Method and apparatus of using CDD like schemes with UE-RS based open loop beamforming

• US 9,363,001 B2
• Filed: 12/09/2014
• Issued: 06/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Bhattad, Kapil, Gaal, Peter
• Primary Examiner(s): Garcia, Santiago
• Application Number:
  US14/565,124
• Publication Number:
  US 20150085948A1
• Time in Patent Office: 546 Days
• Field of Search: 375/267
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0478 Special codebook structures directed to feedback optimisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0486 taking channel rank into account
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0617 for beam forming
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0671 using different delays between antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2025/03426 transmission using multiple-input and multiple-output channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 25/03343 Arrangements at the transmitter end
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0023 Time-frequency-space

Abstract

A method and apparatus of wireless communication are disclosed. The wireless communication performs pilot signal transmissions using a first precoding matrix for user equipment specific pilot signals, the pilot signal transmissions having a first transmission rank. The wireless communication also performs data transmissions using a second precoding matrix for data when the data transmissions have a second transmission rank less than the first transmission rank, in which the second precoding matrix includes a transformed version of the first precoding matrix. Alternatively, the wireless communication can perform data transmissions using at least two precoding matrices for data when the data transmissions have a second transmission rank less than or equal to the first transmission rank. Accordingly, the precoding matrix used for data is a transformed version of the precoding matrix used for user equipment specific pilot signals.

Claims

1. A method of selectively providing cyclic delay diversity transmissions using user equipment reference signals, the method comprising:

determining an operational state of a channel between a base station and a user equipment; and

signaling, based on the determined operational state, a transmission mode to the user equipment, wherein the transmission mode includes at least one transmission scheme including;

performing user equipment specific pilot transmissions in a resource block using a first precoding matrix; and

performing data transmissions in the resource block using one or more of a transformed version of the first precoding matrix used for the user equipment specific pilot transmissions, wherein the one or more of a transformed version of the first precoding matrix is obtained by;

determining a transformation matrix, wherein values of the transformation matrix are dependent on at least one of frequency and time; and

applying the transformation matrix to the first precoding matrix to obtain the one or more of a transformed version of the first precoding matrix.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the operational state includes determining a Doppler speed of the user equipment.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the user equipment specific pilot transmissions have a first transmission rank and the data transmissions have a second transmission rank.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the data transmissions use at least two precoding matrices when the second transmission rank is equal to the first transmission rank.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the user equipment specific pilot transmissions use a first precoding matrix for user equipment specific pilot signals.

6. The method of claim 3, further including determining the first transmission rank and the second transmission rank based on user equipment feedback or uplink measurements.

7. The method of claim 3, further including providing the first transmission rank and the second transmission rank to the user equipment.

8. An apparatus for selectively providing cyclic delay diversity (CDD) transmissions using user equipment reference signals (UE-RS), comprising:

means for determining an operational state of a channel between a base station and a user equipment (UE); and

means for signaling, based on the determined operational state, a transmission mode to the user equipment, wherein the transmission mode includes at least one transmission scheme including;

performing user equipment specific pilot transmissions in a resource block using a first precoding matrix; and

performing data transmissions in the resource block using one or more of a transformed version of the first precoding matrix used for the user equipment specific pilot transmissions, wherein the one or more of a transformed version of the first precoding matrix is obtained using;

means for determining a transformation matrix, wherein values of the transformation matrix are dependent on at least one of frequency and time; and

means for applying the transformation matrix to the first precoding matrix to obtain the one or more of a transformed version of the first precoding matrix.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the means for determining the operational state includes means for determining a Doppler speed of the user equipment.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the user equipment specific pilot transmissions have a first transmission rank and the data transmissions have a second transmission rank.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the data transmissions use at least two precoding matrices when the second transmission rank is equal to the first transmission rank.

12. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the user equipment specific pilot transmissions use a first precoding matrix for user equipment specific pilot signals.

13. The apparatus of claim 10, further including means for determining the first transmission rank and the second transmission rank based on user equipment feedback or uplink measurements.

14. The apparatus of claim 10, further including means for providing the first transmission rank and the second transmission rank to the user equipment.

15. A wireless communication apparatus, comprising:

a memory for storing instructions to;

determine an operational state of a channel between a base station and a user equipment; and

signal, based on the determined operational state, a transmission mode to the user equipment, wherein the transmission mode includes at least one transmission scheme including;

performing user equipment specific pilot transmissions in a resource block using a first precoding matrix; and

performing data transmissions in the resource block using one or more of a transformed version of the first precoding matrix used for the user equipment specific pilot transmissions, wherein the one or more of a transformed version of the first precoding matrix is obtained using instructions to;

determine a transformation matrix, wherein values of the transformation matrix are dependent on at least one of frequency and time; and

apply the transformation matrix to the first precoding matrix to obtain the one or more of a transformed version of the first precoding matrix; and

a processor for executing the instructions.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the instructions to determine the operational state include instructions to determine a Doppler speed of the user equipment.

17. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the user equipment specific pilot transmissions have a first transmission rank and the data transmissions have a second transmission rank.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the data transmissions use at least two precoding matrices when the second transmission rank is equal to the first transmission rank.

19. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the user equipment specific pilot transmissions use a first precoding matrix for user equipment specific pilot signals.

20. The apparatus of claim 17, further including instructions to determine the first transmission rank and the second transmission rank based on user equipment feedback or uplink measurements.

21. The apparatus of claim 17, further including instructions to provide the first transmission rank and the second transmission rank to the user equipment.

22. A non-transitory tangible computer readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:

code for determining an operational state of a channel between a base station and a user equipment; and

code for signaling, based on the determined operational state, a transmission mode to the user equipment, wherein the transmission mode includes at least one transmission scheme including;

performing user equipment specific pilot transmissions in a resource block using a first precoding matrix; and

performing data transmissions in the resource block using one or more of a transformed version of the first precoding matrix used for the user equipment specific pilot transmissions, wherein the one or more of a transformed version of the first precoding matrix is obtained using;

code for determining a transformation matrix, wherein values of the transformation matrix are dependent on at least one of frequency and time; and

code for applying the transformation matrix to the first precoding matrix to obtain the one or more of a transformed version of the first precoding matrix.

23. The non-transitory tangible computer readable medium of claim 22, wherein the code for determining the operational state includes code for determining a Doppler speed of the user equipment.

24. The non-transitory tangible computer readable medium of claim 22, wherein the user equipment specific pilot transmissions have a first transmission rank and the data transmissions have a second transmission rank.

25. The non-transitory tangible computer readable medium of claim 24, wherein the data transmissions use at least two precoding matrices when the second transmission rank is equal to the first transmission rank.

26. The non-transitory tangible computer readable medium of claim 22, wherein the user equipment specific pilot transmissions use a first precoding matrix for user equipment specific pilot signals.

27. The non-transitory tangible computer readable medium of claim 24, wherein the instructions further include code for determining the first transmission rank and the second transmission rank based on user equipment feedback or uplink measurements.

28. The non-transitory tangible computer readable medium of claim 24, wherein the instructions further include code for providing the first transmission rank and the second transmission rank to the user equipment.