A method of channel estimation for a precoded channel includes generating an initial frequency autocorrelation of the precoded channel for a current bundle of a received data transmission, generating an expanded frequency autocorrelation based on the initial frequency autocorrelation of the precoded channel, providing the expanded frequency autocorrelation to a neural network, generating, by the neural network, an estimated frequency autocorrelation of an unprecoded channel based on the expanded frequency autocorrelation, and generating an estimated power distribution profile of the unprecoded channel based on the estimated frequency autocorrelation.

A method for wireless communication involving high-reliability ultra-reliable low latency communication (URLLC) control and data channel transmissions is disclosed. The method includes receiving, by a user equipment (UE), first downlink control information (DCI) in a first control resource set (CORESET), the first DCI providing scheduling information for transmission of first data over a first physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), receiving, by the UE, second DCI in a second CORESET, the second DCI providing scheduling information for transmission of second data over a second PDSCH. The method also includes receiving, by the UE, the first data over the first PDSCH, and receiving, by the UE, the second data over the second PDSCH, where the first data and the second data are repetition data.

Methods and apparatuses for a User Equipment (UE) to receive signaling of UE-common Downlink Control Information (DCI) in a set of Physical Resource Blocks (PRBs) over a Transmission Time Interval (TTI) are provided. The method includes receiving a broadcast signal from a base station; determining a first set of PRBs for a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) based on the broadcast signal; determining a second set of PRBs for a second PDCCH based on a higher layer signaling; and receiving a reference signal (RS) in the first set of PRBs or in the second set of PRBs. The RS is determined based on an identity of a cell of the base station, in a case that the RS is received in the first set of PRBs, and the RS is determined based on the higher layer signaling, in a case that the RS is received in the second set of PRBs.

Facilitating uplink control channel decoding for advanced networks (e.g., 4G, 5G, and beyond) is provided herein. Operations of a system can comprise determining a channel estimate for an uplink control transmission received from a user equipment device via an uplink control channel, wherein the determining is based on a reference signal received from the user equipment device. The operations also can comprise determining a status of an acknowledgement that a data transmission was received by the user equipment device based on the channel estimate and a maximum likelihood estimation function.

A method and a receiver device are disclosed for channel estimation of a broadcast channel. According to an embodiment, the receiver device determines a first channel estimation of demodulation reference signal (DMRS) from a transmitter device. The receiver device determines a second channel estimation of one or more synchronization related reference signals from the transmitter device. The receiver device determines a final channel estimation of a broadcast channel from the transmitter device based at least on the first and second channel estimations.

Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses systems and/or methods of ranging measurement. For example, an apparatus may include circuitry and logic configured to cause a first wireless communication station (STA) to receive from a second STA a sounding transmission for a range measurement of a range between the first STA and the second STA; to determine a channel response estimation based on the sounding transmission from the second STA; to determine a timing value based on the channel response estimation; and to transmit a feedback message to the second STA, the feedback message including the timing value.

Disclosed herein are a synchronization apparatus and method for a upstream system. The synchronization apparatus for a upstream system includes one or more processors, and execution memory for storing at least one program that is executed by the one or more processors, wherein the at least one program is configured to receive a signal and calculate a first channel estimation value for the received signal using a predefined pilot, and calculate a second channel estimation value using a predefined complementary pilot and the first channel estimation value.

A method of operating a wireless communication apparatus configured to support adaptive beamforming of a base station, the method including receiving a sounding packet from the base station through a plurality of sub-carriers, generating first channel information corresponding to first sub-carriers among the plurality of sub-carriers based on the sounding packet, performing an interpolation operation using the first channel information to generate second channel information corresponding to second sub-carriers among the plurality of sub-carriers, generating first beamforming feedback including the first channel information and the second channel information, and transmitting the first beamforming feedback to the base station.

A broadcast signal receiver is disclosed. A broadcast signal receiver according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a synchronization & demodulation module performing signal detection and OFDM demodulation on a received broadcast signal; a frame parsing & deinterleaving module performing parsing and deinterleaving of a signal frame of the broadcast signal; a demapping & decoding module performing conversion of data of at least one Physical Layer Pipe (PLP) of the broadcast signal into the bit domain and FEC decoding of the converted PLP data; and an output processing module outputting a data stream by receiving the at least one PLP data.

The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method for transmitting reference signals is provided. In the method, a transmitting apparatus inserts at least one physical resource block for reducing reference signal overheads between adjacent first physical resource blocks, and then transmits first physical resource blocks and the at least one physical resource block for reducing the reference signal overheads.