PHASE ERROR COMPENSATION FOR IOT OVER NTN
    2.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240349217A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-17

    申请号:US18579393

    申请日:2021-08-06

    IPC分类号: H04W56/00 H04W84/06

    摘要: This disclosure presents methods to compensate for a phase drift in an uplink communication signal between a user equipment (UE) and a non-terrestrial network (NTN) node. Due to the change rate of velocity of the UE relative to the NTN node, a transmission signal can drift causing demodulation errors at the receiver. The UE can apply compensation processes to the transmission signal so that the received signal is closer to the original transmitted signal as compared to a non-compensated signal. Alternatively, the NTN node can apply compensation process to modify the reference phase to be closer to the phase of the received signal in the demodulation process. The location of the UE, as well as its relative elevation, can be used with the NTN node's location, to generate the compensation information. The compensation can be applied on a symbol-by-symbol basis or to a group of M symbols.

    BEAM SWITCHING FOR HIGH ALTITUDE PLATFORM STATIONS (HAPS)

    公开(公告)号:US20230163834A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-25

    申请号:US17532153

    申请日:2021-11-22

    IPC分类号: H04B7/185

    CPC分类号: H04B7/18504

    摘要: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for switching beams on/off for high altitude platform stations (HAPS) are provided. One method may include selecting a beam on/off pattern from one or more beam on/off patterns for a high altitude platform station (HAPS) and a rotation period for the beam on/off pattern, based at least on flight information of the high altitude platform station (HAPS) and user equipment (UE) traffic load information. The method may also include transmitting, to one or more user equipment (UEs), an indication of beam switching on/off operation comprising at least one of the selected beam on/off pattern, a pattern rotation speed, and a reference time slot for a start of the selected beam on/off pattern. The method may then include initiating the beam switching on/off operation.

    TRANSMISSION FOR TIME SYNCHRONIZATION
    4.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240251370A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-25

    申请号:US18558005

    申请日:2021-05-08

    IPC分类号: H04W56/00 H04W64/00 H04W84/06

    摘要: Disclosed is a method comprising defining an indexed table that defines, for an elevation angle of a terminal device with a serving satellite, a setting that defines durations of segments comprised in a transmission period, wherein the segments comprise at least one transmission segment and at least one segment for timing advance adjustment, and wherein the indexed table comprises a plurality of ranges of elevation angles with corresponding settings, obtaining an indication regarding an index that defines the setting that is applicable to the elevation angle of the terminal device, scheduling a transmission, wherein the transmission is an uplink transmission, and receiving the transmission from the terminal device according to the setting that is applicable to the elevation angle of the terminal device.

    LOCATION CALCULATION
    5.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230296720A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-21

    申请号:US18123579

    申请日:2023-03-20

    摘要: Aspects and embodiments relate to an apparatus and method for evaluating location of a terrestrial network node in a non-terrestrial network. In particular, one aspect provides an apparatus, comprising means for receiving an indication of propagation delay between a terrestrial network node and a non-terrestrial node in a non-terrestrial wireless communication network; means for receiving an indication of location of the non-terrestrial node; and means for evaluating location of the terrestrial network node in dependence upon the received indication of propagation delay between the terrestrial network node and the non-terrestrial node, and the indication of location of the non-terrestrial node. A further aspect provides a method of evaluating location of a terrestrial network node, and a computer program product operable, when executed on a computer, to perform that method. Aspects and embodiments recognise that having a knowledge of gNB and NTN-GW location in a non-terrestrial network can allow UE to simplify procedures in relation to the updating and tracking of forward link delay. Since it has been agreed that a network will not directly provide the gNB and/or NTN-GW location to UE, due to security and privacy reasons in some countries, apparatus can be configured to perform methods according to which a UE is operable to calculate or obtain information which can assist its ongoing operation and reduce an ongoing need to decode SIB in support of calculation of an appropriate Uplink timing advance (TA) to apply in relation to communications exchanged with a network.

    UPLINK POSITIONING METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORKS

    公开(公告)号:US20220210612A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-30

    申请号:US17604120

    申请日:2020-04-28

    IPC分类号: H04W4/029 G01S19/01

    摘要: Apparatus, methods and computer program products for user equipment positioning solutions and related signalling. An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to at least send (550), to a network node of a communication network, at least one signaling configuration with at least one set periodicity, wherein the at least one signaling configuration is for use at the network node in calculating at least position information for relaying to the communication network at least for positioning support of the apparatus, and receive (570) the positioning support from the communication network in response to the at least one signaling configuration.