Patent ID: 8774154
Filing Date: 2014-07-08
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of transmitting a common logical channel over a downlink transport channel having a plurality of transmission configurations, the downlink transport channel being used for transmission of the common logical channel in a 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) network, the method including: selecting, from the plurality of the transmission configurations related to the common logical channel of the network operating according to 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE), possible transmission configurations of the common logical channel, and not selecting other transmission configurations of the common logical channel; transmitting control information relating to the selected possible transmission configurations of the common logical channel without transmitting the control information relating to the not-selected other transmission configurations which includes at least a modulation scheme; and transmitting a first part of data over the downlink transport channel without transmitting a remaining second part of the data over the downlink transport channel, to reduce the amount of the control information at least relating to the modulation scheme required by a user equipment (UE), wherein the selected possible transmission configurations of the common logical channel are selected in such a way as to remove the need to transmit control information relating to one or more types of transmission configuration.