Physical downlink control channel design for narrow band internet of things
US10104651B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 15, 2016 |
| Grant date | Oct 16, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 15, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W88/08
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Narrowband downlink control channel (NB-PDCCH) design for Narrowband Internet of Thing (IoT) devices is proposed. In one novel aspect, NB-PDCCH spans both first and second slots in the region of legacy physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH). A plurality of physical resource blocks (PRBs) is allocated for NB-PDCCH transmission that carry downlink control information (DCI). Furthermore, each NB-IoT device can be configured with nPRB PRB pairs for NB-PDCCH transmission (e.g., nPRB=1, 2, 4, or 8), and an NB-PDCCH transmission time interval (TTI) is composed by nPRB subframes. An NB-PDCCH is encoded and occupies multiple narrowband control channel elements (NCCEs) based on aggregation level. In a preferred embodiment, each PRB pair for NB-PDCCH occupies two NCCEs.
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