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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2016
Applicant:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04L 1/00 (2006.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04L 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/042 (2013.01); H04L 1/0038 (2013.01); H04L 1/0072 (2013.01); H04L 1/08 (2013.01); H04L 5/0053 (2013.01); H04L 5/0057 (2013.01); H04W 72/048 (2013.01); H04W 72/0453 (2013.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a resource allocation method suitable for a downlink control channel of a narrowband MTC UE, and a base station and an MTC UE for executing the method. The method according to embodiments of the present invention includes: allocating one or more MPDCCH-PRB-sets for an MTC UE in order to transmit the MPDCCH, the numbers of PRB-pairs in the MPDCCH-PRB-sets being 2, 4, or 6; and transmitting MPDCCH allocation information to the MTC UE, the MPDCCH allocation information including information indicating the MPDCCH-PRB-sets. The allocated MPDCCH-PRB-sets may be associated with repetition levels.