WO2011114743A1 - 基地局及び送信方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a base station and a transmission method.
- LTE 3rd Generation Partnership Project Project Radio Access Network Long Term Evolution
- OFDMA Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access
- SC-FDMA uplink communication method
- Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access is employed (for example, see Non-Patent Documents 1, 2, and 3).
- a radio communication base station apparatus uses a radio communication terminal apparatus (hereinafter referred to as “subframe”) for each time unit called a subframe. Communication is performed by assigning to “terminal”.
- the base station transmits downlink control information (L1 / L2 control information) for notifying resource allocation results for downlink data and uplink data to the terminal.
- This downlink control information is transmitted to the terminal using a downlink control channel such as PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel).
- PDCCH Physical Downlink Control Channel
- each PDCCH occupies a resource composed of one or a plurality of continuous CCEs (Control Channel Element).
- the number of CCEs occupied by the PDCCH (the number of CCE connections: CCE aggregation level) is selected from 1, 2, 4, 8 depending on the number of downlink control information bits or the channel state of the terminal Is done.
- LTE supports a frequency band having a maximum width of 20 MHz as a system bandwidth.
- the base station transmits a plurality of PDCCHs simultaneously.
- the base station includes the CRC bits masked (or scrambled) with the terminal ID of the transmission destination in order to identify the transmission destination terminal of each PDCCH and transmits the PDCCH.
- the terminal performs blind decoding on the PDCCH by demasking (or descrambling) the CRC bits with the terminal ID of the terminal in a plurality of PDCCHs that are likely to be addressed to the terminal, and the PDCCH addressed to the terminal Is detected.
- downlink control information transmitted from the base station is called DCI (Downlink Control Information), information of resources allocated to the terminal by the base station (resource allocation information), MCS (Modulation and channel Coding Scheme), etc. Is included.
- DCI Downlink Control Information
- resource allocation information information of resources allocated to the terminal by the base station
- MCS Modulation and channel Coding Scheme
- the terminal needs to receive both downlink allocation control information (downlink allocation control information) and uplink allocation control information (uplink allocation control information).
- the downlink allocation control information has a plurality of formats (downlink allocation control information format), and the uplink allocation control information has one format (uplink allocation control information format).
- DCI downlink control information
- a plurality of sizes of formats are defined by the transmission antenna control method and resource allocation method of the base station.
- a downlink allocation control information format for performing continuous band allocation hereinafter referred to as “continuous band allocation downlink format”
- an uplink allocation control information format for performing continuous band allocation hereinafter simply referred to as “continuous band allocation”.
- Allocation uplink format has the same size.
- These formats (DCI format) include type information (for example, 1-bit flag) indicating the type of allocation control information (downlink allocation control information or uplink allocation control information).
- the terminal confirms the type information included in the allocation control information, so that the allocation control information becomes the downlink allocation control.
- Information or uplink allocation control information can be specified.
- DCI format 0 the continuous band allocation downlink format
- DCI format 1A the continuous band allocation uplink format
- DCI 0 and DCI 1A have the same size and can be distinguished by type information. Therefore, in the following description, DCI 0 and DCI 1A are collectively expressed as DCI 0 / 1A.
- the DCI format includes a format of downlink allocation control information for performing non-continuous band allocation ("non-continuous band allocation downlink format”: DCI format1: DCI 1). And a downlink allocation control information format for assigning spatial multiplexing MIMO transmission (“spatial multiplexing MIMO downlink format”: DCI format 2, 2A: DCI 2, 2A) and the like.
- DCI 1, 2 and 2A are formats used depending on the downlink transmission mode (discontinuous band allocation or spatial multiplexing MIMO transmission) of the terminal. That is, DCI 1, 2 and 2A are formats set for each terminal.
- DCI 0 / 1A is a format that can be used for terminals in any transmission mode without depending on the transmission mode. That is, DCI 0 / 1A is a format commonly used for all terminals. When DCI 0 / 1A is used, 1 antenna transmission or transmission diversity is used as the default transmission mode.
- CCE regions (hereinafter referred to as “Search Space”) that can be subjected to blind decoding by each terminal are limited.
- the unit of the CCE region allocated to each terminal (that is, the unit corresponding to the blind decoding) is referred to as “downlink control information allocation region candidate (PDCCH allocation region candidate)” or “blind decoding region candidate”.
- the search space is set randomly for each terminal.
- the number of CCEs constituting this search space is defined for each number of PCECH CCE connections.
- the number of CCEs constituting the search space is 6, 12, 8, and 16 corresponding to the PDCCH CCE concatenation numbers 1, 2, 4, and 8, respectively.
- each terminal only needs to perform blind decoding only on the blind decoding region candidate group in the search space allocated to the terminal itself, and thus the number of times of blind decoding can be reduced.
- the search space of each terminal is set using the terminal ID of each terminal and a hash function that is a function for performing randomization.
- This terminal-specific CCE region is called an individual region (UE-specific search-Space: UE-SS).
- control information for data allocation common to terminals for example, allocation information related to downlink broadcast signals and allocation information related to signals for paging
- PDCCH allocation information related to downlink broadcast signals and allocation information related to signals for paging
- PDCCH control information for data allocation common to terminals
- the PDCCH uses a CCE region common to all terminals that should receive the downlink broadcast signal (hereinafter referred to as “Common region (Search-Space: C-SS)”). It is done.
- a terminal uses a first type DCI format (DCI 0 / 1A) commonly used for all terminals and a second type DCI format (DCI depending on the transmission mode).
- Blind decoding is performed on each of the two types of DCI formats (1, 2, 2A, etc.).
- the first type DCI format DCI 0 / 1A
- the second type DCI format DCI 1, 2, 2A, etc.
- Blind decoding is performed for the blind decoding region candidates, so that blind decoding is performed 32 times in total.
- the terminal performs blind decoding on the six blind decoding area candidates for each of the DCI format 1C (hereinafter referred to as DCI 1C) and DCI 1A, which are common channel allocation formats, so that a total of 12 Multiple times of blind decoding. Therefore, the terminal performs blind decoding a total of 44 times per subframe.
- DCI 1C the DCI format 1C
- DCI 1A the DCI 1A
- DCI 1A used for common channel allocation and DCI 0 / 1A used for terminal-specific data allocation have the same size, but are distinguished from each other by terminal ID. Therefore, the base station can also transmit DCI 0 / 1A that performs terminal-specific data allocation by C-SS without increasing the number of times of terminal blind decoding.
- LTE-A 3GPP LTE-Advanced
- LTE-A terminal a base station and a terminal capable of communicating at a broadband frequency of 40 MHz or more.
- LTE-A terminal The LTE-A system is required to accommodate not only LTE-A terminals but also terminals corresponding to the LTE system (hereinafter referred to as “LTE terminals”).
- a carrier connection (Carrier-aggregation) method in which a plurality of frequency bands are connected is proposed (for example, see Non-Patent Document 1).
- a frequency band having a width of 20 MHz is a basic unit of a communication band (hereinafter referred to as a unit carrier (component CC)). Therefore, in LTE-A, for example, a system bandwidth of 40 MHz is realized by connecting two unit carriers.
- One unit carrier accommodates both LTE terminals and LTE-A terminals.
- an uplink unit carrier is referred to as an uplink unit carrier
- a downlink unit carrier is referred to as a downlink unit carrier.
- LTE-A it is considered to support carrier connection by at least 5 CCs as a system, but the number of CCs actually used depends on the reception capability of the number of CCs of each terminal, the required transmission rate, etc. Different for each. Therefore, which CC is used is configured for each terminal.
- the set CC is called “UE CC set”. Also, UE CC set is controlled to be semi-static depending on the required transmission rate of the terminal.
- LTE-A when data is allocated to a plurality of unit carriers for a certain terminal, allocation control information is notified by a plurality of PDCCHs. That is, the resource allocation result of each unit carrier is notified using one PDCCH for one unit carrier.
- PDCCH Physical Downlink Control Channel
- cross carrier scheduling As a method of notifying the resource allocation information of each unit carrier from the base station to the terminal, data of different unit carriers is allocated by PDCCH transmitted by a certain unit carrier, that is, “cross carrier scheduling”. Is being considered. Specifically, it has been studied to indicate a unit carrier to be allocated by the PDCCH using a Carrier-Indicator (CI) in the PDCCH. That is, each unit carrier is labeled by CI. CI is transmitted in a field in PDCCH called CIF (CarrierCarIndicator Field) (for example, see Non-Patent Document 5).
- CIF CarrierCarIndicator Field
- DCI format 0A, 0B DCI 0A, 0B
- DCI 0A and 0B are DCI formats that depend on the uplink transmission mode.
- 16 additional blind decodings are added in the UE-SS, and the terminal performs a total of 60 blind decodings per subframe.
- 3GPP TS 36.211 V8.7.0 “Physical Channels and Modulation (Release 8),” September 2008
- 3GPP TS 36.212 V8.7.0 “Multiplexing and channel coding (Release 8),” September 2008
- 3GPP TS 36.213 V8.7.0 “Physical layer procedures (Release 8),” September 2008
- 3GPP TSG RAN WG1 meeting, R1-100041 “Mapping of CIF to component carriers” January, 2010
- a unit carrier that transmits data and a unit carrier that transmits a PDCCH related to resource allocation used for data transmission on the unit carrier (hereinafter may be referred to as “PDCCH CC”) are 1
- PDCCH CC a unit carrier that transmits data
- PDCCH related to resource allocation used for data transmission on the unit carrier (hereinafter may be referred to as “PDCCH CC”)
- PDCCH CC information on which unit carrier from which PDCCH for a unit carrier for data transmission is transmitted) is set by an upper layer (that is, RRC signaling).
- the terminal may perform blind decoding as many times as the number of unit carriers used for data transmission. That is, it is only necessary to perform blind decoding for the number of times obtained by multiplying the above 60 times by the number of unit carriers used for data transmission.
- RRC higher layer
- PDCCH CC of an arbitrary unit carrier is changed to all unit carriers including the arbitrary unit carrier (or a part of a plurality of unit carriers (however, 2 or more) unit carrier).
- the terminal needs to perform blind decoding by the number of times obtained by multiplying the above-mentioned 60 times by the number of unit carriers used for data transmission and the number of PDCCH CC.
- the terminal can detect PDCCHs of a plurality of unit carriers in one unit carrier by one blind decoding. .
- the terminal multiplies the above 60 times by the number of unit carriers used for data transmission and the number of PDCCH CCs, It is necessary to perform blind decoding. That is, the number of times of blind decoding increases and the configuration of the terminal becomes complicated.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a base station and a transmission method capable of suppressing an increase in the number of times of blind decoding on the receiving side of PDCCH without requiring higher layer signaling when PDCCHDCCC is changed even when cross-carrier scheduling is adopted Is to provide.
- a base station is a base station that transmits data to a terminal using a plurality of downlink unit carriers, and sets the plurality of downlink unit carriers for the terminal, and A means for setting a control channel unit carrier for transmitting allocation information related to a data transmission resource of a unit carrier from among the plurality of downlink unit carriers, and for a first downlink unit carrier among the plurality of downlink unit carriers
- a unit carrier setting unit that associates one control channel unit carrier with each other and associates a plurality of control channel unit carriers with the second downlink unit carrier, and a plurality of units set by the unit carrier setting unit.
- a transmitter that transmits the data and the allocation information using a downlink unit carrier and a control channel unit carrier. And it comprises a.
- a transmission method is a transmission method for transmitting data to a terminal using a plurality of downlink unit carriers, and sets the plurality of downlink unit carriers for the terminal, and A step of setting a control channel unit carrier for transmitting allocation information related to a data transmission resource of a unit carrier from among the plurality of downlink unit carriers, and for a first downlink unit carrier among the plurality of downlink unit carriers
- One control channel unit carrier is associated, and a plurality of control channel unit carriers are associated with the second downlink unit carrier, and the plurality of configured downlink unit carriers and control Transmitting the data and the allocation information using a channel unit carrier.
- a base station and a transmission method that can suppress an increase in the number of times of blind decoding on the receiving side of the PDCCH without requiring higher layer signaling when changing PDCCH CC Can be provided.
- DCI 1C, 1A is used as the DCI format for common channel assignment.
- DCI 0 / 1A is used as a DCI format for data allocation that is commonly used by all terminals (that is, it can be used for terminals in any transmission mode without depending on the transmission mode).
- This DCI 0 / 1A is a DCI format for data allocation in the default transmission mode.
- DCI 0A and 0B are used as the DCI format for data allocation depending on the uplink transmission mode.
- DCI 1, 2, 2A is used as a DCI format for data allocation depending on the downlink transmission mode.
- CI Carrier-Indicator
- PDCCH Physical Downlink Control Channel
- the PDCCH signal transmitted by C-SS needs to have the same format as the PDCCH to which the common channel is allocated. For this reason, in the C-SS, a PDCCH signal not including a CI is transmitted. That is, according to the PDCCH signal transmitted by the C-SS, it is possible to perform only notification regarding resource allocation for data transmission in a unit carrier in which this PDCCH signal is transmitted.
- FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of base station 100 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
- the base station 100 includes a CC setting unit 101, a control unit 102, a search space setting unit 103, a PDCCH generation unit 104, encoding / modulation units 105, 106, and 107, an allocation unit 108, Multiplexer 109, IFFT (Inverse Fast Fourier Transform) unit 110, CP (Cyclic Prefix) addition unit 111, transmission RF unit 112, antenna 113, reception RF unit 114, CP removal unit 115, FFT ( Fast Fourier Transform) 116, extracting section 117, IDFT (Inverse Discrete Fourier Transform) section 118, data receiving section 119, and ACK / NACK receiving section 120.
- IFFT Inverse Fast Fourier Transform
- CP Cyclic Prefix
- CC setting section 101 configures one or a plurality of unit carriers used for uplink and downlink for each terminal, that is, sets UE CC set. Specifically, the downlink unit carrier and the uplink unit carrier are associated in advance. Therefore, the CC setting unit 101 can set the UE CC set by setting only the downlink unit carrier because the uplink unit carrier is naturally determined if the downlink unit carrier is determined. This UE CC set is set, for example, according to the required transmission rate of each terminal, the amount of data to be transmitted in the transmission buffer, the allowable delay amount, QoS (Quality of Service), and the like.
- QoS Quality of Service
- the CC setting unit 101 sets one or a plurality of “PDCCH CC” for each set downlink unit carrier.
- “PDCCH CC” means a unit carrier that can transmit a PDCCH related to resource allocation used for data transmission on an arbitrary unit carrier.
- the selection criteria for PDCCH CC are, for example, as follows. (1) A unit carrier having a good long-term average propagation path condition (for example, a unit carrier having a small propagation path attenuation (path loss)) is selected. (2) A unit carrier having a higher SIR is selected. (3) A unit carrier with higher transmission power or reception power is selected. (4) A unit carrier with smaller other cell interference is selected. (5) In a heterogeneous network environment composed of macrocells, picocells / femtocells, etc., a first unit carrier with high transmission power (that is, a unit carrier with higher coverage) and a second with low transmission power for interference control Is used as the only PDCCH CC for the first unit carrier and it is used for the second unit carrier.
- a first unit carrier with high transmission power that is, a unit carrier with higher coverage
- a second with low transmission power for interference control Is used as the only PDCCH CC for the first unit carrier and it is used for the second unit carrier.
- the unit carrier having high transmission power is selected as the PDCCH CC.
- the selection criteria (1) to (5) for the PDCCH CC may be used alone or in any combination.
- a unit carrier that is not set as a unit carrier to be received by the terminal that is, a unit carrier that is not included in the UE CC set
- the CC setting unit 101 determines the transmission mode of each uplink unit carrier and each uplink unit carrier in communication with the configuration target terminal based on the terminal transmission / reception capability (UE Capability) or the propagation path condition. Set the transmission mode.
- the transmission mode is set for each setting target terminal. This transmission mode includes, for example, a transmission mode based on spatial multiplexing MIMO, a beamforming transmission mode, and a transmission mode based on non-continuous band allocation.
- the CC setting section 101 includes information on the set UE CC set, information on the PDCCH CC of each downlink unit carrier included in the UE CC set, and information on the transmission mode of each unit carrier in the setting information, and performs control.
- This setting information is reported to each terminal via the encoding / modulation section 106 as higher layer control information (RRC control information).
- RRC control information higher layer control information
- the control unit 102 generates allocation control information according to the setting information received from the CC setting unit 101.
- allocation control information including MCS information, resource (RB) allocation information, and HARQ information for the transport block to be transmitted is generated for the terminal.
- the control unit 102 when a plurality of downlink unit carriers are set for the terminal for which allocation control information is generated (that is, when a plurality of downlink unit carriers are included in UE CC set). Generates allocation control information including MCS information, resource (RB) allocation information, HARQ information, and CI (Carrier-Indicator) indicating a CC number for the transport block to be transmitted.
- the allocation control information is generated for each unit carrier of the downlink or uplink.
- the resource allocation information generated by the control unit 102 includes uplink resource allocation information indicating an uplink resource (for example, PUSCH (Physical Uplink Shared Channel)) to which uplink data of the terminal is allocated, and a downlink addressed to the terminal Downlink resource allocation information indicating downlink resources to which data is allocated (for example, PDSCH (Physical Downlink Shared Channel)) is included.
- the size (that is, the number of bits) of the allocation control information varies depending on the bandwidth of the unit carrier to which the resource is allocated by the allocation control information (that is, the allocation target unit carrier) and the transmission mode set for the unit carrier.
- the control unit 102 generates allocation control information in a format according to the transmission mode set for the allocation target unit carrier. That is, the control unit 102 can use a DCI format (DCI 0A, 0B) according to the uplink transmission mode of the terminal, a DCI format (DCI 1, 2 or 2A) according to the downlink transmission mode, or common to all terminals.
- the allocation control information is generated according to the DCI format (DCI 0 / 1A).
- the control unit 102 At the time of normal data transmission, the control unit 102 generates allocation control information in a format (DCI 1, 2, 2A, 2B, 0A, 0B) according to the transmission mode of each terminal. Thereby, data transmission can be performed in the transmission mode set in each terminal, so that the throughput can be improved.
- DCI 1, 2, 2A, 2B, 0A, 0B allocation control information in a format (DCI 1, 2, 2A, 2B, 0A, 0B) according to the transmission mode of each terminal.
- the control unit 102 generates allocation control information in a format (DCI 0 / 1A) common to all terminals. That is, the allocation control information is generated in the default transmission mode format. Thereby, more robust transmission is possible.
- the control unit 102 when transmitting higher layer control information (RRC signaling) for notifying a change in transmission mode when the channel condition deteriorates, the control unit 102 also assigns allocation control information (DCI 0/0) common to all terminals. 1A) is generated.
- DCI 0/0 allocation control information
- the number of information bits of DCI 0 / 1A common to all terminals is smaller than the number of information bits of DCI 1, 2, 2A, 0A, 0B depending on the transmission mode.
- DCI 0 / 1A can transmit at a lower coding rate than DCI 1, 2, 2A, 0A, 0B. Therefore, when the propagation path condition is deteriorated, the control unit 102 uses DCI 0 / 1A, so that even a terminal with a poor propagation path condition can receive data with a good error rate.
- control unit 102 allocates common channel allocation control information (for example, DCI 1C) for data allocation common to a plurality of terminals such as broadcast information and paging information. , 1A).
- common channel allocation control information for example, DCI 1C
- control unit 102 outputs MCS information and HARQ information among the generated allocation control information for terminal-specific data allocation to the PDCCH generation unit 104, and transmits uplink resource allocation information to the PDCCH generation unit 104 and the extraction unit 117.
- the downlink resource allocation information is output to PDCCH generation section 104 and multiplexing section 109.
- control unit 102 outputs the generated common channel allocation control information to the PDCCH generation unit 104.
- the search space setting unit 103 sets a common search space (C-SS) and an individual search space (UE-SS).
- C-SS common search space
- UE-SS individual search space
- the search space setting unit 103 sets a preset CCE (for example, CCE for 16 CCEs from the top CCE) as C-SS.
- CCE is a basic unit.
- the search space setting unit 103 sets UE-SS for each terminal.
- the search space setting unit 103 for example, the UE-SS of a certain terminal, the CCE number calculated using the terminal ID of the terminal and a hash function that performs randomization, and the number of CCEs constituting the search space Calculate from (L).
- FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a setting example of UE-SS for C-SS and a certain terminal.
- PDCCH allocation region candidates that is, CCE 0 to 3, CCE 4 to 7, CCE 8 to 11, and CCE 12 to 15
- two PDCCH allocation region candidates that is, CCE 0 to 7 and CCE 8 to 15
- C-SS the number of CCE connections of PDCCH. That is, in FIG. 4, a total of six PDCCH allocation area candidates are set as C-SS.
- each of CCEs 16 to 21 six PDCCH allocation region candidates (that is, each of CCEs 16 to 21) are set as UE-SS.
- For the CCE concatenation number 2 six PDCCH allocation area candidates (that is, CCEs 6 to 17 divided into two) are set as UE-SS.
- For the CCE concatenation number 4 two PDCCH allocation region candidates (that is, CCE 20 to 23, CCE 24 to 27) are set as UE-SS.
- two PDCCH allocation region candidates ie, CCE 16 to 23, CCE 24 to 31) are set as UE-SS. That is, in FIG. 4, a total of 16 PDCCH allocation area candidates are set as UE-SS.
- search space setting unit 103 sets a UE-SS for each set unit carrier for an LTE-A terminal in which a plurality of unit carriers are set. Then, search space setting section 103 outputs search space information indicating the set UE-SS of each terminal to allocating section 108.
- PDCCH generation section 104 receives allocation control information for terminal-specific data allocation received from control section 102 (that is, uplink resource allocation information, downlink resource allocation information, MCS information, HARQ information, etc. for each terminal). Or a PDCCH signal including allocation control information for common channels (that is, broadcast information common to terminals, paging information, etc.). At this time, PDCCH generation section 104 adds CRC bits to the uplink allocation control information and downlink allocation control information generated for each terminal, and masks (or scrambles) the CRC bits with the terminal ID. Then, PDCCH generation section 104 outputs the masked PDCCH signal to encoding / modulation section 105.
- allocation control information for terminal-specific data allocation received from control section 102 that is, uplink resource allocation information, downlink resource allocation information, MCS information, HARQ information, etc.
- a PDCCH signal including allocation control information for common channels that is, broadcast information common to terminals, paging information, etc.
- Encoding / modulating section 105 modulates the PDCCH signal received from PDCCH generating section 104 after channel coding, and outputs the modulated PDCCH signal to allocating section 108.
- the encoding / modulation section 105 sets the coding rate based on channel quality information (CQI: Channel Quality ⁇ Indicator) information reported from each terminal so that each terminal can obtain sufficient reception quality.
- CQI Channel Quality ⁇ Indicator
- the coding / modulation section 105 sets a lower coding rate as the terminal is located near the cell boundary (that is, as the terminal has poor channel quality).
- the allocation unit 108 receives a PDCCH signal including allocation control information for common channels and a PDCCH signal including allocation control information for terminal-specific data allocation for each terminal, received from the encoding / modulation unit 105, as a search space setting unit
- the search space information received from 103 is assigned to the CCE in the C-SS or the CCE in the UE-SS for each terminal.
- allocation section 108 selects one PDCCH allocation area candidate from the PDCCH allocation area candidate group in C-SS (for example, FIG. 4). Allocation section 108 then allocates the PDCCH signal including the common channel allocation control information to the CCE in the selected PDCCH allocation region candidate.
- allocation section 108 maps the PDCCH signal including allocation control information based on the mapping rule corresponding to the type of unit carrier to which resources are allocated by the allocation control information and the format type of the allocation control information.
- the type of unit carrier here means whether it is a first type unit carrier associated with one PDCCH CC or a second type unit carrier associated with a plurality of PDCCH CCs. . The determination regarding the type of unit carrier is made based on the setting information received from the CC setting unit 101.
- mapping rules are as follows.
- a target unit carrier to which resources are allocated by allocation control information for terminal-specific data allocation included in a PDCCH signal to be mapped is a first type unit carrier, and the format of the allocation control information is When the transmission mode-dependent DCI format (for example, DCI 1, 2, 2A, 0A, 0B) is used: In this case, the PDCCH signal is mapped to the UE-SS set for the allocation target terminal in the PDCCH CC set for the target unit carrier.
- the transmission mode-dependent DCI format for example, DCI 1, 2, 2A, 0A, 0B
- the target unit carrier to which resources are allocated by the allocation control information for terminal-specific data allocation included in the PDCCH signal to be mapped is the first type unit carrier, and the format of the allocation control information is When the format is common to all terminals (eg, DCI 0 / 1A):
- the PDCCH signal is mapped to the C-SS of the target unit carrier or the UE-SS set for the allocation target terminal in the PDCCH CC set to the target unit carrier.
- a PDCCH signal not including CIF is assigned to C-SS. That is, according to the PDCCH signal transmitted by the C-SS, only allocation relating to the unit carrier including the C-SS is possible.
- a target unit carrier to which resources are allocated by allocation control information for terminal-specific data allocation included in a PDCCH signal to be mapped is a second type unit carrier and a transmission mode-dependent DCI format (for example, , DCI 1, 2, 2A, 0A, 0B):
- the PDCCH signal is mapped to the UE-SS set for the allocation target terminal in the target unit carrier.
- a target unit carrier to which resources are allocated by allocation control information for terminal-specific data allocation included in a PDCCH signal to be mapped is a second type unit carrier, and a format common to all terminals (for example, DCI 0 / 1A):
- the UE-SS set as the allocation target terminal in the PDCCH CC different from the target unit carrier, or the plurality of PDCCH CCs
- the PDCCH signal is mapped to any one of the C-SSs.
- the number of connected CCEs of one PDCCH signal varies depending on the coding rate and the number of bits of the PDCCH signal (that is, the amount of information of allocation control information). For example, since the coding rate of the PDCCH signal addressed to the terminal located near the cell boundary is set low, more physical resources are required. Therefore, allocating section 108 allocates PDCCH signals addressed to terminals located near the cell boundary to more CCEs.
- allocation section 108 outputs the PDCCH signal allocated to CCE to multiplexing section 109. Also, allocation section 108 outputs information indicating CCE to which the PDCCH signal is allocated to ACK / NACK reception section 120. Details of the CCE allocation process in the allocation unit 108 will be described later.
- the encoding / modulation unit 106 modulates the setting information received from the CC setting unit 101 after channel coding, and outputs the modulated setting information to the multiplexing unit 109.
- Encoding / modulating section 107 modulates input transmission data (downlink data) after channel coding, and outputs the modulated transmission data signal to multiplexing section 109.
- Multiplexer 109 multiplexes the PDCCH signal received from allocator 108, the setting information received from encoder / modulator 106, and the data signal input from encoder / modulator 107 (that is, PDSCH signal) in each CC. .
- multiplexing section 109 maps the PDCCH signal and the data signal (PDSCH signal) based on the downlink resource allocation information received from control section 102.
- the multiplexing unit 109 may map the setting information to the PDSCH.
- multiplexing section 109 outputs the multiplexed signal to IFFT section 110.
- IFFT section 110 converts the multiplexed signal from multiplexing section 109 into a time waveform
- CP adding section 111 obtains an OFDM signal by adding the CP to this time waveform.
- the transmission RF unit 112 performs transmission radio processing (up-conversion, digital analog (D / A) conversion, etc.) on the OFDM signal input from the CP adding unit 111 and transmits the signal via the antenna 113.
- transmission radio processing up-conversion, digital analog (D / A) conversion, etc.
- the reception RF unit 114 performs reception radio processing (down-conversion, analog digital (A / D) conversion, etc.) on the reception radio signal received in the reception band via the antenna 113, and the obtained reception signal is processed.
- the data is output to the CP removal unit 115.
- CP removing section 115 removes CP from the received signal
- FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) section 116 converts the received signal after CP removal into a frequency domain signal.
- the extraction unit 117 Based on the uplink resource allocation information received from the control unit 102, the extraction unit 117 extracts uplink data from the frequency domain signal received from the FFT unit 116, and the IDFT unit 118 converts the extracted signal into a time domain signal.
- the time domain signal is output to data receiving section 119 and ACK / NACK receiving section 120.
- the data receiving unit 119 decodes the time domain signal input from the IDFT unit 118. Data receiving section 119 then outputs the decoded uplink data as received data.
- the ACK / NACK receiving unit 120 extracts an ACK / NACK signal from each terminal for downlink data (PDSCH signal) from the time domain signal received from the IDFT unit 118. Specifically, the ACK / NACK receiving unit 120 extracts the ACK / NACK signal from the uplink control channel (for example, PUCCH (Physical-Uplink-Control-Channel)) based on the information received from the allocation unit 108.
- the uplink control channel is an uplink control channel associated with the CCE assigned to the downlink data.
- the ACK / NACK receiving unit 120 performs ACK / NACK determination of the extracted ACK / NACK signal.
- each terminal determines the PUCCH used for transmission of the ACK / NACK signal based on the CCE to which the control information (PDCCH signal) to the terminal is mapped according to this association.
- the base station 100 allocates PDCCH signals including downlink resource allocation information of a plurality of downlink unit carriers to CCEs of the plurality of downlink unit carriers
- the ACK / NACK receiving unit 120 corresponds to the CCE number of each CCE.
- ACK / NACK signals are extracted from the attached PUCCH.
- FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of terminal 200 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
- terminal 200 is an LTE-A terminal, receives a data signal (downlink data) using a plurality of downlink unit carriers, and transmits an ACK / NACK signal for the data signal to the PUCCH of one uplink unit carrier. Is transmitted to the base station 100.
- terminal 200 includes an antenna 201, a reception RF unit 202, a CP removal unit 203, an FFT unit 204, a separation unit 205, a setting information reception unit 206, a PDCCH reception unit 207, and a PDSCH reception unit. 208, modulation sections 209 and 210, DFT section 211, mapping section 212, IFFT section 213, CP addition section 214, and transmission RF section 215.
- the reception RF unit 202 sets the reception band based on the band information received from the setting information reception unit 206.
- the reception RF unit 202 performs reception radio processing (down-conversion, analog digital (A / D) conversion, etc.) on a radio signal (here, an OFDM signal) received in the reception band via the antenna 201, and is obtained.
- the received signal is output to the CP removing unit 203.
- the received signal includes PDSCH signals, PDCCH signals, and higher layer control information including setting information.
- the PDCCH signal (allocation control information) is set for each unit carrier with respect to terminal 200 and other terminals, or a common search space (C-SS) set for each unit carrier with respect to terminal 200. Assigned to a separate search space (UE-SS).
- CP removing section 203 removes the CP from the received signal, and FFT section 204 converts the received signal after the CP removal into a frequency domain signal. This frequency domain signal is output to the separation unit 205.
- the demultiplexing unit 205 demultiplexes the signal received from the FFT unit 204 into an upper layer control signal (for example, RRC signaling) including setting information, a PDCCH signal, and a data signal (that is, PDSCH signal). Separation section 205 then outputs the control signal to setting information reception section 206, outputs the PDCCH signal to PDCCH reception section 207, and outputs the PDSCH signal to PDSCH reception section 208.
- the separation unit 205 extracts setting information from the signal received by the PDSCH receiving unit 208.
- the setting information receiving unit 206 reads the next information from the control signal received from the separating unit 205. That is, the read information includes information indicating the uplink unit carrier and downlink unit carrier set in the own terminal, information indicating the terminal ID set in the own terminal, and PDCCH CC for each unit carrier set in the own terminal. And information indicating the transmission mode set in the own terminal.
- the information indicating the uplink unit carrier and the downlink unit carrier set in the own terminal is output to the PDCCH reception unit 207, the reception RF unit 202, and the transmission RF unit 215 as band information.
- information indicating the terminal ID set to the own terminal is output to the PDCCH receiving unit 207 as terminal ID information.
- information indicating the PDCCH CC for each unit carrier set in the terminal is output to the PDCCH receiving unit 207 as PDCCH CC information.
- information indicating the transmission mode set for the terminal itself is output to PDCCH receiving section 207 as transmission mode information.
- the PDCCH reception unit 207 performs blind decoding (monitoring) on the PDCCH signal input from the separation unit 205 to obtain a PDCCH signal addressed to the terminal itself.
- the PDCCH receiving unit 207 is a DCI format for data allocation common to all terminals (for example, DCI 0 / 1A) and a DCI format (for example, DCI 1, 2, 2A, 0A, 0B) and a DCI format for common channel allocation common to all terminals (for example, DCI 1C, 1A) are blind-decoded. Thereby, a PDCCH signal including allocation control information of each DCI format is obtained.
- the PDCCH receiving unit 207 performs the following blind decoding process in units of downlink units carriers (that is, unit units of data allocation targets) included in the UE CC set set in the terminal itself.
- the PDCCH receiving unit 207 performs the PDCCH CC (one or more PDCCH CC) C-SS indicated by the PDCCH CC information received from the setting information receiving unit 206 for the downlink unit carrier to be blind-decoded.
- Blind decoding of the DCI format for common channel assignment (DCI 1C, 1A) and the DCI format for data assignment common to all terminals (DCI 0 / 1A) is performed. That is, PDCCH receiving section 207, for each blind decoding region candidate in C-SS (that is, CCE region candidate allocated to terminal 200), the size of the DCI format for common channel allocation, and data common to all terminals Demodulate and decode for the size of the DCI format for allocation.
- the PDCCH receiving unit 207 determines whether or not the DCI 0 / 1A allocation control information is for a common channel or data allocation by using a terminal ID (a common ID among a plurality of terminals, Or the terminal ID of the terminal 200).
- the PDCCH receiving unit 207 when there is one PDCCH CC for the downlink unit carrier for blind decoding (that is, when the downlink unit carrier for blind decoding is the first type unit carrier), the setting information receiving unit 206 Using the terminal ID of the own terminal indicated by the terminal ID information received from the UE, the UE-SS of the own terminal is calculated for each number of connected CCEs. Then, for each blind decoding region candidate in the calculated UE-SS, PDCCH reception unit 207 determines the size of the DCI format corresponding to the transmission mode (transmission mode indicated in the transmission mode information) set for the terminal and all terminals Demodulate and decode for a common DCI format (DCI 0 / 1A) size.
- DCI 0 / 1A common DCI format
- the PDCCH receiving unit 207 uses the terminal ID of the own terminal indicated by the terminal ID information received from the setting information receiving unit 206, the UE-SS of the own terminal is calculated for each number of connected CCEs. Then, PDCCH receiving section 207 uses DCI corresponding to the transmission mode set in the terminal for each blind decoding region candidate in the calculated UE-SS for the downlink unit carrier to be blind decoded among the plurality of PDCCH CCs. Demodulate and decode only the format size.
- the PDCCH receiving unit 207 uses a DCI format (DCI common to all terminals) for each blind decoding area candidate in the calculated UE-SS for a PDCCH CC different from the downlink unit carrier to be subjected to blind decoding among a plurality of PDCCH CCs. Demodulate and decode only for 0 / 1A) size. That is, PDCCH receiving section 207, for a downlink unit carrier that is subject to blind decoding for which a plurality of PDCCH CCs are set, is different from the C-SS of each PDCCH CC and the downlink unit carrier that is subject to blind decoding.
- DCI format DCI common to all terminals
- the PDSCH receiving unit 208 extracts received data (downlink data) from the PDSCH signal received from the separating unit 205 based on the downlink resource allocation information received from the PDCCH receiving unit 207. PDSCH receiving section 208 also performs error detection on the extracted received data (downlink data). Then, if there is an error in the received data as a result of error detection, the PDSCH receiving unit 208 generates a NACK signal as an ACK / NACK signal, and if there is no error in the received data, the PDSCH receiving unit 208 receives an ACK as an ACK / NACK signal. Generate a signal. This ACK / NACK signal is output to modulation section 209.
- Modulation section 209 modulates the ACK / NACK signal received from PDSCH reception section 208, and outputs the modulated ACK / NACK signal to DFT section 211.
- Modulation section 210 modulates transmission data (uplink data) and outputs the modulated data signal to DFT section 211.
- the DFT unit 211 converts the ACK / NACK signal received from the modulation unit 209 and the data signal received from the modulation unit 210 into a frequency domain, and outputs a plurality of frequency components obtained to the mapping unit 212.
- the mapping unit 212 maps the frequency component corresponding to the data signal among the plurality of frequency components received from the DFT unit 211 to the PUSCH arranged on the uplink unit carrier according to the uplink resource allocation information received from the PDCCH receiving unit 207. Further, mapping section 212 identifies the PUCCH according to the CCE number received from PDCCH receiving section 207. Then, mapping section 212 maps a frequency component or code resource corresponding to the ACK / NACK signal among the plurality of frequency components input from DFT section 211 to the specified PUCCH. Note that the modulation unit 209, the modulation unit 210, the DFT unit 211, and the mapping unit 212 may be provided for each unit carrier.
- the IFFT unit 213 converts a plurality of frequency components mapped to the PUSCH into a time domain waveform, and the CP adding unit 214 adds a CP to the time domain waveform.
- the transmission RF unit 215 is configured to be able to change the transmission band.
- the transmission RF unit 215 sets the transmission band based on the band information received from the setting information reception unit 206. Then, the transmission RF unit 215 performs transmission radio processing (up-conversion, digital analog (D / A) conversion, etc.) on the signal to which the CP is added, and transmits the signal via the antenna 201.
- transmission radio processing up-conversion, digital analog (D / A) conversion, etc.
- the CC setting unit 101 sets two downlink unit carriers (CC1, CC2) for the terminal 200 (LTE-A terminal). Also, the CC setting unit 101 sets CC1 as PDCCH CC for CC1, and sets CC1 and CC2 as PDCCH CC for CC2.
- one PDCCH CC is associated with the first downlink unit carrier (CC1) of the two downlink unit carriers included in UE CC set set in terminal 200, and the second downlink unit carrier A plurality of PDCCH ⁇ CCs are associated with (CC2).
- one PDCCH CC associated with the first downlink unit carrier (CC1) is the first downlink unit carrier itself (CC1), and with respect to the second downlink unit carrier (CC2).
- the plurality of PDCCH CCs associated with each other are the second downlink unit carrier itself (CC2) and another downlink unit carrier (CC1). That is, for CC2, base station 100 can select one of a plurality of CCs without additional notification information and transmit PDCCH.
- a plurality of PDCCH CCs are set for some of the plurality of downlink unit carriers included in the UE CC set, so that the allocation information of some downlink unit carriers is transmitted without RRC signaling. You can change PDCCH CC. Also, since one PDCCH CC is set for some other downlink unit carriers, an increase in the number of times of blind decoding on the PDCCH receiving side can also be suppressed.
- the search space setting unit 103 sets the search spaces (C-SS and UE-SS) shown in FIG. 4 for CC1 and CC2.
- the allocation unit 108 maps the PDCCH signal including the allocation control information based on the above mapping rule.
- base station 100 transmits a PDCCH signal using C1-SS or UE-SS of CC1.
- base station 100 transmits a PDCCH signal using UE1 in CC1 or C-SS or UE-SS in CC2.
- the base station 100 uses a format common to all terminals (for example, DCI 0 / 1A) as the format of the allocation control information.
- the base station 100 uses a transmission mode-dependent DCI format (for example, DCI 1, 2, 2A, 0A, 0B) as the format of allocation control information.
- base station 100 uses a format common to all terminals (eg, DCI 0 / 1A) as the format of allocation control information.
- the terminal 200 has a DCC format size corresponding to the transmission mode for CC1 and PDCCH of the size common to all terminals for CC1 (two types for uplink and downlink) 4 types of PDCCH, and a total of four types of PDCCH having a size of a format common to all terminals for CC2 are blind-decoded.
- the terminal 200 blind-decodes the PDCCH having the size of the common format for all terminals for the CC 1 in the C-SS of the CC 1 as in the past.
- terminal 200 blind-decodes only the PDCCH having the size of the DCI format corresponding to the transmission mode for CC2 in the UE-SS of CC2.
- the terminal 200 blind-decodes the PDCCH having the size of the common format for all terminals for CC2 in the C-SS of CC2 as in the past. That is, the terminal 200 uses the PDCCH of the size of the common format for all terminals in the UE-SS for CC2 and the blind decoding of the PDCCH of the size of the DCI format corresponding to the transmission mode.
- the CC1 performs blind decoding of a PDCCH having a size of.
- the number of times of blind decoding performed by terminal 200 on the PDCCH including CC2 allocation control information is as follows. Namely, CC1 UE-SS is 16 times for all terminal common formats, CC2 UE-SS is 32 times for DCI format (two types of uplink and downlink) corresponding to the transmission mode, CC2 C-SS. Thus, a total of 60 blind decodings are performed 12 times for the format common to all terminals and for DCI 1C. That is, this number of times is the same as the number of times of blind decoding when the unit carrier to be subjected to blind decoding is the first type unit carrier.
- base station 100 transmits data to terminal 200 using a plurality of downlink unit carriers.
- CC setting section 101 includes a control channel unit carrier (PDCCH CC) for transmitting allocation information related to data transmission resources of each downlink unit carrier included in UE CC set in the UE CC set.
- PDCH CC control channel unit carrier
- CC setting section 101 associates one control channel unit carrier (PDCCH CC) to the first downlink unit carrier among the plurality of downlink unit carriers included in the UE CC set,
- a plurality of control channel unit carriers (PDCCH CC) are associated with the second downlink unit carrier.
- a plurality of PDCCH CCs are set for some of the plurality of downlink unit carriers included in the UE CC set, so that the allocation information of some downlink unit carriers is transmitted without RRC signaling.
- PDCCH CC can be changed flexibly. Also, since one PDCCH CC is set for some other downlink unit carriers, an increase in the number of times of blind decoding on the PDCCH receiving side can also be suppressed.
- the allocation unit 108 maps the second downlink unit carrier as a control channel unit carrier in the first case.
- the downlink unit carrier allocation information is a common format common to all terminals, among the plurality of control channel unit carriers associated with the second downlink unit carrier, Mapping to different control channel unit carriers.
- the control channel unit carrier mapping the allocation information of the second type unit carrier Can be changed. Further, by setting the control channel unit carrier to which the allocation information is mapped in the second case as the first type unit carrier, it is possible to further suppress the increase in the number of times of blind decoding on the PDCCH receiving side.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration of a heterogeneous network.
- the heterogeneous network includes a macro cell and a femto cell (or pico cell) included in the macro cell.
- the macro base station (MacroMacNB) is configured to be able to use CC1 and CC2 for communication, and CC1 can transmit with larger transmission power than CC2. That is, the coverage of CC1 is larger than the coverage of CC2. Therefore, interference from the macro cell to the femto cell can be minimized by setting the CC2 coverage outside the femto cell.
- the base station 100 sets CC1 that has a sufficiently large coverage and does not need to change the CC that transmits the PDCCH from the same CC as the first type unit carrier, and changes the CC that transmits the PDCCH to a different CC because the coverage is small.
- CC2 that needs to be set is set as the second type unit carrier, and its PDCCH CC is set as CC1 and CC2.
- the terminal when the terminal (UE) exists in the center of the macro cell (that is, when the SINR of the transmission signal from the macro cell base station is high), the reception quality of the PDCCH is also high. For this reason, even if the macro cell base station transmits PDCCH from CC2, the terminal can receive the PDCCH with a sufficiently low error rate.
- the SINR is high in the center of the cell, it is possible to select a transmission mode (for example, MIMO) that can realize high-throughput transmission although the interference tolerance is not strong. Therefore, there is a high possibility that the DCI format corresponding to the transmission mode is adopted, and according to the mapping rule described above, there is a high possibility that data allocation is performed by the PDCCH of CC2.
- the terminal when the terminal is present at the cell edge of the macro cell (that is, when the SINR of the transmission signal from the macro cell base station is low), the reception quality of the PDCCH is also low. For this reason, even if the macro cell base station transmits PDCCH from CC2, the terminal cannot receive with a sufficiently low error rate. Therefore, in this case, the macro cell base station needs to perform data allocation using the PDCCH of CC1.
- SINR is low at the cell edge, there is a high possibility that a more robust transmission method is adopted. That is, the macro cell base station is likely to perform transmission by transmission diversity by allocating data from CC1 to DCI 0 / 1A to the terminal at the cell edge.
- the macro cell base station sets CC2 as the second type unit carrier and uses the mapping rule described above, it is used for the terminal on the receiving side whether it exists at the cell center or at the cell edge.
- the DCI format that is highly likely to be transmitted can be monitored by each CC, and the base station is unlikely to be able to transmit the desired DCI format from the desired CC. That is, the probability that data allocation to the terminal is blocked is low. Also, even when the terminal moves from the cell center to the cell edge, the CC that transmits the PDCCH to CC2 without RRC signaling is changed from CC2 to CC1 (when moving from the cell edge to the cell center, from CC1 to CC2 Change).
- data allocation is performed by CC2 PDCCH to terminals in the cell center, and data allocation is performed by CC1 PDCCH to terminals at the cell edge, so that PDCCH load balance, that is, PDCCH is mapped evenly to each CC. Is possible. That is, it is possible to prevent the PDCCH from being unable to be transmitted within the limited PDCCH transmission resource region (within the first 3 OFDM symbols) due to the bias of the PDCCH toward a specific CC. Note that the present invention can be applied to a network other than a heterogeneous network.
- CC1 transmits a PDCCH for CC1 and a PDCCH for CC2, but the same UE-SS may be set for both, or different UE-SSs may be set. May be.
- the search space setting unit 103 sets UE-SSs corresponding to terminal IDs and CC numbers. By setting different UE-SSs, the degree of freedom of CCE allocation for two PDCCHs is improved.
- Embodiment 2 the PDCCH is mapped to different subsets in the first case and the second case described above.
- a search space set individually for each terminal includes a plurality of subsets.
- search space setting section 103 determines that UE-SS (UE-SS0) is divided in each PDCCH CC of the second type unit carrier, N (N is 2 or more) Set a natural number) subset.
- N corresponds to the number of PDCCH CC set for the second type unit carrier. That is, the example of the subset shown in FIG. 8 shows a case where the number of PDCCH CCs set to the second type unit carrier is two.
- allocating section 108 maps them to different subsets.
- PDCCH receiving section 207 performs blind decoding on each blind decoding region candidate in the calculated UE-SS when the unit carrier to be subjected to blind decoding is the first type unit carrier. .
- the PDCCH reception unit 207 determines each blind decoding region candidate in one subset among the plurality of subsets in the calculated UE-SS. Perform blind decoding.
- base station 100 and terminal 200 having the above configuration will be described with reference to FIG.
- the number of downlink unit carriers included in UE CC set that base station 100 sets in terminal 200 is two, but this number is limited to this. It is not a thing.
- the search space setting unit 103 divides UE-SS (UE-SS0) into two subsets (UE) in each PDCCH CC (CC1 and CC2) of CC2, which is the second type unit carrier. -Set SS1 and UE-SS2).
- the allocating unit 108 maps PDCCH signals to UE-SS in different subsets in each of CC1 and CC2 which are PDCCH2CCs of CC2.
- the PDCCH signal is mapped to UE-SS1 in CC1
- the PDCCH signal is mapped to UE-SS2 in CC2.
- the CCE concatenation number 1 six PDCCH allocation region candidates (that is, each of CCEs 16 to 21) are set as UE-SS.
- the CCE concatenation number 2 six PDCCH allocation area candidates (that is, CCEs 6 to 17 divided into two) are set as UE-SS.
- two PDCCH allocation region candidates that is, CCE 20 to 23, CCE 24 to 27
- two PDCCH allocation region candidates ie, CCE 16 to 23, CCE 24 to 31
- a total of 16 PDCCH allocation area candidates are set as UE-SS.
- UE-SS1 and UE-SS2 are set in UE-SS.
- UE-SS1 has a total of eight PDCCH allocation area candidates, that is, two PDCCH allocation area candidates for CCE connection number 1, CCE connection number 2, CCE connection number 4, and CCE connection number 8, respectively.
- UE-SS2 has a total of eight PDCCH allocation area candidates, that is, four PDCCH allocation area candidates for CCE connection number 1 and CCE connection number 2, respectively.
- CC1 performs blind decoding on UE-SS1
- CC2 performs blind decoding on UE-SS1 and C-SS.
- blind decoding is performed on a format common to all terminals (for example, DCI 0 / 1A) and a DCI format (uplink and downlink) corresponding to the transmission mode.
- the number of times of blind decoding performed by terminal 200 on the PDCCH including CC2 allocation control information is as follows. That is, with CC-UE-SS, CC-UE-SS is 8 times for all-terminal common format and 16 times for DCI format (two types of uplink and downlink) corresponding to the transmission mode, a total of 24 times with UE-SS of CC2. , 8 times for all terminals common format and 16 times for DCI format (2 types of uplink and downlink) corresponding to transmission mode, 24 times in total, CC2 C-SS for all terminals common format and DCI 1C Thus, a total of 60 blind decodings are performed 12 times. That is, this number of times is the same as the number of times of blind decoding when the unit carrier to be subjected to blind decoding is the first type unit carrier.
- base station 100 transmits data to terminal 200 using a plurality of downlink unit carriers.
- CC setting section 101 includes a control channel unit carrier (PDCCH CC) for transmitting allocation information related to data transmission resources of each downlink unit carrier included in UE CC set in the UE CC set.
- PDCH CC control channel unit carrier
- CC setting section 101 associates one control channel unit carrier (PDCCH CC) to the first downlink unit carrier among the plurality of downlink unit carriers included in the UE CC set,
- a plurality of control channel unit carriers (PDCCH CC) are associated with the second downlink unit carrier.
- a plurality of PDCCH CCs are set for some of the plurality of downlink unit carriers included in the UE CC set, so that the allocation information of some downlink unit carriers is transmitted without RRC signaling.
- PDCCH CC can be changed flexibly. Also, since one PDCCH CC is set for some other downlink unit carriers, an increase in the number of times of blind decoding on the PDCCH receiving side can also be suppressed.
- the allocation unit 108 maps the second downlink unit carrier as a control channel unit carrier in the first case.
- the downlink unit carrier allocation information is a common format common to all terminals, among the plurality of control channel unit carriers associated with the second downlink unit carrier, Mapping to different control channel unit carriers.
- a terminal in a heterogeneous network, when a terminal (UE) exists at the center of a macro cell (that is, when the SINR of a transmission signal from the macro cell base station is high), the reception quality of the PDCCH is also high. For this reason, when the macro cell base station transmits the PDCCH from CC2, even if the macro cell base station transmits with a small number of CCE connections (that is, with a low coding rate), the terminal may receive the PDCCH signal with a desired error rate. it can.
- the macro cell base station is sufficiently flexible. PDCCH can be assigned.
- the SINR is often low, such as when the terminal is located at the cell edge of the macro cell.
- the number of PDCCH allocation region candidates corresponding to a large number of CCE concatenations is made equal to LTE, it corresponds to a small number of CCE concatenations. Even if the PDCCH allocation region candidates are reduced, the macro cell base station can allocate the PDCCH sufficiently flexibly.
- UE-SS is the same as that determined by LTE.
- terminal 200 may perform blind decoding on the same blind decoding region candidate as in the case of the first type unit carrier. Therefore, the design of the terminal 200 is simplified. Further, when the LTE UE-SS is calculated from the terminal ID or the like, the subset is also calculated implicitly. Accordingly, it is not necessary to set a new search space, and the base station 100 and the terminal 200 can be simplified.
- the setting of the subset may be performed as follows.
- UE-SS1 For example, for UE-SS1, only 0, 0, 4, and 4 PDCCH allocation region candidates are set for CCE connection number 1, CCE connection number 2, CCE connection number 4, CCE connection number 8 However, only 4, 4, 0, 0 may be set in UE-SS2. In this case, UE-SS1 includes many PDCCH allocation region candidates corresponding to a large number of CCE connections. Therefore, it is possible to improve the flexibility of PDCCH allocation when the macro cell base station transmits PDCCH from CC 1 (that is, when PDCCH is transmitted to a terminal existing at the cell edge).
- UE-SS1 may increase the number of PDCCH allocation region candidates as the number of CCE connections decreases
- UE-SS2 may increase the number of PDCCH allocation region candidates as the number of CCE connections increases. For example, in UE-SS1, only 6, 4, 0, 0 PDCCH allocation region candidates are set for CCE connection number 1, CCE connection number 2, CCE connection number 4, CCE connection number 8, and UE Only 0, 2, 2, or 2 may be set in -SS2.
- the configuration of the subset set in each of CC1 and CC2 (that is, the number of PDCCH allocation region candidates associated with the number of connected CCEs) can be set according to the operation scenario (Configurable). good.
- the configuration of the subset may be reported as broadcast information for each cell as upper layer control information, or may be individually set and reported for each terminal.
- allocating section 108 maps a PDCCH signal including allocation control information according to mapping rule 2.
- mapping rule 2 is as follows.
- a target unit carrier to which resources are allocated by allocation control information for terminal-specific data allocation included in a PDCCH signal to be mapped is a second type unit carrier, and the format of the allocation control information is
- the transmission mode-dependent DCI format for example, DCI 1, 2, 2A, 0A, 0B
- the PDCCH signal is mapped to the UE-SS set for the allocation target terminal in the target unit carrier.
- a target unit carrier to which resources are allocated by allocation control information for terminal-specific data allocation included in a PDCCH signal to be mapped is a second type unit carrier, and a format common to all terminals (for example, DCI 0 / 1A):
- the PDCCH signal is mapped to the UE-SS set for the allocation target terminal in the PDCCH CC set to the target unit carrier or the C-SS of the target unit carrier.
- allocating section 108 includes a padding section, and when mapping a PDCCH signal to a PDCCH CC different from the target unit carrier, padding, that is, insertion of known bits, is performed on allocation control information included in the PDCCH signal. .
- the padded allocation control information has the same size as the format common to all terminals when the first type unit carrier is the target unit carrier.
- PDCCH reception section 207 performs blind decoding processing in units of downlink units carriers (ie, unit units of data allocation targets) included in UE CC set set in the terminal itself. .
- the allocation control information of the format common to all terminals related to the allocation of the first type unit carrier and the common to all terminals related to the allocation of the second type unit carrier is aligned by padding. Thereby, the increase in the number of times of blind decoding in terminal 200 can be suppressed.
- base station 100 and terminal 200 having the above configuration will be described with reference to FIG.
- the number of downlink unit carriers included in UE CC set that base station 100 sets in terminal 200 is two, but this number is limited to this. It is not a thing.
- the CC setting unit 101 sets two downlink unit carriers (CC1, CC2) for the terminal 200 (LTE-A terminal). Also, the CC setting unit 101 sets CC1 as PDCCH CC for CC1, and sets CC1 and CC2 as PDCCH CC for CC2.
- one PDCCH CC is associated with the first downlink unit carrier (CC1) of the two downlink unit carriers included in UE CC set set in terminal 200, and the second downlink unit carrier A plurality of PDCCH ⁇ CCs are associated with (CC2).
- the allocation unit 108 maps the PDCCH signal including the allocation control information based on the mapping rule 2 described above.
- the base station 100 allocates data to the CC2 for the terminal 200 and transmits a PDCCH signal using the UE-SS of CC2 or the DCI format corresponding to the transmission mode or common to all terminals.
- the format is used.
- the base station 100 uses a format common to all terminals when allocating data to the CC2 for the terminal 200 and transmitting a PDCCH signal with the UE-SS of CC1. Further, the base station 100 uses a format common to all terminals used for CC2 data transmission resource allocation control information so that it has the same size as the format common to all terminals used for CC1 data transmission resource allocation control information. Padding is applied. For example, when the bandwidth of CC1 is larger than the bandwidth of CC2, the size of DCI 0 / 1A is larger in CC1 than in CC2. In this case, the padding is applied to the DCI 0 / 1A of CC2, and the size is made the same. Similarly, in the reverse case, padding is applied to DC1 0 / 1A of CC1.
- the terminal 200 can simultaneously detect the PDCCH having the format of DCI 0 / 1A of CC2 at the time of blind decoding for DCI 0 / 1A performed by the UE-SS of CC1. For this reason, the number of times does not increase even when compared with the number of times of blind decoding in the first embodiment.
- the number of times of blind decoding performed by terminal 200 on the PDCCH including CC2 allocation control information is as follows. That is, 48 times in total for DC1-formats corresponding to all terminals in CC2 UE-SS and DCI formats (two types of uplink and downlink) corresponding to the transmission mode, and for all terminals common format in DC2 C-SS and DCI A total of 60 blind decodings are performed 12 times for 1C. That is, this number of times is the same as the number of times of blind decoding when the unit carrier to be subjected to blind decoding is the first type unit carrier.
- a plurality of PDCCHDCCCs are set for a part (here, C2) of a plurality of downlink unit carriers included in UE CC set, so that there is no RRC signaling.
- the PDCCH CC that transmits the allocation information of some downlink unit carriers can be flexibly changed. Also, since one PDCCH CC is set for some other downlink unit carriers (here, CC1), an increase in the number of times of blind decoding on the PDCCH receiving side can also be suppressed.
- the notification regarding data allocation to CC2 by PDCCH of CC1 is mainly used to perform data allocation to the terminal at the cell edge. For this reason, it is only necessary to use DCI 0 / 1A used for data transmission assignment when the default mode (ie, robust transmission mode) is applied. That is, even if the DCI format corresponding to the transmission mode set in the terminal cannot be transmitted, the influence is small.
- DCI 0 / 1A may be transmitted from CC1 only when the bandwidth of CC1 is larger than CC2.
- CC setting part 101 set PDCCH CC to CC1 and CC2 with respect to CC2.
- CC2 PDCCH CC is set to CC2 for a terminal that hardly moves in the center of the cell
- CC2 PDCCH CC is set to CC1 for a terminal that hardly moves at the cell edge.
- CC1 and CC2 may be set as PDCCH CC for CC2 only for terminals with a high moving speed.
- the DCI format corresponding to DCI 0 / 1A and the transmission mode can be transmitted from the CC suitable for PDCCH transmission to each terminal 200 that hardly moves, and the PDCCH transmission from CC1 is concentrated. Can be prevented. That is, by making it possible to select the number of PDCCH CCs for each CC, it is possible to achieve PDCCH load balance.
- the PDCCH CC may be set whether or not PDCCH for notifying different CCs for each CC can be transmitted. That is, whether to transmit a PDCCH including a CI (Carrier Indicator) for each CC may be set. Then, the number of PDCCH CCs can be controlled by using the CC setting capable of notifying different CCs. That is, in the above description, when different CCs are not notified to CC1 and CC2, the PDCCH CC is set to itself (that is, the same CC) for each CC.
- CI Carrier Indicator
- CC1's PDCCH CC is set to CC1
- CC2's PDCCH CC is set to CC1 and CC2.
- the PDCCH CC for CC1 is set only to CC1.
- the PDCCH CC of each CC can be set depending on whether or not the CI is included or whether or not the CI value is assigned to each CC, and simplification of the control can be achieved.
- the main CC (Anchor Carrier, special carrier or primary carrier) may be the first type unit carrier, and the other CC may be the second type unit carrier.
- the terminal on the PDCCH receiving side monitors all DCI formats (DCI0 / 1A and DCI corresponding to the transmission mode) in one CC with all PDCCH allocation region candidates in the search space. . For this reason, stable communication is possible in the main CC by more robust PDCCH allocation.
- the main CC is defined as a CC that needs to reestablish the connection itself (RRC connection reestablish) between the base station and the terminal when synchronization is lost, for example, the PDCCH does not reach the terminal at that CC.
- the main CC may be defined as a CC that transmits an ACK / NACK signal, a scheduling request signal, and CQI on the uplink.
- the main CC may be determined by the system (for example, a CC that transmits SCH or PBCH), may be set common between terminals for each cell, or set for each terminal. May be.
- two or more CCs may be set as PDCCH transmission CCs.
- the number may be limited to two. By limiting to one or two in this way, a simpler setting is possible.
- the terminal may perform blind decoding only on the C-SS of one CC (for example, the main CC) with respect to the C-SS. good.
- the carrier aggregation described above is sometimes called a band aggregation.
- discontinuous bands may be connected.
- C-RNTI Cell-Radio Network Temporary Identifier
- the “unit carrier” described above is a band having a maximum width of 20 MHz and is defined as a basic unit of a communication band, but may be defined as follows.
- a “unit carrier” (hereinafter referred to as “downlink unit carrier”) in the downlink is a band delimited by downlink frequency band information in the BCH broadcast from the base station, or a downlink control channel (Physical Downlink Control Channel: PDCCH). ) May be defined as a band defined by a dispersion width when dispersed in the frequency domain.
- the “unit carrier” in the uplink includes a band delimited by uplink frequency band information in the BCH broadcast from the base station, or a PUSCH in the vicinity of the center, It may be defined as a basic unit of a communication band of 20 MHz or less including PUCCH at both ends.
- the “unit carrier” may be expressed in English as “Component Carrier (s)” in 3GPP LTE. It may also be called a unit band.
- the “unit carrier” may be defined by a physical cell number and a carrier frequency number, and may be called a cell.
- a unit carrier for example, CC1 which is a first type unit carrier mainly used in a macro cell base station is a primary cell (PCell), and other unit carriers (for example, a second type unit).
- the carrier CC2) is sometimes called a Secondary Cell (SCell).
- the format independent of the terminal transmission mode is described as DCI 0 / 1A.
- the format is not limited to this, and any format may be used as long as it is not dependent on the terminal transmission mode.
- formats other than DCI 1, 2, 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 0A, 0B may be used as DCI depending on the transmission mode.
- continuous band allocation transmission may be included as an uplink or downlink transmission mode.
- the DCI depending on the transmission mode is DCI 0 (uplink) and DCI 1A (downlink), respectively.
- the UE-SS may perform blind decoding for one format each on the uplink and downlink.
- the UE-SS may perform blind decoding for one format each on the uplink and downlink.
- the CC set for each terminal may be set independently for the uplink and the downlink.
- a CC set set for the uplink is called a UE UL Component Carrier Set, and a CC set for the downlink is sometimes called a UE DL Component Carrier set.
- An antenna port refers to a logical antenna composed of one or a plurality of physical antennas. That is, the antenna port does not necessarily indicate one physical antenna, but may indicate an array antenna composed of a plurality of antennas. For example, in 3GPP LTE, it is not defined how many physical antennas an antenna port is composed of, but is defined as a minimum unit by which a base station can transmit different reference signals. An antenna port may be defined as a minimum unit for multiplying a weight of a precoding vector.
- each functional block used in the description of the above embodiment is typically realized as an LSI which is an integrated circuit. These may be individually made into one chip, or may be made into one chip so as to include a part or all of them.
- the name used here is LSI, but it may also be called IC, system LSI, super LSI, or ultra LSI depending on the degree of integration. Further, the method of circuit integration is not limited to LSI's, and implementation using dedicated circuitry or general purpose processors is also possible.
- An FPGA Field Programmable Gate Array
- a reconfigurable processor that can reconfigure the connection and setting of circuit cells inside the LSI may be used.
- integrated circuit technology comes out to replace LSI's as a result of the advancement of semiconductor technology or a derivative other technology, it is naturally also possible to carry out function block integration using this technology. Biotechnology can be applied.
- the base station and transmission method of the present invention can suppress an increase in the number of times of blind decoding on the receiving side of the PDCCH without requiring higher layer signaling when the PDCCH CC is changed even when cross-carrier scheduling is adopted. Useful as.
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[基地局100の構成]
図3は、本発明の実施の形態1に係る基地局100の構成を示すブロック図である。図3において、基地局100は、CC設定部101と、制御部102と、サーチスペース設定部103と、PDCCH生成部104と、符号化・変調部105,106,107と、割当部108と、多重部109と、IFFT(Inverse Fast Fourier Transform)部110と、CP(Cyclic Prefix)付加部111と、送信RF部112と、アンテナ113と、受信RF部114と、CP除去部115と、FFT(Fast Fourier Transform)部116と、抽出部117と、IDFT(Inverse Discrete Fourier transform)部118と、データ受信部119と、ACK/NACK受信部120とを有する。
(1)長時間平均の伝搬路状況の良好な単位キャリア(例えば、伝搬路減衰(パスロス)の小さい単位キャリア)が選択される。
(2)SIRがより高い単位キャリアが選択される。
(3)送信電力または受信電力がより高い単位キャリアが選択される。
(4)他セル干渉がより小さい単位キャリアが選択される。
(5)マクロセル及びピコセル/フェムトセルなどで構成されるヘテロジニアスネットワーク環境において、干渉制御のため送信電力の大きい第1の単位キャリア(つまり、よりカバレッジの大きい単位キャリア)と送信電力の小さい第2の単位キャリア(つまり、カバレッジの小さい単位キャリア)を用いる場合には、第1の単位キャリアに対しては、それ自身を唯一のPDCCH CCとして選択し、第2の単位キャリアに対しては、それ自身及び送信電力の大きい単位キャリアを、PDCCH CCとして選択する。
なお、上記PDCCH CCの選択基準(1)~(5)は、単独で用いても良いし、任意の組み合わせで用いても良い。また、端末の受信対象の単位キャリアとして設定されていない単位キャリア(つまり、UE CC setに含められていない単位キャリア)は、PDCCH CCについての選択対象としない。これにより、端末の受信対象単位キャリアの数を削減することができる。
この場合には、その対象単位キャリアに設定されたPDCCH CCにおいて割当対象端末に対して設定されたUE-SSに、PDCCH信号がマッピングされる。
この場合には、その対象単位キャリアのC-SS、又は、その対象単位キャリアに設定されたPDCCH CCにおいて割当対象端末に対して設定されたUE-SSに、PDCCH信号がマッピングされる。なお、C-SSにはCIFを含まないPDCCH信号を割り当てる。つまり、C-SSで送信するPDCCH信号によれば、そのC-SSを含む単位キャリアに関する割り当てのみ可能である。
この場合には、その対象単位キャリアにおいて割当対象端末に対して設定されたUE-SSに、PDCCH信号がマッピングされる。
この場合には、その対象単位キャリアに対して設定された複数のPDCCH CCの内、その対象単位キャリアと異なるPDCCH CCにおいて割当対象端末に設定されたUE-SS、又は、その複数のPDCCH CCの内のいずれかのC-SSに、PDCCH信号がマッピングされる。
図5は、本発明の実施の形態1に係る端末200の構成を示すブロック図である。ここでは、端末200は、LTE-A端末であり、複数の下り単位キャリアを使用してデータ信号(下り回線データ)を受信し、そのデータ信号に対するACK/NACK信号を1つの上り単位キャリアのPUCCHを用いて基地局100へ送信する。
すなわち、PDCCH受信部207は、複数のPDCCH CCが設定されている、ブラインド復号対象の下り単位キャリアに対しては、各PDCCH CCのC-SS及びそのブラインド復号対象の下り単位キャリアと異なる下り単位キャリアで自端末に設定されたUE-SSにおいて、全端末共通のDCIフォーマット(DCI 0/1A)のサイズのみをブラインド復号する。また、PDCCH受信部207は、複数のPDCCH CCが設定されている、ブラインド復号対象の下り単位キャリアで自端末に設定されたUE-SSにおいて、自端末に設定された送信モードに対応したDCIフォーマットのサイズのみをブラインド復号する。そして、PDCCH受信部207は、復号後のPDCCH信号に対して、自端末の端末IDでCRCビットをデマスキングする。そして、PDCCH受信部207は、デマスキングの結果、CRC=OK(誤り無し)となったPDCCH信号を、自端末宛てのPDCCH信号であると判定する。
以上の構成を有する基地局100及び端末200の動作について図6を参照して説明する。以下の説明では、説明を簡単にするために、基地局100が端末200に設定するUE CC setに含まれる下り単位キャリアの数が2つの場合について説明するが、この数はこれに限定されるものではない。
実施の形態2では、上記した第1のケースと第2のケースとで、PDCCHが異なるサブセットにマッピングされる。各端末に対して個別に設定されるサーチスペースが、複数のサブセットを含んでいる。
実施の形態3では、実施の形態1と異なるマッピングルールが適用される。
この場合には、その対象単位キャリアにおいて割当対象端末に対して設定されたUE-SSに、PDCCH信号がマッピングされる。
この場合には、その対象単位キャリアに設定されたPDCCH CCにおいて割当対象端末に対して設定されたUE-SS、又は、その対象単位キャリアのC-SSに、PDCCH信号がマッピングされる。また、割当部108は、パディング部を含み、PDCCH信号を対象単位キャリアと異なるPDCCH CCにマッピングする場合には、そのPDCCH信号に含まれる割当制御情報に対してパディング、つまり既知ビットの挿入を行う。これにより、パディングされた割当制御情報は、第1種単位キャリアが対象単位キャリアである場合の全端末共通のフォーマットと同一サイズとされる。
(1)上記各実施の形態では、CC設定部101は、CC2に対してPDCCH CCをCC1とCC2とに設定した。これに対して、例えば、セル中心部のほとんど移動しない端末に対しては、CC2のPDCCH CCをCC2に設定し、セル端のほとんど移動しない端末に対しては、CC2のPDCCH CCをCC1に設定し、移動速度の高い端末に対してのみCC2に対してPDCCH CCとしてCC1及びCC2を設定するようにしても良い。この場合、ほとんど移動しない各端末200に対してPDCCH送信により適したCCから、DCI 0/1A及び送信モードに対応したDCIフォーマットを送信することが可能となり、CC1からのPDCCH送信が集中することを防ぐことができる。つまり、CCごとにPDCCH CCの数を選択可能にすることにより、PDCCHのロードバランスを図ることができる。
又は、さらに異なるCC(CC3)が存在する場合などには、CC2を異なるCCを通知可能と設定しCC1に対してCIの値を付与しないことにより、CC1に対するPDCCH CCをCC1のみに設定するようにしても良い。この場合、CIを含むかどうか又はCIの値を各CCに付与するか否かにより、各CCのPDCCH CCを設定可能となり、制御の簡素化を図ることができる。
なお、主CCは、そのCCで端末にPDCCHが届かなくなるなど同期が外れた場合に、基地局と端末とのConnection自体を再設定(RRC connection reestablish)する必要のあるCCとして定義される。また、主CCは、上り回線でACK/NACK信号やスケジューリングリクエスト信号やCQIを送信するCCとして定義しても良い。また、主CCは、システムで決められたもの(例えば、SCHやPBCHを送信するCC)としても良いし、セル毎に端末間で共通のものを設定しても良いし、端末毎に設定しても良い。
さらに、「単位キャリア」は、物理セル番号とキャリア周波数番号で定義されてもよく、セルと呼ばれることもある。また、上記各実施の形態において、マクロセル基地局で主に使われる単位キャリア(例えば、第1種単位キャリアであるCC1)をPrimary Cell(PCell)、それ以外の単位キャリア(例えば、第2種単位キャリアであるCC2)をSecondary Cell(SCell)と呼ぶこともある。
また、送信モード依存のDCIとして、DCI 1,2,2A,2B,2C,2D,0A,0B以外のフォーマットが用いられても良い。
また、上り回線または下り回線の送信モードとして、連続帯域割当送信を含めてもよい。この送信モードが設定された端末は、送信モード依存のDCIは、それぞれDCI 0(上り回線)とDCI 1A(下り回線)となる。この場合、全端末共通のDCIフォーマットと送信モード依存のフォーマットとが同一となるので、UE-SSでは、上り回線及び下り回線でそれぞれ1種類のフォーマットを対象としてブラインド復号すれば良い。なお、上り下りともに連続帯域割当の場合は、あわせて1種類となる。
DCI 0/1Aをよりサーチスペースが広い送信モード依存のDCIに設定することにより、もともと伝搬路状況が劣悪なためDCI 0/1AでしかPDCCHが割り当てられない端末に対するブロック率の増加を防ぐことができる。
アンテナポートとは、1本又は複数の物理アンテナから構成される、論理的なアンテナを指す。すなわち、アンテナポートは必ずしも1本の物理アンテナを指すとは限らず、複数のアンテナから構成されるアレイアンテナ等を指すことがある。
例えば3GPP LTEにおいては、アンテナポートが何本の物理アンテナから構成されるかは規定されず、基地局が異なる参照信号(Reference signal)を送信できる最小単位として規定されている。
また、アンテナポートはプリコーディングベクトル(Precoding vector)の重み付けを乗算する最小単位として規定されることもある。
また、上記実施の形態の説明に用いた各機能ブロックは、典型的には集積回路であるLSIとして実現される。これらは個別に1チップ化されてもよいし、一部または全てを含むように1チップ化されてもよい。ここでは、LSIとしたが、集積度の違いにより、IC、システムLSI、スーパーLSI、ウルトラLSIと呼称されることもある。
また、集積回路化の手法はLSIに限るものではなく、専用回路または汎用プロセッサで実現してもよい。LSI製造後に、プログラムすることが可能なFPGA(Field Programmable Gate Array)や、LSI内部の回路セルの接続や設定を再構成可能なリコンフィギュラブル・プロセッサーを利用してもよい。
さらには、半導体技術の進歩または派生する別技術によりLSIに置き換わる集積回路化の技術が登場すれば、当然、その技術を用いて機能ブロックの集積化を行ってもよい。バイオ技術の適用等が可能性としてありえる。
101 CC設定部
102 制御部
103 サーチスペース設定部
104 PDCCH生成部
105,106,107 符号化・変調部
108 割当部
109 多重部
110,213 IFFT部
111,214 CP付加部
112,215 送信RF部
113,201 アンテナ
114,202 受信RF部
115,203 CP除去部
116,204 FFT部
117 抽出部
118 IDFT部
119 データ受信部
120 ACK/NACK受信部
200 端末
205 分離部
206 設定情報受信部
207 PDCCH受信部
208 PDSCH受信部
209,210 変調部
211 DFT部
212 マッピング部
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- 端末に対して複数の下り単位キャリアを用いてデータを送信する基地局であって、
前記端末に対して前記複数の下り単位キャリアを設定すると共に、各下り単位キャリアのデータ送信リソースに関する割当情報を送信する制御チャネル単位キャリアを前記複数の下り単位キャリアの中から設定する手段であって、前記複数の下り単位キャリアの内の第1の下り単位キャリアに対しては1つの前記制御チャネル単位キャリアを対応付け、第2の下り単位キャリアに対しては複数の前記制御チャネル単位キャリアを対応付ける、単位キャリア設定手段と、
前記単位キャリア設定手段によって設定された複数の下り単位キャリア及び制御チャネル単位キャリアを用いて、前記データ及び前記割当情報を送信する送信手段と、
を具備する基地局。 - 前記リソースの割当対象単位キャリアに設定される送信モードに応じたフォーマットによって、前記割当情報を生成する生成手段と、
前記生成された割当情報をフォーマットに応じた制御チャネル単位キャリアにマッピングする手段であって、前記第2の下り単位キャリアの前記割当情報が端末個別のフォーマットである第1のケースでは、前記第2の下り単位キャリアにマッピングし、前記第2の下り単位キャリアの前記割当情報が全端末に共通の共通フォーマットである第2のケースでは、前記第2の下り単位キャリアに対応付けられた前記複数の制御チャネル単位キャリアの内、前記第2の下り単位キャリアと異なる制御チャネル単位キャリアにマッピングするマッピング手段と、
をさらに具備する請求項1に記載の基地局。 - 前記第1の下り単位キャリアに対して対応付けられる前記1つの制御チャネル単位キャリアは前記第1の下り単位キャリアであり、前記第2の下り単位キャリアに対して対応付けられる前記複数の制御チャネル単位キャリアは、前記第2の下り単位キャリアと前記第2の下り単位キャリア以外の下り単位キャリアである、
請求項1に記載の基地局。 - 各端末に対して個別に設定されるサーチスペースを各下り単位キャリアに設定する手段であって、各下り単位キャリアに設定されたサーチスペースが複数のサブセットをそれぞれ有する、サーチスペース設定手段、をさらに具備し、
前記マッピング手段は、前記第2の下り単位キャリアに対する前記割当情報を、前記複数の制御チャネル単位キャリアのそれぞれで異なるサブセットにマッピングする、
請求項1に記載の基地局。 - 前記リソースの割当対象単位キャリアに設定される送信モードに応じたフォーマットによって、割当情報を生成する生成手段と、
前記第2の下り単位キャリアの割当情報が、全端末に共通の共通フォーマットであり、且つ、前記第2の下り単位キャリアに対応付けられた前記複数の制御チャネル単位キャリアの内、前記第2の下り単位キャリアと異なる制御チャネル単位キャリアにマッピングされる場合に、前記第1の下り単位キャリアの前記共通フォーマットを有する割当情報と同じサイズになるまで、前記第2の下り単位キャリアの割当情報をパディングするパディング手段と、
を具備する請求項1に記載の基地局。 - 端末に対して複数の下り単位キャリアを用いてデータを送信する送信方法であって、
前記端末に対して前記複数の下り単位キャリアを設定すると共に、各下り単位キャリアのデータ送信リソースに関する割当情報を送信する制御チャネル単位キャリアを前記複数の下り単位キャリアの中から設定するステップであって、前記複数の下り単位キャリアの内の第1の下り単位キャリアに対しては1つの前記制御チャネル単位キャリアが対応付けられ、第2の下り単位キャリアに対しては複数の前記制御チャネル単位キャリアが対応付けられる、ステップと、
前記設定された複数の下り単位キャリア及び制御チャネル単位キャリアを用いて、前記データ及び前記割当情報を送信するステップと、
を具備する送信方法。
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