User equipment and methods for codebook subsampling for enhanced 4TX codebooks

• US 9,553,643 B2
• Filed: 06/15/2015
• Issued: 01/24/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Intel IP Corporation (Intel Corporation)
• Inventors: Chen, Xiaogang, Zhu, Yuan, Li, Qinghua
• Primary Examiner(s): Corrielus, Jean B
• Application Number:
  US14/739,815
• Publication Number:
  US 20160006493A1
• Time in Patent Office: 589 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0452 Multi-user MIMO systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0456 Selection of precoding matrices or codebooks, e.g. using matrices antenna weighting
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0486 taking channel rank into account
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0617 for beam forming
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0626 Channel coefficients, e.g. channel state information [CSI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/063 Parameters other than those covered in groups H04B7/0623 - H04B7/0634, e.g. channel matrix rank or transmit mode selection
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0632 Channel quality parameters, e.g. channel quality indicator [CQI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0639 Using selective indices, e.g. of a codebook, e.g. pre-distortion matrix index [PMI] or for beam selection
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/20 Modulator circuits; Transmitter circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/02 Protecting privacy or anonymity, e.g. protecting personally identifiable information [PII]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/75 Temporary identity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0289 Congestion control load shedding arrangements in network planning H04W16/08; performing reselection for handling the traffic H04W36/22; wireless traffic scheduling H04W72/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/24 between backbone network devices

Abstract

Embodiments of user equipment (UE) and methods for codebook subsampling for enhanced 4TX codebooks in 3GPP LTE wireless networks are generally described herein. In some embodiments, a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) is configured for transmission of channel state information (CSI) feedback including a rank indicator (RI) and a precoding matrix (W1). The rank indicator (RI) and a precoding matrix (W1) are jointly encoded and codebook subsampling is performed for the enhanced 4Tx codebook for at least one of: PUCCH report type 5 (RI/1st PMI) in PUCCH 1-1 submode 1; PUCCH report type 2c (CQI/1st PMI/2nd PMI) in PUCCH 1-1 submode 2; and PUCCH report type 1a (subband CQI/2nd PMI) in PUCCH 2-1.

Claims

1. User Equipment (UE) configured for periodic physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) channel-state information (CSI) reporting, the UE comprising:

processing circuitry configured for periodic CSI reporting in accordance with a plurality of PUCCH reporting types for four antenna ports, the PUCCH reporting types for the four antenna ports including a PUCCH reporting type 1a for reporting a subband channel quality indicator (CQI) and a second precoding matrix indicator (PMI), a PUCCH reporting type 2c for reporting a wideband CQI and a first PMI and a second PMI, and a PUCCH reporting type 5 for reporting a rank indicator (RI) and a first PMI; and

transceiver circuitry configured to transmit the CSI report on the PUCCH in accordance with the configured PUCCH reporting type,

wherein for the PUCCH reporting types, a subsampled four transmit antenna (4TX) codebook is applied for jointly coding reporting for at least some of the PUCCH reporting types for the four antenna ports,

wherein the processing circuitry is configured for periodic PUCCH CSI reporting in accordance with one of a plurality of reporting modes, the reporting modes indicating a CQI feedback type and a PMI feedback type, the reporting modes including a reporting mode PUCCH 1-1 and reporting mode PUCCH 2-1,

wherein when configured for reporting mode PUCCH 1-1, the processing circuitry is configured to jointly code the rank indicator (RI) and the first precoding matrix indicator (PMI) using the subsampled 4TX codebook,

wherein for the PUCCH reporting type 5 when configured for reporting mode PUCCH 1-1;

the processing circuitry is configured to jointly code the RI and the first PMI using a sub-sampled codebook, the first PMI corresponding to a set of precoding matrices selected from a first codebook subset based on the sub-sampled 4TX codebook, and

the transceiver circuitry is configured to transmit a type 5 report on the PUCCH, the type 5 report including the jointly coded RI and the first PMI, and

wherein when configured for PUCCH reporting type 2c;

the processing circuitry is configured to;

select a single precoding matrix from the codebook subset, the first PMI corresponding to a set of precoding matrices selected from a second codebook subset based on the sub-sampled 4TX codebook, and calculate a single wideband CQI value from the selected single precoding matrix, and

the transceiver circuitry is configured to transmit a type 2c report on the PUCCH that includes the single wideband CQI, and wideband first and second PMIs corresponding to the selected single precoding matrix, in a first subframe.

2. The UE of claim 1 wherein the processing circuitry is configured to perform codebook subsampling of the 4TX codebook for the PUCCH reporting type 5 when configured for reporting mode PUCCH 1-1.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein when configured for PUCCH reporting type 1a:

the processing circuitry is to select a subband of system bandwidth, and select a second PMI from third a codebook subset based on transmission over the selected subband, and

the transceiver circuitry is to transmit the type 1a report on the PUCCH that includes the CQI value related to the selected subband and the second PMI in a second subframe.

4. The UE of claim 1 wherein the processing circuitry is to configure the transceiver circuitry for either two or four-layer spatial multiplexing when the UE is configured for the PUCCH reporting type 5.

5. The UE of claim 1 wherein:

the PUCCH reporting type 1a supports subband CQI and second PMI feedback for the four antenna ports,

the PUCCH reporting type 2c supports wideband CQI and full PMI feedback for the four antenna ports, and

the PUCCH reporting type 5 supports RI and first PMI feedback for the four antenna ports configured for two and four layer spatial multiplexing.

6. The UE of claim 1 wherein when the UE is further configured for transmission on four antenna ports (4TX), the processing circuitry is configured to perform codebook subsampling for:

the PUCCH reporting type 5 when configured for reporting mode PUCCH 1-1;

the PUCCH reporting type 2c when configured for reporting mode PUCCH 1-1; and

the PUCCH reporting type 1a when configured for reporting mode PUCCH 2-1.

7. The UE of claim 1 wherein for the PUCCH reporting type 5 in reporting mode PUCCH 1-1 submode 1, when a maximum of four layers of data transmission is supported by the UE, the processing circuitry is to jointly code the RI and the second PMI by employing the subsampled 4TX codebook prior to configuring the report for a rank indicator of two.

8. The UE of claim 7 wherein when a maximum of two layers of data transmission is supported by the UE, the processing circuitry is further configured to jointly code the RI and the second PMI without use of a subsampled codebook.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions for execution by one or more processors of a user equipment (UE) to configure the UE to perform operations for periodic physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) channel-state information (CSI) reporting to:

configure the UE for periodic CSI reporting in accordance with a plurality of PUCCH reporting types for four antenna ports, the PUCCH reporting types for the four antenna ports including a PUCCH reporting type 1a for reporting a subband channel quality indicator (CQI) and a second precoding matrix indicator (PMI), a PUCCH reporting type 2c for reporting a wideband CQI and a first PMI and a second PMI and a PUCCH reporting type 5 for reporting a rank indicator (RI) and a first PMI; and

encode a report for transmission on the PUCCH in accordance with the configured PUCCH reporting type,

wherein for the PUCCH reporting types, a subsampled four transmit antenna (4TX) codebook is applied for jointly coding reporting for at least some of the PUCCH reporting types for the four antenna ports,

wherein the UE is further configured for periodic PUCCH CSI reporting in accordance with one of a plurality of reporting modes, the reporting modes indicating a CQI feedback type and a PMI feedback type, the reporting modes including a reporting mode PUCCH 1-1 and reporting mode PUCCH 2-1,

wherein when configured for reporting mode PUCCH 1-1, the UE is to jointly code the rank indicator (RI) and the first precoding matrix indicator (PMI) using the subsampled 4TX codebook,

wherein for the PUCCH reporting type 5 when configured for reporting mode PUCCH 1-1;

the UE is to jointly code the RI and the first PMI using a sub-sampled codebook, the first PMI corresponding to a set of precoding matrices selected from a first codebook subset based on the sub-sampled 4TX codebook, and

to transmit a type 5 report on the PUCCH, the type 5 report including the jointly coded RI and the first PMI, and

wherein when configured for PUCCH reporting type 2c;

the UE is to;

select a single precoding matrix from the codebook subset, the first PMI corresponding to a set of precoding matrices selected from a second codebook subset based on the sub-sampled 4TX codebook, and calculate a single wideband CQI value from the selected single precoding matrix, and

the transceiver circuitry is to transmit a type 2c report on the PUCCH that includes the single wideband CQI, and wideband first and second PMIs corresponding to the selected single precoding matrix, in a subframe.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 wherein the UE is configured to perform codebook subsampling of the 4TX codebook for the PUCCH reporting type 5 when configured for reporting mode PUCCH 1-1.

11. A method for periodic physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) channel-state information (CSI) reporting performed by user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

performing periodic CSI reporting in accordance with a plurality of PUCCH reporting types for four antenna ports, the PUCCH reporting types for the four antenna ports including a PUCCH reporting type 1a for reporting a subband channel quality indicator (CQI) and a second precoding matrix indicator (PMI), a PUCCH reporting type 2c for reporting a wideband CQI and a first PMI and a second PMI, and a PUCCH reporting type 5 for reporting a rank indicator (RI) and a first PMI; and

encoding a report for transmission on the PUCCH in accordance with the configured PUCCH reporting type,

wherein for the PUCCH reporting types, a subsampled four transmit antenna (4TX) codebook is applied for jointly coding reporting for at least some of the PUCCH reporting types for the four antenna ports,

wherein processing circuitry of the UE is configured for periodic PUCCH CSI reporting in accordance with one of a plurality of reporting modes, the reporting modes indicating a CQI feedback type and a PMI feedback type, the reporting modes including a reporting mode PUCCH 1-1 and reporting mode PUCCH 2-1,

wherein when configured for reporting mode PUCCH 1-1, the processing circuitry is to jointly code the rank indicator (RI) and the first precoding matrix indicator (PMI) using the subsampled 4TX codebook,

wherein for the PUCCH reporting type 5 when configured for reporting mode PUCCH 1-1;

the processing circuitry is to jointly code the RI and the first PMI using a sub-sampled codebook, the first PMI corresponding to a set of precoding matrices selected from a first codebook subset based on the sub-sampled 4TX codebook, and

transceiver circuitry of the UE is to transmit a type 5 report on the PUCCH, the type 5 report including the jointly coded RI and the first PMI, and

wherein when configured for PUCCH reporting type 2c;

the processing circuitry is to;

select a single precoding matrix from the codebook subset, the first PMI corresponding to a set of precoding matrices selected from a second codebook subset based on the sub-sampled 4TX codebook, and calculate a single wideband CQI value from the selected single precoding matrix, and

the transceiver circuitry is to transmit a type 2c report on the PUCCH that includes the single wideband CQI, and wideband first and second PMIs corresponding to the selected single precoding matrix, in a subframe.