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US 9,918,323 · App. 14/778,986 · Granted Mar 13, 2018

Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving signal in wireless communication system

Inventors: Inkwon Seo (Seoul, KR); Hanbyul Seo (Seoul, KR); Seungmin Lee (Seoul, KR); Byounghoon Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W72/08H04W72/042H04W72/0406H04W72/0453
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Patent No.
US 9,918,323
App. No.
14/778,986
Granted
Mar 13, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for transmitting and receiving a signal in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: setting, by a first transmission point, a frequency resource area in at least one subframe; and transmitting information related to the set frequency resource area to a second transmission point, wherein when the first transmission point transmits a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) in the set frequency resource area, a ratio of a PDSCH energy per resource element (EPRE) to a cell-specific reference signal (CRS) EPRE in the set frequency resource area is less than a ratio of a PDSCH EPRE to a CRS EPRE in resource areas other than the set frequency resource area.

Claims (32)

1. A method for reducing interference in a wireless communication system, the method performed by a first base station and comprising:

configuring a frequency resource region in at least one subframe and a downlink transmission power in the frequency resource region;

transmitting, to a second base station, information indicating the configured frequency resource region; and

transmitting, to a first User Equipment (UE), a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) in the frequency resource region using the downlink transmission power,

wherein the downlink transmission power is configured by a PDSCH EPRE (Energy Per Resource Element)-to-CRS(Cell-specific reference signal) EPRE ratio for the frequency resource region which has a smaller value than a PDSCH EPRE-to-CRS EPRE ratio for a second frequency resource region in the at least one subframe,

wherein the second frequency resource region is a resource region other than the frequency resource region, and

wherein the information indicating the frequency resource region is used for transmitting an Enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel (EPDCCH) to a second UE from the second base station.

2. The method according claim 1 , wherein the frequency resource region is allocated to the second UE positioned within neighboring cell edges of the first and the second base station.

3. The method according claim 1 , wherein the frequency resource region is nulled by the first base station.

4. The method according claim 1 , wherein the frequency resource region is allocated to the first UE spaced from a cell edge of the second base station by a distance greater than or equal to a predetermined distance and positioned within coverage of the first base station.

5. The method according claim 1 , wherein the at least one subframe is indicated by information received from the second base station.

6. The method according claim 1 , wherein the information indicating the frequency resource region includes valid period information of the frequency resource region.

7. The method according claim 1 , wherein the valid period information is used for allocating to the frequency resource region.

8. The method according claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, from the second base station, information on a part of the frequency resource region to be used for the EPDCCH.

9. The method according claim 1 , wherein the first base station and a third base station are included in a Coordinated Multi-Point (CoMP) cluster, and

wherein the third base station configures a third frequency resource region in at least one subframe for the third base station and a second downlink transmission power in the third frequency resource region.

10. The method according claim 9 ,

wherein the third base station transmits, to a third UE, a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) in the third frequency resource region using the second downlink transmission power,

wherein the third UE, is served by the first base station or the third base station, and belongs to the CoMP cluster.

11. The method according claim 10 , wherein the information indicating the frequency resource region and the information indicating the third frequency resource region are signaled to the third UE.

12. The method according claim 1 , wherein the frequency resource region is configured in a PRB pair unit.

13. A first base station in a wireless communication system, comprising:

a reception module; and

a processor,

wherein the processor:

configures a frequency resource region in at least one subframe and a downlink transmission power in the frequency resource region,

transmits, to a second base station, information indicating frequency resource region, and

transmits, to a first User Equipment (UE), a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) in the frequency resource region using the downlink transmission power,

wherein the downlink transmission power is configured by a PDSCH EPRE (Energy Per Resource Element)-to-CRS (Cell-specific reference signal) EPRE ratio for the frequency resource region which has a smaller value than a PDSCH EPRE-to-CRS EPRE ratio for a second frequency resource region in the at least one subframe,

wherein the second frequency resource region is a resource region other than the frequency resource region, and

wherein the information indicating the frequency resource region is used for transmitting an Enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel (EPDCCH) to a second UE from the second base station.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 21, 2015
From: SEO, INKWON; SEO, HANBYUL; LEE, SEUNGMIN; KIM, BYOUNGHOON
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 036615/0542 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61807740 · Apr 2, 2013
Related Publication 20160057759A1 · Feb 25, 2016