WO2017008235A1 - Method and apparatus for downlink transmission power configuration and signal detection - Google Patents
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- the non-limiting and exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to the technical field of radio communications, and specifically to a method and apparatus for downlink transmission power configuration and signal detection.
- MIMO Multiple Input and Multiple Output
- SE spectrum efficiency
- LTE Long Term Evolution
- LTE-A Long Term Evolution-Advanced
- 3GPP third generation project partnership
- Conventional one-dimensional (horizontal domain) antenna array can provide flexible beam adaption in the azimuth domain only through the horizontal domain precoding process, wherein a fixed down-tilt is applied in the vertical direction. It has been found recently that full MIMO capability can be exploited through leveraging a two dimensional antenna planar such that a user-specific elevation beamforming and spatial multiplexing in the vertical domain are also possible.
- a Study Item of 3GPP Release 12 proposed to study user specific beamforming and full dimensional MIMO (i.e., 3D MIMO) with two dimensional (2D) antenna arrays (also known as Active Antenna System (AAS) ) . It can potentially improve transmit and/or receive gain, and reduce intra/inter-cell interference.
- 3D MIMO three dimensional MIMO
- 2D antenna arrays also known as Active Antenna System (AAS)
- AAS Active Antenna System
- CSI-RS channel state information reference signal
- RAN1#80 In 3GPP RAN1#80 meeting, it was agreed to increase the maximum number of CSI-RS ports to more than 8 per CSI process. In RAN#68 meeting, supporting up to 12 and 16 CSI-RS ports by extending existing ⁇ 1, 2, 4, 8 ⁇ CSI-RS antenna ports using full-port mapping is discussed.
- a method implemented by a base station for controlling downlink transmission power comprises transmitting to a device a first power parameter for indicating information on a downlink transmission power in a resource to which a CSI-RS with a first resource configuration for L antenna ports is mapped, wherein the information on the downlink transmission power includes at least one of: information on a transmission power of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) ; information on a transmission power of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) for the PDSCH; and information on a transmission power of the CSI-RS with the first resource configuration, wherein the first resource configuration together with a second resource configuration for M antenna ports indicate a resource configuration for a CSI-RS with L+M antenna ports; the method may also comprise transmitting in the resource, based on the downlink transmission power indicated by the first power parameter.
- PDSCH physical downlink shared channel
- DMRS demodulation reference signal
- the information on the transmission power of the PDSCH includes at least one off a ratio between energy per resource element (EPRE) of the PDSCH and EPRE of a cell-specific reference signal, and an offset or a ratio between the EPRE of the PDSCH in the resource and EPRE of a PDSCH in another resource.
- EPRE of a PDSCH in another resource includes at least one of:
- EPRE of a PDSCH in a resource to which no CSI-RS is mapped EPRE of a PDSCH in a resource to which a CSI-RS with the second resource configuration is mapped, wherein the second resource configuration is different from the first resource configuration.
- the information on the transmission power of the DMRS for the PDSCH includes at least one of: a ratio between energy per resource element (EPRE) of the DMRS and EPRE of a cell-specific reference signal; a ratio between EPRE of the DMRS and EPRE of the PDSCH in the resource; and an offset or a ratio between EPRE of the DMRS in the resource and EPRE of a DMRS in another resource.
- EPRE energy per resource element
- the EPRE of a DMRS in another resource includes at least one of: EPRE of a DMRS in a resource to which no CSI-RS is mapped; and EPRE of a DMRS in a resource to which a CSI-RS with the second resource configuration is mapped, wherein the second resource configuration is different from the first resource configuration.
- the information on the transmission power of the CSI-RS with the first resource configuration includes at least one of: a ratio between energy per resource element (EPRE) of the PDSCH and EPRE of the CSI-RS, and an offset or a ratio between the EPRE of the CSI-RS in the resource and EPRE of a CSI-RS in another resource.
- EPRE of a CSI-RS in another resource includes at least one of: EPRE of the CSI-RS indicated by a second power parameter transmitted by the base station; EPRE of a CSI-RS in a resource to which a CSI-RS with the second resource configuration is mapped, wherein the second resource configuration is different from the first resource configuration.
- a resource to which the CSI-RS is mapped includes at least one of: a physical resource block; and a symbol.
- a method for detecting downlink transmission comprises receiving from a base station a first power parameter for indicating information on a downlink transmission power in a resource to which a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) with a first resource configuration for L antenna ports is mapped, wherein the information on the downlink transmission power includes at least one of: information on a transmission power of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) ; information on a transmission power of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) for the PDSCH; and information on a transmission power of the CSI-RS with the first resource configuration, wherein the first resource configuration together with a second resource configuration for M antenna ports indicate a resource configuration for a CSI-RS with L+M antenna ports; the method may further comprise detecting downlink transmission based on the received first power parameter.
- CSI-RS channel state information reference signal
- an apparatus for controlling downlink transmission power comprises a first transmitting unit, configured to transmit to a device a first power parameter for indicating information on a downlink transmission power in a resource to which a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) with a first resource configuration for L antenna ports is mapped, wherein the information on the downlink transmission power includes at least one of: information on a transmission power of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) ; information on a transmission power of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) for the PDSCH; and information on a transmission power of the CSI-RS with the first resource configuration, wherein the first resource configuration together with a second resource configuration for M antenna ports indicate a resource configuration for a CSI-RS with L+M antenna ports; the apparatus may further comprise a second transmitting unit, configured to transmit in the resource, based on the downlink transmission power indicated by the first power parameter.
- CSI-RS channel state information reference signal
- an apparatus for detecting downlink transmission comprises a receiving unit, configured to receive from a base station a first power parameter for indicating information on a downlink transmission power in a resource to which a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) with a first resource configuration for L antenna ports is mapped, wherein the information on the downlink transmission power includes at least one of: information on a transmission power of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) ; information on a transmission power of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) for the PDSCH; and information on a transmission power of the CSI-RS with the first resource configuration, wherein the first resource configuration together with a second resource configuration for M antenna ports indicate a resource configuration for a CSI-RS with L+M antenna ports; the apparatus may further comprise a detecting unit, configured to detect downlink transmission based on the received first power parameter.
- CSI-RS channel state information reference signal
- an apparatus for detecting downlink transmission comprises a processor and a memory, said memory containing instructions executable by said processor whereby said apparatus is operative to perform any method in accordance with the second aspect of the disclosure.
- a base station is allowed to configure a downlink transmission power for a specific resource with a CSI-RS of a specific configuration. It leads to more flexibility for downlink power configuration compared with conventional solutions.
- Fig. 1 illustrates an exemplary wireless system where embodiments of the present invention may be implemented
- Figs. 2A-2C illustrate resources configurations for a CSI-RS with 1 or 2 antenna ports, 4 antenna ports and 8 antenna ports, respectively;
- Figs. 3A-3C illustrate schematically obtaining a CSI-RS with 16, 10 or 12 ports by combining multiple existing CSI-RS configurations with 8 or less antenna ports in accordance with embodiments of the disclosure
- Figs. 4A-4D illustrate schematically examples of power boosting for a CSI-RS antenna port
- Fig. 5 illustrates a flow chart of a method in a base station for controlling downlink transmission power in a wireless system in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure
- Fig. 6 illustrates a flow chart of another method in a base station for controlling downlink transmission power in a wireless system in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure
- Fig. 7 illustrates a flow chart of a method for downlink signal detection in a wireless system in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure
- Fig. 8 illustrates a schematic block diagram of an apparatus in a wireless system for configuring downlink transmission power according to an embodiment of the present disclosure
- Fig. 9 illustrates a schematic block diagram of an apparatus in communication with the apparatus shown in Fig. 8 for downlink signal detection, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- Fig. 10 illustrates a simplified block diagram of apparatus that are suitable for use in practicing the embodiments of the present disclosure.
- references in the specification to “one embodiment” , “an embodiment” , “an example embodiment” etc., indicate that the embodiment described may include a particular feature, structure, or characteristic, but every embodiment may not necessarily include the particular feature, structure, or characteristic. Moreover, such phrases are not necessarily referring to the same embodiment. Further, when a particular feature, structure, or characteristic is described in connection with an embodiment, it is submitted that it is associated with the knowledge of one skilled in the art to affect such feature, structure, or characteristic in connection with other embodiments whether or not explicitly described.
- first and ” second etc. may be used herein to describe various elements, these elements should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one element from another. For example, a first element could be termed a second element, and similarly, a second element could be termed a first element, without departing from the scope of example embodiments.
- the term “and/or” includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed terms.
- the term device used herein may refer to any terminal having wireless communication capabilities or user equipment (UE) , including but not limited to, mobile phone, cellular phones, smart phone, or personal digital assistants (PDAs) , portable computers, image capture device such as digital cameras, gaming devices, music storage and playback appliances, wearable devices and any portable units or terminals that have wireless communication capabilities, or Internet appliances permitting wireless Internet access and browsing and the like.
- UE user equipment
- PDAs personal digital assistants
- portable computers image capture device such as digital cameras, gaming devices, music storage and playback appliances, wearable devices and any portable units or terminals that have wireless communication capabilities, or Internet appliances permitting wireless Internet access and browsing and the like.
- base station used herein may be referred to as e.g. eNB, eNodeB, NodeB, Base Transceiver Station BTS or Access Point (AP) , depending on the technology and terminology used.
- AP Access Point
- the wireless system 100 comprises one or more network nodes, e.g., 101, here in the form of evolved Node B, also known as eNode Bs or eNBs. It will be appreciated that the network node 101 could also be in the form of Node Bs, BTSs (Base Transceiver Stations), BS (Base Station) and/or BSSs (Base Station Subsystems), etc.
- the network node 101 may provide a macro cell or small cell and provide radio connectivity to a plurality of UEs, e.g., UE 102 -104.
- the UE can be any wireless communication device which is portable or fixed.
- the UEs 102-104 may, but not necessarily, be associated with a particular end user.
- the wireless system 100 is described to be a 3 GPP LTE network, the embodiments of the present disclosure are not limited to such network scenarios and the proposed methods and devices can also be applied to other wireless networks, e.g., a non-cellular network, where the principles described hereinafter are applicable.
- the network node may transmit CSI-RS from multiple antenna ports to the UEs (e.g., UEs 102-104) to facilitate channel estimation at the UE side.
- UEs e.g., UEs 102-104
- up to 8 antenna ports for CSI-RS transmission are supported.
- the existing CSI-RS transmission can be configured using parameters shown in Table 1, and details of the parameters can be in section 6.3.2 of the 3GPP TS 36.331, V10.7.0 ′′Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); Radio Resource Control (RRC) protocol specification. ′′
- OFDM orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
- a PRB which comprises 12 subcarriers is shared by multiple signals via frequency divisional multiplexing (FDM) , e.g., in Fig. 2A, both data signals and cell-specific reference signal (CRS) are transmitted in an OFDM symbol 4 in slot 0, and in an OFDM symbol 5 or 6, the subcarriers are occupied by demodulation RS (DMRS) , CSI-RS, and data.
- FDM frequency divisional multiplexing
- a base station may transmit the following parameters to UEs:
- ⁇ P 0 which is a cell-specific parameter, denoting the energy per resource element (EPRE) of CRS;
- ⁇ A which is a UE specific parameter, denoting the ratio ofEPRE of PDSCH to CRS;
- ⁇ P B which is a cell specific parameter, denoting the ratio of EPRE of PDSCH in CRS symbols to EPRE of PDSCH in non-CRS symbols;
- ⁇ P C which is a UE specific parameter, denoting the ratio of EPRE of PDSCH to CSI-RS.
- UEs can derive a transmission power of any downlink signal.
- a transmission power for a CSI-RS may be derived as P 0 * ⁇ A /P C .
- it allows different PDSCH transmission power to be used in CRS symbols (i.e., symbols with CRS transmission) and non-CRS symbols (i.e., symbols without CRS transmission) , and the difference can be known to UEs via the parameter P B .
- CRS symbols i.e., symbols with CRS transmission
- non-CRS symbols i.e., symbols without CRS transmission
- the non-CRS symbols can be divided into two types, i.e., symbols to which a CSI-RS is mapped (denoted as CSI-RS symbols hereafter) and symbols without CSI-RS (denoted as non-CSI-RS symbols, hereafter) .
- CSI-RS symbols symbols to which a CSI-RS is mapped
- non-CSI-RS symbols symbols without CSI-RS
- PDSCH transmission power is assumed constant. Such an assumption may work well in current LTE system supporting 1, 2, 4, or 8-port CSI-RS, however, it may cause problems in case of increased number of antenna ports.
- a CSI-RS may need to be transmitted from more than 8 antenna ports. Therefore new CSI-RS configuration has to be designed.
- One way for constructing a CSI-RS with more than 8 antenna ports is to combine multiple existing CSI-RSs with less than 8 antenna ports.
- Fig. 3A an example for obtaining a CSI-RS with 16 antenna ports by combining two CSI-RSs with 8 antenna ports (denoted as 8-port (1) and 8-port (2) in Fig. 3A respectively) FDMed in same PRB pair is presented.
- 8-port (1) and 8-port (2) in Fig. 3A respectively
- FIG. 3B an example for obtaining a CSI-RS with 10 antenna ports by combining a CSI-RS with 8 antenna ports in PRB i, and a CSI-RS with 2 antenna ports in PRB j is presented.
- Fig. 3C an example for obtaining a CSI-RS with 12 antenna ports by combining a 8-port CSI-RS and a 4-port CSI-RS is presented.
- the 8-port CSI-RS and the 4-port CSI-RS are time divisionally multiplexed (TDMed) in same subframe in the example of Fig. 3C, but it can be appreciated that two CSI-RSs TDMed in different subframes (and/or different RPBs) may also be combined to obtain a CSI-RS with increased number of antenna ports.
- TDMed time divisionally multiplexed
- CSI-RS antenna port could only transmit a fraction of the total transmission power, and the maximum power of each CSI-RS port is also constant. Take 8, 12 and 16 antenna ports for example, the transmission power of a CSI-RS antenna port is 1/8, 1/12 and 1/16 of total transmission power, respectively.
- a CSI-RS transmit power should be high enough (e.g., equal to the power of CRS) to guarantee satisfying coverage.
- a CSI-RS power should not be 6dB larger than the PDSCH, as discussed in a 3GPP document R4-102236.
- EPRE of same resource position (RE) at different ports should be kept same, otherwise, there may be channel mismatch in DMRS and PDSCH.
- Such power boosting may cause problems in case of increased number of antenna ports, as shown in Figs. 3A-3C.
- each antenna port is FDMed with other 7 antenna ports in symbol 2 or 3 of slot 1. That is, a natural power boosting up to 8 times can be used if no power boosting restriction is applied, as shown in Fig. 4B.
- the 6dB power boosting restriction mentioned above only power of 4 REs can be used for power boosting, and thus power of the other 4 REs will be wasted, as shown in Fig. 4C.
- the total EPRE of all CSI-RS ports is P 0
- the EPRE is P 0 /16.
- the coverage of the CSI-RS is reduced and 4 REs in CSI-RS symbols are wasted.
- the power boosting for port 15 may be done in similar way as that shown in Fig. 4A, while the power boosting for port 23 may be done as shown in Fig. 4D.
- the power parameter P c defined in current 3GPP specification for indicating the CSI-RS transmission power such difference cannot be known by UEs, and correspondingly, channel estimation and CSI measurement may be inaccurate.
- PDSCH power is constant in CRS symbols and non-CRS symbols, and the PDSCH power is indicated via semi-static signaling with the parameters P A and P B . It means, to keep the PDSCH power constant in CRS symbols and non-CRS symbols, power of all the PDSCH in non-CRS symbols should be reduced, which may result in 0.9dB decrease in all 14 symbols in a subframe, and cause performance loss and power wasting in non-CSI-RS symbols.
- Another way to keep the CSI-RS power constant in different symbols is to reduce the CSI-RS power in slot 0.
- power boosting is implemented based on only 1 NULL-RE, though 3 NULL-REs are available. That is, power of some REs will be wasted.
- Fig. 5 illustrates an exemplary flowchart of a method 500 for controlling downlink transmission power according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the method 200 can be implemented by a base station, e.g., the eNB 101 shown in Fig. 1, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto.
- the method 200 may be performed by any other suitable device.
- the base station transmits to a device a first power parameter for indicating information on a downlink transmission power in a resource to which a CSI-RS with a first resource configuration for L antenna ports is mapped, wherein the information on the downlink transmission power includes at least one of: information on a transmission power of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) , information on a transmission power of a DMRS for the PDSCH; and information on a transmission power of the CSI-RS with the first resource configuration, wherein the first resource configuration together with a second resource configuration for M antenna ports indicate a resource configuration for a CSI-RS with L+M antenna ports; at block S502, the base station transmits in the resource, based on the downlink transmission power indicated by the first power parameter.
- PDSCH physical downlink shared channel
- a base station is allowed to indicate a transmission power for a specific resource, to which a CSI-RS with the first resource configuration is mapped. That is, it provides more flexibility in configuring power for transmitting in the specific resource, compared with the conventional method.
- the resource can be a PRB with CSI-RS of the first resource configuration. In another embodiment, the resource can be an OFDM symbol with CSI-RS of the first resource configuration.
- the method 500 is especially advantageous in a scenario where a CSI-RS with a large number of antenna ports is obtained via combining multiple CSI-RSs with a small number of antenna ports.
- a 16-port CSI-RS for example, it can be obtained by combining two 8-port CSI-RSs, as shown in Fig. 3A.
- 8 CSI-RS ports are FDMed.
- the total EPRE of all CSI-RS ports is P 0
- the EPRE is P 0 /16.
- a CSI-RS port e.g., port 15
- the power boosting is restricted with the 6dB upper bound (i.e., 4 times power boosting)
- At least part of the above problem can be solved by using the method 500.
- the method 500 allows the base station to make the power for 7 Null-REs be lent to both CSI-RS and PDSCH.
- the EPRE of PDSCH is P0/16
- EPRE of CSI-RS is 4*P0 /16 after 4 times power boosting using 3 NULL REs. Then power of the remaining 4 NULL-REs can be equally allocated to a CSI-RS and the PDSCH.
- the EPRE of CSI-RS will be increased to 4*P0/16+ 2*P0/16 (i.e., 1.5times increase, or about 1.76dB increase)
- EPRE of PDSCH will be increased to P0/16+ 1/2*P0/16 (also 1.5times increase, or about 1.76dB increase) .
- EPRE of both the CSI-RS and the PDSCH is increased, which leads to improved coverage and diversity gain, and at the same time the power boosting restriction (6dB) is satisfied.
- the radius of CSI-RS coverage will increase 10.7% for LOS and 11.7% for NLOS (3D-UMi for example) .
- the power increase of the PDSCH in the CSI-RS symbol can be indicated to UE via the first power parameter transmitted at block S501.
- the method 500 enables the base station to adjust the PDSCH power in the CSI-RS symbol and enables UE to know the difference of the PDSCH power in a CSI-RS symbol (e.g., symbol 2 of slot 1) and a non-CSI-RS symbol (symbol 3 of slot 0) and detect the DL transmission properly.
- the base station can transmit PDSCH in the CSI-RS symbol i.e., in symbol 2 and/or 3 of slot 1 in this example, with the indicated increased power.
- the first power parameter may be transmitted in a radio resource control (RRC) signaling.
- RRC radio resource control
- the first power parameter may be inserted in an existing PDSCH configuration signaling as a new field P d .
- the new field P d may indicate a ratio between EPRE of the PDSCH and EPRE of a CRS.
- the new field P d may indicate an offset or a ratio between the EPRE of the PDSCH in the resource and EPRE of a PDSCH in another resource.
- the resource can be CSI-RS symbol 2 or 3 of slot 1 in above example, and the other resource can be a non-CSI-RS symbol, e.g., symbol 3 of slot 0.
- the EPRE of a PDSCH in another resource may be derived based on existing power parameter, e.g., P c or may be indicated via a new signaling, e.g., P d-2 .
- P d-2 a new signaling
- EPRE of a PDSCH in another resource may be EPRE of a PDSCH in a resource to which no CSI-RS is mapped, i.e., a non-CSI-RS resource, for example a non-CSI-RS symbol, or a non-CSI-RS PRB.
- EPRE of a PDSCH in another resource may be EPRE of a PDSCH in a resource to which a CSI-RS with the second resource configuration is mapped, wherein the second resource configuration is different from the first resource configuration. Take a 12-port CSI-RS with the configuration shown in Fig. 3C for example.
- the 12-port CSI-RS configuration is obtained by combining a 8-port CSI-RS configuration in symbols 5 and 6 in slot 0 and a 4-port CSI-RS configuration in symbols 2 and 3 in slot 1.
- the 4-port CSI-RS configuration can be the first configuration
- the 8-port CSI-RS configuration can be the second configuration.
- natural power boosting with 4 REs can be achieved, similar as that shown in Fig. 4A.
- the first configuration in slot 1 natural power boosting with only 2 REs can be achieved, as shown in Fig.
- some power from the PDSCH in symbol 2 or 3 of slot 1 can be lent to the CSI-RS port 23 or 24.
- Power reduction of PDSCH in other symbols is not necessary.
- it causes the PDSCH power in symbol 2 or 3 of slot 1 and the PDSCH power in other symbols (e.g., symbol 5 or 6 of slot 0) different.
- the difference can be indicated to UE via the first power parameter using the method 500.
- the first parameter (e.g., P d ) may be used to indicate an offset or a ratio between the EPRE of the PDSCH in symbol 2 or 3 of slot 1 and EPRE of a PDSCH in symbol 5 or 6 of slot 0.
- the EPRE of a PDSCH in symbol 5 or 6 of slot 0 may be derived from an existing power parameter/signaling (e.g., P c ) , or may be indicated via a new power parameter/signaling (e.g., P c_2 ) .
- the method 500 allows the base station to configure different PDSCH power for symbol 2 or 3 of slot 1 and symbol 5 or 6 of slot 0, though both these symbols are CSI-RS symbols which are assumed to have same PDSCH power in accordance with current LTE specification. It avoids reducing PDSCH power in all the 14 OFDM symbols in a subframe, and thus avoids power waste and unnecessary coverage loss.
- the base station can transmit PDSCH in symbol 2 or 3 of slot 1 and symbol 5 or 6 of slot 0 with different power based on the first parameter informed to the device.
- the problem shown in Fig. 4D can also be solved by informing the CSI-RS power difference in symbol 2 or 3 of slot 1 and symbol 5 or 6 of slot 0 to UE. Accordingly, CSI-RS can be transmitted with different power in symbol 2 or 3 of slot 1 and symbol 5 or 6 of slot 0, based on the indicated power difference.
- the first power parameter may indicate the information on the transmission power of the CSI-RS.
- the first parameter may indicate an offset or a ratio (e.g., may be denoted as P e ) between the EPRE of the CSI-RS in symbol 2 or 3 slot 1 (with the first CSI-RS configuration) and EPRE of a CSI-RS in another resource (e.g., in symbol 5 or 6 of slot 0 with the second CSI-RS configuration) .
- the first parameter (e.g., P e ) may be transmitted at block S501 via a RRC signaling. For example, it can be inserted into an existing PDSCH configuration signaling as a new field. However, it can be appreciated that, the first parameter can be transmitted via any other suitable signaling.
- the EPRE of a PDSCH in another resource can be derived from an existing power parameter, e.g., P c , or, can be indicated via a new signaling, e.g., P c_2 . In this way, it enables the UE to detect the CSI-RS and estimate CSI properly. Also, it avoids PDSCH power reduction.
- the base station is enabled to improve power utilization efficiency by boosting DMRS transmission power.
- CSI-RS in symbol 5 or 6 of slot 0 and CSI-RS in symbol 2 or 3 of slot 1 has different capability for power boosting.
- the base station may keep same power boosting by using power of only one NULL RE for CSI-RS ports in both slot 0 and slot 1, and power of the remaining NULL REs in slot 0 can be used for power boosting of PDSCH and/or DMRS. It leads to a higher PDSCH and/or DMRS transmission power in symbol 5 or 6 of slot 0 compared with PDSCH/DMRS in other non-CRS symbols.
- the difference of PDSCH and DMRS power in different resource can be indicated via the first power parameter transmitted at block S501. Then, PDSCH and/or DMRS can be transmitted based on the power indicated by the first parameter at block S502.
- the first power parameter may indicate a ratio between EPRE of the DMRS and EPRE of a CRS.
- the first parameter may indicate a ratio between EPRE of the DMRS and EPRE of the PDSCH in the resource (e.g., CSI-RS symbol 5 or 6 in slot 0) .
- the EPRE of a DMRS in another resource may include EPRE of a DMRS in a resource to which a CSI-RS with the second resource configuration is mapped (e.g., symbol 2 or 3 of slot 1 with a 4-port CSI-RS configuration) , wherein the second resource configuration is different from the first resource configuration.
- the first power parameter may be transmitted via a RRC signaling, e.g., the first parameter may be inserted into an existing PDSCH configuration signaling as a new field P f .
- the first power parameter transmitted at block S501 may indicate a DL transmission power (PDSCH power and/or DMRS power and/or CSI-RS power, for example) in any specific resource.
- the specific resource may be a resource set to which some CSI-RSs (e.g., CS-RS with the first transmission, or CSI-RS from certain antenna ports) are mapped.
- the specific resource may also be some predefined symbols and/or PRBs.
- the method 500 may comprise transmitting a second power parameter for indicating a downlink transmission power in a second resource to which a CSI-RS second or third resource configuration is mapped, or for indicating a downlink transmission power in a third resource, where no CSI-RS is transmitted.
- the first power parameter and/or the second power parameter may be, but not limited to, at least one of the parameters shown in Table 3.
- the CSI-RS resource set 1 can be a resource (e.g., a PRB and/or symbol) with CSI-RS of a first configuration
- the CSI-RS resource set 2 may be a resource with CSI-RS of a second configuration, where the second configuration is different from the first configuration.
- the CSI-RS resource set 1 or 2 may be defined as a set of predefined symbols/PRBs.
- the CSI-RS resource set 1 or 2 may be defined as a resource set for a predefined set of antenna ports.
- the problems mentioned with reference to Figs. 3A-3C, 4A-4D may not exit for certain CSI-RS configurations.
- the problem may not exist.
- the first power parameter may be configured to be transmitted or not.
- the configuration may be signaled via signaling, or, it can be known to UEs implicitly, based on predefined rules.
- a method 600 which may comprise only a block S501 for indicating downlink transmission power using the first power parameter, as shown in Fig. 6. Details for the first power parameter have been described with method 500, and thus will not be repeated here.
- the method 700 comprises receiving from a base station a first power parameter for indicating information on a downlink transmission power in a resource to which a CSI-RS with a first resource configuration for L antenna ports is mapped at block S701, wherein the information on the downlink transmission power includes at least one of: information on a transmission power of a PDSCH, information on a transmission power of a DMRS for the PDSCH; and information on a transmission power of the CSI-RS with the first resource configuration, wherein the first resource configuration together with a second resource configuration for M antenna ports indicate a resource configuration for a CSI-RS with L+M antenna ports and detecting downlink transmission based on the received first power parameter at block S702.
- the first power parameter received by the UE at block S701 may be that transmitted by a base station at block S501. Then descriptions related to the first power parameter presented with reference to Fig. 5 and method 500 also apply here, and details will not be repeated here.
- the first power parameter may be utilized by the UE for CSI measurement.
- Fig. 8 illustrates a schematic block diagram of an apparatus 800 in a wireless system for configuring downlink transmission power according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the apparatus 800 may be implemented as a base station, or a part thereof.
- the apparatus 800 may be implemented as any other suitable network element in the wireless communication system.
- the apparatus 800 is operable to carry out the example method 500 described with reference to Fig. 5 or the method 600, and possibly any other processes or methods. It is also to be understood that the method 200 or 600 is not necessarily carried out by the apparatus 800. At least some blocks of the method 200 can be performed by one or more other entities. As illustrated in Fig.
- the first transmitting unit 801, and the second transmitting unit 802 may be configured to perform the blocks S501-S502, respectively. Then, details of 801-802 will not be detailed herein. The descriptions related the first parameter provided with reference to Fig. 5 and method 500 also apply here.
- Fig. 9 illustrates a schematic block diagram of an apparatus 900 in communication with the apparatus 800 in a wireless system, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the apparatus 900 may be implemented as UE or a part thereof.
- the apparatus 900 may be implemented as any other suitable devices in the wireless communication system.
- the apparatus 900 is operable to carry out the example method 700 described with reference to Fig. 7 and possibly any other processes or methods. It is also to be understood that the method 700 is not necessarily carried out by the apparatus 900. At least some steps of the method 700 can be performed by one or more other entities.
- the apparatus 900 comprises a receiving unit 901, configured to receive from a base station a first power parameter for indicating information on a downlink transmission power in a resource to which a CSI-RS with a first resource configuration for L antenna ports is mapped, wherein the information on the downlink transmission power includes at least one off information on a transmission power of a PDSCH; information on a transmission power of a DMRS for the PDSCH; and information on a transmission power of the CSI-RS with the first resource configuration, wherein the first resource configuration together with a second resource configuration for M antenna ports indicate a resource configuration for a CSI-RS with L+M antenna ports; a detecting unit 902, configured to detect downlink transmission based on the received first power parameter.
- a receiving unit 901 configured to receive from a base station a first power parameter for indicating information on a downlink transmission power in a resource to which a CSI-RS with a first resource configuration for L antenna ports is mapped, wherein the information on the downlink transmission power includes at
- the receiving unit 901, and the detecting unit 902 may be configured to perform the blocks S701-S702, respectively. Then, details of 901-902 will not be detailed herein.
- the first power parameter received by the receiving unit may be the one transmitted by the base station at block S501, and then descriptions related the first parameter provided with reference to Fig. 5 and method 500 also apply here.
- Fig. 10 illustrates a simplified block diagram of an apparatus 1010, and an apparatus 1020 that are suitable for use in practicing the embodiments of the present disclosure.
- the apparatus 1010 may be a base station; and the apparatus 1020 may be UE.
- the apparatus 1010 comprises at least one processor 1011, such as a data processor (DP) 1011 and at least one memory (MEM) 1012 coupled to the processor 1011.
- the apparatus may further comprise a suitable RF transmitter TX and receiver RX 1013 (which may be implemented in a single component or separate components) coupled to the processor 1011.
- the MEM 1012 stores a program (PROG) 1014.
- the PROG 1014 may include instructions that, when executed on the associated processor 1011, enable the apparatus 1010 to operate in accordance with the embodiments of the present disclosure, for example to perform the method 200 or 600.
- the TX/RX 1013 may be used for bidirectional radio communication with other apparatuses or devices in the network, e.g. the apparatus 1020.
- TX/RX 1013 may have multiple antennas (e.g., an AAS) to facilitate the communication.
- a combination of the at least one processor 1011 and the at least one MEM 1012 may form processing means 1015 adapted to implement various embodiments of the present disclosure.
- the apparatus 1020 comprises at least one processor 1021, such as a DP, at least one MEM 1022 coupled to the processor 1021.
- the apparatus 1020 may further comprise a suitable RF TX/RX 1023 (which may be implemented in a single component or separate components) coupled to the processor 1021.
- the MEM 1022 stores a PROG 1024.
- the PROG 1024 may include instructions that, when executed on the associated processor 1021, enable the apparatus 1020 to operate in accordance with the embodiments of the present disclosure, for example to perform the method 700.
- the TX/RX 1023 is for bidirectional radio communications with other apparatuses or devices in the network, e.g. the apparatus 1010. Note that the TX/RX 1023 may have multiple antennas to facilitate the communication.
- a combination of the at least one processor 1021 and the at least one MEM 1022 may form processing means 1025 adapted to implement various embodiments of the present disclosure.
- Various embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented by computer program executable by one or more of the processor 1011, 1021 in software, firmware, hardware or in a combination thereof.
- the processors 1011, 1021 may be of any type suitable to the local technical environment, and may include one or more of general purpose computers, special purpose computers, microprocessors, digital signal processors (DSPs) and processors based on multicore processor architecture, as non-limiting examples.
- Each of the apparatuses 1010, 1020 may have multiple processors, such as an application specific integrated circuit (ASlC) chip that is slaved in time to a clock which synchronizes the main processor.
- ASlC application specific integrated circuit
- the present disclosure provides a carrier containing the computer program as mentioned above, wherein the carrier is one of an electronic signal, optical signal, radio signal, or computer readable storage medium.
- the computer readable storage medium can be, for example, an optical compact disk or an electronic memory device like a RAM (random access memory) , a ROM (read only memory) , Flash memory, magnetic tape, CD-ROM, DVD, Blue-ray disc and the like.
- an apparatus implementing one or more functions of a corresponding apparatus described with an embodiment comprises not only prior art means, but also means for implementing the one or more functions of a corresponding apparatus described with an embodiment and it may comprise separate means for each separate function, or means may be configured to perform two or more functions.
- these techniques may be implemented in hardware (one or more apparatuses) , firmware (one or more apparatuses) , software (one or more modules) , or combinations thereof.
- firmware or software implementation may be made through modules (e.g., procedures, functions, and so on) that perform the functions described herein.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for controlling downlink transmission power, which comprises transmitting to a device a first power parameter for indicating information on a downlink transmission power in a resource to which a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) with a first resource configuration for L antenna ports is mapped, wherein the information on the downlink transmission power includes at least one of: information on a transmission power of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH); information on a transmission power of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) for the PDSCH; and information on a transmission power of the CSI-RS with the first resource configuration, wherein the first resource configuration together with a second resource configuration for M antenna ports indicate a resource configuration for a CSI-RS with L+M antenna ports. A method for downlink signal detection is also provided. Embodiments of the present disclosure also provide corresponding apparatus.
Description
The non-limiting and exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to the technical field of radio communications, and specifically to a method and apparatus for downlink transmission power configuration and signal detection.
This section introduces aspects that may facilitate a better understanding of the disclosure. Accordingly, the statements of this section are to be read in this light and are not to be understood as admissions about what is in the prior art or what is not in the prior art.
Multiple Input and Multiple Output (MIMO) techniques have been known as an effective way for improving spectrum efficiency (SE) in wireless communication systems. For example, MIMO has been adopted as a key feature of Long Term Evolution (LTE) /LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) system developed by the third generation project partnership (3GPP) . Conventional one-dimensional (horizontal domain) antenna array can provide flexible beam adaption in the azimuth domain only through the horizontal domain precoding process, wherein a fixed down-tilt is applied in the vertical direction. It has been found recently that full MIMO capability can be exploited through leveraging a two dimensional antenna planar such that a user-specific elevation beamforming and spatial multiplexing in the vertical domain are also possible.
A Study Item of 3GPP Release 12 proposed to study user specific beamforming and full dimensional MIMO (i.e., 3D MIMO) with two dimensional (2D) antenna arrays (also known as Active Antenna System (AAS) ) . It can potentially improve transmit and/or receive gain, and reduce intra/inter-cell interference.
In a Study Item (SI) of 3GPP Release 13, antenna configurations for 2D antenna arrays with {8, 16, 32, 64} transceiver units (TXRUs) will be used to evaluate elevation beamforming benefit. To facilitate 3D channel information measurement at a user equipment (UE) side, channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) should be transmitted from 8 or more antenna ports.
In 3GPP RAN1#80 meeting, it was agreed to increase the maximum number of CSI-RS ports to more than 8 per CSI process. In RAN#68 meeting, supporting up to 12 and 16
CSI-RS ports by extending existing {1, 2, 4, 8} CSI-RS antenna ports using full-port mapping is discussed.
SUMMARY
Various embodiments of the disclosure provide flexible transmission pattern configuration. Other features and advantages of embodiments of the disclosure will also be understood from the following description of specific embodiments when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, which illustrate, by way of example, the principles of embodiments of the disclosure.
In a first aspect of the disclosure, there is provided a method implemented by a base station for controlling downlink transmission power. The method comprises transmitting to a device a first power parameter for indicating information on a downlink transmission power in a resource to which a CSI-RS with a first resource configuration for L antenna ports is mapped, wherein the information on the downlink transmission power includes at least one of: information on a transmission power of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) ; information on a transmission power of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) for the PDSCH; and information on a transmission power of the CSI-RS with the first resource configuration, wherein the first resource configuration together with a second resource configuration for M antenna ports indicate a resource configuration for a CSI-RS with L+M antenna ports; the method may also comprise transmitting in the resource, based on the downlink transmission power indicated by the first power parameter.
In one embodiment, the information on the transmission power of the PDSCH includes at least one off a ratio between energy per resource element (EPRE) of the PDSCH and EPRE of a cell-specific reference signal, and an offset or a ratio between the EPRE of the PDSCH in the resource and EPRE of a PDSCH in another resource. In another embodiment, the EPRE of a PDSCH in another resource includes at least one of:
EPRE of a PDSCH in a resource to which no CSI-RS is mapped; and EPRE of a PDSCH in a resource to which a CSI-RS with the second resource configuration is mapped, wherein the second resource configuration is different from the first resource configuration.
In an embodiment of the disclosure, the information on the transmission power of the DMRS for the PDSCH includes at least one of: a ratio between energy per resource element (EPRE) of the DMRS and EPRE of a cell-specific reference signal; a ratio between EPRE of the DMRS and EPRE of the PDSCH in the resource; and an offset or a ratio between EPRE of the
DMRS in the resource and EPRE of a DMRS in another resource. In a further embodiment, the EPRE of a DMRS in another resource includes at least one of: EPRE of a DMRS in a resource to which no CSI-RS is mapped; and EPRE of a DMRS in a resource to which a CSI-RS with the second resource configuration is mapped, wherein the second resource configuration is different from the first resource configuration.
In another embodiment, the information on the transmission power of the CSI-RS with the first resource configuration includes at least one of: a ratio between energy per resource element (EPRE) of the PDSCH and EPRE of the CSI-RS, and an offset or a ratio between the EPRE of the CSI-RS in the resource and EPRE of a CSI-RS in another resource. In still another embodiment, EPRE of a CSI-RS in another resource includes at least one of: EPRE of the CSI-RS indicated by a second power parameter transmitted by the base station; EPRE of a CSI-RS in a resource to which a CSI-RS with the second resource configuration is mapped, wherein the second resource configuration is different from the first resource configuration.
In some embodiments of the disclosure, a resource to which the CSI-RS is mapped includes at least one of: a physical resource block; and a symbol.
In a second aspect of the disclosure, there is provided a method for detecting downlink transmission. The method comprises receiving from a base station a first power parameter for indicating information on a downlink transmission power in a resource to which a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) with a first resource configuration for L antenna ports is mapped, wherein the information on the downlink transmission power includes at least one of: information on a transmission power of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) ; information on a transmission power of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) for the PDSCH; and information on a transmission power of the CSI-RS with the first resource configuration, wherein the first resource configuration together with a second resource configuration for M antenna ports indicate a resource configuration for a CSI-RS with L+M antenna ports; the method may further comprise detecting downlink transmission based on the received first power parameter.
In a third aspect of the disclosure, there is provided an apparatus for controlling downlink transmission power. The apparatus comprises a first transmitting unit, configured to transmit to a device a first power parameter for indicating information on a downlink transmission power in a resource to which a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) with a first resource configuration for L antenna ports is mapped, wherein the information on the downlink transmission power includes at least one of: information on a transmission power of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) ; information on a transmission power of a
demodulation reference signal (DMRS) for the PDSCH; and information on a transmission power of the CSI-RS with the first resource configuration, wherein the first resource configuration together with a second resource configuration for M antenna ports indicate a resource configuration for a CSI-RS with L+M antenna ports; the apparatus may further comprise a second transmitting unit, configured to transmit in the resource, based on the downlink transmission power indicated by the first power parameter.
In a fourth aspect of the disclosure, there is provided an apparatus for detecting downlink transmission. The apparatus comprises a receiving unit, configured to receive from a base station a first power parameter for indicating information on a downlink transmission power in a resource to which a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) with a first resource configuration for L antenna ports is mapped, wherein the information on the downlink transmission power includes at least one of: information on a transmission power of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) ; information on a transmission power of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) for the PDSCH; and information on a transmission power of the CSI-RS with the first resource configuration, wherein the first resource configuration together with a second resource configuration for M antenna ports indicate a resource configuration for a CSI-RS with L+M antenna ports; the apparatus may further comprise a detecting unit, configured to detect downlink transmission based on the received first power parameter.
In a fifth aspect of the disclosure, there is provided an apparatus for controlling downlink transmission power. The apparatus comprises a processor and a memory, said memory containing instructions executable by said processor whereby said apparatus is operative to perform any method in accordance with the first aspect of the disclosure.
In a sixth aspect of the disclosure, there is provided an apparatus for detecting downlink transmission. The apparatus comprises a processor and a memory, said memory containing instructions executable by said processor whereby said apparatus is operative to perform any method in accordance with the second aspect of the disclosure.
According to the various aspects and embodiments as mentioned above, a base station is allowed to configure a downlink transmission power for a specific resource with a CSI-RS of a specific configuration. It leads to more flexibility for downlink power configuration compared with conventional solutions.
The above and other aspects, features, and benefits of various embodiments of the disclosure will become more fully apparent, by way of example, from the following detailed
description with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which like reference numerals or letters are used to designate like or equivalent elements. The drawings are illustrated for facilitating better understanding of the embodiments of the disclosure and not necessarily drawn to scale, in which:
Fig. 1 illustrates an exemplary wireless system where embodiments of the present invention may be implemented;
Figs. 2A-2C illustrate resources configurations for a CSI-RS with 1 or 2 antenna ports, 4 antenna ports and 8 antenna ports, respectively;
Figs. 3A-3C illustrate schematically obtaining a CSI-RS with 16, 10 or 12 ports by combining multiple existing CSI-RS configurations with 8 or less antenna ports in accordance with embodiments of the disclosure;
Figs. 4A-4D illustrate schematically examples of power boosting for a CSI-RS antenna port;
Fig. 5 illustrates a flow chart of a method in a base station for controlling downlink transmission power in a wireless system in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure;
Fig. 6 illustrates a flow chart of another method in a base station for controlling downlink transmission power in a wireless system in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure;
Fig. 7 illustrates a flow chart of a method for downlink signal detection in a wireless system in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure;
Fig. 8 illustrates a schematic block diagram of an apparatus in a wireless system for configuring downlink transmission power according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;
Fig. 9 illustrates a schematic block diagram of an apparatus in communication with the apparatus shown in Fig. 8 for downlink signal detection, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure; and
Fig. 10 illustrates a simplified block diagram of apparatus that are suitable for use in practicing the embodiments of the present disclosure.
Hereinafter, the principle and spirit of the present disclosure will be described with reference to the illustrative embodiments. It should be understood, all these embodiments are given merely for the skilled in the art to better understand and further practice the present disclosure, but not for limiting the scope of the present disclosure. For example, features illustrated or described as part of one embodiment may be used with another embodiment to
yield still a further embodiment. In the interest of clarity, not all features of an actual implementation are described in this specification.
References in the specification to “one embodiment” , “an embodiment” , “an example embodiment” etc., indicate that the embodiment described may include a particular feature, structure, or characteristic, but every embodiment may not necessarily include the particular feature, structure, or characteristic. Moreover, such phrases are not necessarily referring to the same embodiment. Further, when a particular feature, structure, or characteristic is described in connection with an embodiment, it is submitted that it is associated with the knowledge of one skilled in the art to affect such feature, structure, or characteristic in connection with other embodiments whether or not explicitly described.
It shall be understood that, although the terms “first” and ” second” etc. may be used herein to describe various elements, these elements should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one element from another. For example, a first element could be termed a second element, and similarly, a second element could be termed a first element, without departing from the scope of example embodiments. As used herein, the term “and/or” includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed terms.
The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be liming of example embodiments. As used herein, the singular forms “a” , “an” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms “comprises” , “comprising” , “has” , “having” , “includes” and/or “including” , when used herein, specify the presence of stated features, elements, and/or components etc., but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, elements, components and/or combinations thereof.
In the following description and claims, unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this disclosure belongs. For example, the term device used herein may refer to any terminal having wireless communication capabilities or user equipment (UE) , including but not limited to, mobile phone, cellular phones, smart phone, or personal digital assistants (PDAs) , portable computers, image capture device such as digital cameras, gaming devices, music storage and playback appliances, wearable devices and any portable units or terminals that have wireless communication capabilities, or Internet appliances permitting wireless Internet access and browsing and the like. Likewise, the term base station used herein may be referred to as e.g. eNB, eNodeB, NodeB, Base Transceiver Station BTS or Access Point (AP) , depending on the technology and terminology used.
The following description of various embodiments aims at illustrating the principle and concept of the present disclosure. For illustrative purposes, several embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in the context of downlink transmission power configuration and downlink signal detection in a 3GPP LTE system. Those skilled in the art will appreciate, however, that several embodiments of the present disclosure may be more generally applicable to any other wireless systems.
In Fig. 1, an exemplary wireless system 100, in which embodiments of the present invention may be implemented, is illustrated. The wireless system 100 comprises one or more network nodes, e.g., 101, here in the form of evolved Node B, also known as eNode Bs or eNBs. It will be appreciated that the network node 101 could also be in the form of Node Bs, BTSs (Base Transceiver Stations), BS (Base Station) and/or BSSs (Base Station Subsystems), etc. The network node 101 may provide a macro cell or small cell and provide radio connectivity to a plurality of UEs, e.g., UE 102 -104. The UE can be any wireless communication device which is portable or fixed. Moreover, the UEs 102-104 may, but not necessarily, be associated with a particular end user. Though for illustrative purpose, the wireless system 100 is described to be a 3 GPP LTE network, the embodiments of the present disclosure are not limited to such network scenarios and the proposed methods and devices can also be applied to other wireless networks, e.g., a non-cellular network, where the principles described hereinafter are applicable.
In an embodiment, the network node, e.g., eNB 101 may transmit CSI-RS from multiple antenna ports to the UEs (e.g., UEs 102-104) to facilitate channel estimation at the UE side. In current LTE system, e.g., LTE Release 10, up to 8 antenna ports for CSI-RS transmission are supported. The existing CSI-RS transmission can be configured using parameters shown in Table 1, and details of the parameters can be in section 6.3.2 of the 3GPP TS 36.331, V10.7.0 ″Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); Radio Resource Control (RRC) protocol specification. ″
Table 1. Existing CSI-RS configuration
| antenaaPortsCount-r10 | ENUMERATED {an1, an2, an4, an8} , |
| resourceConfig-r10 | INTEGER (0..31) , |
| subframeConfig-r10 | INTEGER (0..154) , |
In accordance with the current LTE specification,assuming normal cyclic prefix (CP) ,there are 20 candidate resource configurations for a CSI-RS with 1 or 2 ports,10 candidate resource configurations for a CSI-RS with 4 antenna ports and 5 candidate resource configurations for a CSI-RS with 8 antenna ports,as shown in Table 2. In Figs. 2A-2C, the
candidate resource configurations in a physical resource block (PRB) pair for transmitting/receiving a CSI-RS with 1 or 2 antenna ports, 4 antenna ports and 8 antenna ports are shown, respectively. In Figs. 2A-2C, each block represents a resource unit which comprises a orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol in time domain and a subcarrier in frequency domain, and the resource for the ith CSI-RS configuration is denoted with a number i (i=1, 2, .. , 19) in these figures.
Table 2. CSI-RS configurations (Normal CP)
As shown in Figs. 2A-2C, in most of OFDM symbols, a PRB which comprises 12 subcarriers is shared by multiple signals via frequency divisional multiplexing (FDM) , e.g., in Fig. 2A, both data signals and cell-specific reference signal (CRS) are transmitted in an OFDM symbol 4 in slot 0, and in an OFDM symbol 5 or 6, the subcarriers are occupied by demodulation RS (DMRS) , CSI-RS, and data. In a LTE system, to facilitate more accurate channel estimation, the transmission power of a RS can be boosted; moreover, transmission power of a CRS, a CSI-RS, and a DMRS may be different. Thus, to enable proper signal detection and CSI (e.g., CQI, PMI, RI) measurement at UE side, the transmission power of these signals has to be informed to the UE. Currently, a base station may transmit the following parameters to UEs:
· P0, which is a cell-specific parameter, denoting the energy per resource element (EPRE) of CRS;
·ρA, which is a UE specific parameter, denoting the ratio ofEPRE of PDSCH to CRS;
· PB, which is a cell specific parameter, denoting the ratio of EPRE of PDSCH in CRS symbols to EPRE of PDSCH in non-CRS symbols; and
· PC, which is a UE specific parameter, denoting the ratio of EPRE of PDSCH to CSI-RS.
Based on these parameters, UEs can derive a transmission power of any downlink signal. For example, a transmission power for a CSI-RS may be derived as P0 *ρA /PC. In current LTE system, it allows different PDSCH transmission power to be used in CRS symbols (i.e., symbols with CRS transmission) and non-CRS symbols (i.e., symbols without CRS transmission) , and the difference can be known to UEs via the parameter PB. However, it can be observed from Figs. 2A-2C that the non-CRS symbols can be divided into two types, i.e., symbols to which a CSI-RS is mapped (denoted as CSI-RS symbols hereafter) and symbols without CSI-RS (denoted as non-CSI-RS symbols, hereafter) . For the two types of non-CRS symbols, PDSCH transmission power is assumed constant. Such an assumption may work well in current LTE system supporting 1, 2, 4, or 8-port CSI-RS, however, it may cause problems in case of increased number of antenna ports.
To support more advanced MIMO technique, e.g., three dimensional MIMO (3D-MIMO) with 2D antenna arrays, a CSI-RS may need to be transmitted from more than 8 antenna ports. Therefore new CSI-RS configuration has to be designed. One way for constructing a CSI-RS with more than 8 antenna ports is to combine multiple existing CSI-RSs with less than 8 antenna ports. In Fig. 3A, an example for obtaining a CSI-RS with 16 antenna ports by combining two CSI-RSs with 8 antenna ports (denoted as 8-port (1) and 8-port (2) in Fig. 3A respectively) FDMed in same PRB pair is presented. In Fig. 3B, an example for obtaining a CSI-RS with 10 antenna ports by combining a CSI-RS with 8 antenna ports in PRB i, and a CSI-RS with 2 antenna ports in PRB j is presented. In Fig. 3C, an example for obtaining a CSI-RS with 12 antenna ports by combining a 8-port CSI-RS and a 4-port CSI-RS is presented. The 8-port CSI-RS and the 4-port CSI-RS are time divisionally multiplexed (TDMed) in same subframe in the example of Fig. 3C, but it can be appreciated that two CSI-RSs TDMed in different subframes (and/or different RPBs) may also be combined to obtain a CSI-RS with increased number of antenna ports.
Though, number of CSI-RS antenna ports can be increased, the total transmission power cannot be increased without a restriction. To keep the total transmission power of a base station (e.g., a LTE eNodeB) constant, a CSI-RS antenna port could only transmit a fraction of the total transmission power, and the maximum power of each CSI-RS port is also constant. Take 8, 12 and 16 antenna ports for example, the transmission power of a CSI-RS antenna port is 1/8, 1/12 and 1/16 of total transmission power, respectively.
Normally, a CSI-RS transmit power should be high enough (e.g., equal to the power of CRS) to guarantee satisfying coverage. On the other hand, considering potential interference to adjacent REs, a CSI-RS power should not be 6dB larger than the PDSCH, as discussed in a 3GPP document R4-102236. Moreover, EPRE of same resource position (RE) at different ports should be kept same, otherwise, there may be channel mismatch in DMRS and PDSCH.
For example, for a CSI-RS with 8 antenna ports, a total EPRE of all the 8 CSI-RS ports can be assumed as P0, then the EPRE for each CSI-RS port is P0/8. It has been assumed in current LTE specification that EPRE of the PDSCH in non-CRS symbols (including CSI-RS symbols and non-CSI-RS symbols) is constant, while EPRE of a CSI-RS at each antenna port can be increased by 4 times (i.e., 4x, or 6dB) via natural power boosting, i.e., by making use of the energy of other antenna ports which will not transmit. In the example for 8 antenna ports, with 4 times (4x) power boosting (by making use of power for antenna ports 17/18, 19/20, and 21/22) , as shown in Fig. 4A, EPRE of a CSI-RS antenna port (e.g., port 15 or 16) can be increased to 4*P0/8= P0/2.
Such power boosting may cause problems in case of increased number of antenna ports, as shown in Figs. 3A-3C. Take Fig. 3A for example, each antenna port is FDMed with other 7 antenna ports in symbol 2 or 3 of slot 1. That is, a natural power boosting up to 8 times can be used if no power boosting restriction is applied, as shown in Fig. 4B. However, due to the 6dB power boosting restriction mentioned above, only power of 4 REs can be used for power boosting, and thus power of the other 4 REs will be wasted, as shown in Fig. 4C. Assume the total EPRE of all CSI-RS ports is P0, for each CSI-RS port, the EPRE is P0/16. Without upper bound power boosting restriction, there can be 8 times (8x, or 9dB) natural power boosting for a CSI-RS antenna port, and the EPRE of the CSI-RS antenna port 15 can be 8*P0/16=P0/2, which is same as that for 8-port CSI-RS, as shown in Fig. 4A. With the 6dB power boosting upper bound applied, only 3 Null-REs can be used for power boosting, energy of the other 4 Null-REs will be wasted, as shown in Fig. 4C. Moreover, even with 4 times (6dB) power boosting, the available power of a CSI-RS antenna port is only 4*P0/16 = P0/4, which is less than that for 8-port CSI-RS shown in Fig. 4A. As a result, the coverage of the CSI-RS is reduced and 4 REs in CSI-RS symbols are wasted.
Similar problem also exist in the scheme of Fig. 3C, where a CSI-RS with 8 antenna ports is TDMed with another CSI-RS with 4 antenna ports to get a CSI-RS with 12 antenna ports. As shown in Fig. 3C, in symbol 5 or 6 of slot 1, each antenna port FDM with other 3 antenna ports, and in symbol 2 or 3 of slot 1, each antenna port FDM with another antenna port.
As a result, natural power boosting capabilities for a CSI-RS port are different in slot 0 and slot 1, since there are 3 NULL-REs for power boosting in slot 0, but only 1 NULL RE for power boosting in slot 1. That is, the CSI-RS power may be different in slot 0 and slot 1. The power boosting for port 15 may be done in similar way as that shown in Fig. 4A, while the power boosting for port 23 may be done as shown in Fig. 4D. With only the power parameter Pc defined in current 3GPP specification for indicating the CSI-RS transmission power, such difference cannot be known by UEs, and correspondingly, channel estimation and CSI measurement may be inaccurate.
One way to solve the problem is to make the CSI-RS power same in slot 0 and slot 1 by borrowing power from PDSCH and using it for power boosting of a CSI-RS antenna port in symbol 2 or 3 of slot 1. However, in accordance with current LTE specification, PDSCH power is constant in CRS symbols and non-CRS symbols, and the PDSCH power is indicated via semi-static signaling with the parameters PA and PB. It means, to keep the PDSCH power constant in CRS symbols and non-CRS symbols, power of all the PDSCH in non-CRS symbols should be reduced, which may result in 0.9dB decrease in all 14 symbols in a subframe, and cause performance loss and power wasting in non-CSI-RS symbols.
Another way to keep the CSI-RS power constant in different symbols is to reduce the CSI-RS power in slot 0. For example, in symbol 5 or 6 of slot 0, power boosting is implemented based on only 1 NULL-RE, though 3 NULL-REs are available. That is, power of some REs will be wasted.
To solve at least part of the problems mentioned above, methods and apparatus for downlink power control and signal detection have been proposed herein.
Fig. 5 illustrates an exemplary flowchart of a method 500 for controlling downlink transmission power according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The method 200 can be implemented by a base station, e.g., the eNB 101 shown in Fig. 1, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto. The method 200 may be performed by any other suitable device.
As shown in Fig. 5, at block 501, the base station transmits to a device a first power parameter for indicating information on a downlink transmission power in a resource to which a CSI-RS with a first resource configuration for L antenna ports is mapped, wherein the information on the downlink transmission power includes at least one of: information on a transmission power of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) , information on a transmission power of a DMRS for the PDSCH; and information on a transmission power of the CSI-RS with the first resource configuration, wherein the first resource configuration together
with a second resource configuration for M antenna ports indicate a resource configuration for a CSI-RS with L+M antenna ports; at block S502, the base station transmits in the resource, based on the downlink transmission power indicated by the first power parameter.
With the method 500, a base station is allowed to indicate a transmission power for a specific resource, to which a CSI-RS with the first resource configuration is mapped. That is, it provides more flexibility in configuring power for transmitting in the specific resource, compared with the conventional method.
In one embodiment, the resource can be a PRB with CSI-RS of the first resource configuration. In another embodiment, the resource can be an OFDM symbol with CSI-RS of the first resource configuration.
The method 500 is especially advantageous in a scenario where a CSI-RS with a large number of antenna ports is obtained via combining multiple CSI-RSs with a small number of antenna ports. Take a 16-port CSI-RS for example, it can be obtained by combining two 8-port CSI-RSs, as shown in Fig. 3A. In this example, in symbol 2 or 3 of slot 1, 8 CSI-RS ports are FDMed. Assume that the total EPRE of all CSI-RS ports is P0, then for each CSI-RS port, the EPRE is P0/16. If power boosting restriction is not applied, 8 times (gdB) natural power boosting of CSI-RS can be achieved, and the EPRE of a CSI-RS port (e.g., port 15) can be 8*P0/16=P0/2, which is same with conventional 8-port CSI-RS, as shown in Fig. 4B. However, when the power boosting is restricted with the 6dB upper bound (i.e., 4 times power boosting) , only 3 Null-REs can be used for power boosting, while other 4 Null-RE will be wasted. In addition, even with 4 times (i.e., 6dB) power boosting, the power of one CSI-RS port is only 4*P0/16 = P0/4, as shown in Fig. 4C.
At least part of the above problem can be solved by using the method 500. With the method 500, it allows the base station to make the power for 7 Null-REs be lent to both CSI-RS and PDSCH. Assume for one CSI-RS port, the EPRE of PDSCH is P0/16, EPRE of CSI-RS is 4*P0 /16 after 4 times power boosting using 3 NULL REs. Then power of the remaining 4 NULL-REs can be equally allocated to a CSI-RS and the PDSCH. By doing so, the EPRE of CSI-RS will be increased to 4*P0/16+ 2*P0/16 (i.e., 1.5times increase, or about 1.76dB increase) , and EPRE of PDSCH will be increased to P0/16+ 1/2*P0/16 (also 1.5times increase, or about 1.76dB increase) . In this way, EPRE of both the CSI-RS and the PDSCH is increased, which leads to improved coverage and diversity gain, and at the same time the power boosting restriction (6dB) is satisfied. The radius of CSI-RS coverage will increase 10.7% for LOS and 11.7% for NLOS (3D-UMi for example) . The power increase of the PDSCH in the CSI-RS symbol, i.e., in symbol 2 and/or 3 of slot 1 in this example, can be indicated to UE via
the first power parameter transmitted at block S501. It short, the method 500 enables the base station to adjust the PDSCH power in the CSI-RS symbol and enables UE to know the difference of the PDSCH power in a CSI-RS symbol (e.g., symbol 2 of slot 1) and a non-CSI-RS symbol (symbol 3 of slot 0) and detect the DL transmission properly. At block S502, the base station can transmit PDSCH in the CSI-RS symbol i.e., in symbol 2 and/or 3 of slot 1 in this example, with the indicated increased power.
In one embodiment, at block S501, the first power parameter may be transmitted in a radio resource control (RRC) signaling. For example, the first power parameter may be inserted in an existing PDSCH configuration signaling as a new field Pd. In one embodiment, the new field Pd may indicate a ratio between EPRE of the PDSCH and EPRE of a CRS.
In another embodiment, the new field Pd may indicate an offset or a ratio between the EPRE of the PDSCH in the resource and EPRE of a PDSCH in another resource. The resource can be CSI- RS symbol 2 or 3 of slot 1 in above example, and the other resource can be a non-CSI-RS symbol, e.g., symbol 3 of slot 0. The EPRE of a PDSCH in another resource may be derived based on existing power parameter, e.g., Pc or may be indicated via a new signaling, e.g., Pd-2. In current LTE specification, PDSCH power in these non-CRS symbols (both symbol 2 or 3 of slot 1 and symbol 3 of slot 0) is assumed as constant.
As described above, EPRE of a PDSCH in another resource may be EPRE of a PDSCH in a resource to which no CSI-RS is mapped, i.e., a non-CSI-RS resource, for example a non-CSI-RS symbol, or a non-CSI-RS PRB. In another embodiment, EPRE of a PDSCH in another resource may be EPRE of a PDSCH in a resource to which a CSI-RS with the second resource configuration is mapped, wherein the second resource configuration is different from the first resource configuration. Take a 12-port CSI-RS with the configuration shown in Fig. 3C for example. In this example, the 12-port CSI-RS configuration is obtained by combining a 8-port CSI-RS configuration in symbols 5 and 6 in slot 0 and a 4-port CSI-RS configuration in symbols 2 and 3 in slot 1. Here, the 4-port CSI-RS configuration can be the first configuration, while the 8-port CSI-RS configuration can be the second configuration. For the second configuration in slot 0, natural power boosting with 4 REs can be achieved, similar as that shown in Fig. 4A. The resulting EPRE for CSI-RS port 15 is 4*P0/12=P0/3. As for the first configuration in slot 1, natural power boosting with only 2 REs can be achieved, as shown in Fig. 4D, and the resulting EPRE for CSI-RS port 23 is 2*P0/12= P0/6. To keep the EPRE for CSI- RS port 23 or 24 same as that for CSI- RS port 15 or 16, some power from the PDSCH in symbol 2 or 3 of slot 1 can be lent to the CSI- RS port 23 or 24. Power reduction of PDSCH in other symbols is not necessary. Correspondingly, it causes the PDSCH power in symbol 2
or 3 of slot 1 and the PDSCH power in other symbols (e.g., symbol 5 or 6 of slot 0) different. The difference can be indicated to UE via the first power parameter using the method 500. For example, the first parameter (e.g., Pd) may be used to indicate an offset or a ratio between the EPRE of the PDSCH in symbol 2 or 3 of slot 1 and EPRE of a PDSCH in symbol 5 or 6 of slot 0. The EPRE of a PDSCH in symbol 5 or 6 of slot 0 may be derived from an existing power parameter/signaling (e.g., Pc) , or may be indicated via a new power parameter/signaling (e.g., Pc_2) . In short, the method 500 allows the base station to configure different PDSCH power for symbol 2 or 3 of slot 1 and symbol 5 or 6 of slot 0, though both these symbols are CSI-RS symbols which are assumed to have same PDSCH power in accordance with current LTE specification. It avoids reducing PDSCH power in all the 14 OFDM symbols in a subframe, and thus avoids power waste and unnecessary coverage loss. In this example, at block S502, the base station can transmit PDSCH in symbol 2 or 3 of slot 1 and symbol 5 or 6 of slot 0 with different power based on the first parameter informed to the device.
Alternatively, the problem shown in Fig. 4D can also be solved by informing the CSI-RS power difference in symbol 2 or 3 of slot 1 and symbol 5 or 6 of slot 0 to UE. Accordingly, CSI-RS can be transmitted with different power in symbol 2 or 3 of slot 1 and symbol 5 or 6 of slot 0, based on the indicated power difference. In one embodiment, the first power parameter may indicate the information on the transmission power of the CSI-RS. For example, the transmission power of the CSI-RS with the first resource configuration (e.g., the EPRE for a CSI-port in slot 1) may be indicated via the first power parameter (e.g., Pc_2) transmitted at block S501, while the EPRE for the CSI-port in slot 0 may be indicated via a conventional signaling, e.g., power parameter Pc. In one embodiment, the first parameter may indicate a ratio between EPRE of the PDSCH and EPRE of the CSI-RS in the symbol 2 or 3 of slot 1, or a ratio between EPRE of the PDSCH and EPRE of the CSI-RS in a symbol with CSI-RS of the first configuration. In another embodiment, the first parameter may indicate an offset or a ratio (e.g., may be denoted as Pe) between the EPRE of the CSI-RS in symbol 2 or 3 slot 1 (with the first CSI-RS configuration) and EPRE of a CSI-RS in another resource (e.g., in symbol 5 or 6 of slot 0 with the second CSI-RS configuration) . The first parameter (e.g., Pe) may be transmitted at block S501 via a RRC signaling. For example, it can be inserted into an existing PDSCH configuration signaling as a new field. However, it can be appreciated that, the first parameter can be transmitted via any other suitable signaling. The EPRE of a PDSCH in another resource (e.g., in symbol 5 or 6 of slot 0 with the second CSI-RS configuration) can be derived from an existing power parameter, e.g., Pc, or, can be indicated via a new signaling,
e.g., Pc_2. In this way, it enables the UE to detect the CSI-RS and estimate CSI properly. Also, it avoids PDSCH power reduction.
Alternatively, or additionally, with the method 500, the base station is enabled to improve power utilization efficiency by boosting DMRS transmission power. Still take a 12-port CSI-RS with the configuration shown in Fig. 3C for example. In symbol 5 or 6 of slot 0, 4 CSI-RS ports are FDMed, while in symbol 2 or 3 of slot 1, only 2 CSI-RS ports are FDMed. Correspondingly, CSI-RS in symbol 5 or 6 of slot 0 and CSI-RS in symbol 2 or 3 of slot 1 has different capability for power boosting. In one embodiment, the base station may keep same power boosting by using power of only one NULL RE for CSI-RS ports in both slot 0 and slot 1, and power of the remaining NULL REs in slot 0 can be used for power boosting of PDSCH and/or DMRS. It leads to a higher PDSCH and/or DMRS transmission power in symbol 5 or 6 of slot 0 compared with PDSCH/DMRS in other non-CRS symbols. In one embodiment, the difference of PDSCH and DMRS power in different resource can be indicated via the first power parameter transmitted at block S501. Then, PDSCH and/or DMRS can be transmitted based on the power indicated by the first parameter at block S502. For example, the first power parameter may indicate a ratio between EPRE of the DMRS and EPRE of a CRS. In another embodiment, the first parameter may indicate a ratio between EPRE of the DMRS and EPRE of the PDSCH in the resource (e.g., CSI- RS symbol 5 or 6 in slot 0) .
In still another embodiment, the first parameter may indicate an offset or a ratio between EPRE of the DMRS in the resource (e.g., CSI- RS symbol 5 or 6 in slot 0) and EPRE of a DMRS in another resource (e.g., CSI- RS symbol 2 or 3 in slot 1) . In one embodiment, the EPRE of a DMRS in another resource may include EPRE of a DMRS in a resource to which no CSI-RS is mapped (i.e., a non-CSI-RS resource, e.g., a non-CSI-RS symbol) . In another embodiment, the EPRE of a DMRS in another resource may include EPRE of a DMRS in a resource to which a CSI-RS with the second resource configuration is mapped (e.g., symbol 2 or 3 of slot 1 with a 4-port CSI-RS configuration) , wherein the second resource configuration is different from the first resource configuration.
In one embodiment, the first power parameter may be transmitted via a RRC signaling, e.g., the first parameter may be inserted into an existing PDSCH configuration signaling as a new field Pf.
Though some exemplary embodiments are presented above for illustrative purpose, it can be appreciated that embodiments of the disclosure are not limited thereto. The first power parameter transmitted at block S501 may indicate a DL transmission power (PDSCH power and/or DMRS power and/or CSI-RS power, for example) in any specific resource. The
specific resource may be a resource set to which some CSI-RSs (e.g., CS-RS with the first transmission, or CSI-RS from certain antenna ports) are mapped. The specific resource may also be some predefined symbols and/or PRBs.
Likewise, it can be appreciated that in some embodiments, the method 500 may comprise transmitting a second power parameter for indicating a downlink transmission power in a second resource to which a CSI-RS second or third resource configuration is mapped, or for indicating a downlink transmission power in a third resource, where no CSI-RS is transmitted.
The first power parameter and/or the second power parameter may be, but not limited to, at least one of the parameters shown in Table 3. In one embodiment, the CSI-RS resource set 1 can be a resource (e.g., a PRB and/or symbol) with CSI-RS of a first configuration, while the CSI-RS resource set 2 may be a resource with CSI-RS of a second configuration, where the second configuration is different from the first configuration. In another embodiment, the CSI-RS resource set 1 or 2 may be defined as a set of predefined symbols/PRBs. In still another embodiment, the CSI-RS resource set 1 or 2 may be defined as a resource set for a predefined set of antenna ports.
Table 3. Examples for the first/second power parameter
It has been observed by the inventor of the disclosure that the problems mentioned with reference to Figs. 3A-3C, 4A-4D may not exit for certain CSI-RS configurations. For a 16-port CSI-RS configuration obtained by combining two 8-port CSI-RS configurations in different slots, or a 12-port CSI-RS configuration obtained by combining three 4-port CSI-RS configurations in different symbols, the problem may not exist. Then it is proposed herein that the first power parameter may be configured to be transmitted or not. The configuration may be signaled via signaling, or, it can be known to UEs implicitly, based on predefined rules. For example, for a some predefined CSI-RS configurations, (e.g., a 16-port CSI-RS configuration obtained by combining two 8-port CSI-RS configurations in different slots) , the first power parameter is assumed to be omitted.
In one aspect of the disclosure, there is also provided a method 600, which may comprise only a block S501 for indicating downlink transmission power using the first power
parameter, as shown in Fig. 6. Details for the first power parameter have been described with method 500, and thus will not be repeated here.
Reference is now made to Fig. 7, which illustrate a flow chart of a method 700 in a wireless system. The method can be implemented by a user equipment, e.g., UE 104 shown in Fig. 1, or any suitable devices.
As shown in Fig. 7, the method 700 comprises receiving from a base station a first power parameter for indicating information on a downlink transmission power in a resource to which a CSI-RS with a first resource configuration for L antenna ports is mapped at block S701, wherein the information on the downlink transmission power includes at least one of: information on a transmission power of a PDSCH, information on a transmission power of a DMRS for the PDSCH; and information on a transmission power of the CSI-RS with the first resource configuration, wherein the first resource configuration together with a second resource configuration for M antenna ports indicate a resource configuration for a CSI-RS with L+M antenna ports and detecting downlink transmission based on the received first power parameter at block S702.
In one embodiment, at block S702, detecting downlink transmission based on the received first power parameter may comprise measuring CSI-RS and estimating channel state information based on the downlink transmission power indicated by the first power parameter. In another embodiment, block S702 may comprise detecting data transmission based on the first power parameter.
In one embodiment, the first power parameter received by the UE at block S701 may be that transmitted by a base station at block S501. Then descriptions related to the first power parameter presented with reference to Fig. 5 and method 500 also apply here, and details will not be repeated here. The first power parameter may be utilized by the UE for CSI measurement.
Note that operations described with reference to the blocks of any method herein do not have to be performed in the exact order disclosed, unless explicitly stated. That is, operations at the blocks may also be performed reversely to the order as shown or concurrently. And some block (s) may be omitted in some embodiments.
Reference is now made to Fig. 8, which illustrates a schematic block diagram of an apparatus 800 in a wireless system for configuring downlink transmission power according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. In one embodiment, the apparatus 800 may be implemented as a base station, or a part thereof. Alternatively or additionally, the apparatus 800 may be implemented as any other suitable network element in the wireless communication
system. The apparatus 800 is operable to carry out the example method 500 described with reference to Fig. 5 or the method 600, and possibly any other processes or methods. It is also to be understood that the method 200 or 600 is not necessarily carried out by the apparatus 800. At least some blocks of the method 200 can be performed by one or more other entities. As illustrated in Fig. 8, the apparatus 800 comprises a first transmitting unit 801, configured to transmit to a device a first power parameter for indicating information on a downlink transmission power in a resource to which a CSI-RS with a first resource configuration for L antenna ports is mapped, wherein the information on the downlink transmission power includes at least one of: information on a transmission power of a PDSCH; information on a transmission power of a DMRS for the PDSCH; and information on a transmission power of the CSI-RS with the first resource configuration, wherein the first resource configuration together with a second resource configuration for M antenna ports indicate a resource configuration for a CSI-RS with L+M antenna ports; a second transmitting unit 802, configured to transmit in the resource, based on the downlink transmission power indicated by the first power parameter.
In one embodiment, the first transmitting unit 801, and the second transmitting unit 802 may be configured to perform the blocks S501-S502, respectively. Then, details of 801-802 will not be detailed herein. The descriptions related the first parameter provided with reference to Fig. 5 and method 500 also apply here.
Reference is now made to Fig. 9, which illustrates a schematic block diagram of an apparatus 900 in communication with the apparatus 800 in a wireless system, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. In one embodiment, the apparatus 900 may be implemented as UE or a part thereof. Alternatively or additionally, the apparatus 900 may be implemented as any other suitable devices in the wireless communication system. The apparatus 900 is operable to carry out the example method 700 described with reference to Fig. 7 and possibly any other processes or methods. It is also to be understood that the method 700 is not necessarily carried out by the apparatus 900. At least some steps of the method 700 can be performed by one or more other entities.
As shown in Fig. 9, the apparatus 900 comprises a receiving unit 901, configured to receive from a base station a first power parameter for indicating information on a downlink transmission power in a resource to which a CSI-RS with a first resource configuration for L antenna ports is mapped, wherein the information on the downlink transmission power includes at least one off information on a transmission power of a PDSCH; information on a transmission power of a DMRS for the PDSCH; and information on a transmission power of the CSI-RS with
the first resource configuration, wherein the first resource configuration together with a second resource configuration for M antenna ports indicate a resource configuration for a CSI-RS with L+M antenna ports; a detecting unit 902, configured to detect downlink transmission based on the received first power parameter.
In one embodiment, the receiving unit 901, and the detecting unit 902 may be configured to perform the blocks S701-S702, respectively. Then, details of 901-902 will not be detailed herein. The first power parameter received by the receiving unit may be the one transmitted by the base station at block S501, and then descriptions related the first parameter provided with reference to Fig. 5 and method 500 also apply here.
It can be appreciated that some modules in the apparatus 800 and 900 can be combined in some implementations. For example, in one embodiment, it is possible to use a single transmitting module to transmit the first power parameter, the CSI-RS and the PDSCH.
Fig. 10 illustrates a simplified block diagram of an apparatus 1010, and an apparatus 1020 that are suitable for use in practicing the embodiments of the present disclosure. The apparatus 1010 may be a base station; and the apparatus 1020 may be UE.
The apparatus 1010 comprises at least one processor 1011, such as a data processor (DP) 1011 and at least one memory (MEM) 1012 coupled to the processor 1011. The apparatus may further comprise a suitable RF transmitter TX and receiver RX 1013 (which may be implemented in a single component or separate components) coupled to the processor 1011. The MEM 1012 stores a program (PROG) 1014. The PROG 1014 may include instructions that, when executed on the associated processor 1011, enable the apparatus 1010 to operate in accordance with the embodiments of the present disclosure, for example to perform the method 200 or 600. The TX/RX 1013 may be used for bidirectional radio communication with other apparatuses or devices in the network, e.g. the apparatus 1020. Note that the TX/RX 1013 may have multiple antennas (e.g., an AAS) to facilitate the communication. A combination of the at least one processor 1011 and the at least one MEM 1012 may form processing means 1015 adapted to implement various embodiments of the present disclosure.
The apparatus 1020 comprises at least one processor 1021, such as a DP, at least one MEM 1022 coupled to the processor 1021. The apparatus 1020 may further comprise a suitable RF TX/RX 1023 (which may be implemented in a single component or separate components) coupled to the processor 1021. The MEM 1022 stores a PROG 1024. The PROG 1024 may include instructions that, when executed on the associated processor 1021, enable the apparatus 1020 to operate in accordance with the embodiments of the present disclosure, for example to perform the method 700. The TX/RX 1023 is for bidirectional radio
communications with other apparatuses or devices in the network, e.g. the apparatus 1010. Note that the TX/RX 1023 may have multiple antennas to facilitate the communication. A combination of the at least one processor 1021 and the at least one MEM 1022 may form processing means 1025 adapted to implement various embodiments of the present disclosure.
Various embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented by computer program executable by one or more of the processor 1011, 1021 in software, firmware, hardware or in a combination thereof.
The MEMs 1012, 1022 may be of any type suitable to the local technical environment and may be implemented using any suitable data storage technology, such as semiconductor based memory devices, magnetic memory devices and systems, optical memory devices and systems, fixed memory and removable memory, as non-limiting examples. While only one MEM is shown in the apparatuses 1010, 1020, there may be several physically distinct memory units in them.
The processors 1011, 1021 may be of any type suitable to the local technical environment, and may include one or more of general purpose computers, special purpose computers, microprocessors, digital signal processors (DSPs) and processors based on multicore processor architecture, as non-limiting examples. Each of the apparatuses 1010, 1020 may have multiple processors, such as an application specific integrated circuit (ASlC) chip that is slaved in time to a clock which synchronizes the main processor.
Although the above description is made in the context of LTE, it should not be construed as limiting the spirit and scope of the present disclosure. The idea and concept of the present disclosure can be generalized to also cover other wireless networks including non-cellular network, e.g., ad-hoc network.
In addition, the present disclosure provides a carrier containing the computer program as mentioned above, wherein the carrier is one of an electronic signal, optical signal, radio signal, or computer readable storage medium. The computer readable storage medium can be, for example, an optical compact disk or an electronic memory device like a RAM (random access memory) , a ROM (read only memory) , Flash memory, magnetic tape, CD-ROM, DVD, Blue-ray disc and the like.
The techniques described herein may be implemented by various means so that an apparatus implementing one or more functions of a corresponding apparatus described with an embodiment comprises not only prior art means, but also means for implementing the one or more functions of a corresponding apparatus described with an embodiment and it may comprise separate means for each separate function, or means may be configured to perform two
or more functions. For example, these techniques may be implemented in hardware (one or more apparatuses) , firmware (one or more apparatuses) , software (one or more modules) , or combinations thereof. For a firmware or software, implementation may be made through modules (e.g., procedures, functions, and so on) that perform the functions described herein.
Exemplary embodiments herein have been described above with reference to block diagrams and flowchart illustrations of methods, apparatuses, i.e. systems. It will be understood that each block of the block diagrams and flowchart illustrations, and combinations of blocks in the block diagrams and flowchart illustrations, respectively, can be implemented by various means including computer program instructions. These computer program instructions may be loaded onto a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions which execute on the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus create means for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart block or blocks.
While this specification contains many specific implementation details, these should not be construed as limitations on the scope of any implementation or of what may be claimed, but rather as descriptions of features that may be specific to particular embodiments of particular implementations. Certain features that are described in this specification in the context of separate embodiments can also be implemented in combination in a single embodiment. Conversely, various features that are described in the context of a single embodiment can also be implemented in multiple embodiments separately or in any suitable sub-combination. Moreover, although features may be described above as acting in certain combinations and even initially claimed as such, one or more features from a claimed combination can in some cases be excised from the combination, and the claimed combination may be directed to a sub-combination or variation of a sub-combination.
It should also be noted that the above described embodiments are given for describing rather than limiting the disclosure, and it is to be understood that modifications and variations may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the disclosure as those skilled in the art readily understand. Such modifications and variations are considered to be associated with the scope of the disclosure and the appended claims. The protection scope of the disclosure is defined by the accompanying claims.
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- A method implemented by a base station for controlling downlink transmission power, comprising:transmitting, to a device, a first power parameter for indicating information on a downlink transmission power in a resource to which a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) with a first resource configuration for L antenna ports is mapped, wherein the inforrnation on the downlink transmission power includes at least one of:information on a transmission power of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) ;information on a transmission power of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) for the PDSCH; andinformation on a transmission power of the CSI-RS with the first resource configuration, wherein the first resource configuration together with a second resource configuration for M antenna ports indicate a resource configuration for a CSI-RS with L+M antenna ports; andtransmitting in the resource, based on the downlink transmission power indicated by the first power parameter.
- The method according to claim 1, wherein the information on the transmission power of the PDSCH includes at least one of:a ratio between energy per resource element (EPRE) of the PDSCH and EPRE of a cell-specific reference signal, andan offset or a ratio between the EPRE of the PDSCH in the resource and EPRE of a PDSCH in another resource.
- The method according to claim 2, wherein the EPRE of a PDSCH in another resource includes at least one of:EPRE of a PDSCH in a resource to which no CSI-RS is mapped; andEPRE of a PDSCH in a resource to which a CSI-RS with the second resource configuration is mapped, wherein the second resource configuration is different from the first resource configuration.
- The method according to claim 1, wherein the information on the transmission power of the DMRS for the PDSCH includes at least one of:a ratio between energy per resource element (EPRE) of the DMRS and EPRE of a cell-specific reference signal;a ratio between EPRE of the DMRS and EPRE of the PDSCH in the resource; andan offset or a ratio between EPRE of the DMRS in the resource and EPRE of a DMRS in another resource.
- The method according to claim 4, wherein the EPRE of a DMRS in another resource includes at least one of:EPRE of a DMRS in a resource to which no CSI-RS is mapped; andEPRE of a DMRS in a resource to which a CSI-RS with the second resource configuration is mapped, wherein the second resource configuration is different from the first resource configuration.
- The method according to claim 1, wherein the information on the transmission power of the CSI-RS with the first resource configuration includes at least one of:a ratio between energy per resource element (EPRE) of the PDSCH and EPRE of the CSI-RS, andan offset or a ratio between the EPRE of the CSI-RS in the resource and EPRE of a CSI-RS in another resource.
- The method according to claim 6, wherein EPRE of a CSI-RS in another resource includes at least one of:EPRE of the CSI-RS indicated by a second power parameter transmitted by the base station;EPRE of a CSI-RS in a resource to which a CSI-RS with the second resource configuration is mapped, wherein the second resource configuration is different from the first resource configuration.
- The method according to any of claims 1-7, wherein a resource to which the CSI-RS is mapped includes at least one of:a physical resource block; anda symbol.
- A method implemented by a device for detecting downlink transmission, comprising:receiving fiom a base station a first power parameter for indicating information on a downlink transmission power in a resource to which a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) with a first resource configuration for L antenna ports is mapped, wherein the information on the downlink transmission power includes at least one of:information on a transmission power of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) ;information on a transmission power of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) for the PDSCH; andinformation on a transmission power of the CSI-RS with the first resource configuration, wherein the first resource configuration together with a second resource configuration for M antenna ports indicate a resource configuration for a CSI-RS with L+M antenna ports; anddetecting downlink transmission based on the received first power parameter.
- An apparatus in a base station for controlling downlink transmission power, comprising:a first transmitting unit, configured to transmit to a device a first power parameter for indicating information on a downlink transmission power in a resource to which a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) with a first resource configuration for L antenna ports is mapped, wherein the information on the downlink transmission power includes at least one of:information on a transmission power of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) ,information on a transmission power of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) for the PDSCH; andinformation on a transmission power of the CSI-RS with the first resource configuration, wherein the first resource configuration together with a second resource configuration for M antenna ports indicate a resource configuration for a CSI-RS with L+M antenna ports; anda second transmitting unit, configured to transmit in the resource, based on the downlink transmission power indicated by the first power parameter.
- The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the information on the transmission power of the PDSCH includes at least one of:a ratio between energy per resource element (EPRE) of the PDSCH and EPRE of a cell-specific reference signal, andan offset or a ratio between the EPRE of the PDSCH in the resource and EPRE of a PDSCH in another resource.
- The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the EPRE of a PDSCH in another resource includes at least one of:EPRE of a PDSCH in a resource to which no CSI-RS is mapped; andEPRE of a PDSCH in a resource to which a CSI-RS with the second resource configuration is mapped, wherein the second resource configuration is different from the first resource configuration.
- The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the information on the transmission power of the DMRS for the PDSCH includes at least one of:a ratio between energy per resource element (EPRE) of the DMRS and EPRE of a cell-specific reference signal;a ratio between EPRE of the DMRS and EPRE of the PDSCH in the resource; andan offset or a ratio between EPRE of the DMRS in the resource and EPRE of a DMRS in another resource.
- The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the EPRE of a DMRS in another resource includes at least one of:EPRE of a DMRS in a resource to which no CSI-RS is mapped; andEPRE of a DMRS in a resource to which a CSI-RS with the second resource configuration is mapped, wherein the second resource configuration is different from the first resource configuration.
- The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the information on the transmission power of the CSI-RS with the first resource configuration includes at least one of:a ratio between energy per resource element (EPRE) of the PDSCH and EPRE of the CSI-RS, andan offset or a ratio between the EPRE of the CSI-RS in the resource and EPRE of a CSI-RS in another resource.
- The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein EPRE of a CSI-RS in another resource includes at least one of:EPRE of the CSI-RS indicated by a second power parameter transmitted by the base station;EPRE of a CSI-RS in a resource to which a CSI-RS with the second resource configuration is mapped, wherein the second resource configuration is different from the first resource configuration.
- The apparatus according to any of claims 10-16, wherein a resource to which the CSI-RS is mapped includes at least one of:a physical resource block; anda symbol.
- An apparatus for detecting downlink transmission, comprising:a receiving unit, configured to receive from a base station a first power parameter for indicating information on a downlink transmission power in a resource to which a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) with a first resource configuration for L antenna ports is mapped, wherein the information on the downlink transmission power includes at least one of:information on a transmission power of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) ,information on a transmission power of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) for the PDSCH; andinformation on a transmission power of the CSI-RS with the first resource configuration, wherein the first resource configuration together with a second resource configuration for M antenna ports indicate a resource configuration for a CSI-RS with L+M antenna ports; anda detecting unit, configured to detect downlink transmission based on the received first power parameter.
- An apparatus for downlink transmission configuration in a wireless system, comprising a processor and a memory, said memory containing instructions executable by said processor whereby said apparatus is operative to perform the method of any of Claims 1-9.
- An apparatus for downlink signal detection in a wireless system, comprising a processor and a memory, said memory containing instructions executable by said processor whereby said apparatus is operative to perform the method of any of Claims 10-18.
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