Method, apparatus and equipment for determining device channel resource(s) of a user equipment

A method, in a user equipment of a TDD system, for determining device channel resource(s) of the present user equipment, wherein the TDD system performs resource scheduling of the user equipment using an enhanced physical downlink control channel, and a physical uplink control channel used includes channel resource(s) for feeding back a hybrid automatic repeat request of a physical downlink shared channel as scheduled by the enhanced physical downlink control channel, wherein the number of downlink subframes as fed back in one uplink subframe may be more than one, the channel resource(s) being divided into a plurality of channel regions based on the number of downlink subframes having the enhanced physical downlink control channel set thereon currently, or based on the potential highest number of downlink subframes having the enhanced physical downlink control channel set thereon, the method comprising:

• obtaining the device channel resource(s) occupied by the present user equipment in at least one channel region of the plurality of channel regions,
• wherein the channel resource(s) is divided into a plurality of channel regions based on the highest number of downlink subframes, configured with the enhanced physical downlink control channel, one channel region is allocated to perform feedback to one downlink subframe, with different channel regions being allocated to user equipment adopting the different number of downlink subframes, the obtaining comprising:
• receiving a first start position of the channel region used by the present user equipment as provided by a base station, wherein the used channel region is determined based on the highest number of downlink subframes, and summing a first offset of the present user equipment in the used channel region and the first start position to obtain the device channel resource(s) occupied by the present user equipment in the used channel region, wherein the first offset is determined by the present user equipment through blind detection;
• and
• determining, based on information provided by the base station, respective second offsets of second start positions of channel regions, which include respective lowest enhanced control channel element identifications, with respect to a third start position of the channel resource(s), the information provided by the base station including at least one of the following:
• information about the number of PRB pairs included in one downlink subframe and allocated to the enhanced physical downlink control channel, and the number of enhanced control channel elements included in one downlink subframe, the enhanced control channel elements of each downlink subframe are divided into N groups, each channel region corresponds to one group of enhanced control channel elements, and a plurality of groups of enhanced control channel elements of the plurality of downlink subframes are distributed with an interleaved mode, N is a parameter, the determining comprising
• determining the number Npm of enhanced control channel elements included in the first p groups of enhanced control channel elements of a downlink subframe based on the information provided by the base station, wherein 0≦p≦N−1, m represents the serial number of the downlink subframe, and 1≦m≦M is the highest number of downlink subframes;
• causing p to vary in a range from 0 to N−1, and comparing the number Npm of the enhanced control channel elements included in the first p groups of enhanced control channel elements of respective downlink subframes and the number Np+1m of the enhanced control channel elements included in the first p+1 groups of enhanced control channel elements with the third offset neCCEm, respectively, till Npm≦neCCEm<Np+1m, then determining that the channel region corresponding to the p+1 group of enhanced control channel elements of each downlink subframe is the channel region that includes the lowest enhanced control channel element identification, and determining respective second offsets Δ according to the following equation:
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• wherein, NeCCEm is the number of enhanced control channel elements included in the downlink subframe m, 1≦I≦M,
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• wherein, the obtaining comprises:
• the respective second offset Δ, the third start position, and the third offset being summed, and the number Npm of the enhanced control channel elements being subtracted from the sum to obtain the plurality of device channel resources occupied by the present user equipment in the channel resources;
• obtaining the plurality of device channel resources occupied by the present user equipment in the channel resources based on the respective second offsets, the third start position and a third offset of the present user equipment starting from the third start position, wherein the third start position is provided by the base station, and the third offset is determined by the present user equipment through blind detection
• using the obtained device channel resources for feeding back HARQ.

An apparatus, in a user equipment of a TDD system, for determining device channel resource(s) of the present user equipment, wherein the TDD system performs resource scheduling to the user equipment using an enhanced physical downlink control channel, and a physical uplink control channel as used includes channel resource(s) for feeding back a hybrid automatic repeat request of a physical downlink shared channel as scheduled by the enhanced physical downlink control channel, when the number of downlink subframes as fed back in one uplink subframe may be more than one, the channel resource(s) is divided into a plurality of channel regions based on the number of downlink subframes having the enhanced physical downlink control channel set thereon currently, or based on the potential highest number of downlink subframes having the enhanced physical downlink control channel set thereon, the apparatus comprising:

• an acquiring module configured to obtain the device channel resource(s) occupied by the present user equipment in at least one channel region of the plurality of channel regions, wherein the channel resource(s) is divided into a plurality of channel regions based on the highest number of downlink subframes, with different channel region being allocated to user equipment adopting the different number of downlink subframes, the acquiring module comprises:
• a receiving module configured to receive a first start position of the channel region used by the present user equipment as provided by a base station, wherein the used channel region is determined based on the highest number of downlink subframes;
• and
• a first summing module configured to sum the first start position and a first offset of the present user equipment in the used channel region to obtain the device channel resource(s) occupied by the present user equipment in the used channel region, wherein the first offset is determined by the present user equipment through blind detection;
• wherein the obtained device channel resources are used for feeding back HARQ.

An apparatus, in a user equipment of a TDD system, for determining device channel resource(s) of the present user equipment, the device channel resource(s) is divided into a plurality of channel regions based on the number of downlink subframes configured with the enhanced physical downlink control channel, one channel region is allocated to perform feedback to one downlink subframe, wherein the TDD system performs resource scheduling to the user equipment using an enhanced physical downlink control channel, and a physical uplink control channel as used includes channel resource(s) for feeding back a hybrid automatic repeat request of a physical downlink shared channel as scheduled by the enhanced physical downlink control channel, when the number of downlink subframes as fed back in one uplink subframe may be more than one, the channel resource(s) is divided into a plurality of channel regions based on the number of downlink subframes having the enhanced physical downlink control channel set thereon currently, or based on the potential highest number of downlink subframes having the enhanced physical downlink control channel set thereon, the apparatus comprising:

• an acquiring module configured to obtain the device channel resource(s) occupied by the present user equipment in at least one channel region of the plurality of channel regions, wherein the channel resource(s) is divided into a plurality of channel regions based on the highest number of downlink subframes, with different channel region being allocated to user equipment adopting the different number of downlink subframes, the acquiring module comprises:
• a receiving module configured to receive a first start position of the channel region used by the present user equipment as provided by a base station, wherein the used channel region is determined based on the highest number of downlink subframes;
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• a first summing module configured to sum the first start position and a first offset of the present user equipment in the used channel region to obtain the device channel resource(s) occupied by the present user equipment in the used channel region, wherein the first offset is determined by the present user equipment through blind detection;
• wherein the obtained device channel resources are used for feeding back HARQ;
• a determining module configured to determine, based on information provided by the base station, respective second offsets of second start positions of channel regions, which including respective lowest enhanced control channel element identifications, with respect to a third start position of the channel resource(s), wherein the information provided by the base station-includes at least one of the following, information about the number of PRB pairs included in one downlink subframe and allocated to the enhanced physical downlink control channel, and the number of enhanced control channel elements included in one downlink subframe, wherein the enhanced control channel elements of each downlink subframe are divided into N groups, each channel region corresponds to one group of enhanced control channel elements, and a plurality of groups of enhanced control channel elements of the plurality of downlink subframe are distributed with an interleaved mode, N is a parameter, the determining module comprises:
• a third sub-determining module configured to determine the number Npm of enhanced control channel elements included in the first p groups of enhanced control channel elements of a downlink subframe based on the information provided by the base station, wherein 0≦p≦N−1, m represents the serial number of the downlink subframe, and 1≦m≦M is the highest number of downlink subframes;
• a fourth sub-determining module configured to cause p to vary in a range from 0 to N−1, and compare the number Npm of the enhanced control channel elements included in the first p groups of enhanced control channel elements of respective downlink subframes and the number Np+1m of the enhanced control channel elements included in the first p+1 groups of enhanced control channel elements with the third offset neCCEm, respectively, till Npm≦neCCEm<Np+1m, then determine that the channel region corresponding to the p+1 group of enhanced control channel elements of each downlink subframe is the channel region that includes the lowest enhanced control channel element identification, and determine respective second offsets Δ according to the following equation:
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• wherein, NeCCEm is the number of enhanced control channel elements included in the downlink subframe m, 1≦I≦M,
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• wherein, the second summing module comprises:
• a second sub-summing module configured to sum the respective second offsets Δ, the third start position and the third offset, and subtract the number Npm of the enhanced control channel elements from the sum;
• a second summing module configured to obtain the plurality of device channel resources occupied by the present user equipment in the channel resources based on the respective second offsets, the third start position and a third offset of the present user equipment starting from the third start position, wherein the third start position is provided by the base station, and the third offset is determined by the present user equipment through blind detection.