Channel state information reporting in a wireless communication network

• US 9,515,773 B2
• Filed: 04/12/2011
• Issued: 12/06/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Barbieri, Alan, Ji, Tingfang, Xu, Hao, Luo, Tao, Malladi, Durga Prasad
• Primary Examiner(s): Shah, Chirag
• Assistant Examiner(s): Reddivalam, Srinivasa
• Application Number:
  US13/084,959
• Publication Number:
  US 20110249643A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,065 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0026 Transmission of channel quality indication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0028 Formatting
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/10 Scheduling measurement reports ; Arrangements for measurement reports
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/21 in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network

Abstract

According to certain aspects, techniques for periodically reporting channel state information (CSI) on protected and unprotected resources are provided. The protected resources may include resources in which transmissions in a first cell are protected by restricting transmissions in a second cell.

Claims

1. A method for wireless communication, comprising:

receiving resource partitioning information (RPI) indicating at least a first set of resources by a user equipment, the first set of resources comprising a first set of subframes assigned to a first cell that are protected by restricting transmissions on the first set of subframes by a second cell;

periodically reporting channel state information (CSI) for the first set of resources;

periodically reporting CSI for a second set of resources; and

receiving configuration information indicating when to report the CSI for the first and second sets of resources;

wherein the CSI for the first and second sets of resources comprises a channel quality indicator (CQI) reported with a first periodicity and a rank indicator (RI) reported with a second periodicity.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first set of resources further comprises at least one of a subband or a set or resource blocks (RBs).

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the CSI for the first and second sets of resources are sent using time division multiplexing (TDM).

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the configuration information comprises:

at least a first period for reporting CSI for the first set of resources.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the configuration information comprises:

at least a second period for reporting CSI for the second set of resources.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the configuration information comprises:

an offset for reporting CSI for the second set of resources within the first period.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein CQIs for the first and second sets of resources are reported in separate reports sent using time division multiplexing (TDM).

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the CSI for at least one of the first and second sets of resources further comprises multiple CQIs dependent on a number of layers indicated by the RI.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the CSI for at least one of the first and second sets of resources further comprises a wideband CQI determined for a range of system bandwidth.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the CSI for at least one of the first and second sets of resources further comprises one or more subband CQIs, each subband CQI determined for a particular subband.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein:

the CSI for the first set of resources further comprises one or more subband CQIs, each determined for a particular subband; and

the CSI for the second set of resources further comprises a wideband CQI determined for a range of system bandwidth.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the CSI for at least one of the first and second sets of resources further comprises a precoder matrix index (PMI).

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting a scheduling request using resources in which transmissions in a first cell are protected by restricting transmissions in a second cell.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein:

the scheduling request is transmitted with CSI reported for at least one of the first and second sets of resources.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the CSI for at least one of the first and second sets of resources is sent on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH).

16. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the CSI for at least one of the first and second sets of resources is sent with traffic data on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH).

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the RI payload is multiplexed with traffic data and other encoded control information on the PUSCH.

18. A method for wireless communication, comprising:

transmitting resource partitioning information (RPI) by a base station, wherein the RPI indicates at least a first set of resources, the first set of resources comprising a first set of subframes allocated to a first cell and protected by restricting transmissions in a second cell;

receiving periodically reported channel state information (CSI) for the first set of resources;

receiving periodically reported CSI for a second set of resources; and

transmitting configuration information indicating when to report the CSI for the first and second sets of resources;

wherein the CSI for the first and second sets of resources comprises a channel quality indicator (CQI) reported with a first periodicity and rank indicator (RI) reported with a second periodicity.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the first set of resources further comprises at least one of a subband or a set or resource blocks (RBs).

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the CSI for the first and second sets of resources are sent using time division multiplexing (TDM).

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the configuration information comprises:

at least a first period for reporting CSI for the first set of resources.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the configuration information comprises:

at least a second period for reporting CSI for the second set of resources.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein the configuration information comprises:

an offset for reporting CSI for the second set of resources within the first period.

24. The method of claim 20, wherein:

the CSI for at least one of the first and second sets of resources further comprises a precoding matrix index (PMI).

25. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

means for receiving resource partitioning information (RPI) indicating at least a first set of resources, the first set of resources comprising a first set of subframes assigned to a first cell that are protected by restricting transmissions on the first set of subframes by a second cell;

means for periodically reporting channel state information (CSI) for the first set of resources;

means for periodically reporting CSI for a second set of resources; and

means for receiving configuration information indicating when to report the CSI for the first and second sets of resources;

wherein the CSI for the first and second sets of resources comprises a channel quality indicator (CQI) reported with a first periodicity and rank indicator (RI) reported with a second periodicity.

26. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein the first set of resources further comprises at least one of a subband or a set or resource blocks (RBs).

27. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein the CSI for the first and second sets of resources are sent using time division multiplexing (TDM).

28. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein the configuration information comprises:

at least a first period for reporting CSI for the first set of resources.

29. The apparatus of claim 28, wherein the configuration information comprises:

at least a second period for reporting CSI for the second set of resources.

30. The apparatus of claim 28, wherein the configuration information comprises:

an offset for reporting CSI for the second set of resources within the first period.

31. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

means for transmitting resource partitioning information (RPI) indicating at least a first set of resources, the first set of resources comprising a first set of subframes assigned to a first cell that are protected by restricting transmission on the first set of subframes by a second cell;

means for receiving periodically reported channel state information (CSI) for the first set of resources;

means for receiving periodically reported CSI for a second set of resources; and

means for transmitting configuration information indicating when to report the CSI for the first and second sets of resources;

wherein the CSI for the first and second sets of resources comprises a channel quality indicator (CQI) reported with a first periodicity and rank indicator (RI) reported with a second periodicity.

32. The apparatus of claim 31, wherein the first set of resources further comprises at least one of a subband or a set or resource blocks (RBs).

33. The apparatus of claim 31, wherein the CSI for the first and second sets of resources are sent using time division multiplexing (TDM).

34. The apparatus of claim 33, wherein the configuration information comprises:

at least a first period for reporting CSI for the first set of resources.

35. The apparatus of claim 34, wherein the configuration information comprises:

at least a second period for reporting CSI for the second set of resources.

36. The apparatus of claim 34, wherein the configuration information comprises:

an offset for reporting CSI for the second set of resources within the first period.

37. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor configured to receive resource partitioning information (RPI) indicating at least a first set of resources, the first set of resources comprising a first set of subframes assigned to a first cell that are protected by restricting transmissions on the first set of subframes by a second cell, periodically report channel state information (CSI) for the first set of resources, periodically report CSI for a second set of resources, and receive configuration information indicating when to report the CSI for the first and second sets of resources, wherein the CSI for the first and second sets of resources comprises a channel quality indicator (CQI) reported with a first periodicity and rank indicator (RI) reported with a second periodicity; and

a memory coupled with the at least one processor.

38. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor configured to transmit resource partitioning information (RPI) indicating at least a first set of resources, the first set of resources comprising a first set of subframes assigned to a first cell that are protected by restricting transmissions on the first set of subframes by a second cell, receive periodically reported channel state information (CSI) for the first set of resources, receive periodically reported CSI for a second set of resources, and transmit configuration information indicating when to report the CSI for the first and second sets of resources, wherein the CSI for the first and second sets of resources comprises a channel quality indicator (CQI) reported with a first periodicity and rank indicator (RI) reported with a second periodicity; and

a memory coupled with the at least one processor.

39. A non-transitory computer readable medium with instructions stored thereon, the instructions executable by one or more processors for:

receiving resource partitioning information (RPI) indicating at least a first set of resources by a user equipment, the first set of resources comprising a first set of subframes assigned to a first cell that are protected by restricting transmissions on the first set of subframes by a second cell;

periodically reporting channel state information (CSI) for the first set of resources;

periodically reporting CSI for a second set of resources, and

receiving configuration information indicating when to report the CSI for the first and second sets of resources;

wherein the CSI for the first and second sets of resources comprises a channel quality indicator (CQI) reported with a first periodicity and rank indicator (RI) reported with a second periodicity.

40. A non-transitory computer readable medium with instructions stored thereon, the instructions executable by one or more processors for:

transmitting resource partitioning information (RPI) indicating at least a first set of resources by a base station, the first set of resources comprising a first set of subframes assigned to a first cell that are protected by restricting transmissions on the first set of subframes by a second cell;

receiving periodically reported channel state information (CSI) for the first set of resources;

receiving periodically reported CSI for a second set of resources; and

transmitting configuration information indicating when to report the CSI for the first and second sets of resources;

wherein the CSI for the first and second sets of resources comprises a channel quality indicator (CQI) reported with a first periodicity and rank indicator (RI) reported with a second periodicity.