Method of transmitting reference signals for cooperative wireless communication system and method of allocating radio resources for relay-based wireless communication system

• US 8,315,639 B2
• Filed: 07/28/2009
• Issued: 11/20/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Taissa Research LLC
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Byoung Hoon, Seo, Han Byul, Jo, Jun Ho
• Primary Examiner(s): TAYLOR, BARRY W
• Application Number:
  US12/510,910
• Publication Number:
  US 20100080269A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,211 Days
• Field of Search: 455/450, 455/7, 455/11.1, 455/17, 370/315
• US Class Current: 455/450
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2613 Structure of the reference signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0023 Time-frequency-space
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0032 Distributed allocation, i.e. involving a plurality of allocating devices, each making partial allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0035 Resource allocation in a cooperative multipoint environment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0048 Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver

Abstract

A method of transmitting reference signals in a wireless communication system for cooperative communication is provided. The wireless communication system defines a plurality of transmission patterns of the reference signals each having a different pattern, and each of a plurality of base stations and/or each of a base station and a relay station participating in the cooperative communication transmit the reference signals based on one transmission pattern selected from the plurality of transmission patterns of the reference signals.

Claims

1. A wireless communication system configured to participate in cooperative communication, the wireless communication system comprising:

a relay station configured to transmit an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol to a first user equipment (UE) with a first transmission pattern of reference signals selected from available transmission patterns via a first frequency band during a transmission duration, receive uplink data from the first UE via a second frequency band different from the first frequency band during the transmission duration, and not transmit allocation information related to the first transmission pattern; and

a base station configured to transmit the OFDM symbol to the relay station with a second transmission pattern of reference signals selected from the available transmission patterns via the second frequency band during the transmission duration, and not transmit allocation information related to the second transmission pattern,

wherein the available transmission patterns include a first pattern in which odd subframes include reference signals and even subframes do not include reference signals, a second pattern in which even subframes include reference signals and odd subframes do not include reference signals, and a third pattern in which every subframe includes reference signals,

wherein the first transmission pattern is different from the second transmission pattern,

wherein the OFDM symbol includes a frame consisting of ten subframes, and

wherein the first UE is configured to detect the first transmission pattern by correlating the available transmission patterns with a received signal without using the allocation information.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a second UE configured to directly receive the OFDM symbol from the base station, and detect the second transmission pattern by correlating the available transmission patterns with a received signal without using the allocation information.