Method and apparatus for transmitting signals to a plurality of transmission points

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9674886-B2
Application number	US-201414651188-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 7, 2014
Priority date	Jan 7, 2013
Publication date	Jun 6, 2017
Grant date	Jun 6, 2017

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for transmitting uplink signals to a plurality of transmission points in a wireless communication system, comprising: receiving information on at least one parameter set group through upper layer signaling, wherein each of the at least one parameter set group includes a plurality of parameter sets; detecting a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) comprising indication information for indicating specific parameter sets which belong to one of the parameter set groups from among the at least one parameter set group; and transmitting a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) by using the specific parameter set, wherein each of the plurality of parameter sets includes information on a power control parameter and information on timing advance (TA) for transmitting the PUSCH signal.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for transmitting an uplink signal to a plurality of transmission points by a User Equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
receiving information about at least one parameter set group via higher-layer signaling, each of the at least one parameter set group including a plurality of parameter sets;
detecting a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) including indication information indicating a specific parameter set belonging to one parameter set group of the at least one parameter set group; and
transmitting a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) signal using the specific parameter set,
wherein each of the plurality of parameter sets includes information about Timing Advance (TA) and information about power control parameter for transmission of the PUSCH signal, and
wherein each of the plurality of parameter sets further includes information for reception of a Physical Hybrid automatic repeat and request indicator Channel (PHICH) signal corresponding to transmission of the PUSCH signal, and the information for reception of the PHICH signal includes at least one of information about the number of Cell-specific Reference Signal (CRS) antenna ports, information about a CRS frequency shift, PHICH configuration information, and PHICH resource index information.

2. The method according to claim 1 ,
wherein the information about power control parameter includes open-loop power control parameter information for transmission of the PUSCH signal or mapping information between a Transmit Power Control (TPC) command included in the PDCCH and a value indicated by the TPC command, and
wherein each of the plurality of parameter sets includes at least one of information about a cell Identity (ID) for generating UE-specific Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) for transmission of the PUSCH signal, information about a Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) transmission subframe, and information about an SRS transmission band.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the PDCCH includes a TPC command, and a value indicated by the TPC command is accumulated only for a same parameter set.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein if the PDCCH includes downlink control information common to a plurality of UEs and the downlink control information includes a TPC command, a value indicated by the TPC command is accumulated for all parameter sets.

5. The method according to claim 1 ,
wherein if the PDCCH includes downlink control information common to a plurality of UEs and the downlink control information includes a TPC command, a value indicated by the TPC command is accumulated for a predetermined parameter set, and
wherein the predetermined parameter set is a parameter set having a lowest index, a parameter set having a highest index, or a parameter set determined by higher-layer signaling.

6. The method according to claim 1 ,
wherein each of the at least one parameter set group is configured independently per search space for detection of the PDCCH, and
wherein the one parameter set group is determined according to a search space in which the PDCCH is detected.

7. The method according to claim 1 ,
wherein a search space for detection of the PDCCH includes a PDCCH candidate group, and
wherein the one parameter set group is determined according to a PDCCH candidate group in which the PDCCH is detected.

8. The method according to claim 1 ,
wherein a search space for detection of the PDCCH includes a specific subframe group, and
wherein the one parameter set group is determined according to a subframe in which the PDCCH is detected.

9. The method according to claim 1 ,
wherein a search space for detection of the PDCCH is a UE-specific search space or a cell-specific search space, and
wherein the one parameter set group is determined according to whether the PDCCH is detected in the UE-specific search space or the cell-specific search space.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein if respective PDCCHs are detected in a plurality of search spaces and the search spaces are overlapped at least partially, the PDCCH corresponds to a PDCCH detected in a search space indicated by higher-layer signaling is used.

11. The method according to claim 1 ,
wherein if a plurality of PDCCHs are detected in respective search spaces and the search spaces are overlapped at least partially, the PDCCH corresponds to a PDCCH detected in a search space having a lowest index or a highest index.

12. A User Equipment (UE) for transmitting an uplink signal to a plurality of transmission points in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:
a Radio Frequency (RF) unit; and
a processor, wherein the processor is configured to:
receive information about at least one parameter set group via higher-layer signaling through the RF unit, each of the at least one parameter set group including a plurality of parameter sets,
detect a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) including indication information indicating a specific parameter set in one parameter set group of the at least one parameter set group, and
transmit a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) signal using the specific parameter set, and
wherein each of the plurality of parameter sets includes information about Timing Advance (TA) and information about power control parameter for transmission of the PUSCH signal, and
wherein each of the plurality of parameter sets further includes information for reception of a Physical Hybrid automatic repeat and request indicator Channel (PHICH) signal corresponding to transmission of the PUSCH signal, and the information for reception of the PHICH signal includes at least one of information about the number of Cell-specific Reference Signal (CRS) antenna ports, information about a CRS frequency shift, PHICH configuration information, and PHICH resource index information.

13. The UE according to claim 12 ,
wherein the information about power control parameter includes open-loop power control parameter information for transmission of the PUSCH signal or mapping information between a Transmit Power Control (TPC) command included in the PDCCH and a value indicated by the TPC command, and
wherein each of the plurality of parameter sets includes at least one of information about a cell Identity (ID) for generating UE-specific Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) for transmission of the PUSCH signal, information about a Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) transmission subframe, and information about an SRS transmission band.

14. The UE according to claim 12 , wherein the PDCCH includes a TPC command, and a value indicated by the TPC command is accumulated only for a same parameter set.

15. The UE according to claim 12 , wherein if the PDCCH includes downlink control information common to a plurality of UEs and the downlink control information includes a TPC command, a value indicated by the TPC command is accumulated for all parameter sets.

16. The UE according to claim 12 ,
wherein if the PDCCH includes downlink control information common to a plurality of UEs and the downlink control information includes a TPC command, a value indicated by the TPC command is accumulated for a predetermined parameter set, and
wherein the predetermined parameter set is a parameter set having a lowest index, a parameter set having a highest index, or a parameter set determined by higher-layer signaling.

17. The UE according to claim 12 ,
wherein each of the at least one parameter set group is configured independently per search space for d

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Yang Suckchel
• Yi Yunjung
• Ahn Joonkui
• Kim Bonghoe

Classifications

• H04W72/54

  based on quality criteria · CPC title

• H04W72/20 Primary

  Control channels or signalling for resource management · CPC title

• H04W72/23

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

• H04W76/15

  Setup of multiple wireless link connections · CPC title

• H04W52/40

  during macro-diversity or soft handoff · CPC title