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Granted Patent B2
US 11,102,045 · App. 16/064,723 · Granted Aug 24, 2021

Method for transmitting or receiving signal in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor

Inventors: Soonki Jo (Seoul, KR); Yunjung Yi (Seoul, KR); Inkwon Seo (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04L27/2666H04L1/0006H04L5/001H04L5/0048H04L5/0053H04L5/0094H04W72/042H04W72/0446H04W72/0453H04W74/0833
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Patent No.
US 11,102,045
App. No.
16/064,723
Granted
Aug 24, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for receiving, by a terminal, downlink control information in a wireless communication system according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: receiving information on a reference subcarrier spacing (SCS) from among a plurality of SCS numerologies; receiving downlink control information through a terminal group common physical downlink control channel (PDCCH); and obtaining information on a slot format from the downlink control information, wherein the downlink control information indicates the slot format on the basis of the reference SCS, and when the SCS of the terminal is different from the reference SCS, the terminal may convert the slot format of the reference SCS according to the SCS of the terminal.

Claims (73)

1. A method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving first information regarding a reference subcarrier spacing (SCS);

receiving downlink control information (DCI) through a UE group common physical downlink control channel (PDCCH); and

obtaining, from the DCI, second information regarding a slot format that is related to the reference SCS,

wherein, based on a first SCS used by the UE being different from the reference SCS, the slot format is applied to a plurality of slots of the first SCS,

wherein the plurality of slots of the first SCS are related to a slot of the reference SCS,

wherein the reference SCS is less than the first SCS, and

wherein a time duration of one slot of the reference SCS is greater than a time duration of each of the plurality of slots of the first SCS.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the first information regarding the reference SCS comprises:

receiving the first information regarding the reference SCS via higher layer signaling.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first SCS is M times the reference SCS,

wherein the plurality of slots of the first SCS comprises M contiguous slots of the first SCS that are related to the slot of the reference SCS, and

wherein M is a natural number.

4. The method of claim 3 ,

wherein the slot of the reference SCS comprises a first plurality of symbols,

wherein each of the plurality of slots of the first SCS comprises a second plurality of symbols,

wherein M contiguous symbols of the first SCS are related to one symbol of the reference SCS, and

wherein in a state the slot format being applied to the plurality of slots of the first SCS comprises, for each of the first plurality of symbols in the slot of the reference SCS:

the symbol of the reference SCS is determined to be related to one of downlink, uplink, or flexible based on the second information regarding the slot format; and

the M contiguous symbols of the first SCS is determined to be related to the one of downlink, uplink, or flexible.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second information regarding the slot format indicates at least one slot format combination configured in the UE.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the UE is configured with a plurality of frequency bands; and

wherein each of the at least one slot format combination comprises a plurality of slot formats for the plurality of frequency bands.

7. The method of claim 6 ,

wherein each of the at least one slot format combination comprises a slot format for a downlink frequency band, and a slot format for an uplink frequency band, or

wherein each of the at least one slot format combination comprises a slot format for a new radio access technology (NR) frequency band and a slot format for a long-term evolution (LTE) frequency band.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein the at least one slot format combination configured in the UE is obtained via higher layer signaling, and

wherein the at least one slot formation combination is a subset of a plurality of slot format combinations that are supportable in the wireless communication system.

9. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein in a state the slot format, which is related to the reference SCS, applied to the plurality of slots of the first SCS,

the slot format is converted to a first slot format related to the first SCS.

10. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the reference SCS and the first SCS belong to a plurality of SCSs comprising 15 kHz, 30 kHz, 60 kHz, 120 kHz, and 240 kHz.

11. A method performed by a base station (BS) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), first information regarding a reference subcarrier spacing (SCS);

obtaining downlink control information (DCI) that comprises second information regarding a slot format that is related to the reference SCS; and

transmitting, through a UE group common physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), the DCI to a UE group comprising the UE,

wherein, based on a first SCS used by the UE being different from the reference SCS, the slot format is applied to a plurality of slots of the first SCS,

wherein the plurality of slots of the first SCS are related to a slot of the reference SCS,

wherein the reference SCS is less than the first SCS, and

wherein a time duration of one slot of the reference SCS is greater than a time duration of each of the plurality of slots of the first SCS.

12. The method of claim 11 ,

wherein the slot format indicates, for each symbol of a plurality of symbols included in a slot being related to the slot format, whether the symbol is related to downlink, uplink, or flexible; and

wherein the second information regarding the slot format indicates at least one slot formation combination configured in the UE.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein a plurality of frequency bands is configured in the UE; and

wherein each of the at least one slot format combination a plurality of slot formats for the plurality of frequency bands.

14. The method of claim 13 ,

wherein each of the at least one slot format combination comprises a slot format for a downlink frequency band and a slot format for an uplink frequency band, or

wherein each of the at least one slot format combination comprises a slot format for a new radio access technology (NR) frequency band and a slot format for a long-term evolution (LTE) frequency band.

15. The method of claim 11 ,

wherein the reference SCS and the first SCS belong to a plurality of SCSs comprising 15 kHz, 30 kHz, 60 kHz, 120 kHz, and 240 kHz.

16. A user equipment (UE) configured to operate in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a receiver; and

at least one processor; and

at least one computer memory operatively coupled to the at least one processor and storing instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor, perform operations comprising:

receiving first information regarding a reference subcarrier spacing (SCS);

receiving downlink control information (DCI) through a UE group common physical downlink control channel (PDCCH); and

obtaining, from the DCI, second information regarding a slot format that is related to the reference SCS,

wherein, based on a first SCS used by the UE being different from the reference SCS, the slot format is applied to a plurality of slots of the first SCS,

wherein the plurality of slots of the first SCS are related to a slot of the reference SCS,

wherein the reference SCS is less than the first SCS, and

wherein a time duration of one slot of the reference SCS is greater than a time duration of each of the plurality of slots of the first SCS.

17. A base station (BS) configured to operate in a wireless communication system, the BS comprising:

a transmitter;

at least one processor; and

at least one computer memory operatively coupled to the at least one processor and storing instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor perform operations comprising:

transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), first information regarding a reference subcarrier spacing (SCS);

obtaining downlink control information (DCI) that comprises second information regarding a slot format that is related to the reference SCS; and

transmitting, through a UE group common physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), the DCI to a UE group comprising the UE,

wherein, based on a first SCS used by the UE being different from the reference SCS, the slot format is applied to a plurality of slots of the first SCS,

wherein the plurality of slots of the first SCS are related to a slot of the reference SCS,

wherein the reference SCS is less than the first SCS, and

wherein a time duration of one slot of the reference SCS is greater than a time duration of each of the plurality of slots of the first SCS.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 23, 2018
From: JO, SOONKI; YI, YUNJUNG; SEO, INKWON
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Continuity (6)
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