Method and device for estimating channel in wireless communication system

• US 10,103,904 B2
• Filed: 10/06/2014
• Issued: 10/16/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Imperial Innovations Limited (Imperial College London), Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Imperial Lnnovations Limited, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Choi, Seung-Hoon, Clerckx, Bruno, Hao, Chenxi
• Primary Examiner(s): Jangbahadur, Lakeram
• Application Number:
  US15/027,143
• Publication Number:
  US 20160248607A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,471 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 25/022 of frequency response
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 25/0224 using sounding signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 25/0242 using matrix methods
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0048 Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0446 Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/541 using the level of interference

Abstract

A method for estimating a channel in a wireless communication system in which a plurality of terminals and a base station communicate with each other, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: receiving reference signals transmitted through a plurality of slots; and estimating a channel by using the reference signals. Here, for the channel estimation, the number of reference signals received through at least one slot among the plurality of slots is different from the number of reference signals received through the other slots.

Claims

1. A method for performing channel estimation, by a first terminal, in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving demodulation-reference signals (DM-RSs) transmitted through a plurality of slots; and

performing the channel estimation by using the DM-RSs,

wherein at least one first slot of the plurality of slots includes at least one first DM-RS, which is used to perform channel estimation on a first signal transmitted to a second terminal,

wherein at least one second slot of the plurality of slots includes at least one second DM-RS, which is used to perform channel estimation on a second signal transmitted to the first terminal,

wherein at least one third slot of the plurality of slots includes at least one third DM-RS, which is used to perform channel estimation on a third signal transmitted to the first terminal and the second terminal,

wherein the at least one third slot of the plurality of slots includes at least two fourth DM-RSs, which are used to perform channel estimation on a first sub signal and a second sub signal included in the third signal transmitted to the first terminal and the second terminal,

wherein the first sub signal is related to the first signal and the second sub signal is related to the second signal, and

wherein the first sub signal is derived from a result of channel estimation by using the at least one first DM-RS, and the second sub signal is derived from a result of channel estimation by using the at least one second DM-RS.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the third signal is a mixture of overhead interference related to the first signal and the second signal.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein a number of the DM-RSs varies with an architecture of a receiver.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein a channel state is estimated without sharing channel state information with other terminals.

5. A first terminal for performing channel estimation in a wireless communication system, the terminal comprising:

a receiver configured to receive signals transmitted from the base station; and

a processor coupled with the receiver and configured to control the receiver to receive demodulation-reference signals (DM-RSs) transmitted through a plurality of slots, and to perform the channel estimation by using the DM-RSs,

wherein at least one first slot of the plurality of slots includes at least one first DM-RS, which is used to perform channel estimation on a first signal transmitted to a second terminal,

wherein at least one second slot of the plurality of slots includes at least one second DM-RS, which is used to perform channel estimation on a second signal transmitted to the first terminal,

wherein at least one third slot of the plurality of slots includes at least one third DM-RS, which is used to perform channel estimation on a third signal transmitted to the first terminal and the second terminal,

wherein the at least one third slot of the plurality of slots includes at least two fourth DM-RS, which are used to perform channel estimation on a first sub signal and a second sub signal included in the third signal transmitted to the first terminal and the second terminal,

wherein the first sub signal is related to the first signal and the second sub signal is related to the second signal, and

wherein the first sub signal is derived from a result of channel estimation by using the at least one first DM-RS, and the second sub signal is derived from a result of channel estimation by using the at least one second DM-RS.

6. The first terminal of claim 5, wherein the third signal is a mixture of overhead interference related to the first signal and the second signal.

7. The first terminal of claim 5, wherein a number of the DM-RSs varies with an architecture of a receiver.

8. The first terminal of claim 5, wherein the processor is configured to estimates a channel state without sharing channel state information with other terminals.