Method for estimating data channel in wireless communication system, and apparatus for same

• US 9,426,798 B2
• Filed: 08/23/2012
• Issued: 08/23/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Kitae, Chun, Jinyoung, Ko, Hyunsoo, Kim, Sunam, Kang, Jiwon, Ihm, Binchul, Park, Sungho
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, STEVEN H D
• Application Number:
  US14/362,362
• Publication Number:
  US 20140369287A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,461 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 25/0202 Channel estimation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 25/0204 of multiple channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 25/023 with extension to other symbols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2647 Arrangements specific to the receiver only equalisation H04L27/01
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0023 Time-frequency-space
• 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 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method in which a UE estimates a downlink data channel in a wireless communication system, and an apparatus for the same. Specifically, disclosed is a method in which a UE estimates a downlink data channel in a wireless communication system, the method including the steps of: receiving a downlink control channel using a UE-specific reference signal; bundling a resource block for a downlink data channel into one channel estimation unit when a space resource for the downlink control channel and a space resource for the downlink data channel which makes commands in the downlink control channel are the same as each other; and performing a channel estimation on the basis of the UE-specific reference signal with respect to the one channel estimation unit.

Claims

1. A method of estimating a downlink data channel, which is estimated by a user equipment in a wireless communication system, comprising the steps of:

receiving a downlink control channel using a UE-specific reference signal;

if a space resource for the downlink control channel is identical to a space resource for the downlink data channel indicated by the downlink control channel, bundling a resource block for the downlink data channel and a resource block for the downlink control channel with each other by a single channel estimation unit; and

performing a channel estimation on the single channel estimation unit based on the UE-specific reference signal.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the space resource is defined as at least one antenna port index for a specific user equipment and a layer number according to the antenna port.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein if the space resources are identical to each other, an antenna port index for the downlink control channel and a layer number are defined as identical to those for the downlink data channel.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the downlink control channel includes an indication field defining the space resource of the downlink data channel and wherein the space resource of the downlink data channel is determined in accordance with the definition of the indication field.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the downlink control channel includes information on a transport block for the downlink data channel and wherein the space resource of the downlink data channel is defined in accordance with the information on the transport block.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein if the information on the transport block includes information on a disabled transport block, the space resource for the downlink data channel is determined in accordance with an NDI (new data indicator) of the disabled transport block.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

if the number of space resources for the downlink data channel is greater than that of space resources for the downlink control channel, coordinating a reception power of the downlink control channel into a reception power corresponding to each of the space resources of the downlink data channel; and

bundling the resource block for the downlink data channel and the resource block for the downlink control channel with each other by the single channel estimation unit.

8. In estimating a downlink data channel in a wireless communication system, a user equipment comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) unit; and

a processor receiving a downlink control channel using a UE-specific reference signal, the processor, if a space resource for the downlink control channel is identical to a space resource for the downlink data channel indicated by the downlink control channel, bundling a resource block for the downlink data channel and a resource block for the downlink control channel with each other by a single channel estimation unit, the processor configured to perform a channel estimation on the single channel estimation unit based on the UE-specific reference signal.

9. The user equipment of claim 8, wherein the space resource is defined as at least one antenna port index for a specific user equipment and a layer number according to the antenna port.

10. The user equipment of claim 9, wherein if the space resources are identical to each other, an antenna port index for the downlink control channel and a layer number are defined as identical to those for the downlink data channel.

11. The user equipment of claim 8, wherein the downlink control channel includes an indication field defining the space resource of the downlink data channel and wherein the controller is configured to determine the space resource of the downlink data channel in accordance with the definition of the indication field.

12. The user equipment of claim 8, wherein the downlink control channel includes information on a transport block for the downlink data channel and wherein the processor is configured to determine the space resource of the downlink data channel in accordance with the information on the transport block.

13. The user equipment of claim 8, wherein if the information on the transport block includes information on a disabled transport block, the processor is configured to determine the space resource for the downlink data channel in accordance with an NDI (new data indicator) of the disabled transport block.

14. The user equipment of claim 8, wherein if the number of space resources for the downlink data channel is greater than that of space resources for the downlink control channel, the processor coordinates a reception power of the downlink control channel into a reception power corresponding to each of the space resources of the downlink data channel and is further configured to bundle the resource block for the downlink data channel and the resource block for the downlink control channel with each other by the single channel estimation unit.