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Granted Patent B2
US 8,824,584 · App. 12/711,185 · Granted Sep 2, 2014

Method for transmitting sounding reference signal in MIMO wireless communication system and apparatus therefor

Inventors: Bong Hoe Kim (Anyang-si, KR); Byeong Woo Kang (Anyang-si, KR); Yu Jin Noh (Anyang-si, KR); Hak Seong Kim (Anyang-si, KR); Dae Won Lee (Anyang-si, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
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Patent No.
US 8,824,584
App. No.
12/711,185
Granted
Sep 2, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for transmitting a sounding reference signal in a MIMO wireless communication system and an apparatus therefor are disclosed. The method for transmitting sounding reference signals (SRSs) in a MIMO wireless communication system comprises receiving sounding reference signal parameters from a base station; receiving information of the number of sounding reference signals which will be transmitted at a transmission time instant from the base station; if a plurality of sounding reference signals are provided, generating the sounding reference signals corresponding to each of the plurality of antennas by using the sounding reference signal parameters; and transmitting the generated sounding reference signals to the base station through their corresponding antennas at a specific transmission instant.

Claims (18)

1. A method for transmitting sounding reference signals (SRSs) using a plurality of antenna by a user equipment in a MIMO wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving sounding reference signal parameters from a base station, wherein the sounding reference signal parameters include an initial cyclic shift value n CS SRS , and an initial transmissionComb parameter value k tc ;

configuring a cyclic shift value for each of the antenna ports based on the number of antenna ports;

configuring a transmissionComb parameter value for each of the antenna ports based on the initial transmissionComb parameter value k tc , when the number of antenna ports is four; and

transmitting the sounding reference signals simultaneously to the base station at a specific transmission time interval.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cyclic shift value is configured differently for each of the antenna ports.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmissionComb parameter value for each of the antenna ports is 0 or 1.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving information on the number of antennas from the base station.

5. A user equipment having multiple antennas, the user equipment comprising:

a radio frequency unit (RF unit); and

a processor,

wherein the RF unit is configured to receive sounding reference signal parameters from a base station, wherein the sounding reference signal parameters include an initial cyclic shift value n CS SRS , and an initial transmissionComb parameter value k tc ; and

wherein the processor is configured to set a cyclic shift value for each of the antenna ports based on the number of antenna ports, and to set a transmissionComb parameter value for each of the antenna ports based on the initial transmissionComb parameter value k tc when the number of antenna ports is four; and

wherein the RF unit is further configured to transmit the sounding reference signals simultaneously to the base station at a specific transmission time interval.

6. The user equipment of claim 5 , wherein the cyclic shift value is configured differently for each of the antenna ports.

7. The user equipment of claim 5 , wherein the transmissionComb parameter value for each of the antenna ports is 0 or 1.

8. The user equipment of claim 5 , wherein the RF unit is further configured to receive information on the number of antennas from the base station.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 5, 2014
From: KIM, BONG HOE; KANG, BYEONG WOO; NOH, YU JIN; KIM, HAK SEONG; LEE, DAE WON
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2010-0012865 · Feb 11, 2010 · national
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 61155143 · Feb 24, 2009
Provisional Application 61157163 · Mar 3, 2009
Related Publication 20100215114A1 · Aug 26, 2010