DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION TRANSMITTING METHOD, DETECTING METHOD, BASE STATION AND USER EQUIPMENT

• US 20150117354A1
• Filed: 12/26/2012
• Published: 04/30/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: Dai, Bo, Chen, Yijian, Zuo, Zhisong
• Granted Patent: US 9,532,351 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/329
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0053 Allocation of signaling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/12 using downlink control channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal

Abstract

A method for transmitting downlink control information, a detecting method, a base station and a UE are provided in the present invention. The detecting method includes: the UE detects downlink control information beared by ePDCCH in a resource block according to a resource block set and pre-defined information configured by the base station; wherein the pre-defined information at least includes one of the followings: sub-carrier position information detected in the resource block set, enhanced control channel unit information detected in the resource block set, a mapping mode of the ePDCCH, aggregation level configuration information detected in the resource block set, the amount of candidate set corresponding to the detected aggregation level in the resource block set and a downlink control information format. In the present invention, the UE is agilely indicated to detected the downlink control information beared by the ePDCCH in the corresponding physical resource block according to the configured resource block set and the pre-defined information, so as to save resources of space detected and searched by the UE, thus scheduling efficient of the system is improved.

Claims

1. A method for detecting downlink control information, comprising:

a user equipment (UE) detecting downlink control information beared by an enhanced physical downlink control channel (ePDCCH) in a resource block according to a resource block set and pre-defined information configured by a base station, wherein the pre-defined information at least includes one of the followings;

sub-carrier position information detected in the resource block set, enhanced control channel unit information detected in the resource block set, a mapping mode of the ePDCCH, aggregation level configuration information detected in the resource block set, the amount of candidate set corresponding to the detected aggregation level in the resource block set, and a downlink control information format.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the amount of resource blocks in the resource block set is one of the followings:

2, 4, 6, 8, 12 and 16;

or

the mapping mode of the ePDCCH comprises continuous mapping and/or discrete mapping;

or

the downlink control information format is determined according to a mapping mode of data corresponding to the downlink control information.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the UE selects 2 or 4 resource blocks as a detected resource block set when the amount of resource blocks contained in the resource block set is greater than 4.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein with regard to a TDD system, the UE detects sets of different aggregation levels on a special subframe and a normal subframe, wherein with regard to the TDD system, on the special subframe, the UE determines a set of detected aggregation levels according to a configuration of the special subframe.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein the mode for determining detected aggregation levels at least comprises one of the followings:

mode 1;

the UE determining an aggregation level configuration to be detected according to a valid code rate of an eCCE of detected eCCEs transmitting downlink control information;

mode 2;

the UE determining an aggregation level configuration to be detected according to a maximal bit amount actually transmitted by an eCCE of detected eCCEs;

mode 3;

the UE determining an aggregation level configuration to be detected according to the category of the detected downlink control information format; and

mode 4;

the base station configuring an aggregation level detected by the UE.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein,

the aggregation levels detected by the UE are aggregation level a1, aggregation level a2, aggregation level a3 and aggregation level a4, and the amount of candidate sets corresponding to each aggregation level is respectively c1, c2, c3 and c4, and when the UE detects aggregation level a2, aggregation level a3 and aggregation level a4, the amount of candidate sets corresponding to each aggregation level is c2, c3 and c4, or the amount of candidate sets corresponding to each aggregation level is d2, d3 and d4, wherein d2+d3+d4 is less than or equal to c1+c2+c3+c4, and a1, a2, a3, a4, c1, c2, c3, c4, d2, d3 and d4 are all positive integers;

or

the aggregation levels detected by the UE are aggregation level a1, aggregation level a2, aggregation level a3 and aggregation level a4, and the amount of candidate sets corresponding to each aggregation level is respectively c1, c2, c3 and c4, wherein c1, c2, c3 and c4 are respectively 6, 6, 2 and 2, or are respectively 8, 4, 2 and 2, or are respectively 4, 8, 2 and 2, or are respectively 4, 4, 4 and 4, or are respectively 4, 6, 4 and 2, and a1, a2, a3 and a4 are positive integers.

14. The method according to claim 1, wherein the resource block set comprises 4 resource blocks, and each resource block comprises 4 enhanced control channel units, and each enhanced control channel unit comprises 2 resource groups, and all resource groups are numbered from #0 to #31, and aggregation level a means that resources corresponding to the ePDCCH are a enhanced control channel units, and when the mapping mode is discrete mapping, the sub-carrier position information detected in the resource block set is at least one of the followings:

when the aggregation level is 1, the sub-carrier position information detected in the resource block set is one of {(#0, #16), (#2, #18)}, {(#1, #17), (#3, #19)}, {(#4, #20), (#6, #22)}, {(#5, #21), (#7, #23)}, {(#8, #24), (#10, #26)}, {(#9, #25), (#11, #27)}, {(#12, #28), (#14, #30)}, {(#13, #29), (#15, #31)}, {(#0, #16), (#1, #17), (#2, #18), (#3, #19)}, {(#4, #20), (#5, #21), (#6, #22), (#7, #23)}, {(#8, #24), (#9, #25), (#10, #26), (#11, #27)} and {(#12, #28), (#13, #29), (#14, #30), (#15, #31)} or a sub-carrier corresponding to a combined resource group;

or, when the aggregation level is 2, the sub-carrier position information detected in the resource block set is one of {(#0, #1, #16, #17), (#2, #3, #18, #19)}, {(#4, #5, #20, #21), (#6, #7, #22, #23)}, {(#8, #9, #24, #25), (#10, #11, #26, #27)}, {(#12, #13, #28, #29), (#14, #15, #30, #31)}, {(#0, #8, #16, #24), ((#2, #10, #18, #26))}, {(#1, #9, #17, #25), ((#3, #11, #19, #27))}, {(#4, #12, #20, #28), ((#6, #14, #22, #30))}, {(#5, #13, #21, #29), ((#7, #15, #23, #31))} or a sub-carrier corresponding to a combined resource group;

or

the resource block set comprises 2 resource blocks, each resource block comprising 4 enhanced control channel units, and all enhanced control channel units are numbered from #0 to #7, and aggregation level a means that resources corresponding to the ePDCCH are a enhanced control channel units, and enhanced control channel unit information detected in the resource block set is at least one of the followings;

when the mapping mode is continuous mapping and the aggregation level is 1, the enhanced control channel unit information detected in the resource block set is from #0 to #7;

or, when the mapping mode is continuous mapping and the aggregation level is 2, the enhanced control channel unit information detected in the resource block set is {#0, #1}, {#2, #3}, {#4, #5} and {#6, #7};

or, when the mapping mode is continuous mapping and the aggregation level is 4, the enhanced control channel unit information detected in the resource block set is {#0, #1, #2, #3} and {#4, #5, #6, #7};

or, when the mapping mode is discrete mapping and the aggregation level is 2, the enhanced control channel unit information detected in the resource block set is {#0, #4}, {#1, #5}, {#2, #6} and {#3, #7};

or, when the mapping mode is discrete mapping and the aggregation level is 4, the enhanced control channel unit information detected in the resource block set is {#0, #2, #4, #6} and {#1, #3, #5, #7};

or

the resource block set comprises 4 resource blocks, each resource block comprising 4 enhanced control channel units, and all enhanced control channel units are numbered from #0 to #15, and aggregation level a means that resources corresponding to the ePDCCH are a enhanced control channel units, and enhanced control channel unit information detected in the resource block set is at least one of the followings;

when the mapping mode is continuous mapping and the aggregation level is 1, the enhanced control channel unit information detected in the resource block set is {#0, #2, #4, #6, #8, #10, #12, #14} or {#1, #3, #5, #7, #9, #11, #13, #15};

or, when the mapping mode is continuous mapping and the aggregation level is 2, the enhanced control channel unit information detected in the resource block set is {(#0, #1), (#4, #5), (#8, #9), (#12, #13)} or {(#2, #3), (#6, #7), (#10, #11), (#14, #15)};

or, when the mapping mode is continuous mapping and the aggregation level is 4, the enhanced control channel unit information detected in the resource block set is {(#0, #1, #2, #3), (#8, #9, #10, #11)} or {(#4, #5, #6, #7), (#12, #13, #14, #15)};

or, when the mapping mode is discrete mapping and the aggregation level is 2, the enhanced control channel unit information detected in the resource block set is {(#0, #8), (#2, #10), (#4, #12), (#6, #14)} or {(#1, #9), (#3, #11), (#5, #13), (#7, #15)};

or, when the mapping mode is discrete mapping and the aggregation level is 4, the enhanced control channel unit information detected in the resource block set is {(#0, #4, #8, #12), (#2, #6, #10, #14)} or {(#1, #5, #9, #13), (#3, #7, #11, #15)};

or, when the mapping mode is discrete mapping and the aggregation level is 8, the enhanced control channel unit information detected in the resource block set is {(#0, #2, #4, #6, #8, #10, #12, #14), (#1, #3, #5, #7, #8, #9, #11, #13)}.

19. The method according to claim 1, wherein different cyclic prefixes correspond to different aggregation levels, or different cyclic prefixes correspond to different amounts of candidate sets.

38. The method according to claim 11, wherein the aggregation level configuration to be detected by the UE comprises configuration 1 and/or configuration 2, wherein the configuration 1 comprises aggregation level a1, aggregation level a2, aggregation level a3, and aggregation level a4, and the configuration 2 comprises aggregation level b1, aggregation level b2, aggregation level b3, and aggregation level b4;

or the configuration 2 comprises aggregation level a2, aggregation level a3, and aggregation level a4, wherein a1, a2, a3 and a4 are respectively 1, 2, 4 and 8; and

b1, b2, b3 and b4 are respectively 2, 4, 8 and 16 or are respectively 2, 4, 8 and 12.

39. The method according to claim 38, wherein

when the valid code rate is more than X, configuration 2 is used, and when the valid code rate is less than or equal to X, configuration 1 is used;

and X is a pre-set threshold;

when the maximal bit amount transmitted by the eCCE is less than the bit amount contained in downlink control information, the aggregation level to be detected is configuration 1, and when a maximal bit amount transmitted by the eCCE is more than the bit amount contained in the downlink control information, the aggregation level to be detected is configuration 2.

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20. A user equipment (UE), comprising:

a receiving module, configured to receive a resource block set and pre-defined information configured by a base station, wherein the pre-defined information at least includes one of the followings;

sub-carrier position information detected in the resource block set, enhanced control channel unit information detected in the resource block set, a mapping mode of an ePDCCH, aggregation level configuration information detected in the resource block set, the amount of candidate set corresponding to the detected aggregation level in the resource block set, and a downlink control information format; and

a detection module, configured to detect downlink control information beared by an enhanced physical downlink control channel (ePDCCH) on the resource block according to the resource block set and the pre-defined information.

21. The UE according to claim 20, wherein the amount of resource blocks in the resource block set is one of the followings:

2, 4, 6, 8, 12 and 16.

25. The UE according to claim 20, wherein the mode for determining detected aggregation levels at least comprises one of the followings:

mode 1;

the UE determining an aggregation level configuration to be detected according to a valid code rate of an eCCE of detected eCCEs transmitting downlink control information;

mode 2;

the UE determining an aggregation level configuration to be detected according to a maximal bit amount actually transmitted by an eCCE of detected eCCEs;

mode 3;

the UE determining an aggregation level configuration to be detected according to the category of the detected downlink control information format; and

mode 4;

the base station configuring an aggregation level detected by the UE.

26. The UE according to claim 20, wherein,

the aggregation levels detected by the UE are aggregation level a1, aggregation level a2, aggregation level a3 and aggregation level a4, and the amount of candidate sets corresponding to each aggregation level is respectively c1, c2, c3 and c4, and when the UE only detects aggregation level a2, aggregation level a3 and aggregation level a4, the amount of candidate sets corresponding to each aggregation level is c2, c3 and c4, or the amount of candidate sets corresponding to each aggregation level is d2, d3 and d4, wherein d2+d3+d4 is less than or equal to c1+c2+c3+c4, and a1, a2, a3, a4, c1, c2, c3, c4, d2, d3 and d4 are all positive integers;

or

the aggregation levels detected by the UE are;

aggregation level a1, aggregation level a2, aggregation level a3 and aggregation level a4, and the amount of candidate sets corresponding to each aggregation level is respectively c1, c2, c3 and c4, wherein c1, c2, c3 and c4 are respectively 6, 6, 2 and 2, or are respectively 8, 4, 2 and 2, or are respectively 4, 8, 2 and 2, or are respectively 4, 4, 4 and 4, or are respectively 4, 6, 4 and 2, and a1, a2, a3 and a4 are positive integers.

28. The UE according to claim 20, wherein the resource block set comprises 4 resource blocks, and each resource block comprises 4 enhanced control channel units, and each enhanced control channel unit comprises 2 resource groups, and all resource groups are numbered from #0 to #31, and aggregation level a means that resources corresponding to the ePDCCH are a enhanced control channel units, and when the mapping mode is discrete mapping, the sub-carrier position information detected in the resource block set is at least one of the followings:

when the aggregation level is 1, the sub-carrier position information detected in the resource block set is one of {(#0, #16), (#2, #18)}, {(#1, #17), (#3, #19)}, {(#4, #20), (#6, #22)}, {(#5, #21), (#7, #23)}, {(#8, #24), (#10, #26)}, {(#9, #25), (#11, #27)}, {(#12, #28), (#14, #30)}, {(#13, #29), (#15, #31)}, {(#0, #16), (#1, #17), (#2, #18), (#3, #19)}, {(#4, #20), (#5, #21), (#6, #22), (#7, #23)}, {(#8, #24), (#9, #25), (#10, #26), (#11, #27)} and {(#12, #28), (#13, #29), (#14, #30), (#15, #31)} or a sub-carrier corresponding to a combined resource group;

or, when the aggregation level is 2, the sub-carrier position information detected in the resource block set is one of {(#0, #1, #16, #17), (#2, #3, #18, #19)}, {(#4, #5, #20, #21), (#6, #7, #22, #23)}, {(#8, #9, #24, #25), (#10, #11, #26, #27)}, {(#12, #13, #28, #29), (#14, #15, #30, #31)}, {(#0, #8, #16, #24), ((#2, #10, #18, #26))}, {(#1, #9, #17, #25), ((#3, #11, #19, #27))}, {(#4, #12, #20, #28), ((#6, #14, #22, #30))}, {(#5, #13, #21, #29), ((#7, #15, #23, #30))} or a sub-carrier corresponding to a combined resource group;

or

wherein the resource block set comprises 2 resource blocks, each resource block comprising 4 enhanced control channel units and all enhanced control channel units are numbered from #0 to #7, and aggregation level a means that resources corresponding to the ePDCCH are a enhanced control channel units, and enhanced control channel unit information detected in the resource block set is at least one of the followings;

when the mapping mode is continuous mapping and the aggregation level is 1, the enhanced control channel unit information detected in the resource block set is from #0 to #7;

or, when the mapping mode is continuous mapping and the aggregation level is 2, the enhanced control channel unit information detected in the resource block set is {#0, #1}, {#2, #3}, {#4, #5} and {#6, #7};

or, when the mapping mode is continuous mapping and the aggregation level is 4, the enhanced control channel unit information detected in the resource block set is {#0, #1, #2, #3} and {#4, #5, #6, #7};

or, when the mapping mode is discrete mapping and the aggregation level is 2, the enhanced control channel unit information detected in the resource block set is {#0, #4}, {#1, #5}, {#2, #6} and {#3, #7};

or, when the mapping mode is discrete mapping and the aggregation level is 4, the enhanced control channel unit information detected in the resource block set is {#0, #2, #4, #6} and {#1, #3, #5, #7};

or

wherein the resource block set comprises 4 resource blocks, and each resource block comprises 4 enhanced control channel units, and all enhanced control channel units are numbered from #0 to #15, and aggregation level a means that resources corresponding to the ePDCCH are a enhanced control channel units, and enhanced control channel unit information detected in the resource block set is at least one of the followings;

when the mapping mode is continuous mapping and the aggregation level is 1, the enhanced control channel unit information detected in the resource block set is {#0, #2, #4, #6, #8, #10, #12, #14} or {#1, #3, #5, #7, #9, #11, #13, #15};

or, when the mapping mode is continuous mapping and the aggregation level is 2, the enhanced control channel unit information detected in the resource block set is {(#0, #1), (#4, #5), (#8, #9), (#12, #13)} or {(#2, #3), (#6, #7), (#10, #11), (#14, #15)};

or, when the mapping mode is continuous mapping and the aggregation level is 4, the enhanced control channel unit information detected in the resource block set is {(#0, #1, #2, #3), (#8, #9, #10, #11)} or {(#4, #5, #6, #7), (#12, #13, #14, #15)};

or, when the mapping mode is discrete mapping and the aggregation level is 2, the enhanced control channel unit information detected in the resource block set is {(#0, #8), (#2, #10), (#4, #12), (#6, #14)} or {(#1, #9), (#3, #11), (#5, #13), (#7, #15)};

or, when the mapping mode is discrete mapping and the aggregation level is 4, the enhanced control channel unit information detected in the resource block set is {(#0, #4, #8, #12), (#2, #6, #10, #14)} or {(#1, #5, #9, #13), #3, #7, #11, #15)};

or, when the mapping mode is discrete mapping and the aggregation level is 8, the enhanced control channel unit information detected in the resource block set is {(#0, #2, #4, #6, #8, #10, #12, #14), (#1, #3, #5, #7, #8, #9, #11, #13)}.

31. The UE according to claim 20, wherein different cyclic prefixes correspond to different aggregation levels, or different cyclic prefixes correspond to different amounts of candidate sets.

40. The UE according to claim 25, wherein the aggregation level configuration to be detected by the UE comprises configuration 1 and/or configuration 2, wherein the configuration 1 comprises aggregation level a1, aggregation level a2, aggregation level a3, and aggregation level a4, and the configuration 2 comprises aggregation level b1, aggregation level b2, aggregation level b3, and aggregation level b4;

or the configuration 2 comprises aggregation level a2, aggregation level a3, and aggregation level a4, wherein a1, a2, a3 and a4 are respectively 1, 2, 4 and 8; and

b1, b2, b3 and b4 are respectively 2, 4, 8 and 16 or are respectively 2, 4, 8 and 12.

41. The UE according to claim 40, wherein

when the valid code rate is more than X, configuration 2 is used, and when the valid code rate is less than or equal to X, configuration 1 is used;

and X is a pre-set threshold;

when the maximal bit amount transmitted by the eCCE is less than the bit amount contained in downlink control information, the aggregation level to be detected is configuration 1, and when a maximal bit amount transmitted by the eCCE is more than the bit amount contained in the downlink control information, the aggregation level to be detected is configuration 2.

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32. A method for transmitting downlink control information, comprising:

a base station transmitting a configured resource block set and pre-defined information to a UE so as to instruct the UE to detect downlink control information beared by an enhanced physical downlink control channel (ePDCCH) on the resource block, wherein the pre-defined information at least includes one of the followings;

sub-carrier position information detected in the resource block set, enhanced control channel unit information detected in the resource block set, a mapping mode of the ePDCCH, aggregation level configuration information detected in the resource block set, the amount of candidate set corresponding to the detected aggregation level in the resource block set, and a downlink control information format.

33. The method according to claim 32, wherein the amount of resource blocks in the resource block set is one of the followings:

2, 4, 6, 8, 12 and 16.

34. The method according to claim 32, wherein different cyclic prefixes correspond to different aggregation levels, or different cyclic prefixes correspond to different amounts of candidate sets.

42. The method according to claim 32, wherein the mode for determining detected aggregation levels at least comprises one of the followings:

mode 1;

the UE determining an aggregation level configuration to be detected according to a valid code rate of an eCCE of detected eCCEs transmitting downlink control information;

mode 2;

the UE determining an aggregation level configuration to be detected according to a maximal bit amount actually transmitted by an eCCE of detected eCCEs;

mode 3;

the UE determining an aggregation level configuration to be detected according to the category of the detected downlink control information format; and

mode 4;

the base station configuring an aggregation level detected by the UE.

43. The method according to claim 42, wherein the aggregation level configuration to be detected by the UE comprises configuration 1 and/or configuration 2, wherein the configuration 1 comprises aggregation level a1, aggregation level a2, aggregation level a3, and aggregation level a4, and the configuration 2 comprises aggregation level b1, aggregation level b2, aggregation level b3, and aggregation level b4;

or the configuration 2 comprises aggregation level a2, aggregation level a3, and aggregation level a4, wherein a1, a2, a3 and a4 are respectively 1, 2, 4 and 8; and

b1, b2, b3 and b4 are respectively 2, 4, 8 and 16 or are respectively 2, 4, 8 and 12.

44. The method according to claim 43, wherein

when the valid code rate is more than X, configuration 2 is used, and when the valid code rate is less than or equal to X, configuration 1 is used;

and X is a pre-set threshold;

when the maximal bit amount transmitted by the eCCE is less than the bit amount contained in downlink control information, the aggregation level to be detected is configuration 1, and when a maximal bit amount transmitted by the eCCE is more than the bit amount contained in the downlink control information, the aggregation level to be detected is configuration 2.

35. A base station, comprising:

a configuration module, configured to configure a resource block set and pre-defined information, wherein the pre-defined information at least includes one of the followings;

sub-carrier position information detected in the resource block set, enhanced control channel unit information detected in the resource block set, a mapping mode of an ePDCCH, aggregation level configuration information detected in the resource block set, the amount of candidate set corresponding to the detected aggregation level in the resource block set, and a downlink control information format; and

a transmitting module, configured to transmit the resource block set and pre-defined information to a UE so as to instruct the UE to detect downlink control information beared by an enhanced physical downlink control channel (ePDCCH) on the resource block.

36. The base station according to claim 35, wherein the amount of resource blocks in the resource block set is one of the followings:

2, 4, 6, 8, 12 and 16.

37. The base station according to claim 35, wherein different cyclic prefixes correspond to different aggregation levels, or different cyclic prefixes correspond to different amounts of candidate sets.

45. The base station according to claim 35, wherein the mode for determining detected aggregation levels at least comprises one of the followings:

mode 1;

the UE determining an aggregation level configuration to be detected according to a valid code rate of an eCCE of detected eCCEs transmitting downlink control information;

mode 2;

the UE determining an aggregation level configuration to be detected according to a maximal bit amount actually transmitted by an eCCE of detected eCCEs;

mode 3;

the UE determining an aggregation level configuration to be detected according to the category of the detected downlink control information format; and

mode 4;

the base station configuring an aggregation level detected by the UE.

46. The base station according to claim 45, wherein the aggregation level configuration to be detected by the UE comprises configuration 1 and/or configuration 2, wherein the configuration 1 comprises aggregation level a1, aggregation level a2, aggregation level a3, and aggregation level a4, and the configuration 2 comprises aggregation level b1, aggregation level b2, aggregation level b3, and aggregation level b4;

or the configuration 2 comprises aggregation level a2, aggregation level a3, and aggregation level a4, wherein a1, a2, a3 and a4 are respectively 1, 2, 4 and 8; and

b1, b2, b3 and b4 are respectively 2, 4, 8 and 16 or are respectively 2, 4, 8 and 12.

47. The base station according to claim 46, wherein

when the valid code rate is more than X, configuration 2 is used, and when the valid code rate is less than or equal to X, configuration 1 is used;

and X is a pre-set threshold;

when the maximal bit amount transmitted by the eCCE is less than the bit amount contained in downlink control information, the aggregation level to be detected is configuration 1, and when a maximal bit amount transmitted by the eCCE is more than the bit amount contained in the downlink control information, the aggregation level to be detected is configuration 2.