Communicating on a shared channel in a wireless network

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11523373-B2
Application number	US-202017014811-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 8, 2020
Priority date	Sep 27, 2007
Publication date	Dec 6, 2022
Grant date	Dec 6, 2022

Abstract

A user equipment (UE) may receive a broadcast channel that includes a bits indicating possible resources for a downlink shared channel being utilized for a signaling channel. The UE may monitor, based on the indicated possible resources, the signaling channel for signaling information for the UE.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:
receiving, by the UE, first information including a first plurality of bits, wherein the first plurality of bits indicates a plurality of time slots that physical shared channel resources are utilized for first signaling channels;
monitoring, by the UE, the first signaling channels during the plurality of time slots for signaling information that indicates that the UE is present based on an identification of the UE;
processing, by the UE, the signaling information in response to the signaling information indicating the UE is present;
receiving, by the UE, second information including a second plurality of bits, wherein the second plurality of bits indicates second time slots that the physical shared channel resources are utilized for second signaling channels; and
monitoring, by the UE, the second signaling channels during the second time slots.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first information is received over a broadcast channel.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first information is received over a broadcast channel and the second information is received as common configuration information.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
receiving, by the UE, a physical downlink shared channel in an indicated time slot that the UE monitors the first signaling channels.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
receiving, by the UE, an allocation for a physical downlink shared channel in the one or more time slots;
receiving, by the UE, in a control channel an indication that a portion of resources allocated to the physical downlink shared channel in one time slot of the one or more time slots is used by a different channel; and
receiving, by the UE, the physical downlink shared channel in the one time slot.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the UE avoids processing for physical downlink shared channel data the indicated portion of resources.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the control channel has an identification different than the identification of the UE.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein signaling information determined to be for the UE based on the identification of the UE includes an indication of a time slot and a modulation for a physical downlink shared channel assigned to the UE.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the signaling information for the UE includes resources for the physical downlink shared channel assigned to the UE.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the indicated time slots are not consecutive time slots.

11. A non-transient computer readable medium comprising program instructions for causing a user equipment (UE) to perform a method of:
receiving first information including a first plurality of bits, wherein the first plurality of bits indicates a plurality of time slots that physical shared channel resources are utilized for first signaling channels;
monitoring the first signaling channels during the plurality of time slots for signaling information that indicates that the UE is present based on an identification of the UE;
processing the signaling information in response to the signaling information indicating the UE is present;
receiving second information including a second plurality of bits, wherein the second plurality of bits indicates second time slots that the physical shared channel resources are utilized for second signaling channels; and
monitoring the second signaling channels during the second time slots.

12. The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the first information is received over a broadcast channel.

13. The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the first information is received over a broadcast channel and the second information is received as common configuration information.

14. The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 11 further comprising instructions for:
receiving a physical downlink shared channel in an indicated time slot that the UE monitors the first signaling channels.

15. The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 11 further comprising instructions for:
receiving an allocation for a physical downlink shared channel in the one or more time slots; and
receiving in a control channel, an indication that a portion of resources allocated to the physical downlink shared channel in one time slot of the one or more time slots is used by a different channel; and
receiving the physical downlink shared channel in the one time slot.

16. The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the UE avoids processing for physical downlink shared channel data the indicated portion of resources.

17. The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the control channel has an identification different than the identification of the UE.

18. The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein signaling information determined to be for the UE based on the identification of the UE includes an indication of a time slot and a modulation for a physical downlink shared channel assigned to the UE.

Assignees

• Intellectual Ventures Holding 81 Llc

Inventors

• Beale Martin Warwick

Classifications

• H04W72/23 Primary

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

• H04W72/20 Primary

  Control channels or signalling for resource management · CPC title

• H04W48/10

  using broadcasted information · CPC title

• H04W72/0406 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L5/0053

  Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals · CPC title