Method for transceiving signal in multi-node system, and device therefor

• US 9,161,244 B2
• Filed: 12/02/2011
• Issued: 10/13/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Chun, Jin Young, Kim, Ki Tae, Kim, Su Nam, Kang, Ji Won, Ihm, Bin Chul, Park, Sung Ho
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Tu X
• Application Number:
  US13/992,676
• Publication Number:
  US 20130260808A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,411 Days
• Field of Search: 455/443, 455/562.1, 455/101
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/022 Site diversity; Macro-diversity using two or more spaced independent antennas H04B7/04
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 11/0079 Acquisition of downlink reference signals, e.g. detection of cell-ID
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/02 Arrangements for optimising operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/10 Scheduling measurement reports ; Arrangements for measurement reports
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/20 Control channels or signalling for resource management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/27 between access points
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/045 using private Base Stations, e.g. femto Base Stations, home Node B

Abstract

Disclosed is a signal transceiving method which can reduce interference between nodes in a multi-node system. The method comprises the steps of: receiving reference signal configuration information from a first node; receiving a reference signal from a second node; measuring interference caused by the second node using the reference signal, and generating interference node information; and transmitting the interference node information to the first node, wherein the reference signal configuration information includes mapping information between the second node and the reference signal, and the interference node information includes an index of the reference signal.

Claims

1. A method of a terminal transmitting and receiving signals in a multi-node system, the method comprising:

receiving reference signal configuration information from a first node;

receiving a reference signal from a second node;

measuring interference due to the second node based on the reference signal and generating interference node information; and

transmitting the interference node information to the first node,

wherein the reference signal configuration information comprises information about mapping between the second node and the reference signal,

wherein the interference node information comprises an index of the reference signal,

wherein the interference node information further comprises a cell identifier (ID) of the second node, and

wherein the interference node information comprises an index of at least one transmission antenna that generates interference, from among a plurality of transmission antennas, if the second node comprises a plurality of transmission antennas.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the reference signal configuration information comprises at least one of a configuration number, a number of antenna ports, and a transmission cycle of the reference signal.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first node stops transmission of a signal through the at least one transmission antenna that generates the interference for specific radio resources, based on the interference node information.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the second node broadcasts at least one of an index of the transmission antenna through which the transmission of the signal has been stopped and information about the specific radio resources.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the second node allocates transmission power for the transmission antenna through which the transmission of the signal has been stopped to a transmission antenna whose transmission has not been stopped.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the first node is a base station, and

the second node is a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) femto base station.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of generating the interference node information is performed only when interference due to the second node is a preset threshold value or higher or an intensity of a signal received from the first node is a preset threshold value or lower.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting the interference node information to the second node.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the second node stops transmission of a signal through at least one transmission antenna that generates interference to the terminal for specific radio resources, based on the interference node information.

10. A terminal of a multi-node system, comprising:

a Radio Frequency (RF) unit transmitting and receiving radio signals; and

a processor connected to the RF unit and generating the radio signals,

wherein the processor receives reference signal configuration information from a first node, receives a reference signal from a second node, measures interference due to the second node based on the reference signal, generates interference node information, and transmits the interference node information to the first node or the second node,

wherein the reference signal configuration information comprises information about mapping between the second node and the reference signal,

wherein the interference node information comprises an index of the reference signal,

wherein the interference node information further comprises a cell identifier (ID) of the second node, and

wherein the interference node information comprises an index of at least one transmission antenna that generates interference, from among a plurality of transmission antennas, if the second node comprises a plurality of transmission antennas.

11. The terminal of claim 10, wherein the reference signal configuration information comprises at least one of a configuration number, a number of antenna ports, and a transmission cycle of the reference signal.

12. The terminal of claim 10, wherein the processor generates the interference node information only when interference due to the second node is a preset threshold value or higher or an intensity of a signal received from the first node is a preset threshold value or lower.