METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NOTIFYING STARTING SYMBOL OF PHYSICAL DOWNLINK SHARED CHANNEL

摘要

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and apparatus for determining a starting symbol of a physical downlink shared channel; wherein, a Pico base station transmits information indicating a PDSCH starting symbol of the Pico base station to a Macro base station, the Macro base station transmits the information indicating a PDSCH starting symbol to a terminal, and the terminal determines the PDSCH starting symbol in accordance with the information indicating a PDSCH starting symbol. With the embodiments of the present invention, the terminal within a serving range of the Pico base station resulted from a high offset value will not incorrectly decode a PCFICH due to interference of the Macro base station, thereby making the terminal determine a demarcation symbol between a PDCCH and a PDSCH, further increasing the coverage of the Pico base station, and realizing load balancing of the Macro base station and Pico base station.

主权项

1. A Macro base station notifying a terminal a starting symbol of a physical downlink shared channel in a Pico cell, comprising:
a receiving unit configured to receive information indicating a PDSCH starting symbol of the Pico cell transmitted by a Pico base station; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the information indicating a PDSCH starting symbol of the Pico cell to a terminal.