IP Library Granted Patent US 9,923,659
Granted Patent B2
US 9,923,659 · App. 14/002,566 · Granted Mar 20, 2018

Method and apparatus for searching control information by terminal in multinode system

Inventors: Ji Won Kang (Anyang-si, KR); Bin Chul Ihm (Anyang-si, KR); Su Nam Kim (Anyang-si, KR); Jin Young Chun (Anyang-si, KR); Sung Ho Park (Anyang-si, KR); Ki Tae Kim (Anyang-si, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04J11/0083H04L1/0046H04L5/0053H04L5/0091H04W72/042H04W72/14H04W72/08
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Patent No.
US 9,923,659
App. No.
14/002,566
Granted
Mar 20, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a method of searching for control information of a user equipment (UE) in a multi-node system including a plurality of nodes and a base station connected to each of the plurality of nodes and capable of controlling the nodes. The method includes: receiving search space indication information from the base station; and searching for the control information in a radio resource region indicated by the search space indication information, wherein the search space indication information indicates any one of a first search space and a second search space.

Claims (20)

1. A method for monitoring control information in a wireless communication system, the method performed by an advanced user equipment (UE) and comprising:

receiving a higher layer signal indicating a subframes in which the advanced UE has to monitor an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH);

in a first subframe which is not indicated by the higher layer signal, monitoring a common search space for the advanced UE and a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) UE-specific search space,

wherein the common search space for the advanced UE is same as a common search space for a legacy UE; and

in a second subframe which is indicated by the higher layer signal, monitoring a common search space for the advanced UE and an EPDCCH UE-specific search space,

wherein, in a time domain, the common search space for the advanced UE and the PDCCH UE-specific search space are located in first N orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, where N indicates a number of OFDM symbols constituting a PDCCH of a subframe, N is a natural number and 1≤N≤4,

wherein, in the time domain, the EPDCCH UE-specific search space is located in at least one OFDM symbol after the N OFDM symbols in the subframe, and

wherein the advanced UE receives a signal in the EPDCCH UE-specific search space using a reference signal which is not used by the legacy UE in the PDCCH UE-specific search space.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the advanced UE monitors the common search space for the advanced UE using at least one of control channel element (CCE) aggregation level 4 and CCE aggregation level 8.

3. An advanced user equipment (UE) monitoring control information in a wireless communication system, the advanced UE comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) unit configured to transmit and receive a radio signal; and

a processor coupled with the RF unit and configured to:

receive a higher layer signal indicating a subframes in which the advanced UE has to monitor an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH),

in a first subframe which is not indicated by the higher layer signal, monitor a common search space for the advanced UE and a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) UE-specific search space,

wherein the common search space for the advanced UE is same as a common search space for a legacy UE, and

in a second subframe which is indicated by the higher layer signal, monitor a common search space for the advanced UE and an EPDCCH UE-specific search space,

wherein, in a time domain, the common search space for the advanced UE and the PDCCH UE-specific search space are located in first N orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, where N indicates a number of OFDM symbols constituting a PDCCH of a subframe, N is a natural number and 1≤N≤4,

wherein, in the time domain, the EPDCCH UE-specific search space is located in at least one OFDM symbol after the N OFDM symbols in the subframe, and

wherein the advanced UE receives a signal in the EPDCCH UE-specific search space using a reference signal which is not used by the legacy UE in the PDCCH UE-specific search space.

4. The advanced UE of claim 3 , wherein the advanced UE monitors the common search space for the advanced UE using at least one of control channel element (CCE) aggregation level 4 and CCE aggregation level 8.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 19, 2013
From: KANG, JI WON; IHM, BIN CHUL; KIM, SU NAM; CHUN, JIN YOUNG; PARK, SUNG HO; KIM, KI TAE
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 031240/0754 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 61448146 · Mar 1, 2011
Provisional Application 61475201 · Apr 13, 2011
Related Publication 20140003349A1 · Jan 2, 2014