Method for selecting transport format in uplink multiple-input multiple-output system and related method and device
View Patent ↗A method for selecting a transport format in an uplink multiple-input multiple-output system and a related method and a device are used by a user equipment to select a transport format in a case in which the user equipment is in a dual-stream transmission mode of the ULMIMO and inter-stream interference is considered.
1. A method for selecting a transport format in an uplink multiple-input multiple-output (ULMIMO) system, comprising:
receiving, by a user equipment (UE), a reference enhanced dedicated channel transport format combination (E-TFC) set and a primary-stream channel quality difference in a dual-stream transmission mode that are sent by a base station;
acquiring, by the user equipment according to a primary-stream serving grant (SG) allocated by the base station to the user equipment within a transmission time interval (TTI), a first transmit power offset A ed 2 of a primary stream granted by the base station;
when transmit power of the primary stream is obtained according to primary-stream transmit power granted by the base station, acquiring, by the user equipment, when inter-stream interference is considered and a transmit power offset of the primary stream is the first transmit power offset A ed 2 , a first transport format combination indicator E-TFCI 1 of the primary stream according to the primary-stream channel quality difference and the first transmit power offset A ed 2 ;
when the transmit power of the primary stream is obtained according to remaining transmit power, which is calculated according to a limit value of maximum transmit power of the user equipment, calculating, by the user equipment, a second transmit power offset A′ ed 2 of the primary stream according to the remaining transmit power, and calculating, when inter-stream interference is considered and the transmit power offset of the primary stream is the second transmit power offset A′ ed 2 2 , an equivalent transmit power offset A′ edm1 2 of the primary stream according to the primary-stream channel quality difference, the first transmit power offset A ed 2 , and the second transmit power offset A′ ed 2 ; and calculating, by the user equipment, when inter-stream interference is considered and the transmit power offset of the primary stream is the second transmit power offset A′ ed 2 , a second transport format combination indicator E-TFCI′ 1 of the primary stream according to the reference E-TFC set and the equivalent transmit power offset A′ edm 1 2 , and
selecting, by the user equipment from the first transport format combination indicator E-TFCI 1 and the second transport format combination indicator E-TFCI′ 1 , an indicator, which has a smaller value, as a third transport format combination indicator E-TFCI″ 1 of the primary stream corresponding to a transport foimat used by the user equipment to send uplink data.
2. The selection method according to claim 1 , wherein when the primary-stream channel quality difference is a primary-stream grant offset δ 1 , the acquiring, by the user equipment, when inter-stream interference is considered and a transmit power offset of the primary stream is the first transmit power offset A ed 2 , a first transmission format combination indicator E-TFCI 1 of the primary stream according to the primary-stream channel quality difference and the the first transmit power offset A ed 2 comprises:
calculating, by the user equipment, when inter-stream interference is considered and the transmit power offset of the primary stream is the first transmit power offset A ed 2 , an equivalent transmit power offset A edm1 2 of the primary stream by using the following formula:
A
edm
1
2
=
A
ed
2
δ
1
;
and
acquiring, by the user equipment, when inter-stream interference is considered and the transmit power offset of the primary stream is A ed 2 , the first transmission format combination indicator E-TFCI 1 according to the reference E-TFC set and the equivalent transmit power offset A edm1 2 .
3. The selection method according to claim 1 , wherein when the primary-stream channel quality difference is a primary-stream E-TFCI offset δ t1 , the acquiring, by the user equipment, when inter-stream interference is considered and a transmit power offset of the primary stream is the first transit power offset A ed 2 , the first transmission format combination indicator E-TFCI 1 of the primary stream according to the primary-stream channel quality difference and the the first transmit power offset A ed 2 comprises:
calculating, by the user equipment, when inter-stream interference is not considered, a fourth transport format combination indicator E-TFCI s of the primary stream according to the reference E-TFC set and the first transmit power offset A ed 2 ; and
calculating, by the user equipment, when inter-stream interference is considered and the transmit power offset of the primary stream is the first transmit power offset A ed 2 , the E-TFCI 1 using the following formula:
E-TFCI 1 =E-TFCI s −δ t1 .
4. The selection method according to claim 1 , wherein when the primary-stream channel quality difference is the primary-stream grant offset δ 1 , the calculating, by the user equipment, when inter-stream interference is considered and the transmit power offset of the primary stream is the second transmit power offset A′ ed 2 , the equivalent transmit power offset A′ edm1 2 of the primary stream according to the primary-stream channel quality difference, the first transit power offset A ed 2 , and the second transmit power offset A′ ed 2 includes:
calculating, by the user equipment, when inter-stream interference is considered and the transmit power offset of the primary stream is the second transmit power offset A′ ed 2 , the equivalent transmit power offset A′ edm1 2 of the primary stream using the following formula:
A
edm
1
′2
=
A
ed
2
A
ed
′
2
A
ed
2
+
A
ed
′
2
(
δ
1
-
1
)
.
5. The selection method according to claim 1 , wherein when the primary-stream channel quality difference is the primary-stream E-TFCI offset δ t1 , the calculating, by the user equipment, when inter-stream interference is considered and the transmit power offset of the primary stream is A′ ed 2 , the equivalent transmit power offset A′ edm1 2 of the primary stream according to the primary-stream channel quality difference, the the first transmit power offset A ed 2 , and the second transmit power offset A′ ed 2 comprises:
calculating, by the user equipment, when inter-stream interference is not considered, the E-TFCI s according to the reference E-TFC set and the first transmit power offset A ed 2 ;
calculating, by the user equipment, when inter-stream interference is considered and the transmit power offset of the primary stream is the first transmit power offset A ed 2 , the E-TFCI 1 using the following formula:
E-TFCI 1 =E-TFCI s −δ t1 ;
calculating, by the user equipment, when inter-stream interference is considered and the transmit power offset of the primary stream is the first transmit power offset A ed 2 , the equivalent transmit power offset A edm1 2 of the primary stream according to the reference E-TFC set and the E-TFCI 1 ;
calculating, by the user equipment, the primary-stream grant offset δ 1 using the following formula:
δ
1
=
A
ed
2
A
edm
1
2
;
and
calculating, by the user equipment, when inter-stream interference is considered and the transmit power offset of the primary stream is the second transmit power offset A′ ed 2 , the equivalent transmit power offset A′ ed 2 , of the primary stream using the following formula:
A
edm
1
′2
=
A
ed
2
A
ed
′
2
A
ed
2
+
A
ed
′
2
(
δ
1
-
1
)
.
6. The selection method according to claim 1 , wherein the user equipment receives, using a physical layer, the primary-stream channel quality difference in the dual-stream transmission mode of an ULMIMO system that is sent by the base station.
7. A method for sending a primary-stream channel quality difference, comprising:
acquiring, by a base station, when inter-stream interference is not considered, a balanced signal interference noise ratio SINR C of a dedicated physical control channel (DPCCH);
acquiring, by the base station, according to a primary-stream serving grant (SG) allocated to a user equipment within a transmission time interval (TTI), a first transmit power offset A ed 2 of a primary stream granted by the base station;
calculating, by the base station according to the a first transmit power offset A ed 2 and the balanced signal interference noise ratio SINR c when inter-stream interference is not considered, a first signal interference noise ratio SINR s of the primary stream in a dual-stream transmission mode of an uplink multiple-input multiple-output (ULMIMO) system;
acquiring, by the base station, when inter-stream interference is considered, a second signal interference noise ratio SINR 1 of the primary stream in the dual-stream transmission mode of the ULMIMO system;
acquiring, by the base station, the primary-stream channel quality difference according to the first SINR s and the second SINR 1 , wherein the primary-stream channel quality difference is a primary-stream grant offset δ 1 ; and
sending, by the base station to the user equipment, a reference E-TFC set and the primary-stream channel quality difference in the dual-stream transmission mode of the ULMIMO system.
8. The method for sending a primary-stream channel quality difference according to claim 7 , wherein the acquiring, by the base station, the primary-stream channel quality difference according to the first SINR s and the second SINR 1 , includes:
acquiring, by the base station, the primary-stream grant offset δ 1 using the following formula:
δ
1
=
SINR
s
SINR
1
.
9. The method for sending a primary-stream channel quality difference according to claim 7 , wherein after the acquiring, by the base station, the primary-stream channel quality difference according to the first SINR s and the second SINR 1 , the method further comprises:
acquiring, by the base station, when inter-stream interference is considered, a third signal interference noise ratio SINR 2 of a secondary stream in the dual-stream transmission mode of the ULMIMO system;
acquiring, by the base station, a dual-stream channel quality difference (SD) according to the third SINR 2 and the second SINR 1 , wherein the SD is a dual-stream channel quality ratio δ 2 ; and
sending, by the base station, the SD to the user equipment.
10. The method for sending a primary-stream channel quality difference according to claim 9 , wherein the acquiring, by the base station, a dual-stream channel quality difference SD according to the third SINR 2 and the second SINR 1 includes:
acquiring, by the base station, the δ 2 using the following formula:
δ
2
=
SINR
1
SINR
2
.
11. A method for sending a primary-stream channel quality difference, comprising:
acquiring, by a base station, when inter-stream interference is not considered, a balanced signal interference noise ratio SINR c of a dedicated physical control channel (DPCCH);
acquiring, by the base station, according to a primary-stream serving grant (SG) allocated to a user equipment within a transmission time interval (TTI), a first transmit power offset A ed 2 of a primary stream granted by the base station;
calculating, by the base station according to the first transmit power offset A ed 2 and the balanced signal interference noise ratio SINR c when inter-stream interference is not considered, a first signal interference noise ratio SINR s of the primary stream in a dual-stream transmission mode of an uplink multiple-input multiple-output (ULMIMO) system;
calculating, by the base station, according to a reference enhanced dedicated channel transport format combination (E-TFC) set and the first transmit power offset A ed 2 , a fourth transport format combination indicator E-TFCI s corresponding to the SINR s ;
acquiring, by the base station, when inter-stream interference is considered, a second signal interference noise ratio SINR 1 of the primary stream in the dual-stream transmission mode of the ULMIMO system;
calculating, by the base station, when inter-stream interference is considered and a transmit power offset of the primary stream is the first transmit power offset A ed 2 , an equivalent transmit power offset A edm1 2 of the primary stream according to the second SINR 1 and the SINR c ;
calculating, by the base station according to the equivalent transmit power offset A edm1 2 and the reference E-TFC set, a first transport format combination indicator E-TFCI 1 , corresponding to the second SINR 1 , of the primary stream;
acquiring, by the base station, the primary-stream channel quality difference according to the E-TFCI s and the E-TFCI 1 , wherein the primary-stream channel quality difference is a primary-stream E-TFCI offset δ t1 ; and
sending, by the base station to the user equipment, the reference E-TFC set and the primary-stream channel quality difference in the dual-stream transmission mode of the ULMIMO system.
12. The method for sending a primary-stream channel quality difference according to claim 11 , wherein the acquiring, by the base station, the primary-stream channel quality difference according to the E-TFCI s and the E-TFCI 1 includes:
acquiring, by the base station, the primary-stream E-TFCI offset δ t1 using the following formula:
δ t1 =E-TFCI s −E-TFCI 1 .
13. The method for sending a primary-stream channel quality difference according to claim 11 , wherein after the acquiring, by the base station, the primary-stream channel quality difference according to the E-TFCI s , and the E-TFCI 1 , the method further comprises:
if, within the TTI, a transmit power offset of a secondary stream is equal to the first transmit power offset A ed 2 of the primary stream granted to the user equipment, acquiring, by the base station, when inter-stream interference is considered and the transmit power offset of the secondary stream is the first transmit power offset A ed 2 , a third signal interference noise ratio SINR 2 of the secondary stream;
calculating, by the base station, when inter-stream interference is considered and the transmit power offset of the secondary stream is the first transmit power offset A ed 2 , an equivalent transmit power offset A edm2 2 of the secondary stream according to the third SINR 2 and the SINR c ; and
sending, by the base station to the user equipment, the equivalent transmit power offset A edm2 2 of the secondary stream in the dual-stream transmission mode of the ULMIMO system.
14. The method for sending a primary-stream channel quality difference according to claim 13 , wherein the calculating, by the base station, when inter-stream interference is considered and the transmit power offset of the secondary stream is the first transmit power offset A ed 2 , the equivalent transmit power offset A edm2 2 of the secondary stream according to the third SINR 2 and the SINR c includes:
calculating, by the base station when inter-stream interference is considered and the transmit power offset of the secondary stream is the first transmit power offset A ed 2 , the equivalent transmit power offset A edm2 2 of the secondary stream using the following formula:
A
edm
2
2
=
SINR
2
SINR
c
.
15. The method for sending a primary-stream channel quality difference according to claim 13 , wherein after the calculating, by the base station, when inter-stream interference is considered and the transmit power offset of the secondary stream is the first transmit power offset A ed 2 , the equivalent transmit power offset A edm 2 of the secondary stream according to the third SINR 2 and the SINR c , the method further comprises:
calculating, by the base station according to the equivalent transmit power offset A edm2 2 and the reference E-TFC set, a first transport format combination indicator E-TFCI 2 , corresponding to the second SINR 1 , of the secondary stream;
acquiring, by the base station, a dual-stream channel quality difference according to the E-TFCI 2 and the E-TFCI 1 , wherein the dual-stream channel quality difference is a dual-stream E-TFCI offset δ t2 ; and
sending, by the base station to the user equipment, the dual-stream channel quality difference.
16. The method for sending a primary-stream channel quality difference according to claim 15 , wherein the acquiring, by the base station, a dual-stream channel quality difference according to the E-TFCI 2 and the E-TFCI 1 includes:
calculating, by the base station, the dual-stream E-TFCI offset δ t2 using the following formula:
δ t2 =E-TFCI 1 , −E-TFCI 2 .
17. The method for sending a primary-stream channel quality difference according to claim 11 , wherein the base station sends, to the user equipment, using a physical layer, the primary-stream channel quality difference in the dual-stream transmission mode of the ULMIMO system.
18. A user equipment, wherein the user equipment comprises:
a receiving unit, configured to receive a reference enhanced dedicated channel transport format combination (E-TFC) set and a primary-stream channel quality difference in a dual-stream transmission mode of an uplink multiple-input multiple-output (ULMIMO) system that are sent by a base station;
a first acquiring unit, configured to acquire, according to a primary-stream serving grant (SG) allocated to the user equipment by the base station within a transmission time interval (TTI), a first transmit power offset A ed 2 of the primary stream granted by the base station;
a second acquiring unit, configured to: when transmit power of the primary stream is obtained according to primary-stream transmit power granted by the base station, acquire, when inter-stream interference is considered and a transmit power offset of the primary stream is the first transmit power offset A ed 2 ; a first transport format combination indicator E-TFCI 1 of the primary stream according to the primary-stream channel quality difference and the first transmit power offset A ed 2 ;
a third acquiring unit, configured to: when the transmit power of the primary stream is obtained according to remaining transmit power, which is calculated according to a limit value of maximum transmit power of the user equipment, calculate a second transmit power offset A′ ed 2 , of the primary stream according to the remaining transmit power; calculate, when inter-stream interference is considered and the transmit power offset of the primary stream is the second transmit power offset A′ ed 2 ; an equivalent transmit power offset A′ edm1 2 of the primary stream according to the primary-stream channel quality difference, the first transmit power offset A ed 2 and the second transmit power offset A′ ed 2 ; and calculate, when inter-stream interference is considered and the transmit power offset of the primary stream is the second transmit power offset A′ ed 2 , a second transport format combination indicator E-TFCI′ 1 of the primary stream according to the reference E-TFC set and the equivalent transmit power offset A′ edm1 2 ; and
a selecting unit, configured to select from the E-TFCI 1 and the E-TFCI′ 1 an indicator, which has a smaller value, as a third transport format combination indicator E-TFCI″ 1 , corresponding to a transport format used by the user equipment to send uplink data, of the primary stream.
19. The user equipment according to claim 18 , wherein when the primary-stream channel quality difference is a primary-stream grant offset δ 1 , the second acquiring unit comprises:
a first calculating module, configured to calculate, when inter-stream interference is considered and the transmit power offset of the primary stream is the first transmit power offset A ed 2 the equivalent transmit power offset A edm1 2 of the primary stream using the following formula:
A
edm
1
2
=
A
ed
2
δ
1
;
a first acquiring module, configured to acquire, when inter-stream interference is considered and the transmit power offset of the primary stream is the first transmit power offset A ed 2 , the first transport format combination indicator E-TFCI 1 of the primary stream according to the reference E-TFC set and the equivalent transmit power offset A edm1 2 ;and
the third acquiring unit is configured to calculate, when inter-stream interference is considered and the transmit power offset of the primary stream is the second transmit power offset A′ ed 2 , the equivalent transmit power offset A′ edm1 2 of the primary stream using the following formula:
A
edm
1
′
2
=
A
ed
2
A
ed
′
2
A
ed
2
+
A
ed
′
2
(
δ
1
-
1
)
.
20. The user equipment according to claim 18 , wherein when the primary-stream channel quality difference is a primary-stream E-TFCI offset δ t1 , the second acquiring unit comprises:
a second calculating module, configured to calculate, when inter-stream interference is not considered, a fourth transport format combination indicator E-TFCI s of the primary stream according to the reference E-TFC set and the the first transmit power offset A ed 2 ;
a third calculating module, configured to calculate, when inter-stream interference is considered and the transmit power offset of the primary stream is the first transmit power offset A ed 2 , the first transport format combination indicator E-TFCI 1 of the primary stream using the following formula:
E-TFCI 1 , =E-TFCI s , −δ t1 ; and
the third acquiring unit comprises:
a third calculating module, configured to calculate, when inter-stream interference is not considered, a fourth transport format combination indicator E-TFCI s of the primary stream according to the reference E-TFC set and the the first transmit power offset A ed 2 ;
a fourth calculating module, configured to calculate, when inter-stream interference is considered and the transmit power offset of the primary stream is the first transmit power offset A ed 2 ; the first transport format combination indicator E-TFCI 1 of the primary stream using the following formula:
E-TFCI 1 ; =E-TFCI s−δ t1 ;
a fifth calculating module, configured to calculate, when inter-stream interference is considered and the transmit power offset of the primary stream is the first transmit power offset A ed 2 , the equivalent transmit power offset A edm1 2 of the primary stream according to the reference E-TFC set and the E-TFCI 1 ;
a sixth calculating module, configured to calculate a primary-stream grant offset δ 1 using the following formula:
δ
1
=
A
ed
2
A
edm
1
2
;
and
a seventh calculating module, configured to calculate, when inter-stream interference is considered and the transmit power offset of the primary stream is the second transmit power offset A′ ed 2 , the equivalent transmit power offset A′ edml 2 of the primary stream using the following formula:
A
edm
1
′
2
=
A
ed
2
A
ed
′
2
A
ed
2
+
A
ed
′
(
δ
1
-
1
)
.