IP Library Granted Patent US 10,790,890
Granted Patent B2
US 10,790,890 · App. 16/086,009 · Granted Sep 29, 2020

CSI feedback method, precoding method, terminal and base station

Inventors: Wenhong Chen (Beijing, CN); Qiubin Gao (Beijing, CN); Hui Li (Beijing, CN); Runhua Chen (Beijing, CN); Tamrakar Rakesh (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: China Academy of Telecommunications Technology
H04B7/0626H04B7/0456H04B7/0478H04B7/0617H04B7/0632H04L5/0048
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Patent No.
US 10,790,890
App. No.
16/086,009
Granted
Sep 29, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed in the present invention are a channel state information (CSI) feedback method, a precoding method, a terminal and a base station. The channel state information (CSI) feedback method disclosed in the present invention comprises: a terminal selects a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) resource or a CSI-RS port on a convention subband from among a CSI-RS resource set as configured in a base station according to downlink channel information; the terminal measures a channel quality indicator (CQI) according to the selected CSI-RS resource or CSI-RS port and a precoding matrix set corresponding to the selected CSI-RS resource or CSI-RS port, wherein the precoding matrix set includes one or more preceding matrices, and a physical resource on the convention subband corresponds to a precoding matrix in the precoding matrix set; and the terminal feeds back the CQI and indication information of the selected CSI-RS resource or CSI-RS port. According to the present invention, the matching degree between CSI and channel state may be improved.

Claims (46)

1. A method for providing feedback of Channel State Information (CSI), comprising:

selecting, by a terminal, one or more Channel State Information-Reference Signal (CSI-RS) resources in a prescribed sub-band or one or more CSI-RS ports in the prescribed sub-band, from a CSI-RS resource set configured by a base station according to downlink channel information;

measuring, by the terminal, one or more Channel Quality Indicators (CQIs) according to the one or more selected CSI-RS resources or according to the one or more selected CSI-RS ports, and according to a pre-coding matrix set corresponding to the one or more selected CSI-RS resources or corresponding to the one or more selected CSI-RS ports, wherein the pre-coding matrix set comprises one or more pre-coding matrixes, and each of one or more physical resources in the prescribed sub-band corresponds to one of the one or more pre-coding matrixes in the pre-coding matrix set; and

providing, by the terminal, feedback of the one or more CQIs, and feedback of indication information of the one or more selected CSI-RS resources or feedback of indication information of the one or more selected CSI-RS ports.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein measuring, by the terminal, the one or more CQIs according to the one or more selected CSI-RS resources or according to the one or more selected CSI-RS ports, and according to the pre-coding matrix set corresponding to the one or more selected CSI-RS resources or corresponding to the one or more selected CSI-RS ports comprises:

measuring, by the terminal, the one or more CQIs according to the downlink channel information, and according to one or more pre-coding matrixes corresponding to the one or more physical resources in the prescribed sub-band, wherein the one or more pre-coding matrixes are one or more pre-coding matrixes in the pre-coding matrix set corresponding to the one or more selected CSI-RS resources or corresponding to the one or more selected CSI-RS ports.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein measuring, by the terminal, the one or more CQIs according to the one or more selected CSI-RS resources, and according to the pre-coding matrix set corresponding to the one or more selected CSI-RS resources comprises:

measuring, by the terminal, one or more CQIs for downlink channel information corresponding to each of the one or more selected CSI-RS resources according to the pre-coding matrix set, and obtaining the one or more CQIs corresponding to each of the one or more selected CSI-RS resources; or

combining, by the terminal, the downlink channel information corresponding to each of the selected CSI-RS resources, measuring a CQI for the combined downlink channel information according to the pre-coding matrix set, and obtaining a joint CQI corresponding to the selected CSI-RS resources;

or,

wherein measuring, by the terminal, the one or more CQIs according to the one or more selected CSI-RS ports, and according to the pre-coding matrix set corresponding to the one or more selected CSI-RS ports comprises:

measuring, by the terminal, one or more CQIs for downlink channel information corresponding to the one or more selected CSI-RS ports according to the pre-coding matrix set, and obtaining the one or more CQIs corresponding to the one or more selected CSI-RS ports; or

measuring, by the terminal, one or more CQIs according to downlink channel information corresponding to one or more CSI-RS resources configured by the base station, and according to the pre-coding matrix set corresponding to the one or more selected CSI-RS ports, and obtaining the one or more CQIs corresponding to the one or more selected CSI-RS ports.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein selecting, by the terminal, the one or more CSI-RS resources in the prescribed sub-band or the one or more CSI-RS ports in the prescribed sub-band from the CSI-RS resource set configured by the base station according to the downlink channel information comprises:

determining, by the terminal, transmission performance information corresponding to one or more CSI-RS resources in the CSI-RS resource set configured by the base station or corresponding to one or more CSI-RS ports in the CSI-RS resource set configured by the base station according to the downlink channel information corresponding to the one or more CSI-RS resources in the CSI-RS resource set configured by the base station or corresponding to the one or more CSI-RS ports in the CSI-RS resource set configured by the base station; or determining, by the terminal, the transmission performance information corresponding to the one or more CSI-RS resources in the CSI-RS resource set configured by the base station or corresponding to the one or more CSI-RS ports in the CSI-RS resource set configured by the base station according to one or more results calculated from both a pre-coding matrix set and the downlink channel information corresponding to the one or more CSI-RS resources in the CSI-RS resource set configured by the base station or corresponding to the one or more CSI-RS ports in the CSI-RS resource set configured by the base station; and

selecting, by the terminal, the one or more CSI-RS resources in the prescribed sub-band or the one or more CSI-RS ports in the prescribed sub-band from the CSI-RS resource set configured by the base station according to the determined transmission performance information.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the indication information of the one or more selected CSI-RS resources is one or more indexes of the one or more selected CSI-RS resources in the CSI-RS resource set configured by the base station;

or,

wherein the indication information of the one or more selected CSI-RS ports is one or more indexes of the one or more selected CSI-RS ports among all CSI-RS ports comprised by one or more CSI-RS resources configured by the base station; or, the indication information of the one or more selected CSI-RS ports is one or more indexes, of the pre-coding matrix set corresponding to the one or more selected CSI-RS ports, in a predefined codebook.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the pre-coding matrix set corresponding to the one or more selected CSI-RS resources is agreed on in advance between the terminal and the base station.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein each column vector in each pre-coding matrix in the pre-coding matrix set corresponding to the one or more selected CSI-RS ports consists of M concatenated column selection vectors, M is the number of the one or more selected CSI-RS ports, one or more ports corresponding to M elements each having a value of 1 in the M column selection vectors constitute the one or more selected CSI-RS ports, and M is an integer more than or equal to 1.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein each of the one or more pre-coding matrixes in the pre-coding matrix set corresponding to the one or more selected CSI-RS ports consists of one or more column selection vectors or a column selection vector group, wherein an element in each of the one or more column selection vectors is 1, and all other elements are 0; or

the pre-coding matrix set corresponding to the one or more selected CSI-RS ports is obtained according to one or more column selection vectors and according to a phase set, or according to both a column selection vector group and the phase set, wherein the phase set comprises one or more phase factors, and each of the one or more pre-coding matrixes in the pre-coding matrix set is obtained based upon one of the one or more phase factors.

9. A terminal, comprising:

a memory storing instructions; and

a processor configured to execute the instructions to:

select one or more CSI-RS resources in a prescribed sub-band or one or more CSI-RS ports in the prescribed sub-band, from a CSI-RS resource set configured by a base station according to downlink channel information;

measure one or more CQIs according to the one or more selected CSI-RS resources or according to the one or more selected CSI-RS ports, and according to a pre-coding matrix set corresponding to the one or more selected CSI-RS resources or corresponding to the one or more selected CSI-RS ports, wherein the pre-coding matrix set comprises one or more pre-coding matrixes, and each of one or more physical resources in the prescribed sub-band corresponds to one of the one or more pre-coding matrixes in the pre-coding matrix set; and

provide feedback of the one or more CQIs, and feedback of indication information of the one or more selected CSI-RS resources or feedback of indication information of the one or more selected CSI-RS ports.

10. The terminal according to claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the instructions to:

measure the one or more CQIs according to the downlink channel information, and according to one or more pre-coding matrixes corresponding to the one or more physical resources in the prescribed sub-band, wherein the one or more pre-coding matrixes are one or more pre-coding matrixes in the pre-coding matrix set corresponding to the one or more selected CSI-RS resources or corresponding to the one or more selected CSI-RS ports.

11. The terminal according to claim 9 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to select the one or more CSI-RS resources in the prescribed sub-band from the CSI-RS resource set configured by the base station; and, the processor is further configured to execute the instructions to:

measure one or more CQIs for downlink channel information corresponding to each of the one or more selected CSI-RS resources according to the pre-coding matrix set, and obtain the one or more CQIs corresponding to each of the one or more selected CSI-RS resources; or, combine the downlink channel information corresponding to each of the selected CSI-RS resources, measure a CQI for the combined downlink channel information according to the pre-coding matrix set, and obtain a joint CQI corresponding to the selected CSI-RS resources;

or,

wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to select the one or more CSI-RS ports in the prescribed sub-band from the CSI-RS resource set configured by the base station; and the processor is further configured to execute the instructions to:

measure one or more CQIs for downlink channel information corresponding to the one or more selected CSI-RS ports according to the pre-coding matrix set, and obtain the one or more CQIs corresponding to the one or more selected CSI-RS ports; or, measure one or more CQIs according to downlink channel information corresponding to one or more CSI-RS resources configured by the base station, and according to the pre-coding matrix set corresponding to the one or more selected CSI-RS ports, and obtain the one or more CQIs corresponding to the one or more selected CSI-RS ports.

12. The terminal according to claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the instructions to:

determine transmission performance information corresponding to one or more CSI-RS resources in the CSI-RS resource set configured by the base station or corresponding to one or more CSI-RS ports in the CSI-RS resource set configured by the base station according to the downlink channel information corresponding to the one or more CSI-RS resources in the CSI-RS resource set configured by the base station or corresponding to the one or more CSI-RS ports in the CSI-RS resource set configured by the base station; or determine transmission performance information corresponding to the one or more CSI-RS resources in the CSI-RS resource set configured by the base station or corresponding to the one or more CSI-RS ports in the CSI-RS resource set configured by the base station according to one or more results calculated from both a pre-coding matrix set and the downlink channel information corresponding to the one or more CSI-RS resources in the CSI-RS resource set configured by the base station or corresponding to the one or more CSI-RS ports in the CSI-RS resource set configured by the base station; and

select the one or more CSI-RS resources in the prescribed sub-band or the one or more CSI-RS ports in the prescribed sub-band from the CSI-RS resource set configured by the base station according to the determined transmission performance information.

13. The terminal according to claim 9 , wherein the indication information of the one or more selected CSI-RS resources is one or more indexes of the one or more selected CSI-RS resources in the CSI-RS resource set configured by the base station;

or

wherein the indication information of the one or more selected CSI-RS ports is one or more indexes of the one or more selected CSI-RS ports among all CSI-RS ports comprised by one or more CSI-RS resources configured by the base station; or, the indication information of the one or more selected CSI-RS ports is one or more indexes, of the pre-coding matrix set corresponding to the one or more selected CSI-RS ports, in a predefined codebook.

14. The terminal according to claim 9 , wherein the pre-coding matrix set corresponding to the one or more selected CSI-RS resources is agreed on in advance between the terminal and the base station.

15. The terminal according to claim 14 , wherein each column vector in each pre-coding matrix in the pre-coding matrix set corresponding to the one or more selected CSI-RS ports consists of M concatenated column selection vectors, M is the number of the one or more selected CSI-RS ports, one or more ports corresponding to M elements each having a value of 1 in the M column selection vectors constitute the one or more selected CSI-RS ports, and M is an integer more than or equal to 1.

16. The terminal according to claim 9 , wherein each of the one or more pre-coding matrixes in the pre-coding matrix set corresponding to the one or more selected CSI-RS ports consists of one or more column selection vectors or a column selection vector group, wherein an element in each of the one or more column selection vectors is 1, and all other elements are 0; or

the pre-coding matrix set corresponding to the one or more selected CSI-RS ports is obtained according to one or more column selection vectors and according to a phase set, or according to both a column selection vector group and the phase set, wherein the phase set comprises one or more phase factors, and each of the one or more pre-coding matrixes in the pre-coding matrix set is obtained based upon one of the one or more phase factors.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 16, 2021
From: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
To: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO.,LTD.
Reel/Frame 057452/0169 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 18, 2018
From: CHEN, WENHONG; GAO, QIUBIN; LI, HUI; CHEN, RUNHUA; RAKESH, TAMRAKAR
To: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
Reel/Frame 046893/0765 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2016 1 0158995 · Mar 18, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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