARQ indicator channel groups in the frequency direction.

(15) FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating a method of distributing and arranging multiple HARQ indicator channel components constituting an HARQ indicator channel in the frequency direction.

(16) FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating a method of distributing and arranging HARQ indicator channel component group clusters having the same ordinal number in HARQ indicator channel group clusters of uplink subbands for FIG. 15.

(17) FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating information that is set to HARQ indicator channel setting information.

(18) FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating an arrangement of each channel on which the HARQ indicator channel setting information is transmitted.

(19) FIG. 19 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of controlling a transmission processing unit by a control unit of the base station device of FIG. 5.

(20) FIG. 20 is a schematic block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile station device according to the present embodiment.

(21) FIG. 21 is a schematic block diagram showing an internal configuration of a reception processing unit of the mobile station device of FIG. 20.

(22) FIG. 22 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of receiving an HARQ indicator channel by the reception processing unit of the mobile station device of FIG. 20.

(23) FIG. 23 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of receiving an HARQ indicator channel by the reception processing unit of the mobile station device of FIG. 20.

(24) FIG. 24 is a flowchart illustrating a transmission operation of the transmission processing unit of the base station device of FIG. 5.

(25) FIG. 25 is a flowchart illustrating a reception operation by the reception processing unit of the mobile station device of FIG. 20.

(26) FIG. 26 is a diagram illustrating a method of arranging an HARQ indicator channel group cluster.

(27) FIG. 27 is a diagram showing a schematic structure of a channel in EUTRA.

(28) FIG. 28 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of an uplink radio frame in EUTRA.

(29) FIG. 29 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a downlink radio frame in EUTRA.

(30) FIG. 30 is a diagram illustrating a broadcast channel arrangement in a downlink subframe of EUTRA.

(31) FIG. 31 is a diagram showing orthogonal codes used in code multiplexing in a frequency domain of an HARQ indicator channel of EUTRA.

(32) FIG. 32 is a diagram illustrating the correspondence of an uplink shared data channel that is transmitted by a mobile station device and an HARQ indicator channel that is transmitted by a base station device in EUTRA.

(33) FIG. 33 is a diagram illustrating an HARQ indicator channel arrangement of EUTRA.

(34) FIG. 34 is a diagram illustrating layered OFDMA proposed as a downlink radio access scheme of A-EUTRA.

(35) FIG. 35 is a diagram illustrating a scheme proposed as an uplink radio access scheme of A-EUTRA.

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(36) Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings. According to the present embodiment, a wireless communication system includes multiple mobile station devices 2 and a base station device 1. The multiple mobile station devices 2 and the base station device 1 mutually transmit/receive signals (information) by wireless communication. A wireless communication downlink from the base station device 1 to the mobile station device 2 includes a downlink shared data channel, a control format indicator channel, an HARQ indicator channel, a broadcast channel, a downlink control channel, and a downlink pilot channel. A wireless communication uplink from the mobile station device 2 to the base station device 1 includes an uplink control channel, an uplink shared data channel, and an uplink pilot channel.

(37) FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of an uplink radio frame (radio resource) according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 1, the horizontal axis is a time axis and the vertical axis is a frequency axis. The uplink radio frame is a unit of radio resource allocation or the like to each mobile station device 2, and includes a PRB pair having a frequency band and a time band, which have predetermined widths. Basically, 1 PRB pair includes 2 PRBs which are continuous in a time domain.

(38) One PRB includes 12 subcarriers in a frequency domain, and includes 7 SC-FDMA symbols in the time domain. A system bandwidth is a communication bandwidth of the base station device 1. In response to the system bandwidth, multiple PRBs are arranged in an uplink radio frame. In the time domain, there are a slot including 7 SC-FDMA symbols, a subframe including 2 slots, and a radio frame including 10 subframes. In the uplink radio frame, multiple PRBs are arranged in response to the system bandwidth.

(39) In each subframe, at least an uplink shared data channel that is used in information data transmission and an uplink control channel that is used in control data transmission are arranged. An uplink pilot channel that is used in channel estimation of the uplink shared data channel and the uplink control channel is also arranged, but its illustration is omitted in FIG. 1 for simplification of description. FIG. 1 shows the case where the uplink control channel is arranged in a first PRB and a last PRB of the system bandwidth, and the uplink shared data channel is arranged in other PRBs, but the number of PRBs in which the uplink control channel is arranged is controlled by system information of the broadcast channel of the base station device 1.

(40) The uplink control channel includes a channel quality indicator, a scheduling request indicator, and the like.

(41) FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the allocation of subbands of an uplink radio frame (radio resource) to mobile station devices 2 according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 2, the horizontal axis is a time axis and the vertical axis is a frequency axis. In FIG. 2, the system bandwidth of the uplink radio frame includes 2 subbands. The subbands are numbered in order from a low-frequency subband. In FIG. 2, a mobile station device UE1 is allocated subbands 1 and 2, the mobile station device UE2 is allocated the subband 2, and the mobile station device UE3 is allocated the subband 1.

(42) FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a downlink radio frame according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 3, the horizontal axis is a time axis and the vertical axis is a frequency axis. The downlink radio frame includes PRB pairs as those of the uplink radio frame. Basically, 1 PRB pair includes 2 PRBs which are continuous in the time domain.

(43) In the downlink radio frame, 1 PRB includes 12 subcarriers in the frequency domain, and includes 7 OFDM symbols in the time domain. The system bandwidth is a communication bandwidth of the base station device 1. In the time domain, there are a slot including 7 OFDM symbols, a subframe including 2 slots, and a radio frame including 10 subframes. A unit including 1 sub-carrier and 1 OFDM symbol is referred to as a resource element. In the downlink radio frame, multiple PRBs are arranged in response to the system bandwidth.

(44) In each subframe, at least a downlink shared data channel that is used in transmission of information data and system information and a downlink control channel that is used in control data transmission are arranged. A system information arrangement of information data and system information within the downlink shared data channel is indicated by the downlink control channel.

(45) The broadcast channel that is used in the system information transmission is not shown in FIG. 3, and its arrangement will be described later. The system information includes information necessary for communication by the base station device 1 and the mobile station device 2, is periodically transmitted to the multiple mobile station devices 2 on the broadcast channel and the downlink shared data channel. The system information arranged in the broadcast channel and the downlink shared data channel is different.

(46) The HARQ indicator channel that is used in transmission of response information indicating whether the reception of the uplink shared data channel transmitted by the mobile station device 2 has succeeded or failed is not shown in FIG. 3, and its arrangement will be described later. The downlink pilot channel that is used in channel estimation of the downlink shared data channel and the downlink control channel is not shown in FIG. 3 for simplification of description.

(47) Although not shown in FIG. 3 for simplification of description, the control format indicator channel indicating the number of OFDM symbols constituting the downlink control channel is arranged in a predetermined frequency position of a first OFDM symbol for each subframe. FIG. 3 shows the case where the downlink control channel is arranged in first, second, and third OFDM symbols of the subframe and the downlink shared data channel is arranged in other OFDM symbols, but OFDM symbols in which the downlink control channel is arranged are varied in a subframe unit.

(48) The downlink control channel and the downlink shared data channel are not arranged together in the same OFDM symbol. The downlink control channel includes multiple pieces of uplink radio resource allocation information, downlink radio resource allocation information, transmission power command information, and the like.

(49) FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating the allocation of subbands of a downlink radio frame (radio resource) to mobile station devices 2. In FIG. 4, the horizontal axis is a time axis and the vertical axis is a frequency axis. In FIG. 4, a system bandwidth of the downlink radio frame includes 5 subbands. The subbands are numbered in order from a low-frequency subband. In FIG. 4, a mobile station device UE1 is allocated subbands 1 to 5, that is, all subbands, a mobile station device UE2 is allocated the subband 5, and a mobile station device UE3 is allocated the subbands 1 to 3. Each mobile station device 2 receives the downlink control channel, the downlink shared data channel, and the like included in the allocated subband(s).

(50) The base station device 1 of the present embodiment frequency-multiplexes an HARQ indicator channel with the downlink control channel to arrange the frequency-multiplexed channels, makes an arrangement by frequency multiplexing and code multiplexing between HARQ indicator channels, and transmits an arrangement result to the mobile station device 2. The base station device 1 arranges a channel on which HARQ indicator channel setting information (also referred to as “response information group setting information”) regarding an arrangement directed to a subband of an HARQ indicator channel group cluster (to be described later), that is, information indicating the number of HARQ indicator channel groups arranged in downlink subbands and information indicating which uplink subband is for the arranged HARQ indicator channel group (information indicating an uplink subband corresponding to the HARQ indicator channel group), is transmitted, in each downlink subband, and transmits the channel to the mobile station device 2. The HARQ indicator channel setting information is included in any of system information arranged in the downlink shared data channel, system information arranged in the broadcast channel, or the control format indicator channel.

(51) FIG. 5 is a schematic block diagram showing a configuration of the base station device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 5, the base station device 1 includes a radio resource control unit 10, a control unit 11, a reception processing unit 12, and a transmission processing unit 13. The radio resource control unit 10 manages a cycle of intermittent transmission/reception to/from the mobile station device 2, a modulation scheme/coding rate and transmission power of the downlink shared data channel, radio resource allocation of the downlink shared data channel, the number of OFDM symbols constituting the downlink control channel, multiplexing of the downlink control channel, the downlink shared data channel, or the HARQ indicator channel, or the like, and the like, outputs control signals indicating management contents to the control unit 11, and also reports them as a control format indicator, control data, system information, and response information to the mobile station device 2 through the control unit 11 and the transmission processing unit 13.

(52) The control unit 11 outputs control signals to the transmission processing unit 13 and the reception processing unit 12 so as to control the transmission processing unit 13 and the reception processing unit 12 based on the control signals input from the radio resource control unit 10. The control unit 11 performs control of arrangement setting directed to a resource element of each channel, setting of an orthogonal code to be multiplied by the HARQ indicator channel, and the like, for the transmission processing unit 13 and the reception processing unit 12.

(53) The control unit 11 generates response information to be arranged in the HARQ indicator channel input from the reception processing unit 12, system information to be arranged in the broadcast channel and the downlink shared data channel input from the ratio resource control unit 10, a control format indicator arranged in the control format indicator channel, and control data arranged in the downlink control channel, and instructs the transmission processing unit 13 to transmit them.

(54) The transmission processing unit 13 generates the downlink shared data channel, the control format indicator channel, the HARQ indicator channel, the broadcast channel, the downlink control channel, and the downlink pilot channel based on inputs from the control unit 11, multiplexes the channels into a downlink radio frame, and transmits the frame to each mobile station device 2 via multiple transmission antennas, for example, 4 transmission antennas.

(55) Based on an input from the control unit 11, the reception processing unit 12 receives the uplink control channel, the uplink shared data channel, and the uplink pilot channel transmitted by each mobile station device 2 via a reception antenna. Response information indicating whether the reception of the uplink shared data channel has succeeded or failed is output to the control unit 11. Since processing (the reception processing unit) related to the uplink is not directly related to the present invention, description thereof is omitted.

(56) FIG. 6 is a schematic block diagram showing an internal configuration of the transmission processing unit 13 of the base station device 1 of FIG. 5. The transmission processing unit 13 of the base station device 1 includes multiple downlink shared data channel processing units 100, a control format indicator channel processing unit 110, multiple HARQ indicator channel processing units 120, a broadcast channel processing unit 130, multiple downlink control channel processing units 140, a downlink pilot channel generation unit 150, a multiplexing unit 160, and multiple transmission antenna-specific transmission processing units 170. The multiple downlink shared data channel processing units 100, the multiple HARQ indicator channel processing units 120, and the multiple transmission antenna-specific transmission processing units 170 respectively have the same configuration and function.

(57) Each channel processing unit performs processing of each channel for information data input from the outside and the system information, the response information, and the like input from the control unit 11. That is, each channel processing unit receives information transmitted on the channel, encodes and modulates the information, and generates a signal addressed to a corresponding mobile station device 2 or a signal addressed to a number of other mobile station devices 2 that are not recognized. Each channel processing unit includes a coding unit that performs coding for the signals and a modulation unit that performs data modulation for the signals. A code to be used in the coding and a modulation scheme to be used in the data modulation differ according to each channel processing unit.

(58) Each of the transmission antenna-specific transmission processing units 170 transmits a signal multiplexed by the multiplexing unit 160 for each transmission antenna via each transmission antenna. Each of the transmission antenna-specific transmission processing units 170 includes an IFFT (inverse fast Fourier transform) unit 171, a GI (guard interval) insertion unit 172, a D/A (digital to analog) conversion unit 173, and a transmission RF (radio frequency) unit 174. Functions of the IFFT unit 171, the GI insertion unit 172, the D/A unit 173, and the transmission RF unit 174 will be described later.

(59) Each of the downlink shared data channel processing units 100 performs baseband processing for transmitting information data input from the outside and system information input from the control unit 11 (hereinafter, the information data and the system information are collectively referred to as “data”) in an OFDM scheme. That is, the turbo encoding unit 101 of the downlink shared data channel processing unit 100 performs error correction coding by a turbo code for improving the error resilience of the input data. The data modulation unit 102 generates a modulation symbol by modulating data error-correction-coded by the turbo encoding unit 101 in a modulation scheme such as QPSK, 16 quadrature amplitude modulation (16QAM), or 64 quadrature amplitude modulation (64QAM) based on a control signal from the control unit 11, and outputs the modulation symbol to the multiplexing unit 160.

(60) The control format indicator channel processing unit 110 performs baseband processing for transmitting a control format indicator input from the control unit 11 in the OFDM scheme. That is, a block encoding unit 111 of the control format indicator channel processing unit 110 performs error coding by a block code for improving the error resilience of the input control format indicator. A QPSK modulation unit 112 performs QPSK modulation for the control format indicator error-correction-coded by the block encoding unit 111 in the QPSK modulation scheme, generates a modulation symbol, and outputs the modulation symbol to the multiplexing unit 160.

(61) Each of the HARQ indicator channel processing units 120 performs baseband processing for transmitting the response information input from the control unit 11 in the OFDM scheme. That is, an iterative encoding unit 121 of the HARQ indicator channel processing unit 120 performs error correction coding by an iterative code for improving the error resilience of the input HARQ indicator channel. A BPSK modulation unit 122 BPSK-modulates data error-correction-coded by the iterative encoding unit 121 in a BPSK modulation scheme. A code multiplication unit 123 multiplies the BPSK-modulated response information by an orthogonal code, generates a modulation symbol, and outputs the modulation symbol to the multiplexing unit 160.

(62) The broadcast channel processing unit 130 performs baseband processing for transmitting the system information input from the control unit 11 in the OFDM scheme. That is, a convolutional encoding unit 131 of the broadcast channel processing unit 130 performs error correction coding by a convolutional code for improving the error resilience of the input system information. A QPSK modulation unit 132 generates a modulation symbol by modulating the system information error-correction-coded by the convolutional encoding unit 131 of the broadcast channel processing unit 130 in the QPSK modulation scheme, and outputs the modulation symbol to the multiplexing unit 160.

(63) Each of the downlink control channel processing units 140 performs baseband processing for transmitting the control data input from the control unit 11 in the OFDM scheme. That is, a convolutional encoding unit 141 of the downlink control channel processing unit 140 performs error correction coding by a convolutional code for improving the error resilience of the input system information. A QPSK modulation unit 142 generates a modulation symbol by modulating the control data error-correction-coded by the convolutional encoding unit 141 in the QPSK modulation, and outputs the modulation symbol to the multiplexing unit 160.

(64) The downlink pilot channel generation unit 150 generates a downlink pilot symbol to be used in propagation channel estimation/propagation channel compensation of the downlink control channel, the downlink shared data channel, or the like transmitted by each transmission antenna of the base station device 1 on the downlink pilot channel, and outputs the downlink pilot symbol to the multiplexing unit 160.

(65) Based on a control signal from the control unit 11, the multiplexing unit 160 arranges the modulation symbols of the data, control format indicator, the response information, the system information, and the control data processed by coding, modulation, and the like and output by the channel processing units, and the downlink pilot symbol in resource elements for each transmission antenna. Specific arrangement methods directed to resource elements of the downlink shared data channel, the control format indicator channel, the HARQ indicator channel, the broadcast channel, and the downlink control channel will be described later.

(66) The IFFT unit 171 performs modulation of the OFDM scheme by performing IFFT for a signal in which the modulation symbols and the downlink pilot symbol are arranged in the resource elements for each transmission antenna by the multiplexing unit 160. The GI insertion unit 172 generates an OFDM symbol by adding a GI to the signal OFDM-modulated by the IFFT unit 171, and generates a baseband digital signal. The GI is obtained by a well-known method of copying part of a head or tail of a symbol to be transmitted. The D/A unit 173 converts the baseband digital signal input from the GI insertion unit 172 into an analog signal.

(67) The transmission RF unit 174 generates an in-phase component and a quadrature component of an intermediate frequency from the analog signal input from the D/A unit 173, removes an extra frequency component for an intermediate frequency band, converts (up-converts) an intermediate frequency signal into a high frequency signal, removes an extra frequency component, amplifies power, and transmits the signal by outputting the signal to a corresponding transmission antenna. The base station device 1 includes the transmission antenna-specific transmission processing units 170 whose number corresponds to the number of transmission antennas to be used in transmission, for example, 4 transmission antenna-specific transmission processing units 170 in the present embodiment. Each of the transmission antenna-specific transmission processing units 170 processes a signal for a corresponding transmission antenna among signals for the transmission antennas output by the multiplexing unit 160.

(68) FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a method of code-multiplexing HARQ indicator channels by the multiplexing unit 160 of FIG. 6. In FIG. 7, 8 HARQ indicator channels are code-multiplexed by an orthogonal code, and constitute an HARQ indicator channel group (response information group). If the base station device 1 receives the uplink shared data channel transmitted by the mobile station device 2, the HARQ indicator channel group to which the HARQ indicator channel on which response information to the uplink shared data channel is transmitted belongs and an orthogonal code used in code multiplexing are associated with a lowest-frequency PRB allocated to the uplink shared data channel.

(69) A set of multiple HARQ indicator channel groups is referred to as an HARQ indicator channel group cluster (response information group). An example of the HARQ indicator channel group cluster is a set of HARQ indicator channel groups corresponding to multiple data arranged in the same subband of the uplink.

(70) FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a method of arranging HARQ indicator channel group clusters by the multiplexing unit 160 of FIG. 6. In FIG. 8, the horizontal axis is a time axis, the vertical axis is a frequency axis, a downlink system band includes 5 subbands, and an uplink system band includes 2 subbands. An HARQ indicator channel group cluster corresponding to an uplink subband 1 is arranged in the downlink subband 1, and an HARQ indicator channel group cluster corresponding to an uplink subband 2 is arranged in a downlink subband 5. That is, the HARQ indicator channel is allocated to a downlink subband in a unit of an HARQ indicator channel group cluster corresponding to an uplink subband. The HARQ indicator channel group cluster is arranged by frequency multiplexing with an OFDM symbol in which the downlink control channel is arranged, an uplink subband is allocated to the mobile station device 2, and also a downlink subband is allocated so that an HARQ indicator channel group cluster corresponding to the uplink subband can be received.

(71) In FIG. 8, the mobile station device UE1 is allocated the subbands 1 and 2 in the uplink and subbands 1 to 5 in the downlink. The mobile station device UE1 can receive an HARQ indicator channel group cluster corresponding to the uplink subband 1 in the downlink subband 1 and receive an HARQ indicator channel group cluster corresponding to the uplink subband 2 in the downlink subband 5.

(72) The mobile station device UE2 is allocated the subband 2 in the uplink and the subband 5 in the downlink. The mobile station device UE2 can receive an HARQ indicator channel group cluster corresponding to the uplink subband 2 in the downlink subband 5.

(73) The mobile station device UE3 is allocated the subband 1 in the uplink and the subbands 1 to 3 in the downlink. The mobile station device UE3 can receive an HARQ indicator channel group cluster corresponding to the uplink subband 1 in the downlink subband 1.

(74) The multiplexing unit 160 may regenerate an HARQ indicator channel group cluster and arrange a regeneration result in multiple downlink subbands. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a method of regenerating and arranging an HARQ indicator channel group cluster. In FIG. 9, an HARQ indicator channel group cluster corresponding to the uplink subband 2 is regenerated and arranged in the downlink subband 2 in addition to the arrangement of HARQ indicator channel group clusters of FIG. 8. In an example shown in FIG. 9, an HARQ indicator channel group cluster corresponding to the uplink subband 1 is arranged in the downlink subband 1, and an HARQ indicator channel group cluster corresponding to the uplink subband 2 is arranged in the downlink subbands 2 and 5.

(75) In FIG. 9, the mobile station device UE3 is allocated the subbands 1 and 2 in the uplink and the subbands 1 to 3 in the downlink. The mobile station device UE3 can receive an HARQ indicator channel group cluster corresponding to the uplink subband 1 in the downlink subband 1 and receive an HARQ indicator channel group cluster corresponding to the uplink subband 2 in the downlink subband 2.

(76) The multiplexing unit 160 may arrange HARQ indicator channel group clusters corresponding to different uplink subbands in the same downlink subband. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating another method of regenerating and arranging an HARQ indicator channel group cluster. In FIG. 10, an HARQ indicator channel group cluster corresponding to the uplink subband 2 is regenerated and arranged in the downlink subband 1 in addition to the arrangement of HARQ indicator channel group clusters of FIG. 8. In an example shown in FIG. 10, an HARQ indicator channel group cluster corresponding to the uplink subband 1 and an HARQ indicator channel group cluster corresponding to the subband 2 are arranged in the downlink subband 1, and an HARQ indicator channel group cluster corresponding to the uplink subband 2 is arranged in the downlink subband 5.

(77) In FIG. 10, the mobile station device UE3 is allocated the subbands 1 and 2 in the uplink and the subbands 1 to 3 in the downlink. The mobile station device UE3 can receive an HARQ indicator channel group cluster corresponding to the uplink subband 1 and an HARQ indicator channel group cluster corresponding to the uplink subband 2 in the downlink subband 1.

(78) A method of regenerating and arranging an HARQ indicator channel group cluster has been described in FIGS. 9 and 10. However, an HARQ indicator channel group cluster may be constituted by only HARQ indicator channels for a mobile station device 2 capable of receiving a downlink subband in which an HARQ indicator channel group cluster is arranged. For example, in FIG. 9, an HARQ indicator channel group cluster corresponding to the uplink subband 2 arranged in the downlink subband 2 may constitute an HARQ indicator channel group and an HARQ indicator channel group cluster from HARQ indicator channels corresponding to multiple data arranged in the uplink subband 2 by multiple mobile station devices 2 such as the mobile station devices UE1 and UE3 capable of receiving the downlink subband 2. In other words, an HARQ indicator channel corresponding to data arranged in the uplink subband 2 by a mobile station device 2 incapable of receiving the downlink subband 2 such as the mobile station device UE2 is not included in the HARQ indicator channel group cluster of the downlink subband 2.

(79) FIGS. 11 and 12 are diagrams illustrating a method of arranging multiple HARQ indicator channel group clusters in one subband of the downlink. In FIGS. 11 and 12, the multiple HARQ indicator channel group clusters are arranged in one subband of the downlink. In FIGS. 11 and 12, the horizontal axis is a time axis, the vertical axis is a frequency axis. Only 1 subframe in the time domain and 1 subband in the frequency domain are shown, and only the downlink control channel, the downlink shared data channel, and the HARQ indicator channel group clusters are shown for simplification of description. FIGS. 11 and 12 are examples in which it is assumed that 4 uplink subbands exist, and two of an HARQ indicator channel group cluster corresponding to an uplink subband 1 and an HARQ indicator channel group cluster corresponding to a subband 3 are arranged in 1 subband of the downlink.

(80) FIGS. 11 and 12 are examples in which HARQ indicator channel group clusters corresponding to subbands of the uplink are continuously arranged in the frequency direction in ascending order of corresponding uplink subband numbers. In FIG. 11, the HARQ indicator channel group cluster corresponding to the uplink subband 1 is arranged from a predetermined position as a position where the HARQ indicator channel group cluster is arranged, for example, a lower frequency of a first OFDM symbol, and the HARQ indicator channel group cluster corresponding to the uplink subband 3 is arranged at a subsequent frequency. That is, the HARQ indicator channel group clusters to be arranged actually are continuously arranged in the frequency direction in ascending order of corresponding uplink subband numbers.

(81) In FIG. 12, the HARQ indicator channel group cluster corresponding to the uplink subband 1 is arranged from a predetermined position as a position where the HARQ indicator channel group cluster corresponding to the uplink subband 1 is arranged, for example, a lower frequency of a first OFDM symbol, and the HARQ indicator channel group cluster corresponding to uplink subband 3 is arranged in a predetermined position as a position where the HARQ indicator channel group cluster corresponding to the subband 3 is arranged. That is, positions where HARQ indicator channel group clusters corresponding to the 4 subbands of the uplink are arranged are predetermined, and the HARQ indicator channel group clusters to be arranged actually are arranged in the corresponding positions.

(82) At this time, other channels such as the downlink control channel and the like may be reused in resource elements reserved to arrange the HARQ indicator channel group clusters corresponding to the uplink subbands 2 and 4.

(83) A method of arranging a signal in a unit of an HARQ indicator channel group cluster, which is a set of HARQ indicator channel groups, has been described above, but a signal may be arranged in a unit of an HARQ indicator channel group.

(84) FIGS. 13 and 14 are diagrams illustrating a method of continuously arranging HARQ indicator channel groups in the frequency direction. In FIGS. 13 and 14, the horizontal axis is a time axis, the vertical axis is a frequency axis. Only 1 subframe in the time domain and 1 subband in the frequency domain are shown, and only the downlink control channel, the downlink shared data channel, and the HARQ indicator channel groups are shown for simplification of description. FIGS. 13 and 14 are examples in which it is assumed that 3 uplink subbands exist and an HARQ indicator channel group cluster corresponding to each uplink subband includes 2 HARQ indicator channel groups, and three of an HARQ indicator channel group cluster corresponding to an uplink subband 1, an HARQ indicator channel group cluster corresponding to an uplink subband 2, and an HARQ indicator channel group cluster corresponding to a subband 3 are arranged in a downlink subband.

(85) In order from a lower frequency of a first OFDM symbol of a subframe in FIG. 13, a first HARQ indicator channel group corresponding to the uplink subband 1 is arranged, a first HARQ indicator channel group corresponding to the next uplink subband 2 is arranged, and a first HARQ indicator channel group corresponding to the next uplink subband 3 is arranged. If all the first HARQ indicator channel groups corresponding to the subbands of the uplink are arranged as described above, second HARQ indicator channel groups corresponding to the uplink subbands are also arranged in the same manner. That is, HARQ indicator channel groups corresponding to different uplink subbands are alternately arranged.

(86) In order from a lower frequency of a first OFDM symbol of a subframe in FIG. 14, a continuous arrangement from a first HARQ indicator channel group to a second HARQ indicator channel group corresponding to the uplink subband 1 is made, an arrangement from a first HARQ indicator channel group to a second HARQ indicator channel group corresponding to the next uplink subband 2 is made, and an arrangement from a first HARQ indicator channel group to a second HARQ indicator channel group corresponding to the last uplink subband 3 is made. That is, HARQ indicator channel groups corresponding to the same uplink subband are centrally arranged.

(87) Accordingly, if a method of arranging an HARQ indicator channel group is predetermined and the mobile station device 2 stores the arrangement method, the mobile station device 2 can recognize a position where a desired HARQ indicator channel group is arranged from the number of HARQ indicator channel group clusters included in the downlink subband.

(88) In the present embodiment, an HARQ indicator channel is multiplied by an orthogonal code after performing iterative coding that iterates a bit having the same value as that of an input bit multiple times, and is code-multiplexed. For 1 HARQ indicator channel, a signal group (hereinafter, referred to as an “HARQ indicator channel component”) having the same length as an orthogonal code sequence length is iterated multiple times. Multiple HARQ indicator channel components are distributed and arranged in the frequency direction.

(89) FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating a method of distributing and arranging multiple HARQ indicator channel components constituting an HARQ indicator channel in the frequency direction. In FIG. 15, multiple HARQ indicator channel components constituting 1 HARQ indicator channel in FIG. 11 are distributed and arranged. In FIG. 15, the horizontal axis is a time axis, the vertical axis is a frequency axis. Only 1 subframe in the time domain and 1 subband in the frequency domain are shown, and only the downlink control channel, the downlink shared data channel, and the HARQ indicator channel group cluster are shown for simplification of description. FIG. 15 is an example in which an HARQ indicator channel group cluster corresponding to an uplink subband 1 and an HARQ indicator channel group cluster corresponding to an uplink subband 3 are arranged in a downlink subband, an HARQ indicator channel group cluster corresponding to each uplink subband includes 2 HARQ indicator channel groups, and each HARQ indicator channel of the HARQ indicator channel group includes 3 HARQ indicator channel components.

(90) In FIG. 15, a rectangle “1-1” indicates a thing (hereinafter, referred to as an “HARQ indicator channel component group”) obtained by code-multiplexing HARQ indicator channel components constituting HARQ indicator channels constituting an HARQ indicator channel group 1 corresponding to the uplink subband 1, and a rectangle “1-2” indicates an HARQ indicator channel component group obtained by code-multiplexing HARQ indicator channel components constituting HARQ indicator channels constituting an HARQ indicator channel group 2 corresponding to the uplink subband 1. The same applies to rectangles “3-1” and “3-2”. Unities of rectangles “1” and “3” indicate those (hereinafter, referred to as “HARQ indicator channel component group clusters) including HARQ indicator channel component groups corresponding to uplink subbands 1 and 3 iteratively arranged. That is, in FIG. 15, 6 HARQ indicator channel component group clusters exist in the subband, each HARQ indicator channel component group cluster includes 2 HARQ indicator channel component groups, and each HARQ indicator channel component group includes multiple HARQ indicator channel components.

(91) In the example of FIG. 15, 3 HARQ indicator channel component group clusters are arranged in separated positions in the frequency direction. HARQ indicator channel component groups of an HARQ indicator channel group cluster of the uplink subband 1 as a first HARQ indicator channel component group cluster are arranged one by one in order from a lower frequency of a first OFDM symbol. Next, HARQ indicator channel component groups of an HARQ indicator channel group cluster of the uplink subband 3 are sequentially arranged one by one to be continuous in the frequency direction.

(92) In addition, a second HARQ indicator channel component group cluster is arranged in a position separated from a frequency at which the first HARQ indicator channel component group cluster is arranged in the same manner. In addition, a third HARQ indicator channel component group cluster is arranged in a position separated from a frequency at which the second HARQ indicator channel component group cluster is arranged in the same manner.

(93) FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating a method of distributing and arranging HARQ indicator channel component group clusters having the same ordinal number in HARQ indicator channel group clusters of uplink subbands for FIG. 15. In FIG. 16, the HARQ indicator channel component group clusters having the same ordinal number in the HARQ indicator channel group clusters of the uplink subbands are not continuous in the frequency direction, but are distributed and arranged. This is the same meaning that the HARQ indicator channel group clusters of the uplink subbands are distributed and arranged in the frequency direction.

(94) In order to receive an HARQ indicator channel, the mobile station device 2 needs to recognize an arrangement of an HARQ indicator channel group cluster and a type of HARQ indicator channel group cluster, that is, an uplink subband number corresponding to the HARQ indicator channel group cluster. Here, the base station device 1 transmits HARQ indicator channel setting information including information indicating the number of HARQ indicator channel group clusters arranged in each subband of the downlink and information (a corresponding uplink subband number) indicating which uplink subband is for an arranged HARQ indicator channel group cluster to the mobile station device 2. In the present embodiment, the HARQ indicator channel setting information is arranged in each downlink subband.

(95) In FIG. 9, since the maximum number of HARQ indicator channel group clusters (2) capable of corresponding to 2 bits for indicating the number of arranged HARQ indicator channel group clusters (from 0 to 2) and 1 bit for indicating the uplink subband 1 or 2 corresponding to the arranged HARQ indicator channel group cluster is necessary, a total of 4 bits is necessary for each downlink subband (a full flexible arrangement in which there is a degree of freedom in both associations with the number of arranged HARQ indicator channel group clusters and the uplink subband).

(96) FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating information that is set to HARQ indicator channel setting information. In FIG. 17, a bit sequence of the HARQ indicator channel setting information is associated with the number of HARQ indicator channel group clusters arranged in 1 downlink subband and information regarding which uplink subframe number corresponds to an HARQ indicator channel group cluster. The mobile station device 2 stores, in advance, the association of the table of FIG. 17. The number of bits of the HARQ indicator channel setting information can be reduced if the HARQ indicator channel setting information is referred to. In FIG. 17, the HARQ indicator channel setting information is 3 bits.

(97) Information necessary for the HARQ indicator channel setting information can be reduced by limiting the number of HARQ indicator channel group clusters capable of being arranged in the downlink subband to 1 or the like although a degree of freedom in arrangement of the HARQ indicator channel group clusters is low (a semi flexible arrangement in which there is a degree of freedom only in the association with the uplink subband).

(98) The HARQ indicator channel setting information is transmitted using any one channel of the broadcast channel or the control format indicator channel in which a position to be arranged is predetermined and the downlink shared data channel in which an arrangement is indicated by the downlink control channel.

(99) FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating an arrangement of each channel on which the HARQ indicator channel setting information is transmitted. In FIG. 18, the horizontal axis is a time axis, the vertical axis is a frequency axis, and only 1 subframe in the time domain and 1 subband in the frequency domain are shown. The same channel arrangement is made even in other subbands.

(100) The broadcast channel is arranged in 72 subcarriers of the center in the frequency domain and first to fourth OFDM symbols of a second slot of the subframe in the time domain in every fixed cycle, for example, every 40 subframes. The control format indicator channel is transmitted in a predetermined frequency-domain position of a first OFDM symbol of the subframe in every subframe. The downlink shared data channel is arranged in each subframe, but system information including the HARQ indicator channel setting information is transmitted on the downlink shared data channel in every fixed cycle, for example, every 40 subframes, and an arrangement of the system information within the downlink shared data channel is indicated by the downlink control channel.

(101) FIG. 19 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of controlling the transmission processing unit 13 by the control unit 11 of the base station device 1 of FIG. 5. First, the control unit 11 determines an arrangement directed to resource elements of the downlink shared data channel, the control format indicator channel, the HARQ indicator channel, the broadcast channel, and the downlink control channel directed to resource elements of a subframe of a current processing target (S10).

(102) Next, the control unit 11 generates system information, response information, control data, and a control format indicator. At this time, HARQ indicator channel setting information indicating an arrangement directed to a resource element of the HARQ indicator channel is included in the system information or the control format indicator (S12).

(103) Next, the control unit 11 outputs the system information to the downlink shared data channel processing unit 100 and the broadcast channel processing unit 130 of the transmission processing unit 13, outputs the response information to the HARQ indicator channel processing unit 120 of the transmission processing unit 13, outputs the control data to the downlink control channel processing unit 140 of the transmission processing unit 13, and outputs the control format indicator to the control format indicator channel processing unit 110 of the transmission processing unit 13 (S14).

(104) Next, the control unit 11 outputs a control signal, which gives an instruction for an arrangement directed to resource elements of the downlink pilot channel, the broadcast channel, the downlink shared data channel, the control format indicator channel, and the HARQ indicator channel, to the multiplexing unit 160 of the transmission processing unit 13 (S16).

(105) The mobile station device 2 of the present embodiment extracts and demodulates/decodes the HARQ indicator channel according to the HARQ indicator channel setting information transmitted in each downlink subband from the base station device 1. If the HARQ indicator channel is regenerated and multiple identical HARQ indicator channels are transmitted, decoding is performed using all the multiple regenerated HARQ indicator channels.

(106) FIG. 20 is a schematic block diagram showing a configuration of the mobile station device 2 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 20, the mobile station device 2 has a control unit 21, a reception processing unit 22, and a transmission processing unit 23. The reception processing unit 22 performs reception processing for the downlink control channel, the downlink shared data channel, the downlink pilot channel, the control format indicator channel, the broadcast channel, and the HARQ indicator channel received from the base station device 1 via a reception antenna, and outputs information data detected by the reception processing to the outside. Also, the reception processing unit 22 outputs control data reported using the downlink control channel, system information reported using the downlink shared data channel and the broadcast channel, a control format indicator reported using the control format indicator channel, and response information reported using the HARQ indicator channel to the control unit 21.

(107) The control unit 21 controls the reception processing unit 23 and the reception processing unit 22 based on the control data reported using the downlink control channel, the system information reported using the downlink shared data channel and the broadcast channel, the control format indicator reported using the control format indicator channel, and the response information reported using the HARQ indicator channel from the base station device 1.

(108) Also, the control unit 21 recognizes a resource element in which the HARQ indicator channel is arranged and an uplink subband corresponding to the response information included in the HARQ indicator channel from the HARQ indicator channel setting information, further recognizes an HARQ indicator channel group into which the HARQ indicator channel addressed to its own mobile station device and an orthogonal code by which the HARQ indicator channel addressed to its own mobile station device is multiplied in the base station device 1 from a lowest-frequency PRB used by the transmission processing unit 23 to transmit the uplink shared data channel, controls a demultiplexing unit 260 (to be described later) of the reception processing unit 22 to extract the HARQ indicator channel group, and controls a code multiplication unit 223 (to be described later) of the reception processing unit 22 to multiply the orthogonal code.

(109) The transmission processing unit 23 transmits the information data input from the outside and the control data input from the control unit 21 via a transmission antenna with use of the uplink control channel, the uplink shared data channel, and the uplink pilot channel based on an input from the control unit 21.

(110) FIG. 21 is a schematic block diagram showing an internal configuration of the reception processing unit 22 of the mobile station device 2 of FIG. 20. The reception processing unit 22 of the mobile station device 2 includes a reception unit 270 including a reception RF unit 274, an A/D (analog to digital) conversion unit 273, a GI removal unit 272, and an FFT unit 271, the demultiplexing unit 260, a propagation channel estimation unit 280, a propagation channel compensation unit 290, a demodulation unit 222, a decoding unit 221, and the code multiplication unit 223. In the present embodiment, the reception RF unit 274, the A/D unit 273, the GI removal unit 272, and the FFT unit 271 function as the reception unit 270.

(111) The reception RF unit 274 amplifies a signal received via a reception antenna, converts (down-converts) the amplified signal into an intermediate frequency, removes an unnecessary frequency component, controls an amplification level so that a signal level is appropriately maintained, and performs quadrature demodulation based on an in-phase component and a quadrature component of the received signal. The A/D unit 273 converts an analog signal quadrature-demodulated by the reception RF unit 274 into a digital signal. The GI removal unit 272 removes a part corresponding to a GI from the digital signal output by the A/D unit 273. The FFT unit 271 performs FFT for a signal input from the GI removal unit 272 and performs demodulation of the OFDM scheme.

(112) Based on an instruction from the control unit 21, the demultiplexing unit 260 extracts and outputs the downlink pilot channel, the downlink shared data channel, the control format indicator channel, the broadcast channel, the downlink control channel, and the HARQ indicator channel group from arranged resource elements from the signal for which FFT is performed by the FFT unit 271, that is, the received signal demodulated by the OFDM scheme.

(113) Specifically, the demultiplexing unit 260 extracts the downlink pilot channel, the control format indicator channel, and the broadcast channel having a fixed arrangement, outputs the downlink pilot channel to the propagation channel estimation unit 280, and outputs the control format indicator channel and the broadcast channel to the propagation channel compensation unit 290.

(114) A procedure of extracting an HARQ indicator channel group from the downlink shared data channel and the downlink control channel is different by (1) the transmission of HARQ indicator setting information on the control format indicator channel or the broadcast channel having the fixed arrangement, or (2) the transmission of HARQ indicator channel setting information on the downlink shared data channel in which an arrangement is indicated by the downlink control channel.

(115) (1) If the HARQ indicator channel setting information is included in the control format indicator channel or the broadcast channel, the demultiplexing unit 260 further extracts the HARQ indicator channel group including response information addressed to its own mobile station device based on the HARQ indicator channel setting information input via the control unit 21, and outputs the HARQ indicator channel group to the code multiplication unit 223. In addition, the demultiplexing unit 260 extracts the downlink control channel based on the control format indicator and the HARQ indicator channel setting information included in the control format indicator channel previously output to the propagation channel compensation unit 290 input via the control unit 21, and outputs the downlink control channel to the propagation compensation unit 290. In addition, the demultiplexing unit 260 extracts the downlink shared data channel based on radio resource allocation information included in the downlink control channel previously output to the propagation channel compensation unit 290 input via the control unit 21, and outputs the downlink shared data channel to the propagation channel compensation unit 290.

(116) (2) If the HARQ indicator channel setting information is included in the downlink shared data channel, the demultiplexing unit 260 further extracts the downlink control channel based on the control format indicator included in the control format indicator channel previously output to the propagation channel compensation unit 290 input via the control unit 21, and outputs the downlink control channel to the propagation channel compensation unit 290. Since the HARQ indicator channel and the downlink control channel are frequency-multiplexed, the downlink control channel is incapable of being properly decoded without recognizing an arrangement of the HARQ indicator channel, so that the downlink control channel is decoded until decoding succeeds by assuming all possible HARQ indicator channel arrangements. In addition, if the downlink control channel is successfully decoded, the demultiplexing unit 260 extracts the system information included in the downlink shared data channel based on radio resource allocation information included in the downlink control channel previously output to the propagation channel compensation unit 290 input via the control unit 21, and outputs the system information to the propagation channel compensation unit 290.

(117) In addition, the demultiplexing unit 260 extracts the HARQ indicator channel group including the response information addressed to its own mobile station device based on the HARQ indicator channel setting information transmitted in the system information included in the downlink shared data channel previously output to the propagation channel compensation unit 290 input via the control unit 21, and outputs the HARQ indicator channel group to the code multiplication unit 223.

(118) The propagation channel estimation unit 280 estimates the propagation channel fluctuation for each of transmission antennas of the base station device 1 based on a reception result of the downlink pilot channel separated by the demultiplexing unit 260, and outputs a propagation channel fluctuation compensation value. The propagation channel compensation unit 290 compensates for the propagation channel fluctuation of a signal of the downlink shared data channel, the control format indicator channel, the broadcast channel, the downlink control channel, and the HARQ indicator channel group input from the demultiplexing unit 260 based on the propagation channel fluctuation compensation value from the propagation channel compensation unit 290.

(119) Based on a control signal from the control unit 21, the code multiplication unit 223 multiplies the HARQ indicator channel group input from the demultiplexing unit 260 by the same orthogonal code as an orthogonal code multiplied by the HARQ indicator channel addressed to its own mobile station device by the code multiplication unit 123, extracts the HARQ indicator channel addressed to its own mobile station device, and outputs the HARQ indicator channel to the demodulation unit 222.

(120) The demodulation unit 222 demodulates the downlink shared data channel, the control format indicator channel, the broadcast channel, and the downlink control channel of which the propagation channel fluctuation is compensated for by the propagation channel compensation unit 290 and the HARQ indicator channel extracted by the code multiplication unit 223 from the HARQ indicator channel group. This demodulation is performed in correspondence with a modulation scheme used in the data modulation unit 102, the three QPSK modulation units (the QPSK modulation units 112, 132, and 142), and the BPSK modulation unit 122, and a modulation scheme of the downlink shared data channel is indicated from the control unit 21 based on information included in the downlink control channel.

(121) The decoding unit 221 decodes the downlink shared data channel, the control format indicator channel, the broadcast channel, the downlink control channel, and the HARQ indicator channel demodulated by the demodulation unit 222. This decoding is performed in correspondence with a code and a coding rate used in the turbo encoding unit 101, the block encoding unit 111, the iterative encoding unit 121, and the two convolutional encoding units (the convolutional encoding units 131 and 141) of the base station device 1, and a coding rate of the downlink shared data channel is indicated from the control unit 21 based on information included in the downlink control channel.

(122) The system information included in the downlink shared data channel, the system information included in the broadcast channel, the control format indicator included in the control format indicator channel, the control data included in the downlink control channel, and the response information included in the HARQ indicator channel decoded by the decoding unit 221 are input to the control unit 21.

(123) When multiple regenerated HARQ indicator channels are input, the decoding unit 221,

(124) (a) performs decoding by combining all powers (signals) of multiple HARQ indicator channels,

(125) (b) performs decoding by comparing the powers of the multiple HARQ indicator channels and selecting an HARQ indicator channel having the highest power, or

(126) (c) performs decoding by comparing powers of downlink pilot channels included in a downlink subband and selecting an HARQ indicator channel transmitted in the same downlink subband as that of a downlink pilot channel having the highest power.

(127) FIG. 22 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of receiving an HARQ indicator channel by the reception processing unit 22 of the mobile station device 2 of FIG. 20. The flowchart of FIG. 22 is the reception operation by the reception processing unit 22 when the HARQ indicator channel setting information is included in the system information of the control format indicator or the broadcast channel.

(128) First, the reception processing unit 22 extracts and demodulates/decodes the control format indicator channel or the broadcast channel arranged in a fixed position, and outputs the demodulated/decoded control format indicator channel or broadcast channel to the control unit 21 (S20). Next, an HARQ indicator channel group into which an HARQ indicator channel including the response information addressed to its own mobile station device is multiplexed is extracted based on the HARQ indicator channel setting information included in the previously output control format indicator channel or broadcast channel input via the control unit 21 and the HARQ indicator channel group is output to the code multiplication unit 223 (S22). Next, the HARQ indicator channel group is multiplied by an orthogonal code based on a control signal input via the control unit 21, an extracted HARQ indicator channel is demodulated/decoded, and the response information is output to the control unit (S24).

(129) FIG. 23 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of receiving an HARQ indicator channel by the reception processing unit 22 of the mobile station device 2 of FIG. 20. The flowchart of FIG. 23 is the reception operation by the reception processing unit 22 when the HARQ indicator channel setting information is included in the system information of the downlink shared data channel.

(130) First, the reception processing unit 22 demodulates/decodes the control format indicator from the control format indicator channel arranged in a fixed position, and outputs the demodulated/decoded control format indicator to the control unit 21 (S30). Next, an OFDM symbol in which the downlink control channel is arranged is recognized from the previously output control format indicator input via the control unit 21 (S32). Next, one arrangement of an HARQ indicator channel group cluster is selected and set (S34). Next, decoding of the downlink control channel indicating an arrangement of the system information included in the downlink shared data channel is attempted (S36). Next, it is determined whether or not the downlink control channel indicating the arrangement of the system information included in the downlink shared data channel has been successfully decoded (S38).

(131) If it is determined that the downlink control channel indicating the arrangement of the system information included in the downlink shared data channel has been successfully decoded (step S38: Yes), the system information is extracted and demodulated/decoded from the downlink shared data channel and the demodulated/decoded system information is output to the control unit 21 (S42). Next, an HARQ indicator channel group into which an HARQ indicator channel including the response information addressed to its own mobile station device is multiplexed is extracted based on the HARQ indicator channel setting information included in the previously output system information input via the control unit 21 and the HARQ indicator channel group is output to the code multiplication unit (S44). Next, the HARQ indicator channel group is multiplied by an orthogonal code based on a control signal input via the control unit 21, an extracted HARQ indicator channel is demodulated/decoded, and the response information is output to the control unit 21 (S46).

(132) On the other hand, if it is determined that the downlink control channel indicating the arrangement of the system information included in the downlink shared data channel has not been successfully decoded (step S38: No), an arrangement of an HARQ indicator channel for which no attempt is yet made is selected and set (S40), and the processing from step S36 to attempt to decode the downlink control channel is iterated.

(133) The case where the HARQ indicator channel setting information shown in each subband of the downlink includes information for only a downlink subband in which a channel including the HARQ indicator channel setting information is arranged has been described in the present embodiment, but HARQ indicator channel setting information for all downlink subbands may be transmitted together.

(134) When the HARQ indicator channel setting information for all the downlink subbands is transmitted together, it is possible to skip the processing of steps S34, S36, S38, and S40 so as to decode downlink control channels of other downlink subbands if the HARQ indicator channel setting information in one downlink subband is successfully received in the case (2) where the HARQ indicator channel setting information is included in the system information of the downlink shared data channel.

(135) A procedure of receiving the HARQ indicator channel becomes simple if the HARQ indicator channel setting information is transmitted on a channel arranged in a fixed position like the control format indicator channel or the broadcast channel rather than a channel in which an arrangement is indicated by the downlink control channel like the downlink shared data channel.

(136) If the HARQ indicator channel setting information is transmitted on the downlink shared data channel rather than the broadcast channel or the control format indicator channel, a coding rate, a modulation scheme, a quantity of arranged resource elements, or the like can be adaptively controlled and more information can be efficiently transmitted.

(137) A method of transmitting the HARQ indicator channel setting information using one type of channel in each downlink subband has been described above with reference to the drawings, but the base station device 1 may transmit information indicating the number of HARQ indicator channel group clusters arranged in the downlink subband and information indicating which uplink subband is for an arranged HARQ indicator channel group cluster using different types of channels. The information indicating the number of HARQ indicator channel group clusters arranged in the downlink subband may be transmitted in each downlink subband. A different number of HARQ indicator channel group clusters may be arranged in each downlink subband.

(138) FIG. 24 is a flowchart illustrating a transmission operation of the transmission processing unit 13 of the base station device 1 of FIG. 5. The flowchart of FIG. 24 illustrates an operation when information indicating the number of HARQ indicator channel group clusters included in a corresponding subband for each downlink subband is transmitted on a channel of a fixed arrangement and information indicating which uplink subband is for an HARQ indicator channel group cluster is transmitted on a channel in which an arrangement is indicated by the downlink control channel.

(139) The transmission processing unit 13 of the base station device 1 transmits the information indicating the number of HARQ indicator channel group clusters included in a corresponding subband for each downlink subband on the broadcast channel or the control format indicator channel (S50). Next, the information indicating which subband is for an HARQ indicator channel group cluster is transmitted in the system information of one downlink shared data channel integrated for all downlink subbands (S52).

(140) FIG. 25 is a flowchart illustrating a reception operation by the reception processing unit 22 of the mobile station device 2 of FIG. 20. The flowchart of FIG. 25 illustrates an operation of the reception processing unit 22 when the transmission processing unit 13 of the base station device 1 transmits HARQ indicator channel setting information according to the flowchart of FIG. 24.

(141) The reception processing unit 22 of the base station device 2 extracts and demodulates/decodes the control format indicator channel or the broadcast channel arranged in a fixed position, and outputs the demodulated/decoded control format indicator channel or broadcast channel to the control unit 21 (S60). Next, the downlink control channel indicating an arrangement of the system information included in the downlink shared data channel is demodulated/decoded based on information indicating the number of HARQ indicator channel group clusters included in the downlink subband included in the previously output control format indicator channel or broadcast channel and the control format indicator included in the control format indicator channel input via the control unit 21, and the demodulated/decoded downlink control channel is output to the control unit 21 (S62). Next, the system information included in the downlink shared data channel is extracted and demodulated/decoded based on the previously output downlink control channel input via the control unit 21, and the demodulated/decoded system information is output to the control unit 21 (S64). Next, an HARQ indicator channel group into which an HARQ indicator channel including response information addressed to its own mobile station device is code-multiplexed is extracted based on information indicating the number of HARQ indicator channel group clusters included in the downlink subband included in the previously output control format indicator channel or broadcast channel and information indicating which uplink subband is for an HARQ indicator channel group cluster included in the system information input via the control unit 21, and is output to the code multiplication unit (S66). Next, the HARQ indicator channel group is multiplied by an orthogonal code based on a control signal input via the control unit 21, and the HARQ indicator channel is extracted and demodulated/decoded, and the response information is output to the control unit 21 (S68).

(142) The embodiment in which the base station device 1 transmits information indicating the number of HARQ indicator channels arranged in the downlink subband and information indicating which subband is for an HARQ indicator channel group cluster has been described above with reference to the drawings, but the embodiment may be used in which information indicating the number of HARQ indicator channel group clusters for each subband of the downlink is integrated and arranged in each subband and the correspondence of an HARQ indicator channel and an uplink subband is recognized by a predetermined method. In the embodiment, a degree of freedom in arrangement of the HARQ indicator channel group cluster is reduced, but an amount of information to be transmitted by the base station device 1 can also be reduced. That is, information indicating which subband is for the HARQ indicator channel group cluster is unnecessary in the HARQ indicator channel setting information.

(143) FIG. 26 is a diagram illustrating a method of arranging an HARQ indicator channel group cluster. In FIG. 26, the horizontal axis is a time axis, the vertical axis is a frequency axis, a system band in the frequency domain is shown, and only 1 subband in the time domain is shown. In FIG. 26, it is assumed that the number of downlink subbands is 5 and the number of uplink subbands is 3. Information indicating the number of HARQ indicator channels for each subband of the downlink is integrated and indicated by the broadcast channel, the control format indicator channel, or the downlink shared data channel of each subband. Two HARQ indicator channel group clusters are arranged in a downlink subband 1, one HARQ indicator channel group cluster is arranged in subbands 2, 3, and 5, and no HARQ indicator channel group cluster is arranged in a subband 4. Uplink subbands corresponding to HARQ indicator channel group clusters are made to correspond to the subbands 2 and 3 in order from the uplink subband 1 in order from an HARQ indicator channel group cluster arranged at a lower frequency in the entire system band. If all uplink subbands are made to correspond to HARQ indicator channel group clusters in one method, serial HARQ indicator channel group clusters are made to correspond to the uplink subbands in order from the uplink subband 1.

(144) If the downlink subbands 2 and 3 are allocated to the mobile station device 2 in FIG. 26, either the uplink subband 1 or 3 or both of the uplink subbands 1 and 3 can be allocated to the mobile station device 2 since the mobile station device 2 can receive an HARQ indicator channel group cluster corresponding to the uplink subband 3 in the downlink subband 2 and receive an HARQ indicator channel group cluster corresponding to the uplink subband 1 in the downlink subband 3. However, if the mobile station device 2 may not receive 2 continuous subbands, separated subbands like the uplink subbands 1 and 3 may not allocated.

(145) Here, at the time of causing the HARQ indicator channel group cluster to correspond to the uplink subband, the correspondence to all uplink subbands is made by increasing a corresponding uplink subband order as 1, 2, and 3 and the next correspondence to subbands is made in reverse order as 3, 2, and 1. That is, if the number of uplink subbands is 3, the mobile station device 2 does not receive HARQ indicator channel group clusters of subbands separated in the frequency direction of the uplink by making the association in order of 1.fwdarw.2.fwdarw.3.fwdarw.2.fwdarw.1.fwdarw.2.fwdarw.3 . . . .

(146) As an order of associating the uplink subbands, there are other orders as follows. There are 1.fwdarw.2.fwdarw.3.fwdarw.1.fwdarw.2.fwdarw. . . . , 3.fwdarw.1.fwdarw.2.fwdarw.3.fwdarw.1.fwdarw. . . . , and the like. An order of associating an HARQ indicator channel group cluster to an uplink subband may be predetermined in 2 or 3 ways, and the base station device 1 may signal any used ordering to the mobile station device 2.

(147) In the embodiment, the number of HARQ indicator channel group clusters arranged in the downlink subband may be fixed. In the embodiment, an amount of information to be transmitted by the base station device 1 can be reduced although a degree of freedom in arrangement of an HARQ indicator channel group cluster is reduced. That is, information indicating the number of HARQ indicator channels is unnecessary in the HARQ indicator channel setting information. For example, when 1 HARQ indicator channel group cluster is necessarily arranged in the downlink subband, it is preferable that the HARQ indicator channel setting information indicate only information indicating which subband is for an HARQ indicator channel group cluster arranged in each subband.

(148) A program that operates in the mobile station device 2 and the base station device 1 according to the present invention is a program that controls a central processing unit (CPU) or the like (a program that causes a computer to function) so that the function of the above-described embodiment according to the present invention is realized. Information to be handled in these devices is temporarily accumulated in a random access memory (RAM) upon processing. Thereafter, the information is stored in various types of ROM such as a flash read only memory (ROM) or a hard disk drive (HDD), and is read and corrected/written by the CPU if necessary.

(149) A computer readable recording medium records a program for realizing functions of the radio resource control unit 10 and the control unit 11 of FIG. 5, the downlink shared data channel processing unit 100, the control format indicator channel processing unit 110, the HARQ indicator channel processing unit 120, the broadcast channel processing unit 130, the downlink control channel processing unit 140, the downlink pilot channel generation unit 150, the multiplexing unit 160, the IFFT unit 171, the GI insertion unit 172, the D/A unit 173, and the transmission RF unit 174 of FIG. 6, the control unit 21 of FIG. 20, and the reception RF unit 274, the A/D unit 273, the GI removal unit 272, the FFT unit 271, the demultiplexing unit 260, the propagation channel estimation unit 280, the propagation channel compensation unit 290, the code multiplication unit 223, the demodulation unit 222, and the decoding unit 221 of FIG. 21. The processing of each unit may be performed by enabling a computer system to read and execute the program recorded on the recording medium. The “computer system” used herein includes an OS and hardware, such as peripheral devices.

(150) The “computer readable recording medium” is a portable medium such as a flexible disc, magneto-optical disc, ROM and CD-ROM, and a storage device, such as a hard disk, built in the computer system. In addition, the “computer readable recording medium” may also include a medium that dynamically holds a program for a short period of time, such as a communication line when a program is transmitted via a network such as the Internet or a communication network such as a telephone network, and a medium that holds a program for a fixed period of time, such as a volatile memory in a computer system serving as a server or client in the above situation. The program may be one for implementing part of the above functions, or the above functions may be implemented in combination with a program already recorded on the computer system.

(151) The embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, specific configurations are not limited to the embodiments and may include any design in the scope without departing from the subject matter of the present invention.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY

(152) A wireless communication system of the present invention is applicable to a mobile station device and a base station device of a mobile communication system of a mobile phone or the like.

REFERENCE SYMBOLS

(153) 1: Base station device 2: Mobile station device 10: Radio resource processing unit 11: Control unit of base station device 12: Reception processing unit of base station device 13: Transmission processing unit of base station device 21: Control unit of mobile station device 22: Reception processing unit of mobile station device 23: Transmission processing unit of mobile station device 100: Downlink shared data channel processing unit 101: Turbo encoding unit 102: Data modulation unit 110: Control format indicator channel processing unit 111: Block encoding unit 112: QPSK modulation unit 120: HARQ indicator channel processing unit 121: Iterative encoding unit 122: BPSK modulation unit 123: Code multiplication unit 130: Broadcast channel processing unit 131: Convolutional encoding unit 132: QPSK modulation unit 140: Downlink control channel processing unit 141: Convolutional encoding unit 142: QPSK modulation unit 150: Downlink pilot channel generating unit 160: Multiplexing unit 170: Transmission antenna-specific transmission processing unit 171: IFFT unit 172: GI insertion unit 173: D/A unit 174: Transmission RF unit 221: Decoding unit 222: Demodulation unit 223: Code multiplication unit 260: Demultiplexing unit 270: Receiving unit 271: FFT unit 272: GI removal unit 273: A/D unit 274: Reception RF unit 280: Propagation channel estimation unit 290: Propagation channel compensation unit