Embodiment
Inventor notices in realizing process of the present invention: in order to support various CoMP transmission plans, network equipment need to obtain transfer point to the channel condition information of UE, and the channel condition information that this channel condition information can report by UE obtains.
When UE reporting status information of channel, a kind of mode that reports is: the information that UE reports can be supported various transmission plans (as schemes such as CS/CB, JP and dynamic transmission point selection), and the feedback of UE is general.This, report under mode, when UE has reported after channel condition information, network equipment can be according to the suitable transmission plan of the selecting factors such as deployment scenario and professional qualification, and the concrete transmission plan of selecting is transparent to UE, and the flexibility ratio of realization is higher.
When actual realization, the mode that can feed back by classification realizes general feedback, to measuring assembly, (measuring assembly is that network equipment is a transfer point set of UE configuration, UE need to observe the channel condition information of the transfer point in this measuring assembly, the channel condition information of each transfer point feedback single-point and realization feedback), distinguishes phase information and/or the amplitude information between feedback transmission point afterwards.Afterwards, network equipment is based on the synthetic channel condition information that transfer point in measuring assembly is arrived to UE of this two parts information.
Take that to comprise two transfer points in measuring assembly be example, two transfer points are designated as respectively H to the channel of UE
1and H
2, UE is that two transfer points are selected respectively pre-coding matrix w
1and w
2(pre-coding matrix is channel condition information), the phase place of two minizones and amplitude information g can choose as follows:
Wherein, g belongs to predefined codebook set; If w
1and w
2columns be designated as M, the diagonal matrix that g is M * M, during M=1, g deteriorates to a scalar; If g is scalar, its codebook set A can be 16QAM(Quadrature Amplitude Modulation, digital modulator) point in planisphere, can be also QPSK(Quadrature Phase Shift Keying, Quadrature Phase Shift Keying) point in planisphere.
In such scheme, UE puts on an equal footing all transfer points when feedback.And in fact, the effect of these transfer points is not identical; In CS/CB and dynamic transmission point selection scheme, only have 1 point to send data to UE, the required precision meeting of the channel information of this transfer point is higher than other transfer point.
Therefore, if allow UE to comprise the information of the main transfer point of UE (main transfer point: UE recommend UE is carried out to the transfer point of transfer of data) in the information reporting, the situation that the channel condition information of each transfer point that UE reports can be recommended according to UE be optimized respectively design.For example, the main transfer point that UE recommends reports by higher precision, and other transfer points report by lower precision, or uses with respect to recommending the difference form of transfer point to report.
Based on above-mentioned discovery, the embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of definite method and apparatus of main transfer point, can realize the recommendation of UE to main transfer point.
In the prior art, the definite method of main transfer point comprises: network equipment specifies main transfer point and UE in measuring assembly, to select transfer point.Network equipment is specified in the method for main transfer point, cannot to main transfer point, make dynamic adjustment according to channel condition, and flexibility is poor.UE selects in the method for main transfer point in measuring assembly, transfer point in measuring assembly not necessarily all can be transmitted data to UE, as the packet of UE can only share to a part of transfer point by wired connection, other transfer point is controlled the interference to UE by CS/CB.
For the problems referred to above, in definite method and apparatus of the main transfer point that the embodiment of the present invention provides, network equipment by configuring a transmission subset in measuring assembly, make UE select main transfer point in the transmission subset of network equipment configuration, and by the identification feedback of main transfer point to network equipment, thereby can realize the selection of UE to transfer point, and then the channel condition information of different transfer points is realized to differentiation feedback, reasonably determine the transfer point that sends data to UE.
Below in conjunction with the accompanying drawing in the present invention, the technical scheme in the present invention is clearly and completely described, obviously, described embodiment is only a part of embodiment of the present invention, rather than whole embodiment.Embodiment based in the present invention, those of ordinary skills, not making the every other embodiment obtaining under creative work prerequisite, belong to the scope of protection of the invention.
Embodiment mono-
The embodiment of the present invention one provides a kind of definite method of main transfer point, for the example that is treated to of network equipment, describes.Wherein, the equipment of realizing the embodiment of the present invention at network side (as base station equipment) can be also an equipment in a plurality of transfer points for controlling the equipment of a plurality of transfer points, and the embodiment of the present invention repeats no more this.
As shown in Figure 4, definite method of this main transfer point comprises the following steps:
Step 401, network equipment is the set of UE allocating and measuring, and is UE configuration transmission subset.
In the embodiment of the present invention, in the configuration information of this transmission subset, comprise the identification information of transfer point and the pilot configuration information of this transfer point; Or, in the configuration information of this transmission subset, only include the pilot configuration information of transfer point.
In the embodiment of the present invention, the configuration information of this transmission subset can be for sending the transfer point set (likely sending the set of the transfer point of data to UE) of data to UE; In the configuration information of this measuring assembly, comprise the identification information of a plurality of transfer points and the pilot configuration information of a plurality of transfer points; Or, in the configuration information of measuring assembly, only include the pilot configuration information of a plurality of transfer points; Wherein, the subset that this transmission subset is this measuring assembly.
In the embodiment of the present invention, this pilot configuration information includes but not limited to one of following or combination in any: cycle CSI-RS(channel state information reference signals), side-play amount and resource location, sequence, antenna port information of number, transmission power information etc.
Below in conjunction with the application scenarios shown in Fig. 3 A or Fig. 3 B, be illustrated: when for the set of UE allocating and measuring, need to comprise the identification information of transfer point 1, the identification information of the identification information of transfer point 2, transfer point 3, and the pilot configuration information that comprises transfer point 1, transfer point 2, transfer point 3.
When for UE configuration transmission subset, can be configured by the strategy based on different.For example, when considering load balancing strategy, if the load of transfer point 3 is very large, and the load of transfer point 1 and transfer point 2 is very little, can configure transfer point 1 and transfer point 2 for transmission subset; Again for example, when consider sharing network configuration tactful of data, if transfer point 1 cannot send data to UE, and transfer point 2 and transfer point 3 can send data to UE, can configure transfer point 2 and transfer point 3 for transmission subset.
It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, be not limited to the strategy of above-mentioned configuration transmission subset, the strategy of all side apparatus Network Based is the strategy of UE configuration transmission subset, all within the protection range of the embodiment of the present invention.
Step 402, network equipment sends to UE by the configuration information of transmission subset, and the configuration information of measuring assembly is sent to UE, and the configuration information of this transmission subset is used to indicate UE and selects transfer point as main transfer point in transmission subset.
In the embodiment of the present invention, network equipment can send to UE by identical message together with the transmission configuration information of subset and the configuration information of measuring assembly, also can the transmission configuration information of subset and the configuration information of measuring assembly be sent to respectively to UE by different message.
In the message by identical, when sending to UE together with the transmission configuration information of subset and the configuration information of measuring assembly, network equipment is in the process of UE configuration transmission subset, can realize in the following manner.
Mode one: when the transfer point in measuring assembly belongs to transmission subset, network equipment is for this transfer point arranges the first sign in the configuration information of measuring assembly, and the transfer point that the first sign is used to indicate in measuring assembly belongs to transmission subset.
Mode two: when the transfer point in measuring assembly belongs to transmission subset, network equipment is for this transfer point arranges the second sign in the configuration information of measuring assembly, and the transfer point that the second sign is used to indicate in measuring assembly belongs to transmission subset; When the transfer point in measuring assembly does not belong to transmission subset, network equipment is for this transfer point arranges the 3rd sign in the configuration information of measuring assembly, and the transfer point that the 3rd sign is used to indicate in measuring assembly does not belong to transmission subset.
It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, network equipment can also can be chosen as the maximum number of main transfer point for UE configuration; Network equipment sends to UE by maximum number afterwards, and indication UE selects at most the transfer point of maximum number as main transfer point in transmission subset.
When specific implementation, the message that can transmit the configuration information of subset by transmission sends to UE by this maximum number together, can together this maximum number be sent to UE by sending the message of the configuration information of measuring assembly, also can this maximum number be sent to UE by independent message, not repeat them here.
In addition, network equipment can also receive the information reporting from UE, and this information comprises the indication information of main transfer point.
In sum, in the embodiment of the present invention, network equipment by configuring a transmission subset in measuring assembly, make UE select main transfer point in the transmission subset of network equipment configuration, thereby can realize the selection of UE to transfer point, and then the channel condition information of different transfer points is realized to differentiation feedback, reasonably determine the transfer point that sends data to UE.
Embodiment bis-
The embodiment of the present invention two provides a kind of definite method of main transfer point, for the example that is treated to of UE side, describes.As shown in Figure 5, definite method of this main transfer point comprises the following steps:
Step 501, UE receives the configuration information from the transmission subset of network equipment, and receives the configuration information from the measuring assembly of this network equipment, and the configuration information of this transmission subset is used to indicate UE and selects transfer point as main transfer point in transmission subset.
In the embodiment of the present invention, in the configuration information of this transmission subset, comprise the identification information of transfer point and the pilot configuration information of this transfer point; Or, in the configuration information of this transmission subset, only include the pilot configuration information of transfer point.
In the embodiment of the present invention, the configuration information of this transmission subset is for sending to UE the transfer point set (likely sending the transfer point set of data to UE) of data; In the configuration information of this measuring assembly, comprise the identification information of a plurality of transfer points and the pilot configuration information of a plurality of transfer points, or, in the configuration information of measuring assembly, only include the pilot configuration information of a plurality of transfer points; Wherein, transmission subset is the subset of measuring assembly.This pilot configuration information includes but not limited to the cycle of one of following or combination in any: CSI-RS, side-play amount and resource location, sequence, antenna port information of number, transmission power information etc.
In the embodiment of the present invention, UE can be by identical message sink the configuration information of transmission subset and the configuration information of measuring assembly from network equipment, also can be by different message sinks the configuration information of transmission subset and the configuration information of measuring assembly from network equipment.
At UE by identical message sink during from the configuration information of transmission subset of network equipment and the configuration information of measuring assembly, when the transfer point in measuring assembly belongs to transmission subset, in the configuration information of measuring assembly, this transfer point is to there being the first sign, and the transfer point that the first sign is used to indicate in measuring assembly belongs to transmission subset; Or the transfer point in measuring assembly belongs to transmission during subset, in the configuration information of measuring assembly, this transfer point is to there being the second sign, and the transfer point that the second sign is used to indicate in measuring assembly belongs to transmission subset; When the transfer point in measuring assembly does not belong to transmission subset, in the configuration information of measuring assembly, this transfer point is to there being the 3rd sign, and the transfer point that the 3rd sign is used to indicate in measuring assembly does not belong to transmission subset.
Step 502, UE selects transfer point as main transfer point in transmission subset.
In this step, a plurality of transfer points that UE can obtain in measuring assembly arrive the channel condition information of UE, and in this transmission subset, select one or more transfer points as the main transfer point of this UE according to the channel condition information obtaining.
It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, network equipment can also can be chosen as the maximum number of main transfer point for UE configuration; Therefore, UE selects, in the process of transfer point as main transfer point, can receive the maximum number that can be chosen as main transfer point from network equipment in transmission subset, and in transmission subset, selects at most the transfer point of maximum number as main transfer point.
In addition, agreement can be chosen as the maximum number of main transfer point in advance, and therefore, UE can, by the maximum number that can be chosen as main transfer point of prior agreement, select at most the transfer point of maximum number as main transfer point in transmission subset.
Step 503, UE by the identification feedback of main transfer point to network equipment.Wherein, the sign of this main transfer point can be the transfer point the selected index in transmission subset; Or the sign of main transfer point can also represent by the mode of bitmap.
It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, after receiving transmission subset and measuring assembly, UE also can obtain a plurality of transfer points in measuring assembly to the channel condition information of UE; And to be less than the time-frequency granularity of preset first threshold value and space granularity to the channel condition information of the transfer point in network equipment feedback transmission subset; And to network equipment, feed back to be greater than time-frequency granularity and the space granularity of default Second Threshold the channel condition information that transmits other transfer points outside subset in measuring assembly.Wherein, this default Second Threshold and preset first threshold value can be selected according to practical experience value, and default Second Threshold is greater than preset first threshold value.
In sum, in the embodiment of the present invention, network equipment by configuring a transmission subset in measuring assembly, make UE select main transfer point in the transmission subset of network equipment configuration, and by the identification feedback of main transfer point to network equipment, thereby can realize the selection of UE to transfer point, and then the channel condition information of different transfer points is realized to differentiation feedback, reasonably determine the transfer point that sends data to UE.
Embodiment tri-
The embodiment of the present invention three provides a kind of definite method of main transfer point, for the example that is treated to of network equipment and UE side, describes.The equipment of realizing the embodiment of the present invention at network side (as base station equipment) can be also an equipment in a plurality of transfer points for controlling the equipment of a plurality of transfer points, and as shown in Figure 6, definite method of this main transfer point comprises the following steps:
Step 601, network equipment is the set of UE allocating and measuring, the configuration information of this measuring assembly comprises the identification information of a plurality of transfer points and the pilot configuration information of a plurality of transfer points.This pilot configuration information includes but not limited to the cycle of one of following or combination in any: CSI-RS, side-play amount and resource location, sequence, antenna port information of number, transmission power information etc.It should be noted that measuring assembly is the set of transfer point, and in the configuration information of measuring assembly except indicating this set to comprise which transfer point, also comprise the configuration information of pilot tone.
Step 602, network equipment is UE configuration transmission subset, this transmission subset is the subset of measuring assembly, is likely to UE, to send the transfer point set of data.Wherein, the configuration information of this transmission subset comprises the identification information of transfer point and the pilot configuration information of this transfer point.
In the embodiment of the present invention, the configuration of transmission subset can realize by the mode of bitmap, by a transfer point in 1 bit indication measuring assembly, whether belongs to transmission subset respectively.
In practical application, transmission subset can be according to the realization of network equipment and flexible configuration for example, when network equipment is only supported CS/CB, transmits in subset to only include 1 transfer point, does not now allow UE to make recommendation to transfer point.
Step 603, network equipment sends to UE by the configuration information of the configuration information of measuring assembly and transmission subset.Wherein, network equipment can send to UE by identical message together with the transmission configuration information of subset and the configuration information of measuring assembly, also can the transmission configuration information of subset and the configuration information of measuring assembly be sent to respectively to UE by different message.
Step 604, UE estimates that the transfer point in measuring assembly arrives the channel of UE, obtains corresponding channel condition information, generates feedback quantity and also feeds back to network equipment.
In the embodiment of the present invention, because the transfer point of transmitting in measuring assembly outside subset is not actually and can transmits data to UE, therefore can be with larger time-frequency granularity and space granularity feedback; Therefore, UE can be to be less than the time-frequency granularity of preset first threshold value and space granularity to the channel condition information of the transfer point in network equipment feedback transmission subset; And to network equipment, feed back to be greater than time-frequency granularity and the space granularity of default Second Threshold the channel condition information that transmits other transfer points outside subset in measuring assembly.Wherein, this default Second Threshold and preset first threshold value can be selected according to practical experience value, and default Second Threshold is greater than preset first threshold value.
Step 605, UE selects 1 or a plurality of transfer point as the main transfer point of UE in transmission subset according to the channel condition information obtaining, and by the identification feedback of main transfer point to network equipment.
In the embodiment of the present invention, the sign of main transfer point can be the transfer point the selected index in transmission subset; Main transfer point sign also can be fed back by the mode of bitmap, by the transfer point in 1 bit indication transmission subset, whether by UE, is chosen as main transfer point respectively.
In addition, in the embodiment of the present invention, the maximum transmitted that network equipment can also configuration UE can be selected is counted out, and as base station configuration UE, can select at most 1 transfer point, and UE only need to feed back the index of 1 main transfer point.
It should be noted that this maximum transmitted is counted out also can appoint in advance, and as prior agreement UE can select at most 1 transfer point, UE only need to feed back the index of 1 main transfer point.
In sum, in the embodiment of the present invention, network equipment by configuring a transmission subset in measuring assembly, make UE select main transfer point in the transmission subset of network equipment configuration, and by the identification feedback of main transfer point to network equipment, thereby can realize the selection of UE to transfer point, and then the channel condition information of different transfer points is realized to differentiation feedback, reasonably determine the transfer point that sends data to UE.
Embodiment tetra-
Inventive concept based on same with said method, also provides a kind of network equipment in the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in Figure 4, this network equipment comprises:
Configuration module 11, is used to user device configuration transmission subset;
Sending module 12, for the configuration information of described transmission subset is sent to described subscriber equipment, indicates described subscriber equipment to select transfer point as main transfer point in described transmission subset.
In the configuration information of described transmission subset, comprise the identification information of transfer point and the pilot configuration information of described transfer point; Or, in the configuration information of described transmission subset, comprise the pilot configuration information of transfer point.
Described configuration module 11, is also used to described user device configuration measuring assembly;
Described sending module 12, also for sending to described subscriber equipment by the configuration information of described measuring assembly; In the configuration information of described measuring assembly, comprise the identification information of a plurality of transfer points and the pilot configuration information of described a plurality of transfer points; Or, in the configuration information of described measuring assembly, comprise the pilot configuration information of a plurality of transfer points; Wherein, the subset that described transmission subset is described measuring assembly.
Described configuration module 11, while belonging to described transmission subset specifically for the transfer point in described measuring assembly, in the configuration information of described measuring assembly, for this transfer point arranges the first sign, the transfer point that described the first sign is used to indicate in measuring assembly belongs to transmission subset; Or,
When the transfer point in described measuring assembly belongs to described transmission subset, in the configuration information of described measuring assembly, for this transfer point arranges the second sign, the transfer point that described the second sign is used to indicate in measuring assembly belongs to transmission subset; When the transfer point in described measuring assembly does not belong to described transmission subset, in the configuration information of described measuring assembly, for this transfer point arranges the 3rd sign, the transfer point that described the 3rd sign is used to indicate in measuring assembly does not belong to transmission subset.
Described configuration module 11, is also used to described user device configuration can be chosen as the maximum number of main transfer point;
Described sending module 12, also for described maximum number is sent to described subscriber equipment, indicates described subscriber equipment in described transmission subset, to select at most the transfer point of described maximum number as main transfer point.
This network equipment also comprises: receiver module 13, for receiving the information from described user equipment to report, this information comprises the indication information of main transfer point.
Wherein, the modules of apparatus of the present invention can be integrated in one, and also can separatedly dispose.Above-mentioned module can be merged into a module, also can further split into a plurality of submodules.
Embodiment five
Inventive concept based on same with said method, also provides a kind of subscriber equipment in the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in Figure 5, this subscriber equipment comprises:
Receiver module 21, for receiving the configuration information from the transmission subset of network equipment;
Select module 22, for selecting transfer point as main transfer point in described transmission subset.
In the configuration information of described transmission subset, comprise the identification information of transfer point and the pilot configuration information of described transfer point; Or, in the configuration information of described transmission subset, comprise the pilot configuration information of transfer point.
Described receiver module 21, also, for receiving the configuration information from the measuring assembly of described network equipment, comprises the identification information of a plurality of transfer points and the pilot configuration information of described a plurality of transfer points in the configuration information of described measuring assembly; Or, in the configuration information of described measuring assembly, comprise the pilot configuration information of a plurality of transfer points; Wherein, the subset that described transmission subset is described measuring assembly.
In the embodiment of the present invention, when the transfer point in described measuring assembly belongs to described transmission subset, in the configuration information of described measuring assembly, this transfer point is to there being the first sign, and the transfer point that described the first sign is used to indicate in measuring assembly belongs to transmission subset; Or,
When the transfer point in described measuring assembly belongs to described transmission subset, in the configuration information of described measuring assembly, this transfer point is to there being the second sign, and described the second transfer point of being used to indicate in measuring assembly of sign belongs to transmission subset; When the transfer point in described measuring assembly does not belong to described transmission subset, in the configuration information of described measuring assembly, this transfer point is to there being the 3rd sign, and the transfer point that described the 3rd sign is used to indicate in measuring assembly does not belong to transmission subset.
Also comprise: sending module 23, for obtaining described a plurality of transfer points in described measuring assembly to the channel condition information of described subscriber equipment;
To be less than time-frequency granularity and the space granularity of preset first threshold value, to described network equipment, feed back the channel condition information of the transfer point in described transmission subset;
To be greater than time-frequency granularity and the space granularity of default Second Threshold, to described network equipment, feed back the channel condition information of other transfer points outside described transmission subset in described measuring assembly;
Described default Second Threshold is greater than described preset first threshold value.
Described selection module 22, specifically for obtaining described a plurality of transfer points in described measuring assembly to the channel condition information of described subscriber equipment;
And in described transmission subset, select one or more transfer points as main transfer point according to the channel condition information obtaining.
Sending module 23, for giving described network equipment by the identification feedback of described main transfer point;
The index of the transfer point that is designated selection of described main transfer point in described transmission subset; Or the sign of described main transfer point represents by the mode of bitmap.
Described receiver module 21, also for receiving the maximum number that can be chosen as main transfer point from described network equipment;
Described selection module, specifically for selecting at most the transfer point of described maximum number as main transfer point in described transmission subset; Or,
By the maximum number that can be chosen as main transfer point of prior agreement, in described transmission subset, select at most the transfer point of described maximum number as main transfer point.
Wherein, the modules of apparatus of the present invention can be integrated in one, and also can separatedly dispose.Above-mentioned module can be merged into a module, also can further split into a plurality of submodules.
Through the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art can be well understood to the mode that the present invention can add essential general hardware platform by software and realize, and can certainly pass through hardware, but in a lot of situation, the former is better execution mode.Understanding based on such, the part that technical scheme of the present invention contributes to prior art in essence in other words can embody with the form of software product, this computer software product is stored in a storage medium, comprise that some instructions are with so that a computer equipment (can be personal computer, server, or the network equipment etc.) carry out the method described in each embodiment of the present invention.
It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that accompanying drawing is the schematic diagram of a preferred embodiment, the module in accompanying drawing or flow process might not be that enforcement the present invention is necessary.
It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the module in the device in embodiment can be distributed in the device of embodiment according to embodiment description, also can carry out respective change and be arranged in the one or more devices that are different from the present embodiment.The module of above-described embodiment can be merged into a module, also can further split into a plurality of submodules.
The invention described above embodiment sequence number, just to describing, does not represent the quality of embodiment.
Disclosed is above only several specific embodiment of the present invention, and still, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the changes that any person skilled in the art can think of all should fall into protection scope of the present invention.