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US 8,842,610 · App. 13/516,965 · Granted Sep 23, 2014

Method and apparatus for reporting channel status information in a wireless communication system

Inventors: In Ho Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Youn Sun Kim (Seongnam-si, KR); Jin Kyu Han (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
H04B7/0647H04B7/0626H04L1/0027H04L1/0026H04L5/0057
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Patent No.
US 8,842,610
App. No.
13/516,965
Granted
Sep 23, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus and a method are provided for transmitting feedback information by a User Equipment (UE) in a communication system. The method includes generating, by the UE, first feedback information; transmitting the first feedback information at a first time point in a first period; generating second feedback information; and transmitting the second feedback information at a second time point in a second period. The first time point and the second time point are different points from start points of the first period and the second period, respectively.

Claims (40)

1. A method for transmitting feedback information of a User Equipment (UE) in a communication system, the method comprising:

generating first feedback information;

transmitting the first feedback information at a first time point in a first period;

generating second feedback information; and

transmitting the second feedback information at a second time point in a second period,

wherein the first time point and the second time point are different points from start points of the first period and the second period, respectively.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first feedback information and the second feedback information are generated based on a channel status information reference signal (CSI-RS) transmitted at a predetermined time period.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first time point is closer to a start time point of the first period than the second time point is to a start time point of the second period, when the first feedback information is sub-band channel status information (SB-CSI) and the second feedback information is wideband channel status information (WB-CSI).

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving feedback transmission pattern information from a base station; and

determining a subframe for feedback transmission based on the feedback transmission pattern information.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first period and the second period are configured based on a CSI-RS transmission period.

6. A method for receiving feedback information of a base station in a communication system, the method comprising:

receiving first feedback information at a first time point in a first period; and

receiving second feedback information at a second time point in a second period,

wherein the first time point and the second time point are different points from start points of the first period and the second period, respectively.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the first feedback information and the second feedback information are generated based on a channel status information reference signal (CSI-RS) transmitted at a predetermined time period.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the first time point is closer to a start time point of the first period than the second time point is to a start time point of the second period, when the first feedback information is sub-band channel status information (SB-CSI) and the second feedback information is wideband channel status information (WB-CSI).

9. The method of claim 6 , further comprising transmitting feedback transmission pattern information to a User Equipment (UE) that transmits the first feedback information and the second feedback information,

wherein the UE determines a subframe for feedback transmission based on the feedback transmission pattern information.

10. The method of claim 6 , wherein the first period and the second period are configured based on a CSI-RS transmission period.

11. An apparatus for transmitting feedback information in a communication system, the apparatus comprising:

a transceiver; and

a controller that generates first feedback information, controls the transceiver to transmit the first feedback information at a first time point in a first period, generates second feedback information, and controls the transceiver to transmit the second feedback information at a second time point in a second period,

wherein the first time point and the second time point are different points from start points of the first period and the second period, respectively.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the first feedback information and the second feedback information are generated based on a channel status information reference signal (CSI-RS) transmitted at a predetermined time period.

13. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the first time point is closer to a start time point of the first period than the second time point is to a start time point of the second period, when the first feedback information is sub-band channel status information (SB-CSI) and the second feedback information is wideband channel status information (WB-CSI).

14. The apparatus of claim 11 , further comprising a channel estimator that generates channel status information based on a channel status information reference signal (CSI-RS) transmitted at a predetermined time period,

wherein the transceiver receives feedback transmission pattern information from a base station, and

wherein the controller generates the first feedback information and the second feedback information based on the channel status information, and determines a subframe for feedback transmission based on the feedback transmission pattern information.

15. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the first period and the second period are configured based on a CSI-RS transmission period.

16. An apparatus for receiving feedback information in a communication system, the apparatus comprising:

a receiver that receives first feedback information at a first time point in a first period and second feedback information at a second time point in a second period; and

a controller that analyzes the first feedback information and the second feedback information to check downlink channel status,

wherein the first time point and the second time point are different points from start points of the first period and the second period, respectively.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the first feedback information and the second feedback information are generated based on a channel status information reference signal (CSI-RS) transmitted at a predetermined time period.

18. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the first time point is closer to a start time point of the first period than the second time point is to a start time point of the second period, when the first feedback information is sub-band channel status information (SB-CSI) and the second feedback information is wideband channel status information (WB-CSI).

19. The apparatus of claim 16 , further comprising a transmitter that transmits a feedback transmission pattern information to a User Equipment (UE) that transmits the first feedback information and the second feedback information,

wherein the first feedback information and the second feedback information are transmitted in subframes determined by the UE, based on the feedback transmission pattern information.

20. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the first period and the second period are configured based on a CSI-RS transmission period.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 27, 2012
From: LEE, IN HO; KIM, YOUN SUN; HAN, JIN KYU
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2009-0134046 · Dec 30, 2009 · national
KR 10-2010-0013291 · Feb 12, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
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