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Granted Patent B2
US 11,974,211 · App. 17/485,990 · Granted Apr 30, 2024

Method and apparatus for transmitting downlink control information in wireless communication system

Inventors: Taehyoung Kim (Seoul, KR); Youngbum Kim (Seoul, KR); Jinyoung Oh (Seoul, KR); Seunghoon Choi (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Heedon Gha (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Taehan Bae (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
H04W48/12H04W72/23H04W72/0453
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,974,211
App. No.
17/485,990
Granted
Apr 30, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5 th -Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4 th -Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). A method of a user equipment is provided. The method includes identifying a first bandwidth part for a cell and a second bandwidth part for the cell through radio resource control signaling; identifying a first control resource set on the first bandwidth part and a second control resource set on the second bandwidth part through the radio resource control signaling; and acquiring downlink control information for the second bandwidth part based on the first control resource set on the first bandwidth part being activated. A bandwidth part indicator, a frequency domain resource assignment, and a time domain resource assignment are included in the downlink control information.

Claims (60)

1. A method performed by a user equipment for communication in a communication system supporting one or more bandwidth parts, the method comprising:

identifying a first bandwidth part for a cell and a second bandwidth part for the cell through radio resource control signaling;

identifying a first control resource set on the first bandwidth part and a second control resource set on the second bandwidth part through the radio resource control signaling; and

acquiring downlink control information for the second bandwidth part based on the first control resource set on the first bandwidth part being activated,

wherein a bandwidth part indicator, a frequency domain resource assignment, and a time domain resource assignment are included in the downlink control information.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the frequency domain resource assignment is determined within the second bandwidth part.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein, in case that a first size of the frequency domain resource assignment is larger than a second size required for downlink control information interpretation of the second bandwidth part, a number of bits among total bits of the frequency domain resource assignment are used for interpreting the frequency domain resource assignment, and

wherein the number of bits is equal to a number of bits required for the second bandwidth part.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein a number of bits of the bandwidth part indicator is defined based on the radio resource control signaling,

wherein bandwidth parts are mapped starting from a lowest value of bandwidth part indicators, and

wherein a highest value of the bandwidth part indicators is reserved, in case that a number of the bandwidth parts is smaller than a number of values of the bandwidth part indicators.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein a carrier indicator is further included in the downlink control information,

wherein the bandwidth part indicator indicates one bandwidth part among multiple bandwidth parts configured for the cell indicated by the carrier indicator, and

wherein a 0 value of the bandwidth part indicator corresponds to the first bandwidth part based on an ascending order of bandwidth part identification.

6. A user equipment for communication in a communication system supporting one or more bandwidth parts, the user equipment comprising:

a transceiver; and

a controller coupled with the transceiver and configured to:

identify a first bandwidth part for a cell and a second bandwidth part for the cell through radio resource control signaling,

identify a first control resource set on the first bandwidth part and a second control resource set on the second bandwidth part through the radio resource control signaling, and

acquire downlink control information for the second bandwidth part based on the first control resource set on the first bandwidth part being activated,

wherein a bandwidth part indicator, a frequency domain resource assignment, and a time domain resource assignment are included in the downlink control information.

7. The user equipment of claim 6 , wherein the frequency domain resource assignment is determined within the second bandwidth part.

8. The user equipment of claim 6 , wherein, in case that a first size of the frequency domain resource assignment is larger than a second size required for downlink control information interpretation of the second bandwidth part, a number of bits among total bits of the frequency domain resource assignment are used for interpreting the frequency domain resource assignment, and

wherein the number of bits is equal to a number of bits required for the second bandwidth part.

9. The user equipment of claim 6 , wherein a number of bits of the bandwidth part indicator is defined based on the radio resource control signaling,

wherein bandwidth parts are mapped starting from a lowest value of bandwidth part indicators, and

wherein a highest value of the bandwidth part indicators is reserved, in case that a number of the bandwidth parts is smaller than a number of values of the bandwidth part indicators.

10. The user equipment of claim 6 , wherein a carrier indicator is further included in the downlink control information,

wherein the bandwidth part indicator indicates one bandwidth part among multiple bandwidth parts configured for the cell indicated by the carrier indicator, and

wherein a 0 value of the bandwidth part indicator corresponds to the first bandwidth part based on an ascending order of bandwidth part identification.

11. A method performed by a base station for communication in a communication system supporting one or more bandwidth parts, the method comprising:

transmitting a radio resource control signal including information for a first bandwidth part for a cell and information for a second bandwidth part for the cell;

identifying a first control resource set on the first bandwidth part and a second control resource set on the second bandwidth part based on the radio resource control signal; and

transmitting downlink control information for the second bandwidth part based on the first control resource set on the first bandwidth part being activated,

wherein a bandwidth part indicator, a frequency domain resource assignment, and a time domain resource assignment are included in the downlink control information.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the frequency domain resource assignment is determined within the second bandwidth part.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein, in case that a first size of the frequency domain resource assignment is larger than a second size required for downlink control information interpretation of the second bandwidth part, a number of bits among total bits of the frequency domain resource assignment are used for interpreting the frequency domain resource assignment, and

wherein the number of bits is equal to a number of bits required for the second bandwidth part.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein a number of bits of the bandwidth part indicator is defined based on the radio resource control signal,

wherein bandwidth parts are mapped starting from a lowest value of bandwidth part indicators, and

wherein a highest value of the bandwidth part indicators is reserved, in case that a number of the bandwidth parts is smaller than a number of values of the bandwidth part indicators.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein a carrier indicator is further included in the downlink control information,

wherein the bandwidth part indicator indicates one bandwidth part among multiple bandwidth parts configured for the cell indicated by the carrier indicator, and

wherein a 0 value of the bandwidth part indicator corresponds to the first bandwidth part based on an ascending order of bandwidth part identification.

16. A base station for communication in a communication system supporting one or more bandwidth parts, the base station comprising:

a transceiver; and

a controller coupled with the transceiver and configured to:

transmit a radio resource control signal including information for a first bandwidth part for a cell and information for a second bandwidth part for the cell,

identify a first control resource set on the first bandwidth part and a second control resource set on the second bandwidth part based on the radio resource control signal, and

transmit downlink control information for the second bandwidth part based on the first control resource set on the first bandwidth part being activated,

wherein a bandwidth part indicator, a frequency domain resource assignment, and a time domain resource assignment are included in the downlink control information.

17. The base station of claim 16 , wherein the frequency domain resource assignment is determined within the second bandwidth part.

18. The base station of claim 16 , wherein, in case that a first size of the frequency domain resource assignment is larger than a second size required for downlink control information interpretation of the second bandwidth part, a number of bits among total bits of the frequency domain resource assignment are used for interpreting the frequency domain resource assignment, and

wherein the number of bits is equal to a number of bits required for the second bandwidth part.

19. The base station of claim 16 , wherein a number of bits of the bandwidth part indicator is defined based on the radio resource control signal,

wherein bandwidth parts are mapped starting from a lowest value of bandwidth part indicators, and

wherein a highest value of the bandwidth part indicators is reserved, in case that a number of the bandwidth parts is smaller than a number of values of the bandwidth part indicators.

20. The base station of claim 16 , wherein a carrier indicator is further included in the downlink control information,

wherein the bandwidth part indicator indicates one bandwidth part among multiple bandwidth parts configured for the cell indicated by the carrier indicator, and

wherein a 0 value of the bandwidth part indicator corresponds to the first bandwidth part based on an ascending order of bandwidth part identification.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0090220 · Jul 17, 2017 · national
Continuity (3)
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