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Granted Patent B2
US 11,522,663 · App. 17/033,407 · Granted Dec 6, 2022

Wireless communication method and wireless communication device

Inventors: Lilei Wang (Beijing, CN); Hidetoshi Suzuki (Kanagawa, JP); Tetsuya Yamamoto (Kanagawa, JP); Masayuki Hoshino (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
H04L5/0053H04L5/005H04L5/0051H04L5/0064H04L5/02H04W4/022H04W4/70H04L25/0202H04W72/042
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Patent No.
US 11,522,663
App. No.
17/033,407
Granted
Dec 6, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless communication method includes receiving a reference signal and a data signal, based on a coverage enhancement level represented by a number of transmission repetitions; processing the reference signal and the data signal received by the receiving; setting a number of resource elements for transmitting the reference signal based at least on a channel type; and setting usage of resource elements indicated by a System Information Block (SIB). The reference signal is a Cell-specific Reference Signal (CRS) or a Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS).

Claims (22)

1. A wireless communication method comprising:

receiving a reference signal and a data signal, based on a coverage enhancement level associated with a number of transmission repetitions; and

processing the reference signal and the data signal received by the receiving,

wherein a configuration of the reference signal including a Cell-specific Reference Signal (CRS) that is used in addition to a Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) without changing a density of DMRS in a specific channel is indicated by a System Information Block (SIB).

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the number of resource elements for the received reference signal depends on a channel type.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a reference signal density of a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) is higher than a reference signal density of a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH).

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the data signal is received in a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) or a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH).

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein resource elements used for the received reference signal is configured by Radio Resource Control (RRC), is predefined, or is recommended by a user equipment through a Channel Quality Indicator (CQI).

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the specific channel is a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH).

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein in the coverage enhancement level being 2 or more, the CRS is added without changing the density of DMRS.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein when an increasing of a density of the reference signal is requested, the DMRS or the CRS is reused.

9. A wireless communication device comprising:

a receiver, which, in operation, receives a reference signal and a data signal, based on a coverage enhancement level associated with a number of transmission repetitions; and

circuitry, which, in operation, processes the reference signal and the data signal received by the receiver,

wherein a configuration of the reference signal including a Cell-specific Reference Signal (CRS) that is used in addition to a Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) without changing a density of DMRS in a specific channel is indicated by a System Information Block (SIB).

10. The wireless communication device according to claim 9 , wherein the number of resource elements for the received reference signal depends on a channel type.

11. The wireless communication device according to claim 9 , wherein a reference signal density of a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) is higher than a reference signal density of a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH).

12. The wireless communication device according to claim 9 , wherein the data signal is received in a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) or a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH).

13. The wireless communication device according to claim 9 , wherein resource elements used for the reference signal is configured by Radio Resource Control (RRC), is predefined, or is recommended by a user equipment through a Channel Quality Indicator (CQI).

14. The wireless communication device according to claim 9 , wherein the specific channel is a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH).

15. The wireless communication device according to claim 9 , wherein in the coverage enhancement level being 2 or more, the CRS is added without changing the density of DMRS.

16. The wireless communication device according to claim 9 , wherein when an increasing of a density of the reference signal is requested, the DMRS or the CRS is reused in a user equipment.

Continuity (5)
Continuation 16692745 · Nov 22, 2019
Continuation 16381876 · Apr 11, 2019
Continuation 15698054 · Sep 7, 2017
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