Communication apparatus, communication method, and program

1. A communication apparatus comprising:

a controller configured to measure a terminal-specific reference signal transmitted in a radio resource allocated for a terminal apparatus in units of the radio resource, and transmit information indicating a measurement result of the terminal-specific reference signal,

wherein the controller transmits the information indicating the measurement result in units of the radio resource as information indicating the measurement result in units of a sub-band,

wherein the information indicating the measurement result is a channel state report, and

wherein the controller is configured to transmit the channel state report along with a hybrid automatic repeat-request (HARQ) response to data transmitted in the radio resource including the reference signal.

2. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the information indicating the measurement result is used for transmission beamforming.

3. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the controller transmits the information indicating the measurement result in units of the radio resource included in the sub-band as the information indicating the measurement result in units of the sub-band.

4. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein information indicating reception strength of the reference signal is included in a measurement report.

5. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the communication apparatus is a terminal apparatus.

6. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the controller transmits the channel state report using a physical uplink control channel.

7. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the communication apparatus is a base station.

8. The communication apparatus according to claim 7 ,

wherein the information indicating the measurement result is a recommended value of a weighting matrix to be used for uplink transmission.

9. A communication apparatus comprising:

a controller configured to transmit information indicating an operation mode for causing a terminal apparatus to measure a terminal-specific reference signal transmitted in a radio resource allocated for a terminal apparatus in units of the radio resource, and transmit information indicating a measurement result of the terminal-specific reference signal,

wherein the measurement result is transmitted in units of the radio resource as information indicating the measurement result in units of a sub-band,

wherein the information indicating the measurement result is a channel state report, and

wherein the controller is configured to transmit the channel state report along with a hybrid automatic repeat-request (HARQ) response to data transmitted in the radio resource including the reference signal.

10. The communication apparatus according to claim 9 ,

wherein the controller allocates the radio resource for transmitting the reference signal, to the terminal apparatus in a radio resource control (RRC) connected state.

11. The communication apparatus according to claim 9 ,

wherein the information indicating the operation mode includes a channel state information (CSI) reporting mode.

12. The communication apparatus according to claim 9 ,

wherein the information indicating the operation mode includes a transmission mode.

13. The communication apparatus according to claim 9 ,

wherein the radio resource is downlink.

14. The communication apparatus according to claim 13 ,

wherein the controller transmits downlink control information including information indicating transmission of the reference signal.

15. The communication apparatus according to claim 13 ,

wherein the controller transmits downlink control information including a number of antenna ports used for transmission of the reference signal.

16. The communication apparatus according to claim 13 ,

wherein the controller transmits configuration information of the reference signal.

17. The communication apparatus according to claim 9 ,

wherein the radio resource is uplink.

18. The communication apparatus according to claim 17 ,

wherein the controller transmits downlink control information including information requesting transmission of the reference signal.

19. The communication apparatus according to claim 17 ,

wherein the reference signal is transmitted in uplink by the terminal apparatus.

20. The communication apparatus according to claim 17 ,

wherein a number of antenna ports used for transmission of the reference signal is included in capability information and transmitted from the terminal apparatus.

21. A communication method comprising:

measuring a terminal-specific reference signal transmitted in a radio resource allocated for a terminal apparatus in units of the radio resource;

transmitting information indicating a measurement result of the terminal-specific reference signal by a processor,

wherein the measurement result is transmitted in units of the radio resource as information indicating the measurement result in units of a sub-band, and

wherein the information indicating the measurement result is a channel state report; and

transmitting the channel state report along with a hybrid automatic repeat-request (HARQ) response to data transmitted in the radio resource including the reference signal.

22. A communication method comprising:

transmitting, by a processor, information indicating an operation mode for causing a terminal apparatus to measure a terminal-specific reference signal transmitted in a radio resource allocated for a terminal apparatus in units of the radio resource;

transmitting information indicating a measurement result of the terminal-specific reference signal,

wherein the measurement result is transmitted in units of the radio resource as information indicating the measurement result in units of a sub-band, and

wherein the information indicating the measurement result is a channel state report; and

transmitting the channel state report along with a hybrid automatic repeat-request (HARQ) response to data transmitted in the radio resource including the reference signal.

23. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions thereon, which when executed by processing circuitry, cause the processing circuitry to execute a method, the method comprising:

measuring a terminal-specific reference signal transmitted in a radio resource allocated for a terminal apparatus in units of the radio resource, and transmitting information indicating a measurement result of the terminal-specific reference signal,

wherein the measurement result is transmitted in units of the radio resource as information indicating the measurement result in units of a sub-band, and

wherein the information indicating the measurement result is a channel state report; and

transmitting the channel state report along with a hybrid automatic repeat-request (HARQ) response to data transmitted in the radio resource including the reference signal.

24. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions thereon, which when executed by processing circuitry, cause the processing circuitry to execute a method, the method comprising:

transmitting information indicating an operation mode for causing a terminal apparatus to measure a terminal-specific reference signal transmitted in a radio resource allocated for a terminal apparatus in units of the radio resource;

transmitting information indicating a measurement result of the terminal-specific reference signal,

wherein the measurement result is transmitted in units of the radio resource as information indicating the measurement result in units of a sub-band, and

wherein the information indicating the measurement result is a channel state report; and

transmitting the channel state report along with a hybrid automatic repeat-request (HARQ) response to data transmitted in the radio resource including the reference signal.