Method, system and device for selecting demodulation reference signal pattern information

• US 20160087774A1
• Filed: 04/14/2014
• Published: 03/24/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: Guo, Senbao, Sun, Yunfeng, Zhang, Junfeng, Zuo, Zhisong
• Application Number:
  US14/787,758
• Publication Number:
  US 20160087774A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0051 of dedicated pilots, i.e. pilots destined for a single user or terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0094 Indication of how sub-channels of the path are allocated
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal

Abstract

Disclosed in the present invention are a method, a system and a device for selecting Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) pattern information, wherein the method includes that a base station selects DMRS pattern information on the basis of a preset first rule, and informs a terminal of the selected DMRS pattern information; and the base station sends a DMRS to the terminal according to the selected DMRS pattern information.

Claims

1. A method for selecting Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) pattern information, comprising:

selecting, by a base station, DMRS pattern information on the basis of a preset first rule, and informing a terminal of the selected DMRS pattern information; and

sending, by the base station, a DMRS to the terminal according to the selected DMRS pattern information;

wherein the first rule at least comprises one of the followings;

a Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS), a size of continuous Physical Resource Block (PRB) pairs allocated for the terminal, a size of Physical Resource Group (PRG), a mode of continuously scheduling sub-frames in time domain or a number of the continuously scheduled sub-frames, a system bandwidth, a carrier index, a carrier type, a carrier frequency, a start position of an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol of a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH), a start position of an OFDM symbol of an Enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel (EPDCCH), a PDSCH RE Mapping and Quasi-Co-Location Indicator (PQI) based on a PDSCH, high layer signalling configuration based on a sub-frame cluster and a sub-frame type.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the DMRS pattern information at least comprises one of the following information:

a pattern of the DMRS, sequence information of the DMRS and port information of the DMRS.

3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising:

before selecting, by the base station, the DMRS pattern information on the basis of the preset first rule,

storing, by the base station and the terminal, one or more preset DMRS pattern information respectively;

or

storing, by the base station, one or more preset DMRS pattern information, and sending, by the base station, all the stored preset DMRS pattern information to the terminal through high layer signalling.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the operation of informing the terminal of the selected DMRS pattern information comprises:

writing, by the base station, the selected DMRS pattern information into DL_Grant of a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) or an EPDDCH, and sending the selected DMRS pattern information to the terminal,

wherein the operation of writing the selected DMRS pattern information into the DL_Grant of the PDCCH or the EPDDCH comprises;

writing the selected DMRS pattern information into a newly-added information bit or an existing information bit of the DL_Grant of the PDCCH or the EPDDCH,

wherein the existing information bit of the DL_Grant is an MCS bit.

7. The method according to claim 4, wherein the operation of selecting, by the base station, the DMRS pattern information on the basis of the preset first rule comprises:

selecting one from the preset DMRS pattern information according to a transmission rate of the PDSCH or a predefined rate.

8. The method according to claim 4, wherein the operation of selecting, by the base station, the DMRS pattern information on the basis of the preset first rule comprises:

selecting the DMRS pattern information according to the number of the allocated continuous PRB pairs; and

/or

selecting the DMRS pattern information according to the size of PRG configured for the terminal.

9. The method according to claim 3, wherein the operation of selecting, by the base station, the DMRS pattern information on the basis of the preset first rule comprises:

selecting the DMRS pattern information according to a mode of continuously scheduling the sub-frames in time domain configured for the terminal, or a mode of scheduling multiple sub-frames, or the number of sub-frames when scheduling the multiple sub-frames; and

/or

selecting the DMRS pattern information according to a current system bandwidth; and

/or

selecting the DMRS pattern information according to carrier indexes corresponding to carriers currently configured for the terminal; and

/or

selecting the DMRS pattern information according to a type of carriers currently configured for the terminal; and

/or

selecting the DMRS pattern information according to a frequency of carriers currently configured for the terminal; and

/or

selecting the DMRS pattern information according to a start position of an OFDM symbol of a PDSCH sent to the terminal; and

/or

selecting the DMRS pattern information according to a start position of an OFDM symbol of an EPDCCH sent to the terminal; and

/or

selecting the DMRS pattern information according to a Channel State Indication Reference Signal (CSI-RS) configured for the terminal; and

/or

selecting the DMRS pattern information according to a CSI process configured for the terminal; and

/or

selecting the DMRS pattern information according to PQI indication information and/or Nscid indication information configured for the terminal; and

/or

selecting the DMRS pattern information according to a sub-frame cluster configured for the terminal; and

/or

selecting the DMRS pattern information according to a sub-frame type configured for the terminal.

5. (canceled)

6. (canceled)

10. A method for selecting Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) pattern information, comprising:

selecting, by a terminal, DMRS pattern information on the basis of a preset second rule; and

receiving, by the terminal, a DMRS from a base station according to the selected DMRS pattern information;

wherein the preset second rule comprises at least one of the followings;

high layer signalling, a newly-added information bit in Downlink Control Information (DCI), an existing bit in the DCI, a Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS), a size of continuous Physical Resource Block (PRB) pairs allocated for the terminal, a size of Physical Resource Group (PRG), a mode of continuously scheduling sub-frames in time domain or the number of the continuously scheduled sub-frames, a system bandwidth, a carrier index, a carrier type, a carrier frequency, a start position of an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol of a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH), a start position of an OFDM symbol of an Enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel (EPDCCH), a PDSCH RE Mapping and Quasi-Co-Location Indicator (PQI) based on a PDSCH, high layer signalling configuration based on a sub-frame cluster and a sub-frame type.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the DMRS pattern information at least comprises one of the following information:

a pattern of the DMRS, sequence information of the DMRS and port information of the DMRS.

12. The method according to claim 11, further comprising:

before selecting, by the terminal, the DMRS pattern information on the basis of the preset second rule,

storing, by the terminal, one or more preset DMRS pattern information;

or,

receiving, by the terminal, the preset DMRS pattern information sent by the base station through the high layer signalling.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the operation of selecting, by the terminal, the DMRS pattern information on the basis of the preset second rule comprises:

determining, by the terminal, the DMRS pattern information to be used for receiving the DMRS according to a newly-added information bit or an existing information bit of DL_Grant of a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) or an EPDDCH, wherein the existing information bit of the DL_Grant is an MCS bit.

15. The method according to claim 13, wherein the operation of selecting, by the terminal, the DMRS pattern information on the basis of the preset second rule comprises:

when the terminal determines, according to the MCS bit, that 256 Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) or a predefined rate of 256QAM is adopted to receive the PDSCH, adopting the second of two types of currently preset DMRS format information to receive the DMRS; and

when the terminal determines, according to the MCS bit, that non-256QAM or a predefined rate of non-256QAM is adopted to receive the PDSCH, adopting the first of the two types of currently preset DMRS format information to receive the DMRS.

16. The method according to claim 13, wherein the operation of selecting, by the terminal, the DMRS pattern information on the basis of the preset second rule comprises:

deciding, by the terminal, related information for receiving the DMRS according to the number of the allocated continuous PRB pairs;

or, deciding the related information for receiving the DMRS according to a resource allocation type and the size of PRG.

17. The method according to claim 10, wherein the operation of selecting, by the terminal, the DMRS pattern information on the basis of the preset second rule comprises:

deciding, by the terminal, related information for receiving the DMRS according to the mode of continuously scheduling the sub-frames in time domain or a mode of scheduling multiple sub-frames or the number of sub-frames when scheduling the multiple sub-frames; and

/or,

deciding, by the terminal, related information for sending the DMRS according to the system bandwidth; and

/or,

obtaining, by the terminal, DMRS format information for a corresponding carrier by receiving corresponding DMRS format information which is configured separately by the high layer signalling for one or more carriers; and

/or,

deciding, by the terminal, DMRS format information for currently receiving a DMRS carrier by judging a type of a configured carrier; and

/or,

deciding, by the terminal, DMRS format information for currently receiving a DMRS carrier by judging a frequency of a configured carrier; and

/or,

deciding, by the terminal, DMRS format information for currently receiving a DMRS carrier according to a start position of an OFDM symbol of a PDSCH sent accordingly; and

/or,

deciding, by the terminal, EPDCCH DMRS format information for currently receiving an EPDCCH DMRS carrier according to a start position of an OFDM symbol of an EPDCCH sent accordingly; and

/or,

obtaining, by the terminal, one or more CSI-RS through the high layer signalling, and obtaining a piece of DMRS format information configured for each CSI-RS; and

deciding related information for receiving the DMRS according to the CSI-RS configured corresponding to a sub-frame; and

/or,

obtaining, by the terminal, one or more CSI processes through the high layer signalling, and deciding related information for receiving the DMRS according to the CSI process configured corresponding to a sub-frame; and

/or,

determining, by the terminal, DMRS format information according to current PQI and/or Nscid indication information; and

/or,

determining, by the terminal, DMRS format information according to a corresponding sub-frame cluster; and

/or,

determining, by the terminal, DMRS format information according to a corresponding sub-frame type.

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18. (canceled)

19. A base station, comprising:

a control module configured to select Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) pattern information on the basis of a preset first rule, and inform a terminal of the selected DMRS pattern information through a communication module;

the communication module configured to send a DMRS to the terminal according to the selected DMRS pattern information;

wherein, the preset first rule comprises one of the followings;

a Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS), a size of continuous Physical Resource Block (PRB) pairs allocated for the terminal, a size of Physical Resource Group (PRG), a mode of continuously scheduling sub-frames in time domain or a number of the continuously scheduled sub-frames, a system bandwidth, a carrier index, or a carrier type, a carrier frequency, a start position of an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol of a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH), a start position of an OFDM symbol of an Enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel (EPDCCH), a PDSCH RE Mapping and Quasi-Co-Location Indicator (PQI) based on a PDSCH, high layer signalling configuration based on a sub-frame cluster and a sub-frame type.

20. The base station according to claim 19, further comprising:

a storage module configured to store one or more preset DMRS pattern information;

or,

the storage module is configured to, store the one or more preset DMRS pattern information, and send all the stored preset DMRS pattern information to be sent to the terminal through high layer signalling to the control module;

accordingly, the control module is configured to send to the terminal all the DMRS pattern information which is sent from the storage module;

wherein, the DMRS pattern information at least comprises one of the following information;

a pattern of the DMRS, sequence information of the DMRS and port information of the DMRS.

21. The base station according to claim 20, wherein,

the control module is configured to write the selected DMRS pattern information into DL_Grant of a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) or an EPDDCH, and send the selected DMRS pattern information to the terminal through the communication module, wherein the selected DMRS pattern information is written into a newly-added information bit or an existing information bit of the DL_Grant and wherein the existing information bit of the DL_Grant is an MCS bit.

23. The base station according to claim 21, wherein,

the control module is configured to select one from currently preset DMRS pattern information according to a transmission rate of the PDSCH or a predefined rate.

24. The base station according to claim 23, wherein,

the control module is configured to select the DMRS pattern information according to the number of currently allocated continuous PRB pairs;

and/or,

the control module is configured to select the DMRS pattern information according to the size of PRG configured for the terminal.

25. The base station according to claim 24, wherein,

the control module is configured to select the DMRS pattern information according to a mode of continuously scheduling the sub-frames in time domain configured for the terminal, or a mode of scheduling multiple sub-frames, or the number of sub-frames when scheduling the multiple sub-frames;

and/or,

the control module is configured to select the DMRS pattern information according to a current system bandwidth; and

/or,

the control module is configured to select the DMRS pattern information according to carrier indexes corresponding to carriers currently configured for the terminal; and

/or,

the control module is configured to select the DMRS pattern information according to a type of carriers currently configured for the terminal; and

/or,

the control module is configured to select the DMRS pattern information according to a frequency of carriers currently configured for the terminal; and

/or,

the control module is configured to select the DMRS pattern information according to a start position of an OFDM symbol of a PDSCH sent to the terminal; and

/or,

the control module is configured to select the DMRS pattern information according to a start position of an OFDM symbol of a EPDCCH sent to the terminal; and

/or,

the control module is configured to select the DMRS pattern information according to a CSI-RS configured for the terminal; and

/or,

the control module is configured to select the DMRS pattern information according to a CSI process configured for the terminal; and

/or,

the control module is configured to select the DMRS pattern information according to PQI indication information and/or Nscid indication information configured for the terminal; and

/or,

the control module is configured to select the DMRS pattern information according to a sub-frame cluster configured for the terminal; and

/or,

the control module is configured to select the DMRS pattern information according to a sub-frame type configured for the terminal.

22. (canceled)

26. A terminal, comprising:

a processing module configured to select Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) pattern information on the basis of a preset second rule;

a receiving module configured to receive a DMRS according to the DMRS pattern information;

wherein, the preset second rule comprises at least one of the followings;

high layer signalling, a newly-added information bit in Downlink Control Information (DCI), an existing bit in the DCI, a Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS), a size of continuous Physical Resource Block (PRB) pairs allocated for the terminal, a size of Physical Resource Group (PRG), a mode of continuously scheduling sub-frames in time domain or the number of the continuously scheduled sub-frames, a system bandwidth, a carrier index, a carrier type, a carrier frequency, a start position of an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol of a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH), a start position of an OFDM symbol of an Enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel (EPDCCH), a PDSCH RE Mapping and Quasi-Co-Location Indicator (PQI) based on the PDSCH, high layer signalling configuration based on a sub-frame cluster and a sub-frame type.

27. The terminal according to claim 26, further comprising:

a storage module configured to store one or more preset DMRS pattern information;

or, the storage module is configured to store the DMRS pattern information sent from the receiving module.

28. The terminal according to claim 27, wherein,

the receiving module is configured to determine the DMRS pattern information to be used for receiving the DMRS according to a newly-added information bit or an existing information bit of DL_Grant of a PDCCH or an EPDDCH, wherein the existing information bit of the DL_Grant is an MCS bit.

30. The terminal according to claim 28, wherein,

the receiving module is configured to, when determining, according to the MCS bit, to adopt 256 Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) or a predefined rate of 256QAM to receive the PDSCH, adopt the second of two types of currently preset DMRS format information to receive the DMRS;

and

the receiving module is configured to, when determining, according to the MCS bit, to adopt non-256QAM or a predefined rate of non-256QAM to receive the PDSCH, adopt the first of two types of currently preset DMRS format information to receive the DMRS.

31. The terminal according to claim 30, wherein the receiving module is configured to decide related information for receiving the DMRS according to the number of the allocated continuous PRB pairs;

or, the receiving module is configured to decide the related information of receiving the DMRS according to a resource allocation type and the size of PRG.

32. The terminal according to claim 26, wherein the receiving module is configured to decide related information for receiving the DMRS according to the mode of continuously scheduling the sub-frames in time domain or a mode of scheduling multiple sub-frames or the number of sub-frames when scheduling the multiple sub-frames;

and/or,

the receiving module is configured to decide related information for sending the DMRS according to the system bandwidth; and

/or,

the receiving module is configured to obtain DMRS format information for a corresponding carrier by receiving corresponding DMRS format information which is configured separately by the high layer signalling for one or more carriers; and

/or,

the receiving module is configured to decide DMRS format information for currently receiving a DMRS carrier by judging a type of a configured carrier; and

/or,

the receiving module is configured to decide DMRS format information for currently receiving a DMRS carrier by judging a frequency of a configured carrier; and

/or,

the receiving module is configured to decide DMRS format information for currently receiving a DMRS carrier according to a start position of an OFDM symbol of a PDSCH sent accordingly; and

/or,

the receiving module is configured to decide EPDCCH DMRS format information for currently receiving an EPDCCH DMRS carrier according to a start position of an OFDM symbol of an EPDCCH sent accordingly; and

/or,

the receiving module is configured to obtain one or more CSI-RS through the high layer signalling, obtain a piece of DMRS format information configured for each CSI-RS, and decide related information for receiving the DMRS according to the CSI-RS configured corresponding to a sub-frame; and

/or,

the receiving module is configured to obtain one or more CSI processes through the high layer signalling, and decide related information for receiving the DMRS according to the CSI process configured corresponding to a sub-frame; and

/or,

the receiving module is configured to determine DMRS format information according to current PQI and/or Nscid indication information; and

/or,

the receiving module is configured to determine DMRS format information according to a corresponding sub-frame cluster; and

/or,

the receiving module is configured to determine DMRS format information according to a corresponding sub-frame type.

29. (canceled)

33. (canceled)