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LTE-Advanced will extend the downlink reference signal structure of Rel-8 LTE. In particular, a userspecific<br />
demodulation reference signal for each layer has been proposed. This reference signal will be<br />
mutually orthogonal between the layers at the eNB. Moreover, cell-specific reference signals that are<br />
sparse in frequency and time targeted for CSI estimation have also been proposed.<br />
More specifically in LTE Rel-10, a new transmission mode (TM-9) is defined supporting SU-MIMO up to<br />
rank 8 and dynamic switching between SU and MU-MIMO. Downlink Control Information (DCI) format 2C<br />
is used and 3-bits are used as shown in the following table to index the combination of layer, antenna port<br />
and scrambling identity.<br />
Table 7.1. Antenna Port(s), Scrambling Identity and Number of Layers Indication for<br />
Format 2C of TM-9 115<br />
The Channel State Information (CSI) reporting is also planned to be enhanced with multiple reporting<br />
modes supporting CSI via PUCCH and PUSCH. Precoding Matrix Index (PMI) granularity, Channel<br />
Quality Indications (CQI) subband reporting, multistage reporting methods are among the topics<br />
discussed in the modes of configuring CSI reports.<br />
In terms of reference signals, the CSI-RS is defined to help the UE estimate the <strong>DL</strong> channel. Its<br />
configuration is cell-specific and up to eight CSI RS ports can be used. In TM-9 the UE may use the CSI-<br />
RS only for channel estimation. For CQI feedback it may use CRS and/or CSI-RS. For TM1-TM8 it<br />
continues to use CRS for channel estimation.<br />
7.1.4 RELAYING<br />
Recently, there has been an upsurge of interest on multi-hop transmission in LTE-Advanced.<br />
Consequently, the concept of Relay Node (RN) has been introduced in LTE Rel-10 to enable<br />
115 Table 5.3.3.1.5C-1, 3GPP TS 36.212<br />
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