# US 9,520,929 B2 · Communication control method, user terminal, and base station > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,520,929 B2 - Document ID: US9520929B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/381,078 - Filed: 2013-02-27 - Published: 2015-02-12 - Granted: 2016-12-13 - Earliest claimed: 2012-02-29 - Assignees: KYOCERA Corporation - Applicants: Kyocera Corporation - Inventors: Chiharu Yamazaki - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9520929B2 ## CPC - H04B 7/0632: {Channel quality parameters, e.g. channel quality indicator [CQI]} - H04B 7/0452: Multi-user MIMO systems - H04B 7/0478: {Special codebook structures directed to feedback optimisation} - H04W 16/28: using beam steering - H04W 28/16: Central resource management; Negotiation of resources or communication parameters, e.g. negotiating bandwidth or QoS [Quality of Service] - H04B: TRANSMISSION - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A communication control method is applied to a mobile communication system including a base station that transmits a downlink signal through a plurality of antenna ports, and a user terminal that feeds back precoder matrix information to the base station, the downlink signal being precoded using a precoder matrix, the precoder matrix information indicating a precoder matrix preferred to be used in a downlink. The communication control method comprises: a step A of notifying, by the user terminal, the base station of antenna port information indicating an antenna port with low degree of contribution at a time of transmission from the base station when the precoder matrix information is fed back to the base station. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A communication control method, which is applied to a mobile communication system including a base station and a user terminal, the communication control method comprising: receiving, by the user terminal, a downlink reference signal transmitted from the base station, the base station transmitting the downlink reference signal through a plurality of antenna ports; transmitting, by the user terminal, precoder matrix information, antenna port information, and channel quality information to the base station, wherein the precoder matrix information indicates a precoder matrix preferred to be used in a downlink, the antenna port information indicates an antenna port with low degree of contribution, the antenna port with low degree of contribution being an antenna port amongst the plurality of antenna ports, wherein a received power of the downlink reference signal associated with the antenna port with low degree of contribution, measured by the user terminal, is low in comparison with received powers associated with other antenna ports of the plurality of antenna ports, and the channel quality information indicates a modulation scheme and coding rate preferred to be used in the downlink, the channel quality information being corrected in correspondence with an anticipated quality deterioration related to the antenna port with low degree of contribution. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The communication control method according to claim 1, further comprising: instructing, by the base station, the user terminal to transmit the antenna port information and in the transmitting, transmitting, by the user terminal, the antenna port information based on the instruction from the base station. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The communication control method according to claim 1, wherein a number of antenna ports selectable as the antenna port with low degree of contribution is determined based on a number of antenna ports of the base station. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The communication control method according to claim 1, wherein the antenna port with low degree of contribution is determined based on received power of each downlink reference signal that is received by the user terminal from the base station for each of the plurality of antenna ports. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The communication control method according to claim 1, further comprising: notifying, by the base station, the user terminal of transmission precoder matrix information indicating a precoder matrix used when the base station transmits a downlink signal, wherein in the notifying, the transmission precoder matrix information to be transmitted to the user terminal is determined on the basis of the precoder matrix information received at the base station from the user terminal. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The communication control method according to claim 1, wherein the preferred precoder matrix is for configuring a beam to be directed toward the user terminal. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The communication control method according to claim 1, wherein the preferred precoder matrix is for configuring a null to be directed toward the user terminal. ### Claim 8 A user terminal, comprising: a receiver configured to receive a downlink reference signal transmitted from a base station, the base station transmitting the downlink reference signal through a plurality of antenna ports; a transmitter configured to transmit precoder matrix information, antenna port information, and channel quality information to the base station, wherein the precoder matrix information indicates a precoder matrix preferred to be used in a downlink, the antenna port information indicates an antenna port with low degree of contribution, the antenna port with low degree of contribution being an antenna port amongst the plurality of antenna ports, wherein a received power of the downlink reference signal associated with the antenna port with low degree of contribution, measured by the user terminal, is low in comparison with received powers associated with other antenna ports of the plurality of antenna ports, and the channel quality information indicates a modulation scheme and coding rate preferred to be used in the downlink, the channel quality information being corrected in correspondence with an anticipated quality deterioration related to the antenna port with low degree of contribution. ### Claim 9 A base station, comprising: a transmitter configured to transmit a downlink reference signal to a user terminal through a plurality of antenna ports, a receiver configured to receive precoder matrix information, antenna port information, and channel quality information from the user terminal, wherein the precoder matrix information indicates a precoder matrix preferred to be used in a downlink, the antenna port information indicates an antenna port with low degree of contribution, the antenna port with low degree of contribution being an antenna port amongst the plurality of antenna ports, wherein a received power of the downlink reference signal associated with the antenna port with low degree of contribution, measured by the user terminal, is low in comparison with received powers associated with other antenna ports of the plurality of antenna ports, and the channel quality information indicates a modulation scheme and coding rate preferred to be used in the downlink, the channel quality information being corrected in correspondence with an anticipated quality deterioration related to the antenna port with low degree of contribution. ### Claim 10 A mobile communication system comprising: a base station that performs downlink transmission by applying a precoder matrix for determining downlink transmission directionality; and a user terminal that feeds back plural pieces of precoder matrix information corresponding to one frequency band to the base station, wherein the user terminal further feeds back channel quality information to the base station, the channel quality information indicating a modulation scheme and coding rate preferred to be used in a downlink, and the channel quality information is determined based on a precoder matrix information which is not preferred among the plural pieces of precoder matrix information. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The mobile communication system according to claim 10, wherein the base station uses each of the plural pieces of precoder matrix information to determine a precoder matrix to be applied to downlink transmission to the user terminal, and wherein each of the plural pieces of precoder matrix information indicates a precoder matrix preferred to the user terminal. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The mobile communication system according to claim 11, wherein the precoder matrix preferred to the user terminal is for configuring a beam to be directed toward the user terminal. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The mobile communication system according to claim 11, wherein the plural pieces of precoder matrix information includes the most preferred n (n≧2) pieces of precoder matrix information. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The mobile communication system according to claim 13, wherein a value of the n is directed from the base station. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The mobile communication system according to claim 10, wherein the base station uses each of the plural pieces of precoder matrix information to determine a precoder matrix to be applied to downlink transmission to a different user terminal from the user terminal, and wherein each of the plural pieces of precoder matrix information indicates a precoder matrix preferred to the user terminal. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The mobile communication system according to claim 15, wherein the precoder matrix preferred to the user terminal is for configuring a null to be directed toward the user terminal. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The mobile communication system according to claim 15, wherein the plural pieces of precoder matrix information includes the most preferred n (n≧2) pieces of precoder matrix information. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The mobile communication system according to claim 17, wherein a value of the n is directed from the base station. ### Claim 19 (depends on 10) The mobile communication system according to claim 10, wherein the base station uses each of the plural pieces of precoder matrix information to determine a precoder matrix to be applied to downlink transmission to a different user terminal from the user terminal, and wherein each of the plural pieces of precoder matrix information indicates a precoder matrix not preferred to the user terminal. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The mobile communication system according to claim 19, wherein the precoder matrix not preferred to the user terminal is for configuring a beam to be directed toward the user terminal. ### Claim 21 (depends on 19) The mobile communication system according to claim 19, wherein the plural pieces of precoder matrix information includes the least preferred n (n≧2) pieces of precoder matrix information. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The mobile communication system according to claim 21, wherein a value of the n is directed from the base station. ### Claim 23 (depends on 10) The mobile communication system according to claim 10, wherein the base station configures a serving cell of the user terminal or a cell adjacent to the serving cell. ### Claim 24 A user terminal in a mobile communication system, comprising: a receiver configured to receive a radio signal from a base station; and a transmitter configured to feed back plural pieces of precoder matrix information corresponding to one frequency band to the base station, the base station performing downlink transmission by applying a precoder matrix for determining downlink transmission directionality, wherein the transmitter is further configured to feed back channel quality information to the base station, the channel quality information indicating a modulation scheme and coding rate preferred to be used in a downlink, and the channel quality information is determined based on a precoder matrix information which is not preferred among the plural pieces of precoder matrix information. ### Claim 25 A base station, in a mobile communication system, comprising: a controller configured to perform downlink transmission by applying a precoder matrix for determining downlink transmission directionality; a transmitter configured to transmit a radio signal to a user terminal; and a receiver configured to receive, plural pieces of precoder matrix information corresponding to one frequency band, which is fed back from the user terminal, wherein the receiver is further configured to receive channel quality information fed back from the user terminal, the channel quality information indicating a modulation scheme and coding rate preferred, by the user terminal, to be used in a downlink, and the channel quality information is determined based on a precoder matrix information which is not preferred by the user terminal, among the plural pieces of precoder matrix information.