Patent classifications
H04B7/022
Selectable band suppression for a distributed antenna system
In one embodiment, a distributed antenna system comprises at least one master unit; at least one remote antenna unit coupled to the master unit and comprising a power amplifier to radiate a remote downlink radio frequency signal, the remote antenna unit further configured to receive a remote uplink radio frequency signal from at least one antenna, the remote downlink radio frequency signal comprises first and second downlink frequency bands and wherein the remote uplink radio frequency signal comprises first and second uplink frequency bands; a band suppression module comprising: a controller; an uplink band suppression element configured to apply an attenuation to suppress the first uplink frequency band in response to a signal from the controller; and a downlink band suppression element configured to apply an attenuation to suppress the first downlink frequency band in response to the signal from the band suppression controller.
Selectable band suppression for a distributed antenna system
In one embodiment, a distributed antenna system comprises at least one master unit; at least one remote antenna unit coupled to the master unit and comprising a power amplifier to radiate a remote downlink radio frequency signal, the remote antenna unit further configured to receive a remote uplink radio frequency signal from at least one antenna, the remote downlink radio frequency signal comprises first and second downlink frequency bands and wherein the remote uplink radio frequency signal comprises first and second uplink frequency bands; a band suppression module comprising: a controller; an uplink band suppression element configured to apply an attenuation to suppress the first uplink frequency band in response to a signal from the controller; and a downlink band suppression element configured to apply an attenuation to suppress the first downlink frequency band in response to the signal from the band suppression controller.
Supporting uplink transmissions
Apparatuses and methods supporting uplink transmissions are disclosed. A method includes receiving signaling including information indicating a primary cell and at least one non-primary cell, receiving a message with scheduling information indicating an allocation of uplink resources and a HARQ process ID, and transmitting to at least the one non-primary cell an uplink transmission using a HARQ process indicated by the HARQ process ID and the allocation of uplink resources. Another method includes transmitting signaling including information indicating a primary cell and at least one non-primary cell, transmitting a message with scheduling information indicating an allocation of uplink resources and a HARQ process ID to a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), and receiving an uplink transmission using a HARQ process indicated by the HARQ process ID and the allocation of uplink resources on at least the one non-primary cell.
Measurement gap configuration for multi-TRP antenna calibration
A base station may perform online calibration of antenna elements at two or more transmission reception points (TRPs) based on measurements by one or more user equipment (UEs). The base station may transmit a request for the one or more UEs to perform antenna calibration measurements, for the two or more TRPs, during measurement gaps. The base station may coordinate, among the two or more TRPs, transmission of reference signals during the measurement gaps. The base station may receive a report based on the antenna calibration measurements from the one or more UEs. The base station may calibrate one or more antenna elements of the two or more TRPs based on the antenna calibration measurements.
PER-PHYSICAL CELL IDENTIFIER CONFIGURATION
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a plurality of configurations corresponding to a plurality of physical cell identifiers (PCIs), wherein the plurality of PCIs are associated with a serving cell, and wherein the plurality of configurations are based at least in part on respective transmit receive points (TRPs) and indicate synchronization signal block configurations of the plurality of PCIs; receive information indicating an TRP, of the respective TRPs, or a PCI corresponding to the TRP; and perform a communication with the TRP based at least in part on the PCI in accordance with a configuration, of the plurality of configurations, corresponding to the PCI. Numerous other aspects are provided.
IMPROVED BEAM MANAGEMENT IN CELLULAR COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method comprising, determining at least one anchor control resource set among a plurality of control resource sets, wherein each of the at least one anchor control resource set defines a spatial source for multiple signal types, said multiple signal types comprising different downlink and uplink signals and channels, determining whether or not a given signal type is to inherit a spatial source of one of the at least one anchor control resource set and applying, in case of a positive determination, the spatial source of the at least one anchor control resource set for at least one signal of the given signal type.
SUPPORTING MULTI-SIGNAL SOURCE COMMUNICATIONS IN A DISTRIBUTED COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM
Supporting multi-signal source communications in a distributed communications system (DCS) is disclosed. The DCS includes a routing circuit configured to route downlink and uplink communications signals between multiple signal sources and a number of remote units. In examples disclosed herein, the routing circuit and each of the remote units are functionally divided based on an open radio access network (O-RAN) Split 7.2 configuration. To support downlink communications from multiple signal sources, the routing circuit generates a downlink frequency-domain communications signal, which includes one or more selected logical channels associated with one or more of the multiple signal sources, for each of the remote units in the DCS. Accordingly, each remote unit converts the downlink frequency-domain communications signal into a downlink time-domain communications signal for transmission in a downlink radio frequency (RF) communications signal. As such, it may be possible to improve scalability while reducing cost and space of the DCS.
SUPPORTING MULTI-SIGNAL SOURCE COMMUNICATIONS IN A DISTRIBUTED COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM
Supporting multi-signal source communications in a distributed communications system (DCS) is disclosed. The DCS includes a routing circuit configured to route downlink and uplink communications signals between multiple signal sources and a number of remote units. In examples disclosed herein, the routing circuit and each of the remote units are functionally divided based on an open radio access network (O-RAN) Split 7.2 configuration. To support downlink communications from multiple signal sources, the routing circuit generates a downlink frequency-domain communications signal, which includes one or more selected logical channels associated with one or more of the multiple signal sources, for each of the remote units in the DCS. Accordingly, each remote unit converts the downlink frequency-domain communications signal into a downlink time-domain communications signal for transmission in a downlink radio frequency (RF) communications signal. As such, it may be possible to improve scalability while reducing cost and space of the DCS.
CSI reporting for multiple TRP transmission/panel
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods, devices and apparatuses of channel state information (CSI) reporting for multiple reception point (TRP) transmission. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method may include transmitting a first CSI report on a first TRP of multiple TRPs serving a terminal device for a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resource set for CSI acquisition. The method may further include transmitting a second CSI report on a second TRP of the multiple TRPs serving the terminal device for the CSI-RS resource set. With embodiments of the present disclosure, it is possible to support CSI reporting for multiple TRP transmission.
BEAM FAILURE RECOVERY IN A CELL THAT INCLUDES MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION POINTS
The present application relates to beam failure recovery in a cell that includes multiple transmission and reception points (TRPs). In an example, a UE can perform a beam failure detection (BFD) procedure to detect, per TRP, whether a beam failure occurs. The UE can also perform one or more beam failure recovery (BFR) procedures based on the number of beam failures, the type of cell, and/or other related information.