IP Library Granted Patent US 9,743,410
Granted Patent B2
US 9,743,410 · App. 15/282,856 · Granted Aug 22, 2017

Wireless communication system, wireless communication setting method, base station, mobile station, and program

Inventors: Takamichi Inoue (Tokyo, JP); Kenji Koyanagi (Tokyo, JP); Le Liu (Tokyo, JP); Yoshikazu Kakura (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
H04W72/0453H04L5/006H04L5/0007H04L5/0037H04L5/0041H04L5/0044H04L5/0048H04L5/0057H04L5/0064H04L5/0094H04L27/2614H04W72/042H04W72/0406H04W72/0413H04W88/02H04W88/08
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Patent No.
US 9,743,410
App. No.
15/282,856
Granted
Aug 22, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A base station includes a transmitter configured to transmit a downlink control information to a user equipment, the downlink control information being generated based on one of (1) a first uplink allocation information indicating a first frequency block corresponding to a first plurality of subcarriers which are contiguous in frequency and (2) a second uplink allocation information indicating a second frequency block corresponding to a second plurality of subcarriers which are contiguous in frequency and a third frequency block corresponding to a third plurality of subcarriers which are contiguous in frequency, the second frequency block and the third frequency block being separated in frequency.

Claims (22)

1. A base station comprising:

a downlink control signal generating section configured to generate a first downlink control information based on (1) a first uplink allocation information indicating a first frequency block corresponding to a first plurality of subcarriers which are contiguous in frequency and a second downlink control information based on (2) a second uplink allocation information indicating a second frequency block corresponding to a second plurality of subcarriers which are contiguous in frequency and a third frequency block corresponding to a third plurality of subcarriers which are contiguous in frequency, wherein the second frequency block and the third frequency block are separated in frequency;

a transmitter configured to transmit the first downlink control information and the second downlink control information to a user equipment; and

a receiver configured to receive (1) a first reference signal comprising a first reference signal sequence having a first sequence length corresponding to a first bandwidth of the first frequency block, in a case in which the first downlink control information is generated based on the first uplink allocation information, and (2) a second reference signal comprising a second reference signal sequence having a second sequence length corresponding to a second bandwidth, which is a summation of a third bandwidth of the second frequency block and a fourth bandwidth of the third frequency block, in a case in which the second downlink control information is generated based on the second uplink allocation information.

2. The base station according to claim 1 , wherein the first uplink information based on an information of a starting resource block of the first frequency block and an information of a length corresponding to the first plurality of subcarriers.

3. The base station according to claim 1 , wherein the second uplink information based on an information of a starting resource of the second frequency block and an information of a starting resource of the third frequency block.

4. A user equipment comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a first downlink control information and a second downlink control information from a base station, wherein the first downlink control information is generated based on (1) a first uplink allocation information indicating a first frequency block corresponding to a first plurality of subcarriers which are contiguous in frequency and the second downlink control information is based on (2) a second uplink allocation information indicating a second frequency block corresponding to a second plurality of subcarriers which are contiguous in frequency and a third frequency block corresponding to a third plurality of subcarriers which are contiguous in frequency, wherein the second frequency block and the third frequency block are separated in frequency; and

a transmitter configured to transmit (1) a first reference signal comprising a first reference signal sequence having a first sequence length corresponding to a first bandwidth of the first frequency block, in a case in which the first downlink control information is generated based on the first uplink allocation information, and (2) a second reference signal comprising a second reference signal sequence having a second sequence length corresponding to a second bandwidth which is a summation of a third bandwidth of the second frequency block and a fourth bandwidth of the third frequency block, in a case in which the second downlink control information is generated based on the second uplink allocation information.

5. The user equipment according to claim 4 , wherein the first uplink information is generated based on an information of a starting resource block of the first frequency block and an information of a length corresponding to the first plurality of subcarriers.

6. The user equipment according to claim 4 , wherein the second uplink information is generated based on an information of a starting resource of the second frequency block and an information of a starting resource of the third frequency block.

7. A communication method by a base station, the communication method comprising:

generating, by the base station, a first downlink control information based on (1) a first uplink allocation information indicating a first frequency block corresponding to a first plurality of subcarriers which are contiguous in frequency and a second downlink control information based on (2) a second uplink allocation information indicating a second frequency block corresponding to a second plurality of subcarriers which are contiguous in frequency and a third frequency block corresponding to a third plurality of subcarriers which are contiguous in frequency, wherein the second frequency block and the third frequency block are separated in frequency;

transmitting, from the base station to the user equipment, the first downlink control information and the second downlink control information; and

receiving, by the base station, (1) a first reference signal comprising a first reference signal sequence having a first sequence length corresponding to a first bandwidth of the first frequency block, in a case in which the first downlink control information is generated based on the first uplink allocation information, and (2) a second reference signal comprising a second reference signal sequence having a second sequence length corresponding to a second bandwidth which is a summation of a third bandwidth of the second frequency block and a fourth bandwidth of the third frequency block, in a case in which the second downlink control information is generated based on the second uplink allocation information.

8. The communication method according to claim 7 , wherein the first uplink information is generated based on an information of a starting resource block of the first frequency block and an information of a length corresponding to the first plurality of subcarriers.

9. The communication method according to claim 7 , wherein the second uplink information is generated based on an information of a starting resource of the second frequency block and an information of a starting resource of the third frequency block.

10. A communication method by a user equipment, the communication method comprising:

receiving, by the user equipment, a first downlink control information and a second downlink control information from a base station, wherein the first downlink control information is generated based on (1) a first uplink allocation information indicating a first frequency block corresponding to a first plurality of subcarriers which are contiguous in frequency and the second downlink control information is based on (2) a second uplink allocation information indicating a second frequency block corresponding to a second plurality of subcarriers which are contiguous in frequency and a third frequency block corresponding to a third plurality of subcarriers which are contiguous in frequency, wherein the second frequency block and the third frequency block are separated in frequency; and

transmitting, by the user equipment (1) a first reference signal comprising a first reference signal sequence having a first sequence length corresponding to a first bandwidth of the first frequency block, in a case in which the first downlink control information is generated based on the first uplink allocation information, and (2) a second reference signal comprising a second reference signal sequence having a second sequence length corresponding to a second bandwidth which is a summation of a third bandwidth of the second frequency block and a fourth bandwidth of the third frequency block, in a case in which the second downlink control information is generated based on the second uplink allocation information.

11. The communication method according to claim 10 , wherein the first uplink information is generated based on an information of a starting resource block of the first frequency block and an information of a length corresponding to the first plurality of subcarriers.

12. The communication method according to claim 10 , wherein the second uplink information is generated based on an information of a starting resource of the second frequency block and an information of a starting resource of the third frequency block.

Priority Claims (1)
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