IP Library Granted Patent US 9,967,871
Granted Patent B2
US 9,967,871 · App. 15/398,661 · Granted May 8, 2018

Method, base station, and user equipment for communicating downlink control information

Inventors: Yingyang Li (Shenzhen, CN); Chi Gao (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: Huawei Device Co., Ltd.
H04W72/042H04L5/0044H04L5/06H04L27/2601H04W72/0453
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Patent No.
US 9,967,871
App. No.
15/398,661
Granted
May 8, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The application pertains to a method for communicating downlink control information. A base station maps an enhanced physical downlink control channel (E-PDCCH) sequentially to resource elements for transmitting the E-PDCCH in each orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol according to an order of OFDM symbols used by the E-PDCCH of a user equipment (UE). The E-PDCCH is sent to the UE from the base station by using the resource elements, where the E-PDCCH and a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) invoked by the E-PDCCH are frequency-division multiplexed. Because the E-PDCCH is mapped sequentially to resource elements for transmitting the E-PDCCH in each OFDM symbol according to an order of OFDM symbols used by the E-PDCCH of the UE, different control channel elements of E-PDCCHs at different aggregation levels will not include a same E-PDCCH modulation symbol, thereby ensuring that the UE judges a start position of the E-PDCCH correctly.

Claims (106)

1. A method for transmitting downlink control information, comprising:

mapping, by a base station, an enhanced physical downlink control channel (E-PDCCH) of a user equipment device (UE) to resource elements allocated for transmitting the E-PDCCH, wherein the resource elements are in L enhanced control channel elements (eCCEs) allocated to the E-PDCCH, wherein L is an aggregation level and is greater than or equal to 1; and

transmitting, by the base station, the E-PDCCH to the UE by using the resource elements mapped with the E-PDCCH;

wherein one or more orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols are used by the E-PDCCH, and each OFDM symbol comprises one or more resource elements that are allocated for transmitting the E-PDCCH;

wherein mapping the E-PDCCH to the resource elements in the L eCCEs comprises:

following an order of the OFDM symbols, in each OFDM symbol, mapping the E-PDCCH to the resource elements occupied by the L eCCEs and allocated for transmitting the E-PDCCH according to an order of subcarriers in the OFDM symbol;

wherein the E-PDCCH carries the downlink control information; and

wherein the E-PDCCH and a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) invoked by the E-PDCCH are frequency-division multiplexed.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the order of the OFDM symbols is the order of the indexes of the OFDM symbols.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the order of subcarriers is the order of the indexes of the subcarriers.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein mapping the E-PDCCH to the resource elements occupied by the L eCCEs and allocated for transmitting the E-PDCCH according to an order of subcarriers in the OFDM symbol comprises:

mapping modulation symbols of the E-PDCCH with index numbers of j 0 +[0, . . . , N−1] sequentially to a set R of resource elements in the OFDM symbol, wherein the set R is a set of resource elements occupied by the L eCCEs and allocated for transmitting the E-PDCCH in the OFDM symbol;

wherein j 0 is a start position of the modulation symbols of the E-PDCCH mapped in the OFDM symbol; N is the quantity of the resource elements in the set R; and L, N and j 0 are integers.

5. A method for receiving downlink control information, comprising:

receiving, by a user equipment device (UE), a downlink subframe from a base station; and

extracting, by the UE, the downlink control information carried in an enhanced physical downlink control channel (E-PDCCH) from resource elements allocated for transmitting the E-PDCCH in the downlink subframe,

wherein the resource elements are in L enhanced control channel elements (eCCEs) allocated to the E-PDCCH, L is an aggregation level and is greater than or equal to 1, one or more orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols are used by the E-PDCCH, and each OFDM symbol comprises one or more resource elements that are allocated for transmitting the E-PDCCH;

wherein extracting the downlink control information carried in the E-PDCCH from the resource elements in the L eCCEs comprises:

following an order of the OFDM symbols, in each OFDM symbol, extracting the E-PDCCH from the resource elements occupied by the L eCCEs and allocated for transmitting the E-PDCCH according to an order of subcarriers in the OFDM symbol;

and wherein the E-PDCCH and a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) invoked by the E-PDCCH are frequency-division multiplexed.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the order of the OFDM symbols is the order of the indexes of the OFDM symbols.

7. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the order of subcarriers is the order of the indexes of the subcarriers.

8. The method according to claim 5 , wherein extracting the E-PDCCH from the resource elements occupied by the L eCCEs and allocated for transmitting the E-PDCCH according to an order of subcarriers in the OFDM symbol comprises:

extracting modulation symbols of the E-PDCCH with index numbers of j 0 +[0, . . . , N−1] sequentially from a set R of resource elements in the OFDM symbol, wherein the set R is a set of resource elements occupied by the L eCCEs and mapped with the modulation symbols of the E-PDCCH in the OFDM symbol;

wherein j 0 is a start position of the modulation symbols of the E-PDCCH mapped in the OFDM symbol; N is the quantity of the resource elements in the set R; and L, N and j 0 are integers.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program codes thereon for use by a base station, wherein the program codes, when executed by the base station, cause the base station to perform a method that comprises:

mapping an enhanced physical downlink control channel (E-PDCCH) of a user equipment device (UE) to resource elements allocated for transmitting the E-PDCCH, wherein the resource elements are in L enhanced control channel elements (eCCEs) allocated to the E-PDCCH, wherein L is an aggregation level and is greater than or equal to 1; and

transmitting the E-PDCCH to the UE by using the resource elements mapped with the E-PDCCH,

wherein one or more orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols are used by the E-PDCCH, and each OFDM symbol comprises one or more resource elements that are allocated for transmitting the E-PDCCH;

wherein mapping the E-PDCCH to the resource elements in the L eCCEs comprises:

following an order of the OFDM symbols, in each OFDM symbol, mapping the E-PDCCH to the resource elements occupied by the L eCCEs and allocated for transmitting the E-PDCCH according to an order of subcarriers in the OFDM symbol;

wherein the E-PDCCH carries downlink control information; and

wherein the E-PDCCH and a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) invoked by the E-PDCCH are frequency-division multiplexed.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 9 , wherein the order of the OFDM symbols is the order of the indexes of the OFDM symbols.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 9 , wherein the order of subcarriers is the order of the indexes of the subcarriers.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 9 , wherein mapping the E-PDCCH to the resource elements occupied by the L eCCEs and allocated for transmitting the E-PDCCH according to an order of subcarriers in the OFDM symbol comprises:

mapping modulation symbols of the E-PDCCH with index numbers of j 0 +[0, . . . , N−1] sequentially to a set R of resource elements in the OFDM symbol, wherein the set R is a set of resource elements occupied by the L eCCEs and allocated for transmitting the E-PDCCH in the OFDM symbol;

wherein j 0 is a start position of the modulation symbols of the E-PDCCH mapped in the OFDM symbol; N is the quantity of the resource elements in the set R; and L, N and j 0 are integers.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program codes thereon for use by a user equipment device (UE), wherein the program codes, when executed by the UE, cause the UE to perform a method that comprises:

receiving a downlink subframe from a base station; and

extracting downlink control information carried in an enhanced physical downlink control channel (E-PDCCH) from resource elements allocated for transmitting the E-PDCCH in the downlink subframe,

wherein the resource elements are in L enhanced control channel elements (eCCEs) allocated to the E-PDCCH, L is an aggregation level and is greater than or equal to 1, one or more orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols are used by the E-PDCCH, and each OFDM symbol comprises one or more resource elements that are allocated for transmitting the E-PDCCH;

wherein extracting the downlink control information carried in the E-PDCCH from the resource elements in the L eCCEs comprises:

following an order of the OFDM symbols, in each OFDM symbol, extracting the E-PDCCH from the resource elements occupied by the L eCCEs and allocated for transmitting the E-PDCCH according to an order of subcarriers in the OFDM symbol;

and wherein the E-PDCCH and a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) invoked by the E-PDCCH are frequency-division multiplexed.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 13 , wherein the order of the OFDM symbols is the order of the indexes of the OFDM symbols.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 13 , wherein the order of subcarriers is the order of the indexes of the subcarriers.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 13 , wherein extracting the E-PDCCH from the resource elements occupied by the L eCCEs and allocated for transmitting the E-PDCCH according to an order of subcarriers in the OFDM symbol comprises:

extracting modulation symbols of the E-PDCCH with index numbers of j 0 +[0, . . . , N−1] sequentially from a set R of resource elements in the OFDM symbol, wherein the set R is a set of resource elements occupied by the L eCCEs and mapped with the modulation symbols of the E-PDCCH in the OFDM symbol;

wherein j 0 is a start position of the modulation symbols of the E-PDCCH mapped in the OFDM symbol; N is the quantity of the resource elements in the set R; and L, N and j 0 are integers.

17. A base station, comprising one or more processors, a transmitter, and a memory storing program instructions;

wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute the program instructions to:

map an enhanced physical downlink control channel (E-PDCCH) of a user equipment device (UE) to resource elements allocated for transmitting the E-PDCCH, wherein the resource elements are in L enhanced control channel elements (eCCEs) allocated to the E-PDCCH,

wherein L is an aggregation level and is greater than or equal to 1; and

wherein the transmitter is configured to:

transmit the E-PDCCH to the UE by using the resource elements mapped with the E-PDCCH;

wherein one or more orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols are used by the E-PDCCH, and each OFDM symbol comprises one or more resource elements that are allocated for transmitting the E-PDCCH;

wherein in mapping the E-PDCCH to resource elements in the L eCCEs, the one or more processors are configured to execute the program instructions to:

following an order of the OFDM symbols, in each OFDM symbol, map the E-PDCCH to the resource elements occupied by the L eCCEs and allocated for transmitting the E-PDCCH according to an order of subcarriers in the OFDM symbol;

wherein the E-PDCCH carries downlink control information; and

wherein the E-PDCCH and a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) invoked by the E-PDCCH are frequency-division multiplexed.

18. The base station according to claim 17 , wherein the order of the OFDM symbols is the order of the indexes of the OFDM symbols.

19. The base station according to claim 17 , wherein the order of subcarriers is the order of the indexes of the subcarriers.

20. The base station according to claim 17 , wherein in mapping the E-PDCCH to the resource elements occupied by the L eCCEs and allocated for transmitting the E-PDCCH according to an order of subcarriers in the OFDM symbol, the one or more processors are configured to execute the program instructions to:

map modulation symbols of the E-PDCCH with index numbers of j 0 +[0, . . . , N−1] sequentially to a set R of resource elements in the OFDM symbol, wherein the set R is a set of resource elements occupied by the L eCCEs and allocated for transmitting the E-PDCCH in the OFDM symbol;

wherein j 0 is a start position of the modulation symbols of the E-PDCCH mapped in the OFDM symbol; N is the quantity of the resource elements in the set R; and L, N and j 0 are integers.

21. A user equipment device (UE), comprising one or more processors, a receiver, and a memory storing program instructions;

wherein the receiver is configured to receive a downlink subframe from a base station; and

wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute the program instructions to:

extract downlink control information carried in an enhanced physical downlink control channel (E-PDCCH) from resource elements allocated for transmitting the E-PDCCH in the downlink subframe;

wherein the resource elements are in L enhanced control channel elements (eCCEs) allocated to the E-PDCCH, L is an aggregation level and is greater than or equal to 1, one or more orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols are used by the E-PDCCH, and each OFDM symbol comprises one or more resource elements that are allocated for transmitting the E-PDCCH;

wherein in extracting the downlink control information carried in the E-PDCCH from the resource elements in the L eCCEs, the one or more processors are configured to execute the program instructions to:

following an order of the OFDM symbols, in each OFDM symbol, extract the E-PDCCH from the resource elements occupied by the L eCCEs and allocated for transmitting the E-PDCCH according to an order of subcarriers in the OFDM symbol;

wherein the E-PDCCH and a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) invoked by the E-PDCCH are frequency-division multiplexed.

22. The UE according to claim 21 , wherein the order of the OFDM symbols is the order of the indexes of the OFDM symbols.

23. The UE according to claim 21 , wherein the order of subcarriers is the order of the indexes of the subcarriers.

24. The UE according to claim 21 , wherein in extracting the E-PDCCH from the resource elements occupied by the L eCCEs and allocated for transmitting the E-PDCCH according to an order of subcarriers in the OFDM symbol, the one or more processors are configured to execute the program instructions to:

extract modulation symbols of the E-PDCCH with index numbers of j 0 +[0, . . . , N−1] sequentially from a set R of resource elements in the OFDM symbol, wherein the set R is a set of resource elements occupied by the L eCCEs and mapped with the modulation symbols of the E-PDCCH in the OFDM symbol;

wherein j 0 is a start position of the modulation symbols of the E-PDCCH mapped in the OFDM symbol; N is the quantity of the resource elements in the set R; and L, N and j 0 are integers.

25. An apparatus, implemented in a base station, comprising one or more processors and a memory storing program instructions for execution by the processors;

wherein by executing the program instructions, the one or more processors are configured to perform operations of:

mapping an enhanced physical downlink control channel (E-PDCCH) of a user equipment device (UE) to resource elements allocated for transmitting the E-PDCCH, wherein the resource elements are in L enhanced control channel elements (eCCEs) allocated to the E-PDCCH, wherein L is an aggregation level and is greater than or equal to 1; and

controlling the base station to transmit the E-PDCCH to the UE by using the resource elements mapped with the E-PDCCH;

wherein one or more orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols are used by the E-PDCCH, and each OFDM symbol comprises one or more resource elements that are allocated for transmitting the E-PDCCH;

wherein the operation of mapping the E-PDCCH to the resource elements in the L eCCEs comprises:

following an order of the OFDM symbols, in each OFDM symbol, mapping the E-PDCCH to the resource elements occupied by the L eCCEs and allocated for transmitting the E-PDCCH according to an order of subcarriers in the OFDM symbol;

wherein the E-PDCCH carries downlink control information; and

wherein the E-PDCCH and a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) invoked by the E-PDCCH are frequency-division multiplexed.

26. The apparatus according to claim 25 , wherein the order of the OFDM symbols is the order of the indexes of the OFDM symbols.

27. The apparatus according to claim 25 , wherein the order of subcarriers is the order of the indexes of the subcarriers.

28. The apparatus according to claim 25 , wherein the operation of mapping the E-PDCCH to the resource elements occupied by the L eCCEs and allocated for transmitting the E-PDCCH according to an order of subcarriers in the OFDM symbol comprises:

mapping modulation symbols of the E-PDCCH with index numbers of j 0 +[0, . . . , N−1] sequentially to a set R of resource elements in the OFDM symbol, wherein the set R is a set of resource elements occupied by the L eCCEs and allocated for transmitting the E-PDCCH in the OFDM symbol;

wherein j 0 is a start position of the modulation symbols of the E-PDCCH mapped in the OFDM symbol; N is the quantity of the resource elements in the set R; and L, N and j 0 are integers.

29. An apparatus, implemented in a user equipment device (UE), comprising one or more processors and a memory storing program instructions for execution by the processors;

wherein, by executing the program instructions, the one or more processors are configured to perform operations of:

controlling the UE to receive a downlink subframe from a base station; and

extracting downlink control information carried in an enhanced physical downlink control channel (E-PDCCH) from resource elements allocated for transmitting the E-PDCCH in the downlink subframe;

wherein the resource elements are in L enhanced control channel elements (eCCEs) allocated to the E-PDCCH, L is an aggregation level and is greater than or equal to 1, one or more orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols are used by the E-PDCCH, and each OFDM symbol comprises one or more resource elements that are allocated for transmitting the E-PDCCH;

wherein the operation of extracting the downlink control information carried in the E-PDCCH from the resource elements in the L eCCEs comprises:

following an order of the OFDM symbols, in each OFDM symbol, extracting the E-PDCCH from the resource elements occupied by the L eCCEs and allocated for transmitting the E-PDCCH according to an order of subcarriers in the OFDM symbol;

wherein the E-PDCCH and a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) invoked by the E-PDCCH are frequency-division multiplexed.

30. The apparatus according to claim 29 , wherein the order of the OFDM symbols is the order of the indexes of the OFDM symbols.

31. The apparatus according to claim 29 , wherein the order of subcarriers is the order of the indexes of the subcarriers.

32. The apparatus according to claim 29 , wherein the operation of extracting the E-PDCCH from the resource elements occupied by the L eCCEs and allocated for transmitting the E-PDCCH according to an order of subcarriers in the OFDM symbol comprises:

extracting modulation symbols of the E-PDCCH with index numbers of j 0 +[0, . . . , N−1] sequentially from a set R of resource elements in the OFDM symbol, wherein the set R is a set of resource elements occupied by the L eCCEs and mapped with the modulation symbols of the E-PDCCH in the OFDM symbol;

wherein j 0 is a start position of the modulation symbols of the E-PDCCH mapped in the OFDM symbol; N is the quantity of the resource elements in the set R; and L, N and j 0 are integers.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 19, 2018
From: HUAWEI DEVICE (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
To: HUAWEI DEVICE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 047603/0039 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 12, 2018
From: HUAWEI DEVICE CO.,LTD.
To: HUAWEI DEVICE (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 046340/0590 →
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