Initial access method and device in wireless communication system

• US 9,603,081 B2
• Filed: 02/21/2013
• Issued: 03/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Seo, Inkwon, Seo, Hanbyul, Kim, Hakseong, Lee, Seungmin
• Primary Examiner(s): HAILE, FEBEN
• Application Number:
  US14/378,874
• Publication Number:
  US 20150103800A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,489 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 11/0079 Acquisition of downlink reference signals, e.g. detection of cell-ID
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0007 the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A), DMT
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0094 Indication of how sub-channels of the path are allocated
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/10 using broadcasted information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 56/00 Synchronisation arrangements
• 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 terminal'"'"'s initial access method in a wireless communication system, the method including: obtaining information including a cell identification (ID) from a synchronous signal; and receiving any one of a first physical broadcast channel (PBCH) and a second PBCH channel depending on to which of a preset range the cell ID corresponds.

Claims

1. An initial access method for a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system comprising:

acquiring, by the UE, information comprising a cell identification (ID) from a synchronous signal;

receiving, by the UE, a first Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH) through a first subframe and performing, by the UE, random access based on a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), when the cell ID belongs to a first range of cell IDs; and

receiving, by the UE, a second PBCH through a second subframe different from the first subframe and performing, by the UE, random access based on a first Enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel (EPDCCH), when the cell ID belongs to a second range or a third range of cell IDs;

wherein the PDCCH is decoded based on a cell specific reference signal (CRS),

wherein the EPDCCH is decoded based on a demodulation reference signal (DMRS),

wherein the PDCCH is allocated in a control region of a third subframe, and

wherein the EPDCCH is allocated in a fourth subframe and a starting position of the allocated EPDCCH varies depending upon a range to which the cell ID belongs.

2. The initial access method according to claim 1, wherein the first PBCH is transmitted on a time resource corresponding to a first four OFDM symbols of a second slot of the first subframe and a frequency resource corresponding to six center resource blocks in an entire frequency bandwidth, and the second PBCH is transmitted on a time resource corresponding to all OFDM symbols of the second subframe and a frequency resource corresponding to at least one part of six physical resource block pairs in the entire frequency bandwidth.

3. The initial access method according to claim 2, wherein, when the UE needs to receive the second PBCH, the UE performs blind decoding for the physical resource block pairs.

4. The initial access method according to claim 2, wherein the second subframe and the physical resource block pairs comprise a resource region, and the synchronous signal is transmitted in the resource region.

5. The initial access method according to claim 1, wherein the second subframe on which the second PBCH is transmitted is indicated by the cell ID.

6. The initial access method according to claim 1, wherein the second PBCH is based on the DMRS, and information for demodulating the DMRS is acquired from the cell ID.

7. The initial access method according to claim 6, wherein the information for demodulating the DMRS comprises information related to antenna ports and a scrambling sequence.

8. The initial access method according to claim 1, wherein the second PBCH comprises information related to a common search space of the EPDCCH.

9. The initial access method according to claim 8, wherein the information related to the common search space comprises at least one of resource region position information about the common search space and information related to antenna ports and a scrambling sequence for demodulating the DMRS.

10. The initial access method according to claim 1, wherein the cell ID is acquired by one of a first synchronization channel (SCH) or a second synchronization channel (E-SCH).

11. The initial access method according to claim 10, wherein a parameter for producing sequences to be transmitted on the first synchronization channel and the second synchronization channel is different between the synchronization channels.

12. The initial access method according to claim 1, wherein the second PBCH comprises information about frame timing.

13. The initial access method according to claim 1, wherein when the Cell ID belongs to the second range of cell IDs, the starting position of the allocated EPDCCH is set after the control region of the fourth subframe.

14. The initial access method according to claim 1, wherein when the Cell ID belongs to the third range of cell IDs, the starting position of the allocated EPDCCH is set by a first orthogonal frequency division modulation (OFDM) symbol of the fourth subframe.

16. The initial access method according to claim 5, wherein the cell ID indicates a subframe offset indicating a subframe interval between a subframe on which the synchronous signal is transmitted and the second subframe on which the second PBCH is transmitted.

15. A user equipment in a wireless communication system comprising:

a receive; and

a processor that;

acquires information comprising a cell identification (ID) from a synchronous signal,

controls the receiver to receive a first Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH) through a first subframe and perform random access based on a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) when the first PBCH is received, when the cell ID belongs to a first range of Cell IDs, and

controls the receiver to receive a second PBCH through a second subframe different form the first subframe and perform random access based on an Enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel (EPDCCH) when the second PBCH is received, when the Cell ID belongs to a second range or a third range of Cell IDs,

wherein the PDCCH is decoded based on a cell specific reference signal (CRS),

wherein the EPDCCH is decoded based on a demodulation reference signal (DMRS),

wherein the PDCCH is allocated in a control region of a third subframe, and

wherein the EPDCCH is allocated in a fourth subframe and a starting position of the allocated EPDCCH varies depending upon a range to which the cell ID belongs.

17. The user equipment according to claim 15, wherein the second subframe on which the second PBCH is transmitted is indicated by the cell ID.

18. The user equipment according to claim 17, wherein the cell ID indicates a subframe offset indicating a subframe interval between a subframe on which the synchronous signal is transmitted and the second subframe on which the second PBCH is transmitted.

19. The user equipment according to claim 15, wherein when the Cell ID belongs to the second range of cell IDs, the starting position of the allocated EPDCCH is set after the control region of the fourth subframe.

20. The user equipment according to claim 15, wherein when the Cell ID belongs to the third range of cell IDs, the starting position of the allocated EPDCCH is set by a first orthogonal frequency division modulation (OFDM) symbol of the fourth subframe.