IP Library Granted Patent US 9,844,030
Granted Patent B2
US 9,844,030 · App. 14/000,838 · Granted Dec 12, 2017

Method and device for transmitting control information in wireless communication system

Inventors: Hakseong Kim (Anyang-si, KR); Hanbyul Seo (Anyang-si, KR); Suckchel Yang (Anyang-si, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W72/04H04L5/001H04L5/0053H04L1/0026H04L1/0038H04L1/0061H04L1/0071H04L1/06H04L5/1469H04L2001/0097
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Patent No.
US 9,844,030
App. No.
14/000,838
Granted
Dec 12, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device therefor, wherein a method for receiving a downlink control channel in a communication device having a plurality of cells in a wireless communication system comprises the steps of: receiving a subframe containing a plurality of search space resources which are preset to transmit a plurality of downlink control channel candidates, wherein each search space resource corresponds to each cell; and monitoring said plurality of the control channel candidates from at least a portion of said plurality of the search space resources, for said downlink control channel, wherein among said plurality of the cells, if there are one or more specific cells in which downlink transmission is limited at said subframe, search space resources corresponding to said one or more specific cells are used to transmit downlink control channel candidates or downlink shared channels of other cells.

Claims (22)

1. A method of receiving downlink information at a user equipment (UE) configured with a plurality of cells in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, by the UE, a Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling indicating specific subframes in which the UE monitors UE specific search spaces,

wherein each of the UE specific search spaces is associated with a respective carrier indicator field (CIF) value; and

monitoring, by the UE, at least one first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidate, in the specific subframes indicated by the RRC signaling, for a first cell among the plurality of cells,

wherein the monitoring, by the UE, of the at least one first PDCCH candidate is for the first cell in two or more UE specific search spaces for PDCCH candidates having

different CIF values and

the same downlink control information (DCI) format size,

wherein the at least one first PDCCH candidate is monitored, by the UE, on a first region other than a control region on which a second PDCCH different from a first PDCCH is monitored, by the UE, in the specific subframes, and

wherein the UE only monitors the at least one second PDCCH candidate for the first cell without monitoring the at least one first PDCCH candidate for the first cell in subframes other than the specific subframes indicated by the RRC signaling.

2. The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the specific subframes include a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) symbols and the search spaces are set within OFDMA symbols other than first M OFDMA symbols in the subframe, and M is a positive integer.

3. A user equipment (UE) for receiving downlink information with a plurality of cells in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) module; and

a processor configured to control the RF module,

wherein the processor is configured to:

receive a Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling indicating plurality of specific subframes in which the UE monitors UE specific search spaces,

wherein each of the UE specific search spaces is associated with a respective carrier indicator field (CIF) value, and monitor at least one first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidate, in the specific subframes indicated by the RRC signaling, for a first cell among the plurality of cells

wherein the monitoring, by the UE, of the at least one first PDCCH candidate is for the first cell in two or more UE specific search spaces for PDCCH candidates having different CIF values and the same downlink control information (DCI) format size,

wherein the at least one first PDCCH candidate is monitored, by the UE, on a first region other than a control region on which a second PDCCH different from a first PDCCH is monitored by the UE in the specific subframes, and

wherein the processor is further configured to only monitor the at least one second PDCCH candidate for the first cell without monitoring the at least one first PDCCH candidate for the first cell in subframes other than the specific subframes indicated by the RRC signaling.

4. The UE according to claim 3 ,

wherein the specific subframes include a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) symbols and the search spaces are set within OFDMA symbols other than first M OFDMA symbols in the subframe, and M is a positive integer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 22, 2013
From: KIM, HAKSEONG; SEO, HANBYUL; YANG, SUCKCHEL
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Continuity (4)
Provisional Application 61452617 · Mar 14, 2011
Provisional Application 61453131 · Mar 16, 2011
Provisional Application 61469076 · Mar 29, 2011
Related Publication 20130329686A1 · Dec 12, 2013