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Granted Patent B2
US 10,721,037 · App. 15/562,360 · Granted Jul 21, 2020

Resource allocation device and method in large-scale antenna system

Inventors: Seung-Hoon Choi (Seongnam-si, KR); Hoon-Dong Noh (Suwon-si, KR); Dong-Han Kim (Osan-si, KR); Cheol-Kyu Shin (Suwon-si, KR); Youn-Sun Kim (Seongnam-si, KR); Young-Woo Kwak (Suwon-si, KR); Hyoung-Ju Ji (Seoul, KR); Sang-Min Ro (Seoul, KR); Young-Bum Kim (Seoul, KR); Jeong-Ho Yeo (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04L5/0048H04B7/04H04B7/06H04L5/00H04L25/02H04W24/08
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Patent No.
US 10,721,037
App. No.
15/562,360
Granted
Jul 21, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate beyond a 4G communication system such as LTE. To this end, a base station using a large-scale antenna transmits, to a terminal, reference signal resource configuration information including multiple pieces of reference signal configuration information and reference signal port information, for transmission of a reference signal, and transmits the reference signal to the terminal using some or all of channel measurement resources indicated by the multiple pieces of reference signal configuration information and the reference signal port information included in the reference signal resource configuration information. In this case, the channel measurement resources may correspond to antenna ports, the number of which is indicated by a combination of the multiple pieces of reference signal configuration information and the reference signal port information.

Claims (40)

1. A method of transmitting a reference signal by an evolved nodeB (eNB), the method comprising:

transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), configuration information comprising information on at least two channel status information reference signal (CSI-RS) resources, information on a number of CSI-RS ports, and information on at least two CSI interference measurement (CSI-IM) resources; and

transmitting, to the UE, plurality of CSI-RSs by using the at least two CSI-RS resources and a total number of CSI-RS ports,

wherein the total number of CSI-RS ports is determined by a product of a number of the at least two CSI-RS resources and the number of CSI-RS ports,

wherein the information on the at least two CSI-RS resources includes an index list of the at least two CSI-RS resources,

wherein the information on the number of CSI-RS ports indicates a number of antenna ports corresponding to each one of the at least two CSI-RS resources, and

wherein the information on the number of CSI-RS ports indicates 2, 4, or 8, and the total number of CSI-RS ports is more than eight.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein each one of the at least two CSI-RS resources is associated with the same number of CSI-RS ports.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information on the at least two CSI-RS resources includes information on at least one resource pattern of at least two CSI-RSs.

4. An evolved nodeB (eNB) for transmitting a reference signal in a wireless communication system, the eNB comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor configured to control the transceiver to:

transmit, to a user equipment (UE), configuration information comprising information on at least two channel status information reference signal (CSI-RS) resources, information on a number of CSI-RS ports, and information on at least two CSI interference measurement (CSI-IM) resources, and

transmit, to the UE, a plurality of CSI-RSs by using the at least two CSI-RS resources and a total number of CSI-RS ports,

wherein the total number of CSI-RS ports is determined by a product of a number of the at least two CSI-RS resources and the number of CSI-RS ports,

wherein the information on the at least two CSI-RS resources includes an index list of the at least two CSI-RS resources,

wherein the information on the number of CSI-RS ports indicates a number of antenna ports corresponding to each one of the at least two CSI-RS resources, and

wherein the information on the number of CSI-RS ports indicates 2, 4, or 8, and the total number of CSI-RS ports is more than eight.

5. The eNB of claim 4 , wherein each one of the at least two CSI-RS resources is associated with the same number of CSI-RS ports.

6. The eNB of claim 4 , wherein the information on the at least two CSI-RS resources includes information on at least one resource pattern of at least two CSI-RSs.

7. A method by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, from an evolved nodeB (eNB), configuration information comprising information on at least two channel status information reference signal (CSI-RS) resources, information on a number of CSI-RS ports, and information on at least two CSI interference measurement (CSI-IM) resources; and

receiving, from the eNB, a plurality of CSI-RSs by using the at least two CSI-RS resources and a total number of CSI-RS ports,

wherein the total number of CSI-RS ports is determined by a product of a number of the at least two CSI-RS resources and the number of CSI-RS ports,

wherein the information on the at least two CSI-RS resources includes an index list of the at least two CSI-RS resources,

wherein the information on the number of CSI-RS ports indicates a number of antenna ports corresponding to each one of the at least two CSI-RS resources, and

wherein the information on the number of CSI-RS ports indicates 2, 4, or 8, and the total number of CSI-RS ports is more than eight.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein each one of the at least two CSI-RS resources is associated with the same number of CSI-RS ports.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the information on the at least two CSI-RS resources includes information on at least one resource pattern of at least two CSI-RSs.

10. A user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor configured to control the transceiver to:

receive, from an evolved nodeB (eNB), configuration information comprising information on at least two channel status information reference signal (CSI-RS) resources, information on a number of CSI-RS ports, and information on at least two CSI interference measurement (CSI-IM) resources, and

receive, from the eNB, at least two CSI-RSs by using the at least two CSI-RS resources and a total number of CSI-RS ports,

wherein the total number of CSI-RS ports is determined by a product of a number of the at least two CSI-RS resources and the number of CSI-RS ports,

wherein the information on the at least two CSI-RS resources includes an index list of the at least two CSI-RS resources,

wherein the information on the number of CSI-RS ports indicates a number of antenna ports corresponding to each one of the at least two CSI-RS resources, and

wherein the information on the number of CSI-RS ports indicates 2, 4, or 8, and the total number of CSI-RS ports is more than eight.

11. The UE of claim 10 , wherein each one of the at least two CSI-RS resources is associated with the same number of CSI-RS ports.

12. The UE of claim 10 , wherein the information on the at least two CSI-RS resources includes information on at least one resource pattern of at least two CSI-RSs.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 27, 2017
From: CHOI, SEUNG-HOON; NOH, HOON-DONG; KIM, DONG-HAN; SHIN, CHEOL-KYU; KIM, YOUN-SUN; KWAK, YOUNG-WOO; JI, HYOUNG-JU; RO, SANG-MIN; KIM, YOUNG-BUM; YEO, JEONG-HO
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 043718/0828 →
Continuity (6)
Provisional Application 62139347 · Mar 27, 2015
Provisional Application 62161398 · May 14, 2015
Provisional Application 62200930 · Aug 4, 2015
Provisional Application 62204694 · Aug 13, 2015
Provisional Application 62207619 · Aug 20, 2015
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