USRE49171E1 - Method and apparatus for transmitting downlink reference signal in wireless communication system that supports multiple antennas - Google Patents

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USRE49171E1
USRE49171E1 US16/866,376 US202016866376A USRE49171E US RE49171 E1 USRE49171 E1 US RE49171E1 US 202016866376 A US202016866376 A US 202016866376A US RE49171 E USRE49171 E US RE49171E
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  • the following description relates to a wireless communication system and, more particularly, to a method and apparatus for transmitting a downlink reference signal in a wireless communication system which supports multiple antennas.
  • a Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) system refers to a system for improving data transmission/reception efficiency using multiple transmission antennas and multiple reception antennas.
  • MIMO technology includes a spatial diversity scheme and a spatial multiplexing scheme.
  • the spatial diversity scheme is suitable for data transmission of a user equipment (UE) which moves at a high speed, because transmission reliability is increased or a cell radius is increased through diversity gain.
  • the spatial multiplexing scheme can increase data transfer rate without increasing system bandwidth by simultaneously transmitting different data.
  • each transmission antenna has an independent data channel.
  • the transmission antenna may be a virtual antenna or a physical antenna.
  • a receiver estimates a channel with respect to each transmission antenna and receives data transmitted from each transmission antenna.
  • Channel estimation refers to a process of compensating for signal distortion due to fading so as to restore the received signal. Fading refers to a phenomenon in which the intensity of a signal is rapidly changed due to multi-path and time delay in a wireless communication system environment.
  • a reference signal known to both a transmitter and a receiver is necessary.
  • the reference signal may be abbreviated to RS or referred to as a pilot signal according to the standard implemented.
  • a downlink reference signal is a pilot signal for coherent demodulation, such as a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH), a Physical Control Format Indicator Channel (PC-FICH), a Physical Hybrid Indicator Channel (PHICH), and a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH).
  • the downlink reference signal includes a Common Reference Signal (CRS) shared among all UEs in a cell and a Dedicated Reference Signal (DRS) for a specific UE.
  • the CRS may be referred to as a cell-specific reference signal.
  • the DRS may be referred to as a UE-specific reference signal.
  • a reference signal for acquiring channel state information (CSI) at a reception side that is, a CSI-RS.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a method for arranging CSI-RSs, which is capable of reducing CSI-RS transmission overhead in MIMO transmission and optimizing channel estimation performance by CSI-RSs.
  • the object of the present invention can be achieved by providing a method for transmitting channel state information-reference signals (CSI-RSs) for 8 or fewer antenna ports at a base station, the method including mapping the CSI-RSs for the 8 or fewer antenna ports to a data region of a downlink subframe having a normal cyclic prefix (CP) configuration according to a predetermined pattern, and transmitting the downlink subframe to which the CSI-RSs for the 8 or fewer antenna ports are mapped, wherein the predetermined pattern is defined such that the CSI-RSs for the 8 or fewer antenna ports are mapped to two orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols in the data region of the downlink subframe and are mapped to one or more of four subcarrier locations in each of the two OFDM symbols, and wherein the four subcarrier locations defined in the predetermined pattern include two consecutive subcarrier locations and two other consecutive subcarrier locations separated therefrom by four subcarriers.
  • OFDM orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
  • the two OFDM symbols defined in the predetermined pattern may be OFDM symbol indexes 5 and 6, OFDM symbol indexes 9 and 10, OFDM symbol indexes 12 and 13 or OFDM symbol indexes 8 and 10.
  • the four subcarrier locations defined in the predetermined pattern may be shifted by two subcarriers on a per cell or cell group basis.
  • the CSI-RSs may be subjected to code division multiplexing (CDM) using an orthogonal code over the two OFDM symbols.
  • CDM code division multiplexing
  • the CSI-RSs may be mapped to some of the locations defined in the predetermined pattern.
  • the four subcarrier locations may be subcarrier indexes 2, 3, 8 and 9, and, wherein, if the two OFDM symbols are OFDM symbol indexes 9 and 10 or OFDM symbol indexes 8 and 10, the four subcarrier locations may be subcarrier indexes 0, 1, 6 and 7, subcarrier indexes 2, 3, 8 and 9 or subcarrier indexes 4, 5, 10 and 11.
  • the CSI-RSs for the 8 or fewer antenna ports may be grouped into a total of four groups such that CSI-RSs for two antenna ports configure one group, the CSI-RSs for two antennas of each of the four groups may be multiplexed at the same subcarrier location of the two OFDM symbols using a code division multiplexing (CDM) scheme, and the four groups may be multiplexed at different subcarrier locations using a frequency division multiplexing (FDM) scheme.
  • CDM code division multiplexing
  • FDM frequency division multiplexing
  • a method of, at a user equipment, estimating a channel using channel state information-reference signals (CSI-RSs) for 8 or fewer antenna ports from a base station including receiving a downlink subframe having a normal cyclic prefix (CP) configuration in which the CSI-RSs for the 8 or fewer antenna ports are mapped to a data region according to a predetermined pattern, and estimating the channel using the CSI-RSs, wherein the predetermined pattern is defined such that the CSI-RSs for the 8 or fewer antenna ports are mapped to two orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols in the data region of the downlink subframe and are mapped to one or more of four subcarrier locations in each of the two OFDM symbols, and wherein the four subcarrier locations defined in the predetermined pattern include two consecutive subcarrier locations and two other consecutive subcarrier locations separated therefrom by four subcarriers.
  • OFDM orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
  • the two OFDM symbols defined in the predetermined pattern may be OFDM symbol indexes 5 and 6, OFDM symbol indexes 9 and 10, OFDM symbol indexes 12 and 13 or OFDM symbol indexes 8 and 10.
  • the four subcarrier locations defined in the predetermined pattern may be shifted by two subcarriers on a per cell or cell group basis.
  • the CSI-RSs may be subjected to code division multiplexing (CDM) using an orthogonal code over the two OFDM symbols.
  • CDM code division multiplexing
  • the CSI-RSs may be mapped to some of the locations defined in the predetermined pattern.
  • the four subcarrier locations may be subcarrier indexes 2, 3, 8 and 9, and, if the two OFDM symbols are OFDM symbol indexes 9 and 10 or OFDM symbol indexes 8 and 10, the four subcarrier locations may be subcarrier indexes 0, 1, 6 and 7, subcarrier indexes 2, 3, 8 and 9 or subcarrier indexes 4, 5, 10 and 11.
  • the CSI-RSs for the 8 or fewer antenna ports may be grouped into a total of four groups such that CSI-RSs for two antenna ports configure one group, the CSI-RSs for two antennas of each of the four groups may be multiplexed at the same subcarrier location of the two OFDM symbols using a code division multiplexing (CDM) scheme, and the four groups may be multiplexed at different subcarrier locations using a frequency division multiplexing (FDM) scheme.
  • CDM code division multiplexing
  • FDM frequency division multiplexing
  • a base station for transmitting channel state information-reference signals (CSI-RSs) for 8 or fewer antenna ports, including a reception module configured to receive an uplink signal from a user equipment, a transmission module configured to transmit a downlink signal to the user equipment, and a processor configured to control the base station including the reception module and the transmission module, wherein the processor maps the CSI-RSs for the 8 or fewer antenna ports to a data region of a downlink subframe having a normal cyclic prefix (CP) configuration according to a predetermined pattern, and transmits the downlink subframe, to which the CSI-RSs for the 8 or fewer antenna ports are mapped, through the transmission module, wherein the predetermined pattern is defined such that the CSI-RSs for the 8 or fewer antenna ports are mapped to two orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols in the data region of the downlink subframe and are mapped to one or more of four subcarrier locations in each of the two OFDM symbols,
  • OFDM orthogonal frequency division multiple
  • a user equipment for estimating a channel using channel state information-reference signals (CSI-RSs) for 8 or fewer antenna ports from a base station, including a reception module configured to receive a downlink signal from the base station, a transmission module configured to transmit an uplink signal to the base station, and a processor configured to control the base station including the reception module and the transmission module, wherein the processor receives a downlink subframe having a normal cyclic prefix (CP) configuration in which the CSI-RSs for the 8 or fewer antenna ports are mapped to a data region according to a predetermined pattern, and estimates the channel using the CSI-RSs, wherein the predetermined pattern is defined such that the CSI-RSs for the 8 or fewer antenna ports are mapped to two orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols in the data region of the downlink subframe and are mapped to one or more among four subcarrier locations in each of the two OFDM symbols, and wherein the four subcarrier locations
  • OFDM orthogonal frequency division multiple
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the structure of a transmitter including multiple antennas.
  • FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the structure of a downlink radio frame.
  • FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a resource grid in one downlink slot.
  • FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the structure of a downlink subframe.
  • FIG. 5 is a diagram showing resource elements (REs) to which downlink cell-specific reference signals (RSs) are mapped in the case of a normal cyclic prefix (CP).
  • REs resource elements
  • RSs downlink cell-specific reference signals
  • FIG. 6 is a diagram showing REs to which downlink cell-specific reference signals (RSs) are mapped in the case of an extended cyclic prefix (CP).
  • RSs downlink cell-specific reference signals
  • CP extended cyclic prefix
  • FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a pattern in which CRSs and DRSs are arranged within one resource block (RB).
  • FIG. 8 is a diagram explaining a method of arranging CSI-RSs using an FDM, TDM and/or CDM scheme.
  • FIGS. 9 to 12 are diagrams showing various embodiments of a CSI-RS pattern.
  • FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a method of arranging CSI-RSs using an FDM, TDM and/or CDM scheme.
  • FIGS. 14 to 36 are diagrams showing various embodiments of a CSI-RS pattern.
  • FIGS. 37 and 38 are diagrams explaining frequency shifting of a CSI-RS pattern and various multiplexing methods.
  • FIG. 39 is a diagram showing a pattern of other RSs to be considered in order to determine a CSI-RS pattern.
  • FIG. 40 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a CSI-RS pattern allocated to one OFDM symbol.
  • FIG. 41 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a CSI-RS pattern allocated to two OFDM symbols.
  • FIG. 42 is a diagram showing an embodiment of frequency shifting of a CSI-RS pattern.
  • FIGS. 43 to 46 are diagrams showing embodiments of a location of a CSI-RS pattern allocated to two OFDM symbols in a frequency domain.
  • FIG. 47 is a diagram showing the locations of two OFDM symbols to which CSI-RSs are allocated in a time domain.
  • FIG. 48 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the location of a CSI-RS pattern allocated to two OFDM symbols in a frequency domain.
  • FIG. 49 is a diagram showing the locations of two OFDM symbols to which CSI-RSs are allocated in a time domain.
  • FIG. 50 is a diagram showing the configuration of an exemplary embodiment of a wireless communication system including a base station and a UE according to the present invention.
  • the following embodiments are proposed by combining constituent components and characteristics of the present invention according to a predetermined format.
  • the individual constituent components or characteristics should be considered optional factors on the condition that there is no additional remark. If required, the individual constituent components or characteristics may not be combined with other components or characteristics. Also, some constituent components and/or characteristics may be combined to implement the embodiments of the present invention.
  • the order of operations to be disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention may be changed. Some components or characteristics of any embodiment may also be included in other embodiments, or may be replaced with those of the other embodiments as necessary.
  • the embodiments of the present invention are disclosed on the basis of a data communication relationship between a base station and a terminal.
  • the base station is used as a terminal node of a network via which the base station can directly communicate with the terminal.
  • Specific operations to be conducted by the base station in the present invention may also be conducted by an upper node of the base station as necessary.
  • Base Station may be replaced with a fixed station, Node-B, eNode-B (eNB), or an access point as necessary.
  • relay may be replaced with a Relay Node (RN) or a Relay Station (RS).
  • terminal may also be replaced with a User Equipment (UE), a Mobile Station (MS), a Mobile Subscriber Station (MSS) or a Subscriber Station (SS) as necessary.
  • UE User Equipment
  • MS Mobile Station
  • MSS Mobile Subscriber Station
  • SS Subscriber Station
  • Exemplary embodiments of the present invention are supported by standard documents disclosed for at least one of wireless access systems including an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802 system, a 3 rd Generation Project Partnership (3GPP) system, a 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, an LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) system, and a 3GPP2 system.
  • IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
  • 3GPP 3 rd Generation Project Partnership
  • LTE 3GPP Long Term Evolution
  • LTE-A LTE-Advanced
  • 3GPP2 3 rd Generation Project 2
  • All terminology used herein may be supported by at least one of the above-mentioned documents.
  • the following embodiments of the present invention can be applied to a variety of wireless access technologies, for example, CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access), FDMA (Frequency Division Multiple Access), TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access), OFDMA (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access), SC-FDMA (Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access), and the like.
  • the CDMA may be embodied with wireless (or radio) technology such as UTRA (Universal Terrestrial Radio Access) or CDMA2000.
  • the TDMA may be embodied with wireless (or radio) technology such as GSM (Global System for Mobile communications)/GPRS (General Packet Radio Service)/EDGE (Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution).
  • the OFDMA may be embodied with wireless (or radio) technology such as Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX), IEEE 802-20, and E-UTRA (Evolved UTRA).
  • IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
  • Wi-Fi Wi-Fi
  • WiMAX WiMAX
  • IEEE 802-20 E-UTRA
  • the UTRA is a part of the UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System).
  • the 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) LTE (long term evolution) is a part of the E-UMTS (Evolved UMTS), which uses E-UTRA.
  • the 3GPP LTE employs the OFDMA in downlink and employs the SC-FDMA in uplink.
  • the LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) is an evolved version of the 3GPP LTE.
  • WiMAX can be explained by an IEEE 802.16e (WirelessMAN-OFDMA Reference System) and an advanced IEEE 802.16m (WirelessMAN-OFDMA Advanced System).
  • IEEE 802.16e WirelessMAN-OFDMA Reference System
  • advanced IEEE 802.16m WirelessMAN-OFDMA Advanced System
  • the term “rank” denotes the number of paths for independently transmitting signals
  • the term “number of layers” denotes the number of signal streams transmitted through each path.
  • the rank since a transmitter transmits layers corresponding in number to the number of ranks used for signal transmission, the rank has the same meaning as the number of layers unless otherwise noted.
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the structure of a transmitter including multiple antennas.
  • a transmitter 100 includes encoders 110 - 1 , . . . , and 110 -K, modulation mappers 120 - 1 , . . . , and 120 -K, a layer mapper 130 , a predecoder 140 , resource element mappers 150 - 1 , . . . , and 150 -K and OFDM signal generators 160 - 1 , . . . , and 160 -K.
  • the transmitter 100 includes Nt transmission antennas 170 - 1 , . . . , and 170 -Nt.
  • the encoders 110 - 1 , . . . , and 110 -K encode input data according to a predetermined coding method and generate coded data.
  • the modulation mappers 120 - 1 , . . . , and 120 -K map the coded data to modulation symbols representing locations on a signal constellation.
  • a modulation scheme is not limited and may be m-phase shift keying (PSK) or m-quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM).
  • the m-PSK may be BPSK, QPSK or 8-PSK.
  • the m-QAM may be 16-QAM, 64-QAM or 256-QAM.
  • the layer mapper 130 defines layers of the modulation symbols such that the precoder 140 distributes antenna-specific symbols into antenna paths.
  • the layer is defined as an information path input to the precoder 140 .
  • the previous information path of the precoder 140 may be referred to as a virtual antenna or layer.
  • the precoder 140 processes the modulation symbols using a MIMO scheme according to the multiple transmission antennas 170 - 1 , . . . , and 170 -Nt and outputs antenna-specific symbols.
  • the precoder 140 distributes the antenna-specific symbols to the resource element mappers 150 - 1 , . . . , and 150 -K of the antenna paths.
  • Each information path transmitted to one antenna by the precoder 140 is referred to as a stream, or may be referred to as a physical antenna.
  • the resource element mappers 150 - 1 , . . . , and 150 -K allocate the antenna-specific symbols to appropriate resource elements and multiplex the antenna-specific symbols on a per-user basis.
  • the OFDM signal generators 160 - 1 , . . . , and 160 -K modulate the antenna-specific symbols using an OFDM scheme and output OFDM symbols.
  • the OFDM signal generators 160 - 1 , . . . , and 160 -K may perform Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT) with respect to the antenna-specific symbols and insert a cyclic prefix (CP) into time-domain symbols subjected to IFFT.
  • IFFT Inverse Fast Fourier Transform
  • CP cyclic prefix
  • the CP is a signal inserted into a guard interval in order to eliminate inter-symbol interference due to multiple paths in an OFDM transmission scheme.
  • the OFDM symbols are transmitted via the transmission antennas 170 - 1 , . . . , and 170 -Nt.
  • FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the structure of a downlink radio frame.
  • a downlink radio frame includes 10 subframes, and one subframe includes two slots.
  • the downlink radio frame may be configured by frequency division duplexing (FDD) or time division duplexing (TDD).
  • FDD frequency division duplexing
  • TDD time division duplexing
  • a time required for transmitting one subframe is referred to as a Transmission Time Interval (TTI).
  • TTI Transmission Time Interval
  • one subframe may have a length of 1 ms and one slot may have a length of 0.5 ms.
  • One slot may include a plurality of OFDM symbols in a time region and include a plurality of Resource Blocks (RBs) in a frequency region.
  • RBs Resource Blocks
  • the number of OFDM symbols included in one slot may be changed according to the configuration of a Cyclic Prefix (CP).
  • the CP includes an extended CP and a normal CP. For example, if the OFDM symbols are configured by the normal CP, the number of OFDM symbols included in one slot may be seven. If the OFDM symbols are configured by the extended CP, the length of one OFDM symbol is increased, the number of OFDM symbols included in one slot is less than that of the case of the normal CP. In the case of the extended CP, for example, the number of OFDM symbols included in one slot may be six. If a channel state is unstable, for example, if a user equipment (UE) moves at a high speed, the extended CP may be used in order to further reduce inter-symbol interference.
  • UE user equipment
  • one subframe includes 14 OFDM symbols.
  • the first two or three OFDM symbols of each subframe may be allocated to a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) and the remaining OFDM symbols may be allocated to a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH).
  • PDCCH Physical Downlink Control Channel
  • PDSCH Physical Downlink Shared Channel
  • the structure of the radio frame is only exemplary. Accordingly, the number of subframes included in the radio frame, the number of slots included in the subframe or the number of symbols included in the slot may be changed in various manners.
  • FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a resource grid of one downlink slot.
  • OFDM symbols are configured by the normal CP.
  • the downlink slot includes a plurality of OFDM symbols in a time region and includes a plurality of RBs in a frequency region.
  • one downlink slot includes seven OFDM symbols and one RB includes 12 subcarriers, the present invention is not limited thereto.
  • Each element of the resource grid is referred to as a Resource Element (RE).
  • a RE a(k,l) refers to a RE located at a k-th subcarrier and an l-th OFDM symbol.
  • N DL denotes the number of RBs included in the downlink slot. The value of N DL is determined based on downlink transmission bandwidth set by scheduling of a base station.
  • FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the structure of a downlink subframe.
  • a maximum of three OFDM symbols of a front portion of a first slot within one subframe corresponds to a control region to which control channels are allocated.
  • the remaining OFDM symbols correspond to a data region to which Physical Downlink Shared Channels (PDSCHs) are allocated.
  • the basic transmission unit is one subframe. That is, a PDCCH and a PDSCH are allocated over two slots.
  • Examples of the downlink control channels used in the 3GPP LTE system include, for example, a Physical Control Format Indicator Channel (PCFICH), a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), a Physical Hybrid automatic repeat request Indicator Channel (PHICH), etc.
  • PCFICH Physical Control Format Indicator Channel
  • PDCCH Physical Downlink Control Channel
  • PHICH Physical Hybrid automatic repeat request Indicator Channel
  • the PCFICH is transmitted at a first OFDM symbol of a subframe, and includes information about the number of OFDM symbols used to transmit the control channel in the subframe.
  • the PHICH includes a HARQ ACK/NACK signal as a response of uplink transmission.
  • the control information transmitted through the PDCCH is referred to as Downlink Control Information (DCI).
  • DCI includes uplink or downlink scheduling information or an uplink transmit power control command for a certain UE group.
  • the PDCCH may include resource allocation and transmission format of a Downlink Shared Channel (DL-SCH), resource allocation information of an Uplink Shared Channel (UL-SCH), paging information of a Paging Channel (PCH), system information on the DL-SCH, resource allocation of an higher layer control message such as a Random Access Response (RAR) transmitted on the PDSCH, a set of transmit power control commands for an individual UEs in a certain UE group, transmit power control information, activation of Voice over IP (VoIP), etc.
  • a plurality of PDCCHs may be transmitted within the control region.
  • a terminal may monitor the plurality of PDCCHs.
  • the PDCCHs are transmitted on an aggregation of one or several consecutive control channel elements (CCEs).
  • CCEs control channel elements
  • the CCE is a logical allocation unit used to provide the PDCCHs at a coding rate based on the state of a radio channel.
  • the CCE corresponds to a plurality of resource element groups.
  • the format of the PDCCH and the number of available bits are determined based on a correlation between the number of CCEs and the coding rate provided by the CCEs.
  • the base station determines a PDCCH format according to a DCI to be transmitted to the terminal, and attaches a Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) to control information.
  • the CRC is masked with a Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI) according to an owner or usage of the PDCCH.
  • RNTI Radio Network Temporary Identifier
  • a cell-RNTI (C-RNTI) of the terminal may be masked to the CRC.
  • a paging indicator identifier P-RNTI
  • the PDCCH is for system information (more specifically, a system information block (SIB))
  • SI-RNTI system information RNTI
  • SI-RNTI system information RNTI
  • RA-RNTI random access-RNTI
  • CRSs common reference signals
  • the CRS is used to estimate the channel of a physical antenna port, may be commonly used by all terminals (UEs) located in a cell, and is distributed over the entire band.
  • the CRS may be used for acquisition of channel state information (CSI) and data demodulation.
  • CSI channel state information
  • Various CRSs may be defined according to the antenna configuration of a transmission side (base station).
  • a 3GPP LTE (release-8) system supports various antenna configurations and a downlink signal transmission side (base station) has three types of antenna configurations such as a single antenna, two transmission antennas and four transmission antennas. If the base station performs transmission using a single antenna, RSs for the single antenna port are arranged. If the base station performs transmission using two antennas, RSs for the two antenna ports are arranged using a time division multiplexing (TDM) scheme and/or a frequency division multiplexing (FDM) scheme. That is, the RSs for the two antenna ports may be arranged on different time resources and/or different frequency resources to be distinguished from each other.
  • TDM time division multiplexing
  • FDM frequency division multiplexing
  • RSs for the four antenna ports are arranged using a TDM scheme and/or an FDM scheme.
  • Channel information estimated by a downlink signal reception side (UE) through the CRS may be used to demodulate data transmitted using transmission methods such as single antenna transmission, transmit diversity, closed-loop spatial multiplexing, open-loop spatial multiplexing, and multi-user MIMO (MU-MIMO).
  • UE downlink signal reception side
  • MU-MIMO multi-user MIMO
  • the RS is transmitted via a certain antenna port, the RS is transmitted at the location of a resource element (RE) specified according to the RS pattern and no signal is transmitted at the location of the RE specified for another antenna port.
  • RE resource element
  • the location of the CRS in the frequency domain may be shifted on a per cell basis to be different from each other. For example, if the RSs are located at every third subcarrier, the CRS may be located on a 3 k-th subcarrier in a certain cell and the CRS may be located on a (3 k+1)-th subcarrier in another cell. From the viewpoint of one antenna port, the RSs may be arranged at an interval of 6 REs (that is, an interval of 6 subcarriers) in the frequency domain, and an interval between an RE in which an RS for one antenna port is arranged and an RE in which an RS for another antenna port is arranged is three REs.
  • the RSs are arranged from a first OFDM symbol (symbol index 0) of each slot as a start point at a predetermined interval.
  • a time interval is differently defined according to CP length.
  • the RSs are located at first and fifth OFDM symbols (symbol indexes 0 and 4) of the slot and, in the case of the extended CP, the RSs are located at first and fourth OFDM symbols (symbol indexes 0 and 3) of the slot.
  • one OFDM symbol only RSs for a maximum of two antenna ports are defined.
  • RSs for antenna ports 0 and 1 are located at first and fifth OFDM symbols of the slot (first and fourth OFDM symbols in the case of the extended CP) and the RSs for antenna ports 2 and 3 are located at a second OFDM symbol of the slot.
  • the frequency locations of the RSs for the antenna ports 2 and 3 are switched in a second slot.
  • FIG. 5 shows REs to which CRSs are mapped in the case of the normal CP.
  • a horizontal axis denotes a time domain and a vertical axis denotes a frequency domain.
  • the mapping unit of the RE corresponds to OFDM symbols configuring one subframe (that is, two slots) in the time domain and corresponds to subcarriers configuring one RB in the frequency domain.
  • a smallest rectangle in the time-frequency domain shown in FIG. 5 corresponds to one OFDM symbol in the time domain and corresponds to one subcarrier in the frequency domain, that is, corresponds to one RE. That is, the REs to which the RSs are mapped may be represented based on a pair of two RBs, which are consecutive in the time domain, of one subframe including 14 OFDM symbols ⁇ 12 subcarriers in the frequency domain.
  • R0 to R3 shown in FIG. 5 indicate REs to which CRSs for antenna ports 0 to 3 are mapped. That is, Rp indicates an RE to which RS is mapped to an antenna port index p. As described above, in the case of two antenna ports and four antenna ports, an RE to which the RS of one antenna port is mapped within one slot is not used for transmission of another antenna port within that slot.
  • FIG. 6 shows REs to which CRSs for antenna ports 0 to 3 are mapped in the case of the extended CP.
  • the mapping unit of the REs is represented by 12 OFDM symbols ⁇ 12 subcarriers in FIG. 9 .
  • a system e.g., an LTE-A system having the extended antenna configuration may be designed.
  • the extended antenna configuration may have, for example, eight transmission antennas.
  • it is necessary to support UEs which operate in the existing antenna configuration, that is, backward compatibility. Accordingly, it is necessary to support an RS pattern according to the existing antenna configuration and to design a new RS pattern for an additional antenna configuration. If CRSs for the new antenna ports are added to the system having the existing antenna configuration, RS overhead is rapidly increased and thus data transfer rate is reduced.
  • DRS dedicated reference signal
  • DRS Dedicated Reference Signal
  • a UE-specific RS that is, a DRS
  • a DRS may be considered in order to support data transmission via the added antennas.
  • a CRS pattern frequency shifting of the CRS and power boosting need to be considered. More specifically, in order to enhance channel estimation performance by the CRS, frequency shifting of the CRS and power boosting are considered.
  • Frequency shifting means that the start point of the CRS is differently set on a per cell basis as described above.
  • Power boosting means that the RSs are transmitted using higher power by getting the powers of the REs except for the REs allocated for the RSs among the REs of one OFDM symbol.
  • the DRS may be designed to have a frequency interval different from that of the CRS. If the CRS and the DRS are present in the same OFDM symbol, the locations of the CRS and the DRS may overlap according to the frequency shifting of the CRS and power boosting of the CRS may adversely affect DRS transmission.
  • the two RSs are preferably designed to be located at different OFDM symbols. More specifically, the CRSs are located at first, second, fifth, eighth, ninth and twelfth OFDM symbols in the case of the normal CP and are located at first, second, fourth, seventh, eighth and tenth OFDM symbols in the extended CP.
  • the DRS is an RS for data demodulation
  • the DRS is located in a region to which a data channel is allocated.
  • First to third OFDM symbols (or first and second OFDM symbols) of one subframe are used for a PDCCH (control channel) and second (or third) to last OFDM symbols are allocated for a PDSCH (data channel).
  • the DRSs may be arranged at the following OFDM symbol locations.
  • Channel estimation information of an RE to which the DRS is not allocated may be acquired from channel estimation information of neighboring REs, to which the DRSs are allocated, by an interpolation method.
  • the RSs are preferably located at both ends of the data channel, that is, fourth and fourteenth OFDM symbols (in the case of the extended CP, fifth and twelfth OFDM symbols) of one subframe.
  • the channel is not significantly changed within one to two OFDM symbols.
  • the DRSs are located inside the OFDM symbols located at both ends of the data channel, data transfer performance according to channel estimation is not significantly changed.
  • RSs for the antenna ports may be multiplexed using a TDM, FDM and/or code division multiplexing (CDM) scheme. That is, the RSs for the antenna ports are arranged on different time resources or frequency resources to be distinguished from each other. Alternatively, even when the RSs for the antenna ports may be arranged on the same time resources or frequency resources, the RSs may be distinguished from each other using different code resources.
  • TDM Time Division Multiplexing
  • the RSs for the antenna ports may be transmitted using CDM or TDM in adjacent OFDM symbols. If CDM transmission is performed using two OFDM symbols, the two OFDM symbols may be adjacent to each other and the two OFDM symbols preferably have an interval of a maximum of one OFDM symbol therebetween if they are not adjacent to each other. If CDM transmission is performed using four OFDM symbols, the channel must not change with time. In this case, CDM transmission may be performed using the RSs present at different OFDM symbols and the same frequency location.
  • a 90% coherent bandwidth B C,90 in the frequency domain may be determined by Equation 1 and a 50% coherent bandwidth B C,50 may be determined by Equation 2.
  • Equations 1 and 2 ⁇ ⁇ denotes a root mean square (RMS) of delay spread.
  • ⁇ ⁇ is about 0.5 ⁇ s.
  • the 90% coherent bandwidth becomes about 10 kHz and, according to Equation 2, the 50% coherent bandwidth becomes about 100 kHz. Since the frequency bandwidth of one RE is 15 kHz, the 90% coherent bandwidth has an interval of about 1 RE and the 50% coherent bandwidth has an interval of about 6 REs. Accordingly, in order to perform interpolation of the RS in channel estimation, the interval between the RSs is preferably less than 6 REs in the frequency domain. In order to perform extrapolation, the interval between the RSs is preferably 1 RE.
  • the RSs may be located at first, sixth and eleventh REs (or second, seventh and twelfth REs) in the frequency domain.
  • Such a structure is advantageous in that the RSs can be efficiently used and interpolation can be efficiently performed. Since the twelfth (or first) RE is within the 90% coherent bandwidth with the eleventh (or second) RE, performance is not significantly changed even when an extrapolated channel or a channel of a neighboring RE is copied and used.
  • the DRS is transmitted using the same weight as a precoding weight used for data transmission and the density of RSs may be changed according to the number of transmission layers (antenna ports).
  • FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a pattern in which CRSs and DRSs are arranged within one RB (14 OFDM symbols ⁇ 12 subcarriers) based on the above-described design criterion.
  • CRSs for the antenna port indexes 0 to 3 are shown in FIG. 7 , some of the antenna ports may be used. For example, only CRSs for the antenna port indexes 0 to 1 (two transmission antennas) may be used or only CRSs for the antenna port index 0 may be used.
  • the DRSs are arranged on 12 REs within one RB.
  • the DRSs are arranged on 24 REs within one RB.
  • the DRS pattern shown in FIG. 7(b) may be used when the number of transmission layers is increased.
  • the DRS pattern shown in FIG. 7(a) may be used when the number of transmission layers is 1 to 2 and the DRS pattern shown in FIG. 7(b) may be used when the number of transmission layers is 3 to 8.
  • the present invention is not limited thereto and a suitable DRS pattern may be selected according to the number of transmission layers.
  • CSI-RS Channel State Information Reference Signal
  • a system e.g., an LTE-A system supporting eight transmission antennas
  • a legacy communication system e.g., an LTE release 8 system supporting four transmission antennas
  • CRSs are RSs for the antenna ports 0 to 3
  • the CSI-RS designed for the purpose of acquiring the CSI may be designed with density relatively lower than that of the existing RSs.
  • the CSI-RSs may be transmitted with a duty cycle such as 2 ms, 5 ms, 10 ms or 40 ms in the time domain and RSs may be transmitted at an interval of 6 REs or 12 REs in the frequency domain.
  • the duty cycle indicates a time unit for acquiring all the RSs for the antennas used for transmission.
  • the CSI-RS may be transmitted over the entire frequency band.
  • the RSs for the antenna ports may be transmitted on different subframes.
  • the CSI-RSs which can support all antenna ports according to the extended transmission antennas within the duty cycle should be transmitted. For example, if CSI-RSs supporting eight antenna ports are present, CSI-RSs for four antenna ports may be transmitted on a first subframe and CSI-RSs for the remaining antenna ports may be transmitted on a second subframe.
  • the first and second subframes may be subframes which are consecutive in the time domain or subframes with a certain time interval (a value smaller than the duty cycle).
  • CSI-RSs may be located on OFDM symbols on which the CRSs are arranged. More specifically, CRSs may be located on first, second, fifth, eighth, ninth and twelfth OFDM symbols in the case of the normal CP and may be located on first, second, fourth, seventh, eighth and tenth OFDM symbols in the case of the extended CP. In CSI-RS arrangement, except for first to third OFDM symbols on which the control channel (PDCCH) is located, the CSI-RSs may be located on fifth, eighth, ninth and twelfth OFDM symbols in the case of the normal CP and may be located on fourth, seventh, eighth and tenth OFDM symbols in the case of the extended CP.
  • PDCH control channel
  • the CSI-RS located within one subframe may be designed to be separated from the existing CRS by the same frequency interval (that is, an interval of 3 REs).
  • REs on which the CSI-RSs are arranged may be arranged at the same interval in the frequency domain.
  • the CSI-RSs are arranged at an interval of 6 REs (that is, an interval of 6 subcarriers) in the frequency domain and the REs, on which RSs for one antenna port are arranged, may be arranged to be separated from the REs, on which RSs for another antenna port are arranged, by an interval of 3 REs.
  • the CSI-RSs may be transmitted using REs other than REs, on which the CRSs are arranged, in the OFDM symbol on which the CRSs are located.
  • RSs are located in one OFDM symbol, on which the CRSs are located, at an interval of 3 REs and two REs for data are present between the REs for CRSs. Some of the REs for data in the OFDM symbol on which the CRSs are located may be used as REs for CSI-RSs.
  • CSI-RSs In one RB (14 OFDM symbols ⁇ 12 subcarriers in the case of the normal CP or 12 OFDM symbols ⁇ 12 subcarriers in the case of the extended CP), eight REs may be used for CSI-RSs. Two OFDM symbols may be used in one RB and CSI-RSs may be arranged on four REs in one OFDM symbol.
  • FIGS. 8(a) to 8(c) show CSI-RS patterns in the case of the normal CP and the right drawings thereof show CSI-RS patterns in the case of the extended CP.
  • the locations of the CSI-RSs shown in FIGS. 8(a) to 8(c) are exemplary and the present invention is not limited thereto.
  • the description of FIG. 8 is equally applicable to modified examples of the CSI-RS patterns of FIGS. 9 to 12 .
  • the CSI-RSs may be arranged at the same subcarrier locations in the two OFDM symbols (first and second OFDM symbols) on which the CSI-RSs are arranged.
  • the CSI-RSs (C0 and C1) for the antenna port indexes 0 and 1 are distinguished using the FDM scheme and the CSI-RSs (C2 and C3) for the antenna port indexes 2 and 3 are distinguished using the FDM scheme.
  • the CSI-RSs (C0 and C2) for the antenna port indexes 0 and 2 are distinguished using the TDM scheme and the CSI-RSs (C1 and C3) for the antenna port indexes 1 and 3 are distinguished using the TDM scheme.
  • CSI-RSs may be arranged at the same subcarrier locations in the two OFDM symbols (first and second OFDM symbols) on which the CSI-RSs are arranged. At this time, when a certain antenna port is defined in an RE allocated for the CSI-RS, the RE of the first OFDM symbol and the RE of the second OFDM symbol located at the same subcarrier location may be defined for different antenna ports.
  • the CSI-RSs may be distinguished using the FDM scheme.
  • the CSI-RSs for different antenna ports are arranged on different OFDM symbols, the CSI-RSs may be distinguished using the TDM scheme.
  • RSs for two antenna ports may be multiplexed using the CDM scheme over two OFDM symbols at the same subcarrier location. That is, the CSI-RS (C0) for the antenna port index 0 may be arranged over two REs which are contiguous in the time domain, the CSI-RS (C1) for the antenna port index 1 may be arranged on the same RE, and C0 and C1 may be multiplexed using different code resources (e.g., an orthogonal cover code (OCC) having a length of 2).
  • code resources e.g., an orthogonal cover code (OCC) having a length of 2
  • the CSI-RS (C2) for the antenna port index 2 may be arranged over two REs which are contiguous in the time domain
  • the CSI-RS (C3) for the antenna port index 3 may be arranged on the same RE
  • C2 and C3 may be multiplexed using different code resources.
  • the CSI-RSs arranged over the time domain are distinguished using orthogonal code resources. This method may be referred to as CDM-T multiplexing.
  • the method of multiplexing the CSI-RSs is not limited to the methods shown in FIGS. 8(a) to 8(c) and may be implemented by various methods such as TDM, FDM and/or CDM.
  • FIGS. 9 to 12 show various embodiments according to the above-described methods of arranging CSI-RSs.
  • the left drawings of FIGS. 9 to 12 show CSI-RS patterns in the case of the normal CP and the right drawings thereof show CSI-RS patterns in the case of the extended CP.
  • CRSs for antenna port indexes 0 to 3 are shown in FIGS. 9 to 12 , some of the antenna ports may be used. For example, only CRSs for the antenna port indexes 0 to 1 (two transmission antennas) may be used or only CRSs for the antenna port index 0 (single transmission antenna) may be used.
  • CSI-RSs are arranged on two OFDM symbols among OFDM symbols on which CRSs are arranged. That is, the CSI-RSs may be located on two OFDM symbols among fifth, eighth, ninth and twelfth OFDM symbols in the case of the normal CP and may be located on two OFDM symbols of fourth, seventh, eighth and tenth OFDM symbols in the case of the extended CP.
  • CSI-RSs are located on fifth and eighth OFDM symbols in the case of the normal CP and are located on fourth and seventh OFDM symbols in the case of the extended CP.
  • CSI-RSs are located on fifth and ninth OFDM symbols in the case of the normal CP and are located on fourth and eighth OFDM symbols in the case of the extended CP.
  • CSI-RSs are located on fifth and twelfth OFDM symbols in the case of the normal CP and are located on fourth and tenth OFDM symbols in the case of the extended CP.
  • CSI-RSs are located on eighth and ninth OFDM symbols in the case of the normal CP and are located on seventh and eighth OFDM symbols in the case of the extended CP.
  • CSI-RSs are located on eighth and twelfth OFDM symbols in the case of the normal CP and are located on seventh and tenth OFDM symbols in the case of the extended CP.
  • CSI-RSs are located on ninth and twelfth OFDM symbols in the case of the normal CP and are located on eighth and tenth OFDM symbols in the case of the extended CP.
  • OFDM symbols in which CSI-RSs are arranged in FIGS. 11(a), 11(b), 11(c), 12(a), 12(b) and 12(c) correspond to OFDM symbols in which CSI-RSs are arranged in FIGS. 9(a), 9(b), 9(c), 10(a), 10(b) and 10(c) , except that the locations of subcarriers on which the CSI-RSs are arranged are different on each OFDM symbol. That is, in the embodiments of FIGS. 11 to 12 , patterns in which CSI-RSs are arranged on first, fourth, seventh and tenth subcarriers in one OFDM symbol are shown.
  • CSI-RSs may be located on OFDM symbols on which the CRSs are not arranged. In the OFDM symbols on which the CRSs are not arranged, an OFDM symbol on which the DRS is located and an OFDM symbol on which only a data signal is located are present. In the case in which a subcarrier interval of a DRS is designed to be different from a subcarrier interval of a CSI-RS, if the DRS and the CSI-RS are located on the same OFDM symbol, collision therebetween may occur. Since RSs are transmitted with power higher than that of data, collision between RSs significantly decreases channel estimation performance using RSs as compared to collision between an RS and data.
  • CSI-RSs are arranged on an OFDM symbol on which a DRS is not arranged but only a data signal is located, even if collision between the CSI-RS and the data occurs, no problem occurs in channel estimation of a reception side using the CSI-RS.
  • various CSI-RS arrangement patterns may be designed according to DRS arrangement patterns.
  • OFDM symbols on which CRSs are not arranged in one RB include third, fourth, sixth, seventh, tenth, eleventh, thirteenth and fourteenth OFDM symbols.
  • OFDM symbols on which CRSs are not arranged in one RB (12 OFDM symbols ⁇ 12 subcarriers) include third, fifth, sixth, ninth, eleventh and twelfth OFDM symbols.
  • the control channel (PDCCH) may be allocated to first to second (or third) OFDM symbols and the CSI-RSs are designed so as not to be arranged on these OFDM symbols.
  • the DRSs may be arranged on sixth, seventh, thirteenth and fourteenth OFDM symbols in the case of the normal CP.
  • the DRSs may be arranged on fifth, sixth, eleventh and twelfth OFDM symbols in the case of the extended CP.
  • the CSI-RSs may be located on (third), fourth, tenth and eleventh OFDM symbols in the case of the normal CP and may be located on (third) ninth OFDM symbols in the case of the extended CP.
  • the CSI-RSs may be arranged on the OFDM symbols on which the CRSs are not located, in case of using the CRSs for four transmission antennas, some of the REs allocated for the CRSs may be used for the CSI-RSs.
  • CSI-RSs may be arranged at RE locations (R2 and R3 of FIGS. 5 and 6 ) allocated for the CRSs in the OFDM symbol (the ninth OFDM symbol in the case of the normal CP and the eighth OFDM symbol in the case of the extended CP) on which the CRSs for the antenna port indexes 2 and 3 are located. This may be called reuse of CRS REs for the antenna ports 2 and 3.
  • the CSI-RSs are arranged at the locations of the CRSs for the antenna port indexes 2 and 3 in the case of the extended CP, ambiguity may occur in analysis of the RSs in the legacy UE (e.g., the UE according to LTE release 8 or 9) which cannot analyze the CSI-RS. Accordingly, in the case of the normal CP, CRSs configured for a maximum of four transmission antenna ports may be specified to recognize a single transmission antenna, two transmission antennas and four transmission antennas. In contrast, in the case of the extended CP, only CRSs configured for a maximum of two transmission antenna ports may be specified to recognize only a single transmission antenna and two transmission antennas.
  • CSI-RSs may be arranged at the RE locations allocated for the CRSs in the OFDM symbol (the second OFDM symbol) to which the CRSs for the antenna ports 2 and 3 are allocated.
  • CSI-RSs may be arranged at the RE locations allocated for the CRSs in one of the OFDM symbols (the first, fifth, eighth and twelfth OFDM symbols of one subframe in the case of the normal CP) to which the CRSs for the antenna port indexes 0 and 1 are allocated.
  • the OFDM symbols on which the CRI-RSs are arranged may be determined using the above-described method and the CSI-RSs may be arranged on two OFDM symbols of one subframe.
  • the CSI-RSs may be arranged at the same interval in the frequency domain. From the viewpoint of one antenna port, the RSs may be arranged at an interval of 6 REs (that is, an interval of six subcarriers) in the frequency domain and the RE, on which the RSs for one antenna port are arranged, may be arranged to be separated from the RE, on which the RSs for another antenna port are arranged, by an interval of 3 REs in the frequency domain.
  • CSI-RSs In one RB (14 OFDM symbols ⁇ 12 subcarriers in the case of the normal CP or 12 OFDM symbols ⁇ 12 subcarriers in the case of the extended CP), eight REs may be used for CSI-RSs. Two OFDM symbols may be used in one RB and CSI-RSs may be arranged on four REs in one OFDM symbol.
  • FIGS. 13(a) to 13(c) show CSI-RS patterns in the case of the normal CP and the right drawings thereof show CSI-RS patterns in the case of the extended CP.
  • the locations of the CSI-RSs shown in FIGS. 13(a) to 13(c) are exemplary and the present invention is not limited thereto.
  • the description of FIG. 13 is equally applicable to modified examples of the CSI-RS patterns of FIGS. 14 to 36 .
  • the CSI-RSs may be arranged at the same subcarrier locations in the two OFDM symbols (first and second OFDM symbols) on which the CSI-RSs are arranged.
  • the CSI-RSs (C0 and C1) for the antenna port indexes 0 and 1 are distinguished using the FDM scheme and the CSI-RSs (C2 and C3) for the antenna port indexes 2 and 3 are distinguished using the FDM scheme.
  • the CSI-RSs (C0 and C2) for the antenna port indexes 0 and 2 are distinguished using the TDM scheme and the CSI-RSs (C1 and C3) for the antenna port indexes 1 and 3 are distinguished using the TDM scheme.
  • CSI-RSs may be arranged at the same subcarrier locations in the two OFDM symbols (first and second OFDM symbols) on which the CSI-RSs are arranged. At this time, when a certain antenna port is defined in an RE allocated for the CSI-RS, the RE of the first OFDM symbol and the RE of the second OFDM symbol located at the same subcarrier location may be defined for different antenna ports.
  • the CSI-RSs may be distinguished using the FDM scheme.
  • the CSI-RSs for different antenna ports are arranged on different OFDM symbols, the CSI-RSs may be distinguished using the TDM scheme.
  • RSs for two antenna ports may be multiplexed using the CDM scheme over two OFDM symbols at the same subcarrier location. That is, the CSI-RS (C0) for the antenna port index 0 may be arranged over two REs located on different OFDM symbols in the same subcarrier, the CSI-RS (C1) for antenna port index 1 may be arranged on the same RE, and C0 and C1 may be multiplexed using different code resources (e.g., an OCC having a length of 2).
  • code resources e.g., an OCC having a length of 2.
  • the CSI-RS (C2) for the antenna port index 2 may be arranged over two REs located on different OFDM symbols in the same subcarrier
  • the CSI-RS (C3) for the antenna port index 3 may be arranged on the same RE
  • C2 and C3 may be multiplexed using different code resources.
  • the CSI-RSs arranged over the time domain are distinguished using orthogonal code resources. This method may be called a CDM-T multiplexing method.
  • FIG. 13(d) shows a pattern in which CSI-RSs for eight antenna ports may be multiplexed using the CDM scheme.
  • the CSI-RS (C0) for the antenna port index 0 may be arranged over two REs located on different OFDM symbols in the same subcarrier, the CSI-RS (C1) for the antenna port index 1 may be arranged on the same RE, and C0 and C1 may be multiplexed using different code resources (e.g., an OCC having a length of 2).
  • the CSI-RS (C2) for antenna port index 2 may be arranged over two REs located on different OFDM symbols in the same subcarrier, the CSI-RS (C3) for the antenna port index 3 may be arranged on the same RE, and C2 and C3 may be multiplexed using different code resources.
  • the CSI-RS (C4) for the antenna port index 4 may be arranged over two REs located on different OFDM symbols in the same subcarrier, the CSI-RS (C5) for the antenna port index 5 may be arranged on the same RE, and C4 and C5 may be multiplexed using different code resources.
  • the CSI-RS (C6) for the antenna port index 6 may be arranged over two REs located on different OFDM symbols in the same subcarrier
  • the CSI-RS (C7) for the antenna port index 7 may be arranged on the same RE
  • C6 and C7 may be multiplexed using different code resources.
  • the method of multiplexing the CSI-RSs is not limited to the methods shown in FIGS. 13(a) to 13(c) and may be implemented by various methods such as TDM, FDM and/or CDM.
  • FIGS. 14 to 36 show various embodiments according to the above-described methods of arranging CSI-RSs.
  • the left drawings of FIGS. 14 to 36 show CSI-RS patterns in the case of the normal CP and the right drawings thereof show CSI-RS patterns in the case of the extended CP.
  • CRSs for antenna port indexes 0 to 3 are shown in FIGS. 14 to 36 , some of the antenna ports may be used. For example, only CRSs for the antenna port indexes 0 to 1 (two transmission antennas) may be used or only CRSs for the antenna port index 0 (single transmission antenna) may be used.
  • the CSI-RS patterns shown in FIGS. 14 to 36 may be frequency-shifted. Frequency shifting may be performed on a per cell basis. That is, the locations of the CRI-RSs may be shifted in the frequency domain on a per cell basis. For example, if the CSI-RSs are located at every third subcarrier, a first cell may be arranged on a 3 k-th subcarrier, a second cell may be arranged on a (3 k+1)-th subcarrier, and a third cell may be arranged on a (3 k+2)-th subcarrier.
  • the CSI-RS and the CRS may be frequency-shifted with the same offset.
  • the CSI-RSs are located at the same subcarrier locations as the subcarrier, on which the CRSs are located, in the CSI-RS patterns shown in FIGS. 14 to 36 , the CSI-RSs may be defined at the locations shifted by one subcarrier or two subcarriers.
  • the CSI-RSs may be arranged on two OFDM symbols in one subframe and may be arranged at four subcarrier locations in one OFDM symbol. Thus, the CSI-RSs may be arranged on a total of eight REs.
  • Both of the two OFDM symbols on which the CSI-RSs are arranged may be OFDM symbols on which the CRSs and DRSs are not arranged (the case of the normal CP of FIGS. 15(a) and 15(b) and FIG. 18(a) ).
  • four REs in one of the two OFDM symbols on which the CSI-RSs are arranged may be arranged in a manner of reusing the REs on which the existing CRSs are arranged (the case of the extended CP of FIGS. 14(a), 14(b), 14(c), 15(c), 16(b), 17(a), 17(b) and 18(a) , in the case of the normal CP of FIGS. 18(b) , and 18 (c)).
  • FIG. 17(b) if the REs to which the CRSs for the antenna port indexes 2 and 3 are allocated are reused for the CSI-RSs, up to the CRSs supporting two transmission antennas may be specified.
  • eight REs in the two OFDM symbols on which the CSI-RSs are arranged may be arranged in a manner of reusing the REs on which the existing CRSs are arranged (the case of the extended CP of FIGS. 16(a), 16(b), 17(c) and 18(b) ).
  • FIGS. 19(a) and 19(b) correspond to modified examples in which the frequency locations are shifted by one subcarrier or two subcarriers in the CSI-RS pattern of FIG. 14(a) .
  • the CSI-RSs may be arranged on two OFDM symbols in one subframe and may be arranged at four subcarrier locations in one OFDM symbol. Thus, the CSI-RSs may be arranged on a total of eight REs.
  • Both of the two OFDM symbols on which the CSI-RSs are arranged may be OFDM symbols on which the CRSs and DRSs are not arranged (the case of the normal CP of FIG. 29(a) and the case of the normal CP of FIG. 36(a) ).
  • one of the two OFDM symbols on which the CSI-RSs are arranged is an OFDM symbol on which the CRSs and DRSs are not arranged and four REs on the remaining one OFDM symbol may be arranged in a manner of reusing the REs on which the existing CRSs are arranged (the case of the normal CP of FIGS. 21(a) and 24(a) , the case of the normal CP of FIG. 25(a) , the case of the normal CP of FIG. 26(a) , the case of the extended CP of FIGS. 28(a), 28(b), 28(c) and 29(a) , the case of the normal CP of FIGS. 29(b), 30(c) and 32(a) , the case of the normal CP of FIG. 33(c) and the case of the extended CP of FIG. 36(a) ).
  • one of the two OFDM symbols on which the CSI-RSs are arranged is an OFDM symbol on which the CRSs and DRSs are not arranged and the remaining OFDM symbol may be an OFDM symbol on which DRSs are arranged (the case of the normal CP of FIG. 22(c) , the case of the normal CP of FIG. 26(b) , the case of the normal CP of FIGS. 29(c) and 34(a) , the case of the normal CP of FIG. 36(b) and the case of the normal CP of FIG. 36(c) ).
  • one of the two OFDM symbols on which the CSI-RSs are arranged is an OFDM symbol on which the DRSs are arranged and four REs on the remaining one OFDM symbol may be arranged in a manner of reusing the RES on which the existing CRSs are arranged (the case of the extended CP of FIGS. 20(a), 21(c), 22(a), 22(b) and 22(c) , the case of the extended CP of FIGS. 23(a), 24(c), 25(c) and 26(b) , the case of the extended CP of FIGS. 26(c), 31(b), 32(c), 33(b) and 34(a) , the case of the extended CP of FIGS. 34(b) and 36(b) , and the case of the extended CP of FIG. 36(c) ).
  • both of the OFDM symbols on which the CRI-RSs are arranged may be OFDM symbols on which the DRSs are arranged ( FIG. 23(b) ).
  • eight REs on the two OFDM symbols on which the CSI-RSs are arranged may be arranged in a manner of reusing the RES on which the existing CRSs are arranged (the case of the extended CP of FIGS. 20(b), 20(c), 21(b), 23(c) and 24(a) , the case of the extended CP of FIGS. 24(b) and 25(a) , the case of the extended CP of FIGS. 25(b) and 26(a) , the case of the extended CP of FIGS. 30(a), 30(b) and 30(c) , the case of the extended P of FIGS. 31(a), 31(c) and 32(a) , and the case of the extended CP of FIGS. 32(b), 33(a) and 33(c) ).
  • FIGS. 27(a) and 27(b) correspond to modified examples in which the frequency locations are shifted from the CSI-RS pattern of FIG. 22(c) by one subcarrier or two subcarriers.
  • the embodiments of FIGS. 35(a) and 35(b) correspond to modified examples in which the frequency locations are shifted from the CSI-RS pattern of FIG. 34(a) by one subcarrier or two subcarriers.
  • Embodiment 3 relates to a method of multiplexing CSI-RSs for a plurality of antenna ports based on the various examples of the locations of the CSI-RSs (that is, the locations of the OFDM symbols on which the CSI-RSs are arranged) on the time axis described in the above-described Embodiments 1 and 2.
  • the frequency locations of the CSI-RSs described in the embodiments of FIGS. 37 and 38 are applicable to both the normal CP and the extended CP of Embodiments 1 and 2 for the locations of the CSI-RSS on the time axis.
  • Embodiment 3 it is assumed that eight REs (two OFDM symbols and four REs of one OFDM symbol) are used for CSI-RSs in one RB (one subframe of the time domain ⁇ 12 subcarriers of the frequency domain).
  • the locations of two OFDM symbols may correspond to various OFDM symbol locations proposed in the above-described Embodiments 1 and 2.
  • the CSI-RSs located on the respective OFDM symbols may be arranged at an interval of 3 REs.
  • the locations of the CSI-RSs shown in Pattern 1 of FIG. 37(a) may be shifted by 1 RE (Pattern 2) or 2 REs (Pattern 3) in the frequency domain.
  • FIG. 37(b) shows a detailed example in which frequency shifting is performed with respect to the pattern in which the CSI-RSs are arranged using the CDM-T scheme as shown in FIG. 38(b) .
  • FIG. 37(c) shows an example in which the pattern in which the CSI-RSs are arranged using the CDM-T scheme as shown in FIG. 38(b) is arranged on an RB. More specifically, two OFDM symbols may be arranged on OFDM symbol indexes 9 and 10 in one RB in the case of the normal CP and may be arranged on OFDM symbol indexes 7 and 8 in the case of the extended CP.
  • independent frequency/time/code resources for the N antenna ports may be allocated. That is, the CSI-RSs for the N antenna ports may be multiplexed using the FDM/TDM/CDM scheme.
  • FIG. 38 shows various embodiments of the method of multiplexing CSI-RSs.
  • the locations of the two OFDM symbols on which the CSI-RSs are arranged as shown in FIG. 38 may correspond to various OFDM symbol locations proposed in the above-described Embodiments 1 and 2. Although omitted for clarity of description, even in the various embodiments described with reference to FIG. 38 , similarly to Patterns 1 to 3 of FIG. 37(a) , the locations of the REs to which the CSI-RSs are mapped may be frequency-shifted by 1 RE or 2 REs.
  • the CSI-RSs (A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H) for eight antenna ports may be mapped to eight REs, respectively.
  • the antenna ports A, B, C and D may be distinguished using the FDM scheme.
  • the antenna ports E, F, G and H may be distinguished using the FDM scheme.
  • a first antenna port group (A, B, C and D) and a second antenna port group (E, F, G and H) may be distinguished using the TDM scheme.
  • two of the eight antenna ports may be multiplexed using the CDM-T scheme.
  • the antenna ports 0 and 1 may be spread in the time domain using an orthogonal code having a length of 2 (e.g., Walsh code, DFT code, random code, etc.). That is, the CSI-RSs for the antenna port indexes 0 and 1 are spread by code resources in the time domain and are arranged on the same REs (A of the first OFDM symbol and A of the second OFDM symbol).
  • the antenna ports 0 and 1 are described as an example, the multiplexing method using the CDM-T scheme is applicable to any two of the eight antenna ports.
  • the eight antenna ports may be grouped into four antenna groups (that is, A, B, C and D) each including two antenna ports and the four antenna groups may be distinguished using the FDM scheme.
  • two of the eight antenna ports may be multiplexed using the CDM-F scheme.
  • the antenna ports 0 and 1 may be spread in the frequency domain using an orthogonal code having a length of 2 (e.g., Walsh code, DFT code, random code, etc.). That is, the CSI-RSs for the antenna port indexes 0 and 1 are spread by code resources in the frequency domain and are arranged on the same REs (A and A of the first OFDM symbol).
  • the antenna ports 0 and 1 are described as an example, the multiplexing method using the CDM-F scheme is applicable to any two of the eight antenna ports.
  • the eight antenna ports may be grouped into four antenna groups (that is, A, B, C and D) each including two antenna ports and the four antenna groups may be distinguished using the FDM/TDM scheme.
  • FIG. 38(d) shows an embodiment in which two of the eight antenna ports are multiplexed using the CDM-F scheme similarly to FIG. 38(c) and four antenna groups are multiplexed using the FDM/TDM scheme, which is different from the embodiment of FIG. 38(c) in that the REs (e.g., A and A) to which the CDM-F scheme is applied are located at an interval of 6 REs, not at an interval of 3 REs).
  • the REs e.g., A and A
  • the antenna ports 0, 1, 2 and 3 may be spread in the frequency domain using an orthogonal code having a length of 4 (e.g., Walsh code, DFT code, random code, etc.). That is, the CSI-RSs for the antenna port indexes 0, 1, 2 and 3 are spread by code resources in the frequency domain and are arranged on the same REs (A, A, A and A of the first OFDM symbol).
  • orthogonal code e.g., Walsh code, DFT code, random code, etc.
  • the CSI-RSs for the antenna port indexes 0, 1, 2 and 3 are spread by code resources in the frequency domain and are arranged on the same REs (A, A, A and A of the first OFDM symbol).
  • the antenna ports 0, 1, 2 and 3 are described as an example, the multiplexing method using the CDM-F scheme is applicable to any four of the eight antenna ports.
  • the eight antenna ports may be grouped into two antenna groups (that is, A and B) each including four antenna ports and the two antenna groups may be distinguished using the T
  • the antenna ports 0, 1, 2 and 3 may be spread in the time domain and the frequency domain using an orthogonal code (e.g., Walsh code, DFT code, random code, etc.). That is, the CSI-RSs for the antenna port indexes 0, 1, 2 and 3 are spread by code resources in the time domain and the frequency domain and are arranged on the same REs (A, A, A and A of the first and second OFDM symbols).
  • orthogonal code e.g., Walsh code, DFT code, random code, etc.
  • the CSI-RSs for the antenna port indexes 0, 1, 2 and 3 are spread by code resources in the time domain and the frequency domain and are arranged on the same REs (A, A, A and A of the first and second OFDM symbols).
  • the antenna ports 0, 1, 2 and 3 are described as an example, the multiplexing method using the CDM scheme is applicable to any four of the eight antenna ports.
  • the eight antenna ports may be grouped into two antenna groups (that is, A and B) each including four antenna ports and the two
  • the antenna ports 0, 1, 2 and 3 may be spread in the time domain and the frequency domain using an orthogonal code (e.g., Walsh code, DFT code, random code, etc.). That is, the CSI-RSs for the antenna port indexes 0, 1, 2 and 3 are spread by code resources in the time domain and the frequency domain and are arranged on the same REs (A, A, A and A of the first and second OFDM symbols).
  • orthogonal code e.g., Walsh code, DFT code, random code, etc.
  • the CSI-RSs for the antenna port indexes 0, 1, 2 and 3 are spread by code resources in the time domain and the frequency domain and are arranged on the same REs (A, A, A and A of the first and second OFDM symbols).
  • the antenna ports 0, 1, 2 and 3 are described as an example, the multiplexing method using the CDM scheme is applicable to any four of the eight antenna ports.
  • the eight antenna ports may be grouped into two antenna groups (that is, A and B) each including four antenna ports and the two
  • the eight antenna ports may be multiplexed using the CDM scheme.
  • the antenna ports 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 may be spread in the time domain and the frequency domain using an orthogonal code (e.g., Walsh code, DFT code, random code, etc.). That is, the CSI-RSs for the antenna port indexes 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 are spread by code resources in the time domain and the frequency domain and are arranged on the same REs (A, A, A, A, A, A, A and A of the first and second OFDM symbols). Alternatively, the CSI-RSs for the antenna ports may be spread in the frequency domain and the same signal may be transmitted in the time domain.
  • an orthogonal code e.g., Walsh code, DFT code, random code, etc.
  • the CSI-RS patterns defined for eight antenna ports may be used for CSI-RSs for four antenna ports or CSI-RSs for two antenna ports as the same patterns (that is, the CSI-RSs are arranged at the same RE locations). At this time, all REs of the CSI-RS pattern for eight antenna ports may be used or a subset of some of the antenna ports may be used. This property may be called a nested property.
  • the CSI-RS pattern in the case of the extended CP may be defined in a state in which CRSs for two transmission antennas are arranged. That is, the above-described various CSI-RS patterns are applicable to the extended CP on the assumption that a CRS pattern indicated by R2 and R3 (third and fourth antenna ports) is not used and only a CRS pattern indicated by R0 and R1 (first and second antenna ports) is used in FIG. 6 .
  • the UE may recognize that the base station uses two antenna ports via a previously defined PBCH.
  • CRSs indicated by R2 and R3 of a second slot of one subframe of FIG. 6 may not be used and symbols corresponding thereto may be used as symbols for transmitting CSI-RSs.
  • CRSs indicated by R2 and R3 of a second slot of one subframe may not be used and RE locations of the corresponding CRSs may be reused for CSI-RSs.
  • Embodiment 4 relates to additional embodiments of a CSI-RS pattern.
  • FIG. 39 is a diagram showing a pattern of other RSs to be considered in order to determine a CSI-RS pattern.
  • S denotes a cell-specific RS (that is, CRS)
  • U denotes a UE-specific RS (that is, DRS) defined in the conventional LTE standard (e.g., LTE release 8)
  • D denotes a UE-specific RS (DRS) which is newly defined in the LTE standard (e.g., release 9 and 10).
  • FIG. 39(a) shows the case of the normal CP.
  • CRSs S are located on OFDM symbol indexes 0, 1, 4, 7, 8 and 11 and subcarrier indexes 0, 3, 6 and 9.
  • Existing LTE DRSs U are located on OFDM symbol indexes 3, 6, 9 and 12 and subcarrier indexes 0, 4 and 8 or subcarrier indexes 2, 6 and 10.
  • DRSs D are located on OFDM symbol indexes 5, 6, 12 and 13 and subcarrier indexes 0, 1, 5, 6, 10 and 11.
  • FIG. 39(b) shows the case of the extended CP.
  • CRSs S are located on OFDM symbol indexes 0, 1, 3, 6, 7 and 9 and subcarrier indexes 0, 3, 6 and 9.
  • Existing LTE DRSs U are located on OFDM symbol indexes 4, 7 and 10 and subcarrier indexes 0, 3, 6 and 9 or subcarrier indexes 2, 5, 8 and 11.
  • DRSs D are located on OFDM symbol indexes 4, 5, 10 and 11 and subcarrier indexes 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 11.
  • CSI-RSs may be defined for eight transmission antennas, four transmission antennas and two transmission antennas.
  • CSI-RS patterns for four transmission antennas and two transmission antennas may be defined as a set or a subset of CSI-RS patterns for eight transmission antennas. That is, a nested property may be satisfied.
  • OFDM symbols including CRSs, DRSs (including DRSs defined in LTE release 8, 9 and 10, that is, U and D of FIG. 39 ) and PDCCH may be excluded.
  • OFDM symbol index 10 may be used for CSI-RS allocation in the case of the normal CP and only the OFDM symbol index 8 may be used for CSI-RS allocation in the case of the extended CP.
  • the locations of the CSI-RSs allocated to one OFDM symbol (the OFDM symbol index 10) in the frequency domain in the case of the normal CP will be described with reference to FIG. 40 .
  • the description of FIG. 40 is equally applicable to the locations of the CSI-RSs allocated to one OFDM symbol (the OFDM symbol index 8) in the frequency domain in the case of the extended CP.
  • the FDM scheme is a scheme for distinguishing CSI-RSs for transmission antennas using frequency resources in the case of two transmission antennas, four transmission antennas or eight transmission antennas.
  • the structure supporting eight antennas includes a structure in which eight REs are consecutively arranged (Pattern 1 of FIG. 40(a) , a structure in which units of two consecutive REs are arranged at a predetermined interval (Pattern 2 of FIG. 40(a) and a structure in which units of four consecutive REs are arranged at a predetermined interval (Pattern 3 of FIG. 40(a) ). If eight consecutive REs are arranged, a CSI-RS for one antenna port corresponds to each RE.
  • a CSI-RS structure of a CDM-FDM scheme will be described. Eight REs are divided into pairs of two. That is, pairs of A-A, B-B, C-C and D-D are formed. An orthogonal code having a length of 2 may be allocated to one pair to distinguish between two antenna ports. At this time, in order to distinguish between pairs, frequency resources may be used.
  • Patterns 1 to 3 of FIG. 40(b) may be considered.
  • Patterns 1 to 3 of FIG. 40(c) may be considered.
  • Indicators A, B, C and D of the CSI-RSs shown in FIG. 40 indicate antenna ports (antenna ports 0 to 7) or antenna groups and exemplary correspondence thereof is shown in Table 1.
  • the present invention is not limited to the correspondence shown in Table 1 and the order of A, B, C and D may be arbitrarily changed to correspond to antenna ports or antenna groups.
  • Method 1 Method 2
  • Method 3 Method 4
  • Method 5 Method 6 8Tx 8Tx 4Tx 4Tx 2Tx 2Tx A 0, 1 0, 4 0, 1 0 0, 1 0 B 2, 3 1, 5 2, 3 1 1 C 4, 5 2, 6 2 D 6, 7 3, 7 3
  • OFDM symbols including CRSs, DRSs (including DRSs defined in LTE release 9 and 10, that is, D of FIG. 39 ) and PDCCH may be excluded.
  • a pattern in which CSI-RSs are arranged on OFDM symbols, on which DRSs (U of FIG. 39 ) defined in the conventional LTE are located may be considered.
  • OFDM symbol indexes 3, 9 and 10 may be used for CSI-RS allocation.
  • CSI-RSs may be located on OFDM symbol indexes 9 and 10.
  • the CSI-RSs may be located on six subcarriers in the frequency domain at an interval of two subcarriers.
  • the CSI-RSs may not be arranged at subcarrier locations (subcarrier indexes 0, 4 and 8) in which DRSs U defined in the conventional LTE system are present. That is, CSI-RSs may be arranged on 12 REs in two OFDM symbols with the pattern shown in FIG. 41(a) .
  • any four frequency resources may be selected from among the six frequency resources shown in FIG. 41(a) .
  • FIG. 41(b) shows an example of multiplexing CSI-RSs using four frequency resources, two time resources and two orthogonal code resources.
  • two antenna ports may be distinguished through orthogonal code at the A-A location.
  • frequency shifting is performed at an interval of 2 subcarriers.
  • Each pattern may be selected and used according to various criteria. For example, one pattern may be selected according to the elapse of time.
  • FIGS. 41(c) to 41(e) show various modified examples of selecting four frequency resources from among six frequency resources.
  • three frequency-shifted patterns may be defined and each pattern may be selected according to various criteria.
  • the CSI-RSs may be arranged on REs other than the locations of the DRSs in the OFDM symbol on which the DRSs (including DRSs defined in LTE release 8, 9 and 10, that is, U and D of FIG. 39 ) are located. Then, in the case of the normal CP, OFDM symbol indexes 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12 and 13 may be used.
  • OFDM symbol indexes 9 and 10 in the above-described embodiments, the case in which the CSI-RSs are arranged on the OFDM symbol indexes 5, 6, 12 and 13, on which the DRSs D are located, in the case of the normal CP will now be described.
  • FIG. 42(a) shows a CSI-RS pattern according to frequency shifting Vshift of the DRSs (U of FIG. 39 ) defined in the conventional LTE standard (LTE release 8).
  • the DRSs U are frequency-shifted by 0, 1 or 2 subcarriers based on a cell ID.
  • the locations of the DRSs (that is, D of FIG. 39 ) defined in LTE release 9 and 10 are fixed.
  • the CSI-RSs are located in the OFDM symbol on which the DRSs D are arranged and may be arranged on REs other than the frequency locations on which the DRSs (U and D) are arranged.
  • two contiguous OFDM symbols may be paired to configure a CSI-RS. At this time, two or four frequency locations may be selected in one OFDM symbol.
  • the CSI-RSs may be arranged at two frequency locations of each of the OFDM symbol indexes 5, 6, 12 and 13, an example of which is shown in FIG. 42(b) .
  • FIGS. 43(a) and 43(b) show modified examples in which the frequency locations are changed in the CSI-RS pattern.
  • antenna ports mapped to the REs set in the CSI-RS pattern may be changed in certain frequency units. For example, in an odd-numbered RB, antenna ports 0, 1, 2 and 3 may be mapped to two OFDM symbols (OFDM symbol indexes 5 and 6) from the front portion and antenna ports 4, 5, 6 and 7 may be mapped to two OFDM symbols (OFDM symbol indexes 12 and 13) from the rear portion.
  • antenna ports 4, 5, 6 and 7 may be mapped to two OFDM symbols (OFDM symbol indexes 5 and 6) from the front portion and antenna ports 0, 1, 2 and 3 may be mapped to two OFDM symbols (OFDM symbol indexes 12 and 13) from the rear portion.
  • the mapped antenna port indexes and the frequency unit for swapping the antenna ports are exemplary and other antenna port mapping relationships and swapping frequency units may be used.
  • FIG. 44(a) If four frequency locations are selected in one OFDM symbol, an embodiment in which the CSI-RSs are arranged on the OFDM symbols 5 and 6 is shown in FIG. 44(a) . If four frequency locations are selected in one OFDM symbol, an embodiment in which the CSI-RSs are arranged on the OFDM symbols 12 and 13 is shown in FIG. 44(b) .
  • AA, BB, CC and DD mean units to which the orthogonal code is applied.
  • Walsh code, etc. may be used as the orthogonal code.
  • the antenna ports or antenna port groups may be mapped to A to D of the drawing. A mapping relationship in the case of eight transmission antennas, four transmission antennas and two transmission antennas is shown in Table 1.
  • the CSI-RSs may be frequency-shifted using the same method as the CRSs. That is, the CSI-RSs may be frequency-shifted on a per cell basis.
  • the OFDM symbol index 8 may be used for CSI-RS allocation in the case of the extended CP.
  • the OFDM symbol indexes 7 and 8 may be used.
  • FIG. 45(a) shows a pattern in which the CSI-RSs are arranged in case of using the OFDM symbol indexes 7 and 8.
  • the CSI-RSs may be arranged on REs on which CRSs or DRSs U are not located.
  • the CSI-RSs may be frequency-shifted on a per cell basis, as in the CRSs and the DRSs U defined in LTE release 8.
  • a to D of FIG. 45(a) may be mapped to antenna ports or antenna port groups and correspondence thereof is shown in Table 1.
  • the number of transmission antennas supported by the CRSs may be restricted to 2 and only the CRSs (R0 and R1 of FIG. 6 ) for two transmission antennas may be set to be allocated.
  • the CSI-RSs may be allocated by reusing the REs to which the CRSs (R2 and R3 of FIG. 6 ) are allocated.
  • the CSI-RSs may be arranged on the OFDM symbol on which the DRSs (including DRSs defined in LTE release 8, 9 and 10, that is, U and D of FIG. 39 ) are located.
  • the OFDM symbol indexes 4, 5, 10 and 11 may be used.
  • OFDM symbol indexes 4 5, 10 and 11
  • two or four OFDM symbols may be used for CSI-RS allocation.
  • the CSI-RSs may be arranged on four frequency locations in one OFDM symbol.
  • FIG. 45(b) shows the case in which the OFDM symbol indexes 4 and 5 are selected
  • FIG. 45(c) shows the case in which the OFDM symbol indexes 10 and 11 are selected.
  • four frequency locations in one OFDM symbol may be allocated for CSI-RSs and an interval thereof may be set to two subcarriers.
  • the CSI-RS patterns of FIGS. 45(b) and 45(c) may be frequency-shifted by one subcarrier.
  • the frequency-shifted CSI-RS pattern may be used on a per cell basis. Since transmission of DRSs D is required in FIGS. 45(b) and 45(c) , the number of frequency-shifted patterns may be restricted to 2 such that the DRSs are transmitted at least four frequency locations in one OFDM symbol.
  • the CSI-RSs may be arranged on two frequency locations in one OFDM symbol.
  • FIG. 45(d) shows an example of a CSI-RS pattern in which the four CSI-RSs are arranged on the OFDM symbol indexes 4, 5, 10 and 11 and FIG. 45(e) corresponds to an embodiment obtained by frequency-shifting the pattern of FIG. 45(d) .
  • the antenna ports or the antenna port groups may be mapped to A to D of the drawing.
  • a mapping relationship in the case of eight transmission antennas, four transmission antennas and two transmission antennas is shown in Table 1.
  • Embodiment 5 relates to a detailed example of a CSI-RS pattern to which the above-described Embodiments 1 to 4 are applicable.
  • FIG. 46(a) shows an example in which the CSI-RSs are arranged on a total of eight REs in two OFDM symbols.
  • Eight REs for the CSI-RSs may be arranged on two OFDM symbols, that is, four REs may be arranged on one OFDM symbol.
  • four REs in one OFDM symbol two REs may be consecutively arranged and the remaining two REs may be arranged to be separated therefrom by four subcarriers.
  • the CSI-RSs are transmitted with a duty cycle of 1, all the CSI-RSs for eight transmission antennas may be allocated within one subframe.
  • the antenna port indexes 0 and 1 may be allocated to the CSI-RS 1 of FIG. 46(a) using the CDM-T scheme
  • the antenna port indexes 2 and 3 may be allocated to the CSI-RS 2 using the CDM-T scheme
  • the antenna port indexes 4 and 5 may be allocated to the CSI-RS 3 using the CDM-T scheme
  • the antenna port indexes 6 and 7 may be allocated to the CSI-RS 4 using the CDM-T scheme.
  • the CSI-RS pattern of FIG. 46(a) may be frequency-shifted. This may indicate that the start point of the frequency location of the CSI-RS pattern shown in FIG. 46(a) may be moved according to an offset.
  • an offset value may have a value of 1 to 8 subcarriers and may be determined on a per cell or cell group basis.
  • FIG. 46(b) shows an embodiment obtained by frequency shifting the pattern of FIG. 46(a) by two subcarriers
  • FIG. 46(c) shows an embodiment obtained by frequency shifting the pattern of FIG. 46(b) by two subcarriers.
  • the CSI-RS pattern may have a cell-specific frequency shift value.
  • the cell-specific frequency shifting value may be two subcarriers. That is, in three cells, the CSI-RSs may be arranged so as not to overlap the frequency locations of the CSI-RSs on the same OFDM symbol.
  • a first cell may use the CSI-RS pattern of FIG. 46(a)
  • a second cell may use the CSI-RS pattern of FIG. 46(b)
  • a third cell may use the CSI-RS pattern of FIG. 46(c) .
  • the OFDM symbols to which the CSI-RS pattern shown in FIG. 46(a) is allocated may correspond to various time locations described in the above embodiments.
  • the OFDM symbols to which the CSI-RS pattern of FIG. 46(a) may be allocated to the OFDM symbol indexes 9 and 10 in the case of the normal CP ( FIG. 47(a) ) or the OFDM symbol indexes 8 and 10 in the case of the normal CP ( FIG. 47(b) ).
  • CSI-RS patterns obtained by frequency-shifting the CSI-RS pattern of FIG. 47 by an interval of two subcarriers may be used by other cells and the CSI-RS patterns may be used so as not to overlap in the three cells.
  • FIG. 48(a) shows another example in which the CSI-RS are arranged on a total of eight REs in two OFDM symbols.
  • Eight REs for the CSI-RSs may be arranged on two OFDM symbols, that is, four REs may be arranged on one OFDM symbol.
  • the four REs in one OFDM symbol are arranged to be separated from each other by 2 subcarriers.
  • the CSI-RSs are transmitted with a duty cycle of 1, all the CSI-RSs for eight transmission antennas may be allocated within one subframe.
  • the antenna port indexes 0 and 1 may be allocated to the CSI-RS 1 of FIG. 46(a) using the CDM-T scheme
  • the antenna port indexes 2 and 3 may be allocated to the CSI-RS 2 using the CDM-T scheme
  • the antenna port indexes 4 and 5 may be allocated to the CSI-RS 3 using the CDM-T scheme
  • the antenna port indexes 6 and 7 may be allocated to the CSI-RS 4 using the CDM-T scheme.
  • the CSI-RS pattern of FIG. 48(a) may be frequency-shifted. This may indicate that the start point of the frequency location of the CSI-RS pattern shown in FIG. 48(a) may be moved according to an offset.
  • an offset value may have a value of 1 to 8 subcarriers and may be determined on a per cell or cell group basis.
  • FIG. 48(b) shows an embodiment obtained by frequency shifting the pattern of FIG. 48(a) by one subcarrier
  • FIG. 48(c) shows an embodiment obtained by frequency shifting the pattern of FIG. 48(b) by one subcarrier.
  • the CSI-RS pattern may have a cell-specific frequency shift value.
  • the cell-specific frequency shifting value may be one subcarrier. That is, in three cells, the CSI-RSs may be arranged so as not to overlap the frequency locations of the CSI-RSs on the same OFDM symbol.
  • a first cell may use the CSI-RS pattern of FIG. 48(a)
  • a second cell may use the CSI-RS pattern of FIG. 48(b)
  • a third cell may use the CSI-RS pattern of FIG. 48(c) .
  • the OFDM symbols to which the CSI-RS pattern shown in FIG. 48(a) is allocated may correspond to various time locations described in the above embodiments.
  • the OFDM symbols to which the CSI-RS pattern of FIG. 46(a) may be allocated to the OFDM symbol indexes 7 and 8 in the case of the extended CP ( FIG. 49 ).
  • CSI-RS patterns obtained by frequency-shifting the CSI-RS pattern of FIG. 48 may be used by other cells and the CSI-RS patterns may be used so as not to overlap in the three cells.
  • FIG. 50 is a diagram showing the configuration of a wireless communication system including a UE and a base station according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • the base station (eNB) 5010 may include a reception (Rx) module 5011 , a transmission (Tx) module 5012 , a processor 5013 , a memory 5014 and an antenna 5015 .
  • the Rx module 5011 may receive a variety of signals, data, information, etc. from a UE.
  • the Tx module 5012 may transmit a variety of signals, data, information, etc. to a UE.
  • the processor 5013 may be configured to perform overall control of the base station 5010 including the Rx module 5011 , the Tx module 5012 , the memory 5014 and the antenna 5015 .
  • the antenna 5015 may include a plurality of antennas.
  • the processor 5013 may map CSI-RSs for 8 or fewer antenna ports on a data region of a downlink subframe having the normal CP configuration according to a predetermined pattern and control the downlink subframe to which the CSI-RSs for the 8 or fewer antenna ports are mapped.
  • the processor 5013 serves to process information received by the UE and information to be transmitted to an external device.
  • the memory 5014 may store the processed information for a predetermined time and may be replaced with a component such as a buffer (not shown).
  • the UE 5020 may include an Rx module 5021 , a Tx module 5022 , a processor 5023 and a memory 5024 .
  • the Rx module 5021 may receive a variety of signals, data, information, etc. from a base station.
  • the Tx module 5022 may transmit a variety of signals, data, information, etc. to a base station.
  • the processor 5023 may be configured to perform overall control of the base station 5020 including the Rx module 5021 , the Tx module 5022 , the memory 5024 and the antenna 5025 .
  • the antenna 5025 may include a plurality of antennas.
  • the processor 5023 may receive CSI-RSs for 8 or fewer antenna ports mapped according to a predetermined pattern on a data region of a downlink subframe having the normal CP configuration and control estimation of the channel using the CSI-RSs.
  • the processor 5033 serves to process information received by the UE and information to be transmitted to an external device.
  • the memory 5034 may store the processed information for a predetermined time and may be replaced with a component such as a buffer (not shown).
  • the predetermined pattern according to which the CSI-RSs are mapped may be determined in advance and may be shared by the base station 5010 and the UE 5020 .
  • the predetermined pattern may be defined such that the CSI-RSs mapped for 8 or fewer antenna ports are mapped to two OFDM symbols in the data region of the downlink subframe and are mapped to one or more of four subcarrier locations in one of the two OFDM symbols.
  • the four subcarrier locations defined in the predetermined pattern may include two consecutive subcarrier locations and two other consecutive subcarrier locations separated therefrom by four subcarriers (see FIG. 47 ).
  • the two OFDM symbols may be OFDM symbol indexes 5 and 6, OFDM symbol indexes 9 and 10, OFDM symbol indexes 12 and 13 or OFDM symbol indexes 8 and 10. If the two OFDM symbol are OFDM symbol indexes 5 and 6 or OFDM symbol indexes 12 and 13, the four subcarrier locations are subcarrier indexes 2, 3, 8 and 9 and, if the two OFDM symbols are OFDM symbol indexes 9 and 10 or OFDM symbol indexes 8 and 10, the four subcarrier locations may be subcarrier indexes 0, 1, 6 and 7, subcarrier indexes 2, 3, 8 and 9 or subcarrier indexes 4, 5, 10 and 11 (see FIGS. 44 and 47 ).
  • the processor maps the CSI-RSs according to the predetermined pattern
  • the four subcarrier locations may be shifted by two subcarriers on a per cell or cell group basis (see FIG. 46 ).
  • the processor maps the CSI-RSs according to the predetermined pattern
  • the CSI-RSs may be subjected to CDM using orthogonal code over the two OFDM symbols (see FIG. 46 ).
  • the processor maps the CSI-RSs according to the predetermined pattern, if the number of antenna ports of the base station is 2 or 4, the CSI-RSs may be mapped to some of the locations defined in the predetermined pattern (the above-described nested property).
  • the embodiments of the present invention can be implemented by a variety of means, for example, hardware, firmware, software, or a combination of them.
  • the present invention can be implemented with application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), Digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), a processor, a controller, a microcontroller, a microprocessor, etc.
  • ASICs application specific integrated circuits
  • DSPs Digital signal processors
  • DSPDs digital signal processing devices
  • PLDs programmable logic devices
  • FPGAs field programmable gate arrays
  • processor a processor
  • controller a microcontroller
  • microprocessor a microprocessor
  • the present invention can be implemented in a variety of formats, for example, modules, procedures, functions, etc.
  • the software code may be stored in a memory unit so that it can be driven by a processor.
  • the memory unit is located inside or outside of the processor, so that it can communicate with the aforementioned processor via a variety of well-known parts.

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