IP Library Granted Patent US 9,832,768
Granted Patent B2
US 9,832,768 · App. 13/805,743 · Granted Nov 28, 2017

Mobile communication method and radio base station

Inventors: Hideaki Takahashi (Tokyo, JP); Satoshi Nagata (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04W72/0446H04B7/15507H04W36/10H04W72/1289H04L5/0062H04L5/16H04W16/26H04W56/00H04W84/045H04W84/047H04W88/04
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Patent No.
US 9,832,768
App. No.
13/805,743
Granted
Nov 28, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes a step of transmitting, by a radio base station DeNB, a first downlink signal in a first subframe to a relay node RN, a step of transmitting, by the relay node RN, a second downlink signal in a second subframe to a mobile station UE, a step of notifying, by the relay node RN, the radio base station DeNB of information indicating “Half duplex inband Relay Node”, and a step of transmitting, by the radio base station DeNB, a transmission timing of R-PDCCH and R-PDSCH in a Un subframe to the relay node RN according to the notification.

Claims (20)

1. A mobile communication method comprising:

a step of transmitting, by a radio base station, a first downlink signal in a first subframe to a relay node;

a step of transmitting, by the relay node, a second downlink signal in a second subframe to a mobile station;

a step of providing, by the relay node, during a relay node attach procedure, information indicating the relay node is a half duplex inband relay node; and

a step of transmitting, by the radio base station, after the relay node attach procedure is completed and after the relay node sets up S1/X2 interfaces, a transmission timing of a physical downlink control channel and a physical downlink shared channel addressed to the relay node in a subframe between the relay node and the radio base station to the relay node according to the information.

2. The mobile communication method according to claim 1 , wherein the physical downlink control channel includes a channel for transmitting HARQ-ACK in an uplink.

3. A mobile communication method comprising:

a step of transmitting, by a radio base station, a first downlink signal in a first subframe to a relay node;

a step of transmitting, by the relay node, a second downlink signal in a second subframe to a mobile station;

a step of providing, by the relay node, during a relay node attach procedure, information indicating the relay node is a half duplex inband relay node; and

a step of transmitting, by the radio base station, after the relay node attach procedure is completed and after the relay node sets up S1/X2 interfaces, an arrangement pattern of a reference signal for demodulation addressed to the relay node in a subframe between the relay node and the radio base station to the relay node according to the information.

4. A radio base station, which is used in a mobile communication system in which a relay node is configured to transmit a second downlink signal in a second subframe to a mobile station, comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit a first downlink signal in a first subframe to the relay node; and

a receiver configured to receive a notification indicating the relay node is a half duplex inband relay node, wherein

when the notification indicating the relay node is a half duplex inband relay node is received from the relay node during a relay node attach procedure, the transmitter is configured to transmit, after the relay node attach procedure is completed and after the relay node sets up S1/X2 interfaces, a transmission timing of a physical downlink control channel and a physical downlink shared channel addressed to the relay node in a subframe between the relay node and the radio base station to the relay node.

5. The radio base station according to claim 4 , wherein the physical downlink control channel includes a channel for transmitting HARQ-ACK in an uplink.

6. A radio base station, which is used in a mobile communication system in which a relay node is configured to transmit a second downlink signal in a second subframe to a mobile station, comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit a first downlink signal in a first subframe to the relay node; and

a receiver configured to receive a notification indicating the relay node is a half duplex inband relay node, wherein

when the notification indicating the relay node is a half duplex inband relay node is received from the relay node during a relay node attach procedure, the transmitter is configured to transmit, after the relay node attach procedure is completed and after the relay node sets up S1/X2 interfaces, an arrangement pattern of a reference signal for demodulation addressed to the relay node.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 12, 2013
From: TAKAHASHI, HIDEAKI; NAGATA, SATOSHI
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2010-141108 · Jun 21, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130176936A1 · Jul 11, 2013