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US 9,847,824 · App. 14/905,257 · Granted Dec 19, 2017

Wireless communication method for reporting MU-CQI offset, user equipment and eNode B

Inventors: Masayuki Hoshino (Kanagawa, JP); Lilei Wang (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
H04B7/0632H04B7/0452H04B7/0639H04W28/06H04W76/046
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Patent No.
US 9,847,824
App. No.
14/905,257
Granted
Dec 19, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a wireless communication method based on multiple-user multi-input multi-output (MU-MIMO) and a corresponding user equipment and eNode B. According to the present disclosure, a first MU-CQI offset corresponding to a first co-scheduled PMI which is fully orthogonal with a desired PMI is reported with a larger number of bits than a second MU-CQI offset corresponding to a second co-scheduled PMI which is not fully orthogonal with the desired PMI. Alternatively, a first MU-CQI offset corresponding to a first co-scheduled PMI is reported with a first number of bits, and a second MU-CQI offset corresponding to a second co-scheduled PMI which is correlated with the first co-scheduled PMI is reported with a second smaller number of bits or even not reported. Alternatively, MU-CQI offset(s) corresponding to part of a plurality of co-scheduled PMIs configured by RRC is/are reported with a series of bits, wherein a first section of the series of bits indicates at least part of the co-scheduled PMI(s) for which the MU-CQI offset is reported, and a second section of the series of bits indicates the reported MU-CQI offset(s).

Claims (37)

1. A user equipment (UE) supporting multiple-user multi-input multi-output (MU-MIMO), comprising:

one or more memories; and

processing circuitry coupled to the one or more memories, wherein the processing circuitry, in operation, reports multiple-user channel quality indicator (MU-CQI) offsets corresponding to co-scheduled precoding matrix indicators (PMI) to an eNode B, wherein

a first MU-CQI offset corresponding to a first co-scheduled PMI is reported with a first number of bits,

a second MU-CQI offset corresponding to a second co-scheduled PMI which is correlated with the first co-scheduled PMI is reported with a second number of bits or not reported, and

the second number is smaller than the first number.

2. The user equipment according to claim 1 , wherein

the first number is 2, and

the second number is 1.

3. A user equipment (UE) supporting multiple-user multi-input multi-output (MU-MIMO), comprising:

one or more memories; and

processing circuitry coupled to the one or more memories, wherein the processing circuitry, in operation, reports a multiple-user channel quality indicator (MU-CQI) offset corresponding to one of a plurality of co-scheduled precoding matrix indicators (PMI) configured by radio resource control (RRC) to an eNode B with a series of bits; wherein

a first section of the series of bits indicates one of the co-scheduled PMIs for which the MU-CQI offset is reported;

a second section of the series of bits indicates the reported MU-CQI offset; and

a best MU-CQI offset among the MU-CQI offsets corresponding to the plurality of co-scheduled PMIs configured by RRC and the indication of its corresponding co-scheduled PMI are reported with the series of bits.

4. The user equipment according to claim 3 , wherein the worst MU-CQI offset among the MU-CQI offsets corresponding to the plurality of co-scheduled PMIs configured by RRC and the indication of its corresponding co-scheduled PMI are also reported with the series of bits.

5. The user equipment according to claim 3 , wherein a MU-CQI offset corresponding to a randomly selected co-scheduled PMI is also reported with the series of bits.

6. The user equipment according to claim 3 , wherein a MU-CQI offset corresponding to a cyclically selected co-scheduled PMI other than the co-scheduled PMI corresponding to the best MU-CQI offset is also reported with the series of bits.

7. The user equipment according to claim 6 , wherein the cyclically selected co-scheduled PMI is cyclically selected for subbands.

8. The user equipment according to claim 3 , wherein only the best MU-CQI offset and the indication of its corresponding co-scheduled PMI are reported if the best MU-CQI offset is not larger than the worst offset level defined in a MU-CQI offset table used for the reporting.

9. An eNode B supporting multiple-user multi-input multi-output (MU-MIMO), comprising:

one or more memories; and

processing circuitry coupled to the one or more memories, wherein the processing circuitry, in operation, controls reception of multiple-user channel quality indicator (MU-CQI) offsets corresponding to co-scheduled precoding matrix indicators (PMI) reported from a user equipment (UE), wherein

a first MU-CQI offset corresponding to a first co-scheduled PMI is reported with a first number of bits,

a second MU-CQI offset corresponding to a second co-scheduled PMI which is correlated with the first co-scheduled PMI is reported with a second number of bits or not reported, and

the second number is smaller than the first number.

10. An eNode B supporting multiple-user multi-input multi-output (MU-MIMO), comprising:

one or more memories; and

processing circuitry coupled to the one or more memories, wherein the processing circuitry, in operation, controls reception of a multiple-user channel quality indicator (MU-CQI) offset corresponding to one or a plurality of co-scheduled precoding matrix indicators (PMI) configured by radio resource control (RRC) reported from a user equipment with a series of bits, wherein

a first section of the series of bits indicates one of the co-scheduled PMIs for which the MU-CQI offset is reported;

a second section of the series of bits indicates the reported MU-CQI offset; and

a best MU-CQI offset among the MU-CQI offsets corresponding to the co-scheduled PMIs configured by RRC and the indication of its corresponding co-scheduled PMI are reported with the series of bits.

11. The eNode B according to claim 10 , wherein the worst MU-CQI offset among the MU-CQI offsets corresponding to the co-scheduled PMIs configured by RRC and the indication of its corresponding co-scheduled PMI are also reported with the series of bits.

12. The eNode B according to claim 10 , wherein a MU-CQI offset corresponding to a randomly selected co-scheduled PMI is also reported with the series of bits.

13. The eNode B according to claim 10 , wherein a MU-CQI offset corresponding to a cyclically selected co-scheduled PMI other than the co-scheduled PMI corresponding to the best MU-CQI offset is also reported with the series of bits.

14. The eNode B according to claim 13 , wherein the cyclically selected co-scheduled PMI is cyclically selected for subbands.

15. The eNode B according to claim 10 , wherein only the best MU-CQI offset and the indication of its corresponding co-scheduled PMI are reported if the best MU-CQI offset is not larger than the worst offset level defined in a MU-CQI offset table used for the reporting.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 25, 2016
From: HOSHINO, MASAYUKI; WANG, LILEI
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Reel/Frame 037833/0678 →
Continuity (1)
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