1. A contactless loop probe for the contactless coupling-out of an RF signal for a contactless measuring system, comprising at least one coupling structure and at least one first signal conductor or guide which is electrically connected to the coupling structure by a first transition and which is electrically connected by a second transition to an output for electrical connection to the measuring system, the coupling structure forming an RF waveguide having at least one signal conductor or guide and at least one reference conductor or guide, wherein the coupling structure includes a planar strip line or a coplanar line, with the signal conductor or guide forming a first planar conductor and the reference conductor or guide forming a second planar conductor, the loop probe having a housing and all the above-mentioned parts being arranged on or in the housing of the loop probe.
2. The contactless loop probe of claim 1 including having the coupling structure, the first transition, the first signal conductor or guide, the second transition and the output impedance-controlled such that impedances are matched to one another resulting in a high input return loss and a high directional effect are obtained.
3. The contactless loop probe of claim 1 including the at least one first signal conductor or guide forming an RF signal line, an RF signal line for a co-axial line, a planar strip line, a coplanar line, or a hollow waveguide.
4. The contactless loop probe of claim 1 including having either the first or second transition, or both, forming a planar transition, a co-axial transition, a coplanar transition, a hollow waveguide transition, a planar-co-axial transition, a planar-hollow waveguide transition, a co-axial-hollow waveguide transition, a coplanar-co-axial transition, a coplanar-hollow waveguide transition, or a planar-coplanar transition.
5. The contactless loop probe of claim 1, wherein the coupling structure includes two ends, one end being electrically connected to the first signal conductor or guide and the other end being electrically connected to a terminating resistor or impedance.
6. The contactless loop probe of claim 1, wherein the coupling structure includes two ends, each end being electrically connected to a first signal conductor or guide.
7. The contactless loop probe of claim 1 including at least one output forming an RF signal line, an RF signal line for a co-axial line, a planar strip line, a coplanar line or a hollow waveguide.
8. The contactless loop probe of claim 1 including two or more coupling structures, every two coupling structures being electrically connected together by a second signal line and respective first transitions.
9. The contactless loop probe of claim 8 including at least one second signal line forming an RF signal line, an RF signal line of a co-axial line, a planar strip line, a coplanar line, or a hollow waveguide.
10. The contactless loop probe of claim 1 including a device for determining the distance at which the coupling structure is situated from a conductor or guide emitting a near field.
11. The contactless loop probe of claim 10 wherein the device for determining the distance comprises an optical, electrical, mechanical, or electromechanical distance sensor, or any combination thereof.
12. The contactless loop probe of claim 1 including a device for determining the position of the loop probe in space.
13. The contactless loop probe of claim 12, wherein the device for determining the position of the loop probe in space includes an image sensor.
14. The contactless loop probe of claim 1 wherein the housing includes a sheath of ferrite material or an absorbent material.
15. The contactless loop probe of claim 1 wherein the housing includes a mounting for fastening it to the measuring system.
16. The contactless loop probe of claim 1 wherein the housing includes metal, plastics material, or an absorbent material.
17. The contactless loop probe of claim 1 wherein the first transition, the second transition, or both, form a soldered, brazed, welded or adhesive-bonded electrical connection.
18. The contactless loop probe of claim 1 including a measurement amplifier for amplifying the coupled-out signals.
19. The contactless loop probe of claim 1 including a positioning arrangement for positioning it in space.
20. The contactless loop probe of claim 19 wherein the positioning arrangement includes at least one positioning motor.
21. The contactless loop probe of claim 2 including the at least one first signal conductor or guide forming an RF signal line, an RF signal line for a co-axial line, a planar strip line, a coplanar line, or a hollow waveguide.
22. The contactless loop probe of claim 21 including having either the first or second transition, or both, take the form of a planar transition, a co-axial transition, a coplanar transition, a hollow waveguide transition, a planar-co-axial transition, a planar-hollow waveguide transition, a co-axial-hollow waveguide transition, a coplanar-co-axial transition, a coplanar-hollow waveguide transition, or a planar-coplanar transition.
23. The contactless loop probe of claim 2, wherein the coupling structure includes two ends, one end being electrically connected to the first signal conductor or guide and the other end being electrically connected to a terminating resistor or impedance.
24. The contactless loop probe of claim 22, wherein the coupling structure includes two ends, one end being electrically connected to the first signal conductor or guide and the other end being electrically connected to a terminating resistor or impedance.
25. The contactless loop probe of claim 22, wherein the coupling structure includes two ends, each end being electrically connected to a first signal conductor or guide.
26. The contactless loop probe of claim 5 including at least one output forming an RF signal line, an RF signal line for a co-axial line, a planar strip line, a coplanar line or a hollow waveguide.
27. The contactless loop probe of claim 6 including at least one output forming an RF signal line, an RF signal line for a co-axial line, a planar strip line, a coplanar line or a hollow waveguide.
28. The contactless loop probe of claim 22 including at least one output forming an RF signal line, an RF signal line for a co-axial line, a planar strip line, a coplanar line or a hollow waveguide.
29. The contactless loop probe of claim 2 including two or more coupling structures, every two coupling structures being electrically connected together by a second signal line and respective first transitions.
30. The contactless loop probe of claim 22 including two or more coupling structures, every two coupling structures being electrically connected together by a second signal line and respective first transitions.
31. The contactless loop probe of claim 26 including two or more coupling structures, every two coupling structures being electrically connected together by a second signal line and respective first transitions.
32. The contactless loop probe of claim 27 including two or more coupling structures, every two coupling structures being electrically connected together by a second signal line and respective first transitions.
33. The contactless loop probe of claim 30 including a device for determining the distance at which the coupling structure is situated from a conductor or guide emitting a near field.
34. The contactless loop probe of claim 33 wherein the device for determining the distance comprises an optical, electrical, mechanical, or electromechanical distance sensor, or any combination thereof.
35. The contactless loop probe of claim 30 including a measurement amplifier for amplifying the coupled-out signals.
36. The contactless loop probe of claim 33 including a positioning arrangement for positioning it in space.
37. The contactless loop probe of claim 36 wherein the positioning arrangement includes at least one positioning motor.
38. The contactless loop probe of claim 20 wherein the positioning arrangement includes a stepping motor.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A terminal comprising:
a receiving section that receives a reference signal transmitted from a specific transmission point and control information, and that receives a signal transmitted from a transmission point other than the specific transmission point using resources including a resource of a first number and a resource of a second number, the first number being identified by the control information from among a reference signal resource group, the second number being distanced from the first number by a predetermined number;
a generating section that generates channel information using the reference signal and the signal; and
a transmitting section that transmits the generated channel information.
2. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the resources include a first resource which is part of the resource of the first number and a second resource which is part of the resource of the second number.
3. The terminal according to claim 2, wherein:
each resource of the resource group includes resource elements distributed over a plurality of subcarriers within an identical symbol in units of two consecutive symbols; and
the first resource and the second resource each include resource elements of mutually different subcarriers and of mutually different symbols.
4. The terminal according to claim 2, wherein:
each resource of the resource group includes resource elements distributed over a plurality of subcarriers within an identical symbol in units of two consecutive symbols; and
the first resource and the second resource each include resource elements distributed over mutually different subcarriers within one of the two symbols.
5. The terminal according to claim 4, wherein one of the first resource and the second resource includes resource elements of a leading symbol of the two symbols and the other one of the first resource and the second resource includes resource elements of a last symbol of the two symbols.
6. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the resource of the first number and the resource of the second number include resource elements of different symbols that are not adjacent to each other.
7. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the number of resource elements included in the resources is identical to the number of resource elements included in a resource used for transmission of the reference signal.
8. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the control information is information indicating the first number.
9. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the control information is bitmap information indicating which resource is the resource of the first number among the resource group.
10. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the control information is information indicating the first number and the predetermined number, and is information indicating, when the predetermined is changed, only the changed predetermined number.
11. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein a least common multiple of a transmission period of the reference signal and a period in which the resources are configured is equal to or greater than a predetermined value.
12. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein:
each resource of the resource group includes resource elements in units of two consecutive symbols on a single subcarrier within an identical symbol; and
one of the first resource and the second resource includes a resource element of a leading symbol of the two symbols and the other one of the first resource and the second resource includes a resource element of a last symbol of the two symbols.
13. The terminal according to claim 12, wherein:
the receiving section receives a known signal transmitted from the specific transmission point; and
the generating section generates channel information using the reference signal, the signal and the known signal.
14. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein:
each resource of the resource group includes resource elements distributed over a plurality of subcarriers within an identical symbol in units of two consecutive symbols; and
the first resource and the second resource each include resource elements in mutually different resource blocks.
15. The terminal according to claim 14, wherein:
the first resource includes resource elements distributed in one of the two symbols and the other one of the two symbols of a resource block different from that of the one of the two symbols; and
the second resource includes resource elements that are of a symbol different from that of the first resource and that are distributed over one of the two symbols and the other one of the two symbols of the resource block different from that of the one of the two symbols.
16. The terminal according to claim 12, wherein the resources include different resource elements between subframes distanced by a transmission period.
17. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the generating section generates the channel information using the control information temporally close to the reference signal.
18. A base station comprising:
a configuration section that configures a resource of a first number from among a reference signal resource group;
a transmitting section that transmits control information including the first number to a terminal; and
a receiving section that receives channel information generated using a signal transmitted from a transmission point other than a specific transmission point and a reference signal transmitted from the specific transmission point in the terminal, the signal from the transmission point other than the specific transmission point being transmitted using resources including the resource of the first number identified by the control information and a resource of a second number distanced from the first number by a predetermined number.
19. A transmission method comprising:
receiving a reference signal transmitted from a specific transmission point and control information, and receiving a signal transmitted from a transmission point other than the specific transmission point using resources including a resource of a first number and a resource of a second number, the first number being identified by the control information from among a reference signal resource group, the second number being distanced from the first number by a predetermined number;
generating channel information using the reference signal and the signal; and
transmitting the generated channel information.
20. A reception method comprising:
configuring a resource of a first number from among a reference signal resource group;
transmitting control information including the first number to a terminal; and
receiving channel information generated using a signal transmitted from a transmission point other than a specific transmission point and a reference signal transmitted from the specific transmission point in the terminal, the signal from the transmission point other than the specific transmission point being transmitted using resources including the resource of the first number identified by the control information and a resource of a second number distanced from the first number by a predetermined number.