Granted Patent B2

US 12,207,265 · App. 17/250,935 · Granted Jan 21, 2025

Inventors: Peng Lin (Beijing, CN); Di Su (Beijing, CN); Bin Yu (Beijing, CN); Chen Qian (Beijing, CN); Chuang Zhang (Beijing, CN)

Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

H04W72/23H04W72/0446

Abstract

Claims (94)

1. A method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a communication system, the method comprising:

performing blind detection on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in at least one subframe or slot to acquire first downlink control information and second downlink control information; and

performing uplink data transmission and downlink data reception with a base station according to the acquired first downlink control information and second downlink control information,

wherein the first downlink control information is one of downlink control information for uplink scheduling grant and downlink control information for downlink scheduling, and the second downlink control information is the other one of the downlink control information for the uplink scheduling grant and the downlink control information for the downlink scheduling,

wherein a location where a PDCCH carrying the second downlink control information is detected is associated with related information of the first downlink control information,

wherein the related information of the first downlink control information is at least one of an aggregation level of a PDCCH carrying the first downlink control information, a location of the PDCCH carrying the first downlink control information in a search subspace, or content in a specific field in the first downlink control information,

wherein when the first downlink control information and the second downlink control information are carried on the same one PDCCH, the first downlink control information and the second downlink control information are contained in third downlink control information, and performing blind detection on the PDCCH to acquire first downlink control information and second downlink control information comprises:

performing blind detection on the PDCCH based on a length of the third downlink control information in one subframe or slot, to acquire the third downlink control information; and

obtaining the first downlink control information and the second downlink control information, based on the acquired third downlink control information, and

wherein the third downlink control information only includes only one set of resource allocation fields for indicating the same resources used in uplink and downlink data transmissions.

2. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the search subspace is a subspace in a UE-specific search space, and

wherein the content in the specific field is used for indicating an aggregation level of the PDCCH carrying the second downlink control information and/or a location of the PDCCH carrying the second downlink control information in the search subspace.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein, when the first downlink control information and the second downlink control information are carried on different PDCCHs, the performing blind detection on the PDCCH to acquire first downlink control information and second downlink control information comprises:

detecting the PDCCH carrying the first downlink control information blindly in one subframe or slot to acquire the first downlink control information; and

performing blind detection on the PDCCH carrying the second downlink control information based on the related information of the first downlink control information in a subframe or slot used for transmitting the PDCCH carrying the second downlink control information, to acquire the second downlink control information,

wherein the one subframe or slot and the subframe or slot used for transmitting the PDCCH carrying the second downlink control information are the same one subframe or slot, or are different subframes or slots.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the performing blind detection on the PDCCH carrying the second downlink control information based on the related information of the first downlink control information comprises:

determining an aggregation level of the PDCCH carrying the second downlink control information and/or the location of the PDCCH carrying the second downlink control information in the search subspace based on the related information of the first downlink control information; and

performing blind detection on the PDCCH carrying the second downlink control information in a location, which is defined by the determined aggregation level and/or the location in the search subspace, in the subframe or slot used for transmitting the PDCCH carrying the second downlink control information, to acquire the second downlink control information.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the determining an aggregation level of the PDCCH carrying the second downlink control information and/or the location of the PDCCH carrying the second downlink control information in the search subspace based on the related information of the first downlink control information comprises:

determining the aggregation level of the PDCCH carrying the second downlink control information and/or the location of the PDCCH carrying the second downlink control information in the search subspace based on the content in the specific field in the first downlink control information; or

determining the aggregation level of the PDCCH carrying the second downlink control information and/or the location of the PDCCH carrying the second downlink control information in the search subspace based on the content in the specific field in the first downlink control information, and the aggregation level of the PDCCH carrying the first downlink control information and/or the location of the PDCCH carrying the first downlink control information in the search subspace; or

calculating the aggregation level of the PDCCH carrying the second downlink control information and/or the location of the PDCCH carrying the second downlink control information in the search subspace based on the aggregation level of the PDCCH carrying the first downlink control information and/or the location of the PDCCH carrying the first downlink control information in the search subspace, by using a location correlation function.

6. The method of claim 3 , wherein when the one subframe or slot and the subframe or slot used for transmitting the PDCCH carrying the second downlink control information are different subframes or slots, further comprising:

transmitting blind detection feedback information to a corresponding base station after performing blind detection on the PDCCH carrying the second downlink control information,

wherein when the PDCCH carrying the second downlink control information is detected, blind detection feedback information for indicating that the PDCCH carrying the second downlink control information is detected is transmitted to the corresponding base station, and

wherein when no PDCCH carrying the second downlink control information is detected in the subframe or slot used for transmitting the PDCCH carrying the second downlink control information, blind detection feedback information for indicating that no PDCCH carrying the second downlink control information is detected is transmitted to the corresponding base station.

7. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the length of the third downlink control information includes a first length and a second length, and a length of unidirectional downlink control information includes the second length and a third length, wherein the first length is longer than the second length, and the second length is longer than the third length, or

wherein the length of the third downlink control information only includes a fourth length, and a length of unidirectional downlink control information only includes a fifth length, wherein the fourth length is longer than the fifth length.

8. A method performed by a base station in a communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting downlink control information to a user equipment (UE) on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in at least one subframe or slot, so that the UE acquires first downlink control information and second downlink control information; and

performing uplink data reception and downlink data transmission with the UE according to the first downlink control information and the second downlink control information,

wherein the first downlink control information is one of downlink control information for uplink scheduling grant and downlink control information for downlink scheduling, and the second downlink control information is the other one of the downlink control information for the uplink scheduling grant and the downlink control information for the downlink scheduling,

wherein a location of a PDCCH carrying the second downlink control information in a subframe or slot is associated with related information of the first downlink control information,

wherein the related information of the first downlink control information is at least one of an aggregation level of a PDCCH carrying the first downlink control information, a location of the PDCCH carrying the first downlink control information in a search subspace, or content in a specific field in the first downlink control information,

wherein when the first downlink control information and the second downlink control information are carried on the same one PDCCH, the first downlink control information and the second downlink control information are contained in third downlink control information, and

wherein the third downlink control information only includes only one set of resource allocation fields for indicating the same resources used in uplink and downlink data transmissions.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein when the first downlink control information and the second downlink control information are carried on different PDCCHs, the transmitting downlink control information to the UE on the PDCCH in at least one subframe or slot comprises:

determining a PDCCH for carrying the first downlink control information;

determining a PDCCH for carrying the second downlink control information, based on an aggregation level of the determined PDCCH for carrying the first downlink control information and/or a location of the PDCCH for carrying the first downlink control information in a search subspace, by using a location correlation function; and

transmitting the first downlink control information to the UE on the determined PDCCH for carrying the first downlink control information, and transmitting the second downlink control information to the UE on the determined PDCCH for carrying the second downlink control information, in at least one subframe or slot.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein, when the first downlink control information and the second downlink control information are carried on different PDCCHs, the transmitting downlink control information to a user equipment on the PDCCH in at least one subframe or slot comprises:

determining a PDCCH for carrying the first downlink control information;

determining a PDCCH for carrying the second downlink control information;

generating content for indicating an aggregation level of the determined PDCCH for carrying the second downlink control information and/or a location of the determined PDCCH for carrying the second downlink control information in a search subspace;

adding the generated content to the specific field in the first downlink control information; and

transmitting the first downlink control information, to which the generated content is added, to the UE on the determined PDCCH for carrying the first downlink control information, and transmitting the second downlink control information to the UE on the determined PDCCH for carrying the second downlink control information, in at least one subframe or slot.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the transmitting the first downlink control information and the second downlink control information in at least one subframe or slot comprises:

transmitting the first downlink control information, to which the generated content is added, to the UE on the determined PDCCH for carrying the first downlink control information, and transmitting the second downlink control information to the UE on the determined PDCCH for carrying the second downlink control information, in the same one subframe or slot; or

transmitting the first downlink control information, to which the generated content is added, to the UE on the determined PDCCH for carrying the first downlink control information in one subframe or slot, and transmitting the second downlink control information to the UE on the determined PDCCH for carrying the second downlink control information in a subframe or slot subsequent to the one subframe or slot.

12. A user equipment (UE) in a communication system, the UE comprising:

a transceiver; and

a controller coupled with the transceiver and configured to:

perform blind detection on a physical downlink control channel_(PDCCH) in at least one subframe or slot to acquire first downlink control information and second downlink control information, and

perform uplink data transmission and downlink data reception with a base station according to the acquired first downlink control information and second downlink control information,

wherein the first downlink control information is one of downlink control information for uplink scheduling grant and downlink control information for downlink scheduling, and the second downlink control information is the other one of the downlink control information for the uplink scheduling grant and the downlink control information for the downlink scheduling,

wherein a location where a PDCCH carrying the second downlink control information is detected is associated with related information of the first downlink control information,

wherein the related information of the first downlink control information is at least one of an aggregation level of a PDCCH carrying the first downlink control information, a location of the PDCCH carrying the first downlink control information in a search subspace, or content in a specific field in the first downlink control information,

wherein when the first downlink control information and the second downlink control information are carried on the same one PDCCH, the first downlink control information and the second downlink control information are contained in third downlink control information, and the controller is configured to:

perform blind detection on the PDCCH based on a length of the third downlink control information in one subframe or slot, to acquire the third downlink control information, and

obtain the first downlink control information and the second downlink control information, based on the acquired third downlink control information, and

wherein the third downlink control information only includes only one set of resource allocation fields for indicating the same resources used in uplink and downlink data transmissions.

13. The UE of claim 12 ,

wherein the search subspace is a subspace in a UE-specific search space, and

wherein the content in the specific field is used for indicating an aggregation level of the PDCCH carrying the second downlink control information and/or a location of the PDCCH carrying the second downlink control information in the search subspace.

14. The UE of claim 12 , wherein, when the first downlink control information and the second downlink control information are carried on different PDCCHs, the controller is configured to:

detect the PDCCH carrying the first downlink control information blindly in one subframe or slot to acquire the first downlink control information, and

perform blind detection on the PDCCH carrying the second downlink control information based on the related information of the first downlink control information in a subframe or slot used for transmitting the PDCCH carrying the second downlink control information, to acquire the second downlink control information,

wherein the one subframe or slot and the subframe or slot used for transmitting the PDCCH carrying the second downlink control information are the same one subframe or slot, or are different subframes or slots.

15. A base station in a communication system, the base station comprising:

a transceiver; and

a controller coupled with the transceiver and configured to:

transmit downlink control information to a user equipment (UE) on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in at least one subframe or slot, so that the UE acquires first downlink control information and second downlink control information, and

perform uplink data reception and downlink data transmission with the UE according to the first downlink control information and the second downlink control information,

wherein the first downlink control information is one of downlink control information for uplink scheduling grant and downlink control information for downlink scheduling, and the second downlink control information is the other one of the downlink control information for the uplink scheduling grant and the downlink control information for the downlink scheduling,

wherein a location of a PDCCH carrying the second downlink control information in a subframe or slot is associated with related information of the first downlink control information,

wherein the related information of the first downlink control information is at least one of an aggregation level of a PDCCH carrying the first downlink control information, a location of the PDCCH carrying the first downlink control information in a search subspace, or content in a specific field in the first downlink control information,

wherein when the first downlink control information and the second downlink control information are carried on the same one PDCCH, the first downlink control information and the second downlink control information are contained in third downlink control information, and

wherein the third downlink control information only includes only one set of resource allocation fields for indicating the same resources used in uplink and downlink data transmissions.

16. The base station of claim 15 , wherein when the first downlink control information and the second downlink control information are carried on different PDCCHs, the controller is configured to:

determine a PDCCH for carrying the first downlink control information,

determine a PDCCH for carrying the second downlink control information, based on an aggregation level of the determined PDCCH for carrying the first downlink control information and/or a location of the PDCCH for carrying the first downlink control information in a search subspace, by using a location correlation function, and

transmit the first downlink control information to the UE on the determined PDCCH for carrying the first downlink control information, and transmit the second downlink control information to the UE on the determined PDCCH for carrying the second downlink control information, in at least one subframe or slot.

17. The base station of claim 15 , wherein, when the first downlink control information and the second downlink control information are carried on different PDCCHs, the controller is configured to:

determine a PDCCH for carrying the first downlink control information,

determine a PDCCH for carrying the second downlink control information,

generate content for indicating an aggregation level of the determined PDCCH for carrying the second downlink control information and/or a location of the determined PDCCH for carrying the second downlink control information in a search subspace,

add the generated content to a specific field in the first downlink control information,

transmit the first downlink control information, to which the generated content is added, to the UE on the determined PDCCH for carrying the first downlink control information, and transmit the second downlink control information to the UE on the determined PDCCH for carrying the second downlink control information, in at least one subframe or slot.

18. The base station of claim 17 , wherein the controller is configured to:

transmit the first downlink control information, to which the generated content is added, to the UE on the determined PDCCH for carrying the first downlink control information, and transmit the second downlink control information to the UE on the determined PDCCH for carrying the second downlink control information, in the same one subframe or slot; or

transmit the first downlink control information, to which the generated content is added, to the UE on the determined PDCCH for carrying the first downlink control information in one subframe or slot, and transmit the second downlink control information to the UE on the determined PDCCH for carrying the second downlink control information in a subframe or slot subsequent to the one subframe or slot.

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