IP Library Granted Patent US 8,228,856
Granted Patent B2
US 8,228,856 · App. 12/439,343 · Granted Jul 24, 2012

NodeB and method for transmitting control and scheduling information

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Patent No.
US 8,228,856
App. No.
12/439,343
Granted
Jul 24, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention discloses a method for transmitting control and scheduling information. The method comprises an eNodeB transmitting control and scheduling information unable to be beamformed in a DwPTS. The control and scheduling information unable to be beamformed is switched from the downlink service slot to the DwPTS and then transmitted, so that the efficiency of time and frequency transmission is improved, the design complexity of the transmitter is reduced, the capacity of the radio access system may be improved and the design of the receiver may be simplified. The present invention also discloses a NodeB.

Claims (17)

1. A method for transmitting control and scheduling information, comprising:

transmitting in the DwPTS by an eNodeB the control and scheduling information unable to be beamformed,

wherein if a subframe has downlink pilot information, the eNodeB multiplies the control and scheduling information and the downlink pilot information in a same DwPTS on the subframe and then transmits the resulting information using the remaining bandwidth resources of the DwPTS, and

if a subframe has no downlink pilot information, the eNodeB maps the control and scheduling information to the whole DwPTS on the subframe and then transmits the resulting information using the whole bandwidth resources of the DwPTS.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

when the eNodeB's cell bandwidth is larger than a bandwidth occupied by downlink pilot information, the eNodeB transmits the control and scheduling information in an interframe or every-frame mode; and

when the eNodeB's cell bandwidth is equal to the bandwidth occupied by the downlink pilot information, the eNodeB transmits the control and scheduling information in the interframe mode.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein an interval of the interframe mode transmission is one frame or several frames.

4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein when the eNodeB's cell bandwidth is larger than a bandwidth occupied by downlink pilot information, the eNodeB transmits the control and scheduling information with frequency resources that remain in the DwPTS after the downlink pilot information is transmitted in the DwPTS, or the eNodeB transmits the control and scheduling information with all the frequency resources of the DwPTS.

5. A NodeB, comprising

a transmitting module, for transmitting control and scheduling information unable to be beamformed to a UE,

wherein if a subframe has downlink pilot information, the eNodeB multiplies the control and scheduling information and the downlink pilot information in a same DwPTS on the subframe and then transmits the resulting information using the remaining bandwidth resources of the DwPTS, and

if a subframe has no downlink pilot information, the eNodeB maps the control and scheduling information to the whole DwPTS on the subframe and then transmits the resulting information using the whole bandwidth resources of the DwPTS.

6. The NodeB according to claim 5 , wherein

when the NodeB's cell bandwidth is larger than a bandwidth occupied by downlink pilot information, the NodeB transmits the control and scheduling information in the interframe or every-frame mode; and

when the NodeB's cell bandwidth is equal to the bandwidth occupied by the downlink pilot information, the NodeB transmits the control and scheduling information in the interframe mode.

7. The NodeB according to claim 6 , wherein when the NodeB's cell bandwidth is larger than a bandwidth occupied by downlink pilot information, the NodeB transmits the control and scheduling information with frequency resources that remain in the DwPTS after the downlink pilot information is transmitted in the DwPTS, or the NodeB transmits the control and scheduling information with all the frequency resources of the DwPTS.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 8, 2021
From: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
To: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056804/0182 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 2, 2011
From: DA TANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
To: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
Reel/Frame 026211/0252 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 22, 2009
From: XU, TIEZHU; CHENG, LUBANG; WU, SONG
To: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 023264/0301 →