METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION FOR SUPPORTING 256 QAM IN WIRELESS ACCESS SYSTEM

• US 20160211904A1
• Filed: 10/06/2014
• Published: 07/21/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: KIM, Bonghoe, SEO, Dongyoun
• Application Number:
  US14/914,047
• Publication Number:
  US 20160211904A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0626 Channel coefficients, e.g. channel state information [CSI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0632 Channel quality parameters, e.g. channel quality indicator [CQI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0003 by switching between different modulation schemes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0007 by modifying the frame length
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0016 involving special memory structures, e.g. look-up tables
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0026 Transmission of channel quality indication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0027 Scheduling of signalling, e.g. occurrence thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/34 Amplitude- and phase-modulated carrier systems, e.g. quadrature-amplitude modulated carrier systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0057 Physical resource allocation for CQI
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/08 Testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic

Abstract

The present invention relates to a wireless access system, and to methods for transmitting and receiving channel state information (CSI) for supporting a 256 quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) modulation mode, and devices for supporting the same. The method by which a terminal transmits a channel quality indication (CQI) index for 256 QAM in a wireless access system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, can comprise the steps of: measuring channel quality for one or more CSI subframe aggregation; and transmitting a CQI index for the channel quality respectively measured for the one or more CSI subframe aggregation according to a first CQI table or a second CQI table. In this situation, the first CQI table is capable of supporting up to 64QAM and the second CQI table is capable of supporting up to 256QAM, and the first CQI table or the second CQI table is capable of being respectively set relative to the one or more CSI subframe aggregation.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting a Channel Quality Indication (CQI) index by a User Equipment (UE) capable of supporting 256-ary Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (256QAM) in a wireless access system, the method comprising:

measuring channel quality for one or more Channel State Information (CSI) subframe sets configured for the UE; and

transmitting a CQI index corresponding to the channel quality measured for each of the one or more CSI subframe sets according to a first CQI table or a second CQI table,

wherein the first CQI table is capable of supporting up to 64QAM, the second CQI table is capable of supporting up to 256QAM, and the first CQI table or the second CQI table is configured for each of the one or more CSI subframe sets.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein CQI index 12 to CQI index 15 of the second CQI table are used to indicate 256QAM, and CQI index 12 to CQI index 15 of the first CQI table are used to indicate 64QAM.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein if it is possible to support 256QAM, the UE transmits the CQI index using the second CQI table.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein if it is not possible to support 256QAM, the UE transmits the CQI index using the first CQI table.

5. The method according to claim 2, wherein each of the first CQI table and the second CQI table has a size of 4 bits.

6. The method according to claim 2, wherein the first CQI table and the second CQI table have the same number of CQI indexes for 16QAM.

7. The method according to claim 2, further comprising receiving a higher-layer signal including an indicator indicating whether 256QAM is available for the one or more CSI subframe sets configured for the UE.

8. The method according to claim 2, wherein the UE has both the first CQI table and the second CQI table.

9. A User Equipment (UE) capable of supporting 256-ary Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (256QAM), for transmitting a Channel Quality Indication (CQI) index in a wireless access system, the UE comprising:

a transmitter; and

a processor configured to transmit a CQI index for 256QAM by controlling the transmitter,

wherein the processor is configured to measure channel quality for one or more Channel State Information (CSI) subframe sets configured for the UE, and the transmitter is configured to transmit a CQI index corresponding to the channel quality measured for each of the one or more CSI subframe sets according to a first CQI table or a second CQI table, and

wherein the first CQI table is capable of supporting up to 64QAM, the second CQI table is capable of supporting up to 256QAM, and the first CQI table or the second CQI table is configured for each of the one or more CSI subframe sets.

10. The UE according to claim 9, wherein CQI index 12 to CQI index 15 of the second CQI table are used to indicate 256QAM, and CQI index 12 to CQI index 15 of the first CQI table are used to indicate 64QAM.

11. The UE according to claim 10, wherein if it is possible to support 256QAM, the UE transmits the CQI index using the second CQI table.

12. The UE according to claim 10, wherein if it is not possible to support 256QAM, the UE transmits the CQI index using the first CQI table.

13. The UE according to claim 10, wherein each of the first CQI table and the second CQI table has a size of 4 bits.

14. The UE according to claim 10, wherein the first CQI table and the second CQI table have the same number of CQI indexes for 16QAM.

15. The UE according to claim 10, wherein the receiver is configured to receive a higher-layer signal including an indicator indicating whether 256QAM is available for the one or more CSI subframe sets configured for the UE.

16. The UE according to claim 10, wherein the UE has both the first CQI table and the second CQI table.