IP Library Granted Patent US 10,374,677
Granted Patent B2
US 10,374,677 · App. 15/524,253 · Granted Aug 6, 2019

Method for channel-related feedback and apparatus for same

Inventors: Kunil Yum (Seoul, KR); Daesung Hwang (Seoul, KR); Kijun Kim (Seoul, KR); Yunjung Yi (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04B7/0626H04B7/04H04B7/06H04B7/0636H04B17/318H04L5/0091H04B17/24H04L5/0048H04L5/0053H04L5/0064
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Patent No.
US 10,374,677
App. No.
15/524,253
Granted
Aug 6, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a method for performing, by a rank-restricted terminal, a downlink channel-related feedback in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention, the method includes the steps of: measuring a downlink channel; and feeding back information for improving a coverage on the basis of the measured downlink channel value, wherein the information for improving the coverage may include a repetition level indicator for improving the coverage.

Claims (30)

1. A method for performing reporting of information for coverage enhancement by a rank-limited terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving a reporting configuration of the information for coverage enhancement;

measuring a downlink channel based on the reporting configuration; and

reporting the information for coverage enhancement determined based on a value of the measured downlink channel,

wherein the information for coverage enhancement includes a repetition level indicator for coverage enhancement,

wherein the information for coverage enhancement is transmitted in a transmission instance for a rank indicator configured for the terminal, and

wherein the information for coverage enhancement has a higher priority than channel state information to be reported by the terminal.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the information for coverage enhancement comprises further includes a repetition level indicator for downlink and a repetition level indicator for uplink.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the information for coverage enhancement further includes a repetition level indicator for an individual physical channel.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the repetition level indicator includes a repetition level for coverage enhancement or a repetition level offset for coverage enhancement.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a reporting of channel state information is dropped when the reporting of the information for coverage enhancement collides with reporting of the channel state information.

6. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving downlink data transmitted using a coverage enhancement technique according to the information for coverage enhancement.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the reporting of the information for coverage enhancement is included and transmitted in a measurement report for a reference signal received power (RSRP) or a reference signal received quality (RSRQ).

8. A rank-limited terminal configured to perform reporting of information for coverage enhancement, the terminal comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) unit; and

a processor configured to control the RF unit,

wherein the processor is configured to:

receive a reporting configuration of the information for coverage enhancement;

measure a downlink channel according to the reporting configuration; and

report the information for coverage enhancement determined based on a value of the measured downlink channel,

wherein the information for coverage enhancement includes a repetition level indicator for coverage enhancement, and

wherein the information for coverage enhancement is transmitted in a transmission instance for a rank indicator configured for the terminal, and

wherein the information for coverage enhancement has a higher priority than channel state information to be reported by the terminal.

9. The terminal according to claim 8 , wherein the information for coverage enhancement further includes a repetition level indicator for downlink and a repetition level indicator for uplink.

10. The terminal according to claim 8 , wherein the information for coverage enhancement further includes a repetition level indicator for an individual physical channel.

11. The terminal according to claim 8 , wherein the repetition level indicator includes a repetition level for coverage enhancement or a repetition level offset for coverage enhancement.

12. The terminal according to claim 8 , wherein a reporting of channel state information is dropped when reporting of the information for coverage enhancement collides with reporting of the channel state information.

13. The terminal according to claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to receive downlink data transmitted using a coverage enhancement technique according to the information for coverage enhancement.

14. The terminal according to claim 8 , wherein the reporting of the information for coverage enhancement is included and transmitted in a measurement report on a reference signal received power (RSRP) or a reference signal received quality (RSRQ).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 3, 2017
From: YUM, KUNIL; HWANG, DAESUNG; KIM, KIJUN; YI, YUNJUNG
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC
Reel/Frame 042232/0907 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 62093415 · Dec 18, 2014
Provisional Application 62075204 · Nov 4, 2014
Related Publication 20170338877A1 · Nov 23, 2017