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Method and apparatus for providing channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) configuration information in a wireless communication system supporting multiple antennas

US8989114B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 16, 2011
Grant dateMar 24, 2015
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Expiry dateAug 14, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W88/08
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving a Channel State Information-Reference Signal (CSI-RS) in a wireless communication system supporting multiple antennas are disclosed. The method includes transmitting, at a base station, information of one or more CSI-RS configurations to a mobile station, wherein the one or more CSI-RS configurations include one CSI-RS configuration for which the mobile station assumes non-zero transmission power for CSI-RS, transmitting, at the base station, information indicating a CSI-RS configuration for which the mobile station assumes zero transmission power for the CSI-RS among the one or more CSI-RS configurations to the mobile station, mapping, at the base station, CSI-RSs to resource elements of a downlink subframe based on the one or more CSI-RS configurations, and transmitting, at the base station, the downlink subframe mapped with the CSI-RSs to the mobile station.

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