Enhanced resource mapping scheme

1. An apparatus of an eNodeB, the eNodeB configured to communicate with a User Equipment (UE), the apparatus comprising one or more processors and memory configured to:

process reference signals to form an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol comprising a DeModulation Reference signal (DM-RS) for a first antenna port (AP) multiplexed in a physical resource block with a DM-RS for a second antenna port (AP);

process, for transmission to the UE, the OFDM symbol using an extended physical downlink control channel (xPDCCH); and

use one or more of a plurality of mapping configurations from an extended control channel element (xCCE) to an xPDCCH candidate for four APs.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the DM-RS for the first AP and the DM-RS for the second AP are multiplexed using frequency-division multiplexing (FDM) or Code Division Multiplexing (CDM), wherein an orthogonal cover code (OCC) is applied for the CDM to distinguish the first AP from the second AP.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein a first extended resource element group (xREG) is associated with the first AP and a second xREG is associated with the second AP, and each of the first xREG and the second xREG occupy four resource elements in the physical resource block.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a first extended resource element group (xREG) occupies a first four resource elements in the physical resource block and a second xREG occupies a second four resource elements in the physical resource block.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors and memory are further configured to use K contiguous extended resource element groups (xREGs) to form the xCCE.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors and memory are further configured to:

map one or more extended resource element groups (xREGs) to one or more xCCE with two antenna ports (AP) or four antenna ports (AP) according to at least one of:

a) an xREG to xCCE mapping table for at least two resource block groups (RGBs) using two antenna ports according to:

RBG index

xREG → xCCE

0

0 → 0

1 → 1

1

0 → 2

 1 → 3;

b) an xREG to xCCE mapping table for at least four resource block groups (RGBs) using two antenna ports according to:

RBG index

xREG → xCCE

0

0 → 0

1 → 1

1

0 → 2

1 → 3

2

0 → 4

1 → 5

3

0 → 6

 1 → 7;

c) an xREG to xCCE mapping table for at least two resource block groups (RGBs) using four antenna ports according to:

RBG index

xREG → xCCE

0

0 → 0

1 → 1

2 → 4

3 → 5

1

0 → 2

1 → 3

2 → 6

 3 → 7;

or

d) an xREG to xCCE mapping table for at least four resource block groups (RGBs) using four antenna ports according to:

RBG index

xREG → xCCE

0

0 → 0

1 → 1

2 → 8 

3 → 9 

1

0 → 2

1 → 3

2 → 10

3 → 11

2

0 → 4

1 → 5

2 → 12

3 → 13

3

0 → 6

1 → 7

2 → 14

 3 → 15;

or

map one or more extended resource element groups (xREGs) to one or more extended control channel element (xCCE) with two antenna ports (AP) or four antenna ports (AP) according to at least one of:

e) an xREG to xCCE mapping table for at least two resource block groups (RGBs) using two antenna ports according to:

RBG index

xREG → xCCE

0

0 → 0

1

 0 → 1;

f) an xREG to xCCE mapping table for at least four resource block groups (RGBs) using two antenna ports according to:

RBG index

xREG → xCCE

0

0 → 0

1

0 → 1

2

0 → 2

3

 0 → 3;

g) an xREG to xCCE mapping table for at least two resource block groups (RGBs) using four antenna ports according to:

RBG index

xREG → xCCE

0

0 → 0

1 → 1

1

0 → 2

 1 → 3;

or

h) an xREG to xCCE mapping table for at least four resource block groups (RGBs) using four antenna ports according to:

RBG index

xREG → xCCE

0

0 → 0

1 → 1

1

0 → 2

1 → 3

2

0 → 4

1 → 5

3

0 → 6

 1 → 7.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein each one of K contiguous extended resource element groups (xREGs) include a first extended resource element group (xREG) that is associated with the first AP and a second xREG that is associated with the second AP, and each of the first xREG and the second xREG occupy four resource elements in a physical resource block, wherein the K xREGs indicate the xCCE has resource elements equal to the four resource elements multiplied by K of the K contiguous xREGs and occupies K physical resource blocks in a frequency domain, wherein K is a positive integer.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein each one of K contiguous extended resource element groups (xREGs) include a first extended resource element group (xREG) that occupies a first four resource elements in the physical resource block and a second xREG that occupies a second four resource elements in the physical resource block, wherein the K xREGs indicate the xCCE has resource elements equal to the first four and second four resource elements added together and multiplied by ½ K of the K contiguous xREGs and occupies K physical resource blocks in a frequency domain, wherein K is a positive integer.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the UE is configured with up to N xPDCCH sets, wherein each xPDCCH set includes M physical resource block groups (RBGs) and each xPDCCH set is either localized or distributed, wherein K, M, and N are positive integers.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein an xCCE index from an extended resource element group (xREG) in the xPDCCH set is defined as having two physical resource block groups (RBGs) for the first xREG associated with the first AP and the second xREG associated with the second AP, or the xCCE index from the xREG in the xPDCCH set is defined as having two RBGs for the first xREG that occupies the first four resource elements in the physical resource block and the second xREG that occupies the second four resource elements in the physical resource block.

11. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors and memory are further configured to signal, by higher layers via a UE specific dedicated RRC signalling, a configuration of the xPDCCH transmission having one of N xPDCCH sets including whether the one of N xPDCCH sets is either localized or distributed.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the one or more processors and memory are further configured to define L extended control channel element (xCCE) as an aggregation level for one xPDCCH message, wherein L is a positive integer and a number of xPDCCH transmission candidates are dependent on the aggregation level.

13. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors and memory are further configured to partially overlap a first xPDCCH with a second xPDCCH, wherein the first xPDCCH is uses a localized mode and the second xPDCCH uses a distributed mode.

14. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors and memory are further configured to use one or more of the plurality of mapping configurations for mapping an extended resource element group (xREG) to an xCCE for two APs.

15. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors and memory are further configured to combine L xCCEs in one or more antenna ports to enable the UE to perform blind decoding on the xPDCCH candidate having different aggregation levels, wherein L is a positive integer.

16. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors and memory are further configured to:

define a starting position of the xCCE as a function of a Cell Radio Network Temporary Identifier (C-RNTI), a symbol, slot, subframe, or a frame index;

define an AP association for one UE as a function of the C-RNTI; or

fix the AP association for all UEs.

17. An apparatus of a user equipment (UE), the UE configured to communicate with an eNodeB, the apparatus comprising one or more processors and memory configured to:

process an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol, received from the eNodeB, that include reference signals, the OFDM symbol comprising a DeModulation Reference signal (DM-RS) for a first antenna port (AP) multiplexed in a physical resource block with a DM-RS for a second antenna port (AP);

process the OFDM symbol, received from the eNodeB using an extended physical downlink control channel (xPDCCH); and

use two or more APs for transmission of the xPDCCH,

wherein the DM-RS for the first AP and the DM-RS for the second AP are multiplexed using frequency-division multiplexing (FDM) or Code Division Multiplexing (CDM), and

wherein a first extended resource element group (xREG) is associated with the first AP and a second xREG is associated with the second AP, and each of the first xREG and the second xREG occupy four resource elements in the physical resource block, or wherein a first extended resource element group (xREG) occupies a first four resource elements in the physical resource block and a second xREG occupies a second four resource elements in the physical resource block, and wherein K contiguous extended resource element groups (xREGs) are used to form an extended control channel element (xCCE), wherein the UE is configured with up to N xPDCCH sets, wherein each xPDCCH set includes M physical resource block groups (RBGs) and each xPDCCH set is either localized or distributed, wherein K, M, and N are positive integers.

18. The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the one or more processors and memory are further configured to process a signal, received from the eNodeB using higher layers via a UE specific dedicated RRC signalling, indicating a configuration of the xPDCCH transmission having one of the N xPDCCH sets including whether the one of the N xPDCCH sets is either localized or distributed.

19. The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the one or more processors and memory are further configured to:

process one or more of a plurality of mapping configurations from an xREG to an xCCE for the first AP and the second AP;

process one or more of the plurality of mapping configurations from the xREG to the xCCE for the first AP, the second AP, a third AP and a fourth AP;

process one or more of the plurality of mapping configurations from the xCCE to an xPDCCH candidate for the first AP and the second AP;

process one or more of the plurality of mapping configurations from the xCCE to the xPDCCH candidate for the first AP, the second AP, the third AP and the fourth AP; or

perform blind decoding on the xPDCCH candidate having different aggregation levels.

20. The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the apparatus includes at least one of an antenna, a touch sensitive display screen, a speaker, a microphone, a graphics processor, an application processor, a baseband processor, an internal memory, a non-volatile memory port, and combinations thereof.

21. At least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium having instructions embodied thereon for an eNodeB to communicate with a User Equipment (UE), the instructions when executed cause the eNodeB to:

process reference signals to form an OFDM symbol comprising a DeModulation Reference signal (DM-RS) for a first antenna port (AP) multiplexed in a physical resource block with a DM-RS for a second AP, and a DM-RS for a third AP multiplexed in the physical resource block with a DM-RS for a fourth AP;

process, for transmission to the UE, the OFDM symbol using an extended physical downlink control channel (xPDCCH);

signal, by higher layers via a UE specific dedicated RRC signalling, a configuration of the xPDCCH transmission having one of N xPDCCH sets including whether the one of N xPDCCH sets is either localized or distributed; and

define L extended control channel element (xCCE) as an aggregation level for one xPDCCH message, wherein L is a positive integer and a number of xPDCCH transmission candidates are dependent on the aggregation level.

22. The at least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 21 , wherein the DM-RS for the first AP, the DM-RS for the second AP, the DM-RS for the third AP, and the DM-RS for the fourth AP are multiplexed using frequency-division multiplexing (FDM) or Code Division Multiplexing (CDM).

23. The at least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 22 , wherein a first extended resource element group (xREG) is associated with the first AP, a second xREG is associated with the second AP, a third xREG is associated with the third AP, and a fourth xREG is associated with the fourth AP, and each of the first xREG, the second xREG, the third xREG, and the fourth xREG occupy four resource elements in the physical resource block.

24. The at least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 21 , wherein a first extended resource element group (xREG) occupies a first four resource elements in the physical resource block, a second xREG occupies a second four resource elements, a third xREG occupies a third four resource elements, and a fourth xREG occupies a fourth four resource elements in the physical resource block.

25. The at least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 21 , wherein the one or more processors and memory are further configured to:

use K contiguous extended resource element groups (xREGs) to form an xCCE;

use one or more of a plurality of mapping configurations from the xREG to the xCCE for the first AP and the second AP;

use one or more of the plurality of mapping configurations from the xREG to the xCCE for the first AP, the second AP, a third AP and a fourth AP; wherein an xCCE index from an xREG in the xPDCCH set is defined as having two resource block groups (RBGs) for the first xREG associated with the first AP, the second xREG that is associated with the second AP, the third xREG that is associated with the third AP, and the fourth xREG that is associated with the fourth AP, or the xCCE index from the xREG in the xPDCCH set is defined as having four RBGs for the first xREG associated with the first AP, the second xREG that is associated with the second AP, the third xREG that is associated with the third AP, and the fourth xREG that is associated with the fourth AP;

use one or more of the plurality of mapping configurations from the xCCE to an xPDCCH candidate for the first AP, the second AP, the third AP, and the fourth AP;

use one or more of the plurality of mapping configurations from the xCCE to the xPDCCH candidate for the first AP, the second AP, the third AP and the fourth AP;

use K contiguous physical resource blocks (PRB) as one PRG group of the xPDCCH transmission, wherein the UE is configured with up to N xPDCCH sets, wherein each xPDCCH set includes M RBGs and each xPDCCH set is either localized or distributed, wherein K, M, and N are positive integers; or

apply an orthogonal cover code (OCC) when multiplexing one or more DeModulation Reference signals (DM-RS) using the CDM between the first AP, the second AP, the third AP or the fourth AP.