IP Library Granted Patent US 9,735,933
Granted Patent B2
US 9,735,933 · App. 14/411,568 · Granted Aug 15, 2017

Method for receiving or transmitting downlink signal in wireless communication system and device therefor

Inventors: Jonghyun Park (Anyang-si, KR); Eunsun Kim (Anyang-si, KR); Hanbyul Seo (Anyang-si, KR); Kijun Kim (Anyang-si, KR); Byounghoon Kim (Anyang-si, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04L5/0035H04B7/024H04L5/0051H04W72/04H04W72/042H04W88/02H04W88/08
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Patent No.
US 9,735,933
App. No.
14/411,568
Granted
Aug 15, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

One embodiment of the present invention discloses a method for receiving a downlink signal in a wireless communication system that supports coordinated multiple-point transmission and reception (CoMP), and the method comprises the steps of: receiving downlink control information that contains a plurality of resource allocation parts from a base station; and acquiring information on whether it can be assumed that an antenna port(s) of a particular reference signal and an antenna port (s) of a demodulation reference signal associated with each of the plurality of resource allocation parts are quasi co-located (QCL).

Claims (30)

1. A method for receiving downlink signal in a wireless communication system for supporting coordinated multiple-point transmission and reception (CoMP), the method comprising:

receiving, by a user equipment (UE), downlink control information comprising a plurality of resource allocation parts of downlink data channel from a base station (BS);

acquiring, by the UE, information on whether or not quasi co-located (QCL) assumption between antenna port(s) of a specific reference signal and antenna port(s) of demodulation reference signals associated with each of the plurality of resource allocation parts is applied; and

demodulating, by the UE, the downlink data channel using the acquired information.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein whether or not the QCL assumption is applied is indicated dynamically through a specific field of each of the plurality of resource allocation parts or semi-statically via higher layer signaling.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of resource allocation parts comprises demodulation reference signal configuration information comprising information about antenna port(s), a scrambling identifier and the number of layers for a corresponding demodulation reference signal.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the downlink control information comprises demodulation reference signal configuration information comprising information about antenna port(s), a scrambling identifier and the number of layers for a demodulation reference signal shared by the plurality of resource allocation parts.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein resources scheduled by the plurality of resource allocation parts are transmitted by at least two BSs.

6. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

acquiring, by the UE, information about resource mapping of a downlink data channel with consideration for antenna port(s) of the specific reference signal to which the QCL assumption is applied.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the information about resource mapping of the downlink data channel is indicated in association with the information on whether or not the QCL assumption is applied.

8. A method for transmitting a downlink signal in a wireless communication system for supporting coordinated multiple-point transmission and reception (CoMP), the method comprising:

transmitting, by a base station (BS), downlink control information comprising a plurality of resource allocation parts of downlink data channel to a user equipment (UE), and

transmitting, by the BS, information on whether or not quasi co-located (QCL) assumption between antenna port(s) of a specific reference signal and antenna port(s) of demodulation reference signals associated with each of the plurality of resource allocation parts is applied,

wherein the downlink data channel is demodulated by the UE using the acquired information.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein whether or not the QCL assumption is applied is indicated through a specific field of each of the plurality of resource allocation parts or semi-statically via higher layer signaling.

10. The method according to claim 8 , wherein each of the plurality of resource allocation parts comprises demodulation reference signal configuration information comprising information about antenna port(s), a scrambling identifier and the number of layers for a corresponding demodulation reference signal.

11. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the downlink control information comprises demodulation reference signal configuration information comprising information about antenna port(s), a scrambling identifier and the number of layers for a demodulation reference signal shared by the plurality of resource allocation parts.

12. The method according to claim 8 , wherein resources scheduled by the plurality of resource allocation parts are transmitted by at least two BSs.

13. The method according to claim 8 , further comprising transmitting information about resource mapping of a downlink data channel with consideration for antenna port(s) of the specific reference signal to which the QCL assumption is applied.

14. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the information about resource mapping of the downlink data channel is indicated in association with the information on whether or not the QCL is applied.

15. A user equipment (UE) configured to receive downlink signal in a wireless communication system for supporting coordinated multiple-point transmission and reception (CoMP), the UE comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) unit; and

a processor configured to control the RF unit,

wherein the processor is configured to receive downlink control information comprising a plurality of resource allocation parts of downlink data channel from a base station (BS), to acquire information on whether or not quasi co-located (QCL) assumption between antenna port(s) of a specific reference signal and antenna port(s) of demodulation reference signals associated with each of the plurality of resource allocation parts is applied, and to demodulate the downlink data channel using the acquired information.

16. A base station (BS) configured to receive a downlink signal in a wireless communication system for supporting coordinated multiple-point transmission and reception (CoMP), the BS comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) unit; and

a processor configured to control the RF unit,

wherein the processor is configured to transmit downlink control information comprising a plurality of resource allocation parts of downlink data channel to a user equipment (UE), and to transmit information on whether or not quasi co-located (QCL) assumption between antenna port(s) of a specific reference signal and antenna port(s) of demodulation reference signals associated with each of the plurality of resource allocation parts is applied,

wherein the downlink data channel is demodulated by the UE using the acquired information.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 29, 2014
From: PARK, JONGHYUN; KIM, EUNSUN; SEO, HANBYUL; KIM, KIJUN; KIM, BYOUNGHOON
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 034592/0780 →
Continuity (4)
Provisional Application 61669655 · Jul 9, 2012
Provisional Application 61674850 · Jul 23, 2012
Provisional Application 61682194 · Aug 10, 2012
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