Methods and apparatuses for transmitting pre-coding indication information and determining pre-coding matrix
Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for transmitting coding indication information and determining a pre-coding matrix, for use in resolving the problem that the resolution of code words in a codebook generated by using a combination of a beam vector subgroup and column selection cannot be flexibly adjusted. The method comprises: user equipment determines first pre-coding indication information and second pre-coding indication information, the first pre-coding indication information corresponding to a first-stage pre-coding matrix, the first-stage pre-coding matrix comprising beam vectors in different polarizations, the second pre-coding indication information corresponding to a second-stage pre-coding matrix, the second-stage pre-coding matrix being used for performing amplitude weighting and phase adjusting on all beam vectors in each polarization in the first-stage pre-coding matrix, and the first-stage pre-coding matrix and the second-stage pre-coding matrix being used for generating a pre-coding matrix. Amplitude weighting and phase adjusting are performed on all beam vectors in each polarization in a first-stage pre-coding matrix, so that the resolution of a pre-coding matrix is flexibly adjusted, and the system performance is improved.
1. A method for transmitting pre-coding indication information, the method comprising:
determining, by a user equipment (UE), first pre-coding indication information and second pre-coding indication information, wherein the first pre-coding indication information corresponds to a first-level pre-coding matrix, the first-level pre-coding matrix comprises beam vectors having different polarizations, the second pre-coding indication information corresponds to a second-level pre-coding matrix, the second-level pre-coding matrix is configured for weighting amplitudes of and adjusting phases of the beam vectors in the first-level pre-coding matrix, and the first-level pre-coding matrix and the second-level pre-coding matrix are configured for generation of a pre-coding matrix; and
transmitting, by the UE, the first pre-coding indication information and the second pre-coding indication information to a network side device;
wherein determining, by the UE, the first pre-coding indication information and the second pre-coding indication information comprises:
selecting, by the UE, a first-level pre-coding matrix from a set of first-level pre-coding matrixes, and determining the first pre-coding indication information corresponding to the selected first-level pre-coding matrix, wherein each first-level pre-coding matrix is a block diagonal matrix, each non-zero sub-matrix in each first-level pre-coding matrix represents a different polarization, each non-zero sub-matrix comprises M beam vectors, and M is a positive integer; and
selecting, by the UE, a second-level pre-coding matrix from a set of second-level pre-coding matrixes, and determining the second pre-coding indication information corresponding to the selected second-level pre-coding matrix;
wherein each second-level pre-coding matrix, W 2 , in the set of second-level pre-coding matrixes is represented as:
W
2
=
[
a
0
(
1
+
)
e
j
θ
0
(
1
+
)
a
0
(
2
+
)
e
j
θ
0
(
2
+
)
…
a
0
(
R
+
)
e
j
θ
0
(
R
+
)
a
1
(
1
+
)
e
j
θ
1
(
1
+
)
a
1
(
2
+
)
e
j
θ
1
(
2
+
)
…
a
1
(
R
+
)
e
j
θ
1
(
R
+
)
⋮
⋮
⋮
⋮
a
M
-
1
(
1
+
)
e
j
θ
M
-
1
(
1
+
)
a
M
-
1
(
2
+
)
e
j
θ
M
-
1
(
2
+
)
…
a
M
-
1
(
R
+
)
e
j
θ
M
-
1
(
R
+
)
ϕ
(
1
)
a
0
(
1
-
)
e
j
θ
0
(
1
-
)
ϕ
(
2
)
a
0
(
2
-
)
e
j
θ
0
(
2
-
)
…
ϕ
(
R
)
a
0
(
R
-
)
e
j
θ
0
(
R
-
)
ϕ
(
1
)
a
1
(
1
-
)
e
j
θ
1
(
1
-
)
ϕ
(
2
)
a
1
(
2
-
)
e
j
θ
1
(
2
-
)
…
ϕ
(
R
)
a
1
(
R
-
)
e
j
θ
1
(
R
-
)
⋮
⋮
⋮
⋮
ϕ
(
1
)
a
M
-
1
(
1
-
)
e
j
θ
M
-
1
(
1
-
)
ϕ
(
2
)
a
M
-
1
(
2
-
)
e
j
θ
M
-
1
(
2
-
)
…
ϕ
(
R
)
a
M
-
1
(
R
-
)
e
j
θ
M
-
1
(
R
-
)
]
;
wherein ϕ(⋅) represents phase adjustment factors of two polarizations; a l (r+) and a l (r−) are amplitude weighting factors of an l-th beam vector in each polarization of a first-level pre-coding matrix; θ l (r+) and θ l (r−) represent phase adjusting factors of an l-th beam vector in each polarization of the first-level pre-coding matrix; l=0, 1, 2, . . . , M−1, M represents a quantity of beam vectors in each non-zero sub-matrix in the first-level pre-coding matrix; r=1, 2, . . . , R, and R represents a quantity of transmission streams.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
values of a l (r+) and a l (r−) are real values within a range from 0 to 1, and values of θ l (r+) and θ l (r−) are within a range from −π to π.
3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein antenna ports of the UE are two-dimension antenna ports, and each second-level pre-coding matrix W 2 in the set of second-level pre-coding matrixes is represented as:
W
2
=
[
A
V
(
1
+
)
⊗
A
h
(
1
+
)
A
V
(
2
+
)
⊗
A
h
(
2
+
)
…
A
V
(
R
+
)
⊗
A
h
(
R
+
)
ϕ
(
1
)
·
(
A
V
(
1
-
)
⊗
A
h
(
1
-
)
)
ϕ
(
2
)
·
(
A
V
(
2
-
)
⊗
A
h
(
2
-
)
)
…
ϕ
(
R
)
·
(
A
V
(
R
-
)
⊗
A
h
(
R
-
)
)
]
;
wherein
A
v
(
r
+
)
=
[
a
v
,
0
(
r
+
)
e
j
θ
v
,
0
(
r
+
)
a
v
,
1
(
r
+
)
e
j
θ
v
,
1
(
r
+
)
⋮
a
v
,
M
v
-
1
(
r
+
)
e
j
θ
v
,
M
v
-
1
(
r
+
)
]
,
A
h
(
r
+
)
=
[
a
h
,
0
(
r
+
)
e
j
θ
h
,
0
(
r
+
)
a
h
,
1
(
r
+
)
e
j
θ
h
,
1
(
r
+
)
⋮
a
h
,
M
h
-
1
(
r
+
)
e
j
θ
h
,
M
h
-
1
(
r
+
)
]
,
A
v
(
r
-
)
=
[
a
v
,
0
(
r
-
)
e
j
θ
v
,
0
(
r
-
)
a
v
,
1
(
r
-
)
e
j
θ
v
,
1
(
r
-
)
⋮
a
v
,
M
v
-
1
(
r
-
)
e
j
θ
v
,
M
v
-
1
(
r
-
)
]
and
A
h
(
r
+
)
=
[
a
h
,
0
(
r
-
)
e
j
θ
h
,
0
(
r
-
)
a
h
,
1
(
r
-
)
e
j
θ
h
,
1
(
r
-
)
⋮
a
h
,
M
h
-
1
(
r
-
)
e
j
θ
h
,
M
h
-
1
(
r
-
)
]
,
wherein a v,l v (r+) and a v,l v (r−) represent amplitude weighting factors of an l v -th beam vector in a vertical dimension of each polarization of the first-level pre-coding matrix, values of a v,l v (r+) and a v,l v (r−) are real values within a range from 0 to 1 a v,l v (r+) and a v,l v (r−) ; θ v,l v (r+) and θ v,l v (r−) represent phase adjusting factors of an l v -th beam vector in the vertical dimension of each polarization of the first-level pre-coding matrix, and values of θ v,l v (r+) and θ v,l v (r−) are within a range from −π to π, l v =0, 1, 2, . . . , M v −1, and M v represents a quantity of beam vectors in the vertical dimension; a h,l h (r+) and a h,l h (r−) represent amplitude weighting factors of an l h -th beam vector in a horizontal dimension of each polarization of the first-level pre-coding matrix, values of a h,l h (r+) and a h,l h (r−) are real values within a range from 0 to 1, a h,l h (r+) and a h,l h (r−) ; θ h,l h (r+) and θ h,l h (r−) represent phase adjusting factors of an l h -th beam vector in the horizontal dimension of each polarization of the first-level pre-coding matrix, and values of θ h,l h (r+) and θ h,l h (r−) are within a range from −π to π, wherein l h =0, 1, 2, . . . , M h −1, and M h represents a quantity of beam vectors in the horizontal dimension; the quantity of beam vectors in each non-zero sub-matrix in the first-level pre-coding matrix is M=M v M h ; r=1, 2, . . . , R, and R represents the quantity of transmission streams.
4. A method for determining a pre-coding matrix, the method comprising:
receiving, by a network side device, first pre-coding indication information and second pre-coding indication information transmitted by a user equipment (UE); and
determining, by the network side device, the pre-coding matrix according to the first pre-coding indication information and the second pre-coding indication information;
wherein the first pre-coding indication information corresponds to a first-level pre-coding matrix, the first-level pre-coding matrix comprises beam vectors having different polarizations, the second pre-coding indication information corresponds to a second-level pre-coding matrix, the second-level pre-coding matrix is configured for weighting amplitudes of and adjusting phases of the beam vectors in the first-level pre-coding matrix, and the first-level pre-coding matrix and the second-level pre-coding matrix are configured for generation of the pre-coding matrix;
wherein determining, by the network side device, the pre-coding matrix comprises:
determining, by the network side device, a first-level pre-coding matrix corresponding to the first pre-coding indication information from a set of first-level pre-coding matrixes, wherein each first-level pre-coding matrix is a block diagonal matrix, each non-zero sub-matrix in each first-level pre-coding matrix represents a different polarization, each non-zero sub-matrix comprises M beam vectors, and M is a positive integer;
determining, by the network side device, a second-level pre-coding matrix corresponding to the second pre-coding indication information from a set of second-level pre-coding matrixes; and
determining, by the network side device, the pre-coding matrix by multiplying the determined first-level pre-coding matrix and the determined second level pre-coding matrix;
wherein each second-level pre-coding matrix, W 2 , in the set of second-level pre-coding matrixes is represented as:
W
2
=
[
a
0
(
1
+
)
e
j
θ
0
(
1
+
)
a
0
(
2
+
)
e
j
θ
0
(
2
+
)
…
a
0
(
R
+
)
e
j
θ
0
(
R
+
)
a
1
(
1
+
)
e
j
θ
1
(
1
+
)
a
1
(
2
+
)
e
j
θ
1
(
2
+
)
…
a
1
(
R
+
)
e
j
θ
1
(
R
+
)
⋮
⋮
⋮
⋮
a
M
-
1
(
1
+
)
e
j
θ
M
-
1
(
1
+
)
a
M
-
1
(
2
+
)
e
j
θ
M
-
1
(
2
+
)
…
a
M
-
1
(
R
+
)
e
j
θ
M
-
1
(
R
+
)
ϕ
(
1
)
a
0
(
1
-
)
e
j
θ
0
(
1
-
)
ϕ
(
2
)
a
0
(
2
-
)
e
j
θ
0
(
2
-
)
…
ϕ
(
R
)
a
0
(
R
-
)
e
j
θ
0
(
R
-
)
ϕ
(
1
)
a
1
(
1
-
)
e
j
θ
1
(
1
-
)
ϕ
(
2
)
a
1
(
2
-
)
e
j
θ
1
(
2
-
)
…
ϕ
(
R
)
a
1
(
R
-
)
e
j
θ
1
(
R
-
)
⋮
⋮
⋮
⋮
ϕ
(
1
)
a
M
-
1
(
1
-
)
e
j
θ
M
-
1
(
1
-
)
ϕ
(
2
)
a
M
-
1
(
2
-
)
e
j
θ
M
-
1
(
2
-
)
…
ϕ
(
R
)
a
M
-
1
(
R
-
)
e
j
θ
M
-
1
(
R
-
)
]
;
wherein ϕ(⋅) represents phase adjustment factors of two polarizations; a l (r+) and a l (r−) are amplitude weighting factors of an l-th beam vector in each polarization of a first-level pre-coding matrix, θ l (r+) and θ l (r−) represent phase adjusting factors of an l-th beam vector in each polarization of the first-level pre-coding matrix, l=0, 1, 2, . . . , M−1, M represents a quantity of beam vectors in each non-zero sub-matrix in the first-level pre-coding matrix; r=1, 2, . . . , R, and R represents a quantity of transmission streams.
5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein
values of a l (r+) and a l (r−) are real values within a range from 0 to 1, and values of θ l (r+) and θ l (r−) are within a range from −π to π.
6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein antenna ports of the UE are two-dimension antenna ports, and each second-level pre-coding matrix W 2 in the set of second-level pre-coding matrixes is represented as:
W
2
=
[
A
V
(
1
+
)
⊗
A
h
(
1
+
)
A
V
(
2
+
)
⊗
A
h
(
2
+
)
…
A
V
(
R
+
)
⊗
A
h
(
R
+
)
ϕ
(
1
)
·
(
A
V
(
1
-
)
⊗
A
h
(
1
-
)
)
ϕ
(
2
)
·
(
A
V
(
2
-
)
⊗
A
h
(
2
-
)
)
…
ϕ
(
R
)
·
(
A
V
(
R
-
)
⊗
A
h
(
R
-
)
)
]
;
wherein
A
v
(
r
+
)
=
[
a
v
,
0
(
r
+
)
e
j
θ
v
,
0
(
r
+
)
a
v
,
1
(
r
+
)
e
j
θ
v
,
1
(
r
+
)
⋮
a
v
,
M
v
-
1
(
r
+
)
e
j
θ
v
,
M
v
-
1
(
r
+
)
]
,
A
h
(
r
+
)
=
[
a
h
,
0
(
r
+
)
e
j
θ
h
,
0
(
r
+
)
a
h
,
1
(
r
+
)
e
j
θ
h
,
1
(
r
+
)
⋮
a
h
,
M
h
-
1
(
r
+
)
e
j
θ
h
,
M
h
-
1
(
r
+
)
]
,
A
v
(
r
-
)
=
[
a
v
,
0
(
r
-
)
e
j
θ
v
,
0
(
r
-
)
a
v
,
1
(
r
-
)
e
j
θ
v
,
1
(
r
-
)
⋮
a
v
,
M
v
-
1
(
r
-
)
e
j
θ
v
,
M
v
-
1
(
r
-
)
]
and
A
h
(
r
+
)
=
[
a
h
,
0
(
r
-
)
e
j
θ
h
,
0
(
r
-
)
a
h
,
1
(
r
-
)
e
j
θ
h
,
1
(
r
-
)
⋮
a
h
,
M
h
-
1
(
r
-
)
e
j
θ
h
,
M
h
-
1
(
r
-
)
]
,
wherein a v,l v (r+) and a v,l v (r−) represent amplitude weighting factors of an l v -th beam vector in a vertical dimension of each polarization of the first-level pre-coding matrix, values of a v,l v (r+) and a v,l v (r−) are real values within a range from 0 to 1, Σ l=0 M v −1 a v,l v (r+) =1 and Σ l=0 M v −1 a v,l v (r−) =1; θ v,l v (r+) and θ v,l v (r−) represent phase adjusting factors of an l v -th beam vector in the vertical dimension of each polarization of the first-level pre-coding matrix, and values of θ v,l v (r+) and θ v,l v (r−) are within a range from −π to π, l v =0, 1, 2, . . . , M v −1, and M v represents a quantity of beam vectors in the vertical dimension; a h,l h (r+) and a h,l h (r−) represent amplitude weighting factors of an l h -th beam vector in a horizontal dimension of each polarization of the first-level pre-coding matrix, values of a h,l h (r+) and a h,l h (r−) are real values within a range from 0 to 1, Σ l=0 M h −1 a h,l h (r+) =1 and Σ l=0 M h −1 a h,l h (r−) =1; and θ h,l h (r+) and θ h,l h (r−) represent phase adjusting factors of an l h -th beam vector in the horizontal dimension of each polarization of the first-level pre-coding matrix, and values of θ h,l h (r+) and θ h,l h (r−) are within a range from −π to π, wherein l h =0, 1, 2, . . . , M h −1, and M h represents a quantity of beam vectors in the horizontal dimension; the quantity of beam vectors in each non-zero sub-matrix in the first-level pre-coding matrix is M=M v M h ; r=1, 2, . . . , R, and R represents the quantity of transmission streams.
7. An apparatus for transmitting pre-coding indication information, the apparatus comprising:
a transmitter;
a processor; and
a memory storing at least one instruction, wherein the processor is configured to execute the at least one instruction to:
determine first pre-coding indication information and second pre-coding indication information, wherein the first pre-coding indication information corresponds to a first-level pre-coding matrix, the first-level pre-coding matrix comprises beam vectors having different polarizations, the second pre-coding indication information corresponds to a second-level pre-coding matrix, the second-level pre-coding matrix is configured for weighting amplitudes of and adjusting phases of the beam vectors in the first-level pre-coding matrix, and the first-level pre-coding matrix and the second-level pre-coding matrix are configured for generation of a pre-coding matrix; and
control the transmitter to transmit the first pre-coding indication information and the second pre-coding indication information to a network side device;
wherein the processor is further configured to execute the at least one instruction to:
select a first-level pre-coding matrix from a set of first-level pre-coding matrixes, and determine the first pre-coding indication information corresponding to the selected first-level pre-coding matrix, wherein each first-level pre-coding matrix is a block diagonal matrix, each non-zero sub-matrix in each first-level pre-coding matrix represents a different polarization, each non-zero sub-matrix comprises M beam vectors, and M is a positive integer; and
select a second-level pre-coding matrix from a set of second-level pre-coding matrixes, and determine the second pre-coding indication information corresponding to the selected second-level pre-coding matrix;
wherein each second-level pre-coding matrix, W 2 , in the set of second-level pre-coding matrixes is represented as:
W
2
=
[
a
0
(
1
+
)
e
j
θ
0
(
1
+
)
a
0
(
2
+
)
e
j
θ
0
(
2
+
)
…
a
0
(
R
+
)
e
j
θ
0
(
R
+
)
a
1
(
1
+
)
e
j
θ
1
(
1
+
)
a
1
(
2
+
)
e
j
θ
1
(
2
+
)
…
a
1
(
R
+
)
e
j
θ
1
(
R
+
)
⋮
⋮
⋮
⋮
a
M
-
1
(
1
+
)
e
j
θ
M
-
1
(
1
+
)
a
M
-
1
(
2
+
)
e
j
θ
M
-
1
(
2
+
)
…
a
M
-
1
(
R
+
)
e
j
θ
M
-
1
(
R
+
)
ϕ
(
1
)
a
0
(
1
-
)
e
j
θ
0
(
1
-
)
ϕ
(
2
)
a
0
(
2
-
)
e
j
θ
0
(
2
-
)
…
ϕ
(
R
)
a
0
(
R
-
)
e
j
θ
0
(
R
-
)
ϕ
(
1
)
a
1
(
1
-
)
e
j
θ
1
(
1
-
)
ϕ
(
2
)
a
1
(
2
-
)
e
j
θ
1
(
2
-
)
…
ϕ
(
R
)
a
1
(
R
-
)
e
j
θ
1
(
R
-
)
⋮
⋮
⋮
⋮
ϕ
(
1
)
a
M
-
1
(
1
-
)
e
j
θ
M
-
1
(
1
-
)
ϕ
(
2
)
a
M
-
1
(
2
-
)
e
j
θ
M
-
1
(
2
-
)
…
ϕ
(
R
)
a
M
-
1
(
R
-
)
e
j
θ
M
-
1
(
R
-
)
]
;
wherein ϕ(⋅) represents phase adjustment factors of two polarizations; a l (r+) and a l (r−) are amplitude weighting factors of an l-th beam vector in each polarization of a first-level pre-coding matrix; θ l (r+) and θ l (r−) represent phase adjusting factors of an l-th beam vector in each polarization of the first-level pre-coding matrix, l=0, 1, 2, . . . , M−1, M represents a quantity of beam vectors in each non-zero sub-matrix in the first-level pre-coding matrix; r=1, 2, . . . , R, and R represents a quantity of transmission streams.
8. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein
values of a l (r+) and a l (r−) are real values within a range from 0 to 1, and values of θ l (r+) and θ l (r−) are within a range from −π to π.
9. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein antenna ports of the apparatus are two-dimension antenna ports, and each second-level pre-coding matrix W 2 in the set of second-level pre-coding matrixes is represented as:
W
2
=
[
A
V
(
1
+
)
⊗
A
h
(
1
+
)
A
V
(
2
+
)
⊗
A
h
(
2
+
)
…
A
V
(
R
+
)
⊗
A
h
(
R
+
)
ϕ
(
1
)
·
(
A
V
(
1
-
)
⊗
A
h
(
1
-
)
)
ϕ
(
2
)
·
(
A
V
(
2
-
)
⊗
A
h
(
2
-
)
)
…
ϕ
(
R
)
·
(
A
V
(
R
-
)
⊗
A
h
(
R
-
)
)
]
;
wherein
A
v
(
r
+
)
=
[
a
v
,
0
(
r
+
)
e
j
θ
v
,
0
(
r
+
)
a
v
,
1
(
r
+
)
e
j
θ
v
,
1
(
r
+
)
⋮
a
v
,
M
v
-
1
(
r
+
)
e
j
θ
v
,
M
v
-
1
(
r
+
)
]
,
A
h
(
r
+
)
=
[
a
h
,
0
(
r
+
)
e
j
θ
h
,
0
(
r
+
)
a
h
,
1
(
r
+
)
e
j
θ
h
,
1
(
r
+
)
⋮
a
h
,
M
h
-
1
(
r
+
)
e
j
θ
h
,
M
h
-
1
(
r
+
)
]
,
A
v
(
r
-
)
=
[
a
v
,
0
(
r
-
)
e
j
θ
v
,
0
(
r
-
)
a
v
,
1
(
r
-
)
e
j
θ
v
,
1
(
r
-
)
⋮
a
v
,
M
v
-
1
(
r
-
)
e
j
θ
v
,
M
v
-
1
(
r
-
)
]
and
A
h
(
r
+
)
=
[
a
h
,
0
(
r
-
)
e
j
θ
h
,
0
(
r
-
)
a
h
,
1
(
r
-
)
e
j
θ
h
,
1
(
r
-
)
⋮
a
h
,
M
h
-
1
(
r
-
)
e
j
θ
h
,
M
h
-
1
(
r
-
)
]
,
wherein a v,l v (r+) and a v,l v (r−) represent amplitude weighting factors of an l v -th beam vector in a vertical dimension of each polarization of the first-level pre-coding matrix, values of a v,l v (r+) and a v,l v (r−) are real values within a range from 0 to 1, Σ l=0 M v −1 a v,l v (r+) =1 and Σ l=0 M v −1 a v,l v (r−) =1; θ v,l v (r+) and θ v,l v (r−) represent phase adjusting factors of an l v -th beam vector in the vertical dimension of each polarization of the first-level pre-coding matrix, and values of θ v,l v (r+) and θ v,l v (r−) are within a range from −π to π, l v =0, 1, 2, . . . , M v −1, and M v represents a quantity of beam vectors in the vertical dimension; a h,l h (r+) and a h,l h (r−) represent amplitude weighting factors of an l h -th beam vector in a horizontal dimension of each polarization of the first-level pre-coding matrix, values of a h,l h (r+) and a h,l h (r−) are real values within a range from 0 to 1, Σ l=0 M h −1 a h,l h (r+) =1 and Σ l=0 M h −1 a h,l h (r−) =1; θ h,l h (r+) and θ h,l h (r−) represent phase adjusting factors of an l h -th beam vector in the horizontal dimension of each polarization of the first-level pre-coding matrix, and values of θ h,l h (r+) and θ h,l h (r−) are within a range from −π to π, wherein l h =0, 1, 2, . . . , M h −1, and M h represents a quantity of beam vectors in the horizontal dimension; the quantity of beam vectors in each non-zero sub-matrix in the first-level pre-coding matrix is M=M v M h ; r=1, 2, . . . , R, and R represents the quantity of transmission streams.