Control signaling in a beamforming system
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- allocating first sets of downlink (DL) control resource blocks by a base station for DL transmission to a plurality of user equipments (UEs) in a beamforming mobile communication network, wherein each set of the DL control resource blocks is associated with a corresponding set of beamforming weights;
allocating second sets of uplink (UL) control resource blocks by the base station for UL transmission from the UEs, wherein each set of the UL control resource blocks is associated with the corresponding set of beamforming weights; and
transmitting cell and beam identification information using sets of control beams, wherein each control beam comprises a set of the DL control resource blocks, a set of the UL control resource blocks, and the corresponding set of beamforming weights.
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Abstract
A method of control signaling in a beamforming system is proposed. A base station allocates a first sets of DL control resource blocks for DL transmission to a plurality of user equipments (UEs) in a beamforming network. Each set of DL control resource blocks is associated with a corresponding set of beamforming weights. The base station also allocates a second sets of UL control resource blocks for UL transmission from the UEs. Each set of UL control resource blocks is associated with the same corresponding set of beamforming weights. The base station transmits cell and beam identification information using a set of control beams. Each control beam comprises a set of DL control resource block, a set of UL control resource block, and the corresponding set of beamforming weights.
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21 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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allocating first sets of downlink (DL) control resource blocks by a base station for DL transmission to a plurality of user equipments (UEs) in a beamforming mobile communication network, wherein each set of the DL control resource blocks is associated with a corresponding set of beamforming weights; allocating second sets of uplink (UL) control resource blocks by the base station for UL transmission from the UEs, wherein each set of the UL control resource blocks is associated with the corresponding set of beamforming weights; and transmitting cell and beam identification information using sets of control beams, wherein each control beam comprises a set of the DL control resource blocks, a set of the UL control resource blocks, and the corresponding set of beamforming weights. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A base station, comprising:
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a downlink resource allocation circuit that allocates first sets of downlink (DL) control resource for DL transmission to a plurality of user equipments (UEs) in a beamforming mobile communication network, wherein each set of the DL control resource blocks is associated with a corresponding set of beamforming weights; an uplink resource allocation circuit that allocates second sets of uplink (UL) control resource blocks for UL transmission from the UEs, wherein each set of the UL control resource blocks is associated with the corresponding set of beamforming weights; and a radio frequency (RF) transmitter that transmits cell identification and beam identification information using sets of control beams, wherein each control beam comprises a set of the DL control resource blocks, a set of the UL control resource blocks, and the corresponding set of beamforming weights. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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