Systems and methods are disclosed herein that related to determining and using a codebook in a virtualized Active Antenna System (AAS). In some embodiments, a first radio node that is configured to communicate with a second radio node comprises a radio interface and processing circuitry configured to transform a first codebook that is in a non-virtualized antenna domain to a second codebook that is in a virtualized antenna domain based on a port to antenna mapping matrix used to transform a signal from the virtualized antenna domain to the non-virtualized antenna domain prior to transmission of the signal in a corresponding virtualized cell or sector. The processing circuitry is further configured to receive a transmit signal from the second radio node to thereby provide a received signal and perform Precoding Matrix Indication (PMI) estimation based on the received signal using the second codebook in the virtualized antenna domain.

A method for operating a user equipment (UE) comprises receiving configuration information for at least one channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resource that comprises P.sub.CSIRS CSI-RS ports; receiving configuration information for channel state information (CSI) feedback that is based on Q precoding dimensions, wherein: there is a mapping between the P.sub.CSIRS CSI-RS ports and the Q precoding dimensions, and P.sub.CSIRSQ; measuring the P.sub.CSIRS CSI-RS ports; determining a measurement for the Q precoding dimensions based on the mapping and the measurement for the P.sub.CSIRS CSI-RS ports; determining a CSI feedback based on the measurement for the Q precoding dimensions; and transmitting, over an uplink (UL) channel, the determined CSI feedback.

The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for transmitting a reference signal, the method of a terminal according to the present invention comprising: receiving, through a higher layer signaling, configuration information including first information indicating one of a first demodulation reference signal (DMRS)-related table and a second DMRS-related table; receiving control information including second information on DMRS information; analyzing, based on the second information, a DMRS-related table indicated by the first information; and receiving a DMRS based on the result of the analysis.

Disclosed are a codebook-based signal transmission and reception method in a multi-antenna wireless communication system and an apparatus therefor. Specifically, a method for transmitting or receiving a signal on the basis of a codebook by a terminal in a 2-dimensional multi-antenna wireless communication system comprises the steps of: receiving a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) through a multi-antenna port from a base station; and reporting channel state information to the base station, wherein the channel state information may include a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) for indicating a precoding matrix, the PMI may include a first PMI for selecting a set of precoding matrixes from the codebook and a second PMI for selecting one precoding matrix from the set of precoding matrixes.

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a transmitter device may determine an adapted codebook for beamforming transmission based at least in part on an initial codebook and one or more spatial parameters, wherein the adapted codebook is associated with an adapted set of candidate beams with an adapted angular range that is different than an initial angular range of an initial set of candidate beams of the initial codebook. In some aspects, the transmitter device may transmit using at least one beam of the adapted set of candidate beams associated with the adapted angular range based at least in part on determining the adapted codebook. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Enhanced channel state information (CSI) feedback is disclosed for full dimensional multiple input, multiple output (FD-MIMO) operations. In one aspect, a single CSI process is defined that is configured with an azimuth and elevation CSI-reference signal (RS) ports. A user equipment (UE) will send a precoding matrix indictor (PMI) report including a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) for the azimuth ports and a PMI for the elevation ports. One of the PMIs is assigned a low rank. The base station will use the two PMIs to create a whole channel precoding matrix. In another aspect, a single CSI process is configured having a plurality of CSI-RS resources. The UE generates channel measurement information for each of the CSI-RS resources, but only sets a CSI report to the base station of a subset of the total number of resources.

An electronic device for a first communication device equipped with a plurality of antennas of a wireless communication system includes a processing circuit configured to configure a first transmission from the first communication device to a second communication device based on a plurality of sets of first sub-configuration parameters separately, so that a specific set of first sub-configuration parameters are determined based on information related to the first transmission; configure a second transmission from the first communication device to a second communication device based on a plurality of sets of second sub-configuration parameters separately; and configure a subsequent transmission from the first communication device to a second communication device based on a specific set of first configuration parameters which are determined based on combination of the specific set of first sub-configuration parameters and the specific set of second sub-configuration parameters.

The present invention relates to a base station in a wireless communication system which supports multi-antennas with multiple horizontal domains and multiple vertical domains. Particularly, the present invention comprises: a radio frequency unit and a processor, wherein the radio frequency unit comprises a first radio frequency (RF) chain and a second radio frequency (RF) chain which are connected to antenna elements corresponding to multiple vertical antennas with specific horizontal domains, wherein the processor, connected to the radio frequency unit, is configured to transmit reference signals, and wherein the first RF chain and the second RF chain are configured for different reference signals.

[Object] To provide a mechanism capable of more appropriately ascertaining an interference condition of a data signal.

[Solution] An apparatus includes: a processing unit that feeds back a channel quality indicator (CQI) of a serving base station, which is calculated on a basis of results of measuring reference signals received from the serving base station and a neighbor base station and information related to a power difference between the reference signal and a data signal of the neighbor base station, to the serving base station.

Enhanced channel state information (CSI) feedback is disclosed for full dimensional multiple input, multiple output (FD-MIMO) operations. In one aspect, a single CSI process is defined that is configured with an azimuth and elevation CSI-reference signal (RS) ports. A user equipment (UE) will send a precoding matrix indictor (PMI) report including a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) for the azimuth ports and a PMI for the elevation ports. One of the PMIs is assigned a low rank. The base station will use the two PMIs to create a whole channel precoding matrix. In another aspect, a single CSI process is configured having a plurality of CSI-RS resources. The UE generates channel measurement information for each of the CSI-RS resources, but only sets a CSI report to the base station of a subset of the total number of resources.