Mobile station apparatus, base station apparatus, method and integrated circuit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9173208-B2
Application number	US-201113883382-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 4, 2011
Priority date	Nov 5, 2010
Publication date	Oct 27, 2015
Grant date	Oct 27, 2015

Abstract

To provide a mobile station apparatus, a base station apparatus, a method and an integrated circuit which are capable of dissolving complexity of setting by the base station apparatus and performing efficient scheduling by improving the orthogonality of resources of a reference signal for every antenna. A mobile station apparatus which transmits a sounding reference signal to a base station apparatus using a plurality of antenna ports, wherein based on one value set specifically to a mobile station apparatus by a parameter notified of by a higher layer from the base station apparatus, a cyclic shift applied to a sounding reference signal corresponding to the plurality of antenna ports is determined.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A mobile station apparatus configured to communicate with a base station apparatus, the mobile station apparatus comprising:
a receiving unit configured to receive information for indicating a number of one or more antenna ports being used for transmission of one or more sounding reference signals; and
a transmitting unit configured to determine a number of sequences being generated for the one or more sounding reference signals in accordance with the number of one or more antenna ports set based on the information in a case that the information is set.

2. The mobile station apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the transmitting unit is configured to:
determine an antenna port p for transmitting the one or more sounding reference signals in accordance with the number of one or more antenna ports; and
generate the sequences corresponding to the antenna port p.

3. The mobile station apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
the transmitting unit is configured to generate, based on an index of the antenna port p and the number of one or more antenna ports, the sequences corresponding to the antenna port p in a case that the number of one or more antenna ports is set based on the information.

4. The mobile station apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
in a case that the number of the one or more antenna ports is x, x set of sequences is set, and
x is equal to or greater than 1.

5. A base station apparatus configured to communicate with a mobile station apparatus, the base station apparatus comprising:
a transmitting unit configured to transmit, to the mobile station apparatus, information indicating a number of one or more antenna ports being used for transmission of one or more sounding reference signals; and
a receiving unit configured to:
determine a number of sequences for the one or more sounding reference signals generated by the mobile station apparatus in accordance with the number of one or more antenna ports based on the information transmitted to the mobile station apparatus; and
decode, based on the determined number of sequences, the sequences for the one or more sounding reference signals transmitted from the mobile station apparatus.

6. The base station apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein
the receiving unit is configured to determine an antenna port p on which the sounding reference signal is transmitted in accordance with the number of one or more antenna ports, the sequences corresponding to the antenna port p is set.

7. The base station apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein
the receiving unit is configured to decode, based on an index of the antenna port p and the number of one or more antenna ports, the sequences for the sounding reference signal transmitted from the mobile station apparatus in a case that the information is transmitted to the mobile station apparatus.

8. The base station apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein
in a case that the number of the one or more antenna ports is x, x set of sequences is set, and
x is equal to or greater than 1.

9. A method in a mobile station apparatus configured to communicate with a base station apparatus, the method comprising:
receiving information for indicating a number of one or more antenna ports being used for transmission of one or more sounding reference signals; and
determining the number of sequences being generated for the sounding reference signal in accordance with the number of one or more antenna ports set based on the information in a case that the information is set.

10. The method according to claim 9 , further comprising:
determining an antenna port p for transmitting the one or more sounding reference signals in accordance with the number of one or more antenna ports; and
generating the sequences corresponding to the antenna port p.

11. The method according to claim 10 , further comprising:
generating, based on an index of the antenna port p and the number of one or more antenna ports, the sequences corresponding to the antenna port p in a case that the number of one or more antenna ports is set based on the information.

12. A method in a base station apparatus configured to communicate with a mobile station apparatus, the method comprising:
transmitting, to the mobile station apparatus, information indicating a number of one or more antenna ports being used for transmission of one or more sounding reference signals; and
determining a number of sequences for the sounding reference signal generated by the mobile station apparatus in accordance with the number of one or more antenna ports based on the information transmitted to the mobile station apparatus; and
decoding, based on the determined number of sequences, the sequences for the one or more sounding reference signals transmitted from the mobile station apparatus.

13. The method according to claim 12 , further comprising:
determining an antenna port p on which the one or more sounding reference signals is transmitted in accordance with the number of one or more antenna ports, and the sequences corresponding to the antenna port p is set.

14. The method according to claim 13 , further comprising:
decoding, based on an index of the antenna port p and the number of one or more antenna ports, the sequences for the one or more sounding reference signals transmitted from the mobile station apparatus in a case that the information is transmitted to the mobile station apparatus.

15. An integrated circuit in a mobile station apparatus configured to communicate with a base station apparatus, the integrated circuit comprising:
circuitry configured to:
receive information for indicating a number of one or more antenna ports being used for transmission of one or more sounding reference signals; and
determine a number of sequences being generated for the one or more sounding reference signals in accordance with the number of one or more antenna ports set based on the information in a case that the information is set.

16. The integrated circuit according to claim 15 , wherein
the circuitry is further configured to:
determine an antenna port p for transmitting the one or more sounding reference signals in accordance with the number of one or more antenna ports; and
generate the sequences corresponding to the antenna port p.

17. The integrated circuit according to claim 16 , wherein
the circuitry is further configured to:
generate, based on an index of the antenna port p and the number of one or more antenna ports, the sequences corresponding to the antenna port p in a case that the number of one or more antenna ports is set based on the information.

18. An integrated circuit in a base station apparatus configured to communicate with a mobile station apparatus, the integrated circuit comprising:
circuitry configured to:
transmit, to the mobile station apparatus, information indicating a number of one or more antenna ports being used for transmission of one or more sounding reference signals;
determine a number of sequences for the one or more sounding reference signals generated by the mobile station apparatus in accordance with the number of one or more antenna ports based on the information transmitted to the mobile station apparatus; and
decode, based on the determined number of sequences, the sequences for the one or more sounding reference signals transmitted from the mobile station apparatus.

19. The integrated circuit according to claim 18 , wherein
the circuitry is further configured to:
receive informa

Assignees

• Ouchi Wataru
• Akimoto Yosuke
• Nogami Toshizo
• Sharp Kk

Inventors

• Ouchi Wataru
• Akimoto Yosuke
• Nogami Toshizo

Classifications

• H04W72/23

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

• H04W72/20 Primary

  Control channels or signalling for resource management · CPC title

• H04J13/0059

  CAZAC [constant-amplitude and zero auto-correlation] · CPC title

• H04L25/0226

  sounding signals per se · CPC title

• H04W48/08

  Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery (signalling during connection H04W76/00) · CPC title