Method, system, base station and terminal for processing the reference symbol

1. A method for processing reference symbols, comprising:

configuring, by a transmitting end, a reference symbol structure for a downlink subframe according to a number of deployed antennae;

inserting, by the transmitting end, common reference symbols and user-specific reference symbols to be transmitted into the downlink subframe according to the reference symbol structure,

transmitting the common reference symbols and the user-specific reference symbols; and

transmitting reference symbol indication information, wherein the reference symbol indication information comprises information about the reference symbol structure, the number of antennae and a distribution of the user-specific reference symbols within the downlink subframe,

wherein the transmitting end transmits the information on the reference symbol structure and the number of antennae through broadcasting: and the transmitting end determines whether the information on the distribution of the user-specific reference symbol within the downlink subframe is maintained unchanged within a preset time period or a preset number of frames; and if the information on the distribution of the user-specific reference symbol within the downlink subframe is maintained unchanged within the preset time period or the preset number of frames, the information on the distribution is transmitted through broadcasting; otherwise, the information on the distribution is transmitted through control signaling.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the downlink subframe is received by a receiving end, and the receiving end obtains the common reference symbols and the user-specific reference symbols according to the reference symbol indication information transmitted by the transmitting end.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein in the reference symbol structure, the sub-carriers of the common reference symbols or the sub-carriers of the user-specific reference symbols within the same subgroup are distributed evenly at respective Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, and the sub-carriers of the common reference symbols or the sub-carriers of the user-specific reference symbols within different subgroups are spaced by one or more sub-carriers in a frequency domain.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein a Generic frame structure is adopted by the downlink subframe; and a group of sub-carriers of the common reference symbols and sub-carriers of the user-specific reference symbols are located at a first Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol, a second OFDM symbol and an antepenultimate OFDM symbol within a slot.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein an Alternative frame structure is adopted by the downlink subframe; and a group of sub-carriers of the common reference symbols and sub-carriers of the user-specific reference symbols are located at a first two Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, a penultimate OFDM symbol and an antepenultimate OFDM symbol within a subframe.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein to insert into the downlink subframe the common reference symbols and the user-specific reference symbols to be transmitted, the common reference symbols to be transmitted using the same antenna or the user-specific reference symbols to be transmitted using the same beam are inserted into various Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols in an interleaving way.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information about the distribution of the user-specific reference symbol within the downlink subframe is bound to a frame structure or a duplex mode; and a receiving end obtains the information about the distribution of the user-specific reference symbols within the downlink subframe according to the frame structure or the duplex mode adopted by the received subframe.