KR20130089312A - Apparatus and method of sounding reference signal calibration - Google Patents
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The present invention relates to a calibration method of a sounding reference signal (Sounding Reference Signal) for a system using a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) in a multi-cell environment.
Recently, a technique for reducing interference using cooperation between base stations in order to reduce inter-cell interference has been studied. Various MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) techniques have been considered as a method of reducing inter-cell interference through cooperation between base stations. In particular, many MIMO techniques have been proposed that extend various MIMO techniques used in a single cell to multiple base stations.
In order to use the base station cooperative MIMO scheme, feedback of channel information from each terminal is required. The feedback amount of channel information is proportional to the performance of the MIMO scheme. That is, CSI (Channel State Information) information feedback with a large amount of feedback is required to maximize the performance of the base station cooperative MIMO scheme.
The time division duplex (TDD) system may obtain feedback of channel information using a sounding reference signal. In other words, in the base station cooperative MIMO scheme, several base stations may simultaneously acquire channel information using the sounding reference signal transmitted by the terminal. This method is called a multi-cell sounding technique. Thus, the amount of feedback for base station cooperative MIMO is effectively reduced.
In order to use a multi-cell sounding scheme in a TDD system, each base station and a terminal must perform a calibration for synchronizing a transmission and a reception RF chain. The calibration method for using the multi-cell sounding technique is as follows.
Each base station estimates an uplink channel using a sounding reference signal transmitted by the selected reference terminal. The base stations perform calibration using the estimated uplink channel and the downlink channel fed back by the reference terminal.
In this technique, when performing multi-cell calibration, all base stations performing base station cooperation must be calibrated at once. However, base stations cooperating in the base station cooperative MIMO scheme may be dynamically changed. That is, the cooperative base stations are not fixed, and the combination of cooperative base stations may vary according to channel conditions and supporting terminals. In this case, whenever the combination of cooperative base stations is changed, the calibration of all base stations must be performed again. In addition, it is necessary to select a reference terminal for multi-cell calibration. In a real environment, it is not easy to select a terminal having good uplink and downlink channel conditions with all base stations. Therefore, whenever the combination of cooperative base stations is changed, the reference terminal should be selected again. This causes a problem of increased control overhead and feedback overhead.
Accordingly, the present invention proposes a method for calibrating a sounding reference signal in a TDD system and an apparatus for performing the same.
In order to solve the above problems, the sounding reference signal calibration method according to the present invention includes performing a calibration with at least one base station for configuring a base station cooperative combination, and storing a first calibration correction factor calculated accordingly; Determining whether a base station to be incorporated in the base station cooperative combination exists; calculating a second calibration correction factor with the base station to be incorporated, if the base station to be incorporated exists; and wherein the first calibration correction factor and the first Generating calibration update information, which is a difference value between the two calibration correction factors, and applying the calculated second calibration correction factors to sound calibration.
In addition, in order to solve the above problems, the sounding reference signal calibration apparatus according to the present invention performs a calibration with at least one base station for configuring a base station cooperative combination, calculates a first calibration correction factor accordingly, and performs the base station cooperative operation. It is determined whether there is a base station to be incorporated in the combination. If the base station to be incorporated exists, a second calibration correction factor is calculated with the base station to be incorporated, and a difference value between the first calibration correction factor and the second calibration correction factor. And a controller configured to generate in calibration update information, to apply the calculated second calibration correction factor to a sounding calibration, and to store the second calibration correction factor and the calibration update information.
According to the present invention, in calibration of multi-cell sounding, a phase of calibration complex constant values between several base stations may be kept the same for one terminal, or phase and magnitude may be maintained at the same time. Through this, the performance of the base station cooperative MIMO scheme using multi-cell sounding can be maintained.
1 illustrates a multi-cell structure in accordance with the present invention.
2 illustrates a signal flow for performing calibration between multiple cells according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a base station according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 illustrates a method of performing sounding reference signal calibration according to an embodiment of the invention.
Hereinafter, the operation principle of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear. The following terms are defined in consideration of the functions of the present invention, and may be changed according to the intentions or customs of the user, the operator, and the like. Therefore, the definition should be based on the contents throughout this specification.
1 is a diagram illustrating a multi-cell structure according to the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 1, it is assumed here that cooperative TDD (Time Division Duplex) downlink communication is communication by a plurality of base stations. In addition, it is assumed that the number of antennas of all base stations is N B and the number of antennas of all terminals is N M. This is assumed to describe the present invention. Even though each base station and the terminal have different numbers of antennas, the method described in the present invention can be applied in the same way.
It is assumed that the total number of base stations participating in calibration is K, and there is one terminal in each cell managed by the K base stations. Base stations BS1 101, BS2 102, BS3 103 are grouped into a first base
here,
Is the multi-cell calibration correction factor for the K base station, Is a complex constant value generated between the transmit RF chain and the receive RF chain of the base station after the single cell base station calibration of the K-th base station is applied. And Is a complex constant value generated between the transmitting RF chain and the receiving RF chain of the terminal after the single cell terminal calibration of the selected reference terminal is applied. Using the multi-cell calibration correction factor thus obtained, it is possible to keep the calibration complex constant values of the various base stations the same.The combination of cooperative base stations is changed according to the channel situation and the supporting terminal, so that
For example, assume that BS4 104 to be incorporated and the base station in proximity to BS4 104 are BS1 101. First, a base station close to
Using the complex constant value transmitted from the selected terminal, the multi-cell calibration correction factor between
2 is a diagram illustrating a signal flow for performing calibration between multiple cells according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 2, in
here,
Is the first multi-cell calibration correction factor for the K-th base station, Is a complex constant value generated between the transmit RF chain and the receive RF chain of the base station after the single cell base station calibration of the K-th base station is applied. And Is a complex constant value generated between the transmitting RF chain and the receiving RF chain of the terminal after the single cell terminal calibration is applied to the selected reference terminal.The second base station is excluded according to the channel condition and the supporting terminal, and the fourth base station is incorporated into a new base station cooperative combination. Then, in
In
Next, the first base station and the fourth base station calculate the multi-cell calibration correction factor in
here,
Is the new second multi-cell calibration correction factor for the K-th base station, as a new base station is incorporated, Is a complex constant value generated between the transmit RF chain and the receive RF chain of the base station after the single cell base station calibration of the K-th base station is applied. And Is a complex constant value generated between the transmitting RF chain and the receiving RF chain of the terminal after a single cell terminal calibration is applied to the selected reference terminal to perform multi-cell calibration between the first base station and the fourth base station to be incorporated.Next, the first base station generates calibration update information according to the multi-cell calibration correction factor changed in
here
Denotes calibration update information.The first base station transmits the calibration update information generated in
Through these processes, the first base station, the third base station, and the fourth base station configured with the new second base station cooperative combination have the same calibration correction factor as shown in Equation (6).
Therefore, when a new base station cooperative combination is configured, the same calibration effect can be obtained without going through the conventional calibration process. Although not shown in the figure, the first base station, the third base station, and the fourth base station that have updated the multi-cell calibration correction factor apply the updated calibration correction factor to the sounding calibration.
3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a base station according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 3, the base station includes a
The
The
The calibration
here,
Is the first multi-cell calibration correction factor for the K-th base station, Is a complex constant value generated between the transmit RF chain and the receive RF chain of the base station after the single cell base station calibration of the K-th base station is applied. And Is a complex constant value generated between the transmitting RF chain and the receiving RF chain of the terminal after the single cell terminal calibration is applied to the selected reference terminal.When a new base station is incorporated into the base station cooperative combination according to the channel condition and the supporting terminal, the calibration
here,
Is the new second calibration correction factor for the Kth base station, as a new base station is incorporated, Is a complex constant value generated between the transmit RF chain and the receive RF chain of the base station after the single cell base station calibration of the K-th base station is applied. And Is a complex constant value generated between the transmitting RF chain and the receiving RF chain of the terminal after the single cell terminal calibration is applied to the selected reference terminal to calculate the second calibration correction factor.Next, the calibration
here
Denotes calibration update information.The calibration
here
Denotes calibration update information. And Is the first multi-cell calibration correction factor for the K-th base station, Denotes a new second calibration correction factor for the K-th base station by incorporating a new base station. to the next Is a complex constant value generated between the transmit RF chain and the receive RF chain of the terminal after the single cell terminal calibration is applied to the reference terminal selected for calculating the first multicell calibration correction factor. Finally Is a complex constant value generated between the transmitting RF chain and the receiving RF chain of the terminal after the single cell terminal calibration is applied to the selected reference terminal to calculate the second calibration correction factor.With these configurations, when a new base station cooperative combination is configured, the same calibration effect can be obtained without going through a conventional calibration process. The
The
4 illustrates a method of performing sounding reference signal calibration according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 4, in
If there is a cell to be incorporated, the base station selects a terminal capable of performing multi-cell calibration with the base station to be incorporated in
In
However, if the calibration update information is not received, the base station determines in
Finally, the base station applies the multi-cell calibration correction factor calculated in
When the cooperative base station is changed through these processes, even if the calibration for all base stations is not performed, the phase of the multi-cell calibration complex constant value between the multiple base stations for one terminal is kept the same. Therefore, the performance of the base station cooperative MIMO scheme using multi-cell sounding can be maintained.
While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but is capable of various modifications within the scope of the invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be determined by the scope of the appended claims, and equivalents thereof.
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Performing calibration with at least one base station for configuring the base station cooperative combination, and storing the first calibration correction factor calculated accordingly;
Determining whether a base station to be incorporated into the base station cooperative combination exists;
Calculating a second calibration correction factor with the base station to be incorporated if the base station to be incorporated exists;
Generating calibration update information which is a difference value between the first calibration correction factor and the second calibration correction factor;
And applying the calculated second calibration correction factor to a sounding calibration.
And transmitting the calibration update information to another base station constituting the base station cooperative combination.
If there is no base station to be incorporated, determining whether calibration update information is received from another base station constituting the base station cooperative combination;
And if the calibration update information is received, updating the first calibration correction factor using the calibration update information.
If there is no base station to be incorporated, checking whether there is a group to be incorporated according to a base station cooperative combination change;
Selecting an adjacent base station among base stations constituting the changed base station cooperative combination, if the group to be incorporated exists;
And calculating a calibration correction factor with the selected neighbor base station.
Sounding reference signal calibration method comprising the step of selecting a terminal capable of performing a multi-cell calibration with the base station to be incorporated.
And a storage unit for storing the second calibration correction factor and the calibration update information.
And a communication unit for transmitting the calibration update information to another base station constituting the base station cooperative combination under the control of the control unit.
If the base station to be incorporated does not exist, it is determined whether calibration update information is received from another base station constituting the base station cooperative combination, and when the calibration update information is received, the first calibration correction factor is used by using the calibration update information. Sounding reference signal calibration device, characterized in that for updating.
If the base station to be incorporated does not exist, check whether there is a group to be incorporated according to the base station cooperative combination change; A sounding reference signal calibration device, comprising: calculating a calibration correction factor with an adjacent base station.
Sounding reference signal calibration device, characterized in that for selecting a terminal capable of performing a multi-cell calibration with the base station to be incorporated.
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