Relay station, base station and communication method
Provided is a relay station that is capable of improving PDSCH channel estimation accuracy, even in a case where a DL grant is provided that gives instructions for downlink data allocation for R-PDCCH. In this device, a signal separation unit ( 203 ) receives, of the control information and data and reference signals sent from a base station ( 100 ), the reference signals disposed in a first region and a second region within a pre-coding RB group (PRG) comprising one or more PRBs of the plurality of PRBs constituting a divided frequency region; the control information disposed in the first region; and the data disposed in the second region. A demodulation unit ( 204 ) demodulates the data on the basis of the reference signals. The demodulation unit ( 204 ) demodulates the data using the reference signals disposed in the second region.
1. A relay station in a communication system in which a base station and a mobile station communicate with each other via the relay station, the relay station comprising:
a receiver that receives downlink control information and first reference signals, both being mapped in a first region of a Precoding Resource block Group (PRG), and receives downlink data and second reference signals, both being mapped in a second region of the PRG, from the base station, the PRG consisting of several resource blocks (RBs) and formed by dividing a frequency domain including a plurality of RBs, the several RBs in the PRG being consecutive in the frequency domain, the first region of the PRG being provided by a portion of one RB of the PRG, and the second region being provided by a remaining portion of the one RB and remaining RB(s) of the PRG; and
a demodulator that demodulates the downlink data mapped in the second region using the second reference signals mapped in the second region, without using the first reference signals mapped in the first region.
2. The relay station according to claim 1 , wherein
the second region includes: a third region that is provided by the remaining portion of the one RB forming the first region; and a fourth region provided by the remaining RB(s) of the PRG, and
the demodulator section demodulates the downlink data mapped in the third region, using the second reference signals mapped in the fourth region.
3. The relay station according to claim 1 , wherein the downlink data is carried on a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH).
4. The relay station according to claim 1 , wherein the downlink data is mapped in the RB forming the first region.
5. The relay station according to claim 1 , wherein the first region includes a single slot, and the downlink data is mapped in a slot that is subsequent to the single slot in the RB forming the first region.
6. The relay station according to claim 1 , wherein the downlink data is mapped in the remaining portion of the one RB forming the first region, only in a case where the downlink control information mapped in the first region and the downlink data mapped in the second region are transmitted using the same precoding.
7. The relay station according to claim 1 , wherein the downlink data mapped in the second region of the PRG is transmitted using the same precoding.
8. The relay station according to claim 1 , wherein the second reference signals are used for channel estimation.
9. The relay station according to claim 1 , wherein the demodulator acquires channel estimation values on a per RB basis from the second reference signals that are respectively mapped in the RBs of the PRG, and demodulates the downlink data using a value obtained by averaging the acquired channel estimation values.
10. A base station in a communication system in which the base station and a mobile station communicate with each other via a relay station, the base station comprising:
a mapper that maps first reference signals and downlink control information in a first region of a precoding resource block (RB) group (PRG), and maps second reference signals and downlink data in a second region of the PRG, the PRG consisting of several resource blocks (RBs) and formed by dividing a frequency domain including a plurality of RBs, the RBs in the PRG being consecutive in the frequency domain, the first region of the PRG being provided by a portion of one RB of the PRG, and the second region being provided by a remaining portion of the one RB and remaining RB(s) of the PRG; and
a transmitter that transmits the first reference signals and the control information mapped in the first region of the PRG and the second reference signals and the downlink data mapped in the second region of the PRG to the relay station, wherein
the mapper maps the downlink data in the remaining portion of the one RB forming the first region.
11. A communication method in a communication system in which a base station and a mobile station communicate with each other via a relay station, the method comprising:
receiving, in the relay station, downlink control information and first reference signals, both being mapped in a first region of a Precoding Resource block Group (PRG), and downlink data and second reference signals, both being mapped in a second region of the PRG, from the base station the PRG consisting of several resource blocks (RBs) and formed by dividing a frequency domain including a plurality of RBs, the several RBs in the PRG being consecutive in the frequency domain, the first region of the PRG being provided by a portion of one RB of the PRG, and the second region being provided by a remaining portion of the one RB and remaining RB(s) of the PRG; and
demodulating, in the relay station, the downlink data mapped in the second region using the second reference signals mapped in the second region, without using the first reference signals mapped in the first region.