IP Library Granted Patent US 11,088,740
Granted Patent B2
US 11,088,740 · App. 15/955,513 · Granted Aug 10, 2021

Downlink multiple input multiple output enhancements for single-cell with remote radio heads

Inventors: Eko Onggosanusi (Allen, TX); Vikram Chandrasekhar (Mountain View, CA); Runhua Chen (Plano, TX)
Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
H04B7/0469H04B7/024H04B7/0452H04B7/0691H04W72/1294H04B7/0413H04B7/0665H04B7/10
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Patent No.
US 11,088,740
App. No.
15/955,513
Granted
Aug 10, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A base station selects a subset of at least one geographically separated antennas for each of the plurality of user equipments. The base station forms at least layer of data stream including modulated symbols, precodes the data stream via multiplication with the NT-by-N precoding matrix where N is the number of said layers and NT is the number of transmit antenna elements and transmits the precoded layers of data stream to the user equipment via the selected geographically separated antennas. The base station signals the subset of the plurality of geographically separated antennas via higher layer Radio Resource Control or via a down link grant mechanism. The base station optionally does not signal the subset of the plurality of geographically separated antennas to the corresponding mobile user equipment.

Claims (61)

1. A method of operating a user equipment (UE), comprising:

receiving information indicative of a selected set, the selected set being selected from a plurality of sets based on Doppler, each of the sets corresponding to a respective one of a plurality of channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) configurations;

receiving a list of CSI-RS patterns for a single cell;

receiving multiple CSI-RSs corresponding to the list of CSI-RS patterns, the multiple CSI-RSs including a first CSI-RS corresponding to a first CSI-RS pattern, and a second CSI-RS corresponding to a second CSI-RS pattern, the second CSI-RS pattern being different than the first CSI-RS pattern; and

transmitting CSI feedback corresponding to the received multiple CSI-RSs, the CSI feedback including first CSI corresponding to the first CSI-RS, and second CSI corresponding to the second CSI-RS.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the UE is further configured to transmit or receive a high-speed flag.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the UE transmits or receives the high-speed flag.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the UE is further configured to transmit or receive a high-speed indicator.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the UE transmits or receives the high-speed indicator.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving downlink control information (DCI) according to a DCI format with bits indicating a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) resource; and

receiving a PDSCH signal on the indicated PDSCH resource, wherein the received PDSCH signal has at least one layer.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving downlink control information (DCI) according to a DCI format with bits indicating a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) resource; and

receiving a PDSCH signal on the indicated PDSCH resource, wherein the received PDSCH signal uses precoding.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the UE receives a signal over at least one single-polarized antenna.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the UE receives a signal over one or more dual-polarized antennas.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving downlink control information (DCI) according to a DCI format with bits indicating a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) resource; and

receiving a PDSCH signal on the indicated PDSCH resource, wherein the received PDSCH signal is configured to be sent on multiple antenna ports.

11. A user equipment (UE), comprising circuitry configured to:

receive information indicative of a selected set, the selected set being selected from a plurality of sets based on Doppler, each of the sets corresponding to a respective one of a plurality of channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) configurations;

receive a list of CSI-RS patterns for a single cell;

receive multiple CSI-RSs corresponding to the list of CSI-RS patterns, the multiple CSI-RSs including a first CSI-RS corresponding to a first CSI-RS pattern, and a second CSI-RS corresponding to a second CSI-RS pattern, the second CSI-RS pattern being different than the first CSI-RS pattern; and

transmit CSI feedback corresponding to the received multiple CSI-RSs, the CSI feedback including first CSI corresponding to the first CSI-RS, and second CSI corresponding to the second CSI-RS.

12. The UE of claim 11 wherein the UE further comprises circuitry for configuring the UE to transmit or receive a high-speed flag.

13. The UE of claim 11 wherein the UE further comprises circuitry configured to transmit or receive a high-speed flag.

14. The UE of claim 11 wherein the UE further comprises circuitry for configuring the UE to transmit or receive a high-speed indicator.

15. The UE of claim 11 wherein the UE further comprises circuitry configured to transmit or receive a high-speed indicator.

16. The UE of claim 11 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

receive downlink control information (DCI) according to a DCI format with bits indicating a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) resource; and

receive a PDSCH signal on the indicated PDSCH resource, wherein the received PDSCH signal has at least one layer.

17. The UE of claim 11 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

receive downlink control information (DCI) according to a DCI format with bits indicating a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) resource; and

receive a PDSCH signal on the indicated PDSCH resource, wherein the received PDSCH signal uses precoding.

18. The UE of claim 11 wherein the UE further comprises at least one single-polarized antenna.

19. The UE of claim 11 wherein the UE further comprises one or more dual-polarized antennas.

20. The UE of claim 11 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

receive downlink control information (DCI) according to a DCI format with bits indicating a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) resource; and

receive a PDSCH signal on the indicated PDSCH resource, wherein the received PDSCH signal is configured to be sent on multiple antenna ports.

21. A user equipment (UE), comprising:

a transceiver configured to receive a list of channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) patterns for a single cell; and

a processor configured to configure the UE to receive multiple CSI-RSs corresponding to the list of CSI-RS patterns, wherein the transceiver is further configured to:

receive information indicative of a selected set, the selected set being selected from a plurality of sets based on Doppler, each of the sets corresponding to a respective one of a plurality of CSI-RS configurations;

receive multiple CSI-RSs corresponding to the list of CSI-RS patterns, the multiple CSI-RSs including a first CSI-RS corresponding to a first CSI-RS pattern, and a second CSI-RS corresponding to a second CSI-RS pattern, the second CSI-RS pattern being different than the first CSI-RS pattern; and

transmit CSI feedback corresponding to the received multiple CSI-RSs, the CSI feedback including first CSI corresponding to the first CSI-RS, and second CSI corresponding to the second CSI-RS.

22. The UE of claim 21 wherein the UE further comprises circuitry for configuring the UE to transmit or receive a high-speed flag.

23. The UE of claim 21 wherein the UE further comprises circuitry configured to transmit or receive a high-speed flag.

24. The UE of claim 21 wherein the UE further comprises circuitry for configuring the UE to transmit or receive a high-speed indicator.

25. The UE of claim 21 wherein the UE further comprises circuitry configured to transmit or receive a high-speed indicator.

26. The UE of claim 21 , wherein the transceiver is further configured to:

receive downlink control information (DCI) according to a DCI format with bits indicating a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) resource; and

receive a PDSCH signal on the indicated PDSCH resource, wherein the received PDSCH signal has at least one layer.

27. The UE of claim 21 , wherein the transceiver is further configured to:

receive downlink control information (DCI) according to a DCI format with bits indicating a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) resource; and

receive a PDSCH signal on the indicated PDSCH resource, wherein the received PDSCH signal uses precoding.

28. The UE of claim 21 wherein the UE further comprises at least one single-polarized antenna.

29. The UE of claim 21 wherein the UE further comprises one or more dual-polarized antennas.

30. The UE of claim 21 , wherein the transceiver is further configured to:

receive downlink control information (DCI) according to a DCI format with bits indicating a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) resource; and

receive a PDSCH signal on the indicated PDSCH resource, wherein the received PDSCH signal is configured to be sent on multiple antenna ports.

Continuity (4)
Continuation 14613176 · Feb 3, 2015
Continuation 13451718 · Apr 20, 2012
Provisional Application 61477341 · Apr 20, 2011
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