Base station apparatus, terminal apparatus, wireless communication system and integrated circuit
A base station apparatus according to the present invention is capable of adjusting antenna gains in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction of the plurality of antennas included in the base station apparatus, by adjusting a phase and an amplitude of a signal addressed and transmitted to a terminal apparatus, stores a codebook which is shared with the terminal apparatus and describes a plurality of linear filters associated with antenna gains in the horizontal direction and antenna gains in the vertical direction, acquires control information indicating at least one out of a plurality of linear filters described in the codebook, of which notification is sent from the terminal apparatus, performs precoding on the signal addressed to the terminal apparatus, based on the control information and the first codebook, and transmits the signal subjected to the precoding.
1. A terminal apparatus that communicates with a base station apparatus including a plurality of antenna ports, comprising:
wireless reception circuitry that receives a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) from the base station apparatus; and
wireless transmission circuitry that transmits feedback information generated based on the CSI-RS to the base station apparatus; wherein
the feedback information is information associated with a codebook describing a plurality of first linear filters corresponding to precoding of a first dimension and a plurality of second linear filters corresponding to precoding of a second dimension,
the CSI-RS, the plurality of first linear filters, and the plurality of second linear filters are associated with a number of the plurality of antenna ports,
the codebook includes a setting in which a number of the plurality of first linear filters each corresponding to the precoding of the first dimension is equal to a number of the plurality of second linear filters each corresponding to the precoding of the second dimension, and
the plurality of first linear filters corresponding to the precoding of the first dimension has a same norm as that of the plurality of second linear filters corresponding to the precoding of the second dimension.
2. The terminal apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the feedback information includes indices indicating the plurality of first linear filters corresponding to the precoding of the first dimension, and the plurality of second linear filters corresponding to the precoding of the second dimension, both of the plurality of first linear filters and the plurality of second linear filters being included in the codebook.
3. The terminal apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein a number of the plurality of first linear filters described in the codebook is changed by a number of the plurality of first linear filters oversampled in a space direction, and a number of the plurality of second linear filters described in the codebook is changed by a number of the plurality of second linear filters oversampled in the space direction.
4. The terminal apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the codebook is associated with indices of the plurality of antenna ports.
5. The terminal apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the plurality of first linear filters corresponding to the precoding of the first dimension and the plurality of second linear filters corresponding to the precoding of the second dimension are updated by the base station apparatus.
6. The terminal apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the precoding of the first dimension is one of precoding corresponding to an antenna gain in a horizontal direction and precoding corresponding to an antenna gain in a vertical direction, and the precoding of the second dimension is the other precoding.
7. The terminal apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the CSI-RS includes a first reference signal sequence associated with the plurality of first linear filters corresponding to the precoding of the first dimension and a second reference signal sequence associated with the plurality of second linear filters corresponding to the precoding of the second dimension.
8. A communication method of a terminal apparatus that communicates with a base station apparatus including a plurality of antenna ports, the method comprising:
a first step of receiving a channel status information reference signal (CSI-RS) from the base station apparatus; and
a second step of transmitting feedback information to the base station apparatus, wherein
the feedback information is information associated with a codebook describing a plurality of first linear filters corresponding to precoding of a first dimension and a plurality of second linear filters corresponding to precoding of a second dimension,
the CSI-RS, the plurality of first linear filters, and the plurality of second linear filters are associated with a number of the plurality of antenna ports,
the codebook includes a setting in which a number of the plurality of first linear filters each corresponding to the precoding of the first dimension is equal to a number of the plurality of second linear filters each corresponding to the precoding of the second dimension, and
the plurality of first linear filters corresponding to the precoding of the first dimension has a same norm as that of the plurality of second linear filters corresponding to the preceding of the second dimension.
9. A base station apparatus that includes a plurality of antenna ports and communicates with a terminal apparatus, the base station apparatus comprising:
wireless transmission circuitry that transmits a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) to the terminal apparatus; and
wireless reception circuitry that receives feedback information generated based on the CSI-RS from the terminal apparatus, wherein
the feedback information is information associated with a codebook describing a plurality of first linear filters corresponding to precoding of a first dimension and a plurality of second linear filters corresponding to precoding of a second dimension,
the CSI-RS, the plurality of first linear filters, and the plurality of second linear filters are associated with a number of the plurality of antenna ports,
the codebook includes a setting in which a number of the plurality of first linear filters each corresponding to the precoding of the first dimension is equal to a number of the plurality of second linear filters each corresponding to the precoding of the second dimension, and
the plurality of first linear filters corresponding to the precoding of the first dimension has a same norm as that of the plurality of second linear filters corresponding to the preceding of the second dimension.
10. A communication method of a base station apparatus that includes a plurality of antenna ports and communicates with a terminal apparatus, the method comprising:
a first step of transmitting a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) to the terminal apparatus; and
a second step of receiving feedback information generated based on the CSI-RS from the terminal apparatus, wherein
the feedback information is information associated with a codebook describing a plurality of first linear filters corresponding to precoding of a first dimension and a plurality of second linear filters corresponding to precoding of a second dimension,
the CSI-RS, the plurality of first linear filters, and the plurality of second linear filters are associated with a number of the plurality of antenna ports,
the codebook includes a setting in which a number of the plurality of first linear filters each corresponding to the precoding of the first dimension is equal to a number of the plurality of second linear filters each corresponding to the precoding of the second dimension, and
the plurality of first linear filters corresponding to the precoding of the first dimension has a same norm as that of the plurality of second linear filters corresponding to the preceding of the second dimension.