Method for transmitting and receiving downlink control channels in wireless communication systems, and apparatus for same

• US 9,467,993 B2
• Filed: 05/09/2013
• Issued: 10/11/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Seo, Hanbyul
• Primary Examiner(s): LO, DIANE LEE
• Application Number:
  US14/404,422
• Publication Number:
  US 20150139104A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,251 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0023 Time-frequency-space
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0053 Allocation of signaling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for receiving a downlink signal by a terminal from a base station in a wireless communication system. In particular, the method includes the steps of: receiving an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) for the terminal from the base station; selecting a first EPDCCH physical resource block (PRB) pair or a second EPDCCH PRB pair on the basis of the effective size of a resource block group (RBG) allocated to the terminal and/or the system bandwidth; and receiving a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) on the basis of the EPDCCH form among the remaining PRB pairs excluding the selected EPDCCH PRB from among PRB pairs included in the RBG.

Claims

1. A method for receiving, by a user equipment (UE), a downlink signal from an evolved Node B (eNB) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) for the UE from the eNB;

determining at least one physical resource block (PRB) pair for reception of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), among a plurality of PRB pairs in a resource block group (RBG) allocated to the UE,

wherein the at least one PRB pair is determined according to a size of the RBG; and

receiving the PDSCH based on the EPDCCH through the determined at least one PRB pair.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein if the size of the RBG is less than a threshold value, the at least one PRB pair determined as PRB pairs included in the RBG except for a PRB pair where the EPDCCH is detected, and

wherein if the size of the RBG is greater than or equal to the threshold value, the at least one PRB pair is determined as PRB pairs included in the RBG except for at least one PRB pair where the EPDCCH can be received.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein if the size of the RBG is greater than or equal to the threshold value, the at least one PRB pair is determined by further excluding at least one PRB pair where another EPDCCH for another UE can be received.

4. The method according to claim 3, further comprising receiving information on the at least one PRB pair where the another EPDCCH can be received, from the eNB through a higher layer.

5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising:

receiving information on a PRB pair where the another EPDCCH is actually transmitted from among the at least one PRB pair where the another EPDCCH can be received, from the eNB through a physical layer.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the size of the RBG is an effective size of the RBG, and the effective size of the RBG is determined based on a number of available resource elements for the EPDCCH in the RBG.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the size of the RBG is an effective size of the RBG, and the effective size of the RBG is a number of PRB pairs in the RBG.

8. A user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a radio communication module configured to transmit signals in an evolved Node B (eNB) and receive signals from the eNB; and

a processor configured to;

process the signals,

when an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDDCH) for the UE is received from the eNB, the processor is configured to select one of a first EPDCCH determine at least one physical resource block (PRB) pair for reception of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), among a plurality of PRB pairs in a resource block group (RBG) allocated to the UE,

wherein the at least one PRB pair is determined according to a size of the RBG, and

control the radio communication module to receive the PDSCH based on the EPDCCH through the determined at least one PRB pair.

9. The UE according to claim 8, wherein if the size of the RBG is less than a threshold value, the at least one PRB pair is determined as PRB pairs included in the RBG except for a PRB pair where the EPDCCH is detected, and

wherein if the size of the RBG is greater than or equal to the threshold value, the at least one PRB pair is determined as PRB pairs included in the RBG except for at least one PRB pair where the EPDCCH can be received.

10. The UE according to claim 9, wherein if the size of the RBG is greater than or equal to the threshold value, the at least one PRB pair is determined by further excluding at least one PRB pair where another EPDCCH for another UE can be received.

11. The UE according to claim 10, wherein the radio communication module receives, from the eNB, a higher layer signal including information on the at least one PRB pair where the another EPDCCH can be received.

12. The UE according to claim 11, wherein the radio communication module receives, from the eNB, a physical layer signal including information on a PRB pair where the another EPDCCH is actually transmitted from among the at least one PRB pair where the another EPDCCH can be received.

13. The UE according to claim 8, wherein the size of the RBG is an effective size of the RBG, and the effective size of the RBG is determined based on a number of available resource elements for the EPDCCH in the RBG.

14. The UE apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the size of the RBG is an effective size of the RBG, and the effective size of the RBG is a number of PRB pairs in the RBG.