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US 12,495,430 · App. 17/927,831 · Granted Dec 9, 2025

Method and device for transmitting and receiving downlink control information on scheduling of data channels in wireless communication system

Inventors: Jinyoung Oh (Suwon-si, KR); Taehyoung Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Hoondong Noh (Suwon-si, KR); Hyoungju Ji (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04W72/232H04L1/0003H04W48/16
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Patent No.
US 12,495,430
App. No.
17/927,831
Granted
Dec 9, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are a method and device for transmitting and receiving downlink control information (DCI) in a wireless communication system. A method to be performed by a base station comprises steps in which configuration information on scheduling of one or more PDSCHs to one or more cells through one piece of DCI is transmitted to a UE through upper layer signaling, at least one of a carrier indicator field (CIF) or a cell group indicator field (GIF) included in the DCI, the size of a frequency domain resource allocation field commonly applied to the one or more PDSCHs, and at least one modulation and coding scheme (MCS) field and/or MCS offset field are determined according to the configuration information, and the at least one of the CIF or GIF, the frequency domain resource allocation field having the determined size, and the at least one MCS field and/or MCS offset field are transmitted to the UE by being included in the DCI for scheduling the plurality of PDSCHs to a plurality of cells, respectively, according to the configuration information.

Claims (64)

1 . A method of a base station for transmitting downlink control information in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting, to a user equipment (UE) via higher layer signaling, configuration information on scheduling of one or more data channels for one or more cells via one piece of downlink control information;

according to the configuration information, determining: at least one of a carrier indication field (CIF) or a cell group indication field (GIF), and a size of a frequency domain resource allocation field applied to one or more data channels, which are included in the downlink control information; and

according to the configuration information, including: the at least one of the CIF or the GIF, and the frequency domain resource allocation field having the determined size, in the downlink control information on scheduling of a plurality of data channels for a plurality of cells, and transmitting, to the UE, the downlink control information,

wherein the CIF or the GIF includes a bitmap having a number of bits set as a maximum number of cells schedulable by the downlink control information.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration information includes at least one of:

information indicating a cell group including the plurality of cells schedulable via the downlink control information;

first configuration information on the carrier indication field (CIF) or the cell group indication field (GIF) indicating a scheduled cell within the cell group;

second configuration information on the frequency domain resource allocation field; and

third configuration information on at least one modulation and coding scheme (MCS) field or the MCS offset field.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the size of the frequency domain resource allocation field is determined by considering a size of a carrier bandwidth or a bandwidth part of each of the plurality of cells scheduled via the downlink control information.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the downlink control information includes:

a first modulation and coding scheme (MCS) index indicating an MCS of a first data channel for a first cell among the plurality of cells; and

an MCS offset indicating an MCS of a second data channel for a second cell among the plurality of cells.

5 . A method of a user equipment (UE) for receiving downlink control information in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, from a base station via higher layer signaling, configuration information on scheduling of one or more data channels for one or more cells via one piece of downlink control information;

receiving the downlink control information including: at least one of a carrier indication field (CIF) or a cell group indication field (GIF), and a frequency domain resource allocation field applied to a plurality of data channels to schedule the plurality of data channels for a plurality of cells, respectively; and

according to the configuration information, obtaining: the at least one of the CIF and the GIF, and the frequency domain resource allocation field, which are included in the downlink control information,

wherein the CIF or the GIF includes a bitmap having a number of bits set as a maximum number of cells schedulable by the downlink control information.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the configuration information includes at least one of:

information indicating a cell group including the plurality of cells schedulable via the downlink control information;

first configuration information on the carrier indication field (CIF) or the cell group indication field (GIF) indicating a scheduling cell within the cell group;

second configuration information on the frequency domain resource allocation field; and

third configuration information on at least one modulation and coding scheme (MCS) field and/or the MCS offset field.

7 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the CIF or GIF includes a bitmap having a number of bits set as a maximum number of cells schedulable by the downlink control information.

8 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the size of the frequency domain resource allocation field is determined by considering a size of a carrier bandwidth or a bandwidth part of each of the plurality of cells scheduled via the downlink control information.

9 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the downlink control information includes:

a first modulation and coding scheme (MCS) index indicating an MCS of a first data channel for a first cell among the plurality of cells; and

an MCS offset indicating an MCS of a second data channel for a second cell among the plurality of cells.

10 . An apparatus of a base station for transmitting downlink control information in a wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising:

a transceiver; and

a controller,

wherein the controller is configured to:

transmit, to a user equipment (UE) via higher layer signaling, configuration information on scheduling of one or more data channels for one or more cells via one piece of downlink control information,

according to the configuration information, determine: at least one of a carrier indication field (CIF) or a cell group indication field (GIF), and a size of a frequency domain resource allocation field applied to one or more data channels, which are included in the downlink control information, and

according to the configuration information, include: the at least one of the CIF or the GIF, and at least one frequency domain resource allocation field having the determined size in the downlink control information on scheduling of a plurality of data channels for a plurality of cells and transmit the downlink control information to the UE,

wherein the CIF or the GIF includes a bitmap having a number of bits set as a maximum number of cells schedulable by the downlink control information.

11 . The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the configuration information includes at least one of:

information indicating a cell group including the plurality of cells schedulable via the downlink control information;

first configuration information on the carrier indication field (CIF) or the cell group indication field (GIF) indicating a scheduled cell within the cell group;

second configuration information on the frequency domain resource allocation field; and

third configuration information on at least one modulation and coding scheme (MCS) field and/or the MCS offset field.

12 . The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the CIF or GIF includes a bitmap having a number of bits set as a maximum number of cells schedulable by the downlink control information.

13 . The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the size of the frequency domain resource allocation field is determined by considering a size of a carrier bandwidth or a bandwidth part of each of the plurality of cells scheduled via the downlink control information.

14 . The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the downlink control information includes:

a first modulation and coding scheme (MCS) index indicating an MCS of a first data channel for a first cell among the plurality of cells, and

an MCS offset indicating an MCS of a second data channel for a second cell among the plurality of cells.

15 . An apparatus of a user equipment (UE) for receiving downlink control information in a wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising:

a transceiver; and

a controller,

wherein the controller is configured to:

receive, from a base station via higher layer signaling, configuration information on scheduling of one or more data channels for one or more cells via one piece of downlink control information, receive the downlink control information including: at least one of a carrier indication field (CIF) or a cell group indication field (GIF), and a frequency domain resource allocation field applied to a plurality of data channels to schedule a plurality of data channels for a plurality of cells, respectively, and

according to the configuration information, obtain: the at least one of the CIF and the GIF, and the frequency domain resource allocation field which are included in the downlink control information,

wherein the CIF or the GIF includes a bitmap having a number of bits set as a maximum number of cells schedulable by the downlink control information.

16 . The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the configuration information includes at least one of:

information indicating a cell group including the plurality of cells schedulable via the downlink control information;

first configuration information on the carrier indication field (CIF) or the cell group indication field (GIF) indicating a scheduling cell within the cell group;

second configuration information on the frequency domain resource allocation field; and

third configuration information on at least one modulation and coding scheme (MCS) field and/or the MCS offset field.

17 . The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the CIF or GIF includes a bitmap having a number of bits set as a maximum number of cells schedulable by the downlink control information.

18 . The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the size of the frequency domain resource allocation field is determined by considering a size of a carrier bandwidth or a bandwidth part of each of the plurality of cells scheduled via the downlink control information.

19 . The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the downlink control information includes:

a first modulation and coding scheme (MCS) index indicating an MCS of a first data channel for a first cell among the plurality of cells, and

an MCS offset indicating an MCS of a second data channel for a second cell among the plurality of cells.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 25, 2022
From: OH, JINYOUNG; KIM, TAEHYOUNG; NOH, HOONDONG; JI, HYOUNGJU
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0068527 · Jun 5, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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