Method and apparatus for signal transmission in wireless communication system

• US 8,908,793 B2
• Filed: 11/13/2009
• Issued: 12/09/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Han, Seung Hee, Lee, Moon Il
• Primary Examiner(s): NEFF, MICHAEL R
• Application Number:
  US13/128,867
• Publication Number:
  US 20110228877A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,852 Days
• Field of Search: 375/295, 375/299
• US Class Current: 375/295
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0007 the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A), DMT
• 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 5/0053 Allocation of signaling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/21 in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network

Abstract

Provided are a method and an apparatus for signal transmission in a wireless communication system. The apparatus comprises: an information processor for generating a first information sequence based on a first transmission symbol and a first resource index, and a second information sequence based on a second transmission symbol and a second resource index; a reference signal generator for generating a different reference signal depending upon whether a first resource block indicated by the first resource index and a second resource block indicated by the second resource index are the same; and an antenna for transmitting a signal generated based on the first information sequence, the second information sequence, and the reference signal sequence.

Claims

1. A transmitter comprising:

an information processor configured to generate

a first information sequence, for a first antenna, based on a first transmission symbol and a first resource index, and

a second information sequence, for a second antenna, based on a second transmission symbol and a second resource index different from the first resource index,

wherein the first resource index indicates a first resource block and the second resource index indicates a second resource block, which is different from the first resource block;

a reference signal generator operatively coupled to the information processor and configured to generate

a first reference signal sequence, for the first antenna, based on the first resource index, and

a second reference signal sequence, for the second antenna, based on the second resource index; and

the first antenna and the second antenna which are respectively configured to simultaneously transmit a first signal generated based on the first information sequence and the first reference signal sequence, and a second signal based on the second information sequence, and the second reference signal sequence.

2. The transmitter of claim 1,

wherein the first information sequence is mapped to an information part of the first resource block, and the first reference signal sequence is mapped to a reference signal part of the first resource block, and

wherein the second information sequence is mapped to an information part of the second resource block, and the second reference signal sequence is mapped to a reference signal part of the second resource block.

3. The transmitter of claim 1, wherein a resource block indicated by a resource index includes M orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols (where M is a natural number greater than or equal to 2), N OFDM symbols out of the M OFDM symbols correspond to an information part to which an information sequence is mapped, and the remaining (M-N) OFDM symbols correspond to a reference signal part to which a reference signal sequence is mapped.

4. The transmitter of claim 1,

wherein a sequence and a resource block are determined from a resource index,

wherein a spread information sequence is generated based on information and the sequence, and

wherein the spread information sequence is mapped to the resource block.

5. The transmitter of claim 4, wherein the sequence is a cyclically shifted sequence.

6. The transmitter of claim 1,

wherein a first sequence, a second sequence, and a resource block are determined from a resource index,

wherein a two-dimensional spread information sequence is generated based on information, the first sequence and the second sequence, and

wherein the two-dimensional spread information sequence is mapped to the resource block.

7. The transmitter of claim 6, wherein the first sequence is a cyclically shifted shift, and the second sequence is an orthogonal sequence.

8. A method for signal transmission performed by a transmitter in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

generating a first information sequence, for a first antenna of the transmitter, based on a first transmission symbol and a first resource index, and generating a second information sequence, for a second antenna of the transmitter, based on a second transmission symbol and a second resource index different from the first resource index,

wherein the first resource index indicates a first resource block and the second resource index indicates a second resource block, which is different from the first resource block;

generating a first reference signal sequence, for the first antenna, based on the first resource index and a second reference signal sequence, for the second antenna, based on the second resource index; and

simultaneously transmitting a first signal, generated based on the first information sequence and the first reference signal sequence, through the first antenna, and a second signal, generated based on the second information sequence and the second reference signal sequence, through the second antenna.