CHANNEL INFORMATION ESTIMATION FOR COMMUNICATION NETWORKS WITH META-SURFACES

    公开(公告)号:US20240162960A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-16

    申请号:US18549002

    申请日:2021-03-08

    IPC分类号: H04B7/06

    CPC分类号: H04B7/0632 H04B7/0617

    摘要: Mechanisms for performing a channel information estimation procedure. A method is performed by a network node. The network node serves a user equipment via a meta-surface over a radio propagation channel. The method comprises includes performing the channel information estimation procedure. The channel information estimation procedure involves compensation for configurations used by the meta-surface. The compensation pertains to estimation of channel quality of the radio propagation channel between the user equipment and the network node via the meta-surface. The method comprises includes performing a data transmission over the radio propagation channel. The data transmission is performed with transmission settings as determined by the channel information estimation procedure.

    METHOD TO DETERMINE THE CAPABILITY OF SIMULTANEOUS OPERATION IN IAB NODES

    公开(公告)号:US20230361857A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-09

    申请号:US18026153

    申请日:2021-09-13

    IPC分类号: H04B7/155

    CPC分类号: H04B7/15557

    摘要: A method and network node having integrated access and backhaul (IAB) functionality are disclosed. According to one aspect, a network node determines information concerning at least one of: (i) an impairment of a first signal from a first integrated access backhaul node that is caused by a second signal from a second IAB node and (ii) an impairment of the second signal that is caused by the first signal. The network node further selects a multiplexing capability for the network node based at least in part on the determined information concerning at least one of the impairments and further multiplexes signals for the first and second IAB nodes using the selected multiplexing capability.

    BEAM SELECTION FOR HIGH FREQUENCY WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK

    公开(公告)号:US20220345196A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-27

    申请号:US17764341

    申请日:2019-10-02

    IPC分类号: H04B7/06

    摘要: There is disclosed a method of operating a radio node in a wireless communication network. The method includes obtaining delay characteristic information for a set of wireless devices, the delay characteristic information for each of the set of wireless devices pertaining to one or more signaling beams of a set of signaling beams, and communicating with subgroups of wireless devices of the set of wireless devices using signaling beams selected from the set of signaling beams based on the delay characteristic information. For each subgroup, a different selected signaling beam is used for communicating. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.

    SIGNAL ALLOCATION IN A CARRIER
    5.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220303963A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-22

    申请号:US17636548

    申请日:2020-08-20

    IPC分类号: H04W72/04 H04W52/02

    摘要: Configuring each of two signals having a frequency bandwidth which is less than a system frequency bandwidth available to the network node for wireless transmissions. The method includes allocating a first signal of the two signals on a first time and frequency resource based on a configuration in which the first signal is included, allocating a second signal of the two signals on a second time and frequency resource based on the configuration, wherein frequency use of the second time and frequency resource is at least partly different from frequency use of the first time and frequency resource, and providing signalling for a wireless communication device enabling the wireless communication device to derive the first and second time and frequency resources. Allocating the first and second signals includes allocating another time and frequency resource adjacent in time or frequency to at least one of the first and the second signals.

    BEAMFORMING SETTING SELECTION
    6.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240007155A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-04

    申请号:US18026372

    申请日:2020-09-16

    IPC分类号: H04B7/06 H04B7/08 H04L25/02

    摘要: A beamforming selection method of a first wireless communication node is disclosed. The method includes receiving first reference signaling, transmitted from a second wireless communication node using a first beamforming setting, generating a first channel estimate based on the first reference signaling, and transmitting, using a second beamforming setting, second reference signaling for reception by the second wireless communication node, wherein each coefficient of the second beamforming setting represents a complex conjugate of a corresponding component of the first channel estimate.

    In some embodiments, the method further includes iterating the receiving, generating, and transmitting steps until a stopping criterion is met.
    For example, the stopping criterion may include that a number of iterations performed equals a maximum number of iterations, and/or that a beamforming convergence criterion is met. Corresponding apparatus, wireless communication node and computer program product are also disclosed.

    BEAM SELECTION IN NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORKS
    7.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230396330A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-07

    申请号:US18031949

    申请日:2021-10-08

    IPC分类号: H04B7/185

    摘要: The invention refers to a method performed by a wireless device (10), for connecting to a second satellite (20b) in a non-terrestrial network, NTN, wherein the wireless device employs a first beamforming matrix for directing a radio beam from an antenna array of the wireless device to the a first satellite (20a), the method comprising determining an angular difference between the directions towards the first and the second satellite, determining a second beamforming matrix, for communication with the second satellite, based on a direction of the beam towards the first satellite and the determined difference in angles, and using the second beamforming matrix to configure a receiver and/or transmitter for connecting to the second satellite; the invention further refers to corresponding method performed by a network node comprising transmitting to the wireless device ephemeris data of the first and the second satellite order to allow the wireless device determining an angular difference between the directions towards the first and the second satellite; the invention further refers to a corresponding wireless device (10) and to a corresponding network node.

    HANDLING OF LINK FAILURE BETWEEN A REFLECTION NODE AND A NETWORK NODE

    公开(公告)号:US20230371106A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-16

    申请号:US18246945

    申请日:2020-10-09

    IPC分类号: H04W76/19

    CPC分类号: H04W76/19

    摘要: There is provided a reflection node for handling link failure towards a network node. The reflection node includes a controller for controlling a passive meta-surface having a controllable reflection angle for reflecting radio waves over a communication channel between a network node and a wireless device. The reflection node includes a transceiver unit for receiving instructions from the network node over a control channel. The transceiver unit is configured to determine a link failure event on the control channel between the reflection node and the network node. The controller is configured to, during the link failure event, control the reflection angle of the passive meta-surface using reflection settings specified by configuration data for reflecting the radio waves over the communication channel.

    METHOD FOR DETERMINING TIMING OF TRANSMISSION, NETWORK NODE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM

    公开(公告)号:US20230083080A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-16

    申请号:US17991466

    申请日:2022-11-21

    IPC分类号: H04W52/02 H04W68/02

    摘要: A network node is arranged to operate in a cell of a cellular communication system. The network node comprises an interface towards the cellular communication system where the interface is arranged to receive paging information for an idle user equipment, UE, a paging handler arranged to determine a mode of power saving for the UE, and to determine timing for a wake-up signal based on the determined mode and the received paging information, and a transmitter arranged to transmit the wake-up signal at the determined timing. A method of the network node comprises receiving paging information for an idle user equipment, UE, from the cellular communication system, determining a mode of power saving for the UE, determining timing for a wake-up signal based on the determined mode and the received paging information, and transmitting the wake-up signal at the determined timing.

    WAKE-UP SIGNAL GROUPING BASED ON PAGING PROBABILITY

    公开(公告)号:US20220086759A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-17

    申请号:US17426276

    申请日:2020-01-31

    IPC分类号: H04W52/02 H04W68/00

    摘要: Wake-up signal grouping is based on a paging probability (PP) type rather than a service type to further reduce false paging. This approach enables differentiation between wireless devices with the same service type. Paging probability can be expressed as a function of the wireless devices' traffic profile, DRX, eDRX, or power saving mode (PSM) configuration, paging configuration (number of narrowbands, paging carriers, nB parameter, etc.), and other parameters.