Method and device for sending and receiving a reference signal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9509473-B2
Application number	US-201514822863-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 10, 2015
Priority date	Aug 14, 2009
Publication date	Nov 29, 2016
Grant date	Nov 29, 2016

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for sending and receiving a reference signal for a backhaul subframe in a wireless communication system in which a relay is present and also to a device therefor, constituted in such a way that common reference signals for a plurality of receiving devices and reference signals dedicated to separate receiving devices are allocated dispersed in a subframe, and the common reference signals and the dedicated reference signals are generated and are sent and received via the subframe. The present invention can improve the channel estimation performance for subframes in a wireless communication system. In this way, communications efficiency in wireless communication systems can be improved.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method to transmit control information on a downlink channel by a base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
generating first control information and second control information;
transmitting the first control information on a first control channel based on a common reference signal for a cell; and
transmitting the second control information on a second control channel based on a reference signal for demodulation of the second control information,
wherein the common reference signal for the cell is allocated in a plurality of resource blocks (RBs) used by the base station,
wherein the reference signal for the demodulation of the second control information is allocated in a specific RB indicated by a higher layer signaling.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second control channel corresponds to each reception device, and wherein the second control channel is allocated in a unit of a RB.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the common reference signal for the cell and the reference signal for the demodulation of the second control information are each mapped in a different symbol of a subframe.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reference signal for the demodulation of the second control information is transmitted after the transmission of the common reference signal for the cell in a subframe.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first control channel includes a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH).

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the common reference signal for the cell is a cell-specific reference signal and the reference signal for the demodulation of the second control information is a demodulation reference signal.

7. A base station to transmit control information on a downlink channel in a wireless communication system, the base station comprising:
a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a signal; and
a controller configured to:
generate first control information and second control information;
transmit the first control information on a first control channel based on a common reference signal for a cell; and
transmit the second control information on a second control channel based on a reference signal for demodulation of the second control information,
wherein the common reference signal for the cell is distributed in a plurality of resource blocks (RBs) used by the base station,
wherein the reference signal for the demodulation of the second control information is allocated in a specific RB indicated by a higher layer signaling.

8. The base station of claim 7 , wherein the second control channel corresponds to each reception device and wherein the second control channel is allocated in a unit of a RB.

9. The base station of claim 7 , wherein the common reference signal for the cell and the reference signal for the demodulation of the second control information are each mapped in a different symbol of a subframe.

10. The base station of claim 7 , wherein the reference signal for the demodulation of the second control information is transmitted after the transmission of the common reference signal for the cell in a subframe.

11. The base station of claim 7 , wherein the first control channel includes a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH).

12. The base station of claim 7 , wherein the common reference signal for the cell is a cell-specific reference signal and the reference signal for the demodulation of the second control information is a demodulation reference signal.

13. A reception device to receive control information on a downlink channel in a wireless communication network, the reception device comprising:
a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a signal; and
a controller configured to:
receive first control information on a first control channel based on a common reference signal for a cell, and
receive second control information on a second control channel based on a reference signal for demodulation of the second control information,
wherein the common reference signal for the cell is allocated in a plurality of resource blocks (RBs) used by the base station,
wherein the reference signal for the demodulation of the second control information is allocated in a specific RB indicated by a higher layer signaling.

14. The reception device of claim 13 , wherein the controller is further configured to estimate a channel condition based on the reference signal for demodulation of the second control information and to process the second control information on the second control channel based on the estimation.

15. The reception device of claim 13 , wherein the common reference signal for the cell and the reference signal for the demodulation of the second control information are each mapped in a different symbol of a subframe.

16. The reception device of claim 13 , wherein the second control channel is allocated in a unit of a RB.

17. The reception device of claim 13 , wherein the first control channel includes a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH).

18. The reception device of claim 13 , wherein the common reference signal for the cell is a cell-specific reference signal and the reference signal for the demodulation of the second control information is a demodulation reference signal.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
• Samsung Electroics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ji Hyoung-Ju
• Cho Joon-Young
• Lee Ju-Ho

Classifications

• H04W72/23

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

• H04W72/042

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L5/0048 Primary

  Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver (allocation of control signalling H04L5/0053; use of control signalling H04L5/0091) · CPC title

• H04L5/0051

  of dedicated pilots, i.e. pilots destined for a single user or terminal · CPC title

• H04L5/005

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