Transmitting Apparatus Reference Signal Arrangement Optimization

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Solution Overview

Problem

In OFDM transmission schemes, increasing the number of reference signals in the frequency and time domains improves channel estimation accuracy but reduces transmission efficiency, and an optimal density of reference signals is required based on the channel state to prevent reductions in communication quality and efficiency.

Innovation Solution

A transmitting apparatus that allocates resource blocks for reference signals based on the channel state and information from adjacent cells, optimizing the arrangement to balance channel estimation accuracy and data transmission efficiency.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If the number of reference signals is increased to improve channel estimation accuracy, then channel estimation accuracy is improved, but transmission efficiency is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvechannel estimation accuracyVSAvoidtransmission efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent dynamically changes the density parameter of reference signals based on channel state conditions. When channel frequency selectivity is high, reference signal density is increased to improve estimation accuracy; when frequency selectivity is low, density is reduced to maintain transmission efficiency. This parameter adaptation resolves the contradiction by making reference signal density conditional rather than fixed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The system transitions from a static reference signal configuration to a dynamic one where the density of reference signals is adjusted in real-time based on channel state feedback and frequency selectivity measurements. This dynamic adaptation allows the system to optimize the balance between channel estimation accuracy and transmission efficiency according to current channel conditions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Measurement precision

If the density of reference signals is increased beyond what is necessary for the channel state, then channel estimation accuracy is improved, but transmission efficiency is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvechannel estimation accuracyVSAvoidtransmission efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements partial action by providing reference signals only to the extent necessary for the given channel conditions. Instead of uniformly high density across all scenarios, the system applies reference signals selectively based on measured frequency selectivity, avoiding excessive reference signal placement when channel conditions do not require high density, thus preventing unnecessary transmission efficiency loss.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Solution Approach 2:

The system applies different reference signal densities to different frequency regions or resource blocks based on local channel characteristics. Areas with high frequency selectivity receive higher reference signal density for accurate estimation, while areas with low frequency selectivity use lower density to preserve transmission efficiency. This localized quality adjustment resolves the contradiction by matching reference signal density to local channel needs.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Productivity

If the density of reference signals is decreased to improve transmission efficiency, then transmission efficiency is improved, but communication quality is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetransmission efficiencyVSAvoidcommunication quality
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically adjusts reference signal density parameters based on channel state assessments. When frequency selectivity is low, the density parameter is reduced to improve transmission efficiency while maintaining sufficient estimation accuracy for acceptable communication quality. When frequency selectivity increases, the parameter is raised to preserve communication quality, thus resolving the contradiction through adaptive parameter control.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses feedback from channel state measurements and quality metrics to adjust reference signal density. By monitoring communication quality indicators and frequency selectivity, the system can increase reference signal density when quality degradation is detected, ensuring that transmission efficiency gains do not come at the cost of unacceptable quality reduction.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS11303406B2Transmitting apparatus and receiving apparatus
Publication Date: 2022.04.12 MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP
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AI summary

The base station allocates, to one terminal, at least one transmission layer and allocates at least one resource block that is a minimum allocation unit of a communication resource in each transmission layer, to transmit a signal to the terminal, and includes processing units each associated with one of the transmission layers, the processing units being equal in number to the transmission layers. Each processing unit includes a reference signal generation unit to generate a reference signal to be used by the terminal in demodulation processing on a received signal, and an information processing unit to determine an arrangement of the resource block in which to transmit the reference signal to the terminal, based on at least one of a state of a channel between the base station and the terminal or information on the resource block to be used in transmission of the reference signal in an adjacent cell.