Patent ID: 9414370
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of receiving a Relay Physical Downlink Control Channel (R-PDCCH) signal at a relay in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving, by a processor via a radio frequency unit, resource allocation indicating a single Virtual Resource Block (VRB) set for R-PDCCH detection, through a Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling; receiving, by the processor via the radio frequency unit, a subframe configured for eNB-to-Relay transmission, starting from a specific Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol other than a first OFDM symbol of the subframe; monitoring, by the processor, a first VRB set in a first slot of the subframe for detecting a first R-PDCCH containing a downlink assignment; monitoring, by the processor, a second VRB set in a second slot of the subframe for detecting a second R-PDCCH containing an uplink assignment; and wherein each of the first VRB set and the second VRB set is to be a same VRB set in accordance with the single VRB set.