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Granted Patent B2
US 10,314,074 · App. 15/463,976 · Granted Jun 4, 2019

System access method and apparatus of a narrowband terminal in a wireless communication system supporting wideband and narrowband terminals

Inventors: Youngbum Kim (Seoul, KR); Juho Lee (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Joonyoung Cho (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
H04W74/002H04W74/006H04W74/0833
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Patent No.
US 10,314,074
App. No.
15/463,976
Granted
Jun 4, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Apparatuses (including base stations and terminals), systems, and methods for supporting both wideband and narrowband communications are described. In one aspect, a base station supporting first type terminals operating on a first bandwidth and second type terminals operating on a second bandwidth is described, having an information formatter, a transceiver, and a controller. The information formatter generates a Low-end Master Information Block (L-MIB) and a Low-end System Information Block (L-SIB), which are transmitted by the transceiver to first type and second type terminals. The L-MIB includes control information on an L-subframe configuration for supporting a second type terminal and a sub-band configuration of the L-subframe, while the L-SIB includes information on downlink reception and uplink transmission of the second type terminal. When the base station receives a Random Access Channel (RACH) preamble request from one of the terminals, the base station performs the random access procedure.

Claims (43)

1. A method by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving a first master information block (MIB) including information associated with a resource for a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) from a base station;

determining a frequency resource and a time resource for the first PDCCH based on the information associated with the resource for the first PDCCH;

detecting downlink control information including scheduling information based on the frequency resource and the time resource; and

receiving, from the base station, system information based on the scheduling information,

wherein the system information is scheduled within a frequency range of the frequency resource.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information associated with the resource for the first PDCCH corresponds to at least one physical resource block (PRB) to which the first PDCCH is to be mapped.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the resource for the first PDCCH corresponds to a search space for the first PDCCH.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the system information includes information associated with at least one of a bandwidth configuration of an uplink sub-band or a start resource block of the uplink sub-band.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the system information includes information associated with at least one of a bandwidth configuration of a downlink sub-band or a start resource block of the downlink sub-band.

6. A terminal in a wireless communication system, the terminal comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a signal; and

a controller configured to:

receive a first master information block (MIB) including information associated with a resource for a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) from a base station,

determine a frequency resource and a time resource for the first PDCCH based on the information associated with the resource for the first PDCCH,

detect downlink control information including scheduling information based on the frequency resource and the time resource, and receive, from the base station, system information based on the scheduling information,

wherein the system information is scheduled within a frequency range of the frequency resource.

7. The terminal of claim 6 , wherein the information associated with the resource for the first PDCCH corresponds to at least one physical resource block (PRB) to which the first PDCCH is to be mapped.

8. The terminal of claim 6 , wherein the resource for the first PDCCH corresponds to a search space for the first PDCCH.

9. The terminal of claim 6 , wherein the system information includes information associated with at least one of a bandwidth configuration of an uplink sub-band or a start resource block of the uplink sub-band.

10. The terminal of claim 6 , wherein the system information includes information associated with at least one of a bandwidth configuration of a downlink sub-band or a start resource block of the downlink sub-band.

11. A method by a base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting a first master information block (MIB) including information associated with a resource for a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH);

transmitting downlink control information including scheduling information on the first PDCCH based on a frequency resource and a time resource; and

transmitting, system information based on the scheduling information,

wherein the frequency resource and the time resource is determined based on the resource for the first PDCCH, and

wherein the system information is scheduled within a frequency range of the frequency resource.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the information associated with the resource for the first PDCCH corresponds to at least one physical resource block (PRB) to which the first PDCCH is to be mapped.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the resource for the first PDCCH corresponds to a search space for the first PDCCH.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the system information includes information associated with at least one of a bandwidth configuration of an uplink sub-band or a start resource block of the uplink sub-band.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein the system information includes information associated with at least one of a bandwidth configuration of a downlink sub-band or a start resource block of the downlink sub-band.

16. A base station in a wireless communication system, the base station comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a signal; and

a controller configured to:

transmit a first master information block (MIB) including information associated with a resource for a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH),

transmit downlink control information including scheduling information on the first PDCCH based on a frequency resource and a time resource, and

transmit system information based on the scheduling information,

wherein the frequency resource and the time resource is determined based on the resource for the first PDCCH, and

wherein the system information is scheduled within a frequency range of the frequency resource.

17. The base station of claim 16 , wherein the information associated with the resource for the first PDCCH corresponds to at least one physical resource block (PRB) to which the first PDCCH is to be mapped.

18. The base station of claim 16 , wherein the resource for the first PDCCH corresponds to a search space for the first PDCCH.

19. The base station of claim 16 , wherein the system information includes information associated with at least one of a bandwidth configuration of an uplink sub-band or a start resource block of the uplink sub-band.

20. The base station method of claim 16 , wherein the system information includes information associated with at least one of a bandwidth configuration of a downlink sub-band or a start resource block of the downlink sub-band.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2011-0096206 · Sep 23, 2011 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 14708938 · May 11, 2015
Continuation 13625468 · Sep 24, 2012
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