Downlink control channel signaling in wireless communication systems

摘要

A method in a wireless communication device may include receiving a plurality of sub-frames, each sub-frame having time-frequency resource elements, at least one of the sub-frames having a control channel. In some implementations, the plurality of sub-frames forms a continuum of concatenated sub-frames. Each of the plurality of resource allocation fields of the control channel may indicate a resource assignment to the wireless communication device based on a channel quality report, as well as resource assignments in sub-frames of the continuum of concatenated sub-frames. At least one sub-frame of the continuum of concatenated sub-frames may include information indicating that at least some of the resource assignments are frequency diverse.

主权项

1. A method in a wireless communication device, the method comprising:
receiving a plurality of sub-frames, each sub-frame having time-frequency resource elements, at least one of the sub-frames having a control channel, the plurality of sub-frames forming a continuum of concatenated sub-frames; the control channel including a plurality of resource allocation fields, each resource allocation field associated with at least one corresponding sub-frame of the plurality of subframes, each of the plurality of resource allocation fields indicating a resource assignment to the wireless communication device based on a channel quality report; the plurality of resource allocation fields indicating resource assignments in sub-frames of the continuum of concatenated sub-frames; a sub-frame of the continuum of concatenated sub-frames including information indicating that at least some of the resource assignments are frequency diverse; and allocating, for use by the wireless communication device, frequency diverse resource components based on the information indicating that at least some of the resource assignments are frequency diverse.