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US 10,193,675 · App. 15/447,071 · Granted Jan 29, 2019

Method and device for notifying reference signal configuration information

Inventors: David Mazzarese (Beijing, CN); Yuan Xia (Beijing, CN); Liang Xia (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
H04L5/0048H04L5/0051H04L5/0094H04L27/2601H04W72/04H04W72/042H04W88/08
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Patent No.
US 10,193,675
App. No.
15/447,071
Granted
Jan 29, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and a device for notifying reference signal configuration information are disclosed. Channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) configuration information is coded, to obtain a CSI-RS configuration information code. A mapping relation between the CSI-RS configuration information code and the CSI-RS configuration information is stored. A CSI-RS configuration information code corresponding to CSI-RS configuration information to be notified is searched in the stored mapping relation between the CSI-RS configuration information code and the CSI-RS configuration information. The searched CSI-RS configuration information code is sent to a user equipment (UE), so that the UE determines CSI-RS configuration information according to the received CSI-RS configuration information code and the mapping relation between the CSI-RS configuration information code and the CSI-RS configuration information.

Claims (22)

1. A method, comprising:

determining, by a base station, channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) configuration codes; and

sending, by the base station, the CSI-RS configuration codes to a terminal device; wherein the CSI-RS configuration codes comprise a first code, a second code, and a third code, the first code indicates a quantity of antenna ports of the base station for transmitting a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS), and a CSI-RS pattern, the second code indicates a CSI-RS period and a offset corresponding to the CSI-RS period, and the third code indicates a data muting resource.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the third code is a bitmap.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein a quantity of bits in the bitmap is determined according to a maximum quantity of CSI-RS patterns in an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the CSI-RS configuration codes further comprise a fourth code, and the fourth code indicates a data muting period and a data muting offset.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first code, the second code, and the third code is sent through a system information block in a broadcast channel.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first code, the second code, and the third code is sent through a master information block in a broadcast channel.

7. An apparatus, comprising a processor coupled with a non-transitory storage medium storing executable instructions, wherein when executed by the processor, the instructions cause the apparatus to:

determine channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) configuration codes, and

send the CSI-RS configuration codes;

wherein the CSI-RS configuration codes comprise a first code, a second code, and a third code, the first code indicates a quantity of antenna ports of the base station for transmitting a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS), and a CSI-RS pattern, the second code indicates a CSI-RS period and an offset corresponding to the CSI-RS period, and the third code indicates a data muting resource.

8. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the third code is a bitmap.

9. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein a quantity of bits in the bitmap is determined according to a maximum quantity of CSI-RS patterns in an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol.

10. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the CSI-RS configuration codes further comprise a fourth code, and the fourth code indicates a data muting period and a data muting offset.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed by a computer, cause the computer to carry out steps of:

determining channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) configuration codes; and

sending the CSI-RS configuration codes to a terminal device,

wherein the CSI-RS configuration codes comprise a first code, a second code, and a third code, the first code indicates a quantity of antenna ports of the base station for transmitting a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS), and a CSI-RS pattern, the second code indicates a CSI-RS period and an offset corresponding to the CSI-RS period, and the third code indicates a data muting resource.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 11 , wherein the third code is a bitmap.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 12 , wherein a quantity of bits in the bitmap is determined according to a maximum quantity of CSI-RS patterns in an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 11 , wherein the CSI-RS configuration codes further comprise a fourth code, the fourth code indicates a data muting period and a data muting offset.

Priority Claims (1)
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