E-PDCCH DMRS Parameter Configuration for Wireless Control

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Solution Overview

Problem

The existing wireless communication systems face challenges in efficiently defining the relationship between DMRS parameters and resources during E-PDCCH transmission, affecting the transmission of control information.

Innovation Solution

The method involves configuring DMRS parameters such as antenna ports and scrambling sequences with respect to each E-PDCCH set, allowing for efficient resource allocation and multiplexing of E-PDCCHs in localized and distributed transmission schemes, optimizing DMRS overhead and interference management.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If DMRS parameters are configured for each E-PDCCH set to optimize resource allocation, then control information transmission efficiency is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontrol information transmission efficiencyVSAvoidDMRS parameter configuration complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the E-PDCCH resources into multiple E-PDCCH sets, with each set having independently configurable DMRS parameters. This segmentation allows optimized resource allocation within each set while managing overall system complexity through structured organization of the segmented components.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Different DMRS parameters (such as scrambling sequences, cyclic shifts, and orthogonal cover codes) are configured locally for each E-PDCCH set based on specific transmission requirements. This local quality approach enables tailored optimization for localized transmission scenarios while maintaining standardized configurations for distributed scenarios.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Quantity of substance

If DMRS overhead is optimized through parameter configuration, then resource utilization improves, but channel estimation accuracy may deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveDMRS overheadVSAvoidchannel estimation accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent employs parameter changes in DMRS configuration (scrambling sequences, cyclic shifts, orthogonal cover codes) to achieve efficient resource utilization. By dynamically adjusting these parameters based on transmission conditions, the system optimizes the balance between DMRS overhead and channel estimation accuracy, ensuring sufficient reference signals are allocated without excessive overhead.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Reliability

If interference management is improved through DMRS parameter optimization, then system reliability increases, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinterference managementVSAvoidDMRS management complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent converts potential interference into a manageable parameter by using specific DMRS configurations (cyclic shifts, orthogonal codes) that transform interfering signals into orthogonal or separable components. This approach turns interference management from a complex suppression problem into a structured parameter allocation task, improving reliability while controlling complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #22Blessing in disguise (Convert harm into benefit)

Data Source

PatentEP2779495B1Method and apparatus for transmitting control information in wireless communication system
Publication Date: 2021.03.24 LG ELECTRONICS INC
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AI summary

A method for enabling a base station to transmit control information in a wireless communication system according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises a step of transmitting an enhanced physical downlink channel (E-PDCCH) for a terminal using at least one physical resource block pair among a plurality of physical resource block pairs for transmitting the E-PDCCH, wherein the plurality of physical resource block pairs include one or more physical resource block pair sets, and a parameter related to a demodulation reference signal for the E-PDCCH is set with respect to each physical resource block pair set.