IP Library Granted Patent US 10,141,987
Granted Patent B2
US 10,141,987 · App. 15/569,613 · Granted Nov 27, 2018

Method for feeding back reference signal information in multi-antenna wireless communication system and apparatus therefor

Inventors: Youngtae Kim (Seoul, KR); Kijun Kim (Seoul, KR); Yunjung Yi (Seoul, KR); Jonghyun Park (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04B7/0417H04B7/04H04B7/0478H04B7/06H04B7/0626H04L5/00
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Patent No.
US 10,141,987
App. No.
15/569,613
Granted
Nov 27, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for feeding back, by a terminal, reference signal information in wireless communication using a two-dimensional active antenna system including a plurality of antennas. Particularly, the method for feeding back reference signal information comprises the steps of: receiving, from a base station, a reference signal configuration including identifiers of a plurality of reference signals having a first reference signal set and a second reference signal set; receiving the plurality of reference signals to which the precoding is applied; measuring reference signal received power (RSRP) for each of the plurality of reference signals; and transmitting, to the base station, information on at least a part of the first reference signal set and information on at least a part of the second reference signal set, on the basis of the measured RSRP. In addition, the precoding for the terminal is determined on the basis of the information on at least a part of the first reference signal set, and the interference information for the terminal can be determined on the basis of the information on at least a part of the second reference signal set.

Claims (33)

1. A method for feeding back reference signal information by a user equipment (UE) in wireless communication using a two-dimensional active antenna system (2D-AAS) including multiple antennas, the method comprising:

receiving, from a base station (BS), a reference signal configuration including identifiers (IDs) of a plurality of reference signals included in a first reference signal set and a second reference signal set;

receiving, from the BS, the plurality of reference signals, where a plurality of precoding is applied respectively;

determining a reference signal that is not successfully received based on the reference signal configuration;

measuring reference signal received power (RSRP) for each of the plurality of reference signals; and

transmitting, to the BS, information on at least part of the first reference signal set and information on at least part of the second reference signal set based on the measured RSRP, and an ID of the determined reference signal, which is not successfully received,

wherein precoding for the UE is determined based on the information on the at least part of the first reference signal set, and

wherein interference information on the UE is determined based on the information on the at least part of the second reference signal set.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first reference signal set is composed of reference signals of the BS, and

wherein the second reference signal set is composed of reference signals of a neighboring BS adjacent to the BS.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein different precoding is applied to each of the reference signals in the first reference signal set such that each of the reference signals in the first reference signal set has a different incidence angle in a vertical direction.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information on the at least part of the first reference signal set includes an ID(s) of at least one reference signal having RSRP equal to or greater than a first threshold value in the first reference signal set, and

wherein the information on the at least part of the second reference signal set includes an ID(s) of at least one reference signal having RSRP equal to or greater than a second threshold value in the second reference signal set.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the information on the at least part of the first reference signal set further includes RSRP for the at least one reference signal having the RSRP equal to or greater than the first threshold value in the first reference signal set, and

wherein the information on the at least part of the second reference signal set further includes RSRP for the at least one reference signal having the RSRP equal to or greater than the second threshold value in the second reference signal set.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information on the at least part of the first reference signal set includes an ID(s) of at least one reference signal having RSRP equal to or greater than a first threshold value in the first reference signal set, and

wherein the information on the at least part of the second reference signal set includes an ID(s) of at least one reference signal having RSRP equal to or greater than a second threshold value in the second reference signal set.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein a time period for measuring RSRP for each of a plurality of reference signals in the first reference signal set is longer than that for measuring RSRP for each of a plurality of reference signals in the second reference signal set.

8. A user equipment (UE) in wireless communication using a two-dimensional active antenna system (2D-AAS) including multiple antennas, the UE comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit and receive signals; and

a processor configured to:

control the transceiver to receive, from a base station (BS), a reference signal configuration including identifiers (IDs) of a plurality of reference signals included in a first reference signal set and a second reference signal set,

control the transceiver to receive, from the BS, the plurality of reference signals where a plurality of precoding is applied respectively,

determine a reference signal that is not successfully received based on the reference signals configuration,

measure reference signal received power (RSRP) for each of the plurality of reference signals, and

control the transceiver to transmit, to the BS, information on at least part of the first reference signal set and information on at least part of the second reference signal set based on the measured RSRP, and an ID of the determined reference signal, which is not successfully received,

wherein precoding for the UE is determined based on the information on the at least part of the first reference signal set, and

wherein interference information on the UE is determined based on the information on the at least part of the second reference signal set.

9. The UE of claim 8 , wherein the first reference signal set is composed of reference signals of the BS, and

wherein the second reference signal set is composed of reference signals of a neighboring BS adjacent to the BS.

10. The UE of claim 9 , wherein different precoding is applied to each of the reference signals in the first reference signal set such that each of the reference signals in the first reference signal set has a different incidence angle in a vertical direction.

11. The UE of claim 8 , wherein the information on the at least part of the first reference signal set includes an ID(s) of at least one reference signal having RSRP equal to or greater than a first threshold value in the first reference signal set, and

wherein the information on the at least part of the second reference signal set includes an ID(s) of at least one reference signal having RSRP equal to or greater than a second threshold value in the second reference signal set.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 27, 2017
From: KIM, YOUNGTAE; KIM, KIJUN; YI, YUNJUNG; PARK, JONGHYUN
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 043966/0242 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62161914 · May 15, 2015
Related Publication 20180097548A1 · Apr 5, 2018