WO2010131928A2 - Procédé et dispositif pour surveiller le canal de commande dans un système multiporteuses - Google Patents

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WO2010131928A2
WO2010131928A2 PCT/KR2010/003069 KR2010003069W WO2010131928A2 WO 2010131928 A2 WO2010131928 A2 WO 2010131928A2 KR 2010003069 W KR2010003069 W KR 2010003069W WO 2010131928 A2 WO2010131928 A2 WO 2010131928A2
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  • the present invention relates to wireless communications, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for monitoring a control channel in a wireless communication system.
  • Carrier is defined as the center frequency and bandwidth.
  • Multi-carrier system is to use a plurality of component carriers (CC) having a bandwidth less than the total bandwidth.
  • CC component carriers
  • the multi-carrier system can support backward compatibility with the existing system, and can also greatly increase the data rate through the multi-carrier.
  • LTE Long term evolution
  • 3GPP 3rd Generation Partnership Project
  • TS Technical Specification
  • LTE-A LTE-Advanced
  • a control channel and a data channel are designed based on a single carrier.
  • the channel structure of a single carrier system is used as it is in a multi-carrier system, it may be inefficient.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for monitoring a control channel in a multi-carrier system.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for transmitting a control channel in a multi-carrier system.
  • a method for monitoring a control channel in a multi-carrier system determines an extended search space including a plurality of sub search spaces in a control region within a subframe, wherein each of the plurality of sub search spaces corresponds to each of a plurality of scheduled component carriers, each of the plurality of sub search spaces.
  • the offset may be determined based on the index of the corresponding scheduled component carrier.
  • the offset may be determined based on a carrier indicator field (CIF) indicating a corresponding scheduled component carrier.
  • CIF carrier indicator field
  • the offset may have a positive or negative value.
  • the offset may be determined based on the number of scheduled CCs.
  • the plurality of sub-search spaces may all have the same size.
  • At least one of the plurality of sub-search spaces may have a different size from the remaining sub-search spaces.
  • a terminal for monitoring a control channel in a multi-carrier system includes an RF unit for transmitting and receiving a radio signal, and a processor connected to the RF unit, wherein the processor determines an extended search space including a plurality of sub search spaces in a control region within a subframe, Each of the plurality of sub-search spaces corresponds to each of a plurality of scheduled component carriers, and monitors a downlink control channel for the corresponding scheduled component carrier in each of the plurality of sub-search spaces, and has successfully decoded downlinks.
  • Receive downlink control information for the component carrier scheduled on the control channel, each of the plurality of sub-search space may be defined apart from each other by an offset.
  • Control channels for a plurality of CCs can be scheduled in one subframe, thereby reducing the probability of blocking the control channel.
  • 1 shows a structure of a radio frame in 3GPP LTE.
  • FIG. 2 shows a structure of a downlink subframe in 3GPP LTE.
  • 3 is an exemplary diagram illustrating transmission of uplink data.
  • FIG. 4 is an exemplary diagram illustrating reception of downlink data.
  • 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a PDCCH.
  • FIG. 6 shows an example of resource mapping of a PDCCH.
  • FIG. 7 is an exemplary view illustrating monitoring of a PDCCH.
  • FIG. 10 shows an example of a CC set.
  • FIG. 13 illustrates an extended search space including a plurality of sub search spaces.
  • FIG 16 illustrates an extended search space according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 17 shows an example of an extended search space according to a UL / DL linkage.
  • FIG. 18 is a block diagram illustrating a wireless communication system in which an embodiment of the present invention is implemented.
  • the user equipment may be fixed or mobile, and may include a mobile station (MS), a mobile terminal (MT), a user terminal (UT), a subscriber station (SS), a wireless device, and a personal digital assistant (PDA). It may be called other terms such as digital assistant, wireless modem, handheld device.
  • MS mobile station
  • MT mobile terminal
  • UT user terminal
  • SS subscriber station
  • PDA personal digital assistant
  • a base station generally refers to a fixed station communicating with a terminal, and may be referred to as other terms such as an evolved-NodeB (eNB), a base transceiver system (BTS), and an access point.
  • eNB evolved-NodeB
  • BTS base transceiver system
  • access point an access point
  • Each base station provides communication services for a particular geographic area (commonly called a cell).
  • the cell can in turn be divided into a number of regions (called sectors).
  • downlink means communication from the base station to the terminal
  • uplink means communication from the terminal to the base station.
  • a transmitter may be part of a base station, and a receiver may be part of a terminal.
  • a transmitter may be part of a terminal, and a receiver may be part of a base station.
  • a radio frame consists of 10 subframes indexed from 0 to 9, and one subframe consists of two slots.
  • TTI transmission time interval
  • one subframe may have a length of 1 ms and one slot may have a length of 0.5 ms.
  • One slot may include a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols in the time domain. Since OFDM symbols use orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) in downlink, the OFDM symbols are only intended to represent one symbol period in the time domain, and the limitation on the multiple access scheme or name is not limited. no.
  • OFDM symbol may be called another name such as a single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) symbol, a symbol period, and the like.
  • SC-FDMA single carrier frequency division multiple access
  • One slot includes 7 OFDM symbols as an example, but the number of OFDM symbols included in one slot may vary according to the length of a cyclic prefix (CP).
  • CP cyclic prefix
  • one subframe includes 7 OFDM symbols in a normal CP and one subframe includes 6 OFDM symbols in an extended CP.
  • the primary synchronization signal is transmitted in the last OFDM symbol of the first slot (the first slot of the first subframe (index 0 subframe)) and the 11th slot (the first slot of the sixth subframe (index 5 subframe)). do.
  • PSS is used to obtain OFDM symbol synchronization or slot synchronization and is associated with a physical cell identity.
  • Primary Synchronization Code (PSC) is a sequence used for PSS, and 3GPP LTE has three PSCs. One of three PSCs is transmitted to the PSS according to the cell ID. The same PSC is used for each of the last OFDM symbols of the first slot and the eleventh slot.
  • the secondary synchronization signal includes a first SSS and a second SSS.
  • the first SSS and the second SSS are transmitted in an OFDM symbol adjacent to the OFDM symbol in which the PSS is transmitted.
  • SSS is used to obtain frame synchronization.
  • the SSS is used to obtain a cell ID along with the PSS.
  • the first SSS and the second SSS use different Secondary Synchronization Codes (SSCs).
  • SSCs Secondary Synchronization Codes
  • the Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH) is transmitted in the preceding four OFDM symbols of the second slot of the first subframe.
  • the PBCH carries system information necessary for the terminal to communicate with the base station, and the system information transmitted through the PBCH is called a master information block (MIB).
  • MIB master information block
  • SIB system information transmitted on a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) indicated by a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) is called a system information block (SIB).
  • SIB system information block
  • a physical channel in LTE is a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), a physical downlink shared channel (PUSCH), and a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), which is a control channel. It may be divided into a Physical Control Format Indicator Channel (PCFICH), a Physical Hybrid-ARQ Indicator Channel (PHICH), and a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH).
  • PCFICH Physical Control Format Indicator Channel
  • PHICH Physical Hybrid-ARQ Indicator Channel
  • PUCCH Physical Uplink Control Channel
  • the subframe is divided into a control region and a data region in the time domain.
  • the control region includes up to 3 OFDM symbols before the first slot in the subframe, but the number of OFDM symbols included in the control region may be changed.
  • PDCCH is allocated to the control region and PDSCH is allocated to the data region.
  • a resource block is a resource allocation unit and includes a plurality of subcarriers in one slot. For example, if one slot includes 7 OFDM symbols in the time domain and the resource block includes 12 subcarriers in the frequency domain, one resource block may include 7 ⁇ 12 resource elements (REs). Can be.
  • REs resource elements
  • the PCFICH transmitted in the first OFDM symbol of a subframe carries a control format indicator (CFI) regarding the number of OFDM symbols (that is, the size of the control region) used for transmission of control channels in the subframe.
  • CFI control format indicator
  • the terminal first receives the CFI on the PCFICH, and then monitors the PDCCH.
  • the PHICH carries a positive-acknowledgement (ACK) / negative-acknowledgement (ACK) signal for an uplink hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ).
  • ACK positive-acknowledgement
  • ACK negative-acknowledgement
  • HARQ uplink hybrid automatic repeat request
  • the DCI may include resource allocation of the PDSCH (also called downlink grant), resource allocation of the PUSCH (also called uplink grant), a set of transmit power control commands for individual UEs in any UE group, and / or VoIP (Voice). over Internet Protocol).
  • DCI downlink control information
  • the DCI may include resource allocation of the PDSCH (also called downlink grant), resource allocation of the PUSCH (also called uplink grant), a set of transmit power control commands for individual UEs in any UE group, and / or VoIP (Voice). over Internet Protocol).
  • the 3 is an exemplary diagram illustrating transmission of uplink data.
  • the UE monitors the PDCCH in the downlink subframe and receives the uplink resource allocation on the PDCCH 101.
  • the terminal transmits an uplink data packet on the PUSCH 102 configured based on the uplink resource allocation.
  • the terminal receives a downlink data packet on the PDSCH 152 indicated by the PDCCH 151.
  • the UE monitors the PDCCH in the downlink subframe and receives the downlink resource allocation on the PDCCH 151.
  • the terminal receives a downlink data packet on the PDSCH 152 indicated by the downlink resource allocation.
  • the base station determines the PDCCH format according to the DCI to be sent to the terminal, attaches a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) to the DCI, and unique identifier according to the owner or purpose of the PDCCH (this is called a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI)). Mask the CRC (510).
  • CRC cyclic redundancy check
  • a unique identifier of the terminal for example, a C-RNTI (Cell-RNTI) may be masked to the CRC.
  • a paging indication identifier for example, P-RNTI (P-RNTI)
  • P-RNTI P-RNTI
  • SI-RNTI system information-RNTI
  • RA-RNTI random access-RNTI
  • TPC-RNTI may be masked to the CRC to indicate a transmit power control (TPC) command for a plurality of terminals.
  • the PDCCH carries control information for the corresponding specific UE (called UE-specific control information), and if another RNTI is used, the PDCCH is shared by all or a plurality of terminals in the cell. (common) carries control information.
  • the DCC added with the CRC is encoded to generate coded data (520).
  • Encoding includes channel encoding and rate matching.
  • the coded data is modulated to generate modulation symbols (530).
  • the modulation symbols are mapped to a physical resource element (RE) (540). Each modulation symbol is mapped to an RE.
  • RE physical resource element
  • R0 is a reference signal of the first antenna
  • R1 is a reference signal of the second antenna
  • R2 is a reference signal of the third antenna
  • R3 is a reference signal of the fourth antenna.
  • the control region in the subframe includes a plurality of control channel elements (CCEs).
  • the CCE is a logical allocation unit used to provide a coding rate according to the state of a radio channel to a PDCCH and corresponds to a plurality of resource element groups (REGs).
  • the REG includes a plurality of resource elements.
  • the format of the PDCCH and the number of bits of the PDCCH are determined according to the correlation between the number of CCEs and the coding rate provided by the CCEs.
  • One REG (denoted as quadruplet in the figure) contains four REs and one CCE contains nine REGs.
  • ⁇ 1, 2, 4, 8 ⁇ CCEs may be used to configure one PDCCH, and each element of ⁇ 1, 2, 4, 8 ⁇ is called a CCE aggregation level.
  • a control channel composed of one or more CCEs performs interleaving in units of REGs and is mapped to physical resources after a cyclic shift based on a cell ID.
  • blind decoding is used to detect the PDCCH.
  • Blind decoding is a method of demasking a desired identifier in a CRC of a received PDCCH (this is called a PDCCH candidate) and checking a CRC error to determine whether the corresponding PDCCH is its control channel.
  • the UE does not know where its PDCCH is transmitted using which CCE aggregation level or DCI format at which position in the control region.
  • a plurality of PDCCHs may be transmitted in one subframe.
  • the UE monitors the plurality of PDCCHs in every subframe.
  • the monitoring means that the UE attempts to decode the PDCCH according to the monitored PDCCH format.
  • a search space is used to reduce the burden of blind decoding.
  • the search space may be referred to as a monitoring set of the CCE for the PDCCH.
  • the UE monitors the PDCCH in the corresponding search space.
  • the search space is divided into a common search space and a UE-specific search space.
  • the common search space is a space for searching for a PDCCH having common control information.
  • the common search space includes 16 CCEs up to CCE indexes 0 to 15 and supports a PDCCH having a CCE aggregation level of ⁇ 4, 8 ⁇ .
  • PDCCHs (DCI formats 0 and 1A) carrying UE specific information may also be transmitted in the common search space.
  • the UE-specific search space supports a PDCCH having a CCE aggregation level of ⁇ 1, 2, 4, 8 ⁇ .
  • Table 1 below shows the number of PDCCH candidates monitored by the UE.
  • the size of the search space is determined by Table 1, and the starting point of the search space is defined differently from the common search space and the terminal specific search space.
  • the starting point of the common search space is fixed regardless of the subframe, but the starting point of the UE-specific search space is for each subframe according to the terminal identifier (e.g., C-RNTI), the CCE aggregation level, and / or the slot number in the radio frame. Can vary.
  • the terminal specific search space and the common search space may overlap.
  • the search space S (L) k is defined as a set of PDCCH candidates.
  • the CCE corresponding to the PDCCH candidate m in the search space S (L) k is given as follows.
  • N CCE, k can be used for transmission of the PDCCH in the control region of subframe k.
  • the control region includes a set of CCEs numbered from 0 to N CCE, k ⁇ 1.
  • M (L) is the number of PDCCH candidates at CCE aggregation level L in a given search space.
  • the variable Y k is defined as follows.
  • n s is a slot number in a radio frame.
  • a DCI format and a search space to be monitored are determined according to a transmission mode of the PDSCH.
  • the following table shows an example of PDCCH monitoring configured with C-RNTI.
  • the uses of the DCI format are classified as shown in the following table.
  • DCI format 0 Used for PUSCH scheduling
  • DCI format 1 Used for scheduling one PDSCH codeword
  • DCI format 1A Used for compact scheduling and random access of one PDSCH codeword
  • DCI format 1B Used for simple scheduling of one PDSCH codeword with precoding information
  • DCI format 1C Used for very compact scheduling of one PDSCH codeword
  • DCI format 1D Used for simple scheduling of one PDSCH codeword with precoding and power offset information
  • DCI format 2 Used for PDSCH scheduling of terminals configured in closed loop spatial multiplexing mode
  • DCI format 2A Used for PDSCH scheduling of terminals configured in an open-loop spatial multiplexing mode
  • DCI format 3 Used to transmit TPC commands of PUCCH and PUSCH with 2-bit power adjustments
  • DCI format 3A Used to transmit TPC commands of PUCCH and PUSCH with 1-bit power adjustment
  • the 3GPP LTE system supports a case where the downlink bandwidth and the uplink bandwidth are set differently, but this assumes one component carrier (CC).
  • CC component carrier
  • 3GPP LTE is supported only when the bandwidth of the downlink and the bandwidth of the uplink are the same or different in the situation where one CC is defined for the downlink and the uplink, respectively.
  • the 3GPP LTE system supports up to 20MHz and may be different in uplink bandwidth and downlink bandwidth, but only one CC is supported in the uplink and the downlink.
  • Spectrum aggregation supports a plurality of CCs.
  • Spectral aggregation is introduced to support increased throughput, to prevent cost increases due to the introduction of wideband radio frequency (RF) devices, and to ensure compatibility with existing systems. For example, if five CCs are allocated as granularity in a carrier unit having a 20 MHz bandwidth, a bandwidth of up to 100 MHz may be supported.
  • RF radio frequency
  • Spectral aggregation can be divided into contiguous spectral aggregation where aggregation is between successive carriers in the frequency domain and non-contiguous spectral aggregation where aggregation is between discontinuous carriers.
  • the number of CCs aggregated between the downlink and the uplink may be set differently. The case where the number of downlink CCs and the number of uplink CCs are the same is called symmetric aggregation, and when the number is different, it is called asymmetric aggregation.
  • the size (ie bandwidth) of the CC may be different. For example, assuming 5 CCs are used for the 70 MHz band configuration, 5 MHz carrier (CC # 0) + 20 MHz carrier (CC # 1) + 20 MHz carrier (CC # 2) + 20 MHz carrier (CC # 3) It may also be configured as a + 5MHz carrier (CC # 4).
  • FIG. 8 shows an example of a multi-carrier. Although there are three DL CCs and three UL CCs, the number of DL CCs and UL CCs is not limited. PDCCH and PDSCH are independently transmitted in each DL CC, and PUCCH and PUSCH are independently transmitted in each UL CC.
  • a multiple carrier system refers to a system supporting multiple carriers based on spectral aggregation.
  • Adjacent spectral and / or non-adjacent spectral aggregation may be used in a multi-carrier system, and either symmetric or asymmetric aggregation may be used.
  • linkage between a DL CC and a UL CC may be defined.
  • the linkage may be configured through EARFCN information included in the downlink system information, and is configured using a fixed DL / UL Tx / Rx separation relationship.
  • the linkage refers to a mapping relationship between a DL CC through which a PDCCH carrying an UL grant is transmitted and a UL CC using the UL grant.
  • the linkage may be a mapping relationship between a DL CC (or UL CC) in which data for HARQ is transmitted and a UL CC (or DL CC) in which HARQ ACK / NACK signal is transmitted.
  • the linkage information may be informed to the terminal by the base station as part of a higher layer message or system information such as an RRC message.
  • the linkage between the DL CC and the UL CC may be fixed but may be changed between cells / terminals.
  • the split coded PDCCH means that the PDCCH can carry control information such as resource allocation for PDSCH / PUSCH for one carrier. That is, PDCCH and PDSCH, PDCCH and PUSCH correspond to 1: 1 respectively.
  • a joint coded PDCCH means that one PDCCH can carry resource allocation for PDSCH / PUSCH of a plurality of CCs.
  • One PDCCH may be transmitted through one CC or may be transmitted through a plurality of CCs.
  • split coding will be described based on the downlink channel PDSCH-PDSCH. However, this may also be applied to the relationship of PDCCH-PUSCH.
  • CC scheduling is possible in two ways.
  • the first is that a PDCCH-PDSCH pair is transmitted in one CC.
  • This CC is called a self-secheduling CC.
  • the UL CC on which the PUSCH is transmitted becomes the CC linked to the DL CC on which the corresponding PDCCH is transmitted. That is, the PDCCH allocates PDSCH resources on the same CC or allocates PUSCH resources on a linked UL CC.
  • the DL CC on which the PDSCH is transmitted or the UL CC on which the PUSCH is transmitted is determined. That is, the PUSCH is transmitted on a DL CC in which the PDCCH and the PDSCH are different from each other, or on a UL CC that is not linked with the DL CC in which the PDCCH is transmitted. This is called cross-carrier scheduling.
  • the CC on which the PDCCH is transmitted is called a PDCCH carrier, a monitoring carrier or a scheduling carrier, and the CC on which the PDSCH / PUSCH is transmitted is called a PDSCH / PUSCH carrier or a scheduled carrier.
  • Cross-carrier scheduling may be activated / deactivated for each terminal, and the terminal on which cross-carrier scheduling is activated may receive a DCI including CIF.
  • the UE may know which scheduled CC the PDCCH received from the CIF included in the DCI is control information.
  • the DL-UL linkage predefined by cross-carrier scheduling may be overriding. That is, cross-carrier carrier scheduling may schedule a CC other than the linked CC regardless of the DL-UL linkage.
  • the first PDCCH 701 of the DL CC # 1 carries the DCI for the PDSCH 702 of the same DL CC # 1.
  • the second PDCCH 711 of the DL CC # 1 carries the DCI for the PDSCH 712 of the DL CC # 2.
  • the third PDCCH 721 of the DL CC # 1 carries the DCI for the PUSCH 722 of the UL CC # 3 that is not linked.
  • the DCI of the PDCCH may include a carrier indicator field (CIF).
  • CIF indicates a DL CC or UL CC scheduled through DCI.
  • the second PDCCH 711 may include a CIF indicating DL CC # 2.
  • the third PDCCH 721 may include a CIF indicating UL CC # 3.
  • the CIF of the third PDCCH 721 may be informed by the CIF value corresponding to the DL CC, not the CIF value corresponding to the UL CC. That is, the CIF of the third PDCCH 721 may indicate the DL CC # 3 linked with the UL CC # 3 and indirectly indicate the UL CC # 3 scheduled by the PUSCH. This is because if the DCI of the PDCCH includes the PUSCH scheduling and the CIF indicates the DL CC, the UE may determine that the PUSCH is scheduled on the UL CC linked with the DL CC. Through this, it is possible to indicate a larger number of CCs than a method of notifying all DL / UL CCs using a CIF having a limited bit length (for example, 3 bit length CIF).
  • a UE using cross-carrier scheduling needs to monitor PDCCHs of a plurality of scheduled CCs for the same DCI format in a control region of one scheduling CC. For example, if a transmission mode of each of the plurality of DL CCs is different, a plurality of PDCCHs for different DCI formats may be monitored in each DL CC. Even if the same transmission mode is used, if the bandwidth of each DL CC is different, a plurality of PDCCHs may be monitored due to different payload sizes of the DCI format under the same DCI format.
  • the UE needs to monitor PDCCHs for the plurality of DCIs in the control region of the monitoring CC according to the transmission mode and / or bandwidth for each CC. Therefore, it is necessary to configure the search space and PDCCH monitoring that can support this.
  • UE DL CC set a set of DL CCs scheduled for the UE to receive PDSCH
  • UE UL CC set a set of UL CCs scheduled for the UE to transmit a PUSCH
  • PDCCH monitoring set A set of at least one DL CC that performs PDCCH monitoring.
  • the PDCCH monitoring set may be the same as the UE DL CC set or may be a subset of the UE DL CC set.
  • the PDCCH monitoring set may include at least one of DL CCs in the UE DL CC set. Alternatively, the PDCCH monitoring set may be defined separately regardless of the UE DL CC set.
  • the DL CC included in the PDCCH monitoring set may be configured to always enable self-scheduling for the linked UL CC.
  • the UE DL CC set, the UE UL CC set, and the PDCCH monitoring set may be set to cell-specific or UE-specific.
  • CC 10 shows an example of a CC set. 4 DL CCs (DL CC # 1, # 2, # 3, # 4) as UE DL CC set, 2 UL CCs (UL CC # 1, # 2) as UE UL CC set, DL CC as PDCCH monitoring set Assume that two (DL CC # 2, # 3) are allocated to the terminal.
  • the DL CC # 2 in the PDCCH monitoring set transmits the PDCCH for the PDSCH of the DL CC # 1 / # 2 in the UE DL CC set and the PDCCH for the PUSCH of the UL CC # 1 in the UE UL CC set.
  • the DL CC # 3 in the PDCCH monitoring set transmits the PDCCH for the PDSCH of the DL CC # 3 / # 4 in the UE DL CC set and the PDCCH for the PUSCH of the UL CC # 2 in the UE UL CC set.
  • Linkage may be set between CCs included in the UE DL CC set, the UE UL CC set, and the PDCCH monitoring set.
  • a PDCCH-PDSCH linkage is configured between DL CC # 2 which is a scheduling CC and DL CC # 1 which is a scheduled CC
  • a PDCCH-PUSCH linkage is configured for DL CC # 2 and UL CC # 1.
  • the PDCCH-PDSCH linkage is set between the DL CC # 3 which is the scheduling CC and the DL CC # 4 which is the scheduled CC
  • the PDCCH-PUSCH linkage is set for the DL CC # 3 and the UL CC # 2.
  • the information about the scheduling CC or the PDCCH-PDSCH / PUSCH linkage information may be informed by the base station to the terminal through cell-specific signaling or terminal-specific signaling.
  • both the DL CC and the UL CC may not be linked to each of the DL CCs in the PDCCH monitoring set.
  • the UL CC for PUSCH transmission may be limited to the UL CC linked to the DL CC in the UE DL CC set.
  • the CIF may be set differently according to linkages of the UE DL CC set, the UE UL CC set, and the PDCCH monitoring set.
  • FIG. 11 shows an example of CIF setting.
  • the linkages of the UE DL CC set, the UE UL CC set, and the PDCCH monitoring set are as shown in the example of FIG. 10.
  • the first PDCCH 801 of the DL CC # 2 indicates the PDSCH 802 of the DL CC # 1.
  • the CIF in the first PDCCH 801 is 0, indicating the index of the DL CC # 1.
  • the second PDCCH 811 of the DL CC # 2 indicates the PUSCH 812 of the UL CC # 1.
  • the CIF in the second PDCCH 811 is 0, indicating an index of UL CC # 1. Setting the CIF value to 0 to indicate the UL CC # 1 corresponds to a case where the CIF values are independent between the DL CC and the UL CC.
  • a flag field indicating whether the DCI received by the DCI is a downlink grant or an uplink grant may be included in the second PDCCH 811.
  • the CIF in the second PDCCH 811 may indicate a DL CC linked to UL CC # 1.
  • the CIF in the second PDCCH 811 is 0 to indicate DL CC # 1 linked to UL CC # 1, or to 1 It may point to DL CC # 2 linked to UL CC # 1.
  • the UE may know that the second PDCCH 811 includes an uplink grant and is a PDCCH for UL CC # 1 linked to DL CC # 1 or DL CC # 2.
  • the CIF is set to point to the DL CC linked with the UL CC
  • the CIF need not point to the index of the UL CC, but is always set to point to the index of the DL CC. This may be said that the index of the UL CC is determined according to the index of the linked DL CC.
  • the UE may know whether the CIF indicates the DL CC or the DL CC linked with the UL CC according to whether the resource allocation in the PDCCH is a downlink grant or an uplink grant.
  • the first PDCCH 821 of the DL CC # 3 indicates the PDSCH 822 of the UL CC # 2.
  • the CIF in the first PDCCH 821 may be set to 1 to indicate an index of UL CC # 2, or set to 2 (or 3) to DL CC # 3 (or DL CC #) linked to UL CC # 2. It may also point to 4).
  • the second PDCCH 831 of the DL CC # 3 indicates the PDSCH 832 of the DL CC # 4.
  • CIF in the first PDCCH 831 is 3, indicating an index of DL CC # 1.
  • CIF has a relative index value based on the monitoring CC through which the PDCCH is transmitted. That is, in the embodiment of FIG. 11, CIF values are CIF values for DL CCs # 1, # 2, # 3, and # 4 regardless of the monitoring CC to which the PDCCH is transmitted and the PDCCH-PDSCH / PUSCH linkage. Unlike 3, 3, relative CIF values are assigned based on the monitoring CC.
  • the scheduled DL CCs linked to DL CC # 3 are DL CC # 1, DL CC # 2, and DL CC # 3.
  • # 1, and # 2 0, 1, and 2 are designated as indexes for CIF.
  • the scheduled DL CCs linked to DL CC # 4 are DL CC # 4 and DL CC # 5. Therefore, DL CCs # 4 and # 5 are designated with 0 and 1 as indexes for CIF, respectively.
  • CIFs are allocated to each scheduling CC based on the monitoring CC in ascending order
  • the CIF may be allocated in descending order.
  • the first PDCCH 901 of the DL CC # 3 indicates the PDSCH 902 of the DL CC # 3.
  • CIF in the first PDCCH 901 is zero.
  • the second PDCCH 911 of the DL CC # 3 indicates the PDSCH 912 of the DL CC # 2.
  • the CIF in the second PDCCH 911 is one.
  • the third PDCCH 921 of the DL CC # 3 indicates the PDSCH 922 of the DL CC # 1.
  • the CIF in the third PDCCH 921 is two.
  • the first PDCCH 951 of the DL CC # 4 indicates the PDSCH 952 of the DL CC # 4.
  • the CIF in the PDCCH 951 is zero.
  • the second PDCCH 961 of DL CC # 4 indicates the PDSCH 962 of DL CC # 5.
  • the CIF in the second PDCCH 961 is one.
  • the CIF may point to all the DL CCs even with fewer bits than the number of bits representing the total number of DL CCs.
  • the method of independently allocating a CIF value for each PDCCH monitoring CC and DL-UL linkage has an advantage of allowing more CCs to be indicated as CIFs having a limited bit length.
  • the CIF may be based on the monitoring CC.
  • the UL CC may inform indirectly by CIF indicating the linked DL CC as described above.
  • the UE-specific search space defines six PDCCH candidates at aggregation levels 1 and 2 and two PDCCH candidates at aggregation levels 4 and 8, respectively.
  • the common search space defines four PDCCH candidates at aggregation level 4 and two PDCCH candidates at aggregation level 8. This is based on a single carrier, in which case the CCs on which the PDCCH-PDSCH is transmitted are the same.
  • the plurality of PDCCH candidates may not be scheduled or PDCCH blocking probability only by the number of existing PDCCH candidates. Will be higher. Although more PDCCHs have to be transmitted than the existing 3GPP LTE, the number of PDCCHs that can be sent to one DL CC is limited due to the number of PDCCH candidates. Accordingly, flexibility for scheduling a plurality of PDCCHs may be reduced, and a PDCCH blocking probability may be increased.
  • the PDCCH blocking probability refers to a probability that PDCCH scheduling is not performed because a search space is overlapped among a plurality of terminals.
  • a large number of PDCCHs may be concentrated in a specific DL CC. have. It may be difficult to schedule a larger number of PDCCHs in the control region only with the size of the existing search space.
  • a plurality of PDCCHs for one UE may be transmitted in one DL CC.
  • the size of the search space may be increased by increasing the number of PDCCH candidates at each aggregation level. This is called an extended search space compared to the existing search space.
  • Tables 4 and 5 below show examples of increased search space.
  • the number of PDCCH candidates and the size of the search space are merely examples.
  • the increased number of PDCCH candidates means that an increased search space is provided.
  • the number of PDCCH candidates increased at each aggregation level may vary according to carrier aggregation capability, blind decoding capability, UE category, and / or higher layer configuration of each UE.
  • the size of the search space may vary according to UE specific signaling and / or carrier allocation information such as an RRC message. Alternatively, the size of the search space may vary depending on the number of DL CCs included in the UE DL CC set, the number of UL CCs included in the UE UL CC set, and whether the DL-UL linkage is used. The size of the search space may vary depending on whether uplink and downlink grants can be transmitted or only one of both can be transmitted in a specific DL CC.
  • N be the number of DL CCs in the UE DL CC set and M the number of UL CCs in the UE UL CC set. N and M may be informed by the base station to the terminal through the RRC signaling.
  • Table 6 shows an example in which the size of the search space is changed.
  • Table 7 shows an example in which the size of the search space is changed using an arbitrary parameter i, j.
  • I, j may be determined depending on at least one of a carrier aggregation capability, a blind decoding capability, and a terminal category.
  • an extended search space may be more efficiently defined based on a linkage.
  • Qm is the total number of CCs in the PDCCH monitoring set
  • Qd is the total number of CCs in the UE DL CC set
  • Qu is the total number of CCs in the UE UL CC set
  • q is the CC index in the PDCCH monitoring set. 0, 1, ..., Qm-1.
  • Table 8 shows an example in which the size of the search space is changed using the parameter X.
  • round (x) is a function that outputs an integer rounded to x.
  • ceil (x) is a function that outputs the minimum value among integers greater than or equal to x.
  • floor (x) is a function that outputs the maximum value among integers less than or equal to x.
  • Table 9 shows an example in which the size of the search space is changed using any parameter i, j.
  • I, j are constants for defining an extended search space.
  • Xq may be defined by a linkage with a DL CC or UL CC that may be scheduled in the monitoring CC with index q.
  • X d q is the number of DL CCs that can be scheduled in the monitoring CC with index q
  • X u q is the number of UL CCs that can be scheduled in the monitoring CC with index q
  • Xq X d q + X u It can be defined as q.
  • the size of the extended search space may be adjusted according to the number of PDCCHs scheduled in the control region.
  • the size of the extended search space may be represented by C ⁇ M (L) ⁇ L.
  • C is the number of scheduled CCs that can be scheduled in the PDCCH monitoring CC
  • M (L) is the number of PDCCH candidates at the CCE aggregation level L.
  • the extended search space is a terminal specific search space, and a starting point thereof may be defined in the same manner as the existing 3GPP LTE. Since the UE monitors a plurality of PDCCHs for a plurality of CCs in the extended search space, the UE may divide the search space for each CC in the extended search space. This is called a sub search space.
  • the sub search space is a search space for the UE to monitor the PDCCH for each CC in the extended search space.
  • One sub search space may be defined for the DL CC and the UL CC linked to each other, and different sub search spaces may be defined for the DL CC and the UL CC.
  • FIG. 13 illustrates an extended search space including a plurality of sub search spaces. Assume that the extended search space is started at the CCE having index 4 of the CCE column of the kth subframe.
  • the extended search space includes a first sub search space, a second sub search space, and a third sub search space.
  • N 1 , N 2 , and N 3 are CCE indexes determined according to the size of each sub-search space.
  • Each sub-search space is consecutive. Therefore, when the start point of the first first sub search space (referred to as the reference sub search space) coincides with the start point of the extended search space, if the terminal knows the size of each sub search space, the second and third sub search spaces. Know the starting points of the space.
  • the starting point of the extended search space may be defined by Equations 1 and 2 as in the existing 3GPP LTE.
  • the starting point of the reference sub search space may be the same as the starting point of the extended search space.
  • the number of starting points and the number of sub-search spaces of the extended search space is only an example and is not a limitation.
  • the extended search space may include a plurality of sub search spaces.
  • the base station may inform the terminal of the information on the CC corresponding to each sub search space. However, this can introduce signaling overhead.
  • a corresponding sub-search space is defined according to a predetermined CC order.
  • a CC referred to as a reference CC
  • the reference CC may be the CC having the lowest CC index or the CC indicated by the lowest CIF among the scheduled CCs.
  • the reference CC may be a self-scheduling CC or a primary CC.
  • the primary CC is a CC designated as the primary CC among the plurality of CCs or a CC in which essential system information is transmitted.
  • the sub-search space for the remaining CCs may be sequentially defined based on the reference CC.
  • a sub-search space for each scheduled CC may be defined in ascending order of the CC indexes.
  • the sub-search space for the CC with the lowest CC index among the remaining scheduled CCs is placed after the reference sub-search space and in ascending order of the CC index.
  • Sub-search spaces for the remaining scheduled CC may be defined.
  • the CC index may correspond to the CIF.
  • the CIF may correspond to a CC index within a UE DL CC set or a UE UL CC set.
  • the CIF may correspond to a relative index based on the monitoring CC on which the PDCCH is transmitted.
  • the CIF value mapped according to the setting of the CIF for a specific CC may vary. Therefore, by allowing the position of the sub-search space for several scheduled CCs assigned to one terminal to change according to the CIF, it is possible to prevent the position of the sub-search space for the specific CCs for a specific terminal from overlapping continuously. have.
  • the sub-search space is allocated in ascending order of CCE index or CIF, but the sub-search space may be allocated in descending order of CCE index or CIF.
  • the reference CC may not be fixed, but may change according to a predetermined pattern periodically or by an indication of the base station.
  • the CC order allocated to the sub search space may be changed periodically or according to a predetermined pattern by the instruction of the base station. For example, after the sub search space is initially defined in ascending order of the CC index, the CC index is cyclically shifted one by one in the next subframe.
  • CC 15 shows an example of a change in CC order.
  • the reference sub-search space S (L) k, 0 may be defined as follows using Equations 1 and 2.
  • Sub-search spaces S (L) k, p other than the reference sub-search space may be defined as follows.
  • P is the number of CCs scheduled in the motoring CC
  • p 0, 1, ..., P-1
  • L the CCE aggregation level
  • M (L) is the number of PDCCH candidates at the CCE aggregation level L.
  • sub search space S (L) k, p may be defined as follows.
  • the entire search space section may be defined as in the following equation.
  • each sub-search space may fall at an offset interval.
  • FIG 16 illustrates an extended search space according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the extended search space includes a first sub search space, a second sub search space, and a third sub search space.
  • a second sub search space is defined by a first offset f1 from the first sub search space
  • a third sub search space is defined by a second offset f2 from the second sub search space.
  • the starting point of the extended search space is a CCE having a CCE index of 20, and each sub-search space has a size of 6 CCEs and an offset of 3 at the CCE aggregation level 1.
  • the first sub search spaces are CCEs having CCE indexes 20 to 25.
  • the second sub search spaces are CCEs having CCE indexes 28 to 33.
  • the third sub search spaces are CCEs having CCE indexes 36 to 41.
  • the offset is exemplarily shown from the end of the previous sub search space to the beginning of the next sub search space, but this is not a limitation.
  • the offset may indicate the beginning or end of the corresponding sub-search space from one reference point (eg, the starting point of the extended search space).
  • the offset may be represented from the beginning of the previous sub search space to the beginning of the next sub search space.
  • the offset may be set to a negative integer rather than a positive integer. If the offset is a negative integer, it means that at least two consecutive sub-search spaces may overlap each other. Based on the carrier capability and blind decoding capability of the terminal, the base station can inform the terminal whether the offset is positive or negative.
  • the offset may be set such that some or all of the sub-search spaces overlap. If the DCI format has different payload sizes, the offset may be set such that the sub-search spaces do not overlap.
  • the offset may be the same per sub search space or per CC. Alternatively, different offsets for each sub-search space or for each CC may be set.
  • the offset may be set differently for each CCE aggregation level or may be set the same regardless of the CCE aggregation level.
  • the generation of the plurality of sub-search spaces using the offset does not have to define a start point of the sub-search space separately, and the terminal can use the existing search space setting process as it is.
  • the offset may be adjusted so that the sub-search spaces do not overlap each other or all or some of them overlap.
  • the CC index of the CC corresponding to the sub search space may be used. This is to set different offsets for each sub search space.
  • the CIF of the CC corresponding to the sub search space may be used. This is to set different offsets for each sub search space.
  • the offset may inform the UE by the base station through RRC signaling or control information on the PDCCH.
  • the base station may adjust the offset to minimize the blocking of the search space in consideration of scheduling of the plurality of terminals.
  • the offset may be determined based on the size of the control region in the subframe (that is, the number of CCEs available for PDCCH transmission). For example, if the size of the control area is increased, the offset is increased. If the size of the control area is not sufficient, the offset is set to a negative value.
  • the offset may be determined based on the number of DL CCs belonging to the UE DL CC set and / or the number of UL CCs belonging to the UE UL CC set.
  • the offset may be determined based on the number of monitoring DL CCs belonging to the PDCCH monitoring set.
  • N CCE, k is the total number of CCEs in the control region of subframe k of the monitoring CC, and X1 is the number of scheduled CCs that can be scheduled in the monitoring CC.
  • the offset may be set to any value of 0 to f1.
  • the offset may be set to a prime number greater than f1.
  • N CCE, k is the total number of CCEs in the control region of subframe k of the monitoring CC, and X2 is the number of scheduled CCs that can be scheduled in the cell.
  • the offset may be set to any value of 0 to f2.
  • the offset may be set to a prime number greater than f2.
  • the offset may be changed in units of subframes or may be changed when the number of scheduled CCs changes.
  • the offset may be determined based on an identifier (UE ID) (eg, C-RNTI) of the terminal.
  • UE ID eg, C-RNTI
  • the offset may be determined as UE ID + CC index, UE ID + CIF, UE ID mod CC index, UE ID mod CIF, UE ID mod X1, UE ID mod X2, and so on.
  • the offset may be determined based on a subframe number (SFN) of a subframe in which the PDCCH is transmitted.
  • SFN is the number of subframes within a radio frame.
  • the offset may be determined based on the combination of the UE ID and the SFN.
  • the offset may be determined based on at least one of UE ID, carrier specific information, and SFN. For example, an offset may be determined such as UE ID + CC index + SFN, UE ID + CIF + SFN, and the like.
  • the offset may be determined as N CCE, k / (LL * LS).
  • the offset may be generated based on the generation sequence.
  • the generation sequence may use a random sequence and may use information such as UE ID, CC index, CIF, SFN, N CCE, k to initialize the generation sequence.
  • f p be the offset for the p-th sub-search space
  • M (L) p be the number of PDCCH candidates at the CCE aggregation level L in the p-th sub-search space.
  • Y k may be given by Equation 2 as a starting point of the reference sub-search space. Based on the starting point Y k of the reference sub-search space, the starting point Y k, p for the p-th sub-search space in the k-th subframe may be variously expressed as follows.
  • Y k-1 , A, D may be given the same value as the existing 3GPP LTE, or may be given a different value.
  • the starting point for the p-th sub search space in the k-th sub-frame Y k, p may be variously represented as follows:
  • Equation 7 a formula in which the last 'mod D' is removed is also possible.
  • the p-th sub-search space S (L) k, p may be expressed as follows.
  • the starting point of the p-th sub-search space based on the offset may be defined as in Equation 7 or 8, and the sub-search space may be defined as in Equation 9. .
  • the reference sub-search space S (L) k, 0 may be defined as follows.
  • Any p-1 th sub-search space S (L) k, p-1, which is not the reference sub-search space may be defined as follows.
  • the p-th sub-search space S (L) k, p may be defined as follows by using an offset f p from the p-th sub-search space.
  • each sub-search space in the extended search space may all be set the same. However, the size of each sub-search space may be set differently according to the bandwidth of the CC corresponding to the sub-search space, whether the linkage with the UL CC, the same DCI format payload size, and the like.
  • the size of the sub-search space may be set to a value obtained by dividing the size of the extended search space by a specific parameter. For example, if the size of the extended search space is 12 CCEs and includes two sub search spaces (ie, two scheduled CCs), each sub search space includes 6 CCEs. In this case, the start point of each sub search space may be determined from the start point of the reference sub search space as described above. If the starting point of the reference sub search space is CCE index 0, the reference sub search space includes CCEs having CCE indexes 0 through 5, and the next sub search space includes CCEs having CCE indexes 6 through 11. If the offset is set, the starting point of the next sub search space may be greater or less than CCE index 6.
  • the starting point of the p (p> 1) th sub-search space may be (Y k, p-1 + 6 * c) or (Y k, p-1 + 2 * c).
  • Y k, p-1 is the starting point of the (p-1) th sub-search space
  • Y k, 0 is the starting point of the extended search space (or the starting point of the reference sub-search space)
  • c 0,1, ... , C-1.
  • the extended search space is defined with ⁇ i ⁇ C, i ⁇ C, j ⁇ C, j ⁇ C ⁇ PDCCH candidates for the CCE aggregation levels ⁇ 1, 2, 4, 8 ⁇ as shown in Table 7, respectively.
  • the starting point of the p th sub-search space may be (Y k, p-1 + i * c) or (Y k, p-1 + j * c).
  • the starting point of the pth sub-search space can be either (Y k, p-1 + f + i * c) or (Y k, p-1 + f + j * c).
  • the extended search space includes two sub-search spaces.
  • the extended search space contains ⁇ 12, 12, 4, 4 ⁇ CCE columns, and at each CCE aggregation level, the starting point of the extended search space is ⁇
  • CCE index 0, 4, 10, 20 ⁇ .
  • the extended search space includes CCEs having CCE indexes 0-11. If two sub-search spaces are contiguous, the first sub-search space includes CCEs with CCE indexes 0-5, and the second sub-search space includes CCEs with CCE indexes 6-11. If the offset f is set, the first sub-search space includes CCEs with CCE indexes 0-5, and the second sub-search space includes CCEs with CCE indexes 6 + f-11 + f.
  • the extended search space includes CCEs with CCE indexes 4-15. If two sub-search spaces are contiguous, the first sub-search space includes CCEs with CCE indexes 4 through 9 and the second sub-search space includes CCEs with CCE indexes 10 through 15. If the offset f is set, the first sub-search space includes CCEs with CCE indexes 4 through 9, and the second sub-search space includes CCEs with CCE indexes 10 + f to 15 + f.
  • the extended search space includes CCEs with CCE indexes 10-13. If two sub-search spaces are contiguous, the first sub-search space includes CCEs having CCE indexes 10-11, and the second sub-search space includes CCEs having CCE indexes 12-13. If the offset f is set, the first sub-search space includes CCEs having CCE indexes 10-11, and the second sub-search space includes CCEs having CCE indexes 12 + f-13 + f.
  • the extended search space includes CCEs with CCE indexes 20-23. If the two sub search spaces are contiguous, the first sub search space includes CCEs having CCE indexes 20 to 21 and the second sub search space includes CCEs having CCE indexes 22 to 23. If the offset f is set, the first sub search space includes CCEs having CCE indexes 20 to 21, and the second sub search space includes CCEs having CCE indexes 22 + f to 23 + f.
  • DCI format 0. a DCI format for an uplink grant used for PUSCH scheduling is called DCI format 0.
  • the payload size of DCI format 0 is always the same as DCI format 1A for downlink grant. Therefore, a flag for differentiating DCI format 0 and DCI format 1A is included in DCI format 0 and DCI format 1A.
  • DCI format 0 and DCI format 1A are blind decoded in the same search space. It is to monitor different DCI formats in one search space.
  • a new DCI format may be further defined in addition to the DCI format of Table 3.
  • the bandwidth or transmission mode of each CC may be independently defined. Therefore, when designing the extended search space, it is necessary to consider the uplink grant and the downlink grant monitored in the same search space.
  • the extended search space includes first, second, and third sub-search spaces, the starting point of which is CCE index zero.
  • DL CC # 1 is linked with UL CC # 1
  • DL CC # 2 is linked with UL CC # 2.
  • the first sub-search space is used for monitoring the downlink grant for DL CC # 1 and the PDCCH for the uplink grant for UL CC # 1.
  • the second sub-search space is used for monitoring the downlink grant for DL CC # 2 and the PDCCH for the uplink grant for UL CC # 2.
  • the third sub search space is used for monitoring the PDCCH for the downlink grant for DL CC # 3.
  • the size of the sub search space used for monitoring both the downlink grant and the uplink grand may be different from the size of the sub search space used for monitoring only the downlink grant (or uplink grant).
  • the sizes of the first and second sub-search spaces are the same, but the size of the third and second sub-search spaces is smaller than that of the first and second sub-search spaces.
  • the scheduling of the base station is not a burden.
  • the blind decoding burden of the terminal can be reduced due to the reduced size of the search space.
  • the size of the first and second sub-search space is 6 CCE
  • the size of the third sub-search space is 4 CCE, but limited to the size of the sub-search space and the number of sub-search space in the extended search space. This is not the case.
  • the communication between the base station and the terminal is described.
  • the technical idea of the present invention may be applied to the communication between the base station and the relay period and / or the communication between the relay and the terminal. If applied to the communication between the base station and the relay period, the repeater may perform the function of the terminal. If applied to the communication between the repeater and the terminal, the repeater may perform the function of the base station.
  • the terminal may be a terminal or a repeater.
  • Embodiments of the above-described extended search space may be implemented by a base station and a terminal.
  • the base station 2100 includes a processor 2101, a memory 2102, and a radio frequency unit (RF) 2103.
  • RF radio frequency unit
  • Processor 2101 implements the proposed functions, processes, and / or methods.
  • the operation of the base station may be implemented by the processor 2101.
  • the processor 2101 supports an operation for multiple carriers and can configure a downlink physical channel in the above-described determined search space.
  • the memory 2102 is connected to the processor 2101 to store protocols or parameters for multi-carrier operation.
  • the RF unit 2103 is connected to the processor 2101 to transmit and / or receive a radio signal.
  • the terminal 2110 includes a processor 1211, a memory 1212, and an RF unit 1213.
  • Processor 2111 implements the proposed functions, processes, and / or methods.
  • the operation of the terminal may be implemented by the processor 2111.
  • the processor 2111 may support multi-carrier operation and may monitor PDCCHs for a plurality of CCs in the extended search space.
  • the memory 2112 is connected to the processor 2111 to store protocols or parameters for multi-carrier operation.
  • the RF unit 2113 is connected to the processor 2111 to transmit and / or receive a radio signal.
  • Processors 2101 and 2111 may include application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), other chipsets, logic circuits, and / or data processing devices.
  • the memories 2102 and 2112 may include read-only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), flash memory, memory cards, storage media and / or other storage devices.
  • the RF units 2103 and 2113 may include a baseband circuit for processing a radio signal.
  • the above-described technique may be implemented as a module (process, function, etc.) for performing the above-described function.
  • the module is stored in the memory 2102, 2112 and can be executed by the processor 2101, 2111.
  • the memories 2102 and 2112 may be inside or outside the processors 2101 and 2111, and may be connected to the processors 2111 and 2111 by various well-known means.

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L'invention concerne un procédé et un dispositif pour surveiller le canal de commande dans un système multiporteuses. Chaque sous-espace de recherche contenu dans un espace de recherche étendu correspond à chaque porteuse de composants programmée. Le terminal surveille un canal de commande en liaison descendante pour les porteuses de composants programmées correspondant à chaque sous-espace de recherche. Les sous-espaces de recherche sont déplacés de manière à être décalés les uns des autres.
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