Patent Grant
11277178
This application relates to the field of wireless communications technologies, and in particular, to a channel state information (CSI) sending method, a CSI receiving method, and a device.
Currently, multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) technologies are widely applied to communications systems, such as a long term evolution (LTE) system. In the MIMO technologies, a transmit end and a receive end each use a plurality of transmit antennas and receive antennas, so that signals are sent and received by using the plurality of antennas of the transmit end and the receive end. The MIMO technologies can improve communication quality and a system channel capacity.
In a MIMO system, a precoding technology may be used to improve signal transmission quality and a signal transmission rate. A network device may estimate a precoding matrix for a downlink channel based on CSI fed back by a terminal device, and then the network device uses the precoding matrix to perform downlink transmission with the terminal device. For a high precision codebook-based precoding matrix defined in the LTE standard Release 14 (Rel-14) and a new radio access technology (NR), in a prior-art technical solution used by a terminal device to feed back CSI to a network device, the CSI fed back by the terminal device includes a rank indicator (RI), a precoding matrix indicator (PMI), and a channel quality indicator (CQI) of a channel matrix. The PMI includes a PMI1 and a PMI2, the PMI1 is used to indicate all elements in a matrix W1, the PMI2 is used to indicate all elements in a matrix W2, and a product of W1 and W2 forms a precoding matrix W. In this solution, since W2 is obtained based on a high precision codebook this solution has a problem of requiring a large quantity of bits and high resource overhead required for feeding back the PMI2 corresponding to W2.
As mentioned above, for the high precision codebook-based precoding matrix, the prior-art CSI feedback technical solution has a problem of high resource overhead required for CSI feedback.
Embodiments of this application provide a CSI sending method, a CSI receiving method, and a device, to reduce resource overheads required when a terminal device feeds back CSI to a network device in a scenario of a high precision codebook-based precoding matrix.
According to a first aspect, an embodiment of this application provides a CSI sending method, including:
determining, by a terminal device, a precoding matrix W, where
W meets a formula W=W1×W2, W is a matrix with Nt rows and L columns, W1 is a matrix with Nt rows and 2I columns, W2 is a matrix with 2I rows and L columns. Nt is a quantity of antenna ports, L is a rank indicated by an RI, Nt is greater than or equal to L, and I is an integer greater than or equal to 1; and an element at a location in ith row and an lth column in W2 is Yi,l, i is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 2I−1, l is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to L−1, and Yi,l meets a formula Yi,l=Xi,l1×Xi,l2×Xi,l3, Xi,l3 is a complex number with modulus 1;
Xi,l1 represents a wideband amplitude, Xi,l2, represents a subband amplitude, and Xi,l3 represents a phase.
Alternative embodiment of this application provides a CSI sending method, including:
Xi,l1 represents a wideband amplitude, and Xi,l3 represents a phase.
In the foregoing methods, the CSI that is sent by the terminal device to the network device includes the RI, the indication information, and the PMI2, so that the network device can obtain the PMI2 by using the RI and the indication information, to determine W. In the scenario of a high precision codebook-based precoding matrix, in the prior art, a PMI2 that is sent by a terminal device to a network device needs to indicate a parameter of all elements of W2. However, in the foregoing solutions, the parameter of W2, indicated by the PMI2 that is sent by the terminal device to the network device, is a part of parameters of elements of W2. Therefore, a quantity of bits required by the terminal device to send the PMI2 to the network device is reduced. The indication information is added to the CSI that is sent by the terminal device to the network device, so that the network device can obtain the PMI2 by using the RI and the indication information. Therefore, according to the foregoing methods, resource overheads required by the terminal device to feed back the CSI to the network device can be reduced in the scenario of a high precision cod book-based precoding matrix.
In a possible implementation, that the indication information is used to indicate that W2 includes N Xi,l1 whose values are 0 is specifically:
or
or
It should be noted that the indication information included in the CSI may be used to indicate that W2 includes N Xi,l1 whose values are 0, or the indication information may be used to indicate that W2 includes M Xi,l1 whose values are not 0. Because the network device has known a total quantity of Xi,l1 included in W2, after receiving the indication information used to indicate that W2 includes M Xi,l1 whose values are not 0, the network device can obtain, through calculation based on the indication information and the total quantity of Xi,l1 included in W2, that W2 includes N Xi,l1 whose values are 0.
In this way, the terminal device can report the indication information to the network device. The indication information may be implemented in a plurality of forms.
In a possible implementation, before the sending, by the terminal device, a signal including the CSI to a network device, the method further includes:
In other words, neither the indication information and the PMI2 nor the RI and the PMI2 can be encoded together in a joint encoding manner. In this way, it can be ensured that the network device can determine the PMI2 based on the RI and the indication information.
In a possible implementation, before the sending, by the terminal device, a signal including the CSI to a network device, the method further includes:
The encoding, by the terminal device, the RI and the indication information in a joint encoding manner, to obtain the signal including the CSI may be implemented by using the following two methods:
A first method includes: representing the RI by using Q1 bits, and representing the indication information by using Q2 bits;
A second method includes: selecting, by the terminal device, a status value that is used to indicate combination information of the RI and the indication information; and
In the second method, a quantity of bits required to carry the status value is less than a sum of a quantity of bits required to carry the RI and a quantity of bits required to carry the indication information. Therefore, compared with the method for separately carrying the RI and the indication information by using bits, according to the method for jointly indicating the RI and the indication information by using the status value, a quantity of bits required to indicate the RI and the indication information can be reduced. In this way, resource overheads required by the terminal device to feed back the CSI to the network device are reduced.
In a possible implementation, the CSI further includes:
X1 is a matrix with Nt/2 rows and I columns, X1=[v0 . . . vM-1], vm is a column vector including Nt/2 elements, in is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to I−1, and I is an integer greater than or equal to 1.
In this way, after receiving the RI, the PMI1, and the PMI2, the network device can determine W by using the three pieces of information.
According to a second aspect, an embodiment of this application provides a CSI receiving method, including:
Xi,l1 represents a wideband amplitude, Xi,l2 represents a subband amplitude, and Xi,l3 represents a phase.
Alternatively, an embodiment of this application provides a CSI receiving method, including:
Xi,l1 represents a wideband amplitude, and Xi,l3 represents a phase.
In the foregoing methods, the CSI that is sent by the terminal device and received by the network device includes the RI, the indication information, and the PMI2, so that the network device can obtain the PM2 by using the RI and the indication information, to determine W. In the scenario of a high precision codebook-based precoding matrix, in the prior art, a PMI2 that is sent by a terminal device to a network device needs to indicate a parameter of all elements of W2. However, in the foregoing solutions, the parameter of W2, indicated by the PMI2 that is sent by the terminal device to the network device, is a part of parameters of elements of W2. Therefore, a quantity of bits required by the terminal device to send the PMI2 to the network device is reduced. The indication information is added to the CSI that is sent by the terminal device to the network device, so that the network device can obtain the PMI2 by using the RI and the indication information. Therefore, according to the foregoing methods, resource overheads required by the terminal device to feed back the CSI to the network device can be reduced in the scenario of a high precision codebook-based precoding matrix.
In a possible implementation, that the indication information is used to indicate that W2 includes N Xi,l1 whose values are 0 is specifically:
or
or
In a possible implementation, the obtaining, by the network device, the RI and the indication information based on the signal including the CSI includes:
In a possible implementation, the decoding, by the network device based on the RI and the indication information, a bit that is in the signal including the CSI and that is used to carry the PMI2, to obtain the PMI2 includes:
In a possible implementation, the decoding, by the network device, bits that include the RI and the indication information and that are in the CSI signal, to obtain the RI and the indication information includes:
In a possible implementation, the decoding, by the network device, bits that are in the signal including the CSI and that are used to carry the RI and the indication information, to obtain the RI and the indication information includes:
In a possible implementation, the CSI further includes:
X1 is a matrix with Nt/2 rows and I columns, X1=[v0 . . . vM-1], vm is a column vector including Nt/2 elements, m is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to I−1, and I is an integer greater than or equal to 1; and
According to a third aspect, an embodiment of this application provides a terminal device, including:
Xi,l1 represents a wideband amplitude, Xi,l2 represents a subband amplitude, and Xi,l3 represents a phase.
Alternatively, an embodiment of this application provides a terminal device, including:
Xi,l1 represents a wideband amplitude, and Xi,l3 represents a phase.
In a possible implementation, that the indication information is used to indicate that W2 includes N Xi,l1 whose values are 0 is specifically:
or
or
In a possible implementation, the processing unit is further configured to:
In a possible implementation, the processing unit is further configured to:
before the transceiver unit sends the signal including the CSI to the network device, encode the RI and the indication information in a joint encoding manner, to obtain the signal including the CSI.
In a possible implementation, when encoding the RI and the indication information in the joint encoding manner, to obtain the signal including the CSI, the processing unit is specifically configured to:
In a possible implementation, when encoding the RI and the indication information in the joint encoding manner, to obtain the signal including the CSI, the processing unit is specifically configured to:
In a possible implementation, the CSI further includes:
X1 is a matrix with Nt/2 rows and I columns, X1=[v0 . . . vM-1], vm is a column vector including Nt/2 elements, m is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to I−1, and I is an integer greater than or equal to 1.
According to a fourth aspect, an embodiment of this application provides a network device, including:
Xi,l1 represents a wideband amplitude, Xi,l2 represents a subband amplitude, and Xi,l3 represents a phase.
Alternatively, an embodiment of this application provides a network device, including:
In a possible implementation, Xi,l1 represents a wideband amplitude, and Xi,l3 represents a phase.
In a possible implementation, that the indication information is used to indicate that W2 includes N Xi,l1 whose values are 0 is specifically:
or
or
In a possible implementation, when obtaining the RI and the indication information based on the signal including the CSI, the processing unit is specifically configured to:
In a possible implementation, when decoding, based on the RI and the indication information, the bit that is in the signal including the CSI and that is used to carry the PMI2, to obtain the PMI2, the processing unit is specifically configured to:
In a possible implementation, when decoding the bits that include the RI and the indication information and that are in the CSI signal, to obtain the RI and the indication information, the processing unit is specifically configured to:
decode, based on a quantity Q1+Q2 of bits, a signal that includes the RI and the indication information and that is in the CSI signal, to obtain the RI and the indication information, where
In a possible implementation, when decoding the bits that are in the signal including the CSI and that are used to carry the RI and the indication information, to obtain the RI and the indication information, the processing unit is specifically configured to:
In a possible implementation, the CSI further includes:
X1 is a matrix with Nt/2 rows and I columns, X1=[v0 . . . vM-1], vm is a column vector including Nt/2 elements, m is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to I−1, and I is an integer greater than or equal to 1; and
According to a fifth aspect, an embodiment of this application further provides a terminal device, where the terminal device has functions of implementing actions of the terminal device in the method example of the first aspect. The functions may be implemented by using hardware. A structure of the terminal device includes a memory, a processor, and a transceiver; the memory is configured to store a computer-readable program; the processor invokes an instruction stored in the memory, to perform the method according to any one of the implementations of the first aspect, to implement a function of the processing unit included in the structure of the terminal device in the third aspect; and the transceiver is configured to receive and/or send data under control of the processor, to implement a function of the transceiver unit included in the structure of the terminal device in the third aspect.
According to a sixth aspect, an embodiment of this application further provides a computer storage medium, where the storage medium stores a software program, and when being read and executed by one or more processors, the software program is capable of implementing the method according to the first aspect or any one of the implementations of the first aspect.
According to a seventh aspect, an embodiment of this application further provides a network device, where the network device has functions of implementing actions of the network device in the method example of the second aspect. The functions may be implemented by using hardware. A structure of the network device includes a memory, a processor, and a transceiver; the memory is configured to store a computer-readable program; the processor invokes an instruction stored in the memory, to perform the method according to any one of the implementations of the second aspect, to implement a function of the processing unit included in the structure of the network device in the fourth aspect; and the transceiver is configured to receive and/or send data under control of the processor, to implement a function of the transceiver unit included in the structure of the network device in the fourth aspect.
According to an eighth aspect, an embodiment of this application further provides a computer storage medium, where the storage medium stores a software program, and when being read and executed by one or more processors, the software program is capable of implementing the method according to the second aspect or any one of the implementations of the second aspect.
According to a ninth aspect, an embodiment of this application further provides a communications system. The communications system includes a terminal device and a network device. The terminal device is configured to perform the method according to the first aspect or any one of the implementations of the first aspect, and the network device is configured to perform the method according to the second aspect or any one of the implementations of the second aspect.
According to the technical solutions provided in the embodiments of this application, resource overheads required by the terminal device to feed back the CSI to the network device can be reduced in the scenario of a high precision codebook-based precoding matrix.
Embodiments of this application provide a channel state information sending method, a channel state information receiving method, and a device, to reduce resource overhead required when a terminal device feeds back CSI to a network device in a scenario of a high precision codebook-based precoding matrix. The methods and the device are based on a same invention concept. Because principles of resolving problems according to the methods and the device are similar, mutual reference may be made to implementations of the device and the methods, and repeated content is not described.
The technical solutions provided in the embodiments of this application are applicable to a wireless communications system that applies MIMO technologies, such as an LTE system or an NR system and the like. In the MIMO technologies, a transmit end and a receive end each use a plurality of transmit antennas and receive antennas, so that signals are sent and received by using the plurality of antennas of the transmit end and the receive end, thereby improving communication quality. According to the MIMO technologies, spatial resources can be utilized well, multiple-transmit multiple-receive is implemented by using a plurality of antennas, and a system channel capacity is multiplied without adding spectrum resources or increasing antenna transmit power.
In a MIMO system, if a network device can obtain all or a part of downlink channel information, a precoding technology can be used to improve signal transmission quality and increase a signal transmission rate. The technical solutions provided in the embodiments of this application are applicable to a scenario in which a terminal device feeds back CSI to a network device and the network device estimates a precoding matrix for a downlink channel based on the CSI. In this scenario, the terminal device measures the downlink channel based on a common reference signal (CRS), to obtain a channel matrix; and the terminal device may select, from a preset codebook according to an optimization rule, a precoding matrix that best matches the downlink channel, and further determines a precoding matrix indicator PMI, and feed back the PMI to the network device as CSI. The terminal device may further determine, based on the determined PMI, a channel quality achieved after the PMI is used, i.e., a CQI. The CQI is also fed back to the network device as the CSI. The following describes the precoding matrix used in the embodiments of this application.
In design of a communications system, a codebook may include a plurality of precoding matrices, and content of the codebook is known to both of a transmitter and a receiver.
In the embodiments of this application, if a complex number represents a phase, and the complex number is a complex number with modulus 1, multiplying the complex number and another complex number (for example, a complex number A) would only change the phase of the complex number A but the amplitude of the complex number A is unchanged.
The precoding matrix in the embodiments of this application is for a high precision codebook-based precoding matrix defined in the standard LTE system release 14 and an NR system. The precoding matrix uses a dual-stage codebook feedback mechanism to reduce feedback load. To be specific, a precoding matrix (or referred to as a precoding vector) W is a product of a first-stage feedback matrix W1 and a second-stage feedback matrix W2. W may be represented by Formula 1:
W=W1×W2 Formula 1
In Formula 1, W is a matrix with Nt rows and L columns, Nt is the quantity of antenna ports, L is a rank of a channel matrix, i.e., a rank indicated by RI, and Nt is greater than or equal to L. W1 is a block diagonal matrix with Nt rows and 2I columns, I is an integer greater than or equal to 1 and may represent the quantity of beam vectors included in each diagonal matrix of W1, and W1 may be represented by Formula 2:
In Formula 2, X1 is a matrix with Nt/2 rows and I columns, X1 meets X1=[v0 . . . vM-1], vm is a column vector including Nt/2 elements, vm represents a beam vector, m is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to I−1, and I is an integer greater than or equal to 1.
In Formula 1, W2 is a matrix with 2I rows and L columns, I is an integer greater than 1, L is the rank of the channel matrix, i.e., the rank indicated by RI, and an element Yi,l at a location in an ith row and an lth column in W2 may be represented by two formulas.
First case: The element Yi,l at the location in the ith row and the lth column in W2 meets Formula 3:
Yi,l=Xi,l1×Xi,l2×Xi,l3 Formula 3
In Formula 3, i is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 2I−1, l is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to L−1, Xi,l1 represents a wideband amplitude of a channel, Xi,l2 represents a subband amplitude of the channel, Xi,l3 represents a phase of the channel, and Xi,l3 is a complex number with modulus 1. When Yi,l meets Formula 3, Xi,l1 in Yi,l which is at any location in W2 corresponds to Xi,l2 and Xi,l3 in Yi,l. For Xi,l1, Xi,l2, and Xi,l3, and Xi,l3 that have correspondence, a value of Xi,l1 may determine a value of Xi,l2 and a value of Xi,l3. When the value of Xi,l1 is 0, the value of Xi,l2 corresponding to Xi,l1 is 0, and the value of Xi,l3 corresponding to Xi,l1 is also 0. For example, in an element Y2,1=X2,11×X2,12×X2,13 at location in a 2nd row and a 1st column in W2, X2,11 corresponds to X2,12 and X2,13. When a value of X2,21 is 0, Y2,1=0. A Value of X2,12 corresponding to X2,11 does not affect a value of Y2,1, and a value of X2,13 corresponding to X2,11 does not affect the value of Y2,1, either. When Yi,l meets Formula 3, W2 may be represented by the following two formulas.
When the rank is 1, W2 may be represented by Formula 4:
When the rank is 2, W2 may be represented by Formula 5:
In Formula 4 and Formula 5, an element at any location in W2 may be represented as pr,l,m(WB)·pr,l,m(SB)·cr,l,m. pr,l,m(WB) represents Xi,l1, the wideband amplitude of the channel, and pr,l,m(WB)∈{1, √{square root over (0.5)} √{square root over (0.25)} √{square root over (0.125)} √{square root over (0.0625)} √{square root over (0.0313)} √{square root over (0.0313)} √{square root over (0.0156)} 0}; pr,l,m(SB) represents Xi,l2, the subband amplitude of the channel, and pr,l,m(SB)∈{1 √{square root over (0.5)}}; and cr,l,m represents Xi,l3, the phase of the channel, and
r represents an indicator of an antenna polarization direction dimension, l represents a sequence number of a data layer, and i represents a sequence number of a beam vector bim in W1.
Second case: The element Yi,l at the location in the ith row and the lth column in W2 meets Formula 6:
Yi,l=Xi,l1×Xi,l3 Formula 6
In Formula 6, i is an integer greater than 0 and less than 2I−1, l is an integer greater than 0 and less than L−1, Xi,l1 represents a wideband amplitude of a channel, Xi,l3 represents a phase of the channel, and Xi,l3 is a complex number with modulus 1. When Yi,l meets Formula 6, Xi,l1 in Yi,l which is at any location in W2 corresponds to Xi,l3 in Yi,l. For Xi,l1 and Xi,l3 have a correspondence, a value of Xi,l1 may determine a value of xi,l3. When the value of Xi,l1 is 0, the value of Xi,l3 corresponding to Xi,l1 is 0. For example, in an element Y2,1=X2,11×X2,13 at a location in a 2nd row and a 1st column in W2, when a value of X2,11 is 0, Y2,1=0. A value of X2,13 corresponding to X2,11 does not affect a value of Y2,1. When Yi,l meets Formula 6, W2 may be represented by the following two formulas.
When the rank is 1, W2 may be represented by Formula 7:
When the rank is 2, W2 may be represented by Formula 8:
In Formula 7 and Formula 8, an element at any location in W2 may be represented as pr,l,m(WB)·cr,l,m. pr,l,m(WB) represents Xi,l1, the wideband amplitude of the channel, and pr,l,m(WB)∈{1, √{square root over (0.5)} √{square root over (0.25)} √{square root over (0.125)} √{square root over (0.0625)} √{square root over (0.0313)} √{square root over (0.0313)} √{square root over (0.0156)} 0}; and cr,l,m
r represents an indicator of an antenna polarization direction dimension, l represents a sequence number of a data layer, and i represents a sequence number of a beam vector blm in W1.
The technical solutions provided in the embodiments of this application may be used in an NR system. For an architectural diagram of the NR system, refer to
The terminal device may be a device that provides voice and/or data connectivity to a user, a handheld device having a wireless connection function, or another processing device connected to a wireless modem. The wireless terminal device may communicate with one or more core networks through a RAN. The wireless terminal device may be a mobile terminal device, such as a mobile phone (also referred to as a “cellular” phone) or a computer with a mobile terminal device. For example, the wireless terminal device may be a portable, pocket-sized, handheld, computer built-in, or in-vehicle mobile apparatus, and exchanges voice and/or data with a radio access network. For example, the wireless terminal device may be a device such as a personal communications service (PCS) phone, a cordless telephone set, a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) phone, a wireless local loop (WLL) station, or a personal digital assistant (PDA). The wireless terminal device may also be referred to as a system, a subscriber unit, a subscriber station, a mobile station, a mobile console (Mobile), a remote station, an access point, a remote terminal device, an access terminal device, a user terminal device, a user agent, a user device, or user equipment.
The network device may be a base station or an access point, or may be a device that communicates with a wireless terminal device over an air interface in an access network by using one or more sectors. The network device may be configured to perform mutual conversion between a received over-the-air frame and an Internet Protocol (IP) packet, and serve as a router between the wireless terminal device and a rest portion of the access network. The rest portion of the access network may include an IP network. The network device may further coordinate management of an air interface attribute. For example, the network device may be a network device (BTS, Base Transceiver Station) a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) or Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), a network device (NodeB) in Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), or an evolved network device (evolutional Node B, eNB or e-NodeB) in LTE. This is not limited in the embodiments of the present invention.
The following describes the technical solutions provided in the embodiments of this application.
An embodiment of this application provides a CSI sending and receiving method. As shown in
S201. A terminal device determines a precoding matrix W.
W meets a formula W=W1×W2, W is a matrix with Nt rows and L columns, W1 is a matrix with Nt rows and 2I columns, W2 is a matrix with 2I rows and L columns. Nt is a quantity of antenna ports, L is a rank indicated by an RI, Nt is greater than or equal to L, and I is an integer greater than or equal to 1; and an element at a location in an ith row and an lth column in W2 is Yi,l, i is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 2I−1, l is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to L−1, and Yi,l meets a formula Yi,l=Xi,l1×Xi,l2×Xi,l3 or Yi,l=Xi,l1×Xi,l2×Xi,l3, Xi,l3 is a complex number with modulus 1. For detailed descriptions about W, W1, and W2, refer to the foregoing description. Details are not repeatedly described herein.
A method for determining W by the terminal device in S201 includes: determining, by the terminal device, a physical channel based on a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) delivered by a network device, and then determining, based on the physical channel, W from a predefined precoding matrix group. A principle for determining W may be: if the network device performs weighting on data based on the precoding matrix W, a signal-to-noise ratio, a throughput, or spectrum efficiency for data received by the terminal device is the highest.
S202. The terminal device generates CSI that includes an RI, indication information and a second precoding matrix indicator PMI2.
The RI is an indicator of a rank of a channel matrix, and the RI is used by the terminal device to report, to the network device, the layer quantity of data that can be carried by the physical channel. For example, RI=0 represents that a current physical channel can carry data of one layer. The indication information is used to indicate that W2 includes N Xi,l1 whose values are 0. The PMI2 is used to indicate a parameter of W2. The following separately describes the CSI generated by the terminal device in S202 when Yi,l meets the formula Yi,l=Xi,l1×Xi,l2×Xi,l3 and when Yi,l meets the formula Yi,l=Xi,l1×Xi,l3.
Case 1: Yi,l meets the formula Yi,l=Xi,l1×Xi,l2×Xi,l3.
Based on Case 1, the indication information included in the CSI is used to indicate that W2 includes N Xi,l1 whose values are 0. This could be understood as follows: The indication information is used to indicate that N Xi,l1 whose values are 0 are included in all elements of W2, N represents a quantity of all Xi,l1 whose values are 0 included in W2. For example, when the quantity of all Xi,l1 whose values are 0 included in W2 is 5, N is 5, the indication information is used to indicate that W2 includes five Xi,l1 whose values are 0, and 3 bits are required to carry the indication information. The PMI2 reported by the network device is used to indicate all Xi,l1 in the precoding matrix W2 and those Xi,l2 and Xi,l3 other than Xi,l2 and Xi,l3 that correspond to the five Xi,l1 whose values are 0. Since a wideband reporting manner or a long-period reporting manner is used for Xi,l1, while a subband or short-period reporting manner is used for Xi,l2 and Xi,l3, the quantity of bits required by the PMI2 that indicates W2 can be reduced when the UE does not report Xi,l2 and Xi,l3 that correspond to Xi,l1 whose value is 0.
The indication information included in the CSI is used to indicate that W2 includes N Xi,l1 whose values are 0. This may be alternatively understood as follows: The indication information is used to indicate that N Xi,l1 whose values are 0 are included in a part of elements W2. If only a part of all Xi,l1 whose values are 0 in W2 are included in the a part of elements of W2, N represents a quantity of the a part of all Xi,l1 whose values are 0 included in W2. For example, when a quantity of all Xi,l1 whose values are 0 included in W2 is 5, N may be 0 to 4. Using N=4 as an example, the indication information is used to indicate that W2 includes four Xi,l1 whose values are 0, and 2 bits are required to carry the indication information. In an implementation, it may be determined, based on a preset order, that a quantity of which Xi,l1 in all Xi,l1 whose values are 0 in W2 is the quantity of Xi,l1, whose values are 0, indicated by the indication information. Both the terminal device and the network device know the preset order. Using that W2 includes one column vector as example, assuming that the quantity of all Xi,l1 whose values are 0 included in W2 is 5, four Xi,l1 whose values are 0 in W2 may be successively determined from top to down starting from a first row vector in W2. The four determined Xi,l1 whose values are 0 then are the four Xi,l1 whose values are 0 indicated by the indication information.
In conclusion, assuming that the quantity of all Xi,l1 whose values are 0 included in W2 is 5, compared with that the indication information is used to indicate that W2 includes five Xi,l1 whose values are 0, when the indication information is used to indicate that W2 includes four Xi,l1 whose values are 0, fewer bits are required to carry the indication information. Therefore, when N represents the quantity of a part of all Xi,l1 whose values are 0 included in W2, the quantity of bits required to carry the indication information may be reduced.
Based on Case 1, the PMI2 included in the CSI is used to indicate a parameter of W2 in W, and the parameter of W2 indicated by the PMI2 includes all Xi,l1 in W2 and Xi,l2 and Xi,l3, which are corresponding to Xi,l1 other than the N Xi,l1 whose values are 0, in W2, and the parameter of W2 does not include Xi,l2 and Xi,l3, which are corresponding to the N Xi,l1 whose values are 0, in W2. That Xi,l1 corresponds to Xi,l2 and Xi,l3 means that, based on Case 1, Xi,l1 in Yi,l at any location in W2 corresponds to Xi,l2 and Xi,l3 in Yi,l. For Xi,l1, Xi,l2, and Xi,l3 that have a correspondence, a value of Xi,l1 may determine a value of Xi,l2 and a value of Xi,l3. When the value of Xi,l1 is 0, the value of Xi,l2 corresponding to Xi,l1 is 0, and the value of Xi,l3 corresponding to Xi,l1 is also 0. For example, in an element Y2,1=X2,11×X2,12×X2,13 at a location in a 2nd row and a 1st column in W2, X2,11 corresponds to X2,12 and X2,13. When a value of X2,11 is 0, Y2,1=0. A value of X2,12 corresponding to X2,11 does not affect a value of Y2,1, and a value of X2,13 corresponding to X2,11 does not affect the value of Y2,1, either. Therefore, when the parameter of W2 indicated by the PMI2 that is sent by the terminal device to the network device includes all Xi,l1 in W2, the terminal device may not feedback, to the network device, Xi,l2 and Xi,l3 that correspond to Xi,l1 whose value is 0. In this way, a quantity of bits required by the terminal device to feed back the PMI2 to the network device can be reduced.
The parameter of W2 indicated by the PMI2 relates to the N Xi,l1, whose values are 0, included in W2 and indicated by the indication information. Assuming that the quantity of all Xi,l1 whose values are 0 included in W2 is 5, when the indication information indicates that W2 includes five Xi,l1 whose values are 0, the parameter of W2 corresponding to the PMI2 includes all Xi,l1 in W2 and Xi,l2 and Xi,l3, which are corresponding to Xi,l1 whose value is not 0, in W2 and the parameter of W2 corresponding to the PMI2 does not include Xi,l2 and Xi,l3, and which are corresponding to Xi,l1 whose values are 0, in W2. Assuming that the quantity of all Xi,l1 whose values are 0 included in W2 is 5, when the indication information indicates that W2 includes four Xi,l1 whose values are 0, the indication information does not indicate one Xi,l1 whose value is 0 in W2, the parameter of W2 corresponding to the PMI2 includes all Xi,l1 in W2, Xi,l2 and Xi,l3, which are corresponding to Xi,l1 whose value is not 0, in W2, and Xi,l2 and Xi,l3, which corresponding to Xi,l1 whose value is 0 and that is not indicated by the indication information, in W2, and the parameter of W2 corresponding to the PMI2 does not include Xi,l2 and Xi,l3, and which are corresponding to the four Xi,l1 whose value are 0 and that are indicated by the indication information, in W2.
Case 2: Yi,l meets the formula Yi,l=Xi,l1×Xi,l3.
Based on Case 2, the indication information included in the CSI is used to indicate that W2 includes N Xi,l1 whose values are 0. This may be understood as follows: The indication information is used to indicate that N Xi,l1 (whose values are 0) are included in all elements of W2. In this case, N represents the quantity of all Xi,l1 whose values are 0 included in W2. This may be alternatively understood as follows: The indication information is used to indicate that N Xi,l1 whose values are 0 are included in a part of elements of W2, and in this case, N represents a quantity of a part of all Xi,l1 whose values are 0 included in W2. For related descriptions about the indication information in Case 2, refer to the related descriptions about the indication information in Case 1. Details are not repeatedly described herein.
Based on Case 2, the PMI2 included in the CSI is used to indicate a parameter of W2 in W, and the parameter of W2 indicated by the PMI2 includes all Xi,l1 in W2 and Xi,l3, corresponding to Xi,l1 other than N Xi,l1 whose values are 0, in W2, and the parameter of W2 does not include: Xi,l3, corresponding to the N Xi,l1 whose values are 0, in W2. That Xi,l1 corresponds to Xi,l3 means that, based on Case 2, Xi,l1 in Yi,l at any location in W2 corresponds to Xi,l3 in Yi,l. For Xi,l1 and Xi,l3 that have a correspondence, a value of Xi,l1 may determine a value of Xi,l1. When the value of Xi,l1 is 0, the value of Xi,l3 corresponding to Xi,l1 is 0. For example, in an element Y2,1=X2,11×X2,12×X2,13 at a location in a 2nd row and a 1st column in W2, when a value of X2,11 is 0, Y2,1=0. A value of X2,13 corresponding to X2,11 does not affect a value of Y2,1. The network device may determine, based on Xi,l1 whose value is 0, that a value Xi,l3 corresponding to Xi,l1 is 0. Therefore, when the parameter of W2 indicated by the PMI2 that is sent by the terminal device to the network device includes all Xi,l1 in W2, the terminal device may not feedback, to the network device, Xi,l3 that corresponds to Xi,l1 whose value is 0. In this way, a quantity of bits required by the terminal device to feed back the PMI2 to the network device can be reduced.
The parameter of W2 indicated by the PMI2 relates to the N Xi,l1, whose values are 0, included in W2 indicated by the indication information. Assuming that the quantity of all Xi,l1 whose values are 0 included in W2 is 5, when the indication information indicates that W2 includes five Xi,l1 whose values are 0, the parameter of W2 corresponding to the PMI2 includes all Xi,l1 in W2 and Xi,l3, corresponding to Xi,l1 whose value is not 0, in W2, and the parameter of W2 corresponding to the PMI2 does not include Xi,l3, corresponding to Xi,l1 whose values are 0, in W2. Assuming that the quantity of all Xi,l1 whose values are 0 included in W2 is 5, when the indication information indicates that W2 includes four Xi,l1 whose values are 0, the indication information does not indicate one Xi,l1 whose value is 0 in W2, the parameter of W2 corresponding to the PMI2 includes all Xi,l1 in W2, Xi,l3, corresponding to Xi,l1 whose value is not 0, in W2, and Xi,l3, corresponding to Xi,l1 whose value is 0 and that is not indicated by the indication information in W2, and the parameter of W2 corresponding to the PMI2 does not include Xi,l3, corresponding to the four Xi,l1 whose value are 0 and that are indicated by the indication information, in W2.
Based on Case 1 or Case 2, a form of the indication information in this embodiment includes but is not limited to any one of the following forms.
When that the indication information is used to indicate that W2 includes N Xi,l1 whose values are 0 is understood as that the indication information is used to indicate that N Xi,l1 whose values are 0 are included in all elements of W2, and N represents the quantity of all Xi,l1 whose values are 0 included in W2, the indication information may be in the following three specific forms.
Form 1: The indication information includes a quantity N of Xi,l1 whose values are 0 in all elements of W2.
Form 2: The indication information includes a quantity Nl of Xi,l1 whose values are 0 in all elements of an lth column vector in W2, where l is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to L−1, and
represents that a sum of quantities of Xi,l1 whose values are 0 in all elements of all column vectors in W2 is N. For example, when W2 includes one column vector, the indication information includes a quantity N0 of Xi,l1 whose values are 0 in all elements of the column vector, and N=N0. For another example, when W2 includes two column vectors, i.e., a first column vector and a second column vector, the indication information includes a quantity N0 of Xi,l1 whose values are 0 in all elements of the first column vector and a quantity N1 of Xi,l1 whose values are 0 in all elements of the second column vector, and N=N0+N1.
Form 3: The indication information includes a quantity Nl0 of Xi,l1 of whose values are 0 in first I elements of an lth column vector in W2 and a quantity Nl1 of Xi,l1 whose values are 0 in last I elements of the column vector, where l is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to L−1, and
For example, when W2 includes one column vector, the indication information includes a quantity Nl0 of Xi,l1 whose values are 0 in first I elements of the column vector and a quantity Nl1 of Xi,l1 whose values are 0 in last I elements of the column vector, and N=N00+N01. For another example, when W2 includes two column vectors, i.e., a first column vector and a second column vector, the indication information includes N00, N01, N10, and N11, and N=N00+N01+N10+N11. N00 represents a quantity of Xi,l1 whose values are 0 in first I elements of the first column vector in W2, N01 represents a quantity of Xi,l1 whose values are 0 in last I elements of the first column vector in W2, N10 represents a quantity of Xi,l1 whose values are 0 in first I elements of the second column vector in W2, and N11 and represents a quantity of Xi,l1 whose values are 0 in last I elements of the second column vector in W2.
When that the indication information is used to indicate that W2 includes N Xi,l1 whose values are 0 is understood as that the indication information is used to indicate that N Xi,l1 whose values are 0 are included in a part of the elements of W, N represents a quantity of a part of all Xi,l1 whose values are 0 included in W2, the indication information may be in the following two specific forms.
Form 4: The indication information includes a quantity N of Xi,l1 whose values are 0 in a part of the elements of W2.
Form 5: The indication information includes a quantity Tl of Xi,l1 whose values are in a part of the elements of an lth column vector in W2, where l is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to L−1, and
represents that a sum of quantities Tl of Xi,l1 whose values are 0 in a part of elements of all column vectors in W2 is N. For example, when W2 includes one col vector, the indication information includes a quantity T0 of Xi,l1 whose values are 0 in a part of elements of the column vector, and T0=N. For another example, when W2 includes two column vectors, that is, a first column vector and a second column vector, the indication information includes a quantity T0 of Xi,l1 whose values are 0 in a part of elements of the first column vector and a quantity T1 of Xi,l1 whose values are 0 in a part of elements of the second column vector, and N=T0+T1.
It should be noted that the indication information included in the CSI in this embodiment may be used to indicate that W2 includes N Xi,l1 whose values are 0, or the indication information may be used to indicate that W2 includes M Xi,l1 whose values are not 0. Because the network device has known a total quantity of Xi,l1 included in W2, after receiving the indication information used to indicate that W2 includes M xi,l1 whose values are not 0, the network device can obtain, through calculation based on the indication information and the total quantity of Xi,l1 included in W2, that W2 includes N Xi,l1 whose values are 0.
S203. The terminal device sends a signal including the CSI to the network device.
Before S203, the terminal device may encode the generated CSI, to obtain the signal including the CSI. Then, the terminal device sends the signal including the CSI to the network device in S203. To ensure that the network device can decode the PMI2 based on the RI and the indication information, when encoding the CSI, the terminal device separately encodes the indication information and the PMI2, and also separately encodes the RI and the PMI2. In other words, the indication information and the PMI2 cannot be encoded together in a joint encoding manner, and the RI and the PMI2 cannot be encoded together in the joint encoding manner, either. In this way, it can be ensured that the network device can determine the PMI2 based on the RI and the indication information. As long as the network device can determine the PMI2 based on the RI and the indication information, an encoding manner in which the terminal device encodes each piece of information included in the CSI is not limited in this embodiment. In a possible implementation, when encoding the RI and the indication information that are included in the CSI, the terminal device may encode the RI and the indication information in the joint encoding manner.
In this embodiment, a first method for jointly encoding the RI and the indication information includes:
In this embodiment, a second method for jointly encoding the RI and the indication information includes:
The quantity of bits required to carry the status value is less than the sum of the quantity of bits required to carry the RI and the quantity of bits required to carry the indication information. Therefore, compared with the method for separately carrying the RI and the indication information by using bits, according to the method for jointly indicating the RI and the indication information by using the status value, a quantity of bits required to indicate the RI and the indication information can be reduced. In this way, resource overheads required by the terminal device to feed back the CSI to the network device are reduced.
The following describes the predefined status value set by using an example.
The predefined status value set includes status values 1 to 78, a correspondence between a status value and combination information indicated by the status value is as follows:
In the foregoing correspondence between a status value and combination information, indicated by the status value, of RI and indication information, N, N0, or N1 represents the indication information. For N0 and N, that are indicated by the status values 9 to 72, refer to Form 2 in the foregoing related description about the indication information. A high precision codebook is usually applicable to a scenario in which a value of an RI is relatively small; therefore, in the foregoing correspondence, when the RI is 1 or 2, a high precision codebook is used to feed back a PMI2; when the RI is greater than 2, a low precision codebook is used to feedback a PMI2. The indication information relates only to the high precision codebook; therefore, in the foregoing correspondence, when the RI is greater than 2, there is no indication information corresponding to the status value.
Seven bits are required to carry one of the foregoing 76 status values. When the RI is any one of 1 to 8, 3 bits are required to carry the RI, and at least 6 bits are required to carry the indication information in the foregoing correspondence. Therefore, compared with the method for separately carrying the RI and the indication information by using bits, according to the method for jointly indicating the RI and the indication information by using a status value, at least 2 bits can be saved. Assuming that the terminal device determines that RI=1 and N=0 in the CSI, the terminal device selects the status value 1 in the foregoing status value set, encodes the status value 1, and sends the encoded status value 1 to the network device.
It should be noted that on a premise that neither the RI and the PMI2 nor the indication information and the PMI2 are jointly encoded and further, the network device can determine the PMI2 based on the RI and the indication information, a manner in which the terminal device sends the CSI to the network device in S202 is not limited in this embodiment. The terminal device may send the CSI to the network device in a periodic reporting manner or in an aperiodic reporting manner. When the terminal device sends the CSI to the network device in the periodic reporting manner, using a schematic diagram of periodically reporting CSI shown in
S204. The network device receives the signal that includes the CSI and that is sent by the terminal device, and then obtains the RI and the indication information based on the signal including the CSI.
After receiving the signal that includes the CSI and that is sent by the terminal device, the network device decodes bits that are in the signal including the CSI and that are used to carry the RI and the indication information, to obtain the RI and the indication information. In a possible implementation, when the signal including the CSI is obtained by jointly encoding the RI and the indication information by the terminal device, the network device may decode jointly-encoded information, to obtain the RI and the indication information.
For the foregoing first method used by the terminal device for jointly encoding the RI and the indication information, the signal that includes the CSI and that is received by the network device includes the D encoded bits. The network device first decodes the D encoded bits, to obtain the Q1+Q2 bits, and then decodes, based on a quantity of the Q1+Q2 bits, a signal that includes the RI and the indication information and that is in a CSI signal to obtain the RI and the indication information. The RI is represented by using Q1 bits, and the indication information is represented by using Q2 bits, and D=Q1+Q2.
For the foregoing second method used by the terminal device for jointly encoding the RI and the indication information, the signal that includes the CSI and that is received by the network device includes an encoded status value. The network device first decodes the encoded status value, to obtain a status value, and then determines, based on the status value and the predefined status value set, the RI and the indication information that are indicated by the status value.
That the network device decodes bits that are in the signal including the CSI and that are used to carry the RI and the indication information, to obtain the RI and the indication information includes:
selecting, by the terminal device, a status value that is used to indicate combination information of the RI and the indication information; and
encoding, by the terminal device, the selected status value, to obtain the signal including the CSI.
S205. The network device obtains, based on the RI and the indication information, the PMI2 included in the CSI.
After obtaining the RI and the indication information, the network device decodes, based on the RI and the indication information, the PMI2 included in the encoded CSI, to obtain the PMI2. In this embodiment, the PMI2 may be obtained based on the RI and the indication information in a plurality of manners. In a possible implementation, the network device first determines, based on the RI and the indication information, a quantity of bits required by the PMI2, and then decodes, based on the RI and the quantity of bits required by the PMI2, the PMI2 included in the encoded CSI.
A method for determining, by the network device based on the RI and the indication information, the quantity of bits required by the PMI2 includes: determining, based on the RI, a quantity of columns of the precoding matrix W2 indicated by the PMI2, and determining, based on the indication information, a quantity of elements that are indicated by the PMI2 and that are in the precoding matrix W2, to determine the quantity of bits required to carry the PMI2; and determining, by the network device based on the RI and the quantity of bits required by the PMI2, a quantity of bits for decoding the CSI including the PMI2, and decoding the PMI2 included in the encoded CSI. Alternatively, the network device determines, based on the RI and the indication information, a quantity of bits of the CSI including the PMI2, to decode the CSI including the PMI2.
In this embodiment, the CSI that is sent by the terminal device to the network device may further include a first precoding matrix indicator PMI1 and/or a CQI. The PMI1 is used to indicate elements in W1, W1 meets
X1 is a matrix with Nt/2 rows and I columns, X1=[v0 . . . vM-1], vm is a column vector including Nt/2 elements, m is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to I−1, and I is an integer greater than or equal to 1. W1 is described in detail above, and details are not repeatedly described herein. In this embodiment, a parameter included in the PMI1, a parameter included in the CQI, a process of sending the PMI1 and the CQI by the terminal device to the network device, and a process of decoding the PMI1 and the CQI by the network device are all similar to those in the prior art, and details are not described herein.
S206. The network device determines W based on the RI and the PMI2.
When the CSI that is sent by the terminal device to the network device includes the PMI1, the network device may determine W based on the RI, the PMI1, and the PMI2 in S206. A method includes: determining, by the network device based on the RI, the PMI1, and the PMI2, the precoding matrix from a predefined precoding matrix group. A specific implementation method thereof includes: storing, by the network device, all precoding matrices, and determining, based on the RI, the PMI1, and the PMI2, the precoding matrix from the stored precoding matrices; or generating, by the network device, the precoding matrix based on the RI, the PMI1, the PMI2, and a predefined rule.
In the CSI sending and receiving method provided in this embodiment of this application, the CSI that is sent by the terminal device to the network device includes the RI, the indication information, and the PMI2. The PMI2 is used to indicate the parameter of W2, W2 is a matrix with 2I rows and L columns, L is the rank indicated by the RI, I is an integer greater than or equal to 1, Yi,l represents the element at the location in the ith row and the lth column in W2, i is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than and equal to 2I−1, and l is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to L−1. Yi,l meets the formula Yi,l=Xi,l1×Xi,l2×Xi,l3, Xi,l3 is a complex number with modulus 1, the indication information is used to indicate that W2 includes N Xi,l1 whose values are 0, the parameter of W2 indicated by the PMI2 includes all Xi,l1 in W2 and Xi,l2 and Xi,l3, which are corresponding to Xi,l1 other than the N xi,l1 whose values are 0, in W2, and the parameter of W2 does not include Xi,l2 and Xi,l3, which are corresponding to the N Xi,l1 whose values are 0, in W2. Alternatively, Yi,l meets the formula Yi,l=Xi,l1×Xi,l3, Xi,l3 is a complex number with modulus 1, the indication information is used to indicate that W2 includes N Xi,l1 whose values are 0, the parameter of W2 includes all Xi,l1 in W2 and Xi,l3, corresponding to Xi,l1 other than the N Xi,l1 whose values are 0, in W2, and the parameter of W2 does not include Xi,l3, corresponding to the N Xi,l1 whose values are 0, in W2. The network device may obtain the PMI2 by using the RI and the indication information. In the scenario of a high precision codebook-based precoding matrix, in the prior art, a PMI2 that is sent by a terminal device to a network device needs to indicate a parameter of all elements of W2. However, in the technical solutions provided in this embodiment of this application, the parameter of W2 indicated by the PMI2 that is sent by the terminal device to the network device is a part of parameters of elements of W2. Therefore, the quantity of bits required by the terminal device to send the PMI2 to the network device is reduced. The indication information is added to the CSI that is sent by the terminal device to the network device, so that the network device can obtain the PMI2 by using the RI and the indication information. In conclusion, according to the technical solutions provided in this embodiment of this application, resource overheads required by the terminal device to feed back the CSI to the network device can be reduced in the scenario of a high precision codebook-based precoding matrix.
Based on the same application concept, an embodiment of this application further provides a terminal device. The terminal device may implement the method performed by the terminal device in the method provided in the embodiment corresponding to
The processing unit 401 is configured to determine a precoding matrix W; and generate CSI that includes an RI, indication information, and a second precoding matrix indicator PMI2.
W meets a formula W=W1×W2, W is a matrix with Nt rows and L columns, W1 is a matrix with Nt rows and 2I columns, W2 is a matrix with 2I rows d L columns Nt is a quantity of antenna ports, L is a rank indicated by the RI, Nt is greater than or equal to L, and I is an integer greater than or equal to 1; an element at a location in an ith row and an lth column in W2 is Yi,l, i is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 2I−1, l is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to L−1, and Yi,l meets a formula Yi,l=Xi,l1×Xi,l2×Xi,l3, Xi,l3 is a complex number with modulus 1; and the indication information is used to indicate that W2 includes N Xi,l1 whose values are 0. The PMI2 is used to indicate a parameter of W2, and the parameter of W2 indicated by the PMI2 includes all Xi,l1 in W2 and Xi,l2 and Xi,l3, which are corresponding to Xi,l1 other than the N Xi,l1 whose values are 0, in W2, and does not include Xi,l2 and Xi,l3, which are corresponding to the N Xi,l1 whose values are 0, in W2.
Alternatively, W meets a formula W=W1×W2, W is a matrix with Nt rows and L columns, W1 is a matrix with Nt rows and 2I columns, W2 is a matrix with 2I rows and L columns. Nt is a quantity of antenna ports, L is a rank indicated by the RI, Nt is greater than or equal to L, and I is an integer greater than or equal to 1; an element at a location in an ith row and an lth column in W2 is Yi,l, i is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 2I−1, l is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to L−1, and Yi,l meets a formula Yi,l=Xi,l1×Xi,l3, Xi,l3 is a complex number with modulus 1; and the indication information is used to indicate that W2 includes N Xi,l1 whose values are 0. The PMI2 is used to indicate a parameter of W2, and the parameter of W2 indicated by the PMI2 includes all Xi,l1 in W2 and Xi,l3, corresponding to Xi,l1 other than the N Xi,l1 whose values are 0, in W2, and does not include Xi,l3, corresponding to the N Xi,l1 whose values are 0, in W2.
The transceiver unit 402 is configured to send a signal including the CSI to a network device.
In a possible implementation, Xi,l1 represents a wideband amplitude, Xi,l2 represents a subband amplitude, and Xi,l3 represents a phase.
In a possible implementation, that the indication information is used to indicate that W2 includes N Xi,l1 whose values are 0 is specifically:
or
or
In a possible implementation, the processing unit 401 is further configured to:
In a possible implementation, the processing unit 401 is further configured to:
In a possible implementation, when encoding the RI and the indication information in the joint encoding manner, to obtain the signal including the CSI, the processing unit 401 is specifically configured to:
In a possible implementation, when encoding the RI and the indication information in the joint encoding manner, to obtain the signal including the CSI, the processing unit 401 is specifically configured to:
In a possible implementation, the CSI further includes:
X1 is a matrix with Nt/2 rows and I columns, X1=[v0 . . . vM-1], vm is a column vector including Nt/2 elements, M i S an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to I−1, and I is an integer greater than or equal to 1.
It should be noted that unit division in this embodiment of this application is an example, is merely logical function division, and may be other division in an actual implementation. Functional units in this embodiment of this application may be integrated into one processing unit, or each of the units ay exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one unit. The integrated unit may be implemented in a form of hardware, or may be implemented in a form of a software functional unit.
When the integrated unit is implemented in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as an independent product, the integrated unit may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. Based on such an understanding, the technical solutions of this application essentially, or the part contributing to the prior art, or all or a part of the technical solutions may be implemented in a form of a software product. The computer software product is stored in a storage medium and includes several instructions for instructing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, a network device, or the like) or a processor (processor) to perform all or some of the steps of the method described in the embodiments of this application. The foregoing storage medium includes: any medium that can store program code, such as a Universal Serial Bus (USB) flash drive, a removable hard disk, a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disc.
Based on the same application concept, an embodiment of this application further provides a terminal device. The terminal device uses the method performed by the terminal device in the method provided in the embodiment corresponding to
The processor 501 is configured to read a program in the memory 503, to execute the following process:
W meets a formula W=W1×W2, W is a matrix with Nt rows and L columns, W1 is a matrix with Nt rows and 2I columns, W2 is a matrix with 2I rows and L columns. Nt is a quantity of antenna ports, L is a rank indicated by the RI, Nt is greater than or equal to L, and I is an integer greater than or equal to 1; an element at a location in an ith row and an lth column in W2 is Yi,l, i is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 2I−1, l is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to L−1, and Yi,l meets a formula Yi,l=Xi,l1×Xi,l2×Xi,l3, Xi,l3 is a complex number with modulus 1; and the indication information is used to indicate that W2 includes N Xi,l1 whose values are 0. The PMI2 is used to indicate a parameter of W2, and the parameter of W2 indicated by the PMI2 includes all Xi,l1 in W2 and Xi,l2 and Xi,l3, and which are corresponding to Xi,l1 other than the N Xi,l1, whose values are 0, in W2, and does not include Xi,l2 and Xi,l3, which are corresponding to the N Xi,l1 whose values are 0, in W2.
Alternatively, W meets a formula W=W1×W2, W is a matrix with Nt rows and L columns, W1 is a matrix with Nt rows and 2I columns, W2 is a matrix with 2I rows and L columns, Nt is a quantity of antenna ports, L is a rank indicated by the RI, Nt is greater than or equal to L, and I is an integer greater than or equal to 1; an element at a location in an ith row and an lth column in W2 is Yi,l, i is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 2I−1, l is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to L−1, and meets a formula Yi,l=Xi,l1×Xi,l3, Xi,l3 is a complex number with modulus 1; and the indication information is used to indicate that W2 includes N Xi,l1 whose values are 0. The PMI2 is used to indicate a parameter of W2, and the parameter of W2 indicated by the PMI2 includes all Xi,l1 in W2 and Xi,l3, corresponding to Xi,l1 other than the N Xi,l1 whose values are 0, in W2, and does not include Xi,l3, corresponding to the N Xi,l1 whose values are 0, in W2.
The processor 501 is further configured to send, by using the transceiver 502, the CSI to a network device.
The transceiver 502 is configured to receive and send data under control of the processor 501.
In a possible implementation, Xi,l1 represents a wideband amplitude, Xi,l2 represents a subband amplitude, and Xi,l3 represents a phase.
In a possible implementation, that the indication information is used to indicate that W2 includes N Xi,l1 whose values are 0 is specifically:
or
or
In a possible implementation, the processor 501 is further configured to:
In a possible implementation, the processor 501 is further configured to:
In a possible implementation, when encoding the RI and the indication information in the joint encoding manner, to obtain the signal including the CSI, the processor 501 is specifically configured to:
In a possible implementation, when encoding the RI and the indication information in the joint encoding manner, to obtain the signal including the CSI, the processor 501 is specifically configured to:
In a possible implementation, the CSI further includes:
X1 is a matrix with Nt/2 rows and I columns, X1=[v0 . . . vM-1], vm is a column vector including Nt/2 elements, m is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to I−1, and I is an integer greater than or equal to 1.
The processor 501, the transceiver 502, and the memory 503 are connected to each other by using a bus. The bus may be a peripheral component interconnect (PCI) bus, an extended industry standard architecture (EISA) bus, or the like. The bus may be classified into an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, and the like.
In
Optionally, the processor 501 may be a central processing unit, an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field programmable gate array (FPGA), or a complex programmable logic device (CPLD).
An embodiment of this application further provides a computer storage medium. The storage medium stores a software program. When being read and executed by one or more processors, the software program is capable of implementing the CSI sending method performed by the terminal device in the foregoing embodiment.
An embodiment of this application further provides a terminal device, including at least one chip configured to perform the CSI sending method performed by the terminal device in the foregoing embodiment.
An embodiment of this application provides a computer program product including an instruction. When running on a computer, the computer program product enables the computer to perform the CSI sending method performed by the terminal device in the foregoing embodiment.
Based on the same application concept, an embodiment of this application further provides a network device. The network device may implement the method performed by the network device in the method provided in the embodiment corresponding to
The transceiver unit 601 is configured to receive CSI that is sent by a terminal device, where the CSI includes an RI, indication information, and a second precoding matrix indicator PMI2.
The processing unit 602 is configured to: obtain the RI and the indication information that are included in the CSI; obtain, based on the RI and the indication information, the PMI2 included in the CSI; and determine a precoding matrix W based on the RI and the second precoding matrix indicator PMI2.
W meets a formula W=W1×W2, W is a matrix with Nt rows and L columns, W1 is a matrix with Nt rows and 2I columns, W2 is a matrix with 2I rows and L columns. Nt is a quantity of antenna ports, L is a rank indicated by the RI, Nt is greater than or equal to L, and I is an integer greater than or equal to 1; an element at a location in an ith row and an lth column in W2 is Yi,l, i is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 2I−1, l is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to L−1, and Yi,l meets a formula Yi,l=Xi,l1×Xi,l2×Xi,l3, Xi,l3 is a complex number with modulus 1; and the indication information is used to indicate that W2 includes N Xi,l1 whose values are 0, the PMI2 is used to indicate a parameter of W2, and the parameter of W2 indicated by the PMI2 includes all Xi,l1 in W2 and Xi,l2 and Xi,l3, which are corresponding to Xi,l1 other than the N Xi,l1 whose values are 0, in W2, and does not include Xi,l2 and Xi,l3, which are corresponding to the N Xi,l1 whose values are 0, in W2.
Alternatively, W meets a formula W=W1×W2, W is a matrix Nt rows and L columns, W1 is a matrix with Nt rows and 2I columns, W2 is a matrix with 2I rows and L columns, Nt is a quantity of antenna ports, L is a rank indicated by the RI, Nt is greater than or equal to L, and 1 is an integer greater than or equal to 1; an element at a location in an ith row and an lth column in W2 is Yi,l, i is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 2I−1, I is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to L−1, and Yi,l meets a formula Yi,l=Xi,l1×Xi,l3, Xi,l3 is a complex number with modulus 1; and the indication information is used to indicate that W2 includes N Xi,l1 whose values are 0. The PMI2 is used to indicate a parameter of W2, and the parameter of W2 indicated by the PMI2 includes all Xi,l1 in W2 and Xi,l3, corresponding to Xi,l1 other than N Xi,l1 whose values are 0, in W2, and does not include Xi,l3, corresponding to the N Xi,l1 whose values are 0, in W2.
In a possible implementation, Xi,l1 represents a wideband amplitude, Xi,l2 represents a subband amplitude, and Xi,l3 represents a phase.
In a possible implementation, that the indication information is used to indicate that W2 includes N Xi,l1 whose values are 0 is specifically:
or
or
In a possible implementation, when obtaining the RI and the indication information based on a signal including the CSI, the processing unit 602 is specifically configured to:
When obtaining the PMI2 based on the RI and the indication information, the processing unit 602 is specifically configured to:
In a possible implementation, when decoding, based on the RI and the indication information, the bit that is in the signal including the CSI and that is used to carry the PMI2, to obtain the PMI2, the processing unit 602 is specifically configured to:
In a possible implementation, when decoding the bits that include the RI and the indication information and that are in the CSI signal, to obtain the RI and the indication information, the processing unit 602 is specifically configured to:
The RI is represented by using Q1 bits, and the indication information is represented by using Q2 bits.
When decoding the bits that are in the signal including the CSI and that are used to carry the RI and the indication information, to obtain the RI and the indication information, the processing unit 602 is specifically configured to:
In a possible implementation, the CSI further includes:
X1 is a matrix with Nt/2 rows and I columns, X1=[v0 . . . vM-1], vm is a column vector including Nt/2 elements, m is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to I−1, and I is an integer greater than or equal to 1.
When determining W based on the RI and the PMI2, the processing unit 602 is specifically configured to:
Based on the same application concept, an embodiment of this application further provides a network device. The network device uses the method performed by the network device in the method provided in the embodiment corresponding to
The processor 701 is configured to read a program in the memory 703, to execute the following process:
The processor 701 is further configured to: obtain the RI and the indication information that are included in the CSI; obtain, based on the RI and the indication information, the PMI2 included in the CSI; and determine a precoding matrix W based on the RI and the second precoding matrix indicator PMI2.
W meets a formula W=W1×W2, W is a matrix with Nt rows and L columns, W1 is a matrix with Nt rows and 2I columns, W2 is a matrix with 2I rows and L columns. Nt is a quantity of antenna ports, L is a rank indicated by the RI, Nt is greater than or equal to L, and I is an integer greater than or equal to 1; an element at a location in an ith row and an lth column in W2 is Yi,l, i is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 2I−1, l is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to L−1, and Yi,l meets a formula Yi,l=Xi,l1×Xi,l2×Xi,l3, Xi,l3 is a complex number with modulus 1; and the indication information is used to indicate that W2 includes N Xi,l1 whose values are 0. The PMI2 is used to indicate a parameter of W2, and the parameter of W2 indicated by the PMI2 includes all Xi,l1 in W2 and Xi,l2 and Xi,l3, which are corresponding to Xi,l1 other than the N Xi,l1 whose values are 0, in W2, and does not include Xi,l2 and Xi,l3, which are corresponding to the N Xi,l1 whose values are 0, in W2.
Alternatively, W meets a formula W=W1×W2, W is a matrix with Nt rows and L columns, W1 is a matrix with Nt rows and 2I columns, W2 is a matrix with 2I rows and L columns. Nt is a quantity of antenna ports, L is a rank indicated by the RI, Nt is greater than or equal to L, and I is an integer greater than or equal to 1; an element at a location in an ith row and an lth column in W2 is Yi,l, i is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 2I−1, l is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to L−1, and Yi,l meets a formula Yi,l=Xi,l1×Xi,l3, Xi,l3 is a complex number with modulus 1; and the indication information is used to indicate that W2 includes N Xi,l1 whose values are 0, the PMI2 is used to indicate a parameter of W2, and the parameter of W2 indicated by the PMI2 includes all Xi,l1 in W2 and Xi,l3, corresponding to Xi,l1 other than the N Xi,l1 whose values are 0, in W1 and does not include Xi,l1, corresponding to the N Xi,l1 whose values are 0, in W2.
The transceiver 702 is configured to receive and send data under control of the processor 701.
In a possible implementation, Xi,l1 represents a wideband amplitude, Xi,l2 represents a subband amplitude, and Xi,l3 represents a phase.
In a possible implementation, that the indication information is used to indicate that W2 includes N Xi,l1 whose values are 0 is specifically:
or
or
In a possible implementation, when obtaining the RI and the indication information based on a signal including the CSI, the processor 701 is specifically configured to:
When obtaining the PMI2 based on the RI and the indication information, the processor 701 is specifically configured to:
In a possible implementation, when decoding, based on the RI and the indication information, the bit that is in the signal including the CSI and that is used to carry the PMI2, to obtain the PMI2, the processor 701 is specifically configured to:
In a possible implementation, when decoding the bits that include the RI and the indication information and that are in the CSI signal, to obtain the RI and the indication information, the processor 701 is specifically configured to:
The RI is represented by using Q1 bits, and the indication information is represented by using Q2 bits.
In a possible implementation, when decoding the bits that are in the signal including the CSI and that are used to carry the RI and the indication information, to obtain the RI and the indication information, the processor 701 is specifically configured to:
In a possible implementation, the CSI further includes:
X1 is a matrix with Nt/2 rows and I columns, X1=[v0 . . . vM-1], vm is a column vector including Nt/2 elements, to i S an integer greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to I−1, and I is an integer greater than or equal to 1.
When determining W based on the RI and the PMI2, the processor 701 is specifically configured to:
The processor 701, the transceiver 702, and the memory 703 are connected to each other by using a bus. The bus may be a PCI bus, an EISA bus, or the like. The bus may be classified into an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, and the like.
In
Optionally, the processor 701 may be a central processing unit, an ASIC, an FPGA, or a CPLD.
An embodiment of this application further provides a computer storage medium. The storage medium stores a software program. When being read and executed by one or more processors, the software program is capable of implementing the CSI receiving method performed by the network device in the foregoing embodiment.
An embodiment of this application further provides a network device, including at least one chip configured to perform the CSI receiving method performed by the network device in the foregoing embodiment.
An embodiment of this application provides a computer program product including an instruction. When running on a computer, the computer program product enables the computer to perform the CSI receiving method performed by the network device in the foregoing embodiment.
Based on the same concept, an embodiment of this application further provides a communications system. As shown in
A person skilled in the art should understand that the embodiments of this application may be provided as a method, a system, or a computer program product. Therefore, this application may use a form of hardware only embodiments, software only embodiments, or embodiments with a combination of software and hardware. Moreover, this application may use a form of a computer program product that is implemented on one or more computer-usable storage media (including but not limited to a disk memory, a CD-ROM, an optical memory, and the like) that include computer usable program code.
This application is described with reference to the flowcharts and/or block diagrams of the method, the device (system), and the computer program product according to this application. It should be understood that computer program instructions may be used to implement each process and/or each block in the flowcharts and/or the block diagrams and a combination of a process and/or a block in the flowcharts and/or the block diagrams. These computer program instructions may be provided for a general-purpose computer, a dedicated computer, an embedded processor, or a processor of any other programmable data processing device to generate a machine, so that the instructions executed by a computer or a processor of any other programmable data processing device generate an apparatus for implementing a specified function in one or more processes in the flowcharts and/or in one or more blocks in the block diagrams.
These computer program instructions may be stored in a computer readable memory that can instruct the computer or any other programmable data processing device to work in a specific manner, so that the instructions stored in the computer readable memory generate an artifact that includes an instruction apparatus. The instruction apparatus implements a specified function in one or more processes in the flowcharts and/or in one or more blocks in the block diagrams.
These computer program instructions may be loaded onto a computer or another programmable data processing device, so that a series of operations and steps are performed on the computer or the another programmable device, thereby generating computer-implemented processing. Therefore, the instructions executed on the computer or the another programmable device provide steps for implementing a specified function in one or more processes in the flowcharts and/or in one or more blocks in the block diagrams.
Obviously, a person skilled in the art can make various modifications and variations to this application without departing from the spirit and scope of this application. This application is intended to cover these modifications and variations of this application provided that they fall within the scope of protection defined by the following claims of this application and their equivalent technologies.
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