IP Library Granted Patent US 9,432,985
Granted Patent B2
US 9,432,985 · App. 14/374,461 · Granted Aug 30, 2016

Method for setting search region to detect downlink control channel in wireless communication system and apparatus for same

Inventors: Seungmin Lee (Anyang-si, KR); Hakseong Kim (Anyang-si, KR); Hanbyul Seo (Anyang-si, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W72/042H04L5/0037H04L5/0048H04L5/0053H04L5/1469H04L27/2607H04W4/06
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Patent No.
US 9,432,985
App. No.
14/374,461
Granted
Aug 30, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

In the present application, disclosed a method for a terminal setting a search region for a downlink channel in a wireless communication system. More specifically, the method comprises the steps of receiving from a base station information related to a starting symbol of the search region by way of upper layer signaling; setting the search region by using the information related to the starting symbol; and receiving the downlink control channel by performing blind coding on the search region, wherein the starting symbol of the search region changes according to the characteristic of a subframe which receives the downlink control channel.

Claims (20)

1. A method of setting a search space, which is set by a user equipment (UE) to detect a downlink control channel in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving information on a starting symbol of the search space for an enhanced downlink control channel in a data region of a subframe from an epode B; and

monitoring the enhanced downlink control channel by performing blind decoding on the search space which is set using the information on the starting symbol,

wherein, when a downlink bandwidth assigned to the UE is greater than a threshold value, the starting symbol of the search space is determined as a symbol having an index #n indicated by the information on the starting symbol, and

wherein, when the downlink bandwidth is smaller than the threshold value, the starting symbol of the search space is determined as a symbol having an index #n+1.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein if the subframe corresponds to a multicast broadcast single frequency network (MBSFN) subframe, the starting symbol of the search space is located more toward a front end of the starting symbol of the search space compared to a case in which the subframe corresponds to a non-MBSFN subframe.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein if the subframe corresponds to the MBSFN subframe, the starting symbol of the search space changes according to the number of an antenna port of a cell-specific reference signal received in the subframe.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a control format indicator channel containing information on the number of a resource block in which the search space is configured from the eNode B.

5. The method according to claim 1 , Wherein the starting symbol of the search space changes according to whether a positioning reference signal is transmitted in the subframe.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the search space is configured from the starting symbol to a last symbol of the subframe.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the starting symbol of the search space changes according to the number of a symbol configured for the purpose of downlink in the subframe.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein if the subframe is received on an extension carrier where a legacy downlink control channel is not received, the starting symbol of the search space is configured by a first symbol of the subframe.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the downlink control channel is demodulated using a UE-specific reference signal.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the information on the starting symbol is transmitted via physical layer signaling.

11. A user equipment in a wireless communication system, the user equipment comprising:

a receiver configured to receive information on a starting symbol of a search space for an enhanced downlink control channel in a data region of a subframe from an eNode B; and

a processor configured to monitor the enhanced downlink control channel by performing blind decoding on the search space which is set using the information on the starting symbol,

wherein, when a downlink bandwidth assigned to the user equipment is greater than a threshold value, the starting symbol of the search space is determined as a symbol having an index #n indicated by the information on the starting symbol, and

wherein, when the downlink bandwidth is smaller than the threshold value, the starting symbol of the search space is determined as a symbol having an index #n+1.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 25, 2014
From: LEE, SEUNGMIN; KIM, HAKSEONG; SEO, HANBYUL
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 033390/0988 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61605744 · Mar 1, 2012
Related Publication 20140362758A1 · Dec 11, 2014