IP Library Granted Patent US 10,455,565
Granted Patent B2
US 10,455,565 · App. 15/509,162 · Granted Oct 22, 2019

Method and MTC device for receiving downlink control channel

Inventors: Hyangsun You (Seoul, KR); Yunjung Yi (Seoul, KR); Kijun Kim (Seoul, KR); Suckchel Yang (Seoul, KR); Hanbyul Seo (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W72/042H04L5/0053H04L5/0094H04L25/03H04W72/1205H04L5/0023H04W4/70H04W84/042
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Patent No.
US 10,455,565
App. No.
15/509,162
Granted
Oct 22, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a method for receiving a downlink control channel in a machine type communication (MTC) device configured to operate only in a part of a band among system bands of a cell. A method for receiving a downlink control channel can comprise the steps of: determining a precoding matrix index (PMI) applied to a downlink control channel receivable only in a part of a band; receiving from a cell the downlink control channel in the part of the band in a data area of a subframe; and decoding the downlink control channel, which has been received from the cell, on the basis of the determined PMI.

Claims (29)

1. A method for receiving a downlink control channel, the method performed by a wireless device and comprising:

monitoring the downlink control channel,

wherein the downlink control channel is repeated on a plurality of subframes for a coverage enhancement,

wherein one or more resource elements (REs), on which cell-specific reference signals (CRSs) are transmitted, are not used for a transmission of the downlink control channel,

wherein one or more resource elements (REs), on which synchronization signals are transmitted, are not used for the transmission of the downlink control channel,

wherein the downlink control channel is monitored in a common search space (CSS) within a narrowband,

wherein the narrowband for receiving the downlink control channel includes six maximum physical resource blocks (PRBs),

wherein the downlink control channel is transmitted based on a localized transmission mode or a distributed transmission mode,

wherein, within the localized transmission mode, the one or more enhanced resource element groups (EREGs) are transmitted in one physical resource block (PRB) pair to form an enhanced control channel element (ECCE) for the downlink control channel,

wherein, within the distributed transmission mode, the one or more enhanced resource element groups (EREGs) are transmitted in a plurality of PRB pairs to form the ECCE for the downlink control channel,

wherein the downlink control channel is an MTC physical downlink control channel (MPDCCH), and

wherein the distributed transmission mode is used for the CSS.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the downlink control channel includes a scheduling of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH),

wherein the scheduling of the PDSCH corresponds to a cross subframe scheduling such that a subframe on which the PDSCH is received is later than the plurality of subframes on which the downlink control channel is received.

3. A wireless device for receiving a downlink control channel, comprising:

a transceiver;

a processor configured to control the transceiver and configured to: monitor the downlink control channel,

wherein the downlink control channel is repeated on a plurality of subframes for a coverage enhancement,

wherein one or more resource elements (REs), on which cell-specific reference signals (CRSs) are transmitted, are not used for a transmission of the downlink control channel,

wherein one or more resource elements (REs), on which synchronization signals are transmitted, are not used for the transmission of the downlink control channel,

wherein the downlink control channel is monitored in a common search space (CSS) within a narrowband,

wherein the narrowband for receiving the downlink control channel includes six maximum physical resource blocks (PRBs),

wherein the downlink control channel is transmitted based on a localized transmission mode or a distributed transmission mode,

wherein, within the localized transmission mode, the one or more enhanced resource element groups (EREGs) are transmitted in one physical resource block (PRB) pair to form an enhanced control channel element (ECCE) for the downlink control channel,

wherein, within the distributed transmission mode, the one or more enhanced resource element groups (EREGs) are transmitted in a plurality of PRB pairs to form the ECCE for the downlink control channel,

wherein the downlink control channel is an MTC physical downlink control channel (MPDCCH), and

wherein the distributed transmission mode is used for the CSS.

4. The wireless device of claim 3 , wherein the downlink control channel includes a scheduling of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH),

wherein the scheduling of the PDSCH corresponds to a cross subframe scheduling such that a subframe on which the PDSCH is received is later than the plurality of subframes on which the downlink control channel is received.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 6, 2017
From: YOU, HYANGSUN; YI, YUNJUNG; KIM, KIJUN; YANG, SUCKCHEL; SEO, HANBYUL
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 041478/0313 →
Continuity (7)
Provisional Application 62054404 · Sep 24, 2014
Provisional Application 62073036 · Oct 31, 2014
Provisional Application 62090888 · Dec 12, 2014
Provisional Application 62096546 · Dec 24, 2014
Provisional Application 62108546 · Jan 28, 2015
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