IP Library Granted Patent US 9,485,763
Granted Patent B2
US 9,485,763 · App. 14/428,909 · Granted Nov 1, 2016

Method and user equipment for receiving downlink signal and method and base station for transmitting downlink signal

Inventors: Hyangsun You (Seoul, KR); Dongyoun Seo (Seoul, KR); Yunjung Yi (Seoul, KR); Joonkui Ahn (Seoul, KR); Suckchel Yang (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W72/042H04L5/0055H04W72/0446
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Patent No.
US 9,485,763
App. No.
14/428,909
Granted
Nov 1, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides: a base station for repeatedly transmitting a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) during a first subframe bundle comprising a plurality of subframes, and transmitting a PDSCH related to the PDCCH; and user equipment for receiving the PDCCH and the PDSCH. The PDSCH can be transmitted to the user equipment starting from subframe n+k, which is the k th subframe after the last subframe n−1 in the first subframe bundle, wherein k is an integer bigger than 0. The first subframe bundle may begin from a predetermined or fixed position.

Claims (43)

1. A method for receiving a downlink signal by a user equipment having a radio frequency (RF) unit, a processor and a memory, the method comprising:

repeatedly receiving a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) within a first bundle of continuous subframes; and

receiving a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) associated with the PDCCH starting from a subframe n+k after a subframe n in which the PDCCH is last received within the first bundle of continuous subframes,

wherein k is an integer greater than 0.

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

repeatedly receiving the PDSCH within a second bundle of continuous subframes starting from the subframe n+k.

3. The method according to claim 2 , further comprising:

receiving information indicating at least a transmission period of the second bundle of continuous subframes, an offset in the transmission period of the second bundle of continuous subframes, a size of the second bundle of continuous subframes, or a number of repeatedly received PDSCHs.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a start of the first bundle of continuous subframes is configured by a higher layer signal.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the repeatedly received PDCCHs are received using a same control channel element (CCE) resource within the first bundle of continuous subframes.

6. A user equipment for receiving a downlink signal, the user equipment comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) unit and a processor configured to control the RF unit,

wherein the processor controls the RF unit to

repeatedly receive a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) within a first bundle of continuous subframes; and

receive a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) associated with the PDCCH starting from a subframe n+k after a subframe n in which the PDCCH is last received within the first bundle of continuous subframes,

wherein k is an integer greater than 0.

7. The user equipment according to claim 6 ,

wherein the processor controls the RF unit to repeatedly receive the PDSCH within a second bundle of continuous subframes starting from the subframe n+k.

8. The user equipment according to claim 7 ,

wherein the processor controls the RF unit to further receive information indicating at least a transmission period of the second bundle of continuous subframes, an offset in the transmission period of the second bundle of continuous subframes, a size of the second bundle of continuous subframes, or a number of repeatedly received PDSCHs.

9. The user equipment according to claim 6 , wherein a start if the first bundle of continuous subframes is configured by a higher layer signal.

10. The user equipment according to claim 6 ,

wherein a size of the first bundle of continuous subframes is configured by a higher layer or fixed.

11. The user equipment according to claim 6 , wherein the repeatedly received PDCCHs are received using a same control channel element (CCE) resource within the first bundle of continuous subframes.

12. A method for transmitting a downlink signal by a base station, the method comprising:

repeatedly transmitting a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) within a first bundle of continuous subframes; and

transmitting a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) associated with the PDCCH starting from a subframe n+k after a subframe n in which the PDCCH is last received within the first bundle of continuous subframes,

wherein k is an integer greater than 0.

13. The method according to claim 12 , further comprising:

transmitting information indicating at least a transmission period of a second bundle of continuous subframes, an offset in the transmission period of the second bundle of continuous subframes, a size of the second bundle of continuous subframes, or a number repeatedly transmitted PDSCHs; and

repeatedly transmitting the PDSCH within the second bundle of continuous subframes starting from the subframe n+k.

14. The method according to claim 12 , wherein a start of the first bundle of continuous subframes is configured by a higher layer signal.

15. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the repeatedly transmitted PDCCHs are transmitted using a same control channel element (CCE) resource within the first bundle of continuous subframes.

16. A base station for transmitting a downlink signal, the base station comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) unit and a processor configured to control the RF unit,

wherein the processor controls the RF unit to

repeatedly transmit a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) within a first bundle of continuous subframes; and

a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) associated with the PDCCH starting from a subframe n+k after a subframe n in which the PDCCH is last received within the first bundle of continuous subframes,

wherein k is an integer greater than 0.

17. The base station according to claim 16 , wherein the processor controls the RF unit to repeatedly transmit the PDSCH within a second bundle of continuous subframes starting from the subframe n+k.

18. The base station according to claim 16 , wherein the processor controls the RF unit to transmit information indicating at least a transmission period of the second bundle of continuous subframes, an offset in the transmission period of the second bundle of continuous subframes, a size of the second bundle of continuous subframes, or a number of the repeatedly transmitted PDSCHs.

19. The base station according to claim 16 , wherein a start of the first bundle of continuous subframes is configured by a higher layer signal.

20. The base station according to claim 16 , wherein the repeatedly transmitted PDCCHs are transmitted using a same control channel element (CCE) resource within the first bundle of continuous subframes.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 17, 2015
From: YOU, HYANGSUN; SEO, DONGYOUN; YI, YUNJUNG; AHN, JOONKUI; YANG, SUCKCHEL
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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