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US 9,680,623 · App. 14/391,120 · Granted Jun 13, 2017

Method for reporting channel state, and apparatus therefor

Inventors: Jihyun Lee (Anyang-si, KR); Hanbyul Seo (Anyang-si, KR); Hakseong Kim (Anyang-si, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04L5/0057H04L1/0026H04W72/042H04L5/0035H04W72/02
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Patent No.
US 9,680,623
App. No.
14/391,120
Granted
Jun 13, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for reporting the channel state of an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) in a wireless communication system is disclosed, comprising the steps of: selecting N sub-bands from a set of sub-bands; and reporting a channel quality indicator (CQI) for the N sub-bands. At least one sub-band from among the N sub-bands (hereinafter, referred to as an EPDCCH SB) may be a sub-band including a pair of physical resource blocks (PRB) set as the EPDCCH.

Claims (28)

1. A method for reporting channel state of an Enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel (EPDCCH) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

selecting N subbands among a set of subbands; and

calculating and reporting a Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) for the selected N subbands,

wherein the selected N subbands includes M EPDCCH subbands (EPDCCH SBs), where N and M are integers equal to or greater than 1 and N is equal to or greater than M, and the M EPDCCH SBs are upper M EPDCCH SBs ranked in a descending order of CQI value among EPDCCH SBs included in the set of subbands, and

wherein each of the EPDCCH SBs includes a Physical Resource Block (PRB) pair to which the EPDCCH is mapped.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein N and M are configured through a higher layer signal.

3. A user device that reports channel state of an Enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel (EPDCCH) in a wireless communication system, the user device comprising:

a Radio Frequency (RF) unit; and

a processor that controls the RF unit,

wherein the processor:

selects N subbands among a set of subbands, and

calculates and reports a Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) for the selected N subbands, and

wherein the selected N subbands includes M EPDCCH subbands (EPDCCH SBs), where N and M are integers equal to or greater than 1 and N is equal to or greater than M, and the M EPDCCH SBs are upper M EPDCCH SBs ranked in a descending order of CQI value among EPDCCH SBs included in the set of subbands,

wherein each of the EPDCCH SBs includes a Physical Resource Block (PRB) pair to which the EPDCCH is mapped.

4. The user device according to claim 3 , wherein N and M are configured through a higher layer signal.

5. A method for reporting channel state of an Enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel (EPDCCH) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

adding a predetermined offset value to a CQI value of at least one EPDCCH subband (EPDCCH SB), the EPDCCH SB including a Physical Resource Block (PRB) pair to which the EPDCCH is mapped;

selecting the N subbands among a set of subbands including the at least one EPDCCH SB based on a CQI value of the subbands; and

reporting a Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) for the selected N subbands,

wherein the CQI value is determined as a ratio of a reference signal power to Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) power.

6. A user device configured to transmit that transmits an uplink signal in a wireless communication system, the user device comprising:

a Radio Frequency (RF) unit; and

a processor that controls the RF unit,

wherein the processor:

adds a predetermined offset value to a CQI value of at least one EPDCCH subband (EPDCCH SB), the EPDCCH SB including a Physical Resource Block (PRB) pair to which the EPDCCH is mapped;

selects the N subbands among a set of subbands including the at least one EPDCCH SB based on a CQI value of the subbands,

and reports a Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) for the selected N subbands,

wherein the CQI value is determined as a ratio of a reference signal power to Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) power.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 7, 2014
From: LEE, JIHYUN; SEO, HANBYUL; KIM, HAKSEONG
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Continuity (4)
Provisional Application 61635872 · Apr 20, 2012
Provisional Application 61649352 · May 20, 2012
Provisional Application 61712819 · Oct 12, 2012
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