IP Library Granted Patent US 9,307,521
Granted Patent B2
US 9,307,521 · App. 13/942,186 · Granted Apr 5, 2016

Transmission scheme and quasi co-location assumption of antenna ports for PDSCH of transmission mode 10 for LTE advanced

Inventors: Boon Loong Ng (Dallas, TX); Younsun Kim (Seongnam-shi, KR); Young-Han Nam (Richardson, TX); Hyojin Lee (Seoul, KR); Krishna Sayana (San Jose, CA)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H04W72/005H04B7/024H04L1/0026H04L1/0061H04L1/0067H04L5/0053H04L27/2602
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Patent No.
US 9,307,521
App. No.
13/942,186
Granted
Apr 5, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods and apparatuses determine and indicate QCL behavior for or to a UE. A method for determining QCL behavior for the UE method includes, when configured in TM10 for a serving cell, determining whether a CRC for a PDSCH transmission scheduled by DCI format 1A is scrambled using a C-RNTI. The method also includes, in response to determining C-RNTI scrambling, determining whether a transmission scheme of the PDSCH transmission uses a non-MBSFN subframe configuration and whether the PDSCH transmission is transmitted on antenna port 0 or a TxD scheme is used. The method further includes, in response to determining the non-MBSFN subframe configuration and antenna port 0 or the TxD scheme being used, determining to use QCL behavior 1 for PDSCH reception. Additionally, the method includes, in response to determining a MBSFN subframe configuration and antenna port 7 being used, determining to use QCL behavior 2 for PDSCH reception.

Claims (40)

1. A method for determining quasi co-location (QCL) behavior for a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

when configured in transmission mode 10 (TM10) for a serving cell in long term evolution (LTE) wireless communication system, determining, by the UE, whether a cyclical redundancy check (CRC) for a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission is scrambled using a cell radio network temporary identifier (C-RNTI);

in response to determining that the CRC for the PDSCH transmission is scrambled using the C-RNTI, determining whether a transmission scheme of the PDSCH transmission uses a non-multicast broadcast single frequency network (non-MB SFN) subframe configuration and whether the PDSCH transmission is transmitted on antenna port 0 or a transmit diversity scheme is used; and

in response to determining the non-MBSFN subframe configuration and antenna port 0 or the transmit diversity scheme being used, determining to use QCL behavior 1 for PDSCH reception.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein, for QCL behavior 1, the UE is configured to assume that a cell specific reference signal (CRS) and PDSCH are quasi co-located.

3. The method of claim 2 further comprising:

when configured in TM10 and in response to determining that the CRC for the PDSCH transmission is scrambled using the C-RNTI, determining whether the transmission scheme of the PDSCH transmission uses a MBSFN subframe configuration and whether the PDSCH transmission is transmitted on antenna port 7; and

in response to determining the MBSFN subframe configuration and antenna port 7 being used, determining to use QCL behavior 2 for PDSCH reception.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein, for QCL behavior 2, the UE is configured to assume that the CRS, a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), and a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) are not quasi co-located with an exception that the UE is configured to assume a PDSCH DMRS and a particular CSI-RS resource indicated by physical layer signaling to be quasi co-located.

5. The method of claim 2 further comprising:

when configured in TM10, determining whether the CRC for the PDSCH transmission is scrambled using a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) C-RNTI; and

in response to determining that the CRC for the PDSCH transmission is scrambled using the SPS C-RNTI, determining to use QCL behavior 2 for PDSCH reception.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein, for QCL behavior 2, the UE is configured to assume that the CRS, a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), and a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) are not quasi co-located with an exception that the UE is configured to assume a PDSCH DMRS and a particular CSI-RS resource indicated by physical layer signaling to be quasi co-located.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein determining whether the CRC for the PDSCH transmission is scrambled using C-RNTI or SPS C-RNTI is performed in response to dynamic control information (DCI) format 1A and QCL type B being configured.

8. An apparatus in a user equipment (UE) capable of determining quasi co-location (QCL) behavior for the UE, the apparatus comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission; and

a controller configured to:

determine, when configured in transmission mode 10 (TM10) for a serving cell in long term evolution (LTE) wireless communication system, whether a cyclical redundancy check (CRC) for the PDSCH transmission is scrambled using a cell radio network temporary identifier (C-RNTI);

determine, in response to determining that the CRC for the PDSCH transmission is scrambled using the C-RNTI, whether a transmission scheme of the PDSCH transmission uses a non-multicast broadcast single frequency network (non-MBSFN) subframe configuration and whether the PDSCH transmission is transmitted on antenna port 0 or a transmit diversity scheme is used; and

determine, in response to determining the non-MBSFN subframe configuration and antenna port 0 or the transmit diversity scheme being used, to use QCL behavior 1 for PDSCH reception.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein, for QCL behavior 1, the UE is configured to assume that a cell specific reference signal (CRS) and PDSCH are quasi co-located.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

determine, when configured in TM10 and in response to determining that the CRC for the PDSCH transmission is scrambled using the C-RNTI, whether the transmission scheme of the PDSCH transmission uses a MBSFN subframe configuration and whether the PDSCH transmission is transmitted on antenna port 7; and

determine, in response to determining the MBSFN subframe configuration and antenna port 7 being used, to use QCL behavior 2 for PDSCH reception.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein, for QCL behavior 2, the UE is configured to assume that the CRS, a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), and a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) are not quasi co-located with an exception that the UE is configured to assume a PDSCH DMRS and a particular CSI-RS resource indicated by physical layer signaling to be quasi co-located.

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

determine, when configured in TM10, whether the CRC for the PDSCH transmission is scrambled using a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) C-RNTI; and

determine, in response to determining that the CRC for the PDSCH transmission is scrambled using the SPS C-RNTI, to use QCL behavior 2 for PDSCH reception.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein, for QCL behavior 2, the UE is configured to assume that the CRS, a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), and a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) are not quasi co-located with an exception that the UE is configured to assume a PDSCH DMRS and a particular CSI-RS resource indicated by physical layer signaling to be quasi co-located.

14. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the controller is further configured to determine whether the CRC for the PDSCH transmission is scrambled using C-RNTI or SPS C-RNTI is performed in response to dynamic control information (DCI) format 1A and QCL type B being configured.

15. An apparatus in a transmission point capable of indicating quasi co-location (QCL) behavior to a user equipment (UE), the apparatus comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission,

wherein the transmission point is configured to indicate for UE to use QCL behavior 1 for PDSCH reception when the UE is configured in transmission mode 10 (TM10), a cyclical redundancy check (CRC) for the PDSCH transmission is scrambled using a cell radio network temporary identifier (C-RNTI), a transmission scheme of the PDSCH transmission uses a non-multicast broadcast single frequency network (non-MBSFN) subframe configuration, and the PDSCH transmission is transmitted on antenna port 0 or a transmit diversity scheme is used.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein, for QCL behavior 1, the UE is configured to assume that a cell specific reference signal (CRS) and PDSCH are quasi co-located.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the transmission point is configured to indicate for the UE to use QCL behavior 2 for PDSCH reception when the UE is configured in TM10, the transmission scheme of the PDSCH transmission uses a MBSFN subframe configuration, and the PDSCH transmission is transmitted on antenna port 7.

18. The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein, for QCL behavior 2, the UE is configured to assume that the CRS, a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), and a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) are not quasi co-located with an exception that the UE is configured to assume a PDSCH DMRS and a particular CSI-RS resource indicated by physical layer signaling to be quasi co-located.

19. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein:

the transmission point is configured to indicate for the UE to use QCL behavior 2 when the UE is configured in TM10, and the CRC for the PDSCH transmission is scrambled using a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) C-RNTI, and

for QCL behavior 2, the UE is configured to assume that the CRS, the CSI-RS, and the DMRS are not quasi co-located with an exception that the UE is configured to assume a PDSCH DMRS and a particular CSI-RS resource indicated by physical layer signaling to be quasi co-located.

20. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit the PDSCH transmission when dynamic control information (DCI) format 1A and QCL type B are configured.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 14, 2013
From: NG, BOON LOONG; KIM, YOUNSUN; NAM, YOUNG-HAN; LEE, HYOJIN; SAYANA, KRISHNA
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 031006/0134 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61721335 · Nov 1, 2012
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