IP Library Granted Patent US 9,629,010
Granted Patent B2
US 9,629,010 · App. 14/664,853 · Granted Apr 18, 2017

Method for transmitting and receiving the channel state information and apparatus thereof

Inventors: Seung Hyun Kang (Seoul, KR); Woo-jin Choi (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: KT CORPORATION
H04W24/08H04W24/02
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Patent No.
US 9,629,010
App. No.
14/664,853
Granted
Apr 18, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and a method for transmitting and receiving channel state information of a User Equipment that supports 256-state quadrature amplitude modulation (256QAM). The method may include: receiving a reference signal for measuring channel quality from a base station; measuring the channel quality based on the reference signal, and selecting a CQI index value from a predetermined CQI index table including CQI index values for 256QAM modulation, based on the measurement result of the channel quality; and transmitting channel state information including the selected CQI index value to the base station.

Claims (196)

1. A method for transmitting channel state information by a User Equipment (UE), the method comprising:

receiving a reference signal for measuring channel quality from a base station;

measuring the channel quality based on the reference signal, and selecting a channel quality indicator (CQI) index value from a predetermined CQI index table including CQI index values for 256 quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) modulation, based on the measurement result of the channel quality; and

transmitting channel state information including the selected CQI index value to the base station,

wherein:

one of the CQI index values for 256QAM modulation is set to a code rate value determined based on a SNR interval calculated using a minimum SNR and a maximum SNR;

the minimum SNR is a required SNR of a CQI index having a maximum code rate value among CQI index values for 64QAM modulation of the CQI index table; and

the maximum SNR is a required SNR of a CQI index having the maximum code rate value among CQI index values for 256QAM modulation of the CQI index table.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the CQI index table includes three CQI index values for QPSK modulation, three CQI index values for 16QAM modulation, five CQI index values for 64QAM modulation, and four CQI index values for 256QAM modulation.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein one of the CQI index values for 256QAM modulation is configured to have a code rate value that supports a same transmission efficiency as a maximum transmission efficiency of a CQI index table that excludes CQI index values for 256QAM modulation.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the code rate value is calculated to be 711 using “code rate×1024”.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein one of the CQI index values for 256QAM modulation is configured to have a same code rate value as the code rate value having a maximum transmission efficiency of a CQI index table that exclude CQI index values for 256QAM modulation.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the code rate value is defined as “code rate×1024,” and the code rate value has 948.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the SNR interval is calculated by subtracting the minimum SNR from the maximum SNR and then dividing the subtraction result by 4; and

the code rate value of one of the CQI index values for 256QAM modulation is defined as “code rate×1024” and the code rate value is 797.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the CQI index table is configured to include required SNRs between adjacent CQI index values in three CQI index values for QPSK modulation, three CQI index values for 16QAM modulation, and five CQI index values for 64QAM modulation, respectively, to have same difference within a predetermined error rate, as shown in a table below

CQI index

modulation

code rate x 1024

efficiency

0

out of range

1

QPSK

78

0.1523

2

QPSK

193

0.3770

3

QPSK

449

0.8770

4

16QAM

378

1.4766

5

16QAM

490

1.9141

6

16QAM

616

2.4063

7

64QAM

466

2.7305

8

64QAM

567

3.3223

9

64QAM

666

3.9023

10

64QAM

772

4.5234

11

64QAM

873

 5.1152.

9. A method for receiving channel state information by a base station, the method comprising:

creating a reference signal for measuring channel quality;

transmitting the reference signal to a User Equipment (UE); and

receiving channel state information including a channel quality indicator (CQI) index selected from a predetermined CQI index table including CQI index values for 256 quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) modulation, based on a measurement result of the channel quality, from the User Equipment,

wherein:

one of the CQI index values for 256QAM modulation is set to a code rate value determined based on a SNR interval calculated using a minimum SNR and a maximum SNR;

the minimum SNR is a required SNR of a CQI index having a maximum code rate value among CQI index values for 64QAM modulation of the CQI index table; and

the maximum SNR is a required SNR of a CQI index having the maximum code rate value among CQI index values for 256QAM modulation of the CQI index table.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the CQI index table includes three CQI index values for QPSK modulation, three CQI index values for 16QAM modulation, five CQI index values for 64QAM modulation, and four CQI index values for 256QAM modulation.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein one of the CQI index values for 256QAM modulation is configured to have a code rate value that supports a same transmission efficiency as a maximum transmission efficiency of a CQI index table that excludes CQI index values for 256QAM modulation.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the code rate value is calculated to be 711 using “code rate×1024”.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein one of the CQI index values for 256QAM modulation is configured to have a same code rate value as the code rate value having a maximum transmission efficiency of a CQI index table that excludes CQI index values for 256QAM modulation.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the code rate value is defined as “code rate×1024,” and the code rate value has 948.

15. The method of claim 9 , wherein:

the SNR interval is calculated by subtracting the minimum SNR from the maximum SNR and then dividing the subtraction result by 4; and

the code rate value of one of the CQI index values for 256QAM modulation is defined as “code rate×1024” and the code rate value is 797.

16. The method of claim 9 , wherein the CQI index table is configured to include required SNRs between adjacent CQI index values in three CQI index values for QPSK modulation, three CQI index values for 16QAM modulation, and five CQI index values for 64QAM modulation, respectively, to have same difference within a predetermined error rate, as shown in a table below

CQI index

modulation

code rate x 1024

efficiency

0

out of range

1

QPSK

78

0.1523

2

QPSK

193

0.3770

3

QPSK

449

0.8770

4

16QAM

378

1.4766

5

16QAM

490

1.9141

6

16QAM

616

2.4063

7

64QAM

466

2.7305

8

64QAM

567

3.3223

9

64QAM

666

3.9023

10

64QAM

772

4.5234

11

64QAM

873

 5.1152.

17. A User Equipment (UE) for transmitting channel state information, comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a reference signal for measuring channel quality from a base station;

a controller configured to measure the channel quality based on the reference signal, and select a channel quality indicator (CQI) index value from a predetermined CQI index table including CQI index values for 256 quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) modulation, based on the measurement result of the channel quality; and

a transmitter configured to transmit channel state information including the selected CQI index value to the base station,

wherein:

one of the CQI index values for 256QAM modulation is set to a code rate value determined based on a SNR interval calculated using a minimum SNR and a maximum SNR;

the minimum SNR is a required SNR of a CQI index having a maximum code rate value among CQI index values for 64QAM modulation of the CQI index table; and

the maximum SNR is a required SNR of a CQI index having the maximum code rate value among CQI index values for 256QAM modulation of the CQI index table.

18. The User Equipment of claim 17 , wherein the CQI index table includes three CQI index values for QPSK modulation, three CQI index values for 16QAM modulation, five CQI index values for 64QAM modulation, and four CQI index values for 256QAM modulation.

19. The User Equipment of claim 17 , wherein one of the CQI index values for 256QAM modulation is configured to have a code rate value that supports a same transmission efficiency as a maximum transmission efficiency of a CQI index table that excludes CQI index values for 256QAM modulation.

20. The User Equipment of claim 17 , wherein one of the CQI index values for 256QAM modulation is configured to have a same code rate value as the code rate value having a maximum transmission efficiency of a CQI index table that excludes CQI index values for 256QAM modulation.

21. The User Equipment of claim 17 , wherein the CQI index table is configured to include required SNRs between adjacent CQI index values in three CQI index values for QPSK modulation, three CQI index values for 16QAM modulation, and five CQI index values for 64QAM modulation, respectively, to have a same difference within a predetermined error rate, as shown in a table below

CQI index

modulation

code rate x 1024

efficiency

0

out of range

1

QPSK

78

0.1523

2

QPSK

193

0.3770

3

QPSK

449

0.8770

4

16QAM

378

1.4766

5

16QAM

490

1.9141

6

16QAM

616

2.4063

7

64QAM

466

2.7305

8

64QAM

567

3.3223

9

64QAM

666

3.9023

10

64QAM

772

4.5234

11

64QAM

873

 5.1152.

Assignments (2)
EXCLUSIVE LICENSE WITH ALL SUBSTANTIAL RIGHT Recorded Oct 11, 2023
From: KT CORPORATION
To: PEGASUS WIRELESS INNOVATION LLC
Reel/Frame 065219/0144 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 21, 2015
From: KANG, SEUNG HYUN; CHOI, WOO-JIN
To: KT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 035224/0314 →
Priority Claims (4)
KR 10-2014-0033579 · Mar 21, 2014 · national
KR 10-2014-0034955 · Mar 25, 2014 · national
KR 10-2014-0037394 · Mar 31, 2014 · national
KR 10-2014-0175190 · Dec 8, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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