Method and apparatus for improving precoding resource block group in a wireless communication system
A method and apparatus are disclosed from the perspective of a UE. In one embodiment, the method includes the UE receiving a configuration of functionality of PRB bundling from a base station. The method also includes the UE receiving an indication from the base station regarding whether the functionality of PRB bundling is applied to a TTI or not.
1. A method of a User Equipment (UE), comprising:
the UE receives a dedicated signaling which configures a first bandwidth portion of a system bandwidth of a cell and a second bandwidth portion of the system bandwidth of the cell from a base station, wherein the dedicated signaling indicates a first size and a first location of the first bandwidth portion within the system bandwidth of the cell and a second size and a second location of the second bandwidth portion within the system bandwidth of the cell;
the UE receives a first configuration indicating a first precoding resource group (PRG) size for the first bandwidth portion;
the UE receives a second configuration indicating a second PRG size for the second bandwidth portion, wherein the second PRG size is different from the first PRG size, and wherein each of the first bandwidth portion and the second bandwidth portion of the system bandwidth include a plurality of PRGs; and
the UE determines each of the plurality of PRGs within the first bandwidth portion according to the first PRG size, and the UE determines each of the plurality of PRGs within the second bandwidth portion according to the second PRG size.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the UE receives downlink data accordingly.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first bandwidth portion is partitioned by the first PRG size, and the second bandwidth portion is partitioned by the second PRG size.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein sizes of PRGs follow non-increasing order in frequency domain within the first bandwidth portion, and sizes of PRGs follow non-increasing order in frequency domain within the second bandwidth portion.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein a plurality of PRGs with in the first bandwidth portion have the first PRG size, and a plurality of PRGs with in the second bandwidth portion have the second PRG size.
6. A method of a base station, comprising:
the base station transmits a dedicated signaling which configures a first bandwidth portion of a system bandwidth and a second bandwidth portion of the system bandwidth within a cell to a UE (User Equipment), wherein the dedicated signaling indicates a first size and a first location of the first bandwidth portion of the system bandwidth and a second size and a second location of the second bandwidth portion of the system bandwidth;
the base station transmits a first configuration indicating a first precoding resource group (PRG) size for the first bandwidth portion to the UE;
the base station transmits a second configuration indicating a second PRG size for the second bandwidth portion to the UE, wherein the second PRG size is different from the first PRG size, and wherein each of the first bandwidth portion and the second bandwidth portion include a plurality of PRGs; and
the base station determines each of the plurality of PRGs within the first bandwidth portion of the system bandwidth according to the first PRG size, and the base station determines PRGs within the second bandwidth portion of the system bandwidth according to the second PRG size.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the base station transmits downlink data to the UE accordingly.
8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the first bandwidth portion is partitioned by the first PRG size, and the second bandwidth portion is partitioned by the second PRG size.
9. The method of claim 6 , wherein sizes of PRGs follow non-increasing order in frequency domain within the first bandwidth portion, and sizes of PRGs follow non-increasing order in frequency domain within the second bandwidth portion.
10. The method of claim 6 , wherein a plurality of PRGs within the first bandwidth portion have the first PRG size, and a plurality of PRGs within the second bandwidth portion have the second PRG size.