METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

• US 20200137670A1
• Filed: 12/26/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Taehyoung, KIM, Youngbum, OH, Jinyoung, CHOI, Seunghoon, GHA, Heedon, BAE, Taehan
• Granted Patent: US 11,134,433 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/12 using downlink control channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0453 Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5^th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4^th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). A method of a user equipment is provided. The method includes identifying a first bandwidth part for a cell and a second bandwidth part for the cell through a radio resource control signaling, wherein each of the first bandwidth part and the second bandwidth part is defined with a corresponding subcarrier spacing and frequency domain location; identifying a first control resource set on the first bandwidth part and a second control resource set on the second bandwidth part through the radio resource control signaling; and acquiring second downlink control information for the second bandwidth part based on the first control resource set on the first bandwidth part being activated.

Claims

1. A method performed by a user equipment for communication in a communication system supporting one or more bandwidth parts, the method comprising:

identifying a first bandwidth part for a cell and a second bandwidth part for the cell through a radio resource control signaling, wherein each of the first bandwidth part and the second bandwidth part is defined with a corresponding subcarrier spacing and frequency domain location;

identifying a first control resource set on the first bandwidth part and a second control resource set on the second bandwidth part through the radio resource control signaling; and

acquiring second downlink control information for the second bandwidth part based on the first control resource set on the first bandwidth part being activated,

wherein a bandwidth part indicator, a frequency domain resource assignment, and a time domain resource assignment are included in the second downlink control information,

wherein a number of bits of bandwidth part indicator is defined based on the radio resource control signaling,

wherein the first bandwidth part is activated by first downlink control information, and

wherein the first downlink control information and the second downlink control information are acquired in a user equipment specific control region.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the first bandwidth part and the second bandwidth part is further defined with a corresponding bandwidth.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein a 0 value bandwidth part indicator corresponds to a first bandwidth part based on an ascending order of a bandwidth part identifier (ID).

4. The method of claim 1, wherein a highest value bandwidth part indicator is reserved, in case that a number of bandwidth parts is smaller than a number of values of bandwidth part indicators.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein a carrier indicator is further included in the second downlink control information, and

wherein the bandwidth part indicator indicates one bandwidth part among multiple bandwidth parts configured for the cell indicated by the carrier indicator.

6. A user equipment for communication in a communication system supporting one or more bandwidth parts, the user equipment comprising:

a transceiver; and

a controller coupled with the transceiver and configured to;

identify a first bandwidth part for a cell and a second bandwidth part for the cell through a radio resource control signaling, wherein each of the first bandwidth part and the second bandwidth part is defined with a corresponding subcarrier spacing and frequency domain location,

identify a first control resource set on the first bandwidth part and a second control resource set on the second bandwidth part through the radio resource control signaling, and

acquire second downlink control information for the second bandwidth part based on the first control resource set on the first bandwidth part being activated,

wherein a bandwidth part indicator, a frequency domain resource assignment, and a time domain resource assignment are included in the second downlink control information,

wherein a number of bits of bandwidth part indicator is defined based on the radio resource control signaling,

wherein the first bandwidth part is activated by first downlink control information, and

wherein the first downlink control information and the second downlink control information are acquired in a user equipment specific control region.

7. The user equipment of claim 6, wherein each of the first bandwidth part and the second bandwidth part is further defined with a corresponding bandwidth.

8. The user equipment of claim 6, wherein a 0 value bandwidth part indicator corresponds to a first bandwidth part based on an ascending order of a bandwidth part identifier (ID).

9. The user equipment of claim 6, wherein a highest value of bandwidth part indicator is reserved, in case that a number of bandwidth parts is smaller than a number of values of bandwidth part indicators.

10. The user equipment of claim 6, wherein a carrier indicator is further included in the second downlink control information, and

wherein the bandwidth part indicator indicates one bandwidth part among multiple bandwidth parts configured for the cell indicated by the carrier indicator.

11. A method performed by a base station for communication in a communication system supporting one or more bandwidth parts, the method comprising:

transmitting a radio resource control signaling including information for a first bandwidth part for a cell and information for a second bandwidth part for the cell, wherein each of the first bandwidth part and the second bandwidth part is defined with a corresponding subcarrier spacing and frequency domain location;

identifying a first control resource set on the first bandwidth part and a second control resource set on the second bandwidth part through the radio resource control signaling; and

transmitting second downlink control information for the second bandwidth part based on the first control resource set on the first bandwidth part being activated,

wherein a bandwidth part indicator, a frequency domain resource assignment, and a time domain resource assignment are included in the second downlink control information,

wherein a number of bits of bandwidth part indicator is defined based on the radio resource control signaling,

wherein the first bandwidth part is activated by first downlink control information, and

wherein the first downlink control information and the second downlink control information are acquired in a user equipment specific control region.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein each of the first bandwidth part and the second bandwidth part is further defined with a corresponding bandwidth.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein a 0 value bandwidth part indicator corresponds to a first bandwidth part based on an ascending order of a bandwidth part identifier (ID).

14. The method of claim 11, wherein a highest value bandwidth part indicator is reserved, in case that a number of bandwidth parts is smaller than a number of values of bandwidth part indicators.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein a carrier indicator is further included in the second downlink control information, and

wherein the bandwidth part indicator indicates one bandwidth part among multiple bandwidth parts configured for the cell indicated by the carrier indicator.

16. A base station for communication in a communication system supporting one or more bandwidth parts, the base station comprising:

a transceiver; and

a controller coupled with the transceiver and configured to;

transmit a radio resource control signaling including information for a first bandwidth part for a cell and information for a second bandwidth part for the cell, wherein each of the first bandwidth part and the second bandwidth part is defined with a corresponding subcarrier spacing and frequency domain location,

identify a first control resource set on the first bandwidth part and a second control resource set on the second bandwidth part through the radio resource control signaling, and

transmit second downlink control information for the second bandwidth part based on the first control resource set on the first bandwidth part being activated,

wherein a bandwidth part indicator, a frequency domain resource assignment, and a time domain resource assignment are included in the second downlink control information,

wherein a number of bits of bandwidth part indicator is defined based on the radio resource control signaling,

wherein the first bandwidth part is activated by first downlink control information, and

wherein the first downlink control information and the second downlink control information are acquired in a user equipment specific control region.

17. The base station of claim 16, wherein each of the first bandwidth part and the second bandwidth part is further defined with a corresponding bandwidth.

18. The base station of claim 16, wherein a 0 value of bandwidth part indicator corresponds to a first bandwidth part based on an ascending order of a bandwidth part identifier (ID).

19. The base station of claim 16, wherein a highest value bandwidth part indicator is reserved, in case that a number of bandwidth parts is smaller than a number of values of bandwidth part indicators.

20. The base station of claim 16, wherein a carrier indicator is further included in the second downlink control information, and

wherein the bandwidth part indicator indicates one bandwidth part among multiple bandwidth parts configured for the cell indicated by the carrier indicator.