Code generating apparatus, reference signal generating apparatus, and methods thereof
A code generating apparatus, demodulation reference signal generating apparatus, and methods thereof. The demodulation reference signal generator includes generating a non-correlation sequence for RS of a first resource block; spreading spectrums of elements in the non-correlation sequence for RS to be mapped to a first frequency resource of the first resource block, by using a first group of codes; second spreading spectrums of elements in the non-correlation sequence for RS to be mapped to a second frequency resource of the first resource block, by using a second group of Codes; the first and second frequency resources are adjacent frequency resources in frequency resource elements used for RS transmission in the first resource block, and the first and second groups of Codes are mirrors in column to each other; and mapping the spectrum-spread elements to the first and second frequency resources, respectively.
1. A transmitter, comprising:
a reference signal generator configured to generate a reference signal, wherein the reference signal generator comprises:
a sequence generator configured to generate a sequence for reference signal of a first resource block;
a first spectrum spreading unit configured to spread spectrums of elements in the sequence for reference signal of the first resource block to be mapped to a first frequency resource of the first resource block, by using a first group of codes;
a second spectrum spreading unit configured to spread spectrums of elements in the sequence for reference signal of the first resource block to be mapped to a second frequency resource of the first resource block, by using a second group of codes; the first and second frequency resources are adjacent frequency resources in frequency resource elements used for reference signal transmission in the first resource block, and the first and second groups of codes are mirrors in column to each other;
a third spectrum spreading unit configured to spread spectrums of elements of in the sequence for reference signal of the first resource block to be mapped to a third frequency resource of the first resource block, by using a third group of codes;
a fourth spectrum spreading unit configured to spread spectrums of elements in the sequence for reference signal of the first resource block to be mapped to a fourth frequency resource of the first resource block, by using a fourth group of codes; the third and fourth frequency resources are adjacent frequency resources in frequency resource elements used for reference signal transmission in the first resource block, and the third and fourth groups of codes are mirrors in column to each other; and
a mapping unit configured to map the elements with their spectrums spread by the first and second spectrum spreading units to the first and second frequency resources of the first resource block, respectively, and map the elements with their spectrums spread by the third and fourth spectrum spreading units to the third and fourth frequency resources of the first resource block, respectively.
2. The transmitter according to claim 1 , wherein one of the third and fourth groups of codes is formed by performing a column vector cyclic shift to one of the first and second groups of codes, and the same column vector has different column serial numbers in the first to fourth groups of codes.
3. A communication system, comprising:
a transmitter that transmits a reference signal; and
a receiver that receives the reference signal transmitted from the transmitter, wherein the transmitter includes a reference signal generator configured to generate the reference signal which comprises:
a sequence generator configured to generate a sequence for reference signal of a first resource block;
a first spectrum spreading unit configured to spread spectrums of elements in the sequence for reference signal of the first resource block to be mapped to a first frequency resource of the first resource block, by using a first group of codes;
a second spectrum spreading unit configured to spread spectrums of elements in the sequence for reference signal of the first resource block to be mapped to a second frequency resource of the first resource block, by using a second group of codes; the first and second frequency resources are adjacent frequency resources in frequency resource elements used for reference signal transmission in the first resource block, and the first and second groups of codes are mirrors in column to each other;
a third spectrum spreading unit configured to spread spectrums of elements of in the sequence for reference signal of the first resource block to be mapped to a third frequency resource of the first resource block, by using a third group of codes;
a fourth spectrum spreading unit configured to spread spectrums of elements in the sequence for reference signal of the first resource block to be mapped to a fourth frequency resource of the first resource block, by using a fourth group of codes; the third and fourth frequency resources are adjacent frequency resources in frequency resource elements used for reference signal transmission in the first resource block, and the third and fourth groups of codes are mirrors in column to each other; and
a mapping unit configured to map the elements with their spectrums spread by the first and second spectrum spreading units to the first and second frequency resources of the first resource block, respectively, and map the elements with their spectrums spread by the third and fourth spectrum spreading units to the third and fourth frequency resources of the first resource block, respectively.
4. A method for transmitting a reference signal, comprising:
a sequence generating step for generating a sequence for reference signal of a first resource block;
a first spectrum spreading step for spreading spectrums of elements in the sequence for reference signal of the first resource block to be mapped to a first frequency resource of the first resource block, by using a first group of codes;
a second spectrum spreading step for spreading spectrums of elements in the sequence for reference signal of the first resource block to be mapped to a second frequency resource of the first resource block, by using a second group of codes; the first and second frequency resources are adjacent frequency resources in frequency resource elements used for reference signal transmission in the first resource block, and the first and second groups of codes are mirrors in column to each other;
a third spectrum spreading step for spreading spectrums of elements of in the sequence for reference signal of the first resource block to be mapped to a third frequency resource of the first resource block, by using a third group of codes;
a fourth spectrum spreading step for spreading spectrums of elements in the sequence for reference signal of the first resource block to be mapped to a fourth frequency resource of the first resource block, by using a fourth group of codes; the third and fourth frequency resources are adjacent frequency resources in frequency resource elements used for reference signal transmission in the first resource block, and the third and fourth groups of codes are mirrors in column to each other;
a mapping step for mapping the elements with their spectrums spread by the first and second spectrum spreading units to the first and second frequency resources of the first resource block, respectively, and map the elements with their spectrums spread by the third and fourth spectrum spreading units to the third and fourth frequency resources of the first resource block, respectively; and
a transmitting step for transmitting the generated reference signal to a receiver.