User equipment, base station apparatus, integrated circuit, and communication method

• US 10,064,171 B2
• Filed: 12/12/2014
• Issued: 08/28/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Suzuki, Shoichi, Aiba, Tatsushi, Yokomakura, Kazunari, Imamura, Kimihiko
• Primary Examiner(s): Yao, Kwang B
• Assistant Examiner(s): Patel, Hardikkumar
• Application Number:
  US15/111,532
• Publication Number:
  US 20160345299A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,355 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/001 the frequencies being arranged in component carriers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0053 Allocation of signaling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0073 Allocation arrangements that take into account other cell interferences for intercell interference mitigation or co-ordination in orthogonal multiplex systems H04J11/005
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/1469 using time-sharing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/12 using downlink control channel
• 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

Abstract

A user equipment includes a reception unit that receives first information indicating a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI), second information, plural pieces of third information, and fourth information. The second information indicates a subframe in which the user equipment monitors a physical downlink control channel with the RNTI. Each of the plural pieces of third information indicates an uplink-downlink configuration which is transmitted on the physical downlink control channel with the RNTI. The fourth information is used for determining an index of third information for a serving cell among the plural pieces of third information. In a case where the fourth information is configured for any of activated serving cells, the reception unit monitors the physical downlink control channel with the RNTI, in a common search space for a primary cell, in the subframe for monitoring the physical downlink control channel with the RNTI.

Claims

1. A user equipment that is configured to communicate with a base station apparatus by using a plurality of cells, comprising:

reception circuitry configured to and/or programmed to receive first information indicating a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI), second information, plural pieces of third information on a physical downlink control channel with cyclic redundancy check parity bits scrambled by the RNTI, and fourth information, the second information indicating subframes to monitor the physical downlink control channel, each of the plural pieces of third information indicating an uplink-downlink configuration, and the fourth information being used to determine an index to the plural pieces of third information for a serving cell, and

control circuitry configured to and/or programmed to configure the subframes to monitor the physical downlink control channel based on at least the second information,

wherein

in a case where the fourth information is configured for any of activated serving cells included in the plurality of cells, the reception circuitry is configured to and/or programmed to monitor the physical downlink control channel which includes at least the plural pieces of third information, in a common search space for a primary cell, in the configured subframes.

2. A communication method which is used in a user equipment that is configured to communicate with a base station apparatus by using a plurality of cells, the communication method comprising:

receiving first information indicating a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI), second information, plural pieces of third information on a physical downlink control channel with cyclic redundancy check parity bits scrambled by the RNTI, and fourth information, the second information indicating subframes to monitor the physical downlink control channel, each of the plural pieces of third information indicating an uplink-downlink configuration, and the fourth information being used to determine an index to the plural pieces of third information for a serving cell;

configuring the subframes to monitor the physical downlink control channel based on at least the second information, and

monitoring the physical downlink control channel which includes at least the plural pieces of third information, in a common search space for a primary cell, in the configured subframes, in a case where the fourth information is configured for any of activated serving cells included in the plurality of cells.

3. A base station apparatus that is configured to communicate with a user equipment by using a plurality of cells, comprising:

transmission circuitry configured to and/or programmed to transmit first information indicating a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI), second information, plural pieces of third information on a physical downlink control channel with cyclic redundancy check parity bits scrambled by the RNTI, and fourth information, the second information indicating subframes to transmit the physical downlink control channel, each of the plural pieces of third information indicating an uplink-downlink configuration, and the fourth information being used to determine an index to the plural pieces of third information for a serving cell, and

control circuitry configured to and/or programmed to configure the subframes to transmit the physical downlink control channel based on at least the second information,

wherein

in a case where the fourth information is configured for any of activated serving cells included in the plurality of cells, the transmission circuitry is configured to and/or programmed to transmit the physical downlink control channel which includes at least the plural pieces of third information, in a common search space for a primary cell, in the configured subframes.

4. A communication method which is used in a base station apparatus that is configured to communicate with a user equipment by using a plurality of cells, the communication method comprising:

transmitting first information indicating a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI), second information, plural pieces of third information on a physical downlink control channel with cyclic redundancy check parity bits scrambled by the RNTI, and fourth information, the second information indicating subframes to transmit the physical downlink control channel, each of the plural pieces of third information indicating an uplink-downlink configuration, and the fourth information being used to determine an index to the plural pieces of third information for a serving cell,

configuring the subframes to transmit the physical downlink control channel based on at least the second information, and

transmitting the physical downlink control channel which includes at least the plural pieces of third information, in a common search space for a primary cell, in the configured subframes, in a case where the fourth information is configured for any of activated serving cells included in the plurality of cells.