IP Library Granted Patent US 8,934,523
Granted Patent B2
US 8,934,523 · App. 13/383,804 · Granted Jan 13, 2015

Method and apparatus for configuring a transmission mode for a backhaul link transmission

Inventors: Jae Hoon Chung (Anyang-si, KR); Moon Il Lee (Anyang-si, KR); Seung Hee Han (Anyang-si, KR); Min Seok Noh (Anyang-si, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04B7/155H04W52/325H04W52/146H04W52/58H04W92/12
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Patent No.
US 8,934,523
App. No.
13/383,804
Granted
Jan 13, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a method for configuring a transmission mode for a backhaul link transmission in a radio communication system including a relay station. The method comprises: a step in which a base station transmits, to the relay station, a relay-physical downlink control channel (R-PDCCH) containing backhaul control information; and a step in which the base station transmits, to the relay station, a relay-physical downlink shared channel (R-PDSCH) containing backhaul data, wherein the R-PDCCH is transmitted in one transmission mode selected from a plurality of predetermined transmission modes, and a reference signal transmitted through the R-PDCCH for the demodulation of the R-PDCCH is determined in accordance with said selected transmission mode.

Claims (21)

1. A method of demodulating a signal, performed by a relay node, the method comprising:

receiving control information through a relay-physical downlink control channel (R-PDCCH) from an evolved-NodeB (eNB);

receiving a data through a relay-physical downlink shared channel (R-PDSCH) from the eNB; and

demodulating the control information and the data,

wherein when a number of transmission layers of the R-PDSCH is 2 or more than 2, reference signals among a plurality of reference signals transmitted by a specific one of a plurality of antenna ports are used for a demodulation of the control information.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein a number of the plurality of reference signals used for a demodulation of the data is same as a number of transmission layers of the R-PDSCH.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein a number of transmission layers of the R-PDCCH is 1.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the control information and the data are received at different times in a same subframe.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reference signals used for a demodulation of the control information are selected in ascending order from a minimum index among a plurality of reference signals used for a demodulation of the data.

6. A relay node, comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) unit configured to transmit and receive a radio signal; and

a processor connected to the RF unit,

wherein the processor is configured for:

receiving control information through a relay-physical downlink control channel (R-PDCCH) from an evolved-NodeB (eNB);

receiving a data through a relay-physical downlink shared channel (R-PDSCH) from the eNB; and

demodulating the control information and the data,

wherein when a number of transmission layers of the R-PDSCH is 2 or more than 2, reference signals among a plurality of reference signals transmitted by a specific one of a plurality of antenna ports are used for a demodulation of the control information.

7. The relay node of claim 6 , wherein a number of the plurality of reference signals used for a demodulation of the data is same as a number of transmission layers of the R-PDSCH.

8. The relay node of claim 6 , wherein a number of transmission layers of the R-PDCCH is 1.

9. The relay node of claim 6 , wherein the control information and the data are received at different times in a same subframe.

10. The relay node of claim 6 , wherein the reference signals used for a demodulation of the control information are selected in ascending order from a minimum index among a plurality of reference signals used for a demodulation of the data.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 20, 2012
From: CHUNG, JAE HOON; LEE, MOON IL; HAN, SEUNG HEE; NOH, MIN SEOK
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Continuity (5)
Provisional Application 61225206 · Jul 13, 2009
Provisional Application 61226285 · Jul 17, 2009
Provisional Application 61233124 · Aug 11, 2009
Provisional Application 61236549 · Aug 25, 2009
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