METHOD FOR BASE STATION TO MULITIPLEX DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS THEREFOR

• US 20170272226A1
• Filed: 05/30/2017
• Published: 09/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/16/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: SEO, Hanbyul, YANG, Suckchel, KIM, Hakseong, KIM, Byounghoon
• Granted Patent: US 9,942,019 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2607 Cyclic extensions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0007 the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A), DMT
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0053 Allocation of signaling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for a base station to transmit a downlink control channel in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the method comprises the steps of: separating each resource block, of which there are at least one, into a preconfigured number of subsets; structuring basic resource allocation units for an downlink control channel as one of the subsets comprised in one or more resource blocks; configuring the basic resource allocation units, the number of which correspond to the aggregation level of the downlink control channel, as transmission resources; and using the transmission resource to transmit the downlink control channel to a terminal.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting a downlink control channel via one or more resource blocks (RBs) at a base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

assigning a predetermined number of resource element (RE) subsets for the downlink control channel, among a plurality of RE subsets in the one or more RBs;

mapping REs included in the predetermined number of RE subsets to the downlink control channel in increasing order of first a subcarrier index and then a symbol index; and

transmitting the downlink control channel to a user equipment (UE),

wherein the plurality of RE subsets are defined using REs included in the one or more RBs except for REs reserved for a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) of all antenna ports, on an assumption that any RE reserved for a Cell specific Reference Signal (CRS) or any RE reserved for a Channel Status Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) does not exist.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the mapped REs are assumed by the UE not to be used for the CRS and for the CSI-RS.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined number of RE subsets are included in same RB.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined number of RE subsets are included in different RBs.

5. A base station in a wireless communication system, the base station comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) unit; and

a processor operatively connected to the RF unit and configured to assign a predetermined number of resource element (RE) subsets for a downlink control channel, among a plurality of RE subsets in one or more resource blocks (RBs), map REs included in the predetermined number of RE subsets to the downlink control channel in increasing order of first a subcarrier index and then a symbol index, and transmit the downlink control channel to a user equipment (UE),

wherein the plurality of RE subsets are defined using REs included in the one or more RBs except for REs reserved for a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) of all antenna ports, on an assumption that any RE reserved for a Cell specific Reference Signal (CRS) or any RE reserved for a Channel Status Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) does not exist.

6. The base station of claim 5, wherein the mapped REs are assumed by the UE not to be used for the CRS and for the CSI-RS.

7. The base station of claim 5, wherein the predetermined number of RE subsets are included in same RB.

8. The base station of claim 5, wherein the predetermined number of RE subsets are included in different RBs.

9. A method for receiving a downlink control channel at a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving the downlink control channel from a base station, on predetermined number of resource element (RE) subsets assigned for the downlink control channel among a plurality of RE subsets in one or more resource blocks (RBs),

wherein REs included in the predetermined number of RE subsets are mapped to the downlink control channel in increasing order of first a subcarrier index and then a symbol index,

wherein the plurality of RE subsets are defined using REs included in the one or more RBs except for REs reserved for a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) of all antenna ports, on an assumption that any RE reserved for a Cell specific Reference Signal (CRS) or any RE reserved for a Channel Status Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) does not exist.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the mapped REs are assumed not to be used for the CRS and for the CSI-RS.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the predetermined number of RE subsets are included in same RB.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the predetermined number of RE subsets are included in different RBs.

13. A user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) unit; and

a processor operatively connected to the RF unit and configured to receive a downlink control channel from a base station on predetermined number of resource element (RE) subsets assigned for the downlink control channel among a plurality of RE subsets in one or more resource blocks (RBs),

wherein REs included in the predetermined number of RE subsets are mapped to the downlink control channel in increasing order of first a subcarrier index and then a symbol index,

wherein the plurality of RE subsets are defined using REs included in the one or more RBs except for REs reserved for a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) of all antenna ports, on an assumption that any RE reserved for a Cell specific Reference Signal (CRS) or any RE reserved for a Channel Status Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) does not exist.

14. The UE of claim 13, wherein the mapped REs are assumed not to be used for the CRS and for the CSI-RS.

15. The UE of claim 13, wherein the predetermined number of RE subsets are included in same RB.

16. The UE of claim 13, wherein the predetermined number of RE subsets are included in different RBs.