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US 10,340,988 · App. 15/750,375 · Granted Jul 2, 2019

Method for transmitting/receiving channel information, and device therefor

Inventors: Heejin Kim (Seoul, KR); Jiwon Kang (Seoul, KR); Kitae Kim (Seoul, KR); Kilbom Lee (Seoul, KR); Kungmin Park (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04B7/0456H04B7/0478H04B7/0617H04B7/0641H04W16/28
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Patent No.
US 10,340,988
App. No.
15/750,375
Granted
Jul 2, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for transmitting channel information to a base station in a wireless communication system, and a device therefor, the method comprising the steps of: receiving information on a user equipment (UE) group in which a specific UE is included; receiving, from a representative UE of the UE group, first control information comprising first beam information; determining second beam information on the basis of the first beam information; and transmitting, to a base station, second control information comprising differential information between the determined second beam information and the first beam information.

Claims (23)

1. A method of transmitting channel information to a base station (BS) by a specific user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving information about a UE group to which the specific UE belongs;

receiving first control information comprising first beam information from a representative UE of the UE group;

determining second beam information based on the first beam information; and

transmitting second control information to the BS, the second control information comprising differential information between the determined second beam information and the first beam information,

wherein the first beam information comprises first precoding matrix index information and the second beam information comprises second precoding matrix index information,

wherein the first precoding matrix index information and the second precoding matrix index information have different numbers of bit information, and

wherein the differential information comprises remaining bits other than a most significant bit (MSB) corresponding to the first precoding matrix index information from among the second precoding matrix index information.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the differential information has a same number of bit information as the first precoding matrix index information.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a first codebook for the first precoding matrix index information and a second codebook for the second precoding matrix index information have different sizes.

4. The method according to claim 1 wherein the second precoding matrix index information is determined among index information including the first precoding matrix index information from among the second codebook.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the UE group is determined by the BS based on a beam direction, and the information about the UE group is received from the BS.

6. A user equipment (UE) for transmitting channel information in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) unit configured to transmit and receive a radio signal; and

a processor operatively connected to the RF unit,

wherein the processor is configured to receive information about a UE group to which the UE belongs, to receive first control information comprising first beam information from a representative UE of the UE group, to determine second beam information based on the first beam information, and to transmit second control information to a base station (BS), the second control information comprising differential information between the determined second beam information and the first beam information,

wherein the first beam information comprises first precoding matrix index information and the second beam information comprises second precoding matrix index information,

wherein the first precoding matrix index information and the second precoding matrix index information have different numbers of bit information, and

wherein the differential information comprises remaining bits other than a most significant bit (MSB) corresponding to the first precoding matrix index information from among the second precoding matrix index information.

7. The UE according to claim 6 , wherein the differential information has a same number of bit information as the first precoding matrix index information.

8. The UE according to claim 6 , wherein a first codebook for the first precoding matrix index information and a second codebook for the second precoding matrix index information have different sizes.

9. The UE according to claim 6 , wherein the second precoding matrix index information is determined among index information including the first precoding matrix index information from among the second codebook.

10. The UE according to claim 6 , wherein the UE group is determined by the BS based on a beam direction, and the information about the UE group is received from the BS.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 18, 2018
From: KIM, HEEJIN; KANG, JIWON; KIM, KITAE; LEE, KILBOM; PARK, KUNGMIN
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 045846/0897 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62202136 · Aug 6, 2015
Related Publication 20180227023A1 · Aug 9, 2018