Method and user equipment for receiving downlink signals, and method and base station for transmitting downlink signals

1. A user equipment for receiving a downlink signal in a narrowband in a wireless communication system, the user equipment comprising,

at least one 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:

acquiring a first cell identifier through a first carrier;

receiving, via the at least one transceiver, carrier information for a second carrier, wherein the carrier information includes cell identifier information regarding whether the same first cell identifier is used in the second carrier; and

receiving, via the at least one transceiver, downlink data on the second carrier based on the carrier information and a narrowband reference signal (NB-RS), and

wherein each of the first and second carriers operates in one resource block (RB),

wherein the first carrier is a carrier on which a narrowband synchronization signal (nSS) and a narrowband physical broadcast channel (nPBCH) are present and the second carrier is a carrier on which the nSS and the nPBCH are not present, and

wherein the NB-RS are received on the second carrier based on the first cell identifier.

2. The user equipment according to claim 1 ,

wherein based on the cell identifier information informing the user equipment that the same first cell identifier is used in the second carrier, a number of antenna ports for a cell specific reference signal (CRS) on the second carrier is the same as a number of antenna ports for the NB-RS, or

wherein based on the cell identifier information not informing the user equipment that the same first cell identifier is used in the second carrier, the carrier information further includes number-of-antenna ports information for the CRS.

3. The user equipment according to claim 2 , wherein a frequency location of the CRS is determined based on the first cell identifier.

4. The user equipment according to claim 1 , wherein the carrier information further includes information regarding a start orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol for reception of the downlink data on the second carrier.

5. The user equipment according to claim 1 , wherein the carrier information is received on the first carrier.

6. The user equipment according to claim 1 , wherein the first carrier operates in one RB within a guard band of a long term evolution (LTE) system, and the second carrier operates in one RB within a channel band of the LTE system.

7. A device for a user equipment in a wireless communication system, the device comprising,

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:

acquiring a first cell identifier through a first carrier;

receiving carrier information for a second carrier, wherein the carrier information includes cell identifier information regarding whether the same first cell identifier is used in the second carrier; and

receiving downlink data on the second carrier based on the carrier information and a narrowband reference signal (NB-RS), and

wherein each of the first and second carriers operates in one resource block (RB),

wherein the first carrier is a carrier on which a narrowband synchronization signal (nSS) and a narrowband physical broadcast channel (nPBCH) are present and the second carrier is a carrier on which the nSS and the nPBCH are not present, and

wherein the NB-RS are received on the second carrier based on the first cell identifier.

8. The device according to claim 7 ,

wherein based on the cell identifier information informing the user equipment that the same as the same first cell identifier is used in the second carrier, a number of antenna ports for the CRS is same as a number of antenna ports for the NB-RS, or

wherein based on the cell identifier information not informing the user equipment that the same first cell identifier is used in the second carrier, the carrier information further includes number-of-antenna ports information for the CRS.

9. The device according to claim 8 , wherein a frequency location of the CRS is determined based on the first cell identifier.

10. The device according to claim 7 , wherein the carrier information further includes information regarding a start orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol for reception of the downlink data on the second carrier.

11. The device according to claim 7 , wherein the carrier information is received on the first carrier.

12. The device according to claim 7 , wherein the first carrier operates in one RB within a guard band of a long term evolution (LTE) system, and the second carrier operates in one RB within a channel band of the LTE system.

13. A base station for transmitting a downlink signal in a narrowband in a wireless communication system, the base station comprising,

at least one 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:

transmitting a first cell identifier through a first carrier;

transmitting, via the at least one transceiver, carrier information for a second carrier, wherein the carrier information includes cell identifier information regarding whether the same first cell identifier is used in the second carrier; and

transmitting, via the at least one transceiver, downlink data on the second carrier based on the carrier information and a narrowband reference signal (NB-RS), and

wherein each of the first and second carriers operates in one resource block (RB),

wherein the first carrier is a carrier on which a narrowband synchronization signal (nSS) and a narrowband physical broadcast channel (nPBCH) are present and the second carrier is a carrier on which the nSS and the nPBCH are not present, and

wherein the NB-RS are transmitted on the second carrier based on the first cell identifier.

14. The base station according to claim 13 ,

wherein based on the cell identifier information informing a user equipment that the same first cell identifier is used in the second carrier, a number of antenna ports for a cell specific reference signal (CRS) on the second carrier is same as a number of antenna ports for the NB-RS, or

wherein based on the cell identifier information not informing the user equipment that the same first cell identifier is used on the second carrier, the carrier information further includes number-of-antenna ports information for the CRS.

15. The base station according to claim 14 , wherein a frequency location of the CRS is determined based on the first cell identifier.

16. The base station according to claim 13 , wherein the carrier information further includes information regarding a start orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol for transmission of the downlink data on the second carrier.

17. The base station according to claim 13 , wherein the carrier information is transmitted on the first carrier.

18. The base station according to claim 13 , wherein the first carrier operates in one RB within a guard band of a long term evolution (LTE) system, and the second carrier operates in one RB within a channel band of the LTE system.

19. The user equipment according to claim 1 , wherein the cell identifier information indicates whether a second cell identifier for a cell specific reference signal (CRS) on the second carrier is the same as the first cell identifier.