IP Library Granted Patent US 9,706,567
Granted Patent B2
US 9,706,567 · App. 14/760,971 · Granted Jul 11, 2017

Method for transreceiving signal and apparatus for same

Inventors: Suckchel Yang (Seoul, KR); Yunjung Yi (Seoul, KR); Joonkui Ahn (Seoul, KR); Dongyoun Seo (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W72/1289H04L1/1812H04L1/1854H04L5/0055H04L5/0092H04L5/14H04W72/12H04W72/1205H04L5/0048H04W88/02
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Patent No.
US 9,706,567
App. No.
14/760,971
Granted
Jul 11, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for receiving a signal in a wireless communication system and an apparatus for same, and comprises a step of receiving, via a physical downlink control channel, downlink control information including scheduling information for a K number of subframes, wherein K is bigger than 1, the scheduling information is not applied to at least one subframe when the at least one subframe from among the K number of subframes is a special subframe, and wherein the special subframe is at least a subframe configured to a multicast-broadcast single-frequency network (MBSFN), a subframe configured to receive a physical multicast channel (PMCH), a subframe configured so that a positioning reference signal (PRS) is transmitted, or a subframe including a downlink section, a protection section, and an uplink section.

Claims (140)

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

receiving a higher layer signal indicating a subframe in which a detection of downlink control information is performed;

receiving the downlink control information comprising scheduling information through a physical downlink control channel within the indicated subframe,

wherein the downlink control information further includes information indicating whether the downlink control information is targeted to K subframes or targeted to one subframe, and K is an integer greater than 1,

wherein when at least one subframe among the K subframes corresponds to a specific subframe, the scheduling information is not applied to the at least one subframe, and

wherein the specific subframe includes at least a subframe configured for a multicast-broadcast single-frequency network (MBSFN), and a subframe configured to transmit system information; and

when the downlink control information is targeted to the K subframes, receiving a data signal using the scheduling information in subframes other than the at least one subframe from among the K subframes.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the specific subframe further includes a subframe in which a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) signal is transmitted, or a subframe configured to transmit a paging signal, or a subframe configured to transmit a synchronization signal, or a subframe configured to perform semi-persistent scheduling, or a subframe configured to enable transmission of a physical random access channel (PRACH), or a subframe configured not to transmit a demodulation reference signal (DMRS), or a subframe configured to transmit a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS), or a subframe configured to receive a physical multicast channel (PMCH), or a subframe configured to transmit a positioning reference signal (PRS), or a subframe comprising a downlink period, a guard period, and an uplink period.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein different hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process numbers are allocated to the subframes other than the at least one subframe.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the downlink control information further includes a field indicating the HARQ process numbers, the HARQ process numbers are consecutively and increasingly allocated from a value of the field and are determined by applying a modulo operation using the allocated value as a specific value, and the specific value is a maximum number of HARQ processes or a maximum number of HARQ process receive buffers, supported by the user equipment.

5. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the downlink control information further includes index information indicating the HARQ process numbers, and the index information uniquely determines a set of the HARQ process numbers.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein when the set of the HARQ process numbers is {k i } i=0 K−1 , the index information is given according to

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=

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-

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max

HARQp

-

k

i

K

-

i

,

and

wherein maxHARQp is a maximum number of HARQ processes or a maximum number of HARQ process receive buffers supported by the user equipment,

x

y

=

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(

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x

y

0

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,

and

(

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is a binominal coefficient.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, when another downlink control information is detected in one subframe of the K subframes, another data signal is received according to the another downlink control information with respect to the one subframe.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein receiving the another data signal according to the another downlink control information is omitted with respect to a subframe after the one subframe in the K subframes.

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

when the downlink control information is targeted to one subframe, receiving the data signal using the scheduling information in the one subframe only.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the higher layer signal is received through a radio resource control (RRC) signaling.

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

a radio frequency (RF) unit; and

a processor configured to:

control the RF unit to receive a higher layer signal indicating a subframe in which a detection of downlink control information is performed, and

control the RF unit to receive the downlink control information comprising scheduling information through a physical downlink control channel within the indicated subframe,

wherein the downlink control information further includes information indicating whether the downlink control information is targeted to K subframes or targeted to one subframe, and K is an integer greater than 1,

wherein when at least one subframe among the K subframes corresponds to a specific subframe, the scheduling information is not applied to the at least one subframe,

wherein the specific subframe includes at least a subframe configured for a multicast-broadcast single-frequency network (MBSFN), and a subframe configured to transmit system information, and

wherein when the downlink control information is targeted to the K subframes, the processor is further configured to control the RF unit to receive a data signal using the scheduling information in subframes other than the at least one subframe from among the K subframes.

12. The user equipment according to claim 11 , wherein the specific subframe further includes a subframe in which a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) signal is transmitted, or a subframe configured to transmit a paging signal, or a subframe configured to transmit a synchronization signal, or a subframe configured to perform semi-persistent scheduling, or a subframe configured to enable transmission of a physical random access channel (PRACH), or a subframe configured not to transmit a demodulation reference signal (DMRS), or a subframe configured to transmit a channel state infounation-reference signal (CSI-RS), or a subframe configured to receive a physical multicast channel (PMCH), or a subframe configured to transmit a positioning reference signal (PRS), or a subframe comprising a downlink period, a guard period, and an uplink period.

13. The user equipment according to claim 11 , wherein different hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process numbers are allocated to the subframes other than the at least one subframe.

14. The user equipment according to claim 13 , wherein the downlink control information further includes a field indicating the HARQ process numbers, the HARQ process numbers are consecutively and increasingly allocated from a value of the field and are determined by applying a modulo operation using the allocated value as a specific value, and the specific value is a maximum number of HARQ processes or a maximum number of HARQ process receive buffers, supported by the user equipment.

15. The user equipment according to claim 13 , wherein the downlink control information further includes index information indicating the HARQ process numbers, and the index information uniquely determines a set of the HARQ process numbers.

16. The user equipment according to claim 15 , wherein when the set of the HARQ process numbers is {k i } i=0 K−1 , the index information is given according to

r

=

i

=

0

K

-

1

max

HARQp

-

k

i

K

-

i

,

and

wherein maxHARQp is a maximum number of HARQ processes or a maximum number of HARQ process receive buffers supported by the user equipment,

x

y

=

{

(

x

y

)

x

y

0

x

<

y

,

and

(

x

y

)

 is a binominal coefficient.

17. The user equipment according to claim 11 , wherein, when another downlink control information is detected in one subframe of the K subframes, another data signal is received according to the another downlink control information with respect to the one subframe.

18. The user equipment according to claim 11 , wherein receiving the another data signal according to the another downlink control information is omitted with respect to a subframe after the one subframe in the K subframes.

19. The user equipment according to claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

when the downlink control information is targeted to one subframe, control the RF unit to receive the data signal using the scheduling information in the one subframe only.

20. The user equipment according to claim 11 , wherein the higher layer signal is received through a radio resource control (RRC) signaling.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 15, 2015
From: YANG, SUCKCHEL; YI, YUNJUNG; AHN, JOONKUI; SEO, DONGYOUN
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Continuity (6)
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