IP Library Granted Patent US 10,554,275
Granted Patent B2
US 10,554,275 · App. 15/521,607 · Granted Feb 4, 2020

Channel state information feedback method, channel state information acquisition method, channel state information feedback device and channel state information acquisition device

Inventors: Runhua Chen (Beijing, CN); Hui Li (Beijing, CN); Qiubin Gao (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
H04B7/0617H04B7/063H04B7/0626H04B7/0639H04L5/0048H04L5/0057H04W88/02
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Patent No.
US 10,554,275
App. No.
15/521,607
Granted
Feb 4, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A CSI feedback method, a CSI acquisition method, a CSI feedback device and a CSI acquisition device are provided, so as to reduce pilot resources configured for a UE and reduce the difficulty in processing CSI progresses at a UE side, thereby to facilitate the CSI feedback and acquisition and save resources. The CSI acquisition method includes steps of: determining beamforming array information in a first dimension; beamforming a pilot signal in a second dimension in accordance with the beamforming array information in the first dimension, and transmitting the beamformed pilot signal in the second dimension to a UE through a pilot resource in the second dimension; and receiving, from the UE, CSI in the second dimension obtained by measuring the pilot signal in the second dimension.

Claims (35)

1. A Channel State Information (CSI) acquisition method, comprising:

pre-configuring a pilot resource in the first dimension for the UE and notifying the UE of the pilot resource in the first dimension;

transmitting a pilot signal in the first dimension to the UE through the pilot resource in the first dimension;

receiving, from the UE, CSI in the first dimension obtained by the UE by measuring the pilot signal in the first dimension through the pilot resource in the first dimension, and taking the CSI in the first dimension as the beamforming array information in the first dimension;

beamforming a pilot signal in a second dimension in accordance with the CSI in the first dimension, and transmitting the beamformed pilot signal in the second dimension to a User Equipment (UE) through a pilot resource in the second dimension; and

receiving, from the UE, CSI in the second dimension obtained by the UE by measuring the beamformed pilot signal in the second dimension, to perform a link scheduling by only using the CSI in the second dimension;

wherein the CSI in the first dimension comprises Precoding Matrix Indicator (PMI) information, and Rank Indicator (RI) information corresponding to the PMI information is appointed with the UE in advance.

2. The CSI acquisition method according to claim 1 , wherein the CSI in the first dimension further comprises Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) information obtained by the UE in accordance with the PMI information.

3. The CSI acquisition method according to claim 1 , wherein the first dimension is perpendicular to the second dimension.

4. The CSI acquisition method according to claim 1 , wherein the first dimension is a vertical dimension, and the second dimension is a horizontal dimension.

5. The CSI acquisition method according to claim 1 , wherein the pilot resource is a Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) resource or a Common Reference Signal (CRS) resource.

6. The CSI acquisition method according to claim 1 , wherein the beamforming the pilot signal in the second dimension in accordance with the beamforming array information in the first dimension comprises:

beamforming the pilot signal in the second dimension through the CSI in the first dimension which is measured by the UE through the pilot resource in the first dimension and transmitted from the UE; or

processing the CSI in the first dimension and beamforming the pilot signal in the second dimension in accordance with the processed CSI in the first dimension.

7. A Channel State Information (CSI) feedback method, comprising:

determining a pilot resource in a second dimension pre-configured by a network side device;

measuring a beamformed pilot signal in the second dimension transmitted by the network side device through the pilot resource in the second dimension, to acquire CSI in the second dimension; and

transmitting the CSI in the second dimension to the network side device, to enable the network side device to perform a link scheduling, wherein the link scheduling is performed by only using the CSI in the second dimension;

wherein the method further comprises:

determining, by a User Equipment (UE), a pilot resource in the first dimension pre-configured by the network side device for the UE:

measuring a pilot signal in the first dimension transmitted through the pilot resource in the first dimension, to acquire CSI in the first dimension; and

transmitting, by the UE, the CSI in the first dimension to the network side device;

wherein the CSI in the first dimension comprises Precoding Matrix Indicator (PMI) information, and Rank Indicator (RI) information corresponding to the PMI information is appointed by the UE with the network side device in advance.

8. The CSI feedback method according to claim 7 , wherein the CSI in the first dimension further comprises Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) information obtained by the UE in accordance with the PMI information.

9. A Channel State Information (CSI) feedback device, comprising:

a processor;

a memory connected to the processor via a bus interface and configured to store therein programs and data for the operation of the processor; and

a transceiver configured to communicate with any other devices over a transmission medium,

wherein in the case that the programs and data stored in the memory are called and executed by the processor, the processor is configured to:

determine a pilot resource in a second dimension pre-configured by a network side device for the CSI feedback device;

measure a beamformed pilot signal in the second dimension transmitted by the network side device through the pilot resource in the second dimension, to acquire Channel State information (CSI) in the second dimension; and

transmit the CSI in the second dimension to the network side device, to enable the network side device to perform a link scheduling, wherein the link scheduling is performed by only using the CSI in the second dimension;

wherein the processor is further configured to determine a pilot resource in the first dimension pre-configured by the network side device for the CSI feedback device;

the processor is further configured to measure a pilot signal in the first dimension transmitted through the pilot resource in the first dimension, to acquire CSI in the first dimension; and

the transceiver is further configured to transmit the CSI in the first dimension to the network side device; wherein the CSI in the first dimension comprises Precoding Matrix Indicator (PMI) information, and Rank Indicator (RI) information corresponding to the PMI information is appointed with the network side device in advance.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 6, 2021
From: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
To: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056769/0920 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 9, 2017
From: CHEN, RUNHUA; LI, HUI; GAO, QIUBIN
To: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
Reel/Frame 042311/0204 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2014 1 0575759 · Oct 24, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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