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Granted Patent B2
US 11,757,590 · App. 17/410,209 · Granted Sep 12, 2023

Method and apparatus for transmitting reference signal in mobile communication system

Inventors: Youngwoo Kwak (Suwon-si, KR); Hoondong Noh (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04L5/0048H04B7/0421H04B7/0626H04B7/0634H04L5/0026H04L5/0044H04L5/0091H04L27/26H04W72/02H04W72/0446H04W72/1273H04L5/0035H04L5/0082
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Patent No.
US 11,757,590
App. No.
17/410,209
Granted
Sep 12, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method by which a terminal receives a signal in a mobile communication system, according to one embodiment of the present specification, comprises the steps of: receiving channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) mode information; and receiving a signal on the basis of the CSI-RS mode information. Unlike a conventional method of allowing a base station to periodically set the CSI-RS in a terminal at a predetermined position such that the terminal receives the CSI-RS and generates and reports channel state information, the present invention proposes a method by which a base station allocates, to a terminal, a reference signal transmission for enabling aperiodic generation of the channel state information for a system having various numbers of transmission antenna ports such as one, two, four, eight, twelve, sixteen or thirty-two transmission antenna ports, and receives the channel state information report. In addition, a method for transferring ZP CSI-RS and quasi co-location (QCL) information for supporting rate matching thereby is also proposed.

Claims (56)

1. A method performed by a terminal in a mobile communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, from a base station, information on a type of a plurality of channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) resources, the type of the plurality of the CSI-RS resources including an aperiodic type and a semi-persistent type;

receiving, from the base station, a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) indicating at least one of the plurality of the CSI-RS resources; and

receiving, from the base station, a CSI-RS based on the CSI-RS resources indicated by the MAC CE.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein, in case the type of the plurality of the CSI-RS corresponds to the aperiodic type, the method further comprising:

receiving, from the base station, downlink control information (DCI) indicating at least one of the CSI-RS resources indicated by the MAC CE; and

receiving, from the base station, the CSI-RS on the CSI-RS resources indicated by the DCI.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein, in case the type of the plurality of the CSI-RS corresponds to the semi-persistent type, the method further comprising:

receiving, from the base station, the CSI-RS periodically on the CSI-RS resources indicated by the MAC CE.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, from the base station, information associated with a quasi co-location (QCL) relationship between a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) for a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and the CSI-RS; and

receiving, from the base station, the PDSCH based on the information associated with the QCL relationship,

wherein the DMRS of the PDSCH is quasi co-located with the CSI-RS with respect to Doppler shift, Doppler spread, average delay and delay spread.

5. A method performed by a base station in a mobile communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting, to a terminal, information on a type of a plurality of channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) resources, the type of the plurality of the CSI-RS resources including an aperiodic type and a semi-persistent type;

transmitting, to the terminal, a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) indicating at least one of the plurality of the CSI-RS resources; and

transmitting, to the terminal, a CSI-RS based on the CSI-RS resources indicated by the MAC CE.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein, in case the type of the plurality of the CSI-RS corresponds to the aperiodic type, the method further comprising:

transmitting, to the terminal, downlink control information (DCI) indicating at least one of the CSI-RS resources indicated by the MAC CE; and

transmitting, to the terminal, the CSI-RS on the CSI-RS resources indicated by the DCI.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein, in case the type of the plurality of the CSI-RS corresponds to the semi-persistent type, the method further comprising:

transmitting, to the terminal, the CSI-RS periodically on the CSI-RS resources indicated by the MAC CE.

8. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

transmitting, to the terminal, information associated with a quasi co-location (QCL) relationship between a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) for a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and the CSI-RS; and

transmitting, to the terminal, the PDSCH based on the information associated with the QCL relationship,

wherein the DMRS of the PDSCH is quasi co-located with the CSI-RS with respect to Doppler shift, Doppler spread, average delay and delay spread.

9. A terminal in a mobile communication system, comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a signal; and

a controller operatively connected with the transceiver and configured to:

receive, from a base station, information on a type of a plurality of channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) resources, the type of the plurality of the CSI-RS resources including an aperiodic type and a semi-persistent type,

receive, from the base station, a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) indicating at least one of the plurality of the CSI-RS resources, and

receive, from the base station, a CSI-RS based on the CSI-RS resources indicated by the MAC CE.

10. The terminal of claim 9 , wherein, in case the type of the plurality of the CSI-RS corresponds to the aperiodic type, the controller is further configured to:

receive, from the base station, downlink control information (DCI) indicating at least one of the CSI-RS resources indicated by the MAC CE, and

receive, from the base station, the CSI-RS on the CSI-RS resources indicated by the DCI.

11. The terminal of claim 9 , wherein, in case the type of the plurality of the CSI-RS corresponds to the semi-persistent type, the controller is further configured to:

receive, from the base station, the CSI-RS periodically on the CSI-RS resources indicated by the MAC CE.

12. The terminal of claim 9 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

receive, from the base station, information associated with a quasi co-location (QCL) relationship between a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) for a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and the CSI-RS, and

receive, from the base station, the PDSCH based on the information associated with the QCL relationship,

wherein the DMRS of the PDSCH is quasi co-located with the CSI-RS with respect to Doppler shift, Doppler spread, average delay and delay spread.

13. A base station in a mobile communication system, comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a signal; and

a controller operatively connected with the transceiver and configured to:

transmit, to a terminal, information on a type of a plurality of channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) resources, the type of the plurality of the CSI-RS resources including an aperiodic type and a semi-persistent type,

transmit, to the terminal, a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) indicating at least one of the plurality of the CSI-RS resources, and

transmit, to the terminal, a CSI-RS based on the CSI-RS resources indicated by the MAC CE.

14. The base station of claim 13 , wherein, in case the type of the plurality of the CSI-RS corresponds to the aperiodic type, the controller is further configured to:

transmit, to the terminal, downlink control information (DCI) indicating at least one of the CSI-RS resources indicated by the MAC CE, and

transmit, to the terminal, the CSI-RS on the CSI-RS resources indicated by the DCI.

15. The base station of claim 13 , wherein, in case the type of the plurality of the CSI-RS corresponds to the semi-persistent type, the controller is further configured to:

transmit, to the terminal, the CSI-RS periodically on the CSI-RS resources indicated by the MAC CE.

16. The base station of claim 13 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

transmit, to the terminal, information associated with a quasi co-location (QCL) relationship between a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) for a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and the CSI-RS, and

transmit, to the terminal, the PDSCH based on the information associated with the QCL relationship,

wherein the DMRS of the PDSCH is quasi co-located with the CSI-RS with respect to Doppler shift, Doppler spread, average delay and delay spread.

Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2016-0107836 · Aug 24, 2016 · national
KR 10-2016-0129970 · Oct 7, 2016 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16327624
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