IP Library Granted Patent US 9,918,306
Granted Patent B2
US 9,918,306 · App. 14/401,012 · Granted Mar 13, 2018

Method for receiving downlink control channel by means of terminal in wireless communication system and apparatus for same

Inventors: Seungmin Lee (Anyang-si, KR); Hakseong Kim (Anyang-si, KR); Hanbyul Seo (Anyang-si, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W72/042H04L5/001H04L5/0053H04L5/0094H04W24/00H04L5/1469H04L27/2607
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,918,306
App. No.
14/401,012
Granted
Mar 13, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for receiving a downlink control channel by means of a terminal in a wireless communication system and to an apparatus for same. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for detecting downlink control information by means of a terminal in a wireless communication system that supports carrier aggregation, the method comprising: a step of receiving resource region information for an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) from a base station; a step of constructing at least one resource block as a search space for EPDCCH monitoring based on the resource region information; and a step of monitoring the search space to detect downlink control information. The resource region information is a resource region configuration based on cells to be cross-carrier scheduled.

Claims (24)

1. A method for enabling a user equipment to detect downlink control information in a wireless communication system that supports carrier aggregation (CA), the method comprising:

receiving setting information indicating cells set for the CA and resource region information for a search space for monitoring an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH), from a base station,

wherein the resource region information indicates a size of a resource region at a subframe determined based on a number of at least one downlink subframe of the cells set for the CA at the subframe, and

wherein the number of the at least one downlink subframe is varied per subframe according to a time division duplex (TDD) uplink-downlink configuration for each of the cells set for the CA; and

monitoring the search space of the EPDCCH to detect the downlink control information based on the resource region information.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the cells set for the CA include a primary cell including the search space of the EPDCCH and a secondary cell other than the primary cell.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the search space is at least one subframe or radio frame.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the resource region information is received through at least one of system information signaling, upper layer signaling and physical layer signaling, which are previously defined.

5. A user equipment for detecting downlink control information in a wireless communication system that supports carrier aggregation (CA), the user equipment comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) unit; and

a processor,

wherein the processor:

receives, through the RF unit, setting information indicating cells set for the CA and resource region information for an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) from a base station,

wherein the resource region information indicates a size of a resource region at a subframe determined based on a number of at least one downlink subframe of the cells set for the CA at the subframe, and

wherein the number of at least one the downlink subframe is varied per subframe according to a time division duplex (TDD) uplink-downlink configuration for each of the cells set for the CA, and

monitors a search space on a scheduling cell to detect the downlink control information based on the resource region information.

6. The user equipment according to claim 5 , wherein the cells set for the CA include a primary cell including the search space of the EPDCCH and a secondary cell other than the primary cell.

7. The user equipment according to claim 5 , wherein the search space is at least one subframe or radio frame.

8. The user equipment according to claim 5 , wherein the resource region information is received through at least one of system information signaling, upper layer signaling and physical layer signaling, which are previously defined.

9. A method for enabling a base station to detect downlink control information in a wireless communication system that supports carrier aggregation (CA), the method comprising:

configuring setting information indicating cells set for the CA and resource region information for an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH),

wherein the resource region information indicates a size of a resource region at a subframe determined based on a number of at least one downlink subframe of the cells set for the CA at the subframe, and

wherein the number of at least one downlink subframe is varied per subframe according to a time division duplex (TDD) uplink-downlink configuration for each of the cells set for the CA; and

transmitting, to a user equipment, the setting information and the resource region information.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 14, 2014
From: LEE, SEUNGMIN; KIM, HAKSEONG; SEO, HANBYUL
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 034178/0241 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61650492 · May 23, 2012
Related Publication 20150124729A1 · May 7, 2015