Abstract:
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for multi-input multi-output, MIMO, communications in a wireless communication network. The method comprises: receiving, from a device, long-term precoding information for the MIMO communication, the long-term precoding information indicating a set of three-dimensional, 3D, beams, wherein elements in the set of 3D beams are obtained by combining a column of a first matrix representing a vertical beam group with a corresponding column of a second matrix representing a horizontal beam group; receiving, from the device, short-term precoding information for the MIMO communication, the short-term precoding information indicating beams selected from the set of 3D beams; constructing a precoding matrix for the MIMO communication according to the long-term precoding information and short-term precoding information; and transmitting data encoded according to the precoding matrix to the device. Embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a method in a receiving side of MIMO, and a corresponding apparatus.
Abstract:
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for multi-input multi-output MIMO communications in a wireless communication network. The method comprises: receiving, from a device, long-term precoding information for the MIMO communication, the long-term precoding information indicating a first group of beams for a first antenna polarization, and a second group of beams for a second antenna polarization (S201); receiving, from the device, short-term precoding information for use in the MIMO communication, the short-term precoding information indicating beams selected respectively from the first group of beams and the second group of beams for different antenna polarizations (S202); constructing a precoding matrix for the MIMO communication according to the long-term precoding information and short-term precoding information (S203); and transmitting data encoded according to the precoding matrix to the device (S204). Embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a method in a receiving side of MIMO, and a corresponding apparatus.
Abstract:
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a communication method and device for uplink power control. The method comprises receiving a plurality of sets of power control parameters from a network device, each of the plurality of sets being associated with a corresponding one of a plurality of sets of candidate beam patterns for the terminal device. The method further comprises selecting, based on a beam pattern for the terminal device, one of the plurality of sets of power control parameters for uplink transmit power control, the beam pattern for the terminal device being included in the set of candidate beam pattern that is associated with the selected set of power control parameters.
Abstract:
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and an apparatus of determining channel information for a channel. The method comprises receiving a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) from a base station, the CSI-RS being transmitted by the base station with a CSI-RS resource mapped to a part of transmitting antenna ports in an antenna array. The method further comprises determining, by measuring the CSI-RS, partial channel information for the channel corresponding to the part of transmitting antenna ports. In addition, the method further comprises determining overall channel information for the channel based on the partial channel information.
Abstract:
The object of the present invention is to provide methods and apparatuses for performing pre-coding. The method includes steps of: upon reception of a reference signal transmitted by eNB, obtaining corresponding cycle indication information by performing a mobility estimation operation, the cycle indication information including cycle order information indicating an order of changing respective wave beams; feeding the cycle indication information back to eNB so that eNB determines, based on the cycle indication information, a cyclic order of the respective wave beams to be changed cyclically. The present invention has the following advantages: UE can perform estimation on its mobility state and feed back to eNB a cyclic order of the respective wave beams to be changed cyclically and information of a change frequency, so that eNB can pre-code information to be transmitted based on the cyclic order and change frequency, thereby obtaining a higher diversity gain and beam-forming gain.
Abstract:
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus of sharing a channel state information reference signal resource. The method comprises: obtaining information about a plurality of beam groups, each of the plurality of beam groups being configured to transmit, to one of a plurality of user equipment (UEs), a beamformed CSI-RS specific to the UE; determining degrees of spatial isolation among the plurality of beam groups based on the obtained information; comparing each of the determined degrees of spatial isolation with a predetermined threshold; and in response to each of the determined degrees of spatial isolation being above the threshold, transmitting, on the CSI-RS resource, beamformed CSI-RSs specific to the plurality of UEs. The embodiments of the present disclosure may improve the efficiency of UE specific beamformed CSI-RS by exploiting the characteristic of beamforming operation.
Abstract:
The present invention provides methods and apparatuses for downlink layer mapping and layer demapping applied to a high-order MIMO wireless communication system according to LTE protocol. The new layer mapping method proposed in the present invention can be well adapted to situations with more number of layers and codewords in the high-order MIMO and meanwhile well adapted to the situation of channel quality inequity between different layers. In addition, the layer mapping method according to the present invention may also be compatible with existing layer mapping schemes in the current protocol.