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US 9,641,298 · App. 14/411,781 · Granted May 2, 2017

Method and device for receiving downlink signal in wireless communication system

Inventors: Eunsun Kim (Anyang-si, KR); Hanbyul Seo (Anyang-si, KR); Byounghoon Kim (Anyang-si, KR); Kijun Kim (Anyang-si, KR); Jonghyun Park (Anyang-si, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04L5/0048H04J11/0053H04L5/0023H04L5/0035H04L5/0094
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Patent No.
US 9,641,298
App. No.
14/411,781
Granted
May 2, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for a terminal for receiving a downlink signal according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a step of receiving a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) on the basis of CSI-RS configuration information elements containing quasi co-location cell-specific reference signal (QCL CRS), wherein the terminal receives the CSI-RS by means of a QCL assumption on the basis of the QCL CRS information, and if the information contained in the QCL CRS information and the information known to the terminal corresponding to the information contained in the QCL CRS are not in agreement, then the information known to the terminal is applied preferentially.

Claims (21)

1. A method for receiving a downlink signal by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, via a radio resource control (RRC) signaling, a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) according to CSI-RS configuration information including quasi co-location (QCL) cell-specific reference signal (CRS) information,

wherein the UE receives the CSI-RS using a QCL assumption based on the QCL CRS information, and

if information included in the QCL CRS information is not equal to system information Which corresponds to the information included in the QCL CRS information and is known to, and acquired by, the UE through a system information block, the system information known to the UE is given priority and applied.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the information included in the QCL CRS information includes cell identifier (ID) related information, information about a number of CRS ports, and multimedia broadcast single frequency network (MBSFN) subframe configuration information.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein, if the number of CRS ports is greater than a number of CRS ports known to the UE by the system information, the QCL assumption is applied only to the number of CRS ports known to the UE.

4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein if the number of CRS ports is less than a number of CRS ports known to the UE by the system information, the QCL assumption is applied to CRS ports corresponding to the information about the number of CRS ports.

5. The method according to claim 2 , wherein, if a subframe in which the CSI-RS is received is an MBSFN subframe according to the MBSFN subframe configuration information and is a normal subframe according to the system information known to the UE, all CRSs of the subframe in which the CSI-RS is received are used for the QCL assumption.

6. The method according to claim 2 , wherein, if a subframe in which the CSI-RS is received is a normal subframe according to the MBSFN subframe configuration information and is an MBSFN subframe according to the system information known to the UE, CRSs up to the second OFDM symbol in the subframe in which the CSI-RS is received are used for the QCL assumption.

7. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the cell ID related information is equal to serving cell ID related information of the UE.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein system information which corresponds to the information about the number of CRS ports and is known to the UE is acquired when the UE performs initial access to a serving cell.

9. The method according to claim 2 , wherein system information which corresponds to the MBSFN configuration information and is known to the UE is acquired by the UE through the system information block.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a subframe in which the CSI-RS is received is not included in a broadcast control channel (BCCH) modification period.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein, if the subframe in which the CSI-RS is received is included in the BCCH modification period, information included in the QCL CRS information is given priority over the system information known to the UE and applied.

12. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the CSI-RS configuration information is transmitted to the UE through higher layer signaling.

13. A user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a reception module; and

a processor connected with the reception module,

wherein the processor is configured to control the reception module to receive, via a radio resource control (RRC) signaling, a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) according to CSI-RS configuration information including quasi co-location (QCL) cell-specific reference signal (CRS) information, and

wherein the UE receives the CSI-RS using a QCL assumption based on the QCL CRS information, and

if information included in the QCL CRS information is not equal to system information which corresponds to the information included in the QCL CRS information and is known to, and acquired by, the UE through a system information block, the system information known to the UE is given priority and applied.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 30, 2014
From: KIM, EUNSUN; SEO, HANBYUL; KIM, BYOUNGHOON; KIM, KIJUN; PARK, JONGHYUN
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Continuity (7)
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