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US 9,191,951 · App. 13/698,063 · Granted Nov 17, 2015

Radio communication system for optimal CFI control in a cross-carrier scheduling environment

Inventors: Kazuaki Takeda (Tokyo, JP); Nobuhiko Miki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04W72/0453H04L5/001H04L5/0053H04W72/0446H04L5/0073H04L27/2647
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Patent No.
US 9,191,951
App. No.
13/698,063
Granted
Nov 17, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

In order to implement optimal CFI control under a cross-carrier scheduling environment and improve PDSCH transmission efficiency, for the MACRO_UE 2 where the cross-carrier scheduling is employed, the PDSCH initiation position of CC 1 that is used to transmit PDCCH is dynamically controlled, and the PDSCH initiation position of CC 2 that is not used to transmit PDCCH is quasi-statically controlled. For the PICO_UE 2 where the cross-carrier scheduling is employed, the PDSCH initiation position of CC 2 that is used to transmit PDCCH is dynamically controlled, and the PDSCH initiation position of CC 1 that is not used to transmit PDCCH is dynamically controlled.

Claims (10)

1. A radio communication system comprising:

a first base station that forms a first cell; and

a second base station that forms a second cell overlapping with at least a part of the first cell,

wherein,

in a case where communication between subordinate terminals is performed using a plurality of fundamental frequency blocks, the first base station transmits first resource information indicating a data channel initiation position in one of the fundamental frequency blocks, and second resource information indicating a data channel initiation position in the other fundamental frequency block through a control channel of the one of the fundamental frequency block, the first resource information is dynamically controlled, and the second resource information is quasi-statically controlled,

in a case where communication between subordinate terminals existing in positions where there is interference from the first cell within the second cell is performed using the one and the other fundamental frequency blocks, the second base station transmits third resource information indicating a data channel initiation position in the other fundamental frequency block and fourth resource information indicating a data channel initiation position in the one of the fundamental frequency block through a control channel of the other fundamental frequency block, and the third resource information and the fourth resource information are dynamically controlled,

the first base station controls the second resource information such that the data channel initiation position in the other fundamental frequency block occurs before the data channel initiation position in the one fundamental frequency block while the number of control channel symbols allocated by the second base station to the subordinate terminal in the other fundamental frequency block is smaller than a maximum number of symbols, and

the number of control channel symbols are estimated from the number of subordinate terminals existing in the second cell.

2. The radio communication system according to claim 1 , wherein the first cell is a macrocell larger than the second cell, and the second cell is a picocell which is included in the first cell or fills a part of the first cell.

3. The radio communication system according to claim 1 , wherein the first base station controls the first resource info cation in every subframe serving as a transmission time interval and controls the second resource information with a period longer than that of the subframe.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2013
From: TAKEDA, KAZUAKI; MIKI, NOBUHIKO
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
Reel/Frame 029605/0886 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2010-114382 · May 18, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130107855A1 · May 2, 2013