Patent classifications
H04B7/0619
Channel compression matrix parameters
One apparatus for providing high-resolution CSI feedback includes a processor and a radio transceiver. The processor computes sets of amplitude and phase parameters for one or more channel compression matrices. Here, each channel compression matrix corresponds to one transmission layer of a multiple-layer transmission, where each channel compression matrix is comprised of one or more column vectors. The radio transceiver sends indications of the sets of amplitude and phase parameters to one or more network entities is a mobile communication network.
Wireless communication device capable of fast beam selection and method of operation thereof
Provided is a method of operating a wireless communication device including a phased array including a first antenna group and a second antenna group to form a beam for transmitting and receiving signals polarized in different directions, which includes receiving first signals polarized in a first direction; receiving second signals polarized in a second direction; measuring power of the first signals and power of the second signals; analyzing a relationship between a channel corresponding to the first receiving beam and a channel corresponding to the second receiving beam; estimating power of third signals that are expected to be received through the first antenna group and power of fourth signals that are expected to be received through the second antenna group; and selecting a receiving beam pattern for wireless communication.
ENHANCEMENT OF CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION ON MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION POINTS
Presented are systems and methods for enhancing channel state information on multiple transmission/reception points. A wireless communication device may receive a reporting setting information for a plurality of associated measurement resources that comprises a first measurement resource for channel measurement, and a second measurement resource. The wireless communication device may perform using precoding information applied on the second measurement resource, interference measurement on the second measurement resource.
USER DEVICE SCHEDULING
An apparatus, method, and non-transitory computer readable medium performing estimating spatial overlap of beams associated with one or more combinations of at least two user devices of a plurality of user devices of a mobile communications system based, at least in part, on angular direction of radiated power of the user devices, wherein the user devices include candidate user devices to be scheduled on a network resource for multi user channel transmission; and determining scheduling metrics associated with the one or more combinations of the at least two user devices of the plurality of user devices based on the estimated spatial overlap.
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANTENNA PORT SWITCHING IN NEAR FIELD LOS MIMO
A system and method for an efficient port switching technique for line-of-sight multiple-input multiple-output communications by a base station is provided. The base station includes an antenna array comprising a first number of antenna ports. The base station also includes a transceiver configured to communicate in a wireless communication medium. The base station further includes a processor. The processor is configured to determine, based on the wireless communication medium, one or more parameters of the base station or a receive base station. The processor also is configured to select, based on the one or more first parameters and one or more second parameters, a second number of antenna ports to perform a communication with the receive base station.
Network node, user equipment and methods therein to enable the UE to determine a precoder codebook
A method performed by a base station of enabling a User Equipment (UE) to determine a precoder codebook in a wireless communication system is provided. The base station transmits, to the UE, information regarding precoder parameters enabling the UE to determine the precoder codebook. The precoder parameters are associated with a plurality of antenna ports of the base station. The precoder parameters relate to a first dimension and a second dimension of the precoder codebook. The plurality of antenna ports comprises a number of antenna ports that is a function of a number of antenna ports in the first dimension, and a number of antenna ports in the second dimension.
Method and apparatus for transmitting channel state information
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and an apparatus for transmitting channel state information. The method includes: receiving, by a first terminal device, downlink control information DCI transmitted by a network device; determining, by the first terminal device, according to the DCI, whether it is necessary to report CSI; and when the first terminal device determines that it is necessary to report the CSI, transmitting, by the first terminal device, the CSI of the first terminal device to the network device. The first terminal device may be triggered to report the CSI according to the DCI transmitted by the network device, and thus the terminal device may report its own CSI.
MANAGEMENT OF MIMO COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
Apparatuses of a user equipment (UE), a cellular base station, and radio access network (RAN) nodes are disclosed. An apparatus of a wireless communication device includes circuitry configured to measure reference signals received from a plurality of antennas of an other wireless communication device, and circuitry configured to cause one or more antennas of the wireless communication device to transmit information regarding the received reference signals back to the other wireless communication device to enable the other wireless communication device to estimate a utility function for different transmit parameter sets.
BEAM INFORMATION DETERMINING METHOD, TERMINAL, AND NETWORK SIDE DEVICE
A beam information determining method includes: determining a candidate beam information pool of a first set, where the first set includes at least one downlink channel and at least one uplink channel, or the first set includes at least one channel and at least one reference signal; and the candidate beam information pool includes at least one piece of candidate beam information; and determining, based on the candidate beam information pool, beam information of at least one of a first channel or a first reference signal that are included in the first set.
BEAM REFINEMENT AND LOCALIZATION USING TRUE-TIME-DELAY ANALOG ARRAYS
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a transmitter device may transmit, using a frequency-domain beam sweeping configuration, a wideband signal, wherein a pointing direction of a first beam conveying the wideband signal changes continuously with respect to a frequency domain, and wherein each resource element of the wideband signal has a different pointing direction. The transmitter device may receive a report associated with a set of measurements of the wideband signal performed by a receiver device. The transmitter device may communicate using a second beam that has a beam direction determined based at least in part on the received report. Numerous other aspects are described.