Method of receiving control information for receiving discovery reference signal and apparatus thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10080218-B2
Application number	US-201515123460-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 4, 2015
Priority date	Mar 4, 2014
Publication date	Sep 18, 2018
Grant date	Sep 18, 2018

Abstract

The present specification provides a method and UE for receiving configuration usable for a discovery, which can be used in a small cell scenario. In detail, the UE is configured for receiving measurement configuration for a discovery signal, wherein the discovery signal includes CRS, PSS, and SSS. The discovery may further include a channel status information-reference signal (CSI-RS) depending on a configuration of the CSI-RS. The measurement configuration may include at least one set of configuration elements. The UE performs a measurement on the discovery signal based on the received configuration. Further, the UE receives channel status information-reference signal (CSI-RS) configuration including at least one set of CSI-RS configuration elements used for a zero power CSI-RS, wherein the CSI-RS configuration includes at least one set of CSI-RS configuration elements, each set of CSI-RS configuration elements includes CSI-RS interval information and CSI-RS offset information.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method of receiving control information for receiving a signal in a wireless communication system, the method performed by a user equipment (UE) and comprising:
receiving a measurement configuration for a discovery signal,
wherein the discovery signal includes a cell-specific reference signal (CRS), a primary synchronization signal (PSS), a secondary synchronization signal (SSS),
wherein the measurement configuration includes at least one set of configuration elements, each set of the configuration elements indicating a measurement period for the discovery signal, an offset for the measurement period, and a measurement duration during which the UE measures the discovery signal in one period of the measurement period,
wherein the measurement period of the discovery signal is set to 40 ms or 80 ms,
wherein the offset for the measurement period is a number of subframe(s),
wherein the measurement duration is set to 6 ms, and
wherein each set of the configuration elements is defined per frequency for a corresponding cell; and
measuring the discovery signal based on the measurement configuration.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein when an enhanced Interference Mitigation & Traffic Adaptation (eIMTA) is used by the UE, the UE assumes a downlink reference signal will be received on a downlink subframe allocated by a system information block (SIB).

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the discovery signal further includes a channel status information-reference signal (CSI-RS) depending on a configuration of the CSI-RS, wherein the configuration of the CSI-RS includes an interval for the CSI-RS and an offset for the CSI-RS, wherein the UE further receives a CSI-RS configuration including at least one set of CSI-RS configuration elements used for a zero power CSI-RS, wherein the CSI-RS configuration includes at least one set of CSI-RS configuration elements, each set of CSI-RS configuration elements includes CSI-RS interval information and CSI-RS offset information.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein, when the at least one set of CSI-RS configuration elements includes a plurality of sets of CSR-RS configuration elements, each set of CSI-RS configuration elements includes CSI-RS interval information and CSI-RS offset information, and each set of CSI-RS configuration elements is separately configured.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a measurement gap configuration indicating a length and a repetition period of a measurement gap.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the measurement configuration for the discovery signal is received via a radio resource control (RRC) message.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the RRC message is received at the UE which is in an RRC connected mode.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the measurement of the discovery signal starts on a first subframe carrying the SSS in one period of the measurement period.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein a set of the configuration elements defined for one frequency contains a single measurement period, a single offset, and a single measurement duration.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein each set of the configuration elements is applied to a plurality of cells having a same frequency.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein a system frame number (SFN) of a macro cell of the UE is used as a reference for a duration where the UE performs the measurement on the discovery signal.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the macro cell of the UE is a primary cell (P-cell) of the UE.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the UE does not perform a measurement on the discovery signal in a subframe configured for Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service (MBMS) service.

14. A user equipment (UE) for receiving control information for receiving a signal in a wireless communication system, comprising:
a radio frequency (RF) unit; and
a processor, coupled to the RF unit, that:
controls the RF unit to receive a measurement configuration for a discovery signal,
wherein the discovery signal includes a cell-specific reference signal (CRS), a primary synchronization signal (PSS), a secondary synchronization signal (SSS),
wherein the measurement configuration includes at least one set of configuration elements, each set of the configuration elements indicating a measurement period for the discovery signal, an offset of the measurement period, and a measurement duration during which the UE measures the discovery signal in one period of the measurement period,
wherein the measurement period of the discovery signal is set to 40 ms or 80 ms,
wherein the offset for the measurement period is in a number of subframe(s),
wherein the measurement duration is set to 6 ms, and
wherein each set of the configuration elements is defined per frequency for a corresponding cell; and
measures the discovery signal based on the measurement configuration.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein, when an enhanced Interference Mitigation & Traffic Adaptation (eIMTA) is used in the UE, the UE assumes a downlink reference signal will be received on downlink subframe allocated by a system information block (SIB).

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Yi Yunjung
• Kim Bonghoe
• Kim Kijun
• Ahn Joonkui
• Park Jonghyun
• Hwang Daesung

Classifications

• H04W72/541

  using the level of interference · CPC title

• H04W72/23 Primary

  in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal · CPC title

• H04W72/54

  based on quality criteria · CPC title

• H04W72/20

  Control channels or signalling for resource management · CPC title

• H04W4/06

  Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services · CPC title