Patent ID: 9179463
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A base station in a wireless communication system, the base station comprising: means for mapping 16 physical control format indicator channel (PCFICH) symbols to four resource element groups (REGs) in a first orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol of a downlink subframe; and means for transmitting the mapped 16 PCFICH symbols to a user equipment (UE), wherein the four REGs comprises a first REG including first four resource elements (REs), a second REG including second four REs, a third REG including third four REs s and a fourth REG including fourth four REs, wherein first REs from the first four REs, the second four REs, the third four REs and the fourth four REs have positions given by: K K K K wherein K wherein N wherein N wherein N