Base station device, mobile station device, communication method, and integrated circuit

• US 9,769,810 B2
• Filed: 07/29/2013
• Issued: 09/19/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Imamura, Kimihiko, Nogami, Toshizo, Nakashima, Daiichiro, Shimezawa, Kazuyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Jaroenchonwanit, Bunjob
• Application Number:
  US14/418,312
• Publication Number:
  US 20150208389A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,513 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/024 Co-operative use of antennas of several sites, e.g. in co-ordinated multipoint or co-operative multiple-input multiple-output [MIMO] systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0452 Multi-user MIMO systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0602 using antenna switching H04B7/0686 takes precedence; antenna beam directivity switching H01Q3/24
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 11/00 Orthogonal multiplex systems, e.g. using WALSH codesH04J13/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 11/0053 using co-ordinated multipoint transmission/reception co-ordinated antenna or beam-forming aspects H04B7/022
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0023 Time-frequency-space
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0051 of dedicated pilots, i.e. pilots destined for a single user or terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0053 Allocation of signaling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/12 Wireless traffic scheduling
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal

Abstract

A signal including control information is enabled to be transmitted and received efficiently between a base station device and a mobile station device. A plurality of physical resource block pairs are configured as control channel regions which are regions in which there is a probability of the control channels being mapped. First components are configured by resources divided from one of the physical resource block pair. The control channel is configured from an aggregation of one or more first components. An antenna port used to transmit the first component is selected from a plurality of kinds of combinations. When one combination is selected from the plurality of kinds of combinations, there is provided a second radio network resource control unit that selects the combination on the basis of at least one of parameters for determining a C-RNTI number assigned to the mobile station device, N₁ which is a parameter unique for a terminal, and an initial value C_init of a series of UE-specific RSs used for a second PDCCH.

Claims

1. A communication method of a terminal apparatus that is configured to and/or programmed to communicate with a base station apparatus, the communication method comprising:

determining one antenna port on the basis of at least a remainder obtained by dividing C-RNTI of the terminal apparatus by a number of one or a plurality of ECCEs used for a first EPDCCH,

determining two antenna ports for a second EPDCCH,

receiving, using the one antenna port, the EPDCCH using the one or the plurality of ECCEs, the first EPDCCH being a localized EPDCCH, and

receiving, using the two antenna ports, the second EPDCCH using a plurality of resources, the second EPDCCH being a distributed EPDCCH, wherein

in a case where the number of ECCE(s) used for the first EPDCCH is 2, the one antenna port used to transmit the first EPDCCH is determined from a combination of two antenna ports on the basis of at least a remainder obtained by dividing the C-RNTI of the terminal apparatus by 2,

in a case where the number of ECCE(s) used for the first EPDCCH is 4, the one antenna port used to transmit the first EPDCCH is determined from a combination of four antenna ports on the basis of at least a remainder obtained by dividing the C-RNTI of the terminal apparatus by 4, and

each of the plurality of resources used for the second EPDCCH is received using one out of the two antenna ports in an alternating manner, starting with a predetermined antenna port.

2. The communication method according to claim 1, wherein

the predetermined antenna port is antenna port 107.

3. A terminal apparatus configured to and/or programmed to communicate with a base station apparatus, the terminal apparatus comprising:

control circuitry that (i) determines one antenna port on the basis of at least a remainder obtained by dividing C-RNTI of the terminal apparatus by a number of one or a plurality of ECCEs used for a first EPDCCH, and (ii) determines two antenna ports for a second EPDCCH; and

reception processing circuitry that (i) receives, using the one antenna port, the first EPDCCH using the one or the plurality of ECCEs, the first EPDCCH being a localized EPDCCH, and (ii) receives, using the two antenna ports, the second EPDCCH using a plurality of resources, the second EPDCCH being a distributed EPDCCH;

wherein

in a case where the number of ECCE(s) used for the first EPDCCH is 2, the control circuitry determines the one antenna port used to receive the first EPDCCH from a combination of two antenna ports on the basis of at least a remainder obtained by dividing the C-RNTI of the terminal apparatus by 2,

in a case where the number of ECCE(s) used for the first EPDCCH is 4, the control circuitry determines the one antenna port used to receive the first EPDCCH from a combination of four antenna ports on the basis of at least a remainder obtained by dividing the C-RNTI of the terminal apparatus by 4, and

each of the plurality of resources used for the second EPDCCH is received using one out of the two antenna ports in an alternating manner, starting with a predetermined antenna port.

4. The terminal apparatus according to claim 3, wherein

the predetermined antenna port is antenna port 107.

5. A communication method of a base station apparatus that is configured to and/or programmed to communicate with a terminal apparatus, the communication method comprising:

determining one antenna port on the basis of at least a remainder obtained by dividing C-RNTI of the terminal apparatus by a number of one or a plurality of ECCEs used for a first EPDCCH,

determining two antenna ports for a second EPDCCH,

transmitting, using localized transmission and using the one antenna port, the first EPDCCH using the one or the plurality of ECCEs, and

transmitting, using distributed transmission and using the two antenna ports, the second EPDCCH using a plurality of resources, wherein

in a case where the number of ECCE(s) used for the first EPDCCH is 2, the one antenna port used to transmit the first EPDCCH is determined from a combination of two antenna ports on the basis of at least a remainder obtained by dividing the C-RNTI of the terminal apparatus by 2,

in a case where the number of ECCE(s) used for the first EPDCCH is 4, the one antenna port used to transmit the first EPDCCH is determined from a combination of four antenna ports on the basis of at least a remainder obtained by dividing the C-RNTI of the terminal apparatus by 4, and

each of the plurality of resources used for the second EPDCCH is transmitted using one out of the two antenna ports in an alternating manner, starting with a predetermined antenna port.

6. The communication method according to claim 5, wherein

the predetermined antenna port is antenna port 107.

7. A base station apparatus configured to and/or programmed to communicate with a terminal apparatus, the base station apparatus comprising:

control circuitry that (i) determines one antenna port on the basis of at least a remainder obtained by dividing C-RNTI of the terminal apparatus by a number of one or a plurality of ECCEs used for a first EPDCCH, and (ii) determines two antenna ports for a second EPDCCH; and

transmission processing circuitry that (i) transmits, using localized transmission and using the one antenna port, the first EPDCCH using the one or the plurality of ECCEs, and (ii) transmits, using distributed transmission and using the two antenna ports, the second EPDCDH using a plurality of resources;

wherein

in a case where the number of ECCE(s) used for the first EPDCCH is 2, the control circuitry determines the one antenna port used to transmit the first EPDCCH from a combination of two antenna ports on the basis of at least a remainder obtained by dividing the C-RNTI of the terminal apparatus by 2,

in a case where the number of ECCE(s) used for the first EPDCCH is 4, the control circuitry determines the one antenna port used to transmit the first EPDCCH from a combination of four antenna ports on the basis of at least a remainder obtained by dividing the C-RNTI of the terminal apparatus by 4, and

each of the plurality of resources used for the second EPDCCH is transmitted using one out of the two antenna ports in an alternating manner, starting with a predetermined antenna port.

8. The base station apparatus according to claim 7, wherein

the predetermined antenna port is antenna port 107.