Method of configuring reference signal for open-loop multi-antenna transmission in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10700744-B2
Application number	US-201715667970-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 3, 2017
Priority date	Nov 3, 2016
Publication date	Jun 30, 2020
Grant date	Jun 30, 2020

Abstract

A method of receiving a downlink channel, which is received by a user equipment from an eNB in a wireless communication system, is disclosed in the present specification. Specifically, the method includes the steps of receiving a downlink control channel for receiving a DM-RS (demodulation reference signal) based downlink data channel from the eNB, and receiving the DM-RS based downlink data channel using DM-RS configuration information included in the downlink control channel. In this case, if single-codeword transmission via the DM-RS based downlink data channel is indicated by the downlink control channel, the DM-RS based downlink data channel is received using a transmission diversity scheme. If two-codewords transmission via the DM-RS based downlink data channel is indicated by the downlink control channel, the DM-RS based downlink data channel is received using a spatial multiplexing scheme.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of receiving a downlink (DL) channel from an enhanced Node B (eNB) in a wireless communication system, the method performed by a user equipment (UE) and comprising:
receiving, from the eNB, a DL control channel for receiving a demodulation reference signal (DM-RS)-based DL data channel, wherein the DL control channel includes DM-RS configuration information; and
receiving the DM-RS-based DL data channel via 2 layers on antenna ports 7 and 8 indicated by an indicator included in the DM-RS configuration information,
wherein semi open loop transmission is configured for the UE,
wherein, when a scrambling identifier of the DM-RS included in the DM-RS configuration information is set to 0,
the DM-RS-based DL data channel is received using one of a transmission diversity scheme or a spatial multiplexing scheme according to a transmission rank and codeword disabled state information included in the DM-RS configuration information,
wherein the codeword disabled state information is information including whether one of two codewords is disabled,
wherein when one of the two codewords is disabled and a number of the transmission rank is equal to 1, the DM-RS-based DL data channel is received using a space frequency block coding (SFBC)-based transmission diversity scheme, and
wherein when the two codewords are enabled and the number of the transmission rank is equal to 2, the DM-RS-based DL data channel is received using a co-phased cycling-based spatial multiplexing scheme.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the DM-RS configuration information indicates that the DM-RS is received via a first layer corresponding to antenna port 7 and a second layer corresponding to antenna port 8.

3. A method of transmitting a downlink (DL) channel to a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method performed by an enhanced Node B (eNB) and comprising:
transmitting, to the UE, a DL control channel for a demodulation reference signal (DM-RS)-based DL data channel, wherein the DL control channel includes DM-RS configuration information; and
transmitting, to the UE, the DM-RS-based DL data channel via 2 layers on antenna ports 7 and 8 indicated by an indicator in the DM-RS configuration information,
wherein semi open loop transmission is configured for the UE,
wherein, when a scrambling identifier of the DM-RS included in the DM-RS configuration information is set to 0,
the DM-RS-based DL data channel is transmitted using one of a transmission diversity scheme or a spatial multiplexing scheme according to a transmission rank and codeword disabled state information included in the DM-RS configuration information,
wherein the codeword disabled state information is information including whether one of two codewords is disabled, and
wherein when one of the two codewords is disabled and a number of the transmission rank is equal to 1, the DM-RS-based DL data channel is transmitted using a space frequency block coding (SFBC)-based transmission diversity scheme, and
wherein when the two codewords are enabled and the number of the transmission rank is equal to 2, the DM-RS-based DL data channel is transmitted using a co-phase cycling-based spatial multiplexing scheme.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the DM-RS configuration information indicates that the DM-RS is transmitted via a first layer corresponding to antenna port 7 and a second layer corresponding to antenna port 8.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Kim Hyungtae

Classifications

• H04W72/20

  Control channels or signalling for resource management · CPC title

• H04L1/0606 Primary

  Space-frequency coding · CPC title

• H04L1/0025

  Transmission of mode-switching indication · CPC title

• H04B7/065

  Variable contents, e.g. long-term or short-short · CPC title

• H04B7/10

  Polarisation diversity; Directional diversity · CPC title