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

• US 10,271,322 B2
• Filed: 03/15/2017
• Issued: 04/23/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Park, Jonghyun, Kim, Kijun, Seo, Hanbyul
• Primary Examiner(s): Wei, Siren
• Application Number:
  US15/459,998
• Publication Number:
  US 20170257853A1
• Time in Patent Office: 769 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0413 MIMO systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0417 Feedback systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0426 Power distribution
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0626 Channel coefficients, e.g. channel state information [CSI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/18 for broadcast or conference , e.g. multicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/189 in combination with wireless systems selective distribution or broadcast in wireless communication networks H04W4/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0007 the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A), DMT
• 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 5/0035 Resource allocation in a cooperative multipoint environment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0037 Inter-user or inter-terminal allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0048 Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/005 of common pilots, i.e. pilots destined for multiple users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0053 Allocation of signaling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0057 Physical resource allocation for CQI
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0094 Indication of how sub-channels of the path are allocated
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/18 Negotiating wireless communication parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/046 the resource being in the space domain, e.g. beams
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/12 : Wireless traffic scheduling
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 : in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/30 : Resource management for broadcast services

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

1. A method for receiving data by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving downlink control information (DCI) which is configured according to DCI format 1A; and

receiving, in a subframe, physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) data scheduled by the DCI,

wherein the UE is configured with a transmission mode for a coordinated multi-point (CoMP) operation, and

wherein when the subframe is a Multicast Broadcast Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) subframe, the UE determines a PDSCH starting symbol of the subframe by using a lowest indexed PDSCH resource element mapping and Quasi co-location Indicator (PQI) parameter set among one or more PQI parameter sets configured in the UE.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein when the subframe is the MBSFN subframe, the PDSCH starting symbol is determined by a formula ‘

min (K_Threshold,K)’

, where ‘

K_Threshold’

is 2 and ‘

K’

denotes a PDSCH starting symbol parameter contained in the lowest indexed PQI parameter set.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein when the DCI is received through a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) and the subframe is not the MBSFN subframe, the UE determines the PDSCH starting symbol of the subframe by using a control format indicator (CFI) for non-cross carrier scheduling or a predetermined higher layer parameter for cross carrier scheduling.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein when the DCI is received through an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) and the subframe is not the MBSFN subframe, the UE determines the PDSCH starting symbol of the subframe to be the same as an EPDCCH start symbol.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the DCI format 1A does not include a PQI field indicating one of the one or more PQI parameter sets.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, through a higher layer signaling, the one or more PQI parameter sets,

wherein each of the PQI parameter set includes at least one of a cell-specific reference signal (CRS) port count parameter, a CRS frequency shift parameter, a MBSFN subframe configuration parameter, a zero power-channel state information reference Signal (ZP CSI-RS) configuration parameter, a PDSCH starting symbol parameter, and a non-zero power (NZP) CSI-RS configuration parameter.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein when the subframe is the MBSFN subframe, the PDSCH data is received from a transmission antenna port number 7.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the UE performs demodulation for the PDSCH data by assuming that the transmission antenna port number 7 is quasi co-located with a cell-specific reference signal (CRS) antenna port or a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) antenna port.

9. A non-transitory computer readable medium recorded thereon a program for executing the method of claim 1.

18. The method of claim 3, wherein when the DCI is received through an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) and the subframe is not the MBSFN subframe, the UE determines the PDSCH starting symbol of the subframe to be the same as an EPDCCH start symbol.

10. A user equipment (UE) comprising:

a receiver;

a processor, operatively coupled to the receiver, wherein the processor is configured to;

control the receiver to receive downlink control information (DCI), which is configured according to DCI format 1A, and to receive, in a subframe, physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) data scheduled by the DCI,

wherein the UE is configured with a transmission mode for a coordinated multi-point (CoMP) operation, and

wherein when the subframe is a Multicast Broadcast Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) subframe, the processor determines a PDSCH starting symbol of the subframe by using a lowest indexed PDSCH resource element mapping and Quasi co-location Indicator (PQI) parameter set among one or more PQI parameter sets configured in the UE.

11. The UE of claim 10, wherein when the subframe is the MBSFN subframe, the PDSCH starting symbol is determined by a formula ‘

min (K_Threshold, K)’

, where ‘

K_Threshold’

is 2 and ‘

K’

denotes a PDSCH starting symbol parameter contained in the lowest indexed PQI parameter set.

12. The UE of claim 10, wherein when the DCI is received through a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) and the subframe is not the MBSFN subframe, the processor determines the PDSCH starting symbol of the subframe by using a control format indicator (CFI) for non-cross carrier scheduling or a predetermined higher layer parameter for cross carrier scheduling.

13. The UE of claim 10, wherein when the DCI is received through an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) and the subframe is not the MBSFN subframe, the processor determines the PDSCH starting symbol of the subframe to be the same as an EPDCCH start symbol.

14. The UE of claim 10, wherein the DCI format 1A does not include a PQI field indicating one of the one or more PQI parameter sets.

15. The UE of claim 10,

wherein the processor controls the receiver to receive, through a higher layer signaling, the one or more PQI parameter sets, and

wherein each of the PQI parameter set includes at least one of a cell-specific reference signal (CRS) port count parameter, a CRS frequency shift parameter, a MBSFN subframe configuration parameter, a zero power-channel state information reference Signal (ZP CSI-RS) configuration parameter, a PDSCH starting symbol parameter, and a non-zero power (NZP) CSI-RS configuration parameter.

16. The UE of claim 10, wherein when the subframe is the MBSFN subframe, the PDSCH data is received from a transmission antenna port number 7.

17. The UE of claim 16, wherein the processor performs demodulation for the PDSCH data by assuming that the transmission antenna port number 7 is quasi co-located with a cell-specific reference signal (CRS) antenna port or a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) antenna port.

19. The UE of claim 12, wherein when the DCI is received through an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) and the subframe is not the MBSFN subframe, the processor determines the PDSCH starting symbol of the subframe to be the same as an EPDCCH start symbol.