Method and apparatus for transreceiving downlink signal by considering antenna port relationship in wireless communication system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9380571-B2
Application number	US-201314419624-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 4, 2013
Priority date	Oct 4, 2012
Publication date	Jun 28, 2016
Grant date	Jun 28, 2016

Abstract

The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more specifically, disclosed are a method and an apparatus for transmitting or receiving a downlink signal by considering an antenna port relationship. A method for user equipment decoding an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) in the wireless communication system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: determining from a downlink subframe a reference element (RE) on which the EPDCCH is mapped; and decoding the EPDCCH based on the RE on which the EPDCCH is mapped. At least one EPDCCH-physical resource block (PRB)-set for monitoring the EPDCCH can be established for the user equipment, wherein a parameter set for each of the at least one EPDCCH-PRB-set is indicated by an upper layer, and the RE on which the EPDCCH is mapped can be determined based on the parameter set indicated by the upper layer.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for decoding an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
determining a resource element (RE) to which the EPDCCH is mapped in a downlink subframe; and
decoding the EPDCCH based on the RE to which the EPDCCH is mapped,
wherein at least one EPDCCH-physical resource block (PRB)-set for monitoring the EPDCCH is configured for the UE,
wherein a parameter set for each of the at least one EPDCCH-PRB-set is indicated by a higher layer,
wherein the determination of the RE is performed based on the parameter set indicated by the higher layer.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein antenna port quasi co-location (QCL) with respect to the EPDCCH is determined based on the parameter set indicated by the higher layer.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the parameter set indicated by the higher layer is a specific Physical downlink shared channel resource element mapping and Quasi co-location Indicator (PQI) parameter set,
wherein the specific PQI parameter set is used for the decoding of the EPDCCH.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the parameter set comprises at least one of parameters corresponding to number-of-CRS (cell-specific reference signal) ports information, CRS frequency shift information, Multicast Broadcast Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) subframe configuration information, zero power (ZP) CSI-RS configuration information, a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) start symbol value, and non-zero power (NZP) CSI-RS configuration information.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the RE to which the EPDCCH is mapped is not used for the ZP CSI-RS, and
an RE used for the ZP CSI-RS is determined based on the ZP CSI-RS configuration information.

6. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the RE to which the EPDCCH is mapped is not used for the CRS, and
an RE used for the CRS is determined based on at least one of the number-of-CRS ports information, the CRS frequency shift information, and the MBSFN subframe configuration information.

7. The method according to claim 4 , wherein an EPDCCH start symbol in the downlink subframe is determined based on the PDSCH start symbol value.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) signal is received based on downlink control information (DCI) received through the EPDCCH.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the UE is set to transmission mode 10 (TM 10 ).

10. A user equipment (UE) for decoding an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:
a transmit module;
a receive module; and
a processor,
wherein the processor is configured to determine a resource element (RE) to which the EPDCCH is mapped in a downlink subframe and to decode the EPDCCH based on the RE to which the EPDCCH is mapped,
wherein at least one EPDCCH-physical resource block (PRB)-set for monitoring the EPDCCH is configured for the UE,
wherein a parameter set for each of the at least one EPDCCH-PRB-set is indicated by a higher layer,
wherein the determination of the RE is performed based on the parameter set indicated by the higher layer.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Park Jonghyun
• Seo Inkwon
• Seo Hanbyul
• Kim Kijun
• Yang Suckchel

Classifications

• H04W72/23 Primary

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

• H04W76/00

  Connection management · CPC title

• H04W24/00

  Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements · CPC title

• H04W72/00

  Local resource management · CPC title

• H04W72/042 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic