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US 10,375,529 · App. 14/906,964 · Granted Aug 6, 2019

Transmission/reception method for MTC apparatus

Inventors: Hyangsun You (Seoul, KR); Dongyoun Seo (Seoul, KR); Yunjung Yi (Seoul, KR); Joonkui Ahn (Seoul, KR); Suckchel Yang (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W4/06H04B7/2656H04L5/005H04L5/0092H04W4/70H04W72/005
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Patent No.
US 10,375,529
App. No.
14/906,964
Granted
Aug 6, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present specification discloses a transmission/reception method for a machine type communication (MTC) apparatus. The transmission/reception method for the MTC apparatus may comprise the steps of: receiving, by the MTC apparatus, setting information about a multicast-broadcast single-frequency network (MBSFN) subframe from a base station; receiving, by the MTC apparatus, downlink data for the MTC apparatus, on a data region of the MBSFN subframe; and receiving, by the MTC apparatus, a cell-specific reference signal (CRS) only on a portion of the resource blocks (RBs) in the whole system bandwidth of the data region in the MBSFN subframe. Here, the CRS received only on the portion of RBs may be transmitted while electric power is increased by means of the base station.

Claims (26)

1. A method for receiving a signal of a first physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), the method performed by a wireless device and comprising:

receiving first information specifying a plurality of subframes used for the wireless device;

receiving second information specifying at least one multimedia broadcast multicast service single frequency network (MBSFN) subframe;

determining multiple downlink subframes, to receive the signal of the first PDSCH, based on the plurality of subframes specified in the first information,

wherein the multiple downlink subframes include at least one MBSFN subframe specified by the second information;

receiving the signal of the first PDSCH which is repeated over the determined multiple downlink subframes; and

if the signal of the first PDSCH includes a first system information block (SIB), determining that a signal of a second PDSCH including a data other than the first SIB is not transmitted in the determined multiple downlink subframes,

wherein the first SIB is dedicated for the wireless device and different from a SIB for a user equipment (UE) used by a user.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first information is received via a second SIB or a higher layer signal.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the first information is expressed as a bitmap in the second SIB.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the bitmap includes 10 bits.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second information is received via a second SIB.

6. A wireless device for receiving a signal of a first physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), the wireless device comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor operatively connected to the transceiver and configured to:

control the transceiver to receive first information specifying a plurality of subframes used for the wireless device,

control the transceiver to receive second information specifying at least one multimedia broadcast multicast service single frequency network (MBSFN) subframe,

determine multiple downlink subframes, to receive the signal of the first PDSCH, based on the plurality of subframes specified in the first information,

wherein the multiple downlink subframes include at least one MBSFN subframe specified by the second information,

control the transceiver to receive the signal of the first PDSCH which is repeated over the determined multiple downlink subframes, and

if the signal of the first PDSCH includes a first system information block (SIB), determine that a signal of a second PDSCH including a data other than the first SIB is not transmitted in the determined multiple downlink subframes,

wherein the first SIB is dedicated for the wireless device and different from a SIB for a user equipment (UE) used by a user.

7. The wireless device of claim 6 , wherein the first information is received via a second SIB or a higher layer signal.

8. The wireless device of claim 7 , wherein the first information is expressed as a bitmap in the second SIB.

9. The wireless device of claim 8 , wherein the bitmap includes 10 bits.

10. The wireless device of claim 6 , wherein the second information is received via a second SIB.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 26, 2016
From: YOU, HYANGSUN; SEO, DONGYOUN; YI, YUNJUNG; AHN, JOONKUI; YANG, SUCKCHEL
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 037585/0670 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 61858629 · Jul 26, 2013
Provisional Application 61866551 · Aug 16, 2013
Related Publication 20160174014A1 · Jun 16, 2016