Reference signal transmission and reception method and equipment
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1. A method of performing communications, the method comprising:
- providing, by a network element, a first reference signal configuration corresponding to one or more first user equipments (UEs), wherein the first reference signal configuration comprises a first Channel Status Indication-Reference Signal (CSI-RS) configuration;
providing, by the network element, a second reference signal configuration corresponding to the one or more first UEs, wherein the second reference signal configuration comprises a second CSI-RS configuration different from the first CSI-RS configuration,wherein the first reference signal configuration comprises an indication of a first scrambling code and an indication of a first time-frequency resource to the one or more first UEs, wherein the second reference signal configuration comprises an indication of a second scrambling code and an indication of a second time-frequency resource to the one or more first UEs, wherein the first scrambling code is different than the second scrambling code, and wherein the first time-frequency resource is different than the second time-frequency resource;
transmitting, by an antenna of the network element using dedicated signaling, the first reference signal configuration to the one or more first UEs; and
transmitting, by the antenna of the network element using dedicated signaling, the second reference signal configuration to the one or more first UEs, wherein the first CSI-RS configuration and the second CSI-RS configuration are different from another CSI-RS configuration transmitted by the antenna of the network element to another UE.
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Abstract
A communications system and a method for performing communications are provided. User Equipments (UEs) are provided with UE-specific configuration information, such as CSI-RS (Channel Status Indication-Reference Signal) patterns, antenna port groupings, reference signal configurations, subframe configurations, and/or scrambling codes. The UEs process the received reference signals in accordance with the received configuration information and feedback measurement information for, e.g., PMI/CQI/RI (Precoding Matrix Indicator/Channel Quality Indicator/Rank Indicator of the precoding matrix) and/or the RLM/RRM (Radio Link Monitor/Radio Resource Management).
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1. A method of performing communications, the method comprising:
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providing, by a network element, a first reference signal configuration corresponding to one or more first user equipments (UEs), wherein the first reference signal configuration comprises a first Channel Status Indication-Reference Signal (CSI-RS) configuration; providing, by the network element, a second reference signal configuration corresponding to the one or more first UEs, wherein the second reference signal configuration comprises a second CSI-RS configuration different from the first CSI-RS configuration, wherein the first reference signal configuration comprises an indication of a first scrambling code and an indication of a first time-frequency resource to the one or more first UEs, wherein the second reference signal configuration comprises an indication of a second scrambling code and an indication of a second time-frequency resource to the one or more first UEs, wherein the first scrambling code is different than the second scrambling code, and wherein the first time-frequency resource is different than the second time-frequency resource; transmitting, by an antenna of the network element using dedicated signaling, the first reference signal configuration to the one or more first UEs; and transmitting, by the antenna of the network element using dedicated signaling, the second reference signal configuration to the one or more first UEs, wherein the first CSI-RS configuration and the second CSI-RS configuration are different from another CSI-RS configuration transmitted by the antenna of the network element to another UE. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of performing communications, the method comprising:
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receiving, by a user equipment (UE) from an antenna of a communications controller, a first reference signal configuration using dedicated signaling, wherein the first reference signal configuration comprises a first Channel Status Indication-Reference Signal (CSI-RS) configuration for a subframe; and receiving, by the UE from the antenna of the communications controller, a second reference signal configuration using dedicated signaling, wherein the second reference signal configuration comprises a second CSI-RS configuration for the subframe that is different than the first CSI-RS configuration for the subframe, wherein the first reference signal configuration comprises an indication of a first scrambling code and an indication of a first time-frequency resource, wherein the second reference signal configuration comprises an indication of a second scrambling code and an indication of a second time-frequency resource, wherein the first scrambling code is different than the second scrambling code, wherein the first time-frequency resource is different than the second time-frequency resource, and wherein the first CSI-RS configuration and the second CSI-RS configuration for the subframe are different from another CSI-RS configuration for the subframe received by another UE from the antenna of the communications controller. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A user equipment comprising:
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a receiver configured to receive a plurality of reference signal configurations from an antenna of one communications controller using dedicated signaling, wherein each reference signal configuration comprises a Channel Status Indication-Reference Signal (CSI-RS) configuration, wherein at least two of the CSI-RS configurations are different from each other, wherein a first one or more of the plurality of reference signal configurations comprise an indication of a first scrambling code and an indication of a first time-frequency resource, wherein a second one or more of the plurality of reference signal configurations comprise an indication of a second scrambling code and an indication of a second time-frequency resource to the UE, wherein the first scrambling code is different than the second scrambling code, wherein the first time-frequency resource is different than the second time-frequency resource, and wherein the at least two of the CSI-RS configurations are different from another CSI-RS configuration received by another user equipment from the antenna of the one communications controller; a processor coupled to the receiver, the processor configured to process a reference signal received via the receiver in accordance with each of the plurality of reference signal configurations; and a transmitter coupled to the processor, the transmitter configured to transmit measurement information regarding the reference signal via the transmitter. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A communications controller comprising:
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a processor configured to provide a plurality of reference signal configurations to a user equipment (UE), wherein each reference signal configuration comprises a Channel Status Indication-Reference Signal (CSI-RS) configuration, wherein at least two of the CSI-RS configurations are different from each other, wherein a first one or more of the plurality of reference signal configurations comprise an indication of a first scrambling code and an indication of a first time-frequency resource, wherein a second one or more of the plurality of reference signal configurations comprise an indication of a second scrambling code and an indication of a second time-frequency resource to the UE, wherein the first scrambling code is different than the second scrambling code, and wherein the first time-frequency resource is different than the second time-frequency resource; a transmitter coupled to the processor, the transmitter configured to transmit via an antenna to the UE the plurality of reference signal configurations using dedicated signaling, wherein the at least two of the CSI-RS configurations are different from another CSI-RS configuration transmitted by the transmitter via the antenna to another UE; and a receiver coupled to the processor, the receiver configured to receive feedback measurements corresponding to the plurality of reference signal configurations. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A method of performing communications, the method comprising:
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providing by a network element a first reference signal configuration corresponding to one or more first user equipments (UEs), wherein the first reference signal configuration comprises a first Channel Status Indication-Reference Signal (CSI-RS) configuration; providing by the network element a second reference signal configuration corresponding to the one or more first UEs, wherein the second reference signal configuration comprises a second CSI-RS configuration different from the first CSI-RS configuration, wherein the reference signal configurations comprise signaling to indicate antenna ports of the CSI-RS configurations that are within a same group of a location; transmitting by an antenna of the network element using dedicated signaling the first reference signal configuration to the one or more first UEs; and transmitting by the antenna of the network element using dedicated signaling the second reference signal configuration to the one or more first UEs, wherein the first CSI-RS configuration and the second CSI-RS configuration are different from another CSI-RS configuration transmitted by the antenna of the network element to another UE.
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29. A method of performing communications, the method comprising:
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providing by a network element a first reference signal configuration corresponding to one or more first user equipments (UEs), wherein the first reference signal configuration comprises a first Channel Status Indication-Reference Signal (CSI-RS) configuration; providing by the network element a second reference signal configuration corresponding to the one or more first UEs, wherein the second reference signal configuration comprises a second CSI-RS configuration different from the first CSI-RS configuration, wherein the first CSI-RS configuration is a legacy CSI-RS configuration, wherein the second CSI-RS configuration is an RS configuration of which resource elements are mutable by a legacy UE muting signaling, and wherein the second CSI-RS configuration contains CSI-RS information; transmitting by an antenna of the network element using dedicated signaling the first reference signal configuration to the one or more first UEs; and transmitting by the antenna of the network element using dedicated signaling the second reference signal configuration to the one or more first UEs, wherein the first CSI-RS configuration and the second CSI-RS configuration are different from another CSI-RS configuration transmitted by the antenna of the network element to another UE.
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