IP Library Granted Patent US 9,408,190
Granted Patent B2
US 9,408,190 · App. 14/356,589 · Granted Aug 2, 2016

Information sending and blind detection method and device

Inventor: Xueming Pan (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: China Academy of Telecommunications Technology
H04W72/04H04L1/0026H04L1/0091
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Patent No.
US 9,408,190
App. No.
14/356,589
Granted
Aug 2, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are an information sending and blind detection method and device, relating to the technical field of wireless communication technologies and for realizing a new information sending and blind detection method over a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH). In the present application, a base station determines a plurality of preset blind detection candidate sets, each blind detection candidate set containing at least one PDCCH candidate resource; and uses the PDCCH Candidates in at least one blind detection candidate set of the plurality of blind detection candidate sets to send control information to a terminal. The terminal determines a plurality of preset blind detection candidate sets, and performs blind detection of control information over the PDCCH Candidates in each blind detection candidate set of the plurality of blind detection candidate sets. By applying the present applications, a new information sending and blind detection method over a PDCCH is realized.

Claims (59)

1. A method for transmitting information, comprising:

determining, by a base station, a plurality of preset sets of blind detection candidates, each of which comprises one or more Physical Downlink Control Channel, PDCCH, candidates; and

transmitting, by the base station, control information to a user equipment over the PDCCH candidates in at least one of the plurality of sets of blind detection candidates;

wherein the plurality of sets of blind detection candidates comprise a first set of blind detection candidates and a second set of blind detection candidates; and

the base station transmits Downlink Control Information, DCI, to the user equipment over the PDCCH candidates in the first set of blind detection candidates with a prescribed data modulation scheme; and the base station transmits the DCI to the user equipment over the PDCCH candidates in the second set of blind detection candidates with a data modulation scheme determined by the base station;

wherein the first set of blind detection candidates comprises all of PDCCH candidates in a common search space among enhanced PDCCHs; or all of PDCCH candidates in a common search space among enhanced PDCCHs and a part or all of PDCCH candidates in a UE-specific search space among enhanced PDCCHs; or a part or all of PDCCH candidates in a UE-specific search space among enhanced PDCCHs; and

the second set of blind detection candidates comprises a part of PDCCH candidates in a UE-specific search space among enhanced PDCCHs.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the data modulation scheme determined by the base station is a data modulation scheme determined by the base station according to channel state information fed back by the user equipment, and the method further comprises:

notifying, by the base station, the user equipment of the determined data modulation scheme.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein before the base station transmits the DCI to the user equipment over the PDCCH candidates in the first set of blind detection candidates, the method further comprises:

determining, by the base station, a transmission mode in which the DCI is transmitted over the first set of blind detection candidates according to a preset correspondence relationship between sets of blind detection candidates and transmission modes and/or antenna port configuration information; and

the transmitting the DCI to the user equipment over the PDCCH candidates in the first set of blind detection candidates comprises:

transmitting, by the base station, the DCI to the user equipment over the PDCCH candidates in the first set of blind detection candidates in the determined transmission mode.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein before the base station transmits the DCI to the user equipment over the PDCCH candidates in the second set of blind detection candidates, the method further comprises:

determining, by the base station, a transmission mode in which the DCI is transmitted over the second set of blind detection candidates; and

the transmitting the DCI to the user equipment over the PDCCH candidates in the second set of blind detection candidates comprises:

transmitting, by the base station, the DCI to the user equipment over the PDCCH candidates in the second set of blind detection candidates in the determined transmission mode.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the prescribed data modulation scheme is the modulation scheme of Quadrature Phase Shift Keying, QPSK.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the data modulation scheme determined by the base station is the modulation scheme of QPSK or 16QAM or 64QAM.

7. A method for blind detection of information, comprising:

determining, by a user equipment, a plurality of preset sets of blind detection candidates, each of which comprises one or more Physical Downlink Control Channel, PDCCH, candidates; and

performing, by the user equipment, blind detection of control information over the PDCCH candidates in the respective sets among the plurality of sets of blind detection candidates;

wherein the plurality of sets of blind detection candidates comprise a first set of blind detection candidates and a second set of blind detection candidates; and the performing, by the user equipment, blind detection of the control information over the PDCCH candidates in the respective sets among the plurality of sets of blind detection candidates comprises:

performing, by the user equipment, blind detection of Downlink Control Information, DCI, over the PDCCH candidates in the first set of blind detection candidates with a prescribed data modulation scheme; and

performing, by the user equipment, blind detection of the DCI over the PDCCH candidates in the second set of blind detection candidates with a data modulation scheme notified by the base station;

wherein the first set of blind detection candidates comprises all of PDCCH candidates in a common search space among enhanced PDCCHs; or all of PDCCH candidates in a common search space among enhanced PDCCHs and a part or all of PDCCH candidates in a UE-specific search space among enhanced PDCCHs; or a part or all of PDCCH candidates in a UE-specific search space among enhanced PDCCHs; and

the second set of blind detection candidates comprises a part of PDCCH candidates in a UE-specific search space among enhanced PDCCHs.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the prescribed data modulation scheme is the modulation scheme of Quadrature Phase Shift Keying, QPSK.

9. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the data modulation scheme notified of by the base station is the modulation scheme of QPSK or 16QAM or 64QAM.

10. The method according to claim 7 , wherein determining, by the user equipment, the plurality of preset sets of blind detection candidates comprises:

receiving, by the user equipment, information transmitted by the base station about PDCCH candidates in the respective sets among the plurality of sets of blind detection candidates and determining the plurality of sets of blind detection candidates from the information.

11. A base station, comprising:

a resource determination unit configured to determine a plurality of preset sets of blind detection candidates, each of which comprises one or more Physical Downlink Control Channel, PDCCH, candidates; and

an information transmission unit configured to transmit control information to a user equipment over the PDCCH candidates in at least one of the plurality of sets of blind detection candidates;

wherein the plurality of sets of blind detection candidates comprise a first set of blind detection candidates and a second set of blind detection candidates; and the information transmission unit is further configured:

to transmit Downlink Control Information, DCI, to the user equipment over the PDCCH candidates in the first set of blind detection candidates with a prescribed data modulation scheme; and

to transmit the DCI to the user equipment over the PDCCH candidates in the second set of blind detection candidates with a data modulation scheme determined by the base station;

wherein the first set of blind detection candidates comprises all of PDCCH candidates in a common search space among enhanced PDCCHs; or all of PDCCH candidates in a common search space among enhanced PDCCHs and a part or all of PDCCH candidates in a UE-specific search space among enhanced PDCCHs; or a part or all of PDCCH candidates in a UE-specific search space among enhanced PDCCHs; and

the second set of blind detection candidates comprises a part of PDCCH candidates in a UE-specific search space among enhanced PDCCHs.

12. The base station according to claim 11 , wherein the data modulation scheme determined by the base station is a data modulation scheme determined by the base station according to channel state information fed back by the user equipment; and the base station further comprises:

a modulation scheme notification unit configured to notify the user equipment of the determined data modulation scheme.

13. The base station according to claim 11 , wherein the base station further comprises:

a first transmission mode determination unit configured to determine a transmission mode in which the DCI is transmitted over the first set of blind detection candidates according to a preset correspondence relationship between sets of blind detection candidates and transmission modes and/or antenna port configuration information before the DCI is transmitted to the user equipment over the PDCCH candidates in the first set of blind detection candidates; and

the information transmission unit is configured:

to transmit the DCI to the user equipment over the PDCCH candidates in the first set of blind detection candidates in the determined transmission mode.

14. The base station according to claim 11 , wherein the base station further comprises:

a second transmission mode determination unit configured to determine a transmission mode in which the DCI is transmitted over the second set of blind detection candidates before the DCI is transmitted to the user equipment over the PDCCH candidates in the second set of blind detection candidates; and

the information transmission unit is configured

to transmit the DCI to the user equipment over the PDCCH candidates in the second set of blind detection candidates in the determined transmission mode.

15. A user equipment, comprising:

a resource determination unit configured to determine a plurality of preset sets of blind detection candidates, each of which comprises one or more Physical Downlink Control Channel, PDCCH, candidates; and

a channel blind detection unit configured to perform blind detection of control information over the PDCCH candidates in the respective sets among the plurality of sets of blind detection candidates;

wherein the plurality of sets of blind detection candidates comprise a first set of blind detection candidates and a second set of blind detection candidates; and the channel blind detection unit is further configured:

to perform blind detection of Downlink Control Information, DCI, over the PDCCH candidates in the first set of blind detection candidates in a prescribed data modulation scheme; and

to perform blind detection of the DCI over the PDCCH candidates in the second set of blind detection candidates in a data modulation scheme notified by the base station;

wherein the first set of blind detection candidates comprises all of PDCCH candidates in a common search space among enhanced PDCCHs; or all of PDCCH candidates in a common search space among enhanced PDCCHs and a part or all of PDCCH candidates in a UE-specific search space among enhanced PDCCHs; or a part or all of PDCCH candidates in a UE-specific search space among enhanced PDCCHs;

the second set of blind detection candidates comprises a part of PDCCH candidates in a UE-specific search space among enhanced PDCCHs.

16. The user equipment according to claim 15 , wherein the resource determination unit is configured:

to receive information transmitted by the base station about PDCCH candidates in the respective sets among the plurality of sets of blind detection candidates and to determine the plurality of sets of blind detection candidates from the information.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 16, 2021
From: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
To: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD.
Reel/Frame 057452/0169 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 6, 2014
From: PAN, XUEMING
To: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
Reel/Frame 032834/0901 →
Priority Claims (1)
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