Self- and cross- carrier scheduling
View Patent ↗The present disclosure relates to transmission and reception of data in a wireless communication system, the wireless communication system supporting aggregation of a plurality of component carriers and an additional carrier accessible by a listen before talk approach. In particular, monitoring is performed of a search space on a cross-scheduling component carrier for detecting downlink control information having a carrier identification field indicating the cross-scheduling component carrier as well as for detecting downlink control information with the carrier identification field indicating the additional carrier, wherein the search space is specified by a subset of resources, associated with carrier identification of the cross-scheduling component carrier but is not associated with carrier identification of the additional carrier. Then data are transmitted or received on the carriers in accordance with the received downlink control information.
1. A terminal apparatus in a wireless communication system capable of aggregating a plurality of carriers including a component carrier and an additional carrier, the terminal apparatus comprising:
circuitry, which, in operation,
monitors a first search space on the component carrier and a second search space on the additional carrier, wherein the first search space includes a subset of resources not associated with the additional carrier,
detects one or a plurality of downlink control information (DCI) on the first and/or second search space, and
sets a transmission configuration for the terminal apparatus according to configuration information in the detected DCI,
a transmitter, which, in operation, transmits uplink transmission on the component carrier and/or the additional carrier responsive to the DCI detected on the first search space containing information related to the uplink transmission, and
a receiver, which, in operation,
responsive to the DCI detected on the first search space containing information related to the downlink transmission, receives downlink transmission on the component carrier, and
responsive to the DCI detected on the second search space containing information related to the downlink transmission, receives downlink transmission on the additional carrier, wherein the DCI detected on the second search space does not include a carrier identification field,
wherein a size of the DCI carrying an uplink grant for the additional carrier is padded to a size of the DCI carrying a downlink grant for the component carrier, and
wherein a configuration based on the DCI detected in the first search space on the component carrier for the additional carrier is only applied for a transmission in case of a grant for uplink but is discarded in case of a grant for downlink.
2. The terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the DCI detected on the first search space includes the carrier identification field indicating the component carrier.
3. The terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the DCI detected on the first search space includes the carrier identification field indicating the additional carrier.
4. The terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the information related to the uplink transmission includes at least one of the uplink grant and uplink configuration information.
5. The terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the information related to the downlink transmission includes at least one of the downlink grant and downlink configuration information.
6. The terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the receiver, in operation, receives the configuration information related to the first search space on the component carrier.
7. The terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the size of the DCI configuring uplink transmission for the component carrier is the same as the size of the DCI configuring uplink transmission for the additional carrier.
8. A communication method implemented by a terminal apparatus in a wireless communication system capable of aggregating a plurality of carriers including a component carrier and an additional carrier, the communication method comprising:
monitoring a first search space on the component carrier and a second search space on the additional carrier, wherein the first search space includes a subset of resources not associated with the additional carrier,
detecting one or a plurality of downlink control information (DCI) on the first and/or second search space,
setting a transmission configuration for the terminal apparatus according to configuration information in the detected DCI,
transmitting uplink transmission on the component carrier and/or the additional carrier in response to the DCI detected on the first search space containing information related to the uplink transmission,
in response to the DCI detected on the first search space containing information related to the downlink transmission, receiving downlink transmission on the component carrier; and
in response to the DCI detected on the second search space containing information related to the downlink transmission, receiving downlink transmission on the additional carrier, wherein the DCI detected on the second search space does not include a carrier identification field,
wherein a size of the DCI carrying an uplink grant for the additional carrier is padded to a size of the DCI carrying a downlink grant for the component carrier, and
wherein a configuration based on the DCI detected in the first search space on the component carrier for the additional carrier is only applied for a transmission in case of a grant for uplink but is discarded in case of a grant for downlink.
9. The communication method according to claim 8 , wherein the DCI detected on the first search space includes the carrier identification field indicating the component carrier.
10. The communication method according to claim 8 , wherein the DCI detected on the first search space includes the carrier identification field indicating the additional carrier.
11. The communication method according to claim 8 , wherein the information related to the uplink transmission includes at least one of the uplink grant and uplink configuration information.
12. The communication method according to claim 8 , wherein the information related to the downlink transmission includes at least one of the downlink grant and downlink configuration information.
13. The communication method according to claim 8 , wherein the configuration information in the detected DCI is related to the first search space on the component carrier.
14. The communication method according to claim 8 , wherein the size of the DCI configuring uplink transmission for the component carrier is the same as the size of the DCI configuring uplink transmission for the additional carrier.