METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING AN ENHANCED PHYSICAL DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL

摘要

Methods, apparatus and computer program products are provided for providing enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel (e PDCCH) configurations which may, for example, be used in conjunction with a standalone new carrier type (SA-NCT). For example, a method is provided that includes, in an instance in which the UE is configured with a subframe subset in which the e PDCCH is not monitored, performing at least one of: (i) causing downlink control information corresponding to a previous downlink subframe of the subframe subset to be monitored; (ii) defining a control region comprising a non-zero number of beginning orthogonal frequency- division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols and, according to a demodulation reference signal (DM RS) pattern, a number of demodulation reference signal (DM RS) symbols; or (iii) defining an extended downlink subframe by causing the non-zero number of beginning OFDM symbols to be used jointly with a previous downlink subframe of the subframe subset.