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US 10,812,151 · App. 16/478,577 · Granted Oct 20, 2020

Method for transmitting and receiving signal between base station and vehicle terminal in distributed antenna communication system and apparatus therefor

Inventors: Heejin Kim (Seoul, KR); Jiwon Kang (Seoul, KR); Sunam Kim (Seoul, KR); Hanbyul Seo (Seoul, KR); Sangwook Lee (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04B7/0404H04B7/0417H04B7/0874H04L1/0022H04W52/365H04W52/42
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,812,151
App. No.
16/478,577
Filed
Jul 17, 2019
Granted
Oct 20, 2020
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2633
USPC
375/267
Abstract

Disclosed in the present application is a method by which a terminal having a plurality of distributed antenna groups transmits and receives a signal in a wireless communication system. Particularly, the method comprises the steps of: calculating channel quality indicators for each of distributed antenna groups; selecting a preferred distributed antenna group among the distributed antenna groups on the basis of the channel quality indicators; and reporting information on the channel quality indicators to a base station, wherein the method further comprises a step for reporting information on the preferred distributed antenna group to the base station when the preferred distributed antenna group differs from the preselected specific distributed antenna group.

Claims (17)

1. A method of transmitting/receiving a signal by a user equipment having a plurality of distributed antenna groups in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

computing channel quality indicators for the distributed antenna groups, respectively;

selecting a preferred distributed antenna group from the distributed antenna groups based on the channel quality indicators;

reporting information on the channel quality indicators to a base station; and

based on the preferred distributed antenna group being different from a previously selected specific distributed antenna group, reporting information on the preferred distributed antenna group to the base station.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, based on the preferred distributed antenna group being different from the previously selected specific distributed antenna group, transmitting an aperiodic uplink reference signal including a Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) change request message to the base station.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information on the preferred distributed antenna group is reported together with the channel quality indicators.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information on the preferred distributed antenna group comprises a 1-bit indicator indicating that the preferred distributed antenna group is different from the previously selected specific distributed antenna group.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, based on the preferred distributed antenna group being different from the previously selected specific distributed antenna group, transmitting a Power Headroom Report (PHR) for the preferred distributed antenna group to the base station.

6. A user equipment in a wireless communication system, the user equipment comprising:

a plurality of distributed antenna groups; and

a processor connected to a plurality of the distributed antenna groups,

wherein the processor is configured to select a preferred distributed antenna group from the distributed antenna groups based on channel quality indicators computed for the distributed antenna groups, respectively, report information on the channel quality indicators to a base station, and based on the preferred distributed antenna group being different from a previously selected specific distributed antenna group, report information on the preferred distributed antenna group to the base station.

7. The user equipment of claim 6 , wherein based on the preferred distributed antenna group being different from the previously selected specific distributed antenna group, the processor transmits an aperiodic uplink reference signal including a Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) change request message to the base station.

8. The user equipment of claim 6 , wherein the information on the preferred distributed antenna group is reported together with the channel quality indicators.

9. The user equipment of claim 6 , wherein the information on the preferred distributed antenna group comprises a 1-bit indicator indicating that the preferred distributed antenna group is different from the previously selected specific distributed antenna group.

10. The user equipment of claim 6 , wherein based on the preferred distributed antenna group being different from the previously selected specific distributed antenna group, the processor transmits a Power Headroom Report (PHR) for the preferred distributed antenna group to the base station.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 17, 2019
From: KIM, HEEJIN; KANG, JIWON; KIM, SUNAM; SEO, HANBYUL; LEE, SANGWOOK
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 049776/0724 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62453995 · Feb 2, 2017
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