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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2015
Method and communications network for assigning enhanced physical downlink control channel resources
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Anders Christensson, Älvsjö, SE;
Anders Johansson, Hässelby, SE;
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A method () performed in a communications network () is provided for assigning, in a cell (), enhanced physical downlink control channel, EPDCCH, resources used in the communications network () for transmitting scheduling assignments. The method () comprises obtaining () a EPDCCH subframe pattern that is based on load in the cell (), wherein the subframe pattern indicates EPDCCH enabled subframes and non-EPDCCH enabled subframes, and assigning () EPDCCH resources to a wireless device () according to the obtained EPDCCH subframe pattern. A corresponding communications network () is provided, and computer programs and computer program products.