WO2011159072A2 - Procédé d'élimination d'interférences dans un système multi-nœud et terminal utilisant ce procédé - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to wireless communication, and more particularly, to a method for removing inter-cell interference in a multi-node system and a terminal using the method.
- Multi-antenna technology multi-base station collaboration to increase data capacity within limited frequencies, including carrier aggregation technology, cognitive radio technology, and more, which efficiently use more frequency bands to meet the high data rates required Technology is emerging recently.
- the node may mean an antenna or a group of antennas separated by a predetermined interval from a distributed antenna system (DAS), but may be used in a broader sense without being limited to this meaning. That is, the node may be a picocell base station (PeNB), a home base station (HeNB), a remote radio head (RRH), a remote radio unit (RRU), a relay, a distributed antenna, or the like.
- DAS distributed antenna system
- the node may be a picocell base station (PeNB), a home base station (HeNB), a remote radio head (RRH), a remote radio unit (RRU), a relay, a distributed antenna, or the like.
- Wireless communication systems with such high density nodes may exhibit higher system performance by cooperation between nodes. That is, when each node operates as an independent base station (Base Station (BS), Advanced BS (ABS), Node-B (NB), eNode-B (eNB), Access Point (AP), etc.) and does not cooperate with each other. If each node is managed by a single control station and behaves like an antenna (or a group of antennas) for a cell, much better system performance can be achieved. In this case, the multi-node system may be referred to as a distributed antenna system (DAS).
- DAS distributed antenna system
- the multi-node system may operate as a multi-cell system in which each node has its own identifier and performs scheduling and handover. If the multi-cell system is configured in such a way that the coverage of each node overlaps, this is called a multi-layer network.
- An interference cancellation method and a terminal using the method in a multi-node system are provided.
- an interference cancellation method in a multi-node system includes: receiving node information from a base station; Receiving a first signal from a destination node and receiving a second signal from an interfering node; And removing interference caused by the second signal by applying a reception filter to the received signal including the first signal and the second signal, wherein the node information is included in a reference signal included in the second signal. And at least one of information about a precoding matrix applied to the second signal, and the reception filter is determined based on the node information.
- the destination node and the interfering node may be wirelessly or wiredly connected to the base station and controlled by the base station.
- the first signal may include a first reference signal and first data
- the second signal may include a second reference signal and second data
- the first reference signal may be a reference signal precoded with a precoding matrix applied to the first data.
- the node information further includes configuration information on the first reference signal and the second reference signal, wherein the configuration information includes the number of antenna ports, node IDs, and data streams of the target node and the interfering node. Information about at least one of the number may be included.
- the second reference signal may be a reference signal precoded with a precoding matrix applied to the second data.
- the second reference signal may be a reference signal in which the precoding matrix applied to the second data is not precoded.
- the method includes receiving a first reference signal from a destination node and receiving a second reference signal from the interfering node; Obtaining a precoding matrix to be applied to a reception filter and the destination node using the node information, the first reference signal, and the second reference signal; Feeding back the precoding matrix to the base station; Receiving a received signal comprising first data transmitted from the destination node and second data transmitted from the interfering node; And removing the interference caused by the second data by applying the reception filter to the received signal, and decoding the first data.
- the first data is data precoded by the precoding matrix
- the reception filter comprises an interference channel matrix consisting of a product of a precoding matrix applied to the second reference signal and a channel matrix between the interference node and the interference node. It can be configured to exist in the null-space for.
- the first reference signal may be a reference signal to which a precoding matrix is not applied.
- the method may further include transmitting an index of a precoding matrix that maximizes the components of the first signal to the base station after removing the interference caused by the second signal by applying the reception filter to the received signal.
- the index of the precoding matrix that maximizes the components of the first signal may be the index of the matrix selected in a predetermined codebook.
- the node information may further include a field indicating whether to apply the step of removing the interference caused by the second signal.
- the receive filter may be configured to exist in a null-space for an interference channel matrix consisting of the product of a precoding matrix applied to the second signal and a channel matrix between the interference node.
- the node information may further include information about a scheduling period or a scheduling method of the interfering node when the second reference signal is a precoded reference signal.
- Terminal for transmitting and receiving a radio signal; And a processor coupled to the RF unit, the processor receiving node information from a base station, receiving a first signal from a target node, receiving a second signal from an interfering node, and receiving the first signal and the first signal.
- a reception filter is applied to a reception signal including a 2 signal to remove interference caused by the second signal, and the node information includes information about a reference signal of the interfering node and a precoding matrix applied to the second signal. At least one of the information about the, and the receiving filter is characterized in that determined based on the node information.
- the first signal may include a first reference signal and first data
- the second signal may include a second reference signal and second data.
- the node information may include configuration information on the second reference signal
- the configuration information may include information on at least one of the number of antenna ports, a node identifier, and the number of data streams of the interfering node. have.
- the processor receives a first reference signal from the destination node, receives a second reference signal from the interfering node, and then receives the filter and the reception filter using the node information, the first reference signal, and the second reference signal.
- the first filter may be decoded after removing the interference caused by the second data by applying the reception filter to the received signal.
- the first data is data precoded by the precoding matrix
- the reception filter comprises an interference channel matrix consisting of a product of a precoding matrix applied to the second reference signal and a channel matrix between the interference node and the interference node. It can be configured to exist in the null-space for.
- a target node communicating with the terminal and an interfering node transmitting a signal acting as an interference to the terminal.
- the terminal since interference by an interfering node can be mitigated, the terminal can perform reliable communication with the target node.
- FIG. 1 illustrates an example of a multi-node system.
- FIG. 2 illustrates a distributed antenna system as an example of a multi-node system.
- FIG. 3 illustrates a multi-layer network as an example of a multi-node system.
- FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating an example of generating an N reference signal in a transmitter of a node.
- FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating an example of generating a P reference signal in a transmitter of a node.
- FIG. 6 shows an example of an interference cancellation method in a multi-node system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 7 shows another example of an interference cancellation method in a multi-node system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 8 illustrates a process of exchanging information between nodes in order to execute an interference cancellation method in a multi-node system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating a base station and a terminal.
- 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
- CDMA may be implemented with a radio technology such as Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA) or CDMA2000.
- TDMA may be implemented with wireless technologies such as Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) / General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) / Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE).
- GSM Global System for Mobile communications
- GPRS General Packet Radio Service
- EDGE Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution
- OFDMA may be implemented in a wireless technology such as Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX), IEEE 802.20, Evolved UTRA (E-UTRA).
- UTRA is part of the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS).
- 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Long Term Evolution (LTE) is a part of Evolved UMTS (E-UMTS) using E-UTRA, and employs OFDMA in downlink and SC-FDMA in uplink.
- LTE-A Advanced is the evolution of LTE.
- FIG. 1 illustrates an example of a multi-node system.
- a multi-node system includes a base station and a plurality of nodes.
- a node denoted as an antenna node may mean a macro base station, a picocell base station (PeNB), a home base station (HeNB), a remote radio head (RRH), a relay, a distributed antenna, or the like. Such a node may also be called a point.
- PeNB picocell base station
- HeNB home base station
- RRH remote radio head
- a relay a distributed antenna, or the like.
- a node may also be called a point.
- a distributed antenna system In a multi-node system, if all nodes are managed by a single base station controller and each node operates as part of a cell, this system is a distributed antenna system (DAS) system that forms one cell. Can be seen.
- DAS distributed antenna system
- individual nodes may be given a separate node ID, or may operate like some antenna groups in a cell without a separate node ID.
- DAS distributed antenna system
- the distributed antenna system is different from that in the conventional centralized antenna system (CAS), antennas of a base station are centrally arranged in a cell.
- a multi-node system if individual nodes have separate cell IDs and perform scheduling and handover, this may be viewed as a multi-cell (eg, macro cell / femto cell / pico cell) system. If the coverage of such multiple cells is configured to overlap, this is called a multi-tier network.
- a multi-cell eg, macro cell / femto cell / pico cell
- FIG. 2 illustrates a distributed antenna system as an example of a multi-node system.
- a distributed antenna system includes a base station BS and a plurality of base station antennas (for example, ant 1 to ant 8, hereinafter, abbreviated as base station antennas).
- the antennas ant 1 to ant 8 may be wired to the base station BS.
- antennas are distributed in various locations within a cell without being concentrated at a specific point of the cell 15, for example, the cell.
- one antenna may exist at each spaced place in a cell (antenna 1 to antenna 4, antenna 6 to antenna 8), and multiple antennas such as antenna 5 (111).
- the fields 111-1, 111-2, and 111-3 may be distributed in a dense form.
- the densely located antennas may constitute one antenna node.
- Antenna coverage of the antennas may overlap so that transmission of rank 2 or more is possible.
- antenna coverage of each antenna may extend to adjacent antennas.
- terminals existing in the cell may vary in strength of signals received from the plurality of antennas according to positions, channel conditions, and the like in the cell. Referring to the example of FIG. 2, UE 1 may receive a signal having good reception sensitivity from antennas 1, 2, 5, and 6. On the other hand, the signal transmitted from the antennas 3, 4, 7, 8 may have a minimal effect on the terminal 1 due to path loss.
- UE 2 may receive a signal having good reception sensitivity from antennas 6 and 7, and a signal transmitted from the remaining antennas may be insignificant.
- UE 3 may receive a signal having good reception sensitivity only from antenna 3 and may have a weak strength enough to ignore signals of the other antennas.
- the terminal 1 may communicate with the antennas 1, 2, 5, and 6, and the terminal 2 may communicate with the antenna 7, and the terminal 3 may communicate with the antenna 3.
- the antennas 4 and 8 may transmit a signal for the terminal 2 or the terminal 3 or may not transmit any signal. That is, the antennas 4 and 8 may be operated in the off state in some cases.
- antennas (or antenna groups) allocated to each terminal may be different.
- the distributed antenna system may support a specific antenna (or a specific antenna group) among all antennas in the system for each terminal.
- the antenna supporting the terminal may be changed according to time.
- FIG. 3 illustrates a multi-layer network as an example of a multi-node system.
- a multi-layer network may exist in the form of overlapping coverage of a macro base station (Macro eNB) and a picocell base station (PeNB).
- the macro base station and the picocell base station may use their IDs, respectively.
- the picocell base station may distinguish a registered user from an unregistered user and allow access only to the registered user.
- the picocell base station is called a closed subscriber group (CSG), and when a general user is also allowed to access, an open subscriber group (OSG) is called.
- CSG closed subscriber group
- OSG open subscriber group
- the picocell base station When the picocell base station is operated in the CSG method, it may have a strong interference with the terminal other than the terminal registered with the picocell base station. For example, if UE 2 (UE 2) communicating with the macro base station is a terminal that is not registered with the picocell base station and moves within the coverage of the picocell base station, the signal transmitted by the picocell base station has a strong interference with the terminal 2. .
- UE 2 UE 2 communicating with the macro base station is a terminal that is not registered with the picocell base station and moves within the coverage of the picocell base station
- a mathematical model will be described when a terminal receives signals from a plurality of nodes.
- a node to which a terminal communicates is called a destination node, and a node acting as interference to the terminal is called an interference node.
- the channel from the n-th node to the terminal for a specific frequency band can be represented by the N rx x N n tx matrix H n . That is, H n is an N rx x N n tx matrix.
- Transmission vector x transmitted from the nth node n Silver N n tx Let's say it's an x 1 vector.
- Transmission vector x when linear precoding is applied at nth node n Is the precoding matrix P of the nth node n
- r n Is the transmission rank of the nth node, that is, the number of data streams.
- the reception vector y of the form x 1 may be modeled as follows.
- Equation 1 z is a received noise vector.
- the reception vector y received by the terminal can be expressed as in Equation 2 below.
- the precoding matrix used by the node may be the same for a certain period in the frequency and / or time domain. For example, if semi-static scheduling is performed at a particular node, the precoding matrix may be the same for a certain time.
- a signal received by the terminal may be classified into a signal from a target node and a signal from an interfering node. If the matrix associated with the signal from the interfering node is referred to as the interference channel matrix I, the interference channel matrix I can be expressed as follows.
- an efficient precoding matrix (vector) P 1 may be found and informed in relation to the first node.
- the number of columns of the interference channel matrix I can be expressed by the following equation.
- Equation 4 r n is the transmission rank of the nth node, that is, the number of data streams.
- the reception filter may be configured in the eigenvector direction of the interference channel matrix I to minimize interference.
- the interference channel matrix I may be referred to as the dominant interference channel matrix with a large amount of interference (denoted I dom ) and a non-dominant interference channel matrix with a small magnitude of interference (I non- after separation by dom la shown) can be applied to the interference cancellation method.
- the interference channel matrix I can be expressed as the following equation.
- I dom is an interference channel matrix for streams whose interference component is large and the influence cannot be ignored.
- I non-dom is an interference channel matrix for streams in which the interference component is small and the influence can be ignored. can do. That is, the interference cancellation method may be applied after configuring the interference channel matrix for only a limited number of streams in the interference channel matrix I.
- a reception filter of the null dom I - if to be present in the space (null-space) interference by dom I is removed, the interference by non-dom I is treated as noise, including on z.
- the method of removing the interference for a limited stream by separating the interference channel matrix I enables the terminal to apply the interference cancellation scheme with a smaller number of receive antennas.
- the UE can find the reception filter V and the precoding matrix P1.
- the method for the UE to find the reception filter V is as follows.
- Equation 2 When the UE applies the reception filter V to the reception vector y, Equation 2 is expressed as Equation 6 below.
- Vy VH 1 P 1 s 1 + Vz
- V and P 1 are a unitary matrix, and it is assumed that V exists in the null-space of I. Then, the terminal needs to find V and P 1 where
- the UE estimates the main interference channel matrix (I dom ) and the channel matrix H 1 with the destination node. If V is present in the null-space of I dom , if the reception filter V is applied to Equation 2, it can be expressed as follows. have.
- i non-dom is I non-dom s.
- V * i non-dom is treated like noise. Then, the terminal needs to find V and P 1 where
- the reception filter V exists in the null-space of I or I dom , so that only components related to data s 1 to be received in the reception vector y remain.
- the UE finds V and P 1 where
- P 1 may be found in a predetermined set, that is, a codebook, and the terminal may feed back an index for the selected matrix, that is, a precoding matrix index (PMI), to the base station.
- the terminal may transmit the feedback signal directly to the base station or may transmit the interference signal.
- the UE may find V and P 1 where
- the UE when the UE knows the interference channel matrix and has a plurality of receive antennas, it is possible to remove or minimize the interference caused by the interfering nodes in the received vector, and to add a precoding matrix to obtain the maximum performance gain.
- Information may be fed back (e.g., PMI).
- a multi-layer system will be described as an example of a multi-node system, but the present invention is not limited thereto and may be applied to a distributed antenna system.
- Reference signals transmitted by the node include non-precoded reference signals (non-precoded pilot, N reference signals) and precoded reference signals (precoded RS, hereinafter referred to as P reference signals).
- the N reference signal includes, for example, a cell-specific reference signal (CRS) and a channel status information reference signal (CSI-RS) of LTE
- the P reference signal is, for example, a DM-RS (demodulation reference signal) of LTE.
- FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating an example of generating an N reference signal in a transmitter of a node.
- the transmitter 300 of the node includes a layer mapper 310, a precoder 320, a reference signal generator (RS generator) 330, and Nt resource element mappers 340-1,..., 340. -Nt).
- Nt is the number of transmit antennas of the transmitter 300.
- R the number of spatial layers
- the layer mapper 310 is connected to the precoder 320.
- the precoder 320 and the reference signal generator 330 are connected to Nt resource element mappers 340-1,..., 340 -Nt, respectively.
- the layer mapper 310 is formed to generate R spatial streams SS # 1, SS # 1,..., SS #R for R spatial layers.
- the spatial streams SS # 1, SS # 1, ..., SS #R may include data transmitted by the node to the terminal.
- the precoder 320 is formed to apply the precoding matrix to the R spatial streams to generate Nt transport streams TS # 1, TS # 2, ..., TS #Nt.
- the reference signal generator 330 generates a reference signal sequence corresponding to the reference signal.
- the reference signal sequence is composed of a plurality of reference symbols.
- any sequence may be used without particular limitation.
- the reference signal generator 330 is configured to generate a reference signal sequence for each of the Nt transmit antennas.
- the reference signal generator 330 is configured to generate Nt reference signal sequences RS # 1, RS # 2, ..., RS #Nt.
- Each of the Nt reference signal sequences includes a plurality of reference signal symbols.
- the reference signal symbol may be a complex symbol.
- Each of the Nt resource element mappers 340-1,..., 340 -Nt is configured to receive a transport stream and a reference signal sequence, and map the transport stream and the reference signal sequence to resource elements.
- the transport stream and the reference signal sequence mapped to the resource elements are transmitted to the terminal through a transmission antenna.
- the N reference signal is transmitted without the precoding matrix applied to the data.
- FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating an example of generating a P reference signal in a transmitter of a node.
- the transmitter 400 includes a layer mapper 410, a reference signal generator 420, a precoder 430, and Nt resource element mappers 440-1,..., 440 -Nt. do.
- Nt is the number of transmit antennas of the transmitter 400.
- R the number of spatial layers
- the layer mapper 410 and the reference signal generator 420 are connected to the precoder 430, respectively.
- the precoder 430 is connected to Nt resource element mappers 440-1,..., 440 -Nt.
- the layer mapper 410 is formed to generate R information streams.
- R information streams may be represented by IS # 1, IS # 2, ..., IS #R.
- the reference signal generator 420 is configured to generate R reference signal sequences.
- the R reference signal sequences may be represented by RS # 1, RS # 2, ..., RS #R.
- Each of the R reference signal sequences includes a plurality of reference signal symbols.
- the reference signal symbol may be a complex symbol.
- r is a spatial layer index indicating a spatial layer.
- the reference signal pattern allocated to the spatial layer #r is a time-frequency resource pattern used for RS #r transmission.
- the precoder 430 is configured to perform precoding on the R spatial streams to generate Nt transport streams.
- R spatial streams may be represented by SS # 1, SS # 1, ..., SS #R.
- Nt transport streams may be represented by TS # 1, TS # 2, ..., TS #Nt.
- the P reference signal is transmitted with a precoding matrix applied to the data.
- the node may transmit at least one reference signal of the P reference signal and the N reference signal to the terminal.
- the target node means a node for transmitting a signal that the terminal should receive
- the interfering node means a node having other interference.
- the base station provides node information to the terminal.
- the node information includes: 1. reference signal (RS) information of an interfering node, 2. precoding matrix information of an interfering node, 3. information on a scheduling period or scheduling method of an interfering node, 4. cancellation of interference on an interfering node It may include at least one of information indicating whether the method is applied.
- the node information may also include information on the reference signal of the target node. For example, the information may include information about the P reference signal of the target node and / or information about the N reference signal of the target node.
- the pattern of reference signals transmitted by each node is determined according to the number of antenna ports of the node, the number of data streams, and the ID of the node.
- the reference signal is a signal used for channel measurement or data demodulation
- the pattern of the reference signal includes a plurality of OFDM symbols in a resource domain, for example, a time domain, and a plurality of subcarriers in a frequency domain. Refers to a pattern in which a reference signal symbol is mapped to a resource element in a configured resource block.
- the base station informs the terminal of the reference signal transmitted by the interfering node through the reference signal information of the interfering node.
- the reference signal information of the interfering node may include information about the number of antenna ports of the interfering node, the number of data streams, the ID of the node, and the reference signal sequence.
- the terminal may grasp the reference signal transmitted by the interfering node through the reference signal information of the interfering node.
- the terminal may measure a channel with the interfering node through the reference signal.
- the node transmits a non-precoded N reference signal and a precoded P reference signal.
- the precoding matrix information of the interfering node is needed for the UE to estimate the interference channel matrix I.
- the precoding matrix information of the interfering node may be transmitted in the form of PMI, that is, the index of the precoding matrix of the interfering node.
- the PMI may be a PMI of an interfering node, that is, a future PMI for a time point when the terminal receives the first signal from the target node. Then, since the UE can know the reference signal and the precoding matrix of the interference node through the reference signal information of the interference node and the precoding matrix information of the interference node, the terminal can estimate the interference channel matrix I (or I dom ).
- Information on the scheduling period or scheduling scheme of the interfering node may be needed when the interfering node transmits the P reference signal.
- the P reference signal is transmitted from the interfering node, information about a scheduling period or a scheduling method of the interfering node is needed. In other words, information such as at which period the interfering node changes the precoding matrix, and whether the precoding matrix is changed dynamically, semi-statically, or statically is needed.
- node 1 transmits a P reference signal when node 1 is a destination node and node 2 is an interfering node for the terminal. Then, the terminal via the reference signal transmitted from the node 2, the interference channel matrix (H 2 P 2 ) consisting of the product of the channel matrix (H 2 ) between the terminal and the node 2 and the precoding matrix (P 2 ) of the node 2 . Can be estimated. However, the estimation may be meaningless if the precoding matrix of node 2 at the time when such an estimation is made is changed at the time when the terminal receives a signal from node 1 which is the target node.
- node 2 dynamically changes the precoding matrix
- the precoding matrix at the time of estimation and the precoding matrix of node 2 at the time of receiving a signal from node 1 may be changed. Therefore, information about a scheduling period or a scheduling scheme for node 2 that is an interfering node is needed. If the UE knows the scheduling period or the scheduling scheme of the interfering node, it can predict the precoding matrix of the interfering node at the time of receiving the signal from the target node. Therefore, the interference cancellation method can be applied.
- the base station may transmit information indicating whether to apply the above-described interference cancellation method to the terminal.
- the UE Upon receiving the indicating information, the UE can find a PMI that minimizes interference from an interfering node and feed back to the base station by using an interference cancellation method. If the terminal does not receive the indicated information, it can find a PMI that maximizes the channel gain and feed back to the base station without applying the interference cancellation method as in the conventional method.
- reference signal (RS) information of the interfering node described above in the node information 2. Precoding matrix information of the interfering node, 3. Information on the scheduling period or scheduling method of the interfering node, 4. Interfering node The case of including information indicating whether to apply the interference cancellation method for the P reference signal of the target node will be described.
- the base station transmits node information to the terminal (S101).
- the terminal receives the first signal from the target node (S102), and receives the second signal from the interfering node (S103).
- the first signal may include a first reference signal and first data
- the second signal may include a second reference signal and second data.
- the target node refers to a node transmitting a signal that the terminal should receive
- the interfering node refers to a node having other interference.
- Node 1 and Node 2 included in the multi-node system and the terminal needs to receive a signal from Node 1
- Node 1 becomes the destination node
- Node 2 becomes the interfering node.
- Each node included in the multi-node system may transmit a reference signal classified for each node.
- the reference signal may be called another term such as a pilot.
- the terminal removes the interference caused by the second signal by applying the reception filter to the received signal including the first signal and the second signal, and then specifically decodes the first data (S104).
- the terminal may know the P reference signal transmitted from the target node through the node information. For example, if the destination node is node 1, H 1 P 1 can be known.
- the UE can know the reference signal and the precoding matrix transmitted by the interfering node through the node information, the UE can estimate the interference matrix (I or I dom ) with the interfering node. Find V so that
- SINR signal to interference plus noise ratio
- reference information (RS) information of an interfering node 2. information of a precoding matrix of an interfering node, 3. information on a scheduling period or a scheduling method of an interfering node, and 4. an interfering node
- RS reference information
- FIG. 7 shows another example of an interference cancellation method in a multi-node system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the base station transmits node information to the terminal (S300).
- the terminal receives the N reference signal from the target node (S301), and receives the reference signal from the interfering node (S302).
- the terminal configures a reception filter using reference signals received from the target node and the interfering node, and searches for an optimal precoding matrix to be applied to the target node (S303). For example, if node 1 is a destination node and node 2 is an interfering node, the terminal may estimate channel H 1 with node 1 using node information and the N reference signal transmitted by node 1, The channel H 2 (when node 2 transmits an N reference signal) or H 2 P 2 (when node 2 transmits a P reference signal) can be known.
- the UE Since the UE can estimate the interference matrix (I or I dom ) with the interfering node by using the node information and the reference signal transmitted by the interfering node, the UE receives the reception filter in the null-space of the interference matrix I. Find V and P 1 so that
- Information about the precoding matrix P 1 to be applied to the destination node is fed back to the base station (S304).
- the terminal may select an index of the precoding matrix in the codebook and feed back a PMI (precoding matrix index) to the base station.
- the base station transmits the target node control information to the target node instructing the target node to transmit data by applying the PMI transmitted by the terminal (S305).
- the destination node transmits data 1 by applying the precoding matrix P 1 according to the PMI (S306).
- the case in which the destination node transmits data by applying the PMI (P 1 ) fed back by the terminal is not limited thereto.
- control information for setting the base station to transmit data by applying a precoding matrix different from the P 1 may be transmitted to the destination node.
- the destination node may transmit the P reference signal together with the data 1.
- the terminal can decode data 1 using the P reference signal. That is, the destination node may transmit only data or may transmit data and the P reference signal together.
- the terminal may assume that the precoding matrix P 1 selected in the feedback process S304 is applied to the data.
- the target node transmits data 1 (optionally together with the P reference signal)
- the interfering node transmits data 2, which acts as interference to the terminal (S307).
- the terminal decodes data 1 after removing interference by data 2 using the reception filter V obtained in S303 (S308).
- FIG. 8 illustrates a process of exchanging information between nodes in order to execute an interference cancellation method in a multi-node system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the multi-node system is a multi-layer system.
- the target node transmits configuration information 1 to the base station (S201), and the interfering node transmits configuration information 2 to the base station (S202).
- the configuration information 1 and the configuration information 2 may include at least one of: 1. reference signal information of each node, 2. current PMI, future PMI of each node, and 3. information indicating a scheduling period or a scheduling method of each node. have.
- the base station generates node information using the configuration information 1 and the configuration information 2 and transmits the node information to the terminal (S203).
- the configuration information may be exchanged between the target node and the interfering node, or the configuration information may be transmitted only in one direction.
- the picocell base station may be transmitted only in the direction of the macro base station and may not transmit in the opposite direction.
- the above-described node information, configuration information 1, and configuration information 2 may be given as a value for a specific frequency band or may be given as an average value for a wideband frequency. Accordingly, a field indicating which frequency band is information may be added to the node information, the setting information 1, and the setting information 2.
- the base station may designate a first frequency band to the terminal so that the terminal estimates only an interference channel matrix for the first frequency band.
- a field indicating a first frequency band may be added to the node information provided by the base station to the terminal.
- node information, configuration information 1, and configuration information 2 may be given for a plurality of frequency bands.
- the base station may provide node information for each of the first frequency band and the second frequency band.
- the interference channel matrix may be configured with only the channel matrix. That is, the interference channel matrix I may be set to [H 2 H 3 ... H N ]. Alternatively, the interference may be removed regardless of the precoding scheme of the interference node by using I dom including only some column vectors of the interference channel matrix I composed only of the channel matrix.
- the above-described method may be used for uplink interference cancellation as well as downlink interference cancellation in a multi-node system.
- the uplink interference occurs when, for example, the uplink signal transmitted from the OSG terminal to the macro base station overlaps with the uplink signal transmitted from the CSG terminal to the picocell base station, thereby interfering with the picocell base station.
- the picocell base station may remove the interference by using multiple reception antennas of the picocell base station.
- Such an interference cancellation method is highly applicable since the number of reception antennas of the picocell base station is higher than the number of transmission antennas of the terminal.
- the interference channel matrix may be composed of only pure channel matrix components without precoding, thereby eliminating interference.
- the terminal may request to use the terminal when the terminal transmits uplink by finding the PMI of the terminal that can give the maximum performance.
- At least one of reference signal information, precoding matrix information, and scheduling period information of a terminal connected to each node may be exchanged with another node.
- the terminal may transmit at least one or more of the above information in a manner of broadcasting or unicasting to the interfering node. Then, the interference cancellation method may be applied to the target node.
- FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating a base station and a terminal.
- the base station 100 includes a processor 110, a memory 120, and an RF unit 130.
- the processor 110 implements the proposed functions, processes and / or methods. In other words, the processor 110 may transmit node information about each node in the multi-node system to the terminal and perform scheduling based on the feedback information transmitted by the terminal.
- the memory 120 is connected to the processor 110 and stores various information for driving the processor 110.
- the RF unit 130 is connected to the processor 110 and transmits and / or receives a radio signal.
- the RF unit 130 may be composed of a plurality of nodes connected to the base station 100 by wire.
- the terminal 200 includes a processor 210, a memory 220, and an RF unit 230.
- the processor 210 receives node information from a base station and receives reference signals and data of each node.
- the processor 210 removes the interference caused by the signal transmitted by the interfering node using the node information and the reference signal. In this case, the method of use has been described above.
- the processor 210 may transmit a preferred precoding matrix index for the destination node to the base station.
- the memory 220 is connected to the processor 210 and stores various information for driving the processor 210.
- the RF unit 230 is connected to the processor 210 to transmit and / or receive a radio signal.
- Processors 110 and 210 may include application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), other chipsets, logic circuits, data processing devices, and / or converters for interconverting baseband signals and wireless signals.
- the memory 120, 220 may include read-only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), flash memory, memory card, storage medium, and / or other storage device.
- the RF unit 130 and 230 may include one or more antennas for transmitting and / or receiving a radio signal.
- the above-described technique may be implemented as a module (process, function, etc.) for performing the above-described function.
- the module may be stored in the memories 120 and 220 and executed by the processors 110 and 210.
- the memories 120 and 220 may be inside or outside the processors 110 and 210, and may be connected to the processors 110 and 210 by various well-known means.
- the invention can be implemented in hardware, software or a combination thereof.
- an application specific integrated circuit ASIC
- DSP digital signal processing
- PLD programmable logic device
- FPGA field programmable gate array
- the module may be implemented as a module that performs the above-described function.
- the software may be stored in a memory unit and executed by a processor.
- the memory unit or processor may employ various means well known to those skilled in the art.
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La présente invention concerne un procédé permettant d'éliminer les interférences dans un système multi-noeud, le procédé comprenant les étapes suivantes : recevoir des informations de noeud d'une station de base; recevoir un premier signal d'un noeud de destination et recevoir un second signal d'un noeud d'interférence ; et éliminer les interférences causées par le second signal en appliquant un filtre de réception sur les signaux reçus qui comprennent le premier signal et le second signal, les informations de noeud comprenant des informations sur au moins un signal de référence du noeud d'interférence et des informations sur une matrice de précodage appliquée au second signal, et le filtre de réception étant déterminé sur la base des informations de noeud.
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