Apparatus and method for transmitting/receiving downlink data channel signal transmission information in cellular radio communication system using cooperative multi-point scheme

• US 10,178,660 B2
• Filed: 05/08/2017
• Issued: 01/08/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/11/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Lee, Hyo-Jin, Kim, Youn-Sun, Kim, Ki-Il, Ji, Hyoung-Ju, Cho, Joon-Young, Lee, Ju-Ho
• Primary Examiner(s): Brandt, Christopher M
• Application Number:
  US15/589,457
• Publication Number:
  US 20170245253A1
• Time in Patent Office: 610 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0007 the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A), DMT
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/003 Arrangements for allocating sub-channels of the transmission path
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0035 Resource allocation in a cooperative multipoint environment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0048 Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver
• 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: H04W 72/04 Wireless resource allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal

Abstract

An apparatus and a method for transmitting/receiving downlink data channel signal transmission information in a cellular radio communication system using a Cooperative Multi-Point (CoMP) scheme are provided. In the downlink data channel signal transmission information transmission method, a Base Station (BS) transmits downlink data channel signal transmission information including information related to Resource Elements (REs) scheduled for a downlink data channel signal transmission to a User Equipment (UE), and transmits downlink data channel signal non-transmission information including information related to REs through which a downlink data channel signal is not transmitted among the REs scheduled for the downlink data channel signal transmission to the UE.

Claims

1. A method for wireless communication, the method comprising:

receiving, using at least one processor, a signaling message via higher layer signaling, the signaling message comprising first configuration information related to a plurality of starting symbols to which a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) is mapped;

receiving, using the at least one processor, control information for scheduling the PDSCH, the control information comprising a first information field indicating a starting symbol among the plurality of starting symbols and a second information field indicating a scrambling identity from at least two scrambling identities for a reference signal related to the PDSCH given by the signaling message; and

receiving, using the at least one processor, downlink data on the PDSCH based on the starting symbol indicated by the first information field.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the signaling message comprises second configuration information comprising the at least two scrambling identities for scrambling of the reference signal.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2, further comprising:

identifying the reference signal based on the scrambling identity indicated by the second information field from the at least two scrambling identities.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the control information is received via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) related to the PDSCH.

5. A method for wireless communication, the method comprising:

transmitting, using at least one processor, a signaling message via higher layer signaling, the signaling message comprising first configuration information related to a plurality of starting symbols to which a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) is mapped;

transmitting, using the at least one processor, control information for scheduling the PDSCH, the control information comprising a first information field indicating a starting symbol among the plurality of starting symbols and a second information field indicating a scrambling identity from at least two scrambling identities for a reference signal related to the PDSCH given by the signaling message; and

transmitting, using the at least one processor, downlink data on the PDSCH based on the starting symbol indicated by the first information field.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the signaling message comprises second configuration information comprising the at least two scrambling identities for scrambling of the reference signal.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6, further comprising:

identifying the reference signal based on the scrambling identity indicated by the second information field from the at least two scrambling identities.

8. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the control information is transmitted via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) related to the PDSCH.

9. An apparatus of a user equipment for wireless communication, the apparatus comprising:

a receiver configured to;

receive a signaling message via higher layer signaling, the signaling message comprising first configuration information related to a plurality of starting symbols to which a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) is mapped,

receive control information for scheduling the PDSCH, the control information comprising a first information field indicating a starting symbol among the plurality of starting symbols and a second information field indicating a scrambling identity from at least two scrambling identities for a reference signal related to the PDSCH given by the signaling message, and

receive downlink data on the PDSCH based on the starting symbol indicated by the first information field; and

a controller coupled with the transmitter.

10. The apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein the signaling message comprises second configuration information comprising the at least two scrambling identities for scrambling of the reference signal.

11. The apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein the controller is configured to identify the reference signal based on the scrambling identity indicated by the second information field from the at least two scrambling identities.

12. The apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein the control information is received via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) related to the PDSCH.

13. An apparatus of a base station for wireless communication, the apparatus comprising:

a transmitter configured to;

transmit a signaling message via higher layer signaling, the signaling message comprising first configuration information related to a plurality of starting symbols to which a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) is mapped,

transmit control information for scheduling the PDSCH, the control information comprising a first information field indicating a starting symbol among the plurality of starting symbols and a second information field indicating a scrambling identity from at least two scrambling identities for a reference signal related to the PDSCH given by the signaling message, and

transmit downlink data on the PDSCH based on the starting symbol indicated by the first information field; and

a controller coupled with the transmitter.

14. The apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein the signaling message comprises second configuration information comprising the at least two scrambling identities for scrambling of the reference signal.

15. The apparatus as claimed in claim 14, wherein the controller is configured to identify the reference signal based on the scrambling identity indicated by the second information field from the at least two scrambling identities.

16. The apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein the control information is transmitted via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) related to the PDSCH.