Control information transmission and uplink control channel resource mapping

• US 9,167,575 B2
• Filed: 07/19/2013
• Issued: 10/20/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: KT Corporation
• Inventors: Park, Kyu Jin
• Primary Examiner(s): Yao, Kwang B
• Assistant Examiner(s): LOO, JUVENA W
• Application Number:
  US13/946,141
• Publication Number:
  US 20140036803A1
• Time in Patent Office: 823 Days
• Field of Search: 370310-350
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/001 the frequencies being arranged in component carriers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0035 Resource allocation in a cooperative multipoint environment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0055 Physical resource allocation for ACK/NACK for physical mapping arrangements in ARQ protocols H04L1/1861
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0064 Rate requirement of the data, e.g. scalable bandwidth, data priority
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0094 Indication of how sub-channels of the path are allocated
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0446 Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal

Abstract

The disclosure is related to transmitting downlink control information through a downlink control channel adopted in a data region, and transmitting uplink control information for user equipment receiving the downlink control information. Furthermore, the disclosure is related to performing a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource mapping for uplink HARQ-ACK/NACK feedback of user equipment. Herein, the uplink HARQ-ACK/NACK feedback may be performed by the user equipment in response to a downlink data channel assigned according to downlink scheduling information transmitted through the adopted downlink control channel.

Claims

1. A method of transmitting control information for a specific user equipment through a data region of physical resource-block (PRB) pairs in a subframe, in a transmission/reception point, the method comprising:

assigning at least one enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) set, wherein each EPDCCH set includes an X number of PRB pairs in the subframe, and the X is a natural number which is greater than or equal to “

1” and

is less than or equal to the number of resource blocks (RBs) per downlink bandwidth; and

transmitting the control information to the specific user equipment through at least one of at least two enhanced control channel elements (ECCEs) indexed per EPDCCH set,

wherein;

each of the ECCEs includes at least one of four and eight resource-element groups; and

the at least one of four and eight resource-element groups of each ECCE are located in one PRB pair or at least two PRB pairs, and

wherein if the at least one of four and eight resource-element groups of each ECCE are located in one PRB pair,

a product of a lowest index of PRB pairs transmitting the control information among the X number of PRB pairs of the each EPDCCH set and the number of ECCEs per PRB pair is used as one resource determination component, in the case of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource mapping of ACK/NACK associated with a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) assigned according to downlink scheduling information included in the control information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein:

if the at least one of four and eight resource-element groups of each ECCE are located in at least two PRB pairs,

a lowest index of the at least one ECCE which transmits the control information and is indexed per EPDCCH set is used as one resource determination component in the case of the PUCCH resource mapping for the ACK/NACK associated with the PDSCH assigned according to the downlink scheduling information.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein:

when the EPDCCH set is a localized EPDCCH set, resource-element groups of each ECCE are located in one PRB pair, and

when the EPDCCH set is a distributed EPDCCH set, resource-element groups of each ECCE are located in two or more PRB pairs.

4. A method of mapping an uplink control channel resource in user equipment, the method comprising:

receiving control information including downlink scheduling information through at least one of at least two enhanced control channel elements (ECCEs) from a transmission/reception point, wherein the at least two ECCEs are indexed per each of at least one enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) set, the each EPDCCH set includes an X number of physical resource-block (PRB) pairs in a subframe, and the X is a natural number which is greater than or equal to “

1” and

is less than or equal to the number of resource blocks (RBs) per downlink bandwidth; and

performing a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource mapping for ACK/NACK associated with a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) assigned according to the downlink scheduling information,

wherein;

each of the ECCEs includes at least one of four and eight resource-element groups; and

the at least one of four and eight resource-element groups of each ECCE are located in one PRB pair or at least two PRB pairs, and

wherein if the at least one of four and eight resource-element groups of each ECCE are located in one PRB pair,

a product of a lowest index of PRB pairs used for reception of the control information among the X number of PRB pairs of the each EPDCCH set and the number of ECCEs per PRB pair is used as one resource determination component in the case of performing the PUCCH resource mapping of the ACK/NACK.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein:

if the at least one of four and eight resource-element groups of each ECCE are located in at least two PRB pair,

a lowest index of the at least one ECCE used for reception of the control information is used as one resource determination component in the case of performing the PUCCH resource mapping for the ACK/NACK.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein:

when the EPDCCH set is a localized EPDCCH set, resource-element groups of each ECCE are located in one PRB pair; and

when the EPDCCH set is a distributed EPDCCH set, resource-element groups of each ECCE are located in two or more PRB pairs.

7. A transmission/reception point for transmitting control information for a specific user equipment through a data region of physical resource-block (PRB) pairs in a subframe, the transmission/reception point comprising:

a control unit configured to assign at least one enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) set, wherein each EPDCCH set includes an X number of PRB pairs in the subframe, and the X is a natural number which is greater than or equal to “

1” and

is less than or equal to the number of resource blocks (RBs) per downlink bandwidth; and

a transmitting unit configured to transmit the control information to the specific user equipment through at least one of at least two enhanced control channel elements (ECCEs) indexed per EPDCCH set,

wherein;

each of the ECCEs includes at least one of four and eight resource-element groups; and

the at least one of four and eight resource-element groups of each ECCE are located in one PRB pair or at least two PRB pairs, and

wherein if the at least one of four and eight resource-element groups of each ECCE are located in one PRB pair,

a product of a lowest index of PRB pairs transmitting the control information among the X number of PRB pairs of the each EPDCCH set and the number of ECCEs per PRB pair is used as one resource determination component, in the case of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource mapping of ACK/NACK associated with a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) assigned according to downlink scheduling information included in the control information.

8. The transmission/reception point of claim 7, wherein:

if the at least one of four and eight resource-element groups of each ECCE are located in at least two PRB pair,

a lowest index of the at least one ECCE which is used for transmission of the control information and is indexed per EPDCCH set is used as one resource determination component in the case of the PUCCH resource mapping for the ACK/NACK associated with the PDSCH assigned according to the downlink scheduling information.

9. The transmission/reception point of claim 8, wherein:

when the EPDCCH set is a localized EPDCCH set, resource-element groups of each ECCE are located in one PRB pair; and

when the EPDCCH set is a distributed EPDCCH set, resource-element groups of each ECCE are located in two or more PRB pairs.

10. User equipment comprising:

a receiving unit configured to receive control information including downlink scheduling information through at least one of at least two enhanced control channel elements (ECCEs) from a transmission/reception point, wherein the at least two ECCEs are indexed per each of at least one enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) set, the each EPDCCH set includes an X number of physical resource-block (PRB) pairs in a subframe, and the X is a natural number which is greater than or equal to “

1” and

is less than or equal to the number of resource blocks (RBs) per downlink bandwidth; and

a control unit configured to perform a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource mapping for an ACK/NACK associated with a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) assigned according to the downlink scheduling information,

wherein;

each of the ECCEs includes at least one of four and eight resource-element groups; and

the at least one of four and eight resource-element groups of each ECCE are located in one PRB pair or at least two PRB pairs, and

wherein if the at least one of four and eight resource-element groups of each ECCE are located in one PRB pair,

a product of a lowest index of PRB pairs used for reception of the control information among the X number of PRB pairs of the each EPDCCH set and the number of ECCEs per PRB pair is used as one resource determination component in the case of performing the PUCCH resource mapping of the ACK/NACK.

11. The user equipment of claim 10, wherein:

if the at least one of four and eight resource-element groups of each ECCE are located in at least two PRB pair,

a lowest index of the at least one ECCE used for reception of the control information is used as one resource determination component in the case of performing the PUCCH resource mapping for the ACK/NACK.

12. The user equipment of claim 10, wherein:

when the EPDCCH set is a localized EPDCCH set, where resource-element groups of each ECCE are located in one PRB pair; and

when the EPDCCH set is a distributed EPDCCH set, resource-element groups of each ECCE are located in two or more PRB pairs.