IP Library › Granted Patent US 10,763,934
Granted Patent B2
US 10,763,934 · App. 15/511,248 · Granted Sep 1, 2020

Reference signal information feedback method, device and terminal

Inventors: Yijian Chen (Shenzhen, CN); Zhaohua Lu (Shenzhen, CN); Yu Ngok Li (Shenzhen, CN); Huahua Xiao (Shenzhen, CN); Jing Zhao (Shenzhen, CN); Yuxin Wang (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
H04B7/0619H04B7/04H04B7/0417H04L5/005H04L5/0007H04L5/0048H04L5/0051H04W24/10H04W72/04
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Patent No.
US 10,763,934
App. No.
15/511,248
Granted
Sep 1, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a reference signal information feedback method, apparatus and terminal. The method includes: a terminal determines a reference signal parameter of an uplink measurement reference signal and/or a downlink measurement reference signal, and the terminal feeds the determined reference signal parameter back to a base station.

Claims (48)

1. A reference signal information feedback method, comprising:

determining, by a terminal served by a base station, a reference signal parameter of an uplink measurement reference signal or a reference signal parameter of a downlink measurement reference signal or reference signal parameters of an uplink measurement reference signal and a downlink measurement reference signal; and

transmitting, by the terminal, the determined reference signal parameter to the base station,

wherein the reference signal parameter comprises one or more of the following:

a transmitting period or subframe offset of the uplink measurement reference signal or the downlink measurement reference signal or the uplink measurement reference signal and downlink measurement reference signal;

a transmitting density of the uplink measurement reference signal or the downlink measurement reference signal or the uplink measurement reference signal and the downlink measurement reference signal; and

a transmitting position of the uplink measurement reference signal or the downlink measurement reference signal or the uplink measurement reference signal and the downlink measurement reference signal,

wherein the transmitting density of the uplink measurement reference signal or the downlink measurement reference signal or the uplink measurement reference signal and the downlink measurement reference signal comprises:

a transmitting density or a Physical Resource Block, PRB, pair density of a Resource Block, RB, of the uplink measurement reference signal or the downlink measurement reference signal or the uplink measurement reference signal and the downlink measurement reference signal; or, a transmitting density of the uplink measurement reference signal in an RB or the downlink measurement reference signal in an RB or the uplink measurement reference signal and the downlink measurement reference signal in an RB,

wherein when the reference signal parameter comprises the subframe offset or transmitting position or subframe offset and transmitting position of the uplink measurement reference signal or the downlink measurement reference signal or the uplink measurement reference signal and the downlink measurement reference signal, the step that the terminal determines the reference signal parameter of the uplink measurement reference signal or the downlink measurement reference signal or the uplink measurement reference signal and the downlink measurement reference signal comprises:

determining, by the terminal, a low-interference reference signal parameter in alternative subframe offsets or transmitting positions or subframe offsets and transmitting positions of the uplink measurement reference signal or the downlink measurement reference signal or the uplink measurement reference signal and the downlink measurement reference signal according to a channel interference condition;

or

when the reference signal parameter comprises the transmitting period of the uplink measurement reference signal or the downlink measurement reference signal or the uplink measurement reference signal and the downlink measurement reference signal, the step that the terminal determines the reference signal parameter of the uplink measurement reference signal or the downlink measurement reference signal or the uplink measurement reference signal and the downlink measurement reference signal comprises:

determining, by the terminal, the transmitting period of the uplink measurement reference signal or the downlink measurement reference signal or the uplink measurement reference signal and the downlink measurement reference signal according to a current movement speed or signal-to-noise ratio.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the transmitting position of the uplink measurement reference signal or the downlink measurement reference signal or the uplink measurement reference signal and the downlink measurement reference signal comprises any one of the following:

a transmitting position of the uplink measurement reference signal in an RB or the downlink measurement reference signal in an RB or the uplink measurement reference signal and the downlink measurement reference signal in an RB; and

a transmitting time domain position of the uplink measurement reference signal or the downlink measurement reference signal or the uplink measurement reference signal and the downlink measurement reference signal.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

when the reference signal parameter comprises the transmitting density of the uplink measurement reference signal or the downlink measurement reference signal or the uplink measurement reference signal and the downlink measurement reference signal, the step that the terminal determines the reference signal parameter of the uplink measurement reference signal or the downlink measurement reference signal or the uplink measurement reference signal and the downlink measurement reference signal comprises:

selecting, by the terminal, a density of a Physical Resource Block, PRB, pair or density of a Resource Element, RE, in the PRB pair according to a current frequency selective fading condition or a related bandwidth.

4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein

when the reference signal parameter comprises the transmitting time domain position of the uplink measurement reference signal or the downlink measurement reference signal or the uplink measurement reference signal and the downlink measurement reference signal, the step that the terminal determines the reference signal parameter of the uplink measurement reference signal or the downlink measurement reference signal or the uplink measurement reference signal and the downlink measurement reference signal comprises:

determining, by the terminal, a transmitting subframe position of the non-periodic reference signal according to a time varying speed of a channel or calculation capability of the terminal or a time varying speed of a channel and calculation capability of the terminal.

5. A reference signal information feedback apparatus, arranged on a terminal served by a base station, and the apparatus comprising:

a parameter determination module, arranged to determine a reference signal parameter of an uplink measurement reference signal or a downlink measurement reference signal or an uplink measurement reference signal and a downlink measurement reference signal; and

a feedback module, arranged to transmit the determined reference signal parameter to the base station,

wherein the reference signal parameter comprises one or more of the following:

a transmitting period or subframe offset of the uplink measurement reference signal or the downlink measurement reference signal or the uplink measurement reference signal and the downlink measurement reference signal;

a transmitting density of the uplink measurement reference signal or the downlink measurement reference signal or the uplink measurement reference signal and the downlink measurement reference signal; and

a transmitting position of the uplink measurement reference signal or the downlink measurement reference signal or the uplink measurement reference signal and the downlink measurement reference signal,

wherein the transmitting density of the uplink measurement reference signal or the downlink measurement reference signal or the uplink measurement reference signal and the downlink measurement reference signal comprises:

a transmitting density or a Physical Resource Block, PRB, pair density of a Resource Block, RB, of the uplink measurement reference signal or the downlink measurement reference signal or the uplink measurement reference signal and the downlink measurement reference signal; or, a transmitting density of the uplink measurement reference signal in an RB or the downlink measurement reference signal in an RB or the uplink measurement reference signal and the downlink measurement reference signal in an RB,

wherein when the reference signal parameter comprises the subframe offset or transmitting position or subframe offset and transmitting position of the uplink measurement reference signal or the downlink measurement reference signal or the uplink measurement reference signal and the downlink measurement reference signal, determining, by the parameter determination module, the reference signal parameter of the uplink measurement reference signal or the downlink measurement reference signal or the uplink measurement reference signal and the downlink measurement reference signal refers to:

determining, by the parameter determination module, a low-interference reference signal parameter in alternative subframe offsets or transmitting positions or subframe offsets and transmitting positions of the uplink measurement reference signal or the downlink measurement reference signal or the uplink measurement reference signal and the downlink measurement reference signal according to a channel interference condition;

or

when the reference signal parameter comprises the transmitting period of the uplink measurement reference signal or the downlink measurement reference signal or the uplink measurement reference signal and the downlink measurement reference signal, determining, by the parameter determination module, the reference signal parameter of the uplink measurement reference signal or the downlink measurement reference signal or the uplink measurement reference signal and the downlink measurement reference signal refers to:

determining, by the parameter determination module, the transmitting period of the uplink measurement reference signal or the downlink measurement reference signal or the uplink measurement reference signal and the downlink measurement reference signal according to a current movement speed or signal-to-noise ratio.

6. The apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the transmitting position of the uplink measurement reference signal or the downlink measurement reference signal or the uplink measurement reference signal and the downlink measurement reference signal comprises any one of the following:

a transmitting position of the uplink measurement reference signal in an RB or the downlink measurement reference signal in an RB or the uplink measurement reference signal and the downlink measurement reference signal in an RB; and

a transmitting time domain position of the uplink measurement reference signal or the downlink measurement reference signal or the uplink measurement reference signal and the downlink measurement reference signal.

7. The apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein

when the reference signal parameter comprises the transmitting density of the uplink measurement reference signal or the downlink measurement reference signal or the uplink measurement reference signal and the downlink measurement reference signal, determining, by the parameter determination module, the reference signal parameter of the uplink measurement reference signal or the downlink measurement reference signal or the uplink measurement reference signal and the downlink measurement reference signal refers to:

selecting, by the parameter determination module, a density of a Physical Resource Block, PRB, pair or density of a Resource Element, RE, in the PRB pair according to a current frequency selective fading condition or a related bandwidth.

8. The apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein

when the reference signal parameter comprises the transmitting time domain position of the uplink measurement reference signal or the downlink measurement reference signal or the uplink measurement reference signal and the downlink measurement reference signal, determining, by the parameter determination module, the reference signal parameter of the uplink measurement reference signal or the downlink measurement reference signal or the uplink measurement reference signal and the downlink measurement reference signal refers to:

determining, by the parameter determination module, a transmitting subframe position of the non-periodic reference signal according to a time varying speed of a channel or calculation capability of the parameter determination module or a time varying speed of a channel and calculation capability of the parameter determination module.

9. A terminal, comprising the apparatus according to claim 5 .

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium in which a program instruction is stored, wherein, when the program instruction is executed, the method according to claim 1 may be implemented.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 4, 2017
From: CHEN, YIJIAN; LU, ZHAOHUA; LI, YU NGOK; XIAO, HUAHUA; ZHAO, JING; WANG, YUXIN
To: ZTE CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
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