Reference signal transmission method in unlicensed band in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10305654-B2
Application number	US-201515323074-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 6, 2015
Priority date	Jul 7, 2014
Publication date	May 28, 2019
Grant date	May 28, 2019

Abstract

In the present application, disclosed is a method for reporting channel state information in an unlicensed band to a base station by a terminal in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the method comprises the steps of: receiving, from the base station, information on a reference signal resource for interference measurement through an upper layer; calculating channel state information using the reference signal resource for the interference measurement; and reporting the channel state information to the base station, wherein the reference signal resource for the interference measurement is configured by two or more reference signal patterns, and the two or more reference signal patterns are mapped to different time resources, respectively.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of reporting channel state information by a user equipment (UE) to an eNB in an unlicensed band in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
receiving information on a first reference signal resource for interference measurement in the unlicensed band from the eNB through a higher layer;
calculating channel state information using the first reference signal resource for the interference measurement; and
reporting the channel state information to the eNB,
wherein the first reference signal resource for the interference measurement comprises a plurality of resource elements (REs),
wherein each of the plurality of REs is assigned to a different symbol,
wherein the information further includes a second reference signal resource for a cell-specific reference signal (CRS) in the unlicensed band, and
wherein the second reference signal resource is assigned to a CRS RE corresponding to a position to which a frequency shift is applied and a CRS RE whose position is defined by a cell identifier.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first reference signal resource is composed of 4 REs and each of the 4 REs is mapped to a different antenna port.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second reference signal resource is assigned to a CRS RE corresponding to a position to which a frequency shift is applied only in a specific symbol of a subframe.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the specific symbol is a first symbol or first two symbols of the subframe.

5. A method of receiving channel state information by an eNB from a user equipment (UE) in an unlicensed band in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
providing information on a first reference signal resource for interference measurement in the unlicensed band to the UE through a higher layer; and
receiving channel state information, which is calculated using the first reference signal resource for the interference measurement, from the UE,
wherein the first reference signal resource for the interference measurement comprises a plurality of resource elements (REs),
wherein each of the plurality of REs is assigned to a different symbol,
wherein the information further includes a second reference signal resource for a cell-specific reference signal (CRS) in the unlicensed band, and
wherein the second reference signal resource is assigned to a CRS RE corresponding to a position to which a frequency shift is applied and a CRS RE whose position is defined by a cell identifier.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the first reference signal resource is composed of 4 REs and each of the 4 REs is mapped to a different antenna port.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the second reference signal resource is assigned to a CRS RE corresponding to a position to which a frequency shift is applied only in a specific symbol of a subframe.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the specific symbol is a first symbol or first two symbols of the subframe.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Seo Hanbyul
• Ahn Joonkui
• Kim Seonwook

Classifications

• H04W72/23

  in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal · CPC title

• H04W24/10

  Scheduling measurement reports {; Arrangements for measurement reports} · CPC title

• H04B17/345

  Interference values ({signal-to-interference ratio [SIR] or carrier-to-interference ratio [CIR]} H04B17/336) · CPC title

• H04L5/005

  of common pilots, i.e. pilots destined for multiple users or terminals · CPC title

• H04L5/0007 Primary

  the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A) or DMT · CPC title