H04L25/0256

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CALIBRATING MODULAR ANTENNA ARRAYS

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, causing a reference antenna element of a first set of antenna elements of a first antenna array to transmit a first signal, determining for each antenna element of a second set of antenna elements of a second antenna array, a receive-related offset, relative to the reference element, based on inter-element propagation delays between the first and second sets of elements, causing each antenna element of the second set of elements to transmit a respective second signal, based on the reference antenna element receiving the respective second signals, calculating a respective transmit-related offset for each antenna element of the second set of antenna elements relative to the reference antenna element based on the inter-element propagation delays, and performing calibration between the first antenna array and the second antenna array based on the respective receive-related and transmit-related offsets. Other embodiments are disclosed.

System and method for reduction in fronthaul interface bandwidth for cloud RAN
11812302 · 2023-11-07 · ·

There are provided systems, methods, and interfaces for optimization of the fronthaul interface bandwidth for Radio Access Networks and Cloud Radio Access Networks.

Method and apparatus for channel estimation for OFDM based single carrier system

The disclosure relates to a communication technique that converges a 5G communication system to support a higher data rate after a 4.sup.th Generation (4G) system with Internet of Things (IoT) technology, and a system thereof. The disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (e.g., smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, healthcare, digital education, retail, security and safety related services, or the like) based on 5.sup.th Generation (5G) communication technology and IoT related technology. In addition, the disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for reducing user equipment (UE) power consumption in a wireless communication system.

AI-AUGMENTED CHANNEL ESTIMATION
20230388158 · 2023-11-30 ·

A method includes determining estimated features comprising second order statistics based on at least one received signal. The method also includes classifying, using a machine learning network, each channel of the at least one received signal into a channel profile based on the estimated features. The method also includes obtaining multiple minimum mean square error (MMSE) channel estimation weights from a database based on the estimated features, the database storing (i) representative MMSE estimation weights and (ii) channel cluster representatives indexed by the estimated features. The method also includes applying a respective MMSE channel estimation weight for each channel.

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING UPLINK AND DOWNLINK WEIGHTS FOR ANTENNA ELEMENTS OF MODULAR ANTENNA ARRAYS

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving sounding reference signal (SRS) symbols from antenna elements of each of multiple modular antenna arrays, wherein the multiple modular antenna arrays are operatively combined to form a coherent antenna system, performing an uplink (UL) channel estimation and a downlink (DL) channel estimation, across a plurality of physical resource blocks (PRBs), based on the SRS symbols, calculating, for the antenna elements, a plurality of uplink (UL) combining weights based on the UL channel estimation and a plurality of downlink (DL) precoder weights based on the DL channel estimation, and causing the plurality of UL combining weights and the plurality of DL precoder weights to be applied to the antenna elements, thereby adjusting beamforming of the coherent antenna system. Other embodiments are disclosed.

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING A DOWNLINK CHANNEL

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving a plurality of orthogonal sounding reference signals (SRS) from a plurality of user equipment (UEs), wherein each SRS of the plurality of orthogonal SRS is provided by a respective UE of the plurality of UEs, determining a downlink (DL) channel, in frequency division duplex (FDD), using spatial correlations relating to the plurality of UEs, wherein the spatial correlations are based on the plurality of orthogonal SRS, calculating a plurality of DL precoding weights for a plurality of coherent modular antenna panels responsive to the determining the DL channel, and applying the plurality of DL precoding weights to the plurality of coherent modular antenna panels to enable multi-user (Mu)-multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) for the plurality of UEs. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Method and system for calibrating modular antenna arrays

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, causing a reference antenna element of a first set of antenna elements of a first antenna array to transmit a first signal, determining for each antenna element of a second set of antenna elements of a second antenna array, a receive-related offset, relative to the reference element, based on inter-element propagation delays between the first and second sets of elements, causing each antenna element of the second set of elements to transmit a respective second signal, based on the reference antenna element receiving the respective second signals, calculating a respective transmit-related offset for each antenna element of the second set of antenna elements relative to the reference antenna element based on the inter-element propagation delays, and performing calibration between the first antenna array and the second antenna array based on the respective receive-related and transmit-related offsets. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Method and system for uplink beam optimization and calibration

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining, over an uplink (UL) using an aggregation of modular antenna arrays, a modulated signal that includes feedback transmitted by a user equipment (UE), wherein the aggregation of modular antenna arrays comprises multiple groups of antenna elements, after the obtaining the modulated signal, performing a demodulation of the modulated signal, determining demodulator constellation errors from the demodulation of the modulated signal, performing an error gradient weight adaptation responsive to the determining the demodulator constellation errors to derive revised weights for various antenna elements of the multiple groups of antenna elements, and applying the revised weights to the various antenna elements of the multiple groups of antenna elements to adjust signals received over the UL. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Method and system for predicting a downlink channel

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving a plurality of orthogonal sounding reference signals (SRS) from a plurality of user equipment (UEs), wherein each SRS of the plurality of orthogonal SRS is provided by a respective UE of the plurality of UEs, determining a downlink (DL) channel, in frequency division duplex (FDD), using spatial correlations relating to the plurality of UEs, wherein the spatial correlations are based on the plurality of orthogonal SRS, calculating a plurality of DL precoding weights for a plurality of coherent modular antenna panels responsive to the determining the DL channel, and applying the plurality of DL precoding weights to the plurality of coherent modular antenna panels to enable multi-user (Mu)-multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) for the plurality of UEs. Other embodiments are disclosed.

REDUCTION AND/OR MITIGATION OF SPATIAL EMISSIONS IN MULTI-ANTENNA WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS FOR ADVANCED NETWORKS
20220303162 · 2022-09-22 ·

Facilitating the reduction and/or mitigation of spatial emissions in a multi antenna wireless communications system is provided herein. A system can comprise a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations that can comprise applying a first signal linearization to a first output signal of a first power amplifier based on a determination that an adjacent channel leakage ratio of the first output signal of the first power amplifier fails to satisfy a defined output value. The operations can also comprise applying a second signal linearization to a group of output signals of a group of power amplifiers for a defined azimuth direction associated with channel frequencies of the group of output signals and applying a third signal linearization to the group of output signals for a defined elevation direction associated with the channel frequencies of the group of output signals.