IP Library Granted Patent US 8,995,373
Granted Patent B2
US 8,995,373 · App. 13/638,514 · Granted Mar 31, 2015

Method for transmitting channel state information in wireless access system

Inventors: Suckchel Yang (Anyang-si, KR); Mingyu Kim (Anyang-si, KR); Joonkui Ahn (Anyang-si, KR); Dongyoun Seo (Anyang-si, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04W24/10H04B7/0626H04L5/001H04L5/0057
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Patent No.
US 8,995,373
App. No.
13/638,514
Granted
Mar 31, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides various methods for transmitting channel state information relative to one or more serving cells in a carrier-coupled environment, and devices for supporting the same. As one embodiment of the present invention, a method for reporting channel state information (CSI) in a wireless access system that supports carrier coupling comprises the steps of: allowing a terminal to receive information related to a CSI report mode for one or more serving cells from a base station; and allowing the terminal to report the channel state information (CSI) on the one or more serving cells to the base station by considering the CSI report mode. In this case, if first type CSI for a first serving cell and second type CSI for a second serving cell are transmitted on the same subframe, the terminal can report CSI for one serving cell only, to the base station, according to priorities of CSI report types related to the CSI report mode.

Claims (35)

1. A method for reporting Channel State Information (CSI) in a wireless access system which supports carrier aggregation, the method comprising:

receiving, at a User Equipment (UE), information related to a CSI reporting mode for one or more downlink component carriers (DL CCs) from a Base Station (BS); and

reporting, at the UE, CSI for the one or more DL CCs to the BS in consideration of the CSI reporting mode,

wherein, if a first type CSI for a first DL CC and a second type CSI for a second DL CC are transmitted in a same subframe, the UE reports only CSI for one DL CC to the BS according to a priority of a CSI reporting type related to the CSI reporting mode, and

wherein each of the first type CSI and the second type CSI includes at least one of a Rank Indicator (RI), a Precoding Matrix Indicator (PMI), a Wideband Channel Quality Indicator (WB-CQI) or a Subband CQI.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein, if a priority of the first type CSI is higher than a priority of the second type CSI, the UE transmits only the first type CSI to the BS and drops the second type CSI.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein reporting the CSI is periodically performed according to each content of the CSI, for a second DL CC are transmitted in a same subframe, the UE reports only CSI for one DL CC to the BS according to a priority of a CSI reporting type related to the CSI reporting mode, and

wherein each of the first type CSI and the second type CSI includes at least one of a Rank Indicator (RI), a Precoding Matrix Indicator (PMI), a Wideband Channel Quality Indicator (WB-CQI) or a Subband CQI.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the first type CSI is a CSI reporting type 3 or a CSI reporting type 5 and the second type CSI is a CSI reporting type 2b, a CSI reporting type 2c, a CSI reporting type 4, a CSI reporting type 1, or a CSI reporting type 1a.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein the first type CSI is transmitted to the BS through a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) or a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH).

6. The UE of claim 2 , wherein the first type CSI is transmitted to the BS through a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) or a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH).

7. A User Equipment (UE) for reporting Channel State Information (CSI) in a wireless access system which supports carrier aggregation, the UE comprising:

a transmission module;

a reception module; and

a processor operatively connected to the transmission module and the reception module,

wherein the UE receives information related to a CSI reporting mode for one or more downlink component carriers (DL CCs) through the reception module from a Base Station (BS) and reports CSI for the one or more DL CCs to the BS via the transmission module in consideration of the CSI reporting mode, and if a first type CSI for a first DL CC and a second type CSI for a second DL CC are transmitted in a same subframe, the UE reports only CSI for one DL CC to the BS according to a priority of a CSI reporting type related to the CSI reporting mode.

8. The UE of claim 7 , wherein, if a priority of the first type CSI is higher than a priority of the second type CSI, the UE transmits only the first type CSI to the BS and drops the second type CSI.

9. The UE of claim 8 , wherein the first type CSI is a CSI reporting type 3 or a CSI reporting type 5 and the second type CSI is a CSI reporting type 2b, a CSI reporting type 2c, a CSI reporting type 4, a CSI reporting type 1, or a CSI reporting type 1a.

10. A method for receiving Channel State Information (CSI) in a wireless access system which supports carrier aggregation, the method comprising:

transmitting, to a User Equipment (UE), information related to a CSI reporting mode for one or more downlink component carriers (DL CCs) from a Base Station (BS); and

receiving, by the BS from the UE, CSI for the one or more DL CCs in consideration of the CSI reporting mode,

wherein, if a first type CSI for a first DL CC and a second type CSI for a second DL CC are transmitted in a same subframe, the UE reports only CSI for one DL CC to the BS according to a priority of a CSI reporting type related to the CSI reporting mode, and

wherein each of the first type CSI and the second type CSI includes at least one of a Rank Indicator (RI), a Precoding Matrix Indicator (PMI), a Wideband Channel Quality Indicator (WB-CQI) or a Subband CQI.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein, if a priority of the first type CSI is higher than a priority of the second type CSI, the UE transmits only the first type CSI to the BS and drops the second type CSI.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein reporting the CSI is periodically performed according to each content of the CSI.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first type CSI is a CSI reporting type 3 or a CSI reporting type 5 and the second type CSI is a CSI reporting type 2, a CSI reporting type 2c, a CSI reporting type 4, a CSI reporting type 1, or a CSI reporting type 1a.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first type CSI is transmitted to the BS through a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) or a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH).

15. A Base Station (BS) for receiving Channel State Information (CSI) from a User Equipment (UE) in a wireless access system which supports carrier aggregation, the BS comprising:

a transmission module;

a reception module; and

a processor operatively connected to the transmission module and the reception module,

wherein the BS transmits information related to a CSI reporting mode to the UE for one or more downlink component carriers (DL CCs) through the transmission module and receives CSI for the one or more DL CCs from the UE via the reception module in consideration of the CSI reporting mode, and if a first type CSI for a first DL CC and a second type CSI for a second DL CC are transmitted in a same subframe, the UE reports only CSI for one DL CC to the BS according to priority of a CSI reporting type related to the CSI reporting mode.

16. The BS of claim 15 , wherein, if a priority of the first type CSI is higher than a priority of the second type CSI, the UE transmits only the first type CSI to the BS and drops the second type CSI.

17. The BS of claim 16 , wherein the first type CSI is a CSI reporting type 3 or a CSI reporting type 5 and the second type CSI is a CSI reporting type 2b, a CSI reporting type 2c, a CSI reporting type 4, a CSI reporting type 1, or a CSI reporting type 1a.

18. The BS of claim 16 , wherein the first type CSI is transmitted to the BS through a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) or a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 1, 2012
From: YANG, SUCKCHEL; KIM, MINGYU; AHN, JOONKUI; SEO, DONGYOUN
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 61320307 · Apr 1, 2010
Provisional Application 61389698 · Oct 4, 2010
Related Publication 20130021980A1 · Jan 24, 2013