IP Library Granted Patent US 9,768,898
Granted Patent B2
US 9,768,898 · App. 14/758,851 · Granted Sep 19, 2017

Method for reception in cooperative transmission environment and terminal

Inventors: Jinyup Hwang (Seoul, KR); Sangwook Lee (Seoul, KR); Manyoung Jung (Seoul, KR); Yoonoh Yang (Seoul, KR); Suhwan Lim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04J11/0053H04L5/005H04L5/0035H04L5/0048H04L5/0051H04L27/2613H04L27/2657H04W72/042
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Patent No.
US 9,768,898
App. No.
14/758,851
Granted
Sep 19, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

One embodiment of the present specification provides a reception method for a terminal supporting cooperative multi-point (CoMP). The reception method for the terminal may comprise the steps of: receiving a signal which indicates that a channel state indicator-reference signal (CSI-RS) port and a cell-specific reference signal (CRS) port are almost quasi co-located; and determining a frequency offset between a CRS and a demodulation-reference signal (DM-RS), which is quasi co-located with the CRS, on the basis of the signal which indicates that the CSI-RS port and the CRS port are almost quasi co-located. Herein the frequency offset between the CRS and the DM-RS may be within 50 Hz.

Claims (19)

1. A receiving method by a user equipment (UE) supporting CoMP (Cooperative Multi-Point), the receiving method comprising:

receiving a signal indicating that a channel state indicator-reference signal (CSI-RS) port and a cell-specific reference signal (CRS) port are quasi co-located; and

determining a frequency offset between the CRS and a quasi co-located demodulation-reference signal (DM-RS) based on the signal indicating that the CSI-RS port and the CRS port are quasi co-located, wherein the frequency offset between the CRS and the DM-RS is within 50 Hz,

wherein the determining step of the frequency offset includes:

determining whether the CRS and the quasi co-located DM-RS are received from the same transmission port (TP); and

unless receiving the same transmission point (TP), estimating a frequency offset between the CRS and the quasi co-located DM-RS.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the signal is a radio resource control (RRC) signal.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the RRC signal includes one or more of a cell ID for the quasi co-located CRS and information on the number of CRS ports.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising

compensating for the frequency offset using the CRS when the frequency offset between the CRS and the DM-RS is larger than 50 Hz.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising

demodulating a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) using the DM-RS to receive data.

6. A user equipment (UE) supporting CoMP (cooperative multi-point), the UE comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) unit receiving a signal indicating that a channel state indicator-reference signal (CSI-RS) port and a cell-specific reference signal (CRS) port are quasi co-located; and

a processor controlling the RF unit and determining a frequency offset between the CRS and a quasi co-located demodulation-reference signal (DM-RS) based on the signal indicating that the CSI-RS port and the CRS port are quasi co-located, wherein the frequency offset between the CRS and the DM-RS is within 50 Hz,

wherein the processor determining the frequency offset determines whether the CRS and the quasi co-located DM-RS are received from the same transmission port (TP), and unless receiving the same transmission point (TP), estimates a frequency offset between the CRS and the quasi co-located DM-RS.

7. The UE of claim 6 , wherein the signal is a radio resource control (RRC) signal.

8. The UE of claim 7 , wherein the RRC signal includes one or more of a cell ID for the quasi co-located CRS and information on the number of CRS ports.

9. The UE of claim 6 , wherein the processor compensates for the frequency offset using the CRS when the frequency offset between the CRS and the DM-RS is larger than 50 Hz.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 1, 2015
From: HWANG, JINYUP; LEE, SANGWOOK; JUNG, MANYOUNG; YANG, YOONOH; LIM, SUHWAN
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 035951/0115 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61753947 · Jan 18, 2013
Related Publication 20150341132A1 · Nov 26, 2015