Wireless terminal and base station

1. A wireless terminal for wirelessly communicating with a base station, the wireless terminal comprising a processor configured to perform a procedure including:

performing SPS (Semi-Persistent Scheduling) services which are a plurality of periodic communication services with the base station; and

controlling at least one of activation and release of each of the SPS services using SPS index information for distinguishing the SPS services one from another, the SPS index information being included in a PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel) transmitted from the base station;

wherein the PDCCH for downlink activation or release includes a first SPS index field in place of a HARQ (Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request) process number field and the SPS index information is allocated in the first SPS index field;

wherein the PDCCH for uplink activation or release includes a second SPS index field in place of a Cyclic shift DM RS (demodulation reference signal) field and the SPS index information is allocated in the second SPS index field.

2. The wireless terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the procedure further includes controlling the activation and the release of each of the SPS services using the SPS index information, a format of the PDCCH, and a field value of the PDCCH.

3. The wireless terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the procedure further includes configuring a plurality of periodicities for the SPS services.

4. The wireless terminal according to claim 3 , wherein:

the periodicities are informed of by the base station when a radio resource control connection is established.

5. The wireless terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the procedure further includes controlling at least one of the activation and the release of each of the SPS services based on a corresponding bit of a bitmap, the SPS services been distinguished one from another using the bitmap.

6. The wireless terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the procedure further includes controlling at least one of the activation and the release of each of the SPS services based on a bit value, each of the SPS services been distinguished using the bit value.

7. A wireless terminal for wirelessly communicating with a base station, the wireless terminal comprising a processor configured to perform a procedure including:

performing SPS (Semi-Persistent Scheduling) services which are a plurality of periodic communication services with the base station;

receiving, from the base station, SPS-CRNTIs (SPS-Cell Radio Network Temporary Identifiers) of the SPS services, each of the SPS-CRNTIs being used to mask a code region for detecting an error in a PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel); and

controlling at least one of activation and release of each of the SPS services based on each of the SPS-CRNTIs and the PDCCH received from the base station;

wherein when the base station activates a first SPS service, the base station masks the code region for detecting the error of a first PDCCH carrying an activation command with a first SPS-CRNTI corresponding to the first SPS service to be activated,

wherein when the processor is able to de-mask the code region for detecting the error using the first SPS-CRNTI received from the base station, and the PDCCH after the de-masking is the first PDCCH which carries the activation command, the processor activates the first SPS service corresponding to the first SPS-CRNTI used to de-mask the code region for detecting the error in the first PDCCH,

wherein when the base station releases a second SPS service, the base station masks the code region for detecting the error of a second PDCCH carrying a release command with a second SPS-CRNTI corresponding to the second SPS service to be released,

wherein when the processor is able to de-mask the code region for detecting the error using the second SPS-CRNTI received from the base station, and the PDCCH after the de-masking is the second PDCCH which carries the release command, the processor releases the second SPS service corresponding to the second SPS-CRNTI used to de-mask the code region for detecting the error in the second PDCCH.

8. A base station for wirelessly communicating with a wireless terminal, the base station comprising a processor configured to perform a procedure including:

performing SPS (Semi-Persistent Scheduling) services which are a plurality of periodic communication services with the wireless terminal; and

including, in a PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel), SPS index information for distinguishing the SPS services one from another to allow the wireless terminal to control at least one of activation and release of each of the SPS services;

wherein the PDCCH for downlink activation or release includes a first SPS index field in place of a HARQ (Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request) process number field and the SPS index information is allocated in the first SPS index field;

wherein the PDCCH for uplink activation or release includes a second SPS index field in place of a Cyclic shift DM RS (demodulation reference signal) field and the SPS index information is allocated in the second SPS index field.

9. A base station for wirelessly communicating with a wireless terminal, the base station comprising a processor configured to perform a procedure including:

performing SPS (Semi-Persistent Scheduling) services which are a plurality of periodic communication services with the wireless terminal;

generating SPS-CRNTIs (SPS-Cell Radio Network Temporary Identifiers) of the SPS services, each of the SPS-CRNTIs being used to mask a code region for detecting an error in PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel) to allow the wireless terminal to control at least one of activation and release of each of the SPS services; and

transmitting each of the SPS-CRNTIs to the wireless terminal;

wherein when the base station activates a first SPS service, the processor masks the code region for detecting the error of a first PDCCH carrying an activation command with a first SPS-CRNTI corresponding to the first SPS service to be activated,

wherein when the wireless terminal is able to de-mask the code region for detecting the error using the first SPS-CRNTI received from the base station, and the PDCCH after the de-masking is the first PDCCH which carries the activation command, the wireless terminal activates the first SPS service corresponding to the first SPS-CRNTI used to de-mask the code region for detecting the error in the first PDCCH,

wherein the base station releases a second SPS service, the processor masks the code region for detecting the error of a second PDCCH carrying a release command with a second SPS-CRNTI corresponding to the second SPS service to be released,

wherein when the wireless terminal is able to de-mask the code region for detecting the error using the second SPS-CRNTI received from the base station, and the PDCCH after the de-masking is the second PDCCH which carries the release command, the wireless terminal releases the second SPS service corresponding to the second SPS-CRNTI used to de-mask the code region for detecting the error in the second PDCCH.