INTEGRATED CIRCUIT THAT CONTROLS A SEARCH SPACE SETTING PROCESS
First Claim
1. An integrated circuit to control a process, the process comprising:
- mapping a first downlink control channel to one or more control channel element(s) (CCE(s)) in a first search space that is comprised of a first plurality of CCEs, the first downlink control channel including resource assignment information, which indicates a resource allocated to a terminal in a component carrier n (CCn) out of one or more component carrier(s) (CC(s)), and mapping a second downlink control channel to one or more CCE(s) in a second search space that is comprised of a second plurality of CCE(s), the second downlink control channel including resource assignment information, which indicates a resource allocated to the terminal in a component carrier n+1 (CCn+1) out of said CC(s), the first plurality of CCEs and the second plurality of CCEs are consecutive; and
transmitting, to the terminal, the first downlink control channel and the second downlink control channel.
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Abstract
An integrated circuit, for example, included in a wireless communication base station, controls a process that includes mapping a first downlink control channel to control channel element(s) (CCE(s)) in a first search space comprised of a first plurality of CCEs, the first downlink control channel including resource assignment information, which indicates a resource allocated to a terminal in a component carrier n (CCn) out of one or more component carrier(s) (CC(s)), and mapping a second downlink control channel to CCE(s) in a second search space comprised of a second plurality of CCE(s), the second downlink control channel including resource assignment information, which indicates a resource allocated to the terminal in a component carrier n+1 (CC+1) out of the CC(s), the first plurality of CCEs and the second plurality of CCEs are consecutive. The process also includes transmitting the first and the second downlink control channels to the terminal.
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22 Claims
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1. An integrated circuit to control a process, the process comprising:
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mapping a first downlink control channel to one or more control channel element(s) (CCE(s)) in a first search space that is comprised of a first plurality of CCEs, the first downlink control channel including resource assignment information, which indicates a resource allocated to a terminal in a component carrier n (CCn) out of one or more component carrier(s) (CC(s)), and mapping a second downlink control channel to one or more CCE(s) in a second search space that is comprised of a second plurality of CCE(s), the second downlink control channel including resource assignment information, which indicates a resource allocated to the terminal in a component carrier n+1 (CCn+1) out of said CC(s), the first plurality of CCEs and the second plurality of CCEs are consecutive; and transmitting, to the terminal, the first downlink control channel and the second downlink control channel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An integrated circuit comprising
circuitry, which, in operation: -
maps a first downlink control channel to one or more control channel element(s) (CCE(s)) in a first search space that is comprised of a first plurality of CCEs, the first downlink control channel including resource assignment information, which indicates a resource allocated to a terminal in a component carrier n (CCn) out of one or more component carrier(s) (CC(s)), and maps a second downlink control channel to one or more CCE(s) in a second search space that is comprised of a second plurality of CCE(s), the second downlink control channel including resource assignment information, which indicates a resource allocated to the terminal in a component carrier n+1 (CC+1) out of said CC(s), the first plurality of CCEs and the second plurality of CCEs are consecutive; and controls transmission, to the terminal, of the first downlink control channel and the second downlink control channel. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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