U.S. patent application number 16/266722 was filed with the patent office on 2019-06-13 for control channel detection method, user equipment, and base station.
The applicant listed for this patent is Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.. Invention is credited to Jianghua LIU, Kunpeng LIU, Liang XIA, Yongxing ZHOU.
Application Number | 20190181996 16/266722 |
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Family ID | 50626345 |
Filed Date | 2019-06-13 |
United States Patent
Application |
20190181996 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
LIU; Kunpeng ; et
al. |
June 13, 2019 |
CONTROL CHANNEL DETECTION METHOD, USER EQUIPMENT, AND BASE
STATION
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide a control channel
detection method, a user equipment, and a base station, where the
method includes: acquiring parameter configuration information
corresponding to different control channel resource sets, and
detecting a control channel in the corresponding different control
channel resource sets according to the parameter configuration
information, which therefore implements selection of a dynamic
node.
Inventors: |
LIU; Kunpeng; (Beijing,
CN) ; XIA; Liang; (Shenzhen, CN) ; LIU;
Jianghua; (Beijing, CN) ; ZHOU; Yongxing;
(Beijing, CN) |
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Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. |
Shenzhen |
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CN |
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50626345 |
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16/266722 |
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February 4, 2019 |
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Current U.S.
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1/1 |
Current CPC
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H04W 72/044 20130101;
H04W 48/16 20130101; H04L 5/0035 20130101; H04W 28/20 20130101 |
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H04L 5/00 20060101
H04L005/00; H04W 72/04 20060101 H04W072/04; H04W 48/16 20060101
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Claims
1. A control channel detection method, comprising: acquiring, by
user equipment, parameter configuration information corresponding
to different control channel resource sets, wherein the user
equipment is configured to a plurality of control channel resource
sets, and the parameter configuration information comprises at
least one type of the following information: pilot port
information, non-zero power channel state information-reference
signal (NZP CSI-RS) configuration information, information about a
mapping relationship between an enhanced control channel element
and an enhanced resource element group, information about a mapping
relationship between an enhanced resource element group and a
resource element, and subframe configuration information; and
detecting, by the user equipment, a control channel in the
corresponding different control channel resource sets according to
the parameter configuration information.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein acquiring, by user
equipment, parameter configuration information corresponding to
different control channel resource sets comprises: receiving the
parameter configuration information corresponding to the different
control channel resource sets from a base station.
3. The method according to claim 1, wherein acquiring, by user
equipment, parameter configuration information corresponding to
different control channel resource sets comprises: acquiring,
according to an index number of the control channel resource set
and/or an index number of a first physical resource block (PRB) of
the control channel resource set, at least one type of the
following information corresponding to the different control
channel resource sets: pilot port information, information about a
mapping relationship between an enhanced control channel element
and an enhanced resource element group, and information about a
mapping relationship between an enhanced resource element group and
a resource element.
4. The method according to claim 2, wherein the subframe
configuration information comprises: indication information that
blind detection is performed in a configured subframe on search
space of a first control channel or a second control channel in
each control channel resource set.
5. The method according to claim 1, wherein acquiring, by user
equipment, parameter configuration information corresponding to
different control channel resource sets comprises: receiving, by
user equipment, broadcast signaling or RRC signaling that is sent
by the base station and comprises the parameter configuration
information.
6. A control channel detection method, comprising: determining, by
a base station, parameter configuration information of a control
channel resource set, wherein the parameter configuration
information comprises at least one type of the following
information: pilot port information, non-zero power channel state
information-reference signal (NZP CSI-RS) configuration
information, information about a mapping relationship between an
enhanced control channel element and an enhanced resource element
group, information about a mapping relationship between an enhanced
resource element group and a resource element, and subframe
configuration information; and sending, by the base station, the
parameter configuration information to a user equipment (UE),
wherein the base station configures a plurality of control channel
resource sets to the UE, the parameter configuration information to
enable the UE to detect a control channel in corresponding
different control channel resource sets.
7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the subframe
configuration information comprises: indication information that
blind detection is performed in a configured subframe on search
space of a first control channel or a second control channel in
each control channel resource set.
8. The method according to claim 6, wherein sending, by the base
station, the parameter configuration information to a user
equipment (UE) comprising: sending broadcast signaling or RRC
signaling comprising the parameter configuration information to the
UE.
9. A user equipment, comprising: a receiver, configured to acquire
parameter configuration information corresponding to different
control channel resource sets, wherein the user equipment is
configured to a plurality of control channel resource sets, and the
parameter configuration information comprises at least one type of
the following information: pilot port information, non-zero power
channel state information-reference signal (NZP CSI-RS)
configuration information, information about a mapping relationship
between an enhanced control channel element and an enhanced
resource element group, information about a mapping relationship
between an enhanced resource element group and a resource element,
and subframe configuration information; and a detector, configured
to detect a control channel in the corresponding different control
channel resource sets according to the parameter configuration
information.
10. The user equipment according to claim 9, wherein the receiver
is configured to: receive the parameter configuration information
corresponding to the different control channel resource sets from a
base station.
11. The user equipment according to claim 9, wherein the receiver
is configured to: receive, according to an index number of the
control channel resource set and/or an index number of a first
physical resource block (PRB) of the control channel resource set,
at least one type of the following information corresponding to the
different control channel resource sets: pilot port information,
information about a mapping relationship between an enhanced
control channel element and an enhanced resource element group, and
information about a mapping relationship between an enhanced
resource element group and a resource element.
12. The user equipment according to claim 11, wherein the subframe
configuration information comprises: indication information that
blind detection is performed in a configured subframe on search
space of a first control channel or a second control channel in
each control channel resource set.
13. The user equipment according to claim 10, wherein the receiver
is configured to receive broadcast signaling or RRC signaling that
is sent by the base station and comprises the parameter
configuration information
14. A base station, comprising: a processor, configured to
determine parameter configuration information of a control channel
resource set, wherein the parameter configuration information
comprises at least one type of the following information: pilot
port information, non-zero power channel state
information-reference signal (NZP CSI-RS) configuration
information, information about a mapping relationship between an
enhanced control channel element and an enhanced resource element
group, information about a mapping relationship between an enhanced
resource element group and a resource element, and subframe
configuration information; and a transmitter, configured to send
the parameter configuration information to a user equipment (UE),
wherein the base station configures a plurality of control channel
resource sets to the UE, the parameter configuration information to
enable the UE to detect a control channel in corresponding
different control channel resource sets according to the parameter
configuration information.
15. The base station according to claim 14, wherein the subframe
configuration information comprises: indication information that
blind detection is performed in a configured subframe on search
space of a first control channel or a second control channel in
each control channel resource set.
16. The base station according to claim 14, wherein the transmitter
is configured to send broadcast signaling or RRC signaling
comprising the parameter configuration information to the UE.
17. A computer readable storage medium, comprising program code
which, when executed by a processor, cause user equipment to:
acquire parameter configuration information corresponding to
different control channel resource sets, wherein the user equipment
is configured to a plurality of control channel resource sets, the
parameter configuration information comprises at least one type of
the following information: pilot port information, non-zero power
channel state information-reference signal (NZP CSI-RS)
configuration information, information about a mapping relationship
between an enhanced control channel element and an enhanced
resource element group, information about a mapping relationship
between an enhanced resource element group and a resource element,
and subframe configuration information; and detect a control
channel in the corresponding different control channel resource
sets according to the parameter configuration information.
18. A computer readable storage medium, comprising program code
which, when executed by a processor, cause a base station to:
determine parameter configuration information of a control channel
resource set, wherein the parameter configuration information
comprises at least one type of the following information: pilot
port information, non-zero power channel state
information-reference signal (NZP CSI-RS) configuration
information, information about a mapping relationship between an
enhanced control channel element and an enhanced resource element
group, information about a mapping relationship between an enhanced
resource element group and a resource element, and subframe
configuration information; and send the parameter configuration
information to a user equipment (UE), wherein the base station
configures a plurality of control channel resource sets to the UE,
the parameter configuration information to enable the UE to detect
a control channel in corresponding different control channel
resource sets.
Description
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. patent
application Ser. No. 14/702,360, filed on May 1, 2015, which is a
continuation of International Application No. PCT/CN2012/083935,
filed on Nov. 1, 2012. All of the afore-mentioned patent
applications are hereby incorporated by reference in their
entireties.
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0002] The present invention relates to communications
technologies, and in particular, to a control channel detection
method, a user equipment, and a base station.
BACKGROUND
[0003] With development of communications technologies and
large-scale deployment of heterogeneous networks, a physical
downlink control channel (Physical Downlink Control channel,
hereinafter referred to as PDCCH) faces great challenges in aspects
of a capacity, coverage, an interference coordination capability,
and the like.
[0004] An enhanced physical downlink control channel (Enhanced
Physical Downlink Control channel, hereinafter referred to as
EPDCCH) comes into being. For the EPDCCH, K control channel
resource sets may be configured for each user equipment (User
Equipment, hereinafter referred to as UE), where K is a positive
integer greater than or equal to 1. In the prior art, a parameter
of a control channel resource set is configured by using specific
signaling of a UE.
[0005] However, when the EPDCCH is applied to a coordinated
multiple point transmission and reception (Coordinated Multiple
Point transmission and reception, hereinafter referred to as CoMP)
technology, a dynamic node cannot be selected when the parameter is
configured for the control channel resource set of the UE according
to the prior art and configurations of the K control channel
resource sets are the same.
SUMMARY
[0006] Embodiments of the present invention provide a control
channel detection method, a user equipment, and a base station, so
as to implement selection of a dynamic node in CoMP.
[0007] According to a first aspect, a control channel detection
method is provided, including: [0008] acquiring parameter
configuration information corresponding to different control
channel resource sets; and [0009] detecting a control channel in
the corresponding different control channel resource sets according
to the parameter configuration information.
[0010] With reference to the first aspect, the acquiring parameter
configuration information corresponding to different control
channel resource sets includes: [0011] receiving the parameter
configuration information corresponding to the different control
channel resource sets that is sent by a base station, where [0012]
the parameter configuration information includes at least one type
of the following information: [0013] pilot port information, zero
power channel state information-reference signal ZP CSI-RS
configuration information, non zero power channel state
information-reference signal NZP CSI-RS configuration information,
information about a mapping relationship between an enhanced
control channel element and an enhanced resource element group,
information about a mapping relationship between an enhanced
resource element group and a resource element, and subframe
configuration information; and [0014] performing rate de-matching
according to the ZP CSI-RS configuration information.
[0015] With reference to the first aspect, the acquiring parameter
configuration information corresponding to different control
channel resource sets includes: [0016] acquiring, according to an
index number of the control channel resource set and/or an index
number of a first physical resource block PRB of the control
channel resource set, at least one type of the following
information corresponding to the different control channel resource
sets: [0017] pilot port information, information about a mapping
relationship between an enhanced control channel element and an
enhanced resource element group, and information about a mapping
relationship between an enhanced resource element group and a
resource element.
[0018] With reference to the first aspect, the acquiring parameter
configuration information corresponding to different control
channel resource sets includes: [0019] receiving demodulation pilot
sequence initialization identities IDs that are sent by a base
station and are corresponding to the different control channel
resource sets; and [0020] acquiring, according to the demodulation
pilot sequence initialization IDs, at least one type of the
following information corresponding to the different control
channel resource sets: [0021] pilot port information, information
about a mapping relationship between an enhanced control channel
element and an enhanced resource element group, and information
about a mapping relationship between an enhanced resource element
group and a resource element.
[0022] With reference to the first aspect, the acquiring parameter
configuration information corresponding to different control
channel resource sets includes: [0023] receiving ZP CSI-RS
configuration information and/or NZP CSI-RS configuration
information sent by the base station and corresponding to the
different control channel resource sets; and [0024] acquiring,
according to the ZP CSI-RS configuration information and/or the NZP
CSI-RS configuration information, at least one type of the
following information corresponding to the different control
channel resource sets: [0025] pilot port information, information
about a mapping relationship between an enhanced control channel
element and an enhanced resource element group, and information
about a mapping relationship between an enhanced resource element
group and a resource element.
[0026] With reference to the first aspect, the acquiring parameter
configuration information corresponding to different control
channel resource sets includes: [0027] receiving cell-specific
reference signal CRS configuration information corresponding to the
different control channel resource sets that is sent by a base
station; and [0028] acquiring, according to the CRS configuration
information, at least one type of the following information
corresponding to the different control channel resource sets:
[0029] pilot port information, information about a mapping
relationship between an enhanced control channel element and an
enhanced resource element group, and information about a mapping
relationship between an enhanced resource element group and a
resource element.
[0030] With reference to the first aspect, the subframe
configuration information includes at least one type of the
following information: [0031] indication information that blind
detection is performed in a configured subframe on search space of
a first control channel or a second control channel in each control
channel resource set; [0032] special subframe configuration
information; [0033] time division duplex TDD uplink-downlink
subframe configuration information; [0034] information about a
subframe in which a positioning pilot is located; and [0035]
information about a subframe in which a multicast channel is
located.
[0036] With reference to the first aspect, the detecting a control
channel in the corresponding different control channel resource
sets according to the parameter configuration information includes:
[0037] if detection, in a current subframe, of UE specific search
space of the first control channel is configured in subframe
configuration information of each of two control channel resource
sets, detecting a candidate control channel of the first control
channel in both of the two control channel resource sets, where
each control channel resource set has at least one candidate
control channel of the first control channel; and [0038] if
detection, in the subframe, of UE specific search space of the
second control channel is configured in the subframe configuration
information of each of the two control channel resource sets,
performing detection in the UE specific search space of the second
control channel.
[0039] With reference to the first aspect, the detecting a control
channel in the corresponding different control channel resource
sets according to the parameter configuration information includes:
[0040] if detection, in a current subframe, of UE specific search
space of the first control channel is configured in subframe
configuration information of a first control channel resource set
and detection, in a current subframe, of UE specific search space
of the second control channel is configured in subframe
configuration information of a second control channel resource set,
performing detection in the UE specific search space of the first
control channel in the first control channel resource set, and
performing detection in the UE specific search space of the second
control channel in the second control channel resource set, where
there is at least one candidate control channel in the UE specific
search space of the first control channel, there is at least one
candidate control channel in the UE specific search space of the
second control channel, and the total number of candidate control
channels in the UE specific search space of the first control
channel and the second control channel is not greater than the
total number of candidate control channels in UE specific search
space.
[0041] With reference to the first aspect, the detecting a control
channel in the corresponding different control channel resource
sets according to the parameter configuration information includes:
[0042] if detection, in a current subframe, of UE specific search
space of the first control channel is configured in subframe
configuration information of a first control channel resource set
and detection, in a current subframe, of UE specific search space
of the second control channel is configured in subframe
configuration information of a second control channel resource set,
performing detection in the UE specific search space of the first
control channel in the first control channel resource set, where
the number of candidate control channels in the UE specific search
space of the first control channel is greater than 1 and is less
than the total number of candidate control channels in UE specific
search space.
[0043] With reference to the first aspect, the detecting a control
channel in the corresponding different control channel resource
sets according to the parameter configuration information includes:
[0044] if detection, in a current subframe, of UE specific search
space of the first control channel is configured in subframe
configuration information of a first control channel resource set
and detection, in a current subframe, of UE specific search space
of the second control channel is configured in subframe
configuration information of a second control channel resource set,
performing detection in the UE specific search space of the first
control channel in the first control channel resource set, where
the number of candidate control channels in the UE specific search
space of the first control channel is equal to the total number of
candidate control channels in UE specific search space.
[0045] With reference to the first aspect, the first control
channel is an enhanced physical downlink control channel EPDCCH,
and the second control channel is a physical downlink control
channel PDCCH.
[0046] With reference to the first aspect, the acquiring parameter
configuration information corresponding to different control
channel resource sets includes: [0047] receiving broadcast
signaling or RRC signaling that is sent by the base station and
includes the parameter configuration information.
[0048] According to a second aspect, a control channel detection
method is provided, including: [0049] determining parameter
configuration information of a control channel resource set; and
[0050] sending the parameter configuration information to a user
equipment UE, so that the UE detects a control channel in
corresponding different control channel resource sets according to
the parameter configuration information.
[0051] With reference to the second aspect, the determining
parameter configuration information of a control channel resource
set includes: [0052] determining at least one type of the following
information corresponding to the control channel resource set:
[0053] pilot port information, zero power channel state
information-reference signal ZP CSI-RS configuration information,
non zero power channel state information-reference signal NZP
CSI-RS configuration information, information about a mapping
relationship between an enhanced control channel element and an
enhanced resource element group, information about a mapping
relationship between an enhanced resource element group and a
resource element, and subframe configuration information.
[0054] With reference to the second aspect, the determining
parameter configuration information of a control channel resource
set includes: [0055] determining a demodulation pilot sequence
initialization identity ID corresponding to the control channel
resource set.
[0056] With reference to the second aspect, the determining
parameter configuration information of a control channel resource
set includes: [0057] determining a ZP CSI-RS configuration
parameter and/or an NZP CSI-RS configuration parameter
corresponding to the control channel resource set.
[0058] With reference to the second aspect, the determining
parameter configuration information of a control channel resource
set includes: [0059] determining a cell-specific reference signal
CRS configuration parameter corresponding to the control channel
resource set.
[0060] With reference to the second aspect, the subframe
configuration information includes at least one type of the
following information: [0061] indication information that blind
detection is performed in a configured subframe on search space of
a first control channel or a second control channel in each control
channel resource set; [0062] special subframe configuration
information; [0063] time division duplex TDD uplink-downlink
subframe configuration information; [0064] information about a
subframe in which a positioning pilot is located; and [0065]
information about a subframe in which a multicast channel is
located.
[0066] With reference to the second aspect, the sending the
parameter configuration information to a UE includes: [0067]
sending broadcast signaling or RRC signaling including the
parameter configuration information to the UE.
[0068] According to a third aspect, a user equipment is provided,
including: [0069] an acquiring module, configured to acquire
parameter configuration information corresponding to different
control channel resource sets; and [0070] a detection module,
configured to detect a control channel in the corresponding
different control channel resource sets according to the parameter
configuration information.
[0071] With reference to the third aspect, the acquiring module is
specifically configured to: receive the parameter configuration
information corresponding to the different control channel resource
sets that is sent by a base station, where [0072] the parameter
configuration information includes at least one type of the
following information: [0073] pilot port information, zero power
channel state information-reference signal ZP CSI-RS configuration
information, non zero power channel state information-reference
signal NZP CSI-RS configuration information, information about a
mapping relationship between an enhanced control channel element
and an enhanced resource element group, information about a mapping
relationship between an enhanced resource element group and a
resource element, and subframe configuration information; and
[0074] perform rate de-matching according to the ZP CSI-RS
configuration information.
[0075] With reference to the third aspect, the acquiring module is
specifically configured to acquire, according to an index number of
the control channel resource set and/or an index number of a first
physical resource block PRB of the control channel resource set, at
least one type of the following information corresponding to the
different control channel resource sets: [0076] pilot port
information, information about a mapping relationship between an
enhanced control channel element and an enhanced resource element
group, and information about a mapping relationship between an
enhanced resource element group and a resource element.
[0077] With reference to the third aspect, the acquiring module is
specifically configured to: receive demodulation pilot sequence
initialization identities IDs that are sent by a base station and
are corresponding to the different control channel resource sets;
and acquire, according to the demodulation pilot sequence
initialization IDs, at least one type of the following information
corresponding to the different control channel resource sets:
[0078] pilot port information, information about a mapping
relationship between an enhanced control channel element and an
enhanced resource element group, and information about a mapping
relationship between an enhanced resource element group and a
resource element.
[0079] With reference to the third aspect, the acquiring module is
specifically configured to: receive ZP CSI-RS configuration
information and/or NZP CSI-RS configuration information sent by a
base station and corresponding to the different control channel
resource sets; and acquire, according to the ZP CSI-RS
configuration information and/or the NZP CSI-RS configuration
information, at least one type of the following information
corresponding to the different control channel resource sets:
[0080] pilot port information, information about a mapping
relationship between an enhanced control channel element and an
enhanced resource element group, and information about a mapping
relationship between an enhanced resource element group and a
resource element.
[0081] With reference to the third aspect, the acquiring module is
specifically configured to: receive cell-specific reference signal
CRS configuration information corresponding to the different
control channel resource sets that is sent by a base station; and
acquire, according to the CRS configuration information, at least
one type of the following information corresponding to the
different control channel resource sets: [0082] pilot port
information, information about a mapping relationship between an
enhanced control channel element and an enhanced resource element
group, and information about a mapping relationship between an
enhanced resource element group and a resource element.
[0083] With reference to the third aspect, the subframe
configuration information includes at least one type of the
following information: [0084] indication information that blind
detection is performed in a configured subframe on search space of
a first control channel or a second control channel in each control
channel resource set; [0085] special subframe configuration
information; [0086] time division duplex TDD uplink-downlink
subframe configuration information; [0087] information about a
subframe in which a positioning pilot is located; and [0088]
information about a subframe in which a multicast channel is
located.
[0089] With reference to the third aspect, the detection module is
specifically configured to: if detection, in a current subframe, of
UE specific search space of the first control channel is configured
in subframe configuration information of each of two control
channel resource sets, detect a candidate control channel of the
first control channel in both of the two control channel resource
sets, where each control channel resource set has at least one
candidate control channel of the first control channel; and [0090]
the detection module is specifically configured to: if detection,
in the subframe, of UE specific search space of the second control
channel is configured in the subframe configuration information of
each of the two control channel resource sets, perform detection in
the UE specific search space of the second control channel.
[0091] With reference to the third aspect, the detection module is
specifically configured to: if detection, in a current subframe, of
UE specific search space of the first control channel is configured
in subframe configuration information of a first control channel
resource set and detection, in a current subframe, of UE specific
search space of the second control channel is configured in
subframe configuration information of a second control channel
resource set, perform detection in the UE specific search space of
the first control channel in the first control channel resource
set, and perform detection in the UE specific search space of the
second control channel in the second control channel resource set,
where there is at least one candidate control channel in the UE
specific search space of the first control channel, there is at
least one candidate control channel in the UE specific search space
of the second control channel, and the total number of candidate
control channels in the UE specific search space of the first
control channel and the second control channel is not greater than
the total number of candidate control channels in UE specific
search space.
[0092] With reference to the third aspect, the detection module is
specifically configured to: if detection, in a current subframe, of
UE specific search space of the first control channel is configured
in subframe configuration information of a first control channel
resource set and detection, in a current subframe, of UE specific
search space of the second control channel is configured in
subframe configuration information of a second control channel
resource set, perform detection in the UE specific search space of
the first control channel in the first control channel resource
set, where the number of candidate control channels in the UE
specific search space of the first control channel is greater than
1 and is less than the total number of candidate control channels
in UE specific search space.
[0093] With reference to the third aspect, the detection module is
specifically configured to: if detection, in a current subframe, of
UE specific search space of the first control channel is configured
in subframe configuration information of a first control channel
resource set and detection, in a current subframe, of UE specific
search space of the second control channel is configured in
subframe configuration information of a second control channel
resource set, perform detection in the UE specific search space of
the first control channel in the first control channel resource
set, where the number of candidate control channels in the UE
specific search space of the first control channel is equal to the
total number of candidate control channels in UE specific search
space.
[0094] With reference to the third aspect, the first control
channel is an enhanced physical downlink control channel EPDCCH,
and the second control channel is a physical downlink control
channel PDCCH.
[0095] With reference to the third aspect, the acquiring module is
specifically configured to receive broadcast signaling or RRC
signaling that is sent by the base station and includes the
parameter configuration information.
[0096] According to a fourth aspect, a base station is provided,
including: [0097] a determining module, configured to determine
parameter configuration information of a control channel resource
set; and [0098] a sending module, configured to send the parameter
configuration information to a user equipment UE, so that the UE
detects a control channel in corresponding different control
channel resource sets according to the parameter configuration
information.
[0099] With reference to the fourth aspect, the determining module
is specifically configured to determine at least one type of the
following information corresponding to the control channel resource
set: [0100] pilot port information, zero power channel state
information-reference signal ZP CSI-RS configuration information,
non zero power channel state information-reference signal NZP
CSI-RS configuration information, information about a mapping
relationship between an enhanced control channel element and an
enhanced resource element group, information about a mapping
relationship between an enhanced resource element group and a
resource element, and subframe configuration information; and
[0101] With reference to the fourth aspect, the determining module
is specifically configured to determine a demodulation pilot
sequence initialization identity ID corresponding to the control
channel resource set.
[0102] With reference to the fourth aspect, the determining module
is specifically configured to determine a ZP CSI-RS configuration
parameter and/or an NZP CSI-RS configuration parameter
corresponding to the control channel resource set.
[0103] With reference to the fourth aspect, the determining module
is specifically configured to determine a cell-specific reference
signal CRS configuration parameter corresponding to the control
channel resource set.
[0104] With reference to the fourth aspect, the subframe
configuration information includes at least one type of the
following information: [0105] indication information that blind
detection is performed in a configured subframe on search space of
a first control channel or a second control channel in each control
channel resource set; [0106] special subframe configuration
information; [0107] time division duplex TDD uplink-downlink
subframe configuration information; [0108] information about a
subframe in which a positioning pilot is located; and [0109]
information about a subframe in which a multicast channel is
located.
[0110] With reference to the fourth aspect, the sending module is
specifically configured to send broadcast signaling or RRC
signaling including the parameter configuration information to the
UE.
[0111] According to a fifth aspect, a user equipment is provided,
including: [0112] an acquirer, configured to acquire parameter
configuration information corresponding to different control
channel resource sets; and [0113] a detector, configured to detect
a control channel in the corresponding different control channel
resource sets according to the parameter configuration
information.
[0114] With reference to the fifth aspect, the acquirer is
specifically configured to: receive parameter configuration
information corresponding to the different control channel resource
sets that is sent by a base station, where [0115] the parameter
configuration information includes at least one type of the
following information: [0116] pilot port information, zero power
channel state information-reference signal ZP CSI-RS configuration
information, non zero power channel state information-reference
signal NZP CSI-RS configuration information, information about a
mapping relationship between an enhanced control channel element
and an enhanced resource element group, information about a mapping
relationship between an enhanced resource element group and a
resource element, and subframe configuration information; and
[0117] perform rate de-matching according to the ZP CSI-RS
configuration information.
[0118] With reference to the fifth aspect, the acquirer is
specifically configured to acquire, according to an index number of
the control channel resource set and/or an index number of a first
physical resource block PRB of the control channel resource set, at
least one type of the following information corresponding to the
different control channel resource sets: [0119] pilot port
information, information about a mapping relationship between an
enhanced control channel element and an enhanced resource element
group, and information about a mapping relationship between an
enhanced resource element group and a resource element.
[0120] With reference to the fifth aspect, the acquirer is
specifically configured to: receive demodulation pilot sequence
initialization identities IDs that are sent by the base station and
are corresponding to the different control channel resource sets;
and acquire, according to the demodulation pilot sequence
initialization IDs, at least one type of the following information
corresponding to the different control channel resource sets:
[0121] pilot port information, information about a mapping
relationship between an enhanced control channel element and an
enhanced resource element group, and information about a mapping
relationship between an enhanced resource element group and a
resource element.
[0122] With reference to the fifth aspect, the acquirer is
specifically configured to: receive ZP CSI-RS configuration
information and/or NZP CSI-RS configuration information sent by the
base station and corresponding to the different control channel
resource sets; and acquire, according to the ZP CSI-RS
configuration information and/or the NZP CSI-RS configuration
information, at least one type of the following information
corresponding to the different control channel resource sets:
[0123] pilot port information, information about a mapping
relationship between an enhanced control channel element and an
enhanced resource element group, and information about a mapping
relationship between an enhanced resource element group and a
resource element.
[0124] With reference to the fifth aspect, the acquirer is
specifically configured to: receive cell-specific reference signal
CRS configuration information corresponding to the different
control channel resource sets that is sent by the base station; and
acquire, according to the CRS configuration information, at least
one type of the following information corresponding to the
different control channel resource sets: [0125] pilot port
information, information about a mapping relationship between an
enhanced control channel element and an enhanced resource element
group, and information about a mapping relationship between an
enhanced resource element group and a resource element.
[0126] With reference to the fifth aspect, the subframe
configuration information includes at least one type of the
following information: [0127] indication information that blind
detection is performed in a configured subframe on search space of
a first control channel or a second control channel in each control
channel resource set; [0128] special subframe configuration
information; [0129] time division duplex TDD uplink-downlink
subframe configuration information; [0130] information about a
subframe in which a positioning pilot is located; and [0131]
information about a subframe in which a multicast channel is
located.
[0132] With reference to the fifth aspect, the detector is
specifically configured to: if detection, in a current subframe, of
UE specific search space of the first control channel is configured
in subframe configuration information of each of two control
channel resource sets, detect a candidate control channel of the
first control channel in both of the two control channel resource
sets, where each control channel resource set has at least one
candidate control channel of the first control channel; and [0133]
the detector is specifically configured to: if detection, in the
subframe, of UE specific search space of the second control channel
is configured in the subframe configuration information of each of
the two control channel resource sets, perform detection in the UE
specific search space of the second control channel.
[0134] With reference to the fifth aspect, the detector is
specifically configured to: if detection, in a current subframe, of
UE specific search space of the first control channel is configured
in subframe configuration information of a first control channel
resource set and detection, in a current subframe, of UE specific
search space of the second control channel is configured in
subframe configuration information of a second control channel
resource set, perform detection in the UE specific search space of
the first control channel in the first control channel resource
set, and perform detection in the UE specific search space of the
second control channel in the second control channel resource set,
where there is at least one candidate control channel in the UE
specific search space of the first control channel, there is at
least one candidate control channel in the UE specific search space
of the second control channel, and the total number of candidate
control channels in the UE specific search space of the first
control channel and the second control channel is not greater than
the total number of candidate control channels in UE specific
search space.
[0135] With reference to the fifth aspect, the detector is
specifically configured to: if detection, in a current subframe, of
UE specific search space of the first control channel is configured
in subframe configuration information of a first control channel
resource set and detection, in a current subframe, of UE specific
search space of the second control channel is configured in
subframe configuration information of a second control channel
resource set, perform detection in the UE specific search space of
the first control channel in the first control channel resource
set, where the number of candidate control channels in the UE
specific search space of the first control channel is greater than
1 and is less than the total number of candidate control channels
in UE specific search space.
[0136] With reference to the fifth aspect, the detector is
specifically configured to: if detection, in a current subframe, of
UE specific search space of the first control channel is configured
in subframe configuration information of a first control channel
resource set and detection, in a current subframe, of UE specific
search space of the second control channel is configured in
subframe configuration information of a second control channel
resource set, perform detection in the UE specific search space of
the first control channel in the first control channel resource
set, where the number of candidate control channels in the UE
specific search space of the first control channel is equal to the
total number of candidate control channels in UE specific search
space.
[0137] With reference to the fifth aspect, the first control
channel is an enhanced physical downlink control channel EPDCCH,
and the second control channel is a physical downlink control
channel PDCCH.
[0138] With reference to the fifth aspect, the acquirer is
specifically configured to receive broadcast signaling or RRC
signaling that is sent by the base station and includes the
parameter configuration information.
[0139] According to a sixth aspect, a base station is provided,
including: [0140] a processor, configured to determine parameter
configuration information of a control channel resource set; and
[0141] a sender, configured to send the parameter configuration
information to a user equipment UE, so that the UE detects a
control channel in corresponding different control channel resource
sets according to the parameter configuration information.
[0142] With reference to the sixth aspect, the processor is
specifically configured to determine at least one type of the
following information corresponding to the control channel resource
set: [0143] pilot port information, zero power channel state
information-reference signal ZP CSI-RS configuration information,
non zero power channel state information-reference signal NZP
CSI-RS configuration information, information about a mapping
relationship between an enhanced control channel element and an
enhanced resource element group, information about a mapping
relationship between an enhanced resource element group and a
resource element, and subframe configuration information.
[0144] With reference to the sixth aspect, the processor is
specifically configured to determine a demodulation pilot sequence
initialization identity ID corresponding to the control channel
resource set.
[0145] With reference to the sixth aspect, the processor is
specifically configured to determine a ZP CSI-RS configuration
parameter and/or an NZP CSI-RS configuration parameter
corresponding to the control channel resource set.
[0146] With reference to the sixth aspect, the processor is
specifically configured to determine a cell-specific reference
signal CRS configuration parameter corresponding to the control
channel resource set.
[0147] With reference to the sixth aspect, the subframe
configuration information includes at least one type of the
following information: [0148] indication information that blind
detection is performed in a configured subframe on search space of
a first control channel or a second control channel in each control
channel resource set; [0149] special subframe configuration
information; [0150] time division duplex TDD uplink-downlink
subframe configuration information; [0151] information about a
subframe in which a positioning pilot is located; and [0152]
information about a subframe in which a multicast channel is
located.
[0153] With reference to the sixth aspect, the sender is
specifically configured to send broadcast signaling or RRC
signaling including the parameter configuration information to the
UE.
[0154] According to the control channel detection method, the user
equipment, and the base station in the embodiments of the present
invention, the UE acquires parameter configuration information
corresponding to different control channel resource sets, and
detects a control channel in the corresponding different control
channel resource sets according to the parameter configuration
information. Because different control channel resource sets
correspond to different parameter configuration information, a
control channel can be detected in the corresponding different
control channel resource sets according to the different parameter
configuration information, which therefore implements selection of
a dynamic node.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0155] To describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of
the present invention more clearly, the following briefly
introduces the accompanying drawings required for describing the
embodiments. Apparently, the accompanying drawings in the following
description show merely some embodiments of the present invention,
and persons of ordinary skill in the art may still derive other
drawings from these accompanying drawings without creative
efforts.
[0156] FIG. 1 is a schematic flowchart of Embodiment 1 of a control
channel detection method according to the present invention;
[0157] FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a mapping relationship
that is obtained by using CRS configuration information and is
between an enhanced resource element group and a resource element
according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention;
[0158] FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a mapping relationship
that is obtained by using CRS configuration information and is
between an enhanced control channel element and an enhanced
resource element group according to Embodiment 1 of the present
invention;
[0159] FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a mapping relationship
that is obtained by using an index number and is between an
enhanced resource element group and a resource element according to
Embodiment 1 of the present invention;
[0160] FIG. 5 is a schematic flowchart of Embodiment 2 of a control
channel detection method according to the present invention;
[0161] FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 1 of
a user equipment according to the present invention;
[0162] FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 1 of
a base station according to the present invention;
[0163] FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 2 of
a user equipment according to the present invention; and
[0164] FIG. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 2 of
a base station according to the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0165] The following clearly and completely describes the technical
solutions in the embodiments of the present invention with
reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the
present invention. Apparently, the described embodiments are merely
some but not all of the embodiments of the present invention. All
other embodiments obtained by persons of ordinary skill in the art
based on the embodiments of the present invention without creative
efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present
invention.
[0166] FIG. 1 is a schematic flowchart of Embodiment 1 of a control
channel detection method according to the present invention. As
shown in FIG. 1, steps of this embodiment include:
[0167] S101: Acquire parameter configuration information
corresponding to different control channel resource sets.
[0168] Specifically, in a CoMP communications system, 2 control
channel resource sets for each UE are configured on a network side,
which are, for example, a set set0 and a set set1 separately. Each
control channel resource set includes at least one physical
resource block (Physical Resource Block, hereinafter referred to as
PRB), each PRB includes multiple enhanced control channel elements
(Enhanced Control Channel Element, hereinafter referred to as
ECCE), each ECCE includes multiple enhanced resource element groups
(Enhanced Resource Element Group, hereinafter referred to as EREG),
and each EREG includes multiple physical resource elements
(Resource Element, hereinafter referred to as RE).
[0169] A UE may acquire the parameter configuration information
corresponding to the different control channel resource sets in
multiple manners, for example: by receiving the parameter
configuration information that is sent by a base station and is
corresponding to the control channel resource sets; or by receiving
specific parameters that are sent by a base station and are
corresponding to the different control channel resource sets, where
the specific parameters may be, for example, demodulation pilot
sequence initialization identities (Identity, hereinafter referred
to as ID), and may also be zero power channel state
information-reference signal (Zero Power Channel State
Information-Reference Signal, hereinafter referred to as ZP CSI-RS)
configuration information and/or non zero power channel state
information-reference signal (Non Zero Power Channel State
Information-Reference Signal, hereinafter referred to as NZP
CSI-RS) configuration information, and acquiring the parameter
configuration information corresponding to the different control
channel resource sets according to the foregoing specific
parameters; or by acquiring the parameter configuration information
corresponding to the different control channel resource sets
according to an index number of the control channel resource set
and/or an index number of a first physical resource block PRB of
the control channel resource set.
[0170] Step S101 is described below in detail by using several
specific implementation manners.
[0171] As a first feasible implementation manner, a UE may receive
the parameter configuration information that is sent by a base
station and is corresponding to the different control channel
resource sets, where the parameter configuration information
includes at least one type of the following information: pilot port
information, zero power channel state information-reference signal
ZP CSI-RS configuration information, non zero power channel state
information-reference signal NZP CSI-RS configuration information,
information about a mapping relationship between an enhanced
control channel element and an enhanced resource element group,
information about a mapping relationship between an enhanced
resource element group and a resource element, and subframe
configuration information; and [0172] rate de-matching is performed
according to the ZP CSI-RS configuration information.
[0173] Specifically, the parameter configuration information may be
obtained by receiving broadcast signaling or RRC signaling that is
sent by the base station and includes at least one type of the
parameter configuration information.
[0174] As a second feasible implementation manner, a UE may receive
cell-specific reference signal (Cell-specific Reference Signal,
hereinafter referred to as CRS) configuration information that is
sent by a base station and is corresponding to the different
control channel resource sets; and acquire, according to the CRS
configuration information, at least one type of the following
information corresponding to the different control channel resource
sets: pilot port information, information about a mapping
relationship between an enhanced control channel element and an
enhanced resource element group, and information about a mapping
relationship between an enhanced resource element group and a
resource element.
[0175] Specifically, a demodulation reference signal (Demodulation
Reference Signal, hereinafter referred to as DMRS) pilot port of a
control channel, which performs discrete transmission, in each
control channel resource set of the control channel is obtained
according to the CRS configuration information that is configured
for each control channel resource set, that is, the pilot port used
by the control channel that performs discrete transmission is a
function in the CRS configuration information, where the CRS
configuration information includes an offset of a CRS
frequency.
[0176] The information about a mapping relationship between an
enhanced resource element group and a resource element of each
control channel resource set is obtained according to the CRS
configuration information, which specifically indicates that the
information about a mapping relationship between an enhanced
resource element group and a resource element is obtained by means
of a cyclic shift according to the CRS configuration information.
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a mapping relationship that
is obtained by using CRS configuration information and is between
an enhanced resource element group and a resource element according
to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, in
each PRB, each row represents one subcarrier, each column
represents one orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
(Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing, hereinafter referred
to as OFDM) symbol, and EREG sequence numbers are successively
mapped to each PRB in a sequence of frequency domain first and then
time domain; in the left figure, mapping starts from EREG0, that
is, from the first position. Using an offset in the frequency
domain of the obtained CRS configuration information of each
control channel resource set as a first parameter and with regard
to the left figure in FIG. 2, a cyclic shift by one CRS is
performed during mapping from an EREG to an RE. The cyclic shift
may be performed in each OFDM symbol. It can be seen in the right
figure that, in the first column, mapping of an EREG sequence
number moves downwards by one bit, that is, a position of EREG0
shifts to the second subcarrier. From the left figure to the right
figure in FIG. 2, there is an offset in a position of the CRS, and
mapping from an EREG to an RE also shifts correspondingly, so that
EREG serial numbers of positions occupied by CRS ports 0 are the
same.
[0177] The information about a mapping relationship between an
enhanced control channel element and an enhanced resource element
group of each control channel resource set is obtained according to
the CRS configuration information. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram
showing a mapping relationship that is obtained by using CRS
configuration information and is between an enhanced control
channel element and an enhanced resource element group according to
Embodiment 1 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, in the
left figure, ECCE0 includes EREG0, EREG4, EREG8, and EREG12, ECCE1
includes EREG1, EREG5, EREG9, and EREG13; ECCE2 includes EREG2,
EREG6, EREG10, and EREG14, and ECCE3 includes EREG3, EREG7, EREG11,
and EREG15. New mapping obtained by using an offset in the
frequency domain of the CRS configuration information of the
control channel resource set is shown in the right figure, where
ECCE3 includes EREG0, EREG4, EREG8, and EREG12, ECCE0 includes
EREG1, EREG5, EREG9, and EREG13, ECCE1 includes EREG2, EREG6,
EREG10, and EREG14, and ECCE2 includes EREG3, EREG7, EREG11, and
EREG15.
[0178] As a third feasible implementation manner, a UE may acquire,
according to the index number of the control channel resource set
and/or the index number of the first physical resource block PRB of
the control channel resource set, at least one type of the
following information corresponding to the different control
channel resource sets: pilot port information, information about a
mapping relationship between an enhanced control channel element
and an enhanced resource element group, and information about a
mapping relationship between an enhanced resource element group and
a resource element.
[0179] Specifically, the UE may obtain a pilot port number
according to a function of the index number of the control channel
resource set and a function of the index number of the first
physical resource block PRB of the control channel resource set, or
obtain a pilot port number according to a function of the index
number of the control channel resource set, or obtain a pilot port
number according to a function of the index number of the first
physical resource block PRB of the control channel resource
set.
[0180] The information about a mapping relationship between an
enhanced resource element group and a resource element of each
control channel resource set is obtained according to the index
number of the control channel resource set and/or the index number
of the first physical resource block PRB of the control channel
resource set. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a mapping
relationship that is obtained by using an index number and is
between an enhanced resource element group and a resource element
according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. As shown in
FIG. 4, each row represents one subcarrier, each column represents
one OFDM symbol, and EREG sequence numbers are successively mapped
to each PRB in a sequence of frequency domain first and then time
domain. In FIG. 4, mapping starts from EREG0, that is, from the
first position. Modulo operation is performed on the number of
subcarriers in each PRB using an index number of each control
channel resource set or an index number of a first PRB included in
each control channel resource set, to obtain a first parameter, and
then with regard to FIG. 4, a time-frequency diagram of the mapping
relationship between an enhanced resource element group and a
resource element has a cyclic shift by one first parameter during
mapping, where the cyclic shift may be performed in each OFDM
symbol.
[0181] The information about a mapping relationship between an
enhanced control channel element and an enhanced resource element
group of each control channel resource set is obtained according to
the index number of the control channel resource set and/or the
index number of the first physical resource block PRB of the
control channel resource set. An implementation principle thereof
is similar to the implementation principle shown in the schematic
diagram of FIG. 3, which is not described herein again.
[0182] As a fourth feasible implementation manner, a UE may receive
demodulation pilot sequence initialization identities IDs that are
sent by a base station and are corresponding to the different
control channel resource sets; and acquire, according to the
demodulation pilot sequence initialization IDs, at least one type
of the following information corresponding to the different control
channel resource sets: pilot port information, information about a
mapping relationship between an enhanced control channel element
and an enhanced resource element group, and information about a
mapping relationship between an enhanced resource element group and
a resource element.
[0183] Specifically, the demodulation pilot sequence initialization
identity ID is N.sub.ID.sup.(i), where i is an index number of a
control channel resource set; the pilot port information is
obtained according to the demodulation pilot sequence
initialization ID, that is, a used port is a function of
N.sub.ID.sup.(i). For example, N.sub.ID.sup.(i) when is an odd
number, an EREG of a control channel that performs discrete
transmission uses a port 107 and a port 109 for transmission; when
N.sub.ID.sup.(i) is an even number, the EREG of the control channel
that performs discrete transmission uses a port 108 and a port 110
for transmission.
[0184] The information about a mapping relationship between an
enhanced control channel element and an enhanced resource element
group and the information about a mapping relationship between an
enhanced resource element group and a resource element are obtained
according to the demodulation pilot sequence initialization ID, and
an implementation principle thereof is similar to an implementation
principle shown in the schematic diagrams of FIG. 2 and FIG. 3,
which is not described herein again.
[0185] As a fifth feasible implementation manner, a UE may receive
the ZP CSI-RS configuration information and/or the NZP CSI-RS
configuration information sent by a base station and corresponding
to the different control channel resource sets; and acquire,
according to the ZP CSI-RS configuration information and/or the NZP
CSI-RS configuration information, at least one type of the
following information corresponding to the different control
channel resource sets: pilot port information, information about a
mapping relationship between an enhanced control channel element
and an enhanced resource element group, and information about a
mapping relationship between an enhanced resource element group and
a resource element. That is, at least one type of the foregoing
information can be obtained according to a function of the ZP
CSI-RS configuration information and/or a function of the NZP
CSI-RS configuration information.
[0186] S102: Detect a control channel in the corresponding
different control channel resource sets according to the parameter
configuration information.
[0187] After acquiring the parameter configuration information
corresponding to the different control channel resource sets, the
UE detects a control channel in the corresponding different control
channel resource sets according to the parameter configuration
information.
[0188] In the first feasible implementation manner of step S101,
the subframe configuration information includes at least one type
of the following information: indication information that blind
detection is performed in a configured subframe on search space of
a first control channel or a second control channel in each control
channel resource set; special subframe configuration information;
time division duplex (Time Division Duplex, hereinafter referred to
as TDD) uplink-downlink subframe configuration information;
information about a subframe in which a positioning pilot is
located; and information about a subframe in which a multicast
channel is located.
[0189] The indication information that blind detection is performed
in a configured subframe on search space of a first control channel
or a second control channel in each control channel resource set
specifically includes the following several cases:
[0190] In the following several cases, the first control channel
may be an EPDCCH, and the second control channel may be a
PDCCH.
[0191] In a first case, if detection, in a current subframe, of UE
specific search space of the first control channel is configured in
subframe configuration information of each of two control channel
resource sets, a candidate control channel of the first control
channel is detected in both of the two control channel resource
sets, where each control channel resource set has at least one
candidate control channel of the first control channel.
[0192] In a second case, if detection, in a current subframe, of UE
specific search space of the second control channel is configured
in subframe configuration information of each of two control
channel resource sets, detection is performed in the UE specific
search space of the second control channel.
[0193] In a third case, if detection, in a current subframe, of UE
specific search space of the first control channel is configured in
subframe configuration information of a first control channel
resource set and detection, in a current subframe, of UE specific
search space of the second control channel is configured in
subframe configuration information of a second control channel
resource set, the UE specific search space of the first control
channel is detected in the first control channel resource set, and
the UE specific search space of the second control channel is
detected in the first control channel resource set, where there is
at least one candidate control channel in the UE specific search
space of the first control channel, there is at least one candidate
control channel in the UE specific search space of the second
control channel, and the total number of candidate control channels
in the UE specific search space of the first control channel and
the second control channel is not greater than the total number of
candidate control channels in UE specific search space.
[0194] In a fourth case, if detection, in a current subframe, of UE
specific search space of the first control channel is configured in
subframe configuration information of a first control channel
resource set and detection, in a current subframe, of UE specific
search space of the second control channel is configured in
subframe configuration information of a second control channel
resource set, the UE specific search space of the first control
channel is detected in the first control channel resource set,
where the number of candidate control channels in the UE specific
search space of the first control channel is greater than 1 and is
less than the total number of candidate control channels in UE
specific search space.
[0195] In a fifth case, if detection, in a current subframe, of UE
specific search space of the first control channel is configured in
subframe configuration information of a first control channel
resource set and detection, in a current subframe, of UE specific
search space of the second control channel is configured in
subframe configuration information of a second control channel
resource set, the UE specific search space of the first control
channel is detected in the first control channel resource set,
where the number of candidate control channels in the UE specific
search space of the first control channel is equal to the total
number of candidate control channels in UE specific search
space.
[0196] In this embodiment, a UE acquires parameter configuration
information corresponding to different control channel resource
sets, and detects a control channel in the corresponding different
control channel resource sets according to the parameter
configuration information. Because different control channel
resource sets correspond to different parameter configuration
information, a control channel can be detected in the corresponding
different control channel resource sets according to the different
parameter configuration information, which therefore implements
selection of a dynamic node.
[0197] FIG. 5 is a schematic flowchart of Embodiment 2 of a control
channel detection method according to the present invention. A
difference between the embodiment shown in FIG. 5 and the
embodiment shown in FIG. 1 lies in that the embodiment shown in
FIG. 5 is executed by a base station. As shown in FIG. 5, steps of
this embodiment include:
[0198] S501: Determine parameter configuration information of a
control channel resource set.
[0199] Specifically, the base station may determine the parameter
configuration information of the control channel resource set in
the following several implementation manners.
[0200] As a feasible implementation manner, the base station
determines at least one type of the following information
corresponding to the control channel resource set: pilot port
information, zero power channel state information-reference signal
ZP CSI-RS configuration information, non zero power channel state
information-reference signal NZP CSI-RS configuration information,
information about a mapping relationship between an enhanced
control channel element and an enhanced resource element group,
information about a mapping relationship between an enhanced
resource element group and a resource element, and subframe
configuration information.
[0201] The subframe configuration information includes at least one
type of the following information: indication information that
blind detection is performed in a configured subframe on search
space of a first control channel or a second control channel in
each control channel resource set; special subframe configuration
information; time division duplex TDD uplink-downlink subframe
configuration information; information about a subframe in which a
positioning pilot is located; and information about a subframe in
which a multicast channel is located.
[0202] As a second feasible implementation manner, the base station
determines a demodulation pilot sequence initialization identity ID
corresponding to the control channel resource set. The demodulation
pilot sequence initialization identity ID may be represented by
N.sub.ID.sup.(i), so that a UE obtains at least one type of the
following information according to a function of N.sub.ID.sup.(i):
pilot port information, information about a mapping relationship
between an enhanced control channel element and an enhanced
resource element group, and information about a mapping
relationship between an enhanced resource element group and a
resource element.
[0203] As a third feasible implementation manner, the base station
determines a ZP CSI-RS configuration parameter and/or an NZP CSI-RS
configuration parameter corresponding to the control channel
resource set, so that a UE obtains at least one type of the
following information according to the ZP CSI-RS configuration
parameter and/or the NZP CSI-RS configuration parameter: pilot port
information, information about a mapping relationship between an
enhanced control channel element and an enhanced resource element
group, and information about a mapping relationship between an
enhanced resource element group and a resource element.
[0204] As a fourth feasible implementation manner, the base station
determines a CRS configuration parameter corresponding to the
control channel resource set, so that a UE obtains at least one
type of the following information according to the CRS
configuration parameter: pilot port information, information about
a mapping relationship between an enhanced control channel element
and an enhanced resource element group, and information about a
mapping relationship between an enhanced resource element group and
a resource element.
[0205] S502: Send the parameter configuration information to a user
equipment UE, so that the UE detects a control channel in
corresponding different control channel resource sets according to
the parameter configuration information.
[0206] The base station sends at least one type of the parameter
configuration information determined in various feasible
implementation manners in step S501 to the UE, so that the UE
detects a control channel in the corresponding different control
channel resource sets according to the parameter configuration
information.
[0207] Optionally, the base station may send the parameter
configuration information determined in step S501 to the UE by
sending broadcast signaling or RRC signaling including the
parameter configuration information to the UE.
[0208] In this embodiment, a base station determines parameter
configuration information of a control channel resource set, and
sends the parameter configuration information to a user equipment
UE, so that the UE detects a control channel in corresponding
different control channel resource sets according to the parameter
configuration information, which therefore implements dynamic
selection of a node.
[0209] FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 1 of
a user equipment according to the present invention. As shown in
FIG. 6, the user equipment in this embodiment includes an acquiring
module 61 and a detection module 62, where the acquiring module 61
is configured to acquire parameter configuration information
corresponding to different control channel resource sets, and the
detection module 62 is configured to detect a control channel in
the corresponding different control channel resource sets according
to the parameter configuration information.
[0210] Further, the acquiring module 61 is specifically configured
to: receive the parameter configuration information corresponding
to the different control channel resource sets that is sent by a
base station, where [0211] the parameter configuration information
includes at least one type of the following information: [0212]
pilot port information, zero power channel state
information-reference signal ZP CSI-RS configuration information,
non zero power channel state information-reference signal NZP
CSI-RS configuration information, information about a mapping
relationship between an enhanced control channel element and an
enhanced resource element group, information about a mapping
relationship between an enhanced resource element group and a
resource element, and subframe configuration information; and
[0213] perform rate de-matching according to the ZP CSI-RS
configuration information.
[0214] Further, the acquiring module 61 is specifically configured
to acquire, according to an index number of the control channel
resource set and/or an index number of a first physical resource
block PRB of the control channel resource set, at least one type of
the following information corresponding to the different control
channel resource sets: [0215] pilot port information, information
about a mapping relationship between an enhanced control channel
element and an enhanced resource element group, and information
about a mapping relationship between an enhanced resource element
group and a resource element.
[0216] Further, the acquiring module 61 is specifically configured
to: receive demodulation pilot sequence initialization identities
IDs that are sent by a base station and are corresponding to the
different control channel resource sets; and acquire, according to
the demodulation pilot sequence initialization IDs, at least one
type of the following information corresponding to the different
control channel resource sets: [0217] pilot port information,
information about a mapping relationship between an enhanced
control channel element and an enhanced resource element group, and
information about a mapping relationship between an enhanced
resource element group and a resource element.
[0218] Further, the acquiring module 61 is specifically configured
to: receive ZP CSI-RS configuration information and/or NZP CSI-RS
configuration information sent by a base station and corresponding
to the different control channel resource sets; and acquire,
according to the ZP CSI-RS configuration information and/or the NZP
CSI-RS configuration information, at least one type of the
following information corresponding to the different control
channel resource sets: [0219] pilot port information, information
about a mapping relationship between an enhanced control channel
element and an enhanced resource element group, and information
about a mapping relationship between an enhanced resource element
group and a resource element.
[0220] Further, the acquiring module 61 is specifically configured
to: receive cell-specific reference signal CRS configuration
information corresponding to the different control channel resource
sets that is sent by a base station; and acquire, according to the
CRS configuration information, at least one type of the following
information corresponding to the different control channel resource
sets: [0221] pilot port information, information about a mapping
relationship between an enhanced control channel element and an
enhanced resource element group, and information about a mapping
relationship between an enhanced resource element group and a
resource element.
[0222] Further, the subframe configuration information includes at
least one type of the following information: [0223] indication
information that blind detection is performed in a configured
subframe on search space of a first control channel or a second
control channel in each control channel resource set; special
subframe configuration information; time division duplex TDD
uplink-downlink subframe configuration information; information
about a subframe in which a positioning pilot is located; and
information about a subframe in which a multicast channel is
located.
[0224] Further, the detection module 62 is specifically configured
to: if detection, in a current subframe, of UE specific search
space of the first control channel is configured in subframe
configuration information of each of two control channel resource
sets, detect a candidate control channel of the first control
channel in both of the two control channel resource sets, where
each control channel resource set has at least one candidate
control channel of the first control channel; and [0225] further,
the detection module 62 is specifically configured to: if
detection, in the subframe, of UE specific search space of the
second control channel is configured in the subframe configuration
information of each of the two control channel resource sets,
perform detection in the UE specific search space of the second
control channel.
[0226] Further, the detection module 62 is specifically configured
to: if detection, in a current subframe, of UE specific search
space of the first control channel is configured in subframe
configuration information of a first control channel resource set
and detection, in a current subframe, of UE specific search space
of the second control channel is configured in subframe
configuration information of a second control channel resource set,
perform detection in the UE specific search space of the first
control channel in the first control channel resource set, and
perform detection in the UE specific search space of the second
control channel in the second control channel resource set, where
there is at least one candidate control channel in the UE specific
search space of the first control channel, there is at least one
candidate control channel in the UE specific search space of the
second control channel, and the total number of candidate control
channels in the UE specific search space of the first control
channel and the second control channel is not greater than the
total number of candidate control channels in UE specific search
space.
[0227] Further, the detection module 62 is specifically configured
to: if detection, in a current subframe, of UE specific search
space of the first control channel is configured in subframe
configuration information of a first control channel resource set
and detection, in a current subframe, of UE specific search space
of the second control channel is configured in subframe
configuration information of a second control channel resource set,
perform detection in the UE specific search space of the first
control channel in the first control channel resource set, where
the number of candidate control channels in the UE specific search
space of the first control channel is greater than 1 and is less
than the total number of candidate control channels in UE specific
search space.
[0228] Further, the detection module 62 is specifically configured
to: if detection, in a current subframe, of UE specific search
space of the first control channel is configured in subframe
configuration information of a first control channel resource set
and detection, in a current subframe, of UE specific search space
of the second control channel is configured in subframe
configuration information of a second control channel resource set,
perform detection in the UE specific search space of the first
control channel in the first control channel resource set, where
the number of candidate control channels in the UE specific search
space of the first control channel is equal to the total number of
candidate control channels in UE specific search space.
[0229] Further, the first control channel is an enhanced physical
downlink control channel EPDCCH, and the second control channel is
a physical downlink control channel PDCCH.
[0230] Further, the acquiring module 61 is specifically configured
to receive broadcast signaling or RRC signaling that is sent by the
base station and includes the parameter configuration
information.
[0231] The modules of the user equipment in this embodiment can
correspondingly execute the technical solutions of the method
embodiment shown in FIG. 1, implementation principles and technical
effects of this embodiment are similar to those of the method
embodiment, and the details are not described herein again.
[0232] FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 1 of
a base station according to the present invention. As shown in FIG.
7, the base station of this embodiment includes a determining
module 71 and a sending module 72, where the determining module 71
is configured to determine parameter configuration information of a
control channel resource set, and the sending module 72 is
configured to send the parameter configuration information to a
user equipment UE, so that the UE detects a control channel in
corresponding different control channel resource sets according to
the parameter configuration information.
[0233] Further, the determining module 71 is specifically
configured to determine at least one type of the following
information corresponding to the control channel resource set:
pilot port information, zero power channel state
information-reference signal ZP CSI-RS configuration information,
non zero power channel state information-reference signal NZP
CSI-RS configuration information, information about a mapping
relationship between an enhanced control channel element and an
enhanced resource element group, information about a mapping
relationship between an enhanced resource element group and a
resource element, and subframe configuration information.
[0234] Further, the determining module 71 is specifically
configured to determine a demodulation pilot sequence
initialization identity ID corresponding to the control channel
resource set.
[0235] Further, the determining module 71 is specifically
configured to determine a ZP CSI-RS configuration parameter and/or
an NZP CSI-RS configuration parameter corresponding to the control
channel resource set.
[0236] Further, the determining module 71 is specifically
configured to determine a cell-specific reference signal CRS
configuration parameter corresponding to the control channel
resource set.
[0237] Further, the subframe configuration information includes at
least one type of the following information: [0238] indication
information that blind detection is performed in a configured
subframe on search space of a first control channel or a second
control channel in each control channel resource set; special
subframe configuration information; time division duplex TDD
uplink-downlink subframe configuration information; information
about a subframe in which a positioning pilot is located; and
information about a subframe in which a multicast channel is
located.
[0239] Further, the sending module 72 is specifically configured to
send broadcast signaling or RRC signaling including the parameter
configuration information to the UE.
[0240] The modules of the base station in this embodiment can
correspondingly execute the technical solutions of the method
embodiment shown in FIG. 5, implementation principles and technical
effects of this embodiment are similar to those of the method
embodiment, and the details are not described herein again.
[0241] FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 2 of
a user equipment according to the present invention. As shown in
FIG. 8, the user equipment in this embodiment includes an acquirer
81 and a detector 82, where the acquirer 81 is configured to
acquire parameter configuration information corresponding to
different control channel resource sets, and the detector 82 is
configured to detect a control channel in the corresponding
different control channel resource sets according to the parameter
configuration information.
[0242] Further, the acquirer 81 is specifically configured to:
receive the parameter configuration information corresponding to
the different control channel resource sets that is sent by a base
station, where [0243] the parameter configuration information
includes at least one type of the following information: pilot port
information, zero power channel state information-reference signal
ZP CSI-RS configuration information, non zero power channel state
information-reference signal NZP CSI-RS configuration information,
information about a mapping relationship between an enhanced
control channel element and an enhanced resource element group,
information about a mapping relationship between an enhanced
resource element group and a resource element, and subframe
configuration information; and perform rate de-matching according
to the ZP CSI-RS configuration information.
[0244] Further, the acquirer 81 is specifically configured to
acquire, according to an index number of the control channel
resource set and/or an index number of a first physical resource
block PRB of the control channel resource set, at least one type of
the following information corresponding to the different control
channel resource sets: [0245] pilot port information, information
about a mapping relationship between an enhanced control channel
element and an enhanced resource element group, and information
about a mapping relationship between an enhanced resource element
group and a resource element.
[0246] Further, the acquirer 81 is specifically configured to:
receive demodulation pilot sequence initialization identities IDs
that are sent by the base station and are corresponding to the
different control channel resource sets; and acquire, according to
the demodulation pilot sequence initialization IDs, at least one
type of the following information corresponding to the different
control channel resource sets: [0247] pilot port information,
information about a mapping relationship between an enhanced
control channel element and an enhanced resource element group, and
information about a mapping relationship between an enhanced
resource element group and a resource element.
[0248] Further, the acquirer 81 is specifically configured to:
receive ZP CSI-RS configuration information and/or NZP CSI-RS
configuration information sent by the base station and
corresponding to the different control channel resource sets; and
acquire, according to the ZP CSI-RS configuration information
and/or the NZP CSI-RS configuration information, at least one type
of the following information corresponding to the different control
channel resource sets: [0249] pilot port information, information
about a mapping relationship between an enhanced control channel
element and an enhanced resource element group, and information
about a mapping relationship between an enhanced resource element
group and a resource element.
[0250] Further, the acquirer 81 is specifically configured to:
receive cell-specific reference signal CRS configuration
information corresponding to the different control channel resource
sets that is sent by the base station; and acquire, according to
the CRS configuration information, at least one type of the
following information corresponding to the different control
channel resource sets: [0251] pilot port information, information
about a mapping relationship between an enhanced control channel
element and an enhanced resource element group, and information
about a mapping relationship between an enhanced resource element
group and a resource element.
[0252] Further, the subframe configuration information includes at
least one type of the following information: [0253] indication
information that blind detection is performed in a configured
subframe on search space of a first control channel or a second
control channel in each control channel resource set; special
subframe configuration information; time division duplex TDD
uplink-downlink subframe configuration information; information
about a subframe in which a positioning pilot is located; and
information about a subframe in which a multicast channel is
located.
[0254] Further, the detector 82 is specifically configured to: if
detection, in a current subframe, of UE specific search space of
the first control channel is configured in subframe configuration
information of each of two control channel resource sets, detect a
candidate control channel of the first control channel in both of
the two control channel resource sets, where each control channel
resource set has at least one candidate control channel of the
first control channel; and [0255] further, the detector 82 is
specifically configured to: if detection, in the subframe, of UE
specific search space of the second control channel is configured
in the subframe configuration information of each of the two
control channel resource sets, perform detection in the UE specific
search space of the second control channel.
[0256] Further, the detector 82 is specifically configured to: if
detection, in a current subframe, of UE specific search space of
the first control channel is configured in subframe configuration
information of a first control channel resource set and detection,
in a current subframe, of UE specific search space of the second
control channel is configured in subframe configuration information
of a second control channel resource set, perform detection in the
UE specific search space of the first control channel in the first
control channel resource set, and perform detection in the UE
specific search space of the second control channel in the second
control channel resource set, where there is at least one candidate
control channel in the UE specific search space of the first
control channel, there is at least one candidate control channel in
the UE specific search space of the second control channel, and the
total number of candidate control channels in the UE specific
search space of the first control channel and the second control
channel is not greater than the total number of candidate control
channels in UE specific search space.
[0257] Further, the detector 82 is specifically configured to: if
detection, in a current subframe, of UE specific search space of
the first control channel is configured in subframe configuration
information of a first control channel resource set and detection,
in a current subframe, of UE specific search space of the second
control channel is configured in subframe configuration information
of a second control channel resource set, perform detection in the
UE specific search space of the first control channel in the first
control channel resource set, where the number of candidate control
channels in the UE specific search space of the first control
channel is greater than 1 and is less than the total number of
candidate control channels in UE specific search space.
[0258] Further, the detector 82 is specifically configured to: if
detection, in a current subframe, of UE specific search space of
the first control channel is configured in subframe configuration
information of a first control channel resource set and detection,
in a current subframe, of UE specific search space of the second
control channel is configured in subframe configuration information
of a second control channel resource set, perform detection in the
UE specific search space of the first control channel in the first
control channel resource set, where the number of candidate control
channels in the UE specific search space of the first control
channel is equal to the total number of candidate control channels
in UE specific search space.
[0259] Further, the first control channel is an enhanced physical
downlink control channel EPDCCH, and the second control channel is
a physical downlink control channel PDCCH.
[0260] Further, the acquirer 81 is specifically configured to
receive broadcast signaling or RRC signaling that is sent by the
base station and includes the parameter configuration
information.
[0261] The modules of the user equipment in this embodiment can
correspondingly execute the technical solutions of the method
embodiment shown in FIG. 1, implementation principles and technical
effects of this embodiment are similar to those of the method
embodiment, and the details are not described herein again.
[0262] FIG. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of Embodiment 2 of
a base station according to the present invention. As shown in FIG.
9, the base station shown in this embodiment includes a processor
91 and a sender 92, where the processor 91 is configured to
determine parameter configuration information of a control channel
resource set, and the sender 92 is configured to send the parameter
configuration information to a user equipment UE, so that the UE
detects a control channel in corresponding different control
channel resource sets according to the parameter configuration
information.
[0263] Further, the processor 91 is specifically configured to
determine at least one type of the following information
corresponding to the control channel resource set: pilot port
information, zero power channel state information-reference signal
ZP CSI-RS configuration information, non zero power channel state
information-reference signal NZP CSI-RS configuration information,
information about a mapping relationship between an enhanced
control channel element and an enhanced resource element group,
information about a mapping relationship between an enhanced
resource element group and a resource element, and subframe
configuration information.
[0264] Further, the processor 91 is specifically configured to
determine a demodulation pilot sequence initialization identity ID
corresponding to the control channel resource set.
[0265] Further, the processor 91 is specifically configured to
determine a ZP CSI-RS configuration parameter and/or an NZP CSI-RS
configuration parameter corresponding to the control channel
resource set.
[0266] Further, the processor 91 is specifically configured to
determine a cell-specific reference signal CRS configuration
parameter corresponding to the control channel resource set.
[0267] Further, the subframe configuration information includes at
least one type of the following information: [0268] indication
information that blind detection is performed in a configured
subframe on search space of a first control channel or a second
control channel in each control channel resource set; special
subframe configuration information; time division duplex TDD
uplink-downlink subframe configuration information; information
about a subframe in which a positioning pilot is located; and
information about a subframe in which a multicast channel is
located.
[0269] Further, the sender 92 is specifically configured to send
broadcast signaling or RRC signaling including the parameter
configuration information to the UE.
[0270] The modules of the base station in this embodiment can
correspondingly execute the technical solutions of the method
embodiment shown in FIG. 5, implementation principles and technical
effects of this embodiment are similar to those of the method
embodiment, and the details are not described herein again.
[0271] Persons of ordinary skill in the art may understand that all
or some of the steps of the method embodiments may be implemented
by a program instructing relevant hardware. The program may be
stored in a computer-readable storage medium. When the program
runs, the steps of the method embodiments are performed. The
foregoing storage medium includes: any medium that can store
program code, such as a ROM, a RAM, a magnetic disk, or an optical
disc.
[0272] Finally, it should be noted that the foregoing embodiments
are merely intended for describing the technical solutions of the
present invention, but not for limiting the present invention.
Although the present invention is described in detail with
reference to the foregoing embodiments, persons of ordinary skill
in the art should understand that they may still make modifications
to the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments
or make equivalent replacements to some or all technical features
thereof, without departing from the scope of the technical
solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.
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