METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPORTING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

• US 20150124736A1
• Filed: 06/24/2013
• Published: 05/07/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Ko, Hyunsoo, Kim, Kitae, Chung, Jaehoon
• Granted Patent: US 9,794,817 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/329
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0413 MIMO systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0456 Selection of precoding matrices or codebooks, e.g. using matrices antenna weighting
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0479 for multi-dimensional arrays, e.g. horizontal or vertical pre-distortion matrix index [PMI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0617 for beam forming
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0626 Channel coefficients, e.g. channel state information [CSI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0053 Allocation of signaling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/10 Scheduling measurement reports ; Arrangements for measurement reports

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for reporting channel status information (CSI). According to one embodiment of the present invention, the method comprises receiving a first CSI-reference signal (CSI-RS) based on CSI-RS configuration information with respect to a first domain antenna group of a two-dimensional antenna structure; reporting a first piece of CSI with respect to the first domain antenna group, which is generated using the first CSI-RS; receiving a second CSI-RS, based on CSI-RS configuration information with respect to a second domain antenna group of the two-dimensional antenna structure; and reporting a second piece of CSI with respect to the second domain antenna group, which is generated using the second CSI-RS, wherein the CSI-RS configuration information with respect to the second domain antenna group can be determined based on the first piece of CSI.

Claims

1. A method for reporting channel status information (CSI) from a user equipment in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving from a base station a first channel status information-reference signal (CSI-RS) based on CSI-RS configuration information for a first domain antenna group of a two-dimensional antenna structure, the CSI-RS configuration information for the first domain antenna group being provided from the base station;

reporting to the base station first CSI for the first domain antenna group, the first CSI being generated by using the first CSI-RS;

receiving from the base station a second CSI-RS based on CSI-RS configuration information for a second domain antenna group of the two-dimensional antenna structure, the CSI-RS configuration information for the second domain antenna group being provided from the base station; and

reporting to the base station second CSI for the second domain antenna group, the second CSI is generated by using the second CSI-RS,

wherein the CSI-RS configuration information for the second domain antenna group is determined based on the first CSI.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first CSI includes a precoding vector preferred for the first domain, and beamforming in the first domain is determined by considering the precoding vector preferred for the first domain.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the second CSI-RS configuration information is determined by assuming that beamforming in the first domain is applied based on the first CSI.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the second CSI includes a precoding vector preferred for the second domain, beamforming in the second domain is determined by considering the precoding vector preferred for the second domain, and the precoding vector preferred for the second domain is determined by assuming that beamforming in the first domain is applied.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein three-dimensional beamforming for the two-dimensional antenna structure is determined by combination of beamforming in the first domain and beamforming in the second domain, the beamforming in the first domain and the beamforming in the second domain being determined considering the first CSI and the second CSI, respectively.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the CSI-RS configuration information for the first domain antenna group is provided statically, and the CSI-RS configuration information for the second domain antenna group is provided dynamically.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein a transmission period of the first CSI-RS is greater than a transmission period of the second CSI-RS.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the CSI-RS configuration information for the first domain antenna group includes a first antenna port count parameter, a first resource configuration parameter, a first subframe configuration parameter, and a first transmission power rate parameter.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the CSI-RS configuration information for the second domain antenna group includes a second antenna port count parameter, a second resource configuration parameter, a second subframe configuration parameter, and a second transmission power rate parameter.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the two-dimensional antenna structure is configured by a number of antennas of the second domain antenna group×

a number of antennas of the first domain antenna group.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first domain is a horizontal domain, and the second domain is a vertical domain.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first domain is a vertical domain, and the second domain is a horizontal domain.

13. A user equipment for reporting channel status information (CSI) in a wireless communication system, the user equipment comprising:

a receiver;

a transmitter; and

a processor,

wherein the processor is configured to receive from a base station a first channel status information-reference signal (CSI-RS) by using the receiver on the basis of CSI-RS configuration information for a first domain antenna group of a two-dimensional antenna structure, the CSI-RS configuration information for the first domain antenna group being provided from the base station, report to the base station first CSI for the first domain antenna group, the first CSI being generated by using the first CSI-RS, by using the transmitter, receive from the base station a second CSI-RS by using the receiver based on CSI-RS configuration information for a second domain antenna group of the two-dimensional antenna structure, the CSI-RS configuration information for the second domain antenna group being provided from the base station, and report to the base station second CSI for the second domain antenna group, the second CSI being generated by using the second CSI-RS, by using the transmitter, and

the CSI-RS configuration information for the second domain antenna group is determined based on the first CSI.

14. A method for receiving channel status information (CSI) in a base station of a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

providing a user equipment with CSI-RS configuration information for a first domain antenna group of a two-dimensional antenna structure of the base station and transmitting a first channel status information-reference signal (CSI-RS) to the user equipment based on CSI-RS configuration information for the first domain antenna group;

receiving from the user equipment first CSI for the first domain antenna group, the first CSI being generated in the user equipment by using the first CSI-RS;

providing the user equipment with CSI-RS configuration information for a second domain antenna group of the two-dimensional antenna structure and transmitting a second CSI-RS to the user equipment based on the CSI-RS configuration information for the second domain antenna group; and

receiving from the user equipment the second CSI-RS for the second domain antenna group, the second CSI being generated in the user equipment by using the second CSI-RS, wherein the CSI-RS configuration information for the second domain antenna group is determined based on the first CSI.

15. A base station for receiving channel status information (CSI) in a wireless communication system, the base station comprising:

a receiver;

a transmitter; and

a processor,

wherein the processor is configured to provide a user equipment with CSI-RS configuration information for a first domain antenna group of a two-dimensional antenna structure of the base station and transmit a first channel status information-reference signal (CSI-RS) to the user equipment based on CSI-RS configuration information for the first domain antenna group, receive from the user equipment first CSI for the first domain antenna group, the first CSI being generated in the user equipment by using the first CSI-RS, provide the user equipment with CSI-RS configuration information for a second domain antenna group of the two-dimensional antenna structure and transmit a second CSI-RS to the user equipment based on the CSI-RS configuration information for the second domain antenna group, and receive from the user equipment the second CSI-RS for the second domain antenna group, the second CSI being generated in the user equipment by using the second CSI-RS, wherein the CSI-RS configuration information for the second domain antenna group is determined based on the first CSI.