Abstract:
An apparatus and method for transmitting signals in a wireless communication system are provided. The apparatus includes N antennas, a processor coupled to the N antennas and configured to generate N transmit signals by performing precoding on R spatial streams for R spatial layers, and to transmit the N transmit signals respectively through the N antennas, wherein an information stream, a reference signal sequence, and a reference signal pattern are allocated to each of the R spatial layers, and the reference signal pattern is a time-frequency resource pattern used for transmission of the reference signal sequence, wherein each of the R spatial streams corresponds to one spatial layer, and wherein each of the R spatial streams is generated based on the information stream, reference signal sequence, and reference signal pattern allocated to a corresponding spatial layer.
Abstract:
A method and User Equipment (UE) for transmitting feedback information are disclosed. The UE feeds back M best subbands to a Base Station (BS). Especially, the UE feeds back indication information indicating a combination of the M best subbands from among combinations each having M subbands produced out of a maximum number of subbands that can be allocated. Hence, coding of the feedback information is simplified.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a signal transmission method comprising a feedback information receiving step of receiving a transmission rate and channel state information for transmission from a receiving end, a step of generating a signal to be transmitted by using a multi-antenna in accordance with the transmission rate, a step of performing a precoding on the generated signal by using the precoding matrix of the nested structure selected from a predetermined codebook in accordance with the transmission rate, and a step of transmitting the precoded signal. Said codebook includes a precoding matrix set in which a pre-coding matrix according to a first number of streams is not included in a precoding matrix according to a second number of streams greater than the first number of streams.
Abstract:
A method for transmitting a feedback request in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes: transmitting feedback request control information to a user equipment (UE), wherein the feedback request control information includes a MIMO (Multi-Input Multi-Output) feedback bitmap indicating at least one MIMO feedback mode to be applied to the UE and a common parameter, and the common parameter comprises a parameter commonly requested for the UE to generate feedback information in the at least one MIMO feedback mode.
Abstract:
A method for performing a bandwidth request procedure in a wireless communication system includes: transmitting a bandwidth request indicator and a bandwidth request message through a bandwidth request channel; receiving an uplink grant message indicating uplink radio resource in response to the bandwidth request indicator and the bandwidth request message; and transmitting uplink data after receiving the uplink grant message, wherein the uplink grant message includes information regarding the type of the uplink grant message. A bandwidth request procedure can be performed quickly and effectively.
Abstract:
A method of transmitting data in a wireless communication system comprises receiving feedback data on an uplink data channel, the feedback data comprising a precoding matrix indicator (PMI), wherein the value of the PMI corresponds to an index in a codebook, transmitting a precoding scheme for downlink data on a downlink control channel, wherein the preceding scheme is determined as one of at least two of a transmit diversity irrespective of the received PMI, an acknowledgement indicating precoding according to the received PMI and a new PMI indicating that it is used in precoding downlink data to be transmitted, and transmitting the downlink data on a downlink data channel after applying precoding according to the determined precoding scheme.
Abstract:
A method and an apparatus for transmitting a reference signal in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes generating a first sequence and a second sequence, mapping the first sequence to reference symbols in a resource block, mapping the second sequence to the same reference symbols in the resource block, and transmitting a first reference signal (RS) based on the first sequence through a first antenna, and a second RS based on the second sequence through a second antenna.
Abstract:
A method of transmitting data in a multiple antenna system includes transmitting first data through a first pilot pattern zone in which pilots are arranged in a specific pilot pattern in a permutation zone having at least one tile comprising a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols and a plurality of subcarriers, and transmitting second data through a second pilot pattern zone in which pilots are arranged in another pilot pattern different from the pilot pattern of the first pilot pattern zone in the permutation zone. Accordingly, a plurality of pilot patterns can be simultaneously used in one permutation zone, and thus waste of radio resources caused by the use of unnecessary pilots can be reduced by adaptively assigning pilots according to various channel environments and performances of user equipments.
Abstract:
A method of retransmitting packet data in a wireless communication system comprises receiving a link map information element from a transmitting station having three antennas to achieve space time transmit diversity, wherein first, second and third packet data are transmitted from first, second and third antenna of the transmitting station, respectively. The method also comprises transmitting a non-acknowledgement signal to the transmitting station if at least one packet data from the transmitting station is not properly decoded. The method also comprises receiving the packet data from the transmitting station, wherein at least two of retransmitted packet data are transmitted from different antennas of the transmitting station, and one of retransmitted packet data is transmitted from the same antenna of the transmitting station. The retransmitted packet data are received with an information element comprising a retransmission count associated with a number of retransmission made by the transmitting station.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for controlling uplink power in a wireless communication system are disclosed. The uplink power controlling method includes receiving target Signal-to-Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR) parameters and an uplink noise and interference level from a base station, determining an uplink power based on a target SINR and an estimated average power level of noise and interference of a user equipment, the target SINR being determined using the target SINR parameters and the estimated average power level of noise and interference of the user equipment being calculated using the uplink noise and interference level, and receiving at least one of selectively transmitted first and second offsets from the base station and adjusting the uplink power based on the received at least one of the first and second offsets.