Method and apparatus of transmitting data in MBSFN subframe in wireless communication system

• US 8,559,354 B2
• Filed: 02/24/2010
• Issued: 10/15/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kwon, Yeong Hyeon, Park, Kyu Jin, Chung, Jae Hoon, Noh, Min Seok
• Primary Examiner(s): BLANTON, JOHN D
• Application Number:
  US13/143,714
• Publication Number:
  US 20110299449A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,329 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 370/312
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0023 Time-frequency-space
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0026 Division using four or more dimensions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0048 Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver

Abstract

A method and apparatus of transmitting data in a Multimedia Broadcast multicast service Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) subframe in a wireless communication system is provided. A base station (BS) transmits a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) to a user equipment in a first orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol, transmits reference signals for a plurality of extended antenna ports to the user equipment in a second OFDM symbol by mapping the reference signals to subcarriers, and transmits a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) to the user equipment in the second OFDM symbol by mapping the PDSCH to the remaining subcarriers other than the subcarriers to which the reference signals are mapped.

Claims

1. A method of transmitting data in a Multimedia Broadcast multicast service Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) subframe in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) to a user equipment in a first orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol;

transmitting reference signals for a plurality of extended antenna ports to the user equipment in a second OFDM symbol by mapping the reference signals to subcarriers; and

transmitting a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) to the user equipment in the second OFDM symbol by mapping the PDSCH to remaining subcarriers other than the subcarriers to which the reference signals are mapped,

wherein each of the reference signals for the plurality of extended antenna ports is subjected to code division multiplexing (CDM), and

wherein the reference signals for the plurality of extended antenna ports are divided into subsets not having a common element when subjected to the CDM.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the reference signals and the PDSCH are scheduled by using a downlink control information (DCI) format transmitted through the PDCCH.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the number of extended antenna ports is 4 or 6.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the reference signals for the plurality of extended antenna ports have a specific spacing from each other in a frequency domain.

5. A method of processing data in a Multimedia Broadcast multicast service Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

decoding a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) by receiving the PDCCH from a base station or a relay station in a first orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol;

determining a length of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) according to a downlink (DL) grant transmitted on the PDCCH; and

decoding the PDSCH by receiving the PDSCH in a second OFDM symbol,

wherein a length of the PDSCH is one OFDM symbol.

6. A transmitter of a wireless communication system, the transmitter comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) unit configured to transmit and receive a signal; and

a processor coupled to the RF unit and configured to;

transmit a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) to a user equipment in a first orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol,

transmit reference signals for a plurality of extended antenna ports to the user equipment in a second OFDM symbol by mapping the reference signals to subcarriers, and

transmit a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) to the user equipment in the second OFDM symbol by mapping the PDSCH to remaining subcarriers other than the su carriers to which the reference signals are mapped,

wherein each of the reference signals for the plurality of extended antenna ports is subjected to code division multiplexing (CDM), and

wherein the reference signals for the plurality of extended antenna cods are divided into subsets not having a common element when subjected to the CDM.

7. The transmitter of claim 6, wherein the reference signals and the PDSCH are scheduled by using a downlink control information (DCI) format transmitted through the PDCCH.