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US 10,057,897 · App. 15/232,500 · Granted Aug 21, 2018

Method and user equipment for receiving downlink signal and method and base station for transmitting downlink signal

Inventors: Hyangsun You (Seoul, KR); Dongyoun Seo (Seoul, KR); Yunjung Yi (Seoul, KR); Joonkui Ahn (Seoul, KR); Suckchel Yang (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W72/042H04B7/2656H04L1/08H04L1/189H04L1/1858H04L5/0053H04L5/0092H04L27/2602H04W4/70H04W72/0446H04L5/0055
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Patent No.
US 10,057,897
App. No.
15/232,500
Granted
Aug 21, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides: a base station for repeatedly transmitting a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) during a first subframe bundle comprising a plurality of subframes, and transmitting a PDSCH related to the PDCCH; and user equipment for receiving the PDCCH and the PDSCH. The PDSCH can be transmitted to the user equipment starting from subframe n+k, which is the k th subframe after the last subframe n−1 in the first subframe bundle, wherein k is an integer bigger than 0. The first subframe bundle may begin from a predetermined or fixed position.

Claims (53)

1. A method for receiving, by a user equipment, downlink data, the method comprising:

repeatedly receiving, by the user equipment, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) carrying downlink control information multiple times across N consecutive subframes, where N is an integer greater than 1; and

repeatedly receiving, by the user equipment, a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) carrying the downlink data multiple times, across D consecutive subframes starting from a subframe n+k after a subframe n, based on the downlink control information,

wherein the subframe n is within the N consecutive subframes, and the subframe n is a subframe where the PDCCH is received last,

wherein the downlink control information includes repetition number information for the PDSCH, and D is an integer determined based on the repetition number information, and

wherein k is an integer greater than 0.

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

receiving, by the user equipment, a higher layer signal including information on a maximum number of repetitions for the PDCCH,

wherein N is less than or equal to the maximum number of repetitions for the PDCCH.

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

receiving, by the user equipment, information on a start of the N consecutive subframes.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the repeatedly received PDCCH is received using a same control channel element (CCE) resource within the N consecutive subframes.

5. A method for transmitting, by a base station, downlink data, the method comprising:

repeatedly transmitting, by the base station, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) carrying downlink control information multiple times across N consecutive subframes, where N is an integer greater than 1; and

repeatedly transmitting, by the base station, a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) carrying the downlink data multiple times, across D consecutive subframes starting from a subframe n+k after a subframe n, based on the downlink control information,

wherein the subframe n is within the N consecutive subframes, and the subframe n is a subframe where the PDCCH is transmitted last,

wherein the downlink control information includes repetition number information for the PDSCH, and D is an integer determined based on the repetition number information, and

wherein k is an integer greater than 0.

6. The method according to claim 5 , further comprising:

transmitting, by the base station, a higher layer signal including information on a maximum number of repetitions for the PDCCH,

wherein N is less than or equal to the maximum number of repetitions for the PDCCH.

7. The method according to claim 5 , further comprising:

transmitting, by the base station, information on a start of the N consecutive subframes.

8. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the repeatedly transmitted PDCCH is transmitted using a same control channel element (CCE) resource within the N consecutive subframes.

9. A user equipment for receiving downlink data, the user equipment comprising:

a transceiver unit, and

a processor configured to control the transceiver to:

repeatedly receive a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) carrying downlink control information multiple times across N consecutive subframes, where N is an integer greater than 1; and

repeatedly receive a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) carrying the downlink data multiple times, across D consecutive subframes starting from a subframe n+k after a subframe n, based on the downlink control information,

wherein the subframe n is within the N consecutive subframes, and the subframe n is a subframe where the PDCCH is received last,

wherein the downlink control information includes repetition number information for the PDSCH, and D is an integer determined based on the repetition number information, and

wherein k is an integer greater than 0.

10. The user equipment according to claim 9 ,

wherein the processor is configured to control the transceiver to receive a higher layer signal including information on a maximum number of repetitions for the PDCCH,

wherein N is less than or equal to the maximum number of repetitions for the PDCCH.

11. The user equipment according to claim 9 ,

wherein the processor is configured to control the transceiver to receive information on a start of the N consecutive subframes.

12. The user equipment according to claim 9 ,

wherein the repeatedly received PDCCH is received using a same control channel element (CCE) resource within the N consecutive subframes.

13. A base station for transmitting downlink data, the base station comprising:

a transceiver unit, and

a processor configured to control the transceiver to:

repeatedly transmit a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) carrying downlink control information multiple times across N consecutive subframes, where N is an integer greater than 1; and

repeatedly transmit a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) carrying the downlink data multiple times, across D consecutive subframes starting from a subframe n+k after a subframe n, based on the downlink control information,

wherein the subframe n is within the N consecutive subframes, and the subframe n is a subframe where the PDCCH is transmitted last,

wherein the downlink control information includes repetition number information for the PDSCH, and D is an integer determined based on the repetition number information, and

wherein k is an integer greater than 0.

14. The base station according to claim 13 ,

wherein the processor is configured to control the transceiver to transmit a higher layer signal including information on a maximum number of repetitions for the PDCCH,

wherein N is less than or equal to the maximum number of repetitions for the PDCCH.

15. The base station according to claim 13 , further comprising:

wherein the processor is configured to control the transceiver to transmit information on a start of the N consecutive subframes.

16. The base station according to claim 13 , wherein the repeatedly transmitted PDCCH is transmitted using a same control channel element (CCE) resource within the N consecutive subframes.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 9, 2016
From: YOU, HYANGSUN; SEO, DONGYOUN; YI, YUNJUNG; AHN, JOONKUI; YANG, SUCKCHEL
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Continuity (8)
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