Techniques and apparatuses for signaling regarding control region size

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11277855-B2
Application number	US-201816615103-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 11, 2018
Priority date	Jun 12, 2017
Publication date	Mar 15, 2022
Grant date	Mar 15, 2022

Abstract

Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a wireless communication device may receive at least one bit indicating a particular set of control symbols, of a plurality of sets of control symbols, comprising a downlink control region identify a location of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS), associated with a data channel, based at least in part on the at least one bit indicating the particular set of control symbols comprising the downlink control region; and communicate on the data channel based at least in part on the DMRS. Numerous other aspects are provided.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for wireless communication performed by a wireless communication device, comprising:
receiving at least one bit indicating a particular set of control symbols, of a plurality of sets of control symbols, comprising a downlink control region;
identifying a location of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS), associated with a data channel, based at least in part on a maximum possible number of control symbols associated with the at least one bit indicating the particular set of control symbols comprising the downlink control region; and
communicating on the data channel based at least in part on the DMRS.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the particular set of control symbols identifies a maximum length of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH),
wherein the maximum possible number of control symbols is associated with the maximum length of the PDCCH, and
wherein the location of the DMRS is identified based at least in part on the maximum length of the PDCCH.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one bit is a single bit and a value of the single bit indicates whether the particular set of control symbols is a first set of control symbols, of the plurality of sets of control symbols, or a second set of control symbols of the plurality of sets of control symbols.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the first set of control symbols includes two control symbols and the second set of control symbols includes three control symbols.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one bit identifies a start symbol of the particular set of control symbols and an end symbol of the particular set of control symbols.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one bit is received in a physical broadcast channel (PBCH).

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the downlink control region includes a common search space.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the downlink control region includes a user equipment (UE)-specific search space.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data channel is a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) or a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH).

10. A wireless communication device, comprising:
a memory; and
one or more processors coupled to the memory, the one or more processors configured to:
receive at least one bit indicating a particular set of control symbols, of a plurality of sets of control symbols, comprising a downlink control region;
identify a location of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS), associated with a data channel, based at least in part on a maximum possible number of control symbols associated with the at least one bit indicating the particular set of control symbols comprising the downlink control region; and
communicate on the data channel based at least in part on the DMRS.

11. The wireless communication device of claim 10 , wherein the particular set of control symbols identifies a maximum length of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH),
wherein the maximum possible number of control symbols is associated with the maximum length of the PDCCH, and
wherein the location of the DMRS is identified based at least in part on the maximum length of the PDCCH.

12. The wireless communication device of claim 10 , wherein the at least one bit is a single bit and a value of the single bit indicates whether the particular set of control symbols is a first set of control symbols, of the plurality of sets of control symbols, or a second set of control symbols of the plurality of sets of control symbols.

13. The wireless communication device of claim 12 , wherein the first set of control symbols includes two control symbols and the second set of control symbols includes three control symbols.

14. The wireless communication device of claim 10 , wherein the at least one bit identifies a start symbol of the particular set of control symbols and an end symbol of the particular set of control symbols.

15. The wireless communication device of claim 10 , wherein the at least one bit is received in a physical broadcast channel (PBCH).

16. The wireless communication device of claim 10 , wherein the downlink control region includes a common search space.

17. The wireless communication device of claim 10 , wherein the downlink control region includes a user equipment (UE)-specific search space.

18. The wireless communication device of claim 10 , wherein the data channel is a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) or a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH).

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing one or more instructions for wireless communication, the one or more instructions comprising:
one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a wireless communication device, cause the one or more processors to:
receive at least one bit indicating a particular set of control symbols, of a plurality of sets of control symbols, comprising a downlink control region;
identify a location of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS), associated with a data channel, based at least in part on a maximum possible number of control symbols associated with the at least one bit indicating the particular set of control symbols comprising the downlink control region; and
communicate on the data channel based at least in part on the DMRS.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the particular set of control symbols identifies a maximum length of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH),
wherein the maximum possible number of control symbols is associated with the maximum length of the PDCCH, and
wherein the location of the DMRS is identified based at least in part on the maximum length of the PDCCH.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the at least one bit is a single bit and a value of the single bit indicates whether the particular set of control symbols is a first set of control symbols, of the plurality of sets of control symbols, or a second set of control symbols of the plurality of sets of control symbols.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 21 , wherein the first set of control symbols includes two control symbols and the second set of control symbols includes three control symbols.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the at least one bit identifies a start symbol of the particular set of control symbols and an end symbol of the particular set of control symbols.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the at least one bit is received in a physical broadcast channel (PBCH).

25. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the downlink control region includes a common search space.

26. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the downlink control region includes a user equipment (UE)-specific search space.

27. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the data channel is a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) or a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH).

28. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:
means for receiving at least one bit indicating a particular set of control symbols, of a plurality of sets of control symbols, comprising a downlink control region;
means for identifying a location of a demodulation reference

Assignees

• Qualcomm Inc
• Lee Heechoon
• Sun Jing
• Gaal Peter

Inventors

• Lee Heechoon
• Sun Jing
• Gaal Peter

Classifications

• H04W72/30

  Resource management for broadcast services · CPC title

• H04W72/23

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

• H04W72/21

  in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network · CPC title

• H04L5/0044

  Allocation of payload; Allocation of data channels, e.g. PDSCH or PUSCH · CPC title

• H04L5/0051

  of dedicated pilots, i.e. pilots destined for a single user or terminal · CPC title