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Granted Patent B2
US 11,509,355 · App. 17/303,710 · Granted Nov 22, 2022

Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving reference signals in wireless communication

Inventors: Young Han Nam (Plano, TX); Boon Loong Ng (Plano, TX); Yang Li (Plano, TX); Sudhir Ramakrishna (Plano, TX); Md. Saifur Rahman (Plano, TX)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04B7/024H04B7/0617H04B7/0626H04L5/006H04L5/0023H04L5/0035H04L5/0053H04L5/0091
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Patent No.
US 11,509,355
App. No.
17/303,710
Granted
Nov 22, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A base station includes a controller configured to configure an MRS resource set comprising a group of MRS resources, each MRS resource comprising a set of MRS antenna ports. If at least two MRS antenna ports belong to a same MRS resource, then the at least two MRS antenna ports are quasi co-located with respect to a first set of QCL parameters, else if the at least two MRS antenna ports belong to a same MRS resource set, then the at least two MRS antenna ports are quasi co-located with respect to a second set of QCL parameters, and else the at least two MRS antenna ports are not quasi co-located with respect to either the first set or the second set of QCL parameters. The MRS is a CSI-RS for estimating a CSI and at least one of the first set and the second set of QCL parameters.

Claims (51)

1. A method performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

receiving, from a base station, via a radio resource control (RRC) signaling, configuration information of a set of large-scale channel properties, wherein the set of large-scale channel properties is configured based on information related to a pattern of channel state information-reference signals (CSI-RSs) in a CSI-RS configuration; and

receiving, from the base station, a demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH),

wherein an antenna port of the DM-RS of the PDSCH and an antenna port of a CSI-RS in the CSI-RS configuration are quasi co-located according to the set of large-scale channel properties,

wherein a type of the set of large-scale channel properties is one of types including a first type and a second type,

wherein, if the type is the first type, the set of large-scale channel properties comprises a delay spread, a Doppler spread, a Doppler shift, and an average delay, and

wherein, if the type is the second type, the set of large-scale channel properties comprises a Doppler spread and a Doppler shift.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the CSI-RS configuration includes a number of one or more antenna ports and a scrambling identity.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information related to the pattern of the CSI-RSs indicates a time density and a frequency density.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, from the base station, downlink control information (DCI) for scheduling the PDSCH on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH),

wherein a value of the DCI indicates the CSI-RS configuration and the set of large-scale channel properties.

5. A method performed by a base station, the method comprising:

transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), via a radio resource control (RRC) signaling, configuration information of a set of large-scale channel properties, wherein the set of large-scale channel properties is configured based on information related to a pattern of channel state information-reference signals (CSI-RSs) of a CSI-RS configuration; and

transmitting, to the UE, a demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH),

wherein an antenna port of the DM-RS of the PDSCH and an antenna port of a CSI-RS in the CSI-RS configuration are quasi co-located according to the set of large-scale channel properties,

wherein a type of the set of large-scale channel properties is one of types including a first type and a second type,

wherein, if the type is the first type, the set of large-scale channel properties comprises a delay spread, a Doppler spread, a Doppler shift, and an average delay, and

wherein, if the type is the second type, the set of large-scale channel properties comprises a Doppler spread and a Doppler shift.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the CSI-RS configuration includes a number of one or more antenna ports and a scrambling identity.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the information related to the pattern of the CSI-RSs indicates a time density and a frequency density.

8. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

transmitting, to the UE, downlink control information (DCI) for scheduling the PDSCH on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH),

wherein a value of the DCI indicates the CSI-RS configuration and the set of large-scale channel properties.

9. A user equipment (UE), comprising:

at least one transceiver; and

at least one processor configured to control the at least one transceiver to:

receive, from a base station, via a radio resource control (RRC) signaling, configuration information of a set of large-scale channel properties, wherein the set of large-scale channel properties is configured based on information related to a pattern of channel state information-reference signals (CSI-RSs) of a CSI-RS configuration, and

receive, from the base station, a demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH),

wherein an antenna port of the DM-RS of the PDSCH and an antenna port of a CSI-RS in the CSI-RS configuration are quasi co-located according to the set of large-scale channel properties,

wherein a type of the set of large-scale channel properties is one of types including a first type and a second type,

wherein, if the type is the first type, the set of large-scale channel properties comprises a delay spread, a Doppler spread, a Doppler shift, and an average delay, and

wherein, if the type is the second type, the set of large-scale channel properties comprises a Doppler spread and a Doppler shift.

10. The UE of claim 9 , wherein the CSI-RS configuration includes a number of one or more antenna ports and a scrambling identity.

11. The UE of claim 9 , wherein the information related to the pattern of the CSI-RSs indicates a time density and a frequency density.

12. The UE of claim 9 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to control the at least one transceiver to receive, from the base station, downlink control information (DCI) for scheduling the PDSCH on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH),

wherein a value of the DCI indicates the CSI-RS configuration and the set of large-scale channel properties.

13. A base station, comprising:

at least one transceiver; and

at least one processor configured to control the at least one transceiver to:

transmit, to a user equipment (UE), via a radio resource control (RRC) signaling, configuration information of a set of large-scale channel properties, wherein the set of large-scale channel properties is configured based on information related to a pattern of channel state information-reference signals (CSI-RSs) of a CSI-RS configuration; and

transmit, to the UE, a demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH),

wherein an antenna port of the DM-RS of the PDSCH and an antenna port of a CSI-RS in the CSI-RS configuration are quasi co-located according to the set of large-scale channel properties,

wherein a type of the set of large-scale channel properties is one of types including a first type and a second type,

wherein, if the type is the first type, the set of large-scale channel properties comprises a delay spread, a Doppler spread, a Doppler shift, and an average delay, and

wherein, if the type is the second type, the set of large-scale channel properties comprises a Doppler spread and a Doppler shift.

14. The base station of claim 13 , wherein the CSI-RS configuration includes a number of one or more antenna ports and a scrambling identity.

15. The base station of claim 13 , wherein the information related to the pattern of the CSI-RSs indicates a time density and a frequency density.

16. The base station of claim 13 ,

wherein the at least one processor is configured to control the at least one transceiver to transmit, to the UE, downlink control information (DCI) for scheduling the PDSCH on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), and

wherein a value of the DCI indicates the CSI-RS configuration and the set of large-scale channel properties.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 4, 2021
From: NAM, YOUNG-HAN; NG, BOON LOONG; LI, YANG; RAMAKRISHNA, SUDHIR; RAHMAN, MD. SAIFUR
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056446/0727 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 15472212 · Mar 28, 2017
Provisional Application 62402466 · Sep 30, 2016
Provisional Application 62361433 · Jul 12, 2016
Provisional Application 62316159 · Mar 31, 2016
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