WO2018049673A1 - 传输信号的方法和基站 - Google Patents
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- Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of wireless communications, and more particularly, to a method and base station for transmitting signals.
- Multi-antenna transmission technology uses multiple antennas for transmitting and receiving data at the transmitting end and the receiving end.
- Multi-antenna transmission technology can make full use of space resources, increase the effective bandwidth of the wireless channel, greatly increase the capacity of the communication system, and speed up the transmission rate of the local area network.
- 3GPP 3rd Generation Partnership Project
- LTE Long Term Evolution
- the power of the 2T (Transmit) 2R (Received) to the 4T4R is not doubled, for example, the 2T2R is 2 ⁇ 40W and the 4T4R is evolved to 4 ⁇ 40W because the cost cannot be 4 ⁇ 40W. It can be configured as 4 ⁇ 20W.
- PA power amplifier
- CRS Cell-Specific Reference Signal
- Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and a base station for transmitting signals, which can improve pilot coverage capability in a multi-antenna technology.
- a method for transmitting a signal comprising: using, by a base station, a virtual antenna mapping (VAM) matrix for a first baseband signal, a second baseband signal, a third baseband signal, and a fourth path
- the baseband signal is processed to obtain a four-way processed signal, where the four-way processed signal includes a first processed signal, a second processed signal, a third processed signal, and a fourth processed signal, wherein the first processed The signal is the same as the third processing signal, the second processing signal is the same as the fourth processing signal, and the first processing signal is the first baseband signal and the third path
- the baseband signal is superimposed, and the second processing The signal is obtained by superposing the second baseband signal and the fourth baseband signal; the base station performs precoding processing on the four processed signals to obtain four encoded signals; the base station moves to the four radio frequency ports.
- the terminal sends the four-way encoded signal, wherein the four radio frequency ports are in one-to-one correspondence with the four-way encode
- the embodiment of the present invention performs virtual antenna mapping processing and precoding processing on the four baseband signals, and transmits a corresponding one-way encoded signal to each mobile terminal through each radio frequency port, so that the cell reference signal does not need to be reduced when multi-antenna evolution occurs.
- the power is used to ensure that the power of the RF channel transmission signal does not exceed the standard, thereby improving the pilot coverage capability of the multi-antenna technology.
- the VAM matrix is:
- the VAM matrix is any one of the following matrices:
- the power of the RF channel output signal may exceed the standard and the signal may not be transmitted normally.
- the power of each processed coded signal transmitted to the mobile terminal through the radio frequency port can satisfy the requirement, thereby ensuring normal transmission of the signal.
- processing the first baseband signal, the second baseband signal, the third baseband signal, and the fourth baseband signal by using the VAM matrix may be: multiplying by a 4 ⁇ 4 VAM matrix A 4 ⁇ 1 matrix composed of four baseband signals obtains a 4 ⁇ 1 matrix corresponding to four processed signals.
- the base station is an evolved base station eNB in Long Term Evolution (LTE).
- LTE Long Term Evolution
- the method further includes: determining, by the base station, the using the VAM matrix pair according to the configuration information and the power that the radio frequency channel can provide.
- the first baseband signal, the second baseband signal, the third baseband signal, and the fourth baseband signal are processed.
- the configuration information can be used to calculate the power of each baseband signal transmitted through the RF port when the baseband signal is not processed using the VAM matrix. If the power of each baseband signal transmitted by the RF port is greater than the power that the RF channel can provide, then the existing The technology cannot transmit signals normally, and the baseband signals can be processed and transmitted using the scheme of the present invention. Conversely, the baseband signal can be processed and transmitted using an existing scheme.
- each of the four baseband signals is transmitted using the same VAM matrix on all channels.
- the N baseband signals may also be processed by using the solution of the present invention, so that the power of each RF port output signal satisfies the power that the RF channel can provide, and N may be an integer greater than 4.
- each row in the VAM matrix includes at least two non-zero elements, so that each baseband signal can be output from at least two ports.
- the non-zero elements of each column in the VAM matrix are the same or opposite to each other. This allows each baseband signal to be evenly distributed to four or N RF output ports.
- a base station including: a virtual antenna mapping VAM processing unit, configured to process a first baseband signal, a second baseband signal, a third baseband signal, and a fourth baseband signal by using a VAM matrix Obtaining a four-way processing signal, where the four-way processing signal includes a first way processing signal, a second way processing signal, a third way processing signal, and a fourth way processing signal, wherein the first way processing signal and the The third processing signal is the same, the second processing signal is the same as the fourth processing signal, and the first processing signal is to superimpose the first baseband signal and the third baseband signal.
- the second processing signal is obtained by superposing the second baseband signal and the fourth baseband signal; and the precoding processing unit is configured to obtain the fourth obtained by the VAM processing unit
- the path processing signal is pre-coded to obtain a four-way coded signal, and the sending unit is configured to send, by using four radio frequency ports, the four-way coded signal obtained by the pre-coding processing unit to the mobile terminal. , Wherein the four RF ports-one correspondence with the four encoded signal.
- the embodiment of the present invention performs virtual antenna mapping processing and precoding processing on the four baseband signals, and transmits a corresponding one-way encoded signal to each mobile terminal through each radio frequency port, so that the cell reference signal does not need to be reduced when multi-antenna evolution occurs.
- the power is used to ensure that the power of the RF channel transmission signal does not exceed the standard, thereby improving the pilot coverage capability of the multi-antenna technology.
- the VAM matrix is:
- the VAM matrix is any one of the following matrices:
- the base station is an evolved base station eNB in Long Term Evolution (LTE).
- LTE Long Term Evolution
- the base station includes: a determining unit, configured to determine, according to the configuration information and the power that the radio frequency channel can provide, use the VAM matrix pair
- the first baseband signal, the second baseband signal, the third baseband signal, and the fourth baseband signal are processed.
- the baseband signal can be processed and transmitted using the scheme of the present invention by adding a control switch. If the determining unit calculates the baseband signal by using the VAM matrix through the configuration information, the power of each baseband signal transmitted through the radio frequency port is greater than the power that the radio frequency channel can provide, and then the baseband signal can be processed by using the scheme of the present invention. transmission. Conversely, the baseband signal can be processed and transmitted using an existing scheme.
- the base station provided in the second aspect of the embodiments of the present invention may be used to perform the foregoing first aspect or the first A method in any possible implementation of the aspect.
- the base station includes units required for performing the method in any of the foregoing first aspect or any possible implementation manner of the first aspect, and the beneficial effects of each unit also correspond to the beneficial effects of the steps of the first aspect, Avoid repetition and we will not go into details here.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic flow chart of a method of transmitting a signal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- 2 is a pilot pattern of different ports of a four antenna according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a transmission signal according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a base station in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a base station in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.
- LTE Long Term Evolution
- TDD Time Division Duplex
- the user equipment in the embodiment of the present invention may be referred to as a terminal, a mobile station (Mobile Station, MS), or a mobile terminal (Mobile Terminal), etc., and the user equipment may be connected to the radio access network (
- the Radio Access Network (RAN) communicates with one or more core networks, for example, the user equipment may be a mobile phone (or "cellular" phone) or a computer with a mobile terminal, etc., for example, the user device may also be portable, Pocket, Handheld, computer built-in or in-vehicle mobile devices that exchange voice and/or data with a wireless access network.
- the base station in the embodiment of the present invention may be an Evolved Node B (eNB) in LTE, or may be a base station in a future wireless communication system.
- eNB Evolved Node B
- FIG. 1 is a schematic flow chart of a method of transmitting a signal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the base station processes the first baseband signal, the second baseband signal, the third baseband signal, and the fourth baseband signal by using a VAM matrix to obtain four processed signals.
- the four-way processing signal includes a first processing signal, a second processing signal, a third processing signal, and a fourth processing signal.
- the first processing signal is the same as the third processing signal
- the second processing signal is the same as the fourth processing signal
- the first processing signal is obtained by superposing the first baseband signal and the third baseband signal
- the two-way processing signal is obtained by superposing the second baseband signal and the fourth baseband signal.
- the baseband signal in the embodiment of the present invention may be a Cell-Specific Reference Signal (CRS), a signal transmitted on a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH), or a Packet Broadcast Control Channel (Packet Broadcast Control Channel).
- CRS Cell-Specific Reference Signal
- PDSCH Physical Downlink Shared Channel
- Packet Broadcast Control Channel Packet Broadcast Control Channel
- PBCCH transmitted signals
- PHICH Physical Hybrid ARQ Indicator Channel
- PCFICH Physical control format indication channels
- the transmitted signal Primary Synchronization Signal (PSS), Secondary Synchronization Signal (SSS), etc.
- a Type-A symbol indicates a Resource Element (RE) symbol for a non-pilot signal in a symbol column that does not contain a pilot bit
- a Type-B symbol indicates a symbol column that includes a pilot bit.
- the signal power of the baseband signal transmitted through the radio frequency channel can be calculated from the configuration information, which can include the bandwidth, the CRS power, and the values of Pa and Pb.
- the power of the radio frequency signal generated by the modulating oscillating circuit is small, and after a series of power amplification is required, after obtaining sufficient RF power, Can be fed to the antenna to launch.
- an RF power amplifier In order to obtain a sufficiently large RF output power, an RF power amplifier must be used.
- the base station can determine whether to use the VAM matrix to process the four baseband signals according to the configuration information and the power that the radio frequency channel can provide.
- the control switch can be added. If the baseband signal is processed without using the VAM matrix through the configuration information, the power of each baseband signal transmitted through the RF port is greater than the power that the RF channel can provide.
- the baseband signal can be processed and transmitted using the scheme of the present invention for normal transmission of signals. Conversely, the baseband signal can be processed and transmitted using an existing scheme.
- the power that the RF channel can provide in the embodiment of the present invention can be less than or equal to the maximum output power of the RF power amplifier.
- the time-frequency transmission resource may be a single carrier or a multi-carrier.
- the maximum output power that the RF channel can provide can be equal to the maximum output power of the RF power amplifier.
- the frequency resource is multi-carrier, the sum of the maximum output power that the RF power amplifier can provide for each RF channel can be equal to the maximum output power of the RF power amplifier. In other words, the maximum power that each RF channel can provide when multi-carrier is less than The maximum output power of the RF power amplifier.
- the baseband signal is processed by using a VAM matrix, which may be a 4 ⁇ 1 matrix formed by multiplying a 4 ⁇ 4 VAM matrix by 4 baseband signals to obtain a 4 ⁇ 1 matrix composed of 4 processed signals.
- a VAM matrix which may be a 4 ⁇ 1 matrix formed by multiplying a 4 ⁇ 4 VAM matrix by 4 baseband signals to obtain a 4 ⁇ 1 matrix composed of 4 processed signals.
- each of the four baseband signals is transmitted using the same VAM matrix on all channels.
- each baseband signal can be represented as a corresponding signal power of the radio frequency channel when the VAM process is not performed, multiplied by the corresponding signal sequence.
- Four baseband signals are available To form a 4 ⁇ 1 matrix.
- the power of each baseband signal transmitted through the radio frequency port may be greater than the non-satisfying transmission requirement, and the signal cannot be transmitted by using the existing scheme.
- the technical solution of the present invention can be utilized, and the VAM processing is performed on the baseband signal so that the power when transmitting the signal through the radio frequency port satisfies the transmission requirement, so that the normal transmission of the signal can be ensured.
- the method before step 101, further includes: acquiring the first baseband signal, the second baseband signal, the third baseband signal, and the fourth baseband signal.
- the base station performs precoding processing on the four processed signals to obtain four encoded signals.
- the precoding process on the four processed signals may be to multiply the four processed signals by a corresponding precoding matrix.
- the precoding matrix may be a codebook that is used according to Precoding Matrix Indication (PMI) information.
- PMI Precoding Matrix Indication
- the base station sends four coded signals to the mobile terminal through four radio frequency ports, where the four radio frequency ports are in one-to-one correspondence with the four coded signals.
- each coded signal is obtained by at least two baseband signals, that is, each RF port transmits at least two baseband signals.
- the embodiment of the present invention performs virtual antenna mapping processing and precoding processing on the four baseband signals, and transmits a corresponding one-way encoded signal to each mobile terminal through each radio frequency port, so that the cell reference signal does not need to be reduced when multi-antenna evolution occurs.
- the power is used to ensure that the power of the RF channel transmission signal does not exceed the standard, thereby improving the pilot coverage capability of the multi-antenna technology.
- the CRS can be reduced to ensure that the RF channel does not exceed the RF power amplifier capability.
- Such a configuration may cause the LTE pilot coverage to shrink, thereby reducing the multi-antenna technology. Medium pilot coverage capability.
- the CRS setting can be ensured while ensuring that the RF channel does not exceed the capability of the RF power amplifier, that is, the coverage capability in the multi-day technology is unchanged.
- the coverage capability in the multi-day technology can be kept unchanged; the multi-antenna (for example, 4T) technology according to the technical solution of the present invention is relatively multi-antenna through the existing scheme (for example 4T) technology can improve the mid-frequency coverage.
- the multi-antenna for example, 4T
- the existing scheme for example 4T
- the base station may be an eNB in LTE, and may also be a base station in a wireless communication system to which the present invention is applicable in the future.
- the existing solution can modify the configuration of Pa and Pb so that the power when transmitting signals through the RF port does not exceed the capability of the RF power amplifier. For example, when the bandwidth is 20M and the 2T is upgraded to 4T, the power is the same as 20W, and the CRS configuration can be kept unchanged at 18.2dBm.
- such configuration modification causes the power of the Type-B symbol to decrease, so that the power of the control signal or the physical downlink shared channel on the Type-B symbol decreases, resulting in a decrease in the network performance index.
- the embodiment of the present invention can be upgraded to 4T in 2T, and the values of the configured CRS and Pb are kept unchanged, and the normal transmission of the signal is still performed. When the power is not exceeded, the configuration can be unchanged, that is, the performance is not affected.
- the baseband signal may be N ways, and N may be an integer greater than 4, in which case each row of the VAM matrix includes at least two non-zero elements. This allows each baseband signal to be split into at least two RF ports for transmission. In the embodiment of the present invention, only four baseband signals are taken as an example for exemplary description.
- 2 is a pilot pattern of different ports of a four antenna according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- a Type-A symbol indicates an RE symbol for transmitting a non-pilot signal in a symbol column not containing a pilot
- a Type-B symbol indicates a non-pilot for transmitting in a symbol column containing a pilot.
- Ports 0, port 1, port 2, and port 3 respectively represent four antenna ports.
- Figure 2-1, Figure 2-2, Figure 2-3, and Figure 2-4 show the pilots of the four antenna ports. pattern.
- one small square is an RE.
- the small black square indicates that the RE is a pilot bit and is used to transmit a pilot in the baseband signal; the shaded small square indicates that the RE is a pilot bit, but is not used for transmission in the baseband signal.
- a small white square indicates that the RE is used to transmit a Type-A or Type-B signal.
- Each small square in Figure 2 represents one RE, one RB includes 12 REs, and each column is 1 RB.
- a small square horizontally represents an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol, and OFDM symbols are numbered sequentially starting from 0.
- OFDM Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
- the black box is used to indicate that the RE is used to transmit the pilot, and the shaded portion indicates that the RE neither transmits the non-pilot signal nor the pilot, and the white box indicates that the RE is used to transmit the pilot.
- Pilot signal of According to the protocol, at any one of the four pilot signals, at least one of the four baseband signals transmits a pilot, and the other signals neither transmit a non-pilot signal nor transmit a pilot.
- the first and second baseband signals may not be used to transmit pilots in the same symbol including the pilot bits, as shown in the second column of FIG. 2-1 and FIG. 2-2.
- the third and fourth baseband signals may be used to transmit pilot signals in pilot bits, such as OFDM symbols numbered 1 in the second column of FIGS. 2-3 and 2-4.
- the subcarriers of the symbols of the first and second baseband signals for transmitting pilots are different from each other, and the first basebandband signal is used to transmit the subcarriers of the symbols of the pilots and The subcarriers on which the second baseband signal is used to transmit the pilot symbols together form all of the subcarriers on the symbol for the pilot bits.
- pilot bits RE that can be used to transmit pilots, and two REs in the first baseband signal of Figure 2-1 are sent. Pilot, there are also two REs in the second baseband signal of Figure 2-2 to transmit pilots, but the positions of the REs used to transmit the pilots in the two baseband signals do not overlap.
- One RB on each symbol is transmitted through different RF ports without using the VAM matrix to process the signal.
- the power configuration of the CRS is 18.2 dBm, that is, the signal power when transmitting one RE transmission signal of the pilot is 18.2 dBm.
- the four baseband signals are represented by flow0, flow1, flow2, and flow3, respectively.
- Use Figure 2-1 to transmit the resource numbered 0 in the time domain (that is, the first symbol) and the first RB in the frequency domain (that is, the first column in Figure 2-1) through the first RF port.
- the total power of the transmitted signal when the first RF port is not subjected to VAM processing on 14 symbols is: 26.49dBm, 13.28dBm, 19.92dBm, 19.92dBm, 26.49dBm, 19.92dBm , 19.92dBm, 26.49dBm, 13.28dBm, 19.92dB m, 19.92dBm, 26.49dBm, 19.92dBm, 19.92dBm.
- the calculation process of other symbols and other RF ports is the same.
- the baseband signal is not VAM processed, it is transmitted through each symbol.
- the power at the time of the signal is as shown in Table 1 below, and the numbers 0 to 13 are the numbers of the symbols, which are the first, second, third, ..., and 14 symbols, respectively.
- the RF channel can provide a maximum output power of 20W, then some of the power in Table 1 exceeds the RF power amplifier capability. According to the prior art, the corresponding baseband signal cannot be transmitted directly.
- the VAM processing in the embodiment of the present invention can reduce the processed power to be less than the maximum output power that the RF channel can provide, thereby ensuring normal transmission of signals.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a transmission signal according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- the method of Figure 3 can be performed by a base station.
- Port 0, port 1, port 2, and port 3 respectively represent four antenna ports, and flow0, flow1, flow2, and flow3 respectively represent four baseband signals, and A, B, C, and D respectively represent four ends.
- Port 0, port 1, port 2, port 3 correspond to the RF output signal when transmitting signals to the mobile terminal.
- a 4 ⁇ 1 matrix composed of four baseband signals is multiplied by a 4 ⁇ 4 VAM matrix to obtain a four-way processed signal corresponding to a 4 ⁇ 1 matrix.
- the VAM matrix can be pre-configured to determine different VAM matrices based on phase rotation of the four baseband signals. For example, for a four-way baseband signal that does not rotate, the VAM matrix can be:
- the four processing signals corresponding to the four RF ports A, B, C, and D in FIG. 3 are: In the four-way VAM processed signal after the VAM matrix product shown in the schematic diagram of FIG. 3, two of them are a combination of flow0 and flow2, and two paths are a combination of flow1 and flow3.
- the VAM matrix is In the four-way VAM processing signal, two paths are a combination of flow0 and flow3, and two paths are a combination of flow1 and flow2.
- the VAM matrix is In the four-way VAM processing signal, the two paths are the combination of flow0 and flow2, and the two paths are the combination of flow1 and flow3.
- the power output from the RF port corresponding to the VAM processed signal obtained by using the VAM matrix is as shown in Table 2, and it can be seen that the power in Table 2 is smaller than the maximum output power that the RF channel can provide.
- the rate is 20W, which ensures the normal transmission of the signal.
- the VAM matrix when the phase of the four-baseband signal is rotated by 45 degrees, the VAM matrix can be expressed as:
- the VAM matrix can be expressed as:
- the VAM matrix when the phase of the four-baseband signal is rotated by 90 degrees, the VAM matrix can be expressed as:
- the VAM matrix can be expressed as:
- the VAM matrix in the foregoing embodiment is only for the sake of illustration.
- the present invention does not limit the VAM matrix to only the specific example given above, as long as the power of each signal after the VAM processing is satisfied is smaller than that of the RF channel.
- the maximum output power is enough.
- the phase rotation of the baseband signal is also described by way of example of no rotation, 45 degrees of rotation, 60 degrees of rotation, and 90 degrees of rotation.
- the rotation angle of the baseband signal is not limited.
- the VAM matrix in the embodiment of the present invention can satisfy the transmission mode (TM) 4, the TM9 and the TM10, and the time division duplex (Time Division). Duplexing, TDD) TM7, TM8.
- the precoding matrix may be pre-configured, and there may be multiple precoding matrices available. In actual product design, a suitable precoding matrix can be selected according to the pre-coded signal power in combination with a preset VAM matrix.
- the embodiment of the present invention performs virtual antenna mapping processing and precoding processing on the four baseband signals, and sends four encoded signals to the mobile terminal through four radio frequency ports, so that the power of the signal transmitted by the radio frequency port does not exceed the capability of the radio frequency power amplifier. It is not necessary to reduce the power of the radio frequency channel transmission signal to reduce the power of the radio frequency channel transmission signal when the multi-antenna evolution is performed, thereby improving the pilot coverage capability in the multi-antenna technology.
- FIGS. 1 through 3 A method of transmitting a signal according to an embodiment of the present invention is described in detail above with reference to FIGS. 1 through 3.
- an apparatus for transmitting a signal that is, a base station, according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5.
- the base station 10 of FIG. 4 includes an acquisition unit 11, a VAM processing unit 12, a precoding processing unit 13, and a transmitting unit 14.
- the virtual antenna mapping VAM processing unit 11 is configured to process the first baseband signal, the second baseband signal, the third baseband signal, and the fourth baseband signal by using a VAM matrix to obtain four processed signals, and the four processed signals include The first processing signal, the second processing signal, the third processing signal, and the fourth processing signal, wherein the first processing signal and the third processing signal are the same, the second processing signal and the fourth processing signal Similarly, the first processing signal is obtained by superposing the first baseband signal and the third baseband signal, and the second processing signal is obtained by superposing the second baseband signal and the fourth baseband signal.
- the precoding processing unit 12 is configured to perform precoding processing on the four processed signals obtained by the VAM processing unit to obtain four encoded signals.
- the sending unit 13 is configured to send, by using four radio frequency ports, four encoded signals obtained by the precoding processing unit to the mobile terminal, where the four radio frequency ports are in one-to-one correspondence with the four encoded signals.
- the embodiment of the present invention performs virtual antenna mapping processing and precoding processing on the four baseband signals, and sends a corresponding one-way encoded signal to each mobile terminal through each radio frequency port, so that It is necessary to reduce the power of the radio frequency channel transmission signal to reduce the power of the radio frequency channel transmission signal when the multi-antenna evolution is performed, thereby improving the pilot coverage capability in the multi-antenna technology.
- a base station may correspond to a method for transmitting a signal according to an embodiment of the present invention, and each unit/module in the base station and the other operations and/or functions described above are respectively implemented to implement the methods shown in FIGS. 1 and 3. The corresponding process, for the sake of brevity, will not be described here.
- FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a base station in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.
- the base station 20 of FIG. 5 includes a transmitter 21, a processor 22, and a memory 23.
- Processor 22 controls the operation of base station 20 and can be used to process signals.
- Memory 23 can include read only memory and random access memory and provides instructions and data to processor 22.
- the various components of base station 20 are coupled together by a bus system 24, which in addition to the data bus includes a power bus, a control bus, and a status signal bus. However, for clarity of description, various buses are labeled as the bus system 24 in the figure.
- the method disclosed in the above embodiments of the present invention can be applied to the transmitter 21 and the processor 22, or can be implemented by the transmitter 21 and the processor 22.
- each step of the above method may be completed by an integrated logic circuit of hardware in the processor 22 or an instruction in the form of software.
- the processor 22 can be a general purpose processor, a digital signal processor, an application specific integrated circuit, a field programmable gate array or other programmable logic device, a discrete gate or transistor logic device, a discrete hardware component, and can be implemented or executed in an embodiment of the invention.
- a general purpose processor can be a microprocessor or any conventional processor or the like.
- the steps of the method disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention may be directly implemented as a hardware processor, or may be performed by a combination of hardware and software modules in the processor.
- the software module can be located in a conventional storage medium such as random access memory, flash memory, read only memory, programmable read only memory or electrically erasable programmable memory, registers, and the like.
- the storage medium is located in the memory 23, and the processor 22 reads the information in the memory 23 and performs the steps of the above method in combination with its hardware.
- the processor 22 can process the first baseband signal, the second baseband signal, the third baseband signal, and the fourth baseband signal by using a VAM matrix to obtain four processed signals, and preprocess the four processed signals.
- the encoding process results in a four-way encoded signal.
- the four-way processing signal includes a first processing signal, a second processing signal, a third processing signal, and a fourth processing signal, wherein the first processing signal is the same as the third processing signal, and the second processing is performed.
- the signal is the same as the fourth processed signal, and the first processed signal is obtained by superposing the first baseband signal and the third baseband signal, and the second processed signal is the second baseband signal and the fourth baseband signal. Superimposed.
- the transmitter 21 can send four encoded signals to the mobile terminal through four radio frequency ports, wherein the four radio frequency ports are in one-to-one correspondence with the four encoded signals.
- the embodiment of the present invention performs virtual antenna mapping processing and precoding processing on the four baseband signals, and transmits a corresponding one-way encoded signal to each mobile terminal through each radio frequency port, so that the cell reference signal does not need to be reduced when multi-antenna evolution occurs.
- the power is used to ensure that the power of the RF channel transmission signal does not exceed the standard, thereby improving the pilot coverage capability of the multi-antenna technology.
- a base station may correspond to a method for transmitting a signal according to an embodiment of the present invention, and each unit/module in the base station and the other operations and/or functions described above are respectively implemented to implement the methods shown in FIGS. 1 and 3. The corresponding process, for the sake of brevity, will not be described here.
- the size of the sequence numbers of the above processes does not mean the order of execution, and the order of execution of each process should be determined by its function and internal logic, and should not be taken to the embodiments of the present invention.
- the implementation process constitutes any limitation.
- B corresponding to A means that B is associated with A, and B can be determined according to A.
- determining B from A does not mean that B is only determined based on A, and that B can also be determined based on A and/or other information.
- the disclosed systems, devices, and methods may be implemented in other manners.
- the device embodiments described above are merely illustrative.
- the division of the unit is only a logical function division.
- there may be another division manner for example, multiple units or components may be combined or Can be integrated into another system, or some features can be ignored or not executed.
- the mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed may be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interface, device or unit, and may be in an electrical, mechanical or other form.
- the units described as separate components may or may not be physically separated, and the components displayed as units may or may not be physical units, that is, may be located in one place, or may be distributed to multiple network units. Some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment.
- each functional unit in each embodiment of the present invention may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist physically separately, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit.
- the functions may be stored in a computer readable storage medium if implemented in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as a standalone product.
- the technical solution of the present invention which is essential or contributes to the prior art, or a part of the technical solution, may be embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a storage medium, including
- the instructions are used to cause a computer device (which may be a personal computer, server, or network device, etc.) to perform all or part of the steps of the methods described in various embodiments of the present invention.
- the foregoing storage medium includes: a U disk, a mobile hard disk, a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk, and the like, which can store program codes. .
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Port2 | 13.28 | 26.49 | 19.92 | 19.92 | 13.28 | 19.92 | 19.92 | 13.28 | 26.49 | 19.92 | 19.92 | 13.28 | 19.92 | 19.92 |
Port3 | 13.28 | 26.49 | 19.92 | 19.92 | 13.28 | 19.92 | 19.92 | 13.28 | 26.49 | 19.92 | 19.92 | 13.28 | 19.92 | 19.92 |
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- 一种传输信号的方法,其特征在于,包括:基站利用虚拟天线映射VAM矩阵对第一路基带信号、第二路基带信号、第三路基带信号和第四路基带信号进行处理,得到四路处理信号,所述四路处理信号包括第一路处理信号、第二路处理信号、第三路处理信号和第四路处理信号,其中,所述第一路处理信号和所述第三路处理信号相同,所述第二路处理信号和所述第四路处理信号相同,所述第一路处理信号为对所述第一路基带信号和所述第三路基带信号进行叠加得到的,所述第二路处理信号为对所述第二路基带信号和所述第四路基带信号进行叠加得到的;基站对所述四路处理信号进行预编码处理,得到四路编码信号;基站通过四个射频端口向移动终端发送所述四路编码信号,其中,所述四个射频端口与所述四路编码信号一一对应。
- 如权利要求1-3中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述基站为长期演进LTE中的演进型基站eNB。
- 如权利要求1-4中任一项所述的方法,其特征在于,所述方法还包括:所述基站根据配置信息和射频通道能够提供的功率确定使用所述VAM矩阵对所述第一路基带信号、所述第二路基带信号、所述第三路基带信号和所述第四路基带信号进行处理。
- 一种基站,其特征在于,包括:虚拟天线映射VAM处理单元,用于利用VAM矩阵对第一路基带信号、第二路基带信号、第三路基带信号和第四路基带信号进行处理,得到四路处理信号,所述四路处理信号包括第一路处理信号、第二路处理信号、第三路处理信号和第四路处理信号,其中,所述第一路处理信号和所述第三路处理信号相同,所述第二路处理信号和所述第四路处理信号相同,所述第一路处理信号为对所述第一路基带信号和所述第三路基带信号进行叠加得到的,所述第二路处理信号为对所述第二路基带信号和所述第四路基带信号进行叠加得到的;预编码处理单元,用于对所述VAM处理单元得到的所述四路处理信号进行预编码处理,得到四路编码信号;发送单元,用于通过四个射频端口向移动终端发送所述预编码处理单元得到的所述四路编码信号,其中,所述四个射频端口与所述四路编码信号一一对应。
- 如权利要求6-8中任一项所述的基站,其特征在于,所述基站为长期演进LTE中的演进型基站eNB。
- 如权利要求6-9中任一项所述的基站,其特征在于,所述基站包括:确定单元,用于根据配置信息和射频通道能够提供的功率确定使用所述VAM矩阵对所述第一路基带信号、所述第二路基带信号、所述第三路基带信号和所述第四路基带信号进行处理。
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