IP Library Granted Patent US 11,063,650
Granted Patent B2
US 11,063,650 · App. 16/623,375 · Granted Jul 13, 2021

Method, network side device and terminal for indicating pilot precoding mode

Inventors: Tamrakar Rakesh (Beijing, CN); Qiubin Gao (Beijing, CN); Xin Su (Beijing, CN); Hui Li (Beijing, CN); Runhua Chen (Beijing, CN); Qiuping Huang (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
H04B7/0665H04B7/0634H04L5/0051
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Patent No.
US 11,063,650
App. No.
16/623,375
Granted
Jul 13, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed by the present invention are a method, a network side device and a terminal for indicating a pilot precoding mode, wherein the method comprises: The network side device assigns at least one group of pilots to the terminal, wherein each group of pilots comprises at least one pilot. The network side device determines pilot precoding indication information for the at least one group of pilots, wherein the pilot precoding indication information is used to characterize whether each pilot in each group of pilots uses the same precoding matrix. The network side device sends the at least one group of pilots and the pilot precoding indication information to the terminal. The present invention may solve the technical problem not disclosed in prior art of a solution for how a base station or a terminal specifically indicates a pilot precoding mode, so as to improve the control efficiency of a network side device.

Claims (35)

1. A method of indicating a pilot precoding mode, comprising:

configuring, by a network side device, at least one group of pilots for a user equipment, wherein each group of pilots comprises at least one pilot;

determining, by the network side device, pilot precoding indication information of the at least one group of pilots, wherein the pilot precoding indication information indicates whether the at least one pilot in the each group of pilots uses a same precoding matrix; and

transmitting, by the network side device, the at least one group of pilots and the pilot precoding indication information to the user equipment.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein after the network side device transmits the at least one group of pilots and the pilot precoding indication information to the user equipment, the method further comprises:

receiving, by the network side device, feedback information of the user equipment through at least one feedback channel, wherein the at least one feedback channel is configured by the network side device for the user equipment and corresponds to the at least one group of pilots.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein when the network side device configures one group of pilots for the user equipment and the one group of pilots corresponds to one feedback channel, the method further comprises:

transmitting, by the network side device, the one group of pilots and pilot precoding indication information corresponding to the one group of pilots to the user equipment; and

receiving, by the network side device, the feedback information of the user equipment through the one feedback channel.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein when the network side device configures a plurality of groups of pilots for the user equipment and the plurality of groups of pilots correspond to a same feedback channel, the method further comprises:

transmitting, by the network side device, each of the plurality of groups of pilots and pilot precoding indication information corresponding to the each group of pilots to the user equipment successively; and

receiving, by the network side device, the feedback information of the user equipment through the same feedback channel successively.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein when the network side device configures a plurality of groups of pilots for the user equipment and each group of pilots corresponds to a plurality of feedback channels, the method further comprises:

transmitting, by the network side device, any of the plurality of groups of pilots, and indicating the user equipment to feed back the feedback information using any of the plurality of feedback channels corresponding to the any group of pilots, wherein the plurality of feedback channels correspond to different pilot precoding indication information, and the feedback information is pilot index information.

6. A method of indicating a pilot precoding mode, comprising:

receiving, by a user equipment, at least one group of pilots and pilot precoding indication information transmitted by a network side device, wherein each group of pilots comprises at least one pilot, and the pilot precoding indication information indicates whether the at least one pilot in the at least one group of pilots uses a same precoding matrix; and

determining, by the user equipment, whether to feed back pilot index information to the network side device based on the pilot precoding indication information.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein after the user equipment determines whether to feed back the pilot index information to the network side device based on the pilot precoding indication information, the method further comprises:

if so, feeding back, by the user equipment, the pilot index information to the network side device through at least one feedback channel, wherein the at least one feedback channel is configured by the network side device for the user equipment and corresponds to the at least one group of pilots.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein when the network side device configures one group of pilots for the user equipment and the one group of pilots corresponds to one feedback channel, the method further comprises:

receiving, by the user equipment, the one group of pilots and pilot precoding indication information corresponding to the one group of pilots; and

feeding back, by the user equipment, the pilot index information to the network side device through the one feedback channel when the user equipment determines to feed back the pilot index information.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein when the network side device configures a plurality of groups of pilots for the user equipment and the plurality of groups of pilots correspond to a same feedback channel, the method further comprises:

receiving, by the user equipment, each of the plurality of groups of pilots and pilot precoding indication information corresponding to the each group of pilots successively; and

feeding back, by the user equipment, the pilot index information through the same feedback channel successively when the user equipment determines to feed back the pilot index information.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein when the network side device configures a plurality of groups of pilots for the user equipment and each group of pilots corresponds to a plurality of feedback channels, the method further comprises:

receiving, by the user equipment, any of the plurality of groups of pilots, and feeding back the pilot index information using any of the plurality of feedback channels corresponding to the any group of pilots indicated by the network side device, wherein the plurality of feedback channels correspond to the different pilot precoding indication information.

11. A network side device, comprising: a memory and a processor, wherein:

the processor is configured to read programs in the memory to:

configure at least one group of pilots for a user equipment, wherein each group of pilots comprises at least one pilot;

to determine pilot precoding indication information of the at least one group of pilots, wherein the pilot precoding indication information indicates whether the at least one pilot in the each group of pilots uses a same precoding matrix; and

transmit the at least one group of pilots and the pilot precoding indication information to the user equipment.

12. A user equipment, comprising: a memory and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to read programs in the memory to perform the method of claim 6 .

13. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a computer program thereon, wherein the computer program, when executed by a processor, performs the method of claim 1 .

14. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a computer program thereon, wherein the computer program, when executed by a processor, performs the method of claim 6 .

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 Dec 16, 2019
From: RAKESH, TAMRAKAR; GAO, QIUBIN; SU, XIN; LI, HUI; CHEN, RUNHUA; HUANG, QIUPING
To: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
Reel/Frame 051299/0022 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201710459281.0 · Jun 16, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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