Method and apparatus for transmitting reference signal in wireless communication system

• US 9,414,339 B2
• Filed: 03/19/2013
• Issued: 08/09/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Bonghoe, Yi, Yunjung, Yang, Suckchel, Seo, Hanbyul, Ahn, Joonkui, Seo, Dongyoun
• Primary Examiner(s): Phillips, Hassan
• Assistant Examiner(s): JONES, PRENELL P
• Application Number:
  US14/380,042
• Publication Number:
  US 20160057716A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,239 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 11/0069 Cell search, i.e. determining cell identity [cell-ID] design of multiplexing codes H04J13/00; processing access restriction or access information H04W48/16; discovery of network devices for network data management H04W8/005; sounding signals for channel estimation H04L25/0226; structure of reference signals in multicarrier modulation systems H04L27/2613; frame, time or carrier synchronisation in multicarrier modulation systems H04L27/2655
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2647 Arrangements specific to the receiver only equalisation H04L27/01
• 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: H04W 56/00 Synchronisation arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 56/0005 synchronizing of arrival of multiple uplinks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/04 Wireless resource allocation

Abstract

Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for transmitting a reference signal. A method for receiving a reference signal may comprise the steps of: a subframe including a plurality of resource blocks (RB) and a plurality of OFDM symbols receiving a synchronization signal; and determining the number of RBs which are included in one precoding resource block group (PRB), on the basis of the size of a total system bandwidth, wherein the RBs included in the PRG may include information to which identical precoding has been applied. The synchronization signal is received by six core RBs from the plurality of RBs, and the reference signal can be received by at least one OFDM symbol from the plurality of OFDM symbols, excluding the first and second OFDM symbols, through a plurality of PRGs including the six core RBs. As a result, a channel can be accurately estimated on the basis of the reference signal.

Claims

1. A method for receiving a reference signal in a multi-antenna system, the method comprising:

receiving a synchronization signal in a subframe, the subframe including a plurality of resource blocks (RBs) and a plurality of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols;

receiving a reference signal in the subframe; and

determining a number of RBs included in one Precoding Resource block Group (PRG) based on a size of a total system bandwidth,

wherein a number of RBs of the total system bandwidth is N,

wherein N is a natural number,

wherein the RBs included in the PRG include information to which same precoding is applied,

wherein the synchronization signal includes a Primary Synchronized Signal (PSS) and a Secondary Synchronized Signal (SSS),

wherein the PSS is received in a first OFDM symbol among the plurality of OFDM symbols,

wherein the SSS is received in a second OFDM symbol among the plurality of OFDM symbols,

wherein a cell identifier is acquired based on the PSS and the SSS,

wherein the synchronization signal is received in center x RBs among the plurality of RBs,

wherein x is natural number less than or equal to N,

wherein the reference signal is received through a plurality of PRGs including the center x RBs in at least one OFDM symbol among the plurality of OFDM symbols other than the first and second OFDM symbols,

wherein when a value of N mod 2 and a value of x mod 2 are different, the reference signal is received in a frequency area corresponding to a center (x+1) RB,

wherein when the value of N mod 2 and the value of x mod 2 are same, the reference signal is received in a frequency area corresponding to a center x RB, and

wherein if N is an odd number, the reference signal is received through an odd number of the plurality of PRGs and if N is an even number, the reference signal is received through an even number of the plurality of PRGs.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the reference signal is created based on a user equipment (UE) identifier; and

when a size of the PRG is 2 physical resource blocks (PRB), the reference signal is received in a frequency band of 7 RBs including the N RBs.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the reference signal is created based a user equipment (UE) identifier; and

when a size of the PRG is 3 physical resource blocks (PRB), the reference signal is received in a frequency band of 9 RBs including the N RBs.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the subframe is a special frame;

the special frame includes a downlink pilot time slot (DwPTS), a guard period (GP), and an uplink pilot time slot (UpPTS) as a second subframe and a seventh subframe in a frame including 10 subframes;

the special subframe includes 12 OFDM symbols and 12 subcarriers,

the reference signal is received through at least one resource element set between a first resource element set and a second resource element set and is created based on a user equipment (UE) identifier;

the first resource element set is a first subcarrier, a sixth subcarrier, and an eleventh subcarrier in a 9-th OFDM symbol and a 10-th OFDM symbol; and

the second resource element set is a second subcarrier, a seventh subcarrier, and a twelfth subcarrier in the 9-th OFDM symbol and the 10-th OFDM symbol.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the subframe is a special frame;

the special frame includes a downlink pilot time slot (DwPTS), a guard period (GP), and an uplink pilot time slot (UpPTS) as a second subframe and a seventh subframe in a frame including 10 subframes;

the special subframe includes 12 OFDM symbols and 12 subcarriers;

the reference signal is received through at least one resource element set between a first resource element set and a second resource element set and is created based on a user equipment (UE) identifier;

the first resource element set is a first subcarrier, a sixth subcarrier, and an eleventh subcarrier in a 6-th OFDM symbol and a 7-th OFDM symbol; and

the second resource element set is a second subcarrier, a seventh subcarrier, and a twelfth subcarrier in the 6-th OFDM symbol and the 7-th OFDM symbol.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving information regarding whether PRB bundling is performed in an RB including the reference signal.

7. A user equipment (UE) for receiving a reference signal in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) unit configured to transmit or receive a radio signal;

a memory unit configure to store the radio signal; and

a processor connected to the RF unit and the memory unit, the processor configured to

receive a synchronization signal in a subframe including a plurality of resource blocks (RBs) and a plurality of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM);

receive the reference signal in the subframe; and

determine a number of RBs included in one Precoding Resource block Group (PRG) based on a size of a total system bandwidth,

wherein a number of RBs of the total system bandwidth is N,

wherein N is a natural number,

wherein the RBs included in the PRG include information to which same precoding is applied,

wherein the synchronization signal includes a Primary Synchronized Signal (PSS) and a Secondary Synchronized Signal (SSS),

wherein the PSS is received in a first OFDM symbol among the plurality of OFDM symbols,

wherein the SSS is received in a second OFDM symbol among the plurality of OFDM symbols,

wherein a cell identifier is acquired based on the PSS and the SSS,

wherein the synchronization signal is received in center x RBs among the plurality of RBs,

wherein x is natural number less than or equal to N,

wherein the reference signal is received through a plurality of PRGs including the center x RBs in at least one OFDM symbol among the plurality of OFDM symbols other than the first and second OFDM symbols,

wherein when a value of N mod 2 and a value of x mod 2 are different, the reference signal is received in a frequency area corresponding to a center (x+1) RB,

wherein when the value of N mod 2 and the value of x mod 2 are same, the reference signal is received in a frequency area corresponding to a center x RB, and

wherein if N is an odd number, the reference signal is received through an odd number of the plurality of PRGs and if N is an even number, the reference signal is received through an even number of the plurality of PRGs.

8. The UE of claim 7, wherein:

the reference signal is created based on a UE identifier; and

when a size of the PRG is 2 physical resource blocks (PRB), the reference signal is received in a frequency band of 7 RBs including the N RBs.

9. The UE of claim 7, wherein:

the reference signal is created based on a UE identifier; and

when a size of the PRG is 3 physical resource block (PRB), the reference signal is received in a frequency band of 9 RBs including the N RBs.

10. The UE of claim 7, wherein:

the subframe is the special frame;

the special frame includes a downlink pilot time slot (DwPTS), a guard period (GP), and an uplink pilot time slot (UpPTS) as the second subframe and the seventh subframe in a frame including 10 subframes;

the special subframe includes 12 OFDM symbols and 12 subcarriers;

the reference signal is received through at least one resource element set between the first resource element set and the second resource element set and is created based on a user equipment (UE) identifier;

the first resource element set is a first subcarrier, a sixth subcarrier, and an eleventh subcarrier in a 9-th OFDM symbol and a 10-th OFDM symbol; and

the second resource element set is a second subcarrier, a seventh subcarrier, and a twelfth subcarrier in the 9-th OFDM symbol and the 10-th OFDM symbol.

11. The UE of claim 7, wherein:

the subframe is the special frame;

the special frame includes a downlink pilot time slot (DwPTS), a guard period (GP), and an uplink pilot time slot (UpPTS) as a second subframe and a seventh subframe in a frame including 10 subframes;

the special subframe includes 12 OFDM symbols and 12 subcarriers;

the reference signal is received through at least one resource element set between a first resource element set and a second resource element set and is created based on a user equipment (UE) identifier;

the first resource element set is a first subcarrier, a sixth subcarrier, and an eleventh subcarrier in a 6-th OFDM symbol and a 7-th OFDM symbol; and

;

the second resource element set is a second subcarrier, a seventh subcarrier, and a twelfth subcarrier in the 6-th OFDM symbol and the 7-th OFDM symbol.

12. The UE of claim 7,

wherein the processor is further configured to receive information regarding whether PRB bundling is performed in the RB including the reference signal.