IP Library Granted Patent US 8,218,663
Granted Patent B2
US 8,218,663 · App. 12/511,011 · Granted Jul 10, 2012

Reference signal resource allocation for single user MIMO

Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
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Patent No.
US 8,218,663
App. No.
12/511,011
Granted
Jul 10, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

Transmission with multiple antennas in a wireless network is performed by transmitting a plurality of reference sequences (RS) from a UE. A first RS s1[k] is produced using a first cyclic shift and a base sequence s0[k], wherein k={1, 2 . . . K} is an element index. A second RS s2[k] is produced using a second cyclic shift and s0[k]. A first symbol sequence x1[k] is produced using at least s1[k] and s2[k], for at least one k. A second symbol sequence x2[k] is produced using at least s1[k] and s2[k], for at least one k. x1[k] is transmitted using a first transmit antenna and x2[k] is transmitted using a second transmit antenna.

Claims (64)

1. A method for transmitting a plurality of reference sequences (RS) from a UE, the method comprising:

producing a first RS s1[k] using a first cyclic shift and a base sequence s0[k], wherein k={1, 2 . . . K} is an element index;

producing a second RS s2[k] using a second cyclic shift and s0[k];

producing a first symbol sequence x1[k] using at least s1[k] and s2[k], for at least one k;

producing a second symbol sequence x2[k] using at least s1[k] and s2[k], for at least one k;

transmitting x1[k] using a first transmit antenna; and

transmitting x2[k] using a second transmit antenna.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein s1[k] is produced by s0[k]*exp(j*u1*k), and wherein s2[k] is produced by s0[k]*exp(j*u2k), wherein u1 is calculated from a first function and u2 is calculated from a second function.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein u1 is the first cyclic shift and u2 is the second cyclic shift.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein producing x1[k] comprises:

producing a linear precoder Q of size M×N, wherein M is an integer number of transmitters and N is an integer number of receivers, wherein N is at least 2 and M is at least 2; and

transforming at least {s1[k], s2[k]} with Q to produce x1[k].

5. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

receiving u1; and

receiving u2.

6. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

receiving u1; and

producing u2 using u1.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein u2 is produced using u1 and N, wherein N is an integer number of receivers, and wherein N is at least 2.

8. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:

receiving a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) allocation;

producing a PUSCH data signal using the pre-coder Q; and

transmitting the PUSCH data signal.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising

producing a third RS s3[k]=s1[k];

producing a fourth RS s4[k]=s2[k];

producing a third symbol sequence x3[k] using at least {s1[k], s2[k], s3[k], s4[k]} for at least one k;

producing a fourth symbol sequence x4[k] using at least {s1[k], s2[k], s3[k], s4[k]} for at least one k;

transmitting x3[k] using a third transmit antenna; and

transmitting x4[k] using a fourth transmit antenna.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising

producing a third RS s3[k]=−s1[k];

producing a fourth RS s4[k]=−s2[k];

producing x3[k] using at least {s1[k], s2[k], s3[k], s4[k]} for at least one k;

producing x4[k] using at least {s1[k], s2[k], s3[k], s4[k]} for at least one k;

transmitting x3[k] using a third transmit antenna; and

transmitting x4[k] using a fourth transmit antenna.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein RS s3[k]=s1[k] and RS s3[k]=s2[k] for a first transmission duration, and RS s3[k]=−s1[k] and RS s4[k]−s2[k] for a second transmission duration.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein producing x3[k] comprises:

producing a linear pre-coder Q of size M×N, wherein M is an integer number of transmitters and N is an integer number of receivers, wherein N is at least 4 and M is at least 2; and

transforming at least {s1[k], s2[k], s3[k], s4[k]} with Q to produce x3[k].

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein s1[k] is produced by s0[k]*exp(j*u1*k), and wherein s2[k] is produced by −s0[k]*exp(j*u2*k), wherein u1 is calculated from a first function and u2 is calculated from a second function.

14. The method of claim 2 , wherein s2[k] is produced by s0[k]*exp(j*u2*k) for a first transmission duration and s2[k] is produced by −s0[k]*exp(j*u2*k) for a second transmission duration.

15. Apparatus for transmitting with multiple antennas, comprising:

processing logic operable to determine a base sequence and a plurality of cyclic shift values; and

transmission logic coupled to the processing logic and to multiple antennas, the transmission logic operable to form a transmission signal for transmission by the multiple antennas using the base sequence and the plurality cyclic shift values, wherein the transmission logic is operable to form a transmission signal for transmission by:

producing a first RS s1[k] using a first cyclic shift and a base sequence s0[k], wherein k={1, 2 . . . K} is an element index;

producing a second RS s2[k] using a second cyclic shift and s0[k];

producing a first symbol sequence x1[k] using at least s1[k] and s2[k], for at least one k;

producing a second symbol sequence x2[k] using at least s1[k] and s2[k], for at least one k;

transmitting x1[k] using a first transmit antenna of the multiple antennas; and

transmitting x2[k] using a second transmit antenna of the multiple antennas.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein producing x1[k] comprises:

producing a linear precoder Q of size M×N, wherein M is an integer number of transmitters and N is an integer number of receivers, wherein N is at least 2 and M is at least 2; and

transforming at least {s1[k], s2[k]} with Q to produce x1[k].

17. The apparatus of claim 15 , further comprising receiving logic operable to receive the first cyclic shift value.

18. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the transmission logic is further operable to form a transmission signal by:

producing a third RS s3[k]=s1[k];

producing a fourth RS s4[k]=s2[k];

producing x3[k] using at least {s1[k], s2[k], s3[k], s4[k]} for at least one k;

producing x4[k] using at least {s1[k], s2[k], s3[k], s4[k]} for at least one k;

transmitting x3[k] using a third transmit antenna of the multiple antennas; and transmitting x4[k] using a fourth transmit antenna of the multiple antennas.

19. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein s1[k] is produced by s0[k]*exp(j*u1*k), and wherein s2[k] is produced by s0[k]*exp(j*u2*k), wherein u1 is the first cyclic shift and u2 is the second cyclic shift.

20. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the transmission logic is operable to form a transmission signal by producing s2[k]=s0[k]*exp(j*u2*k) for a first transmission duration and producing s2[k]=−s0[k]*exp(j*u2*k) for a second transmission duration.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 16, 2009
From: MUHAREMOVIC, TARIK; ONGGOSANUSI, EKO N; CHEN, RUNHUA; SHEN, ZUKANG
To: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 023242/0479 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 61084357 · Jul 29, 2008
Provisional Application 61086902 · Aug 7, 2008
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