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US 9,331,831 · App. 14/383,052 · Granted May 3, 2016

Method for receiving or transmitting downlink signals and apparatus therefor

Inventors: Jihyun Lee (Anyang-si, KR); Hakseong Kim (Anyang-si, KR); Hanbyul Seo (Anyang-si, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04L5/0048H04L5/0057H04L1/0031H04L1/1861H04L5/0005
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Patent No.
US 9,331,831
App. No.
14/383,052
Granted
May 3, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a method for receiving downlink signals in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving downlink signal from a base station and detecting the downlink signal, wherein the detecting the downlink signal includes, if the number of resource elements (REs) to which channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) in a downlink subframe is mapped is smaller than the number of the enhanced control channel elements (eCCEs) for an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) in the downlink subframe, assuming REs, the number of which corresponds to a difference value between the number of eCCEs and the number of REs, which are included in the EPDCCH, as a zero-power CSI-RS, wherein the REs assumed as the zero-power CSI-RS is included in an eCCE that does not comprise the REs to which the CSI-RS is mapped.

Claims (28)

1. A method for receiving downlink signals in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving downlink signal from a base station and detecting the downlink signal,

wherein the detecting the downlink signal includes, if the number of resource elements (REs) to which channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) in a downlink subframe is mapped is smaller than the number of the enhanced control channel elements (eCCEs) for an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) in the downlink subframe, assuming REs, the number of which corresponds to a difference value between the number of eCCEs and the number of REs, which are included in the EPDCCH, as a zero-power CSI-RS, and

wherein the REs assumed as the zero-power CSI-RS is included in an eCCE that does not comprise the REs to which the CSI-RS is mapped.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the REs to which the CSI-RS is mapped and the REs assumed as the zero-power CSI-RS are equally allocated to all eCCEs.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the REs assumed as the zero-power CSI-RS is mapped to a location obtained by cyclic shifting a location of the REs to which the CSI-RS is mapped by as much as a predetermined distance in a time-frequency direction.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the REs assumed as the zero-power CSI-RS is mapped to remaining REs obtained by excluding the REs to which the CSI-RS is mapped, from REs for a specific CSI-RS configuration comprising the REs to which the CSI-RS is mapped.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein information about a location of the REs assumed as the zero-power CSI-RS is received via higher layer signaling.

6. A method for transmitting downlink signals in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting downlink signal to a user equipment (UE),

wherein the transmitting the downlink signal includes: if the number of resource elements (REs) to which channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) in a downlink subframe is mapped is smaller than the number of the enhanced control channel elements (eCCEs) for an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) in the downlink subframe, configuring REs, the number of which corresponds to a difference value between the number of eCCEs and the number of REs included in the EPDCCH, as a zero-power CSI-RS, and

wherein the REs configured as the zero-power CSI-RS are included in an eCCE that does not comprise the REs to which the CSI-RS is mapped.

7. A user equipment (UE) configured to receive downlink signals in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) unit; and

a processor configured to control the RF unit,

wherein the processor is configured to receive downlink signal from a base station and detects the downlink signal, and

the processor is configured to: if the number of resource elements (REs) to which channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) in a downlink subframe is mapped is smaller than the number of the enhanced control channel elements (eCCEs) for an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) in the downlink subframe, assume REs, the number of which corresponds to a difference value between the number of eCCEs and the number of REs, which are included in the EPDCCH, as a zero-power CSI-RS; and

wherein the REs assumed as the zero-power CSI-RS is included in an eCCE that does not comprise the REs to which the CSI-RS is mapped.

8. The UE according to claim 7 , wherein the REs assumed as the zero-power CSI-RS is equally allocated to all eCCEs.

9. The UE according to claim 7 , wherein the REs assumed as the zero-power CSI-RS is mapped to a location obtained by cyclic shifting a location of the REs to which the CSI-RS is mapped by as much as a predetermined distance in a time-frequency direction.

10. The UE according to claim 7 , wherein the REs assumed as the zero-power CSI-RS is mapped to remaining REs obtained by excluding the REs to which the CSI-RS is mapped, from REs for a specific CSI-RS configuration comprising the REs to which the CSI-RS is mapped.

11. The UE according to claim 7 , wherein information about a location of the REs assumed as the zero-power CSI-RS is received via higher layer signaling.

12. A base station configured to transmit downlink signals in a wireless communication system, the base station comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) unit; and

a processor configured to control the RF unit,

wherein the processor is configured to transmit downlink signal to a user equipment (UE), and

the processor is configured to: if the number of resource elements (REs) to which channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) in a downlink subframe is mapped is smaller than the number of the enhanced control channel elements (eCCEs) for an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) in the downlink subframe, configure REs, the number of which corresponds to a difference value between the number of eCCEs and the number of REs included in the EPDCCH as a zero-power CSI-RS; and

wherein the REs configured as the zero-power CSI-RS is included in an eCCE that does not comprise the REs to which the CSI-RS is mapped.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 5, 2014
From: LEE, JIHYUN; KIM, HAKSEONG; SEO, HANBYUL
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61611018 · Mar 15, 2012
Related Publication 20150036652A1 · Feb 5, 2015