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Granted Patent B2
US 9,584,215 · App. 13/319,032 · Granted Feb 28, 2017

Relay node and method for receiving a signal from a base station in a mobile communication system

Inventors: Kyu Jin Park (Anyang-si, KR); Sungho Moon (Anyang-si, KR); Yeong Hyeon Kwon (Anyang-si, KR); Jae Hoon Chung (Anyang-si, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04B7/2606H04B7/155H04L5/0053H04L27/2602H04W56/00
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Patent No.
US 9,584,215
App. No.
13/319,032
Granted
Feb 28, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a method for receiving information on a relay node zone and reference signals for a relay node from a base station, and a relay node device using same. The relay node can receive information on at least one start point from the start points of a Relay-Physical Downlink Control Channel (R-PDCCH) and a Relay-Physical Downlink Shared Channel (R-PDSCH) for transmitting a signal from a base station to a relay node in a specific downlink subframe. Alternatively, the relay node can implicitly recognize the start points of the R-PDCCH and R-PDSCH set in advance. The relay node can recognize a signal from the base station in the specific downlink subframe based on the start point information after the time corresponding to at least one of the start points of the R-PDCCH and R-PDSCH. Also, the relay node can decode signals transmitted from a base station after the corresponding timing.

Claims (30)

1. A method for receiving a signal by a relay node in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving information regarding a start point of a relay-physical downlink control channel (R-PDCCH) at a specific downlink subframe configured for an eNode B-to-the relay node transmission, wherein the start point of the R-PDCCH is a fourth orthogonal frequency divisional multiplexing (OFDM) symbol in the specific downlink subframe;

receiving the R-PDCCH during the fourth OFDM symbol to a sixth OFDM symbol of the specific downlink subframe based on the information regarding the start point of the R-PDCCH;

demodulating the R-PDCCH based upon a reference signal for demodulation transmitted on an antenna port 7 ; and

receiving a data channel for the relay node based upon the R-PDCCH,

wherein the reference signal is mapped to a resource element in a first slot of the specific downlink subframe when a last symbol of the data channel is a sixth OFDM symbol of the second slot of the specific downlink subframe.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the information regarding the start point of the R-PDCCH is received through a higher layer signaling from the eNode B.

3. A relay node for receiving a signal in a wireless communication system, the relay node comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) unit that:

receives information regarding a start point of a relay-physical downlink control channel (R-PDCCH) at a specific downlink subframe configured for an eNode B-to-the relay node transmission, wherein the start point of the R-PDCCH is a fourth orthogonal frequency divisional multiplexing (OFDM) symbol in the specific downlink subframe, and

receives the R-PDCCH during the fourth OFDM symbol to a sixth OFDM symbol of the specific downlink subframe based on the information regarding the start point of the R-PDCCH, and

a processor that demodulates the R-PDCCH based upon a reference signal for demodulation transmitted on an antenna port 7 , and

wherein the radio frequency (RF) unit receives a data channel for the relay node based upon the R-PDCCH,

wherein the reference signal is mapped to a resource element in a first slot of the specific downlink subframe when a last symbol of the data channel is a sixth OFDM symbol of the second slot of the specific downlink subframe.

4. The relay node according to claim 3 , wherein the information regarding the start point of the R-PDCCH is received through a higher layer signaling from the eNode B.

5. A method for transmitting a signal by an eNode B in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

configuring a start point of a relay-physical downlink control channel (R-PDCCH) at a specific downlink subframe configured for the eNode B-to-a relay node transmission;

transmitting information regarding the start point of the R-PDCCH, wherein the start point of the R-PDCCH is a fourth orthogonal frequency divisional multiplexing (OFDM) symbol in the specific downlink subframe;

modulating the R-PDCCH based upon a reference signal for demodulation to be transmitted on an antenna port 7 ;

transmitting the R-PDCCH during the fourth OFDM symbol to a sixth OFDM symbol of the specific downlink subframe based on the information regarding the start point of the R-PDCCH; and

transmitting a data channel for the relay node based upon the R-PDCCH,

wherein the reference signal is mapped to a resource element in a first slot of the specific downlink subframe when a last symbol of the data channel is a sixth OFDM symbol of the second slot of the specific downlink subframe.

6. An eNode B for transmitting a signal in a wireless communication system, the eNode B comprising:

a processor that configures a start point of a relay-physical downlink control channel (R-PDCCH) at a specific downlink subframe configured for the eNode B-to-a relay node transmission; and

a radio frequency (RF) unit that transmits information regarding the start point of the R-PDCCH, wherein the start point of the R-PDCCH is a fourth orthogonal frequency divisional multiplexing (OFDM) symbol in the specific downlink subframe;

wherein the processor modulates the R-PDCCH based upon a reference signal for demodulation to be transmitted on an antenna port 7 , and

wherein the radio frequency (RF) unit:

transmits R-PDCCH during the fourth OFDM symbol to a sixth OFDM symbol of the specific downlink subframe based on the information regarding the start point of the R-PDCCH, and

transmits a data channel for the relay node based upon the R-PDCCH,

wherein the reference signal is mapped to a resource element in a first slot of the specific downlink subframe when a last symbol of the data channel is a sixth OFDM symbol of the second slot of the specific downlink subframe.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 4, 2011
From: PARK, KYU JIN; MOON, SUNGHO; KWON, YEONG HYEON; CHUNG, JAE HOON
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 027179/0572 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2010-0042766 · May 7, 2010 · national
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61176491 · May 8, 2009
Related Publication 20120063386A1 · Mar 15, 2012