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Granted Patent B2
US 10,530,432 · App. 15/565,518 · Granted Jan 7, 2020

Wireless communication device, terminal device, and method

Inventor: Nishiki Mizusawa (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
H04B7/0452H04B7/0469H04B7/0626H04B7/0695H04W72/042H04W72/046H04B7/0417H04W16/28H04W24/10
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Patent No.
US 10,530,432
App. No.
15/565,518
Granted
Jan 7, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless communication device including a control unit configured to generate information for a terminal device based on information acquired from the terminal device. The control unit outputs a reference signal on a first beam generated with at least two or more different first weighting matrices, generates a second weighting matrix specific to a terminal device in accordance with information transmitted from the terminal device in accordance with the reference signal, and outputs data for the terminal device on a second beam with the first weighting matrices and the second weighting matrix. The wireless communication device can supply an appropriate beam to a terminal device while preventing a problem with overhead or increase in the cost of a wireless device, which are caused by an increasing number of antenna elements when FD-MIMO is used.

Claims (47)

1. A wireless communication device comprising:

circuitry configured to

output a reference signal on a first beam generated with at least two or more different cell specific first weighting matrices,

generate a terminal specific second weighting matrix specific to a terminal device in accordance with information transmitted from the terminal device in accordance with the reference signal,

combine the cell specific first weighting matrices with the terminal specific second weighting matrix to generate a terminal specific second beam,

output data for the terminal device on the terminal specific second beam simultaneously including both the cell specific first weighting matrices and the terminal specific second weighting matrix, and

transmit the terminal specific second beam with one antenna port;

wherein the wireless communication device further comprises an array-type antenna including sub arrays and transceiver units, wherein each of the transceiver units transmits the reference signal;

wherein the circuitry notifies the terminal device of configuration information of the first beam included in the second beam; and

wherein the circuitry notifies the terminal device of the configuration information of the first beam with downlink control information (DCI).

2. The wireless communication device according to claim 1 , wherein

the circuitry includes amplitude information in the second weighting matrix.

3. The wireless communication device according to claim 1 , wherein

the one sub array is connected to the one or more transceiver units.

4. The wireless communication device according to claim 1 , wherein

the circuitry selects the first beam included in the second beam on the basis of acquired information.

5. The wireless communication device according to claim 1 , wherein

the circuitry notifies the terminal device in accordance with the reference signal whether to include amplitude information in information to be transmitted from the terminal device.

6. The wireless communication device according to claim 1 , wherein

the circuitry issues a notification of information of an antenna port of the first beam included in the second beam as the configuration information of the first beam.

7. A wireless communication device comprising:

circuitry configured to

output a reference signal on a beam generated with at least two or more different cell specific weighting matrices,

decide timing of outputting data for a terminal device on the beam in accordance with information transmitted from the terminal device in accordance with the reference signal,

generate a terminal specific second weighting matrix specific to the terminal device in accordance with information transmitted from the terminal device in accordance with the reference signal,

combine the cell specific first weighting matrices with the terminal specific second weighting matrix to generate a terminal specific second beam,

output data for the terminal device on a second beam simultaneously including both the first weighting matrices and the terminal specific second weighting matrix, and

output the data for the terminal device at the decided timing;

wherein the wireless communication device further comprises an array-type antenna including sub arrays and transceiver units, wherein each of the transceiver units transmits the reference signal;

wherein the circuitry notifies the terminal device of configuration information of the first beam included in the second beam; and

wherein the circuitry notifies the terminal device of the configuration information of the first beam with downlink control information (DCI).

8. The wireless communication device according to claim 7 , wherein

the circuitry assigns a data channel to the beams on a resource block level or a resource element level.

9. The wireless communication device according to claim 7 , wherein

the circuitry notifies the terminal device of an antenna port different from an antenna port for transmitting the beam as an antenna port for transmitting a data channel.

10. The wireless communication device according to claim 7 , wherein

the one sub array is connected to the one or more transceiver units.

11. A terminal device comprising:

circuitry configured to

measure reference signals transmitted on beams from a wireless communication device,

generate a channel state report on the basis of an instruction from the wireless communication device, the channel state report reporting a channel state of each beam to the wireless communication device, the instruction being included in the beam, and

receive data from a terminal specific second beam, the terminal specific second beam simultaneously including both cell specific first weighting matrices and a terminal specific second weighting matrix which is based upon the channel state report;

wherein the wireless communication device includes an array-type antenna including sub arrays and transceiver units, wherein each of the transceiver units transmits the reference signal;

wherein the wireless communication device notifies the terminal device of configuration information of the first beam included in the second beam; and

wherein the wireless communication device notifies the terminal device of the configuration information of the first beam with downlink control information (DCI).

12. The terminal device according to claim 11 , wherein

the circuitry includes information of reception strength for each of the reference signals in the channel state report.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 10, 2017
From: MIZUSAWA, NISHIKI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044217/0282 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-105519 · May 25, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180062711A1 · Mar 1, 2018