Method and apparatus for transmitting and detecting downlink control information

1. A method for transmitting downlink control information, the method comprising:

determining, by an evolutional Node B (eNB), a state of resource allocation in a downlink transmission period of time, wherein the resource allocation comprises allocation of at least one downlink transmission resource region, different time resources or frequency resources or time-frequency resources are occupied by different downlink transmission resource regions, and the downlink transmission period of time comprises at least one symbol, or a length of the downlink transmission period of time is B ms, wherein B is a positive integer;

transmitting, by the eNB, a preamble sequence to instruct a UE or a group of UEs to receive downlink control information in the downlink transmission period of time; and

transmitting, by the eNB, the downlink control information over reserved resources in the at least one downlink transmission resource region, wherein at least one User Equipment (UE) is scheduled in the downlink control information to transmit data in the downlink transmission resource region and detects the downlink control information over the reserved resources in the downlink transmission period of time;

wherein the reserved resources for transmitting the downlink control information are determined in a following scheme:

K1 sub-carriers in the frequency domain, and K2 OFDM symbols in the time domain are occupied by the downlink control information, wherein K1 and/or K2 are/is determined as configured via higher layer, or K1 and/or K2 are/is determined according to one of a plurality of protocol defined combinations, or K1 and/or K2 are/is determined as signaled in a dedicated signal;

wherein resource positions of the reserved resources are start positions of respective elementary data transmission elements, or start positions of respective downlink transmission resource regions, or specific frequency positions in the first several OFDM symbols in the downlink transmission period of time.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the elementary data transmission elements each are a resource block comprising N sub-carriers by M OFDM symbols, wherein N and M are positive integers.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein when the resource positions of the reserved resources are specific frequency positions in the downlink transmission period of time, the frequency positions are Y Sub-Carriers (SCs) in the downlink transmission period of time, wherein the Y SCs can be consecutive or discrete, and Y is a positive integer.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the downlink control information comprises an ID of the scheduled UE, and/or a size of a data region;

the downlink control information further comprises a size of an idle region.

5. A method for detecting downlink control information, the method comprising:

receiving, from an evolutional Node B (eNB), a preamble sequence to instruct a UE or a group of UEs to receive downlink control information in a downlink transmission period of time

detecting the downlink control information over reserved resources in the downlink transmission period of time, wherein the downlink transmission period of time comprises at least one symbol, or a length of the downlink transmission period of time is B ms, wherein B is a positive integer;

determining a data transmission region indicated in the detected downlink control information according to the downlink control information; and

obtaining subsequent reserved resource position which subsequent downlink control information is to be detected and received according to the data transmission region, and detecting the subsequent downlink control information in the data transmission region;

wherein the reserved resources for detecting the downlink control information are determined in a following scheme:

K1 sub-carriers in the frequency domain, and K2 OFDM symbols in the time domain are occupied by the downlink control information, wherein K1 and/or K2 are/is determined as configured via a higher layer, or K1 and/or K2 are/is determined according to one of a plurality of protocol defined combinations, or K1 and/or K2 are/is determined as signaled in a dedicated signal;

wherein resource positions of the reserved resources are start positions of respective elementary data transmission elements, or start positions of respective downlink transmission resource regions, or specific frequency positions in the first several OFDM symbols in the downlink transmission period of time.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the elementary data transmission elements each are a resource block comprising N sub-carriers by M OFDM symbols, wherein N and M are positive integers; and when the reserved resources are elementary data transmission elements, the downlink control information is detected at a granularity of S1 elementary data transmission elements in the frequency domain, and S2 elementary data transmission elements in the time domain, wherein S1 and S2 are positive integers.

7. The method according to claim 5 , wherein when the reserved resources are elementary data transmission elements, the elementary data transmission elements each comprise a downlink control channel, or a part of a downlink control channel; or

when the resource positions of the reserved resources are specific frequency positions in the downlink transmission period of time, the frequency positions are Y Sub-Carriers (SCs) in the downlink transmission period of time, wherein the Y SCs can be consecutive or discrete, and Y is a positive integer.

8. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the downlink control information comprises an ID of the scheduled UE, and/or a size of a data region;

when the downlink control information further comprises a size of an idle region, the method further comprises:

determining a data transmission area and/or an idle area indicated in the detected downlink control information according to the downlink control information; and

detecting subsequent downlink control information in other than the data transmission area and/or the idle area.

9. An apparatus for transmitting downlink control information, the apparatus comprising a memory configured to store computer-readable programs and a processor configured to execute the computer-readable programs to:

determine a state of resource allocation in a downlink transmission period of time, wherein the resource allocation comprises allocation of at least one downlink transmission resource region, different time resources or frequency resources or time-frequency resources are occupied by different downlink transmission resource regions, and the downlink transmission period of time comprises at least one symbol, or a length of the downlink transmission period of time is B ms, wherein B is a positive integer;

transmit a preamble sequence to instruct a UE or a group of UEs to receive the downlink control information in the downlink transmission period of time; and

transmit the downlink control information over reserved resources in the at least one downlink transmission resource region, wherein at least one User Equipment (UE), is scheduled in the downlink control information to transmit data in the downlink transmission resource region and detects the downlink control information over the reserved resources in the downlink transmission period of time;

wherein the processor is further configured to execute the computer-readable programs to determine the reserved resources for transmitting the downlink control information, in a following scheme:

K1 sub-carriers in the frequency domain, and K2 OFDM symbols in the time domain are occupied by the downlink control information, wherein K1 and/or K2 are/is determined as configured via higher layer, or K1 and/or K2 are/is determined according to one of a plurality of protocol defined combinations, or K1 and/or K2 are/is determined as signaled in a dedicated signal;

wherein resource positions of the reserved resources are start positions of respective elementary data transmission elements, or start positions of respective downlink transmission resource regions, or specific frequency positions in the first several OFDM symbols in the downlink transmission period of time.

10. The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the elementary data transmission elements each are a resource block comprising N sub-carriers by M OFDM symbols, wherein N and M are positive integers.

11. The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein when the resource positions of the reserved resources are specific frequency positions in the downlink transmission period of time, the frequency positions are Y Sub-Carriers (SCs) in the downlink transmission period of time, wherein the Y SCs can be consecutive or discrete, and Y is a positive integer.

12. The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the downlink control information comprises an ID of the scheduled UE, and/or a size of a data region;

the downlink control information further comprises a size of an idle region.

13. An apparatus for detecting downlink control information, the apparatus comprising a memory configured to store computer-readable programs and a processor configured to execute the computer-readable programs to:

receive, from an evolutional Node B (eNB), a preamble sequence to instruct a UE or a group of UEs to receive downlink control information in a downlink transmission period of time;

detect the downlink control information over reserved resources in the downlink transmission period of time, wherein the downlink transmission period of time comprises at least one symbol, or a length of the downlink transmission period of time is B ms, wherein B is a positive integer;

determine a data transmission region indicated in the detected downlink control information according to the downlink control information; and

obtain subsequent reserved resource position which subsequent downlink control information is to be detected and received according to the data transmission region, and detect the subsequent downlink control information in the data transmission region;

wherein the processor is further configured to execute the computer-readable programs to determine the reserved resources for detecting the downlink control information, in a following scheme:

K1 sub-carriers in the frequency domain, and K2 OFDM symbols in the time domain are occupied by the downlink control information, wherein K1 and/or K2 are/is determined as configured via higher layer, or K1 and/or K2 are/is determined according to one of a plurality of protocol defined combinations, or K1 and/or K2 are/is determined as signaled in a dedicated signal;

wherein the downlink control information comprises an ID of the scheduled UE, and/or a size of a data region;

wherein resource positions of the reserved resources are start positions of respective elementary data transmission elements, or start positions of respective downlink transmission resource regions, or specific frequency positions in the first several OFDM symbols in the downlink transmission period of time.

14. The apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the elementary data transmission elements each are a resource block comprising N sub-carriers by M OFDM symbols, wherein N and M are positive integers; and the processor is further configured to execute the computer-readable programs, when the reserved resources are elementary data transmission elements, to detect the downlink control information at a granularity of S1 elementary data transmission elements in the frequency domain, and S2 elementary data transmission elements in the time domain, wherein S1 and S2 are positive integers.

15. The apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein when the reserved resources are elementary data transmission elements, the elementary data transmission elements each comprise a downlink control channel, or a part of a downlink control channel; or

when the resource positions of the reserved resources are specific frequency positions in the downlink transmission period of time, the frequency positions are Y Sub-Carriers (SCs) in the downlink transmission period of time, wherein the Y SCs can be consecutive or discrete, and Y is a positive integer.

16. The apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the downlink control information comprises an ID of the scheduled UE, and/or a size of a data region;

the processor is further configured to execute the computer-readable programs, when the downlink control information further comprises a size of an idle region, to determine a data transmission area and/or an idle area indicated in the detected downlink control information according to the downlink control information; and

detect subsequent downlink control information in other than the data transmission area and/or the idle area;

the downlink control information is transmitted at a start position of the idle area.