WO2018084135A1 - 装置及び無線通信方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an apparatus and a wireless communication method in a next-generation mobile communication system.
- LTE Long Term Evolution
- LTE-A also referred to as LTE Advanced, LTE Rel. 10, 11 or 12
- LTE has been specified for the purpose of further widening and speeding up from LTE (also referred to as LTE Rel. 8 or 9), and LTE.
- Successor systems for example, FRA (Future Radio Access), 5G (5th generation mobile communication system), NR (New Radio), NX (New radio access), FX (Future generation radio access), LTE Rel. 13, 14 or Also referred to as after 15).
- CA Carrier Aggregation
- CC Component Carrier
- UE User Equipment
- DC dual connectivity
- CG Cell Group
- CC cell
- Inter-eNB CA inter-base station CA
- LTE Rel. frequency division duplex (FDD) in which downlink (DL) transmission and uplink (UL: Uplink) transmission are performed in different frequency bands, and downlink transmission and uplink transmission are in the same frequency band.
- Time Division Duplex (TDD) which is performed by switching over time, is introduced.
- Future wireless communication systems for example, 5G, NR are expected to realize various wireless communication services to meet different requirements (for example, ultra-high speed, large capacity, ultra-low delay, etc.) Yes.
- eMBB enhanced Mobile Broad Band
- IoT Internet of Things
- mMTC massive Machine Type Communication
- M2M Machine To Machine
- URLLC Ultra Reliable and Low Latency Communications
- beam forming In 5G / NR, beam forming (BF: Beam Forming) is used for both transmission and reception, with the main purpose of reducing the difficulty of securing coverage due to an increase in carrier frequency and reducing radio wave propagation loss. Is being considered.
- the beam to be determined may not be an appropriate beam for the transmission partner. If transmission is performed using an inappropriate beam, problems such as a decrease in communication throughput and a deterioration in reception quality occur.
- the present invention has been made in view of such a point, and an object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and a wireless communication method capable of suppressing deterioration in reception quality even when beamforming is used for both transmission and reception. One of them.
- the apparatus which concerns on 1 aspect of this invention has a receiving part which receives the beam specific information which shows a transmission beam, and a control part which determines a receiving beam based on a received reference signal, The said control part is said transmission A first index related to the coincidence of the beam and the received beam is obtained.
- the present invention it is possible to suppress degradation of reception quality even when beamforming is used for both transmission and reception.
- 1A to 1C are diagrams illustrating an example in which an uplink transmission beam is determined using a reception signal of a downlink reference signal.
- 2A to 2C are diagrams illustrating an example in which a downlink transmission beam is determined using a reception signal of an uplink reference signal. It is a figure which shows an example of the subject of the beam determination in case there is asymmetry in the vertical interference.
- 4A and 4B are diagrams illustrating an example when the reception beam on the reception side is different from the transmission beam. It is a figure which shows an example of the flow of correspondence judgment which concerns on 1st Embodiment.
- 6A and 6B are diagrams illustrating an example of a flow of beam control according to the second embodiment.
- BF Beam Forming
- BF is a technology for forming a beam (antenna directivity) by controlling (also called precoding) the amplitude and / or phase of a signal transmitted / received from each element using, for example, a super multi-element antenna. It is. Note that MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) using such a super multi-element antenna is also referred to as large-scale MIMO (Massive MIMO).
- MIMO Multiple Input Multiple Output
- Digital BF can be classified into digital BF and analog BF.
- Digital BF is a method of performing precoding signal processing (for a digital signal) on baseband.
- IFFT Inverse Fast Fourier Transform
- DAC Digital to Analog Converter
- RF Radio Frequency
- IFFT Inverse Fast Fourier Transform
- DAC Digital to Analog Converter
- RF Radio Frequency
- Analog BF is a method using a phase shifter on RF. In this case, since only the phase of the RF signal is rotated, the configuration is easy and can be realized at low cost, but a plurality of beams cannot be formed at the same timing.
- a hybrid BF configuration combining a digital BF and an analog BF can also be realized.
- future wireless communication systems for example, 5G
- introduction of large-scale MIMO is being studied.
- the circuit configuration becomes expensive. For this reason, it is assumed that a hybrid BF configuration is used in 5G.
- the transmission side propagates from the transmission side to the reception side. It is necessary to perform appropriate phase and amplitude adjustment based on the path information.
- Uplink channel information is important for UE transmit beamforming, and downlink channel information is important for base station transmit beamforming.
- the propagation path information is, for example, information on channel state information (CSI: Channel State Information), channel characteristics and / or channel matrix.
- CSI Channel State Information
- the propagation path information may include transceiver characteristics of the UE and BS, a phase and / or amplitude adjustment result for beam formation, and the like.
- the transceiver characteristics refer to, for example, frequency characteristics (for example, phase and / or amplitude characteristics) of the transceiver.
- the propagation path information may be at least one of a precoding matrix indicator (PMI), a precoding type indicator (PTI), a rank indicator (RI), and the like.
- PMI precoding matrix indicator
- PTI precoding type indicator
- RI rank indicator
- the PMI determined by the base station may be referred to as TPMI (Transmitted PMI).
- the receiving side estimates (measures) CSI based on a reference signal (RS) and feeds back CSI to the transmitting side, so that the transmitting side does not directly estimate the propagation path.
- Information can be obtained to determine the transmit beam.
- the transmission beam in the other direction can be determined using the unidirectional propagation path estimation result.
- a correlation also referred to as reciprocity
- the transmission beam in the other direction can be determined using the unidirectional propagation path estimation result.
- these propagation paths have reciprocity.
- these propagation paths may be referred to as having channel reciprocity.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of determining an uplink transmission beam using a received signal of a downlink reference signal.
- the UE receives a downlink reference signal transmitted from a BS (which may be a transmission / reception point (TRP)) and performs channel estimation based on the downlink reference signal to obtain downlink propagation path information. Derived (step S101).
- the downlink reference signal may be a cell-specific reference signal (CRS: Cell-specific Reference Signal), a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS: Channel State Information-Reference Signal), or a separately defined reference. It may be a signal (for example, a beam specific reference signal (BRS: Beam-specific Reference Signal) that is unique to each beam).
- CRS Cell-specific Reference Signal
- CSI-RS Channel State Information-Reference Signal
- BRS beam specific reference signal
- the UE uses information on a reference signal (for example, information on resources used for transmission of a downlink reference signal), upper layer signaling (for example, RRC (Radio Resource Control) signaling, broadcast information (MIB (Master Information Block), Notification may be made in advance by SIB (System Information Block), physical layer signaling (for example, downlink control information (DCI)), or a combination thereof.
- a reference signal for example, information on resources used for transmission of a downlink reference signal
- RRC Radio Resource Control
- MIB Master Information Block
- Notification may be made in advance by SIB (System Information Block), physical layer signaling (for example, downlink control information (DCI)), or a combination thereof.
- SIB System Information Block
- DCI downlink control information
- the UE may form a transmission beam based on the downlink propagation path information and transmit a UL signal (for example, a UL data signal) (step S102-1). Further, the UE may form a reception beam based on the downlink propagation path information and receive a DL signal (eg, DL data signal) (step S102-2).
- a UL signal for example, a UL data signal
- a reception beam based on the downlink propagation path information and receive a DL signal (eg, DL data signal) (step S102-2).
- FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example in which a downlink transmission beam is determined using a reception signal of an uplink reference signal.
- the BS receives the uplink reference signal transmitted from the UE, performs channel estimation based on the uplink reference signal, and derives uplink propagation path information (step S201).
- the uplink reference signal may be a channel measurement reference signal (for example, an uplink measurement reference signal (SRS: Sounding Reference Signal)) or a separately defined reference signal (for example, BRS). Also good.
- SRS uplink measurement reference signal
- BRS separately defined reference signal
- the BS may form a transmission beam based on the uplink propagation path information and transmit a DL signal (for example, a DL data signal) (step S202-1). Further, the BS may form a reception beam based on the uplink propagation path information and receive a UL signal (for example, a UL data signal) (step S202-2).
- a DL signal for example, a DL data signal
- a UL signal for example, a UL data signal
- the beam determined based on the received reference signal may not be appropriate as the transmission beam.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a problem of beam determination when there is asymmetry in vertical interference.
- the UE is receiving interference with the received signal due to a signal transmitted from another base station (Another BS).
- a beam that directs the maximum directivity in the BS direction is preferable.
- the UE attempts to maximize the SINR of the reference signal from the BS in consideration of interference signals from other base stations. For this reason, the reception beam determined based on the downlink reference signal (that is, the transmission beam determined by the reciprocity based on the downlink reference signal) has a different beam shape and / or direction from the ideal transmission beam. Become.
- the transmission beam determined by the reciprocity based on the downlink reference signal is not appropriate.
- the downlink reference signal passes through the UE receiver, but the data to actually apply the transmission beam passes through the UE transmitter. For this reason, when the characteristics of the transceivers are different, the transmission beam based on the downlink reference signal may not be the intended beam.
- the existing beam determination method also called precoding weight determination method
- FIG. 3 shows the UE side as an example, the same problem can occur on the BS side.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example in which the reception beam on the reception side is different from the transmission beam.
- the BS uses a beam different from the transmission beam as a reception beam due to interference and the like.
- FIGS. 4A and 4B correspond to FIGS. 1A and 1B, respectively.
- a downlink reference signal is transmitted using a transmission beam
- the UE determines a transmission beam based on the received reference signal.
- the UE transmits data on a transmit beam that should be appropriate.
- the BS tries to receive a reception beam that is different from the transmission beam that transmitted the downlink reference signal, that is, a reception beam that does not have a beam shape and / or orientation that can appropriately receive the transmission beam of the UE.
- the example as shown in FIG. 4 may intentionally occur due to control of the UE and / or BS.
- a case where the beam is changed when the UE moves, rotates, or an obstacle appears between the UE and the BS is assumed.
- the BS may intentionally sweep the reception beam without changing the transmission beam and try to succeed in reception.
- the BS may try to succeed in the transmission by sweeping the transmission beam without changing the reception beam.
- the transmission side cannot recognize whether the other party (reception side) uses the same beam for transmission and reception. In this case, there is a possibility that the transmission beam determined based on the signal transmitted from the partner is not an appropriate beam for the partner. If transmission is performed using a beam that is not appropriate for the other party, problems such as a reduction in communication throughput and a deterioration in reception quality occur.
- uplink transmission is shown as an example, but a similar problem may occur in downlink transmission.
- the present inventors use feedback from the partner device to determine whether or not the own device and / or the partner device may use the beam determined based on the reciprocity, and transmit it. Inspired to determine the beam to use.
- the indicators include: transmit / receive beam correspondence (Tx / Rx beam correspondence), beam reciprocity, beam calibration, calibrated / non-calibrated, and reciprocity calibrated / It may be called reciprocity (calibrated / non-calibrated), correspondence, coincidence, or simply correspondence.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a correspondence determination flow according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 5 illustrates an example in which the UE determines the correspondence
- the present invention is not limited to this.
- the BS may determine the correspondence based on a flow in which the UE and the BS (and the uplink and downlink) are read each other.
- UE performs transmission beam sweeping (step S301).
- a plurality of beams (for example, a plurality of beams having different directivities) are switched and transmitted in different time domains and / or different frequency domains.
- the beam sweeping is preferably performed in a continuous time domain and / or a continuous frequency domain, but may be performed in a discontinuous time domain and / or a discontinuous frequency domain.
- the signal and / or channel transmitted by sweeping may be any signal, for example, at least one of a reference signal, a synchronization signal, a random access preamble, a control signal, a data signal, or a combination thereof.
- the signal and / or channel transmitted in each beam may be the same or different for each beam.
- the BS determines an optimum beam and feeds back beam specifying information indicating the determined beam (step S302).
- the beam specifying information may be information used for specifying a beam, and includes a beam index, a beam coefficient used for beam forming, an angle of a beam (for example, a main beam), and a radio resource (for example, a time of the beam). And / or information regarding at least one of frequency resource, beam transmission timing, subcarrier, and the like).
- the beam specific information may be implicitly fed back by transmission of a predetermined signal and / or channel associated with the beam.
- the UE may determine an optimal beam according to radio resources, sequences, and the like of the received signal.
- the beam identification information may be propagation path information (for example, CSI).
- the UE receives the reference signal transmitted from the BS, and selects an optimal beam using the received reference signal (step S303).
- a beam may be selected based on downlink propagation path information obtained by measuring a reference signal.
- the UE may acquire beam specifying information corresponding to the selected optimal beam. It should be noted that steps S301 and S302 and step S303 may be performed in a reversed order.
- the UE compares the beam specified in step S302 (first beam) with the beam specified in step S303 (second beam), and determines the presence / absence, degree, and the like of both beams (step S304). .
- the presence / absence and / or degree of correspondence may be determined based on the beam identification information of the first beam and the beam identification information of the second beam.
- the presence / absence of correspondence may be determined as “present” when the first beam and the second beam completely match, or when the difference between the two beams is within a predetermined threshold or allowable range, “Yes” may be determined.
- the degree of correspondence may be a value calculated from the difference between the two beams.
- the beam difference may be a difference obtained from beam specifying information, and may be at least one of a beam index difference, a beam coefficient difference, a beam angle difference, and the like.
- Information for determination of correspondence includes upper layer signaling (for example, RRC signaling, MAC (Medium Access Control) signaling (for example, MAC control element (MAC CE (Control Element)), broadcast information, etc.), physical layer signaling (for example, , DCI or uplink control information (UCI), or a combination thereof, may be notified to the UE and / or BS, for example, the information for determining the correspondence is determined to have correspondence. It may be information on a predetermined threshold or an allowable range for
- step S304 the presence / absence and / or degree of correspondence may be obtained based on propagation path information (for example, CSI). For example, when uplink channel information is fed back in step S302, the correspondence can be obtained without specifying a beam by comparing with the downlink channel information obtained in step S303.
- propagation path information for example, CSI
- step S301 transmission beam sweeping is performed.
- one or more transmission beams may be transmitted, and in step S302, an optimum beam may be determined based on the one or more transmission beams.
- step S302 and / or S303 the optimum beam is determined / selected.
- the present invention is not limited to this.
- several suitable beams may be determined / selected, and in step S304, one or more based on the one or more first beams and the one or more second beams. Correspondence may be required.
- the determination of the correspondence in the UE and the determination of the correspondence in the BS may be performed in an overlapping manner.
- the beam sweeping in step S301 not only the transmission beam but also the reception beam may be swept (joint sweeping), and the optimum transmission beam and reception beam may be determined in parallel.
- the transmission side can determine whether or not the transmission beam determined based on the received signal is appropriate.
- the device (BS and / or UE) notifies the communication partner of its own correspondence information.
- appropriate beam control can be performed by the transmission side grasping the correspondence of the other party.
- Correspondence information may be information indicating the presence or absence of correspondence or information indicating the degree of correspondence. Further, as information on the correspondence, information on the predetermined threshold value or allowable range used for the determination of the correspondence may be included.
- Correspondence information is explicitly communicated to the UE and / or BS using higher layer signaling (eg, RRC signaling, MAC signaling, broadcast information, etc.), physical layer signaling (eg, DCI or UCI), or a combination thereof. You may be notified.
- higher layer signaling eg, RRC signaling, MAC signaling, broadcast information, etc.
- physical layer signaling eg, DCI or UCI
- the correspondence information is at least one of a predetermined signal (eg, reference signal) sequence, a cyclic shift to be applied, a radio resource (eg, time and / or frequency resource, transmission timing, subcarrier, etc.) or these.
- a predetermined signal eg, reference signal
- a radio resource eg, time and / or frequency resource, transmission timing, subcarrier, etc.
- the UE and / or BS may be notified implicitly by a combination of.
- both BS and UE have correspondence and / or the degree of correspondence is acceptable in both BS and UE, then transmission in the other direction using one-way channel estimates.
- Beam determination reciprocity-based beam determination may be performed.
- transmission beam determination non-reciprocity-based beam determination
- Non-reciprocity based beam determination may be performed, and the allowable range for the degree of correspondence of the BS may be different from the allowable range for the degree of correspondence of the UE.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a flow of beam control according to the second embodiment.
- 6A illustrates an example in which the UE determines a beam used for uplink transmission (for example, uplink data transmission)
- FIG. 6B illustrates an example in which the BS determines a beam to be used for downlink transmission (for example, downlink data transmission).
- the control flow is not limited to these.
- the UE can voluntarily switch between reciprocity base / non-reciprocity base regarding uplink data transmission. Also, the BS can grant the reciprocity base to the UE.
- the UE acquires information on the correspondence of the BS, and determines whether or not there is a correspondence of the BS (step S401). If the BS has correspondence (step S401—Yes), the UE (self) correspondence information is acquired and the presence / absence of the UE's correspondence is determined (step S402).
- step S402 the UE confirms whether uplink transmission beam information (for example, at least one of a beam index, a TPMI, and a group index) has been received from the BS. (Step S403). Note that steps S401 and S402 may be performed in any order.
- the UE assumes that the reciprocity base beam determination is permitted from the BS, and determines the transmission beam on a reciprocity basis (step S404).
- the UE may determine a transmission beam based on downlink propagation path information obtained using, for example, a downlink reference signal.
- the UE determines a transmission beam on a non-reciprocity basis (step S405).
- the UE may determine a transmission beam, for example, according to an index (eg, TPMI) indicated by the BS.
- step S403 may be omitted. Further, in addition to step S403 or instead of step S403, information regarding whether or not the reciprocity base beam determination is possible may be notified from the BS to the UE. The notification may be performed by higher layer signaling (for example, RRC signaling), physical layer signaling (for example, DCI / UCI), or a combination thereof.
- the UE may perform step S404 when it is instructed that reciprocity-based beam determination is possible, and may perform step S405 when instructed that it is not possible.
- the BS can voluntarily switch between reciprocity base and non-reciprocity base.
- the BS acquires information on the correspondence of the BS (self) and determines whether or not the BS has correspondence (step S501). If the BS has correspondence (step S501-Yes), the UE's correspondence information is acquired, and the presence / absence of the UE's correspondence is determined (step S502).
- the BS determines a transmission beam on a reciprocity basis (step S503).
- the BS may determine a transmission beam based on, for example, uplink propagation path information obtained using an uplink reference signal. Note that steps S501 and S502 may be performed in any order.
- the BS determines a transmission beam on a non-reciprocity basis (steps S504 and S505).
- the BS instructs the UE to provide feedback of downlink transmission beam information (information indicating the downlink transmission beam. For example, at least one of a beam index, a PMI, and a group index) (step S504), and is fed back from the UE.
- the transmission beam may be determined with reference to information (for example, PMI) (step S505).
- step S504 may be omitted.
- the BS may determine the transmission beam based on the information.
- the transmission beam can be determined using PMI or TPMI feedback from the communication partner.
- predetermined information correspondence confirmation trigger or the like
- a predetermined timing for example, at a timing when at least one of the transmission beam and the reception beam is changed in a predetermined cycle.
- each embodiment may be performed after the RRC connection is established, or may be performed before the RRC connection is established.
- the UE performs transmission beam sweeping using a random access preamble (step S301), and the BS transmits an index corresponding to an optimum beam using a random access response (step S302). May be.
- the transmission beam is determined based on reciprocity when both the BS and the UE have correspondence.
- the present invention is not limited to this.
- the transmission beam may be determined based on reciprocity even when at least one of the BS and the UE does not have correspondence.
- offset information may be obtained based on the correspondence information of the BS and / or the UE, and the reciprocity-based transmission beam may be corrected using the offset information.
- the offset information may be a difference between a transmission beam determined based on feedback from the other party and a transmission beam determined based on a received reference signal.
- a difference in beam index and a difference in beam coefficient may be at least one such as a difference in beam angle.
- the beam can be roughly adjusted using offset information for correcting the beam based on correspondence information for each predetermined period, and the beam can be finely adjusted based on the reference signal within the period.
- a trade-off between control overhead and accuracy can be suitably taken.
- the reception beam used for correspondence determination is determined based on the reception reference signal, but is not limited thereto.
- the reception beam may be determined based on a signal other than the reference signal such as a received data signal, control signal, or synchronization signal, or may be determined based on predetermined information.
- the BS and / or UE may assume that the following (1) and / or (2) are satisfied: 1) Based on the downlink measurements of the UE using one or more transmit beams of the BS, the BS can determine the BS's receive beam for uplink reception, (2) one or more of the BS Based on the BS uplink measurements using the receive beam, the BS can determine the BS transmit beam for downlink transmission.
- the BS and / or UE may assume that the following (3) and / or (4) is satisfied: (3) one or more of the UEs Based on the downlink measurements of the UE using the receive beam, the UE can determine the UE's transmit beam for uplink transmission. (4) For uplink measurements of the BS using one or more transmit beams of the UE. Based on the indication of the base BS, the UE can determine the UE's receive beam for downlink reception.
- wireless communication system Wireless communication system
- communication is performed using any one or a combination of the wireless communication methods according to the above embodiments of the present invention.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a schematic configuration of a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- carrier aggregation (CA) and / or dual connectivity (DC) in which a plurality of basic frequency blocks (component carriers) each having a system bandwidth (for example, 20 MHz) of the LTE system as one unit are applied. can do.
- DC dual connectivity
- the wireless communication system 1 includes LTE (Long Term Evolution), LTE-A (LTE-Advanced), LTE-B (LTE-Beyond), SUPER 3G, IMT-Advanced 4G (4th generation mobile communication system), 5G. (5th generation mobile communication system), FRA (Future Radio Access), New-RAT (Radio Access Technology), etc., or a system that realizes these.
- LTE Long Term Evolution
- LTE-A Long Term Evolution-Advanced
- LTE-B LTE-Beyond
- SUPER 3G IMT-Advanced 4G (4th generation mobile communication system)
- 5G. 5th generation mobile communication system
- FRA Full Radio Access
- New-RAT Radio Access Technology
- the radio communication system 1 includes a radio base station 11 that forms a macro cell C1 having a relatively wide coverage, and a radio base station 12 (12a-12c) that is arranged in the macro cell C1 and forms a small cell C2 that is narrower than the macro cell C1. It is equipped with. Moreover, the user terminal 20 is arrange
- the user terminal 20 can be connected to both the radio base station 11 and the radio base station 12. It is assumed that the user terminal 20 uses the macro cell C1 and the small cell C2 simultaneously by CA or DC. Moreover, the user terminal 20 may apply CA or DC using a plurality of cells (CC) (for example, 5 or less CCs, 6 or more CCs).
- CC cells
- Communication between the user terminal 20 and the radio base station 11 can be performed using a carrier having a relatively low frequency band (for example, 2 GHz) and a narrow bandwidth (also referred to as an existing carrier or a legacy carrier).
- a carrier having a relatively high frequency band for example, 3.5 GHz, 5 GHz, etc.
- the same carrier may be used.
- the configuration of the frequency band used by each radio base station is not limited to this.
- a wired connection for example, an optical fiber compliant with CPRI (Common Public Radio Interface), an X2 interface, etc.
- a wireless connection It can be set as the structure to do.
- the radio base station 11 and each radio base station 12 are connected to the higher station apparatus 30 and connected to the core network 40 via the higher station apparatus 30.
- the upper station device 30 includes, for example, an access gateway device, a radio network controller (RNC), a mobility management entity (MME), and the like, but is not limited thereto.
- RNC radio network controller
- MME mobility management entity
- Each radio base station 12 may be connected to the higher station apparatus 30 via the radio base station 11.
- the radio base station 11 is a radio base station having a relatively wide coverage, and may be called a macro base station, an aggregation node, an eNB (eNodeB), a transmission / reception point, or the like.
- the radio base station 12 is a radio base station having local coverage, and includes a small base station, a micro base station, a pico base station, a femto base station, a HeNB (Home eNodeB), an RRH (Remote Radio Head), and transmission / reception. It may be called a point.
- the radio base stations 11 and 12 are not distinguished, they are collectively referred to as a radio base station 10.
- Each user terminal 20 is a terminal that supports various communication schemes such as LTE and LTE-A, and may include not only a mobile communication terminal (mobile station) but also a fixed communication terminal (fixed station).
- orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) is applied to the downlink, and single carrier-frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) is used for the uplink.
- SC-FDMA single carrier-frequency division multiple access
- OFDMA is a multi-carrier transmission scheme that performs communication by dividing a frequency band into a plurality of narrow frequency bands (subcarriers) and mapping data to each subcarrier.
- SC-FDMA is a single-carrier transmission scheme that reduces interference between terminals by dividing the system bandwidth into bands consisting of one or continuous resource blocks for each terminal and using a plurality of terminals with mutually different bands. is there.
- the uplink and downlink radio access schemes are not limited to these combinations, and other radio access schemes may be used.
- downlink channels include a downlink shared channel (PDSCH) shared by each user terminal 20, a broadcast channel (PBCH: Physical Broadcast Channel), a downlink L1 / L2 control channel, and the like. Used. User data, higher layer control information, SIB (System Information Block), etc. are transmitted by PDSCH. Also, MIB (Master Information Block) is transmitted by PBCH.
- PDSCH downlink shared channel
- PBCH Physical Broadcast Channel
- SIB System Information Block
- MIB Master Information Block
- Downlink L1 / L2 control channels include PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel), EPDCCH (Enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel), PCFICH (Physical Control Format Indicator Channel), PHICH (Physical Hybrid-ARQ Indicator Channel), and the like.
- Downlink control information (DCI: Downlink Control Information) including scheduling information of PDSCH and PUSCH is transmitted by PDCCH.
- the number of OFDM symbols used for PDCCH is transmitted by PCFICH.
- the PHICH transmits HARQ (Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest) acknowledgment information (for example, retransmission control information, HARQ-ACK, ACK / NACK, etc.) to the PUSCH.
- HARQ Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest
- EPDCCH is frequency-division multiplexed with PDSCH (downlink shared data channel), and is used for transmission of DCI and the like in the same manner as PDCCH.
- an uplink shared channel (PUSCH) shared by each user terminal 20
- an uplink control channel (PUCCH: Physical Uplink Control Channel)
- a random access channel (PRACH: Physical Random Access Channel)
- User data, higher layer control information, etc. are transmitted by PUSCH.
- downlink radio quality information (CQI: Channel Quality Indicator), delivery confirmation information, and the like are transmitted by PUCCH.
- CQI Channel Quality Indicator
- delivery confirmation information and the like are transmitted by PUCCH.
- a random access preamble for establishing connection with a cell is transmitted by the PRACH.
- a cell-specific reference signal CRS
- CSI-RS channel state information reference signal
- DMRS demodulation reference signal
- PRS Positioning Reference Signal
- a measurement reference signal SRS: Sounding Reference Signal
- a demodulation reference signal DMRS
- the DMRS may be referred to as a user terminal specific reference signal (UE-specific Reference Signal). Further, the transmitted reference signal is not limited to these.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of the overall configuration of a radio base station according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the radio base station 10 includes a plurality of transmission / reception antennas 101, an amplifier unit 102, a transmission / reception unit 103, a baseband signal processing unit 104, a call processing unit 105, and a transmission path interface 106.
- the transmission / reception antenna 101, the amplifier unit 102, and the transmission / reception unit 103 may each be configured to include one or more.
- User data transmitted from the radio base station 10 to the user terminal 20 via the downlink is input from the higher station apparatus 30 to the baseband signal processing unit 104 via the transmission path interface 106.
- PDCP Packet Data Convergence Protocol
- RLC Radio Link Control
- MAC Medium Access
- Retransmission control for example, HARQ transmission processing
- scheduling transmission format selection, channel coding, Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT) processing, precoding processing, and other transmission processing
- IFFT Inverse Fast Fourier Transform
- precoding processing precoding processing, and other transmission processing
- the downlink control signal is also subjected to transmission processing such as channel coding and inverse fast Fourier transform, and is transferred to the transmission / reception unit 103.
- the transmission / reception unit 103 converts the baseband signal output by precoding for each antenna from the baseband signal processing unit 104 to a radio frequency band and transmits the converted signal.
- the radio frequency signal frequency-converted by the transmission / reception unit 103 is amplified by the amplifier unit 102 and transmitted from the transmission / reception antenna 101.
- the transmission / reception unit 103 can be configured by a transmitter / receiver, a transmission / reception circuit, or a transmission / reception device, which is described based on common recognition in the technical field according to the present invention.
- the transmission / reception part 103 may be comprised as an integral transmission / reception part, and may be comprised from a transmission part and a receiving part.
- the radio frequency signal received by the transmission / reception antenna 101 is amplified by the amplifier unit 102.
- the transmission / reception unit 103 receives the uplink signal amplified by the amplifier unit 102.
- the transmission / reception unit 103 converts the frequency of the received signal into a baseband signal and outputs it to the baseband signal processing unit 104.
- the baseband signal processing unit 104 performs fast Fourier transform (FFT) processing, inverse discrete Fourier transform (IDFT: Inverse Discrete Fourier Transform) processing, and error correction on user data included in the input upstream signal.
- FFT fast Fourier transform
- IDFT inverse discrete Fourier transform
- Decoding, MAC retransmission control reception processing, RLC layer and PDCP layer reception processing are performed and transferred to the upper station apparatus 30 via the transmission path interface 106.
- the call processor 105 performs communication channel call processing (setting, release, etc.), status management of the radio base station 10, radio resource management, and the like.
- the transmission path interface 106 transmits and receives signals to and from the higher station apparatus 30 via a predetermined interface.
- the transmission path interface 106 transmits / receives signals (backhaul signaling) to / from other radio base stations 10 via an interface between base stations (for example, an optical fiber compliant with CPRI (Common Public Radio Interface), X2 interface). May be.
- CPRI Common Public Radio Interface
- X2 interface May be.
- the transmission / reception unit 103 may further include an analog beam forming unit that performs analog beam forming.
- the analog beam forming unit includes an analog beam forming circuit (for example, phase shifter, phase shift circuit) or an analog beam forming apparatus (for example, phase shifter) described based on common recognition in the technical field according to the present invention. May be.
- the transmission / reception antenna 101 may be constituted by an array antenna, for example.
- the transmission / reception unit 103 may receive beam specifying information indicating a transmission beam of the radio base station 10, information on correspondence of the user terminal 20, and the like.
- the transmission / reception unit 103 may transmit beam identification information indicating a transmission beam of the user terminal 20, information on correspondence of the radio base station 10, and the like.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of the radio base station according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- the functional block of the characteristic part in this embodiment is mainly shown, and the wireless base station 10 shall also have another functional block required for radio
- the baseband signal processing unit 104 includes at least a control unit (scheduler) 301, a transmission signal generation unit 302, a mapping unit 303, a reception signal processing unit 304, and a measurement unit 305. These configurations may be included in the radio base station 10, and a part or all of the configurations may not be included in the baseband signal processing unit 104.
- the control unit (scheduler) 301 controls the entire radio base station 10.
- the control part 301 can be comprised from the controller, the control circuit, or control apparatus demonstrated based on the common recognition in the technical field which concerns on this invention.
- the control unit 301 controls, for example, signal generation by the transmission signal generation unit 302, signal allocation by the mapping unit 303, and the like.
- the control unit 301 also controls signal reception processing by the reception signal processing unit 304, signal measurement by the measurement unit 305, and the like.
- the control unit 301 schedules system information, downlink data signals (for example, signals transmitted by PDSCH), downlink control signals (for example, signals transmitted by PDCCH and / or EPDCCH, delivery confirmation information, etc.) (for example, resource Control).
- the control unit 301 controls generation of a downlink control signal, a downlink data signal, and the like based on a result of determining whether or not retransmission control is necessary for the uplink data signal.
- the control unit 301 controls scheduling of synchronization signals (for example, PSS (Primary Synchronization Signal) / SSS (Secondary Synchronization Signal)), downlink reference signals (for example, CRS, CSI-RS, DMRS) and the like.
- control unit 301 includes an uplink data signal (for example, a signal transmitted on PUSCH), an uplink control signal (for example, a signal transmitted on PUCCH and / or PUSCH, delivery confirmation information, etc.), a random access preamble (for example, Scheduling of the uplink reference signal and the like.
- uplink data signal for example, a signal transmitted on PUSCH
- uplink control signal for example, a signal transmitted on PUCCH and / or PUSCH, delivery confirmation information, etc.
- a random access preamble for example, Scheduling of the uplink reference signal and the like.
- the control unit 301 uses the digital BF (for example, precoding) by the baseband signal processing unit 104 and / or the analog BF (for example, phase rotation) by the transmission / reception unit 103 to form a transmission beam and / or a reception beam. To control.
- the control unit 301 may perform control so as to form a beam based on downlink propagation path information, uplink propagation path information, and the like. Such propagation path information may be acquired from the reception signal processing unit 304 and / or the measurement unit 305.
- the control unit 301 may determine a transmission beam based on the received predetermined information (for example, beam identification information).
- the control unit 301 may determine a reception beam based on a received predetermined signal (for example, a reference signal).
- the control unit 301 displays a first index (correspondence information) related to a match between the transmission beam determined based on the received predetermined information and the reception beam determined based on the received predetermined signal. You may get it.
- Correspondence may be referred to as an index (information) related to the coincidence (similarity) of a plurality of beams.
- control unit 301 obtains from the received signal processing unit 304 a second index (correspondence information of the user terminal 20) regarding the coincidence of the transmission beam and the reception beam of another device (for example, the user terminal 20), Whether to perform transmission using the transmission beam determined based on the received reference signal (whether to determine the transmission beam on a reciprocity basis) may be determined based on the first index and the second index.
- the controller 301 satisfies the predetermined condition for both the first index and the second index (for example, both indices indicate the presence of correspondence, and both indices (degrees) are within an allowable range. Etc.), it may be determined that the transmission beam is determined on a reciprocity basis.
- the control unit 301 has predetermined information (for example, transmission beam information (beam index, PMI, group index, etc.)
- transmission beam information beam index, PMI, group index, etc.
- transmission using a transmission beam may be paraphrased as transmission of a signal to which predetermined precoding is applied.
- the transmission signal generation unit 302 generates a downlink signal (downlink control signal, downlink data signal, downlink reference signal, etc.) based on an instruction from the control unit 301, and outputs it to the mapping unit 303.
- the transmission signal generation unit 302 can be configured by a signal generator, a signal generation circuit, or a signal generation device described based on common recognition in the technical field according to the present invention.
- the transmission signal generation unit 302 generates, for example, a DL assignment that notifies downlink signal allocation information and a UL grant that notifies uplink signal allocation information based on an instruction from the control unit 301.
- the downlink data signal is subjected to coding processing and modulation processing according to a coding rate, a modulation scheme, and the like determined based on channel state information (CSI: Channel State Information) from each user terminal 20.
- CSI Channel State Information
- the mapping unit 303 maps the downlink signal generated by the transmission signal generation unit 302 to a predetermined radio resource based on an instruction from the control unit 301, and outputs it to the transmission / reception unit 103.
- the mapping unit 303 can be configured by a mapper, a mapping circuit, or a mapping device described based on common recognition in the technical field according to the present invention.
- the reception signal processing unit 304 performs reception processing (for example, demapping, demodulation, decoding, etc.) on the reception signal input from the transmission / reception unit 103.
- the received signal is, for example, an uplink signal (uplink control signal, uplink data signal, uplink reference signal, etc.) transmitted from the user terminal 20.
- the reception signal processing unit 304 can be configured by a signal processor, a signal processing circuit, or a signal processing device described based on common recognition in the technical field according to the present invention.
- the reception signal processing unit 304 outputs the information decoded by the reception processing to the control unit 301. For example, when receiving PUCCH including HARQ-ACK, HARQ-ACK is output to control section 301.
- the reception signal processing unit 304 outputs the reception signal and / or the signal after reception processing to the measurement unit 305.
- the measurement unit 305 performs measurement on the received signal.
- the measurement part 305 can be comprised from the measuring device, measurement circuit, or measurement apparatus demonstrated based on common recognition in the technical field which concerns on this invention.
- the measurement unit 305 may perform RRM (Radio Resource Management) measurement, CSI (Channel State Information) measurement, and the like based on the received signal.
- the measurement unit 305 receives received power (for example, RSRP (Reference Signal Received Power)), received quality (for example, RSRQ (Reference Signal Received Quality), SINR (Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio)), signal strength (for example, RSSI ( Received Signal Strength Indicator)), propagation path information (for example, CSI), etc. may be measured.
- the measurement result may be output to the control unit 301.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of an overall configuration of a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the user terminal 20 includes a plurality of transmission / reception antennas 201, an amplifier unit 202, a transmission / reception unit 203, a baseband signal processing unit 204, and an application unit 205.
- the transmission / reception antenna 201, the amplifier unit 202, and the transmission / reception unit 203 may each be configured to include one or more.
- the radio frequency signal received by the transmission / reception antenna 201 is amplified by the amplifier unit 202.
- the transmission / reception unit 203 receives the downlink signal amplified by the amplifier unit 202.
- the transmission / reception unit 203 converts the frequency of the received signal into a baseband signal and outputs it to the baseband signal processing unit 204.
- the transmission / reception unit 203 can be configured by a transmitter / receiver, a transmission / reception circuit, or a transmission / reception device described based on common recognition in the technical field according to the present invention.
- the transmission / reception unit 203 may be configured as an integral transmission / reception unit, or may be configured from a transmission unit and a reception unit.
- the baseband signal processing unit 204 performs FFT processing, error correction decoding, retransmission control reception processing, and the like on the input baseband signal.
- the downlink user data is transferred to the application unit 205.
- the application unit 205 performs processing related to layers higher than the physical layer and the MAC layer. Also, broadcast information of downlink data may be transferred to the application unit 205.
- uplink user data is input from the application unit 205 to the baseband signal processing unit 204.
- the baseband signal processing unit 204 performs transmission / reception units for retransmission control (for example, HARQ transmission processing), channel coding, precoding, discrete Fourier transform (DFT) processing, IFFT processing, and the like.
- the transmission / reception unit 203 converts the baseband signal output from the baseband signal processing unit 204 into a radio frequency band and transmits it.
- the radio frequency signal frequency-converted by the transmission / reception unit 203 is amplified by the amplifier unit 202 and transmitted from the transmission / reception antenna 201.
- the transmission / reception unit 203 may further include an analog beam forming unit that performs analog beam forming.
- the analog beam forming unit includes an analog beam forming circuit (for example, phase shifter, phase shift circuit) or an analog beam forming apparatus (for example, phase shifter) described based on common recognition in the technical field according to the present invention. May be.
- the transmission / reception antenna 201 may be constituted by an array antenna, for example.
- the transmission / reception unit 203 may transmit beam identification information indicating a transmission beam of the radio base station 10, information on correspondence of the user terminal 20, and the like.
- the transmission / reception unit 203 may receive beam identification information indicating a transmission beam of the user terminal 20, information on correspondence of the radio base station 10, and the like.
- FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the functional blocks of the characteristic part in the present embodiment are mainly shown, and the user terminal 20 also has other functional blocks necessary for wireless communication.
- the baseband signal processing unit 204 included in the user terminal 20 includes at least a control unit 401, a transmission signal generation unit 402, a mapping unit 403, a reception signal processing unit 404, and a measurement unit 405. Note that these configurations may be included in the user terminal 20, and some or all of the configurations may not be included in the baseband signal processing unit 204.
- the control unit 401 controls the entire user terminal 20.
- the control unit 401 can be composed of a controller, a control circuit, or a control device described based on common recognition in the technical field according to the present invention.
- the control unit 401 controls, for example, signal generation by the transmission signal generation unit 402, signal allocation by the mapping unit 403, and the like.
- the control unit 401 also controls signal reception processing by the reception signal processing unit 404, signal measurement by the measurement unit 405, and the like.
- the control unit 401 acquires the downlink control signal and the downlink data signal transmitted from the radio base station 10 from the reception signal processing unit 404.
- the control unit 401 controls the generation of the uplink control signal and / or the uplink data signal based on the result of determining the necessity of retransmission control for the downlink control signal and / or the downlink data signal.
- the control unit 401 uses the digital BF (for example, precoding) by the baseband signal processing unit 204 and / or the analog BF (for example, phase rotation) by the transmission / reception unit 203 to form a transmission beam and / or a reception beam. You may control to.
- the control unit 401 may perform control so as to form a beam based on downlink propagation path information, uplink propagation path information, and the like. Such propagation path information may be acquired from the reception signal processing unit 404 and / or the measurement unit 405.
- the control unit 401 may determine a transmission beam based on the received predetermined information (for example, beam specifying information).
- the control unit 401 may determine a reception beam based on a received predetermined signal (for example, a reference signal).
- the control unit 401 displays a first index (correspondence information) related to the coincidence between the transmission beam determined based on the received predetermined information and the reception beam determined based on the received predetermined signal. You may get it.
- control unit 401 acquires from the reception signal processing unit 404 a second index (correspondence information of the radio base station 10) regarding the coincidence of the transmission beam and the reception beam of another device (for example, the radio base station 10). Based on the first index and the second index, it is determined whether or not to perform transmission using the transmission beam determined based on the received reference signal (whether to determine the transmission beam based on reciprocity) Also good.
- the control unit 401 satisfies the predetermined condition for both the first index and the second index (for example, both indices indicate the presence of correspondence, and both indices (degrees) are within an allowable range. Etc.), it may be determined that the transmission beam is determined on a reciprocity basis.
- the control unit 401 has predetermined information (for example, transmission beam information (beam index, PMI, group index, etc.)
- transmission beam information beam index, PMI, group index, etc.
- control unit 401 may update parameters used for control based on the information.
- the transmission signal generation unit 402 generates an uplink signal (uplink control signal, uplink data signal, uplink reference signal, etc.) based on an instruction from the control unit 401 and outputs the uplink signal to the mapping unit 403.
- the transmission signal generation unit 402 can be configured by a signal generator, a signal generation circuit, or a signal generation device described based on common recognition in the technical field according to the present invention.
- the transmission signal generation unit 402 generates an uplink control signal related to delivery confirmation information, channel state information (CSI), and the like based on an instruction from the control unit 401, for example. In addition, the transmission signal generation unit 402 generates an uplink data signal based on an instruction from the control unit 401. For example, the transmission signal generation unit 402 is instructed by the control unit 401 to generate an uplink data signal when the UL grant is included in the downlink control signal notified from the radio base station 10.
- CSI channel state information
- the mapping unit 403 maps the uplink signal generated by the transmission signal generation unit 402 to a radio resource based on an instruction from the control unit 401, and outputs the radio signal to the transmission / reception unit 203.
- the mapping unit 403 can be configured by a mapper, a mapping circuit, or a mapping device described based on common recognition in the technical field according to the present invention.
- the reception signal processing unit 404 performs reception processing (for example, demapping, demodulation, decoding, etc.) on the reception signal input from the transmission / reception unit 203.
- the received signal is, for example, a downlink signal (downlink control signal, downlink data signal, downlink reference signal, etc.) transmitted from the radio base station 10.
- the reception signal processing unit 404 can be configured by a signal processor, a signal processing circuit, or a signal processing device described based on common recognition in the technical field according to the present invention. Further, the reception signal processing unit 404 can constitute a reception unit according to the present invention.
- the reception signal processing unit 404 outputs the information decoded by the reception processing to the control unit 401.
- the reception signal processing unit 404 outputs, for example, broadcast information, system information, RRC signaling, DCI, and the like to the control unit 401.
- the reception signal processing unit 404 outputs the reception signal and / or the signal after reception processing to the measurement unit 405.
- the measurement unit 405 performs measurement on the received signal.
- the measurement part 405 can be comprised from the measuring device, measurement circuit, or measurement apparatus demonstrated based on common recognition in the technical field which concerns on this invention.
- the measurement unit 405 may perform RRM measurement, CSI measurement, and the like based on the received signal.
- the measurement unit 405 may measure received power (for example, RSRP), reception quality (for example, RSRQ, SINR), signal strength (for example, RSSI), propagation path information (for example, CSI), and the like.
- the measurement result may be output to the control unit 401.
- each functional block may be realized by one device physically and / or logically coupled, and two or more devices physically and / or logically separated may be directly and / or indirectly. (For example, wired and / or wireless) and may be realized by these plural devices.
- a radio base station, a user terminal, etc. in an embodiment of the present invention may function as a computer that performs processing of the radio communication method of the present invention.
- FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of a radio base station and a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the wireless base station 10 and the user terminal 20 described above may be physically configured as a computer device including a processor 1001, a memory 1002, a storage 1003, a communication device 1004, an input device 1005, an output device 1006, a bus 1007, and the like. Good.
- the term “apparatus” can be read as a circuit, a device, a unit, or the like.
- the hardware configurations of the radio base station 10 and the user terminal 20 may be configured to include one or a plurality of each device illustrated in the figure, or may be configured not to include some devices.
- processor 1001 may be implemented by one or more chips.
- each function in the radio base station 10 and the user terminal 20 reads predetermined software (program) on hardware such as the processor 1001 and the memory 1002, so that the processor 1001 performs computation and communication by the communication device 1004. It is realized by controlling the reading and / or writing of data in the memory 1002 and the storage 1003.
- the processor 1001 controls the entire computer by operating an operating system, for example.
- the processor 1001 may be configured by a central processing unit (CPU) including an interface with peripheral devices, a control device, an arithmetic device, a register, and the like.
- CPU central processing unit
- the baseband signal processing unit 104 (204) and the call processing unit 105 described above may be realized by the processor 1001.
- the processor 1001 reads programs (program codes), software modules, data, and the like from the storage 1003 and / or the communication device 1004 to the memory 1002, and executes various processes according to these.
- programs program codes
- software modules software modules
- data data
- the like data
- the control unit 401 of the user terminal 20 may be realized by a control program stored in the memory 1002 and operated by the processor 1001, and may be realized similarly for other functional blocks.
- the memory 1002 is a computer-readable recording medium such as a ROM (Read Only Memory), an EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM), an EEPROM (Electrically EPROM), a RAM (Random Access Memory), or any other suitable storage medium. It may be configured by one.
- the memory 1002 may be called a register, a cache, a main memory (main storage device), or the like.
- the memory 1002 can store programs (program codes), software modules, and the like that can be executed to implement the wireless communication method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the storage 1003 is a computer-readable recording medium such as a flexible disk, a floppy (registered trademark) disk, a magneto-optical disk (for example, a compact disk (CD-ROM (Compact Disc ROM)), a digital versatile disk, Blu-ray® disk), removable disk, hard disk drive, smart card, flash memory device (eg, card, stick, key drive), magnetic stripe, database, server, or other suitable storage medium It may be constituted by.
- the storage 1003 may be referred to as an auxiliary storage device.
- the communication device 1004 is hardware (transmission / reception device) for performing communication between computers via a wired and / or wireless network, and is also referred to as a network device, a network controller, a network card, a communication module, or the like.
- the communication device 1004 includes, for example, a high-frequency switch, a duplexer, a filter, a frequency synthesizer, etc., in order to realize frequency division duplex (FDD) and / or time division duplex (TDD). It may be configured.
- FDD frequency division duplex
- TDD time division duplex
- the transmission / reception antenna 101 (201), the amplifier unit 102 (202), the transmission / reception unit 103 (203), the transmission path interface 106, and the like described above may be realized by the communication device 1004.
- the input device 1005 is an input device (for example, a keyboard, a mouse, a microphone, a switch, a button, a sensor, etc.) that accepts an input from the outside.
- the output device 1006 is an output device (for example, a display, a speaker, an LED (Light Emitting Diode) lamp, etc.) that performs output to the outside.
- the input device 1005 and the output device 1006 may have an integrated configuration (for example, a touch panel).
- each device such as the processor 1001 and the memory 1002 is connected by a bus 1007 for communicating information.
- the bus 1007 may be configured with a single bus or may be configured with different buses between apparatuses.
- the radio base station 10 and the user terminal 20 include a microprocessor, a digital signal processor (DSP), an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), a PLD (Programmable Logic Device), an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array), and the like. It may be configured including hardware, and a part or all of each functional block may be realized by the hardware. For example, the processor 1001 may be implemented by at least one of these hardware.
- DSP digital signal processor
- ASIC Application Specific Integrated Circuit
- PLD Programmable Logic Device
- FPGA Field Programmable Gate Array
- the channel and / or symbol may be a signal (signaling).
- the signal may be a message.
- the reference signal may be abbreviated as RS (Reference Signal), and may be referred to as a pilot, a pilot signal, or the like depending on an applied standard.
- a component carrier CC: Component Carrier
- CC Component Carrier
- the radio frame may be configured with one or a plurality of periods (frames) in the time domain.
- Each of the one or more periods (frames) constituting the radio frame may be referred to as a subframe.
- a subframe may be composed of one or more slots in the time domain.
- the subframe may have a fixed time length (eg, 1 ms) that does not depend on the neurology.
- the slot may be configured with one or a plurality of symbols (OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) symbol, SC-FDMA (Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access) symbol, etc.) in the time domain). Further, the slot may be a time unit based on the numerology.
- the slot may include a plurality of mini slots. Each minislot may be composed of one or more symbols in the time domain. The minislot may also be called a subslot.
- Radio frame, subframe, slot, minislot, and symbol all represent time units when transmitting signals. Different names may be used for the radio frame, subframe, slot, minislot, and symbol.
- one subframe may be called a transmission time interval (TTI)
- TTI transmission time interval
- a plurality of consecutive subframes may be called a TTI
- TTI slot or one minislot
- a unit representing TTI may be called a slot, a minislot, or the like instead of a subframe.
- TTI means, for example, a minimum time unit for scheduling in wireless communication.
- a radio base station performs scheduling for assigning radio resources (frequency bandwidth, transmission power, etc. that can be used in each user terminal) to each user terminal in units of TTI.
- the definition of TTI is not limited to this.
- the TTI may be a transmission time unit of a channel-encoded data packet (transport block), a code block, and / or a code word, or may be a processing unit such as scheduling or link adaptation.
- a time interval for example, the number of symbols
- a transport block, a code block, and / or a code word is actually mapped may be shorter than the TTI.
- one or more TTIs may be the minimum scheduling unit. Further, the number of slots (the number of mini-slots) constituting the minimum time unit of the scheduling may be controlled.
- a TTI having a time length of 1 ms may be called a normal TTI (TTI in LTE Rel. 8-12), a normal TTI, a long TTI, a normal subframe, a normal subframe, or a long subframe.
- a TTI shorter than a normal TTI may be called a shortened TTI, a short TTI, a partial TTI (partial or fractional TTI), a shortened subframe, a short subframe, a minislot, or a subslot.
- a long TTI (eg, normal TTI, subframe, etc.) may be read as a TTI having a time length exceeding 1 ms, and a short TTI (eg, shortened TTI) is less than the TTI length of the long TTI and 1 ms. It may be replaced with a TTI having the above TTI length.
- a resource block is a resource allocation unit in the time domain and the frequency domain, and may include one or a plurality of continuous subcarriers (subcarriers) in the frequency domain. Further, the RB may include one or a plurality of symbols in the time domain, and may have a length of 1 slot, 1 mini slot, 1 subframe, or 1 TTI. One TTI and one subframe may each be composed of one or a plurality of resource blocks.
- One or more RBs include physical resource blocks (PRB), sub-carrier groups (SCG), resource element groups (REG), PRB pairs, RB pairs, etc. May be called.
- the resource block may be composed of one or a plurality of resource elements (RE: Resource Element).
- RE Resource Element
- 1RE may be a radio resource region of 1 subcarrier and 1 symbol.
- the structure of the above-described radio frame, subframe, slot, minislot, symbol, etc. is merely an example.
- the number of subframes included in a radio frame, the number of slots per subframe or radio frame, the number of minislots included in the slot, the number of symbols and RBs included in the slot or minislot, and the RB The number of subcarriers, the number of symbols in the TTI, the symbol length, the cyclic prefix (CP) length, and the like can be variously changed.
- information, parameters, and the like described in this specification may be represented by absolute values, may be represented by relative values from a predetermined value, or may be represented by other corresponding information.
- the radio resource may be indicated by a predetermined index.
- mathematical formulas and the like using these parameters may differ from those explicitly disclosed herein.
- PUCCH Physical Uplink Control Channel
- PDCCH Physical Downlink Control Channel
- information elements can be identified by any suitable name, so the various channels and information elements assigned to them.
- the name is not limiting in any way.
- information, signals, etc. can be output from the upper layer to the lower layer and / or from the lower layer to the upper layer.
- Information, signals, and the like may be input / output via a plurality of network nodes.
- the input / output information, signals, etc. may be stored in a specific location (for example, a memory), or may be managed by a management table. Input / output information, signals, and the like can be overwritten, updated, or added. The output information, signals, etc. may be deleted. Input information, signals, and the like may be transmitted to other devices.
- information notification includes physical layer signaling (eg, downlink control information (DCI), uplink control information (UCI)), upper layer signaling (eg, RRC (Radio Resource Control) signaling), It may be implemented by broadcast information (Master Information Block (MIB), System Information Block (SIB), etc.), MAC (Medium Access Control) signaling), other signals, or a combination thereof.
- DCI downlink control information
- UCI uplink control information
- RRC Radio Resource Control
- MIB Master Information Block
- SIB System Information Block
- MAC Medium Access Control
- the physical layer signaling may be referred to as L1 / L2 (Layer 1 / Layer 2) control information (L1 / L2 control signal), L1 control information (L1 control signal), or the like.
- the RRC signaling may be referred to as an RRC message, and may be, for example, an RRC connection setup (RRCConnectionSetup) message, an RRC connection reconfiguration (RRCConnectionReconfiguration) message, or the like.
- the MAC signaling may be notified by, for example, a MAC control element (MAC CE (Control Element)).
- notification of predetermined information is not limited to explicitly performed, but implicitly (for example, by not performing notification of the predetermined information or another (By notification of information).
- the determination may be performed by a value represented by 1 bit (0 or 1), or may be performed by a boolean value represented by true or false.
- the comparison may be performed by numerical comparison (for example, comparison with a predetermined value).
- software, instructions, information, etc. may be sent and received via a transmission medium.
- software can use websites, servers using wired technology (coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, digital subscriber line (DSL), etc.) and / or wireless technology (infrared, microwave, etc.) , Or other remote sources, these wired and / or wireless technologies are included within the definition of transmission media.
- system and “network” used in this specification are used interchangeably.
- base station BS
- radio base station eNB
- gNB gNodeB
- cell gNodeB
- cell group a base station
- carrier a base station
- component carrier a base station
- a base station may also be called in terms such as a fixed station, NodeB, eNodeB (eNB), access point, transmission point, reception point, femtocell, and small cell.
- the base station can accommodate one or a plurality of (for example, three) cells (also called sectors). If the base station accommodates multiple cells, the entire coverage area of the base station can be partitioned into multiple smaller areas, each smaller area being a base station subsystem (eg, an indoor small base station (RRH: The term “cell” or “sector” refers to part or all of the coverage area of a base station and / or base station subsystem that provides communication service in this coverage. Point to.
- RRH indoor small base station
- MS mobile station
- UE user equipment
- terminal may be used interchangeably.
- a base station may also be called in terms such as a fixed station, NodeB, eNodeB (eNB), access point, transmission point, reception point, femtocell, and small cell.
- NodeB NodeB
- eNodeB eNodeB
- access point transmission point
- reception point femtocell
- small cell small cell
- a mobile station is defined by those skilled in the art as a subscriber station, mobile unit, subscriber unit, wireless unit, remote unit, mobile device, wireless device, wireless communication device, remote device, mobile subscriber station, access terminal, mobile terminal, wireless It may also be called terminal, remote terminal, handset, user agent, mobile client, client or some other suitable terminology.
- the radio base station in this specification may be read by the user terminal.
- each aspect / embodiment of the present invention may be applied to a configuration in which communication between a radio base station and a user terminal is replaced with communication between a plurality of user terminals (D2D: Device-to-Device).
- the user terminal 20 may have a function that the wireless base station 10 has.
- words such as “up” and “down” may be read as “side”.
- the uplink channel may be read as a side channel.
- a user terminal in this specification may be read by a radio base station.
- the wireless base station 10 may have a function that the user terminal 20 has.
- the specific operation assumed to be performed by the base station may be performed by the upper node in some cases.
- various operations performed for communication with a terminal may be performed by one or more network nodes other than the base station and the base station (for example, It is obvious that this can be done by MME (Mobility Management Entity), S-GW (Serving-Gateway), etc., but not limited thereto) or a combination thereof.
- MME Mobility Management Entity
- S-GW Serving-Gateway
- each aspect / embodiment described in this specification may be used alone, in combination, or may be switched according to execution.
- the order of the processing procedures, sequences, flowcharts, and the like of each aspect / embodiment described in this specification may be changed as long as there is no contradiction.
- the methods described herein present the elements of the various steps in an exemplary order and are not limited to the specific order presented.
- Each aspect / embodiment described herein includes LTE (Long Term Evolution), LTE-A (LTE-Advanced), LTE-B (LTE-Beyond), SUPER 3G, IMT-Advanced, 4G (4th generation mobile). communication system), 5G (5th generation mobile communication system), FRA (Future Radio Access), New-RAT (Radio Access Technology), NR (New Radio), NX (New radio access), FX (Future generation radio access), GSM (registered trademark) (Global System for Mobile communications), CDMA2000, UMB (Ultra Mobile Broadband), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802 .20, UWB (Ultra-WideBand), Bluetooth (registered trademark), The present invention may be applied to a system using other appropriate wireless communication methods and / or a next generation system extended based on these.
- the phrase “based on” does not mean “based only on”, unless expressly specified otherwise. In other words, the phrase “based on” means both “based only on” and “based at least on.”
- any reference to elements using designations such as “first”, “second”, etc. as used herein does not generally limit the amount or order of those elements. These designations can be used herein as a convenient way to distinguish between two or more elements. Thus, reference to the first and second elements does not mean that only two elements can be employed or that the first element must precede the second element in some way.
- determining may encompass a wide variety of actions. For example, “determination” means calculating, computing, processing, deriving, investigating, looking up (eg, table, database or other data). It may be considered to “judge” (search in structure), ascertaining, etc.
- “determination (decision)” includes receiving (for example, receiving information), transmitting (for example, transmitting information), input (input), output (output), access ( accessing) (e.g., accessing data in memory), etc. may be considered to be “determining”. Also, “determination” is considered to be “determination (resolving)”, “selecting”, “choosing”, “establishing”, “comparing”, etc. Also good. That is, “determination (determination)” may be regarded as “determination (determination)” of some operation.
- connection refers to any direct or indirect connection between two or more elements or By coupling, it can include the presence of one or more intermediate elements between two elements that are “connected” or “coupled” to each other.
- the coupling or connection between the elements may be physical, logical, or a combination thereof.
- connection may be read as “access”.
- the two elements are radio frequency by using one or more wires, cables and / or printed electrical connections, and as some non-limiting and non-inclusive examples It can be considered to be “connected” or “coupled” to each other, such as by using electromagnetic energy having wavelengths in the region, microwave region, and / or light (both visible and invisible) region.
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<第1の実施形態>
本発明の第1の実施形態では、装置(BS及び/又はUE)は、受信した参照信号をもとに決めた送信ビームが適切であるか否かを判断する。具体的には、BS及び/又はUEは、適切な送信ビームについて相手からフィードバックを受け、受信参照信号に基づいて決定される受信ビーム(=受信参照信号に基づいて決定される送信ビーム)及びフィードバックに基づく送信ビームの一致に関する指標を取得する。
本発明の第2の実施形態では、装置(BS及び/又はUE)は、自身のコレスポンデンスの情報を通信相手に通知する。この場合、送信側が相手のコレスポンデンスを把握することで、適切なビーム制御を実施することができる。
なお、上記実施形態で説明したコレスポンデンスの有無の判断、通知など(例えば、ステップS401、S402、S501、S502など)は、BS又はUEからの所定の情報(コレスポンデンス確認トリガなどと呼ばれてもよい)の通知を契機に実施されてもよいし、所定のタイミングで(例えば、所定の周期で、送信ビーム及び受信ビームの少なくとも1つが変更されたタイミングで、など)実施されてもよい。
以下、本発明の一実施形態に係る無線通信システムの構成について説明する。この無線通信システムでは、本発明の上記各実施形態に係る無線通信方法のいずれか又はこれらの組み合わせを用いて通信が行われる。
図8は、本発明の一実施形態に係る無線基地局の全体構成の一例を示す図である。無線基地局10は、複数の送受信アンテナ101と、アンプ部102と、送受信部103と、ベースバンド信号処理部104と、呼処理部105と、伝送路インターフェース106と、を備えている。なお、送受信アンテナ101、アンプ部102、送受信部103は、それぞれ1つ以上を含むように構成されればよい。
図10は、本発明の一実施形態に係るユーザ端末の全体構成の一例を示す図である。ユーザ端末20は、複数の送受信アンテナ201と、アンプ部202と、送受信部203と、ベースバンド信号処理部204と、アプリケーション部205と、を備えている。なお、送受信アンテナ201、アンプ部202、送受信部203は、それぞれ1つ以上を含むように構成されればよい。
なお、上記実施形態の説明に用いたブロック図は、機能単位のブロックを示している。これらの機能ブロック(構成部)は、ハードウェア及び/又はソフトウェアの任意の組み合わせによって実現される。また、各機能ブロックの実現手段は特に限定されない。すなわち、各機能ブロックは、物理的及び/又は論理的に結合した1つの装置により実現されてもよいし、物理的及び/又は論理的に分離した2つ以上の装置を直接的及び/又は間接的に(例えば、有線及び/又は無線)で接続し、これら複数の装置により実現されてもよい。
なお、本明細書で説明した用語及び/又は本明細書の理解に必要な用語については、同一の又は類似する意味を有する用語と置き換えてもよい。例えば、チャネル及び/又はシンボルは信号(シグナリング)であってもよい。また、信号はメッセージであってもよい。参照信号は、RS(Reference Signal)と略称することもでき、適用される標準によってパイロット(Pilot)、パイロット信号などと呼ばれてもよい。また、コンポーネントキャリア(CC:Component Carrier)は、セル、周波数キャリア、キャリア周波数などと呼ばれてもよい。
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- 送信ビームを示すビーム特定情報を受信する受信部と、
受信参照信号に基づいて受信ビームを決定する制御部と、を有し、
前記制御部は、前記送信ビーム及び前記受信ビームの一致に関する第1の指標を取得することを特徴とする装置。 - 前記受信部は、他の装置の送信ビーム及び受信ビームの一致に関する第2の指標を受信し、
前記制御部は、前記第1の指標及び前記第2の指標に基づいて、前記受信参照信号に基づいて決定した送信ビームを用いる送信を行うか否かを判断することを特徴とする請求項1に記載の装置。 - 前記制御部は、前記第1の指標及び前記第2の指標がいずれも所定の条件を満たす場合、前記受信参照信号に基づいて決定した送信ビームを用いる送信を行うと判断することを特徴とする請求項2に記載の装置。
- 前記制御部は、前記第1の指標及び前記第2の指標がいずれも所定の条件を満たす場合であっても、所定の情報が通知される場合には、前記受信参照信号に基づいて決定した送信ビームを用いる送信を行わないと判断することを特徴とする請求項2又は請求項3に記載の装置。
- 装置の無線通信方法であって、
送信ビームを示すビーム特定情報を受信する工程と、
受信参照信号に基づいて受信ビームを決定する工程と、
前記送信ビーム及び前記受信ビームの一致に関する第1の指標を取得する工程と、を有することを特徴とする無線通信方法。
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