Method and apparatus for transmitting signal in beam forming-based communication system

• US 10,555,299 B2
• Filed: 07/10/2017
• Issued: 02/04/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Jung, Jung-Soo
• Primary Examiner(s): Huynh, Chuck
• Application Number:
  US15/645,893
• Publication Number:
  US 20170311324A1
• Time in Patent Office: 939 Days
• Field of Search: 4554521
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0617 for beam forming
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0446 Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames

Abstract

A method of transmitting a signal by a base station in a beam forming-based communication system is provided. The method includes: transmitting the signal using a transmission beam having at least one of a beam width and a transmission period in reverse proportion to one of a distance between a position of a transmission target region of the transmission beam for transmitting the signal within a service coverage of the base station and the base station and a size or area of the transmission target region.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting a signal by a transmitting apparatus in a beam forming-based communication system, the method comprising

transmitting a first reference signal using a first transmission beam based on a first transmission period and a second reference signal using a second transmission beam based on a second transmission period,

wherein a first beam width of the first transmission beam is broader than a second beam width of the second transmission beam if a first target region of the first transmission beam is closer to the transmitting apparatus than a second target region of the second transmission beam,

wherein the first beam width of the first transmission beam is narrower than the second beam width of the second transmission beam if a size of the first target region of the first transmission beam is larger than a size of the second target region of the second transmission beam,

wherein the size of the first target region is determined based on a first elevation angle and a first azimuth of the transmitting apparatus for the first transmission beam,

wherein the size of the second target region is determined based on a second elevation angle and a second azimuth of the transmitting apparatus for the second transmission beam, and

wherein the first transmission period is shorter than the second transmission period if the first beam width of the first transmission beam is broader than the second beam width of the second transmission beam.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein a first frequency resource of the first transmission beam differs from a second frequency resource of the second transmission beam.

3. A method for receiving a signal by a receiving apparatus in a beam forming-based communication system, the method comprising

receiving a first reference signal using a first transmission beam based on a first transmission period and a second reference signal using a second transmission beam based on a second transmission period,

wherein a first beam width of the first transmission beam is broader than a second beam width of the second transmission beam if a first target region of the first transmission beam is closer to a transmitting apparatus than a second target region of the second transmission beam,

wherein the first beam width of the first transmission beam is narrower than the second beam width of the second transmission beam if a size of the first target region of the first transmission beam is larger than a size of the second target region of the second transmission beam,

wherein the size of the first target region is determined based on a first elevation angle and a first azimuth of the transmitting apparatus for the first transmission beam,

wherein the size of the second target region is determined based on a second elevation angle and a second azimuth of the transmitting apparatus for the second transmission beam, and

wherein the first transmission period is shorter than the second transmission period if the first beam width of the first transmission beam is broader than the second beam width of the second transmission beam.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein a first frequency resource of the first transmission beam differs from a second frequency resource of the second transmission beam.

5. A transmitting apparatus for transmitting a signal in a beam forming-based communication system, the transmitting apparatus comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor operably connected to the transceiver, the processor configured to transmit a first reference signal using a first transmission beam based on a first transmission period and a second reference signal using a second transmission beam based on a second transmission period,

wherein a first beam width of the first transmission beam is broader than a second beam width of the second transmission beam if a first target region of the first transmission beam is closer to the transmitting apparatus than a second target region of the second transmission beam,

wherein the first beam width of the first transmission beam is narrower than the second beam width of the second transmission beam if a size of the first target region of the first transmission beam is larger than a size of the second target region of the second transmission beam,

wherein the size of the first target region is determined based on a first elevation angle and a first azimuth of the transmitting apparatus for the first transmission beam,

wherein the size of the second target region is determined based on a second elevation angle and a second azimuth of the transmitting apparatus for the second transmission beam, and

wherein the first transmission period is shorter than the second transmission period if the first beam width of the first transmission beam is broader than the second beam width of the second transmission beam.

6. The transmitting apparatus of claim 5, wherein a first frequency resource of the first transmission beam differs from a second frequency resource of the second transmission beam.

7. A receiving apparatus for receiving a signal in a beam forming-based communication system, the receiving apparatus comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor operably connected to the transceiver, the processor configured to receive a first reference signal using a first transmission beam based on a first transmission period and a second reference signal using a second transmission beam based on a second transmission period,

wherein a first beam width of the first transmission beam is broader than a second beam width of the second transmission beam if a first target region of the first transmission beam is closer to a transmitting apparatus than a second target region of the second transmission beam,

wherein the first beam width of the first transmission beam is narrower than the second beam width of the second transmission beam if a size of the first target region of the first transmission beam is larger than a size of the second target region of the second transmission beam,

wherein the size of the first target region is determined based on a first elevation angle and a first azimuth of the transmitting apparatus for the first transmission beam,

wherein the size of the second target region is determined based on a second elevation angle and a second azimuth of the transmitting apparatus for the second transmission beam, and

wherein the first transmission period is shorter than the second transmission period if the first beam width of the first transmission beam is broader than the second beam width of the second transmission beam.

8. The receiving apparatus of claim 7, wherein a first frequency resource of the first transmission beam differs from a second frequency resource of the second transmission beam.