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( 12) Patent Application Publication ( 10) Pub. N o. : US 2010/0279628 A1

( 19) United States
Love et al. ( 4 3 ) Pub. D ate: N OV. 4 , 2010
( 5 4 ) CON TROL CHAN N EL PROVISION IN G AN D
SIGN ALIN G
( 75 ) Inventor s : Rober t Tr is tan Love, B ar r ing ton,
IL ( U S) ; J ialing Liu, Palatine, IL
( US) ; Vij ay N ang ia, Alg onq uin, IL
( US) ; Ravik ir an N or y , Palatine, IL
( Us )
Cor r es pondence Addr es s :
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Th er e is pr ovided a com m unication device and a bas e unit,
and m eth ods th er eof , f or deter m ining contr ol inf or m ation.
Th e com m unication device r eceives a contr ol ch annel m es
s ag e as s ociated With th e com m unication device in a contr ol
r eg ion on a ? r s t car r ier f r om a bas e unit. Th e com m unication
device als o deter m ines a s et of r es our ces in a s ear ch s pace
With in th e contr ol r eg ion, attem pts to decode th e s et of
r es our ces in th e s ear ch s pace f or th e contr ol ch annel m es s ag e,
and deter m ines contr ol inf or m ation f r om th e decoded contr ol
ch annel m es s ag e. Th e bas e unit g ener ates a contr ol ch annel
m es s ag e com pr is ing contr ol inf or m ation as s ociated With th e
com m unication device, deter m ines a s et of r es our ces in a
s ear ch s pace With in a contr ol r eg ion, s elects a s ubs et of
r es our ces With in th e deter m ined s et of r es our ces f or tr ans m it
ting th e contr ol ch annel m es s ag e, and tr ans m its th e contr ol
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CON TROL CHAN N EL PROVISION IN G AN D
SIGN ALIN G
CROSS REF EREN CE TO RELATED
APPLICATION S
[ 0001] Th e pr es ent application is r elated to US. Pr ovi
s ional Application N o. 60/94 5 , 212, ? led on J un. 20, 2007,
noW ex pir ed, and co- pending and com m only as s ig ned U. S.
N on- pr ovis ional application Ser . N o. 12/13 1, 170, ? led on
J un. 2, 2008, f r om Wh ich bene? ts under 3 5 USC 120 ar e
h er eby claim ed and th e contents of Wh ich ar e incor por ated
h er ein by r ef er ence.
F IELD OF THE IN VEN TION
[ 0002] Th e pr es ent invention r elates g ener ally to th e ? eld of
Wir eles s com m unication and m or e par ticular ly to contr ol
ch annel m anag em ent f or Wir eles s com m unication bas e units
and devices .
B ACKGROUN D OF THE IN VEN TION
[ 0003 ] Ty pically in com m unication s y s tem s , as s ig ned
ch annels ar e em ploy ed f or s ending data and als o f or contr ol
s ig naling or m es s ag ing of th e s y s tem . Contr ol s ig nals or
m es s ag es m ay be tr ans m itted in contr ol ch annels ( CCHs ) and
ar e us ed f or both th e f or w ar d link tr ans m is s ions , als o k noWn
as th e doWnlink tr ans m is s ion, f r om a netWor k or bas e s tation
to us er eq uipm ent, and r ever s e link tr ans m is s ion, als o k noWn
as uplink tr ans m is s ions , f r om th e us er eq uipm ent to th e net
Wor k or bas e s tation. Her e contr ol s ig naling r ef er s to r ef er
ence s ig nal or pilot, or s y nch r oniz ation s ig nal tr ans m is s ions
( etc. ) Wh ile contr ol m es s ag ing r ef er s to tr ans m is s ion of s y s
tem inf or m ation ( including netWor k and us er eq uipm ent con
? g ur ation inf or m ation) , s ch eduling and r es our ce as s ig nm ent
inf or m ation, Hy br id ARQ inf or m ation ( r edundancy ver s ion
inf or m ation, neW data indicator , Hy br id ARQ pr oces s ID
inf or m ation) , poWer contr ol inf or m ation, pag ing inf or m a
tion, r andom acces s r es pons e inf or m ation, etc. In s y s tem s ,
s uch as Long Ter m Evolution ( LTE) of UTRA, Wh er e th e
doWnlink contr ol ch annel is com pos ed of a s ing le decodable
elem ent ( called Contr ol Ch annel Elem ent ( CCE) ) , or an
ag g r eg ation of decodable elem ents ( called Contr ol Ch annel
Elem ents ( CCEs ) ) , a us er eq uipm ent m us t identif y f r om a
lar g e g r oup of CCEs th e s ubs et of CCEs intended f or th e
par ticular us er eq uipm ent. Th e s ubs et of CCEs intended f or a
par ticular us er eq uipm ent to m onitor or attem pt to decode at
a par ticular CCE ag g r eg ation level, L, ( e. g . , L: 1, 2, 4 or 8
CCEs ) is called th e s et of r es our ces f or th at us er eq uipm ent at
th e par ticular CCE ag g r eg ation level, L. Th e s et of r es our ces
f or a us er eq uipm ent contains one or m or e r es our ce s ubs ets
Wh er e each r es our ce s ubs et com pr is es one or m or e CCEs
cor r es ponding to th e ag g r eg ation level and th e r es our ce s ub
s et cor r es ponds to a candidate doWnlink contr ol ch annel als o
called a ph y s ical doWnlink contr ol ch annel ( PD CCH) candi
date. A us er eq uipm ent attem pts to decode on each r es our ce
s ubs et all of th e PD CCH ty pes as s ig ned to it to m onitor in th e
contr ol r eg ion. Th er e is one blind decoding on a r es our ce
s ubs et f or each contr ol ch annel m es s ag e ty pe With dis tinct
s iZe th e us er eq uipm ent is as s ig ned to m onitor . Contr ol ch an
nel ty pes With dis tinct s iZe in ter m s of th e num ber of bits th at
m ak e up th e contr ol ch annel pay load ( including th e CRC)
als o h ave a dis tinct coding r ate. In one ex am ple, convolu
tional coding is us ed to code th e contr ol ch annel inf or m ation
m ak ing up th e contr ol ch annel f or each ty pe. In LTE th e
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PD CCH ty pe is r ef er r ed to as a D oWnlink Contr ol Inf or m a
tion ( D CI) f or m at ty pe. Th e num ber of contr ol ch annel ty pes
as s ig ned to a us er eq uipm ent to m onitor is dependent on th e
tr ans m is s ion m ode ( e. g . doWnlink MIMO or doWnlink s ing le
antenna) as s ig ned to th e us er eq uipm ent via h ig h er lay er
s ig naling s uch as RRC ( Radio Res our ce Contr ol) s ig naling .
Th e s et of r es our ces or r es our ce s ubs ets or PD CCH candi
dates th e us er eq uipm ent needs to m onitor at an ag g r eg ation
level, L, is de? ned in ter m s of a s ear ch s pace at th at ag g r eg a
tion level, L. Th er e is one s ear ch s pace f or each ag g r eg ation
level Wh er e th e ag g r eg ation levels ar e L: 1, 2, 4 , and 8 and
contain PD CCH candidates ( r es our ce s ubs ets ) each com
pos ed of L contig uous and cons ecutive CCEs . A us er eq uip
m ent th us h as one s et of r es our ces in each s ear ch s pace. Th is
m eans all of th e PD CCH D CI f or m at ty pes as s ig ned to a us er
eq uipm ent to m onitor all h ave th e s am e CCE locations in th e
s et of r es our ces in a s ear ch s pace. Each doWnlink contr ol
ch annel m es s ag e ty pe With dis tinct s iZe and h ence dis tinct
coding r ate as s ig ned to a us er eq uipm ent f or m onitor ing m us t
be s epar ately blind decoded. Th at is , th e m or e contr ol ch an
nels With dif f er ent coding r ates as s ig ned to a us er eq uipm ent
th e m or e blind decoding s it m us t per f or m Wh en s ear ch ing f or
th e doWnlink contr ol m es s ag es in th e contr ol r eg ion of each
s ubf r am e.
[ 0004 ] Wh en th e us er eq uipm ent ch eck s th e CCH candi
date s et to obtain th e contr ol inf or m ation, if pr es ent, it h as no
k noWledg e Wh ich contr ol ch annel in th e CCH candidate s et is
us ed. Th us , th e us er eq uipm ent per f or m s blind detection on
all th e contr ol ch annel candidates in th e contr ol ch annel can
didate r es our ce s et. Th e ? ex ibility pr ovided by blind detec
tion h as th e advantag e of r educing th e over all am ount of
ch annel r es our ces needed f or contr ol. Such ? ex ibility alloWs
each g r ant s iZe to adapt to th e neces s ar y num ber of r es our ces
f or th e g r ant to be r eliably r eceived, r ath er th an alWay s us ing
th e Wor s t cas e g r ant s iZe. F or ex am ple, f or ver y g ood ch annel
q uality , a s ing le CCE m ig h t be us ed With h ig h con? dence th at
th e us er eq uipm ent Will r eliably r eceive th e contr ol s ig nal,
Wh er eas f or ver y poor s ig nal q uality , s uch as Wh er e th e us er
eq uipm ent is near th e edg e of a cell, a lar g e num ber of CCEs
m ig h t be us ed. Th us , blind decoding alloWs th e bas e s tation to
dy nam ically s elect th e contr ol ch annel ag g r eg ation s iZe s uch
th at a lar g e num ber of CCEs need not be us ed all of th e tim e.
[ 0005 ] On th e oth er h and, incr eas ing th e num ber of blind
decoding s per s ubf r am e contr ol r eg ion r eq uir es h ig h er com
plex ity in th e us er eq uipm ent. A lar g e num ber of blind decod
ing s is not des ir able, becaus e it m ay pr oduce ex ces s ive h ar d
War e com plex ity to com plete all th e blind decoding s per each
s ubf r am e contr ol r eg ion. It m ay als o elevate th e f als e detec
tion pr obability g iven th e s iZe lim its of er r or cor r ection code.
It m ay f ur th er neg atively im pact poWer cons um ption in th e
us er eq uipm ent. A lar g e num ber of blind decoding s m ay
occur f r om th e s uppor t of a lar g e num ber of doWnlink contr ol
ch annel m es s ag e ty pes s uch as Wh ich m ay occur With car r ier
ag g r eg ation ( as s ig ning r es our ces on m ultiple car r ier s or com
ponent car r ier s ) , s uppor t of enh anced tr ans m is s ion s ch em es
( e. g . , f r eq uency - contig uous and f r eq uency - non- contig uous
r es our ce allocation, MIMO With dif f er ent num ber of lay er s ,
CoMP ( Coor dinated Multiple Point Tr ans m is s ion) ) , etc.
Th us , th er e is a need f or a m eth od f or r educing th e num ber of
blind decoding s and com plex ity in th e us er eq uipm ent.
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B RIEF D ESCRIPTION OF THE D RAWIN GS
[ 0006] F IG. 1 is a diag r am vieW r epr es enting an em bodi
m ent of a com m unication s y s tem in accor dance With th e
pr es ent invention.
[ 0007] F IG. 2 is a diag r am illus tr ating an em bodim ent of a
s ubf r am e, Wh ich is a por tion of a r adio f r am e, us ed in th e
com m unication s y s tem of F IG. 1.
[ 0008] F IG. 3 illus tr ates a s ear ch s pace location and contr ol
ch annel candidate location f or a com m unication device in
accor dance With th e pr es ent invention.
[ 0009] F IG. 4 is a How diag r am r epr es enting an ex am ple
oper ation of a com m unication device in accor dance With th e
pr es ent invention.
[ 0010] F IG. 5 is a block diag r am r epr es enting ex am ple
com ponents of a com m unication device in accor dance With
th e pr es ent invention.
D ETAILED D ESCRIPTION OF THE
EMB OD IMEN TS
[ 0011] Th er e is des cr ibed contr ol ch annel m anag em ent
s y s tem and m eth od f or Wir eles s com m unication bas e units
and devices in Wh ich additional s ets of r es our ces in a s ear ch
s pace f or doWnlink contr ol ch annels ar e pr ovided. As de? ned
above, a r es our ce s et is com pos ed of a s et of CCEs intended
f or a par ticular us er eq uipm ent to m onitor or attem pt to
decode at a par ticular CCE ag g r eg ation level, L, ( e. g . , LII, 2,
4 or 8 CCEs ) Wh er ein th e s et of r es our ces contains one or
m or e r es our ce s ubs ets of L CCEs and cor r es ponds to a
PD CCH candidate. A PD CCH is as s ociated With a D CI f or
m at ty pe. An additional r es our ce s et is needed to s uppor t one
or m or e neW D CI f or m at ty pes . Th es e neW D CI f or m at ty pes
m ay be us ed f or ex am ple, s uppor ting th e s ch eduling of neW
uplink f eatur es s uch as uplink MIMO, neW doWnlink f eatur es
s uch as r ank - 2 beam f or m ing , as Well as f or s uppor ting doWn
link and uplink car r ier ag g r eg ation, etc. Each s et of r es our ces
in a par ticular s ear ch s pace as s ig ned to a com m unication
device cor r es ponds to one or m or e dif f er ent contr ol ch annel
m es s ag e ty pe ( i. e. a dif f er ent PD CCH D CI f or m at ty pe) . Th e
CCE locations of a com m unication device s ? r s t s et of
r es our ces as s ig ned in a s ear ch s pace ar e of f s et f r om th e CCE
locations of th e additional s et of r es our ces in th e s am e s ear ch
s pace als o as s ig ned to th e com m unication device. Th e s et of
r es our ces in th e s ear ch s pace as s ig ned to th e com m unication
device to m onitor is at leas t par tially bas ed on a contr ol
ch annel m es s ag e ty pe ( e. g . , PD CCH D CI f or m at ty pe, ty pe
as s ociated With a g r oup of PD CCH D CI f or m ats , etc. ) of th e
contr ol ch annel m es s ag e and an identi? er as s ociated With th e
com m unication device. Th e s et of r es our ces in th e s ear ch
s pace m ay als o be bas ed on one or m or e additional par am eter s
s uch as total num ber of CCEs in th e contr ol r eg ion ( N CCE k ) of
th e s ubf r am e k , s ubf r am e num ber or index k , Contr ol Ch annel
Elem ent ( CCE) ag g r eg ation level, a m ax im um num ber of
decoding attem pts Wh ich ar e k noWn by th e com m unication
device and bas e unit. Th e location of each PD CCH candidate
CCE locations in each s et of r es our ces in th e s ear ch s pace is
uniq uely deter m ined as each PD CCH candidate is com pos ed
of L ( th e ag g r eg ation level) contig uous and cons ecutive
CCEs . In an alter nate em bodim ent, th e PD CCH candidate
m ay be com pos ed of pr edeter m ined CCEs Wh ich m ay not
neces s ar ily be contig uous or cons ecutive. Accor ding ly , th e
contr ol ch annel m anag em ent s y s tem and m eth od des cr ibed
h er ein m aintains a loW PD CCH as s ig nm ent block ing r ate f or
e? icient us e and oper ation by as s ig ning PD CCH of dif f er ent
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D CI f or m at ty pes With dis tinct s iZes s ch eduled in th e s am e
s ubf r am e contr ol r eg ion to dif f er ent s ets of r es our ces in a
s ear ch s pace th at do not 100% over lap or do not over lap at all.
Such an appr oach pr events block ing Wh en m ultiple uplink
and/or m ultiple doWnlink s ch eduling g r ants or as s ig nm ents
occur in th e contr ol r eg ion of a s ubf r am e Wh ich is es pecially
lik ely to occur f or uplink and doWnlink car r ier ag g r eg ation
Wh en m ultiple PD CCH m ay be us ed in a contr ol r eg ion Wer e
one PD CCH D CI f or m at ty pe s ch edules r es our ces on a ? r s t or
r ef er ence car r ier and anoth er PD CCH D CI f or m at ty pe
s ch edule r es our ces on additional or oth er s et of car r ier s not
including th e r ef er ence car r ier f or a s ing le com m unication
device. In th e invention th e dif f er ent s ets of r es our ces in a
s ear ch s pace ar e s h if ted f r om each oth er by an of f s et Wh ich is
ch os en to m inim iz e th e num ber of blind detections Wh ile
avoiding s elf block ing and m inim iZing block ing Wh en s ch ed
uling m ultiple com m unication devices per s ubf r am e contr ol
r eg ion. Self block ing occur s Wh en not enoug h CCE or ag g r e
g ated CCE ( PD CCH) candidate locations ar e available to
s uppor t all of th e PD CCHs th at need to be tr ans m itted in th e
contr ol r eg ion of a s ubf r am e f or a s ing le com m unication
device. Incr eas ing th e num ber of PD CCH candidate locations
in th e s et of r es our ces f or a g iven CCE ag g r eg ation level
( L) ii. e. s ear ch s pace4 could avoid s elf block ing but Would
incr eas e th e num ber of blind detections com par ed to us ing an
of f s et betWeen th e dif f er ent s ets of r es our ces in th e s ear ch
s pace. So th e us e of an of f s et betWeen s ets of r es our ces in a
s ear ch s pace is th e pr ef er r ed s olution.
[ 0012] In anoth er em bodim ent of th e invention th e of f s et
betWeen s ets of r es our ces depends m ay als o depend on th e
num ber of total CCEs ( N _cce, k ) at s ubf r am e or s lot k . In
anoth er em bodim ent th e of f s et is us ed to dis ting uis h betWeen
a leg acy s et of r es our ces and a non- leg acy s et of r es our ces . In
anoth er em bodim ent in deter m ining a s et of r es our ces in a
s ear ch s pace it m ay be needed to deter m ine a location of th e
s et of r es our ces in a s ear ch s pace bas ed on an of f s et as s ociated
With th e contr ol ch annel m es s ag e ty pe of th e contr ol ch annel
m es s ag e. In one em bodim ent, th e contr ol ch annel m es s ag e
ty pe of th e contr ol ch annel indicates Wh eth er th e contr ol
ch annel is a leg acy contr ol ch annel or a non- leg acy contr ol
ch annel. One s et of leg acy contr ol ch annels Would cons is t of
PD CCH With D CI f or m at ty pes of 0, 1A, 1, 1B , 1C, 1D , 2, 2A, 3 ,
3 A.
[ 0013 ] In anoth er em bodim ent th e of f s et s tar ts a neW s et of
r es our ces by a s h if t of one CCE r elative to anoth er s et of
r es our ces . In anoth er em bodim ent th e of f s et is ch os en s uch
th at th er e is no over lap betWeen one ( a ? r s t) s et of r es our ces
and anoth er ( a s econd) s et of r es our ces . In th e latter cas e it
Would be pos s ible f or th e contr ol ch annel m es s ag e ty pe as s o
ciated With th e tWo s ets of r es our ces to be dis ting uis h ed f r om
each oth er th r oug h location of th e s et of r es our ces With out
depending on m ultiple blind decoding s on a r es our ce s ubs et,
f or ex am ple, bas ed on us ing dif f er ent CRC m as k per m es s ag e
ty pe. Als o in th os e cas es one s et of r es our ces could be
as s ig ned to th e m es s ag e ty pe f or a ? r s t car r ier and th e oth er s et
of r es our ces of f s et f r om th e ? r s t could be as s ig ned th e m es
s ag e ty pe f or a s econd car r ier . Anoth er of f s et ex am ple f or th e
lCCE s ear ch s pace, is if th e r es our ce s ubs ets in a s et of
r es our ces f or a m es s ag e ty pe is as s ig ned to CCEs { 0, 1, 2, 3 , 4 ,
5 } and N _cce: 4 0 f or a g iven us er eq uipm ent, th en it Would be
des ir able in cer tain cas es to additionally us e th e of f s et to
as s ig n a dif f er ent par t of th e lCCE s ear ch f or anoth er us er
eq uipm ent to be as s ig ned to CCEs { 20, 21, 22, 23 , 24 , 25 } to
r educe th e pr obability of block ing ( i. e. not being able to
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s ch edule both UEs in th e s ear ch s pace of th e s am e s ubf r am e
contr ol r eg ion. N ote th e us er eq uipm ent identi? er alr eady
s uppor ts a r andom CCE location as s ig nm ent r elative to oth er
us er eq uipm ent but a us er eq uipm ent of f s et Would alloW
anoth er deg r ee of f r eedom to avoid block ing .
[ 0014 ] One as pect of th e pr es ent invention is a m eth od in a
bas e unit f or indicating th e contr ol m es s ag e ( PD CCH)
r es our ce s ubs et cor r es ponding to th e contr ol m es s ag e ( or
PD CCH) Wh ich is s elected by th e bas e unit f r om one of th e
one or m or e candidate contr ol ch annel m es s ag e r es our ce
s ubs ets in a s ear ch s pace With in a contr ol r eg ion bas ed on at
leas t a contr ol ch annel m es s ag e ty pe ( e. g . , PD CCH D CI
f or m at ty pe) of th e contr ol ch annel m es s ag e to a com m uni
cation device. N ote in s om e of th e em bodim ents beloW, th e
PD CCH D CI f or m at ty pe and contr ol ch annel m es s ag e ty pe
ar e us ed s y nony m ous ly . How ever , it m us t be under s tood th at
th e contr ol ch annel m es s ag e ty pe m ay cor r es pond to an iden
ti? er oth er th an th e PD CCH D CI f or m at ty pe. Th e com m u
nication device deter m ines Wh ich s et of r es our ces in a s ear ch
s pace to us e f or blind decoding attem pts at leas t par tially
bas ed upon a location of f s et ( in ter m s of num ber of CCEs or
ag g r eg ated CCEs ) as s ociated With or deter m ined by a contr ol
ch annel m es s ag e ty pe of th e contr ol ch annel m es s ag e th e
com m unication device is to s ear ch and an identi? er as s oci
ated With th e com m unication device. Each s et of r es our ces
located in a s ear ch s pace th er ef or e cons is ts of candidate con
tr ol ch annels ( r es our ce s ubs ets ) of a par ticular contr ol ch an
nel m es s ag e ty pe With a location of f s et r elative to a s et of
r es our ces With Zer o of f s et or r elative to th e location of a
r ef er ence s et of r es our ces . Contr ol inf or m ation f or th e com
m unication device is tr ans m itted by th e bas e unit via th e
s elected contr ol ch annel us ing th e s elected r es our ce s ubs et
f r om th e s et of r es our ces as s ociated With th e m es s ag e ty pe of
th e contr ol ch annel. Th e com m unication device m us t us e
blind decoding attem pts to deter m ine Wh ich r es our ce s ubs et
( or contr ol ch annel candidate) Was us ed f r om th e s et of
r es our ces in a s ear ch s pace f or com m unicating th e contr ol
ch annel m es s ag e containing th e contr ol inf or m ation.
[ 0015 ] Anoth er as pect of th e pr es ent invention is a m eth od
in a com m unication device f or identif y ing one or m or e con
tr ol ch annel candidate s ear ch s paces f or contr ol inf or m ation.
Wh er e in th e pr ef er r ed em bodim ent each s ear ch s pace cor r e
s ponds to a par ticular CCE ag g r eg ation level ( L) Wh er e L
CCEs ar e ag g r eg ated to f or m contr ol ch annel m es s ag e ( PD
CCH) candidates Wh er e, f or ex am ple, LIl, 2, 4 , or 8. An
identi? er as s ociated With th e com m unication device is
r eceived f r om a bas e unit. Th is identi? er can be a r adio
netWor k tem por ar y identi? er ( RN TI) or m or e s peci? cally
m ay be a C- RN TI ( Cell- RN TI) . Als o, a contr ol ch annel m es
s ag e ty pe ( e. g . , D CI f or m at ty pe) f or each contr ol ch annel
m es s ag e to be m onitor ed is deter m ined m ay be bas ed on th e
com m unication device s con? g ur ed tr ans m is s ion m ode ( e. g .
MIMO or s ing le antenna tr ans m is s ion m ode) . F or each of th e
ag g r eg ation level s ear ch s paces , th e com m unication device
m ay us e its identi? er , contr ol ch annel m es s ag e ty pe, and oth er
par am eter s s uch as contr ol ch annel m es s ag e ty pe location
of f s et, total num ber of CCEs in th e contr ol r eg ion of th e
s ubf r am e, s ubf r am e num ber or index , CCE ag g r eg ation level,
and m ax im um num ber of PD CCH candidates per ag g r eg ation
level or a m ax im um num ber of decoding attem pts to deter
m ine th e per contr ol ch annel m es s ag e ty pe s et of r es our ces in
th e s ear ch s pace and th e r es our ce s ubs ets in each s et of
r es our ces th at cor r es pond to th e PD CCH candidates to be
m onitor ed ( blindly decoded) per s ubf r am e contr ol r eg ion.
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[ 0016] Th e s et of r es our ces f or th e contr ol ch annel as s oci
ated With th e com m unication device is th en s ear ch ed. Since
th e bas e unit m ay ch oos e th e r es our ce s ub s et ( contr ol ch annel
candidate) f r om any of th e per ag g r eg ation level s ear ch s paces
th en th e com m unication device m us t per f or m a s et of blind
decoding s in each s et of r es our ces of each s ear ch s pace cor
r es ponding to th e tar g eted contr ol ch annel m es s ag e ty pe until
th e contr ol ch annel With th e cor r es ponding m es s ag e ty pe is
cor r ectly decoded and/or all blind decoding attem pts f or th e
s et of candidate contr ol ch annel ( r es our ce s ubs et) locations
h ave been ex h aus ted. Ty pically , th e ag g r eg ation level a con
tr ol ch annel m es s ag e ty pe is ch os en by th e bas e unit bas ed on
a doWnlink Ch annel Quality Indicator ( CQI) r epor ts f r om th e
com m unication device and th e s iZe ( or coding r ate) of th e
m es s ag e.
[ 0017] As r eq uir ed, detailed em bodim ents ar e dis clos ed
h er ein; h oWever , it is to be under s tood th at th e dis clos ed
em bodim ents ar e m er ely ex am ples of th e invention, Wh ich
can be em bodied in var ious f or m s . Th er ef or e, s peci? c s tr uc
tur al and f unctional details dis clos ed h er ein ar e not to be
inter pr eted as lim iting , but m er ely as a bas is f or th e claim s and
as a r epr es entative bas is f or teach ing one s k illed in th e ar t to
var ious ly em ploy th e pr es ent invention in vir tually any appr o
pr iately detailed s tr uctur e. F ur th er , th e ter m s and ph r as es
us ed h er ein ar e not intended to be lim iting ; but r ath er , to
pr ovide an under s tandable des cr iption of th e invention.
[ 0018] Th e ter m s a or an, as us ed h er ein, ar e de? ned as one
or m or e th an one. Th e ter m plur ality , as us ed h er ein, is de? ned
as tWo or m or e th an tWo. Th e ter m anoth er , as us ed h er ein, is
de? ned as at leas t a s econd or m or e. Th e ter m s including
and/or h aving , as us ed h er ein, ar e de? ned as com pr is ing ( i. e. ,
open lang uag e) . Th e ter m coupled, as us ed h er ein, is de? ned
as connected, alth oug h not neces s ar ily dir ectly , and not nec
es s ar ily m ech anically . Th e ter m s pr og r am , s of tWar e applica
tion, and th e lik e as us ed h er ein, ar e de? ned as a s eq uence of
ins tr uctions des ig ned f or ex ecution on a com puter s y s tem . A
pr og r am , com puter pr og r am , or s of tWar e application m ay
include a s ubr outine, a f unction, a pr ocedur e, an obj ect
m eth od, an obj ect im plem entation, an ex ecutable application,
an applet, a s er vlet, a s our ce code, an obj ect code, a s h ar ed
libr ar y / dy nam ic load libr ar y and/ or oth er s eq uence of ins tr uc
tions des ig ned f or ex ecution on a com puter s y s tem .
[ 0019] With r ef er ence noW to F IG. 1, a Wir eles s com m uni
cation s y s tem 100 com pr is ing m ultiple cell s er ving bas e units
f or m ing a netWor k dis tr ibuted over a g eog r aph ical r eg ion. A
bas e unit m ay als o be r ef er r ed to as an acces s point, acces s
ter m inal, N ode- B , eN ode- B , Hom e N ode- B , Hom e eN ode- B ,
r elay node or s im ilar ter m inolog ies k noWn in th e ar t. Th e one
or m or e bas e units 101 and 1 02 s er ve a num ber of r em ote units
103 and 110 With in a s er ving ar ea or cell or With in a s ector
th er eof Th e r em ote units m ay als o be r ef er r ed to as s ubs cr iber
units , m obiles , m obile units , r em ote units , us er s , ter m inals ,
s ubs cr iber s tations , us er eq uipm ent ( U E) , us er ter m inals ,
com m unication devices , and th e lik e. Th e netWor k bas e units
com m unicate With r em ote units to per f or m f unctions s uch as
s ch eduling th e ter m inals to r eceive or tr ans m it data us ing
available r adio r es our ces . Th e bas e units ar e g ener ally par t of
a r adio acces s netWor k th at includes one or m or e contr oller s
com m unicably coupled to one or m or e cor r es ponding bas e
units . Th e Wir eles s netWor k als o com pr is es m anag em ent
f unctionality including data r outing , adm is s ion contr ol, s ub
s cr iber billing , ter m inal auth entication etc. , Wh ich m ay be
contr olled by oth er netWor k entities , as is k noWn g ener ally by
th os e h aving or dinar y s k ill in th e ar t. Th e acces s netWor k is
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g ener ally com m unicably coupled to one or m or e cor e net
w or k s , w h ich m ay be coupled to oth er netw or k s lik e th e
Inter net and public s w itch ed teleph one netw or k s am ong oth
er s . Th es e and oth er elem ents of acces s and cor e netw or k s ar e
not illus tr ated but ar e k now n g ener ally by th os e h aving or di
nar y s k ill in th e ar t.
[ 0020] B as e units 101 and 102 tr ans m it dow nlink com m u
nication s ig nals 104 and 105 to s er ved r em ote units on at leas t
a por tion of th e s am e r es our ces ( tim e and/or f r eq uency and/or
s pace divided) . Rem ote units 103 and 110 com m unicate w ith
one or m or e bas e units 101 and 1 02 via uplink com m unication
s ig nals 106 and 113 . Som etim es th e bas e unit is r ef er r ed to as
a s er ving or connected or anch or cell f or th e r em ote unit. In
one im plem entation, th e r em ote units s uppor t ag g r eg ated car
r ier acces s . Th e r em ote units m ay h ave h alf duplex ( HD ) or
f ull duplex ( F D ) tr ans ceiver s . Half - duplex tr ans ceiver s do not
tr ans m it and r eceive s im ultaneous ly w h er eas f ull duplex ter
m inals do. Th e r em ote units m ay als o com m unicate w ith th e
bas e unit via a r elay node. Th e one or m or e bas e units m ay
com pr is e one or m or e tr ans m itter s 117 and one or m or e
r eceiver s 118 th at s er ve th e r em ote units . Th e num ber of
tr ans m itter s 117 at th e bas e unit m ay be r elated, f or ex am ple,
to th e num ber of tr ans m it antennas 109 at th e bas e unit. Wh en
m ultiple antennas ar e us ed to s er ve each s ector to pr ovide
var ious advanced com m unication m odes , f or ex am ple, adap
tive beam - f or m ing , tr ans m it diver s ity , tr ans m it SD MA, and
m ultiple s tr eam tr ans m is s ion, etc. , m ultiple bas e units can be
deploy ed. Th es e bas e units w ith in a s ector m ay be h ig h ly
integ r ated and m ay s h ar e var ious h ar dw ar e and s of tw ar e
com ponents . F or ex am ple, all bas e units co- located tog eth er
to s er ve a cell m ay be r ef er r ed to as a bas e s tation. Th e r em ote
units m ay als o com pr is e one or m or e tr ans m itter s 107 and one
or m or e r eceiver s 108. Th e num ber of tr ans m itter s m ay be
r elated, f or ex am ple, to th e num ber of tr ans m it antennas 125
at th e r em ote unit. F or ex am ple, th e r em ote units m ay h ave 1,
2, 3 , 4 or m or e antennas . Th e r em ote units 103 , 110 oper ate
under th at contr ol of a contr oller 116. Contr oller 116 contr ols
th e oper ation of th e r em ote unit, including pr oces s ing us er
inputs , tr ans m is s ion and r eception of s ig nals , s ch eduling ,
encoding , f or m atting , etc.
[ 0021] In one em bodim ent, th e com m unication s y s tem uti
liZes OF D MA or a nex t g ener ation s ing le- car r ier bas ed
F D MA ar ch itectur e f or uplink tr ans m is s ions , s uch as inter
leaved F D MA ( IF D MA) , LocaliZed F D MA ( LF D MA) , D F T
s pr ead OF D M ( D F T- SOF D M) w ith IF D MA or LF D MA. In
oth er em bodim ents , th e ar ch itectur e m ay als o include th e us e
of s pr eading tech niq ues s uch as dir ect- s eq uence CD MA ( D S
CD MA) , m ulti- car r ier CD MA ( MC- CD MA) , m ulti- car r ier
dir ect s eq uence CD MA ( MC- D S- CD MA) , Or th og onal F r e
q uency and Code D ivis ion Multiplex ing ( OF CD M) w ith one
or tw o dim ens ional s pr eading , or s im pler tim e and f r eq uency
divis ion m ultiplex ing /m ultiple acces s tech niq ues . In anoth er
im plem entation, th e w ir eles s com m unication s y s tem is com
pliant w ith th e 3 GPP Univer s al Mobile Telecom m unications
Sy s tem ( U MTS) LTE pr otocol, als o r ef er r ed to as EUTRA or
s om e later g ener ation th er eof , w h er ein th e bas e unit tr ans m its
us ing an or th og onal f r eq uency divis ion m ultiplex ing
( OF D M) m odulation s ch em e on th e dow nlink and th e us er
ter m inals tr ans m it on th e uplink us ing a s ing le car r ier f r e
q uency divis ion m ultiple acces s ( SC- F D MA) s ch em e. In y et
anoth er im plem entation, th e w ir eles s com m unication s y s tem
is com pliant w ith th e 3 GPP Univer s al Mobile Telecom m uni
cations Sy s tem ( UMTS) LTE- Advanced pr otocol, als o
r ef er r ed to as LTE- A or s om e later g ener ation or r eleas e of
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LTE th er eof , w h er ein th e bas e unit can tr ans m it us ing an
or th og onal f r eq uency divis ion m ultiplex ing ( OF D M) m odu
lation s ch em e on a s ing le or a plur ality of dow nlink com po
nent car r ier s and th e us er ter m inals can tr ans m it on th e uplink
us ing a s ing le or plur ality of uplink com ponent car r ier s . Mor e
g ener ally th e w ir eles s com m unication s y s tem m ay im ple
m ent s om e oth er open or pr opr ietar y com m unication pr oto
col, f or ex am ple, WiMAX , am ong oth er ex is ting and f utur e
pr otocols . Th e dis clos ur e is not intended to be im plem ented
in any par ticular w ir eles s com m unication s y s tem ar ch itectur e
or pr otocol. Th e ar ch itectur e in w h ich th e f eatur es of th e
ins tant dis clos ur e ar e im plem ented m ay als o be bas ed on
s im pler tim e and/ or f r eq uency divis ion m ultiplex ing / m ultiple
acces s tech niq ues , or a com bination of th es e var ious tech
niq ues . In alter nate em bodim ents , th e w ir eles s com m unica
tion s y s tem m ay utiliZe oth er com m unication s y s tem pr oto
cols including , but not lim ited to, TD MA or dir ect s eq uence
CD MA. Th e com m unication s y s tem m ay be a TD D ( Tim e
D ivis ion D uplex ) or F D D ( F r eq uency D ivis ion D uplex ) s y s
tem .
[ 0022] Gener ally , a w ir eles s com m unication netw or k inf r a
s tr uctur e s ch eduling entity located, f or ex am ple, at each bas e
unit 101 and 102 in F IG. 1, allocates or as s ig ns r adio
r es our ces to r em ote units in th e netw or k . Th e bas e units each
include a s ch eduler 120 f or s ch eduling and allocating
r es our ces to r em ote units in cor r es ponding s er ving ar eas or
cells or s ector s . In m ultiple acces s s ch em es s uch as th os e
bas ed on OF D M m eth ods and th e long ter m evolution of
UTRA/UTRAN Study Item in 3 GPP ( als o k now n as evolved
UTRA/UTRAN ( EUTRA/EUTRAN ) ) or 3 GPP LTE, s ch ed
uling m ay be per f or m ed in th e tim e, f r eq uency and/or s patial
dim ens ions us ing a F r eq uency Selective ( F S) s ch eduler . In
s om e em bodim ents , each r em ote unit m ay pr ovide a f r e
q uency band ch annel q uality indicator ( CQI) or oth er m etr ic
to th e s ch eduler to enable s ch eduling .
[ 0023 ] In OF D M s y s tem s or OF D M lik e s y s tem s s uch as
D F T- SOF D M and IF D MA, a r es our ce allocation is a f r e
q uency and tim e allocation th at m aps inf or m ation f or a par
ticular com m unication device or r em ote unit to s ub- car r ier
r es our ces f r om a s et of available s ub- car r ier s as deter m ined
by th e s ch eduler . Th is allocation m ay depend, f or ex am ple, on
th e f r eq uency - s elective ch annel- q uality indication ( CQI) or
s om e oth er m etr ic r epor ted by th e r em ote unit to th e s ch ed
uler . Th e ch annel- coding r ate and th e m odulation s ch em e,
w h ich m ay be dif f er ent f or dif f er ent por tions of th e s ub
car r ier r es our ces , ar e als o deter m ined by th e s ch eduler and
m ay als o depend on th e r epor ted CQI or oth er m etr ic. In code
divis ion m ultiplex ed netw or k s , th e r es our ce allocation is
code allocation th at m aps inf or m ation f or a par ticular com
m unication device or r em ote unit to ch anneliZation code
r es our ces f r om a s et of available ch anneliZation codes as
deter m ined by th e s ch eduler .
[ 0024 ] F IG. 2 illus tr ates a s ub- f r am e 200 th at cons titutes a
por tion of a r adio f r am e. Th e r adio f r am e g ener ally com pr is es
a plur ality of s ubf r am es , w h ich m ay f or m a concatenated
continuum of s ubf r am es . An ex am ple r adio f r am e contains 10
s ubf r am es . Each s ubf r am e 200 cor r es ponds to a tr ans m is s ion
tim e inter val ( TTI) . An ex am ple TTI is 1 m s . Each s ubf r am e
200 is com pos ed of tw o s lots each h aving a 0. 5 m s leng th w ith
each s lot containing f or ex am ple, 7 OF D M s y m bols ( as in
F IG. 2) g iven a nor m al cy clic pr e? x leng th and only 6 OF D M
s y m bols if an ex tended cy clic pr e? x leng th is us ed. Each
s ubf r am e 200 is com pos ed of a contr ol r eg ion 210 and a data
r eg ion 220. Th e contr ol r eg ion 210 s iZe is f or ex am ple 1, 2, or
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3 OF D M s y m bols depending on th e num ber of s y m bols s ig
naled by th e ph y s ical contr ol f or m at indicator ch annel ( PC
F ICH) Wh ich is alw ay s tr ans m itted in s y m bol 0 of each s ub
f r am e contr ol r eg ion and is com pos ed of f our r es our ce
elem ent g r oups ( REGs ) dis tr ibuted acr os s f r eq uency . Each
REG is com pos ed of 4 contig uous or near ly contig uous con
tr ol r es our ce elem ents and m ay als o include 2 r ef er ence s ig
nals if th e as s ociated antenna por ts ar e con? g ur ed. Each
contr ol ch annel elem ent ( CCE) cons is ts of 9 REGs Wh ich ar e
ps eudo - r andom ly dis tr ibuted or inter leaved acr os s f r eq uency
and th e OF D M contr ol s y m bols in th e contr ol r eg ion 220
bas ed on a s ubblock inter leaver . Th e REGs available to us e
f or CCEs ar e th os e lef t over f r om PCF ICH and th e Ph y s ical
Hy br id ARQ Indicator CHannel ( PHICH) . A Ph y s ical D oWn
link Contr ol CHannel ( PD CCH) cons is ts of f or ex am ple 1, 2,
4 , or 8 CCEs . In th e cas e Wh er e m or e th an 1 CCE is ag g r e
g ated to f or m th e PD CCH th e CCEs ar e in em bodim ent
log ically contig uous in ter m s of th e location in th e PD CCH
candidate s ear ch s paces . In F IG. 2 all f our antenna por ts ar e
con? g ur ed s uch th at th e cor r es ponding f our com m on r ef er
ence s ig nals ar e pr es ent With tWo in OF D M s y m bol 0 ( t1, t2)
and tWo ( t3 , t4 ) in OF D M s y m bol 1 in th e contr ol r eg ion 210.
N ote, t1, t2, t3 , t4 als o appear in th e data r eg ion 220 on
s y m bols 5 , 8, 9, and 12. Th e data r eg ion 220 contains data
s y m bols With one data s y m bol per r es our ce elem ent ( RE) .
TWelve cons ecutive r es our ce elem ents f or a dur ation of a s lot
ar e g r ouped to f or m r es our ce block s ( RB s ) . Th e us ef ul band
Width of a 1. 4 MHZ LTE car r ier s pans s ix r es our ce block s . In
3 GPP LTE bes ides 1. 4 MHZ th e oth er de? ned car r ier band
Width s ar e 3 , 5 , 10, 15 , and 20 MHZ Wh ich s pan 15 , 25 , 5 0, 75 ,
and 100 RB s r es pectively . A r es our ce block s pans a s lot or 7
s y m bols f or a nor m al cy clic pr e? x leng th s uch th at tWo RB s
( or a s ing le RB pair ) s pan th e s ubf r am e. Th e num ber of data
OF D M s y m bols in th e ? r s t RB of a s ubf r am e is s h or tened by
th e num ber of OF D M contr ol s y m bols allocated.
[ 0025 ] A par ticular us er eq uipm ent m us t locate th e contr ol
ch annel elem ents cor r es ponding to each PD CCH candidate it
is to m onitor ( blindly decode f or each s ubf r am e contr ol
r eg ion) . Th e CRC of each PD CCH Will be m as k ed by a
uniq ue identi? er cor r es ponding to th e us er eq uipm ent th at th e
bas e unit is tr y ing to s ch edule. Th e uniq ue identi? er is
as s ig ned to th e UE by its s er ving bas e unit. Th is identi? er is
k noWn as a r adio netWor k tem por ar y identi? er ( RN TI) and
th e one nor m ally as s ig ned to each UE at call adm is s ion is th e
cell RN TI or C- RN TI. A UE m ay als o be as s ig ned a s em i
per s is tent- s ch eduling C- RN TI ( SPS C- RN TI) or a tem por ar y
C- RN TI ( TC- RN TI) . Wh en a UE decodes a PD CCH it m us t
apply its C- RN TI in th e f or m of a m as k to th e PD CCH CRC
f or s ucces s f ul PD CCH decoding to occur . Wh en a us er eq uip
m ent s ucces s f ully decodes a PD CCH of a par ticular D CI
f or m at ty pe it Will us e th e contr ol inf or m ation f r om th e
decoded PD CCH to deter m ines f or ex am ple, th e r es our ce
allocation, Hy br id ARQ inf or m ation, and poWer contr ol
inf or m ation f or th e cor r es ponding s ch eduled doWnlink or
uplink data tr ans m is s ion. Th e leg acy D CI f or m at ty pe 0 is
us ed f or s ch eduling uplink data tr ans m is s ions on th e Ph y s ical
Uplink Sh ar ed CHannel ( PUSCH) and D CI f or m at ty pe 1A is
us ed f or s ch eduling doWnlink data tr ans m is s ions on th e
Ph y s ical D oWnlink Sh ar ed CHannel ( PD SCH) . Oth er D CI
f or m at ty pes ar e als o us ed f or s ch eduling PD SCH tr ans m is
s ions including D CI f or m at 1, 1B , 1D , 2, 2A each cor r es pond
ing to a dif f er ent tr ans m is s ion m ode ( e. g . s ing le antenna
tr ans m is s ions , s ing le us er open loop MIMO, m ulti- us er
MIMO, s ing le us er clos e loop MIMO, r ank - 1 pr eceding ) .
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Als o th er e ar e leg acy D CI f or m at 3 and 3 A f or s ch eduling th e
tr ans m is s ion of j oint poWer contr ol inf or m ation. PD CCH
D CI f or m at 0, 1A, 3 , and 3 A all h ave th e s am e s iZe pay load
and h ence th e s am e coding r ate. So only one blind decoding
is r eq uir ed f or all of 0, 1A, 3 , 3 A per PD CCH candidate. Th e
CRC is th en m as k ed With C- RN TI to deter m ine if th e PD CCH
Was D CI f or m at ty pe 0 or 1A and a dif f er ent RN TI if it is 3 or
3 A. D CI f or m at ty pe 0 and 1A ar e dis ting uis h ed by D CI ty pe
bit in th e PD CCH pay load its elf ( i. e. par t of th e contr ol
inf or m ation on one of th e contr ol inf or m ation ? elds ) . A UE is
alWay s r eq uir ed to s ear ch f or all of D CI f or m ats 0, 1A at each
PD CCH candidate location in th e UE s peci? c s ear ch s paces .
Th er e ar e f our UE s peci? c s ear ch s paces f or ag g r eg ation
levels 1, 2, 4 , and 8. Only one of th e D CI f or m at ty pes 1, 1B ,
1D , 2, or 2A is as s ig ned at a tim e to a UE s uch th at a UE only
needs to do one additional blind decoding per PD CCH can
didate location in th e UE s peci? c s ear ch s pace bes ides th e one
blind decoding needed f or th e 0, 1A D CI ty pes . Th e PD CCH
candidate locations ar e th e s am e f or th e D CI f or m at ty pes
Wh en th ey ar e located in th e UE s peci? c s ear ch s paces . Th er e
ar e als o tWo 16 CCE com m on s ear ch s paces of ag g r eg ation
level 4 and 8 r es pectively th at ar e log ically and s om etim es
ph y s ically ( Wh en th er e ar e 3 2 or m or e contr ol ch annel ele
m ents ) adj acent to th e UE s peci? c s ear ch s paces . In th e com
m on s ear ch s paces a UE m onitor s D CI ty pes 0, 1A, 3 , and 3 A
as Well as D CI f or m at ty pe 1C. D CI f or m at ty pe 1C is us ed f or
s ch eduling br oadcas t contr ol Wh ich includes pag ing , r andom
acces s r es pons e, and s y s tem inf or m ation block tr ans m is
s ions . D CI 1A m ay als o be us ed f or br oadcas t contr ol in th e
com m on s ear ch s paces . D CI 0 and 1A ar e als o us ed f or
s ch eduling PUSCH and PD SCH in com m on s ear ch s paces . A
UE is r eq uir ed to per f or m up to 4 blind decoding s in th e L: 4
com m on s ear ch s pace and 2 blind decoding s in th e L: 8
com m on s ear ch s pace f or D CI f or m ats 0, 1A, 3 , and 3 A and
th e s am e num ber ag ain f or D CI 1C s ince D CI 1C is not th e
s am e s iZe as D CI 0, 1A, 3 and 3 A. A UE is r eq uir ed to per f or m
( 6, 6, 2, 2) blind decoding s f or L: ( 1, 2, 4 , 8) UE s peci? c
s ear ch s paces r es pectively Wh er e L r ef er s to th e ag g r eg ation
level of th e s ear ch s pace. Th e total m ax im um num ber of blind
decoding attem pts a UE is th en r eq uir e to per f or m per s ub
f r am e contr ol r eg ion is th er ef or e 4 4 ( : 2> < ( 6, 6, 2, 2) + 2> < ( 4 , 2) ) .
A h as h ing f unction is us ed by th e s er ving bas e unit and th e UE
to ? nd th e PD CCH candidate locations in each s ear ch s pace.
Th e h as h ing f unction is bas ed on th e UE C- RN TI ( or s om e
tim es th e TC- RN TI) , ag g r eg ation level ( L) , th e total num ber
of CCEs available in th e contr ol r eg ion ( N cce) , th e s ubf r am e
num ber or index , and th e m ax im um num ber of PD CCH can
didates f or th e s ear ch s pace.
[ 0026] F IG. 3 illus tr ates a s ear ch s pace CCE location( s ) and
Ch annel location( s ) , in log ical s pace as oppos ed to ph y s ical
s pace s h oWn in F IG. 2. Th e em bodim ent s h oWn in th e ? g ur e
applies to a com m unication device With C- RN TII3 7 and a
com m unication device With C- RN TIIl 1 . Ph y s ical D oWnlink
Contr ol Ch annel ( PD CCH) m ay be com pos ed of 1, 2, 4 , or 8
ag g r eg ated contr ol ch annel elem ents ( CCEs ) Wh er e th er e ar e
( 6, 6, 2, 2) PD CCH h y poth es is locations f or each of th e ( 1, 2, 4 ,
8) ag g r eg ation level s ear ch s paces . Th er e ar e doWnlink ( D CI
f or m at 1, 2, 1B , 1D , 2A) and uplink /doWnlink ( D CI f or m at
0/ 1A) s ear ch s paces f or each ag g r eg ation level, but th e
PD CCH CCE locations th at ar e r andom iZed by a com m uni
cation device identi? cation ( UEID ) - bas ed h as h ing f unction
ar e th e s am e f or th e doWnlink and th e uplink /doWnlink ag g r e
g ation level s ear ch s paces . Th er e ar e enoug h locations s uch
th at block ing of PD CCH as s ig nm ents is s uf ? ciently loW.
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How ever , m or e s ear ch s paces or r es our ce s ets in a s ear ch
s pace ( e. g . , UL and D L tr ans m is s ion enh ancem ents , UL and
D L Car r ier ag g r eg ation) m ay be added s uch th at block ing Will
s tar t to incr eas e to becom e a pr oblem if th e neW s ear ch s paces
or r es our ce s ets in a s ear ch s pace at a par ticular ag g r eg ation
level ar e alloWed to com pletely over lap th e cur r ent D L and
UL/D L s ear ch s paces . Th e pr es ent invention m odi? es th e
h as h ing f unction to m ap th e neWer s ear ch s paces or r es our ce
s ets in a s ear ch s pace at a par ticular ag g r eg ation level to
dif f er ent CCE locations th at do not over lap or only par tially
over lap With th e ex is ting s ear ch s paces in or der to m inim iZe
th e block ing pr obability .
[ 0027] Each com m unication device s ear ch es th e contr ol
r eg ion in each s ubf r am e f or contr ol ch annels ( PD CCHs ) With
dif f er ent doWnlink contr ol indicator ( D CI) f or m ats us ing
blind detection, Wh er e th e PD CCH CRC is s cr am bled With
eith er a com m unication device s C- RN TI ( UEID ) if it is f or
s ch eduling data on th e Ph y s ical D oWnlink Sh ar ed Ch annel
( PD SCH) or Ph y s ical Uplink Sh ar ed Ch annel ( PUSCH) or
s cr am bled With Sl- RN TI, P- RN TI, or RA- RN TI if it is f or
s ch eduling br oadcas t contr ol ( s y s tem inf or m ation, pag ing , or
r andom acces s r es pons e r es pectively ) . Oth er s cr am bling
ty pes include j oint poWer contr ol, s em i- per s is tent s ch eduling
( SPS) , and a tem por ar y C- RN TI f or us e With s ch eduling s om e
r andom acces s m es s ag es
[ 0028] Ch annel coding ( e. g . , Convolutional coding ) blind
detection is us ed to dis ting uis h betWeen PD CCH D CI f or m ats
With dif f er ent s iZes . F or D CI f or m ats of th e s am e s iZe dif f er
ent m as k ing of th e s cr am bled CRC can be us ed or ins tead an
ex tr a bit in th e PD CCH pay load its elf can be us ed to dis tin
g uis h betWeen s am e s iZe PD CCH D CI f or m ats ( e. g . D CI
f or m at 0 and 1A) . An ex am ple includes , but is not lim ited to,
th e cas e of br oadcas t contr ol Wh ich us es Sl- RN TI, P- RN TI,
or RA- RN TI f or D CI f or m at 1A ins tead of C- RN TI.
[ 0029] Th er e is a com m on s ear ch s pace ( CSS) ty pe and a
com m unication device s peci? c s ear ch s pace ( U ESS) ty pe
Wh ich ar e log ically adj acent but m ay ph y s ically over lap, e. g . ,
Wh en th e num ber of CCEs available in th e contr ol r eg ion is
les s th an 3 2. Th e CSS m ay be com pos ed of th e m inim um of
th e ? r s t 16 CCEs or th e m ax im um num ber of total CCEs
( N _cce) in th e contr ol r eg ion available Wh ich ever is s m aller .
Th e CSS is us ed f or s ch eduling br oadcas t contr ol ( D CI f or
m at 1A or 1C) , j oint poWer contr ol ( D CI F or m at 3 and 3 A) or
f or PUSCH/PD SCH data us ing com pact g r ants ( D CI f or m at
0/1A) all of Wh ich as s um e ag g r eg ation of 4 or 8 CCEs per
PD CCH. So, f or CSS th er e ar e tWo s ear ch s paces , one With
ag g r eg ation level 4 ( 4 CCEs per PD CCH h y poth es is ) and one
With ag g r eg ation level 8 ( 8CCEs per PD CCH h y poth es is )
With ( , , 4 , 2) blind detection locations f or D CI f or m at 0/1A
and ( , , 4 , 2) bind detection locations f or D CI 1C f or ag g r e
g ation levels ( 1 , 2, 4 , 8) r es pectively . It s h ould be noted
m eans 0 .
[ 003 0] Th e com m unication device s peci? c s ear ch s pace is
f or s ch eduling PUSCH or PD SCH data us ing doWnlink D CI
f or m ats th at s uppor t dif f er ent tr ans m is s ion m odes ( D CI f or
m at 1 and 1A f or SIMO, D CI f or m at 1B f or r ank - 1 pr eceding ,
D CI f or m at 1D f or MU- MIMO, D CI f or m at 2 f or r ank - 2
pr eceding , D CI f or m at 2A f or open loop s patial m ultiplex ing )
and th e s ing le uplink D CI f or m at ( D CI f or m at 0) s uppor ting
SIMO and s Witch ed antenna tr ans m it diver s ity . Th e com m u
nication device s peci? c s ear ch s pace s uppor ts 4 ag g r eg ation
levels cons is ting of ( 1, 2, 4 , or 8) contig uous CCEs per
PD CCH ( candidate) h y poth es is With ( 6, 6, 2, 2) blind detection
locations , r es pectively .
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[ 003 1] In one m eth od of deter m ining th e CCE locations
S k w cor r es ponding to a PD CCH candidate m of each ag g r e
g ation level L ( Wh er e L: ( 1, 2, 4 , or 8) ) s ear ch s pace f or
s ubf r am e k of a r adio f r am e is g iven by eq uation:
f or th e UE s peci? c s ear ch s pace
[ 003 3 ] n_RN Tl#0 is eith er C- RN TI or tem por ar y
C- RN TI; nOteYk IO f or th e com m on s ear ch s pace ( CSS) ;
N CCE k is th e num ber of total CCEs available f or s ub
f r am e k ; and
[ 003 4 ] m : 0, . . . , M( L) 1 Wh er e M( L) : ( 6, 6, 2, 2) f or
L: ( 1, 2, 4 , 8) and
[ 003 5 ] iIO, . . . , L 1 Wh er e i s pans each cons ecutive CCE
of th e PD CCH h y poth es is
[ 003 6] Th e point of eq uation ( 1) is to r andom iZe th e UESS
PD CCH h y poth es is CCE locations per ag g r eg ation level
s ear ch s pace to m inim iZe block ing of PD CCH as s ig nm ents . A
com m unication device per f or m s a convolutional coding blind
detection ( CCB D ) f or D CI f or m at 0/1A and a CCB D f or one
of ( 1, 1B , 1D , 2, 2A) s em i- s tatically as s ig ned D CI f or m ats at
each ag g r eg ation level PD CCH h y poth es is . Hence, 3 2
CCB D s ( : 2> < ( 6, 6, 2, 2) ) ar e per f or m ed in th e UESS Wh ich
tak en With th e 12 B D s ( : 2> < ( 4 , 2) ) per f or m ed in th e CSS
m eans a com m unication device m us t be capable of 4 4
CCB D s . N ote th at D CI f or m at 0/1A and ( 1, 1B , 1D , 2, 2A)
PD CCH h y poth es is locations ar e th e s am e.
[ 003 7] Oth er uplink D CI f or m ats s uppor t uplink r ank - 1 and
r ank - 2 MIMO and non- contig uous r es our ce allocations With
D CI f or m at s iZes dif f er ent th an D CI f or m at 0. 16 CCB D s
( : ( 6, 6, 2, 2) ) ar e per f or m ed by a com m unication device to
s ear ch f or one of th e s em i- s tatically as s ig ned neW uplink D CI
f or m ats ( e. g . 0_a, 0_b, 0_2) . Additionally , anoth er 17 ( : ( , 3 ,
2, 2) + ( 3 , 3 , 2, 2) ) CCB D s m ay be us ed to s uppor t ( neW) car r ier
ag g r eg ation ( bas ed on com m on contr ol ch annel on anch or
car r ier appr oach ) due to th e need f or oth er D CI f or m at s iZes
f or UL and D L to s uppor t 4 or 5 car r ier ag g r eg ation. To
m inim iZe block ing , th e locations of th e s em i- s tatically
as s ig ned uplink D CI f or m at ar e s h if ted. Th is is accom plis h ed
by incr eas ing th e r ang e of m s uch th at:
[ 003 8] m r ang es f r om 0 to 2*M( L) 1 Wh er e as bef or e
M( L) : ( 6, 6, 2, 2) .
In th e cas e of car r ier ag g r eg ation th en th e m r ang e can be
f ur th er incr eas ed to m inim iz e block ing s uch th at:
[ 003 9] m r ang es f r om 0 to 2*M( L) + M' _D L( L) + M' _UL
( L) - 1
[ 004 0] Wh er e M( L) : ( 6, 6, 2, 2) , M' _D L( L) : ( , 3 , 2, 2) , and
M' _UL( L) : ( 3 , 3 , 2, 2) .
F or th is ex am ple, th e UESS CCB D s f or D L/UL+ UL+ D L_
CA+ UL_CA s ear ch s paces is th en 2> < ( 6, 6, 2, 2) + ( 6, 6, 2, 2) + ( ,
3 , 2, 2) + ( 3 , 3 , 2, 2) : 65 . Th e total CCB D s is th en 77.
[ 004 1] If , h oWever , th er e ex is ts a f or m at indicator ( PT) ( A
f or m at indicator indicates th e D CT f or m at us ed and m ay be
encoded s epar ately f r om th e PD CCH D CI f or m at) at each
potential PD CCH h y poth es is location and if th e as s ig ned D CI
f or m at is ? r s t detected bas ed on th e F 1, th en m r ang es f r om 0
to M( L) 1 f or both D L/UL { 0/1A} and D L { 1, 1B , 1D , 2, 2A}
s ear ch s paces and f ur th er r ang es f r om M( L) Ko( L) to 2*M
( L) Ko( L) - 1 f or th e UL { 0_a, 0_b, 0_2) s ear ch s paces Wh er e
Ko( L) is th e over lap in CCEs of th e D L/U L and th e UL s ear ch
s paces . F or ex am ple, if Ko( L) : ( 3 , 3 , 1, 1) th en num ber of
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UESS CCB D s is ( 6, 6, 2, 2) + ( 1/2) *( 6, 6, 2, 2) I24 s uch th at th e
total CCB D s is s till r educed f r om 60 to 3 6 but block ing is not
s ig ni? cantly incr eas ed.
[ 004 2] In th e cas e of both UL s ear ch s paces and car r ier
ag g r eg ation s ear ch s paces f or 4 and 5 ag g r eg ated car r ier s th en
m r ang es f r om
[ 004 3 ] [ 0 to M( L) 1] , ( r el- 8 leg acy D L/UL and D L
UESS)
[ 004 4 ] [ M( L) Ko( L) to 2M( L) Ko( L) - 1] , ( r el 9/10 UL
UESS)
1] ( Ag g r eg ation UL)
[ 004 7] F or ex am ple, if Ko( L) : ( 3 , 3 , 1, 1) , K1( L) : ( 3 , 3 , 1, 1) ,
K2( L) : ( 3 , 3 , 1, 1) , M' _D L( L) : ( , 6, 2, 2) and M' _UL( L) : ( 6, 6,
2, 2) s uch th at th e num ber of CCB D s is ( 6, 6, 2, 2) + 1/2*( 6, 6, 2,
2) + 1/2*( , 6, 2, 2) + 1/2*( 6, 6, 2, 2) : 3 7 CCB D s f or UESS f or a
total of 4 9 CCB D s With g ood block ing pr oper ties . So F I only
buy s about 28 f eWer CCB D s ( I77- 4 9) With about th e s am e
block ing and m ar g inally loWer f als e detection r ate.
[ 004 8] Th us , f or th e em bodim ents h er ein, th e CCE loca
tions S' k ( L) cor r es ponding to a PD CCH candidate m of each
ag g r eg ation level L ( Wh er e L: ( 1, 2, 4 , or 8) ) s ear ch s pace f or
s ubf r am e k of a r adio f r am e is g iven by eq uation:
[ 004 9] It s h ould be noted th at S' k ( L) : Sk ( L) f or m o? et( L) : ( 0,
0, 0, 0) f or back War d com patibility , Wh er e Yk : ( 3 9827~Yk _l)
m od65 5 3 7 Wh er e Y_l: n_RN TI f or th e UE s peci? c s ear ch
s pace ( UESSS) n_RN TI#0 is eith er C- RN TI or tem por ar y
C- RN TI; noteYk IO f or th e com m on s ear ch s pace ( CSS) m : 0,
. . . , M( L) 1 Wh er e M( L) : ( 6, 6, 2, 2) f or L: ( 1, 2, 4 , 8) and m o? et
( L) : ( 2, 2, 2, 2) f or D CI f or m ats oth er th an D CI f or m at 0/1A and
1, 1B , 1D , 2, 2A, i: 0, . . . , L 1 Wh er e i s pans each cons ecutive
CCE of th e PD CCH h y poth es is . In an alter nate em bodim ent,
th e PD CCH candidate m ay be com pos ed of pr edeter m ined
CCEs Wh ich m ay not neces s ar ily be contig uous or cons ecu
tive.
[ 005 0] Th e location of f s et, m o? etw of f s et is a f unction of
th e ag g r eg ation level L. In an alter nate em bodim ent, th e loca
tion of f s et m ay als o m ay depend on oth er par am eter s s uch as
N CCEk , s ubf r am e index , k . F or ex am ple, th e s ear ch s paces f or
ex is ting D CI f or m ats and neW D CI f or m ats m ay be unif or m ly
s paced acr os s th e N CCE k CCEs . Th at is , if th e ex is ting 1CCE
s ear ch s pace f or a com m unication device is { 0, 1, 2, 3 , 4 , 5 } and
N CCE, k : 4 0, th e 1CCE s ear ch s pace f or th e neW D CI f or m ats
f or th e com m unication device m ay be { 20, 21, 22, 23 , 24 , 25 } .
Th is could be us ef ul to r educe block ing f r om anoth er com
m unication device With 8 CCE ag g r eg ations s tar ting at 0.
[ 005 1] So th e PD CCH h y poth es es in th e cas e Wh er e UE
C- RN TII3 7 is s ch eduled With f our PD CCH D CI ty pes ( 0, 2,
x , y ) ar e s h oWn in F IG. 3 , Wh er e m 0? et( L) : ( 2, 2, 2, 2) f or L: ( 1,
2, 4 , 8) . Th e s tar ting 4 CCE ch annel locations f or D CI 0/1A and
D CI 1, 1B , 1D , 2A, 2B is ch annel location: 3 s o if both D CI 0
and one of D CI 1, 1B , 1D , 2A, 2B ar e s ch eduled th en th er e ar e
enoug h 4 CCE PD CCH h y poth es es ( i. e. tWo 4 CCE h y poth
es es Wh ich ar e tak en f r om ( 6, 6, 2, 2) ) to s ch edule both . Th er e
ar e not enoug h 4 CCE PD CCH h y poth es es Wh en th e num ber
of 4 CCE PD CCH ( With dis tinct s iZes ) s ch eduled to th e UE
ex ceeds 2. B ut as s h oWn in F IG. 3 With m o? et( Lz l) : 2 f or D CI
ty pes oth er th an 0/1A and 1, 1B , 1D , 2, 2A th er e ar e th en f our
4 CCE PD CCH h y poth es es th at th e s er ving eN B s ch eduler
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can ch oos e f r om s uch th at is pos s ible to s ch edule e. g . f our
4 CCE PD CCH g r ants . So a m 0? et( L) : ( 2, 2, 2, 2) is th e bes t
ch oice f or th e of f s et value g iven th er e ar e ( 6, 6, 2, 2) h y poth
es is and g iven it is neces s ar y to r es er ve r oom f or 2 m or e
PD CCH candidate g r ants to avoid block ing . An of f s et of 2
Would als o s olve th e 8CCE PD CCH ag g r eg ation cas e as Well.
[ 005 2] Ref er r ing to F IGS. 4 and 5 , th er e is pr ovided a How
diag r am r epr es enting an ex am ple oper ation 4 00 of a com m u
nication device and a block diag r am r epr es enting ex am ple
com ponents of a com m unication device 5 00, r es pectively .
Th e com m unication device r epr es ented by th e How diag r am
and/or th e block diag r am deter m ines contr ol inf or m ation in
accor dance With th e pr es ent invention. As s h oWn in F IG. 5 ,
th e com m unication device 5 00 com pr is es a tr ans ceiver 5 10,
one or m or e pr oces s or s 5 20, and m em or y 5 3 0. F IG. 5 illus
tr ates a pr oces s or 5 20 h ave var ious pr oces s or s th er ein to
per f or m f unctions of th e com m unication devices . It is to be
under s tood th at one or m or e of th es e com ponents 5 22- 5 27
illus tr ated m ay be com bined tog eth er or s epar ated f r om one
or m or e of th e oth er com ponents of th e pr oces s or With out
depar ting f r om th e s pir it and s cope of th e pr es ent invention
[ 005 3 ] As r epr es ented by F IGS. 4 and 5 , th e tr ans ceiver 5 10
of th e com m unication device 5 00 r eceives a contr ol ch annel
m es s ag e as s ociated With th e com m unication device in a con
tr ol r eg ion on a ? r s t car r ier f r om a bas e unit and a D CI f or m at
or contr ol m es s ag e ty pe deter m ination pr oces s or 5 22 deter
m ines a s et of r es our ces in a s ear ch s pace With in th e contr ol
r eg ion. Th e s et of r es our ces in th e s ear ch s pace is at leas t
par tially bas ed on a contr ol ch annel m es s ag e ty pe of th e
contr ol ch annel m es s ag e and an identi? er as s ociated With th e
com m unication device. In one em bodim ent, th e contr ol ch an
nel m es s ag e ty pe of th e contr ol ch annel m es s ag e indicates
th at th e contr ol ch annel m es s ag e is f or at leas t one additional
car r ier , th e at leas t one additional car r ier not including th e ? r s t
car r ier . In an alter nate em bodim ent, th e contr ol ch annel m es
s ag e ty pe of th e contr ol ch annel m es s ag e indicates an identi
? er as s ociated With at leas t one additional car r ier , th e at leas t
one additional car r ier not including th e ? r s t car r ier . In an
alter nate em bodim ent, th e contr ol ch annel m es s ag e ty pe of
th e contr ol ch annel m es s ag e m ay indicate an identi? er as s o
ciated With a g r oup or s ubs et of D CI f or m ats . In anoth er
em bodim ent, th e contr ol ch annel m es s ag e is a Ph y s ical
D oWnlink Contr ol Ch annels ( PD CCH) m es s ag e. F or
ex am ple, as r epr es ented by s tep 4 10, th e com m unication
device 4 00 m ay deter m ine its as s ig ned contr ol m es s ag e ty pes
( e. g . , D CI f or m at ty pes ) bas ed on its as s ig ned tr ans m is s ion
m ode s ig naled by th e s er ving bas e unit. A r es our ce s et deter
m ination pr oces s or m ay th en deter m ines Wh ich of its D CI
f or m at ty pes h ave dis tinct s iZe ( dif f er ent coding r ate) and
th er ef or e need a cor r es ponding s et of r es our ces f or s uppor t
ing blind detections at s tep 4 20. F or one em bodim ent, a s et of
r es our ces in a s ear ch s pace m ay be deter m ined at leas t par
tially bas ed on a s lot num ber in a r adio s ubf r am e. In one
em bodim ent, th e s et of r es our ces in th e s ear ch s pace includes
deter m ining a s et of candidate Contr ol Ch annel Elem ents
( CCEs ) cor r es ponding to a s et of candidate Ph y s ical D oWn
link Contr ol Ch annels ( PD CCH) in th e s ear ch s pace. In one
em bodim ent, th e s ear ch s pace With in th e contr ol r eg ion is
as s ociated With a Contr ol Ch annel Elem ent ( CCE) ag g r eg a
tion level.
[ 005 4 ] Th e com m unication device 4 00 m ay deter m ine a
location of th e s et of r es our ces in a s ear ch s pace bas ed on an
of f s et as s ociated With th e contr ol ch annel m es s ag e ty pe of th e
contr ol ch annel m es s ag e. Th e of f s et m ay cor r es pond to a ? r s t
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of f s et Wh en th e contr ol inf or m ation in th e contr ol ch annel
m es s ag e s ch edules r es our ces f or a ? r s t car r ier , and th e of f s et
m ay cor r es ponds to a s econd of f s et Wh en th e contr ol inf or
m ation in th e contr ol ch annel m es s ag e s ch edules r es our ces
f or a s econd car r ier . F or ex am ple, th e per r es our ce s et of f s et
deter m ination pr oces s or 5 24 m ay deter m ine a CCE or ( LX
CCE) of f s et f or each contr ol ch annel m es s ag e ty pe ( e. g . D CI
f or m at ty pe) With a s et of r es our ces at s tep 4 3 0 and deter m ine
each s et of r es our ces ( f or ex am ple, PD CCH candidates ) loca
tion in each com m unication device s peci? c s ear ch s pace f or
each of its D CI f or m at ty pes of dis tinct s iZe bas ed on th e
cor r es ponding D CI f or m at ty pe of f s et, UEs identi? er , s ub
f r am e num ber or index , ag g r eg ation level ( L) , total num ber of
CCEs in th e s ubf r am e contr ol r eg ion, m ax im um num ber of
PD CCH candidates ( h y poth es is ) per ag g r eg ation level or a
m ax im um num ber of decoding attem pts at s tep 4 4 0.
[ 005 5 ] Th e bas e unit m ay as s ociate th e com m unication
device With th e s et of r es our ces and th e of f s et of th e location
of th e s et of r es our ces . F or one em bodim ent, th e as s ociation
m ay occur in r es pons e to deter m ining th at th e contr ol ch annel
is as s ociated With a non- r ef er ence car r ier and m ay utiliZe a
h as h of th e com m unication device s identity ( s uch as a r adio
netWor k tem por ar y identi? er ( RN TI) ) and/ or a s lot num ber in
a r adio s ubf r am e. F or anoth er em bodim ent, th e com m unica
tion device m ay be as s ociated With a s et of contr ol ch annel
elem ents . F or s till anoth er em bodim ent, th e of f s et m ay cor
r es pond to a ? r s t location f or ag g r eg ation level r elative to a
s econd location of th e ag g r eg ation level bas ed on th e com
m unication device.
[ 005 6] Th e com m unication device 4 00 m ay deter m ine th e
of f s et in r es pons e to r eceiving a contr ol m es s ag e or a con
? g ur ation m es s ag e indicating a num ber of car r ier s to be
m onitor ed by th e com m unication device. F or one em bodi
m ent, Wh en r eceiving th e contr ol m es s ag e, th e com m unica
tion device m ay m onitor f or contr ol m es s ag es cor r es ponding
to car r ier s f r om Wh ich r es our ces as s ig nm ents ar e ex pected.
[ 005 7] Th e com m unication device 4 00 m ay th en attem pt to
decode th e s et of r es our ces in th e s ear ch s pace f or th e contr ol
ch annel m es s ag e. F or ex am ple, a per D CI f or m at contr ol
ch annel blind decoding pr oces s or 5 25 m ay per f or m blind
decoding s in each s et of r es our ces ( f or ex am ple, PD CCH
candidates ) of each D CI f or m at ty pe of dis tinct s iZe. F or one
em bodim ent, th e com m unication device 4 00 m ay include a
m onitor ing m eans f or attem pting to decode th e s et of
r es our ces . B lind decoding m ay occur Wh en th er e is no s elf
block ing pr oblem r eg ar ding th e ex tr a PD CCH tr ans m is s ions
per s ubf r am e f or th e uplink and th e doWnlink car r ier ag g r e
g ation D CI f or m at ty pe.
[ 005 8] As s h oWn in F IG. 5 , th e com m unication device 4 00
m ay f ur th er include a pr oces s or 5 26 f or contr ol ch annel inf or
m ation pr oces s ing and a pr oces s or 5 27 f or data ch annel pr o
ces s ing . Th e com m unication device 4 00 deter m ines contr ol
inf or m ation f r om th e decoded contr ol ch annel m es s ag e. F or
ex am ple, upon s ucces s f ul detection of a PD CCH, th e contr ol
inf or m ation is obtained and us ed to s ucces s f ully decode th e
cor r es ponding data ( f or ex am ple, PD SCH) tr ans m is s ion
Wh ich , in th e cas e of car r ier ag g r eg ation, m ay be on a ? r s t
car r ier or a dif f er ent additional car r ier , as r epr es ented by s tep
4 60.
[ 005 9] Wh ile th e pr ef er r ed em bodim ents of th e invention
h ave been illus tr ated and des cr ibed, it is to be under s tood th at
th e invention is not s o lim ited. N um er ous m odi? cations ,
ch ang es , var iations , s ubs titutions and eq uivalents Will occur
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to th os e s k illed in th e ar t With out depar ting f r om th e s pir it and
s cope of th e pr es ent invention as de? ned by th e appended
claim s .
Wh at is claim ed is :
1. A m eth od in a bas e unit f or tr ans m itting contr ol inf or
m ation f or a com m unication device, th e m eth od com pr is ing
th e s teps of :
g ener ating a contr ol ch annel m es s ag e com pr is ing contr ol
inf or m ation as s ociated With th e com m unication device;
deter m ining a s et of r es our ces in a s ear ch s pace With in a
contr ol r eg ion, Wh er ein th e s et of r es our ces in th e s ear ch
s pace is at leas t par tially bas ed on a contr ol ch annel
m es s ag e ty pe of th e contr ol ch annel m es s ag e and an
identi? er as s ociated With th e com m unication device;
s electing a s ubs et of r es our ces With in th e deter m ined s et of
r es our ces f or tr ans m itting th e contr ol ch annel m es s ag e;
and
tr ans m itting th e contr ol ch annel m es s ag e on th e s elected
r es our ces in th e contr ol r eg ion on a ? r s t car r ier .
2. Th e m eth od of claim 1, th e contr ol ch annel m es s ag e ty pe
of th e contr ol ch annel m es s ag e indicates th at th e contr ol
ch annel m es s ag e is f or at leas t one additional car r ier , th e at
leas t one additional car r ier not including th e ? r s t car r ier .
3 . Th e m eth od of claim 1, Wh er ein deter m ining a s et of
r es our ces in a s ear ch s pace com pr is es :
deter m ining a location of th e s et of r es our ces in a s ear ch
s pace bas ed on an of f s et as s ociated With th e contr ol
ch annel m es s ag e ty pe of th e contr ol ch annel m es s ag e.
4 . A m eth od in a com m unication device f or deter m ining
contr ol inf or m ation, th e m eth od com pr is ing th e s teps of :
r eceiving a contr ol ch annel m es s ag e as s ociated With th e
com m unication device in a contr ol r eg ion on a ? r s t car
r ier f r om a bas e unit;
deter m ining a s et of r es our ces in a s ear ch s pace With in th e
contr ol r eg ion, Wh er ein th e s et of r es our ces in th e s ear ch
s pace is at leas t par tially bas ed on a contr ol ch annel
m es s ag e ty pe of th e contr ol ch annel m es s ag e and an
identi? er as s ociated With th e com m unication device;
attem pting to decode th e s et of r es our ces in th e s ear ch
s pace f or th e contr ol ch annel m es s ag e; and
deter m ining contr ol inf or m ation f r om th e decoded contr ol
ch annel m es s ag e.
5 . Th e m eth od of claim 4 , Wh er e th e contr ol ch annel m es
s ag e ty pe of th e contr ol ch annel m es s ag e indicates th at th e
contr ol ch annel m es s ag e is f or at leas t one additional car r ier ,
th e at leas t one additional car r ier not including th e ? r s t car r ier .
6. Th e m eth od of claim 4 , Wh er ein th e contr ol ch annel
m es s ag e ty pe of th e contr ol ch annel m es s ag e indicates an
identi? er as s ociated With at leas t one additional car r ier , th e at
leas t one additional car r ier not including th e ? r s t car r ier .
7. Th e m eth od of claim 4 , Wh er ein th e contr ol ch annel
m es s ag e ty pe of th e contr ol ch annel m es s ag e is a D oWnlink
Contr ol Inf or m ation ( D CI) f or m at.
8. Th e m eth od of claim 4 , Wh er ein deter m ining a s et of
r es our ces in a s ear ch s pace com pr is es :
deter m ining a location of th e s et of r es our ces in a s ear ch
s pace bas ed on an of f s et as s ociated With th e contr ol
ch annel m es s ag e ty pe of th e contr ol ch annel m es s ag e.
9. Th e m eth od of claim 8, Wh er ein th e contr ol ch annel
m es s ag e ty pe of th e contr ol ch annel m es s ag e is a D oWnlink
Contr ol Inf or m ation ( D CI) f or m at.
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10. Th e m eth od of claim 8, w h er ein:
th e of f s et cor r es ponds to a ? r s t of f s et Wh en th e contr ol
inf or m ation in th e contr ol ch annel m es s ag e s ch edules
r es our ces f or th e ? r s t car r ier ; and
th e of f s et cor r es ponds to a s econd of f s et Wh en th e contr ol
inf or m ation in th e contr ol ch annel m es s ag e s ch edules
r es our ces f or a s econd car r ier .
11. Th e m eth od of claim 4 , Wh er ein deter m ining th e s et of
r es our ces in th e s ear ch s pace includes deter m ining a s et of
candidate Contr ol Ch annel Elem ents ( CCEs ) cor r es ponding
to a s et of candidate Ph y s ical D oWnlink Contr ol Ch annels
( PD CCH) in th e s ear ch s pace.
12. Th e m eth od of claim 4 , Wh er ein th e contr ol ch annel
m es s ag e is a Ph y s ical D oWnlink Contr ol Ch annels ( PD CCH)
m es s ag e.
13 . Th e m eth od of claim 4 , Wh er ein th e s ear ch s pace With in
th e contr ol r eg ion is as s ociated With a Contr ol Ch annel Ele
m ent ( CCE) ag g r eg ation level.
14 . Th e m eth od of claim 4 , f ur th er com pr is ing deter m ining
th e s et of r es our ces in th e s ear ch s pace bas ed on one or m or e
of a s ubf r am e index , a Contr ol Ch annel Elem ent ( CCE)
ag g r eg ation level, a total num ber of CCEs in th e contr ol
r eg ion, or a m ax im um num ber of blind decoding attem pts .
15 . Th e m eth od of claim 4 , Wh er ein th e identi? er of th e
com m unication device is a r adio netWor k tem por ar y identi
? er .
16. Th e m eth od of claim 4 , f ur th er com pr is ing , r eceiving
f r om th e bas e unit, a con? g ur ation m es s ag e indicating a num
ber of car r ier s to be m onitor ed by th e com m unication device.
17. A com m unication device f or deter m ining contr ol inf or
m ation com pr is ing :
a tr ans ceiver f or r eceiving a contr ol ch annel m es s ag e as s o
ciated With th e com m unication device in a contr ol r eg ion
on a ? r s t car r ier f r om a bas e unit; and
at leas t one pr oces s or f or deter m ining a s et of r es our ces in
a s ear ch s pace With in th e contr ol r eg ion, attem pting to
decode th e s et of r es our ces in th e s ear ch s pace f or th e
contr ol ch annel m es s ag e, and deter m ining contr ol inf or
m ation f r om th e decoded contr ol ch annel m es s ag e,
Wh er ein th e s et of r es our ces in th e s ear ch s pace is at leas t
par tially bas ed on a contr ol ch annel m es s ag e ty pe of th e
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contr ol ch annel m es s ag e and an identi? er as s ociated
With th e com m unication device.
18. Th e com m unication device of claim 17, Wh er ein th e
contr ol ch annel m es s ag e ty pe of th e contr ol ch annel m es s ag e
indicates th at th e contr ol ch annel m es s ag e is f or at leas t one
additional car r ier , th e at leas t one additional car r ier not
including th e ? r s t car r ier .
19. Th e com m unication device of claim 17, Wh er ein th e at
leas t one pr oces s or deter m ines a location of th e s et of
r es our ces in a s ear ch s pace bas ed on an of f s et as s ociated With
th e contr ol ch annel m es s ag e ty pe of th e contr ol ch annel m es
s ag e.
20. Th e com m unication device of claim 19, Wh er ein:
th e of f s et cor r es ponds to a ? r s t of f s et Wh en th e contr ol
inf or m ation in th e contr ol ch annel m es s ag e s ch edules
r es our ces f or th e ? r s t car r ier ; and
th e of f s et cor r es ponds to a s econd of f s et Wh en th e contr ol
inf or m ation in th e contr ol ch annel m es s ag e s ch edules
r es our ces f or a s econd car r ier .
21. Th e com m unication device of claim 17, Wh er ein th e
contr ol ch annel m es s ag e is a Ph y s ical D oWnlink Contr ol
Ch annels ( PD CCH) m es s ag e.
22. Th e com m unication device of claim 17, Wh er ein th e
s ear ch s pace With in th e contr ol r eg ion is as s ociated With a
Contr ol Ch annel Elem ent ( CCE) ag g r eg ation level.
23 . Th e com m unication device of claim 17, Wh er ein th e at
leas t one pr oces s or deter m ines th e s et of r es our ces in th e
s ear ch s pace bas ed on one or m or e of a s ubf r am e index , a
Contr ol Ch annel Elem ent ( CCE) ag g r eg ation level, a total
num ber of CCEs in th e contr ol r eg ion, or a m ax im um num ber
of blind decoding attem pts .
24 . Th e com m unication device of claim 17, Wh er ein th e
identi? er of th e com m unication device is a r adio netWor k
tem por ar y identi? er .
25 . Th e com m unication device of claim 17, Wh er ein th e
tr ans ceiver r eceives f r om th e bas e unit, a con? g ur ation m es
s ag e indicating a num ber of car r ier s to be m onitor ed by th e
com m unication device.
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