Method for transmitting and receiving feedback information in wireless communication system and device for same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10200100-B2
Application number	US-201515516571-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 26, 2015
Priority date	Nov 13, 2014
Publication date	Feb 5, 2019
Grant date	Feb 5, 2019

Abstract

A method by which a base station receives feedback information on beamforming in a wireless communication system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: transmitting an omni-directional beam formed uniformly in all directions, on the basis of a non-precoded first signal; transmitting a plurality of directional beams through a plurality of antenna ports on the basis of second signals precoded in different directions; and receiving feedback information from a terminal, wherein the feedback information includes a gain difference between a first directional beam among the plurality of directional beams and the omni-directional beam, and an index of a first antenna port used in transmitting the first directional beam among the plurality of antenna ports.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of receiving feedback information for hybrid beamforming by a base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
transmitting an omni-directional beam, which is uniformly formed in all directions, based on a non-precoded first signal;
transmitting a plurality of directional beams through a plurality of antenna ports based on second signals which are precoded in different directions;
receiving, from a user equipment (UE), feedback information including a gain difference between a specific directional beam among the plurality of directional beams and the omni-directional beam and an index of an antenna port used for transmitting the specific directional beam among the plurality of antenna ports;
setting an analog beamformer by identifying a direction of the specific directional beam based on the index of the antenna port;
determining a precoding matrix index (PMI) of a digital beamformer from a subset of a codebook, wherein the subset of the codebook corresponds to PMIs available for the identified direction, each of the PMIs in the subset is associated with each of a plurality of gain difference values, and the determined PMI is associated with the gain difference of the feedback information; and
performing hybrid beamforming using the analog beamformer and the digital beamformer.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein transmitting the plurality of directional beams comprises:
transmitting each of the plurality of directional beams in a different direction via each of the plurality of antenna ports.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of directional beams are formed by precoding at least one of a Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS), a Channel State Information-Reference Signal (CSI-RS), and an enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel (EPDCCH) in a different direction.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the omni-directional beam is formed based on at least one of a Cell-specific Reference Signal (CRS), a Primary Synchronization Signal (PSS), an Secondary Synchronization Signal (SSS), a Positioning Reference Signal (PRS), a Physical Broadcasting Channel (PBCH), a Physical Multicast Channel (PMCH), a Physical Control Format Indication Channel (PCFICH), and a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH).

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the gain difference between the first directional beam and the omni-directional beam indicates a direction at which the UE is located within the specific directional beam.

6. A base station for receiving feedback information for beamforming in a wireless communication system, the base station comprising:
a transmitter configured to transmit an omni-directional beam, which is uniformly formed in all directions, based on a non-precoded first signal, and to transmit a plurality of directional beams through a plurality of antenna ports based on second signals which are precoded in different directions;
a receiver configured to receive, from a user equipment (UE), feedback information including a gain difference between a specific directional beam among the plurality of directional beams and the omni-directional beam and an index of an antenna port used for transmitting the specific directional beam among the plurality of antenna ports; and
a processor configured to control the transmitter and the receiver, to set an analog beamformer by identifying a direction of the specific directional beam based on the index of the antenna port, to determine a precoding matrix index (PMI) of a digital beamformer from a subset of a codebook, and to perform hybrid beamforming using the analog beamformer and the digital beamformer,
wherein the subset of the codebook corresponds to PMIs available for the identified direction, each of the PMIs in the subset is associated with each of a plurality of gain difference values, and the determined PMI is associated with the gain difference of the feedback information.

7. The base station of claim 6 , wherein the processor controls the transmitter to transmit each of the plurality of directional beams in a different direction via each of the plurality of antenna ports.

8. The base station of claim 6 , wherein the plurality of directional beams are formed by precoding at least one of a Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS), a Channel State Information-Reference Signal (CSI-RS), and an enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel (EPDCCH) in a different direction.

9. The base station of claim 6 , wherein the omni-directional beam is formed based on at least one of a Cell-specific Reference Signal (CRS), a Primary Synchronization Signal (PSS), an Secondary Synchronization Signal (SSS), a Positioning Reference Signal (PRS), a Physical Broadcasting Channel (PBCH), a Physical Multicast Channel (PMCH), a Physical Control Format Indication Channel (PCFICH), and a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH).

10. The base station of claim 6 wherein the gain difference between the first directional beam and the omni-directional beam indicates a direction at which the UE is located within the specific directional beam.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Kim Kitae
• Kang Jiwon
• Lee Kilbom
• Kim Heejin
• Kim Dongkyu

Classifications

• H04B7/06

  at the transmitting station · CPC title

• H04B7/0621 Primary

  Feedback content · CPC title

• H04B7/0617

  for beam forming · CPC title

• H04B7/0639

  Using selective indices, e.g. of a codebook, e.g. pre-distortion matrix index [PMI] or for beam selection · CPC title

• H04B7/0456

  Selection of precoding matrices or codebooks, e.g. using matrices antenna weighting · CPC title