Patent classifications
H04B7/0639
AIDED ANTENNA CALIBRATION FOR SHARED RADIO SYSTEMS
A method, network node and wireless device (WD) for New Radio (NR)-WD antenna calibration for Long Term Evolution (LTE)-NR radio-shared systems are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method in a network node configured to communicate with first wireless devices according to a first radio access technology and to communicate with second wireless devices according to a second radio access technology is provided. The method includes determining a delay and phase error at a first processing block based at least in part on feedback from at least one of the first wireless devices. The method also includes compensating a first transmitted signal based at least in part on the determined delay and phase error. The method further includes compensating at a second processing block a second transmitted signal based at least in part on the determined delay and phase error received from the first processing block.
COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS
Embodiments of the present invention provide a communication method and apparatus, for use in improving the transmission performance of an uplink signal. The communication method provided in the embodiments of the present invention comprises: determining information of at least one sub-band in a frequency-domain resource according to a transmission parameter for uplink signal transmission and/or parameter information of the frequency-domain resource. By means of the method, a terminal or a network device can determine the information of the sub-band. Therefore, frequency selective precoding transmission can be performed by using the determined sub-band information, thereby achieving the purpose of improving the transmission performance of the uplink signal.
COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS
Embodiments of the present invention relate to the technical field of wireless communications, and provide a communication method and apparatus, for improving a transmission gain of an uplink signal. The method comprises: a terminal device determines, in an uplink resource, at least one first sub-band for transmitting an uplink signal; the terminal device transmits the uplink signal according to the received indication information, sent by a network device, of the uplink signal and the at least one determined first sub-band, wherein the indication information is used for indicating a transmission parameter and/or a transmission antenna of the uplink signal. According to the method, a terminal can determine, on the uplink resource, the first sub-band for transmitting the uplink signal, and the terminal and the network device transmit, according to the indication information of the uplink signal, the uplink signal on the determined first sub-band, so that the transmission gain of the uplink signal is improved.
METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR REFERENCE SIGNAL ASSOCIATIONS
Aspects of the present disclosure include methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for receiving an indicator for uplink transmission indicating at least an association between at least one of one or more first reference signal ports and at least one of one or more second reference signal ports for a plurality of precoding configurations, transmitting, in response to receiving the indicator, a plurality of first reference signals via a plurality of antenna panels using the plurality of precoding configurations, wherein the plurality of first reference signals is associated with the one or more first reference signal ports, and transmitting one or more second reference signals based on the association via the plurality of antenna panels using the plurality of precoding configurations, wherein the one or more second reference signals is associated with the one or more second reference signal ports.
NEW RADIO (NR) MULTI-INPUT MULTI-OUTPUT (MIMO) CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION (CSI) DESIGN FOR SMALL BANDWIDTH PART (BWP)
Some aspects of this disclosure relate to apparatuses and methods for implementing capability signaling design for 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) release 15 (Rel-15) and/or release 16 (Rel-16) multi-input multi-output (MIMO) enhancement. For example, systems and methods are provided implementing designs for New Radio (NR) MIMO channel state information (CSI) for a small bandwidth part (BWP) and/or a small number of subbands. For example, some aspects relate to a user equipment (UE) including a transceiver configured to communicate with a base station and a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver. The processor receives, from the base station, a CSI reporting configuration message. The processor determines, using the CSI reporting configuration message, that a number of physical resource blocks (PRBs) of a BWP associated with the CSI reporting configuration message is less than a threshold number. The processor also generates and transmits a CSI report for the BWP.
ENHANCED MULTI-PANEL USER EQUIPMENT MEASUREMENT FOR IMPROVED MOBILITY ROBUSTNESS
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for improving measurement accuracy for multipanel UEs with a single baseband unit are provided. One method may include receiving, by a user equipment, at least one of at least one layer 3 filter time constant T.sub.cst_x or at least one scaling factor, and updating, by the user equipment, at least one current filter time constant according to at least one of the received T.sub.cst_x or the at least one scaling factor.
METHOD TO BEAMFORM MULTICAST TRANSMISSION
A method, system and apparatus are disclosed. According to one or more embodiments, a network node is provided. The network node includes processing circuitry configured to receive channel state information, CSI, from each of a plurality of wireless devices and determine at least one null space based on the received CSI from each of the plurality of wireless devices. The processing circuitry is further configured to determine a common precoding matrix index, PMI, where a common beamforming vector is not in the at least one null space and cause a multicast broadcast transmission to the plurality of wireless devices using at least the common PMI.
TERMINAL AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD
A terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a transmission section that transmits mode 2 capability information indicating that mode 2 of full power transmission is supported; and a control section that, in a case where the mode 2 capability information is transmitted and transmitted precoding matrix indicator (TPMI) group capability information regarding a TPMI group is not transmitted, assumes that a number of SRS ports=1 is configured for at least one SRS resource included in a measurement reference signal (sounding reference signal (SRS)) resource set of which usage is a codebook. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to control full power transmission appropriately.
Reporting information transmission method, user side device and network side device
The present disclosure provides a reporting information transmission method, a user side device and a network side device. The reporting information transmission method includes: determining whether there is a resource conflict between uplink channel resources for carrying at least two pieces of reporting information, the at least two pieces of reporting information at least including two of a beam failure recovery request, Synchronization Signal (SS) block-based beam reporting, Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS)-based beam reporting, and CSI reporting; and when there is the resource conflict between the uplink channel resources, transmitting one or more of the at least two pieces of reporting information.
USER EQUIPMENT CAPABILITY-BASED TRANSMISSION CONFIGURATION INDICATOR STATE CONFIGURATION
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive configuration information identifying a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state mode, wherein the TCI state mode is a first TCI state mode or a second TCI state mode. The UE may communicate using a beam associated with the TCI state mode. Numerous other aspects are described.