Demodulation reference signal and channel state information-reference signal resource indication system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11329849-B2
Application number	US-201816619038-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 28, 2018
Priority date	Sep 30, 2016
Publication date	May 10, 2022
Grant date	May 10, 2022

Abstract

Aspects of the present disclosure disclose techniques for the indication of the allocation of the downlink (DL) demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) ports for the data channel in NR communications. In some examples, the channel state information (CSI) reference signal (CSI-RS) may be associated with a corresponding DM-RS for a DL data channel. The transmitting device, in some examples, may further transmit a notification that provides resource allocations (e.g., port allocations) that minimize the redundant information that is required to be transmitted from the base station to the user equipment (UE) when the DM-RS port allocation is the same as the CSI-RS port allocation received by the UE in an earlier time slot.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for wireless communications, comprising:
associating a channel state information (CSI) reference signal (CSI-RS) with a demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) in a data channel;
mapping one or more DM-RS ports to one or more CSI-RS ports;
transmitting the CSI-RS from a base station to a user equipment (UE) during a first time slot, wherein transmitting the CSI-RS during the first time slot includes transmitting port allocation information regarding the CSI-RS; and
transmitting the DM-RS from the base station to the UE during a second time slot, wherein transmitting the DM-RS during the second time slot includes transmitting a notification message that indicates that DM-RS port allocation for the UE is same as the port allocation information regarding the CSI-RS received by the UE during the first time slot.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprises:
configuring non-zero power (NZP) CSI-RS resource associated with a DM-RS scrambling identity (ID).

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
configuring a first non-zero power (NZP) CSI-RS resource with a first set of the one or more CSI-RS ports to a first DM-RS scrambling identity (ID); and
configuring a second NZP CSI-RS resource with a second set of the one or more CSI-RS ports to a second DM-RS scrambling ID, wherein the first set of the one or more CSI-RS ports and the second set of the one or more CSI-RS ports are selected from a group of available CSI-RS ports.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the notification message includes identification of the first time slot, which allows UE to identify the corresponding one or more DM-RS ports associated with the one or more CSI-RS ports.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprises:
configuring a first non-zero power (NZP) CSI-RS resource associated with a first DM-RS scrambling identity (ID); and
configuring a second NZP CSI-RS resource associated with a second DM-RS scrambling ID.

6. An apparatus for wireless communications, comprising:
a memory configured to store instructions; and
a processor communicatively coupled with the memory, the processor configured to execute the instructions to:
associate a channel state information (CSI) reference signal (CSI-RS) with a demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) in a data channel;
map one or more DM-RS ports to one or more CSI-RS ports;
transmit the CSI-RS from a base station to a user equipment (UE) during a first time slot, wherein transmitting the CSI-RS during the first time slot includes transmitting port allocation information regarding the CSI-RS; and
transmit the DM-RS from the base station to the UE during a second time slot, wherein transmitting the DM-RS during the second time slot includes transmitting a notification message that indicates that DM-RS port allocation for the UE is same as the port allocation information regarding the CSI-RS received by the UE during the first time slot.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the instructions to:
configure non-zero power (NZP) CSI-RS resource associated with a DM-RS scrambling identity (ID).

8. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the instructions to:
configure a first non-zero power (NZP) CSI-RS resource with a first set of the one or more CSI-RS ports to a first DM-RS scrambling identity (ID); and
configure a second NZP CSI-RS resource with a second set of the one or more CSI-RS ports to a second DM-RS scrambling ID, wherein the first set of the one or more CSI-RS ports and the second set of the one or more CSI-RS ports are selected from a group of available CSI- RS ports.

9. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the notification message includes identification of the first time slot, which allows UE to identify the corresponding one or more DM-RS ports associated with the one or more CSI-RS ports.

10. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the instructions to:
configure a first non-zero power (NZP) CSI-RS resource associated with a first DM-RS scrambling identity (ID); and
configure a second NZP CSI-RS resource associated with a second DM-RS scrambling ID.

11. A non-transitory computer readable medium for wireless communications, comprising code executable by a processor for:
associating a channel state information (CSI) reference signal (CSI-RS) with a demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) in a data channel;
mapping one or more DM-RS ports to one or more CSI-RS ports;
transmitting the CSI-RS from a base station to a user equipment (UE) during a first time slot, wherein transmitting the CSI-RS during the first time slot includes transmitting port allocation information regarding the CSI-RS; and
transmitting the DM-RS from the base station to the UE during a second time slot, wherein transmitting the DM-RS during the second time slot includes transmitting a notification message that indicates that DM-RS port allocation for the UE is same as the port allocation information regarding the CSI-RS received by the UE during the first time slot.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , further comprising code for:
configuring non-zero power (NZP) CSI-RS resource associated with a DM-RS scrambling identity (ID).

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , further comprising code for:
configuring a first non-zero power (NZP) CSI-RS resource with a first set of the one or more CSI-RS ports to a first DM-RS scrambling identity (ID); and
configuring a second NZP CSI-RS resource with a second set of the one or more CSI-RS ports to a second DM-RS scrambling ID, wherein the first set of the one or more CSI-RS ports and the second set of the one or more CSI-RS ports are selected from a group of available CSI-RS ports.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the notification message includes identification of the first time slot, which allows UE to identify the corresponding one or more DM-RS ports associated with the one or more CSI-RS ports.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , further comprising code for:
configuring a first non-zero power (NZP) CSI-RS resource associated with a first DM-RS scrambling identity (ID); and
configuring a second NZP CSI-RS resource associated with a second DM-RS scrambling ID.

16. An apparatus for wireless communications, comprising:
means for associating a channel state information (CSI) reference signal (CSI-RS) with a demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) in a data channel;
means for mapping one or more DM-RS ports to one or more CSI-RS ports;
means for transmitting the CSI-RS from a base station to a user equipment (UE) during a first time slot, wherein transmitting the CSI-RS during the first time slot includes transmitting port allocation information regarding the CSI-RS; and
means for transmitting the DM-RS from the base station to the UE during a second time slot, wherein transmitting the DM-RS during the second time slot includes transmitting a notification message that indicates that DM-RS port allocation for the UE is same as the port allocation information regarding the CSI-RS received by the UE during the first time slot.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 , further comprising:
means for configuring non-zero power (NZP) CSI-RS resource associated with a DM-RS scrambling identity (ID).

18. The apparatus of claim 16 , further comprising:
means for configuring a first non-zero power (NZP) CSI-RS resource with a first set of t

Assignees

• Qualcomm Inc
• Namgoong June
• Vitthaladevuni Pavan Kumar
• Zhang Yu
• Soriaga Joseph Binamira
• Jiang Jing
• Manolakos Alexandros

Inventors

• Namgoong June
• Vitthaladevuni Pavan Kumar
• Zhang Yu
• Soriaga Joseph Binamira
• Jiang Jing
• Manolakos Alexandros

Classifications

• H04L5/00 Primary

  Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path · CPC title

• H04B7/0626

  Channel coefficients, e.g. channel state information [CSI] · CPC title

• H04L5/005

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

• H04L25/0224 Primary

  using sounding signals · CPC title

• H04W72/04

  Wireless resource allocation · CPC title