IP Library Granted Patent US 9,106,355
Granted Patent B2
US 9,106,355 · App. 14/001,583 · Granted Aug 11, 2015

Transmission device, receiving device, transmission method, and receiving method

Inventors: Yoshihiko Ogawa (Kanagawa, JP); Akihiko Nishio (Osaka, JP); Takashi Iwai (Ishikawa, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
H04J11/00H04B7/0413H04B7/0671H04J13/18H04L5/0048H04L5/0053H04L25/0224H04L27/2613H04L5/0007H04L5/0037H04W48/16H04W72/00
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Patent No.
US 9,106,355
App. No.
14/001,583
Granted
Aug 11, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A transmission device includes reference signal generator ( 204 ) generates a transmission instruction for DMRS or SRS produced by base station ( 100 ), and an RS that corresponds to a transmission instruction in the DMRS and SRS on the basis of identification information of an RS pattern used in the DMRS and SRS and set in base station ( 100 ). Transmission signal formation unit ( 207 ) maps the generated RS to a time frequency resource. The RS pattern of the DMRS and the RS pattern of the SRS have a relationship in which the RS pattern of the SRS is obtained by adding the length of a CS series/4 to the cyclic shift amount, which is an element of the CS series pattern, in the RS pattern of the DMRS, and inverting the identification information of a first Walsh series or a second Walsh series, which are constituent elements of an OCC pattern.

Claims (32)

1. A transmitting apparatus configured to transmit, to a receiving apparatus, using a plurality of antenna ports, at least one of a first reference signal used in the receiving apparatus to demodulate received data and a second reference signal used in the receiving apparatus to measure receiving quality, the transmitting apparatus comprising:

a generating section that generates at least one of the first reference signal and the second reference signal based on identification information of a reference signal pattern used for the first reference signal and the second reference signal; and

a transmitting section that transmits at least one of the generated first reference signal and second reference signal, wherein:

the reference signal pattern includes a first pattern and a second pattern;

the first pattern includes pieces of identification information of the plurality of antenna ports and cyclic shift values, which are given to a cyclic shift sequence, respectively corresponding to the pieces of identification information of the plurality of antenna ports;

the second pattern includes the pieces of identification information of the plurality of antenna ports and identification information of a first Walsh sequence or a second Walsh sequence corresponding to each of the pieces of identification information of the plurality of antenna ports; and

the reference signal pattern of the first reference signal and the reference signal pattern of the second reference signal have a first relationship in which the reference signal pattern of the second reference signal is obtained by adding a length corresponding to a sequence length of the cyclic shift sequence×¼ or ¾ to the cyclic shift values and inverting the identification information of the first Walsh sequence or the second Walsh sequence, the cyclic shift values being a component of the first pattern in the reference signal pattern of the first reference signal, the identification information of the first Walsh sequence or the second Walsh sequence being a component of the second pattern in the reference signal pattern of the first reference signal.

2. The transmitting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the generating section generates one of the first reference signal and the second reference signal based on instruction information for issuing an instruction to transmit one of the first reference signal and the second reference signal.

3. The transmitting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the generating section switches, based on the number of antenna ports through which each of the first reference signal and the second reference signal is transmitted, between the first relationship and a second relationship in which a reference signal pattern of sounding reference signals (SRS) is obtained by adding a length corresponding to a sequence length of the cyclic shift sequence× 1/12 or 1/12×(−1) to the cyclic shift values and inverting identification information of the first Walsh sequence or the second Walsh sequence, the second relationship being between the reference signal pattern of the first reference signal and the reference signal pattern of the second reference signal, the cyclic shift values being a component of the first pattern in the reference signal pattern of the first reference signal, the identification information of the first Walsh sequence or the second Walsh sequence being a component of the second pattern in the reference signal pattern of the first reference signal.

4. A receiving apparatus configured to receive a first reference signal used to demodulate received data and a second reference signal used to measure receiving quality, using a plurality of antenna ports, the first and second reference signals being transmitted from a plurality of transmitting apparatuses, the receiving apparatus comprising:

a configuration section that configures a reference signal pattern used for the first reference signal and the second reference signal; and

a reception processing section that extracts at least one of the first reference signal and the second reference signal based on identification information of the configured reference signal pattern, wherein:

the reference signal pattern includes a first pattern and a second pattern;

the first pattern includes pieces of identification information of the plurality of antenna ports and cyclic shift values, which are given to a cyclic shift sequence, respectively corresponding to the pieces of identification information of the plurality of antenna ports;

the second pattern includes the pieces of identification information of the plurality of antenna ports and identification information of a first Walsh sequence or a second Walsh sequence corresponding to each of the pieces of identification information of the plurality of antenna ports; and

the reference signal pattern of the first reference signal and the reference signal pattern of the second reference signal have a first relationship in which the reference signal pattern of the second reference signal is obtained by adding a length corresponding to a sequence length of the cyclic shift sequence×¼ or ¾ to the cyclic shift values and inverting the identification information of the first Walsh sequence or the second Walsh sequence, the cyclic shift values being a component of the first pattern in the reference signal pattern of the first reference signal, the identification information of the first Walsh sequence or the second Walsh sequence being a component of the second pattern in the reference signal pattern of the first reference signal.

5. The receiving apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the configuration section generates instruction information for issuing an instruction to transmit one of the first reference signal and the second reference signal, the instruction being transmitted to the transmitting apparatus.

6. The receiving apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the generating section switches, based on the number of antenna ports through which each of the first reference signal and the second reference signal is transmitted, between the first relationship and a second relationship in which a reference signal pattern of sounding reference signals (SRS) is obtained by adding a length corresponding to a sequence length of the cyclic shift sequence× 1/12 or 1/12×(−1) to the cyclic shift values and inverting identification information of the first Walsh sequence or the second Walsh sequence, the second relationship being between the reference signal pattern of the first reference signal and the reference signal pattern of the second reference signal, the cyclic shift values being a component of the first pattern in the reference signal pattern of the first reference signal, the identification information of the first Walsh sequence or the second Walsh sequence being a component of the second pattern in the reference signal pattern of the first reference signal.

7. A transmission method for transmitting, to a receiving apparatus, using a plurality of antenna ports, at least one of a first reference signal used in the receiving apparatus to demodulate received data and a second reference signal used in the receiving apparatus to measure receiving quality, the transmitting method comprising:

generating at least one of the first reference signal and the second reference signal based on identification information of a reference signal pattern used for the first reference signal and the second reference signal; and

transmitting at least one of the generated first reference signal and second reference signal, wherein:

the reference signal pattern includes a first pattern and a second pattern;

the first pattern includes pieces of identification information of the plurality of antenna ports and cyclic shift values, which are given to a cyclic shift sequence, respectively corresponding to the pieces of identification information of the plurality of antenna ports;

the second pattern includes the pieces of identification information of the plurality of antenna ports and identification information of a first Walsh sequence or a second Walsh sequence corresponding to each of the pieces of identification information of the plurality of antenna ports; and

the reference signal pattern of the first reference signal and the reference signal pattern of the second reference signal have a first relationship in which the reference signal pattern of the second reference signal is obtained by adding a length corresponding to a sequence length of the cyclic shift sequence×¼ or ¾ to the cyclic shift values and inverting the identification information of the first Walsh sequence or the second Walsh sequence, the cyclic shift values being a component of the first pattern in the reference signal pattern of the first reference signal, the identification information of the first Walsh sequence or the second Walsh sequence being a component of the second pattern in the reference signal pattern of the first reference signal.

8. A reception method for receiving, using a plurality of antenna ports, at least one of a first reference signal used to demodulate received data and a second reference signal used to measure receiving quality, the first and second reference signals being transmitted from a plurality of transmitting apparatuses, the reception method comprising:

configuring a reference signal pattern used for the first reference signal and the second reference signal; and

extracting at least one of the first reference signal and the second reference signal based on identification information of the configured reference signal pattern, wherein:

the reference signal pattern includes a first pattern and a second pattern;

the first pattern includes pieces of identification information of the plurality of antenna ports and cyclic shift values, which are given to a cyclic shift sequence, respectively corresponding to the pieces of identification information of the plurality of antenna ports;

the second pattern includes the pieces of identification information of the plurality of antenna ports and identification information of a first Walsh sequence or a second Walsh sequence corresponding to each of the pieces of identification information of the plurality of antenna ports; and

the reference signal pattern of the first reference signal and the reference signal pattern of the second reference signal have a first relationship in which the reference signal pattern of the second reference signal is obtained by adding a length corresponding to a sequence length of the cyclic shift sequence×¼ or ¾ to the cyclic shift values and inverting the identification information of the first Walsh sequence or the second Walsh sequence, the cyclic shift values being a component of the first pattern in the reference signal pattern of the first reference signal, the identification information of the first Walsh sequence or the second Walsh sequence being a component of the second pattern in the reference signal pattern of the first reference signal.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 27, 2014
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Reel/Frame 033033/0163 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 24, 2013
From: OGAWA, YOSHIHIKO; NISHIO, AKIHIKO; IWAI, TAKASHI
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 031262/0090 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-098353 · Apr 26, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
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