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US 9,407,336 · App. 14/089,614 · Granted Aug 2, 2016

Apparatus and method for beamforming gain difference compensation according to change of transmitting and receiving beam pattern in beamforming based wireless communication system

Inventors: Ji-Yun Seol (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Tae-Young Kim (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Hyun-Kyu Yu (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04B7/0408H04B7/0456H04B7/0617H04B7/086
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Patent No.
US 9,407,336
App. No.
14/089,614
Granted
Aug 2, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of operating a Mobile Station (MS) in a wireless communication system using beamforming includes receiving a reference signal over a plurality of downlink transmit (Tx) beams, measuring channel quality information of the received reference signal, and generating effective channel quality information by compensating for beamforming gain compensation information according to the channel quality information.

Claims (36)

1. A method operating of a mobile station (MS) in a wireless communication system using beamforming, the method comprising:

receiving beamforming gain compensation information from a base station;

receiving a reference signal over a plurality of downlink transmit (Tx) beams of the base station;

measuring channel quality based on the received reference signal; and

determining effective channel quality information based on the beamforming gain compensation information and the measured channel quality,

wherein the beamforming gain compensation information comprises a difference between a first beamforming gain for the reference signal and a second beamforming gain for data transmission.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the effective channel quality information comprises:

acquiring the second beamforming gain for the data transmission by compensating the first beamforming gain for the reference signal corresponding to the measured channel quality based on the beamforming gain compensation information; and

determining the effective channel quality information based on the second beamforming gain,

wherein the second beamforming gain is used to transmit a control channel or a data channel.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting the determined effective channel quality information to the base station (BS).

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the effective channel quality information comprises a modulation and coding (MCS) level.

5. A method operating of a base station (BS) in a wireless communication system using beamforming, the method comprising:

transmitting beamforming gain compensation information to a mobile station;

transmitting a reference signal using a plurality of downlink transmit (Tx) beams; and

receiving effective channel quality information which is determined based on the beamforming gain compensation information and the reference signal,

wherein the beamforming gain compensation information comprises difference between a first beamforming gain for the reference signal and a second beamforming gain for data transmission.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein

the effective channel quality information further comprises a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) level.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the second beamforming gain is used to transmit a control channel or a data channel.

8. An apparatus of a mobile station (MS) in a wireless communication system using beamforming, the apparatus comprising:

a receiver configured to receive beamforming gain compensation information from a base station, and receive a reference signal over a plurality of downlink transmit (Tx) beams of the base station; and

a controller configured to measure channel quality based on the received reference signal, and determine effective channel quality information based on the beamforming gain compensation information and the measured channel quality,

wherein the beamforming gain compensation information comprises difference between a first beamforming gain for the reference signal and a second beamforming gain for data transmission.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the controller is configured to acquire the second beamforming gain for the data transmission by compensating the first beamforming gain for the reference signal corresponding to the measured channel quality based on the beamforming gain compensation information; and determine the effective channel quality information based on the second beamforming gain,

wherein the second beamforming gain is used to transmit a control channel or a data channel.

10. The apparatus of claim 8 , further comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit the determined effective channel quality information to the base station (BS).

11. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein, when the effective channel quality information comprises a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) level.

12. An apparatus of a base station (BS) in a wireless communication system using beamforming, the apparatus comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit beamforming gain compensation information to a mobile station, and transmit a reference signal using a plurality of downlink transmit (Tx) beams; and

a receiver configured to receive effective channel quality information, and

wherein the beamforming gain compensation information comprise a difference between a first beamforming gain for the reference signal and a second beamforming gain for data transmission.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the effective channel quality information further comprises a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) level.

14. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the second beamforming gain is used to transmit a control channel or a data channel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 25, 2013
From: SEOL, JI-YUN; KIM, TAE-YOUNG; YU, HYUN-KYU
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 031673/0192 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2012-0133760 · Nov 23, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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