IP Library Granted Patent US 10,931,339
Granted Patent B2
US 10,931,339 · App. 16/638,265 · Granted Feb 23, 2021

Method and device for determining uplink transmission codebook

Inventors: Qiuping Huang (Beijing, CN); Qiubin Gao (Beijing, CN); Tamrakar Rakesh (Beijing, CN); Xin Su (Beijing, CN); Runhua Chen (Beijing, CN); Hui Li (Beijing, CN); Mengjun Wang (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
H04B7/0456H04B7/0469
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Patent No.
US 10,931,339
App. No.
16/638,265
Granted
Feb 23, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are a method and device for determining an uplink transmission codebook. The method includes: transmitting by the terminal data transmission capability information to a base station, the data transmission capability information being used to characterize a data transmission capability that current antennas of the terminal can support; receiving by the terminal codebook indication information transmitted by the base station, the codebook indication information including codebook information used for indicating the terminal to perform uplink transmission, and/or information used for characterizing that the base station successfully decodes or fails to decode the data transmission capability information; and determining by the terminal the codebook corresponding to the uplink transmission, according to the codebook indication information.

Claims (144)

1. A method for determining an uplink transmission codebook, comprising:

transmitting, by a terminal, data transmission capability information to a base station, the data transmission capability information being used for characterizing a data transmission capability which may be supported by current antennas of the terminal;

receiving, by the terminal, codebook indication information transmitted by the base station, the codebook indication information comprising codebook information used for indicating a codebook enabling the terminal to perform uplink transmission, and/or information used for characterizing that the base station successfully decodes or fails to decode the data transmission capability information; and

determining, by the terminal, a codebook corresponding to the uplink transmission, on the basis of the codebook indication information.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the data transmission capability information comprises one or more pieces of following information:

a quantity of panels which may be used by the terminal;

a quantity of transceiving units comprised in each of the panels;

a quantity of antenna ports comprised in each of the panels;

a quantity of transceiving units supported by the terminal;

a quantity of antenna ports supported by the terminal;

a maximum value of a quantity of the transceiving units comprised in each of the panels;

a quantity of antennas of the terminal;

state information used for indicating whether the terminal uses a polarizing antenna;

information of spatial correlation among different panels in the panels;

information of spatial correlation among the transceiving units comprised in the panels;

information of spatial correlation among the transceiving units comprised in each of the panels;

codebook type selection information used for indicating a type of codebook;

codebook index selection information used for indicating an index of a codebook;

a quantity of antennas corresponding to a codebook;

structures of the antennas corresponding to a codebook;

sampling rates corresponding to a codebook;

a phase rotation factor among the antennas corresponding to a codebook;

power factor indication information corresponding to a codebook; and

pre-coding matrix grouping information corresponding to a codebook.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the codebook information comprises one piece of following information:

codebook type selection information used for indicating a type of a codebook;

codebook index selection information used for indicating an index of a codebook;

a quantity of reference signal antenna ports configured for the terminal by the base station;

a quantity of antennas corresponding to a codebook;

structures of the antennas corresponding to a codebook;

sampling rates corresponding to a codebook;

a phase rotation factor among the antennas corresponding to a codebook;

power factor indication information corresponding to a codebook;

pre-coding matrix grouping information corresponding to a codebook;

panel selection information used for indicating that one or more panels in the panels are selected; and

rank indication information.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the codebook information is separated into first indication information and second indication information, wherein the first indication information comprises one or more pieces of the information comprised by the codebook indication information, and the second indication information comprises one or more pieces of information except the first indication information in the information comprised by the codebook indication information;

the method further comprises:

receiving, by the terminal, the first indication information and the second indication information transmitted, by the base station, on different channels and/or at different moments; and

determining, by the terminal, the codebook corresponding to the uplink transmission, on the basis of the codebook indication information, comprises:

determining, by the terminal, the codebook corresponding to the uplink information, on the basis of the first indication information and/or the second indication information;

or

wherein after the determining, by the terminal, the codebook corresponding to the uplink transmission, on the basis of the codebook indication information, the method further comprises:

receiving, by the terminal, codebook update indication information transmitted by the base station, wherein the codebook update indication information is used for instructing the terminal to update or not update the codebook being used currently;

determining, by the terminal, whether to update the codebook being used currently, on the basis of the codebook update indication information, redetermining, by the terminal, a codebook performing uplink data transmission if the terminal determines to update the codebook being used currently; or determining, by the terminal, to continue to use the codebook being used currently if the terminal determines not to update the codebook being used currently.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein when the codebook indication information comprises information used for characterizing that the base station successfully decodes or fails to decode the data transmission capability information, determining, by the terminal, the codebook corresponding to the uplink transmission, on the basis of the codebook indication information, comprises:

when the codebook indication information comprises the information used for characterizing that the base station successfully decodes the data transmission capability information, determining, by the terminal, a codebook corresponding to the data transmission capability information, on the basis of the data transmission capability information; or,

when the codebook indication information comprises the information used for characterizing that the base station fails to decode the data transmission capability information, retransmitting, by the terminal, the data transmission capability information to the base station; or,

when the codebook indication information comprises the information used for characterizing that the base station fails to decode the data transmission capability information, determining, by the terminal, to continue to use the codebook being used currently.

6. A method for determining an uplink transmission codebook, comprising:

receiving, by a base station, data transmission capability information transmitted by a terminal, the data transmission capability information being used for characterizing a data transmission capability which may be supported by current antennas of the terminal;

decoding, by the base station, the data transmission capability information, and determining codebook indication information according to a decoding result, the codebook indication information comprising codebook information used for indicating a codebook enabling the terminal to perform uplink transmission, and/or information used for characterizing that the base station successfully decodes or fails to decode the data transmission capability information; and

transmitting, by the base station, the codebook indication information to the terminal.

7. The method according to claim 6 , further comprising:

receiving, by the base station, an uplink reference signal transmitted by the terminal; and

wherein decoding, by the base station, the data transmission capability information, and determining the codebook indication information according to the decoding result, comprises:

measuring, by the base station, the uplink reference signal, and generating the codebook indication information on the basis of a measurement result and the decoding result.

8. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the codebook information comprises one piece of following information:

codebook type selection information used for indicating a type of a codebook;

codebook index selection information used for indicating an index of a codebook;

a quantity of reference signal antenna ports configured for the terminal by the base station;

a quantity of antennas corresponding to a codebook;

structures of the antennas corresponding to a codebook;

sampling rates corresponding to a codebook;

a phase rotation factor among the antennas corresponding to a codebook;

power factor indication information corresponding to a codebook;

pre-coding matrix grouping information corresponding to a codebook;

panel selection information used for indicating that one or more panels in the panels are selected; and

rank indication information.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the codebook information is separated into first indication information and second indication information, wherein the first indication information comprises one or more pieces of the information comprised by the codebook indication information, and the second indication information comprises one or more pieces of the information except the first indication information in the information comprised by the codebook indication information;

wherein transmitting, by the base station, the codebook indication information to the terminal, comprises:

transmitting, by the base station, the first indication information and the second indication information to the terminal on different channels and/or different moments.

10. The method according to claim 6 , further comprising: transmitting, by the base station, transmission pre-coding matrix indicator information to the terminal, the transmission pre-coding matrix indicator information being used for indicating a pre-coding matrix corresponding to the uplink transmission of the terminal in the codebook corresponding to the codebook indication information.

11. A terminal comprising a memory configured to store a computer readable program, and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to read the computer-readable program to perform following:

transmitting data transmission capability information to a base station, the data transmission capability information being used for characterizing a data transmission capability which may be supported by current antennas of the terminal;

receiving codebook indication information transmitted by the base station, the codebook indication information comprising codebook information used for indicating a codebook enabling the terminal to perform uplink transmission, and/or information used for characterizing that the base station successfully decodes or fails to decode the data transmission capability information; and

determining a codebook corresponding to the uplink transmission, on the basis of the codebook indication information.

12. The terminal according to claim 11 , wherein the data transmission capability information comprises one or more pieces of following information:

a quantity of panels which may be used by the terminal;

a quantity of transceiving units comprised in each of the panels;

a quantity of antenna ports comprised in each of the panels;

a quantity of transceiving units supported by the terminal;

a quantity of antenna ports supported by the terminal;

a maximum value of a quantity of the transceiving units comprised in each of the panels;

a quantity of antennas of the terminal;

state information used for indicating whether the terminal uses a polarizing antenna;

information of spatial correlation among different panels in the panels;

information of spatial correlation among the transceiving units comprised in the panels;

information of spatial correlation among the transceiving units comprised in each of the panels;

codebook type selection information used for indicating a type of a codebook;

codebook index selection information used for indicating an index of a codebook;

a quantity of antennas corresponding to a codebook;

structures of the antennas corresponding to a codebook;

sampling rates corresponding to a codebook;

a phase rotation factor among the antennas corresponding to a codebook;

power factor indication information corresponding to a codebook; and

pre-coding matrix grouping information corresponding to a codebook.

13. The terminal according to claim 11 , wherein the codebook information comprises one piece of following information:

codebook type selection information used for indicating a type of a codebook;

codebook index selection information used for indicating an index of a codebook;

a quantity of reference signal antenna ports disposed for the terminal by the base station;

a quantity of antennas corresponding to a codebook;

structures of the antennas corresponding to a codebook;

sampling rates corresponding to a codebook;

a phase rotation factor among the antennas corresponding to a codebook;

power factor indication information corresponding to a codebook;

pre-coding matrix grouping information corresponding to a codebook;

panel selection information used for indicating to select one or more panels in the panels; and

rank indication information.

14. The terminal according to claim 13 , wherein the codebook information is separated into first indication information and second indication information, wherein the first indication information comprises one or more pieces of the information comprised by the codebook indication information, and the second indication information comprises one or more pieces of information except the first indication information in the information comprised by the codebook indication information;

wherein the processor is also configured to read the computer-readable program to perform following:

receiving the first indication information and the second indication information transmitted, by the base station, on different channels and/or at different moments; and

determining the codebook corresponding to the uplink transmission, on the basis of the codebook indication information, by:

determining the codebook corresponding to the uplink information, on the basis of the first indication information and/or the second indication information;

or

wherein after the determining the codebook corresponding to the uplink transmission, on the basis of the codebook indication information, the processor is also configured to read the computer-readable program to perform following:

receiving codebook update indication information transmitted by the base station, wherein the codebook update indication information is used for instructing the terminal to update or not update the codebook being used currently;

determining whether to update the codebook being used currently, on the basis of the codebook update indication information, redetermining a codebook performing uplink data transmission if it is determined to update the codebook being used currently; or determining to continue to use the codebook being used currently if it is determined not to update the codebook being used currently.

15. The terminal according to claim 11 , wherein the processor is also configured to read the computer-readable program to perform following:

when the codebook indication information comprises the information used for characterizing that the base station successfully decodes the data transmission capability information, determining a codebook corresponding to the data transmission capability information, on the basis of the data transmission capability information; or,

when the codebook indication information comprises the information used for characterizing that the base station fails to decode the data transmission capability information, retransmitting the data transmission capability information to the base station; or,

when the codebook indication information comprises the information used for characterizing that the base station fails to decode the data transmission capability information, determining to continue to use the codebook being used currently.

16. A base station comprising a memory configured to store a computer readable program, and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to read the computer-readable program to perform the method of claim 6 .

17. The base station according to claim 16 , wherein the processor is also configured to read the computer-readable program to perform following:

receiving an uplink reference signal transmitted by the terminal; and

wherein decoding the data transmission capability information, and determining the codebook indication information according to the decoding result, comprises:

measuring the uplink reference signal, and generating the codebook indication information on the basis of a measurement result and the decoding result.

18. The base station according to claim 16 , wherein the codebook information comprises one piece of following information:

codebook type selection information used for indicating a type of a codebook;

codebook index selection information used for indicating an index of a codebook;

a quantity of reference signal antenna ports configured for the terminal by the base station;

a quantity of antennas corresponding to a codebook;

structures of the antennas corresponding to a codebook;

sampling rates corresponding to a codebook;

a phase rotation factor among the antennas corresponding to a codebook;

power factor indication information corresponding to a codebook;

pre-coding matrix grouping information corresponding to a codebook;

panel selection information used for indicating that one or more panels in the panels are selected; and

rank indication information.

19. The base station according to claim 18 , wherein the codebook information is separated into comprises first indication information and second indication information, wherein the first indication information comprises one or more pieces of the information comprised by the codebook indication information, and the second indication information comprises one or more pieces of the information except the first indication information in the information comprised by the codebook indication information;

wherein transmitting the codebook indication information to the terminal, comprises:

transmitting the first indication information and the second indication information to the terminal on different channels and/or different moments.

20. The base station according to claim 16 , wherein the processor is also configured to read the computer-readable program to perform following:

transmitting transmission pre-coding matrix indicator information to the terminal, the transmission pre-coding matrix indicator information being used for indicating a pre-coding matrix corresponding to the uplink transmission of the terminal in the codebook corresponding to the codebook indication information.

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 Feb 11, 2020
From: HUANG, QIUPING; GAO, QIUBIN; RAKESH, TAMRAKAR; SU, XIN; CHEN, RUNHUA; LI, HUI; WANG, MENGJUN
To: CHINA ACADEMY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
Reel/Frame 051784/0008 →
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