WO2024172360A1 - 통신 시스템에서 적응적 안테나 스케일링 방법 및 장치 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a method and device for adaptive antenna scaling in a communication system, and more particularly, to a method and device for adaptively scaling an antenna to increase power efficiency of a network in a wireless communication system, and a method and device for transmitting a CSI-RS (channel state information-reference signal) corresponding thereto.
- CSI-RS channel state information-reference signal
- Mobile communication systems are the core infrastructure driving the development of the ICT industry and are evolving to overcome the shortcomings and limitations of existing communication methods.
- Mobile communication systems can provide advanced services in usage scenarios such as eMBB (enhanced Mobile BroadBand), URLLC (Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communication), mMTC (massive Machine Type Communication), ultra-low power, ultra-precision, and ultra-wide coverage.
- eMBB enhanced Mobile BroadBand
- URLLC Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communication
- mMTC massive Machine Type Communication
- ultra-low power ultra-precision
- ultra-wide coverage ultra-wide coverage.
- mobile communication systems are discovering new communication frequency bands in mid-band and high-band and more actively utilizing multi-antenna technology.
- the purpose of the present invention to solve the above problems is to provide a method and device for adaptively scaling an antenna to increase power efficiency of a network and a method and device for transmitting CSI-RS according to the method and device.
- one embodiment of the present invention provides a method of a terminal, comprising: receiving first configuration information regarding a first CSI-RS (channel state information-reference signal) resource from a base station; receiving second configuration information for a CSI reporting operation from the base station; receiving a CSI-RS through M (M is a natural number less than or equal to L) CSI-RS antenna ports, which are a first subset of L (L is a natural number) CSI-RS antenna ports constituting the first CSI-RS resource, based on the first configuration information and the second configuration information; determining a first PMI (precoding matrix indicator) based on the M CSI-RS antenna ports; and transmitting a CSI report including the first PMI to the base station, wherein the determining the first PMI is performed based on a codebook whose sizes of at least a first dimension and a second dimension are N1 and N2, respectively, and N1 and N2 can each be determined as a divisor of M.
- M is a natural number less than or equal to L
- the second configuration information may include configuration information regarding a plurality of CSI reporting sub-configurations
- the first CSI-RS resource may be referenced by a first CSI reporting sub-configuration included in the plurality of CSI reporting sub-configurations
- the first PMI may be CSI corresponding to the first CSI reporting sub-configuration.
- a second CSI-RS resource is additionally referenced by the first CSI reporting sub-configuration, and the CSI corresponding to the first CSI reporting sub-configuration includes a CSI-RS resource indicator (CRI), wherein the CRI may be an index of the first CSI-RS resource or the second CSI-RS resource.
- CRI CSI-RS resource indicator
- the above second CSI-RS resource is composed of L CSI-RS antenna ports and may belong to the same CSI-RS resource set as the first CSI-RS.
- the above M CSI-RS antenna ports are represented by a bitmap of length L, and the bitmap can be included in the second configuration information and transmitted from the base station to the terminal.
- the antenna port numbers of the above M CSI-RS antenna ports are reassigned in ascending order as continuous values from P to (P+M-1), where P is 0 or a natural number, and the first PMI can be determined based on the reassigned antenna port numbers.
- N1 may be a value based on the number of CSI-RS antenna ports corresponding to the first dimension
- N2 may be a value based on the number of CSI-RS antenna ports corresponding to the second dimension
- N1 is a value based on the number of CSI-RS antenna ports corresponding to the first dimension
- N2 is a value based on the number of CSI-RS antenna ports corresponding to the second dimension
- Ng is the number of antenna panels
- the codebook may be a codebook for a multi-panel composed of Ng panels.
- the method may further include: receiving a CSI-RS through M2 CSI-RS antenna ports, which are a second subset of the L CSI-RS antenna ports; and determining a second PMI based on the M2 CSI-RS antenna ports.
- the above second PMI may be included in the CSI report and transmitted to the base station based on an instruction by a higher layer message.
- the above first CSI-RS resource is referenced by a second CSI reporting sub-configuration included in the plurality of CSI reporting sub-configurations, and the second PMI may be CSI corresponding to the second CSI reporting sub-configuration.
- Another embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object is a method of a base station, comprising: transmitting first configuration information regarding a first CSI-RS (channel state information-reference signal) resource to a terminal; transmitting second configuration information for a CSI report to the terminal; transmitting a CSI-RS to the terminal through all or part of L (L is a natural number) CSI-RS antenna ports constituting the first CSI-RS resource; and receiving a CSI report from the terminal, the CSI report including a first PMI (precoding matrix indicator) determined based on M (M is a natural number less than or equal to L) CSI-RS antenna ports, which are a first subset of the L CSI-RS antenna ports determined according to the first configuration information and the second configuration information, wherein the first PMI is performed based on a codebook whose sizes of at least a first dimension and a second dimension are N1 and N2, respectively, and N1 and N2 can be determined as divisors of M, respectively.
- M is a code
- the second configuration information may include configuration information regarding a plurality of CSI reporting sub-configurations
- the first CSI-RS resource may be referenced by a first CSI reporting sub-configuration included in the plurality of CSI reporting sub-configurations
- the first PMI may be CSI corresponding to the first CSI reporting sub-configuration.
- a second CSI-RS resource is additionally referenced by the first CSI reporting sub-configuration, and the CSI corresponding to the first CSI reporting sub-configuration includes a CSI-RS resource indicator (CRI), wherein the CRI may be an index of the first CSI-RS resource or the second CSI-RS resource.
- CRI CSI-RS resource indicator
- the above second CSI-RS resource is composed of L CSI-RS antenna ports and may belong to the same CSI-RS resource set as the first CSI-RS.
- the above M CSI-RS antenna ports are represented by a bitmap of length L, and the bitmap can be included in the second configuration information and transmitted from the base station to the terminal.
- the antenna port numbers of the above M CSI-RS antenna ports are reassigned in ascending order as continuous values from P to (P+M-1), where P is 0 or a natural number, and the first PMI can be determined based on the reassigned antenna port numbers.
- N1 may be a value based on the number of CSI-RS antenna ports corresponding to the first dimension
- N2 may be a value based on the number of CSI-RS antenna ports corresponding to the second dimension
- N1 is a value based on the number of CSI-RS antenna ports corresponding to the first dimension
- N2 is a value based on the number of CSI-RS antenna ports corresponding to the second dimension
- Ng is the number of antenna panels
- the codebook may be a codebook for a multi-panel composed of Ng panels.
- a terminal wherein the terminal includes a processor, and the processor causes the terminal to perform: a step of receiving first configuration information regarding a first CSI-RS (channel state information-reference signal) resource from a base station; a step of receiving second configuration information for a CSI reporting operation from the base station; a step of receiving a CSI-RS through M (M is a natural number less than or equal to L) CSI-RS antenna ports, which are a first subset of L (L is a natural number) CSI-RS antenna ports constituting the first CSI-RS resource based on the first configuration information and the second configuration information; a step of determining a first PMI (precoding matrix indicator) based on the M CSI-RS antenna ports; and a step of transmitting a CSI report including the first PMI to the base station, wherein the step of determining the first PMI is performed based on a codebook whose sizes of at least a first dimension and a second dimension are N1
- antennas used for communication can be adaptively scaled to increase power efficiency of the network.
- Figure 1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a first embodiment of a communication system.
- Figure 2 is a block diagram illustrating a first embodiment of the device.
- FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a first embodiment of a resource mapping method for CSI-RS antenna ports.
- FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a first embodiment of a mapping method between a CSI-RS antenna port and a TXRU or physical antenna elements.
- FIG. 5a is a conceptual diagram illustrating a first embodiment of a TXRU muting method
- FIG. 5b is a conceptual diagram illustrating a second embodiment of a TXRU muting method.
- FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a first embodiment of a CSI reporting method based on multiple sets of CSI-RS antenna ports.
- FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a first embodiment of a method for configuring multiple sets of CSI-RS antenna ports.
- FIG. 8 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a second embodiment of a method for configuring multiple sets of CSI-RS antenna ports.
- FIG. 9 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a second embodiment of a CSI reporting method based on multiple sets of CSI-RS antenna ports.
- FIG. 10 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a first embodiment of a resource mapping method for a set of CSI-RS antenna ports.
- FIG. 11 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a second embodiment of a resource mapping method for a set of CSI-RS antenna ports.
- Figure 12 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a third embodiment of a resource mapping method for a set of CSI-RS antenna ports.
- first, second, etc. may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. The terms are only used to distinguish one component from another.
- first component could be referred to as the second component, and similarly, the second component could also be referred to as the first component.
- the term "and/or" includes any combination of a plurality of related listed items or any item among a plurality of related listed items.
- “at least one of A and B” can mean “at least one of A or B” or “at least one of combinations of one or more of A and B.” Furthermore, in the embodiments of the present application, “at least one of A and B” can mean “at least one of A or B” or “at least one of combinations of one or more of A and B.”
- the communication system may be a 4G communication system (e.g., a long-term evolution (LTE) communication system, an LTE-A communication system), a 5G communication system (e.g., a new radio (NR) communication system), a 6G communication system, etc.
- the 4G communication system can support communication in a frequency band of 6 GHz or less
- the 5G communication system can support communication in a frequency band of 6 GHz or more as well as a frequency band of 6 GHz or less.
- the communication system to which embodiments according to the present invention are applied is not limited to the contents described below, and the embodiments according to the present invention can be applied to various communication systems.
- LTE may indicate a “4G communication system”
- LTE communication system may indicate an “LTE communication system”
- LTE-A communication system may indicate a “5G communication system” or an “NR communication system”.
- an operation e.g., a transmission operation
- configuration information for the operation e.g., an information element, a parameter
- information instructing performance of the operation are signaled.
- An information element e.g., a parameter
- a resource e.g., a resource region
- configuration information of the resource is signaled.
- the signaling may be at least one of SI (system information) signaling (e.g., transmission of SIB (system information block) and/or MIB (master information block)), RRC signaling (e.g., transmission of RRC parameters and/or higher layer parameters), MAC CE (control element) signaling, or PHY signaling (e.g., transmission of DCI (downlink control information), UCI (uplink control information), and/or SCI (sidelink control information)).
- SI system information
- RRC signaling e.g., transmission of RRC parameters and/or higher layer parameters
- MAC CE control element
- PHY signaling e.g., transmission of DCI (downlink control information), UCI (uplink control information), and/or SCI (sidelink control information)
- Figure 1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a first embodiment of a communication system.
- the communication system (100) may include a plurality of communication nodes (110-1, 110-2, 110-3, 120-1, 120-2, 130-1, 130-2, 130-3, 130-4, 130-5, 130-6).
- the communication system (100) may further include a core network (e.g., a serving-gateway (S-GW), a packet data network (PDN)-gateway (P-GW), a mobility management entity (MME)).
- a core network e.g., a serving-gateway (S-GW), a packet data network (PDN)-gateway (P-GW), a mobility management entity (MME)
- the core network may include an access and mobility management function (AMF), a user plane function (UPF), a session management function (SMF), etc.
- AMF access and mobility management function
- UPF user plane function
- SMF session management function
- a plurality of communication nodes (110 to 130) can support a communication protocol specified in a 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) standard (e.g., LTE communication protocol, LTE-A communication protocol, NR communication protocol, etc.).
- the plurality of communication nodes (110 to 130) may support CDMA (code division multiple access) technology, WCDMA (wideband CDMA) technology, TDMA (time division multiple access) technology, FDMA (frequency division multiple access) technology, OFDM (orthogonal frequency division multiplexing) technology, Filtered OFDM technology, CP (cyclic prefix)-OFDM technology, DFT-s-OFDM (discrete Fourier transform-spread-OFDM) technology, OFDMA (orthogonal frequency division multiple access) technology, SC (single carrier)-FDMA technology, NOMA (non-orthogonal multiple access) technology, GFDM (generalized frequency division multiplexing) technology, FBMC (filter bank multi-carrier) technology, UFMC (universal
- Figure 2 is a block diagram illustrating a first embodiment of the device.
- the device (200) may include at least one processor (210), a memory (220), and a transceiver device (230) that is connected to a network and performs communication.
- the device (200) may further include an input interface device (240), an output interface device (250), a storage device (260), etc.
- Each component included in the device (200) may be connected by a bus (270) and communicate with each other.
- the processor (210) can execute a program command stored in at least one of the memory (220) and the storage device (260).
- the processor (210) may mean a central processing unit (CPU), a graphics processing unit (GPU), or a dedicated processor in which methods according to embodiments of the present invention are performed.
- Each of the memory (220) and the storage device (260) may be configured with at least one of a volatile storage medium and a nonvolatile storage medium.
- the memory (220) may be configured with at least one of a read only memory (ROM) and a random access memory (RAM).
- the communication system (100) may include a plurality of base stations (110-1, 110-2, 110-3, 120-1, 120-2) and a plurality of terminals (130-1, 130-2, 130-3, 130-4, 130-5, 130-6).
- Each of the first base station (110-1), the second base station (110-2), and the third base station (110-3) may form a macro cell.
- Each of the fourth base station (120-1) and the fifth base station (120-2) may form a small cell.
- the fourth base station (120-1), the third terminal (130-3), and the fourth terminal (130-4) may be within the cell coverage of the first base station (110-1).
- the second terminal (130-2), the fourth terminal (130-4), and the fifth terminal (130-5) may be within the cell coverage of the second base station (110-2).
- the fifth base station (120-2), the fourth terminal (130-4), the fifth terminal (130-5), and the sixth terminal (130-6) may be within the cell coverage of the third base station (110-3).
- the first terminal (130-1) may be within the cell coverage of the fourth base station (120-1).
- the sixth terminal (130-6) may be within the cell coverage of the fifth base station (120-2).
- each of the plurality of base stations may be referred to as a NodeB (NB), an evolved NodeB (eNB), a gNB, an advanced base station (ABS), a high reliability-base station (HR-BS), a base transceiver station (BTS), a radio base station, a radio transceiver, an access point, an access node, a radio access station (RAS), a mobile multihop relay-base station (MMR-BS), a relay station (RS), an advanced relay station (ARS), a high reliability-relay station (HR-RS), a home NodeB (HNB), a home eNodeB (HeNB), a road side unit (RSU), a radio remote head (RRH), a transmission point (TP), a transmission and reception point (TRP), etc.
- NB NodeB
- eNB evolved NodeB
- gNB an advanced base station
- HR-BS high reliability-base station
- BTS base transceiver station
- RAS mobile multihop
- Each of the plurality of terminals may be referred to as a user equipment (UE), terminal equipment (TE), advanced mobile station (AMS), high reliability-mobile station (HR-MS), terminal, access terminal, mobile terminal, station, subscriber station, mobile station, portable subscriber station, node, device, OBU (on board unit), etc.
- UE user equipment
- TE terminal equipment
- AMS advanced mobile station
- HR-MS high reliability-mobile station
- OBU on board unit
- each of the plurality of base stations may operate in a different frequency band or may operate in the same frequency band.
- Each of the plurality of base stations (110-1, 110-2, 110-3, 120-1, 120-2) may be connected to each other via an ideal backhaul link or a non-ideal backhaul link, and may exchange information with each other via the ideal backhaul link or the non-ideal backhaul link.
- Each of the plurality of base stations (110-1, 110-2, 110-3, 120-1, 120-2) may be connected to a core network via an ideal backhaul link or a non-ideal backhaul link.
- Each of the plurality of base stations can transmit a signal received from the core network to the corresponding terminal (130-1, 130-2, 130-3, 130-4, 130-5, 130-6), and can transmit a signal received from the corresponding terminal (130-1, 130-2, 130-3, 130-4, 130-5, 130-6) to the core network.
- each of the plurality of base stations may support MIMO transmission (e.g., single user (SU)-MIMO, multi user (MU)-MIMO, massive MIMO, etc.), coordinated multipoint (CoMP) transmission, carrier aggregation (CA) transmission, transmission in an unlicensed band, device to device communication (D2D) (or, proximity services (ProSe)), Internet of Things (IoT) communication, dual connectivity (DC), etc.
- MIMO transmission e.g., single user (SU)-MIMO, multi user (MU)-MIMO, massive MIMO, etc.
- CoMP coordinated multipoint
- CA carrier aggregation
- D2D device to device communication
- ProSe proximity services
- IoT Internet of Things
- DC dual connectivity
- each of the plurality of terminals can perform an operation corresponding to the base station (110-1, 110-2, 110-3, 120-1, 120-2) and an operation supported by the base station (110-1, 110-2, 110-3, 120-1, 120-2).
- the second base station (110-2) can transmit a signal to the fourth terminal (130-4) based on the SU-MIMO scheme
- the fourth terminal (130-4) can receive a signal from the second base station (110-2) by the SU-MIMO scheme.
- the second base station (110-2) can transmit signals to the fourth terminal (130-4) and the fifth terminal (130-5) based on the MU-MIMO method, and each of the fourth terminal (130-4) and the fifth terminal (130-5) can receive signals from the second base station (110-2) by the MU-MIMO method.
- Each of the first base station (110-1), the second base station (110-2), and the third base station (110-3) can transmit a signal to the fourth terminal (130-4) based on the CoMP scheme, and the fourth terminal (130-4) can receive a signal from the first base station (110-1), the second base station (110-2), and the third base station (110-3) based on the CoMP scheme.
- Each of the plurality of base stations (110-1, 110-2, 110-3, 120-1, 120-2) can transmit and receive a signal with terminals (130-1, 130-2, 130-3, 130-4, 130-5, 130-6) within its cell coverage based on the CA scheme.
- Each of the first base station (110-1), the second base station (110-2), and the third base station (110-3) can control D2D between the fourth terminal (130-4) and the fifth terminal (130-5), and each of the fourth terminal (130-4) and the fifth terminal (130-5) can perform D2D under the control of the second base station (110-2) and the third base station (110-3).
- a numerology applied to a physical signal and a channel can be variable.
- the numerology can be variable to meet various technical requirements of the communication system.
- the numerology can include a subcarrier spacing and a CP length (or, CP type).
- Table 1 may be a first embodiment of a method for configuring a numerology for a CP-OFDM-based communication system. Adjacent subcarrier spacings can have a relationship of an exponentiation of 2 with each other, and the CP length can be scaled at the same ratio as the OFDM symbol length.
- numerologies of Table 1 may be supported depending on a frequency band on which the communication system operates.
- numerology(s) not listed in Table 1 may be additionally supported in the communication system.
- Additional CP types e.g., extended CP
- subcarrier spacing e.g. 60 kHz.
- Table 1 relates to a first embodiment of a numerology configuration method for a CP-OFDM based communication system.
- Subcarrier spacing 15kHz 30kHz 60kHz 120kHz 240kHz 480kHz OFDM Symbol length [ ] 66.7 33.3 16.7 8.3 4.2 2.1 CP length [[ ] 4.76 2.38 1.19 0.60 0.30 0.15 Number of OFDM symbols in ms 14 28 56 112 224 448
- Elements constituting the frame structure in the time domain may include subframes, slots, mini-slots, symbols, etc.
- a subframe may be used as a unit for transmission, measurement, etc., and the length of a subframe may have a fixed value (e.g., 1 ms) regardless of the subcarrier spacing.
- a slot may include consecutive symbols (e.g., 14 OFDM symbols).
- the length of a slot may be variable, unlike the length of a subframe. For example, the length of a slot may be inversely proportional to the subcarrier spacing.
- a slot can be used as a unit of transmission, measurement, scheduling, resource configuration, timing (e.g., scheduling timing, hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) timing, channel state information (CSI) measurement and reporting timing, etc.).
- the length of actual time resources used for transmission, measurement, scheduling, resource configuration, etc. may not match the length of a slot.
- a mini-slot can include consecutive symbol(s), and the length of a mini-slot can be shorter than the length of a slot.
- a mini-slot can be used as a unit of transmission, measurement, scheduling, resource configuration, timing, etc.
- a mini-slot (e.g., length of a mini-slot, mini-slot boundary, etc.) can be predefined in a technical specification.
- a mini-slot (e.g., length of a mini-slot, mini-slot boundary, etc.) can be set (or instructed) to a terminal. It can be set (or instructed) to a terminal that a mini-slot is used when a specific condition is satisfied.
- a base station can schedule a data channel (e.g., a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH)) using some or all of the symbols constituting a slot.
- the data channel can be transmitted using a part of a slot for URLLC transmission, unlicensed band transmission, transmission in a situation where NR communication system and LTE communication system coexist, multi-user scheduling based on analog beamforming, etc.
- the base station can schedule the data channel using a plurality of slots.
- the base station can schedule the data channel using at least one mini-slot.
- Elements constituting a frame structure in the frequency domain may include resource blocks (RBs), subcarriers, etc.
- One RB may include consecutive subcarriers (e.g., 12 subcarriers).
- the number of subcarriers constituting one RB may be constant regardless of the numerology. In this case, the bandwidth occupied by one RB may be proportional to the subcarrier spacing of the numerology.
- An RB may be used as a transmission and resource allocation unit for a data channel, a control channel, etc.
- Resource allocation of a data channel may be performed in units of RBs or RB groups (e.g., resource block groups (RBGs)).
- One RBG may include one or more consecutive RBs.
- Resource allocation of a control channel may be performed in units of CCEs (control channel elements).
- one CCE may include one or more RBs.
- a slot (e.g., a slot format) may be composed of a combination of one or more of a downlink (DL) interval, a flexible interval (or an unknown interval), and an uplink (UL) interval.
- DL downlink
- UL uplink
- Each of the downlink interval, the flexible interval, and the uplink interval may be composed of one or more consecutive symbols.
- the flexible interval may be located between a downlink interval and an uplink interval, between a first downlink interval and a second downlink interval, between a first uplink interval and a second uplink interval, etc. When a flexible interval is inserted between a downlink interval and an uplink interval, the flexible interval may be used as a guard interval.
- a slot may include one or more flexible intervals. Alternatively, a slot may not include a flexible interval.
- a terminal may perform a predefined operation in the flexible interval. Alternatively, the terminal may perform an operation that is semi-statically or periodically configured by a base station in the flexible interval.
- the operation that is periodically configured by the base station may include a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring operation, a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) block reception and measurement operation, a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) reception and measurement operation, a downlink semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) PDSCH reception operation, a sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission operation, a physical random access channel (PRACH) transmission operation, a periodically configured physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission operation, a PUSCH transmission operation according to a configured grant, etc.
- a flexible symbol may be overridden by a downlink symbol or an uplink symbol. When a flexible symbol is overridden by a downlink or uplink symbol, the terminal may perform a new operation instead of the existing operation on the flexible symbol (e.g., the overridden flexible symbol).
- SSB may mean a set of signals including a synchronization signal and/or a broadcast channel.
- the synchronization signal may include PSS, SSS, etc.
- the broadcast channel may include a physical broadcast channel (PBCH).
- the SSB may further include a reference signal.
- the reference signal may mean a demodulation reference signal (DM-RS), a CSI-RS, a tracking reference signal (TRS), a positioning reference signal (PRS), a phase tracking reference signal (PT-RS), etc. for decoding the PBCH.
- the SSB may mean a SS/PBCH (synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel) block.
- the SSB may be transmitted periodically, and one or more SSB(s) may be repeatedly transmitted in one period.
- the format of a unit time resource (hereinafter, "slot format") can be semi-fixedly set by higher layer signaling (e.g., RRC (radio resource control) signaling).
- RRC radio resource control
- Information indicating a semi-fixed slot format can be included in system information, and the semi-fixed slot format can be set cell-specifically.
- the semi-fixed slot format can be additionally set for each terminal through terminal-specific higher layer signaling (e.g., RRC signaling).
- a flexible symbol of a slot format set cell-specifically can be overridden with a downlink symbol or an uplink symbol by terminal-specific higher layer signaling.
- the slot format can be dynamically indicated by physical layer signaling (e.g., a slot format indicator (SFI) included in downlink control information (DCI)).
- SFI slot format indicator
- DCI downlink control information
- a semi-fixed slot format can be overridden by a dynamically indicated slot format. For example, a flexible symbol set semi-fixedly can be overridden with a downlink symbol or an uplink symbol by SFI.
- a base station and a terminal can perform downlink operations, uplink operations, sidelink operations, etc. in a bandwidth part.
- the bandwidth part can be defined as a set of RBs (e.g., physical resource blocks (PRBs)) having a specific numerology. RBs constituting one bandwidth part can be continuous in the frequency domain.
- One numerology can be used for signal transmission (e.g., transmission of a control channel or a data channel) in one bandwidth part.
- signal may mean any physical signal and channel when used in a broad sense.
- a terminal performing an initial access procedure can obtain configuration information of an initial bandwidth part from a base station through system information.
- a terminal operating in an RRC connected state can obtain configuration information of a bandwidth part from a base station through terminal-specific upper layer signaling.
- the configuration information of the bandwidth portion may include a numeral applied to the bandwidth portion (e.g., a subcarrier spacing and/or a CP length).
- the configuration information of the bandwidth portion may further include information indicating a position of a start RB (e.g., a start PRB) of the bandwidth portion and information indicating a number of RBs (e.g., a PRB) constituting the bandwidth portion.
- At least one of the bandwidth portion(s) set for the terminal may be activated. For example, each of one uplink bandwidth portion and one downlink bandwidth portion may be activated within one carrier. In a TDD (time division duplex) based communication system, a pair of uplink bandwidth portions and downlink bandwidth portions may be activated.
- the base station may set a plurality of bandwidth portions to the terminal within one carrier and switch an active bandwidth portion of the terminal.
- a certain frequency band e.g., a carrier, a bandwidth portion, an RB set, an LBT (listen before talk) subband, a guard band, etc.
- a certain frequency band may mean “a base station or a terminal is in a state where it can transmit and receive a signal using the corresponding frequency band.”
- a certain frequency band is activated may mean “a state where an RF (radio frequency) filter (e.g., a bandpass filter) of a transceiver operates including the frequency band.”
- RB may mean CRB (common RB).
- RB may mean PRB or VRB (virtual RB).
- CRB may mean RB constituting a set of consecutive RBs (e.g., common RB grid) based on a reference frequency (e.g., point A). Carriers, bandwidth portions, etc. may be arranged on the common RB grid. That is, carriers, bandwidth portions, etc. may be configured as CRB(s).
- RB or CRB constituting a bandwidth portion may be referred to as PRB, and a CRB index within a bandwidth portion may be appropriately converted to a PRB index.
- RB may mean IRB (interlace RB).
- the PDCCH can be used to transmit DCI or a DCI format to a terminal.
- the minimum resource unit configuring the PDCCH can be a resource element group (REG).
- the REG can be composed of one PRB (e.g., 12 subcarriers) in the frequency domain and one OFDM symbol in the time domain. Therefore, one REG can include 12 REs (resource elements).
- a DM-RS (demodulation reference signal) for decoding (or demodulation) of the PDCCH can be mapped to three REs among the 12 REs configuring the REG, and control information (e.g., modulated DCI) can be mapped to the remaining nine REs.
- One PDCCH candidate can be composed of one CCE or aggregated CCEs.
- One CCE can be composed of multiple REGs.
- the NR communication system can support CCE aggregation levels 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, etc., and one CCE can be composed of six REGs.
- a CORESET (control resource set) may be a resource region in which a terminal performs blind decoding (or blind demodulation) of a PDCCH.
- a CORESET may be composed of multiple REGs.
- a CORESET may be composed of one or more PRBs in a frequency domain and one or more symbols (e.g., OFDM symbols) in a time domain. The symbols constituting one CORESET may be consecutive in the time domain.
- the PRBs constituting one CORESET may be consecutive or discontinuous in the frequency domain.
- One DCI (e.g., one DCI format, one PDCCH) may be transmitted within one CORESET.
- Multiple CORESETs may be configured from a cell perspective or a terminal perspective, and the multiple CORESETs may overlap each other in time-frequency resources.
- CORESET can be set to a terminal by PBCH (e.g., system information transmitted via PBCH, MIB (master information block)).
- PBCH system information transmitted via PBCH, MIB (master information block)
- the ID (identifier) of the CORESET set by the PBCH can be 0. That is, the CORESET set by the PBCH can be referred to as CORESET #0.
- a terminal operating in an RRC idle state can perform a monitoring operation in CORESET #0 to receive an initial PDCCH in an initial access procedure. Not only a terminal operating in an RRC idle state but also a terminal operating in an RRC connected state can perform a monitoring operation in CORESET #0.
- CORESET can be set to a terminal by other system information (e.g., SIB1 (system information block type 1)).
- SIB1 system information block type 1
- a terminal can receive SIB1 including configuration information of CORESET.
- CORESET can be set to the terminal by terminal-specific higher layer signaling (e.g., RRC signaling).
- the search space may be a set of PDCCH candidate(s) or a set of resource regions occupied by the PDCCH candidate(s).
- the terminal may perform blind decoding on each of the PDCCH candidates within the predefined search space.
- the terminal may determine whether the PDCCH has been transmitted to itself by performing a CRC (cyclic redundancy check) on the blind decoding result. If the PDCCH is determined to be a PDCCH for the terminal, the terminal may receive the PDCCH.
- CRC cyclic redundancy check
- One or more search space(s) may constitute a search space set.
- a search space may be defined/configured for each CCE aggregation level, and a search space set may mean a search space for each CCE aggregation level or a sum of search spaces for all CCE aggregation levels.
- a PDCCH candidate may be composed of CCE(s) selected by a hash function predefined within a CORESET or a search space occasion.
- a "search space set" may mean a "search space”.
- a search space set may be logically associated with or correspond to one CORESET.
- One CORESET may be logically associated with or correspond to one or more search space sets.
- a search space set for transmitting common DCI or group common DCI may be referred to as a common search space set (hereinafter, "CSS set").
- the common DCI or group common DCI may include at least one of resource allocation information of PDSCH for transmitting system information, paging, a power control command, an SFI, or a preemption indicator.
- the common DCI may correspond to DCI formats 0_0, 1_0, etc.
- the CRC (cyclic redundancy check) of the common DCI may be scrambled and transmitted by SI-RNTI (system information-radio network temporary identifier), P-RNTI (paging-RNTI), RA-RNTI (random access-RNTI), TC-RNTI (temporary cell-RNTI), etc.
- the CSS set may include Type 0, Type 0A, Type 1, Type 2, and Type 3 CSS sets.
- a search space set for transmitting UE-specific DCI may be referred to as a UE-specific search space set (hereinafter, "USS set").
- the UE-specific DCI may include scheduling and resource allocation information such as PDSCH, PUSCH, and PSSCH.
- the UE-specific DCI may correspond to DCI formats 0_1, 0_2, 1_1, 1_2, 3_0, 3_1, etc., and the CRC of the UE-specific DCI may be scrambled and transmitted using C-RNTI, CS-RNTI (configured scheduling-RNTI), MCS-C-RNTI (modulation and coding scheme-C-RNTI), etc.
- the UE-specific DCI may also be transmitted in the CSS set.
- the UE-specific DCI may be transmitted according to a DCI format corresponding to the common DCI.
- the terminal can monitor a PDCCH (e.g., DCI format 0_0, 0_1) whose CRC is scrambled with C-RNTI, CS-RNTI, MCS-C-RNTI, etc. in the CSS set.
- a PDCCH e.g., DCI format 0_0, 0_1 whose CRC is scrambled with C-RNTI, CS-RNTI, MCS-C-RNTI, etc.
- a Type 0 CSS set can be used for receiving DCI scheduling PDSCH containing SIB1, and can be configured via PBCH or cell-specific RRC signaling.
- the ID of a Type 0 CSS set can be assigned or set to 0.
- a Type 0 CSS set can be logically combined with CORESET #0.
- the terminal can improve channel estimation performance or form transmit/receive beams by utilizing large-scale propagation characteristics of a wireless channel.
- Large-scale propagation characteristics of wireless channels experienced by first and second signals transmitted between communication nodes may be identical.
- a quasi-co-location (QCL) relationship may be established between the first and second signals.
- the large-scale propagation characteristics of the wireless channel may be defined by QCL parameters.
- the QCL parameters may include delay spread, Doppler spread, Doppler shift, average gain, average delay, spatial Rx parameters, etc.
- the spatial Rx parameters may correspond to characteristics of a receive beam, a receive channel spatial correlation, a receive spatial filter, a transmit/receive beam pair, etc.
- the spatial reception parameters may be conveniently referred to as "spatial QCL".
- a set of one or more QCL parameter(s) may be referred to as a QCL type.
- the QCL types used in an NR communication system may include at least Type A, Type B, Type C, and Type D.
- the Type D QCL may include spatial reception parameters and may correspond to the spatial QCL.
- a base station may signal a "TCI state” or "TCI” to a terminal.
- the TCI state may include information indicating a QCL relationship between a QCL source signal (e.g., a first signal) and a QCL target signal (e.g., a second signal).
- the TCI state may include one or more pieces of information indicating a QCL source signal (e.g., a type of the source signal, an ID of the source signal, etc.) and information regarding QCL parameter(s) (e.g., QCL type(s)) with which the QCL relationship is established.
- the TCI state information may be included in the configuration information of the QCL target signal, and the terminal may identify the QCL target signal based on the inclusion relationship.
- the QCL source signal may include an SSB, a synchronization signal, a reference signal (e.g., a CSI-RS, a DM-RS), a physical channel, etc.
- the QCL target signal may include a reference signal, a physical channel, a DM-RS of a physical channel, etc.
- the QCL source signal and the QCL target signal may be downlink physical signals or channels or uplink physical signals or channels.
- the transmission directions of the QCL source signal and the QCL target signal may be the same or different.
- the terminal may assume that the large-scale propagation characteristics of the first signal are equally applied to the second signal based on the TCI state signaling information.
- a QCL relationship can be established for the PDCCH monitored by the terminal.
- the terminal can assume that the PDCCH (i.e., PDCCH DM-RS) has a QCL relationship with a certain signal (i.e., a QCL source signal).
- the QCL relationship can be determined based on signaling of the TCI information described above. Alternatively, the QCL relationship can be determined by a method predefined in the technical specification.
- the terminal can perform beam forming operation, channel estimation operation, etc. for PDCCH monitoring and reception based on the QCL relationship.
- the same TCI or QCL relation can be applied within a CORESET. That is, the terminal can perform a monitoring operation (or a receiving operation) for all search space sets or all PDCCH candidates belonging to the same CORESET based on the same QCL relation.
- the TCI or QCL relation applied to each CORESET can be set by the base station or induced by a predefined rule.
- the QCL relation of a specific CORESET can be determined based on the initial access or random access procedure of the terminal. For example, CORESET 0 can have a QCL relation with the SSB selected in the initial access procedure, the PRACH recently transmitted in the random access procedure, etc.
- the same QCL relation can be established for all CORESETs belonging to the same CORESET pool.
- the TCI or QCL relation can be applied to each search space set.
- different TCI or different QCL relations can be applied to the monitoring of multiple search space sets within the same CORESET.
- a link adaptation technique can be used. That is, when a transmitting node wants to transmit a data channel, a control channel, etc., the transmitting node can adaptively change the number of transmission layers, MCS (modulation and coding), precoding or beamforming, transmission beam, reception beam, etc.
- MCS modulation and coding
- the base station when transmitting a PDSCH to a terminal, the base station can instantaneously determine a modulation scheme, a channel code rate, etc. to be applied to the PDSCH, and can form one or more transmission layers by applying appropriate precoding to the PDSCH.
- the above-described link adaptation parameters can be included in the scheduling information of the PDSCH, and can be included in the DCI for scheduling the PDSCH or included in the SPS configuration information and transmitted to the terminal.
- the link adaptation technique can be performed based on CSI reported from a terminal to a base station.
- the base station can transmit a signal (e.g., SSB, CSI-RS, TRS, DM-RS) to the terminal for the terminal to measure CSI.
- the terminal can receive the signal and calculate CSI based on the received signal.
- CSI or CSI type can include CQI (channel quality indicator), PMI (precoding matrix indicator), RI (rank indicator), LI (layer indicator), beam index, CRI (CSI-RS resource indicator), SSBRI (SSB resource indicator), etc.
- CSI can include beam quality measurement values (e.g., L1-RSRP (layer 1-received signal received power), L1-SINR (layer 1-signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio), etc.).
- the terminal can report the calculated CSI to the base station through an uplink channel (e.g., PUCCH, PUSCH).
- an uplink channel e.g., PUCCH, PUSCH.
- a base station may transmit CSI resource configuration information to the terminal.
- the CSI resource configuration may include configuration information of "CSI-RS resource(s)".
- the CSI resource configuration may include configuration information about one or more "CSI resource set(s)".
- the CSI resource set may include CSI-RS resource set(s) and/or SSB resource set(s) for channel measurement, and may include CSI-IM (CSI-interference measurement) resource set(s) for interference measurement.
- the CSI-RS resource set may mean a set including one or more CSI-RS resource(s). If necessary, multiple CSI resource configuration(s) may be configured in the terminal.
- the CSI resource configuration may be referred to as "CSI resource setting”.
- a CSI-RS resource may mean a physical resource through which a CSI-RS is transmitted.
- the CSI-RS resource may mean a CSI-RS resource configuration parameter(s) or a CSI-RS resource configuration unit.
- a terminal may be configured with two types of CSI-RS resources. The first is a NZP (non-zero-power) CSI-RS resource through which a base station actually transmits a CSI-RS to the terminal, and the second is a ZP (zero-power) CSI-RS resource through which a base station does not actually transmit a CSI-RS to the terminal.
- a CSI-RS resource may be understood to refer to an NZP CSI-RS resource.
- a CSI-RS resource may correspond to a CSI-RS or a CSI-RS sequence.
- CSI-RS resources can be configured as periodic, semi-persistent, or aperiodic. Periodic CSI-RS resources or activated semi-persistent CSI-RS resources appear periodically and repeatedly, and the resource locations can be determined by periodicity and offset. Aperiodic CSI-RS resources can be dynamically allocated by DCI. Each CSI-RS resource can be mapped to at most M CSI-RS antenna ports (M is a natural number). In an NR communication system, M can be 32.
- FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a first embodiment of a resource mapping method for CSI-RS antenna ports.
- a terminal can receive configuration information of a CSI-RS resource from a base station, and can receive a CSI-RS based on the configuration information.
- the CSI-RS resource can be composed of up to 16 CSI-RS antenna ports.
- the 16 CSI-RS antenna ports can be mapped according to a predetermined pattern within one slot and one RB (resource block), as exemplified in FIG. 3.
- RB can mean a PRB (physical resource block).
- the indices (or numbers) of the CSI-RS antenna ports are assigned in ascending order from 0. Accordingly, 16 CSI-RS antenna ports can be assigned indices from 0 to 15. However, the indices are merely identifiers for distinguishing different antenna ports, and numbers other than 0 to 15 can also be used.
- the indices of the CSI-RS antenna ports can be assigned in ascending order from 3000.
- the indices from 0 to 15 illustrated in FIG. 3 can correspond to indices from 3000 to 3015 in the NR communication system.
- the antenna port numbers of the CSI-RS antenna ports for determining the CSI e.g., PMI
- CSI-RS antenna ports can be multiplexed in the form of time division multiplexing (TDM), frequency division multiplexing (FDM), and/or code division multiplexing (CDM) and mapped to resource elements (REs).
- TDM time division multiplexing
- FDM frequency division multiplexing
- CDM code division multiplexing
- TDM, FDM, and CDM can all be applied to multiplexing of 16 CSI-RS antenna ports.
- CSI-RS antenna ports 0 to 3 can be mapped to the 5th to 6th symbols and the 3rd to 4th subcarriers
- CSI-RS antenna ports 4 to 7 can be mapped to the 5th to 6th symbols and the 9th to 10th subcarriers
- CSI-RS antenna ports 8 to 11 can be mapped to the 9th to 10th symbols and the 3rd to 4th subcarriers
- CSI-RS antenna ports 12 to 15 can be mapped to the 9th to 10th symbols and the 9th to 10th subcarriers.
- CSI-RS antenna ports 0 to 3 and CSI-RS antenna ports 4 to 7 can be FDMed on the same symbols.
- CSI-RS antenna ports 0 to 3 and CSI-RS antenna ports 8 to 11 can be TDMed on the same subcarriers.
- four CSI-RS antenna ports mapped to four adjacent REs can be CDMed and form a CDM group.
- CSI-RS antenna ports 0 to 3, CSI-RS antenna ports 4 to 7, CSI-RS antenna ports 8 to 11, and CSI-RS antenna ports 12 to 15 can form CDM group 0, CDM group 1, CDM group 2, and CDM group 3, respectively.
- the multiple CDM antenna ports can be distinguished by different orthogonal cover codes (OCCs).
- OCCs orthogonal cover codes
- the four different CSI-RS antenna ports of the CDM group of size 4 can be distinguished by time-domain (TD)-OCCs of length 2 and frequency-domain (FD)-OCCs of length 2.
- TD time-domain
- FD frequency-domain
- the order in which the CSI-RS antenna ports are mapped to CSI-RS REs can follow a predefined rule.
- the indices of the CSI-RS antenna ports can be first assigned within the CDM group, secondly assigned in an ascending order in the frequency domain (i.e., in the direction of increasing subcarrier indexes), and finally assigned in an ascending order in the time domain (i.e., in the direction of increasing symbol indexes).
- the CSI-RS mapping pattern illustrated in FIG. 3 is only one embodiment, and the CSI-RS resource mapping can be implemented in various forms.
- the terminal can receive configuration information about the number of CSI-RS antenna ports constituting the CSI-RS resource, the size of a CDM group, the number of CDM groups, the location of each CDM group, the frequency domain CSI-RS transmission density, the time domain period, and the offset, etc., from the base station, and can identify the mapping location of each CSI-RS antenna port in the CSI-RS resource based on the configuration information, and can receive each CSI-RS antenna port at the identified mapping location.
- the base station can also map the CSI-RS antenna ports to the CSI-RS resource based on the configuration information, and transmit the CSI-RS antenna ports to the terminal.
- the terminal receiving the CSI-RS antenna port(s) can be interpreted to mean the same as the terminal receiving the CSI-RS through the corresponding CSI-RS antenna port(s). Additionally, the fact that the base station transmits CSI-RS antenna port(s) can be interpreted to mean the same as the base station transmitting CSI-RS through the corresponding CSI-RS antenna port(s).
- a transmission signal of a base station may be signal-processed by TXRUs (transceiver units), and the signal-processed output signal may be beam-formed by an antenna module composed of physical antenna elements, converted into an electromagnetic wave, and radiated into space.
- the TXRU of the signal transmission unit may also be referred to as a TXU (transmitter unit), an RF (radio frequency) chain, etc.
- the TXRU(s) and the physical antenna elements may be mapped to each other in a pre-implemented manner according to a desired beam shape, and if necessary, the mapping may be controlled and changed by the base station.
- the mapping may be referred to as antenna virtualization.
- each CSI-RS antenna port constituting the CSI-RS resource can be mapped to one or more TXRU(s).
- each CSI-RS antenna port can be mapped to one or more physical antenna element(s).
- FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a first embodiment of a mapping method between a CSI-RS antenna port and a TXRU or physical antenna elements.
- a two-dimensional planar antenna panel may be used for signal transmission, and the two-dimensional planar antenna panel may be composed of physical antenna elements arranged to have cross-polarization.
- the physical antenna elements may be arranged on a two-dimensional plane configured in a first direction (e.g., a horizontal direction) and a second direction (e.g., a vertical direction), and each physical antenna element may be arranged to have a first polarization or a second polarization.
- each TXRU may be mapped to physical antenna elements having a specific polarization.
- a TXRU mapped to physical antenna elements having a first polarization (or a second polarization) may be conveniently referred to as a TXRU having the first polarization (or the second polarization).
- a base station can transmit a CSI-RS resource consisting of 16 CSI-RS antenna ports to a terminal.
- the 16 CSI-RS antenna ports can be mapped to 32 TXRUs. As illustrated in FIG. 4, among the 32 TXRUs, 16 TXRUs can have a first polarization, and the remaining 16 TXRUs can have a second polarization. In this case, each CSI-RS antenna port can be mapped to two TXRUs that have the same polarization and are adjacent in the second direction (e.g., the vertical direction).
- W dual codebook W
- CSI-RS antenna ports 0 to 7 can be mapped to two TXRUs each having the first polarization
- CSI-RS antenna ports 8 to 15 can be mapped to two TXRUs each having the second polarization.
- a TXRU can be regarded as a physical antenna element. That is, the concept illustrated in FIG. 4 can be interpreted as a shape in which 16 CSI-RS antenna ports are mapped to 32 physical antenna elements.
- a mapping relationship associated with the TXRU can be defined separately.
- the TXRUs and the physical antenna elements can have a one-to-one correspondence.
- the CSI-RS antenna ports and TXRUs can be mapped one-to-one.
- the CSI reporting (or CSI feedback) operation of the terminal may be performed based on the "CSI reporting configuration" configured by the base station.
- the CSI reporting configuration may include configuration information regarding the type of CSI to be reported by the terminal to the base station (or report quantity), frequency range, wideband/narrowband, time domain periodicity, CSI codebook, etc.
- the CSI reporting operation may be performed periodically, semi-permanently, or aperiodically.
- the CSI report may be transmitted through PUCCH or PUSCH.
- the CSI reporting configuration may be associated with the CSI resource configuration.
- the terminal may perform the CSI calculation operation based on the CSI reporting configuration associated with the CSI resource configuration as well as the CSI resource configuration.
- the CSI reporting configuration may be referred to as a "CSI reporting setting.”
- a network i.e., a base station
- a network can operate in a low-power mode by opportunistically entering a sleep mode in which it does not perform transmission and reception operations or by performing transmission and reception operations using only a part of transceivers, thereby reducing the power consumption of the network.
- a method of dynamically scaling spatial elements will be described as a method for reducing power consumption in the spatial domain.
- the spatial elements can be used collectively to refer to antenna ports (e.g., CSI-RS antenna ports), TXRUs, RF chains, physical antenna elements, antenna panels, etc.
- a method of muting some of the spatial elements can be considered.
- the base station can dynamically mute or turn off some of the TXRUs in a certain section, and transmit signals using only the unmuted or on TXRUs.
- the operation of muting the TXRUs can include an operation of muting the physical antenna elements to which the TXRUs are mapped.
- the base station can dynamically mute some of the physical antenna elements in a certain section without muting the TXRUs, and transmit signals using only the unmuted physical antenna elements.
- the base station can maximize the spatial multiplexing gain by driving all the TXRUs in a section with heavy traffic (hereinafter referred to as a "first section"), and can opportunistically drive only a small number of TXRUs in a section with light traffic (hereinafter referred to as a "second section”) to operate in a low-power mode. Therefore, the power efficiency of the network can be increased without losing transmission capacity.
- first section a section with heavy traffic
- second section opportunistically drive only a small number of TXRUs in a section with light traffic
- CSI-RS antenna ports can be mapped to TXRUs. Therefore, when a TXRU muting operation is performed, CSI-RS antenna ports corresponding to the muted TXRUs can also be muted depending on the mapping method or muting pattern. This will be described in detail through the embodiments below.
- FIG. 5a is a conceptual diagram illustrating a first embodiment of a TXRU muting method
- FIG. 5b is a conceptual diagram illustrating a second embodiment of a TXRU muting method.
- TXRUs having first and second polarizations may be arranged in a two-dimensional space.
- "TXRUs are arranged in space” may mean “physical antenna elements to which TXRUs are mapped are arranged in space.”
- each CSI-RS antenna port may be mapped to two TXRUs having the same polarization and being vertically adjacent. In this case, some TXRUs may be muted by the method described above.
- 16 TXRUs in the third and fourth rows can be muted.
- the base station can transmit a signal using the remaining 16 TXRUs.
- eight CSI-RS antenna ports can be mapped to the remaining 16 TXRUs, and the CSI-RS antenna ports can be transmitted to the terminal.
- eight CSI-RS antenna ports out of the 16 CSI-RS antenna ports can be considered as muted.
- the beam pattern formed by each CSI-RS antenna port can be maintained (i.e., the TXRUs connected to each CSI-RS antenna port are maintained as is).
- the above-described method may be referred to as the first TXRU muting method.
- 16 TXRUs in the 2nd and 4th rows can be muted.
- the base station can transmit a signal using the remaining 16 TXRUs.
- 16 CSI-RS antenna ports can be mapped to the remaining 16 TXRUs, and the CSI-RS antenna ports can be transmitted to the terminal.
- the number of transmittable CSI-RS antenna ports is not affected by TXRU muting in the case of the TXRU muting pattern.
- the number of TXRUs mapped to each CSI-RS antenna port is reduced from 2 to 1, and accordingly, even assuming the same antenna virtualization method, the beam pattern formed by each CSI-RS antenna port can be changed.
- the above-described method may be referred to as the second TXRU muting method.
- FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a first embodiment of a CSI reporting method based on multiple sets of CSI-RS antenna ports.
- the terminal can receive configuration information of CSI-RS resources from the base station.
- the CSI-RS resources can appear periodically and repeatedly.
- the terminal can additionally receive first configuration information from the base station, and configure a plurality (or, one or more) CSI-RS antenna port sets based on the first configuration information.
- the first configuration information may be configuration information of the CSI-RS antenna port set(s).
- the first configuration information may be replaced with codebook configuration information, or may be regarded as codebook configuration information.
- the first configuration information may be transmitted separately, or may be included in the configuration information of the CSI-RS resource, or may be transmitted to the terminal by being included in the CSI report configuration information.
- a plurality of CSI-RS antenna port sets may be derived within the same CSI-RS resource.
- the terminal can configure the first CSI-RS antenna port set and the second CSI-RS antenna port set based on the first configuration information.
- each CSI-RS antenna port set may be referred to as a CSI-RS sub-resource, a CSI-RS resource sub-configuration, etc., and may be configured in the terminal as a sub-parameter of a CSI-RS resource.
- each CSI-RS antenna port set (or subset) may correspond to each spatial element pattern.
- the above is only an example in which a plurality of CSI-RS antenna port sets are configured by one CSI-RS resource, and as will be described later, a plurality of CSI-RS antenna port sets may also be configured by a plurality of CSI-RS resources.
- each set of CSI-RS antenna ports can correspond to each CSI-RS resource. Multiple CSI-RS resources can belong to the same CSI-RS resource set.
- a terminal may receive CSI reporting configuration information from a base station, and may perform a CSI reporting operation.
- the terminal may report a plurality of CSIs to the base station.
- the plurality of CSIs may correspond to a plurality of CSI-RS antenna port sets (i.e., a plurality of spatial element patterns), respectively.
- a CSI report of the terminal may include a first CSI and a second CSI.
- the first CSI may be a CSI calculated based on the first CSI-RS antenna port set, i.e., 16 received CSI-RS antenna ports
- the first CSI and the second CSI may include CQI, PMI, RI, LI, CRI, SSBRI, beam quality measurement, etc., respectively.
- the method described above may be referred to as (method 100).
- a plurality of CSIs can be transmitted to a base station based on a single CSI reporting configuration.
- a CSI reporting configuration may include a plurality of CSI reporting sub-configurations.
- Each CSI reporting sub-configuration may include configuration information for reporting each CSI derived based on each CSI-RS antenna port set.
- each CSI reporting sub-configuration may correspond to each CSI-RS antenna port set (or each spatial element pattern).
- the plurality of CSIs can be transmitted together by the same uplink transmission (e.g., PUCCH, PUSCH).
- the above-described method may be referred to as a first CSI reporting method or a multiple CSI reporting method.
- the plurality of CSIs can be transmitted to the base station based on the plurality of CSI reporting configurations.
- each CSI reporting configuration may include configuration information for reporting each CSI derived based on each CSI-RS antenna port set.
- the plurality of CSIs can be transmitted through different uplink resources at different transmission timings.
- multiple CSIs may be transmitted through the same uplink resource at the same transmission timing.
- the above-described method may be referred to as a second CSI reporting method or a single CSI reporting method.
- the number of CSI reporting sub-configurations belonging to a CSI reporting configuration may be referred to as A.
- the number of CSI-RS antenna port sets (e.g., one CSI-RS resource or CSI-RS antenna port sets belonging to one CSI-RS resource set) configured for spatial element adaptation operation may be referred to as B.
- the CSI-RS resource or the CSI-RS resource set may be interrelated with the CSI reporting configuration.
- each CSI reporting sub-configuration may correspond to one or at most one CSI-RS antenna port set, and generally, A may have a value equal to or less than B.
- the CSI report of the terminal may include CSI reports for each of all spatial element patterns configured for the terminal, or may include CSI reports for some of the spatial element patterns configured for the terminal.
- A may be 1. This may correspond to the second CSI reporting method.
- B may be 1. This can correspond to the conventional CSI-RS transmission method to which the CSI-RS antenna port adaptation technique is not applied.
- the terminal may transmit all A CSI report(s) corresponding to the A CSI report sub-configuration(s) to the base station.
- the terminal may determine A1 CSI report sub-configuration(s) from the A CSI report sub-configuration(s), and transmit A1 CSI report(s) for the determined A1 CSI report sub-configuration(s) to the base station (wherein A1 is a natural number less than or equal to A).
- the A1 CSI report sub-configuration(s) may be determined based on configuration information received from the base station.
- the above-described CSI overhead reduction technique may or may not be applied depending on the periodicity of the configured CSI report.
- the above-described CSI overhead reduction technique may be configured in the terminal based on different signaling procedures depending on the periodicity of the configured CSI report.
- the above configuration information may be included in an RRC message and may be included in or transmitted together with the CSI reporting configuration information including the CSI reporting sub-configurations.
- A1 CSI reporting sub-configuration(s) can be dynamically indicated to the terminal based on a physical layer signaling procedure.
- the base station can indicate the CSI reporting sub-configuration(s) to be reported by the terminal through DCI.
- the DCI can be a group common DCI. That is, the DCI including information of the CSI reporting sub-configuration(s) can be transmitted to a group of terminals, and the terminals receiving the DCI can change or maintain a CSI reporting operation based on the indication information included in the DCI.
- the indication information included in the group common DCI can be information common to all terminals receiving the group common DCI.
- the group common DCI can include a plurality of indication information for a plurality of terminals or a plurality of terminal groups (or subgroups) receiving the group common DCI.
- the plurality of indication information can correspond to different fields or different bits (or bit strings) in the same field.
- the terminal can receive a type 3 CSS set, group common RNTI, etc. from the base station.
- the DCI may be a scheduling DCI.
- the CSI reporting operation for the CSI reporting sub-configuration(s) may be aperiodically triggered by the scheduling DCI.
- the scheduling DCI may include indication information regarding the CSI reporting sub-configuration(s), and the terminal may determine A1 CSI reporting sub-configuration(s) to be reported to the base station based on the indication information, and perform an aperiodic CSI reporting operation including the corresponding A1 CSI(s).
- the indication information may additionally include other information necessary for performing the aperiodic CSI reporting operation.
- the indication information may include an uplink TCI for forming a transmission beam of an uplink signal on which the aperiodic CSI report is to be transmitted, uplink spatial relation information, and the like.
- the indication information may include information regarding an uplink resource on which the aperiodic CSI report is to be transmitted.
- the CSI reporting operation for the CSI reporting sub-configuration(s) may be performed semi-persistently or periodically.
- the terminal may be instructed by the base station to activate or deactivate the CSI reporting operation via DCI (e.g., scheduling DCI) or MAC layer signaling (e.g., MAC CE).
- DCI e.g., scheduling DCI
- MAC layer signaling e.g., MAC CE
- the DCI or the MAC layer signaling may include indication information about the CSI reporting sub-configuration(s) together with activation indication information of the CSI reporting operation, and the terminal may perform the semi-persistent CSI reporting operation including the indicated CSI reporting sub-configuration(s).
- a predetermined time gap (e.g., slot offset and/or symbol offset) may be secured between the time point (e.g., slot, symbol) at which the terminal performs the CSI reporting transmission operation reflecting the dynamically indicated CSI reporting sub-configuration(s) and the time point (e.g., slot, symbol) at which the terminal receives the dynamic indication (e.g., DCI, MAC CE).
- the CSI reporting sub-configuration corresponds to a set of CSI-RS antenna ports (or spatial element patterns)
- the above-described method may correspond to the operation described below, i.e., a method of dynamically indicating some set(s) of CSI-RS antenna ports via DCI.
- the A1 CSI reporting sub-configuration(s) may be autonomously selected by the terminal.
- the terminal may select the A1 CSI reporting(s) (or corresponding CSI reporting sub-configuration(s)) that provides the highest channel quality.
- the channel quality may be determined according to a metric defined in the technical specification (e.g., CQI, etc.).
- A1 1.
- the first CSI reporting method may correspond to a CSI reporting operation including a single CSI, and the UCI overhead may be kept at a low level.
- the plurality of CSIs may be related to each other. That is, the CSI for one spatial element pattern may be calculated based on the CSI for another spatial element pattern.
- the terminal may report a first CSI and a second CSI for each of a first CSI-RS antenna port set and a second CSI-RS antenna port set to the base station.
- the first CSI and the second CSI may be reported based on a first CSI reporting sub-configuration and a second CSI reporting sub-configuration, respectively. In this case, the first CSI may be determined based on the second CSI.
- the second CSI may be determined based on the first CSI.
- a first CQI derived based on the first CSI-RS antenna port set may be a differential CQI expressed as a difference value with a second CQI derived based on the second CSI-RS antenna port set.
- the first PMI or the second RI derived based on the first CSI-RS antenna port set may be a differential PMI or a differential RI expressed as a difference value with the second PMI or the RI derived based on the second CSI-RS antenna port set.
- the second CQI may have a value (or an index) corresponding to higher quality than the first CQI.
- the CQI derived based on the second PMI and/or the second RI may have a value (or an index) corresponding to higher quality than the CQI derived based on the first PMI and/or the first RI.
- the differential CSI may be expressed with a smaller number of bits, and the CSI payload may be reduced by the method described above.
- the size of the resource e.g., the number of PRBs
- the PUCCH format may also be changed.
- the above-described operation may be performed only when the first CSI reporting method is used. That is, the plurality of CSIs may correspond to CSI reporting sub-configurations belonging to one CSI reporting configuration.
- the terminal may report A2 CSI(s) representing A CSI reporting sub-configuration(s) or selected A1 CSI reporting sub-configuration(s) to the base station.
- A2 may be a natural number less than or equal to A or a natural number less than or equal to A1.
- the A2 CSI(s) may be calculated based on the A CSI reporting sub-configuration(s) or the selected A1 CSI reporting sub-configuration(s).
- the terminal may select A2 CSI reporting sub-configuration(s) from among A or A1 CSI reporting sub-configuration(s), and calculate the A2 CSI(s) based on the selected A2 CSI reporting sub-configuration(s).
- the terminal can derive one CSI (e.g., CQI, PMI, RI, CRI, SSBRI, and/or L1-RSRP) for A or A1 CSI reporting sub-configurations and report it to the base station.
- the one CSI can be a value derived based on one CSI reporting sub-configuration.
- the terminal can calculate CSI for each of a plurality of CSI reporting sub-configurations, and select one CSI (e.g., an optimal CSI) among the calculated CSIs and report it.
- the one CSI can mean a channel quality corresponding to an optimal spatial element pattern (i.e., an optimal CSI-RS antenna port muting pattern).
- the one CSI may be a value derived (e.g., a jointly coded value) based on a plurality of CSI reporting sub-configurations (i.e., a plurality of CSI-RS antenna port muting patterns).
- the CSI may include information regarding which CSI reporting sub-configuration the CSI is based on.
- the information may include an index (or number) of a CSI reporting sub-configuration on which the CSI is based.
- the information may be referred to as a sub-configuration indicator, a CSI reporting sub-configuration indicator, etc.
- the information may be distinguished from a CRI.
- a CRI may mean information (e.g., a CSI-RS resource index) of a CSI-RS resource that a UE wants to selectively report within a given sub-configuration
- a sub-configuration indicator may mean information regarding a sub-configuration that the UE wants to selectively report.
- the corresponding A2 sub-setting indicator(s) may be reported together.
- A2 A1.
- the terminal may calculate A1 CSI(s) based on the configured A CSI reporting sub-configuration(s), or select A1 CSI reporting sub-configuration(s) from the A CSI reporting sub-configuration(s), and then calculate A1 CSI(s) based on the selected A1 CSI reporting sub-configuration(s), and report the A1 CSI(s) to the base station.
- the number of reported CSIs may be different for each CSI type.
- the CSI report of the terminal for A or A1 CSI reporting sub-configuration(s) may include A2 specific CSI type(s) and A or A1 other CSI type(s).
- the CSI report of the terminal may include one CQI and may include the remaining CSI types (e.g., PMI, RI, CRI, SSBRI, etc.) as many as the number of CSI reporting sub-configuration(s), i.e., A or A1.
- the one CQI may be an (optimal) CQI selected from among multiple CQIs derived for multiple CSI reporting sub-configuration(s).
- the above-described CSI overhead reduction technique can also be applied when the terminal reports multiple CSIs based on the second CSI reporting method.
- the terminal can be configured with a first CSI reporting configuration and a second CSI reporting configuration.
- the first CSI calculated based on the first CSI-RS antenna port set can be reported according to the first CSI reporting configuration
- the second CSI calculated based on the second CSI-RS antenna port set can be reported according to the second CSI reporting configuration.
- Transmission timing (e.g., transmission slot) and/or transmission resource (e.g., PUCCH, PUSCH) of the first CSI and the second CSI can be identical.
- the CSI reporting operation for the first CSI reporting configuration and the second CSI reporting configuration can be performed based on the CSI overhead reduction technique described above.
- the first CSI can be determined based on the second CSI.
- one of the first CSI and the second CSI can be selected, and the selected one CSI can be reported to the base station.
- one CSI e.g., an integrated CSI
- the plurality of CSI reporting configurations can be set to have the same time characteristic.
- the second CSI reporting configuration can also be set to be periodic, semi-permanent, or aperiodic, respectively.
- a terminal may not expect to be instructed to apply the CSI overhead reduction technique described above for multiple CSI reporting configurations with different timing characteristics.
- the DCI triggering the aperiodic CSI reporting may include information indicating CSI reporting configurations to be processed and transmitted together (e.g., CSI reporting configuration index(es)), and the terminal may perform a CSI reporting operation based on the above-described method for the indicated CSI reporting configurations.
- the DCI or MAC CE indicating to activate semi-persistent CSI reporting may include information indicating CSI reporting configurations to be processed and transmitted together (e.g., CSI reporting configuration index(es)), and the terminal may perform a CSI reporting operation based on the above-described method for the indicated CSI reporting configurations.
- the reporting timing (e.g., transmission slot) of the first CSI may not match the reporting timing (e.g., transmission slot) of the second CSI.
- the CSI processing and reporting operations described above may be performed in the same manner.
- the timing of transmitting the finally determined CSI to the base station may be determined by a rule predefined in the technical specification.
- the final CSI may be transmitted in one of the transmission slots of the first CSI and the transmission slots of the second CSI (e.g., a later slot or an earlier slot).
- the final CSI may be transmitted in a slot other than the transmission slot of the first CSI and the transmission slot of the second CSI.
- the other slot may be a slot not earlier than the transmission slot of the first CSI and the transmission slot of the second CSI.
- the terminal may receive a slot in which the final CSI is to be transmitted from the base station. For example, the slot offset between the slot in which the final CSI is to be transmitted and the transmission slot of the first CSI or the second CSI can be transmitted to the terminal.
- the complexity of CSI calculation may increase.
- the capability of the terminal's CSI calculation ability may be indexed by a CPU (CSI processing unit).
- the terminal may process up to N_CPU CSIs simultaneously at one point in time (e.g., a specific symbol) and report the N_CPUs as the capability of the terminal to the base station. In this case, it can be said that the terminal has N_CPU CPUs for the CSI reporting operation.
- one CSI-RS resource referenced by the CSI report may occupy one CPU.
- one CSI-RS resource can be referenced by one CSI reporting configuration, and the one CSI reporting configuration can be interrelated with A or selected A1 CSI reporting sub-configurations.
- the one CSI-RS resource can be referenced by A or selected A1 CSI reporting sub-configurations belonging to the one CSI reporting configuration.
- the terminal can calculate A1 (or A2 further selected by the above-described method) CSIs corresponding to different spatial element patterns (e.g., different CSI-RS antenna port sets) based on the one CSI-RS resource.
- the CSI calculation complexity of the terminal based on the one CSI-RS resource can correspond to the CSI calculation complexity based on the A1 (or A2) CSI-RS resources.
- the one CSI-RS resource may occupy A1 (or A2) CPUs.
- the one CSI-RS resource may be counted A1 times.
- the one CSI-RS resource may be regarded as A1 (or A2) active CSI-RS resources.
- the one CSI-RS resource may be regarded as Ar active CSI-RS resources.
- Ar may be determined as one of the value(s) existing between 1 and A1 (or A2). In an embodiment, Ar may be a natural number.
- the CSI calculation complexity of the terminal may be limited by the number of active CSI-RS antenna ports.
- the number of active CSI-RS antenna ports for the one CSI-RS resource may be regarded as the sum of the numbers of CSI-RS antenna ports corresponding to A1 (or A2) CSI reporting sub-configurations referencing the one CSI-RS resource. That is, any one CSI-RS antenna port constituting the CSI-RS resource may be counted multiple times.
- any one CSI-RS antenna port constituting the CSI-RS resource under the above configuration may correspond to the number of A1 (or A2) active CSI-RS antenna ports.
- the terminal may transmit the number of active CSI-RS antenna ports that it can process simultaneously at one point in time to the base station as terminal capability information.
- the terminal may not calculate or report CSI for the excess to the base station.
- the terminal may select some CSI reporting sub-configurations(s) by a priority rule from among the plurality of CSI reporting sub-configurations referencing the CSI-RS resources, and perform a CSI reporting operation for the selected CSI reporting sub-configurations(s). At this time, the CSI reporting operation for the remaining CSI reporting sub-configurations(s) may be omitted.
- a higher priority may be given to a CSI reporting sub-configuration having a lower (or higher) index of the CSI reporting sub-configurations.
- the terminal may report only some of the plurality of CSIs that are interrelated with the same CSI-RS resource to the base station.
- the plurality of CSIs may respectively correspond to the plurality of CSI reporting sub-configurations.
- multiple CSI-RS resources may be referenced by one CSI reporting configuration, and CSI for one CSI-RS resource among the multiple CSI-RS resources and an ID (i.e., a CSI-RS resource indicator (CRI)) of the one CSI-RS resource may be reported from the terminal to the base station.
- each CSI-RS resource may be correlated with multiple CSI reporting sub-configurations.
- a CSI reporting operation of the terminal within the CSI processing capability limit may be performed based on priorities among the CSI reporting sub-configurations, and the priorities may be assigned in a lower or higher order of CSI reporting sub-configuration indexes.
- the CPU corresponding to the CSI reporting operation may be P*Q times.
- the number of CSI reporting sub-configurations selected by the priorities among them is P1
- the corresponding CPU may be reduced to P1*Q times.
- the terminal can sequentially include CSI reporting sub-configurations one by one in the measurement and reporting target based on the CSI reporting sub-configuration index until P1*Q does not exceed N_CPU.
- the terminal may select one CSI-RS resource associated with each CSI reporting sub-configuration, and report CSI for the selected CSI-RS resource to the base station.
- all CSI reporting sub-configurations may be interrelated with the same CSI-RS resources, or each CSI reporting sub-configuration may be interrelated with different CSI-RS resources.
- the CSI may include a CRI, and the CRI may include information (e.g., an index) indicating the selected CSI-RS resource.
- the number of sub-configurations(s) configured or activated for one CSI report is A (or A1)
- the number of CSIs reported may also be A (or A1).
- a (or A1) CRIs corresponding to A (or A1) sub-configurations may all be the same. That is, the terminal may select a common CSI-RS resource for a plurality of sub-configurations, and may calculate and report CSI for the selected CSI-RS resource for each sub-configuration.
- the CRI corresponding to the common CSI-RS resource may be included in each CSI and transmitted. That is, the CRI may be transmitted A times (or A1 times) in a duplicated manner.
- the CRI may be transmitted once without duplication.
- the CRI may be included in the CSI for any one sub-configuration.
- the any one sub-configuration may be predefined in the technical specification.
- the CRI may be included in the CSI for the sub-configuration having the lowest (or highest) sub-configuration index and transmitted.
- the above CRI may be a high priority or high importance CSI and therefore may be considered as the payload of CSI Part 1.
- the A (or A1) CRIs corresponding to the A (or A1) sub-configurations can be determined independently. That is, the terminal can select CSIs for different CSI-RS resources for the multiple sub-configurations and report them to the base station. According to this method, the CSI and the corresponding CSI-RS resource with the highest channel quality for each CSI reporting sub-configuration can be selected by the terminal, and the information can be shared with the base station and utilized for scheduling.
- the base station can transmit at least CSI-RS antenna ports constituting CSI-RS antenna port subsets among the CSI-RS antenna ports constituting the CSI-RS resource, i.e., CSI-RS antenna ports required for CSI calculation of the terminal. If there are remaining CSI-RS antenna ports that the terminal does not receive (or, even if it receives, does not actually use), they do not necessarily need to be transmitted.
- the base station can perform an adaptive downlink scheduling operation based on a plurality of CSIs reported from the terminal.
- the base station can transmit a PDSCH using a plurality of TXRUs (e.g., 32 TXRUs) based on the first CSI in a first time interval with heavy traffic. Downlink transmission performance can be maximized in the first time interval.
- the base station can transmit a PDSCH using a small number of TXRUs (e.g., 4 TXRUs) based on the second CSI in a second time interval with light traffic. Network power efficiency can be increased in the second time interval.
- the number of TXRUs used in a CSI-RS transmission interval (e.g., symbol(s) in which CSI-RS is transmitted, slot(s) in which CSI-RS is transmitted, etc.) can be fixed.
- FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a first embodiment of a method for configuring multiple sets of CSI-RS antenna ports.
- the mapping operation between the CSI-RS antenna ports, the TXRUs, and the physical antenna elements may follow the operation described in the first embodiment of FIG. 4.
- the terminal may receive the 16 CSI-RS antenna ports in the 16 REs illustrated in FIG. 3, and derive the first CSI based on the CSI codebook corresponding to the received 16 CSI-RS antenna ports.
- the first CSI may be derived based on the indices assigned to the CSI-RS antenna ports by the above rule (i.e., indices 0 to 15 illustrated in FIG. 7).
- the 2D codebook may be a codebook configured by the Kronecker product of two matrices.
- the two matrices may be matrices configured with codewords corresponding to the first direction and the second direction, and the size and elements of each matrix may be determined based on N1 and N2.
- the second CSI-RS antenna port set may be determined based on the first configuration information described above.
- the first configuration information may be information about a CSI-RS antenna port muting pattern.
- a CSI-RS antenna port muting pattern may be used as a term referring to a set of CSI-RS antenna ports that are muted (or not muted) or information indicating the same.
- the first configuration information may indicate 12 CSI-RS antenna ports mapped to TXRUs in the right three columns (i.e., the 2nd column, the 3rd column, and the 4th column).
- the terminal may configure a second CSI-RS antenna port set with the remaining four CSI-RS antenna ports that do not belong to the muting pattern based on the CSI-RS antenna port muting pattern.
- the first configuration information may be information about a CSI-RS antenna port set (or a subset).
- the first configuration information may include information indicating CSI-RS antenna ports that configure the CSI-RS antenna port set, i.e., CSI-RS antenna ports that are not muted.
- the first configuration information may indicate four CSI-RS antenna ports mapped to TXRUs in one left column (i.e., column 1).
- the four CSI-RS antenna ports may be CSI-RS antenna ports 0, 1, 8, and 9.
- the terminal can receive the four CSI-RS antenna ports, and derive the second CSI based on the CSI codebook corresponding to the four received CSI-RS antenna ports.
- the indices of the CSI-RS antenna ports may be reassigned to the CSI-RS antenna port set.
- the numbering rule i.e., second direction --> first direction --> polarization direction
- the indices of CSI-RS antenna ports 0, 1, 8, and 9 included in the second CSI-RS antenna port set may be changed to 0, 1, 2, and 3, respectively, according to the above rule.
- the terminal can derive the second CSI, which is the corresponding CSI. Even if the indices of the CSI-RS antenna ports are reassigned, the resource locations to which the CSI-RS antenna ports are mapped may not be changed. That is, the mapping or de-mapping of CSI-RS antenna ports can be performed based on the index before being changed (e.g., the index assigned based on all CSI-RS antenna ports constituting the CSI-RS resource).
- the CSI-RS antenna ports 8 and 9 are re-assigned to indices 2 and 3, they can still be transmitted in the positions occupied by ports 8 and 9 among the 16 CSI-RS antenna ports (i.e., 4 REs corresponding to CDM group 2 in FIG. 3).
- the muting described above may be virtual muting. That is, the muted CSI-RS antenna ports are only excluded from the corresponding CSI-RS antenna port set and/or CSI, but may actually be transmitted from the base station to the terminal.
- the 12 CSI-RS antenna ports that are muted for configuring the second CSI-RS resource set may be non-muted CSI-RS from the perspective of the first CSI-RS resource set, and thus the 12 CSI-RS antenna ports may be transmitted to the terminal.
- the muted CSI-RS antenna port is a muted CSI-RS for all CSI-RS antenna port sets configured for the terminal, the terminal may not receive the CSI-RS antenna port.
- the configuration information of the CSI-RS resource may include first configuration information corresponding to each CSI-RS antenna port set.
- a specific CSI-RS antenna port set may be configured with all CSI-RS antenna ports configuring the CSI-RS resource. That is, the specific CSI-RS antenna port set may be the entire set.
- the corresponding muting pattern may not include a CSI-RS antenna port. That is, the corresponding muting pattern may be configured with 0 CSI-RS antenna ports.
- the index of the specific CSI-RS antenna port set may be predefined in the technical specification. For example, the index may be 0.
- the set of CSI-RS antenna ports may be determined based on the structure (or size) of the associated CSI codebook. For example, when the CSI is derived by the above-described 2D codebook, the set of CSI-RS antenna ports may be determined based on information about antenna port(s) constituting the first direction (e.g., horizontal direction) and/or information about antenna port(s) constituting the second direction (e.g., vertical direction). That is, the information may be included in the first configuration information.
- the information about the antenna port(s) constituting the first direction may be information associated with N1, which is a size of the first direction of the codebook, and the information about the antenna port(s) constituting the second direction may be information associated with N2, which is a size of the second direction of the codebook.
- the first configuration information may be determined based on information about antenna port(s) constituting the third direction (or polarization direction), and the information may be information associated with P, which is a size of the third direction (or polarization direction) of the codebook.
- P may be 2.
- P may be a natural number greater than or equal to 2.
- the above-described method may be referred to as (method 110).
- FIG. 8 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a second embodiment of a method for configuring multiple sets of CSI-RS antenna ports.
- a terminal may be configured with a CSI-RS resource including 16 CSI-RS antenna ports from a base station.
- a mapping operation between the CSI-RS antenna ports, TXRUs, and physical antenna elements may follow the operation described in the first embodiment of FIG. 4. That is, the CSI-RS antenna ports may be arranged in a first direction (e.g., a vertical direction), a second direction (e.g., a horizontal direction), and a polarization direction.
- the terminal may be configured with a CSI-RS antenna port set (i.e., a subset) composed of some or all of the 16 CSI-RS antenna ports for CSI reporting for scaled CSI-RS resources.
- the first CSI-RS antenna port set may include all of the 16 CSI-RS antenna ports.
- the second to sixth CSI-RS antenna port sets may be configured with some of the 16 CSI-RS antenna ports.
- the remaining CSI-RS antenna ports that are not included in the above CSI-RS antenna port set may be considered as muted.
- the terminal may calculate CSI(s) for the above CSI-RS antenna port set(s) and report the calculated CSI(s) to the base station.
- the CSI(s) may be calculated based on a 2D codebook.
- the position of the CSI-RS antenna port in each direction can be expressed by a column index and a row index.
- the second CSI-RS antenna port set can be composed of eight CSI-RS antenna ports corresponding to the first row and all columns
- the fourth CSI-RS antenna port set can be composed of eight CSI-RS antenna ports corresponding to all rows and the third to fourth columns.
- the first configuration information may include information indicating column(s) corresponding to CSI-RS antenna port(s) constituting the first direction and/or information indicating row(s) corresponding to CSI-RS antenna port(s) constituting the second direction.
- the first configuration information may include information indicating column(s) corresponding to CSI-RS antenna port(s) muted in the first direction and/or information indicating row(s) corresponding to CSI-RS antenna port(s) muted in the second direction.
- the information can be expressed as a set of row index(es) and/or a set of column index(es).
- the configuration information of the first CSI-RS antenna port set can include a set of row indexes ⁇ 0, 1 ⁇ and a set of column indexes ⁇ 0, 1, 2, 3 ⁇
- the configuration information of the second CSI-RS antenna port set can include a set of row indexes ⁇ 0 ⁇ and a set of column indexes ⁇ 0, 1, 2, 3 ⁇
- the configuration information of the fourth CSI-RS antenna port set can include a set of row indexes ⁇ 0, 1 ⁇ and a set of column indexes ⁇ 2, 3 ⁇ .
- the configuration information of the first CSI-RS antenna port set may include a muted row index set ⁇ and a muted column index set ⁇
- the configuration information of the second CSI-RS antenna port set may include a muted row index set ⁇ 1 ⁇ and a muted column index set ⁇
- the configuration information of the fourth CSI-RS antenna port set may include a muted row index set ⁇ and a muted column index set ⁇ 0, 1 ⁇ .
- ⁇ may mean an empty set.
- the information may be expressed as (index of a starting row, index of an ending row) and/or (index of a starting column, index of an ending column).
- the information can be expressed as (index of a starting row, number of consecutive rows) and/or (index of a starting column, number of consecutive columns).
- all consecutive CSI-RS antenna ports in each domain can be indicated by the first configuration information. That is, the first to sixth CSI-RS antenna port sets can be indicated by the first configuration information. Meanwhile, there may exist CSI-RS antenna port sets that provide the same CSI measurement effect within one CSI-RS resource.
- the third CSI-RS antenna port set and the fourth CSI-RS antenna port set can provide the same effect, and the fifth CSI-RS antenna port set and the sixth CSI-RS antenna port set can provide the same effect.
- allowing both the configuration of the third CSI-RS antenna port set and the configuration of the fourth CSI-RS antenna port set, or allowing both the configuration of the fifth CSI-RS antenna port set and the configuration of the sixth CSI-RS antenna port set may cause unnecessary duplication, and the signaling overhead of the first configuration information may increase.
- each CSI-RS antenna port set may start from the first row (i.e., the row whose index is 0) in the second direction (e.g., the vertical direction) and may start from the first column (i.e., the column whose index is 0) in the first direction (e.g., the horizontal direction).
- each CSI-RS antenna port set may include at least a CSI-RS antenna port corresponding to the first row and the first column.
- a CSI-RS antenna port set composed of CSI-RS antenna ports satisfying the above condition may be configured in a terminal.
- the first, second, third, and fifth CSI-RS antenna port sets may satisfy the above condition and may be configured in the terminal for CSI measurement and reporting.
- the 4th and 6th CSI-RS antenna port sets do not include CSI-RS antenna ports in the 1st row and 1st column, so they cannot satisfy the above condition and may be considered as invalid settings.
- the first configuration information may be expressed by the index of the end row and/or the index of the end column. That is, the first configuration information may not include the index of the start row or the index of the start column.
- the fourth CSI-RS antenna port set and the sixth CSI-RS antenna port set may be considered as invalid configurations.
- the first configuration information may be expressed as the number of consecutive rows and/or the number of consecutive columns. That is, the first configuration information may not include an index of a starting row or an index of a starting column.
- the 4th CSI-RS antenna port set and the 6th CSI-RS antenna port set may be considered as invalid settings.
- the number of rows and the number of columns may correspond to N2 and N1, which are configuration information indicating the size of the 2D codebook, respectively.
- the first configuration information may include N1 and N2, which are configuration information indicating the size of the 2D codebook.
- the fourth CSI-RS antenna port set and the sixth CSI-RS antenna port set may be considered as invalid configurations.
- the first configuration information may include configuration information of a codebook (e.g., a 2D codebook) associated with a CSI-RS antenna port set.
- the first configuration information may be replaced with the codebook configuration information, or may be regarded as the codebook configuration information.
- the first configuration information may be included in CSI reporting configuration information, not CSI-RS resource configuration information, and transmitted to the terminal.
- the first configuration information may be included in CSI reporting configuration information or CSI reporting sub-configuration information associated with a CSI-RS antenna port set.
- the first configuration information may be expressed in the form of codebook configuration information.
- the terminal may find out (or confirm) the CSI-RS antenna port(s) constituting the CSI-RS antenna port set based on the codebook configuration information (e.g., N1 and N2) included in the CSI reporting configuration or the CSI reporting sub-configuration.
- the CSI-RS resource configuration may not separately include the first configuration information for the CSI-RS antenna port set.
- the CSI-RS resource configuration may include second configuration information other than the first configuration information included in the CSI reporting configuration (e.g., codebook configuration information, N1 and N2).
- the second configuration information may include information about the number of CSI-RS antenna ports constituting the CSI-RS antenna port set.
- the terminal may find out the CSI-RS antenna port subset using only the first configuration information included in the CSI reporting configuration, or may find out the CSI-RS antenna port subset using both the first configuration information included in the CSI reporting configuration and the second configuration information included in the CSI-RS resource configuration.
- both the first configuration information and the second configuration information may be included in the CSI reporting configuration information.
- both the first configuration information and the second configuration information may be included in the CSI-RS resource configuration information.
- the first CSI reporting configuration may be interrelated with the first CSI-RS resource.
- the first CSI reporting configuration may refer to the first CSI-RS resource.
- the first CSI reporting configuration may include codebook configuration information corresponding to the C CSI-RS antenna ports constituting the first CSI-RS resource.
- the codebook configuration information may include a codebook size (N1, N2).
- the codebook corresponding to the CSI reporting configuration may be conveniently referred to as a parent codebook.
- a first CSI reporting configuration can be interrelated with a plurality (e.g., A) of CSI reporting sub-configurations.
- the a-th CSI reporting sub-configuration can include information about C(a) CSI-RS antenna ports, which are a subset of the C CSI-RS antenna ports constituting the first CSI-RS resource, and/or codebook configuration information corresponding to the C(a) CSI-RS antenna ports (wherein 1 ⁇ a ⁇ A).
- the codebook configuration information can include codebook sizes (N1(a), N2(a)).
- the codebook corresponding to each of the CSI reporting sub-configurations can be conveniently referred to as a child codebook.
- the parent codebook There may be a correlation between the parent codebook and the child codebook.
- the CSI-RS resource i.e., antenna ports constituting the CSI-RS resource
- the set of CSI-RS antenna ports i.e., a subset.
- the size of each dimension of the child codebook can be determined as a value that does not exceed the size of each dimension of the parent codebook.
- the relationships N1(a) ⁇ N1 and N2(a) ⁇ N2 may hold.
- the above-described codebook configuration information may additionally include other information in addition to N1 and N2.
- the codebook configuration information may include the number of panels to which the CSI-RS antenna ports are mapped.
- the terminal may derive CSI using only some of the codewords of the codebook.
- Codebook subset restriction information indicating a set of codewords that the terminal uses or does not use for CSI reporting may be included together with the codebook configuration information.
- the above-described method can be applied to a type 1 CSI codebook.
- the type 1 CSI codebook can include a single-panel codebook and a multi-panel codebook.
- the size of the codebook can be given by N1 and N2.
- the size of the codebook can be given by N1, N2, and the number of panels (or coherence groups formed by the antenna panels) (e.g., Ng).
- the size of the codebook can be given by N1, N2, the number of panels (or coherence groups), and the number of polarizations (P).
- the above-described method can be applied to a type 2 CSI codebook.
- oversampling can be applied when generating codewords forming each dimension based on a DFT matrix or a DFT vector.
- the combination of oversampling factors (O1, O2) can be determined based on (N1, N2) and/or the number of CSI-RS antenna ports.
- the combination of oversampling factors (O1, O2) can be determined by (N1, N2, Ng) and/or the number of CSI-RS antenna ports. That is, the terminal can determine (O1, O2) to be applied to the codebook based on a predefined rule without relying on signaling from the base station.
- the (O1, O2) can be oversampling factors for the parent codebook.
- the oversampling factors of the child codebook corresponding to the a-th CSI reporting sub-configuration can be referred to as (O1(a), O2(a)).
- (O1(a), O2(a)) to be applied to each child codebook can be signaled to the terminal from the base station.
- information about (O1(a), O2(a)) may be included in the configuration information of the a-th CSI reporting sub-configuration.
- (O1(a), O2(a)) to be applied to each child codebook may be determined based on (N1(a), N2(a)) and/or the number of CSI-RS antenna ports C(a).
- a set of CSI-RS antenna ports corresponding to each CSI reporting configuration can be represented as a bitmap.
- the length of the bitmap can be C.
- Each of the C bits constituting the bitmap can indicate whether each CSI-RS antenna port constituting the CSI-RS resource is muted. For example, a CSI-RS antenna port corresponding to a bit whose value is '1' (or '0') can be considered to be included in the CSI-RS antenna port set, and a CSI-RS antenna port corresponding to a bit whose value is '0' (or '1') can be considered not to be included in the CSI-RS antenna port set.
- the values of the bits corresponding to the C(a) CSI-RS antenna ports can be set to '1' (or '0'). That is, the number of bits whose values are set to '1' can be C(a). C(a) may match the above 2*N1(a)*N2(a) value.
- the bitmap or information about the bitmap may be included in the configuration information of each CSI reporting sub-configuration and may be transmitted to the terminal.
- each bit in the bitmap can be determined independently regardless of the values of other bit(s). That is, the bitmap can be composed of an arbitrary bit string, and a spatial element pattern can be composed of an arbitrary antenna port(s) among the CSI-RS antenna ports constituting the CSI-RS resource. For example, a subset of CSI-RS antenna ports indicated by the bitmap can be mapped to single-polarized antennas. For another example, a subset of CSI-RS antenna ports indicated by the bitmap can have a non-uniform pattern in the horizontal domain and/or the vertical domain.
- a CSI codebook can be designed to have optimal performance in a uniform two-dimensional planar array antenna structure with cross-polarization.
- the CSI accuracy may be degraded.
- multiple bits mapped to a specific position in the bitmap can have the same value.
- two CSI-RS antenna ports mapped to two sets of antenna elements having the same position and different polarizations can be muted together or transmitted together (i.e., not muted).
- the bits corresponding to the two CSI-RS antenna ports can have the same value (e.g., all 1s, all 0s).
- the i-th bit and the (i+P/2)-th bit of the bitmap can correspond to two CSI-RS antenna ports having the same spatial position and different polarizations, and the bits can have the same value. That is, the first P/2 bit strings and the last P/2 bit strings of the bitmap can be identical.
- CSI-RS antenna ports constituting CSI-RS resources may be mapped to multiple panels.
- patterns e.g., number and mapping structure
- the first P/2 bits of the bitmap may correspond to CSI-RS antenna ports mapped to the first panel
- the last P/2 bits may correspond to CSI-RS antenna ports mapped to the second panel.
- the first P/2 bit strings and the last P/2 bit strings may be identical.
- the first P/4 bits of the bitmap may correspond to CSI-RS antenna ports corresponding to the first polarization of the first panel
- the second P/4 bits may correspond to CSI-RS antenna ports corresponding to the second polarization of the first panel
- the third P/4 bits may correspond to CSI-RS antenna ports corresponding to the first polarization of the second panel
- the last P/4 bits may correspond to CSI-RS antenna ports corresponding to the second polarization of the second panel.
- the first P/4 bit strings and the second P/4 bit strings may be the same.
- the third P/4 bit strings and the last P/4 bit strings may be the same. That is, all of the above four bit strings may match.
- the base station may determine the bitmap considering the above constraints, and may configure a CSI-RS antenna port subset for the CSI reporting sub-configuration by signaling the determined bitmap to the terminal.
- the terminal may expect to be set to a bitmap satisfying the above conditions. If the bitmap does not satisfy the above conditions, the terminal may ignore the setting and may omit the CSI reporting procedure corresponding to the setting (e.g., the CSI report for the corresponding CSI reporting sub-set, or all CSI reports to which the corresponding CSI reporting sub-set belongs).
- a certain spatial element pattern (e.g., a certain CSI reporting sub-configuration) may be configured with two CSI-RS antenna ports.
- the configuration information of the CSI reporting sub-configuration may include the codebook configuration information.
- the configuration information of the CSI reporting sub-configuration may explicitly include that the number of CSI-RS antenna ports of the corresponding CSI-RS antenna port set is 2.
- the terminal may derive CSI based on the corresponding two CSI-RS antenna ports.
- the two CSI-RS antenna ports may be antenna ports corresponding to a specific one row (e.g., a first row) and a specific one column (e.g., a first column) in a spatial mapping structure of CSI-RS antenna ports.
- the CSI may be calculated based on a separate codebook, i.e., a codebook defined in the technical specification to be used when the number of CSI-RS antenna ports is 2.
- the codebook may be a codebook that is not composed of a Kronecker product of two matrices.
- a spatial element pattern e.g., a CSI reporting sub-configuration
- the terminal may not expect a configuration such as the examples above.
- An inclusive relationship may be established between CSI-RS antenna port sets configured in a terminal.
- an inclusive relationship is established between any two CSI-RS antenna port sets among the first, second, and fifth CSI-RS antenna port sets, and the CSI-RS antenna port sets may be configured in the terminal at the same time for the same CSI-RS resource.
- an inclusive relationship is not established between the second and third CSI-RS antenna port sets, and the CSI-RS antenna port sets that do not have an inclusive relationship may not be configured to be mutually associated with the same CSI-RS resource.
- an inclusive relationship may be established between CSI-RS muting patterns configured in the terminal (i.e., CSI-RS antenna port sets to be muted), and the terminal may be configured with CSI-RS muting patterns that have an inclusive relationship with each other at the same time for the same CSI-RS resource.
- CSI-RS muting patterns that do not have an inclusion relationship may not be set to be interrelated to the same CSI-RS resource.
- an inclusive relationship may be established between codebooks that are interrelated with CSI-RS antenna port sets within the same CSI-RS resource, or between codebooks that are interrelated with the same CSI-RS resource.
- the latter 2D codebook may be configured as a part of the former 2D codebook, and may have a length less than or equal to (or not greater than) the former 2D codebook in each transmission direction (or domain).
- the polarization direction (or domain) length, P, of the codebooks associated with the sets of CSI-RS antenna ports can be the same.
- the CSI-RS antenna port numbers may be numbered in ascending order starting from 0 (or from 3000 in an NR communication system).
- the eight CSI-RS antenna ports constituting the third CSI-RS antenna port set may have antenna port numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, and 11 in terms of the entire CSI-RS resources before muting is applied. However, they may be renumbered from 0 to 7 within the CSI-RS antenna port set.
- the terminal may calculate CSI (e.g., PMI, CQI, RI) based on the numbers indexed within the CSI-RS antenna port set.
- the configuration information about the CSI codebook applied to the CSI calculation may be included in the CSI report configuration information and may be cross-associated with each CSI report.
- the CSI codebook configuration information may be included in each CSI report sub-configuration information and may be used for the CSI report corresponding to each CSI report sub-configuration.
- the terminal receives the CSI-RS reception and CSI measurement operation described above based on the CSI-RS resource, it may be based on the codebook configuration information included in the CSI report cross-associated with the CSI-RS resource.
- the information about the CSI codebook may be included in the CSI resource configuration information and may be cross-associated with each CSI resource or each CSI-RS resource.
- the configuration information of the 2D codebook may include at least N1 and/or N2.
- the configuration information of the 2D codebook may additionally include P.
- the base station may transmit to the terminal all CSI-RS antenna ports constituting the CSI-RS resource in the CSI-RS resource of each period.
- the base station may transmit to the terminal a union of all CSI-RS antenna port sets configured in the CSI-RS resource in the CSI-RS resource of each period. That is, until the CSI-RS resource is reset, the terminal can receive the same number of CSI-RS antenna ports in the CSI-RS resource of each period (e.g., each CSI-RS occasion).
- some CSI-RS antenna port sets(s) may be dynamically indicated to the terminal.
- the dynamic indication may be performed by DCI.
- the DCI may include information regarding the ID or index of the CSI-RS antenna port sets(s) to be indicated to the terminal.
- some of the CSI reporting configurations or CSI reporting sub-configurations configured in the terminal may be dynamically indicated to the terminal.
- the DCI may include information regarding the ID or index of the CSI reporting configuration(s) or CSI reporting sub-configuration(s) to be indicated to the terminal, and may indicate a corresponding CSI reporting operation.
- the terminal may perform CSI measurement and reporting operations for the indicated CSI-RS antenna port sets(s) and/or the indicated CSI reporting configuration(s) (or, CSI reporting sub-configuration(s)).
- a terminal may not perform CSI measurement and reporting operations for non-indicated CSI-RS antenna port set(s) and/or non-indicated CSI reporting configuration(s) (or CSI reporting sub-configuration(s)).
- the terminal may transmit CSI reports for all configured CSI-RS antenna port sets and/or all CSI reporting configurations (or all CSI reporting sub-configurations) to the base station, regardless of whether the CSI-RS antenna port set(s) and/or CSI reporting configuration(s) (or CSI reporting sub-configuration(s)) are dynamically indicated.
- the CSI reports corresponding to the non-indicated CSI-RS antenna port sets and/or the non-indicated CSI reporting configuration(s) (or CSI reporting sub-configuration(s)) may have a dummy value. Accordingly, the size of the CSI report information may be maintained constant regardless of the dynamic indication.
- FIG. 9 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a second embodiment of a CSI reporting method based on multiple sets of CSI-RS antenna ports.
- the terminal can receive configuration information of CSI-RS resources from the base station.
- the CSI-RS resources can appear periodically and repeatedly.
- a terminal may be configured or instructed by a base station of CSI-RS antenna ports to be received from a CSI-RS resource, i.e., a set (i.e., a subset) of CSI-RS antenna ports.
- the terminal may measure CSI based on the first CSI-RS antenna port set during a first time interval during which the first CSI-RS antenna port set is received, and may report the first CSI corresponding to the first CSI-RS antenna port set to the base station.
- the terminal may measure CSI based on the second CSI-RS antenna port set during a second time interval in which the terminal receives the second CSI-RS antenna port set, and may report the second CSI corresponding to the second CSI-RS antenna port set to the base station.
- the above-described method may be referred to as (method 200).
- a terminal can configure a plurality of CSI-RS antenna port sets based on configuration information received from a base station.
- the configuration information can be transmitted based on higher layer signaling (e.g., RRC signaling, MAC CE).
- the terminal can be indicated one (or more than one) CSI-RS antenna port set from among the plurality of CSI-RS antenna port sets via DCI.
- the DCI can include an ID or index of a CSI-RS antenna port set to be indicated.
- configuration information of a CSI-RS antenna port set can be directly included in the DCI, and the terminal can configure the CSI-RS antenna port set based on the DCI and receive the CSI-RS antenna port set.
- the CSI-RS antenna port set can be indicated only by higher layer signaling (e.g., RRC signaling, MAC CE) without a DCI transmission procedure.
- the terminal may receive a CSI reporting configuration including a plurality of CSI reporting sub-configurations from the base station.
- Each CSI reporting sub-configuration may correspond to each spatial element pattern, i.e., each CSI-RS antenna port set.
- the terminal may be instructed with one (or more than one) CSI reporting sub-configuration(s) via DCI, may receive CSI-RS antenna port set(s) corresponding to the CSI reporting sub-configuration(s), and may perform corresponding CSI measurement and reporting operations by the method described above.
- the terminal may omit an operation of receiving a CSI-RS antenna port that is not included in the instructed CSI-RS antenna port set(s) among the CSI-RS antenna ports belonging to the CSI-RS resource or the CSI-RS resource set.
- the above-described codebook inclusion relationship may be established for the plural CSI reporting sub-configurations.
- the configuration information of the first codebook of the first CSI reporting sub-configuration indicated by the DCI and the second codebook of the second CSI reporting sub-configuration may include (N1(1), N2(1)) and (N1(2), N2(2)), respectively.
- the horizontal and vertical domain codeword lengths of the first codebook may be smaller than or equal to those of the second codebook, respectively. That is, N1(1) ⁇ N1(2) and N2(1) ⁇ N2(2) may be satisfied.
- the above-described CSI-RS antenna port scaling or muting method can be commonly applied to a plurality of terminals communicating with the base station. Accordingly, information indicating a set of CSI-RS antenna ports and/or configuration information of the set of CSI-RS antenna ports can be transmitted to a terminal (or a group of terminals) based on group common DCI.
- the group common DCI can follow DCI format 2_X (X is an integer greater than or equal to 0).
- the terminal can monitor the group common DCI in a CSS set (e.g., a type 3 CSS set).
- the CSS set can be correlated with an arbitrary CORESET.
- the group common DCI can be monitored during the DRX active time (or on-duration).
- the group common DCI can further include information indicating a DRX operation of the terminal (or a cell DTX operation, a DRX operation of the terminal corresponding to the cell DTX operation).
- the group common DCI may additionally include information instructing the terminal to wake up at the next active time (or on-duration) and perform a PDCCH monitoring operation, a downlink signal reception operation, etc., information instructing the terminal to enter a sleep mode at the next inactive time and skip reception of (at least some) downlink signals, etc.
- the terminal may monitor the group common DCI (or the corresponding search space set, CORESET) outside the DTX active time (or inactive time).
- CSI reporting sub-configuration(s) can be indicated by group common DCI.
- Each CSI reporting sub-configuration can correspond to each spatial element pattern, i.e., each CSI-RS antenna port set.
- a terminal can be indicated with one (or more than one) CSI reporting sub-configuration(s) via group common DCI, can receive CSI-RS antenna port set(s) corresponding to the CSI reporting sub-configuration(s), and can perform corresponding CSI measurement and reporting operations by the method described above.
- the terminal can apply the CSI-RS antenna port set(s) indicated by the DCI from a first time point and receive the CSI-RS resources (i.e., the applied CSI-RS antenna port set(s)).
- the first time point can be determined based on the time point at which the DCI is received. For example, the first time point can be determined as a time point after a certain time offset has elapsed from the time point at which the DCI is received.
- the first time point can be indicated by a slot.
- the first time point can be any slot after the slot at which the DCI is received.
- the first time point can be determined as a slot to which a symbol after A symbols from a symbol at which the DCI is received (e.g., the last symbol) or a next slot (A is a natural number).
- A can be predefined in a technical specification.
- A can be determined by a PDCCH reception capability or capability of the terminal.
- the CSI-RS antenna port set(s) indicated by the DCI may be considered to be activated by default (i.e., without a separate activation instruction).
- the indicated CSI-RS antenna port set(s) is activated, the previous CSI-RS antenna port set(s) may be deactivated.
- the terminal may reset the CSI measurement operation.
- the terminal may reset the CSI measurement operation based on the time point at which the indicated CSI-RS antenna port set is applied, i.e., the first time point. Accordingly, the CSI corresponding to the indicated CSI-RS antenna port set may be calculated based on the CSI-RS resource(s) (or CSI-RS occasion(s)) received in the time interval from the first time point (e.g., the slot corresponding to the first time point) to a CSI reference resource (e.g., the corresponding slot).
- the CSI-RS resource(s) (or CSI-RS occasion(s)) received before the first time point may not be used to derive the CSI corresponding to the indicated CSI-RS antenna port set.
- one CSI reported to the base station i.e., one CSI instance, one CSI reporting instance
- the CSI reference resource can be determined as any one slot that is sufficiently earlier than the CSI reporting time point (e.g., slot) by a reference value.
- the CSI reference resource can be a downlink slot. Or, the CSI reference resource can be a slot including at least one downlink symbol or flexible symbol.
- the operation of configuring a CSI-RS antenna port set by a terminal can be performed by the method described above.
- the first configuration information can be transmitted to the terminal, and the first configuration information can include information about CSI-RS antenna ports configuring the CSI-RS antenna port set or information about muted CSI-RS antenna ports excluded from the CSI-RS antenna port set.
- the information can be expressed as information about positions of CSI-RS antenna ports in each dimension of a 2D codebook (e.g., information indicating element positions of a matrix) based on (method 110).
- the number of CSI-RS antenna ports (or, CSI-RS antenna port set) received by the terminal for the same CSI-RS resource may vary with time.
- the number of TXRUs used to transmit the CSI-RS may vary with time. In the above embodiment, 32 TXRUs may be used for CSI-RS transmission in a first time interval in which a first CSI-RS antenna port set is transmitted. On the other hand, 8 TXRUs may be used for CSI-RS transmission in a second time interval in which a second CSI-RS antenna port set is transmitted. The number of TXRUs used for CSI-RS transmission may match the number of TXRUs used to transmit another signal (e.g., PDSCH) within the same time interval.
- another signal e.g., PDSCH
- the base station may operate only a small number of TXRUs in the second time interval including a CSI-RS transmission symbol (i.e., a symbol in which the CSI-RS is transmitted).
- (method 200) can be advantageous for low-power operation compared to (method 100) which requires higher power consumption in the CSI-RS transmission symbol and the preceding and following sections.
- a terminal can measure and transmit only one CSI report for each CSI reporting instance, and the computational complexity and uplink resource efficiency of the terminal can be improved compared to (method 100) which transmits multiple CSI reports each time.
- FIG. 10 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a first embodiment of a resource mapping method for a set of CSI-RS antenna ports.
- the first and second CSI-RS antenna port sets of the embodiment can be mapped to TXRUs (i.e., corresponding physical antenna elements) arranged in a first direction (e.g., horizontal direction), a second direction (e.g., vertical direction), and a third direction (e.g., polarization direction) by the method described above.
- the first and second CSI-RS antenna port sets can be indicated based on two-dimensional matrix information corresponding to the first direction and the second direction (or three-dimensional matrix information corresponding to the first direction, the second direction, and the third direction) by the method described above.
- Each CSI-RS antenna port set can be mapped and transmitted on a CSI-RS resource.
- the first CSI-RS antenna port set can be configured with all CSI-RS antenna ports constituting the CSI-RS resource, and therefore the first CSI-RS antenna port set can follow the RE mapping pattern configured with all CSI-RS antenna ports indicated by the CSI-RS resource configuration. That is, the 16 CSI-RS antenna ports constituting the first CSI-RS antenna port set can be mapped to 16 REs in the same way as illustrated in FIG. 3.
- the second CSI-RS antenna port set can be configured with some CSI-RS antenna ports constituting the CSI-RS resource. In this case, several methods for mapping the 4 CSI-RS antenna ports constituting the second CSI-RS antenna port set to the CSI-RS resource can be considered.
- the first method is the method illustrated in FIG. 10, in which the CSI-RS antenna ports constituting the CSI-RS antenna port set can follow the RE mapping pattern defined for all CSI-RS antenna ports as indicated by the CSI-RS resource configuration.
- the four CSI-RS antenna ports 0 to 3 can correspond to the numbers 0, 1, 8, and 9 before being newly indexed, and in the entire mapping pattern consisting of 16 CSI-RS antenna ports before muting is applied, the CSI-RS antenna ports 0, 1, 8, and 9 can be mapped to four REs of CDM group 0, four REs of CDM group 0, four REs of CDM group 2, and four REs of CDM group 2, respectively.
- Different codes may be applied to CSI-RS antenna ports belonging to the same CDM group.
- four CSI-RS antenna ports may be mapped to eight REs, and the eight REs may occupy four symbols and two subcarriers.
- the remaining eight REs i.e., four REs of CDM group 1 and four REs of CDM group 3 to which the four CSI-RS antenna ports are not mapped may be muted. That is, the remaining eight REs may not be used for transmission of the CSI-RS resource.
- the above-described method may be referred to as (method 310).
- the CSI-RS antenna ports constituting the CSI-RS antenna port set may be sequentially mapped onto the CSI-RS resource based on newly assigned antenna port numbers within the CSI-RS antenna port set, while following the RE mapping pattern consisting of all CSI-RS antenna ports indicated by the CSI-RS resource configuration.
- the above-described method may be referred to as (method 320).
- Figure 11 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a second embodiment of a resource mapping method for a set of CSI-RS antenna ports.
- a CSI-RS antenna port set can be mapped onto a CSI-RS resource by (method 320).
- the four CSI-RS antenna ports constituting the second CSI-RS antenna port set can have newly assigned indices 0 to 3 within the CSI-RS antenna port set, and can be mapped to REs according to the CSI-RS resource mapping rule illustrated in FIG. 1 based on the indices. That is, CSI-RS antenna ports 0 to 3 can be mapped to four REs constituting CDM group 0 according to a rule that they are mapped in ascending order within the CDM group first, and different codes (e.g., different OCCs) can be applied. The remaining 12 REs may not be used for transmission of the CSI-RS resource.
- the second CSI-RS antenna port set can be transmitted by occupying a smaller number of REs and a smaller number of symbols. Therefore, resource efficiency and transmission delay time can be improved.
- the CSI-RS antenna ports constituting the CSI-RS antenna port set can be mapped onto the CSI-RS resource according to a separate RE mapping pattern.
- the separate RE mapping pattern can be determined by a rule predefined in the technical specification.
- the separate RE mapping pattern can be transmitted from the base station to the terminal through a signaling procedure.
- the above-described method can be referred to as (method 330).
- FIG. 12 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a third embodiment of a resource mapping method for a set of CSI-RS antenna ports.
- a CSI-RS antenna port set can be mapped onto a CSI-RS resource by (method 330).
- the four CSI-RS antenna ports constituting the second CSI-RS antenna port set can have newly assigned indices 0 to 3 within the CSI-RS antenna port set, and can be mapped to REs by a separate CSI-RS mapping pattern.
- the separate mapping pattern can be composed of two CDM groups, and each of the two CDM groups can be composed of two adjacent REs in the frequency domain, and the two CDM groups can be mapped to the same symbol.
- CSI-RS antenna ports 0 to 3 can be mapped to two REs of CDM group 0, two REs of CDM group 0, two REs of CDM group 1, and two REs of CDM group 1, respectively, firstly by a rule that the indexing is performed in ascending order within the CDM group and secondly in the frequency domain.
- Different codes e.g., different OCCs
- four CSI-RS antenna ports can be mapped to four REs and one symbol.
- the second CSI-RS antenna port set can be transmitted by occupying fewer REs and fewer symbols.
- the second CSI-RS antenna port set can be transmitted by occupying fewer symbols. Therefore, resource efficiency and transmission delay time can be improved.
- a resource (i.e., a set of REs) configuring a separate RE mapping pattern for a CSI-RS antenna port set may be included in the CSI-RS resource (i.e., a set of REs configuring the CSI-RS resource) before muting is applied.
- the CSI-RS resource i.e., a set of REs configuring the CSI-RS resource
- four REs to which the second CSI-RS antenna port set is mapped may be a subset of 16 REs configuring the CSI-RS resource. That is, a nested structure may be established between the CSI-RS resource and the resource to which the CSI-RS antenna port set interrelated with the CSI-RS resource is mapped.
- the separate RE mapping pattern may be determined based on resource mapping configuration information configured by the base station.
- the configuration information regarding the size of a CDM group to be applied to the separate RE mapping pattern, the number of CDM groups, the symbol(s) on which each CDM group is arranged, the subcarrier(s) on which each CDM group is arranged, and the like may be signaled from the base station to the terminal. At least some of the above information may be signaled to the terminal separately from the resource mapping configuration information of the CSI-RS resource.
- the CDM group size for the CSI-RS antenna port set (2 in the above embodiment) may be different from the CDM group size set for the CSI-RS resource (4 in the above embodiment).
- the resources (i.e., the set of REs) constituting a separate RE mapping pattern for a CSI-RS antenna port set may include other resources (i.e., other RE(s)) than the CSI-RS resources (i.e., the set of REs constituting the CSI-RS resources) before muting is applied.
- the CSI-RS antenna ports constituting the second CSI-RS antenna port set may be mapped to other symbols (e.g., the third symbol) other than the symbols to which the CSI-RS resources are mapped.
- the CSI-RS antenna ports constituting the second CSI-RS antenna port set may be mapped to other subcarriers (e.g., the first subcarrier) other than the subcarriers to which the CSI-RS resources are mapped.
- a resource (i.e., a set of REs) configuring a separate RE mapping pattern for a set of CSI-RS antenna ports can be arranged in the same time resource unit (e.g., the same slot, the same subframe, the same subslot, etc.) as the CSI-RS resource (i.e., the set of REs configuring the CSI-RS resource) before muting is applied, and can have the same resource period and time offset.
- the CSI-RS reception period and time point of the terminal can be maintained even if the number of CSI-RS antenna ports is dynamically changed.
- CSI-RS may not be transmitted in some RE(s) configuring CSI-RS resources by the CSI-RS muting operation.
- the CSI-RS antenna port may not be mapped to 8 REs indicated in the 9th subcarrier and the 10th subcarrier, and CSI-RS may not be transmitted in the REs.
- the CSI-RS antenna port may not be mapped to 12 REs indicated in the 6th symbol, the 9th symbol, and the 10th symbol, and CSI-RS may not be transmitted in the REs.
- the RE(s) can be used for transmission of other signals.
- the terminal can receive other downlink signals other than the CSI-RS resources in the RE(s).
- the downlink signal can include a PDSCH. That is, the terminal can receive the PDSCH in resources including the RE(s) to which the CSI-RS is not mapped. In other words, the PDSCH may not be rate-matched for the RE(s) to which the CSI-RS is not mapped.
- the terminal can receive the PDSCH in resources excluding the RE(s) to which the CSI-RS is actually mapped (i.e., the RE(s) to which the activated CSI-RS antenna port set is mapped) among the REs configuring the CSI-RS resource.
- the PDSCH can be rate-matched around the RE(s) to which the CSI-RS is actually mapped (i.e., the RE(s) to which the activated CSI-RS antenna port set is mapped) among the REs configuring the CSI-RS resource.
- the above-described rate matching operation may be referred to as a first rate matching operation.
- Whether to perform the above-described PDSCH rate matching operation may be determined based on a time relationship between a time at which the UE is scheduled for the PDSCH (e.g., a time at which a scheduling DCI is received) and a time at which the UE is instructed to receive the CSI-RS antenna port set (e.g., a time at which a DCI or MAC CE instructing to receive the CSI-RS antenna port set is received). If the time at which the UE is scheduled for the PDSCH is not earlier (or later) than the time at which the UE is instructed to receive the CSI-RS antenna port set, the UE may receive the PDSCH based on the above-described rate matching operation.
- the terminal can receive the PDSCH in a resource region excluding the RE(s). That is, the PDSCH can be rate-matched for all RE(s) constituting the CSI-RS resource.
- the PDSCH can be received in a resource region excluding the 16 REs constituting the CSI-RS resource.
- the above-described rate matching operation may be referred to as the second rate matching operation.
- the first rate matching operation and the second rate matching operation may be selectively performed.
- the base station may instruct the terminal to perform one of the first rate matching operation and the second rate matching operation.
- the instruction information may be transmitted to the terminal based on a signaling procedure from the base station to the terminal (e.g., RRC signaling, DCI, MAC CE).
- the terminal may select one of the first rate matching operation and the second rate matching operation based on a rule predefined in a technical specification, and perform the selected operation.
- a predefined rule can be defined based on a time relationship between a time at which a terminal is scheduled for a PDSCH and a time at which a terminal is instructed to receive a set of CSI-RS antenna ports.
- the terminal can receive the PDSCH based on a first rate matching operation, and otherwise, the terminal can receive the PDSCH based on a second rate matching operation.
- the downlink signal may include a PDCCH.
- the terminal may receive CSI-RS resource configuration information and CORESET configuration information that allow the CSI-RS resource and the CORESET to overlap.
- the terminal may monitor a PDCCH candidate mapped to a resource including RE(s) to which the CSI-RS is not mapped among PDCCH candidates belonging to the CORESET (or the corresponding search space set), and may receive a PDCCH in the corresponding resource.
- the terminal can transmit an uplink signal in the RE(s).
- the RE(s) can be an RE on a flexible symbol
- the terminal can transmit an uplink signal in a resource region including the RE(s).
- the CSI-RS resource and the uplink resource can be configured in the terminal to overlap.
- the CSI-RS resource can overlap with the SRS resource on the same symbol and/or on the same RE(s).
- the CSI-RS resource can overlap with the PUCCH resource on the same symbol and/or on the same RE(s). The overlap of the CSI-RS resource and the uplink resource can be allowed only in the flexible symbol configured in the terminal.
- the terminal can receive multiple CSI-RS antenna port sets in a certain CSI-RS resource period (or, time interval). For example, the base station can instruct the terminal to receive multiple CSI-RS antenna port sets via DCI. The terminal can calculate CSI based on the multiple CSI-RS antenna port sets. For example, the terminal can calculate CSI for each of the multiple CSI-RS antenna port sets. The calculated CSI(s) can be reported to the base station. That is, (method 200) can be implemented in combination with (method 100).
- a plurality of (or, one or more) CSI-RS antenna port sets can be configured or indicated for one CSI-RS resource.
- CSI(s) derived based on the plurality of CSI-RS antenna port sets can be CSI(s) corresponding to the CSI-RS resource, and can be reported to the base station based on the CSI reporting configuration corresponding to the CSI-RS resource.
- the above-described resource configuration is merely an example, and the idea of the present disclosure is not limited to the above-described resource configuration and can be implemented in various forms.
- one CSI-RS resource corresponding to one or more CSI-RS antenna port sets can be interpreted as "one CSI-RS resource set corresponding to one or more CSI-RS resources.” That is, the CSI-RS resource can correspond to a CSI-RS resource set, and the CSI-RS antenna port set can correspond to a CSI-RS resource.
- “one CSI-RS resource corresponds to one or more CSI-RS antenna port sets” can be interpreted as "one CSI resource set corresponds to one or more CSI-RS resource sets.” That is, the CSI-RS resource can correspond to a CSI resource set, and the CSI-RS antenna port set can correspond to a CSI-RS resource set.
- the above-described CSI-RS antenna port set configuration operation and the associated operation with the CSI report can be interpreted as an operation of configuring a CSI-RS resource or a CSI-RS resource set and an associated operation with the corresponding CSI report.
- the first configuration information, the CSI-RS muting pattern, etc. can be configured for each CSI-RS resource or each CSI-RS resource set.
- the terminal can generate CSI report information for each CSI-RS resource or each CSI-RS resource set, and transmit the generated CSI report(s) to the base station.
- the terminal can perform transmission and reception with multiple TRPs simultaneously.
- the terminal can receive PDSCHs from multiple TRPs.
- the multiple TRPs can transmit different layers of the PDSCH on the same resource.
- the multiple TRPs can transmit different PDSCHs to the terminal, respectively.
- the resources of the PDSCHs transmitted from the multiple TRPs may or may not overlap.
- NCJT non-coherent joint transmission
- the NCJT transmission scheme can be dynamically switched with the single TRP transmission scheme. Therefore, the terminal can measure CSI under the multiple TRP transmission assumption (i.e., the NCJT hypothesis). This may be referred to as the NCJT measurement hypothesis. In addition, the terminal can measure CSI under the single TRP transmission assumption. This may be referred to as the single TRP measurement hypothesis.
- the CSI under the NCJT measurement hypothesis and the CSI under the single TRP measurement hypothesis can be reported to the base station through one CSI report. For example, the terminal can select one of the CSI(s) under the NCJT measurement hypothesis and the CSI(s) under the single TRP measurement hypothesis (e.g., the CSI corresponding to the largest value of CQI) and report the selected CSI to the base station.
- the terminal can report both the CSI(s) under the NCJT measurement hypothesis and the CSI(s) under the single TRP measurement hypothesis to the base station.
- the CSI-RS resource set configured in the terminal for the above-described CSI reporting operation may include multiple CSI-RS resources, and among these, the CSI-RS resource pair(s) to be used for NCJT transmission may be configured separately in the terminal.
- Each CSI-RS resource may include unique TCI state information, and for example, each CSI-RS resource may correspond to each TRP.
- TRPs can transmit and receive signals by applying a TXRU muting method to improve network power efficiency.
- each TXRU muting pattern can correspond to each CSI reporting sub-configuration, and the terminal can be configured with a CSI reporting configuration including a plurality of sub-configurations.
- each CSI-RS resource can be interrelated with the plurality of sub-configurations and correspond to at least one of a NCJT measurement hypothesis and a single TRP measurement hypothesis.
- a first CSI-RS resource and a second CSI-RS resource belonging to the same CSI-RS resource set can be configured as a CMR (CSI resources for channel measurement) pair, and the terminal can perform CSI measurement and reporting operations by the NCJT measurement hypothesis based on these.
- a third CSI-RS resource is not configured as a CMR pair and can be referenced for CSI measurement and reporting by the single TRP measurement hypothesis.
- each sub-configuration configuring the CSI report can be interrelated with all CSI-RS resources and all CMR pairs configuring the CSI-RS resource set.
- each sub-configuration can be interrelated with a CMR pair composed of the first CSI-RS resource and the second CSI-RS resource and a third CSI-RS resource.
- the terminal can measure CSI according to the NCJT measurement hypothesis based on the CMR pair for each sub-configuration, and can measure CSI according to the single TRP measurement hypothesis based on the third CSI-RS resource.
- the terminal can select one or more CSI(s) from among these by the above-described method and report the selected CSI(s) to the base station.
- the CRI corresponding to the CSI-RS resource(s) or CMR pair(s) on which the selected CSI(s) are based can also be reported.
- the above-described CSI-RS scaling method or CSI-RS muting method may correspond to the first TXRU muting method. Meanwhile, as described above, when TXRUs are scaled by the second TXRU muting method, the number of corresponding CSI-RS antenna ports may not change. That is, even if the number of TXRUs to which CSI-RS antenna ports are mapped dynamically changes, the terminal can receive the same CSI-RS antenna ports in the CSI-RS resource of each period. In the embodiment of FIG. 5b, the terminal can receive 16 CSI-RS antenna ports identically before and after the TXRUs are muted. That is, the 16 CSI-RS antenna ports constituting the CSI-RS resource can be transmitted through the first TXRU set at the first time point, and can be transmitted through the second TXRU set at the second time point.
- the mapping between each CSI-RS antenna port and the physical antenna elements may change, and as a result, the beam pattern, coverage (or signal reachability or area), etc. formed by each CSI-RS antenna port may change. Accordingly, the downlink measurement value, measurement quality, etc. based on the CSI-RS resource transmitted through the first TXRU set may be different from the downlink measurement value, measurement quality, etc. based on the CSI-RS resource transmitted through the second TXRU set.
- the base station may instruct the terminal to change a downlink measurement operation based on the CSI-RS resources. For example, the base station may instruct the terminal to reset a downlink measurement operation based on the CSI-RS resources.
- the terminal may measure CSI based on the remaining CSI-RS resource(s) excluding the CSI-RS resource(s) received before the reset application time (the first slot to which reset is applied) and report the measured CSI.
- the terminal may measure and report CSI based on the CSI-RS resource(s) received in a resource not later than the CSI reference resource.
- the CSI report may be calculated based on the CSI-RS resource(s) received between the reset application time (e.g., the corresponding slot) and the CSI-RS reference resource (e.g., the corresponding slot).
- the reset instruction may be dynamically performed by DCI.
- the above DCI may be a group common DCI.
- the DCI may be a DCI indicating a set of CSI-RS antenna ports in (method 200) or a DCI corresponding thereto.
- the terminal may be indicated by the DCI the same set(s) of CSI-RS antenna ports as before. If the same set(s) of CSI-RS antenna ports as before are indicated, the terminal may regard this as TXRU scaling by the second TXRU muting method occurring, and may reset the CSI measurement and/or reporting operation by the method described above.
- the reset indication may be performed by higher layer signaling (e.g., RRC signaling, MAC CE).
- the terminal may be configured with a plurality of CSI-RS antenna port sets having the same number of antenna ports and/or antenna port configurations (e.g., N1 and N2 parameters).
- the CSI-RS resource or the CSI-RS resource set may include a first CSI-RS antenna port set and a second CSI-RS antenna port set, and configurations of the first CSI-RS antenna port set and the second CSI-RS antenna port set may be the same. That is, the first CSI-RS antenna port set and the second CSI-RS antenna port set may be configured with antenna ports having the same number of antenna ports and/or following the same configuration (e.g., the same N1 and N2 values).
- the first CSI-RS antenna port set and the second CSI-RS antenna port set may mean a plurality of different CSI-RS resources.
- the plurality of CSI-RS resources may be included in the CSI-RS resource set.
- the first CSI-RS antenna port set and the second CSI-RS antenna port set may correspond to multiple CSI reporting sub-configurations corresponding to the same CSI-RS resource.
- the number of CSI-RS antenna ports of the first CSI-RS antenna port set and the second CSI-RS antenna port set may be equal to the number of CSI-RS antenna ports of the CSI-RS resource.
- the terminal can perform a CSI reporting operation based on a first CSI-RS antenna port set or a CSI reporting configuration (or a CSI reporting sub-configuration) associated therewith in a first time interval.
- the terminal can be instructed by the base station to perform a CSI reporting operation based on a second CSI-RS antenna port set or a CSI reporting configuration (or a CSI reporting sub-configuration) associated therewith.
- the instruction can be operated by DCI.
- the terminal can reset a CSI measurement or calculation operation.
- the terminal can distinguish between a first CSI measurement and reporting operation for a first CSI-RS antenna port set (or a corresponding CSI reporting configuration or CSI reporting sub-configuration) and a second CSI measurement and reporting operation for a second CSI-RS antenna port set (or a corresponding CSI reporting configuration or CSI reporting sub-configuration).
- the first CSI measurement and reporting operation may correspond to the first CSI-RS antenna port virtualization or beamforming
- the second CSI measurement and reporting operation may correspond to the second CSI-RS antenna port virtualization or beamforming.
- the terminal may be configured with a CSI reporting configuration including a first CSI reporting sub-configuration and a second CSI reporting sub-configuration.
- the first CSI reporting sub-configuration may instruct a CSI measurement and reporting operation for a set of CSI-RS antenna ports transmitted by the first virtualization or the first TXRU set
- the second CSI reporting sub-configuration may instruct a CSI measurement and reporting operation for a set of CSI-RS antenna ports transmitted by the second virtualization or the second TXRU set.
- the first CSI reporting sub-configuration and the second CSI reporting sub-configuration may be interrelated with the first CSI-RS resource and the second CSI-RS resource, respectively.
- the first CSI-RS resource and the second CSI-RS resource may be included in the same CSI-RS resource set and may be configured with the same number of CSI-RS antenna ports.
- the transmission period and periodicity of the first CSI-RS resource and the second CSI-RS resource may be the same.
- the set of REs to which the CSI-RS resource is mapped and the mapping pattern may be different between the first CSI-RS resource and the second CSI-RS resource.
- the first CSI-RS resource and the second CSI-RS resource may be mapped to REs by mapping patterns according to independent CSI-RS resource configurations, respectively.
- the first CSI-RS resource and the second CSI-RS resource are mapped based on the same mapping pattern on the same resource.
- the first CSI-RS resource and the second CSI-RS resource may be configured to completely overlap, and the set of REs to which they are mapped and the RE mapping pattern may also be identical. That is, the first CSI-RS resource and the second CSI-RS resource may not be physically distinguished, and may only be logically distinguished by being referenced by different CSI reporting sub-configurations.
- the terminal may not perform the CSI measurement and reporting operation for the first CSI-RS resource and the CSI measurement and reporting operation for the second CSI-RS resource simultaneously. That is, the terminal may receive the first CSI-RS resource for CSI measurement in the first time interval, and may receive the second CSI-RS resource for CSI measurement in the second time interval.
- the first time interval and the second time interval may not overlap.
- the transition from the first time interval to the second time interval, or from the second time interval to the first time interval, may be instructed to the terminal by the signaling method described above.
- the CSI calculation complexity of the terminal in each of the first time interval and the second time interval may correspond to a CSI measurement operation corresponding to one CSI-RS resource. That is, the actual CSI measurement operation of the terminal in the first time interval may occupy one CPU, and similarly, the actual CSI measurement operation of the terminal in the second time interval may occupy one CPU.
- the first CSI-RS resource and the second CSI-RS resource can occupy one CPU. That is, the first CSI-RS resource and the second CSI-RS resource may not be counted separately from the CPU perspective but may be counted only once. Alternatively, only one CSI-RS resource among the first CSI-RS resource and the second CSI-RS resource may occupy the CPU.
- the one CSI-RS resource may be determined based on a CSI-RS resource index or a CSI reporting sub-configuration index that is correlated with each other. The method may be applied only when the above-described condition is satisfied, that is, when the first CSI-RS resource and the second CSI-RS resource are referenced by different CSI reporting sub-configurations.
- the different CSI reporting sub-configurations may be sub-configurations included in the same CSI reporting configuration.
- the application conditions of the method may additionally include a condition that the first CSI-RS resource and the second CSI-RS resource overlap (e.g., completely overlap), a condition that RE mapping patterns of the first CSI-RS resource and the second CSI-RS are the same, etc.
- the CPU of the terminal can be calculated to reflect the actual CSI calculation complexity of the terminal, and the terminal can perform additional CSI measurement and reporting operations in the corresponding section by utilizing the remaining CPU, for example, CSI measurement and reporting operations for the third CSI-RS resource.
- the third CSI-RS resource can be referenced by the first CSI reporting sub-configuration or the second CSI reporting sub-configuration.
- the third CSI-RS resource can be referenced by another CSI reporting sub-configuration or another CSI reporting configuration other than the first CSI reporting sub-configuration and the second CSI reporting sub-configuration.
- the CSI-RS antenna ports constituting the first CSI-RS resource and the CSI-RS antenna ports constituting the second CSI-RS resource may not be counted as active CSI-RS antenna ports. That is, when the first CSI-RS resource and the second CSI-RS resource are configured with R CSI-RS antenna ports, the corresponding number of active CSI-RS antenna ports may be R, not 2*R. For example, only the CSI-RS antenna ports constituting one CSI-RS resource among the first CSI-RS resource and the second CSI-RS resource may be counted as the active CSI-RS antenna ports. Similarly, the one CSI-RS resource may be determined based on a CSI-RS resource index or a correlated CSI reporting sub-configuration index.
- the terminal can measure CSI based on a single CSI-RS resource (or CSI-RS instance).
- a second TXRU muting method may be considered to restrict the use of the terminal to cases where the CSI measurement resources are restricted to perform CSI measurement operations.
- the above-described CSI-RS scaling muting method can be basically applied to periodic CSI-RS and semi-persistent CSI-RS.
- the corresponding above-described CSI reporting method can be applied to periodic CSI reporting, semi-persistent CSI reporting, and aperiodic CSI reporting procedures.
- a terminal can be configured with a plurality of CSI-RS resources for a CSI-RS resource set, and can be dynamically instructed to receive one of the plurality of CSI-RS resources by DCI.
- each of the CSI-RS resources can correspond to the above-described CSI-RS antenna port set.
- the PDSCH can be mapped to resources except for REs to which the ZP CSI-RS antenna port set is mapped, and can be transmitted to the terminal.
- the CSI-RS resource may mean a CSI-IM resource (or, NZP CSI-IM resource)
- the CSI-RS antenna port set may mean a CSI-IM antenna port set (or, NZP CSI-IM antenna port set).
- the terminal may perform an interference measurement operation on the CSI-IM antenna port set.
- the operation of the method according to an embodiment of the present invention can be implemented as a computer-readable program or code on a computer-readable recording medium.
- the computer-readable recording medium includes all types of recording devices that store information that can be read by a computer system.
- the computer-readable recording medium can be distributed over network-connected computer systems so that the computer-readable program or code can be stored and executed in a distributed manner.
- the computer-readable recording medium may include hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, etc.
- the program instructions may include not only machine language codes generated by a compiler, but also high-level language codes that can be executed by the computer using an interpreter, etc.
- a block or device corresponds to a method step or a feature of a method step.
- aspects described in the context of a method may also be described as a feature of a corresponding block or item or a corresponding device.
- Some or all of the method steps may be performed by (or using) a hardware device, such as, for example, a microprocessor, a programmable computer or an electronic circuit. In some embodiments, at least one or more of the most critical method steps may be performed by such a device.
- a programmable logic device e.g., a field-programmable gate array
- a field-programmable gate array may operate in conjunction with a microprocessor to perform one of the methods described herein. In general, the methods are preferably performed by some hardware device.
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| 부반송파 간격 | 15kHz | 30kHz | 60kHz | 120kHz | 240kHz | 480kHz |
| OFDM 심볼 길이 [] |
66.7 | 33.3 | 16.7 | 8.3 | 4.2 | 2.1 |
| CP 길이 [[] | 4.76 | 2.38 | 1.19 | 0.60 | 0.30 | 0.15 |
| ms 내의 OFDM 심볼 개수 | 14 | 28 | 56 | 112 | 224 | 448 |
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- 단말의 방법으로서,기지국으로부터 제1 CSI-RS(channel state information-reference signal) 자원에 관한 제1 설정 정보를 수신하는 단계;CSI 보고 동작을 위한 제2 설정 정보를 상기 기지국으로부터 수신하는 단계;상기 제1 설정 정보 및 상기 제2 설정 정보에 기초하여 상기 제1 CSI-RS 자원을 구성하는 L(L은 자연수)개의 CSI-RS 안테나 포트들의 제1 부분집합인 M(M은 L 이하의 자연수)개의 CSI-RS 안테나 포트들을 통해 CSI-RS를 수신하는 단계;상기 M개의 CSI-RS 안테나 포트들에 기초하여 제1 PMI(precoding matrix indicator)를 결정하는 단계; 및상기 제1 PMI를 포함하는 CSI 보고를 상기 기지국에 송신하는 단계를 포함하고,상기 제1 PMI를 결정하는 단계는 적어도 제1 차원 및 제2 차원의 크기가 각각 N1 및 N2인 코드북에 기초하여 수행되고, N1 및 N2는 각각 M의 약수로 결정되는,방법.
- 청구항 1에 있어서,상기 제2 설정 정보는 복수의 CSI 보고 서브-설정들에 관한 설정 정보를 포함하고, 상기 제1 CSI-RS 자원은 상기 복수의 CSI 보고 서브-설정들에 포함된 제1 CSI 보고 서브-설정에 의해 참조되며, 상기 제1 PMI는 상기 제1 CSI 보고 서브-설정에 대응되는 CSI인,방법.
- 청구항 2에 있어서,제2 CSI-RS 자원이 상기 제1 CSI 보고 서브-설정에 의해 추가로 참조되고, 상기 제1 CSI 보고 서브-설정에 대응되는 CSI는 CRI(CSI-RS resource indicator)를 포함하고, 상기 CRI는 상기 제1 CSI-RS 자원 또는 상기 제2 CSI-RS 자원의 인덱스인,방법.
- 청구항 3에 있어서,상기 제2 CSI-RS 자원은 L개의 CSI-RS 안테나 포트들로 구성되고, 상기 제1 CSI-RS와 동일한 CSI-RS 자원 집합에 속하는,방법.
- 청구항 1에 있어서,상기 M개의 CSI-RS 안테나 포트들은 길이 L인 비트맵으로 표현되고, 상기 비트맵은 상기 제2 설정 정보에 포함되어 상기 기지국으로부터 상기 단말에 전송되는,방법.
- 청구항 1에 있어서,상기 M개의 CSI-RS 안테나 포트들의 안테나 포트 번호들은 P부터 (P+M-1)까지의 연속적인 값으로 오름차순으로 재부여되고, P는 0 또는 자연수이며, 상기 재부여된 안테나 포트 번호들에 기초하여 상기 제1 PMI는 결정되는,방법.
- 청구항 1에 있어서,M=2*N1*N2이고, N1은 상기 제1 차원에 대응되는 CSI-RS 안테나 포트들의 개수에 기초한 값이며, N2는 상기 제2 차원에 대응되는 CSI-RS 안테나 포트들의 개수에 기초한 값인,방법.
- 청구항 1에 있어서,M=2*N1*N2*Ng이고, N1은 상기 제1 차원에 대응되는 CSI-RS 안테나 포트들의 개수에 기초한 값이며, N2는 상기 제2 차원에 대응되는 CSI-RS 안테나 포트들의 개수에 기초한 값이며, 상기 Ng는 안테나 패널들의 개수이며, 상기 코드북은 Ng개의 패널들로 구성되는 다중 패널에 대한 코드북인,방법.
- 청구항 2에 있어서,상기 L개의 CSI-RS 안테나 포트들의 제2 부분집합인 M2개의 CSI-RS 안테나 포트들을 통해 CSI-RS를 수신하는 단계; 및상기 M2개의 CSI-RS 안테나 포트들에 기초하여 제2 PMI를 결정하는 단계를 추가로 포함하는,방법.
- 청구항 9에 있어서,상기 제2 PMI는 상위계층 메시지에 의한 지시에 기초하여 상기 CSI 보고에 포함되고 상기 기지국에 전송되는,방법.
- 청구항 9에 있어서,상기 제1 CSI-RS 자원은 상기 복수의 CSI 보고 서브-설정에 포함된 제2 CSI 보고 서브-설정에 의해 참조되고, 상기 제2 PMI는 상기 제2 CSI 보고 서브-설정에 대응되는 CSI인,방법.
- 기지국의 방법으로서,제1 CSI-RS(channel state information-reference signal) 자원에 관한 제1 설정 정보를 단말에게 전송하는 단계;CSI 보고를 위한 제2 설정 정보를 상기 단말에게 전송하는 단계;상기 제1 CSI-RS 자원을 구성하는 L(L은 자연수)개의 CSI-RS 안테나 포트들의 전부 또는 일부를 통해 CSI-RS를 상기 단말로 전송하는 단계; 및상기 제1 설정 정보와 상기 제2 설정 정보에 따라 결정된 상기 L개의 CSI-RS 안테나 포트들의 제1 부분집합인 M(M은 L 이하의 자연수)개의 CSI-RS 안테나 포트들에 기초하여 결정된 제1 PMI(precoding matrix indicator)를 포함하는 CSI 보고를 상기 단말로부터 수신하는 단계를 포함하고,상기 제1 PMI는 적어도 제1 차원 및 제2 차원의 크기가 각각 N1 및 N2인 코드북에 기초하여 수행되고, N1 및 N2는 각각 M의 약수로 결정되는,방법.
- 청구항 12에 있어서,상기 제2 설정 정보는 복수의 CSI 보고 서브-설정들에 관한 설정 정보를 포함하고, 상기 제1 CSI-RS 자원은 상기 복수의 CSI 보고 서브-설정들에 포함된 제1 CSI 보고 서브-설정에 의해 참조되며, 상기 제1 PMI는 상기 제1 CSI 보고 서브-설정에 대응되는 CSI인,방법.
- 청구항 13에 있어서,제2 CSI-RS 자원이 상기 제1 CSI 보고 서브-설정에 의해 추가로 참조되고, 상기 제1 CSI 보고 서브-설정에 대응되는 CSI는 CRI(CSI-RS resource indicator)를 포함하고, 상기 CRI는 상기 제1 CSI-RS 자원 또는 상기 제2 CSI-RS 자원의 인덱스인,방법.
- 청구항 14에 있어서,상기 제2 CSI-RS 자원은 L개의 CSI-RS 안테나 포트들로 구성되고, 상기 제1 CSI-RS와 동일한 CSI-RS 자원 집합에 속하는,방법.
- 청구항 12에 있어서,상기 M개의 CSI-RS 안테나 포트들은 길이 L인 비트맵으로 표현되고, 상기 비트맵은 상기 제2 설정 정보에 포함되어 상기 기지국으로부터 상기 단말에 전송되는,방법.
- 청구항 12에 있어서,상기 M개의 CSI-RS 안테나 포트들의 안테나 포트 번호들은 P부터 (P+M-1)까지의 연속적인 값으로 오름차순으로 재부여되고, P는 0 또는 자연수이며, 상기 재부여된 안테나 포트 번호들에 기초하여 상기 제1 PMI는 결정되는,방법.
- 청구항 12에 있어서,M=2*N1*N2이고, N1은 상기 제1 차원에 대응되는 CSI-RS 안테나 포트들의 개수에 기초한 값이며, N2는 상기 제2 차원에 대응되는 CSI-RS 안테나 포트들의 개수에 기초한 값인,방법.
- 청구항 12에 있어서,M=2*N1*N2*Ng이고, N1은 상기 제1 차원에 대응되는 CSI-RS 안테나 포트들의 개수에 기초한 값이며, N2는 상기 제2 차원에 대응되는 CSI-RS 안테나 포트들의 개수에 기초한 값이며, 상기 Ng는 안테나 패널들의 개수이며, 상기 코드북은 Ng개의 패널들로 구성되는 다중 패널에 대한 코드북인,방법.
- 단말에 있어서,상기 단말은 프로세서를 포함하고,상기 프로세서는 상기 단말이:기지국으로부터 제1 CSI-RS(channel state information-reference signal) 자원에 관한 제1 설정 정보를 수신하는 단계;CSI 보고 동작을 위한 제2 설정 정보를 상기 기지국으로부터 수신하는 단계;상기 제1 설정 정보 및 상기 제2 설정 정보에 기초하여 상기 제1 CSI-RS 자원을 구성하는 L(L은 자연수)개의 CSI-RS 안테나 포트들의 제1 부분집합인 M(M은 L 이하의 자연수)개의 CSI-RS 안테나 포트들을 통해 CSI-RS를 수신하는 단계;상기 M개의 CSI-RS 안테나 포트들에 기초하여 제1 PMI(precoding matrix indicator)를 결정하는 단계; 및상기 제1 PMI를 포함하는 CSI 보고를 상기 기지국에 송신하는 단계를 수행하도록 하고,상기 제1 PMI를 결정하는 단계는 적어도 제1 차원 및 제2 차원의 크기가 각각 N1 및 N2인 코드북에 기초하여 수행되고, N1 및 N2는 각각 M의 약수로 결정되는,단말.
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