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Granted Patent B2
US 10,448,388 · App. 16/210,816 · Granted Oct 15, 2019

Method for receiving downlink signal in wireless communication system and terminal using the same

Inventors: Daesung Hwang (Seoul, KR); Yunjung Yi (Seoul, KR); Inkwon Seo (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04W72/042
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Patent No.
US 10,448,388
App. No.
16/210,816
Granted
Oct 15, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a method and an apparatus for receiving a downlink signal in a wireless communication system. The method includes receiving resource block assignment information including a bitmap and receiving the downlink signal through a resource block group (RBG) indicated by the bitmap in a bandwidth part. A total number of resource block groups (RBGs) in the bandwidth part is determined based on an index of a start resource block of the bandwidth part, a size of the bandwidth part, and a size of one resource block group.

Claims (149)

1. A method of receiving, by a user equipment (UE), a downlink signal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving resource block (RB) assignment information comprising a bitmap related to at least one resource block group (RBG) in a bandwidth part (BWP); and

receiving the downlink signal through the at least one RBG informed by the bitmap in the BWP,

wherein a total number of RBGs for the BWP is determined based on (i) an index of a starting RB of the BWP, (ii) a size of the BWP, and (iii) a size of one RBG, and

wherein based on the BWP being an i-th BWP, the total number of RBGs for the BWP is equal to ┌(N BWP,i size /P)┐ or ┌(N BWP,i size /P)+1┐ based on a relationship between the index of the starting RB of the BWP and the size of one RBG, where N BWP,i size denotes a size of the i-th BWP, and P denotes the size of one RBG.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein based on the BWP being the i-th BWP, the total number (N RBG ) of RBGs for the BWP is equal to:

N

RBG

=

⌈

(

N

BWP

,

i

size

+

(

N

BWP

,

i

start

⁢

mod

⁢

⁢

P

)

)

/

P

⌉

wherein N start BWP,i denotes an index of a starting RB of the i-th BWP.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein a number of bits of the bitmap is equal to the total number (N RBG ) of RBGs for the BWP.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the size of one RBG is determined according to the size of the BWP from among candidate values previously configured through a radio resource control (RRC) message.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein each bit of the bitmap corresponds to a respective RBG among the RBGs of the BWP, and indicates whether the RBG is allocated to the UE.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the index of the starting RB of the BWP is configured based on a first common resource block (CRB).

7. A user equipment (UE) configured to receive a downlink signal in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a transceiver;

at least one processor; and

at least one computer memory operably connectable to the at least one processor and storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, perform operations comprising:

receiving, through the transceiver, resource block (RB) assignment information comprising including a bitmap related to at least one resource block group (RBG) in a bandwidth part (BWP), and

receiving, through the transceiver, the downlink signal through the at least one RBG informed by the bitmap in the BWP,

wherein a total number of RBGs for the BWP is determined based on (i) an index of a starting RB of the BWP, (ii) a size of the BWP, and (iii) a size of one RBG, and

wherein based on the BWP being an i-th BWP, the total number of RBGs for the BWP is equal to ┌(N BWP,i size /P)┐ or ┌(N BWP,i size /P)+1┐ based on a relationship between the index of the starting RB of the BWP and the size of one RBG, where N BWP,i size denotes a size of the i-th BWP, and P denotes the size of one RBG.

8. The UE of claim 7 , wherein based on the BWP being the i-th BWP, the total number (N RBG ) of RBGs in the BWP is equal to:

N

RBG

=

⌈

(

N

BWP

,

i

size

+

(

N

BWP

,

i

start

⁢

mod

⁢

⁢

P

)

)

/

P

⌉

wherein N start BWP,i denotes an index of a starting RB of the i-th BWP.

9. The UE of claim 8 , wherein a number of bits of the bitmap is equal to the total number (N RBG ) of RBGs for the BWP.

10. The UE of claim 7 , wherein the size of one RBG is determined according to the size of the BWP from among candidate values previously configured through a radio resource control (RRC) message.

11. The UE of claim 7 , wherein each bit of the bitmap corresponds to a respective RBG among the RBGs of the BWP, and indicates whether the RBG is allocated to the UE.

12. The UE of claim 7 , wherein the index of the starting RB of the BWP is configured based on a first common resource block (CRB).

13. A method of transmitting, by a base station, a downlink signal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting resource block (RB) assignment information comprising a bitmap related to at least one resource block group (RBG) in a bandwidth part (BWP); and

transmitting the downlink signal through the at least one RBG informed by the bitmap in the BWP,

wherein a total number of RBGs for the BWP is determined based on (i) an index of a starting RB of the BWP, (ii) a size of the BWP, and (iii) a size of one RBG, and

wherein based on the BWP being an i-th BWP, the total number of RBGs for the BWP is equal to ┌(N BWP,i size P)┐ or ┌(N BWP,i size /P)+1┐ based on a relationship between the index of the starting RB of the BWP and the size of one RBG, where N BWP,i size denotes a size of the i-th BWP, and P denotes the size of one RBG.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein based on the BWP being the i-th BWP, the total number (N RBG ) of RBGs for the BWP is equal to:

N

RBG

=

⌈

(

N

BWP

,

i

size

+

(

N

BWP

,

i

start

⁢

mod

⁢

⁢

P

)

)

/

P

⌉

wherein N BWP,i start denotes an index of the starting RB of the i-th BWP.

15. A base station (BS) configured to transmit a downlink signal in a wireless communication system, the BS comprising:

a transceiver;

at least one processor; and

at least one computer memory operably connectable to the at least one processor and storing instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

transmitting, through the transceiver, resource block (RB) assignment information comprising a bitmap related to at least one resource block group (RBG) in a bandwidth part (BWP); and

transmitting, through the transceiver, the downlink signal through the at least one RBG informed by the bitmap in the BWP,

wherein a total number of RBGs for the BWP is determined based on (i) an index of a starting RB of the BWP, (ii) a size of the BWP, and (iii) a size of one RBG, and wherein based on the BWP being an i-th BWP, the total number of RBGs for the BWP is equal to ┌(N BWP,i size /P)┐ or ┌(N BWP,i size /P)+1┐ based on a relationship between the index of the starting RB of the BWP and the size of one RBG, where N BWP,i size denotes a size of the i-th BWP, and P denotes the size of one RBG.

16. The BS of claim 15 , wherein based on the BWP being the i-th BWP, the total number (N RBG ) of RBGs for the BWP is equal to:

N

RBG

=

⌈

(

N

BWP

,

i

size

+

(

N

BWP

,

i

start

⁢

mod

⁢

⁢

P

)

)

/

P

⌉

wherein N BWP,i start denotes an index of a starting RB of the i-th BWP.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 13, 2019
From: HWANG, DAESUNG; YI, YUNJUNG; SEO, INKWON
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Continuity (4)
Continuation PCTKR2018007262 · Jun 27, 2018
Provisional Application 62653533 · Apr 5, 2018
Provisional Application 62616412 · Jan 11, 2018
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