Method and apparatus for generating a dedicated reference signal

• US 9,444,599 B2
• Filed: 04/03/2014
• Issued: 09/13/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Li, Yingyang, Li, Xiaoqiang
• Primary Examiner(s): SEFCHECK, GREGORY B
• Application Number:
  US14/244,487
• Publication Number:
  US 20140211754A1
• Time in Patent Office: 894 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0016 Time-frequency-code
• 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

Abstract

Methods and apparatuses are provided for generating a Reference Signal (RS) in a communication system. At least one Physical Resource Block (PRB) is allocated for a User Equipment (UE). An RS sequence corresponding to an antenna port for the UE is mapped on the at least one PRB for the UE. The RS sequence corresponding to the antenna port for the UE is based on an initial sequence derived by an initialization value based on a Cell IDentifier (ID) and an index of the at least one PRB for the UE. The antenna port includes three RE groups in a PRB pair. One RE group includes two RE pairs. One RE pair includes two consecutive Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols in a time domain and one subcarrier in a frequency domain.

Claims

1. An apparatus of a base station for generating a Reference Signal (RS) in a communication system, the apparatus comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit and receive signals associated with at least one antenna port;

a processor configured to allocate at least one Physical Resource Block (PRB) for a User Equipment (UE); and

a mapper configured to map an RS sequence corresponding to an index of an antenna port for the UE on the at least one PRB for the UE,

wherein the RS sequence for the UE is obtained based on;

(i) an initial sequence derived from an initialization value based on a Cell Identifier (ID), (ii) an index of the at least one PRB for the UE, and (iii) an orthogonal code corresponding to the index of the antenna port,

wherein the antenna port includes three Resource Element (RE) groups in a PRB pair,

wherein each RE group includes two RE pairs, and

wherein each RE pair includes two consecutive Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols in a time domain and one subcarrier in a frequency domain.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the initial sequence is derived from the initialization value based on the Cell ID, excluding a UE ID.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the RS sequence corresponding to the index of the antenna port for the UE is obtained by intercepting a part of the initial sequence according to the index of the at least one PRB for the UE and applying the orthogonal code to the part of the initial sequence.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least two antenna ports adapted to the one RE group are Code Division Multiplexed (CDMed) by at least one scrambling code of at least two RS sequences corresponding to the at least two antenna ports mapped in the one RE group.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the PRB pair includes two PRBs having a same PRB index in a sub-frame.

6. A method for generating a Reference Signal (RS) by a base station in a communication system, the method comprising steps of:

allocating at least one Physical Resource Block (PRB) for a User equipment (UE); and

mapping an RS sequence corresponding to an index of an antenna port for the UE on the at least one PRB for the UE,

wherein the RS sequence corresponding to the index of the antenna port for the UE is obtained based on;

(i) an initial sequence derived by an initialization value based on a Cell IDentifier (ID), (ii) an index of the at least one PRB for the UE, and (iii) an orthogonal code corresponding to the index of the antenna port,

wherein the antenna port includes three Resource Element (RE) groups in a PRB pair,

wherein each RE group includes two RE pairs, and

wherein each RE pair includes two consecutive Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols in a time domain and one subcarrier in a frequency domain.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the initial sequence is derived from the initialization value based on the Cell ID, excluding a UE ID.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the RS sequence corresponding to the index of the antenna port for the UE is obtained by intercepting a part of the initial sequence according to the index of the at least one PRB for the UE and applying the orthogonal code to the part of the initial sequence.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein at least two antenna ports adapted to the one RE group are Code Division Multiplexed (CDMed) by at least one scrambling code of at least two RS sequences corresponding to the at least two antenna ports mapped in the one RE group.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein the PRB pair includes two PRBs having a same PRB index in a sub-frame.

11. An apparatus of a User Equipment (UE) for generating a Reference Signal (RS) in a communication system, the apparatus comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit and receive signals associated with at least one antenna port; and

a processor configured to identify an allocation of at least one Physical Resource Block (PRB) for the UE, and acquire an RS sequence corresponding to an index of an antenna port for the UE on the at least one PRB for the UE,

wherein the RS sequence corresponding to the index of the antenna port for the UE is obtained based on;

(i) an initial sequence derived from an initialization value based on a Cell IDentifier (ID), (ii) an index of the at least one PRB for the UE, and (iii) an orthogonal code corresponding to the index of the antenna port,

wherein the antenna port includes three Resource Element (RE) groups in a PRB pair,

wherein each RE group includes two RE pairs, and

wherein each RE pair includes two consecutive Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols in a time domain and one subcarrier in a frequency domain.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the initial sequence is derived from the initialization value based on the Cell ID, excluding a UE ID.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the RS sequence corresponding to the index of the antenna port for the UE is obtained by intercepting a part of the initial sequence according to the index of the at least one PRB for the UE and applying the orthogonal code to the part of the initial sequence.

14. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein at least two antenna ports adapted to the one RE group are Code Division Multiplexed (CDMed) by at least one scrambling code of at least two RS sequences corresponding to the at least two antenna ports mapped in the one RE group.

15. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the PRB pair includes two PRBs having a same PRB index in a sub-frame.

16. A method for generating a Reference Signal (RS) by a User Equipment (UE) in a communication system, comprising steps of:

identifying an allocation of at least one Physical Resource Block (PRB) for the UE; and

acquiring an RS sequence corresponding to an index of an antenna port for the UE on the at least one PRB for the UE,

wherein the RS sequence corresponding to the index of the antenna port for the UE is obtained based on;

(i) an initial sequence derived from an initialization value based on a Cell IDentifier (ID), (ii) an index of the at least one PRB for the UE, and (iii) an orthogonal code corresponding to the index of the antenna port,

wherein the antenna port includes three Resource Element (RE) groups in a PRB pair,

wherein each RE group includes two RE pairs, and

wherein each RE pair includes two consecutive Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols in a time domain and one subcarrier in a frequency domain.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the initial sequence is derived from the initialization value based on the Cell ID, excluding a UE ID.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the RS sequence corresponding to the index of the antenna port for the UE is obtained by intercepting a part of the initial sequence according to the index of the at least one PRB for the UE and applying the orthogonal code to the part of the initial sequence.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein at least two antenna ports adapted to the one RE group are Code Division Multiplexed (CDMed) by at least one scrambling code of at least two RS sequences corresponding to the at least two antenna ports mapped in the one RE group.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein the PRB pair includes two PRBs having a same PRB index in a sub-frame.