Radio communication system, base station apparatus, mobile station apparatus, radio communication method, and program
A mobile station apparatus 2 is assigned multiple component carriers in an uplink and a downlink by a base station apparatus and communicates with the base station apparatus by using the component carriers. The mobile station apparatus 2 includes a downlink control channel detector 67 and a carrier component identifying unit 53 a . The downlink control channel detector 67 detects a downlink control channel from multiple search spaces where to detect the downlink control channel. From the search space where the downlink control channel detected by the downlink control channel detector 67 is arranged, the carrier component identifying unit 53 a identifies the component carriers controlled with downlink control information transmitted in the downlink control channel and addressed to the mobile station apparatus. This makes it possible to identify the component carrier controlled with the downlink control information (DCI) transmitted in the downlink control channel (PDCCH) without increasing the coding ratio of the downlink control channel (PDCCH).
1. A base station apparatus configured to communicate with a mobile station apparatus by using a plurality of downlink component carriers, the base station apparatus comprising:
a radio resource controller configured to set, on a first downlink component carrier on which a physical downlink control channel is transmitted by the base station apparatus, a plurality of control channel elements that constitute a user equipment specific search space,
the user equipment specific search space including a plurality of physical downlink control channel candidates,
downlink control information being transmitted using one of the plurality of physical downlink control channel candidates on the first downlink component carrier,
in a case that the downlink control information indicates a resource allocation of a physical downlink shared channel on a second downlink component carrier, the plurality of control channel elements being set on the basis of an index number of the second downlink component carrier by the radio resource controller; and
a transmission processing unit configured to transmit the downlink control information using the one of the plurality of physical downlink control channel candidates on the first downlink component carrier.
2. The base station apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the base station apparatus further configured to communicate with the mobile station apparatus using one or more uplink component carriers,
the plurality of control channel elements being for transmission of the downlink control information, and
the plurality of control channel elements being set further on the basis of a number of the downlink component carriers and a number of the uplink component carrier(s).
3. The base station apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the base station apparatus further configured to communicate with the mobile station apparatus using one or more uplink component carriers,
the plurality of control channel elements being for transmission of the downlink control information, and
the plurality of control channel elements being set further on the basis of a larger number of a number of the downlink component carriers and a number of the uplink component carrier(s).
4. A mobile station apparatus configured to communicate with a base station apparatus by using a plurality of downlink component carriers, the mobile station apparatus comprising:
a communication unit configured to monitor, on a first downlink component carrier on which a physical downlink control channel is transmitted, a plurality of control channel elements that constitute a user equipment specific search space,
the user equipment specific search space including a plurality of physical downlink control channel candidates,
downlink control information being received using one of the plurality of physical downlink control channel candidates on the first downlink component carrier,
in a case that the downlink control information indicates a resource allocation of a physical downlink shared channel on a second downlink component carrier, the plurality of control channel elements monitored being on the basis of an index number of the second downlink component carrier; and
a reception processing unit configured to receive the downlink control information on the one of the plurality of physical downlink control channel candidates on the first downlink component carrier.
5. The mobile station apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein
the mobile station apparatus further configured to communicate with the base station apparatus using one or more uplink component carriers,
the plurality of control channel elements being for monitoring the downlink control information, and
the plurality of control channel elements being monitored further on the basis of a number of the downlink component carriers and a number of the uplink component carrier(s).
6. The mobile station apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein
the mobile station apparatus further configured to communicate with the base station apparatus using one or more uplink component carriers,
the plurality of control channel elements being for monitoring the downlink control information, and
the plurality of control channel elements being monitored further on the basis of a larger of a number of the downlink component carriers and a number of the uplink component carrier(s).
7. A communication method for a base station apparatus configured to communicate with a mobile station apparatus by using a plurality of downlink component carriers, the communication method comprising:
setting, on a first downlink component carrier on which a physical downlink control channel is transmitted by the base station apparatus, a plurality of control channel elements that constitute a user equipment specific search space,
the user equipment specific search space including a plurality of physical downlink control channel candidates,
downlink control information being transmitted using one of the plurality of physical downlink control channel candidates on the first downlink component carrier,
in a case that the downlink control information indicates a resource allocation of a physical downlink shared channel on a second downlink component carrier, the plurality of control channel elements being set on the basis of an index number of the second downlink component carrier; and
transmitting the downlink control information using the one of the plurality of physical downlink control channel candidates on the first downlink component carrier.
8. The communication method according to claim 7 , wherein
the base station apparatus further configured to communicate with the mobile station apparatus using one or more uplink component carriers,
the plurality of control channel elements being for transmission of the downlink control information, and
the plurality of control channel elements being set further on the basis of a number of the downlink component carriers and a number of the uplink component carrier(s).
9. The communication method according to claim 7 , wherein
the base station apparatus further configured to communicate with the mobile station apparatus using one or more uplink component carriers,
the plurality of control channel elements being for transmission of the downlink control information, and
the plurality of control channel elements being set further on the basis of a larger number of a number of the downlink component carriers and a number of the uplink component carrier(s).
10. A communication method for a mobile station apparatus configured to communicate with a base station apparatus by using a plurality of downlink component carriers, the communication method comprising:
monitoring, on a first downlink component carrier on which a physical downlink control channel is transmitted, a plurality of control channel elements that constitute a user equipment specific search space,
the user equipment specific search space including a plurality of physical downlink control channel candidates,
downlink control information being received using one of the plurality of physical downlink control channel candidates on the first downlink component carrier,
in a case that the downlink control information indicates a resource allocation of a physical downlink shared channel on a second downlink component carrier, the plurality of control channel elements monitored being on the basis of an index number of the second downlink component carrier; and
receiving the downlink control information on the one of the plurality of physical downlink control channel candidates on the first downlink component carrier.
11. The communication method according to claim 10 , wherein
the mobile station apparatus further configured to communicate with the base station apparatus using one or more uplink component carriers,
the plurality of control channel elements being for monitoring the downlink control information, and
the plurality of control channel elements being monitored further on the basis of a number of the downlink component carriers and a number of the uplink component carrier(s).
12. The communication method according to claim 10 , wherein
the mobile station apparatus further configured to communicate with the base station apparatus using one or more uplink component carriers,
the plurality of control channel elements being for monitoring the downlink control information, and
the plurality of control channel elements being monitored further on the basis of a larger number of a number of the downlink component carriers and a number of the uplink component carrier(s).