Method for transmitting sounding reference signal in MIMO wireless communication system and apparatus therefor
A method for transmitting a sounding reference signal in a MIMO wireless communication system and an apparatus therefor are disclosed. The method for transmitting sounding reference signals (SRSs) in a MIMO wireless communication system comprises receiving sounding reference signal parameters from a base station; receiving information of the number of sounding reference signals which will be transmitted at a transmission time instant from the base station; if a plurality of sounding reference signals are provided, generating the sounding reference signals corresponding to each of the plurality of antennas by using the sounding reference signal parameters; and transmitting the generated sounding reference signals to the base station through their corresponding antennas at a specific transmission instant.
1. A method for receiving sounding reference signals (SRSs) by a base station in a MIMO wireless communication system, the method comprising:
transmitting sounding reference signal parameters to a User Equipment(UE), wherein the sounding reference signal parameters including an initial cyclic shift value n CS SRS , and an initial transmissionComb parameter value k tc ; and
receiving the sounding reference signals simultaneously from the UE at a specific transmission time interval,
wherein when the sounding reference signal transmission is triggered via high layer signaling, the sounding reference signals are generated based on a cyclic shift value and a transmissionComb parameter value, and
wherein the cyclic shift value is configured based on number of antenna ports used for the sounding reference signal transmission, and
wherein the transmissionComb parameter value is determined based on the number of antenna ports and the initial transmissionComb parameter value k tc , when the number of antenna ports is four.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cyclic shift value is configured differently for each of antenna ports of the UE.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmissionComb parameter value for each of the antenna ports is 0 or 1.
4. A method for transmitting sounding reference signals (SRSs) by a User Equipment in a MIMO wireless communication system, the method comprising:
receiving sounding reference signal parameters from a base station (BS), wherein the sounding reference signal parameters including an initial cyclic shift value n CS SRS , and an initial transmissionComb parameter value k tc ; and
transmitting the sounding reference signals simultaneously to the BS at a specific transmission time interval,
wherein when the sounding reference signal transmission is triggered via high layer signaling, the sounding reference signals are generated based on a cyclic shift value and a transmissionComb parameter value, and
wherein the cyclic shift value is configured based on number of antenna ports used for the sounding reference signal transmission, and
wherein the transmissionComb parameter value is determined based on the number of antenna ports and the initial transmissionComb parameter value k tc , when the number of antenna ports is four.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the cyclic shift value is configured differently for each of antenna ports of the UE.
6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the transmissionComb parameter value for each of the antenna ports is 0 or 1.