Physical Structure and Reference Signal Utilization of Enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel for OFDM/OFDMA Systems
First Claim
1. A method of decoding downlink control information by a user equipment (UE) in an OFDM/OFDMA system, the method comprising:
- (a) receiving a control signal from a base station to determine received physical resource blocks (PRBs) that carry the downlink control information;
(b) determining a set of candidate enhanced physical downlink control channels (ePDCCHs) within the PRBs, wherein each ePDCCH is associated with a set of enhanced control channel elements (eCCEs) for ePDCCH transmission;
(c) collecting a plurality of enhanced resource element groups (eREGs) for each eCCE, wherein each eCCE consists of a number of eREGs based on a first de-mapping rule;
(d) collecting a plurality of resource elements (REs) for each eREG, wherein each eREG consists of a number of REs based on a second de-mapping rule; and
(e) decoding the downlink control information that are mapped to the collected REs.
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Abstract
A two-level physical structure is defined for better diversity for both distributed and localized transmission in enhanced physical downlink control channel (ePDCCH). First level is a physical unit of enhanced resource element groups (eREGs), where the group of REs is predefined for each eREG. Second level is a logical unit of enhanced control channel elements (eCCEs), where the group of eREGs is predefined or configurable by higher layer for each eCCE. For distributed transmission of ePDCCH, eCCE consists of several eREGs that are distributed in multiple non-contiguous PRBs spreading over the whole channel frequency. Downlink control information (DCI) is transmitted on a number of aggregated eCCEs according to the modulation and coding level required. The utilization reference signals of antenna ports for ePDCCH demodulation is based on the logical order of eCCEs and the aggregation level for DCI transmission.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of decoding downlink control information by a user equipment (UE) in an OFDM/OFDMA system, the method comprising:
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(a) receiving a control signal from a base station to determine received physical resource blocks (PRBs) that carry the downlink control information; (b) determining a set of candidate enhanced physical downlink control channels (ePDCCHs) within the PRBs, wherein each ePDCCH is associated with a set of enhanced control channel elements (eCCEs) for ePDCCH transmission; (c) collecting a plurality of enhanced resource element groups (eREGs) for each eCCE, wherein each eCCE consists of a number of eREGs based on a first de-mapping rule; (d) collecting a plurality of resource elements (REs) for each eREG, wherein each eREG consists of a number of REs based on a second de-mapping rule; and (e) decoding the downlink control information that are mapped to the collected REs. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method comprising:
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receiving downlink control information via an enhanced physical downlink control channel (ePDCCH) by a user equipment (UE) in an OFDM/OFDMA system, wherein the ePDCCH is associated with a set of enhanced control channel elements (eCCEs); decoding the downlink control information with reference signals of a first specific antenna port based on a logical address of a single eCCE if the UE decodes the downlink control information utilizing the single eCCE for ePDCCH transmission; and decoding the downlink control information with reference signals of a second specific antenna port based on a logical address of a specific eCCE among a plurality of eCCEs if the UE decodes the downlink control information utilizing the plurality of eCCEs for ePDCCH transmission. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. A user equipment (UE) in an OFDM/OFDMA system, the UE comprises:
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a receiver that receives a control signal from a base station to determine received physical resource blocks (PRBs) that carry the downlink control information; a control module that determines a set of candidate enhanced physical downlink control channels (ePDCCHs) within the PRBs, wherein each ePDCCH is associated with a set of enhanced control channel elements (eCCEs) for ePDCCH transmission; a collector module that collects a plurality of enhanced resource element groups (eREGs) for each eCCE, wherein each eCCE consists of a plurality of eREGs based on a first de-mapping rule, wherein the collector module also collects a plurality of resource elements (REs) for each eREG, wherein each eREG consists of a plurality of REs based on a second de-mapping rule; and a decoder that decodes the downlink control information that are mapped to the collected REs. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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