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US 9,654,998 · App. 14/652,719 · Granted May 16, 2017

Method for measuring interference in wireless communication system, and apparatus therefor

Inventors: Jihyun Lee (Anyang-si, KR); Seungmin Lee (Anyang-si, KR); Hanbyul Seo (Anyang-si, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04W24/10H04B7/0626H04B17/00H04B17/345H04J3/14H04J11/0023
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Patent No.
US 9,654,998
App. No.
14/652,719
Granted
May 16, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for measuring, by a user device, interference in a wireless communication system includes the steps of: receiving setting information for a target resource of an interference measurement from a base station; and reporting channel state information (CSI) based on the measured interference, wherein the setting information includes indication information for the interference measurement with respect to subbands or resource blocks of specific sub-frame sets divided according to interference environments, and a CSI process can be set for each of the specific sub-frame sets.

Claims (28)

1. A method of measuring interference by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving configuration information for a target resource of interference measurement from a base station;

measuring interference based on the configuration information; and

reporting channel state information (CSI) based on the measured interference,

wherein the configuration information includes indication information for interference measurement for subbands or resource blocks of particular subframes sets distinguished by interference environments, and a separate CSI process is configured for each of the particular subframes sets,

wherein the indication information includes an indicator that indicates whether each subband or each resource block of the particular subframes sets is valid, and

wherein, when the indicator indicates that a specific subband or resource block is invalid, interference measurement for the specific subband or resource block is not reflected in the CSI.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the indication information includes a priority of each subband or each resource block of particular subframes, and

wherein interference measurement for the subband or the resource block contributes less to the CSI as the priority decreases.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the interference measurement is not performed for the specific subband or resource block indicated to be invalid by the indicator.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the interference measurement is performed for the specific subband or resource block indicated to be invalid by the indicator, and a result of the interference measurement is excluded from a report of the CSI.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein system bandwidths of the particular subframes sets are restricted according to the indication information.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein one of the particular subframes sets includes subframes having configurations changed from an uplink subframe to a downlink subframe in a time division duplex (TDD) system.

7. A terminal for measuring interference in a wireless communication system, the terminal comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) unit; and

a processor configured to:

control the RF unit to receive configuration information for a target resource of interference measurement from a base station,

measure interference based on the configuration information, and

control the RF unit to report channel state information (CSI) abased on the measured interference,

wherein the configuration information includes indication information for interference measurement for subbands or resource blocks of particular subframes sets distinguished by interference environments, and a separate CSI process is configured for each of the particular subframes sets,

wherein the indication information includes an indicator that indicates whether each subband or each resource block of the particular subframes sets is valid, and

wherein, when the indicator indicates that a specific subband or resource block is invalid, interference measurement for the specific subband or resource block is not reflected in the CSI.

8. The terminal according to claim 7 , wherein the indication information includes a priority of each subband or each resource block of particular subframes, and

wherein interference measurement for the subband or the resource block contributes less to the CSI as the priority decreases.

9. The terminal according to claim 7 , wherein the interference measurement is not performed for the specific subband or resource block indicated to be invalid by the indicator.

10. The terminal according to claim 7 , wherein the interference measurement is performed for the specific subband or resource block indicated to be invalid by the indicator, and a result of the interference measurement is excluded from a report of the CSI.

11. The terminal according to claim 7 , wherein system bandwidths of the particular subframes sets are restricted according to the indication information.

12. The terminal according to claim 7 , wherein one of the particular subframes sets includes subframes having configurations changed from an uplink subframe to a downlink subframe in a time division duplex (TDD) system.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 17, 2015
From: LEE, JIHYUN; LEE, SEUNGMIN; SEO, HANBYUL
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 035849/0581 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61748443 · Jan 2, 2013
Related Publication 20150319636A1 · Nov 5, 2015