IP Library Granted Patent US 10,778,396
Granted Patent B2
US 10,778,396 · App. 16/082,886 · Granted Sep 15, 2020

Method for transmitting demodulation reference signal in wireless communication system for supporting narrowband IoT, and device therefor

Inventors: Seunggye Hwang (Seoul, KR); Yunjung Yi (Seoul, KR); Kijun Kim (Seoul, KR); Bonghoe Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04L5/0051H04L5/001H04L5/0007H04L25/0204H04L27/26H04L67/12H04L12/4612H04L27/20H04L27/2636
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Patent No.
US 10,778,396
App. No.
16/082,886
Granted
Sep 15, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

This specification discloses a method for transmitting a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) in a wireless communication system supporting NB (Narrow-Band)-IoT (Internet of Things), the method performed by a User Equipment (UE) including generating a reference signal sequence used for demodulation; mapping the reference signal sequence to at least one symbol; and transmitting the demodulation reference signal (DMRS) to a base station through a single subcarrier in the at least one symbol.

Claims (57)

1. A method for transmitting, by a user equipment (UE), a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) in a wireless communication system supporting NB (Narrow-Band)-IoT (Internet of Things), the method comprising:

generating a reference signal sequence used for a demodulation;

mapping the reference signal sequence to at least one symbol; and

transmitting, to a base station, the demodulation reference signal (DMRS) on the at least one symbol,

wherein the reference signal sequence is generated when the number of subcarriers within a resource unit is 1,

wherein the resource unit is defined as consecutive SC-FDMA (Single Carrier-Frequency Division Multiplexing Access) symbols in a time domain and consecutive subcarriers in a frequency domain,

wherein the reference signal sequence is generated using a gold sequence generated based on an m-sequence, and

wherein the gold sequence is initialized with c int =35.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein a length of the reference signal sequence is determined based on the number of slots included in the resource unit.

3. The method of claim 2 ,

wherein the number of slots included in the resource unit is 16, and

wherein the number of SC-FDMA symbols included in the slot is 7.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the at least one SC-FDMA symbol is a fourth SC-FDMA symbol.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein a subcarrier spacing of the single subcarrier is 3.75 kHz or 15 kHz.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein π/2-BPSK modulation or π/4-QPSK modulation is applied to a transmission of the single subcarrier.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the specific gold sequence is initialized each time a new transmission starts.

8. A method for transmitting, by a user equipment (UE), a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) in a wireless communication system supporting NB (Narrow-Band)-IoT (Internet of Things), the method comprising:

generating a reference signal sequence used for a demodulation;

mapping the reference signal sequence to at least one symbol; and

transmitting, to a base station, the demodulation reference signal (DMRS) on the at least one symbol,

wherein the reference signal sequence is generated when the number of subcarriers within a resource unit 6,

wherein the resource unit is defined as consecutive SC-FDMA (Single Carrier-Frequency Division Multiplexing Access) symbols in a time domain and consecutive subcarriers in a frequency domain,

wherein the number of indices of a base sequence used in a generation of the reference signal sequence is 14,

wherein φ(0), φ(1), φ(2), φ(3), φ(4) and φ(5) in a first index of the base sequence are 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, and −3, respectively,

wherein φ(0), φ(1), φ(2), φ(3), φ(4) and φ(5) in a second index of the base sequence are 1, 1, 3, 1, −3, and 3, respectively,

wherein φ(0), φ(1), φ(2), φ(3), φ(4) and φ(5) in a third index of the base sequence are 1, −1, −1, −1, 1, and −3, respectively,

wherein φ(0), φ(1), φ(2), φ(3), φ(4) and φ(5) in a fourth index of the base sequence are 1, −1, 3, −3, −1, and −1, respectively,

wherein φ(0), φ(1), φ(2), φ(3), φ(4) and φ(5) in a fifth index of the base sequence are 1, 3, 1, −1, −1, and 3, respectively,

wherein φ(0), φ(1), φ(2), φ(3), φ(4) and φ(5) in a sixth index of the base sequence are 1, −3, −3, 1, 3, and 1, respectively,

wherein φ(0), φ(1), φ(2), φ(3), φ(4) and φ(5) in a seventh index of the base sequence are −1, −1, 1, −3, −3, and −1, respectively,

wherein φ(0), φ(1), φ(2), φ(3), φ(4) and φ(5) in an eighth index of the base sequence are −1, −1, −1, 3, −3, and −1, respectively,

wherein φ(0), φ(1), φ(2), φ(3), φ(4) and φ(5) in a ninth index of the base sequence are 3, −1, 1, −3, −3, and 3, respectively,

wherein φ(0), φ(1), φ(2), φ(3), φ(4) and φ(5) in a tenth index of the base sequence are 3, −1, 3, −3, −1, and 1, respectively,

wherein φ(0), φ(1), (p(2), (p(3), φ(4) and φ(5) in an eleventh index of the base sequence are 3, −3, 3, −1, 3, and 3, respectively,

wherein φ(0), φ(1), φ(2), φ(3), φ(4) and φ(5) in a twelfth index of the base sequence are −3, 1, 3, 1, −3, and −1, respectively,

wherein φ(0), φ(1), (p(2), (p(3), φ(4) and φ(5) in a thirteenth index of the base sequence are −3, 1, −3, 3, −3, and −1, respectively,

wherein φ(0), φ(1), φ(2), φ(3), φ(4) and φ(5) in a fourteenth index of the base sequence are −3, 3, −3, 1, 1, and −3, respectively.

9. A User Equipment (UE) for transmitting a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) in a wireless communication system supporting NB (Narrow-Band)-IoT (Internet of Things), the UE comprising:

a Radio Frequency (RF) unit for transmitting and receiving a radio signal; and

a processor for controlling the RF unit,

wherein the processor controls to:

generate a reference signal sequence used for a demodulation;

map the reference signal sequence to at least one symbol; and

transmit, to the base station, the demodulation reference signal (DMRS) on the at least one symbol,

wherein the reference signal sequence is generated when the number of subcarriers within a resource unit is 1,

wherein the resource unit is defined as consecutive SC-FDMA (Single Carrier-Frequency Division Multiplexing Access) symbols in a time domain and consecutive subcarriers in a frequency domain,

wherein the reference signal sequence is generated using a gold sequence generated based on an m-sequence, and

wherein the gold sequence is initialized with c init =35.

10. The UE of claim 9 , wherein a length of the reference signal sequence is determined based on the number of slots included in the resource unit.

11. The UE of claim 10 ,

wherein the number of slots included in the resource unit is 16,

wherein the number of SC-FDMA symbols included in the slot is 7, and

wherein the at least one SC-FDMA symbol is a fourth SC-FDMA symbol.

12. The UE of claim 9 ,

wherein a subcarrier spacing of the single subcarrier is 3.75 kHz or 15 kHz, and

wherein π/2-BPSK modulation or π/4-QPSK modulation is applied to a transmission of the single subcarrier.

13. The UE of claim 9 , wherein the specific gold sequence is initialized each time a new transmission starts.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2018
From: HWANG, SEUNGGYE; YI, YUNJUNG; KIM, KIJUN; KIM, BONGHOE
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Continuity (7)
Provisional Application 62304338 · Mar 7, 2016
Provisional Application 62318764 · Apr 6, 2016
Provisional Application 62320628 · Apr 11, 2016
Provisional Application 62321259 · Apr 12, 2016
Provisional Application 62321749 · Apr 13, 2016
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