IP Library Granted Patent US 10,925,049
Granted Patent B2
US 10,925,049 · App. 15/961,324 · Granted Feb 16, 2021

Control and data channel radio resource configuration

Inventor: Esmael Hejazi Dinan (Herndon, VA)
Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
H04W72/042H04B7/0617H04L1/00H04L5/0007H04L5/0023H04L5/0025H04L5/0053H04L5/0055H04L27/2601H04W52/0206H04W72/0453H04W72/1278H04W72/1289H04W76/27H04L1/1812H04L1/1861H04L5/0091H04W24/00H04W88/08Y02D30/70
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Patent No.
US 10,925,049
App. No.
15/961,324
Granted
Feb 16, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to some aspects, a base station may transmit a radio resources control (RRC) message to a wireless device. The RRC message may comprise configuration parameters for an enhanced physical downlink control channel (ePDCCH) associated with one or more subframes in a frame. The base station may transmit, via the ePDCCH, scheduling information for a packet. The base station may receive the packet according to the scheduling information, for example.

Claims (67)

1. A method comprising:

transmitting, by a base station and to a wireless device, configuration parameters of an enhanced physical downlink control channel (ePDCCH), wherein the configuration parameters indicate:

at least one subframe in which the ePDCCH is configured; and

an ePDCCH starting symbol of the ePDCCH,

wherein no information is in each symbol, in the at least one subframe, prior to the ePDCCH starting symbols; and

transmitting, to the wireless device via the ePDCCH, packet scheduling information.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting, to the wireless device and based on the packet scheduling information, at least one packet.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the packet scheduling information is for transmission of a packet via a downlink data channel.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein transmission power of each symbol, in the at least one subframe, prior to the ePDCCH starting symbol is zero.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration parameters indicate that in the at least one subframe, a symbol position of the ePDCCH starting symbol is the same as a starting position of a downlink data channel associated with the ePDCCH.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration parameters indicate that a downlink data channel, associated with the at least one subframe, begins in time at a first symbol number in a series of symbols of the at least one subframe.

7. A base station comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the base station to:

transmit, to a wireless device, configuration parameters of an enhanced physical downlink control channel (ePDCCH), wherein the configuration parameters indicate:

at least one subframe in which the ePDCCH is configured; and

an ePDCCH starting symbol of the ePDCCH,

wherein no information is in each symbol, in the at least one subframe, prior to the ePDCCH starting symbol; and

transmit, to the wireless device via the ePDCCH, packet scheduling information.

8. The base station of claim 7 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the base station to transmit, to the wireless device and based on the packet scheduling information, at least one packet.

9. The base station of claim 7 , wherein the packet scheduling information is for transmission of a packet via a downlink data channel.

10. The base station of claim 7 , wherein transmission power of each symbol, in the at least one subframe, prior to the ePDCCH starting symbol is zero.

11. The base station of claim 7 , wherein the configuration parameters indicate that in the at least one subframe, a symbol position of the ePDCCH starting symbol is the same as a starting position of a downlink data channel associated with the ePDCCH.

12. The base station of claim 7 , wherein the configuration parameters indicate that a downlink data channel, associated with the at least one subframe, begins in time at a first symbol number in a series of symbols of the at least one subframe.

13. A method comprising:

receiving, by a wireless device and from a base station, configuration parameters of an enhanced physical downlink control channel (ePDCCH), wherein the configuration parameters indicate:

at least one subframe in which the ePDCCH is configured; and

an ePDCCH starting symbol of the ePDCCH,

wherein no information is in each symbol, in the at least one subframe, prior to the ePDCCH starting symbol; and

receiving, by the wireless device via the ePDCCH, packet scheduling information.

14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising receiving, based on the packet scheduling information, at least one packet.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the packet scheduling information is for transmission of a packet via a downlink data channel.

16. The method of claim 13 , wherein transmission power of each symbol, in the at least one subframe, prior to the ePDCCH starting symbol is zero.

17. The method of claim 13 , wherein the configuration parameters indicate that in the at least one subframe, a symbol position of the ePDCCH starting symbol is the same as a starting position of a downlink data channel associated with the ePDCCH.

18. The method of claim 13 , wherein the configuration parameters indicate that a downlink data channel, associated with the at least one subframe, begins in time at a first symbol number in a series of symbols of the at least one subframe.

19. A wireless device comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the wireless device to:

receive, from a base station, configuration parameters of an enhanced physical downlink control channel (ePDCCH), wherein the configuration parameters indicate:

at least one subframe in which the ePDCCH is configured; and

an ePDCCH starting symbol of the ePDCCH,

wherein no information is in each symbol, in the at least one subframe, prior to the ePDCCH starting symbol; and

receive, via the ePDCCH, packet scheduling information.

20. The wireless device of claim 19 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the wireless device to receive, based on the packet scheduling information, at least one packet.

21. The wireless device of claim 19 , wherein the packet scheduling information is for transmission of a packet via a downlink data channel.

22. The wireless device of claim 19 , wherein transmission power of each symbol, in the at least one subframe, prior to the ePDCCH starting symbol is zero.

23. The wireless device of claim 19 , wherein the configuration parameters indicate that in the at least one subframe, a symbol position of the ePDCCH starting symbol is the same as a starting position of a downlink data channel associated with the ePDCCH.

24. The wireless device of claim 19 , wherein the configuration parameters indicate that a downlink data channel, associated with the at least one subframe, begins in time at a first symbol number in a series of symbols of the at least one subframe.

25. A system comprising:

a base station and a wireless device,

wherein the base station comprises:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the base station to:

transmit, to the wireless device, configuration parameters of an enhanced physical downlink control channel (ePDCCH), wherein the configuration parameters indicate:

at least one subframe in which the ePDCCH is configured; and

an ePDCCH starting symbol of the ePDCCH,

wherein no information is in each symbol, in the at least one subframe, prior to the ePDCCH starting symbol; and

transmit, to the wireless device via the ePDCCH, packet scheduling information, and

wherein the wireless device comprises:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors of the wireless device, cause the wireless device to:

receive, via the ePDCCH, the packet scheduling information.

26. The system of claim 25 , wherein the instructions in the memory of the base station, when executed by the one or more processors of the base station, further cause the base station to transmit, to the wireless device and based on the packet scheduling information, at least one packet.

27. The system of claim 25 , wherein the packet scheduling information is for transmission of a packet via a downlink data channel.

28. The system of claim 25 , wherein transmission power of each symbol, prior to the ePDCCH starting symbol is zero.

29. The system of claim 25 , wherein the configuration parameters indicate that in the at least one subframe, a symbol position of the ePDCCH starting symbol is the same as a starting position of a downlink data channel associated with the ePDCCH.

30. The system of claim 25 , wherein the configuration parameters indicate that a downlink data channel, associated with the at least one subframe, begins in time at a first symbol number in a series of symbols of the at least one subframe.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 4, 2020
From: DINAN, ESMAEL
To: OFINNO TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 054270/0525 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 4, 2020
From: OFINNO TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
To: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 054270/0602 →
Continuity (12)
Continuation 14955718 · Dec 1, 2015
Continuation 14558095 · Dec 2, 2014
Continuation 14337273 · Jul 22, 2014
Continuation 14194704 · Mar 1, 2014
Continuation 13960716 · Aug 6, 2013
Continuation 13899602 · May 22, 2013
Continuation 13784862 · Mar 5, 2013
Continuation 13727190 · Dec 26, 2012
Continuation 13535530 · Jun 28, 2012
Provisional Application 61523132 · Aug 12, 2011
Provisional Application 61503625 · Jul 1, 2011
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