Reference signal reception and CQI computation method and wireless communication apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9548849-B1
Application number	US-201615264219-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Sep 13, 2016
Priority date	Jan 29, 2009
Publication date	Jan 17, 2017
Grant date	Jan 17, 2017

Abstract

A wireless communication base station apparatus which is able to prevent deterioration in the throughput of LTE terminals even when LTE terminals and LTE+ terminals coexist. In this apparatus, based on the mapping pattern of the reference signals used only in LTE+ terminals, a setting unit sets, in each subframe, the resource block groups where the reference signals used only by the LTE+ terminals are mapped. For symbols mapped to the antennas, an mapping unit maps, to all the resource blocks within one frame, cell specific reference signals used for both LTE terminals and LTE+ terminals. For the symbols mapped to the antennas, the mapping unit maps, to the plurality of resource blocks, of which part of the resource block groups is comprised, in the same subframe within one frame, the cell specific reference signals used only for LTE+ terminals, based on the setting results inputted from the setting unit.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A communication apparatus comprising:
a receiver, which, in operation, receives a first reference signal that is mapped in a subframe and transmitted to the communication apparatus compliant with a first communication system, and receives a second reference signal that is mapped in all subframes and transmitted to the communication apparatus and another communication apparatus compliant with a second communication system; and
circuitry, which, in operation, computes a channel quality indicator (CQI) based on the received first reference signal and the received second reference signal,
wherein the first reference signal is not transmitted in a subframe where a transmission of the first reference signal collides with a transmission of a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) or system information block 1 (SIB1).

2. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said receiver, in operation, receives a third reference signal that is mapped and transmitted on a resource block upon which data is mapped, and said circuitry, in operation, demodulates the data based on the received third reference signal.

3. The communication apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the third reference signal is a UE-specific reference signal.

4. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second reference signal is a cell-specific reference signal.

5. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second reference signal is used for demodulating the PBCH or a downlink control channel.

6. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first reference signal is mapped such that a number of symbols of the first reference signal per resource block is less than a number of symbols of the second reference signal per resource block.

7. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a maximum number of antenna ports of a base station compliant with the first communication system is greater than a maximum number of antenna ports of a base station compliant with the second communication system.

8. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first communication system is a LTE-Advanced system, and the second communication system is a LTE system.

9. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first reference signal is mapped in a set period.

10. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first reference signal is mapped with an interval, which is the same as (i) an interval of retransmissions in a HARQ process or a number of HARQ processes, (ii) an integer multiple of an interval of retransmissions in a HARQ process or an integer multiple of a number of HARQ processes, or (iii) 1/N of an interval of retransmissions in a HARQ process or 1/N of a number of HARQ processes, where N is a positive integer.

11. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first reference signal is mapped in a same period as a period in which a CQI is reported, or in a period which is an integer multiple of a period in which a CQI is reported.

12. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first reference signal is mapped in a same period as a period of semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) transmission, or in a period which is 1/N of a period of SPS transmission, where N is a positive integer.

13. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first reference signal is a cell-specific reference signal.

14. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first reference signal is a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS).

15. A communication method comprising:
receiving a first reference signal that is mapped in a subframe and transmitted to the communication apparatus compliant with a first communication system;
receiving a second reference signal that is mapped in all subframes and transmitted to the communication apparatus and another communication apparatus compliant with a second communication system; and
computing a channel quality indicator (CQI) based on the received first reference signal and the received second reference signal,
wherein the first reference signal is not transmitted in a subframe where a transmission of the first reference signal collides with a transmission of a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) or system information block 1 (SIB1).

Assignees

• Sun Patent Trust

Inventors

• Nishio Akihiko
• Nakao Seigo
• Imamura Daichi

Classifications

• H04W72/23

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

• H04W72/54

  based on quality criteria · CPC title

• H04L5/005 Primary

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

• H04B7/0615 Primary

  of weighted versions of same signal · CPC title

• H04L5/0082

  at predetermined intervals · CPC title