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US 10,560,859 · App. 15/525,125 · Granted Feb 11, 2020

Channel state information measurement method and user equipment

Inventors: Yingyang Li (Beijing, CN); Yi Wang (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
H04W24/10H04L5/0057H04L5/0092H04W72/042H04W72/0446H04W72/085H04W16/14
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Patent No.
US 10,560,859
App. No.
15/525,125
Granted
Feb 11, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a pre-5 th -Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4 th -Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a channel state information measurement method, including: receiving, by a user equipment (UE), resource indication information for a CSI measurement; performing, by the UE, the CSI measurement according to the resource indication information, and transmitting a Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) report to a control node. According to the present disclosure, users may be scheduled by the base station more effectively and the efficiency of the whole network may be increased.

Claims (35)

1. A method for transmitting a channel quality indicator (CQI) report by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

receiving, by the UE, configuration information indicating resources for a channel state information (CSI) measurement;

receiving, by the UE, signaling information indicating that a base station occupies a carrier on an unlicensed band in at least one subframe, from the base station;

identifying, by the UE, at least one subframe in which the base station occupies the carrier on the unlicensed band, based on the signaling information;

generating a CQI report based on measurement results at the at least one identified subframe, while excluding a measurement result of at least one subframe in which the base station does not occupy a carrier on the unlicensed band; and

transmitting the CQI report to the base station.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the

configuration information includes channel measurement and/or interference measurement resource configuration information, which indicates aperiodic channel measurement and/or interference measurement resource.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration information comprises

CSI reference signal configuration information and/or CSI interference measurement resource configuration information, and

wherein the method further comprises determining, by the UE toward earlier subframes from subframe n-n CQI_ref or a most recent subframe before subframe n-nCQI-ref where a resource indicated by the CSI reference signal configuration information and/or CSI interference measurement resource configuration information is located in turn, whether a subframe where the indicated resource is located is a valid downlink subframe.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising determining, by the UE, if the base station does not occupy the unlicensed band in a subframe where the resource indicated by the CSI reference signal configuration information and/or CSI interference measurement resource configuration information is located, the subframe where the resource indicated by the CSI reference signal configuration information and/or CSI interference measurement resource configuration information is located, is not a valid downlink subframe.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration information comprises channel measurement and/or interference measurement resource pattern information, and

wherein the channel measurement and/or interference measurement resource pattern information comprises indication information of one of N preconfigured patterns configured by higher layer.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

detecting, by the UE, reference signals transmitted in the at least one identified subframe.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the signaling information is included in a signaling for indicating the at least one subframe occupied by the base station, or a signaling for scheduling the UE in the at least one subframe.

8. A user equipment (UE) for transmitting a channel quality indicator (CQI) report, the UE comprising:

a transceiver configured to:

receive configuration information indicating resources for a channel state information (CSI) measurement, and

receive signaling information indicating that the base station occupies a carrier on an unlicensed band in at least one subframe; and

a processor configured to:

identify at least one subframe in which the base station occupies a carrier on the unlicensed band based on the signaling information,

generate a CQI report based on measurement results at the at least one identified subframe, while excluding a measurement result of at least one subframe in which the base station does not occupy a carrier on the unlicensed band; and

control the transceiver to transmit the CQI report to the base station.

9. The UE of claim 8 , wherein the

configuration information includes channel measurement and/or interference measurement resource configuration information, which indicates aperiodic channel measurement and/or interference measurement resource.

10. The UE of claim 8 , wherein the configuration information comprises

CSI reference signal configuration information and/or CSI interference measurement resource configuration information, and

wherein the processor is further configured to determine toward earlier subframes from subframe n-n CQI-ref or a most recent subframe before subframe n-n CQI-ref where the resource indicated by the CSI reference signal configuration information and/or CSI interference measurement resource configuration information is located in turn, whether a subframe where the indicated resource is located is a valid downlink subframe.

11. The UE of claim 10 , wherein, if the base station does not occupy the unlicensed band in a subframe where the resource indicated by the CSI reference signal configuration information and/or CSI interference measurement resource configuration information is located, the processor is further configured to determine the subframe where the resource indicated by the CSI reference signal configuration information and/or CSI interference measurement resource configuration information is located, is not a valid downlink subframe.

12. The UE of claim 8 , wherein the configuration information comprises channel measurement and/or interference measurement resource pattern information, and

wherein the channel measurement and/or interference measurement resource pattern information comprises: indication information of one of N preconfigured patterns configured by higher layer.

13. The UE of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to detect reference signals transmitted in the at least one identified subframe.

14. The UE of claim 8 , wherein the signaling information is included in a signaling for indicating the at least one subframe occupied by the base station, or a signaling for scheduling the UE in the at least one subframe.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 16, 2017
From: LI, YINGYANG; WANG, YI
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 042391/0753 →
Priority Claims (2)
CN 2014 1 0643592 · Nov 7, 2014 · national
CN 2015 1 0340430 · Jun 17, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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