Downlink data repeat transmission method and device

1. A method for repeated transmission of downlink data, the method comprising:

determining a set of sub-frames for repeated transmission of a physical downlink channel;

mapping the physical downlink channel to resources in each sub-frame in the determined set of sub-frames by starting at a specific start symbol position in a first slot of a current sub-frame and mapping onto all resources other than resources corresponding to a reference signal for demodulation; wherein the physical downlink channel is mapped to resources in different sub-frames by starting at the same specific start symbol position; and

transmitting the physical downlink channel according to the resource mapping mode.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the specific start symbol position is preconfigured via higher-layer signaling; or the specific start symbol position is obtained according to a size of a Downlink Control Information (DCI) area, and the size of the DCI area is obtained according to a Control Format Indicator (CFI).

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein if the set of sub-frames comprises a plurality of groups of sub-frames, the physical downlink channel is mapped to each group of sub-frames, and each group of sub-frames consists of a preset number of sub-frames to be involved in multi-sub-frame channel estimation, and if each group of sub-frames comprises a Multicast-Broadcast Single-Frequency Network (MBSFN) sub-frame and a non-MBSFN sub-frame, mapping the physical downlink channel to the resources by starting at the specific start symbol position in the first slot of the current sub-frame comprises:

determining a third number of symbols occupied by a DCI area in each sub-frame in each group of sub-frames according to a first number of symbols occupied by a DCI area in the MBSFN sub-frame, and a second number of symbols occupied by a DCI area in the non-MBSFN sub-frame; determining a specific start symbol position of each sub-frame in each group of sub-frames according to the third number of symbols; and mapping the physical downlink channel to the resources by starting at the start symbol position, determined according to the third number of symbols, in the first slot of the current sub-frame; or

if the physical downlink channel is mapped to the set of sub-frames, and the set of sub-frames comprises an MBSFN sub-frame and a non-MBSFN sub-frame, mapping the physical downlink channel to the resources by starting at the specific start symbol position in the first slot of the current sub-frame comprises:

determining a third number of symbols occupied by a DCI area in each sub-frame in the set of sub-frames according to a first number of symbols occupied by a DCI area in the MBSFN sub-frame, and a second number of symbols occupied by a DCI area in the non-MBSFN sub-frame; determining a specific start symbol position of each sub-frame in the set of sub-frames according to the third number of symbols; and mapping the physical downlink channel to the resources by starting at the start symbol position, determined according to the third number of symbols, in the first slot of the current sub-frame;

and/or,

if a group of sub-frames consisting of a preset number of sub-frames to be involved in multi-sub-frame channel estimation, in the set of sub-frames, comprises an MBSFN sub-frame and a non-MBSFN sub-frame, mapping the physical downlink channel to the resources by starting at the specific start symbol position in the first slot of the current sub-frame and mapping onto all the resources other than the resources corresponding to the reference signal for demodulation, comprises:

mapping the physical downlink channel to resources in each sub-frame in each group of sub-frames by starting at the specific start symbol position in the first slot of the current sub-frame and mapping onto all the resources other than resources corresponding to a dedicated Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS); and mapping the physical downlink channel to the resources in the non-MBSFN sub-frame in each group of sub-frames by discarding or setting to zero, information, carried over the physical downlink channel, mapped onto Common Reference Signal (CRS) resources, or overwriting the information with a CRS transmitted over the CRS resources; or

if the set of sub-frames comprises an MBSFN sub-frame and a non-MBSFN sub-frame, mapping the physical downlink channel to the resources by starting at the specific start symbol position in the first slot of the current sub-frame and mapping onto all the resources other than the resources corresponding to the reference signal for demodulation comprises:

mapping the physical downlink channel to resources in each sub-frame in the set of sub-frames by starting at the specific start symbol position in the first slot of the current sub-frame and mapping onto all the resources other than resources corresponding to a dedicated DMRS; and mapping the physical downlink channel to the resources in the non-MBSFN sub-frame in the set of sub-frames by discarding or setting to zero, information, carried over the physical downlink channel, mapped onto CRS resources, or overwriting the information with a CRS transmitted over the CRS resources;

and/or

if a group of sub-frames consisting of a preset number of sub-frames to be involved in multi-sub-frame channel estimation, in the set of sub-frames, comprises an MBSFN sub-frame and a non-MBSFN sub-frame, the method further comprises:

transmitting the physical downlink channel in the MBSFN sub-frame and the non-MBSFN sub-frame belonging to the same group of sub-frames using a same transmission scheme, wherein the transmission scheme at least comprises one or any combining of reference signals for demodulation, transmission ports and the number of ports, and a pre-coding scheme; or

if the set of sub-frames comprises an MBSFN sub-frame and a non-MBSFN sub-frame, the method further comprises:

transmitting the physical downlink channel in the MBSFN sub-frame and the non-MBSFN sub-frame in the set of sub-frames using a same transmission scheme, wherein the transmission scheme at least comprises one or any combining of reference signals for demodulation, transmission ports and the number of ports, and a pre-coding scheme;

and/or

if a group of sub-frames consisting of a preset number of sub-frames to be involved in multi-sub-frame channel estimation, in the set of sub-frames, comprises only non-MBSFN sub-frames, mapping the physical downlink channel to the resources by starting at the specific start symbol position in the first slot of the current sub-frame and mapping onto all the resources other than the resources corresponding to the reference signal for demodulation comprises:

mapping the physical downlink channel to resources in each sub-frame in each group of sub-frames by starting at the start symbol position, determined according to a size of a DCI area in a non-MBSFN sub-frame, in the first slot of the current sub-frame and mapping onto all the resources other than resources corresponding to a CRS, or corresponding to a CRS and a dedicated DMRS; or

if the set of sub-frames comprises only non-MBSFN sub-frames, mapping the physical downlink channel to the resources by starting at the specific start symbol position in the first slot of the current sub-frame and mapping onto all the resources other than the resources corresponding to the reference signal for demodulation comprises:

mapping the physical downlink channel to resources in each sub-frame in the set of sub-frames by starting at the start symbol position, determined according to a size of a DCI area in a non-MBSFN sub-frame, in the first slot of the current sub-frame and mapping onto all the resources other than resources corresponding to a CRS, or corresponding to a CRS and a dedicated DMRS;

and/or

if a group of sub-frames consisting of a preset number of sub-frames to be involved in multi-sub-frame channel estimation, in the set of sub-frames, comprises only MBSFN sub-frames, mapping the physical downlink channel to the resources by starting at the specific start symbol position in the first slot of the current sub-frame and mapping onto all the resources other than the resources corresponding to the reference signal for demodulation comprises:

mapping the physical downlink channel to resources in each sub-frame in each group of sub-frames by starting at the start symbol position, determined according to a size of a DCI area in an MBSFN sub-frame, in the first slot of the current sub-frame and mapping onto all the resources other than resources corresponding to a dedicated DMRS; or

if the set of sub-frames comprises only MBSFN sub-frames, mapping the physical downlink channel to the resources by starting at the specific start symbol position in the first slot of the current sub-frame and mapping onto all the resources other than the resources corresponding to the reference signal for demodulation comprises:

mapping the physical downlink channel to resources in each sub-frame in the set of sub-frames by starting at the start symbol position, determined according to a size of a DCI area in an MBSFN sub-frame, in the first slot of the current sub-frame and mapping onto all the resources other than resources corresponding to a dedicated DMRS.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the third number of symbols is determined as the smaller or larger one of the first number of symbols and the second number of symbols.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein mapping the physical downlink channel to the resources by starting at the start symbol position, determined according to the third number of symbols, in the first slot of the current sub-frame comprises:

if the third number of symbols is the smaller one of the first number of symbols and the second number of symbols, mapping the physical downlink channel to resources in a sub-frame in which the real number of symbols in a DCI area is more than the third number of symbols, by discarding, or setting to zero, information, carried over the physical downlink channel, mapped onto first A symbols, starting at the start symbol position, determined according to the third number of symbols, in the first slot of the current sub-frame, or overwriting the information with DCI transmitted in the A symbols, wherein the number A of symbols is the difference between the real number of symbols in the DCI area in the current sub-frame and the third number of symbols; or

if the third number of symbols is the larger one of the first number of symbols and the second number of symbols, mapping the physical downlink channel to resources in a sub-frame in which the real number of symbols in a DCI area is less than the third number of symbols, starting at the start symbol position, determined according to the third number of symbols, in the first slot of the current sub-frame, and mapping a part of information carried over the physical downlink channel repeatedly onto a number B of symbols before the start symbol position, determined according to the third number of symbols, in the first slot of the current sub-frame, wherein the number B of symbols is the difference between the third number of symbols and the real number of symbols in the DCI area in the current sub-frame.

6. The method according to claim 3 , wherein transmitting using a same transmission scheme comprises:

transmitting the physical downlink channel using a transmission scheme corresponding to a specific sub-frame in the set of sub-frames or in the group of sub-frames; or

transmitting the physical downlink channel using a preset transmission scheme.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein transmitting the physical downlink channel using the transmission scheme corresponding to the specific sub-frame in the set of sub-frames or in the group of sub-frames comprises:

transmitting the physical downlink channel using a transmission scheme corresponding to a first sub-frame in the set of sub-frames or in the group of sub-frames; or

transmitting the physical downlink channel using a transmission scheme corresponding to the MBSFN sub-frame in the set of sub-frames or in the group of sub-frames.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein when mapping the physical downlink channel to resources in a sub-frame configured with Channel State Information-Reference Signal (CSI-RS) resources in the set of sub-frames, the method further comprises:

discarding or setting to zero, information, carried over the physical downlink channel, mapped onto Non-Zero Power (NZP) CSI-RS resources, or overwriting the information with a CSI-RS transmitted over the NZP CSI-RS resources, and discarding or setting to zero, information, carried over the physical downlink channel, mapped onto Zero Power (ZP) CSI-RS resources.

9. A method for repeated transmission of downlink data, the method comprising:

determining a set of sub-frames for repeated transmission of a physical downlink channel;

determining that the physical downlink channel is mapped to resources in each sub-frame in the determined set of sub-frames by starting at a specific start symbol position in a first slot of a current sub-frame and mapping onto all resources other than resources corresponding to a reference signal for demodulation; wherein the physical downlink channel is manned to resources in different sub-frames by starting at the same specific start symbol position; and

receiving the physical downlink channel according to the resource mapping mode.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the specific start symbol position is preconfigured via higher-layer signaling; or the specific start symbol position is obtained according to a size of a Downlink Control Information (DCI) area, and the size of the DCI area is obtained according to a Control Format Indicator (CFI).

11. The method according to claim 9 , wherein if the set of sub-frames comprises a plurality of groups of sub-frames, the physical downlink channel is mapped to each group of sub-frames, and each group of sub-frames consists of a preset number of sub-frames to be involved in multi-sub-frame channel estimation, and if each group of sub-frames comprises a Multicast-Broadcast Single-Frequency Network (MBSFN) sub-frame and a non-MBSFN sub-frame, determining that the physical downlink channel is mapped to the resources by starting at the specific start symbol position in the first slot of the current sub-frame comprises:

determining a third number of symbols occupied by a DCI area in each sub-frame in each group of sub-frames according to a first number of symbols occupied by a DCI area in the MBSFN sub-frame, and a second number of symbols occupied by a DCI area in the non-MBSFN sub-frame; determining a specific start symbol position of each sub-frame in each group of sub-frames according to the third number of symbols; and determining that the physical downlink channel is mapped to the resources by starting at the start symbol position, determined according to the third number of symbols, in the first slot of the current sub-frame; or

if the physical downlink channel is mapped to the set of sub-frames, and the set of sub-frames comprises an MBSFN sub-frame and a non-MBSFN sub-frame, determining that the physical downlink channel is mapped to the resources by starting at the specific start symbol position in the first slot of the current sub-frame comprises:

determining a third number of symbols occupied by a DCI area in each sub-frame in the set of sub-frames according to a first number of symbols occupied by a DCI area in the MBSFN sub-frame, and a second number of symbols occupied by a DCI area in the non-MBSFN sub-frame; determining a specific start symbol position of each sub-frame in the set of sub-frames according to the third number of symbols; and determining that the physical downlink channel is mapped to the resources by starting at the start symbol position, determined according to the third number of symbols, in the first slot of the current sub-frame;

and/or

if a group of sub-frames consisting of a preset number of sub-frames to be involved in multi-sub-frame channel estimation, in the set of sub-frames, comprises an MBSFN sub-frame and a non-MBSFN sub-frame, determining that the physical downlink channel is mapped to the resources by starting at the specific start symbol position in the first slot of the current sub-frame and mapping onto all the resources other than the resources corresponding to the reference signal for demodulation comprises:

determining that the physical downlink channel is mapped to the resources in each sub-frame in each group of sub-frames by starting at the specific start symbol position in the first slot of the current sub-frame and mapping onto all the resources other than resources corresponding to a dedicated Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS); and determining that the physical downlink channel is mapped to the resources in the non-MBSFN sub-frame in each group of sub-frames by discarding, or setting to zero, information, carried over the physical downlink channel, mapped onto Common Reference Signal (CRS) resources, or overwriting the information with a CRS transmitted over the CRS resources; or

if the set of sub-frames comprises an MBSFN sub-frame and a non-MBSFN sub-frame, determining that the physical downlink channel is mapped to the resources by starting at the specific start symbol position in the first slot of the current sub-frame and mapping onto all the resources other than the resources corresponding to the reference signal for demodulation comprises:

determining that the physical downlink channel is mapped to the resources in each sub-frame in the set of sub-frames by starting at the specific start symbol position in the first slot of the current sub-frame and mapping onto all the resources other than resources corresponding to a dedicated DMRS; and determining that the physical downlink channel is mapped to the resources in the non-MBSFN sub-frame in the set of sub-frames by discarding, or setting to zero, information, carried over the physical downlink channel, mapped onto CRS resources, or overwriting the information with a CRS transmitted over the CRS resources;

and/or

if a group of sub-frames consisting of a preset number of sub-frames to be involved in multi-sub-frame channel estimation, in the set of sub-frames, comprises an MBSFN sub-frame and a non-MBSFN sub-frame, the method further comprises:

receiving the physical downlink channel in the MBSFN sub-frame and the non-MBSFN sub-frame belonging to the same group of sub-frames using a same transmission scheme, wherein the transmission scheme at least comprises one or any combination of reference signals for demodulation, transmission ports and the number of ports, and a pre-coding scheme; or

if the set of sub-frames comprises an MBSFN sub-frame and a non-MBSFN sub-frame, the method further comprises:

receiving the physical downlink channel in the MBSFN sub-frame and the non-MBSFN sub-frame in the set of sub-frames using a same transmission scheme, wherein the transmission scheme at least comprises one or any combining of reference signals for demodulation, transmission ports and the number of ports, and a pre-coding scheme;

and/or

if a group of sub-frames consisting of a preset number of sub-frames to be involved in multi-sub-frame channel estimation, in the set of sub-frames, comprises only non-MBSFN sub-frames, determining that the physical downlink channel is mapped to the resources by starting at the specific start symbol position in the first slot of the current sub-frame and mapping all the resources other than the resources corresponding to the reference signal for demodulation comprises:

determining that the physical downlink channel is mapped to the resources in each sub-frame in each group of sub-frames by starting at the start symbol position, determined according to a size of a DCI area in a non-MBSFN sub-frame, in the first slot of the current sub-frame and mapping onto all the resources other than resources corresponding to a CRS, or corresponding to a CRS and a dedicated DMRS; or

if the set of sub-frames comprises only non-MBSFN sub-frames, determining that the physical downlink channel is mapped to the resources by starting at the specific start symbol position in the first slot of the current sub-frame and mapping onto all the resources other than the resources corresponding to the reference signal for demodulation comprises:

determining that the physical downlink channel is mapped to the resources in each sub-frame in the set of sub-frames by starting at the start symbol position, determined according to a size of a DCI area in a non-MBSFN sub-frame, in the first slot of the current sub-frame and mapping onto all the resources other than resources corresponding to a CRS, or corresponding to a CRS and a dedicated DMRS;

and/or

if a group of sub-frames consisting of a preset number of sub-frames to be involved in multi-sub-frame channel estimation, in the set of sub-frames, comprises only MBSFN sub-frames, determining that the physical downlink channel is mapped to the resources by starting at the specific start symbol position in the first slot of the current sub-frame and mapping onto all the resources other than the resources corresponding to the reference signal for demodulation comprises:

determining that the physical downlink channel is mapped to the resources in each sub-frame in each group of sub-frames by starting at the start symbol position, determined according to a size of a DCI area in an MBSFN sub-frame, in the first slot of the current sub-frame and mapping onto all the resources other than resources corresponding to a dedicated DMRS; or

if the set of sub-frames comprises only MBSFN sub-frames, determining that the physical downlink channel is mapped to the resources by starting at the specific start symbol position in the first slot of the current sub-frame and mapping onto all the resources other than the resources corresponding to the reference signal for demodulation comprises:

determining that the physical downlink channel is mapped to the resources in each sub-frame in the set of sub-frames by starting at the start symbol position, determined according to a size of a DCI area in an MBSFN sub-frame, in the first slot of the current sub-frame and mapping onto all the resources other than resources corresponding to a dedicated DMRS.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the third number of symbols is determined as the smaller or larger one of the first number of symbols and the second number of symbols.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein determining that the physical downlink channel is mapped to the resources by starting at the start symbol position, determined according to the third number of symbols, in the first slot of the current sub-frame comprises:

if the third number of symbols is the smaller one of the first number of symbols and the second number of symbols, determining that the physical downlink channel is mapped to resources in a sub-frame in which the real number of symbols in a DCI area is more than the third number of symbols by discarding, or setting to zero, information, carried over the physical downlink channel, mapped onto first A symbols by starting at the start symbol position, determined according to the third number of symbols, in the first slot of the current sub-frame, or overwriting the information with DCI transmitted in the A symbols, wherein the number A of symbols is the difference between the real number of symbols in the DCI area in the current sub-frame and the third number of symbols; or

if the third number of symbols is the larger one of the first number of symbols and the second number of symbols, determining that the physical downlink channel is mapped to resources in a sub-frame in which the real number of symbols in a DCI area is less than the third number of symbols by starting at the start symbol position, determined according to the third number of symbols, in the first slot of the current sub-frame, and determining that the physical downlink channel is mapped to the resources by mapping a part of information carried over the physical downlink channel repeatedly onto a number B of symbols before the start symbol position, determined according to the third number of symbols, in the first slot of the current sub-frame, wherein the number B of symbols is the difference between the third number of symbols and the real number of symbols in the DCI area in the current sub-frame.

14. The method according to claim 11 , wherein receiving using a same transmission scheme comprises:

receiving the physical downlink channel using a transmission scheme corresponding to a specific sub-frame in the set of sub-frames or in the group of sub-frames; or

receiving the physical downlink channel using a preset transmission scheme.

15. The method according to claim 14 , wherein receiving the physical downlink channel using the transmission scheme corresponding to the specific sub-frame in the set of sub-frames or in the group of sub-frames comprises:

receiving the physical downlink channel using a transmission scheme corresponding to a first sub-frame in the set of sub-frames or in the group of sub-frames; or

receiving the physical downlink channel using a transmission scheme corresponding to the MBSFN sub-frame in the set of sub-frames or in the group of sub-frames.

16. The method according to claim 9 , wherein in a sub-frame configured with Channel State Information-Reference Signal (CSI-RS) resources in the set of sub-frames, the method further comprises:

determining that the physical downlink channel is mapped to the resources by discarding, or setting to zero, information, carried over the physical downlink channel, mapped onto Non-Zero Power (NZP) CSI-RS resources, or overwriting the information with a CSI-RS transmitted over the NZP CSI-RS resources, and discarding, or setting to zero, information, carried over the physical downlink channel, mapped onto Zero Power (ZP) CSI-RS resources;

and/or

receiving the physical downlink channel according to the resource mapping mode comprises:

receiving information, carried over resources to which the physical downlink channel is mapped by discarding, or setting to zero, or overwriting with other signals the information carried over the resources, in such a way that the information is set to zero or a specific value.

17. The method according to claim 16 , wherein information received in each sub-frame in a group of sub-frames consisting of a preset number of sub-frames to be involved in multi-sub-frame channel estimation, in the set of sub-frames is combined by determining that information on resource positions set to 0 or a specific value is precluded from combination; or

information received in each sub-frame in the set of sub-frames is combined by determining that information on resource positions set to 0 or a specific value is precluded from combination.

18. A transmitting device, comprising:

a transmitter;

a processor; and

a memory storing at least one instruction, wherein the processor is configured to execute the at least one instruction to:

determine a set of sub-frames for repeated transmission of a physical downlink channel;

map the physical downlink channel to resources in each sub-frame in the determined set of sub-frames by starting at a specific start symbol position in a first slot of a current sub-frame and mapping onto all resources other than resources corresponding to a reference signal for demodulation; wherein the physical downlink channel is mapped to resources in different sub-frames by starting at the same specific start symbol position; and

control the transmitter to transmit the physical downlink channel according to the resource mapping mode.

19. The device according to claim 18 , wherein the specific start symbol position is preconfigured via higher-layer signaling; or the specific start symbol position is obtained by the processor according to a size of a Downlink Control Information (DCI) area, and the size of the DCI area is obtained by the processor according to a Control Format Indicator (CFI).

20. The device according to claim 18 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the at least one instruction to:

if the set of sub-frames comprises a plurality of groups of sub-frames, the physical downlink channel is mapped to each group of sub-frames, and each group of sub-frames consists of a preset number of sub-frames to be involved in multi-sub-frame channel estimation, and if each group of sub-frames comprises a Multicast-Broadcast Single-Frequency Network (MBSFN) sub-frame and a non-MBSFN sub-frame, determine a third number of symbols occupied by a DCI area in each sub-frame in each group of sub-frames according to a first number of symbols occupied by a DCI area in the MBSFN sub-frame, and a second number of symbols occupied by a DCI area in the non-MBSFN sub-frame; determine a specific start symbol position of each sub-frame in each group of sub-frames according to the third number of symbols; and map the physical downlink channel to the resources by starting at the start symbol position, determined according to the third number of symbols, in the first slot of the current sub-frame; or

if the physical downlink channel is mapped to the set of sub-frames, and the set of sub-frames comprises an MBSFN sub-frame and a non-MBSFN sub-frame, determine a third number of symbols occupied by a DCI area in each sub-frame in the set of sub-frames according to a first number of symbols occupied by a DCI area in the MBSFN sub-frame, and a second number of symbols occupied by a DCI area in the non-MBSFN sub-frame; determine a specific start symbol position of each sub-frame in the set of sub-frames according to the third number of symbols; and map the physical downlink channel to the resources by starting at the start symbol position, determined according to the third number of symbols, in the first slot of the current sub-frame;

and/or

the processor is configured to execute the at least one instruction to:

if a group of sub-frames consisting of a preset number of sub-frames to be involved in multi-sub-frame channel estimation, in the set of sub-frames, comprises an MBSFN sub-frame and a non-MBSFN sub-frame, map the physical downlink channel to resources in each sub-frame in each group of sub-frames by starting at the specific start symbol position in the first slot of the current sub-frame and mapping onto all the resources other than resources corresponding to a dedicated Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS); and map the physical downlink channel to the resources in the non-MBSFN sub-frame in each group of sub-frames by discarding, or setting to zero, information, carried over the physical downlink channel, mapped onto Common Reference Signal (CRS) resources, or overwriting the information with a CRS transmitted over the CRS resources; or

if the set of sub-frames comprises an MBSFN sub-frame and a non-MBSFN sub-frame, map the physical downlink channel to resources in each sub-frame in the set of sub-frames by starting at the specific start symbol position in the first slot of the current sub-frame and mapping onto all the resources other than resources corresponding to a dedicated DMRS; and map the physical downlink channel to the resources in the non-MBSFN sub-frame in the set of sub-frames by discarding, or setting to zero, information, carried over the physical downlink channel, mapped onto CRS resources, or overwriting the information with a CRS transmitted over the CRS resources;

and/or

the processor is configured to execute the at least one instruction to:

if a group of sub-frames consisting of a preset number of sub-frames to be involved in multi-sub-frame channel estimation, in the set of sub-frames, comprises an MBSFN sub-frame and a non-MBSFN sub-frame, control the transmitter to transmit the physical downlink channel in the MBSFN sub-frame and the non-MBSFN sub-frame belonging to the same group of sub-frames using a same transmission scheme, wherein the transmission scheme at least comprises one or any combination of reference signals for demodulation, transmission ports and the number of ports, and a pre-coding scheme; or

if the set of sub-frames comprises an MBSFN sub-frame and a non-MBSFN sub-frame, control the transmitter to transmit the physical downlink channel in the MBSFN sub-frame and the non-MBSFN sub-frame in the set of sub-frames using a same transmission scheme, wherein the transmission scheme at least comprises one or any combination of reference signals for demodulation, transmission ports and the number of ports, and a pre-coding scheme;

and/or

the processor is configured to execute the at least one instruction to:

if a group of sub-frames consisting of a preset number of sub-frames to be involved in multi-sub-frame channel estimation, in the set of sub-frames, comprises only non-MBSFN sub-frames, map the physical downlink channel to resources in each sub-frame in each group of sub-frames by starting at the start symbol position, determined according to a size of a DCI area in a non-MBSFN sub-frame, in the first slot of the current sub-frame and mapping onto all the resources other than resources corresponding to a CRS, or corresponding to a CRS and a dedicated DMRS; or

if the set of sub-frames comprises only non-MBSFN sub-frames, map the physical downlink channel to resources in each sub-frame in the set of sub-frames by starting at the start symbol position, determined according to a size of a DCI area in a non-MBSFN sub-frame, in the first slot of the current sub-frame and mapping onto all the resources other than resources corresponding to a CRS, or corresponding to a CRS and a dedicated DMRS;

and/or

the processor is configured to execute the at least one instruction to:

if a group of sub-frames consisting of a preset number of sub-frames to be involved in multi-sub-frame channel estimation, in the set of sub-frames, comprises only MBSFN sub-frames, map the physical downlink channel to resources in each sub-frame in each group of sub-frames by starting at the start symbol position, determined according to a size of a DCI area in an MBSFN sub-frame, in the first slot of the current sub-frame and mapping onto all the resources other than resources corresponding to a dedicated DMRS; or

if the set of sub-frames comprises only MBSFN sub-frames, map the physical downlink channel to resources in each sub-frame in the set of sub-frames by starting at the start symbol position, determined according to a size of a DCI area in an MBSFN sub-frame, in the first slot of the current sub-frame and mapping onto all the resources other than resources corresponding to a dedicated DMRS.

21. The device according to claim 20 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the at least one instruction to determine the third number of symbols as the smaller or larger one of the first number of symbols and the second number of symbols.

22. The device according to claim 21 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the at least one instruction to:

if the third number of symbols is the smaller one of the first number of symbols and the second number of symbols, map the physical downlink channel to resources in a sub-frame in which the real number of symbols in a DCI area is more than the third number of symbols, by discarding, or setting to zero, information, carried over the physical downlink channel, mapped onto first A symbols by starting at the start symbol position, determined according to the third number of symbols, in the first slot of the current sub-frame, or overwriting the information with DCI transmitted in the A symbols, wherein the number A of symbols is the difference between the real number of symbols in the DCI area in the current sub-frame and the third number of symbols; or

if the third number of symbols is the larger one of the first number of symbols and the second number of symbols, map the physical downlink channel to resources in a sub-frame in which the real number of symbols in a DCI area is less than the third number of symbols by starting at the start symbol position, determined according to the third number of symbols, in the first slot of the current sub-frame, and mapping a part of information carried over the physical downlink channel repeatedly onto a number B of symbols before the start symbol position, determined according to the third number of symbols, in the first slot of the current sub-frame, wherein the number B of symbols is the difference between the third number of symbols and the real number of symbols in the DCI area in the current sub-frame.

23. The device according to claim 20 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the at least one instruction to:

control the transmitter to transmit the physical downlink channel using a transmission scheme corresponding to a specific sub-frame in the set of sub-frames or in the group of sub-frames; or

control the transmitter to transmit the physical downlink channel using a preset transmission scheme.

24. The device according to claim 23 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the at least one instruction to:

control the transmitter to transmit the physical downlink channel using a transmission scheme corresponding to a first sub-frame in the set of sub-frames or in the group of sub-frames; or

control the transmitter to transmit the physical downlink channel using a transmission scheme corresponding to the MBSFN sub-frame in the set of sub-frames or in the group of sub-frames.

25. The device according to claim 18 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the at least one instruction to:

map the physical downlink channel to resources in a sub-frame configured with Channel State Information-Reference Signal (CSI-RS) resources in the set of sub-frames by discarding, or setting to zero, information, carried over the physical downlink channel, mapped onto Non-Zero Power (NZP) CSI-RS resources, or overwriting the information with a CSI-RS transmitted over the NZP CSI-RS resources, and discarding, or setting to zero, information, carried over the physical downlink channel, mapped onto Zero Power (ZP) CSI-RS resources.

26. A receiving device, comprising:

a receiver;

a processor; and

a memory storing at least one instruction, wherein the processor is configured to execute the at least one instruction to:

determine a set of sub-frames for repeated transmission of a physical downlink channel;

determine that the physical downlink channel is mapped to resources in each sub-frame in the determined set of sub-frames by starting at a specific start symbol position in a first slot of a current sub-frame and mapping onto all resources other than resources corresponding to a reference signal for demodulation; wherein the physical downlink channel is mapped to resources in different sub-frames by starting at the same specific start symbol position; and

control the receiver to receive the physical downlink channel according to the resource mapping mode.

27. The device according to claim 26 , wherein the specific start symbol position is preconfigured via higher-layer signaling; or the specific start symbol position is obtained by the processor according to a size of a Downlink Control Information (DCI) area, and the size of the DCI area is obtained by the processor according to a Control Format Indicator (CFI).

28. The device according to claim 26 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the at least one instruction to:

if the set of sub-frames comprises a plurality of groups of sub-frames, the physical downlink channel is mapped to each group of sub-frames, and each group of sub-frames consists of a preset number of sub-frames to be involved in multi-sub-frame channel estimation, and if each group of sub-frames comprises a Multicast-Broadcast Single-Frequency Network (MBSFN) sub-frame and a non-MBSFN sub-frame, determine a third number of symbols occupied by a DCI area in each sub-frame in each group of sub-frames according to a first number of symbols occupied by a DCI area in the MBSFN sub-frame, and a second number of symbols occupied by a DCI area in the non-MBSFN sub-frame; determine a specific start symbol position of each sub-frame in each group of sub-frames according to the third number of symbols; and determine that the physical downlink channel is mapped to the resources by starting at the start symbol position, determined according to the third number of symbols, in the first slot of the current sub-frame; or

if the physical downlink channel is mapped to the set of sub-frames, and the set of sub-frames comprises an MBSFN sub-frame and a non-MBSFN sub-frame, determine a third number of symbols occupied by a DCI area in each sub-frame in the set of sub-frames according to a first number of symbols occupied by a DCI area in the MBSFN sub-frame, and a second number of symbols occupied by a DCI area in the non-MBSFN sub-frame; determine a specific start symbol position of each sub-frame in the set of sub-frames according to the third number of symbols; and determine that the physical downlink channel is mapped to the resources by starting at the start symbol position, determined according to the third number of symbols, in the first slot of the current sub-frame;

and/or

the processor is configured to execute the at least one instruction to:

if a group of sub-frames consisting of a preset number of sub-frames to be involved in multi-sub-frame channel estimation, in the set of sub-frames, comprises an MBSFN sub-frame and a non-MBSFN sub-frame, determine that the physical downlink channel is mapped to the resources in each sub-frame in each group of sub-frames by starting at the specific start symbol position in the first slot of the current sub-frame and mapping onto all the resources other than resources corresponding to a dedicated Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS); and determine that the physical downlink channel is mapped to the resources in the non-MBSFN sub-frame in each group of sub-frames by discarding, or setting to zero, information, carried over the physical downlink channel, mapped onto Common Reference Signal (CRS) resources, or overwriting the information with a CRS transmitted over the CRS resources; or

if the set of sub-frames comprises an MBSFN sub-frame and a non-MBSFN sub-frame, determine that the physical downlink channel is mapped to the resources in each sub-frame in the set of sub-frames by starting at the specific start symbol position in the first slot of the current sub-frame and mapping onto all the resources other than resources corresponding to a dedicated DMRS; and determine that the physical downlink channel is mapped to the resources in the non-MBSFN sub-frame in the set of sub-frames by discarding, or setting to zero, information, carried over the physical downlink channel, mapped onto CRS resources, or overwriting the information with a CRS transmitted over the CRS resources;

and/or

the processor is configured to execute the at least one instruction to:

if a group of sub-frames consisting of a preset number of sub-frames to be involved in multi-sub-frame channel estimation, in the set of sub-frames, comprises an MBSFN sub-frame and a non-MBSFN sub-frame, control the receiver to receive the physical downlink channel in the MBSFN sub-frame and the non-MBSFN sub-frame belonging to the same group of sub-frames using a same transmission scheme, wherein the transmission scheme at least comprises one or any combination of reference signals for demodulation, transmission ports and the number of ports, and a pre-coding scheme; or

if the set of sub-frames comprises an MBSFN sub-frame and a non-MBSFN sub-frame, control the receiver to receive the physical downlink channel in the MBSFN sub-frame and the non-MBSFN sub-frame in the set of sub-frames using a same transmission scheme, wherein the transmission scheme at least comprises one or any combination of reference signals for demodulation, transmission ports and the number of ports, and a pre-coding scheme;

and/or

the processor is configured to execute the at least one instruction to:

if a group of sub-frames consisting of a preset number of sub-frames to be involved in multi-sub-frame channel estimation, in the set of sub-frames, comprises only non-MBSFN sub-frames, determine that the physical downlink channel is mapped to the resources in each sub-frame in each group of sub-frames by starting at the start symbol position, determined according to a size of a DCI area in a non-MBSFN sub-frame, in the first slot of the current sub-frame and mapping onto all the resources other than resources corresponding to a CRS, or corresponding to a CRS and a dedicated DMRS; or

if the set of sub-frames comprises only non-MBSFN sub-frames, determine that the physical downlink channel is mapped to the resources in each sub-frame in the set of sub-frames by starting at the start symbol position, determined according to a size of a DCI area in a non-MBSFN sub-frame, in the first slot of the current sub-frame and mapping onto all the resources other than resources corresponding to a CRS, or corresponding to a CRS and a dedicated DMRS;

and/or

the processor is configured to execute the at least one instruction to:

if a group of sub-frames consisting of a preset number of sub-frames to be involved in multi-sub-frame channel estimation, in the set of sub-frames, comprises only MBSFN sub-frames, determine that the physical downlink channel is mapped to the resources in each sub-frame in each group of sub-frames by starting at the start symbol position, determined according to a size of a DCI area in an MBSFN sub-frame, in the first slot of the current sub-frame and mapping onto all the resources other than resources corresponding to a dedicated DMRS; or

if the set of sub-frames comprises only MBSFN sub-frames, determine that the physical downlink channel is mapped to the resources in each sub-frame in the set of sub-frames by starting at the start symbol position, determined according to a size of a DCI area in an MBSFN sub-frame, in the first slot of the current sub-frame and mapping onto all the resources other than resources corresponding to a dedicated DMRS.

29. The device according to claim 28 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the at least one instruction to:

determine the third number of symbols as the smaller or larger one of the first number of symbols and the second number of symbols.

30. The device according to claim 29 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the at least one instruction to:

if the third number of symbols is the smaller one of the first number of symbols and the second number of symbols, determine that the physical downlink channel is mapped to resources in a sub-frame in which the real number of symbols in a DCI area is more than the third number of symbols by discarding, or setting to zero, information, carried over the physical downlink channel, mapped onto first A symbols by starting at the start symbol position, determined according to the third number of symbols, in the first slot of the current sub-frame, or overwriting the information with DCI transmitted in the A symbols, wherein the number A of symbols is the difference between the real number of symbols in the DCI area in the current sub-frame and the third number of symbols; or

if the third number of symbols is the larger one of the first number of symbols and the second number of symbols, determine that the physical downlink channel is mapped to resources in a sub-frame in which the real number of symbols in a DCI area is less than the third number of symbols by starting at the start symbol position, determined according to the third number of symbols, in the first slot of the current sub-frame, and determine that the physical downlink channel is mapped to the resources by mapping a part of information carried over the physical downlink channel repeatedly onto a number B of symbols before the start symbol position, determined according to the third number of symbols, in the first slot of the current sub-frame, wherein the number B of symbols is the difference between the third number of symbols and the real number of symbols in the DCI area in the current sub-frame.

31. The device according to claim 28 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the at least one instruction to:

control the receiver to receive the physical downlink channel using a transmission scheme corresponding to a specific sub-frame in the set of sub-frames or in the group of sub-frames; or

control the receiver to receive the physical downlink channel using a preset transmission scheme.

32. The device according to claim 31 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the at least one instruction to:

control the receiver to receive the physical downlink channel using a transmission scheme corresponding to a first sub-frame in the set of sub-frames or in the group of sub-frames; or

control the receiver to receive the physical downlink channel using a transmission scheme corresponding to the MBSFN sub-frame in the set of sub-frames or in the group of sub-frames.

33. The device according to claim 26 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the at least one instruction to:

determine that the physical downlink channel is mapped to resources in a sub-frame configured with Channel State Information-Reference Signal (CSI-RS) resources in the set of sub-frames by discarding, or setting to zero, information, carried over the physical downlink channel, mapped onto Non-Zero Power (NZP) CSI-RS resources, or overwriting the information with a CSI-RS transmitted over the NZP CSI-RS resources, and discarding, or setting to zero, information, carried over the physical downlink channel, mapped onto Zero Power (ZP) CSI-RS resources;

and/or

the processor is configured to execute the at least one instruction to:

when receiving the physical downlink channel according to the resource mapping mode through the receiver, receive information, carried over resources to which the physical downlink channel is mapped by discarding, or setting to zero, or overwriting with other signals the information carried over the resources, in such a way that the information is set to zero or a specific value.

34. The device according to claim 33 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the at least one instruction to:

combine information received in each sub-frame in a group of sub-frames consisting of a preset number of sub-frames to be involved in multi-sub-frame channel estimation, in the set of sub-frames by determining that information on resource positions set to 0 or a specific value is precluded from combination; or

combine information received in each sub-frame in the set of sub-frames by determining that information on resource positions set to 0 or a specific value is precluded from combination.