IP Library Granted Patent US 10,038,529
Granted Patent B2
US 10,038,529 · App. 14/903,044 · Granted Jul 31, 2018

Base station apparatus, terminal apparatus, transmitting method, and receiving method

Inventors: Lilei Wang (Beijing, CN); Ayako Horiuchi (Kanagawa, JP); Hidetoshi Suzuki (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: SUN PATENT TRUST
H04L5/0048H04J11/0073H04L5/0053H04W72/042
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Patent No.
US 10,038,529
App. No.
14/903,044
Granted
Jul 31, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a base station apparatus which allows an idle mode UE, in a small cell using S-NCT, to recognize the small cell and to receive a DCI. The base station apparatus is configured to use a carrier configuration which has no region for mapping a PDCCH and in which an EPDCCH is mapped in a data region. The base station apparatus includes: master information generating section 101 configured to generate allocation information indicating a resource which forms a search space in the EPDCCH and being scrambled with a cell ID of the base station apparatus; and transmitting section 107 configured to transmit the allocation information, a detection signal indicating the cell ID, and a control signal assigned in the search space.

Claims (51)

1. A communication apparatus comprising:

circuitry, which, in operation, generates assignment information using bits other than bits for a downlink bandwidth (dl bandwidth) and a frame number (systemFrameNumber) in a master information block (MIB), and which, in operation, maps, based on the assignment information, a control channel on a data region that is different from a region where a physical downlink control channel is mapped; and

a transmitter, which, in operation, transmits the assignment information and the control channel to a terminal,

wherein information related to one or more of system information, paging, and a random access channel (RACH) is transmitted by the control channel mapped on the data region and not by the physical downlink control channel.

2. A communication apparatus comprising:

circuitry, which, in operation, generates assignment information using bits other than bits for a downlink bandwidth (dl bandwidth) and a frame number (systemFrameNumber) in a master information block (MIB), and which, in operation, maps, based on the assignment information, a control channel on a data region that is different from a region where a physical downlink control channel is mapped; and

a transmitter, which, in operation, transmits the assignment information and the control channel to a terminal,

wherein the control channel mapped on the data region is masked with one of a system information radio network temporary identifier (SI-RNTI), a paging RNTI (P-RNTI), and a random access RNTI (RA-RNTI).

3. A communication apparatus comprising:

circuitry, which, in operation, generates assignment information using bits other than bits for a downlink bandwidth (dl bandwidth) and a frame number (systemFrameNumber) in a master information block (MIB), and which, in operation, maps, based on the assignment information, a control channel on a data region that is different from a region where a physical downlink control channel is mapped; and

a transmitter, which, in operation, transmits the assignment information and the control channel to a terminal,

wherein the circuitry, in operation, maps the control channel on the data region based on a cell ID.

4. The communication apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the transmitter, in operation, transmits a discovery signal for detecting the cell ID.

5. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the control channel is mapped on a search space, and the assignment information is related to a resource forming the search space.

6. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry, in operation, generates the assignment information scrambled by a cell ID.

7. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the control channel is mapped in a subframe other than a subframe where one of the MIB and a discovery signal for detecting a cell ID is mapped.

8. A communication apparatus comprising:

circuitry, which, in operation, generates assignment information using bits other than bits for a downlink bandwidth (dl bandwidth) and a frame number (systemFrameNumber) in a master information block (MIB), and which, in operation, maps, based on the assignment information, a control channel on a data region that is different from a region where a physical downlink control channel is mapped; and

a transmitter, which, in operation, transmits the assignment information and the control channel to a terminal,

wherein the control channel is mapped in a search space, which is determined based on a starting resource block and a number of consecutive resource blocks.

9. The communication apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the starting resource block is determined based on a cell ID.

10. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the control channel is mapped periodically.

11. A communication apparatus comprising:

circuitry, which, in operation, generates assignment information using bits other than bits for a downlink bandwidth (dl bandwidth) and a frame number (systemFrameNumber) in a master information block (MIB), and which, in operation, maps, based on the assignment information, a control channel on a data region that is different from a region where a physical downlink control channel is mapped; and

a transmitter, which, in operation, transmits the assignment information and the control channel to a terminal,

wherein a number of control channels that the terminal monitors depends on a number of resource blocks forming a search space and an aggregation level.

12. A communication method comprising:

generating assignment information using bits other than bits for a downlink bandwidth (dl bandwidth) and a frame number (systemFrameNumber) in a master information block (MIB);

mapping, based on the assignment information, a control channel on a data region that is different from a region where a physical downlink control channel is mapped; and

transmitting the assignment information and the control channel to a terminal,

wherein information related to one or more of system information, paging, and a random access channel (RACH) is transmitted by the control channel mapped on the data region and not by the physical downlink control channel.

13. A communication method comprising:

generating assignment information using bits other than bits for a downlink bandwidth (dl bandwidth) and a frame number (systemFrameNumber) in a master information block (MIB);

mapping, based on the assignment information, a control channel on a data region that is different from a region where a physical downlink control channel is mapped; and

transmitting the assignment information and the control channel to a terminal,

wherein the control channel mapped on the data region is masked with one of a system information radio network temporary identifier (SI-RNTI), a paging RNTI (P-RNTI), and a random access RNTI (RA-RNTI).

14. A communication method comprising:

generating assignment information using bits other than bits for a downlink bandwidth (dl bandwidth) and a frame number (systemFrameNumber) in a master information block (MIB);

mapping, based on the assignment information, a control channel on a data region that is different from a region where a physical downlink control channel is mapped; and

transmitting the assignment information and the control channel to a terminal,

wherein the control channel is mapped on the data region based on a cell ID.

15. A communication method comprising:

generating assignment information using bits other than bits for a downlink bandwidth (dl bandwidth) and a frame number (systemFrameNumber) in a master information block (MIB);

mapping, based on the assignment information, a control channel on a data region that is different from a region where a physical downlink control channel is mapped; and

transmitting the assignment information and the control channel to a terminal,

wherein the control channel is mapped in a search space, which is determined based on a starting resource block and a number of consecutive resource blocks.

16. A communication method comprising:

generating assignment information using bits other than bits for a downlink bandwidth (dl bandwidth) and a frame number (systemFrameNumber) in a master information block (MIB);

mapping, based on the assignment information, a control channel on a data region that is different from a region where a physical downlink control channel is mapped; and

transmitting the assignment information and the control channel to a terminal,

wherein a number of control channels that the terminal monitors depends on a number of resource blocks forming a search space and an aggregation level.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 31, 2016
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
To: SUN PATENT TRUST
Reel/Frame 040168/0705 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 9, 2016
From: WANG, LILEI; HORIUCHI, AYAKO; SUZUKI, HIDETOSHI
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Reel/Frame 037937/0961 →
Continuity (1)
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