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Granted Patent B2
US 9,094,060 · App. 13/581,792 · Granted Jul 28, 2015

Apparatus for transmitting and receiving signal in distributed antenna system

Inventors: Ji Won Kang (Anyang-si, KR); Bin Chul Ihm (Anyang-si, KR); Jin Young Chun (Anyang-si, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS, INC.
H04B7/022H04B7/0626H04B7/0691
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Patent No.
US 9,094,060
App. No.
13/581,792
Granted
Jul 28, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for receiving a signal through a terminal in a distributed antenna system (DAS) comprising the steps of: receiving composition information of a local midamble corresponding to a terminal or a terminal group including the terminal from a base station which belongs to the DAS; and receiving the local midamble from the base station, and the local midamble can be a midamble corresponding to one or more effective transmission antennas associated with the terminal or the terminal group of a plurality of antennas of the base station.

Claims (38)

1. A method for receiving, by a user equipment, a reference signal, the method comprising:

receiving first configuration information indicating a configuration of a first channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) being broadcast;

receiving the first CSI-RS based on the configuration of the first CSI-RS; and

performing channel measurement based on the first CSI-RS,

wherein the configuration of the first CSI-RS is dedicated to the user equipment.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first configuration information includes a number of antennas associated with the first CSI-RS.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the first CSI-RS is associated with a group of antennas that includes one or more antennas.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the first CSI-RS is received using a pilot pattern allocated to the group of antennas.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving second configuration information indicating a configuration of a second CSI-RS, that is associated with channel interference.

6. A method for transmitting, by a base station, a reference signal, the method comprising:

transmitting first configuration information indicating a configuration of a first channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS);

broadcasting the first CSI-RS to a user equipment based on the configuration of the first CSI-RS; and

receiving feedback information according to channel measurement based on the first CSI-RS,

wherein the configuration of the first CSI-RS is dedicated to the user equipment.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the first configuration information includes a number of antennas associated with the first CSI-RS.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the first CSI-RS is associated with a group of antennas that includes one or more antennas.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the first CSI-RS is transmitted using a pilot pattern allocated to the group of antennas.

10. The method according to claim 6 , further comprising:

transmitting second configuration information indicating a configuration of a second CSI-RS, that is associated with channel interference.

11. A user equipment comprising:

a reception module configured to receive first configuration information indicating a configuration of a first channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) being broadcast; and

a processor configured to control the reception module,

wherein the reception module is further configured to receive the first CSI-RS based on the configuration of the first CSI-RS, and to perform channel measurement based on the first CSI-RS, and

wherein the configuration of the first CSI-RS is dedicated to the user equipment.

12. The user equipment according to claim 11 , wherein the first configuration information includes a number of antennas associated with the first CSI-RS.

13. The user equipment according to claim 12 , wherein the first CSI-RS is associated with a group of antennas that includes one or more antennas.

14. The user equipment according to claim 13 , wherein the processor is configured to control the reception module to receive the first CSI-RS based on a pilot pattern allocated to the group of antennas.

15. The user equipment according to claim 11 , wherein the reception module further receives second configuration information indicating a configuration of a second CSI-RS, that is associated with channel interference.

16. A base station comprising:

a transmission module; and

a processor configured to control the transmission module,

wherein the transmission module is configured to transmit first configuration information indicating a configuration of a first channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) being broadcast, and to broadcast the first CSI-RS based on the configuration of the first CSI-RS to a user equipment, and

wherein the configuration of the first CSI-RS is dedicated to the user equipment.

17. The base station according to claim 16 , wherein the first configuration information includes a number of antennas associated with the first CSI-RS.

18. The base station according to claim 17 , wherein the first CSI-RS is associated with a group of antennas that includes one or more antennas.

19. The base station according to claim 18 , wherein the processor is further configured to control the transmission module to transmit the first CSI-RS based on a pilot pattern allocated to the group of antennas.

20. The base station according to claim 16 , wherein the processor is further configured to control the transmission module to transmit second configuration information indicating a configuration of a second CSI-RS, that is associated with channel interference.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 30, 2012
From: KANG, JI WON; IHM, BIN CHUL; CHUN, JIN YOUNG
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 028875/0822 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2010-0047328 · May 20, 2010 · national
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61310286 · Mar 4, 2010
Related Publication 20120322477A1 · Dec 20, 2012