Enhanced node B (ENB) and method for MTC coexistence

• US 9,820,247 B2
• Filed: 03/24/2015
• Issued: 11/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel IP Corporation (Intel Corporation)
• Inventors: Xiong, Gang, Chatterjee, Debdeep, Han, Seunghee, Fwu, Jong-Kae
• Primary Examiner(s): Elliott, IV, Benjamin H
• Application Number:
  US14/667,430
• Publication Number:
  US 20160037514A1
• Time in Patent Office: 966 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/12 using downlink control channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 56/0015 one node acting as a reference for the others
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0453 Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA

Abstract

Embodiments of a machine-type communication (MTC) User Equipment (UE) and methods for configuring a MTC UE using an evolved Node B (eNB) are generally described herein. A method for configuring a UE for communication performed by circuitry of an evolved Node B (eNB) may include broadcasting, from the eNB, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmission on a licensed band, transmitting, from the eNB to the UE, a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) transmission multiplexed with a machine-type communication (MTC) PBCH (M-PBCH) transmission, the M-PBCH transmission including a MTC master information block (M-MIB) in a MTC region of the licensed band, wherein the MTC region includes a subset of frequencies of the licensed band, and transmitting, from the eNB to the UE, a first data transmission on the MTC region in a downlink.

Claims

1. An evolved Node B (eNB) configured to communicate with a User Equipment (UE) on a licensed band, the eNB comprising circuitry configured to:

transmit a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmission on the licensed band;

transmit, to the UE, a machine-type communication (MTC) system information block (M-SIB), the M-SIB including configuration information to configure a MTC region of the licensed band, wherein the MTC region includes a subset of frequencies of the licensed band, wherein the MTC region has a bandwidth of 1.4 MHz or less;

transmit, to the UE, resource allocation information in a MTC downlink control channel of the MTC region, the MTC downlink control channel being time multiplexed with the PDCCH;

transmit, to the UE, a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) within the MTC region;

rate-match the resource allocation information around resource elements for the CSI-RS to avoid collisions between the CSI-RS and transmissions in the MTC region;

transmit, to the UE, first data transmission on the MTC region in a downlink; and

receive, from the UE, a second data transmission on the MTC region in an uplink.

2. The eNB of claim 1, wherein to transmit the first data transmission, the circuitry is configured to transmit the first data transmission multiplexed with a third data transmission.

3. The eNB of claim 2, wherein the first data transmission and the third data transmission are multiplexed in a time-division.

4. The eNB of claim 1, wherein to receive the second data transmission, the circuitry is configured to receive the second data transmission multiplexed in a frequency-division with transmissions on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) or a physical random access channel (PRACH).

5. The eNB of claim 1, wherein the M-SIB includes time and frequency resource information of the MTC region for the UE.

6. The eNB of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to transmit, to the UE, primary and secondary synchronization signals (PSS/SSS).

7. The eNB of claim 6, wherein the circuitry is further configured to rate-match resource element mapping around the PSS/SSS within the MTC region.

8. The eNB of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to transmit, to the UE, a cell-specific reference signal.

9. The eNB of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to transmit, to the UE, a MTC master information block (M-MIB).

10. The eNB of claim 9, wherein to transmit the M-MIB, the circuitry is further configured to transmit the M-MIB in a subframe in a frame within the MTC region.

11. The eNB of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to transmit a MTC physical broadcast channel (M-PBCH) transmission in a subframe.

12. The eNB of claim 11, wherein the circuitry is further configured to transmit, to the UE, a second subframe, the second subframe including a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) transmission different from the M-PBCH transmission.

13. The eNB of claim 12, wherein the PBCH transmission and the M-PBCH transmission are time-division multiplexed between the subframe and the second subframe, and wherein the PBCH transmission and the M-PBCH transmission are allocated in the same resource.

14. The eNB of claim 11, wherein the circuitry is further configured to transmit a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) transmission different from the M-PBCH transmission in the subframe.

15. A User Equipment (UE) configured to operate on a machine-type communication (MTC) MTC region of a wireless spectrum comprising:

a transceiver configured to;

receive, from an evolved Node B (eNB) a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmission on a licensed band;

receive, from the eNB, a MTC system information block (M-SIB), the M-SIB including configuration information to configure the MTC region, wherein the MTC region has a bandwidth of 1.4 MHz or less;

receive, from the eNB, resource allocation information in a MTC down ink control channel of the MTC region, the MTC downlink control channel being time multiplexed with the PDCCH;

receive, from the eNB, a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) within the MTC region, wherein the resource allocation information is rate-matched around resource elements for the CSI-RS to avoid collisions between the CSI-RS and transmissions in the MTC region;

receive a first data transmission on the MTC region in a downlink, wherein the MTC region includes a subset of frequencies of the licensed band; and

transmit a second data transmission on the MTC region in an uplink.

16. The UE of claim 15, wherein the transceiver is further configured to transmit a MTC physical random access channel (M-PRACH) transmission.

17. The UE of claim 16, wherein the M-PRACH transmission is time-division multiplexed with a MTC physical uplink control channel (M-PUCCH) transmission and a MTC physical uplink shared channel (M-PUSCH) transmission in the MTC region.

18. The UE of claim 15, further comprising one or more antennas coupled to the transceiver.

19. A method for configuring a User Equipment (UE) for communication performed by circuitry of an evolved Node B (eNB), the method comprising:

broadcasting, from the eNB, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmission on a licensed band;

transmitting, from the eNB to the UE, a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) transmission multiplexed with a machine-type communication (MTC) PBCH (M-PBCH) transmission, the M-PBCH transmission including a MTC system information block (M-SIB), the M-SIB including configuration information to configure a MTC region of the licensed band, wherein the MTC region includes a subset of frequencies of the licensed band, and wherein the MTC region has a bandwidth of 1.4 MHz or less;

transmitting, from the eNB to the UE, resource allocation information in a MTC downlink control channel of the MTC region, the MTC downlink control channel being time multiplexed with the PDCCH;

transmitting, to the UE, a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) within the MTC region;

rate-matching the resource allocation information around resource elements for the CSI-RS to avoid collisions between the CSI-RS and transmissions in the MTC region; and

transmitting, from the eNB to the UE, a first data transmission on the MTC region a downlink.

20. The method of claim 19, farther comprising transmitting, to the UE, a physical hybrid-automatic repeat request (ARQ) indicator channel M-PHICH transmission.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein ing the M-PHICH includes transmitting, to the UE, configuration information in a system information block (SIB) or a master information block (MIB).

22. At least one non-transitory machine-readable medium including instructions for operation of a computing system, which when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:

receive, at a User Equipment (UE) from an evolved Node B (eNB), a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmission on a licensed band;

receive, at the UE from the eNB, a machine-type communication (MTC) physical broadcast channel (M-PBCH) transmission including a MTC system information block (M-SIB), the SIB including configuration information to configure a MTC region of the licensed band, wherein the MTC region includes a subset of frequencies of the licensed band, and wherein the MTC region has a bandwidth of 1.4 MHz or less;

receive, at the UE from the eNB, resource allocation information in a MTC downlink control channel of the MTC region, the MTC downlink control channel being time multiplexed with the PDCCH;

receive, from the eNB, a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) within the MTC region, wherein the resource allocation information is rate-matched around resource elements for the CSI-RS to avoid collisions between the CSI-RS and transmissions in the MTC region; and

transmit, from the UE, a data transmission on the MTC region in an uplink.

23. The machine-readable medium of claim 22, wherein operation s to receive the data transmission include operations to receive the data transmission using intra-slot hopping.