Method for receiving downlink control signal, user equipment, method for transmitting downlink control signal and base station
In the event where a channel strength between UE and eNB is weakened, the eNB of the present invention may configure downlink control information into the format in which at least one of fields of pre-defined existing format is deleted, the length of a relevant field is shortened to be shorter than a pre-defined length of the relevant field, or an error correcting code is added by the amount of the length deleted or reduced. UE decodes a downlink signal according to the modified format to acquire downlink control information of its own.
1. A method for receiving a downlink control signal by a user equipment, the method comprising:
receiving, by the user equipment, modification information indicating modification of a downlink control information (DCI) format
decoding, by the user equipment, the downlink control signal according to a modified DCI format of the DCI format according to the modification information; and
performing, by the user equipment, downlink data reception or uplink data transmission indicated by the decoded downlink control signal,
wherein the DCI format is configured with a plurality of information fields, each of which has a predefined length,
wherein the modified DCI format is different from the DCI format in that a first length of at least one information field in the modified DCI format is a shorter than a second length of a corresponding information field in the DCI format, and
wherein a predetermined value or an error correction code is set to bits corresponding to difference between the first length and the second length.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one information field is at least a carrier indicator field (CIF), a resource assignment (RA) field, a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) field, a redundancy version (RV) field, or a new data indicator (NDI) field.
3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one information field includes a resource assignment (RA) field, and a resource allocation unit assigned by a RA field (modified RA field) in the modified DCI format is larger than that assigned by a RA field (original RA field) in the specific DCI format.
4. A user equipment for receiving a downlink control signal, the user equipment comprising:
a radio frequency (RF) unit; and
a processor configured to:
control the RF unit to receive modification information indicating modification of a downlink control information (DCI) format,
decode the downlink control signal according to a modified DCI format of a DCI format according to the modification information, and
control the RF unit to perform downlink data reception or uplink data transmission indicated by the decoded downlink control signal, wherein the DCI format is configured with a plurality of information fields, each of which has a predefined length,
wherein the modified DCI format is different from the DCI format in that a first length of at least one information field in the modified DCI format is a shorter than a second length of a corresponding information field in the specific DCI format, and
wherein a predetermined value or an error correction code is set to bits corresponding to difference between the first length and the second length.
5. The user equipment according to claim 4 , wherein the at least one information field is at least one a carrier indicator field (CIF), a resource assignment (RA) field, a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) field, a redundancy version (RV) field, or a new data indicator (NDI) field.
6. The user equipment according to claim 4 , wherein the at least one information field includes a resource assignment (RA) field, and a resource allocation unit assigned by a RA field (modified RA field) in the modified DCI format is larger than that assigned by a RA field (original RA field) in the specific DCI format.
7. A method for transmitting a downlink control signal by a base station, the method comprising:
transmitting, by the base station, modification information indicating modification of a downlink control information (DCI) format;
modifying the DCI format into a modified DCI format according to the modification information,
transmitting, by the base station, the downlink control signal configured according to the modified DCI format instead of the DCI format; and
performing, by the base station, downlink data transmission or uplink data reception indicated by the downlink control signal,
wherein the DCI format is configured with a plurality of information fields, each of which has a predefined length,
wherein the modified DCI format is different from the DCI format in that a first length of at least one information field in the modified DCI format is a shorter than a second length of a corresponding information field in the specific DCI format, and
wherein a predetermined value or an error correction code is set to bits corresponding to difference between the first length and the second length.
8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the at least one information field is at least one a carrier indicator field (CIF), a resource assignment (RA) field, a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) field, a redundancy version (RV) field, or a new data indicator (NDI) field.
9. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the at least one information field includes a resource assignment (RA) field, and a resource allocation unit assigned by a RA field (modified RA field) in the modified DCI format is larger than that assigned by a RA field (original RA field) in the specific DCI format.
10. A base station for transmitting a downlink control signal, the base station comprising:
a radio frequency (RF) unit; and
a processor configured to:
control the RF unit to transmit modification information indicating modification of a downlink control information (DCI) format,
modify the DCI format into a modified DCI format according to the modification information,
control the RF unit to transmit the downlink control signal according to the modified DCI format instead of the DCI format, and
control the RF unit to perform downlink data transmission or uplink data reception indicated by the transmitted downlink control signal,
wherein the DCI format is configured with a plurality of information fields, each of which has a predefined length,
wherein the modified DCI format is different from the DCI format in that a first length of at least one information field in the modified DCI format is a shorter than a second length of a corresponding information field in the specific DCI format, and
wherein a predetermined value or an error correction code is set to bits corresponding to difference between the first length and the second length.
11. The base station according to claim 10 , wherein the at least one information field is at least one of a carrier indicator field (CIF), a resource assignment (RA) field, a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) field, a redundancy version (RV) field, or a new data indicator (NDI) field.
12. The base station according to claim 10 , wherein the at least one information field includes a resource assignment (RA) field, and a resource allocation unit assigned by a RA field (modified RA field) in the modified DCI format is larger than that assigned by a RA field (original RA field) in the specific DCI format.