WO2012023551A1 - シグナリング方法、基地局装置、移動端末装置及び無線通信システム - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a blank resource signaling method, a base station apparatus, and a mobile terminal apparatus.
- Non-patent Document 1 In the UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) network, WSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) and HSUPA (High Speed Uplink Packet Access) are adopted for the purpose of improving frequency utilization efficiency and data rate.
- the system features based on CDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access) are maximally extracted.
- LTE Long Term Evolution
- Non-patent Document 1 Non-patent Document 1
- the third generation system can achieve a maximum transmission rate of about 2 Mbps on the downlink using generally a fixed bandwidth of 5 MHz.
- a maximum transmission rate of about 300 Mbps on the downlink and about 75 Mbps on the uplink can be realized using a variable band of 1.4 MHz to 20 MHz.
- LTE-A LTE Advanced
- CRS Common Reference Signal
- CQI Channel Quality Indicator
- CSI-RS Channel State Information-Reference Signal
- LTE-A system LTE advanced system
- CSI-RS Channel State Information-Reference Signal
- CSI-RS is defined exclusively for CQI measurement.
- CSI-RS is compatible with CQI measurement of a plurality of cells in consideration of transmission / reception of data channel signals by multi-point cooperation (CoMP: Coordinated Multiple Point).
- CoMP Coordinated Multiple Point
- CSI-RS is different from CRS used for CQI measurement of only a serving cell in that it is used for CQI measurement of a neighboring cell.
- the present invention has been made in view of such a point, and an object thereof is to provide a signaling method, a base station apparatus, and a mobile terminal apparatus capable of signaling the location information of muting resources with a simple configuration.
- the base station apparatus of the present invention includes a setting unit that sets a CSI-RS (Channel State Information-Reference Signal) blank resource, which is a reference signal for downlink channel estimation, and a bitmap that indicates the position of the blank resource. And a transmission unit for transmitting to the mobile terminal device.
- CSI-RS Channel State Information-Reference Signal
- the present invention it is possible to provide a signaling method, a base station apparatus, and a mobile terminal apparatus capable of signaling the location information of blank resources set by muting with a simple configuration.
- CRS Common Reference Signal
- CSI Channel State Information-Reference Signal
- FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of a CRS arrangement configuration.
- the CRS is assigned to all resource blocks and all subframes.
- the CRS is transmitted as a cell common reference signal to the mobile terminal apparatus at a predetermined frequency, time, transmission power, and phase.
- the frequency and transmission power of these CRSs are recognized on the mobile terminal device side by a cell ID (area identifier) and a broadcast signal described later.
- the CRS is generally used for demodulating user data in a mobile terminal apparatus and downlink channel measurement.
- Channel measurements using CRS include downlink channel quality (CQI: Channel Quality Indicator) measurement for scheduling and adaptive control, and average downlink channel state measurement for cell search and handover (mobility Measurement).
- the CRS is arranged so as not to overlap with user data or DM-RS (Demodulation-Reference Signal) in one resource block defined by LTE.
- One resource block is composed of 12 subcarriers continuous in the frequency direction and 14 symbols continuous in the time axis direction.
- the CRS is shifted in the frequency direction for each cell, and interference between adjacent cells is suppressed.
- the CRS in the cell C2 is mapped with being shifted by one subcarrier in the frequency direction with respect to the CRS in the cell C1.
- This CRS is specified by parameters such as position, sequence, and transmission power.
- the position of the CRS is associated with the cell ID. That is, since the position of the CRS shifted in the frequency direction is determined by the cell ID, the mobile terminal apparatus identifies the CRS arrangement configuration by recognizing the cell ID of the serving cell. Further, the CRS sequence is associated with the cell ID, and the transmission power is notified by a broadcast signal. Note that the cell ID for specifying the position and sequence of the CRS is recognized by the mobile terminal device by cell search.
- CRS is assigned to all resource blocks and all subframes, while CSI-RS is assigned at a predetermined period.
- the CSI-RS is designed in consideration of performing CQI measurement not only for the serving cell but also for neighboring cells in consideration of transmission / reception of data channel signals by multipoint cooperation.
- CSI-RS is specified by parameters such as position, sequence, and transmission power, similarly to CRS.
- the position of CSI-RS can be signaled using the broadcast signal of each cell.
- the mobile terminal apparatus can identify the position of the CSI-RS by receiving the broadcast signal from the base station apparatus. However, the method uniquely specified from the cell ID is not excluded as in CRS.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the arrangement configuration of the CSI-RS.
- the CSI-RS is arranged so as not to overlap with user data and DM-RS in one resource block defined by LTE.
- For 8 CSI-RS (the number of CSI-RS ports 8), the CSI-RS configuration shown in FIG. 2 has been agreed.
- two resource elements adjacent in the time axis direction are assigned as a set to resources that can transmit CSI-RS. Since two resource elements adjacent in the time axis direction are always used as a set, it is desirable that one index be assigned to the set of the two resource elements.
- CSI-RS configuration shown in FIG. 2, 40 resource elements are reserved for CSI-RS. Since one index is assigned to the set of the two resource elements, the CSI-RS arrangement position is indicated by 20 indexes from 0 to 19 in the entire one resource block. In this case, CSI-RSs are allocated to the resource elements of the number of CSI-RS ports (number of antennas) in 40 resource elements (# 0 to # 19). Therefore, an arrangement pattern of CSI-RS is set for one resource block according to the number of CSI-RS ports.
- 8 resource elements among 40 resource elements are allocated to the CSI-RS.
- any one of five patterns (indexes 0 to 4) can be selected.
- the same index is assigned to the resource elements constituting one pattern.
- an index attached to a resource that transmits CSI-RS is referred to as a CSI-RS location index.
- any one of 10 patterns (indexes 0 to 9) can be selected.
- two resource elements among 40 resource elements (# 0 to # 19) are allocated to the CSI-RS.
- any one of 20 patterns (indexes 0 to 19) can be selected.
- CSI-RS is designed to measure CQI of not only a serving cell but also a neighboring cell in consideration of transmission / reception of a data channel signal by multipoint cooperation.
- measurement accuracy may deteriorate due to interference from adjacent cells.
- user data is arranged in resources corresponding to the CSI-RS resources of the adjacent cells C2 and C3.
- user data is arranged in a resource corresponding to the CSI-RS resource of the adjacent cells C1 and C3.
- user data is arranged in a resource corresponding to the CSI-RS resource of the adjacent cells C1 and C3.
- These user data constitute an interference component of CSI-RS in each cell and become a factor that degrades channel quality estimation accuracy in the mobile terminal apparatus.
- a blank resource is set without arranging user data in a resource corresponding to a CSI-RS resource of an adjacent cell.
- resources corresponding to the CSI-RS resources of the cells C2 and C3 are set as blank resources.
- resources corresponding to the CSI-RS resources of the cells C1 and C3 are set as blank resources.
- resources corresponding to the CSI-RS resources of the cells C1 and C2 are set as blank resources.
- the CSI-RS interference component caused by the user data of neighboring cells is eliminated, and the channel quality estimation accuracy in the mobile terminal apparatus is improved.
- the mobile terminal device when performing muting, since the data channel of the own cell is not transmitted for the neighboring cell, it is necessary for the mobile terminal device to notify which resource is not transmitted.
- the present inventors have found that the position information of the blank resource can be easily signaled by using the CSI location index numbering system. It came to.
- CQI measurement using CSI-RS will be described before the description of the blank resource location information signaling method according to the present invention. Unlike CQI measurement using CRS, CQI measurement using CSI-RS is performed not only for the serving cell but also for neighboring cells. Thus, the channel quality of a plurality of cells is measured in order to consider the transmission / reception of user data by multipoint cooperation.
- the mobile terminal apparatus feeds back the measured CQI to the base station apparatus of the serving cell and the base station apparatus of the neighboring cell.
- the CQI fed back to the base station apparatus is used to determine a parameter (for example, MCS: Modulation and Coding Scheme) when transmitting user data to the mobile terminal apparatus.
- MCS Modulation and Coding Scheme
- CSI-RS parameters are communicated between cells, and parameters such as CSI-RS position and transmission power of neighboring cells are transmitted from the serving cell to the mobile terminal apparatus.
- FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a CQI measurement method for neighboring cells according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- the base station apparatus 20A installed in the serving cell is connected to the base station apparatuses 20B and 20C installed in the adjacent cells so as to be able to transmit and receive CSI-RS parameters.
- the connection form of the base station apparatuses 20A, 20B, and 20C is not particularly limited, and may be either wired connection or wireless connection.
- parameters such as CSI-RS position (location index), sequence, and transmission power are transmitted from the base station apparatuses 20B and 20C in the adjacent cells to the base station apparatus 20A in the serving cell.
- the base station device 20A generates a broadcast signal including the CSI-RS parameter received from the base station devices 20B and 20C and the CSI-RS parameter of the own cell, and transmits the broadcast signal to the mobile terminal device 10.
- the CSI-RS parameters in the serving cell include CSI-RS position, sequence, and transmission power. Further, the CSI-RS parameters in the neighboring cell include the neighboring cell ID, the position, sequence, and transmission power of the CSI-RS. Since the mobile terminal apparatus 10 can specify the position, sequence, and transmission power of the CSI-RS of the neighboring cell based on the broadcast signal from the serving cell, it can measure the CQI of the neighboring cell.
- muting is effective for the purpose of improving CQI measurement accuracy due to interference from neighboring cells. Muting is performed by setting a resource in which the CSI-RS is arranged in the adjacent cell to a blank resource (null).
- the mobile terminal device recognizes the presence / absence of muting based on the location information of the blank resource notified from the base station device, recognizes that the data at that location is not transmitted, and allocates the resource to which the data is allocated. Recognize the number of elements.
- the location information of the blank resource is notified from the base station device to the mobile terminal device through a broadcast channel.
- the base station apparatus notifies the mobile terminal apparatus of the position information of the blank resource using the number system of the CSI-RS location index numbered in the CSI-RS resource.
- FIGS. 5A, 5B, and 5C three types of muting notification methods will be described with reference to FIGS. 5A, 5B, and 5C.
- the case where the number of CSI-RS ports (the number of antennas) is 8 will be described as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this configuration. The present invention is also applicable to cases where the number of CSI-RS ports (number of antennas) is 4 and 2, for example.
- a blank resource is set with 2 ⁇ 2 resource elements (hereinafter referred to as REB: resource element block) as one unit.
- REB resource element block
- FIG. 5A is an explanatory diagram of a bitmap-based muting resource notification method.
- the bitmap-based muting resource notification method shown in the figure is a bitmap in which a CSI-RS location index (see FIG. 2) numbered in a CSI-RS resource is associated with the presence or absence of muting on a one-to-one basis. Signal form muting position.
- the CSI-RS is transmitted with resources of CSI-RS location indexes “0”, “2”, “3”, and CSI-RS location indexes “1” “4”.
- the case where the resource is muted is shown.
- [0, 1, 0, 0, 1] is signaled as bitmap information in association with the CSI-RS location index [0, 1, 2, 3, 4].
- bitmap information “1” is set at the muting position and “0” is set at the position where muting is not performed.
- n bits are required corresponding to the total number n of CSI-RS location indexes in order to signal the muting position. For example, in the case of 8 CSI-RS, since the CSI-RS location index number is 5, 5 signaling bits are required.
- Such a bitmap-based muting resource notification method can cope with any pattern of muting and can realize high flexibility.
- “0” may be set at the muting position and “1” may be set at the position where muting is not performed.
- FIG. 5B is an explanatory diagram of a tree-based muting resource notification method.
- the tree-based muting resource notification method shown in the figure signals a muting start resource and a muting end resource using a CSI-RS location index numbered to a CSI-RS resource.
- the CSI-RS is transmitted using the resources of CSI-RS location indexes “0”, “3”, and “4”, and the CSI-RS location indexes “1” and “2”.
- the case where the resource is muted is shown.
- the muting start resource is indicated by the CSI-RS location index “1”
- the muting end resource is indicated by the CSI-RS location index “2”.
- the number of bits X necessary for signaling the muting position is obtained by the following equation. For example, in the case of 8CSI-RS, since the total number n of CSI-RS location indexes is 5, 4 signaling bits are required. Since such a tree-based muting resource notification method only needs to signal the muting start resource and the muting end resource, the larger the number of consecutive muting resources, the more effective the number of signaling bits can be reduced. growing.
- FIG. 5C is an explanatory diagram of a number-based muting resource notification method.
- the number-based muting resource notification method shown in the figure signals the number of consecutive muting REBs (muting end resource).
- the muting start position is fixed at CSI-RS location index “0”. However, the muting start position is not limited to the lowest number “0” as long as it is fixed or semi-fixed, and may start from “1”.
- the CSI-RS is transmitted using resources of CSI-RS location indexes “2”, “3”, and “4”, and CSI-RS location indexes “0” and “1”.
- the number of bits X necessary for signaling the muting position is obtained by the following equation. For example, in the case of 8 CSI-RS, since the total number n of CSI-RS location indexes is 5, 3 signaling bits are required. Since such a number-based muting resource notification method only signals the number of consecutive muting REBs, the number of signaling bits can be further reduced.
- FIG. 6 is a table showing the number of signaling bits, the number of rate matching patterns, and the number of RE mapping patterns corresponding to the above three muting resource notification methods.
- Each item such as the number of signaling bits and the number of patterns is estimated for each of 2CSI-RS, 4CSI-RS, and 8CSI-RS.
- the bit map-based muting resource notification method has the largest number of signaling bits, but has the largest number of RE mapping patterns, and thus it can be seen that it is excellent in flexibility.
- the number-based muting resource notification method has the smallest number of RE mapping patterns, but can reduce the overhead because the number of signaling bits is the smallest.
- the tree-based muting resource notification method (FIG. 5B) and the number-based muting resource notification method (FIG. 5C) have a high affinity with the numbered CSI-RS location index as shown in FIG.
- CSI-RS location indexes are arranged in ascending order.
- 2CSI-RS shown in FIG. 7 even number and odd number are separated, but CSI-RS location indexes are arranged in ascending order.
- muting resources can be designated in order from the lowest number.
- the location information of the blank resource is notified to the mobile terminal apparatus by any one of the signaling methods in FIGS. 5A to 5C using the CSI-RS allocation index number system.
- the location information of the blank resource is notified, so that user data can be demodulated ignoring the blank resource.
- FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of the system configuration of the wireless communication system according to the present embodiment.
- the radio communication system shown in FIG. 8 is a system including, for example, an LTE system or SUPER 3G.
- LTE system Long Term Evolution
- SUPER 3G High Speed Downlink Packet Access
- carrier aggregation in which a plurality of fundamental frequency blocks with the system band of the LTE system as a unit is integrated is used.
- this wireless communication system may be called IMT-Advanced or 4G.
- the radio communication system 1 includes base station apparatuses 20A, 20B, and 20C and a plurality of mobile terminal apparatuses 10 (10 1 , 10 2 , 10 3) communicating with the base station apparatuses 20A, 20B, and 20C. ,... 10 n , n is an integer of n> 0).
- the base station devices 20A, 20B, and 20C are connected to the higher station device 30, and the higher station device 30 is connected to the core network 40.
- the mobile terminal apparatus 10 can communicate with the base station apparatuses 20A, 20B, and 20C in the cells C1, C2, and C3.
- the upper station device 30 includes, for example, an access gateway device, a radio network controller (RNC), a mobility management entity (MME), and the like, but is not limited thereto.
- RNC radio network controller
- MME mobility management entity
- Each mobile terminal device (10 1 , 10 2 , 10 3 ,... 10 n ) includes an LTE terminal and an LTE-A terminal.
- the mobile terminal device 10 will be described unless otherwise specified. Proceed.
- the mobile terminal device 10 wirelessly communicates with the base station devices 20A, 20B, and 20C, but more generally, the user equipment (UE including both the mobile terminal device and the fixed terminal device) : User Equipment).
- OFDMA Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access
- SC-FDMA Single Carrier-Frequency Division Multiple Access
- the wireless access method is not limited to this.
- OFDMA is a multi-carrier transmission scheme that performs communication by dividing a frequency band into a plurality of narrow frequency bands (subcarriers) and mapping data to each subcarrier.
- SC-FDMA is a single carrier transmission method that reduces interference between terminals by dividing a system band into bands each consisting of one or continuous resource blocks for each terminal, and a plurality of terminals using different bands. .
- the downlink communication channel has PDSCH (Physical Downlink Control CHannel) as a downlink data channel shared by each mobile terminal apparatus 10 and downlink L1 / L2 control channels (PDCCH, PCFICH, PHICH). Transmission data and higher control information are transmitted by the PDSCH. PDSCH and PUSCH scheduling information and the like are transmitted by the PDCCH. The number of OFDM symbols used for PDCCH is transmitted by PCFICH (Physical Control Format Indicator CHannel). The HACH ACK / NACK for PUSCH is transmitted by PHICH.
- PDSCH Physical Downlink Control CHannel
- PCFICH Physical Control Format Indicator CHannel
- the uplink communication channel has PUSCH as an uplink data channel shared by each mobile terminal apparatus and PUCCH (Physical Uplink Control Channel) which is an uplink control channel. Transmission data and higher control information are transmitted by this PUSCH. Also, downlink radio quality information (CQI: Channel Quality Indicator), ACK / NACK, and the like are transmitted by PUCCH.
- PUCCH Physical Uplink Control Channel
- the base station apparatus 20 includes a transmission / reception antenna 201, an amplifier unit 202, a transmission / reception unit (transmission unit) 203, a baseband signal processing unit 204, a call processing unit 205, and a transmission path interface 206.
- Transmission data transmitted from the base station apparatus 20 to the mobile terminal apparatus 10 via the downlink is input from the higher station apparatus 30 to the baseband signal processing unit 204 via the transmission path interface 206.
- the downlink data channel signal is transmitted from the RCP layer, such as PDCP layer processing, transmission data division / combination, RLC (Radio Link Control) retransmission control transmission processing, and MAC (Medium Access).
- RCP layer such as PDCP layer processing, transmission data division / combination, RLC (Radio Link Control) retransmission control transmission processing, and MAC (Medium Access).
- Control Retransmission control, for example, HARQ transmission processing, scheduling, transmission format selection, channel coding, inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT) processing, and precoding processing are performed.
- transmission processing such as channel coding and inverse fast Fourier transform is performed on the signal of the physical downlink control channel that is the downlink control channel.
- the baseband signal processing unit 204 notifies the mobile terminal apparatus 10 connected to the same cell of the control information for each mobile terminal apparatus 10 to perform wireless communication with the base station apparatus 20 through the broadcast channel.
- the broadcast information for communication in the cell includes, for example, identification information of a root sequence for generating a system bandwidth in uplink or downlink and a random access preamble signal in PRACH (Physical Random Access CHannel). Sequence Index) etc. are included.
- the transmission / reception unit 203 frequency-converts the baseband signal output from the baseband signal processing unit 204 into a radio frequency band.
- the amplifier unit 202 amplifies the transmission signal subjected to frequency conversion and outputs the amplified transmission signal to the transmission / reception antenna 201.
- a radio frequency signal received by the transmission / reception antenna 201 is amplified by the amplifier unit 202 and is frequency-converted by the transmission / reception unit 203 to be baseband
- the signal is converted into a signal and input to the baseband signal processing unit 204.
- the baseband signal processing unit 204 performs FFT processing, IDFT processing, error correction decoding, MAC retransmission control reception processing, RLC layer, PDCP layer reception processing on transmission data included in the baseband signal received in the uplink I do.
- the decoded signal is transferred to the higher station apparatus 30 via the transmission path interface 206.
- the call processing unit 205 performs call processing such as communication channel setting and release, state management of the base station device 20, and wireless resource management.
- the mobile terminal apparatus 10 includes a transmission / reception antenna 101, an amplifier unit 102, a transmission / reception unit (reception unit) 103, a baseband signal processing unit 104, and an application unit 105.
- a radio frequency signal received by the transmission / reception antenna 101 is amplified by the amplifier unit 102, frequency-converted by the transmission / reception unit 103, and converted into a baseband signal.
- the baseband signal is subjected to FFT processing, error correction decoding, retransmission control reception processing, and the like by the baseband signal processing unit 104.
- downlink transmission data is transferred to the application unit 105.
- the application unit 105 performs processing related to layers higher than the physical layer and the MAC layer. Also, the broadcast information in the downlink data is also transferred to the application unit 105.
- uplink transmission data is input from the application unit 105 to the baseband signal processing unit 104.
- the baseband signal processing unit 104 performs mapping processing, retransmission control (HARQ) transmission processing, channel coding, DFT processing, and IFFT processing.
- the transmission / reception unit 103 converts the baseband signal output from the baseband signal processing unit 104 into a radio frequency band. Thereafter, the signal is amplified by the amplifier unit 102 and transmitted from the transmission / reception antenna 101.
- HARQ retransmission control
- FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of functional blocks for causing the mobile terminal device to measure CQI by the base station device. Note that each functional block in FIG. 11 is mainly processing contents of the baseband processing unit. Further, the functional blocks shown in FIG. 11 are simplified for the purpose of explaining the present invention, and the configuration normally provided in the baseband processing unit is provided. In the following description, a CSI-RS allocation index for specifying a blank resource will be described as a blank resource index.
- the base station device 20 includes a CSI-RS arrangement unit (arrangement unit) 211, a CSI-RS location index generation unit 212 that generates a CSI-RS location index, and a blank resource that sets a blank resource.
- the CSI-RS parameter generation unit 215, the notification signal generation unit 216, and the transmission / reception unit 203 are generated.
- the CSI-RS placement unit 211 places the CSI-RS in the resource for notification in the resource block according to the number of CSI-RS ports.
- the CSI-RS location index generation unit 212 generates an index corresponding to the resource in which the CSI-RS placement unit 211 places the CSI-RS.
- the CSI-RS location index generated by the CSI-RS location index generation unit 212 is input to the broadcast signal generation unit 216 as one of the CSI-RS parameters.
- the blank resource setting unit 213 sets a resource corresponding to the CSI-RS resource in which the CSI-RS is arranged in the adjacent cell as a blank resource during muting.
- the blank resource may be a resource to which no resource is allocated, or may be defined as a resource to which data is allocated to an extent that does not interfere with the CSI-RS of an adjacent cell. Further, the blank resource may be defined as a resource that is transmitted with a transmission power that does not interfere with the CSI-RS of the neighboring cell.
- the blank resource index generation unit 214 generates a blank resource index that can identify the blank resource index by any one of the methods shown in FIGS. When this blank resource index is notified to the mobile terminal apparatus 10, resources other than the CSI-RS arrangement resource are recognized as blank resources on the mobile terminal apparatus 10 side.
- the blank resource index generated in the blank resource index generation unit 214 is input to the notification signal generation unit 216.
- the CSI-RS parameter generation unit 215 generates parameters such as a CSI-RS sequence and transmission power other than the CSI-RS position.
- the notification signal generation unit 216 generates a notification signal including the CSI-RS location index, blank resource index information, and other CSI-RS parameters.
- the broadcast signal generation unit 216 generates a broadcast signal including not only the CSI-RS parameter in the own cell but also the CSI-RS parameter of the adjacent cell received via the transmission / reception unit 203.
- the transmission / reception unit 203 transmits the CSI-RS and the notification signal to the mobile terminal apparatus 10.
- FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram of functional blocks for measuring CQI by the mobile terminal apparatus. Note that each functional block in FIG. 12 is mainly processing contents of the baseband processing unit. Further, the functional blocks shown in FIG. 12 are simplified for the purpose of explaining the present invention, and the configuration normally provided in the baseband processing unit is provided.
- the mobile terminal device 10 includes a transmission / reception unit 103, an acquisition unit 111, and a measurement unit 112.
- the transmission / reception unit 103 receives the CSI-RS and the broadcast signal from the base station device 20.
- the acquisition unit 111 acquires CSI-RS parameters such as a CSI-RS location index, a blank resource index, and transmission power by demodulating the broadcast signal and analyzing the contents of the signal.
- the measurement unit 112 measures CQI based on the CSI-RS parameters of the serving cell and the neighboring cell.
- CQIs of the serving cell and the neighboring cell are measured from parameters such as CSI-RS position information, series, and transmission power.
- the measurement unit 112 measures the CQI in consideration of the interference component of the muted resource.
- the measurement unit 112 recognizes that the resource indicated by the blank resource index is set to a blank resource other than the CSI-RS arrangement resource in all other cells. Therefore, measurement section 112 measures CQI in consideration of the interference component of the blank resource, assuming that the blank resource is set in the resource corresponding to the CSI-RS arrangement resource of the serving cell in another cell.
- the blank resource index is notified to the mobile terminal apparatus using the CSI-RS location index number system indicating the CSI-RS arrangement position. . Therefore, the blank resource index set by muting can be signaled with a simple configuration.
- the base station apparatus when CSI-RS is arrange
- the present invention is not limited to this configuration.
- a base station apparatus is good also as a structure which notifies CSI-RS separately with respect to a mobile terminal device instead of the structure which notifies CSI-RS to a mobile terminal device with an alerting
- the mobile terminal device has a configuration in which the acquisition unit acquires the position information of the blank resource from the broadcast signal.
- the present invention is not limited to this configuration.
- the position information of the blank resource may be configured to be acquired by a functional block other than the acquisition unit, for example, a measurement unit.
- the position information of the blank resource is signaled by any one of the methods shown in FIGS. 5A, 5B, and C.
- the location information of the blank resource may be signaled by any method as long as it is signaled using the CSI-RS location index numbering system.
- the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and can be implemented with various modifications.
- the setting position of blank resources, the number of processing units, the processing procedure, and the number of blank resources in the above description can be changed as appropriate.
- Other modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.
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下りリンクの通信チャネルは、各移動端末装置10で共有される下りデータチャネルとしてのPDSCH(Physical Downlink Control CHannel)と、下りL1/L2制御チャネル(PDCCH、PCFICH、PHICH)とを有する。PDSCHにより、送信データ及び上位制御情報が伝送される。PDCCHにより、PDSCHおよびPUSCHのスケジューリング情報等が伝送される。PCFICH(Physical Control Format Indicator CHannel)により、PDCCHに用いるOFDMシンボル数が伝送される。PHICHにより、PUSCHに対するHARQのACK/NACKが伝送される。
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- 下りリンクチャネル推定のための参照信号であるCSI-RS(Channel State Information-Reference Signal)のブランクリソースを設定する設定部と、
前記ブランクリソースの位置を示すビットマップを移動端末装置に送信する送信部と、を備えたことを特徴とする基地局装置。 - 下りリンクチャネル推定のための参照信号であるCSI-RSのブランクリソースの位置を示すビットマップを受信する受信部と、
前記ビットマップに基づいて下りリンクチャネル推定を行う測定部と、を備えたことを特徴とする移動端末装置。 - 下りリンクチャネル推定のための参照信号であるCSI-RS(Channel State Information-Reference Signal)のブランクリソースを設定するステップと、
前記ブランクリソースの位置を示すビットマップを移動端末装置に送信するステップと、を備えたことを特徴とするシグナリング方法。 - 下りリンクチャネル推定のための参照信号であるCSI-RS(Channel State Information-Reference Signal)のブランクリソースを設定する設定部、及び前記ブランクリソースの位置を示すビットマップを移動端末装置に送信する送信部を備えた基地局装置と、
前記ビットマップを受信する受信部、及び前記ビットマップに基づいて下りリンクチャネル推定を行う測定部を備えた移動端末装置と、を具備することを特徴とする無線通信システム。
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