Method and apparatus for operating multi-band and multi-cell

• US 8,964,689 B2
• Filed: 10/09/2012
• Issued: 02/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Ji, Hyoung-Ju, Cho, Joon-Young, Kim, Young-Bum, Gha, Hee-Don, Lee, Ju-Ho
• Primary Examiner(s): LIU, JUNG
• Application Number:
  US13/647,720
• Publication Number:
  US 20130089067A1
• Time in Patent Office: 868 Days
• Field of Search: 370/203, 370204-215, 370229-240, 370310-337, 370338-350, 370351-394, 370/395.1, 370/395.3, 370/395.4, 370/395.41, 370/395.42, 370/395.5, 370/395.52, 370431-457, 370458-463, 370464-497, 370498-529
• US Class Current: 370/330
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/00 Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/005 of common pilots, i.e. pilots destined for multiple users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 56/00 Synchronisation arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0446 Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0453 Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/20 Control channels or signalling for resource management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/51 based on terminal or device properties
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for operating multi-band and multi-cell. An Enhanced Node B (eNB) transmits a synchronization channel and a broadcasting channel for narrow-band user equipments (UEs) through a first band narrower than a system band, the first band being located in a center band of the system band, and transmits a control channel for scheduling a data channel for a first narrow-band UE which is one of the narrow-band UEs through a second band equal to or wider than the first band, the second band not overlapping the first band within the system band. The first band is designed to be matched to a band where the synchronization channel and the broadcasting channel of a host cell using an entire system band are transmitted.

Claims

1. A method of operating multi-band and multi-cell, the method comprising:

transmitting a synchronization channel and a broadcasting channel for narrow-band User Equipments (UEs) through a first band narrower than a system band, the first band being located in a center band of the system band;

transmitting a control channel for scheduling a data channel for a first narrow-band UE, which is one of the narrow-band UEs, through a second band equal to or wider than the first band, the second band not overlapping the first band within the system band; and

establishing Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection with the first narrow-band UE which is one of the narrow-band UEs through the first band, and transmitting information on the second band and location information of a subframe where the control channel is transmitted to the first narrow-band UE through the RRC connection,

wherein the first band is equal to a band where the synchronization channel and the broadcasting channel of a host cell using an entire system band are transmitted.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the control channel and the data channel are consecutively arranged on a time domain or have a subframe interval, and are transmitted in first and second subframes including a control channel region and a data channel region, respectively.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising transmitting or receiving a response channel for the data channel after the subframe interval from the second subframe including the data channel region for the data channel.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the second band is spaced from a center frequency of the system band by a gap, and has a bandwidth spaced from a boundary of the system band by a guard band.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the second band includes a reference signal disposed in a same pattern or different patterns in a low frequency band and a high frequency band based on a center frequency of the system band.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting, when downlink system information is updated, an update instruction signal for instructing to receive the updated system information in the first band through the second band by using high-layer signaling.

7. A method of performing communication with an enhanced Node B (eNB) operating multi-band and multi-cell, the method comprising:

receiving a synchronization channel and a broadcasting channel for narrow-band User Equipments (UEs) through a first band narrower than a system band from an eNB, the first band being located in a center band of the system band;

receiving a control channel for scheduling a data channel for a first narrow-band UE, which is one of the narrow-band UEs, through a second band equal to or wider than the first band from the eNB, the second band not overlapping the first band within the system band; and

establishing Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection with the eNB through the first band, and receiving information on a bandwidth and a position of the second band and information on a position of a subframe where the control channel is transmitted, through the RRC connection,

wherein the first band is equal to a band where the synchronization channel and the broadcasting channel of a host cell using all of an entire system band are transmitted.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the control channel and the data channel are consecutively arranged on a time domain or have a subframe interval, and are transmitted in first and second subframes including a control channel region and a data channel region, respectively.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising transmitting or receiving a response channel for the data channel after the subframe interval from the second subframe including the data channel region for the data channel.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the second band is spaced from a center frequency of the system band by a gap, and has a bandwidth spaced from a boundary of the system band by a guard band.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the second band includes a reference signal disposed in a same pattern or different patterns in a low frequency band and a high frequency band based on a center frequency of the system band.

12. The method of claim 7, further comprising, when downlink system information is updated, transmitting an update instruction signal for instructing to receive the updated system information in the first band through the second band by using high-layer signaling.

13. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

receiving system information for the narrow-band UEs through the first band in a subframe after receiving the synchronization channel and the broadcasting channel; and

transmitting capability information of the first narrow-band UE, an initial access signal, and an RRC connection request signal based on the system information.

14. An enhanced Node B (eNB) apparatus for operating multi-band and multi-cell, the eNB apparatus comprising:

a first generator configured to generate a synchronization channel and a broadcasting channel for narrow-band User Equipments (UEs);

a second generator configured to generate a control channel for scheduling a data channel for a first narrow-band UE, which is one of the narrow-band UEs;

a frequency multiplexer configured to perform multiplexing by mapping the synchronization channel and the broadcasting channel into a first band narrower than a system band, the first band being located in a center band of the system band and mapping the control channel into a second band equal to or wider than the first band, the second band not overlapping the first band within the system band; and

a controller configured to control operations of the first and second generators and the frequency multiplexer, to establish Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection with the first narrow-band UE which is one of the narrow-band UEs through the first band, and to transmit information on the second band and location information of a subframe where the control channel is transmitted to the first narrow-band UE through the RRC connection,

wherein the first band is equal to a band where the synchronization channel and the broadcasting channel of a host cell using all of an entire system band are transmitted.

15. The eNB apparatus of claim 14, wherein the control channel and the data channel are consecutively arranged on a time domain or have a subframe interval, and are transmitted in first and second subframes including a control channel region and a data channel region, respectively.

16. The eNB apparatus of claim 15, wherein the controller transmits or receives a response channel for the data channel after the subframe interval from the second subframe including the data channel region for the data channel.

17. The eNB apparatus of claim 14, wherein the second band is spaced from a center frequency of the system band by a gap, and has a bandwidth spaced from a boundary of the system band by a guard band.

18. The eNB apparatus of claim 14, wherein the second band includes a reference signal disposed in a same pattern or different patterns in a low frequency band and a high frequency band based on a center frequency of the system band.

19. The eNB apparatus of claim 14, wherein when downlink system information is updated, the controller transmits an update instruction signal for instructing to receive the updated system information in the first band through the second band by using a high-layer signaling.

20. A User Equipment (UE) apparatus for performing communication with an enhanced Node B (eNB) operating multi-band and multi-cell, the UE apparatus comprising:

a controller configured to detect a synchronization channel and a broadcasting channel for narrow-band UEs through a first band narrower than a system band from the eNB, the first band being located in a center band of the system band; and

a control channel detector configured to detect a control channel for scheduling a data channel for a first narrow-band UE, which is one of the narrow-band UEs, through a second band equal to or wider than the first band from the eNB, the second band not overlapping the first band within the system band,

wherein the first band is equal to a band where the synchronization channel and the broadcasting channel of a host cell using all of an entire system band are transmitted,

the controller is configured to establish Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection with the eNB through the first band, and to receive information on a bandwidth and a position of the second band and information on a position of a subframe where the control channel is transmitted, through the RRC connection.

21. The UE apparatus of claim 20, wherein the control channel and the data channel are consecutively arranged on a time domain or have a subframe interval, and are transmitted in first and second subframes including a control channel region and a data channel region, respectively.

22. The UE apparatus of claim 21, wherein the controller transmits or receives a response channel for the data channel after the subframe interval from the second subframe including the data channel region for the data channel.

23. The UE apparatus of claim 20, wherein the second band is spaced from a center frequency of the system band by a gap, and has a bandwidth spaced from a boundary of the system band by a guard band.

24. The UE apparatus of claim 20, wherein the second band includes a reference signal disposed in a same pattern or different patterns in a low frequency band and a high frequency band based on a center frequency of the system band.

25. The UE apparatus of claim 20, wherein when downlink system information is updated, the controller transmits an update instruction signal for instructing to receive the updated system information in the first band through the second band by using a high-layer signaling.

26. The UE apparatus of claim 20, wherein the controller receives system information for the narrow-band UEs through the first band in a subframe after receiving the synchronization channel and the broadcasting channel, and transmits capability information of the first narrow-band UE, an initial access signal, and an RRC connection request signal based on the system information.