Base station, terminal, transmission method, and reception method for using PDCCH (physical downlink control channel) to indicate resource assignment for PDSCH (physical downlink shared channel)
View Patent ↗A resource assignment determiner determines a resource for a PDSCH intended for an MTC terminal, and a transmitter transmits an MPDCCH that includes resource assignment bits indicating the resource thus determined and transmits the PDSCH using the resource thus determined. The MPDCCH is a PDCCH intended for the MTC terminal. The resource assignment bits are associated with a resource that is used when the MPDCCH and the PDSCH are transmitted in the same subframe and a resource that is used when the MPDCCH and the PDSCH are transmitted in different subframes.
1. A base station comprising:
control circuitry which, in operation, determines a resource for a PDSCH (physical downlink shared channel); and
a transmitter which, in operation, transmits a PDCCH (physical downlink control channel) that includes resource assignment bits indicating the determined resource and transmits the PDSCH using the determined resource,
wherein the resource assignment bits are associated with a resource that is used when the PDCCH and the PDSCH are transmitted in a single subframe and a resource that is used when the PDCCH and the PDSCH are transmitted in different subframes,
wherein at least one value of the resource assignment bits is associated with both a resource that is used when the PDCCH and the PDSCH are transmitted in a single subframe and a resource that is used when the PDCCH and the PDSCH are transmitted in different subframes, and
wherein the resource assignment bits include a bit associated with a resource that is used when the PDCCH and the PDSCH are transmitted in the same subframe and a bit associated with a resource that is used when the PDCCH and the PDSCH are transmitted in different subframes.
2. The base station according to claim 1 , wherein the transmitter, in operation, transmits control information indicating whether the PDCCH and the PDSCH are transmitted in a single subframe or transmitted in different subframes.
3. The base station according to claim 1 , wherein when a number of remaining resources other than a resource to which the PDCCH is allocated is equal to or less than a number of the resource assignment bits when the PDCCH and the PDSCH are transmitted in the same subframe, each bit of the resource assignment bits is bitmapped information that indicates the presence or absence of an assignment to a corresponding one of the remaining resources.
4. The base station according to claim 1 , wherein
the number of bits of the resource assignment bits is equal to the number of resources that are targets of assignment in a case where the PDCCH and the PDSCH are transmitted in different subframes, and
of the resource assignment bits, a remaining bit other than a bit indicating the resource determined in a case where the PDCCH and the PDSCH are transmitted in the same subframe indicates whether the same precoding is applied to the PDCCH and the PDSCH in the subframe.
5. A terminal comprising:
a receiver that receives a PDCCH (physical downlink control channel) that includes resource assignment bits indicating a resource assigned to a PDSCH (physical downlink shared channel); and
a signal separator that separates the PDSCH from a received signal using the resource indicated by the resource assignment bits,
wherein the resource assignment bits are associated with a resource that is used when the PDCCH and the PDSCH are transmitted in a single subframe and a resource that is used when the PDCCH and the PDSCH are transmitted in different subframes,
wherein at least one value of the resource assignment bits is associated with both a resource that is used when the PDCCH and the PDSCH are transmitted in a single subframe and a resource that is used when the PDCCH and the PDSCH are transmitted in different subframes, and
wherein the resource assignment bits include a bit associated with a resource that is used when the PDCCH and the PDSCH are transmitted in the same subframe and a bit associated with a resource that is used when the PDCCH and the PDSCH are transmitted in different subframes.
6. The terminal according to claim 5 , wherein the receiver, in operation, receives control information indicating whether the PDCCH and the PDSCH are transmitted in a single subframe or transmitted in different subframes.
7. The terminal according to claim 5 , wherein when a number of remaining resources other than a resource to which the PDCCH is allocated is equal to or less than a number of the resource assignment bits when the PDCCH and the PDSCH are transmitted in the same subframe, each bit of the resource assignment bits is bitmapped information that indicates the presence or absence of an assignment to a corresponding one of the remaining resources.
8. The terminal according to claim 5 , wherein
the number of bits of the resource assignment bits is equal to the number of resources that are targets of assignment in a case where the PDCCH and the PDSCH are transmitted in different subframes, and
of the resource assignment bits, a remaining bit other than a bit indicating the resource determined in a case where the PDCCH and the PDSCH are transmitted in the same subframe indicates whether the same precoding is applied to the PDCCH and the PDSCH in the subframe.
9. A transmission method comprising:
determining a resource for a PDSCH (physical downlink shared channel); and
transmitting a PDCCH (physical downlink control channel) that includes resource assignment bits indicating the determined resource and transmitting the PDSCH using the determined resource,
wherein the resource assignment bits are associated with a resource that is used when the PDCCH and the PDSCH are transmitted in a single subframe and a resource that is used when the PDCCH and the PDSCH are transmitted in different subframes,
wherein at least one value of the resource assignment bits is associated with both a resource that is used when the PDCCH and the PDSCH are transmitted in a single subframe and a resource that is used when the PDCCH and the PDSCH are transmitted in different subframes, and
wherein the resource assignment bits include a bit associated with a resource that is used when the PDCCH and the PDSCH are transmitted in the same subframe and a bit associated with a resource that is used when the PDCCH and the PDSCH are transmitted in different subframes.
10. The transmission method according to claim 9 , comprising:
transmitting control information indicating whether the PDCCH and the PDSCH are transmitted in a single subframe or transmitted in different subframes.
11. The transmission method according to claim 9 , wherein when a number of remaining resources other than a resource to which the PDCCH is allocated is equal to or less than a number of the resource assignment bits when the PDCCH and the PDSCH are transmitted in the same subframe, each bit of the resource assignment bits is bitmapped information that indicates the presence or absence of an assignment to a corresponding one of the remaining resources.
12. The transmission method according to claim 9 , wherein
the number of bits of the resource assignment bits is equal to the number of resources that are targets of assignment in a case where the PDCCH and the PDSCH are transmitted in different subframes, and
of the resource assignment bits, a remaining bit other than a bit indicating the resource determined in a case where the PDCCH and the PDSCH are transmitted in the same subframe indicates whether the same precoding is applied to the PDCCH and the PDSCH in the subframe.
13. A reception method comprising:
receiving a PDCCH (physical downlink control channel) that includes resource assignment bits indicating a resource assigned to a PDSCH (physical downlink shared channel); and
separating the PDSCH from a received signal using the resource indicated by the resource assignment bits,
wherein the resource assignment bits are associated with a resource that is used when the PDCCH and the PDSCH are transmitted in a single subframe and a resource that is used when the PDCCH and the PDSCH are transmitted in different subframes,
wherein at least one value of the resource assignment bits is associated with both a resource that is used when the PDCCH and the PDSCH are transmitted in the single subframe and a resource that is used when the PDCCH and the PDSCH are transmitted in different subframes, and
wherein the resource assignment bits include a bit associated with a resource that is used when the PDCCH and the PDSCH are transmitted in the same subframe and a bit associated with a resource that is used when the PDCCH and the PDSCH are transmitted in different subframes.
14. The reception method according to claim 13 , comprising:
receiving control information indicating whether the PDCCH and the PDSCH are transmitted in a single subframe or transmitted in different subframes.
15. The reception method according to claim 13 , wherein when a number of remaining resources other than a resource to which the PDCCH is allocated is equal to or less than a number of the resource assignment bits when the PDCCH and the PDSCH are transmitted in the same subframe, each bit of the resource assignment bits is bitmapped information that indicates the presence or absence of an assignment to a corresponding one of the remaining resources.
16. The reception method according to claim 13 , wherein
the number of bits of the resource assignment bits is equal to the number of resources that are targets of assignment in a case where the PDCCH and the PDSCH are transmitted in different subframes, and
of the resource assignment bits, a remaining bit other than a bit indicating the resource determined in a case where the PDCCH and the PDSCH are transmitted in the same subframe indicates whether the same precoding is applied to the PDCCH and the PDSCH in the subframe.