Method for generating reference signals
First Claim
1. A method for generating reference signals in a cellular wireless communication system having a set of resource blocks, each resource block comprising a plurality of resource elements, each reference signal being associated with an antenna port in a cell, and wherein at least one reference signal in a cell is transmitted on at least one resource element only in resource blocks belonging to a subset of said set of resource blocks, said method comprising:
- frequency shifting the resource blocks belonging to said subset of resource blocks , wherein the frequency shifting of the resource blocks belonging to said subset of resource blocks is cell-specific and is determined from an integer sequence having a length less than or equal to a total number of cell identities in said cellular wireless communication system;
wherein said integer sequence is periodic, having a sequence length equal to said total number of cell identities and comprises elements from a set having vshiftRB number of elements, wherein vshiftRB denotes the total number of frequency shifts, of the resource blocks belonging to said subset of resource blocks , in number of resource blocks.
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a method for generating reference signals in a cellular wireless communication system having a set of resource blocks. Each resource block includes a plurality of resource elements. Each reference signal is associated with an antenna port in a cell. At least one reference signal in a cell is transmitted on at least one resource element only in resource blocks belonging to a subset of said set of resource blocks. The method includes shifting frequency in the resource blocks in the subset of resource blocks. The frequency shifting of the resource blocks belonging to said subset of resource blocks is cell-specific and is determined from an integer sequence having a length less than or equal to a total number of cell identities in said cellular wireless communication system. The disclosure also relates to methods and devices for transmitting and receiving such reference signals; and to a device for generating reference signals.
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1. A method for generating reference signals in a cellular wireless communication system having a set of resource blocks, each resource block comprising a plurality of resource elements, each reference signal being associated with an antenna port in a cell, and wherein at least one reference signal in a cell is transmitted on at least one resource element only in resource blocks belonging to a subset of said set of resource blocks, said method comprising:
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frequency shifting the resource blocks belonging to said subset of resource blocks , wherein the frequency shifting of the resource blocks belonging to said subset of resource blocks is cell-specific and is determined from an integer sequence having a length less than or equal to a total number of cell identities in said cellular wireless communication system; wherein said integer sequence is periodic, having a sequence length equal to said total number of cell identities and comprises elements from a set having v shiftRB number of elements, whereinv shiftRB denotes the total number of frequency shifts, of the resource blocks belonging to said subset of resource blocks , in number of resource blocks. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A device for generating reference signals for a cellular wireless communication system having a set of resource blocks, each resource block comprising a plurality of resource elements, comprising:
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a processor configured to shift frequency in the resource blocks belonging to a subset of resource blocks, wherein each reference signal is associated with an antenna port in a cell, and wherein at least one reference signal in a cell is transmitted on at least one resource element only in resource blocks belonging to said subset of said set of resource blocks, and wherein the frequency shifting of the resource blocks belonging to said subset of resource blocks is cell-specific and is determined from an integer sequence having a length less than or equal to a total number of cell identities in said cellular wireless communication system; wherein said integer sequence is periodic, having a sequence length equal to said total number of cell identities and comprises elements from a set having v shiftRB number of elements, whereinv shiftRB denotes the total number of frequency shifts, of the resource blocks belonging to said subset of resource blocks , in number of resource blocks.
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