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US 11,128,360 · App. 16/717,336 · Granted Sep 21, 2021

Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS)

Inventors: Jiwon Kang (Seoul, KR); Jonghyun Park (Seoul, KR); Kilbom Lee (Seoul, KR); Kijun Kim (Seoul, KR); Sukhyon Yoon (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04B7/0626H04B7/0456H04B7/0695H04J13/16H04L5/005H04L5/0023H04L5/0048H04L5/0094H04W76/27H04L27/261H04W72/0446
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Patent No.
US 11,128,360
App. No.
16/717,336
Granted
Sep 21, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a method for transmitting and receiving a channel state information (CSI)-reference signal (RS) in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the method performed by a base station may include: configuring control information indicating that an antenna port for all CSI-RS resources included in a CSI-RS resource set is same, wherein the CSI-RS resource set is used for tracking at least one of a time or a frequency; transmitting the configured control information to a user equipment (UE); and transmitting the CSI-RS to the UE through all the CSI-RS resources. In doing so, the UE is capable of performing time/frequency tracking more precisely.

Claims (53)

1. A method of transmitting, by a base station, a channel state information (CSI)-reference signal (RS) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

configuring control information for a plurality of CSI-RS resources, with the control information indicating that an antenna port for the plurality of CSI-RS resources configured for tracking at least one of a time or a frequency is the same;

transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), the control information; and

transmitting, to the UE, the CSI-RS through same antenna port on the plurality of CSI-RS resources based on the control information,

wherein the plurality of CSI-RS resources are configured in a single slot and located at different symbol locations in the single slot, and only one of the plurality of CSI-RS resources is located at a single symbol in the single slot,

wherein different symbol locations of the plurality of CSI-RS resources in the single slot are not contiguous, and

wherein a time domain measurement restriction related to the plurality of CSI-RS resources is not configured.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the UE is in a radio resource control (RRC) connected state.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein code division multiplexing (CDM) is not applied to the plurality of CSI-RS resources.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein a frequency domain density of each of the plurality of CSI-RS resources is greater than 1.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein a first CSI-RS resource, among the plurality of CSI-RS resources that are used for the tracking is quasi co-located (QCL) with (i) a second CSI-RS resource that is used for CSI acquisition, (ii) a third CSI-RS resource that is used for beam management, or (iii) an synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block (SSB).

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein a linkage between the plurality of CSI-RS resources and a specific report setting is set.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the specific report setting is null report setting.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, from the UE, information related to a time-domain density of the CSI-RS resources.

9. A method of receiving, by a user equipment (UE), a channel state information (CSI)-reference signal (RS) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, from a base station, configuration information for a plurality of CSI-RS resources, wherein the configuration information comprises control information indicating that an antenna port for the plurality of CSI-RS resources configured for tracking at least one of a time or a frequency is the same;

receiving, from the base station, the CSI-RS through same antenna port on the plurality of CSI-RS resources based on the control information; and

tracking at least one of the time or the frequency based on the CSI-RS,

wherein the plurality of CSI-RS resources are configured in a single slot and located at different symbol locations in the single slot, and only one of the plurality of CSI-RS resources is located at a single symbol in the single slot,

wherein different symbol locations of the plurality of CSI-RS resources in the single slot are not contiguous, and

wherein a time domain measurement restriction related to the plurality of CSI-RS resources is not configured.

10. A base station configured to transmit a channel state information (CSI)-reference signal (RS) in a wireless communication system, the base station comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit a wireless signal;

a receiver configured to receive a wireless signal;

at least one processor; and

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

configuring control information for a plurality of CSI-RS resources, with the control information indicating that an antenna port for the plurality of CSI-RS resources configured for tracking at least one of a time or a frequency is the same;

transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), the control information; and

transmitting, to the UE, the CSI-RS through same antenna port on the plurality of CSI-RS resources based on the control information,

wherein the plurality of CSI-RS resources are configured in a single slot and located at different symbol locations in the single slot, and only one of the plurality of CSI-RS resources is located at a single symbol in the single slot,

wherein different symbol locations of the plurality of CSI-RS resources in the single slot are not contiguous, and

wherein a time domain measurement restriction related to the plurality of CSI-RS resources is not configured.

11. The base station of claim 10 , wherein the UE is in a radio resource control (RRC) connected state.

12. The base station of claim 10 , wherein code division multiplexing (CDM) is not applied to the plurality of CSI-RS resources.

13. The base station of claim 10 , wherein a frequency domain density of each of the plurality of CSI-RS resources is greater than 1.

14. The base station of claim 10 , wherein a first CSI-RS resource, among the plurality of CSI-RS resources that are used for the tracking is quasi co-located (QCL) with (i) a second CSI-RS resource that is used for CSI acquisition, (ii) a third CSI-RS resource that is used for beam management, or (iii) an synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block (SSB).

15. The base station of claim 10 , wherein a linkage between the plurality of CSI-RS resources and a specific report setting is set.

16. The base station of claim 15 , wherein the specific report setting is null report setting.

17. The base station of claim 10 , wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving, from the UE, information related to a time-domain density of the CSI-RS resources.

18. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of CSI-RS resources are not configured both for the tracking and for reporting layer 1(L1)-reference signal received power (RSRP).

19. A terminal configured to receive a channel state information (CSI)-reference signal (RS) in a wireless communication system, the terminal comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit a wireless signal;

a receiver configured to receive a wireless signal;

at least one processor; and

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

receiving, from a base station, configuration information for a plurality of CSI-RS resources, wherein the configuration information comprises control information indicating that an antenna port for the plurality of CSI-RS resources configured for tracking at least one of a time or a frequency is the same;

receiving, from the base station, the CSI-RS through same antenna port on the plurality of CSI-RS resources based on the control information; and

tracking at least one of the time or the frequency based on the CSI-RS,

wherein the plurality of CSI-RS resources are configured in a single slot and located at different symbol locations in the single slot, and only one of the plurality of CSI-RS resources is located at a single symbol in the single slot,

wherein different symbol locations of the plurality of CSI-RS resources in the single slot are not contiguous, and

wherein a time domain measurement restriction related to the plurality of CSI-RS resources is not configured.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 13, 2020
From: KANG, JIWON; PARK, JONGHYUN; LEE, KILBOM; KIM, KIJUN; YOON, SUKHYON
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 051813/0341 →
Continuity (6)
Continuation 16126462 · Sep 10, 2018
Continuation PCTKR2018008296 · Jul 23, 2018
Provisional Application 62554586 · Sep 6, 2017
Provisional Application 62541115 · Aug 4, 2017
Provisional Application 62535243 · Jul 21, 2017
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