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

1. A method of operating a base station (BS) in a wireless communication system, comprising:

transmitting, to a mobile station (MS), a reference signal via a first downlink (DL) transmission (Tx) beam with a first beam pattern;

receiving, from the MS, first channel state information, which regards the first DL Tx beam, that is identified based on the transmitted reference signal; and

determining second channel state information based on the first channel state information and a difference value between a gain for the first DL Tx beam and a gain for a second DL Tx beam with a second beam pattern.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first DL Tx beam is usable for transmitting the reference signal, and

wherein the second DL Tx beam is usable for transmitting user data.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second channel state information comprises channel information regarding the second DL Tx beam for transmitting user data.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the second channel state information comprises:

determining the difference value between the gain for the first DL Tx beam and the gain for the second DL Tx beam; and

determining the second channel state information by compensating for the first channel state information according to the difference value.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting, to the MS, user data via the second DL Tx beam based on the second channel state information.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein transmitting, to the MS, the user data via the second DL Tx beam based on the second channel state information comprises:

transmitting, to the MS, the user data via the second DL Tx beam based on a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) level,

wherein the MCS level is identified based on the second channel state information.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first channel state information comprises at least one of carrier to interference and noise ratio (CINR) or receive signal strength indicator (RSSI).

8. An apparatus of a base station (BS) in a wireless communication system, comprising:

a transceiver configured to:

transmit a reference signal via a first downlink (DL) transmission (Tx) beam with a first beam pattern, to a mobile station (MS); and

receive first channel state information regarding the first DL Tx beam, identified based on the transmitted reference signal, from the MS; and

at least one processor, operably coupled to the transceiver, configured to determine second channel state information based on the first channel state information and a difference value between a gain for the first DL Tx beam and a gain for second DL Tx beam with a second beam pattern.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the first DL Tx beam is usable for transmitting the reference signal, and

wherein the second DL Tx beam is usable for transmitting user data.

10. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the second channel state information comprises channel information regarding the second DL Tx beam for transmitting user data.

11. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to determine the difference value between the gain for the first DL Tx beam and the gain for the second DL Tx beam, and determine the second channel state information by compensating for the first channel state information according to the difference value.

12. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the transceiver is configured to transmit user data via the second DL Tx beam based on the second channel state information, to the MS.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein, when transmitting the user data, the transceiver is configured to transmit the user data via the second DL Tx beam based on a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) level, and

wherein the MCS level is identified based on the second channel state information.

14. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the first channel state information comprises at least one of carrier to interference and noise ratio (CINR) or receive signal strength indicator (RSSI).

15. An apparatus of a mobile station (MS) in a wireless communication system, comprising:

a transceiver configured to receive a reference signal transmitted from a base station (BS) via a first downlink (DL) transmission (Tx) beam with a first beam pattern, and receive user data transmitted from the BS based on second channel state information, via second DL Tx beam with a second beam pattern;

at least one processor, operably coupled to the transceiver, configured to identify first channel state information regarding the first DL Tx beam based on the received reference signal,

wherein the transceiver is further configured to transmit the first channel state information to the BS,

wherein the second channel state information is determined based on the first channel state information and a difference value between a gain for the first DL Tx beam and a gain for the second DL Tx beam.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the first DL Tx beam is usable for receiving the reference signal, and

wherein the second DL Tx beam is usable for receiving the user data.

17. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the second channel state information comprises channel information regarding the second DL Tx beam for transmitting user data.

18. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the second channel state information is determined by compensating for the first channel state information according to the difference value.

19. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein, when receiving the user data transmitted from the BS, the transceiver is configured to receive the user data transmitted based on a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) level, and

wherein the MCS level is identified based on the second channel state information.

20. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the first channel state information comprises at least one of carrier to interference and noise ratio (CINR) or receive signal strength indicator (RSSI).