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US 8,644,210 · App. 13/321,260 · Granted Feb 4, 2014

Method and apparatus of transmitting and receiving backhaul downlink control information in a wireless communication system

Inventors: Jae Hoon Chung (Anyang-si, KR); Kyu Jin Park (Anyang-si, KR); Sung Ho Moon (Anyang-si, KR); Yeong Hyeon Kwon (Anyang-si, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
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Patent No.
US 8,644,210
App. No.
13/321,260
Granted
Feb 4, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus of transmitting and receiving backhaul downlink control information in a wireless communication system. In the method for transmitting backhaul downlink control information from a base station in a wireless communication system according to one aspect of the present invention, the base station transmits resource allocation information to at least one terminal and at least one relay node via a relay-physical downlink control channel (hereinafter referred to as “R-PDCCH”); transmits backhaul system information to the at least one relay node and the at least one terminal via a relay physical downlink shared channel (hereinafter referred to as “R-PDSCH”) which is determined according to the resource allocation information; and changes a backhaul downlink resource block according to the backhaul system information.

Claims (39)

1. A method for transmitting backhaul downlink control information by a base station of a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting resource assignment information to one or more user equipments (UEs) and one or more relay nodes (RNs) over a relay-physical downlink control channel (R-PDCCH);

transmitting backhaul system information to the one or more RNs and the one or more UEs over a relay-physical downlink shared channel (R-PDSCH) determined according to the resource assignment information; and

changing a backhaul downlink resource region according to the backhaul system information.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the backhaul system information is resource assignment information of the backhaul downlink.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the R-PDCCH is assigned to OFDM symbols located after a guard time for transmission/reception (Tx/Rx) mode switching of a backhaul downlink.

4. A method for receiving backhaul downlink control information by a relay node (RN) of a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving resource assignment information from a base station over a relay-physical downlink control channel (R-PDCCH);

receiving backhaul system information from the base station over a relay-physical downlink shared channel (R-PDSCH) determined according to the resource assignment information; and

receiving a backhaul downlink subframe according to the backhaul system information.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the R-PDCCH is assigned to OFDM symbols located after a guard time for transmission/reception (Tx/Rx) mode switching of a backhaul downlink.

6. A method for receiving backhaul downlink control information by a user equipment (UE) of a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving resource assignment information from a base station over a relay-physical downlink control channel (R-PDCCH);

receiving backhaul system information from the base station over a relay-physical downlink shared channel (R-PDSCH) determined according to the resource assignment information; and

receiving a downlink subframe according to the backhaul system information.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the R-PDCCH is assigned to OFDM symbols located after a guard time for transmission/reception (Tx/Rx) mode switching of a backhaul downlink.

8. A base station comprising:

a transmission (Tx) module for transmitting resource assignment information to one or more user equipments (UEs) and one or more relay nodes (RNs) over a relay-physical downlink control channel (R-PDCCH), and transmitting backhaul system information to the one or more RNs and the one or more UEs over a relay-physical downlink shared channel (R-PDSCH) determined according to the resource assignment information; and

a processor for changing a backhaul downlink resource region according to the backhaul system information.

9. The base station according to claim 8 , wherein the R-PDCCH is assigned to OFDM symbols located after a guard time for transmission/reception (Tx/Rx) mode switching of a backhaul downlink.

10. A relay node (RN) comprising:

a reception (Rx) module for receiving resource assignment information from a base station over a relay-physical downlink control channel (R-PDCCH), receiving backhaul system information from the base station over a relay-physical downlink shared channel (R-PDSCH) determined according to the resource assignment information, and receiving a backhaul downlink subframe according to the backhaul system information.

11. A user equipment (UE) comprising:

a reception (Rx) module for receiving resource assignment information from a base station over a relay-physical downlink control channel (R-PDCCH), receiving backhaul system information from the base station over a relay-physical downlink shared channel (R-PDSCH) determined according to the resource assignment information, and receiving a downlink subframe according to the backhaul system information; and

a processor for decoding the subframe.

12. A method for transmitting backhaul downlink control information by a base station of a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting first resource assignment information to one or more user equipments (UEs) over a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH);

transmitting backhaul system information to the one or more UEs over a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) determined according to the first resource assignment information;

transmitting second resource assignment information to one or more relay nodes (RNs) over a relay-physical downlink control channel (R-PDCCH);

transmitting the backhaul system information to the one or more RNs over a relay-physical downlink shared channel (R-PDSCH) determined according to the second resource assignment information; and

changing a backhaul downlink resource region according to the backhaul system information.

13. A method for transmitting backhaul downlink control information by a base station of a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting resource assignment information to one or more user equipments (UEs) over a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH);

transmitting the resource assignment information to one or more relay nodes (RNs) over a relay-physical downlink control channel (R-PDCCH);

transmitting backhaul system information to the one or more RNs and the one or more UEs over a relay-physical downlink shared channel (R-PDSCH) determined according to the resource assignment information; and

changing a backhaul downlink resource region according to the backhaul system information.

14. A method for transmitting backhaul control information by a base station of a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting uplink resource assignment information to a relay node (RN) over an uplink grant relay-physical downlink control channel (R-PDCCH) multiplexed by a frequency division multiplexing (FDM) scheme; and

receiving data from the relay node (RN) through uplink resources assigned according to the resource assignment information.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 18, 2011
From: CHUNG, JAE HOON; PARK, KYU JIN; MOON, SUNG HO; KWON, YEONG HYEON
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Continuity (4)
Provisional Application 61179714 · May 19, 2009
Provisional Application 61181296 · May 27, 2009
Provisional Application 61254605 · Oct 23, 2009
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