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US 10,251,165 · App. 14/361,639 · Granted Apr 2, 2019

Method and apparatus for resource mapping for physical channel in multiple cell system

Inventors: Hanbyul Seo (Anyang-si, KR); Inkwon Seo (Anyang-si, KR); Kijun Kim (Anyang-si, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W72/042H04L5/001H04L5/0016H04L5/0035H04L5/0048H04L5/0053H04L5/0073H04W72/005H04B7/024H04B7/0417H04L5/0051
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Patent No.
US 10,251,165
App. No.
14/361,639
Granted
Apr 2, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More particularly, provided is a method for determining a resource allocation scheme, related reference signals, transmission timing, transmission power, scrambling and the like for a physical channel so that a terminal can receive in an accurate and efficient manner the physical channel transmitted in a multiple cell environment.

Claims (19)

1. A method for receiving a downlink channel from at least one transmit (Tx) point among a plurality of Tx points by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

receiving, from a first Tx point, information related to a resource mapping position of a downlink data channel, and an indicator which indicates a second Tx point;

receiving downlink data through cooperative transmission of the first Tx point and the second Tx point,

wherein the first Tx point is a serving cell and the second Tx point is a neighbor cell; and

demodulating the downlink data channel, based on whether a downlink subframe of the first Tx point is a Multicast Broadcast Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) subframe or a non-MBSFN subframe,

wherein, when the downlink subframe is the MBSFN subframe of the first Tx point, the downlink data channel is demodulated based on a UE-specific reference signal of the first Tx point; and

wherein, when the downlink subframe is the non-MBSFN subframe of the first Tx point, the downlink data channel is demodulated based on a cell-specific reference signal (CRS) of the first Tx point and on an assumption that the downlink channel is not mapped to a resource element (RE) position of a CRS of the second Tx point according to the information related to the resource mapping position of the downlink data channel.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of Tx points are Tx points composed of candidates of data transmission toward the UE.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, through higher layer signaling, the UE is established in a Tx mode in which the downlink data channel is demodulated based on a UE-specific reference signal.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the information related to the resource mapping position of the downlink data channel is used to demodulate an enhanced-control channel mapped to a data region of the downlink subframe.

5. A user equipment (UE) for receiving a downlink channel from at least one transmit (Tx) point among a plurality of Tx points, the UE comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit signals in an uplink channel;

a receiver configured to receive signals in the downlink channel; and

a processor configured to:

control the receiver to receive, from a first Tx point, information related to a resource mapping position of a downlink data channel, and an indicator which indicates a second Tx point,

control the receiver to receive downlink data through cooperative transmission of the first Tx point and the second Tx point, wherein the first Tx point is a serving cell and the second Tx point is a neighbor cell,

demodulate the downlink data channel, based on whether a downlink subframe of the first Tx point is a Multicast Broadcast Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) subframe or a non-MBSFN subframe,

wherein, when the downlink subframe is the MBSFN subframe of the first Tx point, the downlink data channel is demodulated based on a UE-specific reference signal of the first Tx point, and

wherein, when the downlink subfrarne is the non-MBSFN subframe of the first Tx point, the downlink data channel is demodulated based on a cell-specific reference signal (CRS) of the first Tx point and on an assumption that the downlink channel is not mapped to a resource element (RE)position of a CRS of the second Tx point according to the information related to the resource mapping position of the downlink data channel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 30, 2014
From: SEO, HANBYUL; SEO, INKWON; KIM, KIJUN
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 032995/0530 →
Continuity (5)
Provisional Application 61576358 · Dec 16, 2011
Provisional Application 61649873 · May 21, 2012
Provisional Application 61654056 · May 31, 2012
Provisional Application 61673230 · Jul 18, 2012
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