Method and apparatus for monitoring control channel in multiple carrier system
A method and apparatus of monitoring a control channel in a multiple carrier system is provided. A user equipment monitors a plurality of candidate control channels within a control region of a subframe and receives reference control information on a reference control channel which is successfully decoded. The user equipment monitors the control region on a basis of the reference control information and receives link control information on a linked control channel which is successfully decoded. The link control information includes resource assignment information used to receive or transmit data packets via a plurality of component carriers.
1. A method of monitoring a control channel in a multiple carrier system, the method comprising:
monitoring, at a user equipment (UE), at least one first candidate control channel within a control region of a subframe to receive first control information on a first control channel which is successfully decoded from the at least one first candidate control channel, and
monitoring, at the UE, at least one second candidate control channel within a data region of the subframe on a basis of the first control information to receive second control information on a second control channel which is successfully decoded from the at least one second candidate control channel, the second control information including resource assignment information used to receive or transmit data packets via a plurality of component carriers.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first control information includes information about a search space in which the second control channel is monitored in the data region, a control channel element (CCE) aggregation level used for the second control channel and a component carrier used for transmission of the second control channel.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first control information includes information about a radio resource through which the second control channel is received in the data region.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein a UE's identifier is masked to a Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) of the first control information, and the UE's identifier is not masked to a CRC of the second control information.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first control channel is monitored in a first search space in the control region, and the second control channel is monitored in a second search space in the data region.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the first control information includes information about the second search space.
7. A wireless apparatus for supporting multiple carriers, the wireless apparatus comprising a control channel monitoring circuitry configured to monitor a control channel, wherein the control channel monitoring circuitry is configured to: monitor at least one first candidate control channel within a control region of a subframe to receive first control information on a first control channel which is successfully decoded from the at least one first candidate control channel, and monitor at least one second candidate control channel within a data region of the subframe on a basis of the first control information to receive second control information on a second control channel which is successfully decoded from the at least one second candidate control channel, the second control information including resource assignment information used to receive or transmit data packets via a plurality of component carriers.
8. The wireless apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the first control information includes information about a search space in which the second control channel is monitored in the data region, a control channel element (CCE) aggregation level used for the second control channel and a component carrier used for transmission of the second control channel.