Patent ID: 8582605

Claim:
A method for mapping the initial location of a downlink pilot, comprising, acquiring a cell sequence number; mapping the cell sequence number to k; and setting an initial location of the downlink pilot on a first antenna as the k th sub-carrier; wherein the cell sequence number comprises a sequence number ID 1 of a cell group to which the cell belongs, and mapping the cell sequence number to k comprises: mapping ID 1 to k, ID 1 ={0,1, . . . ,166,167}, n is selected from {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, and mapping ID 1 to k comprises k=(ID 1 +n)mod 6, or, k=(floor(ID 1 /28)+n)mod 6; or, the cell sequence number comprises a sequence number ID 1 of a cell group to which the cell belongs and a sequence number ID 2 of the cell in the cell group, and mapping the cell sequence number to k comprises: mapping ID 1 and ID 2 to k, ID 1 ={0,1, . . . ,166,167}, ID 2 ={0,1,2}, n is selected from {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, k=(floor(ID/17)+n)mod 6 or k=(ID 1 mod 2+ID 2 ×2+n)mod 6 or, k=(ID+n)mod 6 wherein ID=ID 1 ×3+ID 2 .