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US 9,144,070 · App. 14/123,475 · Granted Sep 22, 2015

Method and apparatus for transmitting control information in wireless communication system

Inventors: Suckchel Yang (Anyang-si, KR); Joonkui Ahn (Anyang-si, KR); Dongyoun Seo (Anyang-si, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W72/042H04L5/001H04L5/0053H04W88/04H04L5/0007H04L5/0094H04W72/00H04W72/04
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Patent No.
US 9,144,070
App. No.
14/123,475
Granted
Sep 22, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More particularly, in a method for receiving a downlink signal in a wireless communication system and an apparatus for same, the present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for same, comprising the steps of: receiving a subframe including a plurality of OFDM symbols; monitoring a plurality of search spaces which are configured on the subframe, so as to receive a PDCCH which is indicated to a terminal; and performing an operation in accordance with a PDCCH which is detected when the PDCCH that is indicated to the terminal is detected, wherein each of the search spaces is configured on a first resource region and/or a second resource region, in accordance with a predetermined condition, and the first resource region and the second resource region are separated with a specific OFDM symbol as a boundary on a time domain.

Claims (23)

1. A method for receiving a downlink signal by UE in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving a subframe including a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols; and

monitoring a plurality of search spaces configured on the subframe so as to receive a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) indicated to the UE,

wherein the plurality of search spaces are allocated in a PDCCH region comprising one or more consecutive OFDM symbols starting from a first OFDM symbol of the subframe,

wherein search spaces corresponding to CCE (Control Channel Element) aggregation level 4 and 8 are allocated to the PDCCH region, if the subframe is a subframe configured to monitor E-PDCCH (Enhanced-PDCCH) signal, and

wherein search spaces corresponding to the CCE aggregation level 1, 2, 4 and 8 are allocated to the PDCCH region, if the subframe is not a subframe configured to monitor the E-PDCCH signal.

2. The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the plurality of search spaces are allocated in an E-PDCCH region configured not to be overlapped with the PDCCH region,

wherein the E-PDCCH region is multiplexed with a resource for a downlink shared channel according to frequency division multiplexing (FDM).

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a basic resource unit of the PDCCH region is a resource element group (REG) and a basic resource unit of the E-PDCCH region is a resource block (RB).

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the OFDM symbol is indicated through a physical control format indicator channel (PCFICH) signal or radio resource control (RRC) signaling.

5. A UE for use in a wireless communication system, comprising:

an radio frequency (RF) unit; and

a processor,

wherein the processor is configured to receive a subframe including a plurality of OFDM symbols, and to monitor a plurality of search spaces configured on the subframe so as to receive a PDCCH indicated to the UE,

wherein the plurality of search spaces are allocated in a PDCCH region comprising one or more consecutive OFDM symbols starting from a first OFDM symbol of the subframe,

wherein search spaces corresponding to CCE (Control Channel Element) aggregation level 4 and 8 are allocated to the PDCCH region, if the subframe is a subframe configured to monitor E-PDCCH (Enhanced-PDCCH) signal, and

wherein search spaces corresponding to the CCE aggregation level 1, 2, 4 and 8 are allocated to the PDCCH region, if the subframe is not a subframe configured to monitor the E-PDCCH signal.

6. The UE according to claim 5 ,

wherein the plurality of search spaces are allocated in an E-PDCCH region configured not to be overlapped with the PDCCH region,

wherein the E-PDCCH region is multiplexed with a resource for a downlink shared channel according to FDM.

7. The UE according to claim 5 , wherein a basic resource unit of the first PDCCH resource region is an REG and a basic resource unit of the E PDCCH region is an RB.

8. The UE according to claim 5 , wherein the OFDM symbol is indicated through a PCFICH signal or RRC signaling.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 3, 2013
From: YANG, SUCKCHEL; AHN, JOONKUI; SEO, DONGYOUN
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 61511964 · Jul 26, 2011
Provisional Application 61554481 · Nov 1, 2011
Related Publication 20140105157A1 · Apr 17, 2014