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US 9,661,625 · App. 14/419,729 · Granted May 23, 2017

Method and apparatus for transreceiving downlink signal by considering antenna port relationship in wireless communication system

Inventors: Jonghyun Park (Anyang-si, KR); Kijun Kim (Anyang-si, KR); Hanbyul Seo (Anyang-si, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04W72/042H04B7/0413H04B7/0626H04L5/001H04L5/0023H04L5/0037H04L5/0048H04L5/0053H04L5/0094H04L12/18H04L12/189H04W4/025H04W72/005H04B7/0417H04L5/0035H04L5/0057H04W28/18H04W72/12
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Patent No.
US 9,661,625
App. No.
14/419,729
Granted
May 23, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more specifically, disclosed are a method and an apparatus for transmitting or receiving a downlink signal by considering an antenna port relationship. A method for user equipment receiving a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) signal in the wireless communication system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: determining a start symbol index of the PDSCH from the downlink subframe; and receiving the PDSCH signal based on the start symbol index. When the DCI is comprised according to DCI format 1A, and the downlink subframe is a multicast broadcast single frequency network (MBSFN) subframe, the start symbol index can be determined depending on a PDSCH start symbol value which is included in a PDSCH resource element mapping and Quasi co-location indicator (PQI) that is established by an upper layer.

Claims (32)

1. A method for receiving a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) signal by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system supporting a coordinated multi-point (CoMP) operation, the method comprising:

determining a start symbol index of the PDSCH in a downlink subframe; and

receiving the PDSCH signal based on the start symbol index,

wherein the PDSCH is scheduled by downlink control information (DCI), and

wherein if the DCI is configured according to DCI format 1A, and the downlink subframe is a Multicast Broadcast Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) subframe, then the start symbol index is determined according to a PDSCH start symbol value contained in a lowest indexed PDSCH resource element mapping and Quasi co-location Indicator (PQI) parameter set configured by a higher layer.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, when the DCI is configured according to the DCI format 1A, the DCI is received through a PDCCH, and the downlink subframe is a non-MBSFN subframe, the start symbol index is determined according to a control format indicator (CFI) value.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the EPDCCH start symbol value is set for an EPDCCH set where the EPDCCH is received.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving one or more PQI parameter sets for the CoMP operation; and

receiving the DCI configured according to the DCI format 1A,

wherein the DCI format 1A does not include a field indicating a PQI parameter set to be used for the PDSCH reception among the one or more PQI parameter sets.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the PQI parameter set comprises at least one of parameters corresponding to number-of-Cell-specific Reference Signal (CRS) ports information, CRS frequency shift information, MBSFN subframe configuration information, Zero Power Channel State Information Reference Signal (ZP CSI-RS) configuration information, the PDSCH start symbol value, and Non-Zero Power (NZP) CSI-RS configuration information.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the UE is set to transmission mode 10 (TM10).

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the start symbol index indicates a start Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol from which the PDSCH is mapped in the downlink subframe.

8. A user equipment (UE) for receiving a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) signal in a wireless communication system supporting a coordinated multi-point (CoMP) operation, the UE comprising:

a receiver; and

a processor that:

determines a start symbol index of the PDSCH in a downlink subframe and controls the receiver to receive the PDSCH signal based on the start symbol index,

wherein the PDSCH is scheduled by downlink control information (DCI), and

wherein if the DCI is configured according to DCI format 1A, and the downlink subframe is a Multicast Broadcast Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) subframe, then the start symbol index is determined according to a PDSCH start symbol value contained in a lowest indexed PDSCH resource element mapping and Quasi co-location Indicator (PQI) parameter set configured by a higher layer.

9. The UE according to claim 8 , wherein, when the DCI is configured according to the DCI format 1A, the DCI is received through a PDCCH, and the downlink subframe is a non-MB SFN subframe, the start symbol index is determined according to a control format indicator (CFI) value.

10. The UE according to claim 8 , wherein the EPDCCH start symbol value is set for an EPDCCH set where the EPDCCH is received.

11. The UE according to claim 8 ,

wherein the processor further controls the receiver to:

receive one or more PQI parameter sets for the CoMP operation,

and to receive the DCI configured according to the DCI format 1A,

wherein the DCI format 1A does not include a field indicating a PQI parameter set to be used for the PDSCH reception among the one or more PQI parameter sets.

12. The UE according to claim 8 , wherein the PQI parameter set comprises at least one of parameters corresponding to number-of-cell-specific Reference Signal (CRS) ports information, CRS frequency shift information, MBSFN subframe configuration information, Zero Power Channel State Information Reference Signal (ZP CSI-RS) configuration information, the PDSCH start symbol value, and Non-Zero Power (NZP) CSI-RS configuration information.

13. The UE according to claim 8 , wherein the UE is set to transmission mode 10 (TM10).

14. The UE according to claim 8 , wherein the start symbol index indicates a start Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol from which the PDSCH is mapped in the downlink subframe.

15. The UE according to claim 8 , wherein when the DCI is configured according to the DCI format 1A, the DCI is received through an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) and the downlink subframe is a non-MBSFN subframe, the start symbol index determined for the PDSCH equals to an EPDCCH start symbol value.

16. The method according to claim 1 , wherein when the DCI is configured according to the DCI format 1A, the DCI is received through an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) and the downlink subframe is a non-MBSFN subframe, the start symbol index determined for the PDSCH equals to an EPDCCH start symbol value.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 5, 2015
From: PARK, JONGHYUN; KIM, KIJUN; SEO, HANBYUL
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 034895/0748 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 61709975 · Oct 4, 2012
Provisional Application 61729301 · Nov 21, 2012
Related Publication 20150223208A1 · Aug 6, 2015