Wireless communication system using multiple transmission and reception points

• US 10,292,169 B2
• Filed: 01/20/2017
• Issued: 05/14/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/11/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Ko, Young-Jo, Noh, Tae-Gyun, Lee, Hee-Soo, Seo, Bang-Won, Ahn, Jae-Young
• Primary Examiner(s): Elallam, Ahmed
• Application Number:
  US15/411,812
• Publication Number:
  US 20170134111A1
• Time in Patent Office: 844 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/024 Co-operative use of antennas of several sites, e.g. in co-ordinated multipoint or co-operative multiple-input multiple-output [MIMO] systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 11/0079 Acquisition of downlink reference signals, e.g. detection of cell-ID
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0035 Resource allocation in a cooperative multipoint environment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/005 of common pilots, i.e. pilots destined for multiple users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0051 of dedicated pilots, i.e. pilots destined for a single user or terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/24 Cell structures
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/32 Hierarchical cell structures
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/20 Control channels or signalling for resource management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/541 using the level of interference

Abstract

Disclosed is a wireless communication system using multiple transmission and reception points. In a wireless communication system having a first transmission and reception point and at least one second transmission and reception point belonging to the same cell, the first transmission and reception point has a wider transmission area than the at least one second transmission and reception point, and the first transmission and reception point and the at least one second transmission and reception point generate downlink transmission signals by using the same physical layer cell ID or virtual cell IDs allocated to each terminal, and then the terminals generate uplink transmission signals by using the allocated virtual cell IDs.

Claims

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

obtaining a first cell identifier;

obtaining a second cell identifier;

receiving first scrambled bits of first control information through a first control channel;

descrambling the first scrambled bits at least based on the first cell identifier;

receiving second scrambled bits of second control information through a second control channel; and

wherein descrambling the second scrambled bits at least based on the second cell identifier,

wherein the second control channel is different from the first control channel and the first cell identifier is different from the second cell identifier.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining the first cell identifier comprises:

receiving a synchronization signal; and

determining the first cell identifier based on the synchronization signal.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first control channel is a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), and the second control channel exists at a region of a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH).

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first cell identifier is used to generate first UE (User Equipment)-specific reference signals in the first control channel, and the second cell identifier is used to generate second UE-specific reference signals in the second control channel.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first cell identifier is a physical cell identifier and the second cell identifier is a virtual cell identifier.

6. A communication apparatus, comprising:

a memory; and

a processor operably coupled to the memory,

wherein the processor, when executing program instructions stored in the memory, is configured to;

obtain a first cell identifier;

obtain a second cell identifier;

cause the apparatus to receive first scrambled bits of first control information through a first control channel;

cause the apparatus to descramble the first scrambled bits at least based on the first cell identifier;

cause the apparatus to receive second scrambled bits of second control information through a second control channel; and

cause the apparatus to descramble the second scrambled bits at least based on the second cell identifier,

wherein the second control channel is different from the first control channel and the first cell identifier is different from the second cell identifier.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the processor is further configured to:

cause the apparatus to receive a synchronization signal; and

determine the first cell identifier based on the synchronization signal.

8. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the first control channel is a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), and the second control channel exists at a region of a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH).

9. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the first cell identifier is used to generate first UE (User Equipment)-specific reference signals in the first control channel, and the second cell identifier is used to generate second UE-specific reference signals in the second control channel.

10. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the first cell identifier is a physical cell identifier and the second cell identifier is a virtual cell identifier.

11. A communication device for a user equipment (UE), comprising:

a memory; and

a processor operably coupled to the memory,

wherein the processor, when executing program instructions stored in the memory, is configured to;

obtain a first cell identifier;

obtain a second cell identifier;

cause the UE to receive first scrambled bits of first control information through a first control channel;

cause the UE to descramble the first scrambled bits at least based on the first cell identifier;

cause the UE to receive second scrambled bits of second control information through a second control channel; and

cause the UE to descramble the second scrambled bits at least based on the second cell identifier,

wherein the second control channel is different from the first control channel and the first cell identifier is different from the second cell identifier.

12. The user equipment of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to:

cause the apparatus to receive a synchronization signal; and

determine the first cell identifier based on the synchronization signal.

13. The user equipment of claim 11, wherein the first control channel is a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), and the second control channel exists at a region of a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH).

14. The user equipment of claim 11, wherein the first cell identifier is used to generate first UE (User Equipment)-specific reference signals in the first control channel, and the second cell identifier is used to generate second UE-specific reference signals in the second control channel.

15. The user equipment of claim 11, wherein the first cell identifier is a physical cell identifier and the second cell identifier is a virtual cell identifier.

16. A method of wireless communication, the method comprising:

scrambling first bits of first control information at least based on a first cell identifier to generate first scrambled bits of the first control information;

transmitting the first scrambled bits of the first control information through a first control channel;

scrambling second bits of second control information at least based on a second cell identifier to generate second scrambled bits of the second control information;

transmitting the second scrambled bits of the second control information through a second control channel,

wherein the second control channel is different from the first control channel and the first cell identifier is different from the second cell identifier.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

generating a synchronization signal at least based on the first cell identifier; and

transmitting the synchronization signal.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the first control channel is a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), and the second control channel exists at a region of a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH).

19. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

generating first UE (User Equipment)-specific reference signals at least based on the first cell identifier in the first control channel; and

generating second UE-specific reference signals at least based on the second cell identifier in the second control channel.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein the first cell identifier is a physical cell identifier and the second cell identifier is a virtual cell identifier.

21. A communication apparatus, comprising:

a memory; and

a processor operably coupled to the memory,

wherein the processor, when executing the program instructions stored in the memory, is configured to;

scramble first bits of first control information at least based on a first cell identifier to generate first scrambled bits of the first control information;

cause the apparatus to transmit the first scrambled bits of the first control information through a first control channel;

scramble second bits of second control information at least based on a second cell identifier to generate second scrambled bits of the second control information;

cause the apparatus to transmit the second scrambled bits of the second control information through a second control channel,

wherein the second control channel is different from the first control channel and the first cell identifier is different from the second cell identifier.

22. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the processor is further configured to:

generate a synchronization signal at least based on the first cell identifier; and

cause the apparatus to transmit the synchronization signal.

23. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the first control channel is a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), and the second control channel exists at a region of a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH).

24. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the processor is further configured to:

generate first UE (User Equipment)-specific reference signals at least based on the first cell identifier in the first control channel; and

generate second UE-specific reference signals at least based on the second cell identifier in the second control channel.

25. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the first cell identifier is a physical cell identifier and the second cell identifier is a virtual cell identifier.