Method for processing enhanced physical downlink control channel, network-side device, and user equipment

1. A method for processing an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH), the method comprising:

notifying a user equipment (UE) of M physical resource block (PRB) sets used for EPDCCH transmission and N reference signal (RS) configurations used for EPDCCH downlink control information (DCI) rate matching and/or EPDCCH resource mapping, and notifying the UE of correspondence between the M PRB sets and the N RS configurations, wherein N is a positive integer greater than 1, and M is a positive integer; and

performing the EPDCCH DCI rate matching and/or the EPDCCH resource mapping according to the correspondence between the M PRB sets and the N RS configurations,

wherein notifying the UE of the correspondence between the M PRB sets and the N RS configurations comprises:

when each PRB set of the M PRB sets comprises a PRB set index, and each RS configuration of the N RS configurations comprises an RS configuration index, sending to the UE, second indication signaling that indicates the correspondence between the M PRB sets and the N RS configurations, wherein the second indication signaling comprises the PRB set index of each PRB set of the M PRB sets and the RS configuration index corresponding to the PRB set index of each PRB set of the M PRB sets.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein performing the EPDCCH DCI rate matching and/or the EPDCCH resource mapping according to the correspondence between the M PRB sets and the N RS configurations comprises:

determining at least one RS configuration of the N RS configurations; and

performing the EPDCCH DCI rate matching and/or the EPDCCH resource mapping according to the at least one RS configuration and a PRB set corresponding to the at least one RS configuration.

3. The method according to claim 1 wherein the correspondence between the M PRB sets and the N RS configurations comprises that the M PRB sets correspond to the N RS configurations in a one-to-one manner.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein each RS configuration of the N RS configurations further comprises one or more of the following:

a cell identifier, a cell specific reference signal (CRS) configuration, a non-zero power channel state information reference signal (NZP CSI-RS) configuration, a zero power (ZP) CSI-RS configuration, an EPDCCH start time, a multimedia broadcast multicast service single frequency network (MBSFN) subframe configuration, and a carrier frequency index.

5. The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second indication signaling comprises a RS configuration information element that indicates the PRB set index of each PRB set of the M PRB sets and the RS configuration index corresponding to the PRB set index of each PRB set of the M PRB sets.

6. A method for processing an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH), the method comprising:

acquiring, from a network-side device, M physical resource block (PRB) sets used for EPDCCH transmission, N reference signal (RS) configurations used for EPDCCH downlink control information (DCI) rate matching and/or EPDCCH resource mapping, and correspondence between the M PRB sets and the N RS configurations, wherein N is a positive integer greater than 1, and M is a positive integer; and

performing EPDCCH detection on the M PRB sets respectively according to each PRB set of the M PRB sets and an RS configuration corresponding to each PRB set,

wherein acquiring the correspondence between the M PRB sets and the N RS configurations comprises:

when each PRB set of the M PRB sets comprises a PRB set index, and each RS configuration of the N RS configurations comprises an RS configuration index, acquiring second indication signaling that indicates the correspondence between the M PRB sets and the N RS configurations, wherein the second indication signaling comprises the PRB set index of each PRB set of the M PRB sets and the RS configuration index corresponding to the PRB set index of each PRB set of the M PRB sets.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein before performing EPDCCH detection on the M PRB sets respectively according to each PRB set of the M PRB sets and the RS configuration corresponding to each PRB set, the method further comprises:

performing quasi colocation (QCL) hypothesis on each PRB set of the M PRB sets.

8. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the correspondence between the M PRB sets and the N RS configurations comprises that the M PRB sets correspond to the N RS configurations in a one-to-one manner.

9. The method according to claim 7 , wherein performing QCL hypothesis on each PRB set of the M PRB sets comprises:

performing the QCL hypothesis according to the RS configuration corresponding to each PRB set of the M PRB sets.

10. The method according to claim 6 , wherein each RS configuration of the N RS configurations further comprises one or more of the following:

a cell identifier, a cell specific reference signal (CRS) configuration, a non-zero power channel state information reference signal (NZP CSIRS) configuration, a zero power (ZP) CSI-RS configuration, an EPDCCH start time, a multimedia broadcast multicast service single frequency network (MBSFN) subframe configuration, and a carrier index.

11. A network-side device, comprising:

a transmitter configured to notify a user equipment (UE) of M physical resource block (PRB) sets used for enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) transmission and N reference signal (RS) configurations used for EPDCCH downlink control information (DCI) rate matching and/or EPDCCH resource mapping, and notify the UE of correspondence between the M PRB sets and the N RS configurations, wherein N is a positive integer greater than 1, and M is a positive integer; and

at least one processor configured to perform the EPDCCH DCI rate matching and/or the EPDCCH resource mapping according to the correspondence between the M PRB sets and the N RS configurations,

wherein when each PRB set of the M PRB sets comprises a PRB set index, and each RS configuration of the N RS configurations comprises an RS configuration index, the transmitter is configured to send to the UE, second indication signaling that indicates the correspondence between the M PRB sets and the N RS configurations, wherein the second indication signaling comprises an index identifier of the M PRB sets and index identifiers of the N RS configurations corresponding to the index identifier of the M PRB sets.

12. The network-side device according to claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

determine at least one RS configuration of the N RS configurations, and

perform the EPDCCH DCI rate matching and/or the EPDCCH resource mapping according to the at least one RS configuration and a PRB set corresponding to the at least one RS configuration.

13. The network-side device according to claim 11 , wherein the correspondence between the M PRB sets and the N RS configurations comprises that the M PRB sets correspond to the N RS configurations in a one-to-one manner.

14. The network-side device according to claim 11 , wherein each RS configuration of the N RS configurations further comprises one or more of the following:

a cell identifier, a cell specific reference signal (CRS) configuration, a non-zero power channel state information reference signal (NZP C SIRS) configuration, a zero-power (ZP) CSI-RS configuration, an EPDCCH start time, a multimedia broadcast multicast service single frequency network (MBSFN) subframe configuration, and a carrier frequency index.

15. The network-side device according to claim 11 ,

wherein the second indication signaling comprises a RS configuration information element that indicates the index identifier of the M PRB sets and index identifiers of the N RS configurations corresponding to the index identifier of the M PRB sets.

16. A user equipment, comprising:

a receiver configured to acquire, from a network-side device, M physical resource block (PRB) sets used for enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) transmission, N reference signal (RS) configurations used for EPDCCH downlink control information (DCI) rate matching and/or EPDCCH resource mapping, and correspondence between the M PRB sets and the N RS configurations, wherein N is a positive integer greater than 1, and M is a positive integer; and

at least one processor configured to perform EPDCCH detection on the M PRB sets respectively according to each PRB set of the M PRB sets and an RS configuration corresponding to each PRB set,

wherein when each PRB set of the M PRB sets comprises a PRB set index, and each RS configuration of the N RS configurations comprises an RS configuration index, the receiver is configured to acquire second indication signaling that indicates the correspondence between the M PRB sets and the N RS configurations, wherein the second indication signaling comprises the PRB set index of each PRB set of the M PRB sets and the RS configuration index corresponding to the PRB set index of each PRB set of the M PRB sets.

17. The user equipment according to claim 16 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to perform quasi colocation (QCL) hypothesis on each PRB set of the M PRB sets.

18. The user equipment according to claim 16 , wherein the correspondence between the M PRB sets and the N RS configurations comprises that the M PRB sets correspond to the N RS configurations in a one-to-one manner.

19. The user equipment according to claim 17 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to perform QCL hypothesis according to the RS configuration corresponding to each PRB set of the M PRB sets.

20. The user equipment according to claim 16 , wherein each RS configuration of the N RS configurations further comprises one or more of the following:

a cell identifier, a cell specific reference signal (CRS) configuration, a non-zero power channel state information reference signal (NZP CSIRS) configuration, a zero-power (ZP) CSI-RS configuration, an EPDCCH start time, a multimedia broadcast multicast service single frequency network (MBSFN) subframe configuration, and a carrier index.