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US 9,510,340 · App. 14/416,536 · Granted Nov 29, 2016

Method and user device for receiving downlink signal, and method and base station for transmitting downlink signal

Inventors: Myoungseob Kim (Anyang-si, KR); Seungmin Lee (Anyang-si, KR); Hakseong Kim (Anyang-si, KR); Hanbyul Seo (Anyang-si, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W72/042H04L5/0053H04W76/02H04L5/0048H04L5/1469H04W48/12H04W72/0453H04W84/042
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Patent No.
US 9,510,340
App. No.
14/416,536
Granted
Nov 29, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a method and a user device for receiving a downlink signal, and a method and a base station for transmitting a downlink signal. The method for a user device receiving the downlink signal in a wireless communication system, comprises: encoding downlink control channel candidates, each of which comprise at least one control channel element (CCE); and detecting the downlink control channel of the user device, wherein each of the downlink control channel candidates is encoded in accordance with a first downlink control information (DCI) format and a CCE type for the user device, or a second DCI format and a predetermined CCE type.

Claims (60)

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

receiving, by the user equipment, first information indicating a plurality of physical resource block (PRB) pairs, on which an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) search space is configured, and second information indicating whether an enhanced control channel element (ECCE) type for the EPDCCH search space is a localized type or a distributed type; and

receiving, by the user equipment, an EPDCCH of the user equipment by decoding EPDCCH candidates on the EPDCCH search space in a subframe,

wherein each of the EPDCCH candidates is an aggregation of one or more ECCEs, each of which is composed of resource element sets belonging to a same PRB pair among the plurality of PRB pairs, when the ECCE type is the localized type, and

wherein each of the EPDCCH candidates is an aggregation of one or more ECCEs, each of which is composed of resource element sets belonging to at least two different PRB pairs among the plurality of PRB pairs, when the ECCE type is the distributed type.

2. The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the subframe is divided into a control region and a data region in a time domain, and the EPDCCH search space is on the plurality of PRB pairs within the data region.

3. The method according to claim 2 , further comprising:

receiving, by the user equipment, a legacy physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) among a plurality of legacy PDCCH candidates within the control region,

wherein each of the legacy PDCCH candidates is an aggregation of one or more legacy control channel elements (CCEs), each of which corresponds to 9 legacy resource element groups (REGs) among a plurality of legacy REGs within the control region, and

wherein each of the plurality of legacy REGs consists of 4 consecutive resource elements not used for reference signals in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol of the control region.

4. The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein each of the plurality of PRB pairs are segmented into 16 resource element sets, and

wherein each ECCE for the localized and distributed types is composed of 4 resource element sets.

5. A user equipment for receiving a downlink signal in a wireless communication system, the user equipment comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) unit, and

a processor configured to:

control the RF unit to receive first information indicating a plurality of physical resource block (PRB) pairs, on which an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) search space is configured, and second information indicating whether an enhanced control channel element (ECCE) type for the EPDCCH search space is a localized type or a distributed type; and

control the RF unit to receive an EPDCCH of the user equipment by decoding EPDCCH candidates on the EPDCCH search space in a subframe,

wherein each of the EPDCCH candidates is an aggregation of one or more ECCEs, each of which is composed of resource element sets belonging to a same PRB pair among the plurality of PRB pairs, when the ECCE type is the localized type, and

wherein each of the EPDCCH candidates is an aggregation of one or more ECCEs, each of which is composed of resource element sets belonging to at least two different PRB pairs among the plurality of PRB pairs, when the ECCE type is the distributed type.

6. The user equipment according to claim 5 ,

wherein the subframe is divided into a control region and a data region in a time domain, and the EPDCCH search space is on the plurality of PRB pairs within the data region.

7. The user equipment according to claim 6 ,

wherein the processor is configured to control the RF unit to further receive a legacy physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) among a plurality of legacy PDCCH candidates within the control region,

wherein each of the legacy PDCCH candidates is an aggregation of one or more legacy control channel elements (CCEs), each of which corresponds to 9 legacy resource element groups (REGs) among a plurality of legacy REGs within the control region, and

wherein each of the plurality of legacy REGs consists of 4 consecutive resource elements not used for reference signals in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol of the control region.

8. The user equipment according to claim 5 ,

wherein each of the plurality of PRB pairs are segmented into 16 resource element sets, and

wherein each ECCE for the localized and distributed types is composed of 4 resource element sets.

9. A method for transmitting a downlink signal by a base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting, by the base station, first information indicating a plurality of physical resource block (PRB) pairs, on which an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) search space is configured, and second information indicating whether an enhanced control channel element (ECCE) type for the EPDCCH search space is a localized type or a distributed type; and

transmitting, by the base station, an EPDCCH of a user equipment using one of EPDCCH candidates on the EPDCCH search space in a subframe,

wherein each of the EPDCCH candidates is an aggregation of one or more ECCEs, each of which is composed of resource element sets belonging to a same PRB pair among the plurality of PRB pairs, when the ECCE type is the localized type, and

wherein each of the EPDCCH candidates is an aggregation of one or more ECCEs, each of which is composed of resource element sets belonging to at least two different PRB pairs among the plurality of PRB pairs, when the ECCE type is the distributed type.

10. The method according to claim 9 ,

wherein the subframe is divided into a control region and a data region in a time domain, and the EPDCCH search space is on the plurality of PRB pairs within the data region.

11. The method according to claim 10 , further comprising:

transmitting, by the base station, a legacy PDCCH using one of a plurality of legacy PDCCH candidates within the control region,

wherein each of the legacy physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidates is an aggregation of one or more legacy control channel elements (CCEs), each of which corresponds to 9 legacy resource element groups (REGs) among a plurality of legacy REGs within the control region, and

wherein each of the plurality of legacy REGs consists of 4 consecutive resource elements not used for reference signals in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol of the control region.

12. The method according to claim 9 ,

wherein each of the plurality of PRB pairs are segmented into 16 resource element sets, and

wherein each ECCE for the localized and distributed types is composed of 4 resource element sets.

13. A base station for transmitting a downlink signal in a wireless communication system, the base station comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) unit; and

a processor configured to:

control the RF unit to transmit first information indicating a plurality of physical resource block (PRB) pairs, on which an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) search space is configured, and second information indicating whether an enhanced control channel element (ECCE) type for the EPDCCH search space is a localized type or a distributed type, and

control the RF unit to transmit an EPDCCH of a user equipment using one of EPDCCH candidates on the EPDCCH search space in a subframe,

wherein each of the EPDCCH candidates is an aggregation of one or more ECCEs, each of which is composed of resource element sets belonging to a same PRB pair among the plurality of PRB pairs, when the ECCE type is the localized type, and

wherein each of the EPDCCH candidates is an aggregation of one or more ECCEs, each of which is composed of resource element sets belonging to at least two different PRB pairs among the plurality of PRB pairs, when the ECCE type is the distributed type.

14. The base station according to claim 13 ,

wherein the subframe is divided into a control region and a data region in a time domain, and the EPDCCH search space is on the plurality of PRB pairs within the data region.

15. The base station according to claim 14 ,

wherein the processor is configured to control the RF unit to further transmit a legacy physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) using one of a plurality of legacy PDCCH candidates within the control region,

wherein each of the legacy PDCCH candidates is an aggregation of one or more legacy control channel elements (CCEs), each of which corresponds to 9 legacy resource element groups (REGs) among a plurality of legacy REGs within the control region, and

wherein each of the plurality of legacy REGs consists of 4 consecutive resource elements not used for reference signals in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol of the control region.

16. The base station according to claim 13 ,

wherein each of the plurality of PRB pairs are segmented into 16 resource element sets, and

wherein each ECCE for the localized and distributed types is composed of 4 resource element sets.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 23, 2015
From: KIM, MYOUNGSEOB; LEE, SEUNGMIN; KIM, HAKSEONG; SEO, HANBYUL
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Continuity (4)
Provisional Application 61675814 · Jul 26, 2012
Provisional Application 61702241 · Sep 18, 2012
Provisional Application 61706795 · Sep 28, 2012
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