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Granted Patent B2
US 10,090,986 · App. 14/913,294 · Granted Oct 2, 2018

Method and apparatus for transmitting reference signal in multiple antenna supporting wireless communication system

Inventors: Youngtae Kim (Seoul, KR); Suckchel Yang (Seoul, KR); Hanbyul Seo (Seoul, KR); Kijun Kim (Seoul, KR); Jonghyun Park (Seoul, KR); Hyukjin Chae (Seoul, KR); Inkwon Seo (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04L5/0091H04B7/0413H04B7/0469H04B7/0478H04B7/0626H04B7/0691H04B7/10H04L5/0023H04L5/0048H04L5/0053H04L12/189H04W72/044H04W72/005
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Patent No.
US 10,090,986
App. No.
14/913,294
Granted
Oct 2, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for transmitting a reference signal in a wireless communication system. More specifically, the method comprises configuring a first antenna group on the basis of a plurality of antenna elements configured by a horizontal domain antenna element and a vertical domain antenna element; transmitting a configuration with regard to a specific sub frame to first terminals through a first antenna group; receiving a sounding reference signal (SRS) through the specific sub frame from the first terminals; selecting at least one second terminal among the first terminals on the basis of the sounding reference signal; and transmitting a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) with respect to the at least one second terminal, wherein the specific sub frame is characterized in that at least a part of a source area is configured by a multicast broadcast single frequency network (MBSFN) sub frame.

Claims (25)

1. A method of transmitting a reference signal by a transmitting end in a wireless communication system supporting multiple antennas, the method comprising:

configuring a 1 st antenna group on a basis of a plurality of antenna elements including horizontal domain antenna elements and vertical domain antenna elements;

transmitting a configuration for a specific subframe to a user equipment group through the 1 st antenna group;

receiving an SRS (sounding reference signal) through the specific subframe from the user equipment group;

selecting at least one user equipment from the user equipment group on a basis of the SRS; and

transmitting a CSI-RS (channel state information-reference signal) to the at least one user equipment,

wherein at least a portion of a resource region in the specific subframe is configured as an MBSFN (multicast broadcast single frequency network) subframe, and

wherein the at least one user equipment is selected from the user equipment group with reference to a beam direction measured based on the SRS.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the SRS is transmitted through a specific resource region, which is configured as the MBSFN subframe, in the specific subframe.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the specific resource region corresponds to a specific frequency band and wherein the specific resource region is configured different for each of the user equipment group.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the specific resource region comprises at least one symbol having an index greater than a pre-defined symbol index.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein the specific resource region is configured through high layer signaling.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration for the specific subframe is announced to at least one neighbor cell.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein if the SRS and a periodic uplink signal are simultaneously transmitted in the specific subframe, while a sum of transmission power for the SRS and transmission power for the periodic uplink signal exceeds maximum power configured for the specific subframe, the transmission power for the periodic uplink signal is reduced.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein if the SRS and a periodic uplink signal are not simultaneously transmitted in the specific subframe, the periodic uplink signal configured in the specific subframe is dropped.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein if the SRS and an aperiodic uplink signal are simultaneously transmitted in the specific subframe, while a sum of transmission power for the SRS and transmission power for the aperiodic uplink signal exceeds maximum power configured for the specific subframe, the transmission power for the SRS is reduced.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein if the SRS and an aperiodic uplink signal are not simultaneously transmitted in the specific subframe, the SRS configured in the specific subframe is dropped.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the SRS is transmitted by applying uplink timing alignment.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the SRS is transmitted according to power control of an uplink SRS.

13. A base station configured to transmit a reference signal in a wireless communication system supporting multiple antennas, comprising:

a radio frequency unit; and

a processor,

wherein the processor is configured to form a 1 st antenna group on a basis of a plurality of antenna elements including horizontal domain antenna elements and vertical domain antenna elements, to transmit a configuration for a specific subframe to a user equipment group through the 1 st antenna group, to receive an SRS (sounding reference signal) through the specific subframe from the user equipment group, to select at least one user equipment from the user equipment group on a basis of the SRS, and to transmit a CSI-RS (channel state information-reference signal) to the at least one user equipment,

wherein at least a portion of a resource region in the specific subframe is configured as an MBSFN (multicast broadcast single frequency network) subframe, and

wherein the at least one user equipment is selected from the user equipment group with reference to a beam direction measured based on the SRS.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 19, 2016
From: KIM, YOUNGTAE; YANG, SUCKCHEL; SEO, HANBYUL; KIM, KIJUN; PARK, JONGHYUN; CHAE, HYUKJIN; SEO, INKWON
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 037780/0748 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61874342 · Sep 5, 2013
Related Publication 20160204921A1 · Jul 14, 2016
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