(19)
(11) EP 3 188 562 A8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION
Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15) Correction information:
Corrected version no 1 (W1 A1)

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
09.08.2017 Bulletin 2017/32

(88) Date of publication A3:
05.07.2017 Bulletin 2017/27

(43) Date of publication:
05.07.2017 Bulletin 2017/27

(21) Application number: 16201227.2

(22) Date of filing: 29.09.2010
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
H04W 72/04(2009.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK SM TR

(30) Priority: 30.09.2009 CN 200910204963

(62) Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
10819914.2 / 2485538

(71) Applicant: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
Longgang District Shenzhen, Guangdong 518129 (CN)

(72) Inventors:
  • YAN, Zhiyu
    Shenzhen, Guangdong 518129 (CN)
  • LI, Yang
    Shenzhen, Guangdong 518129 (CN)
  • WAN, Lei
    Shenzhen, Guangdong 518129 (CN)
  • MA, Sha
    Shenzhen, Guangdong 518129 (CN)
  • REN, Xiaotao
    Shenzhen, Guangdong 518129 (CN)
  • LI, Chaojun
    Shenzhen, Guangdong 518129 (CN)

(74) Representative: Isarpatent 
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Behnisch Barth Charles Hassa Peckmann & Partner mbB Friedrichstrasse 31
80801 München
80801 München (DE)

 
Remarks:
Claims filed after the date of filing of the application (Rule 68(4) EPC).
Remarks:
This application was filed on 29-11-2016 as a divisional application to the application mentioned under INID code 62.
 


(54) METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR SENDING AND RECEIVING CONTROL INFORMATION


(57) The present invention provides a method for sending and receiving control information, an apparatus and a communication system. The method for sending control information includes: setting respective control bits in a downlink control information (DCI) format to generate control information applied by a network side to a terminal, where the control bits include validity indication bits and transmission control bits, indication information indicating whether transmission control exercised by the network side on a transmission block is valid relative to the terminal is written into the validity indication bits, and the validity indication bits are located outside the transmission control bits; and sending the generated control information to the terminal. In the embodiments of the present invention, a network side device extends or changes functions of some control bits in the DCI format of the control information, so as to improve efficiency of using a resource overhead occupied by the control bits in the DCI format of the control information, and improve efficiency of using an overhead required for transmitting the control information.