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- the present application relates to the field of wireless communication technologies, and in particular, to beam management technologies in wireless communication systems. More particularly, it relates to an electronic device and method for wireless communication and a computer-readable storage medium.
- upstream and downstream beam indication is an important aspect of beam management.
- QCL Quasi CoLocation
- TCI Transmission Configuration Indication
- DCI Downlink Control Information
- MAC CE Media Access Control Control Element
- the concept of unified TCI status was proposed in the 3GPP RAN1 conference, which supports the unified TCI status indication of uplink and downlink combined and the separate unified TCI status indication of uplink and downlink, while the existing TCI status indication mechanism is suitable for downlink.
- an electronic device for wireless communication comprising: a processing circuit configured to: generate a DCI for unified indication of TCI status, the DCI including a DCI for uplink scheduling and at least one of the newly defined DCIs, wherein the unified TCI state is used to indicate both the downlink beam and the uplink beam; and the DCI is sent to a user equipment (User Equipment, UE).
- a processing circuit configured to: generate a DCI for unified indication of TCI status, the DCI including a DCI for uplink scheduling and at least one of the newly defined DCIs, wherein the unified TCI state is used to indicate both the downlink beam and the uplink beam; and the DCI is sent to a user equipment (User Equipment, UE).
- UE User Equipment
- a method for wireless communication comprising: generating a DCI for a unified indication of TCI status, the DCI including at least a DCI for uplink scheduling and a newly defined DCI One, where the unified TCI state is used to indicate both the downlink beam and the uplink beam; and the DCI is sent to the UE.
- an electronic device for wireless communication comprising: a processing circuit configured to receive, from a base station, a DCI for unified TCI status indication, the DCI including for uplink scheduling At least one of the DCI of the DCI and the newly defined DCI, wherein the unified TCI state is used to indicate both the downlink beam and the uplink beam; and the unified TCI state is determined based on the DCI.
- a method for wireless communication comprising: receiving, from a base station, a DCI for a unified TCI status indication, the DCI including a DCI for uplink scheduling and a newly defined DCI at least one of, wherein the unified TCI state is used to indicate both the downlink beam and the uplink beam; and the unified TCI state is determined based on the DCI.
- the electronic device and method according to the embodiments of the present application can perform unified TCI state indication through DCI, which reduces the time delay.
- FIG. 1 shows a functional module block diagram of an electronic device for wireless communication according to an embodiment of the present application
- FIG. 2 shows a schematic diagram of an example of a hybrid automatic retransmission mechanism according to an embodiment of the present application
- FIG. 3 shows a schematic diagram of an example of a hybrid automatic retransmission mechanism according to an embodiment of the present application
- FIG. 4 shows a schematic diagram of an example of a hybrid automatic retransmission mechanism according to an embodiment of the present application
- FIG. 5 shows a schematic diagram of an example of a hybrid automatic retransmission mechanism according to an embodiment of the present application
- FIG. 6 shows a functional module block diagram of an electronic device for wireless communication according to another embodiment of the present application.
- FIG. 7 shows a flowchart of a method for wireless communication according to an embodiment of the present application.
- FIG. 8 shows a flowchart of a method for wireless communication according to an embodiment of the present application
- FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating a first example of a schematic configuration of an eNB or gNB to which the techniques of this disclosure may be applied;
- FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating a second example of a schematic configuration of an eNB or gNB to which the techniques of this disclosure may be applied;
- FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing an example of a schematic configuration of a smartphone to which the techniques of the present disclosure may be applied;
- FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing an example of a schematic configuration of a car navigation device to which the technology of the present disclosure may be applied.
- FIG. 13 is a block diagram of an exemplary structure of a general-purpose personal computer in which methods and/or apparatuses and/or systems according to embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented.
- FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of functional modules of an electronic device 100 for wireless communication according to an embodiment of the present application.
- the electronic device 100 includes: a generating unit 101 configured to generate a unified TCI state The indicated DCI, the DCI includes at least one of the DCI used for uplink scheduling and the newly defined DCI, wherein the unified TCI state is used to indicate both the downlink beam and the uplink beam; and the communication unit 102 is configured to The DCI is sent to the UE.
- the generating unit 101 and the communication unit 102 may be implemented by one or more processing circuits, and the processing circuits may be implemented as chips or processors, for example. Moreover, it should be understood that each functional unit in the electronic device shown in FIG. 1 is only a logical module divided according to the specific functions implemented by the functional units, and is not used to limit the specific implementation manner.
- the electronic device 100 may be provided at the base station side or communicatively connected to the base station, for example.
- the base station described in this application may also be a Transmit Receive Point (TRP) or an Access Point (Access Point, AP).
- TRP Transmit Receive Point
- AP Access Point
- the electronic device 100 may be implemented at the chip level, or may also be implemented at the device level.
- the electronic device 100 may function as the base station itself, and may also include external devices such as memory, transceivers (not shown).
- the memory can be used to store programs and related data information that the base station needs to execute to implement various functions.
- the transceiver may include one or more communication interfaces to support communication with different devices (eg, UE, other base stations, etc.), and the implementation form of the transceiver is not particularly limited here.
- unified TCI status is used to indicate both the upstream and downstream beams.
- UL DCI downlink control information
- the DCI used for the indication of the unified TCI state includes UL DCI
- the UL DCI includes a sounding reference signal resource indicator (Sounding Reference Signal Resource Indicator, SRI) and a unified TCI state identifier.
- SRI Sounding Reference Signal Resource Indicator
- the UL DCI here is obtained by extending the existing UL DCI format. Specifically, the UL DCI of this example can be obtained by extending DCI Format 0_1/0_2.
- the SRI contained in the existing DCI Format 0_1/0_2 plays an important role. It is used to indicate the spatial relationship of the Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) followed by the Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH), and is also used for the PUSCH uplink power Control and transmit antenna port selection, etc.
- SRS Sounding Reference Signal
- PUSCH Physical Uplink Shared Channel
- a unified TCI state identifier is also included, wherein the unified TCI state identifier is used to indicate the beam of the PUSCH, and the SRI is at least used to indicate the uplink power control and transmit antenna port selection of the PUSCH.
- the extended mode may be referred to as the extended mode.
- the communication unit 102 is further configured to apply a Hybrid Automatic Retransmission request (HARQ) mechanism.
- HARQ Hybrid Automatic Retransmission request
- the communication unit 102 feeds back a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) to the UE.
- HARQ-ACK hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgment
- Figure 2 shows a schematic diagram of the HARQ mechanism in this case.
- the base station sends a UL DCI containing a unified TCI state identifier to the UE, the UE correctly receives the UL DCI and transmits data on the scheduled PUSCH, and the gNB correctly receives the PUSCH and performs an implicit ACK in the next DCI Feedback, eg, an ACK is represented by an inverted New Data Indicator (NDI), which has the same HARQ process ID as the scheduled PUSCH.
- NDI New Data Indicator
- FIG. 3 shows a schematic diagram of the HARQ mechanism in this case.
- the gNB sends the UL DCI containing the unified TCI status identifier to the UE, but the UE does not receive the UL DCI correctly, so that the PUSCH cannot be sent to the gNB.
- the gNB performs implicit NACK feedback in the next DCI, for example, the NACK is represented by an uninverted NDI, and the NACK has the same HARQ process ID as the scheduled PUSCH.
- the communication unit 102 feeds back the HARQ-ACK for the UL DCI and the HARQ-NACK for the PUSCH to the UE.
- Figure 4 shows a schematic diagram of the HARQ mechanism in this case.
- the gNB sends the UL DCI containing the unified TCI status identifier to the UE, and the UE correctly receives the UL DCI and transmits data on the scheduled PUSCH, but the gNB cannot correctly decode the PUSCH.
- the gNB considers that the UE has correctly received the unified TCI containing The state identifies the UL DCI and the corresponding PUSCH is sent, so the gNB sends an ACK for the UL DCI and a NACK for the PUSCH.
- the ACK is represented by an inverted NDI and the NACK is represented by an uninverted NDI, and the ACK and NACK have the same HARQ process ID as the scheduled PUSCH.
- HARQ-ACK and HARQ-NACK are included in other DCIs following the UL DCI.
- the transmission reliability of DCI can be effectively improved.
- the UE receives implicit HARQ feedback the unified TCI state indicated by the UL DCI will be applied after a certain period of time, which depends on the capabilities of the UE.
- the DCI used for the indication of the unified TCI state includes UL DCI including the SRI, where the SRI is associated with the unified TCI state.
- the format of the existing UL DCI is not changed, but the SRI is associated with the unified TCI state, that is, the SRS resource indicated by the SRI is associated with the unified TCI state, so that the corresponding unified TCI state is indicated while the corresponding SRS resources.
- the communication unit 102 may associate the SRI with the unified TCI state through higher layer signaling such as radio resource control (Radio Resouce Control, RRC) signaling or MAC CE.
- RRC Radio Resouce Control
- the HARQ mechanism described above with reference to FIG. 2 to FIG. 4 can also be applied to this second example, and will not be repeated here.
- the DCI used for the indication of the unified TCI state includes a newly defined DCI, and the newly defined DCI is dedicated to indicating the unified TCI state and is not used for scheduling of uplink and downlink data transmission.
- the communication unit 102 may scramble the newly defined DCI by using a radio network temporary identifier (Radio network temporary indicator, RNTI).
- RNTI Radio network temporary indicator
- the DCI can be used for a variety of TCI status indications, for example, it can be used for a unified TCI status indication for uplink and downlink combined or a separate unified TCI status indication for uplink and downlink, or a common unified TCI status indication for multiple signals/channels, Or perform unified TCI status indication for a single signal/channel.
- the newly defined DCI at least includes a unified TCI state identifier.
- the newly defined DCI may also include one or more of the following: channel/signal application, used to indicate the uplink and downlink channels/signals and their component carriers (Component carrier, CC) or partial bandwidth ( Bandwidth Part, BWP); physical uplink control channel (Physical Uplink Control Channel, PUCCH) resource identifier, used to indicate the PUCCH resource used by the UE for HARQ-ACK feedback; physical downlink control channel (Physical Downplink Control Channel, PDCCH) to PUCCH timing (PDCCH_to_PUCCH_timing), used to indicate the time from when the newly defined DCI is sent to when the UE sends PUCCH for feedback of HARQ-ACK; the channel status information (Channel Status Information, CSI) request field is used for aperiodic triggering Downlink CSI feedback.
- channel/signal application used to indicate the uplink and downlink channels/signals and their component carriers (Component
- the base station informs the UE of one or more channels/signals to be applied in the unified TCI state indicated by the channel/signal application and the CC or BWP where they are respectively located; and informs the UE which PUCCH resources can be used to feed back HARQ- ACK, the HARQ-ACK is used to confirm that the UE has correctly received the newly defined DCI; the timing relationship between the feedback of the newly defined DCI sent to the HARQ-ACK is notified to the UE through the PDCCH to PUCCH timing.
- the base station can also trigger aperiodic downlink CSI reporting through the CSI request field.
- the newly defined DCI can trigger the transmission of aperiodic CSI-RS, and the UE measures the aperiodic CSI-RS and reports the measurement result to the base station, that is, performs aperiodic CSI reporting .
- aperiodic CSI reporting and related parameters are pre-configured, for example, through RRC signaling.
- RRC signaling configures 3 aperiodic CSI reports, each of which includes aperiodic CSI measurement resources, where the CSI request field can be 2 bits, for example, 01, 10, and 11 correspond to 1 aperiodic CSI report respectively , 00 is reserved to indicate that there is no aperiodic CSI reporting, that is, none of the three aperiodic CSI reporting is triggered.
- FIG. 5 shows a schematic diagram of the HARQ mechanism applied to the third example. 5 shows that the communication unit 102 receives the HARQ-ACK sent using the PUCCH from the UE when the UE correctly receives the newly defined DCI. Furthermore, in the case where the UE does not correctly receive the newly defined DCI, the communication unit 102 does not receive feedback of HARQ from the UE.
- a HARQ-NACK for the newly defined DCI is received from the UE, that is, for the new DCI
- the HARQ-NACK for the defined DCI is sent in addition to the HARQ-ACK for other DCIs used for downlink scheduling.
- the communication unit 102 may also receive a beam application timing parameter (BeamApplicationTiming) from the UE, and the beam application timing parameter indicates the time required for the unified TCI state indicated by the newly defined DCI to be applied after the UE sends the HARQ-ACK, as shown in FIG. 5 . shown in the example.
- BeamApplicationTiming a beam application timing parameter
- the beam application timing parameter indicates the time required for the unified TCI state indicated by the newly defined DCI to be applied after the UE sends the HARQ-ACK, as shown in FIG. 5 . shown in the example.
- BeamApplicationTiming The length of BeamApplicationTiming depends on the capabilities of the UE.
- the DCI used for the indication of the unified TCI state also includes UL DCI
- the UL DCI includes the SRI used to indicate the SRS resource
- the unified TCI state identifier is used to indicate the SRS resource. Spatial relation.
- the SRS resources are indicated using the UL DCI, and the spatial relationship of the SRS resources is dynamically updated using the newly defined DCI, thereby realizing the desired beam indication.
- the way this example is indicated can be referred to as indirect mode.
- Both or one of the HARQ mechanisms in the first and second examples and the HARQ mechanism in the third example may be applied to this example.
- QCL Type X which is used to define that the time advance (Time Advance, TA) of the two reference signals is the same
- QCL Type Y which is used to define the path loss ( Path Loss, PL) is the same
- QCL Type Z used to define the direction of the uplink transmit beam.
- the DCI according to this embodiment may include one or more QCL types for uplink, for example, to indicate the same attribute between two uplink reference signals.
- the electronic device 100 can perform unified TCI state indication through DCI, which reduces the time delay, and can also improve the reliability of DCI transmission by applying the HARQ mechanism.
- this embodiment also defines a QCL type for uplink.
- FIG. 6 shows a block diagram of functional modules of an electronic device 200 according to another embodiment of the present application.
- the electronic device 200 includes: a communication unit 201 configured to receive an indication for unifying TCI status from a base station the DCI, the DCI includes at least one of the DCI for uplink scheduling (UL DCI) and the newly defined DCI, wherein the unified TCI state is used to indicate both the downlink beam and the uplink beam; and the determination unit 202, which is Configured to determine the unified TCI state based on the DCI.
- a communication unit 201 configured to receive an indication for unifying TCI status from a base station the DCI, the DCI includes at least one of the DCI for uplink scheduling (UL DCI) and the newly defined DCI, wherein the unified TCI state is used to indicate both the downlink beam and the uplink beam
- the determination unit 202 which is Configured to determine the unified TCI state based on the DCI.
- the communication unit 201 and the determination unit 202 may be implemented by one or more processing circuits, and the processing circuits may be implemented as a chip or a processor, for example. Moreover, it should be understood that each functional unit in the electronic device shown in FIG. 6 is only a logical module divided according to the specific functions implemented by the functional units, and is not used to limit the specific implementation manner.
- the electronic device 200 may be provided on the UE side or communicatively connected to the UE, for example.
- the electronic device 200 may be implemented at the chip level, or may also be implemented at the device level.
- the electronic device 200 may function as the UE itself, and may also include external devices such as a memory, a transceiver (not shown in the figure), and the like.
- the memory can be used to store programs and related data information that the user equipment needs to execute to achieve various functions.
- the transceiver may include one or more communication interfaces to support communication with different devices (eg, base stations, other user equipment, etc.), and the implementation form of the transceiver is not particularly limited here.
- the DCI used to unify the indication of the TCI state may have various forms.
- the UL DCL may include SRI and unified TCI state identification.
- the unified TCI state identifier is used to indicate the beam of the PUSCH
- the SRI is at least used to indicate the uplink power control and transmission antenna port selection of the PUSCH.
- the UL DCI can be obtained by extending DCI Format 0_1/0_2.
- the indicated form of this DCI may be referred to as an extended mode.
- the UL DCL may also be configured to include an SRI associated with the unified TCI state. That is, when the UE obtains the SRI, for example, the determining unit 202 may simultaneously determine the SRS resource and the corresponding unified TCI state.
- the communication unit 201 may also receive high-level signaling that associates the SRI with the unified TCI state, where the high-level signaling includes, for example, RRC signaling or MAC CE.
- the indication form of this DCI may be referred to as an association mode.
- the newly defined DCI is dedicated to indicating the unified TCI state, and is not used for scheduling of uplink and downlink data transmission.
- the newly defined DCI at least includes a unified TCI state identifier.
- the newly defined DCI may also include one or more of the following: channel/signal application, used to indicate uplink and downlink channels/signals and the component carrier or BWP where they are located; PUCCH resource identifier, used for Indicates the PUCCH resource used by the UE for HARQ-ACK feedback; PDCCH to PUCCH timing is used to indicate the time from sending the newly defined DCI to when the UE sends PUCCH for HARQ-ACK feedback; CSI request field, used for Downlink CSI feedback is triggered aperiodically.
- channel/signal application used to indicate uplink and downlink channels/signals and the component carrier or BWP where they are located
- PUCCH resource identifier used for Indicates the PUCCH resource used by the UE for HARQ-ACK feedback
- PDCCH to PUCCH timing is used to indicate the time from sending the newly defined DCI to when the UE sends PUCCH for HARQ-ACK feedback
- CSI request field used for Downlink CSI feedback is
- the determining unit 202 may determine, according to the channel/signal application, one or more channels/signals to which the indicated unified TCI state is to be applied and the CCs or BWPs where they are located respectively; and may determine which PUCCH resources to use for feedback according to the PUCCH resource identifiers HARQ-ACK, the HARQ-ACK is used to confirm that the UE has correctly received the newly defined DCI; the timing relationship between the feedback of the newly defined DCI sent to the HARQ-ACK can be determined according to the PDCCH to PUCCH timing.
- the determining unit 202 may also determine whether and how to report aperiodic downlink CSI according to the CSI request field.
- aperiodic CSI reporting and related parameters are pre-configured, for example, through RRC signaling.
- RRC signaling configures 3 aperiodic CSI reports, each of which includes aperiodic CSI measurement resources, where the CSI request field can be 2 bits, for example, 01, 10, and 11 correspond to 1 aperiodic CSI report respectively , 00 is reserved to indicate that there is no aperiodic CSI reporting, that is, none of the three aperiodic CSI reporting is triggered.
- the UE determines to perform a certain aperiodic CSI report according to the value, and determines the aperiodic CSI report based on the configuration of the aperiodic CSI report previously received through RRC signaling
- the measurement resource is measured, and the aperiodic CSI-RS is measured on the measurement resource and the measurement result is reported to the base station.
- the communication unit 201 is further configured to send a beam application timing parameter (BeamApplicationTiming) to the base station, where the beam application timing parameter indicates the time required for the unified TCI state indicated by the newly defined DCI to be applied after the UE sends the HARQ-ACK.
- BeamApplicationTiming a beam application timing parameter
- the beam application timing parameters depend on the capabilities of the UE. After the UE sends the HARQ-ACK to the base station, the unified TCI state indicated by the newly defined DCI will be applied during the BeamApplicationTiming time.
- the DCI used for the indication of the unified TCI state may also include the UL DCI, wherein,
- the UL DCI includes an SRI used to indicate SRS resources, and the unified TCI state identifier in the newly defined DCI is used to indicate the spatial relationship of the SRS resources. Specifically, the UE determines the SRS resources according to the UL DCI, determines the unified TCI state according to the newly defined DCI, and then updates the spatial relationship of the SRS resources according to the unified TCI state, thereby realizing the desired beam indication.
- the indicated form of DCI may be referred to as indirect mode.
- the HARQ mechanism in order to improve the transmission reliability of DCI, the HARQ mechanism can be applied.
- the specific description has been given with reference to FIG. 2 to FIG. 5 in the first embodiment, and only the corresponding operation of the UE-side communication unit 201 is briefly described here.
- the communication unit 201 may perform the following operations: send the PUSCH to the base station when the UL DCI is correctly received, and send the PUSCH from the base station to the base station when the base station correctly receives the PUSCH sent by the UE.
- HARQ-ACK for UL DCI and HARQ-NACK for PUSCH are received from the base station.
- the above-mentioned HARQ-ACK and HARQ-NACK may be included in other DCIs following the UL DCI.
- the communication unit 201 may perform the following operations: if the newly defined DCI is correctly received, send a HARQ-ACK to the base station; if the newly defined DCI is not correctly received In the case of defined DCI, no feedback of HARQ is sent to the base station; and if the newly defined DCI is not correctly received but other DCIs for downlink scheduling are correctly received, HARQ-for other DCIs is sent to the base station. ACK simultaneously sends a HARQ-NACK for this newly defined DCI.
- the communication unit 201 can implement the HARQ mechanism by performing two or one of the above two sets of operations.
- a new QCL type needs to be defined, that is, the QCL type for the uplink.
- the following three QCL types can be defined: QCL Type X, used to define the same TA of two reference signals; QCL Type Y, used to define the same PL between two reference signals; QCL Type Z, used to define the uplink The direction of the transmit beam.
- QCL Type X used to define the same TA of two reference signals
- QCL Type Y used to define the same PL between two reference signals
- QCL Type Z used to define the uplink The direction of the transmit beam.
- the DCI according to this embodiment may include one or more QCL types for uplink, and the determining unit 202 may, for example, determine the same attribute between two uplink reference signals according to the QCL type.
- the electronic device 200 can perform unified TCI state indication through DCI, which reduces the time delay, and can also improve the reliability of DCI transmission by applying the HARQ mechanism.
- FIG. 7 shows a flowchart of a method for wireless communication according to an embodiment of the present application, the method comprising: generating a DCI for unifying the indication of TCI status, the DCI including at least UL DCI and a newly defined DCI One, wherein the unified TCI state is used to indicate both the downlink beam and the uplink beam (S11); and the downlink control information is sent to the UE (S12).
- the method can be performed at the base station side, for example.
- the DCI used for the indication of the unified TCI state includes the UL DCI including the SRI and the unified TCI state identification.
- the unified TCI state identifier is used to indicate the beam of the PUSCH
- the SRI is at least used to indicate the uplink power control and transmission antenna port selection of the PUSCH.
- the UL DCI can be obtained by extending DCI Format 0_1/0_2.
- the DCI used for the indication of the unified TCI state includes UL DCI including the SRI, where the SRI is associated with the unified TCI state.
- the SRI can be associated with the unified TCI state through higher layer signaling such as RRC signaling or MAC CE.
- the DCI used for the indication of the unified TCI state includes a newly defined DCI that is dedicated to indicating the unified TCI state and includes at least a unified TCI state identifier.
- the newly defined DCI may also include one or more of the following: channel/signal application, used to indicate the uplink and downlink channels/signals and their component carriers or part of the bandwidth; PUCCH resource identifier, used to instruct the UE to perform PUCCH resource used for HARQ-ACK feedback; PDCCH to PUCCH timing, used to indicate the time from sending the newly defined DCI to when the UE sends PUCCH for HARQ-ACK feedback; CSI request field, used for aperiodic Trigger downlink CSI feedback.
- the newly defined DCI may be scrambled using RNTI.
- the above method may further include: receiving a beam application timing parameter from the UE, the beam application timing parameter indicating the time required for the unified TCI state indicated by the newly defined DCI to be applied after the UE sends the HARQ-ACK.
- the DCI used for the indication of the unified TCI state also includes UL DCI, wherein the UL DCI includes the SRI used to indicate the SRS resource, and the unified TCI state identifier is used to indicate the SRS resource spatial relationship.
- the above method further includes applying a HARQ mechanism.
- the above method includes: in the case that the UE correctly receives the UL DCI and the base station correctly receives the PUSCH sent by the UE, feeding back HARQ-ACK to the UE; HARQ-NACK is fed back to the UE when UL DCI is not received correctly so that PUSCH cannot be sent; and HARQ-NACK for UL DCI is fed back to UE when the UL DCI is correctly received by the UE and the PUSCH sent by the UE is not correctly received by the base station and HARQ-NACK for PUSCH.
- HARQ-ACK and HARQ-NACK may be included in other DCI after UL DCI.
- the above method includes: if the UE correctly receives the newly defined DCI, receiving a HARQ-ACK from the UE; if the UE does not correctly receive the newly defined DCI In case of DCI, no feedback of HARQ is received from the UE; and if the UE does not correctly receive the newly defined DCI but other UL DCIs are correctly received and HARQ-ACK is fed back, HARQ for the newly defined DCI is received from the UE -NACK.
- the DCI can also include QCL types for uplink, and the QCL types include one or more of the following: QCL Type X, used to define the same timing advance of two reference signals; QCL Type Y, used to define two The path loss between reference signals is the same; QCL Type Z, used to define the direction of the uplink transmit beam.
- FIG. 8 shows a flowchart of a method for wireless communication according to an embodiment of the present application, the method comprising: receiving a DCI for a unified TCI state indication from a base station, the DCI including a UL DCI and a newly defined DCI At least one of, wherein the unified TCI state is used to indicate both the downlink beam and the uplink beam (S21); and the unified TCI state is determined based on the DCI (S22).
- This method can be performed on the UE side, for example.
- the HARQ mechanism can also be applied.
- the method performed by the UE side further includes: sending the PUSCH to the base station when the UL DCI is correctly received; Receive HARQ-ACK; receive HARQ-NACK from the base station when the UL DCI is not correctly received so that the UE cannot transmit the PUSCH;
- HARQ-ACK for UL DCI and HARQ-NACK for PUSCH are received from the base station.
- the above-mentioned HARQ-ACK and HARQ-NACK may be included in other DCIs following the UL DCI.
- the method performed by the UE side further: if the newly defined DCI is correctly received, send a HARQ-ACK to the base station; if the newly defined DCI is not correctly received In the case of the DCI, do not send the HARQ feedback to the base station; and in the case where the newly defined DCI is not correctly received but other DCIs for downlink scheduling are correctly received, send the base station HARQ-ACK for other DCIs A HARQ-NACK for this newly defined DCI is sent at the same time.
- the electronic device 100 may be implemented as various base stations.
- a base station may be implemented as any type of evolved Node B (eNB) or gNB (5G base station).
- eNBs include, for example, macro eNBs and small eNBs. Small eNBs may be eNBs covering cells smaller than macro cells, such as pico eNBs, micro eNBs, and home (femto) eNBs. A similar situation can also be used for gNB.
- the base station may be implemented as any other type of base station, such as NodeB and base transceiver station (BTS).
- BTS base transceiver station
- a base station may include: a subject (also referred to as a base station device) configured to control wireless communications; and one or more remote radio heads (RRHs) disposed at a different location than the subject.
- a subject also referred to as a base station device
- RRHs remote radio heads
- various types of user equipment can operate as a base station by temporarily or semi-persistently performing a base station function.
- the electronic device 200 may be implemented as various user devices.
- User equipment may be implemented as mobile terminals such as smart phones, tablet personal computers (PCs), notebook PCs, portable game terminals, portable/dongle-type mobile routers, and digital cameras or vehicle-mounted terminals such as car navigation devices.
- the user equipment may also be implemented as a terminal performing machine-to-machine (M2M) communication (also referred to as a machine type communication (MTC) terminal).
- M2M machine-to-machine
- MTC machine type communication
- the user equipment may be a wireless communication module (such as an integrated circuit module comprising a single die) mounted on each of the aforementioned terminals.
- eNB 800 includes one or more antennas 810 and base station equipment 820.
- the base station apparatus 820 and each antenna 810 may be connected to each other via an RF cable.
- Each of the antennas 810 includes a single or multiple antenna elements (such as multiple antenna elements included in a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna), and is used by the base station apparatus 820 to transmit and receive wireless signals.
- eNB 800 may include multiple antennas 810.
- multiple antennas 810 may be compatible with multiple frequency bands used by eNB 800.
- FIG. 9 shows an example in which the eNB 800 includes multiple antennas 810, the eNB 800 may also include a single antenna 810.
- the base station apparatus 820 includes a controller 821 , a memory 822 , a network interface 823 , and a wireless communication interface 825 .
- the controller 821 may be, for example, a CPU or a DSP, and operates various functions of a higher layer of the base station apparatus 820 .
- the controller 821 generates data packets from data in the signal processed by the wireless communication interface 825 and communicates the generated packets via the network interface 823 .
- the controller 821 may bundle data from a plurality of baseband processors to generate a bundled packet, and deliver the generated bundled packet.
- the controller 821 may have logical functions to perform controls such as radio resource control, radio bearer control, mobility management, admission control and scheduling. This control may be performed in conjunction with nearby eNB or core network nodes.
- the memory 822 includes RAM and ROM, and stores programs executed by the controller 821 and various types of control data such as a terminal list, transmission power data, and scheduling data.
- the network interface 823 is a communication interface for connecting the base station apparatus 820 to the core network 824 .
- the controller 821 may communicate with core network nodes or further eNBs via the network interface 823 .
- eNB 800 and core network nodes or other eNBs may be connected to each other through logical interfaces such as S1 interface and X2 interface.
- the network interface 823 may also be a wired communication interface or a wireless communication interface for wireless backhaul. If the network interface 823 is a wireless communication interface, the network interface 823 may use a higher frequency band for wireless communication than the frequency band used by the wireless communication interface 825 .
- Wireless communication interface 825 supports any cellular communication scheme, such as Long Term Evolution (LTE) and LTE-Advanced, and provides wireless connectivity to terminals located in cells of eNB 800 via antenna 810.
- the wireless communication interface 825 may generally include, for example, a baseband (BB) processor 826 and RF circuitry 827 .
- the BB processor 826 may perform, for example, encoding/decoding, modulation/demodulation, and multiplexing/demultiplexing, and performs layers such as L1, Medium Access Control (MAC), Radio Link Control (RLC), and Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP)) various types of signal processing.
- the BB processor 826 may have some or all of the above-described logical functions.
- the BB processor 826 may be a memory storing a communication control program, or a module including a processor and associated circuitry configured to execute the program.
- the update procedure may cause the functionality of the BB processor 826 to change.
- the module may be a card or blade that is inserted into a slot of the base station device 820 .
- the module can also be a chip mounted on a card or blade.
- the RF circuit 827 may include, for example, a mixer, a filter, and an amplifier, and transmit and receive wireless signals via the antenna 810 .
- the wireless communication interface 825 may include multiple BB processors 826 .
- multiple BB processors 826 may be compatible with multiple frequency bands used by eNB 800.
- the wireless communication interface 825 may include a plurality of RF circuits 827 .
- multiple RF circuits 827 may be compatible with multiple antenna elements.
- FIG. 9 shows an example in which the wireless communication interface 825 includes multiple BB processors 826 and multiple RF circuits 827 , the wireless communication interface 825 may also include a single BB processor 826 or a single RF circuit 827 .
- the communication unit 102 and the transceiver of the electronic device 100 may be implemented by the wireless communication interface 825. At least a portion of the functionality may also be implemented by the controller 821 .
- the controller 821 may perform the unified indication of the TCI state through the DCI by performing the functions of the generation unit 101 and the communication unit 102 .
- eNB 830 includes one or more antennas 840, base station equipment 850, and RRH 860.
- the RRH 860 and each antenna 840 may be connected to each other via RF cables.
- the base station apparatus 850 and the RRH 860 may be connected to each other via high-speed lines such as fiber optic cables.
- Each of the antennas 840 includes a single or multiple antenna elements (such as multiple antenna elements included in a MIMO antenna) and is used by the RRH 860 to transmit and receive wireless signals.
- the eNB 830 may include multiple antennas 840.
- multiple antennas 840 may be compatible with multiple frequency bands used by eNB 830.
- 10 shows an example in which the eNB 830 includes multiple antennas 840, the eNB 830 may also include a single antenna 840.
- the base station apparatus 850 includes a controller 851 , a memory 852 , a network interface 853 , a wireless communication interface 855 , and a connection interface 857 .
- the controller 851 , the memory 852 and the network interface 853 are the same as the controller 821 , the memory 822 and the network interface 823 described with reference to FIG. 9 .
- Wireless communication interface 855 supports any cellular communication scheme, such as LTE and LTE-Advanced, and provides wireless communication via RRH 860 and antenna 840 to terminals located in a sector corresponding to RRH 860.
- Wireless communication interface 855 may generally include, for example, BB processor 856 .
- the BB processor 856 is the same as the BB processor 826 described with reference to FIG. 9, except that the BB processor 856 is connected to the RF circuit 864 of the RRH 860 via the connection interface 857.
- the wireless communication interface 855 may include multiple BB processors 856 .
- multiple BB processors 856 may be compatible with multiple frequency bands used by eNB 830.
- FIG. 10 shows an example in which the wireless communication interface 855 includes multiple BB processors 856
- the wireless communication interface 855 may also include a single BB processor 856 .
- connection interface 857 is an interface for connecting the base station apparatus 850 (the wireless communication interface 855 ) to the RRH 860.
- the connection interface 857 may also be a communication module for communication in the above-mentioned high-speed line connecting the base station apparatus 850 (the wireless communication interface 855) to the RRH 860.
- RRH 860 includes connection interface 861 and wireless communication interface 863.
- connection interface 861 is an interface for connecting the RRH 860 (the wireless communication interface 863 ) to the base station apparatus 850.
- the connection interface 861 may also be a communication module for communication in the above-mentioned high-speed line.
- the wireless communication interface 863 transmits and receives wireless signals via the antenna 840 .
- Wireless communication interface 863 may typically include RF circuitry 864, for example.
- RF circuitry 864 may include, for example, mixers, filters, and amplifiers, and transmit and receive wireless signals via antenna 840 .
- the wireless communication interface 863 may include a plurality of RF circuits 864 .
- multiple RF circuits 864 may support multiple antenna elements.
- FIG. 10 shows an example in which the wireless communication interface 863 includes multiple RF circuits 864
- the wireless communication interface 863 may include a single RF circuit 864 .
- the communication unit 102 and the transceiver of the electronic device 100 may be implemented by the wireless communication interface 855 and/or the wireless communication interface 863. At least a portion of the functionality may also be implemented by the controller 851 .
- the controller 851 may perform the unified indication of the TCI state through the DCI by performing the functions of the generation unit 101 and the communication unit 102 .
- FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing an example of a schematic configuration of a smartphone 900 to which the techniques of the present disclosure can be applied.
- Smartphone 900 includes processor 901, memory 902, storage device 903, external connection interface 904, camera device 906, sensor 907, microphone 908, input device 909, display device 910, speaker 911, wireless communication interface 912, one or more Antenna switch 915 , one or more antennas 916 , bus 917 , battery 918 , and auxiliary controller 919 .
- the processor 901 may be, for example, a CPU or a system on a chip (SoC), and controls the functions of the application layer and further layers of the smartphone 900 .
- the memory 902 includes RAM and ROM, and stores data and programs executed by the processor 901 .
- the storage device 903 may include a storage medium such as a semiconductor memory and a hard disk.
- the external connection interface 904 is an interface for connecting an external device such as a memory card and a Universal Serial Bus (USB) device to the smartphone 900 .
- USB Universal Serial Bus
- the camera 906 includes an image sensor such as a charge coupled device (CCD) and a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS), and generates a captured image.
- Sensors 907 may include a set of sensors, such as measurement sensors, gyroscope sensors, geomagnetic sensors, and acceleration sensors.
- the microphone 908 converts the sound input to the smartphone 900 into an audio signal.
- the input device 909 includes, for example, a touch sensor, a keypad, a keyboard, a button, or a switch configured to detect a touch on the screen of the display device 910, and receives operations or information input from a user.
- the display device 910 includes a screen such as a liquid crystal display (LCD) and an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display, and displays an output image of the smartphone 900 .
- the speaker 911 converts the audio signal output from the smartphone 900 into sound.
- the wireless communication interface 912 supports any cellular communication scheme, such as LTE and LTE-Advanced, and performs wireless communication.
- Wireless communication interface 912 may typically include, for example, BB processor 913 and RF circuitry 914 .
- the BB processor 913 can perform, for example, encoding/decoding, modulation/demodulation, and multiplexing/demultiplexing, and performs various types of signal processing for wireless communication.
- the RF circuit 914 may include, for example, mixers, filters, and amplifiers, and transmit and receive wireless signals via the antenna 916 .
- the wireless communication interface 912 may be a chip module on which the BB processor 913 and the RF circuit 914 are integrated. As shown in FIG. 11 , the wireless communication interface 912 may include a plurality of BB processors 913 and a plurality of RF circuits 914 . Although FIG. 11 shows an example in which the wireless communication interface 912 includes multiple BB processors 913 and multiple RF circuits 914 , the wireless communication interface 912 may also include a single BB processor 913 or a single RF circuit 914 .
- the wireless communication interface 912 may support additional types of wireless communication schemes, such as short-range wireless communication schemes, near field communication schemes, and wireless local area network (LAN) schemes.
- the wireless communication interface 912 may include the BB processor 913 and the RF circuit 914 for each wireless communication scheme.
- Each of the antenna switches 915 switches the connection destination of the antenna 916 among a plurality of circuits included in the wireless communication interface 912 (eg, circuits for different wireless communication schemes).
- Each of the antennas 916 includes a single or multiple antenna elements (such as multiple antenna elements included in a MIMO antenna), and is used for the wireless communication interface 912 to transmit and receive wireless signals.
- smartphone 900 may include multiple antennas 916 .
- FIG. 11 shows an example in which the smartphone 900 includes multiple antennas 916 , the smartphone 900 may also include a single antenna 916 .
- the smartphone 900 may include an antenna 916 for each wireless communication scheme.
- the antenna switch 915 can be omitted from the configuration of the smartphone 900 .
- the bus 917 connects the processor 901, the memory 902, the storage device 903, the external connection interface 904, the camera device 906, the sensor 907, the microphone 908, the input device 909, the display device 910, the speaker 911, the wireless communication interface 912, and the auxiliary controller 919 to each other connect.
- the battery 918 provides power to the various blocks of the smartphone 900 shown in FIG. 11 via feeders, which are partially shown in phantom in the figure.
- the auxiliary controller 919 operates the minimum necessary functions of the smartphone 900, eg, in a sleep mode.
- the communication unit 201 and the transceiver of the electronic device 200 may be implemented by the wireless communication interface 912 . At least a portion of the functionality may also be implemented by the processor 901 or the auxiliary controller 919 .
- the processor 901 or the auxiliary controller 919 may enable unified indication of the TCI status through DCI by performing the functions of the communication unit 201 and the determination unit 202 .
- FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing an example of a schematic configuration of a car navigation apparatus 920 to which the technology of the present disclosure can be applied.
- the car navigation device 920 includes a processor 921, a memory 922, a global positioning system (GPS) module 924, a sensor 925, a data interface 926, a content player 927, a storage medium interface 928, an input device 929, a display device 930, a speaker 931, a wireless A communication interface 933 , one or more antenna switches 936 , one or more antennas 937 , and a battery 938 .
- GPS global positioning system
- the processor 921 may be, for example, a CPU or a SoC, and controls the navigation function and other functions of the car navigation device 920 .
- the memory 922 includes RAM and ROM, and stores data and programs executed by the processor 921 .
- the GPS module 924 measures the position (such as latitude, longitude, and altitude) of the car navigation device 920 using GPS signals received from GPS satellites.
- Sensors 925 may include a set of sensors such as gyroscope sensors, geomagnetic sensors, and air pressure sensors.
- the data interface 926 is connected to, for example, the in-vehicle network 941 via a terminal not shown, and acquires data generated by the vehicle, such as vehicle speed data.
- the content player 927 reproduces content stored in storage media such as CDs and DVDs, which are inserted into the storage media interface 928 .
- the input device 929 includes, for example, a touch sensor, a button, or a switch configured to detect a touch on the screen of the display device 930, and receives operations or information input from a user.
- the display device 930 includes a screen such as an LCD or OLED display, and displays an image of a navigation function or reproduced content.
- the speaker 931 outputs the sound of the navigation function or the reproduced content.
- the wireless communication interface 933 supports any cellular communication scheme such as LTE and LTE-Advanced, and performs wireless communication.
- Wireless communication interface 933 may typically include, for example, BB processor 934 and RF circuitry 935 .
- the BB processor 934 may perform, for example, encoding/decoding, modulation/demodulation, and multiplexing/demultiplexing, and perform various types of signal processing for wireless communication.
- the RF circuit 935 may include, for example, mixers, filters, and amplifiers, and transmit and receive wireless signals via the antenna 937 .
- the wireless communication interface 933 can also be a chip module on which the BB processor 934 and the RF circuit 935 are integrated. As shown in FIG.
- the wireless communication interface 933 may include a plurality of BB processors 934 and a plurality of RF circuits 935 .
- FIG. 12 shows an example in which the wireless communication interface 933 includes multiple BB processors 934 and multiple RF circuits 935 , the wireless communication interface 933 may also include a single BB processor 934 or a single RF circuit 935 .
- the wireless communication interface 933 may support another type of wireless communication scheme, such as a short-range wireless communication scheme, a near field communication scheme, and a wireless LAN scheme.
- the wireless communication interface 933 may include the BB processor 934 and the RF circuit 935 for each wireless communication scheme.
- Each of the antenna switches 936 switches the connection destination of the antenna 937 among a plurality of circuits included in the wireless communication interface 933, such as circuits for different wireless communication schemes.
- Each of the antennas 937 includes a single or multiple antenna elements (such as multiple antenna elements included in a MIMO antenna), and is used for the wireless communication interface 933 to transmit and receive wireless signals.
- the car navigation device 920 may include a plurality of antennas 937 .
- FIG. 12 shows an example in which the car navigation device 920 includes a plurality of antennas 937 , the car navigation device 920 may also include a single antenna 937 .
- the car navigation device 920 may include an antenna 937 for each wireless communication scheme.
- the antenna switch 936 may be omitted from the configuration of the car navigation apparatus 920 .
- the battery 938 provides power to the various blocks of the car navigation device 920 shown in FIG. 12 via feeders, which are partially shown as dashed lines in the figure.
- the battery 938 accumulates power supplied from the vehicle.
- the communication unit 201 and the transceiver of the electronic device 200 may be implemented by the wireless communication interface 933 . At least a portion of the functionality may also be implemented by the processor 921 .
- the processor 921 may enable unified indication of the TCI state through DCI by executing the functions of the communication unit 201 and the determination unit 202 .
- the techniques of this disclosure may also be implemented as an in-vehicle system (or vehicle) 940 that includes one or more blocks of a car navigation device 920 , an in-vehicle network 941 , and a vehicle module 942 .
- the vehicle module 942 generates vehicle data such as vehicle speed, engine speed, and fault information, and outputs the generated data to the in-vehicle network 941 .
- the present disclosure also proposes a program product storing machine-readable instruction codes.
- the instruction code is read and executed by a machine, the above-mentioned method according to the embodiment of the present disclosure can be executed.
- a storage medium for carrying the above-mentioned program product storing the machine-readable instruction code is also included in the disclosure of the present disclosure.
- the storage medium includes, but is not limited to, a floppy disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a memory card, a memory stick, and the like.
- programs constituting the software are installed from a storage medium or a network to a computer having a dedicated hardware configuration (for example, a general-purpose computer 1300 shown in FIG. 13 ) in which various programs are installed can perform various functions, etc.
- a central processing unit (CPU) 1301 executes various processes according to a program stored in a read only memory (ROM) 1302 or a program loaded from a storage section 1308 to a random access memory (RAM) 1303 .
- ROM read only memory
- RAM random access memory
- data required when the CPU 1301 executes various processes and the like is also stored as needed.
- the CPU 1301, the ROM 1302, and the RAM 1303 are connected to each other via a bus 1304.
- Input/output interface 1305 is also connected to bus 1304 .
- the following components are connected to the input/output interface 1305: an input section 1306 (including a keyboard, mouse, etc.), an output section 1307 (including a display such as a cathode ray tube (CRT), a liquid crystal display (LCD), etc., and a speaker, etc.), A storage section 1308 (including a hard disk, etc.), a communication section 1309 (including a network interface card such as a LAN card, a modem, etc.). The communication section 1309 performs communication processing via a network such as the Internet.
- a driver 1310 may also be connected to the input/output interface 1305 as desired.
- a removable medium 1311 such as a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a semiconductor memory, etc. is mounted on the drive 1310 as needed, so that a computer program read therefrom is installed into the storage section 1308 as needed.
- a program constituting the software is installed from a network such as the Internet or a storage medium such as the removable medium 1311 .
- a storage medium is not limited to the removable medium 1311 shown in FIG. 13 in which the program is stored and distributed separately from the device to provide the program to the user.
- the removable medium 1311 include magnetic disks (including floppy disks (registered trademark)), optical disks (including compact disk read only memory (CD-ROM) and digital versatile disk (DVD)), magneto-optical disks (including minidisc (MD) (registered trademark) trademark)) and semiconductor memory.
- the storage medium may be the ROM 1302, a hard disk contained in the storage section 1308, or the like, in which programs are stored and distributed to users together with the devices containing them.
- each component or each step can be decomposed and/or recombined. These disaggregations and/or recombinations should be considered equivalents of the present disclosure. Also, the steps of executing the above-described series of processes can naturally be executed in chronological order in the order described, but need not necessarily be executed in chronological order. Certain steps can be performed in parallel or independently of each other.
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- 一种用于无线通信的电子设备,包括:处理电路,被配置为:生成用于统一传输配置指示TCI状态的指示的下行控制信息,所述下行控制信息包括用于上行链路调度的下行控制信息和新定义的下行控制信息中至少之一,其中,所述统一TCI状态用于指示下行波束和上行波束两者;以及将所述下行控制信息发送给用户设备。
- 根据权利要求1所述的电子设备,其中,所述下行控制信息包括用于上行链路调度的下行控制信息,所述用于上行链路调度的下行控制信息包括探测参考信号资源指示符和统一TCI状态标识。
- 根据权利要求2所述的电子设备,其中,所述统一TCI状态标识用于指示物理上行共享信道的波束,所述探测参考信号资源指示符至少用于指示物理上行共享信道的上行功率控制和发送天线端口选择。
- 根据权利要求2所述的电子设备,其中,所述用于上行链路调度的下行控制信息通过扩展DCI Format 0_1/0_2而得到。
- 根据权利要求1所述的电子设备,其中,所述下行控制信息包括用于上行链路调度的下行控制信息,所述用于上行链路调度的下行控制信息包括探测参考信号资源指示符,其中,探测参考信号资源指示符与统一TCI状态相关联。
- 根据权利要求5所述的电子设备,其中,所述处理电路还被配置为通过高层信令将探测参考信号资源指示符与统一TCI状态进行关联。
- 根据权利要求6所述的电子设备,其中,所述高层信令包括无线资源控制信令或媒体接入控制控制元素。
- 根据权利要求1所述的电子设备,其中,所述下行控制信息包括新定义的下行控制信息,所述新定义的下行控制信息专用于指示所述统一TCI状态,并且至少包括统一TCI状态标识。
- 根据权利要求8所述的电子设备,其中,所述新定义的下行控制 信息还包括如下中的一项或多项:信道/信号应用,用于指示上下行信道/信号及其所在的成份载波或部分带宽;物理上行控制信道资源标识,用于指示所述用户设备进行混合自动重传请求确认HARQ-ACK的反馈时使用的物理上行控制信道资源;物理下行控制信道到物理上行控制信道定时,用于指示从发送所述新定义的下行控制信息到所述用户设备发送物理上行控制信道以进行所述HARQ-ACK的反馈之间的时间;信道状态信息请求字段,用于非周期地触发下行信道状态信息反馈。
- 根据权利要求8所述的电子设备,其中,所述处理电路还被配置为使用无线网络临时标识对所述新定义的下行控制信息进行加扰。
- 根据权利要求9所述的电子设备,其中,所述处理电路还被配置为从所述用户设备接收波束应用定时参数,该波束应用定时参数指示所述用户设备发送所述HARQ-ACK之后所述新定义的下行控制信息指示的统一TCI状态被应用所需要的时间。
- 根据权利要求8所述的电子设备,其中,所述下行控制信息还包括所述用于上行链路调度的下行控制信息,其中,所述用于上行链路调度的下行控制信息包括用于指示探测参考信号资源的探测参考信号资源指示符,所述统一TCI状态标识用于指示探测参考信号资源的空间关系。
- 根据权利要求1所述的电子设备,其中,所述处理电路还被配置为应用混合自动重传请求HARQ机制,来提高所述下行控制信息的传输可靠性。
- 根据权利要求13所述的电子设备,其中,所述下行控制信息包括用于上行链路调度的下行控制信息,所述处理电路被配置为如下应用所述HARQ机制:在所述用户设备正确接收所述用于上行链路调度的下行控制信息并且基站正确接收所述用户设备发送的物理上行共享信道的情况下,向所述用户设备反馈HARQ-ACK;在所述用户设备没有正确接收所述用于上行链路调度的下行控制信息从而无法发送所述物理上行共享信道的情况下,向所述用户设备反馈HARQ-NACK;以及在所述用户设备正确接收所述用于上行链路调度的下行控制信息并且所述基站没有正确接收所述用户设备发送的物理上行共享信道的情况下,向所述用户设备反馈针对所述用于上行链路调度的下行控制信息的HARQ-ACK和针对所述物理上行共享信道的HARQ-NACK。
- 根据权利要求14所述的电子设备,其中,所述HARQ-ACK和所述HARQ-NACK包含在所述用于上行链路调度的下行控制信息之后的其他下行控制信息中。
- 根据权利要求13所述的电子设备,其中,所述下行控制信息包括新定义的下行控制信息,所述处理电路还被配置为:在所述用户设备正确接收所述新定义的下行控制信息的情况下,从所述用户设备接收HARQ-ACK;在所述用户设备没有正确接收所述新定义的下行控制信息的情况下,不从所述用户设备接收HARQ的反馈;以及在所述用户设备没有正确接收所述新定义的下行控制信息但是正确接收了其他用于下行链路调度的下行控制信息并反馈HARQ-ACK的情况下,从所述用户设备接收针对该新定义的下行控制信息的HARQ-NACK。
- 根据权利要求1所述的电子设备,其中,所述下行控制信息中包括针对上行链路的准共址类型,所述准共址类型包括如下中的一个或多个:QCL Type X,用于定义两个参考信号的时间提前量相同;QCL Type Y,用于定义两个参考信号之间的路径损耗相同;QCL Type Z,用于定义上行发送波束的方向。
- 一种用于无线通信的电子设备,包括:处理电路,被配置为:从基站接收用于统一传输配置指示TCI状态的指示的下行控制信息,所述下行控制信息包括用于上行链路调度的下行控制信息和新定义的下行控制信息中至少之一,其中,所述统一TCI状态用于指示下行波束和上行波束两者;以及基于所述下行控制信息确定统一TCI状态。
- 根据权利要求18所述的电子设备,其中,所述下行控制信息包 括用于上行链路调度的下行控制信息,所述用于上行链路调度的下行控制信息包括探测参考信号资源指示符和统一TCI状态标识。
- 根据权利要求19所述的电子设备,其中,所述统一TCI状态标识用于指示物理上行共享信道的波束,所述探测参考信号资源指示符至少用于指示物理上行共享信道的上行功率控制和发送天线端口选择。
- 根据权利要求18所述的电子设备,其中,所述下行控制信息包括用于上行链路调度的下行控制信息,所述用于上行链路调度的下行控制信息包括探测参考信号资源指示符,其中,探测参考信号资源指示符与统一TCI状态相关联。
- 根据权利要求21所述的电子设备,其中,所述处理电路还被配置为接收将探测参考信号资源指示符与统一TCI状态进行关联的高层信令,其中,所述高层信令包括无线资源控制信令或媒体接入控制控制元素。
- 根据权利要求18所述的电子设备,其中,所述下行控制信息包括新定义的下行控制信息,所述新定义的下行控制信息专用于指示所述统一TCI状态,并且至少包括统一TCI状态标识。
- 根据权利要求23所述的电子设备,其中,所述新定义的下行控制信息还包括如下中的一项或多项:信道/信号应用,用于指示上下行信道/信号及其所在的成份载波或部分带宽;物理上行控制信道资源标识,用于指示用户设备进行混合自动重传请求确认HARQ-ACK的反馈时使用的物理上行控制信道资源;物理下行控制信道到物理上行控制信道定时,用于指示从发送所述新定义的下行控制信息到所述用户设备发送物理上行控制信道以进行所述HARQ-ACK的反馈之间的时间;信道状态信息请求字段,用于非周期地触发下行信道状态信息反馈。
- 根据权利要求24所述的电子设备,其中,所述处理电路还被配置为向所述基站发送波束应用定时参数,该波束应用定时参数指示所述用户设备发送所述HARQ-ACK之后所述新定义的下行控制信息指示的统一TCI状态被应用所需要的时间。
- 根据权利要求23所述的电子设备,其中,所述下行控制信息还包括所述用于上行链路调度的下行控制信息,其中,所述用于上行链路调度的下行控制信息包括用于指示探测参考信号资源的探测参考信号资 源指示符,所述统一TCI状态标识用于指示探测参考信号资源的空间关系。
- 根据权利要求18所述的电子设备,其中,所述处理电路还被配置为应用混合自动重传请求HARQ机制,来提高所述下行控制信息的传输可靠性。
- 根据权利要求27所述的电子设备,其中,所述下行控制信息包括用于上行链路调度的下行控制信息,所述处理电路被配置为如下应用所述HARQ机制:在正确接收所述用于上行链路调度的下行控制信息并且所述基站正确接收用户设备发送的物理上行共享信道的情况下,从所述基站接收HARQ-ACK;在没有正确接收所述用于上行链路调度的下行控制信息从而所述用户设备无法发送所述物理上行共享信道的情况下,从所述基站接收HARQ-NACK;以及在正确接收所述用于上行链路调度的下行控制信息并且所述基站没有正确接收所述用户设备发送的物理上行共享信道的情况下,从所述基站接收针对所述用于上行链路调度的下行控制信息的HARQ-ACK和针对所述物理上行共享信道的HARQ-NACK。
- 根据权利要求28所述的电子设备,其中,所述HARQ-ACK和所述HARQ-NACK包含在所述用于上行链路调度的下行控制信息之后的其他下行控制信息中。
- 根据权利要求27所述的电子设备,其中,所述下行控制信息包括新定义的下行控制信息,所述处理电路还被配置为:在正确接收所述新定义的下行控制信息的情况下,向所述基站发送HARQ-ACK;在没有正确接收所述新定义的下行控制信息的情况下,不向所述基站发送HARQ的反馈;以及在没有正确接收所述新定义的下行控制信息但是正确接收了其他用于下行链路调度的下行控制信息的情况下,向所述基站发送针对其他下行控制信息的HARQ-ACK同时发送针对该新定义的下行控制信息的 HARQ-NACK。
- 一种用于无线通信的方法,包括:生成用于统一传输配置指示TCI状态的指示的下行控制信息,所述下行控制信息包括用于上行链路调度的下行控制信息和新定义的下行控制信息中至少之一,其中,所述统一TCI状态用于指示下行波束和上行波束两者;以及将所述下行控制信息发送给用户设备。
- 一种用于无线通信的方法,包括:从基站接收用于统一传输配置指示TCI状态的指示的下行控制信息,所述下行控制信息包括用于上行链路调度的下行控制信息和新定义的下行控制信息中至少之一,其中,所述统一TCI状态用于指示下行波束和上行波束两者;以及基于所述下行控制信息确定统一TCI状态。
- 一种计算机可读存储介质,其上存储有计算机可执行指令,当所述计算机可执行指令被执行时,执行根据权利要求31或32所述的用于无线通信的方法。
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