Patent classifications
H04L25/0256
METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION TRANSMISSION
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods, devices and computer readable media for Channel State Information (CSI) transmission. In example embodiments, a method for communication includes determining a payload of channel state information for at least one transmission layer, the at least one transmission layer used for communication between a terminal device and a network device; in response to a determination that the payload exceeds a capacity of available uplink resources, discarding a portion of the channel state information, the discarded portion at least comprising an indication specific to one of the at least one transmission layer; and transmitting, to the network device, remaining portion of the channel state information.
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 MITIGATING INTERFERENCE RELATING TO FIXED INTERFERERS
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining information regarding an external source that might be affected by downlink (DL) transmissions emitted by an aggregation of modular antenna arrays, wherein each modular antenna array of the aggregation of modular antenna arrays comprises a set of antenna elements, resulting in multiple sets of antenna elements, and wherein the aggregation of modular antenna arrays is operated in multi-user (Mu)-multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) mode in which parallel transmissions are facilitated for a plurality of user equipment (UEs), determining adjustments for particular antenna elements of the multiple sets of antenna elements based on the obtaining the information, wherein the determining the adjustments is based on a probability that interference of the parallel transmissions with the external source will be mitigated, and causing the particular antenna elements to be operated based on the adjustments. Other embodiments are disclosed.
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING MULTIPLE-INPUT-MULTIPLE-OUTPUT (MIMO) MODES
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying a coherence time associated with a user equipment (UE) and a coherence bandwidth associated with the UE, determining a coherence block based on the coherence time and the coherence bandwidth, determining whether the coherence block satisfies a threshold, based on a first determination that the coherence block satisfies the threshold, employing a plurality of modular antenna arrays in multi-user (Mu)-multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) for the UE, and, based on a second determination that the coherence block does not satisfy the threshold, employing the plurality of modular antenna arrays in single-user (Su)-MIMO for the UE. Other embodiments are disclosed.
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING UPLINK TRANSMIT POWER
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, over an uplink (UL) via a combination of coherent modular antenna arrays, first transmissions from a first user equipment (UE) and second transmissions from a second UE, wherein the first UE and the second UE are being served by the cell in multi-user (Mu)-multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) mode, determining, based on the first transmissions and the second transmissions, that a probability of the second UE interfering with the first UE in the UL satisfies a particular threshold, responsive to the determining, identifying an adjustment to an UL transmit power for the first UE, and causing the first UE to implement the adjustment to the UL transmit power. Other embodiments are disclosed.
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)-BASED MONITORING AND CONTROLLING OF NETWORK PARAMETERS
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving and over a first interface of a radio access network (RAN), first data corresponding to a plurality of user equipment (UEs), wherein the first data is associated with first network parameters, and wherein the first network parameters include scheduled UEs, UE spatial separability, or a combination thereof, transmitting the first data to an artificial intelligence (AI) model, responsive to the transmitting the first data to the AI model, obtaining second data from the AI model, wherein the second data is associated with second network parameters, and wherein the second network parameters include downlink (DL) transmit power allocation, and causing the second data to be provided over a second interface to a control unit to enable use of the second data for the plurality of UEs. 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 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 RECIPROCITY-BASED CHANNEL ESTIMATION
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, via a combination of coherent modular antenna panels, pilot signals from a user equipment (UE) in single-user (Su)-multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) mode, wherein each modular antenna panel of the combination of coherent modular antenna panels comprises a group of antenna elements, resulting in multiple groups of antenna elements, and estimating an UL channel for the UE and a DL channel for the UE using channel vectors derived from the pilot signals, resulting in reciprocity-based channel estimation, wherein the estimating the DL channel using the channel vectors derived from the pilot signals reduces or eliminates a need to transmit, using each antenna element in the multiple groups of antenna elements, DL pilot signals for DL channel estimation, thereby reducing or eliminating overhead for the UE. Other embodiments are disclosed.
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING DOWNLINK TRANSMIT POWER
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining channel cross correlation data relating to multiple user equipment (UEs) being served in a cell, wherein the channel cross correlation data comprises a correlation coefficient associated with a first UE of the multiple UEs and a second UE of the multiple UEs, identifying that the first UE is experiencing decreasing throughput, responsive to the identifying that the first UE is experiencing decreasing throughput, determining whether the correlation coefficient associated with the first UE and the second UE satisfies a correlation threshold, and, based on a first determination that the correlation coefficient does not satisfy the correlation threshold, adjusting a downlink (DL) transmit power allocation for transmissions directed to the first UE. Other embodiments are disclosed.