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AssigneesSony Corporation, Sony Europe Limited
InventorYuichi Morioka
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A method operating a telecommunications system including a base station and plural terminal devices arranged to communicate over a radio interface supporting a downlink shared channel conveying user-plane data from the base station to the terminal devices and a downlink control channel conveying control-plane data from the base station to the terminal devices. The control-plane data conveys information on physical resource allocations for the downlink shared channel for respective of the terminal devices. The radio interface is based on a radio frame structure including plural subframes each including a control region supporting the downlink control channel and a user-plane region supporting the downlink shared channel. The method uses the control region of a first radio subframe to convey an indication of a physical resource allocation for a first terminal device on the shared downlink channel in the user-plane region of a second radio subframe subsequent to the first radio subframe.
A method of operating a terminal device for communicating with a base station in a telecommunications system over a radio interface supporting a downlink shared channel for conveying user-plane data from the base station to the terminal device and a downlink control channel for conveying control-plane data from the base station to the terminal device, wherein the control-plane data conveys information on physical resource allocations for the downlink shared channel for the terminal device, and wherein the radio interface is based on a radio frame structure comprising a plurality of subframes, wherein each subframe comprises a control region for supporting the downlink control channel and a user-plane region for supporting the downlink shared channel, and wherein the method comprises receiving in the control region of a first radio subframe an indication of a physical resource allocation for the terminal device on the shared downlink channel in the user-plane region of a second radio subframe, and subsequently receiving user-plane data on the physical resource allocation for the terminal device on the shared downlink channel in the user-plane region of the second radio subframe.
10-11. (canceled)
A terminal device for communicating with a base station in a telecommunications system over a radio interface supporting a downlink shared channel for conveying user-plane data from the base station to the terminal device and a downlink control channel for conveying control-plane data from the base station to the terminal device, wherein the control-plane data conveys information on physical resource allocations for the downlink shared channel for the terminal device, and wherein the radio interface is based on a radio frame structure comprising a plurality of subframes, wherein each subframe comprises a control region for supporting the downlink control channel and a user-plane region for supporting the downlink shared channel, and wherein the terminal device is configured to receive in the control region of a first radio subframe an indication of a physical resource allocation for the terminal device on the shared downlink channel in the user-plane region of a second radio subframe and to subsequently receive user-plane data on the physical resource allocation for the terminal device on the shared downlink channel in the user-plane region of the second radio subframe.
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