Method and device for transmitting downlink pilot

• US 9,780,935 B2
• Filed: 01/11/2011
• Issued: 10/03/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/11/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Company Limited (China Information Communication Technology Group Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: China Academy of Telecom Technology (China Information Communication Technology Group Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Xu, Jing, Miao, Deshan
• Primary Examiner(s): Vu, Huy D
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen, Bao G
• Application Number:
  US13/521,659
• Publication Number:
  US 20130016674A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,457 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2201/70701 featuring pilot assisted reception
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/068 using space frequency diversity space-frequency coding H04L1/0606
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0684 using different training sequences per antenna
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 13/004 Orthogonal
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 13/0074 Code shifting or hopping
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 13/18 Allocation of orthogonal codes
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 2013/165 Joint allocation of code together with frequency or time
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2025/03426 transmission using multiple-input and multiple-output channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2613 Structure of the reference signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0007 the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A), DMT
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0016 Time-frequency-code
• 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

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for transmitting a downlink pilot, which serves to solve the problem that the power of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols is different due to Walsh codes. The method includes: transmitting a dedicated pilot in the Code Division Multiplexing (CDM) approach or in the combination approach of CDM and Frequency Division Multiplexing (FDM); further, in the resources for transmitting the dedicated pilot, configuring an orthogonal resources for the dedicated pilot according to a set mapping rule.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting a dedicated pilot, comprising the steps of:

configuring a dedicated pilot with an orthogonal sequence over a resource for transmission of the dedicated pilot according to a preset mapping rule; and

transmitting the dedicated pilot in a Code Division Multiplexing, CDM, mode or in a hybrid CDM and Frequency Division Multiplexing, FDM, mode,

wherein adjacent sub-carriers, corresponding to the same port, for transmission of the dedicated pilot have their orthogonal sequences selected from different sets of orthogonal sequences;

for a system at a transmission rank of 1 to 4, two adjacent sub-carriers, corresponding to the same port, for transmission of the dedicated pilot have their orthogonal sequences selected from different sets of orthogonal sequences;

for a system at a transmission rank of 5 to 8, two adjacent sub-carriers, corresponding to the same port, for transmission of the dedicated pilot have their orthogonal sequences selected from different sets of orthogonal sequences;

wherein for a system at the transmission rank of 1 to 4, two adjacent sub-carriers, corresponding to the same port, for transmission of the dedicated pilot have their orthogonal sequences selected from different sets of orthogonal sequences in a frequency order within a system bandwidth;

for a system at the transmission rank of 5 to 8, two adjacent sub-carriers, corresponding to the same port, for transmission of the dedicated pilot have their orthogonal sequences selected from different sets of orthogonal sequences in a frequency order within a system bandwidth.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein for a system at a transmission rank of 5 to 8, an orthogonal sequence and a mapping rule adopted for a third stream to be transmitted are the same as those at a transmission rank of 3 or 4, and an orthogonal sequence and a mapping rule adopted for a fourth stream to be transmitted are the same as those at a transmission rank of 4.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the groups of ports mapped into the different resources are configured respectively with different sets of orthogonal sequences between which a cyclic shift relationship is satisfied, and the value of the cyclic shift is 2.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the different sets of orthogonal sequences are arranged in a reverse order to each other.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the number of sets of orthogonal sequences which the dedicated pilots mapped onto the same resource are configured with is consistent with the code length of an orthogonal code used for the dedicated pilot.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein groups of ports mapped into different resources are configured respectively with different sets of orthogonal sequences.

13. The method according to claim 1, wherein for a system at a transmission rank of 3 to 8, an orthogonal sequence and a mapping rule adopted for a first stream to be transmitted are the same as those at a transmission rank of 1 or 2, and an orthogonal sequence and a mapping rule adopted for a second stream to be transmitted are the same as those at a transmission rank of 2.

6. A device for transmitting a dedicated pilot, comprising:

a configuring unit configured to configure a dedicated pilot with an orthogonal sequence over a resource for transmission of the dedicated pilot according to a preset mapping rule; and

a transmitting unit configured to transmit the dedicated pilot processed by the configuring unit in a Code Division Multiplexing, CDM, mode or in a hybrid CDM and Frequency Division Multiplexing, FDM, mode;

wherein adjacent sub-carriers, corresponding to the same port, for transmission of the dedicated pilot have their orthogonal sequences selected from different sets of orthogonal sequences

wherein for a system at a transmission rank of 1 to 4, two adjacent sub-carriers, corresponding to the same port, for transmission of the dedicated pilot have their orthogonal sequences selected from different sets of orthogonal sequences;

for a system at a transmission rank of 5 to 8, two adjacent sub-carriers, corresponding to the same port, for transmission of the dedicated pilot have their orthogonal sequences selected from different sets of orthogonal sequences;

wherein for a system at the transmission rank of 1 to 4, two adjacent sub-carriers, corresponding to the same port, for transmission of the dedicated pilot have their orthogonal sequences selected from different sets of orthogonal sequences in a frequency order within a system bandwidth;

for a system at the transmission rank of 5 to 8, two adjacent sub-carriers, corresponding to the same port, for transmission of the dedicated pilot have their orthogonal sequences selected from different sets of orthogonal sequences in a frequency order within a system bandwidth.

7. The device according to claim 6, wherein for a system at a transmission rank of 5 to 8, an orthogonal sequence and a mapping rule adopted for a third stream are the same as those at a transmission rank of 3 or 4, and an orthogonal sequence and a mapping rule adopted for a fourth stream are the same as those at a transmission rank of 4.

8. The device according to claim 6, wherein the groups of ports mapped into the different resources are configured respectively with sets of orthogonal sequences between which a cyclic shift relationship is satisfied, and the value of the cyclic shift is 2.

9. The device according to claim 6, wherein the different sets of orthogonal sequences are arranged in a reverse order to each other.

10. The device according to claim 6, wherein the number of sets of orthogonal sequences which the dedicated pilots mapped onto the same resource are configured with is consistent with the code length of an orthogonal code used for the dedicated pilot.

12. The device according to claim 6, wherein groups of ports mapped into different resources are configured respectively with different sets of orthogonal sequences.

14. The device according to claim 6, wherein for a system at a transmission rank of 3 to 8, an orthogonal sequence and a mapping rule adopted for a first stream are the same as those at a transmission rank of 1 or 2, and an orthogonal sequence and a mapping rule adopted for a second stream are the same as those at a transmission rank of 2.