IP Library Granted Patent US 9,088,323
Granted Patent B2
US 9,088,323 · App. 14/150,405 · Granted Jul 21, 2015

Method and apparatus for reporting downlink channel state

Inventors: Hanjun Park (Seoul, KR); Youngtae Kim (Seoul, KR); Kijun Kim (Seoul, KR); Hyungtae Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04B7/0486H04B7/0469H04B7/0478H04W88/02H04W88/08H04L1/06H04L1/0618
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Patent No.
US 9,088,323
App. No.
14/150,405
Granted
Jul 21, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of reporting a channel state to a base station supporting downlink multiple input multiple output in a wireless communication system includes measuring a downlink channel based on a downlink signal received from the base station, and reporting a codebook index for precoding of the downlink signal according to the measurement of the downlink channel. The codebook for precoding includes an improved codebook (hereinafter, referred to as an improved 4Tx codebook) having a dual structure composed of a codebook for wideband and a codebook for subband, for 4 transmit (4Tx) antenna ports, and the improved 4Tx codebook includes sub-codebooks obtained by sub-sampling the codebook for subband according to priority.

Claims (730)

1. A method of reporting a channel state to a base station supporting downlink multiple input multiple output (MIMO) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

measuring a downlink channel based on a downlink signal received from the base station; and

reporting an index of a codebook for precoding of the downlink signal according to the measurement of the downlink channel,

wherein the codebook for precoding includes an improved codebook (hereinafter, referred to as an improved 4Tx codebook) having a dual structure composed of a codebook for wideband and a codebook for subband, for 4 transmit (4Tx) antenna ports, and

wherein the improved 4Tx codebook includes sub-codebooks obtained by sub-sampling the codebook for subband according to whether the base station is configured to use a co-polarization antenna or a cross-polarization antenna for transmitting the downlink signal.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the codebook C′ (1) for wideband is expressed by:

C

(

1

)

=

{

[

W

~

(

1

)

0

0

W

~

(

1

)

D

a

]

|

W

~

(

1

)

=

[

w

~

2

k

mod

16

w

~

(

2

k

+

1

)

mod

16

w

~

(

2

k

+

2

)

mod

16

w

~

(

2

k

+

3

)

mod

16

]

,

k

=

0

,

1

,

,

7

}

where,

w

~

n

=

[

1

j

2

π

n

16

]

,

n=0, 1, 2, . . . , 15,

D

a

=

[

a

0

0

0

0

0

a

1

0

0

0

0

a

2

0

0

0

0

a

3

]

,

and

a

n

=

2

·

j

2

π

16

·

(

(

2

k

+

n

)

mod

16

)

.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the codebook for subband is expressed by

C

1

(

2

)

=

{

[

Y

Y

]

,

[

Y

j

Y

]

,

[

Y

-

Y

]

,

[

Y

-

j

Y

]

}

for rank 1 and

C

2

(

2

)

=

{

[

Y

1

Y

2

Y

1

-

Y

2

]

,

[

Y

1

Y

2

j

Y

1

-

j

Y

2

]

}

for rank 2,

where, Yε{e 1 ,e 2 ,e 3 ,e 4 }, (Y 1 ,Y 2 )ε{(e 1 ,e 1 ), (e 2 ,e 2 ), (e 3 ,e 3 ), (e 4 ,e 4 ), (e 1 ,e 3 ), (e 2 ,e 3 ), (e 1 ,e 4 ), (e 2 ,e 4 )}, and e n denotes a vector for selecting one of four elements in which only an n-th element has a value of I and the remaining elements have a value of 0.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein an i 1 -th codeword of the codebook for wideband and an i 2 -th codeword of the codebook for subband are expressed by:

i 2

i 1

0

1

2

3

0-7

W 2i 1 , 0 (1)

W 2i 1 , 1 (1)

W 2i 1 , 2 (1)

W 2i i , 3 (1)

i 2

i 1

4

5

6

7

0-7

W 2i 1 +1,0 (1)

W 2i 1 +1,1 (1)

W 2i i +1,2 (1)

W 2i 1 +1,3 (1)

i 2

i 1

8

9

10

11

0-7

W 2i 1 +2,0 (1)

W 2i i +2,1 (1)

W 2i 1 +2,2 (1)

W 2i 1 +2,3 (1)

i 2

i 1

12

13

14

15

0-7

W 2i i +3,0 (1)

W 2i 1 +3,1 (1)

W 2i 1 +3,2 (1)

W 2i 1 +3,3 (1)

where

W

m

,

n

(

1

)

=

1

4

[

v

m

φ

n

,

m

v

m

]

in case of rank 1, and

i 2

i 1

0

1

2

3

0-7

W 2i 1 , 2i 1 , 0 (2)

W 2i 1 , 2i 1 , 1 (2)

W 2i 1 +1 , 2i 1 +1 , 0 (2)

W 2i 1 +1 , 2i 1 +1 , 1 (2)

i 2

i 1

4

5

6

7

0-7

W 2i 1 +2 , 2i 1 +2 , 0 (2)

W 2i 1 +2 , 2i 1 +2 , 1 (2)

W 2i 1 +3 , 2i 1 +3 , 0 (2)

W 2i 1 +3 , 2i 1 +3 , 1 (2)

i 2

i 1

8

9

10

11

0-7

W 2i 1 , 2i 1 +1 , 0 (2)

W 2i 1 , 2i 1 +1 , 1 (2)

W 2i 1 +1 , 2i 1 +2 , 0 (2)

W 2i 1 +1 , 2i 1 +2 , 1 (2)

i 2

i 1

12

13

14

15

0-7

W 2i 1 , 2i 1 +3 , 0 (2)

W 2i 1 , 2i 1 +3 , 1 (2)

W 2i 1 +1 , 2i 1 +3 , 0 (2)

W 2i 1 +1 , 2i 1 +3 , 1 (2)

where

W

m

,

m

n

(

2

)

=

1

4

[

v

m

v

m

φ

n

,

m

v

m

-

φ

n

,

m

v

m

]

in case of rank 2,

where φ n,m =e jπ(n/2+m/4) , v m =[1e j2πm/16 ] T .

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, if a co-polarization antenna is used by the base station, the sub-codebook is expressed by

C

1

(

2

)

=

{

[

Y

Y

]

}

in case of rank 1 and by

C

2

(

2

)

=

{

[

Y

1

Y

2

Y

1

-

Y

2

]

}

in case of rank 2, where, Yε{e 1 ,e 2 ,e 3 ,e 4 } and (Y 1 ,Y 2 )ε{(e 1 ,e 1 ,), (e 2 ,e 2 ), (e 3 ,e 3 ), (e 4 ,e 4 ), (e 1 ,e 2 ), (e 2 ,e 3 ), (e 1 ,e 4 ), (e 2 ,e 4 )}.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein an codeword of the codebook for wideband and an i 2 -th codeword of the codebook for subband are expressed by:

i 2

i 1

0

1

2

3

0-7

W 2i 1 (1)

W 2i 1 +1 (1)

W 2i 1 +2 (1)

W 2i 1 +3 (1)

where

W

m

(

1

)

=

1

4

[

v

m

φ

m

v

m

]

in case of rank 1, and

i 2

i 1

0

1

2

3

0-7

W 2i 1 , 2i 1 (2)

W 2i 1 +1 , 2i 1 +1 (2)

W 2i 1 +2 , 2i 1 +2 (2)

W 2i 1 +3 , 2i 1 +3 (2)

i 2

i 1

4

5

6

7

0-7

W 2i 1 , 2i 1 +1 (2)

W 2i 1 +1 , 2i 1 +2 (2)

W 2i 1 , 2i 1 +3 (2)

W 2i 1 +1 , 2i 1 +3 (2)

where

W

m

,

m

(

2

)

=

1

4

[

v

m

v

m

φ

m

v

m

-

φ

m

v

m

]

in case of rank 2,

where, φ m =e jπm/4 , v m =[1e j2πm/16 ] T .

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, if a cross polarization antenna is used by the base station, the sub-codebook is expressed by

C

1

(

2

)

=

{

[

Y

Y

]

,

[

Y

j

Y

]

,

[

Y

-

Y

]

,

[

Y

-

j

Y

]

}

in case of rank 1 and by

C

2

(

2

)

=

{

[

Y

1

Y

2

Y

1

-

Y

2

]

,

[

Y

1

Y

2

j

Y

1

-

j

Y

2

]

}

in case of rank 2, where, Yε{e 1 } and (Y 1 ,Y 2 )ε{(e 1 ,e 1 )}.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein an i 1 -th codeword of the codebook for wideband and an i 2 -th codeword of the codebook for subband are expressed by:

i 2

i 1

0

1

2

3

0-7

W 2i 1 ,0 (1)

W 2i 1 ,1 (1)

W 2i 1 ,2 (1)

W 2i 1 ,3 (1)

where

W

m

,

n

(

1

)

=

1

4

[

v

m

φ

n

,

m

v

m

]

in case of rank 1, and

i 2

i 1

0

1

0-7

W 2i 1, 2i 1 ,0 (2)

W 2i 1, 2i 1 ,1 (2)

where

W

m

,

m

n

(

2

)

=

1

4

[

v

m

v

m

φ

n

,

m

v

m

-

φ

n

,

m

v

m

]

in case of rank 2,

where, φ n,m =e jπ(n/2+m/4) , v m =[1e j2πm/16 ] T .

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, if N bits are set for the improved 4Tx codebook or the sub-codebook and M bits are set for the report, the reporting the index of the codebook for precoding includes selecting 2 M codewords from among 2 N codewords.

10. The method according to claim 1 , further receiving an indicator indicating that the improved 4Tx codebook or a legacy codebook for 4Tx antennas is set for reporting the index of the codebook for precoding,

wherein the indicator is configured according to channel state information-reference signal resources, a version of a channel state information-reference signal or channel state information process, a version of a higher layer signal for a codebook subset restriction or a version of a higher layer signal for a transmission mode.

11. A user equipment (UE) configured to report a channel state to a base station supporting downlink multiple input multiple output (MIMO) in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) unit; and

a processor configured to:

control the RF unit,

measure a downlink channel based on a downlink signal received from the base station, and

report an index of a codebook for precoding of the downlink signal according to the measurement of the downlink channel,

wherein the codebook for precoding includes an improved codebook (hereinafter, referred to as an improved 4Tx codebook) having a dual structure composed of a codebook for wideband and a codebook for subband, for 4 transmit (4Tx) antenna ports, and

wherein the improved 4Tx codebook includes sub-codebooks obtained by sub-sampling the codebook for subband according to whether the base station is configured to use a co-polarization antenna or a cross-polarization antenna for transmitting the downlink signal.

12. A base station supporting downlink multiple input multiple output (MIMO) in a wireless communication system, the base station comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) unit; and

a processor configured to:

control the RF unit,

transmit a downlink signal to a user equipment (UE), and

receive an index of a codebook for precoding of the downlink signal according to a measurement of the downlink channel based on the downlink signal,

wherein the codebook for precoding includes an improved codebook (hereinafter, referred to as an improved 4Tx codebook) having a dual structure composed of a codebook for wideband and a codebook for subband, for 4 transmit (4Tx) antenna ports, and

wherein the improved 4Tx codebook includes sub-codebooks obtained by sub-sampling the codebook for subband according to whether the base station is configured to use a co-polarization or across-polarization antenna for transmitting the downlink signal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 5, 2014
From: PARK, HANJUN; KIM, YOUNGTAE; KIM, KIJUN; KIM, HYUNGTAE
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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