APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSCEIVING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION

• US 20170366325A1
• Filed: 06/16/2017
• Published: 12/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KWAK, Youngwoo, NOH, Hoondong
• Granted Patent: US 10,333,681 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0626 Channel coefficients, e.g. channel state information [CSI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0003 by switching between different modulation schemes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0009 by adapting the channel coding H04L1/1812 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0025 Transmission of mode-switching indication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0031 Multiple signaling transmission H04L1/1664, F15 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1896 ARQ related signaling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0048 Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0051 of dedicated pilots, i.e. pilots destined for a single user or terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0057 Physical resource allocation for CQI
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/04 Wireless resource allocation

Abstract

A method of an evolved Node B (eNB) in a wireless environment is provided. The method includes receiving, from a user equipment (UE), a plurality of channel state information (CSI) feedback respectively corresponding to a plurality of CSI processes that are respectively allocated a plurality of precoding matrix indexes (PMIs), determining a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) value based on the plurality of received CSI feedback, and transmitting, to the UE, data modulated based on the determined MCS value by cyclically using the plurality of PMIs, wherein the plurality of CSI feedback may each include information on a channel quality indication (CQI) as to a PMI allocated to a CSI process corresponding to each of the plurality of CSI feedback.

Claims

1. A method of an evolved node B (eNB) in a wireless environment, the method comprising:

receiving, from a user equipment (UE), a plurality of channel state information (CSI) feedback respectively corresponding to a plurality of CSI processes that are respectively allocated a plurality of precoding matrix indexes (PMIs), the plurality of CSI feedback each comprising information on a channel quality indication (CQI) as to a PMI allocated to a CSI process corresponding to each of the plurality of CSI feedback;

determining a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) value based on the plurality of received CSI feedback; and

transmitting, to the UE, data modulated based on the determined MCS value by cyclically using the plurality of PMIs.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of PMIs is respectively allocated to the plurality of CSI processes based on a radio resource control (RRC) message comprising information on a codebook subset restriction.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining one first PMI among a plurality of first PMIs respectively indicating a plurality of beam groups,

wherein the plurality of PMIs comprises some of a plurality of second PMIs respectively indicating beams comprised in a beam group indicated by the determined first PMI.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the determining of the one first PMI comprises:

determining a state of a downlink between the eNB and the UE based on an uplink reference signal received from the UE when the eNB operates in a time division duplex (TDD) mode; and

determining the one first PMI among the plurality of first PMIs based on the determined state of the downlink.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the determining of the one first PMI comprises:

receiving, from the UE, a plurality of different CSI feedback respectively corresponding to a plurality of different CSI processes that are respectively allocated the plurality of first PMIs; and

determining the one first PMI among the plurality of first PMIs based on the plurality of received different CSI feedback,

wherein the plurality of different CSI feedback each comprises information on a CQI as to the one first PMI allocated to a different CSI process corresponding to each of the plurality of different CSI feedback.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting a CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) to the UE,

wherein each of the plurality of CSI feedback is generated based on the CSI-RS.

7. The method of claim 1,

wherein the transmitting of the data modulated based on the determined MCS value to the UE comprises transmitting, to the UE, the data modulated based on the determined MCS value by cyclically using the plurality of PMIs based on a designated unit, and

wherein the designated unit is set to one of a physical resource block (PRB) or a precoding resource block group (PRG).

8. An apparatus of an evolved node B (eNB) in a wireless environment, the apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one transceiver configured to be operatively coupled to the at least one processor,

wherein the at least one processor is configured to;

receive, from a user equipment (UE), a plurality of channel state information (CSI) feedback respectively corresponding to a plurality of CSI processes that are respectively allocated a plurality of precoding matrix indexes (PMIs), the plurality of CSI feedback each comprising information on a channel quality indication (CQI) as to a PMI allocated to a CSI process corresponding to each of the plurality of CSI feedback,

determine a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) value based on the plurality of received CSI feedback, and

transmit, to the UE, data modulated based on the determined MCS value by cyclically using the plurality of PMIs.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the plurality of PMIs is respectively allocated to the plurality of CSI processes based on a radio resource control (RRC) message comprising information on a codebook subset restriction.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to determine one first PMI among a plurality of first PMIs respectively indicating a plurality of beam groups, and

wherein the plurality of PMIs comprises some of a plurality of second PMIs respectively indicating beams comprised in a beam group indicated by the determined first PMI.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

determine a state of a downlink between the eNB and the UE based on an uplink reference signal received from the UE when the eNB operates in a time division duplex (TDD) mode, and

determine the one first PMI among the plurality of first PMIs based on the determined state of the downlink.

12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

receive, from the UE, a plurality of different CSI feedback respectively corresponding to a plurality of different CSI processes that are respectively allocated the plurality of first PMIs, and

determine the one first PMI among the plurality of first PMIs based on the plurality of received different CSI feedback, and

wherein the plurality of different CSI feedback each comprises information on a CQI as to the one first PMI allocated to a different CSI process corresponding to each of the plurality of different CSI feedback.

13. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to transmit a CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) to the UE, and

wherein each of the plurality of CSI feedback is generated based on the CSI-RS.

14. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to transmit, to the UE, the data modulated based on the determined MCS value by cyclically using the plurality of PMIs based on a designated unit, and

wherein the designated unit is set to one of a physical resource block (PRB) and a recoding resource block group (PRG).

15. An apparatus of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless environment, the apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one transceiver configured to be operatively coupled to the at least one processor,

wherein the at least one processor is configured to;

transmit, to an evolved node B (eNB), a plurality of channel state information (CSI) feedback respectively corresponding to a plurality of CSI processes that are respectively allocated a plurality of precoding matrix indexes (PMIs), the plurality of CSI feedback each comprising information on a channel quality indication (CQI) as to a PMI allocated to a CSI process corresponding to each of the plurality of CSI feedback, and

receive, from the eNB, data transmitted by cyclically using the plurality of PMIs, and

wherein the data transmitted from the eNB is modulated based on a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) value determined based on the plurality of CSI feedback.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the plurality of PMIs is respectively allocated to the plurality of CSI processes based on a radio resource control (RRC) message comprising information on a codebook subset restriction.

17. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the plurality of PMIs comprises some of a plurality of second PMIs respectively indicating beams comprised in a beam group indicated by one first PMI determined among a plurality of first PMIs respectively indicating a plurality of beam groups.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to transmit, to the eNB, a plurality of different CSI feedback respectively corresponding to a plurality of different CSI processes that are respectively allocated the plurality of first PMIs,

wherein the plurality of transmitted different CSI feedback each comprises information on a CQI as to the first PMI allocated to a different CSI process corresponding to each of the plurality of different CSI feedback, and

wherein the determined first PMI is determined among the plurality of first PMIs based on the plurality of different CSI feedback.

19. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

receive configuration information on a CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) from the eNB, and

receive a CSI-RS from the eNB based on the received configuration information on the CSI-RS, and

wherein each of the plurality of CSI feedback is generated based on the CSI-RS.

20. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the data transmitted from the eNB is received by the UE by cyclically using the plurality of PMIs based on a designated unit, and

wherein the designated unit is set to one of a physical resource block (PRB) or a precoding resource block group (PRG).