Enhanced physical downlink control channel (ePDCCH) inter-cell interference coordination (ICIC)

• US 9,398,572 B2
• Filed: 08/22/2012
• Issued: 07/19/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Zhu, Yuan, Chen, Xiaogang, Li, Qinghua, Etemad, Kamran, Han, Seunghee
• Primary Examiner(s): Moore, Ian N
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ambaye, Mewale
• Application Number:
  US13/591,673
• Publication Number:
  US 20130242885A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,427 Days
• Field of Search: 370/392
• US Class Current: 1/1
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Abstract

Technology for communicating enhanced physical downlink control channels (ePDCCHs) configured for inter-cell interference coordination (ICIC) for a plurality of cells in a physical resource block (PRB) is disclosed. One method can include a node mapping a serving cell control channel element (CCE) in an serving cell ePDCCH in a PRB and a coordination cell CCE in a coordination cell ePDCCH in the PRB. The node can transmit the map of the serving cell CCE and the coordination cell CCE to a wireless device.

Claims

1. A method for communicating enhanced physical downlink control channels (ePDCCHs) configured for inter-cell interference coordination (ICIC) for a plurality of cells in a physical resource block (PRB) from a node, comprising:

mapping a serving cell control channel element (CCE) in a serving cell ePDCCH in a PRB and a coordination cell CCE in a coordination cell ePDCCH in the PRB;

transmitting the map of the serving cell CCE or the coordination cell CCE in the PRB to a coordination node, wherein the serving cell CCE is a localized CCE using a localized CCE to resource element (RE) common cell mapping pattern, and wherein transmitting the map of the serving cell CCE or the coordination cell CCE in the PRB to the coordination node includes a relative narrowband transmitter power (RNTP) per enhanced CCE (E-CCE) in an ePDCCH information element (IE) with a bitmap, wherein each position in the bitmap represents a E-CCE index n_E-CCE value, for which a bit value represents RNTP (n_E-CCE), where an index is associated with a set of E-CCE, numbered from 0 to N_E-CCE,k−

1, wherein N_E-CCE,k is a total number of E-CCE for a subframe k, and RNTP ( ) is a function of the E-CCE index n_E-CCE;

transmitting the map of the serving cell CCE and the coordination cell CCE to a wireless device for use with inter-cell interference coordination (ICIC).

2. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the map of the serving cell CCE or coordination cell CCE in the PRB to the coordination node uses an X2 application protocol (X2AP), and the serving cell ePDCCH is a localized ePDCCH or a distributed ePDCCH.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the serving cell CCE and the coordination cell CCE are mapped in a PRB pair, wherein the PRB pair within a same subframe is configured to carry a plurality of ePDCCHs.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein transmitting the map of the serving cell CCE or the coordination cell CCE in the PRB pair to the coordination node includes an ePDCCH PRB pair allocation information element (IE) with a bitmap, wherein each position in the bitmap represents whether one PRB pair is allocated as an ePDCCH.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein transmitting the map of the serving cell CCE or the coordination cell CCE in the PRB pair to the coordination node includes a number of enhanced CCE (E-CCE) in one PRB pair information element (IE) with an enumerated type, wherein the enumerated type represents a number of localized E-CCE in one PRB pair.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the map of the serving cell CCE or the coordination cell CCE in the PRB to the coordination node includes an enhanced CCE (E-CCE) type information element (IE) with a bitmap, wherein each position in the bitmap represents whether an E-CCE is localized or not localized.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting the serving cell ePDCCH in a downlink to the wireless device, wherein resource elements (REs) associated with the coordination cell ePDCCH are blanked.

8. At least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium comprising a plurality of instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, perform the following:

mapping a serving cell control channel element (CCE) in a serving cell ePDCCH in a PRB and a coordination cell CCE in a coordination cell ePDCCH in the PRB;

transmitting the map of the serving cell CCE or the coordination cell CCE in the PRB to a coordination node, wherein the serving cell CCE is a localized CCE using a localized CCE to resource element (RE) common cell mapping pattern, and wherein transmitting the map of the serving cell CCE or the coordination cell CCE in the PRB to the coordination node includes a relative narrowband transmitter power (RNTP) per enhanced CCE (E-CCE) in an ePDCCH information element (IE) with a bitmap, wherein each position in the bitmap represents a E-CCE index n_E-CCE value, for which a bit value represents RNTP (n_E-CCE), where an index is associated with a set of E-CCE, numbered from 0 to N_E-CCE,k−

1, wherein N_E-CCE,k is a total number of E-CCE for a subframe k, and RNTP ( ) is a function of the E-CCE index n_E-CCE;

sending the map of the serving cell CCE and the coordination cell CCE to a wireless device for use with inter-cell interference coordination (ICIC).

9. A node device of a node configured to communicate enhanced physical downlink control channels (ePDCCHs) configured for inter-cell interference coordination (ICIC) for a plurality of cells in a physical resource block (PRB), comprising:

one or more antennas;

a transceiver module configured to communicate with a wireless device and to send, via the one or more antennas, a map of a serving cell control channel element (CCE) associated with a serving cell ePDCCH in a PRB and a coordination cell CCE in a coordination cell ePDCCH in the PRB for use with inter-cell interference coordination (ICIC), wherein the map of the serving cell CCE or the coordination cell CCE in the PRB includes a relative narrowband transmitter power (RNTP) per enhanced CCE (E-CCE) in ePDCCH information element (IE) with a bitmap, wherein each position in the bitmap represents a E-CCE index n_E-CCE value, for which a bit value represents RNTP (n_E-CCE), where an index is associated with a set of E-CCE, numbered from 0 to N_E-CCE,k−

1, wherein N_E-CCE,k is a total number of E-CCE for a subframe k, and RNTP ( ) is a function of the E-CCE index n_E-CCE.

10. The node device of claim 9, wherein transceiver module is further configured to communicate with a coordination node and to transmit or receive the map of the serving cell CCE or the coordination cell CCE.

11. The node device of claim 9, further comprising:

a processing module configured to map the serving cell CCE and the coordination cell CCE in the PRB.

12. The node device of claim 9, wherein the transceiver module is further configured to receive a relative narrowband transmitter power (RNTP) indication RNTP (n_SRB) defined as

13. The node device of claim 9, wherein the transceiver module further configured to communicate with the coordination node via an X2 application protocol (X2AP), the CCEs are localized CCEs, and the ePDCCHs are localized ePDCCHs or distributed ePDCCHs.

14. The node device of claim 9, wherein the transceiver module is further configured to transmit the serving cell ePDCCH in a downlink to the wireless device, wherein resource elements (REs) associated with the coordination cell ePDCCH are blanked.

15. The node device of claim 9, wherein the serving cell CCE and the coordination cell CCE is each mapped in a single PRB pair, wherein the PRB pair is located within a same subframe that is is configured to carry a plurality of ePDCCHs.

16. The node device of claim 15, wherein the map of the serving cell CCE or the coordination cell CCE in the PRB pair includes an ePDCCH PRB pair allocation information element (IE) with a bitmap, wherein each position in the bitmap represents whether one PRB pair is allocated as an ePDCCH.

17. The node device of claim 15, wherein the map of the serving cell CCE and the coordination cell CCE in the PRB pair includes a number of enhanced CCE (E-CCE) in one PRB pair information element (IE) with an enumerated type, wherein the enumerated type represents a number of localized E-CCE in one PRB pair.

18. The node device of claim 9, wherein the map of the serving cell CCE or the coordination cell CCE in the PRB includes an enhanced CCE (E-CCE) type information element (IE) with a bitmap, wherein each position in the bitmap represents whether an E-CCE is localized or not localized.

19. The node device of claim 9, wherein the node is selected from the group consisting of an a base station (BS), a Node B (NB), an evolved Node B (eNB), a baseband unit (BBU), a remote radio head (RRH), a remote radio equipment (RRE), a remote radio unit (RRU), and combinations thereof.