Method for measuring mobility of ue for multi-antenna beamforming in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016150418-A1
Application number	US-201414907388-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 24, 2014
Priority date	Jul 26, 2013
Publication date	May 26, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a method for, at a user equipment (UE), reporting velocity information to a base station for multi-antenna based beamforming in a wireless communication system. The method includes receiving a predefined signal from the base station, calculating at least one piece of movement velocity information of a vertical beamforming direction movement velocity vw and horizontal beamforming direction movement velocity vx of the UE based on the predefined information, and reporting the at least one piece of movement velocity information to the base station. The predefined signal is used to calculate a velocity vb of the UE in a direction of the base station.

First claim

1 . A method for, at a user equipment (UE), reporting velocity information to a base station for multi-antenna based beamforming in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
receiving a predefined signal from the base station; calculating at least one piece of movement velocity information of a vertical beamforming direction movement velocity v w and horizontal beamforming direction movement velocity v x of the UE based on the predefined information; and reporting the at least one piece of movement velocity information to the base station, wherein the predefined signal is used to calculate a velocity v b of the UE in a direction of the base station.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the calculating the at least one piece of movement velocity information includes:
measuring an absolute movement velocity v of the UE and a vertical direction movement velocity v z of the UE; and calculating the at least one piece of movement velocity information of the vertical beamforming direction movement velocity v w and horizontal beamforming direction movement velocity v x of the UE based on the absolute movement velocity v, the vertical movement velocity v z and the velocity v b of the UE in the direction of the base station.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the velocity v b of the UE in the direction of the base station is determined based on Doppler shift of the predefined signal.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the velocity v b of the UE in the direction of the base station is determined based on change in an arrival time of the predetermined signal to the UE.

5 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein, when a ratio of a height difference between the base station and the UE to a distance between the base station and the UE is equal to or greater than a threshold, the vertical beamforming direction movement velocity v w of the UE is equal to the vertical movement velocity v z of the UE.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one piece of movement velocity information is used to adjust a beam width for the UE by the base station.

7 . A method for, at a base station, receiving velocity information from a user equipment (UE) for multi-antenna based beamforming in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
transmitting a predefined signal to the UE; receiving, from the UE, at least one piece of movement velocity information of a vertical beamforming direction movement velocity v w and horizontal beamforming direction movement velocity v x of the UE calculated based on the predefined information; and wherein the predefined signal is used to calculate a velocity v b of the UE in a direction of the base station.

8 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein the at least one piece of movement velocity information is calculated by the UE based on the absolute movement velocity v of the UE, the vertical movement velocity v z of the UE and the velocity v b of the UE in the direction of the base station.

9 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein the velocity v b of the UE in the direction of the base station is determined based on Doppler shift of the predefined signal.

10 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein the velocity v b of the UE in the direction of the base station is determined based on change in an arrival time of the predetermined signal to the UE.

11 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein, when a ratio of a height difference between the base station and the UE to a distance between the base station and the UE is equal to or greater than a threshold, the vertical beamforming direction movement velocity v w of the UE is equal to the vertical movement velocity v z of the UE.

12 . The method according to claim 8 , further comprising adjusting a beam width for the UE based on the at least one piece of movement velocity information.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Kang Jiwon
• Lee Kilbom
• Ko Hyunsoo
• Chung Jaehoon

Classifications

• H04L43/16

  Threshold monitoring · CPC title

• H04W16/28 Primary

  using beam steering · CPC title

• H04W24/10

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

• H04W64/006

  with additional information processing, e.g. for direction or speed determination · CPC title

• H04B7/0617 Primary

  for beam forming · CPC title