US 9,425,880 B2 · Apparatus and method for transmitting signal in a wireless communication system

Abstract

An apparatus and method for transmitting a signal needed for beam acquisition in a wireless communication system operating in a super-high frequency band are provided, in which a small reference modulation symbol length relative to a data modulation symbol length is determined, taking into account a communication characteristic of a Mobile Station (MS), a data modulation symbol generated by modulating a data signal using a predetermined modulation scheme is transmitted according to the determined data modulation symbol length, and a reference modulation symbol generated by modulating a reference signal using the predetermined modulation scheme is transmitted according to the determined reference modulation symbol length.

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Dependent claims

A method for transmitting a signal by a transmission apparatus in a wireless communication system supporting communication in a high frequency band, the method comprising:

identifying a number of reference modulation symbols to transmit and a reference modulation symbol length;
transmitting a data modulation symbol generated by modulating a data signal using a first modulation scheme, according to a data modulation symbol length;
and
transmitting reference modulation symbols generated by modulating a reference signal using a second modulation scheme, according to the identified number and the identified reference modulation symbol length,
wherein the identified reference modulation symbol length is shorter than the data modulation symbol length, and the number of reference modulation symbols can be determined based on the data modulation symbol length.

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A transmission apparatus for transmitting a signal in a wireless communication system supporting communication in a super-high frequency band, the transmission apparatus comprising:

a modulator configured to generate a data modulation symbol by modulating a data signal using a first modulation scheme, according to a data modulation symbol length, and to generate reference modulation symbols by modulating a reference signal using a second modulation scheme, according to a reference modulation symbol length;
a controller configured to identify a number of the reference modulation symbols to transmit and the reference modulation symbol length;
and
a transmitter configured to transmit the generated data modulation symbol and the generated reference modulation symbols of the identified number,
wherein the identified reference modulation symbol length is shorter than the data modulation symbol length, and the number of reference modulation symbols can be determined based on the data modulation symbol length.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Apparatus and method for transmitting signal in a wireless communication system

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Apparatus and method for transmitting signal in a wireless communication system

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