Channel configuration in a wireless network

• US 9,894,683 B2
• Filed: 11/20/2015
• Issued: 02/13/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications LLC (Comcast Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications LLC (Comcast Corporation)
• Inventors: Dinan, Esmael Hejazi
• Primary Examiner(s): Orgad, Edan
• Assistant Examiner(s): MAGLO, EMMANUEL K
• Application Number:
  US14/947,021
• Publication Number:
  US 20160150561A1
• Time in Patent Office: 816 Days
• Field of Search: 370329
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/00 Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received correcting synchronisation H04L7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1861 Physical mapping arrangements for ACK signaling see also H04L5/0053
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0806 for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0007 the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A), DMT
• 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: H04L 5/0055 Physical resource allocation for ACK/NACK for physical mapping arrangements in ARQ protocols H04L1/1861
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0091 Signaling for the administration of the divided path
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/00 Local resource management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/20 Control channels or signalling for resource management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal

Abstract

According to some aspects, a base station may transmit a control message to a wireless device. The control message may comprise configuration parameters for a control channel associated with sets of resource blocks in one or more subframes of a plurality of subframes. The configuration parameters may indicate the one or more subframes in which the resource blocks of the control channel are configured. The configuration parameters may further indicate a starting symbol, such as an offset number of symbols, for the control channel and an associated downlink data channel within the one or more subframes. The base station may transmit, via the control channel, scheduling information for a packet. The base station may receive the packet and transmit an acknowledgement via a feedback channel beginning at the first symbol of a subframe in the plurality of subframes.

Claims

1. A base station comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the base station to;

transmit, to a wireless device, a first control message comprising configuration parameters for a control channel, wherein the control channel is associated with one or more sets of resource blocks in one or more subframes of a plurality of subframes, and wherein the configuration parameters indicate;

the one or more subframes in which the one or more sets of resource blocks associated with the control channel are configured; and

a starting symbol, corresponding to both the control channel and a downlink data channel, for each subframe of the one or more subframes in which the one or more sets of resource blocks associated with the control channel are configured;

transmit, via the control channel, first scheduling information for a first packet;

receive the first packet; and

transmit, via a feedback channel, a positive or negative acknowledgement in a first subframe of the plurality of subframes, wherein the feedback channel begins at a symbol occurring first in each subframe of the plurality of subframes.

2. The base station of claim 1, wherein the configuration parameters comprise an array of one or more elements, and wherein an element in the array comprises at least one frequency resource parameter for a corresponding set of resource blocks in the one or more sets of resource blocks.

3. The base station of claim 1, wherein the configuration parameters further indicate beamforming information for the control channel.

4. The base station of claim 1, wherein the instructions further cause the base station to:

transmit, via the control channel, second scheduling information in a second subframe of the one or more subframes, the second scheduling information being for a second packet transmitted on the downlink data channel; and

transmit, via the downlink data channel, the second packet in the second subframe according to the second scheduling information.

5. The base station of claim 1, wherein first radio resources of the control channel and second radio resources of the downlink data channel are configured on a carrier comprising a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) subcarriers.

6. The base station of claim 1, wherein the one or more subframes consists of less than all subframes of the plurality of subframes.

7. The base station of claim 1, wherein the one or more subframes comprises all subframes in the plurality of subframes.

8. The base station of claim 1, wherein the configuration parameters indicate the starting symbol in terms of an offset number of symbols in a given subframe.

9. A base station comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the base station to;

transmit a control message comprising configuration parameters for an enhanced physical downlink control channel (ePDCCH), wherein the configuration parameters comprise;

an indication of one or more subframes of a plurality of subframes in a frame in which the ePDCCH is configured; and

a starting symbol, corresponding to both the ePDCCH and a downlink data channel, for each subframe of the one or more subframes in which the ePDCCH is configured;

transmit, via the ePDCCH, first scheduling information for a first packet;

receive the first packet; and

transmit, via a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) channel beginning at a symbol occurring first in each subframe of the plurality of subframes, a positive or negative acknowledgement for the first packet.

10. The base station of claim 9, wherein the configuration parameters comprise an array of one or more elements, and wherein an element in the array comprises at least one frequency resource parameter for a corresponding set of resource blocks associated with the ePDCCH.

11. The base station of claim 9, wherein the configuration parameters further indicate beamforming information for the ePDCCH.

12. The base station of claim 9, wherein the instructions further cause the base station to:

transmit, via the ePDCCH, second scheduling information in a second subframe of the one or more subframes, the second scheduling information being for a second packet transmitted on the downlink data channel; and

transmit, via the downlink data channel, the second packet in the second subframe according to the second scheduling information.

13. The base station of claim 9, wherein first radio resources of the ePDCCH and second radio resources of the downlink data channel are configured on a carrier comprising a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) subcarriers.

14. The base station of claim 9, wherein the one or more subframes consists of less than all subframes of the plurality of subframes.

15. The base station of claim 9, wherein the one or more subframes comprises all subframes in the plurality of subframes.

16. The base station of claim 9, wherein the configuration parameters indicate the starting symbol in terms of an offset number of symbols in a given subframe.

17. A method comprising:

transmitting, by a base station and to a wireless device, a first control message comprising configuration parameters for a control channel, wherein the control channel is associated with one or more sets of resource blocks in one or more subframes of a plurality of subframes, and wherein the configuration parameters indicate;

the one or more subframes in which the one or more sets of resource blocks associated with the control channel are configured; and

a starting symbol, corresponding to both the control channel and a downlink data channel, for each subframe of the one or more subframes in which the one or more sets of resource blocks associated with the control channel are configured;

transmitting, by the base station to the wireless device and via the control channel, first scheduling information for a first packet;

receiving, by the base station, the first packet; and

transmitting, by the base station and via a feedback channel, a positive or negative acknowledgement in a first subframe of the plurality of subframes, wherein the feedback channel begins at a symbol occurring first in each subframe of the plurality of subframes.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the configuration parameters comprise an array of one or more elements, and wherein an element in the array comprises at least one frequency resource parameter for a corresponding set of resource blocks in the one or more sets of resource blocks.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the configuration parameters further indicate beamforming information for the control channel.

20. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

transmitting, by the base station and via the control channel, second scheduling information in a second subframe of the one or more subframes, the second scheduling information being for a second packet transmitted on the downlink data channel; and

transmitting, by the base station and via the downlink data channel, the second packet in the second subframe according to the second scheduling information.

21. The method of claim 17, wherein first radio resources of the control channel and second radio resources of the downlink data channel are configured on a carrier comprising a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) subcarriers.

22. The method of claim 17, wherein the one or more subframes consists of less than all subframes of the plurality of subframes.

23. The method of claim 17, wherein the one or more subframes comprises all subframes in the plurality of subframes.

24. The method of claim 17, wherein the configuration parameters indicate the starting symbol in terms of an offset number of symbols in a given subframe.

25. A method comprising:

transmitting, by a base station and to a wireless device, a control message comprising configuration parameters for an enhanced physical downlink control channel (ePDCCH), wherein the configuration parameters comprise;

an indication of one or more subframes of a plurality of subframes in a frame in which the ePDCCH is configured; and

a starting symbol, corresponding to both the ePDCCH and a downlink data channel, for each subframe of the one or more subframes in which the ePDCCH is configured;

transmitting, by the base station and via the ePDCCH, first scheduling information for a first packet;

receiving, by the base station, the first packet; and

transmitting, by the base station and via a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARD) channel beginning at a symbol occurring first in each subframe of the plurality of subframes, a positive or negative acknowledgement for the first packet.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein the configuration parameters comprise an array of one or more elements, and wherein an element in the array comprises at least one frequency resource parameter for a corresponding set of resource blocks associated with the ePDCCH.

27. The method of claim 25, wherein the configuration parameters further indicate beamforming information for the ePDCCH.

28. The method of claim 25, further comprising:

transmitting, by the base station and via the ePDCCH, second scheduling information in a second subframe of the one or more subframes, the second scheduling information being for a second packet transmitted on the downlink data channel; and

transmitting, by the base station and via the downlink data channel, the second packet in the second subframe according to the second scheduling information.

29. The method of claim 25, wherein first radio resources of the ePDCCH and second radio resources of the downlink data channel are configured on a carrier comprising a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) subcarriers.

30. The method of claim 25, wherein the one or more subframes consists of less than all subframes of the plurality of subframes.

31. The method of claim 25, wherein the one or more subframes comprises all subframes in the plurality of subframes.

32. The method of claim 25, wherein the configuration parameters indicate the starting symbol in terms of an offset number of symbols in a given subframe.

33. A system comprising:

a first base station configured to;

transmit, to a wireless device, a first control message comprising configuration parameters for a control channel, wherein the control channel is associated with one or more sets of resource blocks in one or more subframes of a plurality of subframes, and wherein the configuration parameters indicate;

the one or more subframes in which the one or more sets of resource blocks associated with the control channel are configured; and

a starting symbol, corresponding to both the control channel and a downlink data channel, for each subframe of the one or more subframes in which the one or more sets of resource blocks associated with the control channel are configured;

transmit, via the control channel, first scheduling information for a first packet;

receive the first packet; and

transmit, via a feedback channel, a positive or negative acknowledgement in a first subframe of the plurality of subframes, wherein the feedback channel begins at a symbol occurring first in each subframe of the plurality of subframes; and

the wireless device configured to transmit the first packet based on the first scheduling information.

34. The system of claim 33, wherein the configuration parameters comprise an array of one or more elements, and wherein an element in the array comprises at least one frequency resource parameter for a corresponding set of resource blocks in the one or more sets of resource blocks.

35. The system of claim 33, wherein the configuration parameters further indicate beamforming information for the control channel.

36. The system of claim 33, wherein the first base station is further configured to:

transmit, via the control channel, second scheduling information in a second subframe of the one or more subframes, the second scheduling information being for a second packet transmitted on the downlink data channel; and

transmit, via the downlink data channel, the second packet in the second subframe according to the second scheduling information.

37. The system of claim 33, wherein first radio resources of the control channel and second radio resources of the downlink data channel are configured on a carrier comprising a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) subcarriers.

38. The system of claim 33, wherein the one or more subframes consists of less than all subframes of the plurality of subframes.

39. The system of claim 33, wherein the one or more subframes comprises all subframes in the plurality of subframes.

40. The system of claim 33, wherein the configuration parameters indicate the starting symbol in terms of an offset number of symbols in a given subframe.

41. A system comprising:

a first base station configured to;

transmit, to a wireless device, a control message comprising configuration parameters for an enhanced physical downlink control channel (ePDCCH), wherein the configuration parameters comprise;

an indication of one or more subframes of a plurality of subframes in a frame in which the ePDCCH is configured; and

a starting symbol, corresponding to both the ePDCCH and a downlink data channel, for each subframe of the one or more subframes in which the ePDCCH is configured;

transmit, via the ePDCCH, first scheduling information for a first packet;

receive the first packet; and

transmit, via a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) channel beginning at a symbol occurring first in each subframe of the plurality of subframes, a positive or negative acknowledgement for the first packet; and

the wireless device configured to;

receive the first scheduling information; and

transmit the first packet based on the first scheduling information.

42. The system of claim 41, wherein the configuration parameters comprise an array of one or more elements, and wherein an element in the array comprises at least one frequency resource parameter for a corresponding set of resource blocks associated with the ePDCCH.

43. The system of claim 41, wherein the configuration parameters further indicate beamforming information for the ePDCCH.

44. The system of claim 41, wherein the first base station is further configured to:

transmit, via the ePDCCH, second scheduling information in a second subframe of the one or more subframes, the second scheduling information being for a second packet transmitted on the downlink data channel; and

transmit, via the downlink data channel, the second packet in the second subframe according to the second scheduling information.

45. The system of claim 41, wherein first radio resources of the ePDCCH and second radio resources of the downlink data channel are configured on a carrier comprising a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) subcarriers.

46. The system of claim 41, wherein the one or more subframes consists of less than all subframes of the plurality of subframes.

47. The system of claim 41, wherein the one or more subframes comprises all subframes in the plurality of subframes.

48. The system of claim 41, wherein the configuration parameters indicate the starting symbol in terms of an offset number of symbols in a given subframe.