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Apparatus and method for transmitting muting information, and apparatus and method for acquiring channel state using same

US9742542B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 13, 2016
Grant dateAug 22, 2017
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 13, 2036

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W52/42
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and a method for transmitting muting information in a wireless communication system, and to an apparatus and a method for acquiring channel state using same. In an exemplary embodiment, muting information includes: a first data field, having a serving cell for receiving from peripheral cells in a multi-cell environment, at least one of a CSI-RS pattern, the number of CSI-RS antenna ports, a CSI-RS duty cycle, and CSI-RS transmission subframe offset information, and using same for expressing the cycle and the offset of muting subframes, which pertain to information on a resource block that can generate interference between the peripheral cells and CSI-RS; and a second data field for expressing a specific muting pattern, which must be muted within the muting subframes, having either 12 bits or 28 bits that display muting application in a bitmap format.

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