Method for receiving system information by MTC device located in cell coverage-expanded area

• US 10,009,882 B2
• Filed: 05/09/2014
• Issued: 06/26/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: You, Hyangsun, Seo, Dongyoun, Yi, Yunjung, Ahn, Joonkui, Yang, Suckchel
• Primary Examiner(s): Jiang, Charles C
• Assistant Examiner(s): Soe, Kyaw Z
• Application Number:
  US14/888,901
• Publication Number:
  US 20160088595A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,509 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/001 the frequencies being arranged in component carriers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0023 Time-frequency-space
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0033 each allocating device acting autonomously, i.e. without negotiation with other allocating devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0053 Allocation of signaling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0069 Allocation based on distance or geographical location allocation based on terminal or device properties in general, H04W72/51
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0082 at predetermined intervals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0091 Signaling for the administration of the divided path
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0094 Indication of how sub-channels of the path are allocated
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0446 Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/006 in the downlink, i.e. towards the terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/04 Scheduled access hybrid access H04W74/02

Abstract

According to one disclosure of the present specification, when a machine type communication (MTC) device is located in a coverage-expanded area of a base station, the MTC device repeatedly receives system information (for example, system information blocks (SIBs) of a first type) on several subframes and then combines and decodes the received SIBs, thereby improving a decoding success rate.

Claims

1. A method for receiving system information, the method performed by a machine type communication (MTC) device and comprising:

repeatedly receiving, by the MTC device from a base station, control information through physical downlink control channels (PDCCHs) on several subframes;

decoding the control information which includes scheduling information regarding a plurality of first type system information blocks (SIBs) for the MTC device;

determining multiple successive subframes which receive the plurality of first type SIBs through physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs) based on the control information;

receiving, by the MTC device from the base station, the plurality of first type SIBs for the MTC device on the multiple successive subframes through the PDSCHs based on the scheduling information; and

decoding the plurality of first type SIBs for the MTC device on the multiple successive subframes,

wherein a subframe for receiving the plurality of first type SIBs for the MTC device is started after a plurality of gap subframes from a last subframe on which the control information is repeatedly received.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein each first type SIB of the plurality of first type SIBs for the MTC device includes additional information in addition to information included in a first type SIB for a legacy user equipment (UE).

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

repeatedly receiving and decoding a master information block (MIB) through physical broadcast channels (PBCHs) on several subframes.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein after a predetermined period from a last subframe among several subframes in which the MIB is received, the scheduling information and the plurality of first type SIBs are simultaneously received on several inconsecutive subframes.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the scheduling information is received on several subframes after a first period from the last subframe among several subframes in which the MIB is received and the plurality of first type SIBs are received on several subframes after a second period from a last subframe among several subframes in which the scheduling information is received.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein after a predetermined period from the last subframe among several subframes in which the MIB is received, the scheduling information and the plurality of first type SIBs are simultaneously received on several consecutive subframes.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a first type SIB for a legacy user equipment (UE),

wherein, in the decoding of the plurality of first type SIBs for the MTC device, the first type SIB for the legacy UE and the plurality of first type SIBs for the MTC device are combined and decoded.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a first type SIB for a legacy user equipment (UE),

wherein the plurality of first type SIBs for the MTC device and the first type SIB for the legacy UE are received on different resource blocks (RBs) on the same subframes.

9. A machine type communication (MTC) device, comprising:

a transceiver configured to;

repeatedly receive, from a base station, scheduling information regarding a plurality of first type system information blocks (SIBs) for the MTC device through physical downlink control channels (PDCCHs) on several subframes, and

receive, from the base station, the plurality of first type SIBs for the MTC device on multiple successive subframes through physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs) based on the scheduling information; and

a processor configured to;

decode the scheduling information,

determine the multiple successive subframes which receive the plurality of first type SIBs for the MTC device based on the decoded scheduling information, and

decode the plurality of first type SIBs for the MTC device on the multiple successive subframes,

wherein a subframe for receiving the plurality of first type SIBs for the MTC device is started after a plurality of gap subframes from a last subframe on which the control information is repeatedly received.

10. The MTC device of claim 9, wherein the processor repeatedly receives and decodes a master information block (MIB) through physical broadcast channels (PBCHs) on several subframes.

11. The MTC device of claim 10, wherein after a predetermined period from a last subframe among several subframes in which the MIB is received, the scheduling information and the plurality of first type SIBs are simultaneously received on several inconsecutive subframes.

12. The MTC device of claim 10, wherein the scheduling information is received on several subframes after a first period from the last subframe among several subframes in which the MIB is received and the plurality of first type SIBs are received on several subframes after a second period from a last subframe among several subframes in which the scheduling information is received.

13. The MTC device of claim 10, wherein after a predetermined period from the last subframe among several subframes in which the MIB is received, the scheduling information and the plurality of first type SIBs are simultaneously received on several consecutive subframes.

14. The MTC device of claim 9, wherein:

the transceiver additionally receives a first type SIB for a legacy user equipment (UE), and

the processor combines and decodes the first type SIB for the legacy UE and the plurality of first type SIBs for the MTC device.

15. The MTC device of claim 9, wherein:

the transceiver additionally receives a first type SIB for a legacy user equipment (UE), and

the plurality of first type SIBs for the MTC device and the first type SIB for the legacy UE are received on different resource blocks (RBs) on the same subframes.