Method and apparatus for receiving control information in wireless communication system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9622235-B2
Application number	US-201314434637-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 23, 2013
Priority date	Oct 23, 2012
Publication date	Apr 11, 2017
Grant date	Apr 11, 2017

Abstract

A method is provided for receiving control information by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system. The UE receives information on a time-resource region in which common search space (CSS) monitoring on a legacy physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) is performed. The UE further receives monitoring information on a CSS on an enhanced PDCCH (EPDCCH). The UE detects control information according to the monitoring information. If the time-resource region in which the CSS monitoring on the legacy PDCCH is performed is identical to the time-resource region in which CSS monitoring on the EPDCCH is performed, the control information is detected by monitoring a CSS determined according to a transmission mode of the UE.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of receiving control information by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
receiving information on a time-resource region in which common search space (CSS) monitoring on a legacy physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) is performed;
receiving monitoring information on a CSS on an enhanced PDCCH (EPDCCH); and
detecting control information according to the monitoring information,
wherein if the time-resource region in which the CSS monitoring on the legacy PDCCH is performed is identical to the time-resource region in which CSS monitoring on the EPDCCH is performed, the control information is detected by monitoring a CSS determined according to a transmission mode of the UE.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the monitoring information comprises an indicator indicating whether a time-resource region exists in the CSS on the EPDCCH.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the monitoring information comprises information indicating a system version related to the wireless communication system, and
wherein the control information is detected by monitoring the CSS on the EPDCCH only when the system version corresponds to a predetermined system version.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the monitoring information indicates a number of resource elements (REs) usable for transmitting the EPDCCH, and
wherein the control information is detected by monitoring the CSS on the EPDCCH only when the number of REs is greater than a predetermined number.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein if the time-resource region in which the CSS monitoring on the legacy PDCCH is performed is identical to the time-resource region in which the CSS monitoring on the EPDCCH is performed, the time-resource region for the CSS monitoring on the EPDCCH is considered as a misconfigured state.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the monitoring information further comprises information on a time-resource region in which both EPDCCH-based CSS monitoring and legacy PDCCH-based CSS monitoring are performed together.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising the step of receiving information on a starting symbol position of a specific EPDCCH set.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein if the starting symbol position of the specific EPDCCH set and a legacy PDCCH region set to the UE user equipment are overlapped with each other, the control information is detected by monitoring detecting step monitors the CSS on the EPDCCH.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein if blind decoding candidates for a UE-specific search space (USS) on the legacy PDCCH and blind decoding candidates for a USS on the EPDCCH are respectively configured and USS monitoring on the legacy PDCCH is omitted, the blind decoding candidates for the USS on the legacy PDCCH are reallocated to the blind decoding candidates for the USS on the EPDCCH.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein size of the CSS monitoring on the PDCCH is determined according to a number of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols used for the PDCCH, wherein the number of OFDM symbols used for the PDCCH is equal to physical hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) indicator channel (PHICH) duration, if extended PHICH duration is indicated by higher layers.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein a starting symbol position of a specific EPDCCH set is given according to the number of OFDM symbols used for the PDCCH.

12. A user equipment (UE) for receiving control information in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:
a radio frequency (RF) an RF (radio frequency) unit; and
a processor configured to:
receive, via the RF unit, information on a time-resource region in which common search space (CSS) monitoring on a legacy physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) is performed,
receive, via the RF unit, monitoring information on a CSS on an enhanced PDCCH (EPDCCH), and
detect control information according to the monitoring information,

wherein if the time-resource region in which the CSS monitoring on the legacy PDCCH is performed is identical to the time-resource region in which CSS monitoring on the EPDCCH is performed, the control information is detected by monitoring a CSS determined according to a transmission mode of the UE.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Lee Seungmin
• Kim Hakseong
• Seo Hanbyul

Classifications

• H04W72/23 Primary

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

• H04L5/0053

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

• H04L5/0048

  Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver (allocation of control signalling H04L5/0053; use of control signalling H04L5/0091) · CPC title

• H04L5/001 Primary

  the frequencies being arranged in component carriers · CPC title

• H04L1/0046 Primary

  Code rate detection or code type detection (H04L1/0038 takes precedence; detection of the data rate H04L25/0262; for packet format H04L1/0091) · CPC title