IP Library Granted Patent US 10,693,586
Granted Patent B2
US 10,693,586 · App. 16/064,325 · Granted Jun 23, 2020

Method for receiving reference signal resources in a wireless communication system and apparatus

Inventors: Jonghyun Park (Seoul, KR); Jiwon Kang (Seoul, KR); Kijun Kim (Seoul, KR); Hyungtae Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04L1/0026H04L5/00H04L5/0051H04L5/0057H04W16/28H04W72/046H04L5/0007
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Patent No.
US 10,693,586
App. No.
16/064,325
Granted
Jun 23, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for receiving a Channel State Information (CSI)-Reference Signal (RS) resource in a wireless communication system, the method performed by a User Equipment (UE) may include: receiving, from a base station, a configuration for a CSI-RS resource set including a plurality of CSI-RS resources; receiving the plurality of CSI-RS resources; and when a transmission via different transmission beams of the plurality of CSI-RS resources is configured, reporting a CSI-RS Resource Indicator (CRI) for the plurality of CSI-RS resources to the base station, when a transmission via a same transmission beam of the plurality of CSI-RS resources is configured, not reporting the CRI for the plurality of CSI-RS resources to the base station.

Claims (35)

1. A method for performing a Channel State Information-Reference Signal (CSI-RS) based reporting in a wireless communication system, the method performed by a User Equipment (UE) and comprising:

receiving, from a base station, a configuration for a (i) first CSI-RS resource set that is based on a time unit and (ii) a second CSI-RS resource set that is based on a sub-time unit, wherein the time unit includes a plurality of sub-time units;

receiving a plurality of CSI-RS resources included in the second CSI-RS resource set; and

based on the plurality of CSI-RS resources being configured to be transmitted via different transmission beams, reporting a CSI-RS Resource Indicator (CRI) for the plurality of CSI-RS resources to the base station,

wherein, based on the plurality of CSI-RS resources being configured to be transmitted via the same transmission beam, the UE does not report any information including the CRI to the base station.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first CSI-RS resource set is configured for reporting information related with a channel state, and

wherein the second CSI-RS resource set is configured for reporting information related with a beam management.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

based on the plurality of CSI-RS resources being configured to be transmitted via the same transmission beam: selecting a reception beam of the UE based on a measurement result for the plurality of CSI-RS resources.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein selecting the reception beam of the UE comprises:

measuring the plurality of CSI-RS resources using different reception beams; and

selecting at least one reception beam among the different reception beams based on the measurement result.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the base station is a network node selecting at least one transmission beam among different transmission beams based on the CRI transmitted from the UE.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the reception beam and the transmission beam are jointly selected or sequentially selected according to a preconfigured order.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the preconfigured order is determined as an order from the transmission beam to the reception beam.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration includes bitmap information for representing a location of the sub-time unit in the time unit.

9. A User Equipment (UE) configured to perform a Channel State Information-Reference Signal (CSI-RS) based reporting in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a transceiver;

at least one processor; and

at least one computer memory operably connectable to the at least one processor and storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, perform operations comprising:

receiving, from a base station through the transceiver, a configuration for (i) a first CSI-RS resource set that is based on a time unit and (ii) a second CSI-RS resource set that is based on a sub-time unit, wherein the time unit includes a plurality of sub-time units;

receiving a plurality of CSI-RS resources included in the second CSI-RS resource set; and

based on the plurality of CSI-RS resources being configured to be transmitted via different transmission beams, reporting a CSI-RS Resource Indicator (CRI) for the plurality of CSI-RS resources to the base station,

wherein, based on the plurality of CSI-RS resources being configured to be transmitted via the same transmission beam, the UE does not report any information including the CRI to the base station.

10. The UE of claim 9 , wherein the first CSI-RS resource set is configured for reporting information with a channel state, and

wherein the second CSI-RS resource set is configured for reporting information related with a beam management.

11. The UE of claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise:

based on the plurality of CSI-RS resources being configured to be transmitted via the same transmission beam, selecting a reception beam of the UE based on a measurement result for the plurality of CSI-RS resources.

12. The UE of claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise:

measuring the plurality of CSI-RS resources using different reception beams; and

selecting at least one reception beam among the different reception beams based on the measurement result.

13. The UE of claim 11 , wherein the base station is a network node selecting at least one transmission beam among different transmission beams based on the CRI transmitted from the UE.

14. The UE of claim 13 , wherein the reception beam and the transmission beam are jointly selected or sequentially selected according to a preconfigured order.

15. The UE of claim 14 , wherein the preconfigured order is determined as an order from the transmission beam to the reception beam.

16. The UE of claim 9 , wherein the configuration includes bitmap information for representing a location of the sub-time unit in the time unit.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 26, 2018
From: PARK, JONGHYUN; KANG, JIWON; KIM, KIJUN; KIM, HYUNGTAE
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 046981/0943 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 62444312 · Jan 9, 2017
Provisional Application 62439879 · Dec 28, 2016
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