Patent Grant
12126411
The technical field of this invention is wireless communication such as wireless telephony.
The present embodiments relate to wireless communication systems and, more particularly, to the precoding of Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) data and dedicated reference signals with codebook-based feedback for multi-input multi-output (MIMO) transmissions.
With Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM), multiple symbols are transmitted on multiple carriers that are spaced apart to provide orthogonality. An OFDM modulator typically takes data symbols into a serial-to-parallel converter, and the output of the serial-to-parallel converter is considered as frequency domain data symbols. The frequency domain tones at either edge of the band may be set to zero and are called guard tones. These guard tones allow the OFDM signal to fit into an appropriate spectral mask. Some of the frequency domain tones are set to values which will be known at the receiver. Among these are Channel State Information Reference Signals (CSI-RS) and Dedicated or Demodulating Reference Signals (DMRS). These reference signals are useful for channel estimation at the receiver.
In multi-input multi-output (MIMO) communication systems with multiple transmit/receive antennas, the data transmission is performed via precoding. Here, precoding refers to a linear (matrix) transformation of L-stream data into P-stream where L denotes the number of layers (also termed the transmission rank) and P denotes the number of transmit antennas. With the use of dedicated (i.e. user-specific) DMRS, a transmitter, such as a base station or eNodeB (eNodeB), can perform precoding operations that are transparent to user equipment (UE) acting as receivers. It is beneficial for the base station to obtain a precoding matrix recommendation from the user equipment. This is particularly the case for frequency-division duplexing (FDD) where the uplink and downlink channels occupy different parts of the frequency bands, i.e. the uplink and downlink are not reciprocal. Hence, a codebook-based feedback from the UE to the eNodeB is preferred. To enable a codebook-based feedback, a precoding codebook needs to be designed.
The Long-Term Evolution (LTE) specification includes codebooks for 2-antenna, 4-antenna, and 8-antenna transmissions. While those codebooks are designed efficiently, the present inventors recognize that still further improvements in downlink (DL) spectral efficiency are possible. Accordingly, the preferred embodiments described below are directed toward these problems as well as improving upon the prior art.
Systems and methods for channel state information (CSI) and precoding matrix indicator (PMI) feedback in a wireless communication system are disclosed. A precoding matrix is generated for multi-antenna transmission based on a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) feedback from at least one remote receiver wherein the PMI indicates a choice of precoding matrix derived from a matrix multiplication of two matrices from a first codebook and a second codebook. One or more layers of a data stream are precoded with the precoding matrix and transmitted to the remote receiver.
In one embodiment, a method of CSI feedback and transmitting data in a wireless communication system comprises receiving one or more precoding matrix indicator (PMI) signals from a remote transceiver. The PMI signals indicating a choice of a precoding matrix W. The system generates the precoding matrix W from a matrix multiplication of two matrices W1 and W2. Matrix W is termed the composite precoder. Matrix W1 targets wideband/long-term channel properties, and matrix W2 targets frequency-selective/short-term channel properties. Each of the components W1, W2 is assigned a codebook. Hence, two distinct codebooks are needed: C1 and C2. Matrix W1 is selected from a first codebook C1 based on a first group of bits in the PMI signals, and matrix W2 is selected from a second codebook C2 based on a second group of bits in the PMI signals.
Proposed first and second codebooks C1 and C2 are defined below for different ranks and different PMI bit lengths.
In one embodiment, one or more layers of a data stream are precoded by multiplication with the precoding matrix W. The precoded layers in the data stream are then transmitted to the remote receiver.
These and other aspects of this invention are illustrated in the drawings, in which:
The invention(s) now will be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings. The invention(s) may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention(s) to a person of ordinary skill in the art. A person of ordinary skill in the art may be able to use the various embodiments of the invention(s).
Non-synchronized UE 107 also employs non-synchronous random access to request allocation of uplink 108 time or frequency or code resources. If UE 107 has data ready for transmission, which may be traffic data, measurements report, tracking area update, UE 107 can transmit a random access signal on uplink 108. The random access signal notifies base station 101 that UE 107 requires uplink resources to transmit the UEs data. Base station 101 responds by transmitting to UE 107 via downlink 109, a message containing the parameters of the resources allocated for UE 107 uplink transmission along with a possible timing error correction. After receiving the resource allocation and a possible timing advance message transmitted on downlink 109 by base station 101, UE 107 optionally adjusts its transmit timing and transmits the data on uplink 108 employing the allotted resources during the prescribed time interval.
Base station 101 configures UE 107 for periodic uplink sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission. Base station 101 estimates uplink channel quality information (CSI) from the SRS transmission. The preferred embodiments of the present invention provide improved communication through precoded multi-antenna transmission with codebook-based feedback. In a cellular communication system, a UE is uniquely connected to and served by a single cellular base station or eNodeB at a given time. An example of such a system is the 3GPP LTE system, which includes the LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) system. With an increasing number of transmit antennas at the eNodeB, the task of designing an efficient codebook with desirable properties is challenging.
CSI consists of Channel Quality Indicator (CQI), precoding matrix indicator (PMI), precoding type indicator (PTI), and/or rank indication (RI). The time and frequency resources that can be used by the UE to report CSI are controlled by the eNodeB.
In one embodiment, a dual-stage codebook for CSI feedback is based on the product structure proposed in:
W=W1W2 (1)
where W1 targets wideband/long-term channel properties and W2 targets frequency-selective/short-term channel properties. Each of the components W1, W2 is assigned a codebook. Hence, two distinct codebooks are needed: CB1 and CB2. W is termed the composite precoder. The choice of W1 and W2 are indicated via PMI1 and PMI2.
The following principles are enforced for codebook designs:
The design of a 4Tx codebook for LTE disclosed herein targets an enhancement for multi-user (MU) MIMO over the 4Tx codebook in LTE Release 8. Rather than redesigning the 4Tx codebook, the enhancements disclosed herein focus on enhancing the MU-MIMO performance because the LTE Release 8 4Tx codebook was already designed to offer competitive performance for single-user (SU) MIMO (while keeping MU-MIMO in mind with the support of 8 discrete Fourier transform (DFT) vectors in the rank-1 codebook). Based on this consideration, the 4Tx enhancement focuses on rank-1 and at most rank-2 where MU-MIMO becomes relevant.
In terms of antenna setups, three setups may be considered:
The first and the second setups have the highest priority. Good performance should be ensured for dual (i.e., cross) polarized antenna arrays with both small and large spacing.
The antenna element indexing shown in
Proposed Codebook Structure
The following notation is used to define the codebooks below:
Following the guideline of using the same principle for 4Tx enhancement and 8Tx, the block diagonal grid-of-beam (GoB) structure is used. This structure is common between 4Tx and 8Tx.
W1 and the associated codebook can be written as follows:
Here, different W1 matrices represent a partitioning (without overlap) in terms of beam angles:
If some overlap in the set of beam angles is desired between two different W1 matrices, the above formulation can be slightly modified such that two consecutive X matrices consists of some overlapping beam angles. Overlapping in beam angles may be beneficial to reduce “edge effects”, i.e. to ensure that a common W1 matrix can be better chosen for different resource blocks (RBs) within the same precoding sub-band when sub-band precoding or CSI feedback is used. Herein a sub-band refers to a set of continuous physical resource blocks (PRB). With overlapping,
This enhancement targets MU-MIMO improvement and, therefore, is designed for rank-1 (and at most rank-2). At the same time, the Release 8 4Tx codebook should still be used at least for SU-MIMO. Keeping in mind that dynamic switching (switching without RRC configuration) between SU-MIMO and MU-MIMO is the baseline assumption for Release 12, an eNodeB should be able to use the Release 8 4Tx and the enhanced components interchangeably (i.e. the switching between the two components should be dynamic). Thanks to the dual-stage feedback structure and in particular the W=W1*W2 structure, this can be realized in a simple and natural manner. The enhanced component can be augmented or combined with the Release 8 codebook as follows:
The above switching/augmentation mechanism features the following:
The design for W2 (based on co-phasing and selection) follows the structure used for 8Tx codebook design. Co-phasing allows some phase adjustment between the two polarization groups and generation of 4Tx DFTTx DFT vectors from two block diagonal 2Tx DFTTx DFT matrices. The (group) selection operation allows refinement/adjustment of beam angles across RBs within the same sub-band thereby maximizing frequency-selective precoding gain.
The combination of beam selection and co-phasing in W2—combined with W1—should result in a unitary precoder W=W1W2.
An example of a complete design with non-overlapping block diagonal GoB augmentation of (N,Nb) codebook is given in the subsequent sections. It is straightforward to extend the proposed designs to include adjacent W1 matrix overlapping, but is omitted here due to simplicity.
Rank 1
Assuming (N, Nb)=(8,4) as an example.
→size-3 (Rel-8 codebook augmented with block diagonal GoB).
When W1=I4, then W2∈C2,R8Tx4r1,
where C2,R8Tx4r1 denotes the Release 8 4Tx rank-1 codebook used for W2.
When
then
The rank-1 PMI overhead for this example is shown in Table 1.
Other values of (N, Nb) are not precluded if justified by sufficient system performance gain and reasonable feedback overhead.
Note that the block-diagonal enhancement components are sub-matrices of a subset of the Release 10 8Tx codebook. As such, the 4Tx GoB components can be obtained by pruning the 8Tx codebook for 4Tx MIMO feedback. This is discussed in more detail below.
N, Nb can also take other values. For example if (N, Nb)=(16, 4).
→size-5 (Rel-8 codebook augmented with block diagonal GoB).
When W1=I4, then W2∈C2,R8Tx4r1.
where C2,R8Tx4r1 denotes the Release 8 4Tx rank-1 codebook used for W2.
When
then
The rank-1 PMI overhead for this example is shown in Table 2.
It is possible in some embodiments that the Release 12 4Tx codebook does not comprise the Release 8 codebook. In that case, the identity matrix I4 is removed from the W1 codebook C1.
It is also possible to increase the value of N (e.g. to 32 or 64). This however increases the C1 codebook size and feedback overhead, and reduces the span of angular spread that Nb adjacent beams can cover.
Rank 2:
Assuming (N,Nb)=(8,4) as an example:
→size-3 (Rel-8 codebook augmented with block diagonal GoB).
When W1=I4, then W2∈C2,R8Tx4r2,
where C2,R8Tx4r2 denotes the Release 8 4Tx rank-2 codebook used for W2.
When
then
One minor shortcoming of this design is that the W2 overhead is not constant, but varying dependent on the W1 matrix. In particular,
Because W1 and W2 are jointly encoded in the PUSCH feedback mode, joint blind decoding of W1/W2 is required at the eNodeB, which may increase the eNodeB implementation complexity.
As one solution, the two columns in a rank-2 precoding matrix W may be chosen from different beams in one grid.
As an example, the following design is possible.
→size-3 (Rel-8 codebook augmented with block diagonal GoB).
When W1=I4: then W2∈C2,R8Tx4r2,
where C2,R8Tx4r2 denotes the Release 8 4Tx rank-2 codebook used for W2.
When
then
where eqp is a p×1 column vector with all elements equivalent to zero, except the q-th element which is 1. The W2 overhead is 4-bits per subband, consistent with the Release 8 codebook overhead. Note that any other (Y1, Y2) pair, denoted by (em4, en4), are equally applicable, where 1≤m≤4, 1≤n≤4, m≠n.
Note that in any of the (Y1, Y2) pair above, the two selection vectors inside the brackets [ ] can be permuted. For example, (e14, e24) can be replaced by (e24, e14), and the resulting codebook is equivalently applicable.
It should be noted that that the block-diagonal enhancement components are sub-matrices of a subset of the Release 10 8Tx codebook.
As another solution, it can be resolved by adopting a (N, Nb)=(16, 8) codebook enhancement.
→size-3 (Rel-8 codebook augmented with block diagonal GoB).
When W1=I4, then W2∈C2,R8Tx4r2,
where C2,R8Tx4r2 denotes the Release 8 4Tx rank-2 codebook used for W2.
When
then
The rank-2 PMI overhead for this example is shown in Table 3.
Alternatively, it is possible that the Release 12 4Tx codebook does not comprise of the Release 8 codebook. In that case, the identity matrix is removed from the W1 codebook C1.
Another possible design is to use (N,Nb)=(16,4) as
→size-5 (Rel-8 codebook augmented with block diagonal GoB).
When W1=I4, then W2∈C2,R8Tx4r2,
where C2,R8Tx4r2 denotes the Release 8 4Tx rank-2 codebook used for W2. When
then
It is also possible to increase the value of N (e.g. to 32 or 64). This however increases the C1 codebook size and feedback overhead, and reduces the span of angular spread that Nb adjacent beams can cover.
Rank 3:
The simplest solution is to reuse the Release 8 codebook as-is for Release 12.
W1=I4 (16)
→size-1 (Rel-8 codebook only).
W2∈C2,R8Tx4r3,
where C2,R8Tx4r3 denotes the Release 8 4Tx rank-3 codebook used for W2.
If enhancement based on (N,Nb) structure is warranted by sufficient performance gain, it can be done in a similar fashion as for rank-1 and rank-2. For instance, based on a (N,Nb)=(4,4) design:
→size-2 (Rel-8 codebook augmented with block diagonal GoB).
When W1=I4, then W2∈C2,R8Tx4r3,
where C2,R8Tx4r3 denotes the Release 8 4Tx rank-3 codebook used for W2.
When
then
corresponding to i2=0, . . . , 7.
To make the W2 overhead consistent for different W1 matrices, i2=8, . . . , 15 shall be reserved for W2 corresponding to W1 matrices that are enhancement components (e.g. block diagonal).
Alternatively, when
then
In this case W2 overhead is 4-bits per sub-band
The rank-3 PMI overhead for this example is shown in Table 4.
It is possible that the Release 12 4Tx codebook does not comprise of the Release 8 codebook. In that case, the identity matrix is removed from the W1 codebook C1.
Note that in any of the (Y1, Y2) pairs above, the two selection vectors inside the brackets can be permuted. For example, (e14, [e14, e34]) can be replaced by (e14, [e34, e14]), and the resulting codebook is equivalently applicable.
It is not precluded that the Release 12 4Tx rank-3 codebook is redesigned using the GoB component as proposed above, and not include any Release 8 4Tx rank-3 precoding matrices.
Another alternative GoB design is (N,Nb)=(8,8), where
Rank 4:
The simplest solution is to reuse Release 8 codebook as-is for Release 12.
W1=I4 (18)
→Size-1 (Rel-8 codebook only).
W2∈C2,R8Tx4r4,
where C2,R8Tx4r4 denotes the Release 8 4Tx rank-4 codebook used for W2.
If enhancement based on (N,Nb) structure is warranted by sufficient performance gain, it can be done in a similar fashion as for rank-1 and rank-2. For instance, based on a (N,Nb)=(4,4) design,
→Size-2 (Rel-8 codebook augmented with block diagonal GoB)
When W1=I4, then W2∈C2,R8Tx4r4,
where C2,R8Tx4r4 denotes the Release 8 4Tx rank-4 codebook used for W2.
When
then
corresponding to i1=0, . . . , 7.
Note there are a total of 8 W2 matrices (i2=0, . . . , 7) for
To make the W2 overhead consistent across all W1, W2 can be reserved for i2=8, . . . , 15.
Alternatively, one may adopt a (N, Nb)=(8,8) codebook as below:
→Size-2 (Rel-8 codebook augmented with block diagonal GoB)
When W1=I4, then W2∈C2,R8Tx4r4,
where C2,R8Tx4r4 denotes the Release 8 4Tx rank-4 codebook used for W2.
When
then
Note that in any of the (Y1, Y2) pair above, the two selection vectors inside the brackets [ ] can be permuted.
Also note that any (Y1, Y2) pair above can be replaced by a different pair denoted as ([emN
The rank-4 PMI overhead for this example is shown in Table 5.
It is possible that the Release 12 4Tx codebook does not comprise of the Release 8 codebook. In that case, the identity matrix is removed from the W1 codebook C1.
It is not precluded that the Release 12 4Tx rank-4 codebook is redesigned using the GoB component as proposed above, and not includes any Release 8 4Tx rank-4 precoding matrices.
The final 4Tx codebook comprises of rank-r codebook, r=1, 2, 3, 4. For each rank r, the corresponding rank-r codebook can be constructed by methods discussed above regarding rank-1 to rank-4 codebooks. It is not precluded that codebook is enhanced for certain rank(s), while for the other ranks, Release 8 codebook is reused.
Reformulation of Proposed Rank-1 to Rank-4 Codebooks
Using (N, Nb)=(16,4) as an example, the proposed codebook in the sections above may be re-formulated by the equations shown in the tables below. It should be noted that these tables can be easily extended to other (N, Nb) values.
Rank 1-2
If Release 12 4Tx codebook for rank-1 and rank-2 is redesigned by the GoB framework with adjacent beams overlapping, and does not include the Release 8 codebook, the 4Tx codebooks can be expressed by equations in Tables 6-1 and 6-2.
A first PMI value of n1∈{0, 1, . . . , ƒ(υ)−1} and a second PMI value of n2∈{0, 1, . . . , g(υ)−1} correspond to the codebook indices n1 and n2 given in Table. 6-j, where υ is equal to the associated rank value and where j=υ, ƒ(υ)={8,8} and g(υ)={16,16}. Interchangeably, the first and second precoding matrix indicators are expressed by i1 and i2.
The quantities φn and vm are expressed by
φn=ejπn/2 (21)
vm=[1; ej2πn/16] (22)
Table 6-1 illustrates a codebook for 1-layer CSI reporting according to one embodiment.
Table 6-2 illustrates a codebook for 2-layer CSI reporting according to one embodiment.
If the Release 12 4Tx codebook for rank-1 and rank-2 is designed by augmenting the existing Release 8 codebook with GoB components, then the Release 12 4Tx codebook can be expressed as in Table 6-3 and Table 6-4.
Table 6-3 illustrates a codebook for 1-layer CSI reporting according to one embodiment.
Table 6-4 illustrates a codebook for 2-layer CSI reporting according to one embodiment.
Rank 3-4
If the Release 12 4Tx codebook for rank-3 and rank-3 is redesigned by the GoB framework with adjacent beams overlapping, and not includes the Release 8 codebook, the 4Tx codebooks can be expressed by equations in Table 6-5 and 6-6.
Table 6-5 illustrates a codebook for 3-layer CSI reporting according to one embodiment.
Table 6-6 illustrates a codebook for 4-layer CSI reporting according to one embodiment.
If the Release 12 4Tx codebook for rank-3 and rank-3 is designed by augmenting the existing Release 8 codebook with GoB components, the Release 12 4Tx codebook can be expressed as in Table 6-7 and Table 6-8.
Table 6-7 illustrates a codebook for 3-layer CSI reporting according to one embodiment.
Table 6-8 illustrates a codebook for 4-layer CSI reporting according to one embodiment.
Alternative Codebook Designs
For the W1 codebook C1 proposed above, the GoB component is expressed in the form of a block diagonal matrix as
where without overlapping:
and with overlapping:
Each X(k) represents a group of Nb adjacent beams that model a certain angle of arrival and angular spread.
Alternative designs are possible where the block diagonal sub-matrix of W1 (i.e. x(k)) is replaced by linear or non-linear transformations of x(k), for example:
where ƒn( ), gm( ), n=0, . . . , m=0, . . . are linear/non-linear transformation functions.
In the following section several such possible designs are described assuming (N,Nb)=(16,4) as an example, but extension to other (N, Nb) values are straightforward.
It is also assumed that the Release 12 4Tx codebook is redesigned using the GoB structure and does not include the Release 8 4Tx codebook; however it is straightforward to augment the Release 8 4Tx codebook by the designs proposed below.
In one embodiment,
Alternatively,
D(m) (m=0, 1 . . . N−1) is a Nt/2×Nt/2 diagonal matrix, in the case of Nt=4 denoted as
Herein D(m) performs beam shifting. For instance, as the first sub-matrix x(k) comprises of Nb adjacent beams b(N
b(N
In other words, the second grid of beam is shifted by m beams, where m can take values from 0 to N−1. If m=0, . . . N−1, the W1 codebook size is increased to
without W1 overlapping, and
with W1 overlapping. Note that the codebook proposed in the initial sections above is a special case where m=0, in which case there is no beam shifting.
It is not precluded that a subset of D(m) matrices are used in constructing codebook C1, where m∈Π, Π⊆{0, . . . N−1}. For instance, when Π={1}, the Nb beams in the second grid of beams (e.g., for the vertical polarization array 402) are all shifted by 1 beam, which is half of the number of overlapping beams (Nb/2=2) between two consecutive W1 matrices. As another example, when Π={0,1}, the second grid of Nb beams may be unshifted, or shifted by one beam.
In another embodiment, both the first and second grid of beams may be shifted. This is expressed as:
Similarly, it is possible to use a subset of G(n) and D(m) matrices in generating the codebook C1.
It is further possible to permute the selected beams in one or both sub-matrices of W1. As one example, the W1 codebook is expressed as:
where P(l) is a 4×4 column permutation of an Nb×Nb identity matrix IN
One example of P(l) is
By multiplying P(l) to D(m)X(k), the Nb beams in the second sub-matrix D(m)X(k) are permuted before being co-phased with the first grid of beam X(k), providing further diversity gain in the W1 codebook.
Permutation can be performed for both sub-matrices of W1. In another example, the W1 codebook is expressed as
where P1(j) and P2(l) perform column permutations for the first and the second grid of beams, respectively.
Note that the permutation operation P(l) can be applied without beam shifting (e.g. D(m)).
In another embodiment,
Alternatively,
D(m) (m=0, 1 . . . N−1) is a Nb×Nb diagonal matrix denoted as
Herein D(m) performs phase correction to the Nb beams. For instance, as the first sub-matrix X(k) comprises Nb adjacent beams defined as:
b(N
the second sub-matrix D(m)X(k) comprises a different grid of Nb beams defined as
In other words, the m-th beam in the second grid (m=0, 1, . . . , Nb-1) is phase rotated by
degrees.
It is also possible to apply the phase rotation to both the first and the second grid of beams.
An alternative formulation of the phase rotation matrix D(m) is given as
where Nb phase correction components
uniformly sample a 90-degree sector. As such, co-phasing between two grids of beams is no longer limited to the QPSK alphabet as in the W2 codebook, but can take values of
It will be further understood that combination of beam shifting, beam permutation, and/or phase rotation schemes can be used in constructing the W1 codebook.
Pruning the 8Tx Codebook for 4Tx MIMO
The LTE Release 10 8Tx codebook is designed using the GoB structure. Specifically:
As such, the 4Tx GoB codebook components can be selected as sub-matrices of a subset of the 8Tx codebook in Release 12. In other words, each 4Tx GoB precoder may correspond to four selected rows of a Release 10 8Tx precoder (i.e., pruning the 8Tx codebook down to four rows).
To illustrate this pruning, the Release 10 8Tx codebook is denoted as
C(8)=C1(8)×C2(8),
where C(8)={W(8)}, C1(8)={W1(8)} and C2(8)={W2(8)} are the first and second codebook.
Subsequently, the 4Tx GoB codebook can be written as
C(4)={W(4)}=C1(4)×C2(4), (37)
where C(4)={W(4)}⊆{W(8)[(n1,n2,ne,n4),:]}, and
where, for an 8×R matrix H, H(n
and (n1,n2,n3,n4) is the row selection vector for codebook pruning.
The 4Tx GoB codebooks proposed above may be pruned from the Release 10 8Tx codebook. The following notations are used herein:
i14: index of first precoder W1 for 4Tx
i24 index of second precoder W2 for 4Tx
i18 index of first precoder W1 for 8Tx
i28 index of second precoder W1 for 8Tx
As such, each 8Tx precoding matrix W(8)=W1(8)W2(8) is denoted by a pair of 8Tx codebook indices (i18, i28), and each 4Tx precoding matrix W(4)=W1(4)W2(4) is denoted by a pair of 4Tx codebook indices (i14, i24),
Rank-1
For a (N,Nb)=(N,Nb) 4Tx GoB codebook with overlapping beams, where N<=32, Nb=4, each 4Tx precoding matrix denoted by (i14, i24) can be pruned from a corresponding 8Tx rank-1 precoding matrix denoted by (i18, i28), where
More specifically:
For (N,Nb)=(8,4) 4Tx codebook with overlapping, each 4Tx precoding matrix denoted by a pair of 4Tx codebook indices (i14, i24) can be pruned from a corresponding 8Tx rank-1 precoding matrix denoted by a pair of 8Tx codebook indices (i18, i28), as given in Table 7.
For a (N,Nb)=(16,4) 4Tx codebook with overlapping beams, each 4Tx precoding matrix denoted by (i14, i24) can be pruned from a corresponding 8Tx rank-1 precoding matrix denoted by (i18, i28), as given in Table 8.
For (N,Nb)=(32,4) 4Tx codebook with overlapping beams, each 4Tx precoding matrix denoted by (i14, i24) can be pruned from a corresponding 8Tx rank-1 precoding matrix denoted by (i18, i28), as given in Table 9.
For a (N,Nb)=(N,Nb) 4Tx codebook without overlapping beams, where N<=32, and Nb=4, each 4Tx precoding matrix denoted by a pair of 4Tx codebook indices (i14, i24) can be pruned from a corresponding 8Tx rank-1 precoding matrix denoted by a pair of 8Tx codebook indices (i18, i28), where
More specifically:
For a (N,Nb)=(8,4) 4Tx codebook without overlapping beams, each 4Tx precoding matrix denoted by (i14, i24) can be pruned from a corresponding 8Tx rank-1 precoding matrix denoted by (i18, i28), as given in Table 10.
For a (N,Nb)=(16,4) 4Tx codebook without overlapping beams, each 4Tx precoding matrix denoted by (i14, i24) can be pruned from a corresponding 8Tx rank-1 precoding matrix denoted by (i18, i28), as given in Table 11.
For a (N,Nb)=(32,4) 4Tx codebook without overlapping beams, each 4Tx precoding matrix denoted by (i14, i24) can be pruned from a corresponding 8Tx rank-1 precoding matrix denoted by (i18, i28), as given in Table 12.
Rank-2
Exemplary Codebook 1
In this section, we assume the following 4Tx rank-2 codebook, where the W2 codebook is size-8.
where (k=0, . . . N/Nb−1) without overlapping beams, and (k=0, . . . 2N/Nb−1) with overlapping beams.
For a (N,Nb)=(N,Nb) 4Tx GoB codebook with overlapping beams, where N<=32, Nb=4, each 4Tx precoding matrix denoted by a pair of 4Tx codebook indices (i14, i24) can be pruned from a corresponding 8Tx rank-2 precoding matrix denoted by a pair of 8Tx codebook indices (i18, i28), where
More specifically:
For a (N,Nb)=(8,4) 4Tx codebook with overlapping beams, each 4Tx precoding matrix denoted by (i14, i24) can be pruned from a corresponding 8Tx rank-2 precoding matrix denoted by (i18, i28), as given in Table 13.
For a (N,Nb)=(16,4) 4Tx codebook with overlapping beams, each 4Tx precoding matrix denoted by (i14, i24) can be pruned from a corresponding 8Tx rank-2 precoding matrix denoted by (i18, i28), as given in Table 14.
For a (N,Nb)=(32,4) 4Tx codebook with overlapping beams, each 4Tx precoding matrix denoted by (i14, i24) can be pruned from a corresponding 8Tx rank-2 precoding matrix denoted by (i18, i28), as given in Table 15.
For a (N,Nb)=(N,Nb) 4Tx codebook without overlapping beams, where N<=32, Nb=4, each 4Tx precoding matrix denoted by a pair of 4Tx codebook indices (i14, i24) can be pruned from a corresponding 8Tx rank-2 precoding matrix denoted by a pair of 8Tx codebook indices (i18, i28), where
More specifically:
For a (N,Nb)=(8,4) 4Tx codebook without overlapping beams, each 4Tx precoding matrix denoted by (i14, i24) can be pruned from a corresponding 8Tx rank-2 precoding matrix denoted by (i18, i28), as given in Table 16.
For a (N,Nb)=(16,4) 4Tx codebook without overlapping beams, each 4Tx precoding matrix denoted by (i14, i24) can be pruned from a corresponding 8Tx rank-2 precoding matrix denoted by (i18, i28), as given in Table 17.
For a (N,Nb)=(32,4) 4Tx codebook without overlapping beams, each 4Tx precoding matrix denoted by (i14, i24) can be pruned from a corresponding 8Tx rank-2 precoding matrix denoted by (i18, i28), as given in Table 18.
Exemplary Codebook 2
In this section, we assume the following 4Tx GoB codebook where the W2 codebook is size-16.
where (k=0, . . . N/Nb−1) without overlapping beams, and (k=0, . . . 2N/Nb−1) with overlapping beams.
Such a 4Tx codebook cannot be completely pruned out of the 8Tx codebook unless the oversampling rate is N=32, which is equivalent to the 8Tx oversampling rate. In this case, when there is W1 overlapping for 4Tx, each 4Tx precoding matrix denoted by a pair of 4Tx codebook indices (i14, i24) can be pruned from a corresponding 8Tx rank-2 precoding matrix denoted by a pair of 8Tx codebook indices (i18, i28), as given in Table 19, where
i14=i18, i14=0, . . . 15,
i24=i28, i23=0, . . . , 15
For a (N,Nb)=(32,4) 4Tx GoB codebook without overlapping beams, each 4Tx precoding matrix denoted by a pair of 4Tx codebook indices (i14, i24) can be pruned from a corresponding 8Tx rank-2 precoding matrix denoted by a pair of 8Tx codebook indices (i18, i28), as given in Table 20, where
i14=2i18, i14=0, . . . , 7,
i24=i28, i24=0, . . . , 15
Rank-3
A rank-3 4Tx GoB codebook cannot be pruned from the rank-3 8Tx codebook. This can be seen from the 8Tx design, which followed the (N,Nb)=(16,8) structure, where
The column vectors of each rank-3 8Tx precoding matrix comprise critically sampled (e.g. sampling rate 4) 4Tx DFT vectors in order to ensure that a rank-3 8Tx precoding matrix satisfies the unitary constraint. For 4Tx, in order to achieve the unitary constraint, column vectors of each rank-3 4Tx precoding matrix must comprise critically sampled (e.g. sampling rate 2) 2Tx DFT vectors. As such, the column vectors of any 4Tx GoB matrix will always span across different W1 matrices of the 8Tx codebook, leaving it impossible to construct the rank-3 4-Tx codebook by pruning the 8Tx codebook.
However the rank-3 4Tx GoB component can be pruned from the rank-6 8Tx codebook, where
C(4)={W(4)}rank3⊆{W(8)[(n1,n2,n3,n4),(m1,m2,m3)]}rank6 (45)
e.g., the (n1,n2,n3,n4)-th row and (m1, m2, m3)-th column of a rank-6 8Tx precoding matrix corresponding to a pair of codebook index (i18, i28) are used to construct a 4Tx precoding matrix corresponding to a pair of codebook indices (i14, i24).
For instance, for the (N,Nb)=(4,4) GoB codebook, the pruning shown in Table 21 is possible:
Note that the column-selection method (m1, m2, m3) may depend on the 4Tx GoB precoding matrix. For instance:
(Y1,Y2)∈{(e14[e14, e34])}⇒(m1, m2, m3)=(1,2,6) (46)
(Y1,Y2)∈{(e34[e14, e34])}⇒(m1, m2, m3)=(5,2,6) (47)
(Y1,Y2)∈{([e14,e34], e14)}⇒(m1, m2, m3)=(1,5,6) (48)
(Y1,Y2)∈{([e14,e34],e34)}⇒(m1, m2, m3)=(1,5,6) (49)
Rank-4
Similarly, the rank-4 4Tx GoB component cannot be pruned from the rank-4 8Tx codebook. However, a rank-4 4Tx GoB component can be pruned from the rank-8 8Tx codebook, where
C(4)={W(4)}rank-4⊆{W(8)[(n1,n2,n3,n4),(m1,m2,m3,m4)]}rank-8 (50)
e.g., the (n1,n2,n3,n4)-th row and (m1, m2, m3, m4)-th column of a rank-8 8Tx precoding matrix corresponding to a pair of codebook index (i18, i28) is used to construct a 4Tx precoding matrix corresponding to a pair of codebook indices (i14, i24). For instance for the (N,Nb)=(4,4) GoB codebook, the pruning shown in Table 22 is possible.
Note that the column-selection method (m1, m2, m3, m4) may depend on the 4Tx GoB precoding matrix. For instance:
(Y1, Y2)∈{([e14,e34],[e14,e34])}⇒(m1,m2,m3,m4)=(1,5,2,6) (51)
(Y1, Y2)∈{([e24,e44],[e24,e44])}⇒(m1,m2,m3,m4)=(3,7,4,8) (52)
(Y1, Y2)∈{([e14,e34],[e24,e44])}⇒(m1,m2,m3,m4)=(1,5,4,8) (53)
(Y1, Y2)∈{([e24,e44],[e14,e34],)}⇒(m1,m2,m3,m4)=(3,7,2,6) (54)
Row Selection Vector (n1,n2,n3,n4) for Pruning
In one embodiment, the row selection vector (n1,n2,n3,n4) is hard-coded/fixed in the specification, and is not signalled to the UE.
In another embodiment, the row selection vector (n1,n2,n3,n4) may be semi-statically radio resource control (RRC)-configured for a UE, and can be different for different UEs. There are multiple possible methods for RRC signalling (n1,n2,n3,n4)
For the k-th antenna port of a 4-Tx MIMO system (k=1, 2, 3, 4), the eNodeB signals the corresponding virtual antenna port index nk in an 8-Tx MIMO system. This requires a signaling overhead of log 2(8)×4=12 bits.
As there are a total of C48=70 ways of choosing 4-antenna ports out of an 8-antenna port system, log 2(70)=7-bits are used to signal the combinatorial index of the antenna selection vector (n1,n2,n3,n4). This achieves 5-bits of overhead savings.
It is further possible to down-size the set of candidate antenna selection vectors {(n1,n2,n3,n4)}, which may further reduce the RRC signalling overhead. For instance, the eNodeB may use 1-bit to configure the UE to assume (n1,n2,n3,n4)=[1,2,5,6] or (n1,n2,n3,n4)=[1,4,5,8]. With (n1,n2,n3,n4)=[1,4,5,6], two adjacent cross-polarized antenna pairs are configured, which models 4Tx cross-polarized antennas with small antenna spacing. With (n1,n2,n3,n4)=[1,4,5,8], two antenna pairs with large antenna spacing are modelled. This may be important for some wireless operators that must deploy wide antenna spacing due to their GSM/HSPA/LTE spectrum farming limitation, where two separate antenna radomes with large spacing are used for 4Tx MIMO.
For a UE configured in transmission mode 10, where the UE is configured with multiple CSI-RS resources, the row selection vector (n1,n2,n3,n4) can be independently configured for each 4-Tx CSI-RS resource.
Using the methods proposed above for rank-1,2,3,4Tx GoB codebooks, one example of a 4Tx codebook is summarized below.
Release 12 enhancement is achieved by augmenting the Release 8 codebook with double-codebook (DCB) components.
Component 1: Release 8
W1=I4, (55)
W2∈C2,R8−4Tx−R1 (56)
Component 2: DCB:
W1: i1=0, . . . 15, each W1 is the (1,2,5,6)th row of the (i1)th 8Tx W1 codebook.
W2: i2=0, . . . 15, same as 8Tx W2 codebook
Component 1: Release 8
W1=I4, (57)
W2∈C2,R8−4Tx−R2 (58)
Component 2: DCB:
W1: i1=0, . . . 15, each W1 is the (1,2,5,6)th row of the (i1)th 8Tx W1 codebook.
W2: i2=0, . . . 15, same as 8Tx W2 codebook.
Re-use the Release 8 codebook.
Further Enhancement of 4Tx Codebook
Any of the codebooks proposed above can be further enhanced by adding more 4Tx precoding matrices. Note that in the sections above, the Release 8 4Tx codebook is inherited in Release 12 4Tx codebook in the form of W=W1W2, where W1 is a 4×4 identity matrix and W2 are taken from Release 8 codebook. An extension of this design is possible, where the W1 codebook not only includes the 4×4 identity matrix 14, but also includes other size 4×4 matrices. One exemplary extension is where the W1 codebook comprises of a set of diagonal matrices, where each diagonal element performs phase rotation for each row of W2 matrix.
Following this design principle, an example of a further-enhanced 4Tx codebook is given below.
Rank-1/2:
C1={W1(0),W1(1),W1(2), . . . ,W1N−1} (59)
where:
For i1=0, . . . , N/2−1, W1(0), W1(1), W1(2) . . . W1(N/2−1) are diagonal matrices (e.g. performing phase rotation), and W2 inherits the Release 8 4Tx codebook. In particular, for i1 =0, W1(0)=I4. This allows the Release 8 codebook to be re-used without change in Release 12.
When i1=(N/2), . . . , N−1, then W1(N/2) . . . W1(N-1) are block diagonal matrices designed with double-codebook structure. In this case, W1 and W2 can use any of the DCB codebook components proposed in the sections above. As one example, W1/W2 may be pruned 8Tx codebooks, where N=32, and
W1: i1=16, . . . 31, each W1 is the (1,2,5,6)th row of the (i1-15)th 8Tx W1 matrix,
W2: i2=0, . . . 15, same as 8Tx W2 codebook.
Herein, the W1 overhead is 5-bit, and W2 overhead is 4-bits per subband.
Rank-3 and rank-4 may follow the same enhancement design if necessary.
Alternative Design for Rank-2
The GoB designs proposed above assumed that each W1 matrix comprises a group of adjacent DFT beams. It is noted that the beams in each W1 grid are not necessarily adjacent, which makes other designs possible. In this section we propose an example rank-2 design with non-adjacent beams in W1.
To recapture the notations, note that
where X(k) comprises of multiple 2×1 DFT beams, k=i1. In the following section, we assume an over-sampling ratio N=16, but the proposed design can be easily generalized to other N values.
Alternative Design 1
It is noted that an N-times oversampled 2×1 DFT beam expressed as
is orthogonal to
b(1+N/2)mod N.
Therefore each W1 grid may comprise two orthogonal DFT beams expressed as
The W2 codebook may comprise beam selection and co-phasing matrixes, for example, denoted as:
where ∘ denotes the Schur product, ei2 is a 2×1 column vector with all zero entries except the i-th element being 1, and
are diagonal matrices that perform co-phasing.
As an example,
which results in a 4-bits W2 codebook. Correspondingly, for each X(k)=[bl mod N, b(l+N/2)mod N], k=l=i1, the corresponding sixteen composite matrices W=Wi
It is noted that Wi
and the composite precoder W=Wi
Note that other co-phasing methods Ω are possible, for example
In this case, the W2 codebook size is 4-bits.
Generalization
The precoders proposed above as alternative design 1 may be combined with the precoders in the previous sections to construct the final rank-2 codebook. For example, assuming over-sampling ratio N (e.g. N=16), Nb=4, the rank-2 codebook may be expressed as
->size N/2
When i2=0, . . . , 7:
When i2=8, . . . , 15:
The W1 overhead is log 2(N/2)=3-bits, and the W2 overhead is 4-bits.
Note that the combined codebook can be re-expressed below.
→size N
When
When
In this case, the W1 overhead is log 2(N)=4-bits, and the W2 overhead is 3-bits.
Another possible combinatorial design is
When
The W1 overhead is log 2(N)=4-bits, and the W2 overhead is 4-bits.
Inheritance of the Release 8 Codebook in Release 12
Using Release 8 Precoders for W2
As proposed in the previous sections, it is possible for the Release 12 codebook to inherit the Release 8 codebook as a subset. This can be achieved by using the Release 8 4Tx precoder as the codebook for W2 which is associated with W1=4×4 identity matrix 14. This is applicable for rank-i to rank-4, where the subband W2 overhead is 4-bits per subband.
It is also possible to divide the Release 8 precoders into N groups, where each group has 16/N Release 8 precoders that form a different W2 codebook. For each W2 codebook, the W1 matrix is equivalent to a 4×4 identity matrix. The subband W2 overhead will therefore be reduced to log 2(16/N) bits.
For example
It is further possible to inherit the Release 8 codebook in Release 12 by constructing the W1 matrix with Release 8 precoders, and constructing the W2 codebook with column selection matrices.
For example:
Alternatively, the W1 matrix can be constructed in a block diagonal manner.
For example, for rank-1:
where A and B are of sizes 2×16, where the 1-th column of A is the first two rows of the 1-th Release 8 precoder, and the 1-th column of B is the last two rows of the 1-th Release 8 precoder, 1=1, . . . , 16.
The W2 matrix can be written in the form of
where ek is the k-th column of a 16×16 identity matrix.
For rank-r, r=2, . . . , 4:
where A and B are of sizes 2×16r, and where
A [W1Rel.8-rank-r W2Rel.8-rank-r . . . W16Rel.8-rank-r](1:2), P(1:2) is the first and second row of matrix P, and
B [W1Rel.8-rank-r W2Rel.8-rank-r . . . W16Rel.8-rank-r](3:4), P(3:4) is the third and fourth row of matrix P.
For the W2 codebook,
4Tx Codebook Enhancements for LTE
In the following section, possible 4Tx codebook enhancement alternatives for LTE Release 12 are disclosed. In these examples, {tilde over (e)}i, is a 4×1 vector with all zero entries except for the i-th element which has value 1.
Rank-1/2
For a rank-1/2 codebook, the following two alternatives are possible.
Alt-1:
Reusing the 8Tx GoB design with N=32 over-sampled beams and 4 adjacent beams per grid, the following 4Tx codebook can be considered.
Codebook 1: C1={W1(0), W1(1), W1(2)), . . . , W1(15)} (102)
Rank-1: 4-bit)
Rank-2: 4-bit)
Rank-2: 3-bit)
For rank-2, if a (3-bit) W2 is preferred, (Y1, Y2) can be changed to:
(Y1,Y2)∈{({tilde over (e)}1,{tilde over (e)}1),({tilde over (e)}2,{tilde over (e)}2),({tilde over (e)}3,{tilde over (e)}3),({tilde over (e)}4,{tilde over (e)}4)}. (107)
Each W1 matrix is constructed by a set of adjacent DFT beams and covers a narrow range of angle-of-departures/arrivals. The fundamental consideration is based the feedback of wideband/long-term channel based on W1 matrix, and the fed back W1 matrix in a properly designed C1 codebook should be able to reflect the wideband AoA/AoDs with sufficient accuracy. For instance, most macro base stations in cellular communication systems are elevated on a cell tower and likely have a direct line-of-sign to the UE, where the angle of incoming radio signals to a UE is within in a small range. Hence, the wideband W1 comprising a set of adjacent beams can be used to cover the range of incoming radio signals on the wideband, whereas the narrowband W2 codebook can be used to select a specific beam on each subband. This W1 design is particular suitable to macro base station with narrowly spaced antennas, propagation channel with sufficient line-of-sights, and perfectly calibrated base station antennas.
Alt-2:
A rank-1/2 codebook comprises two components, where W1 structures are different in each component. For the first 8 W1 matrices, Xn comprise four adjacent DFT beams with over-sampling rate of N=16. For the last 8 W1 matrices, Xn comprise four distributed non-adjacent DFT beams uniformly sampling the [0, 360] angle of arrival sub-space. This provides wider angular spread coverage and may be beneficial to large timing misalignment error.
The W1 codebook therefore can be given by:
i1=0, 1, . . . , 7:
i1=8, 9, . . . , 15:
As can be seen, for the last eight W1 matrices, each W1 matrix in codebook C1 is comprised of four non-adjacent DFT beams. The four DFT beams in each W1 matrix are widely spaced and uniformly distributed in the [0,360] DFT subspace to cover a wide range of angle-of-arrivals/departures. The DFT beams in a first W1 matrix are rotated by a small angle against four DFT beams in a second W1 matrix. More specifically, the W1 matrices comprising widely spaced DFT beams are summarized as
Such a design framework is particularly beneficial in uses cases (e.g., widely spaced antenna components, un-calibrated antenna array, rich multipath scattering environment) where the angle-of-arrival/departures of the incoming wireless signals are distributed in a wide range. For instance, in a heterogeneous deployment scenario where dense small cells are overlaid on top of macro base station on the same frequency, the multipath radio signals received by a UE are reflected by numerous scattering objects surrounding the UE (e.g., building, cars). Have widely spaced and non-adjacent DFT beams in W1 ensures that all incoming signals from different angles can be properly captured. As another use case, it is noted that the transmitter timing at different antennas on a base station shall be synchronized by careful timing alignment calibration. In practice, perfect timing alignment cannot always be guaranteed at a base station, especially for low-cost low-power small base stations (e.g. pico-cells, femto-cells) with cheaper RF components. In 3GPP LTE, a maximum 65 nano-second downlink transmission timing misalignment requirement is set forth for all base stations. A consequence of misaligned antenna timing in the time domain is the increased channel variation on different OFDM subcarriers in the frequency domain, and the main DFT beam angle on one frequency subband can be significantly different than the main DFT beam angle on another subband. In this case, having non-adjacent widely spaced DFT beams in the W1 matrix ensures that the wideband angle-of-arrival/departures can be more reliably covered, resulting in higher feedback accuracy.
The W2 codebook for rank-1 (4-bit) may be given by:
The W2 codebook for rank-2 (4-bit) may be given by:
For W2 corresponding to i1=0,1, . . . , 7
If a (3-bit) W2 is preferred, (Y1, Y2) may be changed to:
(Y1,Y2)∈{({tilde over (e)}1,{tilde over (e)}1),({tilde over (e)}2,{tilde over (e)}2),({tilde over (e)}3,{tilde over (e)}3),({tilde over (e)}4,{tilde over (e)}4)}(117)
For W2 corresponding to i1=8, 9, . . . , 15
If a (3-bit) W2 is preferred, the W2 codebook may be changed to
In one embodiment, the new rank-1/2 codebook designs set forth above may be incorporated into an LTE system complying with LTE Release 12. A subset of precoders in the proposed codebooks above may be used to construct a new Release 12 4Tx codebook, for either rank-1 or rank-2. For example, the W1 codebook may be constructed by W1 matrices only comprising widely spaced DFT beams, e.g., i2=8, 9, . . . 15 in Equation (110)-(111).
W=ƒ(PMI1,PMI2) (124)
where PMI1 is updated at a significantly less frequent rate than PMI2. PMI1 is intended for the entire system bandwidth while PMI2 can be frequency-selective.
The UE first selects the first precoder codebook W1 in block 601 based on the long-term channel properties such as spatial covariance matrix such as in a spatial correlation domain from an input of PMI1. This is done in a long-term basis consistent with the fact that spatial covariance matrix needs to be estimated over a long period of time and in a wideband manner.
Conditioned upon W1, the UE selects W2 based on the short-term (instantaneous) channel. This is a two stage process. In block 602, a set of codebooks CB2(0) to CB2(N-1) is selected based upon the PMI1 input. Block 603 selects one precoder corresponding to the selected codebook CB2(PM11) and PMI2. This selection may be conditioned upon the selected rank indicator (RI). Alternatively, RI can be selected jointly with W2. Block 604 takes the selected W1 and W2 and forms the function ƒ(W1, W2).
PMI1 and PMI2 are reported to the base station (eNodeB) at different rates and/or different frequency resolutions.
Based on this design framework, several types of codebook design are described herein. While each type can stand alone, it is also possible to use different types in a single codebook design especially if the design is intended for different scenarios. A simple yet versatile design can be devised as follows:
This design allows construction of N different scenarios where the codebook W1 for each scenario is chosen to contain a set of basis vectors for a particular spatial channel characteristic W2. While any two-dimensional function can be used in equation (124), this disclosure assumes a product (matrix multiplication) function f(x,y)=xy. Thus the final short-term precoding matrix/vector is computed as a matrix product of W1 and W2: W=W1W2.
Mobile UE 701 comprises a processor 703 coupled to a memory 704 and a transceiver 705. The memory 704 stores (software) applications 706 for execution by the processor 703. The applications could comprise any known or future application useful for individuals or organizations. These applications could be categorized as operating systems (OS), device drivers, databases, multimedia tools, presentation tools, Internet browsers, emailers, Voice-Over-Internet Protocol (VOIP) tools, file browsers, firewalls, instant messaging, finance tools, games, word processors or other categories. Regardless of the exact nature of the applications, at least some of the applications may direct the mobile UE 701 to transmit UL signals to eNodeB (base-station) 702 periodically or continuously via the transceiver 705. In at least some embodiments, the mobile UE 701 identifies a Quality of Service (QoS) requirement when requesting an uplink resource from eNodeB 702. In some cases, the QoS requirement may be implicitly derived by eNodeB 702 from the type of traffic supported by the mobile UE 701. As an example, VOIP and gaming applications often involve low-latency uplink (UL) transmissions while High Throughput (HTP)/Hypertext Transmission Protocol (HTTP) traffic can involve high-latency uplink transmissions.
Transceiver 705 includes uplink logic which may be implemented by execution of instructions that control the operation of the transceiver. Some of these instructions may be stored in memory 704 and executed when needed by processor 703. As would be understood by one of skill in the art, the components of the uplink logic may involve the physical (PHY) layer and/or the Media Access Control (MAC) layer of the transceiver 705. Transceiver 705 includes one or more receivers 707 and one or more transmitters 708.
Processor 703 may send or receive data to various input/output devices 709. A subscriber identity module (SIM) card stores and retrieves information used for making calls via the cellular system. A Bluetooth baseband unit may be provided for wireless connection to a microphone and headset for sending and receiving voice data. Processor 703 may send information to a display unit for interaction with a user of mobile UE 701 during a call process. The display may also display pictures received from the network, from a local camera, or from other sources such as a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector. Processor 703 may also send a video stream to the display that is received from various sources such as the cellular network via RF transceiver 705 or the camera.
During transmission and reception of voice data or other application data, transmitter 707 may be or become non-synchronized with its serving eNodeB. In this case, it sends a random access signal. As part of this procedure, it determines a preferred size for the next data transmission, referred to as a message, by using a power threshold value provided by the serving eNodeB, as described in more detail above. In this embodiment, the message preferred size determination is embodied by executing instructions stored in memory 704 by processor 703. In other embodiments, the message size determination may be embodied by a separate processor/memory unit, by a hardwired state machine, or by other types of control logic, for example.
eNodeB 702 comprises a processor 710 coupled to a memory 711, symbol processing circuitry 712, and a transceiver 713 via backplane bus 714. The memory stores applications 715 for execution by processor 710. The applications could comprise any known or future application useful for managing wireless communications. At least some of the applications 715 may direct eNodeB 702 to manage transmissions to or from mobile UE 701.
Transceiver 713 comprises an uplink Resource Manager, which enables eNodeB 702 to selectively allocate uplink Physical Uplink Shared CHannel (PUSCH) resources to mobile UE 701. As would be understood by one of skill in the art, the components of the uplink resource manager may involve the physical (PHY) layer and/or the Media Access Control (MAC) layer of the transceiver 713. Transceiver 713 includes at least one receiver 715 for receiving transmissions from various UEs within range of eNodeB 702 and at least one transmitter 716 for transmitting data and control information to the various UEs within range of eNodeB 702.
The uplink resource manager executes instructions that control the operation of transceiver 713. Some of these instructions may be located in memory 711 and executed when needed on processor 710. The resource manager controls the transmission resources allocated to each UE 701 served by eNodeB 702 and broadcasts control information via the PDCCH.
Symbol processing circuitry 712 performs demodulation using known techniques. Random access signals are demodulated in symbol processing circuitry 712.
During transmission and reception of voice data or other application data, receiver 715 may receive a random access signal from a UE 701. The random access signal is encoded to request a message size that is preferred by UE 701. UE 701 determines the preferred message size by using a message threshold provided by eNodeB 702. In this embodiment, the message threshold calculation is embodied by executing instructions stored in memory 711 by processor 710. In other embodiments, the threshold calculation may be embodied by a separate processor/memory unit, by a hardwired state machine, or by other types of control logic, for example. Alternatively, in some networks the message threshold is a fixed value that may be stored in memory 711, for example. In response to receiving the message size request, eNodeB 702 schedules an appropriate set of resources and notifies UE 701 with a resource grant.
Many modifications and other embodiments of the invention(s) will come to mind to one skilled in the art to which the invention(s) pertain having the benefit of the teachings presented in the foregoing descriptions, and the associated drawings. Therefore, it is to be understood that the invention(s) are not to be limited to the specific embodiments disclosed. Although specific terms are employed herein, they are used in a generic and descriptive sense only and not for purposes of limitation.
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 17/403,587 filed Aug. 16, 2021; which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 16/989,587 filed Aug. 10, 2020, now U.S. Pat. No. 11,095,345 granted Aug. 17, 2021; which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 16/518,597 filed Jul. 22, 2019, now U.S. Pat. No. 10,742,280 granted Aug. 11, 2020; which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 15/698,015, filed Sep. 7, 2017, now U.S. Pat. No. 10,361,760, granted Jul. 23, 2019; which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 15/132,024, filed Apr. 18, 2016, now U.S. Pat. No. 9,780,850, granted Oct. 3, 2017; which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 14/863,156, filed Sep. 23, 2015, now U.S. Pat. No. 9,319,121, granted Apr. 19, 2016; which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 14/177,547, filed Feb. 11, 2014, now U.S. Pat. No. 9,281,881, granted Mar. 8, 2016; which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/763,804, filed on Feb. 12, 2013; U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/768,851, filed on Feb. 25, 2013; U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/769,463, filed on Feb. 26, 2013; U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/770,705, filed on Feb. 28, 2013; U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/777,664, filed on Mar. 12, 2013; U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/807,647, filed on Apr. 2, 2013; U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/812,459, filed on Apr. 16, 2013; and U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/817,657, filed on Apr. 30, 2013, all titled “4Tx Codebook Enhancement in Release 12.” The disclosures of all of the above-mentioned applications are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
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