Systems and/or methods for providing EPDCCH in a multiple carrier based and/or quasi-collated network

• US 9,794,913 B2
• Filed: 01/27/2013
• Issued: 10/17/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Inventors: Lee, Moon-il, Koo, Changsoo, Shin, Sung-Hyuk, Stern-Berkowitz, Janet A., Rudolf, Marian, Xi, Fengjun, Kini, Ananth, Hosseinian, Seyed Mohsen, Marinier, Paul
• Primary Examiner(s): Hailu, Kibrom T
• Application Number:
  US13/751,114
• Publication Number:
  US 20130194931A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,724 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0053 Allocation of signaling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/04 Wireless resource allocation

Abstract

ePDCCH may be provided. For example, a WTRU may receive a configuration for monitoring an ePDCCH resource. Based on the configuration, the WTRU may be configured to monitor and may monitor the ePDCCH resource on a particular subframe. Additionally, a WTRU may derive an aggregation level for a subframe associated with an aggregation level number N_AL. The WTRU may transmit or monitor an ePDCCH using the aggregation level associated with the N_AL for the subframe. A WTRU may also receive a reference signal. The WTRU may then determine the type of reference signal received. The WTRU may perform a demodulation of the PDSCH or ePDCCH using a demodulation timing based on the determined type. The ePDCCH or PDSCH may also be monitored or received by identifying a demodulation reference timing implicitly based on a location of one or more ePDCCH resources where the WTRU may receive DCI.

Claims

1. A method for providing enhanced physical downlink control channel (ePDCCH) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

deriving, at a wireless transmit and receive unit (WTRU), a set of aggregation levels for monitoring an ePDCCH resource based on a number of available resource elements (REs) in a physical resource block (PRB) pair configured for the ePDCCH resource, wherein the number of available REs is derived for a subframe;

deriving, at the WTRU, a subset of the set of aggregation levels for monitoring the ePDCCH resource based on a number of PRB pairs configured for the ePDCCH resource; and

monitoring, at the WTRU, the ePDCCH resource on the subframe using the subset of the set of aggregation levels.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein, for at least one of time-division duplex (TDD) or a downlink cyclic prefix (CP), the subframe is not a special subframe associated with a particular special subframe configuration.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the particular special subframe configuration comprises at least one of a special subframe configuration 0 or a special configuration 5.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the number of available REs excludes an RE used for a reference signal.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the reference signal comprises at least one of CRS, CSI-RS, or DM-RS.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of aggregation levels comprise one of {2, 4, 8, 16} or {1, 2, 4, 8} based on the number of available REs.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the PRB pair configured for the ePDCCH resource comprises a fixed number of enhanced resource element groups (eREGs) and one or more enhanced control channel elements (eCCEs), wherein one or more eREGs are mapped to each eCCE.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the number of eREGs that are mapped to an eCCE is based on a cyclic prefix (CP) and the subframe.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein four eREGs are mapped to an eCCE when the CP comprises a normal CP and the subframe comprises a normal subframe or a special subframe associated with a special subframe configuration of 3, 4, or 8.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein eight eREGs are mapped to an eCCE when the CP comprises a normal CP and the subframe comprises a special subframe associated with a special subframe configuration of 1, 2, 6, 7, or 9 or when the CP comprises an extended CP and the subframe comprises a special subframe associated with a special subframe configuration of 1, 2, 3, 5, or 6.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein number of eCCEs is a function of one or more of a type of ePDCCH, the subframe, a subframe configuration, the number of PRB pairs associated with the ePDCCH resource, the number of available REs in a PRB pair associated with the ePDCCH resource, or a cyclic prefix (CP).

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising monitoring, at the WTRU, a PDCCH resource on a subframe not configured for monitoring the ePDCCH resource.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising monitoring, at the WTRU, a PDCCH resource on a subframe not configured for monitoring the ePDCCH resource based on the configuration.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the PDCCH resource monitored comprises a common search space.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein candidates for the ePDCCH resource of the subframe are selected based on a hashing function, wherein the hashing function is different for each ePDCCH resource.

16. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) comprising:

a receiver;

a memory storing processor-executable instructions; and

a processor configured to execute the processor-executable instructions to

derive a set of aggregation levels for monitoring an enhanced physical downlink control channel (ePDCCH) resource in a wireless communication system based on a number of available resource elements (REs) in a physical resource block (PRB) pair configured for the ePDCCH resource, wherein the number of available REs is derived for a subframe;

derive a subset of the set of aggregation levels for monitoring the ePDCCH resource based on a number of PRB pairs configured for the ePDCCH resource; and

monitor the ePDCCH resource on the subframe using the subset of the set of aggregation levels.

17. The WTRU of claim 16, wherein, for at least one of a time-division duplex (TDD) or a downlink cyclic prefix (CP), the subframe is not a special subframe associated with a particular special subframe configuration.

18. The WTRU of claim 17, wherein the particular special subframe configuration comprises at least one of a special subframe configuration 0 or a special configuration 5.

19. The WTRU of claim 16, wherein the number of available REs excludes an RE used for a reference signal.

20. The WTRU of claim 19, wherein the reference signal comprises at least one of CRS, CSI-RS, or DM-RS.

21. The WTRU of claim 16, wherein the set of aggregation levels comprise {2,4,8,16} or {1,2,4,8} based on the number of available REs.

22. The WTRU of claim 16, wherein the PRB pair configured for the ePDCCH resource comprises a fixed number of enhanced resource elements groups (eREGs) and one or more enhanced control channel elements (eCCEs), wherein one or more eREGs are mapped to each eCCE.

23. The WTRU of claim 22, wherein the number of eREGs that are mapped to an eCCE is based on a cyclic prefix (CP) and the subframe.

24. The WTRU of claim 23, wherein four eREGs are mapped to an eCCE when the CP comprises a normal CP and the subframe comprises a normal subframe or a special subframe associated with a special subframe configuration of 3, 4, or 8.

25. The WTRU of claim 23, wherein eight eREGs are mapped to an eCCE when the CP comprises a normal CP and the subframe comprises a special subframe associated with a special subframe configuration of 1, 2, 6, 7, or 9 or when the CP comprises an extended CP and the subframe comprises a special subframe associated with a special subframe configuration of 1, 2, 3, 5, or 6.

26. The WTRU of claim 22, wherein number of eCCEs available to the ePDCCH is a function of one or more of a type of ePDCCH, the subframe, a subframe configuration, the number of PRB pairs associated with the ePDCCH resource, the number of available REs in a PRB pair associated with the ePDCCH resource, or a cyclic prefix (CP).

27. The WTRU of claim 16, wherein the ePDCCH resource monitored on the subframe comprises a WTRU-specific search space.

28. The WTRU of claim 16, wherein the processor is configured to execute the processor-executable instructions to monitor a PDCCH resource on a subframe not configured for monitoring the ePDCCH resource.

29. The WTRU of claim 28, wherein the PDCCH resource monitored comprises a common search space.

30. The WTRU of claim 16, wherein candidates for the ePDCCH resource of the subframe are selected based on a hashing function, wherein the hashing function is different for each ePDCCH resource.