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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2016
Applicant:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/00 (2006.01); H04W 72/08 (2009.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.01); H04W 24/04 (2009.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/085 (2013.01); H04L 1/00 (2013.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.02); H04W 24/04 (2013.01); H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04W 72/042 (2013.01); H04W 88/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
The embodiments of the present invention provide a transmission and reception mechanism for a downlink control channel applicable to a narrowband MTC UE, and a base station and a user equipment for executing the mechanism. The method according to the embodiment of the present invention includes: determining an MPDCCH-PRB-set and determining a set of MPDCCH candidates in the determined MPDCCH-PRB-set according to an aggregation level, wherein a number of PRB-pairs in the MPDCCH-PRB-set is 2, 4 or 6; and monitoring the MPDCCH in the determined set of MPDCCH candidates to obtain downlink control information for an MTC UE.