Method for performing measurement through eliminating interference and terminal

• US 9,838,906 B2
• Filed: 11/29/2013
• Issued: 12/05/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/18/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Yang, Yoonoh, Hwang, Jinyup, Jung, Manyoung, Lee, Sangwook, Lim, Suhwan
• Primary Examiner(s): Phan, Man
• Application Number:
  US14/759,096
• Publication Number:
  US 20150358855A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,467 Days
• Field of Search: 370251-312, 370328-331, 370201, 370242, 455418-456
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/345 Interference values signal-to-interference ratio [SIR] or carrier-to-interference ratio [CIR] H04B17/336
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/382 for resource allocation, admission control or handover
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/001 the frequencies being arranged in component carriers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0023 Time-frequency-space
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0032 Distributed allocation, i.e. involving a plurality of allocating devices, each making partial allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/005 of common pilots, i.e. pilots destined for multiple users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0073 Allocation arrangements that take into account other cell interferences for intercell interference mitigation or co-ordination in orthogonal multiplex systems H04J11/005
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0091 Signaling for the administration of the divided path
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/08 Testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/04 Error control
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal

Abstract

The present invention provides a method for performing a measurement by a terminal in a wireless communications system having both a macro cell and a small cell. The method for performing a measurement includes the step of receiving CRS (Cellspecific Reference Signal) support information from the macro cell or the small cell which works as a serving cell. The CRS support information may contain the information of a cell sending a CRS causing interference. The method may include the step of receiving respectively a CRS from the macro and a CRS from the small cell. Here, a timing offset may be adjusted between the sub-frame receiving the CRS from the macro cell and the sub-frame receiving the CRS from the small cell.

Claims

1. A method for performing measurements by a terminal in a wireless communication system in which a macro cell and a small-scale cell coexist, the method comprising:

receiving Cell-specific Reference Signal (CRS) assistance information from whichever cell, among the macro cell and the small-scale cell, is a serving cell, wherein the CRS assistance information includes information on a cell that transmits a CRS that causes interference;

receiving measurement configuration information from the serving cell;

receiving first CRS from the macro cell and second CRS from the small-scale cell, wherein a timing offset is adjusted between a subframe in which the first CRS is received from the macro cell and a subframe in which the second CRS is received from the small-scale cell; and

performing a measurement for whichever CRS, among the first CRS and the second CRS, is the CRS received from the serving cell by performing interference cancellation function, using the CRS assistance information, for whichever CRS, among the first CRS and the second CRS, is the CRS not received from the serving cell,

wherein the measurement configuration information includes information on a subframe in which a measurement of a neighbor cell is to be performed,

wherein the neighbor cell is a cell not corresponding to the serving cell.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the CRS assistance information is received by being included in radio resource configuration information,

wherein the radio resource configuration information includes information on a subframe in which a measurement of the serving cell is to be performed.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the CRS assistance information includes information on the CRS that causes interference and information on a cell that transmits the CRS that causes interference.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the timing offset is equal to or less than 3 us and equal to or greater than zero.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the timing offset is equal to or less than cyclic prefix length/2 and equal to or greater than zero.

6. A terminal for performing measurements in a wireless communication system in which a macro cell and a small-scale cell coexist, the terminal comprising:

a receiver and,

a processor that controls the receiver to;

receive Cell-specific Reference Signal (CRS) assistance information from whichever cell, among the macro cell and the small-scale cell, is a serving cell,

receive first CRS from the macro cell and second CRS from the small-scale cell, and

receive measurement configuration information from the serving cell,

wherein the CRS assistance information includes information on a cell that transmits a CRS that causes interference, wherein a timing offset is adjusted between a subframe in which the first CRS is received from the macro cell and a subframe in which the second CRS is received from the small-scale cell, and wherein the measurement configuration information includes information on a subframe in which a measurement of a neighbor cell is to be performed,

wherein the neighbor cell is a cell not corresponding to the serving cell; and

the processor further;

performs a measurement for whichever CRS, among the first CRS and the second CRS, is the CRS received from the serving cell by performing interference cancellation function, using the CRS assistance information, for whichever CRS, among the first CRS and the second CRS, is the CRS not received from the serving cell.

7. The terminal of claim 6, wherein the CRS assistance information is received by being included in radio resource configuration information,

wherein the radio resource configuration information includes information on a subframe in which a measurement of the serving cell is to be performed.

8. The terminal of claim 6, wherein the CRS assistance information includes information on the CRS that causes interference and information on a cell that transmits the CRS that causes interference.

9. The terminal of claim 6, wherein the timing offset is equal to or less than 3 us and equal to or greater than zero.

10. The terminal of claim 6, wherein the timing offset is equal to or less than cyclic prefix length/2 and equal to or greater than zero.