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Granted Patent B2
US 11,894,898 · App. 17/770,785 · Granted Feb 6, 2024

Phase error compensation for downlink systems with four correlated and uncalibrated antennas

Inventors: Jianguo Long (Kanata, CA); Shaohua Li (Kanata, CA)
Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
H04B7/0617H04B7/063H04B7/10H04B17/102
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Patent No.
US 11,894,898
App. No.
17/770,785
Granted
Feb 6, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method, network node and wireless device for phase error compensation for Fifth Generation downlink systems with four correlated uncalibrated antennas are provided. A method includes applying N incremented phase rotations to one of the four antennas to produce N channel state information reference signal resources, N being an integer greater than 1. The method also includes transmitting N CSI-RS on 4 CSI-RS ports to a wireless device, WD, each of the N CSI-RS resources being transmitted with a different one of the incremented phase rotations. The method further includes receiving from the WD a CSI-RS resource indication that indicates a particular one of the N CSI-RS resources. The method also includes applying, in subsequent transmissions to the WD, a phase rotation to the one of the four antennas, the phase rotation corresponding to the indicated CSI-RS resource.

Claims (29)

1. A method in a network node for compensation of phase error between antennas of a four-antenna dual-polarization antenna array of a radio of the network node, the method comprising:

applying N incremented phase rotations to one of the four antennas to produce N channel state information reference signal, CSI-RS, resources, N being an integer greater than 1, the N incremented phase rotations being obtained by multiplying a precoder codebook by a diagonal matrix whose diagonal elements are equal to one, except for one diagonal element corresponding to the one of the four antennas and being equal to exp(j2πn/N), where n is an integer from zero to N−1;

transmitting the N CSI-RS resources on 4 CSI-RS ports to a wireless device, WD, each of the N CSI-RS resources being transmitted with a different one of the incremented phase rotations;

receiving from the WD a CSI-RS resource indication, CRI, indicating a particular one of the N CSI-RS resources; and

applying, in subsequent transmissions to the WD, a phase rotation to the one of the four antennas, the phase rotation corresponding to the indicated CSI-RS resource.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of N increments of the N incremented phase rotations are equal.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the particular one of the N CSI-RS resources is one having a highest spectrum efficiency of the N CSI-RS resources.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the particular one of the N CSI-RS resources is one having a highest spectrum efficiency of the N CSI-RS resources.

5. A network node configured to compensate for phase error between antennas of a four-antenna dual-polarization antenna array of a radio of the network node, the network node comprising:

processing circuitry configured to apply N incremented phase rotations to one of the four antennas to produce N channel state information reference signal, CSI-RS, resources, N being an integer greater than 1, the N incremented phase rotations being obtained by multiplying a precoder codebook by a diagonal matrix whose diagonal elements are equal to one, except for one diagonal element corresponding to the one of the four antennas and being equal to exp(j2πn/N), where n is an integer from zero to N−1;

a radio interface in communication with the processing circuitry, the radio interface configured to:

transmit the N CSI-RS resources on 4 CSI-RS ports to a wireless device, WD, each of the N CSI-RS resources being transmitted with a different one of the incremented phase rotations; and

receive from the WD a CSI-RS resource indication, CRI, indicating a particular one of the N CSI-RS resources; and

the processing circuitry further configured to apply, in subsequent transmissions to the WD, a phase rotation to the one of the four antennas, the phase rotation corresponding to the indicated CSI-RS resource.

6. The network node of claim 5 , wherein each of N increments of the N incremented phase rotations are equal.

7. The network node of claim 5 , wherein the particular one of the N CSI-RS resources is one having a highest spectrum efficiency of the N CSI-RS resources.

8. A method in a wireless device, WD, the method comprising:

receiving a signal from a network node, the signal having N channel state information reference signals, CSI-RS, resources transmitted by a four-antenna dual polarization antenna array of a radio of the network node, the signal generated by the network node by applying N incremented phase rotations to one of the four antennas to produce N channel state information reference signal, CSI-RS, resources, N being an integer greater than 1, the N incremented phase rotations being obtained by multiplying a precoder codebook by a diagonal matrix whose diagonal elements are equal to one, except for one diagonal element corresponding to one of the four antennas and being equal to exp(j2πn/N), where n is an integer from zero to N−1;

determining a CSI-RS resource of the N CSI-RS resources resulting in a highest spectrum efficiency of all the N CSI-RS resources; and

transmitting to the network node a CSI resource indicator, CRI, indicating the determined CSI-RS resulting in the highest spectrum efficiency of all the N CSI-RS resources.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the WD further receives a signal configuring the WD to determine the CSI-RS resources with the highest spectrum efficiency of all the N CSI-RS resources received in the signal from the network node.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein each increment of the N incremented phase rotations are equal.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein each increment of the N incremented phase rotations are equal.

12. A wireless device, WD, the WD comprising:

a radio interface configured to receive a signal from a network node, the signal having N channel state information reference signals, CSI-RS, resources transmitted by a four-antenna dual polarization antenna array of a radio of the network node, the signal generated by the network node by applying N incremented phase rotations to one of the four antennas to produce N channel state information reference signal, CSI-RS, resources, N being an integer greater than 1, the N incremented phase rotations being obtained by multiplying a precoder codebook by a diagonal matrix whose diagonal elements are equal to one, except for one diagonal element corresponding to one of the four antennas and being equal to exp(j2πn/N), where n is an integer from zero to N−1;

processing circuitry in communication with the radio interface, the processing circuitry configured to determine a CSI-RS resource of the N CSI-RS resources resulting in a highest spectrum efficiency of all the N CSI-RS; and

the radio interface further configured to transmit to the network node a CSI resource indicator, CRI, indicating the determined CSI-RS resource resulting in the highest spectrum efficiency of all the N CSI-RS resources.

13. The WD of claim 12 , wherein the WD further receives a signal configuring the WD to determine the CSI-RS resource with the highest spectrum efficiency of all the N CSI-RS resources received in the signal from the network node.

14. The WD of claim 12 , wherein each increment of the N incremented phase rotations are equal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 22, 2022
From: LONG, JIANGUO; LI, SHAOHUA
To: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Reel/Frame 060270/0090 →
Continuity (1)
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