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- This application relates generally to wireless communication systems, including wireless communication systems implementing beam management mechanisms.
- Wireless mobile communication technology uses various standards and protocols to transmit data between a base station and a wireless communication device.
- Wireless communication system standards and protocols can include, for example, 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3 GPP) long term evolution (LTE) (e.g., 4G), 3GPP new radio (NR) (e g., 5G), and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 standard for wireless local area networks (WLAN) (commonly known to industry groups as Wi-Fi®).
- 3 GPP 3rd Generation Partnership Project
- LTE long term evolution
- NR 3GPP new radio
- IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 802.11 standard for wireless local area networks (WLAN) (commonly known to industry groups as Wi-Fi®).
- Wi-Fi® wireless local area networks
- 3GPP RANs can include, for example, global system for mobile communications (GSM), enhanced data rates for GSM evolution (EDGE) RAN (GERAN), Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN), Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN), and/or Next-Generation Radio Access Network (NG-RAN).
- GSM global system for mobile communications
- EDGE enhanced data rates for GSM evolution
- GERAN Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network
- E-UTRAN Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network
- NG-RAN Next-Generation Radio Access Network
- Each RAN may use one or more radio access technologies (RATs) to perform communication between the base station and the UE.
- RATs radio access technologies
- the GERAN implements GSM and/or EDGE RAT
- the UTRAN implements universal mobile telecommunication system (UMTS) RAT or other 3GPP RAT
- the E-UTRAN implements LTE RAT (sometimes simply referred to as LTE)
- NG-RAN implements NR RAT (sometimes referred to herein as 5G RAT, 5G NR RAT, or simply NR).
- the E-UTRAN may also implement NR RAT.
- NG-RAN may also implement LTE RAT.
- a base station used by a RAN may correspond to that RAN.
- E-UTRAN base station is an Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E- UTRAN) Node B (also commonly denoted as evolved Node B, enhanced Node B, eNodeB, or eNB).
- E- UTRAN Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network
- eNodeB enhanced Node B
- NG-RAN base station is a next generation Node B (also sometimes referred to as a g Node B or gNB).
- a RAN provides its communication services with external entities through its connection to a core network (CN).
- CN core network
- E-UTRAN may utilize an Evolved Packet Core (EPC)
- NG-RAN may utilize a 5G Core Network (5GC).
- EPC Evolved Packet Core
- 5GC 5G Core Network
- FIG. 1 illustrates a method of a UE, according to embodiments discussed herein.
- FIG. 2 illustrates a method of a RAN, according to embodiments discussed herein.
- FIG. 3 illustrates a method of a UE, according to embodiments discussed herein.
- FIG. 4 illustrates a method of a UE, according to embodiments discussed herein.
- FIG. 5 illustrates an example architecture of a wireless communication system, according to embodiments disclosed herein.
- FIG. 6 illustrates a system for performing signaling between a wireless device and a network device, according to embodiments disclosed herein.
- Various embodiments are described with regard to a UE. However, reference to a UE is merely provided for illustrative purposes. The example embodiments may be utilized with any electronic component that may establish a connection to a network and is configured with the hardware, software, and/or firmware to exchange information and data with the network. Therefore, the UE as described herein is used to represent any appropriate electronic component.
- This disclosure establishes a connection between beam management and channel state information (CSI) feedback. From there, mechanisms for extracting key channel parameters for constructing a channel matrix are proposed. Feedback corresponding to this beam management process may leverage CSI feedback design, as will be described.
- CSI channel state information
- MIMO multiple input multiple output
- TR 38.901 3 GPP Technical Report (TR) 38.901, “Study on Channel Model for Frequencies from 0.5 to 100 GHz,” version 17.0.0 (March 2023) (hereinafter “TR 38.901”) is particularly relevant.
- channel coefficients for each cluster n and each receiver and transmitter element pair u, s are generated.
- channel coefficients of a ray m in cluster n for a link between a receive (Rx) antenna u and a transmit (Tx) antenna s at time t in a k- th frequency bin can be calculated as (see TR 38.901 Section 8.4 formula 27) where are the receive antenna element u field paterns in the direction of the spherical basis vectors, respectively, are the transmit antenna element s field paterns in the direction of the spherical basis vectors, respectively.
- the delay (time of arrival (TOA)) for ray m in cluster n for a link between Rx antenna u and Tx antenna 5 may be given by:
- K n m is the cross polarisation power ratio in linear scale. If polarisation is not considered, the 2x2 polarisation matrix can be replaced by the scalar and only vertically polarised field patterns are applied.
- the Doppler frequency component is calculated from the arrival angles (angle of arrival (AO A), zenith angle of arrival (ZOA)), and the user terminal (UT) velocity vector with speed v, travel azimuth angle elevation angle and is given by
- a(f) is the frequency dependent oxygen loss per distance (dB/km) characterized in Clause 7.6.1;
- Step 3 is the delay(s) obtained from a Step 3 for deterministic clusters and from a Step 5 for random clusters. Note also that is from the output of Step 3.
- blockage modeling is an add-on feature. If the blockage model is applied, the blockage loss, in unit of dB, for each ray m in cluster n at carrier frequency f and time t is modeled, for example, in a same way as given in TR 38.901 Clause 7.6.4; otherwise for all f and t.
- b is the ray index for a ray with departure angles is the array response for is the relative delay, and is the path gam including amplitude and phase for ray b.
- regular antenna element arrangement then can be mapped to are oversampling factors for the vertical domain and the horizontal domain respectively, and are the spatial beam indices.
- the linear combination (LC) coefficient with the largest amplitude can be found (from LC coefficients at both polarizations from all sheets).
- the strongest LC coefficient is associated with polarization index and the corresponding beam index is (or understood in the digital domain by Then, may be used to normalize other coefficients, and a constant frequency offset can be added to all beams, such that can be used to shift the frequency offset at other LC coefficients:
- Doppler component or time domain (TD) component selection/quantization Q 4 .
- the formulation for precoders as discussed above can also be used for channel response between network and a single receive antenna at UE side. As compared with a MIMO channel model (for example, as captured in TR 38.901), the formulation can help build an intuitive understanding of channel propagation.
- the Al model may be treated as a generic estimator from interpolation. While such an Al model may not perform as well as a cell-specific Al model that is for a particular cell, as only non-cell specific interpolation/estimation is performed by the model, it is expected that the model should generalize more readily than in the cell-specific model case.
- the channel response matrix can be constructed from various observations.
- the maximum likelihood fitting of a single 6 can be conducted by fitting at a number of m's with the observed reference signal received powers (RSRPs) at the beams m.
- RSRPs reference signal received powers
- m 1,3,7,8,9,10, and we have the RSRP values formed into a vector: with the test vector is given by where
- the normalized inner product of two vectors, remniscient of cosine similarity may be used. It can be seen as long as the number of measurements is larger than the number of unknown parameters in the channel model, the channel can be estimated up to a scaling factor (note that g is hard to estimate).
- the number of AoDs/ZoDs may be more than 1, which may motivate the use of additional beam measurements to reconstruct the channel. It can be seen that the channel matrix is parameterized as follows:
- the UE may feed back the channel matrix to the network.
- the UE may instead use the channel matrix to determine the dominant singular vector for the wideband covariance matrix from the inference from the Al model. This dominant single vector may be fed back to the network. Alternatively the phase part of the dominant singular vector is fed back to the network.
- the UE instead of reconstructing the channel matrix at UE side, the UE feeds back the parameters themselves to the network (e.g., feeds back the values of to the network) for channel construction at the network.
- the network can then use these parameters to deduce the best beam for itself (e g., using an Al model and channel reconstruction as described).
- the network may determine the best beam with respect to a period (e.g., 5 ms) following the receipt of the feedback.
- a Type II CSI feedback design may instead be reused (e.g., Rel-16 Type II CSI feedback may be reused).
- a measurement resources configuration may be according to a beam management mechanism rather than a mechanism for CSI feedback.
- multiple measurement resources channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resources and/or synchronization signal blocks (SSBs)
- CSI-RS channel state information reference signal
- SSBs synchronization signal blocks
- N1/N2 which specify the number of antenna ports in the vertical domain and horizontal domain at a given polarization, are used to characterize the antenna array and signaled as part of an RRC configuration from network.
- N1 and N2 can be signaled to the UE in the case of Al beam management also.
- Doppler shift may be considered as well.
- the parameters of interest may be p
- the UE may then train the channel matrix using these parameters.
- the channel matrix may be reconstructed in some such cases using the formula [0056] In some cases, the UE may feed back the channel matrix to the network at one or more time instances.
- the UE may instead use the channel matrix to determine the dominant singular vector for the wideband covariance matrix from the inference from the Al model.
- This dominant single vector at one or more time instances may be fed back to the network.
- the phase part of the dominant singular vector is fed back to the network.
- the UE instead of reconstructing the channel matrix at UE side, the UE feeds back the parameters themselves to the network (e.g., feeds back the values of to the network) for channel construction at the network.
- the network can then use these parameters to deduce the best beam for itself (e.g., using an Al model and channel matrix reconstruction as described).
- the network may determine the best beam with respect to a period (e.g., 5 ms) following the receipt of the feedback.
- a Type II CSI feedback design may instead be reused (e.g., Rel-18 Type II CSI feedback may be reused, where the UE feeds back channel parameters according to the Rel-18 design).
- a measurement resources configuration may be according to a beam management mechanisim rather than a mechanism for CSI feedback.
- multiple measurement resources CSI-RS resources and/or SSBs
- CSI-RS resources and/or SSBs with a single port or two ports may be configured for beam management.
- CSI-RS resources and/or SSBs multiple measurement resources with a single port or two ports
- a single CSI-RS resource with multiple ports may be configured.
- N1/N2 which specify the number of antenna ports in the vertical domain and horizontal domain at a given polarization, are used to characterize the antenna array and signaled as part of RRC configuration from network.
- NT and N2 can be signaled to the UE for Al beam management also.
- a vertical spacing between antenna elements may be denoted as d v and a horizontal antenna spacing between antenna elements may be denoted as d H .
- d v and d H are not necessaryily at half wavelength (as often assumed in array signal processing).
- the antenna array is a ID array instead of 2D array (as often assumed for NR).
- the array response is given by where is the carrier frequency in Hertz (Hz), and c is the speed of light in meters per second (m/s).
- the UE is not aware of the antenna spacings d H and d v (in this particular case only d H is relevant), the UE is actually using DFT vectors to match the array response. Tn a simplistic setup with a single path from network to the UE and perfect time synchronization, the channel response matrix from the network to a single UE antenna can be written as where g is the complex gain factor.
- the precoders tested by the UE can be written as
- the amplitude of the composite channel A is maximized at an m so
- the derivation may be extended similarly/analogously to the 2D case, for example, with:
- the preferred DFT beam vector as beamformmg weight vector can be different with different antenna spacings at the base station antenna module.
- the PMI search does not need the explicit information regarding antenna spacings d H and d v .
- the beam angles need to be satisfy where in general the angle spacing among is not uniform as
- the RSRP value(s) that are used as input(s) to the Al model are also normalized in the linear domain.
- FIG. 1 illustrates a method 100 of a UE, according to embodiments discussed herein.
- the method 100 includes generating 102 reference signal measurements by measuring reference signals transmitted by a network in a channel, wherein each reference signal corresponds to a transmission beam b of a set of transmission beams used by the network.
- the method 100 further includes providing 104 the reference signal measurements to an Al model.
- the method 100 further includes receiving 106, from the Al model, in response to the provision of the reference signal measurements to the Al model, parameters for each transmission beam b of the set of transmission beams.
- the method 100 further includes determining 108 a channel matrix for the channel based on the parameters for each transmission beam b.
- the method 100 further includes determining 110 a wideband covariance matrix based on the channel matrix.
- the method 100 further includes identifying 112 a dominant vector from the wideband covariance matrix.
- the method 100 further includes sending 114, to the network, information corresponding to the dominant vector.
- each transmission beam uses an antenna polarization of a set of antenna polarizations used by the network.
- the information corresponding to the dominant vector comprises the dominant vector.
- the information corresponding to the dominant vector comprises a phase of the dominant vector.
- the parameters for each transmission beam b received from the Al model comprise zenith departure angle of the transmission beam b under a polarization is an azimuth departure angle of the transmission beam b under the polarization is a first connecting coefficient associating the transmission beam b under the polarization p with a corresponding delay and a corresponding first Doppler shift; is a second connecting coefficient that is a largest connecting coefficient determined across the set of transmission beams under a set of antenna polarizations used by the network, wherein is associated with a normalization transmission beam of the set of transmission beams under a normalization polarization p of the set of antenna polarizations; and is a relative delay of the transmission beam b under the polarization p.
- the channel matrix is determined based on the parameters and using a formula:
- the parameters for each transmission beam b received from the Al model further comprise where: is the first Doppler shift of the transmission beam under the polarization and is a second Doppler shift of the normalization transmission beam under the normalization polarization
- the channel matrix is determined based on the parameters using a formula:
- the parameters for each transmission beam b received from the Al model further comprise where: f is the first Doppler shift of the transmission beam b under the polarization p.
- the channel matrix is determined based on the parameters using a formula:
- the method 100 further includes receiving, from the network, a first horizontal antenna spacing used by the network to transmit the reference signals and a first vertical antenna spacing used by the network to transmit the reference signals; and normalizing the reference signal measurements to account for one or more of: a first difference between the first horizontal antenna spacing and a second horizontal antenna spacing assumed by the Al model; and a second difference between the first vertical antenna spacing and a second vertical antenna spacing assumed by the Al model.
- FIG. 2 illustrates a method 200 of a RAN, according to embodiments discussed herein. The method 200 includes transmitting 202, to a UE, reference signals in a channel, wherein each reference signal corresponds to a transmission beam b of a set of transmission beams used by the RAN.
- the method 200 further includes receiving 204, from the UE, in response to the transmission of the reference signals, parameters for each transmission beam b of the set of transmission beams.
- the method 200 further includes determining 206 a channel matrix for the channel based on the parameters for each transmission beam b.
- the method 200 further includes identifying 208 a dominant vector from the channel matrix.
- the method 200 further includes performing 210 data transmission to the UE using a transmission precoding corresponding to the dominant vector.
- each transmission beam b uses an antenna polarization p of a set of antenna polarizations used by the RAN.
- the parameters for each transmission beam b received from the UE comprise and where: is a zenith departure angle of the transmission beam b under a polarization is an azimuth departure angle of the transmission beam b under the polarization is a first connecting coefficient associating the transmission beam b under the polarization p with a corresponding delay and a corresponding first Doppler shift; is a second connecting coefficient that is a largest connecting coefficient determined across the set of transmission beams under a set of antenna polarizations used by the network, wherein is associated with a normalization transmission beam of the set of transmission beams under a normalization polarization p of the set of antenna polarizations; and is a relative delay of the transmission beam b under the polarization p.
- the channel matrix is determined based on the parameters and using a formula:
- the parameters for each transmission beam b received from the UE further comprise where: is the first Doppler shift of the transmission beam b under the polarization p; and is a second Doppler shift of the normalization transmission beam under the normalization polarization
- the channel matrix is determined based on the parameters using a formula:
- the parameters for each transmission beam b received from the UE further comprise where: is the first Doppler shift of the transmission beam b under the polarization p.
- the channel matrix is determined based on the parameters using a formula:
- FIG. 3 illustrates a method 300 of a UE, according to embodiments discussed herein.
- the method 300 includes generating 302 reference signal measurements by measuring reference signals transmitted by a network in a channel, wherein each reference signal corresponds to a transmission beam b of a set of transmission beams used by the network.
- the method 300 further includes providing 304 the reference signal measurements to an Al model.
- the method 300 further includes receiving 306, from the Al model, in response to the provision of the reference signal measurements to the Al model, parameters for each transmission beam b of the set of transmission beams.
- the method 300 further includes sending 308, to the network, the parameters for each transmission beam b received from the Al model.
- each transmission beam b uses an antenna polarization p of a set of antenna polarizations used by the network.
- the parameters for each transmission beam b received from the Al model comprise where: is a zenith departure angle of the transmission beam b under a polarization is an azimuth departure angle of the transmission beam b under the polarization is a first connecting coefficient associating the transmission beam b under the polarization p with a corresponding delay and a corresponding first Doppler shift; is a second connecting coefficient that is a largest connecting coefficient determined across the set of transmission beams under a set of antenna polarizations used by the network, wherein is associated with a normalization transmission beam b of the set of transmission beams under a normalization polarization p of the set of antenna polarizations; and T b p is a relative delay of the transmission beam b under the polarization p.
- the parameters for each transmission beam b under each polarization p received from the Al model further comprise where: is a is first Doppler shift of the transmission beam under the polarization ; and is a second Doppler shift of the normalization transmission beam under the normalization polarization p. In some such embodiments, the parameters for each transmission beam b received from the Al model further comprise where is a is first Doppler shift of the transmission beam b under the polarization p.
- FIG. 4 illustrates a method 400 of a UE, according to embodiments discussed herein.
- the method 400 includes generating 402 reference signal measurements by measuring reference signals transmitted by a network in a channel, wherein each reference signal corresponds to a transmission beam b of a set of transmission beams used by the network.
- the method 400 further includes providing 404 the reference signal measurements to an Al model.
- the method 400 further includes receiving 406, from the Al model, in response to the provision of the reference signal measurements to the Al model, parameters for each transmission beam b of the set of transmission beams.
- the method 400 further includes determining 408 a channel matrix for the channel based on the parameters for each transmission beam b.
- the method 400 further includes sending 410, to the network, the channel matrix.
- each transmission beam b uses an antenna polarization p of a set of antenna polarizations used by the network.
- the parameters for each transmission beam b received from the Al model comprise is a zenith departure angle of the transmission beam b under the polarization is an azimuth departure angle of the transmission beam b under a polarization is a first connecting coefficient associating the transmission beam b under the polarization p with a corresponding delay and a first Doppler shift; is a second connecting coefficient that is a largest connecting coefficient determined across the set of transmission beams under a set of antenna polarizations used by the network, wherein is associated with a normalization transmission beam b of the set of transmission beams under a normalization polarization p of the set of antenna polarizations; and is a relative delay of the transmission beam b under the polarization p.
- the channel matrix is determined based on the parameters using a formula:
- the parameters for each transmission beam b received from the Al model further comprise where: is the first Doppler shift of the transmission beam b under the polarization and is a second Doppler shift of the normalization transmission beam under the normalization polarization
- the channel matrix is determined based on the parameters using a formula:
- the parameters for each transmission beam received from the Al model further comprise where: is the first Doppler shift of the transmission beam under the polarization p.
- the channel matrix is determined based on the parameters using a formula:
- FIG. 5 illustrates an example architecture of a wireless communication system 500, according to embodiments disclosed herein.
- the following description is provided for an example wireless communication system 500 that operates in conjunction with the LTE system standards and/or 5G or NR system standards as provided by 3GPP technical specifications.
- the wireless communication system 500 includes UE 502 and UE 504 (although any number of UEs may be used).
- the UE 502 and the UE 504 are illustrated as smartphones (e.g., handheld touchscreen mobile computing devices connectable to one or more cellular networks), but may also comprise any mobile or non-mobile computing device configured for wireless communication.
- the UE 502 and UE 504 may be configured to communicatively couple with a RAN 506.
- the RAN 506 may be NG-RAN, E-UTRAN, etc.
- the UE 502 and UE 504 utilize connections (or channels) (shown as connection 508 and connection 510, respectively) with the RAN 506, each of which comprises a physical communications interface.
- the RAN 506 can include one or more base stations (such as base station 512 and base station 514) that enable the connection 508 and connection 510.
- connection 508 and connection 510 are air interfaces to enable such communicative coupling, and may be consistent with RAT(s) used by the RAN 506, such as, for example, an LTE and/or NR.
- the UE 502 and UE 504 may also directly exchange communication data via a sidelink interface 516.
- the UE 504 is shown to be configured to access an access point (shown as AP 518) via connection 520.
- the connection 520 can comprise a local wireless connection, such as a connection consistent with any IEEE 802.11 protocol, wherein the AP 518 may comprise a Wi-Fi® router.
- the AP 518 may be connected to another network (for example, the Internet) without going through a CN 524.
- the UE 502 and UE 504 can be configured to communicate using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) communication signals with each other or with the base station 512 and/or the base station 514 over a multicarrier communication channel in accordance with various communication techniques, such as, but not limited to, an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) communication technique (e.g., for downlink communications) or a single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) communication technique (e.g., for uplink and ProSe or sidelink communications), although the scope of the embodiments is not limited in this respect.
- OFDM signals can comprise a plurality of orthogonal subcarriers.
- the base station 512 or base station 514 may be implemented as one or more software entities running on server computers as part of a virtual network.
- the base station 512 or base station 514 may be configured to communicate with one another via interface 522.
- the interface 522 may be an X2 interface.
- the X2 interface may be defined between two or more base stations (e.g., two or more eNBs and the like) that connect to an EPC, and/or between two eNBs connecting to the EPC.
- the interface 522 may be an Xn interface.
- the Xn interface is defined between two or more base stations (e.g., two or more gNBs and the like) that connect to 5GC, between a base station 512 (e.g., a gNB) connecting to 5GC and an eNB, and/or between two eNBs connecting to 5GC (e.g., CN 524).
- the RAN 506 is shown to be communicatively coupled to the CN 524.
- the CN 524 may comprise one or more network elements 526, which are configured to offer various data and telecommunications services to customers/subscribers (e.g., users of UE 502 and UE 504) who are connected to the CN 524 via the RAN 506.
- the components of the CN 524 may be implemented in one physical device or separate physical devices including components to read and execute instructions from a machine-readable or computer-readable medium (e.g., a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium).
- the CN 524 may be an EPC, and the RAN 506 may be connected with the CN 524 via an SI interface 528.
- the SI interface 528 may be split into two parts, an SI user plane (Sl-U) interface, which carries traffic data between the base station 512 or base station 514 and a serving gateway (S-GW), and the SI -MME interface, which is a signaling interface between the base station 512 or base station 514 and mobility management entities (MMEs).
- SI-U SI user plane
- S-GW serving gateway
- MMEs mobility management entities
- the CN 524 may be a 5GC, and the RAN 506 may be connected with the CN 524 via an NG interface 528.
- the NG interface 528 may be split into two parts, an NG user plane (NG-U) interface, which carries traffic data between the base station 512 or base station 514 and a user plane function (UPF), and the SI control plane (NG-C) interface, which is a signaling interface between the base station 512 or base station 514 and access and mobility management functions (AMFs).
- NG-U NG user plane
- UPF user plane function
- SI control plane NG-C interface
- an application server 530 may be an element offering applications that use internet protocol (IP) bearer resources with the CN 524 (e.g., packet switched data services).
- IP internet protocol
- the application server 530 can also be configured to support one or more communication services (e g., VoIP sessions, group communication sessions, etc.) for the UE 502 and UE 504 via the CN 524.
- the application server 530 may communicate with the CN 524 through an IP communications interface 532.
- FIG. 6 illustrates a system 600 for performing signaling 634 between a wireless device 602 and a network device 618, according to embodiments disclosed herein.
- the system 600 may be a portion of a wireless communications system as herein described.
- the wireless device 602 may be, for example, a UE of a wireless communication system.
- the network device 618 may be, for example, a base station (e.g., an eNB or a gNB) of a wireless communication system.
- the wireless device 602 may include one or more processor(s) 604.
- the processor(s) 604 may execute instructions such that various operations of the wireless device 602 are performed, as described herein.
- the processor(s) 604 may include one or more baseband processors implemented using, for example, a central processing unit (CPU), a digital signal processor (DSP), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a controller, a field programmable gate array (FPGA) device, another hardware device, a firmware device, or any combination thereof configured to perform the operations described herein.
- CPU central processing unit
- DSP digital signal processor
- ASIC application specific integrated circuit
- FPGA field programmable gate array
- the wireless device 602 may include a memory 606.
- the memory 606 may be a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions 608 (which may include, for example, the instructions being executed by the processor(s) 604).
- the instructions 608 may also be referred to as program code or a computer program.
- the memory 606 may also store data used by, and results computed by, the processor(s) 604.
- the wireless device 602 may include one or more transceiver(s) 610 that may include radio frequency (RF) transmitter and/or receiver circuitry that use the antenna(s) 612 of the wireless device 602 to facilitate signaling (e.g., the signaling 634) to and/or from the wireless device 602 with other devices (e.g., the network device 618) according to corresponding RATs.
- RF radio frequency
- the wireless device 602 may include one or more antenna(s) 612 (e.g., one, two, four, or more). For embodiments with multiple antenna(s) 612, the wireless device 602 may leverage the spatial diversity of such multiple antenna(s) 612 to send and/or receive multiple different data streams on the same time and frequency resources. This behavior may be referred to as, for example, MIMO behavior (referring to the multiple antennas used at each of a transmitting device and a receiving device that enable this aspect).
- MIMO transmissions by the wireless device 602 may be accomplished according to precoding (or digital beamforming) that is applied at the wireless device 602 that multiplexes the data streams across the antenna(s) 612 according to known or assumed channel characteristics such that each data stream is received with an appropriate signal strength relative to other streams and at a desired location in the spatial domain (e.g., the location of a receiver associated with that data stream).
- Certain embodiments may use single user MIMO (SU-MIMO) methods (where the data streams are all directed to a single receiver) and/or multi user MIMO (MU-MIMO) methods (where individual data streams may be directed to individual (different) receivers in different locations in the spatial domain).
- SU-MIMO single user MIMO
- MU-MIMO multi user MIMO
- the wireless device 602 may implement analog beamforming techniques, whereby phases of the signals sent by the antenna(s) 612 are relatively adjusted such that the (joint) transmission of the antenna(s) 612 can be directed (this is sometimes referred to as beam steering).
- the wireless device 602 may include one or more interface(s) 614.
- the interface(s) 614 may be used to provide input to or output from the wireless device 602.
- a wireless device 602 that is a UE may include interface(s) 614 such as microphones, speakers, a touchscreen, buttons, and the like in order to allow for input and/or output to the UE by a user of the UE.
- Other interfaces of such a UE may be made up of transmitters, receivers, and other circuitry (e g., other than the transceiver(s) 610/antenna(s) 612 already described) that allow for communication between the UE and other devices and may operate according to known protocols (e.g., Wi-Fi®, Bluetooth®, and the like).
- known protocols e.g., Wi-Fi®, Bluetooth®, and the like.
- the wireless device 602 may include a beam management module 616.
- the beam management module 616 may be implemented via hardware, software, or combinations thereof.
- the beam management module 616 may be implemented as a processor, circuit, and/or instructions 608 stored in the memory 606 and executed by the processor(s) 604.
- the beam management module 616 may be integrated within the processor(s) 604 and/or the transceiver(s) 610.
- the beam management module 616 may be implemented by a combination of software components (e.g., executed by a DSP or a general processor) and hardware components (e.g., logic gates and circuitry) within the processor(s) 604 or the transceiver(s) 610.
- the beam management module 616 may be used for various aspects of the present disclosure, for example, aspects of FIG. 1 through FIG. 4.
- the beam management module 616 may be configured to, for example, perform or cause to be performed reference signal measurements at the wireless device 602, provide the reference signal measurements to an Al model, receive corresponding parameters for each transmission beam b of a set of transmission beams under each polarization p from the Al model, and perform further tasks with such parameters (e.g., determining a channel matrix/corresponding dominant vector to feed back to the network, feed back the parameters to the network directly for use at the netw ork, etc.).
- the network device 618 may include one or more processor(s) 620.
- the processor(s) 620 may execute instructions such that various operations of the network device 618 are performed, as described herein.
- the processor(s) 620 may include one or more baseband processors implemented using, for example, a CPU, a DSP, an ASIC, a controller, an FPGA device, another hardware device, a firmware device, or any combination thereof configured to perform the operations described herein.
- the network device 618 may include a memory 622.
- the memory 622 may be a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions 624 (which may include, for example, the instructions being executed by the processor(s) 620).
- the instructions 624 may also be referred to as program code or a computer program.
- the memory 622 may also store data used by, and results computed by, the processor(s) 620.
- the network device 618 may include one or more transceiver(s) 626 that may include RF transmitter and/or receiver circuitry that use the antenna(s) 628 of the network device 618 to facilitate signaling (e.g., the signaling 634) to and/or from the network device 618 with other devices (e.g., the wireless device 602) according to corresponding RATs.
- transceiver(s) 626 may include RF transmitter and/or receiver circuitry that use the antenna(s) 628 of the network device 618 to facilitate signaling (e.g., the signaling 634) to and/or from the network device 618 with other devices (e.g., the wireless device 602) according to corresponding RATs.
- the network device 618 may include one or more antenna(s) 628 (e.g., one, two, four, or more). In embodiments having multiple antenna(s) 628, the network device 618 may perform MIMO, digital beamforming, analog beamforming, beam steering, etc., as has been described.
- the network device 618 may include one or more interface(s) 630.
- the interface(s) 630 may be used to provide input to or output from the network device 618.
- a network device 618 that is a base station may include interface(s) 630 made up of transmitters, receivers, and other circuitry (e.g., other than the transceiver(s) 626/antenna(s) 628 already described) that enables the base station to communicate with other equipment in a core network, and/or that enables the base station to communicate with external networks, computers, databases, and the like for purposes of operations, administration, and maintenance of the base station or other equipment operably connected thereto.
- circuitry e.g., other than the transceiver(s) 626/antenna(s) 628 already described
- the network device 618 may include a beam management module 632.
- the beam management module 632 may be implemented via hardware, software, or combinations thereof.
- the beam management module 632 may be implemented as a processor, circuit, and/or instructions 624 stored in the memory 622 and executed by the processor(s) 620.
- the beam management module 632 may be integrated within the processor(s) 620 and/or the transceiver(s) 626.
- the beam management module 632 may be implemented by a combination of software components (e.g., executed by a DSP or a general processor) and hardware components (e.g., logic gates and circuitry) within the processor(s) 620 or the transceiver(s) 626.
- the beam management module 632 may be used for various aspects of the present disclosure, for example, aspects of FIG. 1 through FIG. 4.
- the beam management module 632 may be configured to, for example, transmit or cause to be transmitted reference signal measurements by the network device 618, and receive in response, from a UE, a channel matrix/corresponding dominant vector for use by the network device 618, parameters for each transmission beam b of a set of transmission beams under each polarization p (for use at the network to itself determine a channel matrix/corresponding dominant vector for use), etc.
- Embodiments contemplated herein include an apparatus comprising means to perform one or more elements of any one or more of the method 100, the method 300, and the method 400.
- This apparatus may be, for example, an apparatus of a UE (such as a wireless device 602 that is a UE, as described herein).
- Embodiments contemplated herein include one or more non -transitory computer-readable media comprising instructions to cause an electronic device, upon execution of the instructions by one or more processors of the electronic device, to perform one or more elements any one or more of the method 100, the method 300, and the method 400.
- This non-transitory computer-readable media may be, for example, a memory of a UE (such as a memory 606 of a wireless device 602 that is a UE, as described herein).
- Embodiments contemplated herein include an apparatus comprising logic, modules, or circuitry to perform one or more elements of any one or more of the method 100, the method 300, and the method 400.
- This apparatus may be, for example, an apparatus of a UE (such as a wireless device 602 that is a UE, as described herein).
- Embodiments contemplated herein include an apparatus comprising: one or more processors and one or more computer-readable media comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform one or more elements of any one or more of the method 100, the method 300, and the method 400.
- This apparatus may be, for example, an apparatus of a UE (such as a wireless device 602 that is a UE, as described herein).
- Embodiments contemplated herein include a signal as described in or related to one or more elements of any one or more of the method 100, the method 300, and the method 400.
- Embodiments contemplated herein include a computer program or computer program product comprising instructions, wherein execution of the program by a processor is to cause the processor to carry out one or more elements of any one or more of the method 100, the method 300, and the method 400.
- the processor may be a processor of a UE (such as a processor(s) 604 of a wireless device 602 that is a UE, as described herein). These instructions may be, for example, located in the processor and/or on a memory of the UE (such as a memory 606 of a wireless device 602 that is a UE, as described herein).
- Embodiments contemplated herein include an apparatus comprising means to perform one or more elements of the method 200.
- This apparatus may be, for example, an apparatus of a base station (such as a network device 618 that is a base station, as described herein).
- Embodiments contemplated herein include one or more non-transitory computer-readable media comprising instructions to cause an electronic device, upon execution of the instructions by one or more processors of the electronic device, to perform one or more elements of the method 200.
- This non-transitory computer-readable media may be, for example, a memory of a base station (such as a memory 622 of a network device 618 that is a base station, as described herein).
- Embodiments contemplated herein include an apparatus comprising logic, modules, or circuitry to perform one or more elements of the method 200.
- This apparatus may be, for example, an apparatus of a base station (such as a network device 618 that is a base station, as described herein).
- Embodiments contemplated herein include an apparatus comprising: one or more processors and one or more computer-readable media comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform one or more elements of the method 200.
- This apparatus may be, for example, an apparatus of a base station (such as a network device 618 that is a base station, as described herein).
- Embodiments contemplated herein include a signal as described in or related to one or more elements of the method 200.
- Embodiments contemplated herein include a computer program or computer program product comprising instructions, wherein execution of the program by a processing element is to cause the processing element to carry out one or more elements of the method 200.
- the processor may be a processor of a base station (such as a processor(s) 620 of a network device 618 that is a base station, as described herein). These instructions may be, for example, located in the processor and/or on a memory of the base station (such as a memory 622 of a network device 618 that is a base station, as described herein).
- At least one of the components set forth in one or more of the preceding figures may be configured to perform one or more operations, techniques, processes, and/or methods as set forth herein.
- a baseband processor as described herein in connection with one or more of the preceding figures may be configured to operate in accordance with one or more of the examples set forth herein.
- circuitry associated with a UE, base station, network element, etc. as described above in connection with one or more of the preceding figures may be configured to operate in accordance with one or more of the examples set forth herein.
- Embodiments and implementations of the systems and methods described herein may include various operations, which may be embodied in machine-executable instructions to be executed by a computer system.
- a computer system may include one or more general-purpose or special-purpose computers (or other electronic devices).
- the computer system may include hardware components that include specific logic for performing the operations or may include a combination of hardware, software, and/or firmware.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for a generalizable artificial intelligence (AI) model for beam management in a wireless communication system are discussed herein. A user equipment (UE) generates reference signal measurements by measuring reference signals, wherein each reference signal corresponds to a transmission beam b of a set of transmission beams under an antenna polarization p of a set of antenna polarizations. The UE provides the reference signal measurements to an AI model that is configured to respond to this input with parameters for each transmission beam b under each polarization p. In some cases, the parameters are used by the UE to generate a channel matrix, which may be either fed back to the network or further analyzed by the UE to determine information corresponding to a dominant vector that is then fed back to the network. In other cases, the parameters themselves are fed back to the network for use.
Description
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A GENERALIZABLE ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE MODEL FOR BEAM MANAGEMENT
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application claims the benefit of priority to the filing date of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 63/376,792 filed September 23, 2022, entitled “GENERALIZABLE Al MODEL FOR BEAM MANAGEMENT,” the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0002] This application relates generally to wireless communication systems, including wireless communication systems implementing beam management mechanisms.
BACKGROUND
[0003] Wireless mobile communication technology uses various standards and protocols to transmit data between a base station and a wireless communication device. Wireless communication system standards and protocols can include, for example, 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3 GPP) long term evolution (LTE) (e.g., 4G), 3GPP new radio (NR) (e g., 5G), and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 standard for wireless local area networks (WLAN) (commonly known to industry groups as Wi-Fi®).
[0004] As contemplated by the 3GPP, different wireless communication systems standards and protocols can use various radio access networks (RANs) for communicating between a base station of the RAN (which may also sometimes be referred to generally as a RAN node, a network node, or simply a node) and a wireless communication device known as a user equipment (UE). 3GPP RANs can include, for example, global system for mobile communications (GSM), enhanced data rates for GSM evolution (EDGE) RAN (GERAN), Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN), Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN), and/or Next-Generation Radio Access Network (NG-RAN).
[0005] Each RAN may use one or more radio access technologies (RATs) to perform communication between the base station and the UE. For example, the GERAN implements GSM and/or EDGE RAT, the UTRAN implements universal mobile
telecommunication system (UMTS) RAT or other 3GPP RAT, the E-UTRAN implements LTE RAT (sometimes simply referred to as LTE), and NG-RAN implements NR RAT (sometimes referred to herein as 5G RAT, 5G NR RAT, or simply NR). In certain deployments, the E-UTRAN may also implement NR RAT. In certain deployments, NG-RAN may also implement LTE RAT.
[0006] A base station used by a RAN may correspond to that RAN. One example of an E-UTRAN base station is an Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E- UTRAN) Node B (also commonly denoted as evolved Node B, enhanced Node B, eNodeB, or eNB). One example of an NG-RAN base station is a next generation Node B (also sometimes referred to as a g Node B or gNB).
[0007] A RAN provides its communication services with external entities through its connection to a core network (CN). For example, E-UTRAN may utilize an Evolved Packet Core (EPC), while NG-RAN may utilize a 5G Core Network (5GC).
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS
[0008] To easily identify the discussion of any particular element or act, the most significant digit or digits in a reference number refer to the figure number in which that element is first introduced.
[0009] FIG. 1 illustrates a method of a UE, according to embodiments discussed herein. [0010] FIG. 2 illustrates a method of a RAN, according to embodiments discussed herein.
[0011] FIG. 3 illustrates a method of a UE, according to embodiments discussed herein. [0012] FIG. 4 illustrates a method of a UE, according to embodiments discussed herein. [0013] FIG. 5 illustrates an example architecture of a wireless communication system, according to embodiments disclosed herein.
[0014] FIG. 6 illustrates a system for performing signaling between a wireless device and a network device, according to embodiments disclosed herein.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0015] Various embodiments are described with regard to a UE. However, reference to a UE is merely provided for illustrative purposes. The example embodiments may be utilized with any electronic component that may establish a connection to a network and is configured with the hardware, software, and/or firmware to exchange information and
data with the network. Therefore, the UE as described herein is used to represent any appropriate electronic component.
[0016] This disclosure establishes a connection between beam management and channel state information (CSI) feedback. From there, mechanisms for extracting key channel parameters for constructing a channel matrix are proposed. Feedback corresponding to this beam management process may leverage CSI feedback design, as will be described.
[0017] Further, with respect to model generalization aspects, it is proposed to use digital domain beam angles/phase ramps instead of actual beam angles in degrees as input to an artificial intelligence (Al) model.
Discussion on Channel Models
[0018] Various multiple input multiple output (MIMO) channel models are now described.
[0019] Note in early studies on smart antennas, e.g. “Smart Antennas for Wireless Communications: Is-95 and Third Generation CDMA Applications” by Joseph C. Liberti and Theodore S. Rappaport, Prentice-Hall, 1999, various vector channels were proposed.
[0020] Further, for both beam management and CSI feedback, it may be that a MIMO channel as discussed in, for example, 3 GPP Technical Report (TR) 38.901, “Study on Channel Model for Frequencies from 0.5 to 100 GHz,” version 17.0.0 (March 2023) (hereinafter “TR 38.901”) is particularly relevant.
[0021] In some embodiments, channel coefficients for each cluster n and each receiver and transmitter element pair u, s are generated.
[0022] In cases of non-line of sight (NLOS), channel coefficients of a ray m in cluster n for a link between a receive (Rx) antenna u and a transmit (Tx) antenna s at time t in a k- th frequency bin can be calculated as
(see TR 38.901 Section 8.4 formula 27) where are the receive antenna
element u field paterns in the direction of the spherical basis vectors,
respectively, are the transmit antenna element s field paterns in the
direction of the spherical basis vectors, respectively. The delay (time of arrival
(TOA)) for ray m in cluster n for a link between Rx antenna u and Tx antenna 5 may be given by:
(see TR 38.901 Section 8.4 formula 28).
[0023] For the
ray within
cluster, is the spherical unit vector with
azimuth arrival angle and elevation arrival angle given by
(see TR 38.901 Section 8.4 formula 28), and is the spherical unit vector with
azimuth departure angle and elevation departure angle given by
(see TR 38.901 Section 8.4 formula 30).
[0024] Further, is the location vector of receive antenna element u and
is the
location vector of transmit antenna element s, Kn m is the cross polarisation power ratio in linear scale. If polarisation is not considered, the 2x2 polarisation matrix can be replaced by the scalar and only vertically polarised field patterns are applied.
[0025] The Doppler frequency component is calculated from the arrival angles (angle of arrival (AO A), zenith angle of arrival (ZOA)), and the user terminal (UT) velocity vector with speed v, travel azimuth angle elevation angle and is given by
(see TR 38.901 Section 8.4 formula 31).
[0026] In cases of line of sight (LOS), the channel coefficient is calculated in the same way as in TR 38.901 Section 8.4 formula 27 (as provided above), except for n = 1:
(see TR 38.901 Section 8.4 formula 32) where the corresponding delay (TOA) for cluster n= for a link between Rx antenna u and Tx antenna s may be given by
[0027] With respect to cases using formulas described above (e g., TR 38.901 Section 8.4 formula 27 and TR 38.901 Section 8.4 formula 32), it may be that the oxygen absorption loss, for each ray m in cluster n at carrier frequency f may be
modelled as
where:
• a(f) is the frequency dependent oxygen loss per distance (dB/km) characterized in Clause 7.6.1;
• c is speed of light (m/s); and
• is the delay(s) obtained from a Step 3 for deterministic clusters and from a Step 5 for random clusters. Note also that is from the output of Step 3.
See TR 38.901 Section 8.4 formula 33.
[0028] In some situations (for example, in the contexts of TR 38.901 Section 8.4 formula 27 and Section 8.4 formula 32), blockage modeling is an add-on feature. If the blockage model is applied, the blockage loss, in unit of dB, for each ray m in
cluster n at carrier frequency f and time t is modeled, for example, in a same way as given in TR 38.901 Clause 7.6.4; otherwise for all f and t.
[0029] With reference to the term exp (e.g., as found in TR 38.901
Section 8.4 formula 27 as described above), it can be seen the Doppler shift can be different among rays (note that n is the ray index for cluster m). Note that with respect to considerations of spatial consistency of the generated MIMO channel, there may be
modifications/additions to the channel generation steps, which can be found in TR 38.901. Such modifications/additions do not change the validity of embodiments discussed herein.
[0030] In 3GPP NR Release 16 (Rel-16) Type II CSI feedback design, the precoder for spatial layer n may be given by
where p is the polarization index (e.g., p = 0 for polarization at +45° and p = 1 for polarization at —45°), there are Bo significant beams for Tx antennas at polarization index 0, and significant beam for Tx antennas at polarization index 1. For polarization
index p, b is the ray index for a ray with departure angles is the
array response for is the relative delay, and is the path gam including
amplitude and phase for ray b. Assume regular antenna element arrangement, then can be mapped to
are oversampling factors for the vertical domain and the horizontal domain
respectively, and are the spatial beam indices.
[0031] It can be observed that there can be multiple rays with the same departure angles but different relative delays, and, when considering from the perspective of relative delay, that there can be rays with different departure angles but the same relative delay [0032] A discussion of 3GPP NR Release 18 (Rel-18) precoding matrix indicator (PMI) design now follows. Let Cb p be the complex coefficient connecting a spatial beam, a delay and a Doppler shift, and b be a beam index which roughly corresponds to a ray in a cluster as the TR 38.901 MIMO model. In some cases, it may be proposed that In Rel-18, a precoder can be represented by
(note that with respect to the Rel-16 precoder design discussed above, there is now an additional term for Doppler shift).
[0033] Similar to the design in Rel-16, the linear combination (LC) coefficient with the largest amplitude (the strongest LC coefficient) can be found (from LC coefficients at both polarizations from all sheets). With respect to such cases, it may be that the strongest LC coefficient is associated with polarization index and the
corresponding beam index is (or understood in the digital domain by Then,
may be used to normalize other coefficients, and a constant frequency offset can be added to all beams, such that can be used to shift the frequency offset at other LC
coefficients:
[0034] Further, can be used to further shift the strongest complex coefficient to the
first FD component (or the first tap):
[0035] Note however, it is also possible not to shift the strongest coefficient to the DC tone, i.e. effectively the following high level processing flow is used:
[0036] Accordingly, in discussion herein, the act of shifting to DC tone may be considered an optional step.
[0037] To control the feedback overhead, it may be that only larger and the
corresponding need to be feed
back.
[0038] In other cases where feedback overhead is not an issue, then feeding back is possible. Since feedback overhead in many
cases is indeed a concern, then quantizations applied to these quantities may be used. The quantizers may be denoted as
• delay tap (also called FD component in RANI) quantization Q2 ,
• LC coefficient quantization Q3 , and
• Doppler component (or time domain (TD) component) selection/quantization Q4.
[0039] Conceptually, it will be understood that small, omitting it (and
corresponding quantities) will not ultimately amount to too much difference/ change in
the precoder. In such cases, the manner of indicating the omission of small may also
be considered.
[0040] It has been recognized that the formulation for precoders as discussed above can also be used for channel response between network and a single receive antenna at UE side. As compared with a MIMO channel model (for example, as captured in TR 38.901), the formulation can help build an intuitive understanding of channel propagation.
Discussion on Beam Management: Connection with CSI feedback
[0041] There may be two approaches in constructing an Al model for beam management. Under a first approach, as each cell is different, the cell terrain information may be built in the Al model itself. In such cases, it may be expected the model performs well for the cell the Al cell is trained with, but that it does not necessarily generalize well at other cells.
[0042] Under a second approach, by the universal approximation theorem of neural networks (see, e.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_approximation_theorem), the Al model may be treated as a generic estimator from interpolation. While such an Al model may not perform as well as a cell-specific Al model that is for a particular cell, as only non-cell specific interpolation/estimation is performed by the model, it is expected that the model should generalize more readily than in the cell-specific model case.
[0043] Conceptually, through the use of multiple analog beams (analog beamforming weight vectors), the channel response matrix can be constructed from various observations. In one method, the maximum likelihood fitting of a single 6 can be conducted by fitting at a number of m's with the observed reference signal
received powers (RSRPs) at the beams m. In one example, m = 1,3,7,8,9,10, and we have the RSRP values formed into a vector:
with the test vector is given by
where To match the profile, the normalized inner product of two
vectors, remniscient of cosine similarity, may be used. It can be seen as long as the number of measurements is larger than the number of unknown parameters in the channel model, the channel can be estimated up to a scaling factor (note that g is hard to estimate).
[0044] In realistic channel propagation conditions the number of AoDs/ZoDs may be more than 1, which may motivate the use of additional beam measurements to reconstruct the channel. It can be seen that the channel matrix is parameterized as follows:
Key parameters from this channel matrix may be extracted.
[0045] Focusing on beam management case 1 (the case of spatial domain prediction), it may be assumed that Then, to construct the channel, the parameters of interest
may be
[0046] It is understood that estimates of these parameters can be produced by an Al model. With respect to each ray, four parameters are needed in its representation, and the number of rays/clusters may be limited to a relatively small number to avoid posing an unsolvable/overly complex problem to the Al model. Once the parameters for the dominant rays are known, then singular value decomposition (SVD) can be applied to the channel matrix in subbands or to a wideband covariance matrix built from the channel matrix. The resulting dominant singular vector then is the best precoder for analog beamforming.
[0047] In some implementations, gain control in analog beamforming may be challenging, so limiting the result to a phase adjustment component has attendant benefits. Accordingly, in some cases, only the phase part of the dominant singular vector may be used.
[0048] Accordingly, for beam management case 1, it is proposed to train an Al model with as output. The number of rays/clusters (i.e. the range of p) is
a hyperparameter. The UE may then reconstruct the channel matrix using these parameters. The channel matrix may be reconstructed in some such cases using the formula
[0049] In some cases, the UE may feed back the channel matrix to the network.
[0050] In some cases the UE may instead use the channel matrix to determine the dominant singular vector for the wideband covariance matrix from the inference from the Al model. This dominant single vector may be fed back to the network. Alternatively the phase part of the dominant singular vector is fed back to the network.
[0051] It is further contemplated that in other alternative cases, instead of reconstructing the channel matrix at UE side, the UE feeds back the parameters themselves to the network (e.g., feeds back the values of to the
network) for channel construction at the network. The network can then use these parameters to deduce the best beam for itself (e g., using an Al model and channel reconstruction as described). The network may determine the best beam with respect to a period (e.g., 5 ms) following the receipt of the feedback.
[0052] In further alternative cases, instead of feeding back for a
number of rays, a Type II CSI feedback design may instead be reused (e.g., Rel-16 Type II CSI feedback may be reused). Note however, that in this case, a measurement resources configuration may be according to a beam management mechanism rather than a mechanism for CSI feedback. For beam management, multiple measurement resources
(channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resources and/or synchronization signal blocks (SSBs)) with a single port or two ports may be configured for beam management. However, for CSI feedback, a single CSI-RS resource with multiple ports may configured. To inform the UE of the antenna port configuration, parameters like N1/N2, which specify the number of antenna ports in the vertical domain and horizontal domain at a given polarization, are used to characterize the antenna array and signaled as part of an RRC configuration from network. To facilitate the parameter estimation of back and (re)-construction of the channel matrix, etc., it is
contemplated that N1 and N2 can be signaled to the UE in the case of Al beam management also.
[0053] For beam management case 2, Doppler shift may be considered as well.
[0054] Accordingly, for beam management case 2, it is proposed to train an Al model with as output. The number of rays/clusters (i.e. the
range of p) is a hyperparameter. The UE may then reconstruct the channel matrix using these parameters. The channel matrix may be reconstructed in some such cases using the formula
[0055] Alternatively, again for beam management case 2, it is proposed to train an Al model with as output. The number of rays/clusters (i.e. the
range of p) is a hyperparameter. The UE may then reconstruct the channel matrix using these parameters. The channel matrix may be reconstructed in some such cases using the formula
[0056] In some cases, the UE
may feed back the channel matrix to the network at one or more time instances.
[0057] In some cases, at one or more time instances, the UE may instead use the channel matrix to determine the dominant singular vector for the wideband covariance matrix from the inference from the Al model. This dominant single vector at one or more time instances may be fed back to the network. Alternatively the phase part of the dominant singular vector is fed back to the network.
[0058] It is further contemplated that in other alternative cases, instead of reconstructing the channel matrix at UE side, the UE feeds back the parameters themselves to the network (e.g., feeds back the values of
to the network) for channel construction at the
network. The network can then use these parameters to deduce the best beam for itself (e.g., using an Al model and channel matrix reconstruction as described). The network may determine the best beam with respect to a period (e.g., 5 ms) following the receipt of the feedback.
[0059] In further alternative cases, instead of feeding back and
for a number of rays, a Type II CSI feedback design may instead be reused
(e.g., Rel-18 Type II CSI feedback may be reused, where the UE feeds back channel parameters according to the Rel-18 design). Note however, that in this case, a measurement resources configuration may be according to a beam management mechanisim rather than a mechanism for CSI feedback. For beam management, multiple measurement resources (CSI-RS resources and/or SSBs) with a single port or two ports may be configured for beam management. However, for CSI feedback, a single CSI-RS resource with multiple ports may be configured. To inform the UE of the antenna port configuration, parameters like N1/N2, which specify the number of antenna ports in the vertical domain and horizontal domain at a given polarization, are used to characterize the antenna array and signaled as part of RRC configuration from network. To facilitate the parameter estimation of back and (re)-construction of the
channel matrix, etc., it is contemplated that NT and N2 can be signaled to the UE for Al beam management also.
Considerations with Respect to Generalization
[0060] With respect to the generalization of methods discussed herein, antenna element spacing aspects are now discussed. A vertical spacing between antenna elements may be denoted as dv and a horizontal antenna spacing between antenna elements may be denoted as dH.
[0061] Note that in practical antenna module design, dv and dH are not necesarily at half wavelength (as often assumed in array signal processing). To illustrate this point, we assume the antenna array is a ID array instead of 2D array (as often assumed for NR).
Then, the array response is given by
where is the carrier frequency in Hertz (Hz), and c is the speed of
light in meters per second (m/s).
[0062] As the UE is not aware of the antenna spacings dH and dv (in this particular case only dH is relevant), the UE is actually using DFT vectors to match the array response. Tn a simplistic setup with a single path from network to the UE and perfect time synchronization, the channel response matrix from the network to a single UE antenna can be written as
where g is the complex gain factor.
[0065] Consider a case where propagation conditions between the network and the UE are not modified by the use of different antenna modules at the network. Then, the best beam forming weight vector may be given by
[0069] Accordingly, it may be understood that for the same network site and UE location, the preferred DFT beam vector as beamformmg weight vector can be different with different antenna spacings at the base station antenna module.
[0070] Further, it may be understood that in CSI feedback, the PMI search does not need the explicit information regarding antenna spacings dH and dv.
[0071] From discussion above, we can see that for a given beam angle the
corresponding array response vector is characterized by
[0072] Taking a ID array and for discussion purposes, to then generate the DFT
beam vectors, the beam angles need to be satisfy
where in general the angle spacing among is not uniform as
[0073] Consider that an Al model is trained with a given set of beam angles at antenna spacing pair
but that that same Al model is used for a cell with
To make the model function with respect to these values of and a uniform formulation may be used. Accordingly, first, as inputs to the Al model, for each measurement with a beam k from Set B beams that are used as input to the Al model, a triplet
is generated, where is horizontal beam angle of beam k in the digital domain, is
the vertical beam angle of beam k in the digital domain, and where
is
the number of beams in Set B.
[0074] Then, different antenna modules (e g., with different antenna spacings) can be used in the same training session for an Al model, once the inputs are converted into the digital domain beam angles.
[0075] Further, given that an amplitude profile can be used to fit an Al model (for example as in the estimation of 0), the RSRP value(s) that are used as input(s) to the Al model are also normalized in the linear domain.
[0076] FIG. 1 illustrates a method 100 of a UE, according to embodiments discussed herein. The method 100 includes generating 102 reference signal measurements by measuring reference signals transmitted by a network in a channel, wherein each reference signal corresponds to a transmission beam b of a set of transmission beams used by the network. The method 100 further includes providing 104 the reference signal measurements to an Al model. The method 100 further includes receiving 106, from the Al model, in response to the provision of the reference signal measurements to the Al model, parameters for each transmission beam b of the set of transmission beams. The method 100 further includes determining 108 a channel matrix for the channel based on the parameters for each transmission beam b. The method 100 further includes determining 110 a wideband covariance matrix based on the channel matrix. The method 100 further includes identifying 112 a dominant vector from the wideband covariance matrix. The method 100 further includes sending 114, to the network, information corresponding to the dominant vector.
[0077] In some embodiments of the method 100, each transmission beam
uses an antenna polarization of a set of antenna polarizations used by the network.
[0078] In some embodiments of the method 100, the information corresponding to the dominant vector comprises the dominant vector.
[0079] In some embodiments of the method 100, the information corresponding to the dominant vector comprises a phase of the dominant vector.
[0080] In some embodiments of the method 100, the parameters for each transmission beam b received from the Al model comprise
zenith departure angle of the transmission beam b under a polarization is an
azimuth departure angle of the transmission beam b under the polarization is a
first connecting coefficient associating the transmission beam b under the polarization p with a corresponding delay and a corresponding first Doppler shift; is a second
connecting coefficient that is a largest connecting coefficient determined across the set of transmission beams under a set of antenna polarizations used by the network, wherein is associated with a normalization transmission beam of the set of transmission
beams under a normalization polarization p of the set of antenna polarizations; and
is a relative delay of the transmission beam b under the polarization p. In some such embodiments, the channel matrix is determined based on the parameters
and using a formula:
[0081] In some such embodiments, the parameters for each transmission beam b received from the Al model further comprise where: is the first Doppler
shift of the transmission beam
under the polarization and is a second Doppler
shift of the normalization transmission beam
under the normalization polarization In
some of these cases, the channel matrix is determined based on the parameters
using a formula:
[0082] In some such embodiments, the parameters for each transmission beam b received from the Al model further comprise where: f is the first Doppler shift of
the transmission beam b under the polarization p. In some of these cases, the channel matrix is determined based on the parameters using a
formula:
[0083] In some embodiments, the method 100 further includes receiving, from the network, a first horizontal antenna spacing used by the network to transmit the reference signals and a first vertical antenna spacing used by the network to transmit the reference signals; and normalizing the reference signal measurements to account for one or more of: a first difference between the first horizontal antenna spacing and a second horizontal antenna spacing assumed by the Al model; and a second difference between the first vertical antenna spacing and a second vertical antenna spacing assumed by the Al model. [0084] FIG. 2 illustrates a method 200 of a RAN, according to embodiments discussed herein. The method 200 includes transmitting 202, to a UE, reference signals in a channel, wherein each reference signal corresponds to a transmission beam b of a set of transmission beams used by the RAN. The method 200 further includes receiving 204, from the UE, in response to the transmission of the reference signals, parameters for each transmission beam b of the set of transmission beams. The method 200 further includes determining 206 a channel matrix for the channel based on the parameters for each transmission beam b. The method 200 further includes identifying 208 a dominant vector from the channel matrix. The method 200 further includes performing 210 data
transmission to the UE using a transmission precoding corresponding to the dominant vector.
[0085] In some embodiments of the method 200, each transmission beam b uses an antenna polarization p of a set of antenna polarizations used by the RAN.
[0086] In some embodiments of the method 200, the parameters for each transmission beam b received from the UE comprise and where: is a zenith
departure angle of the transmission beam b under a polarization is an azimuth
departure angle of the transmission beam b under the polarization is a first
connecting coefficient associating the transmission beam b under the polarization p with a corresponding delay and a corresponding first Doppler shift; is a second
connecting coefficient that is a largest connecting coefficient determined across the set of transmission beams under a set of antenna polarizations used by the network, wherein is associated with a normalization transmission beam of the set of transmission
beams under a normalization polarization p of the set of antenna polarizations; and
is a relative delay of the transmission beam b under the polarization p. In some such embodiments, the channel matrix is determined based on the parameters
and using a formula:
[0087] In some such embodiments, the parameters for each transmission beam b received from the UE further comprise where: is the first Doppler shift of
the transmission beam b under the polarization p; and is a second Doppler shift of
the normalization transmission beam
under the normalization polarization
In some of these cases, the channel matrix is determined based on the parameters
using a formula:
[0088] Tn some such embodiments, the parameters for each transmission beam b received from the UE further comprise where: is the first Doppler shift of the
transmission beam b under the polarization p. In some of these cases, the channel matrix is determined based on the parameters using a formula:
[0089] FIG. 3 illustrates a method 300 of a UE, according to embodiments discussed herein. The method 300 includes generating 302 reference signal measurements by measuring reference signals transmitted by a network in a channel, wherein each reference signal corresponds to a transmission beam b of a set of transmission beams used by the network. The method 300 further includes providing 304 the reference signal measurements to an Al model. The method 300 further includes receiving 306, from the Al model, in response to the provision of the reference signal measurements to the Al model, parameters for each transmission beam b of the set of transmission beams. The method 300 further includes sending 308, to the network, the parameters for each transmission beam b received from the Al model.
[0090] In some embodiments of the method 300, each transmission beam b uses an antenna polarization p of a set of antenna polarizations used by the network.
[0091] In some embodiments of the method 300, the parameters for each transmission beam b received from the Al model comprise where: is a
zenith departure angle of the transmission beam b under a polarization is an
azimuth departure angle of the transmission beam b under the polarization is a
first connecting coefficient associating the transmission beam b under the polarization p with a corresponding delay and a corresponding first Doppler shift; is a second
connecting coefficient that is a largest connecting coefficient determined across the set of transmission beams under a set of antenna polarizations used by the network, wherein is associated with a normalization transmission beam b of the set of transmission beams under a normalization polarization p of the set of antenna polarizations; and Tb p is a relative delay of the transmission beam b under the polarization p. In some such embodiments, the parameters for each transmission beam b under each polarization p received from the Al model further comprise where: is a is first Doppler
shift of the transmission beam
under the polarization ; and is a second Doppler
shift of the normalization transmission beam
under the normalization polarization p. In some such embodiments, the parameters for each transmission beam b received from the Al model further comprise where is a is first Doppler shift of the transmission
beam b under the polarization p.
[0092] FIG. 4 illustrates a method 400 of a UE, according to embodiments discussed herein. The method 400 includes generating 402 reference signal measurements by measuring reference signals transmitted by a network in a channel, wherein each reference signal corresponds to a transmission beam b of a set of transmission beams used by the network. The method 400 further includes providing 404 the reference signal measurements to an Al model. The method 400 further includes receiving 406, from the Al model, in response to the provision of the reference signal measurements to the Al model, parameters for each transmission beam b of the set of transmission beams. The method 400 further includes determining 408 a channel matrix for the channel based on the parameters for each transmission beam b. The method 400 further includes sending 410, to the network, the channel matrix.
[0093] In some embodiments of the method 400, each transmission beam b uses an antenna polarization p of a set of antenna polarizations used by the network.
[0094] In some embodiments of the method 400, the parameters for each transmission beam b received from the Al model comprise is a
zenith departure angle of the transmission beam b under the polarization is an
azimuth departure angle of the transmission beam b under a polarization is a first
connecting coefficient associating the transmission beam b under the polarization p with
a corresponding delay and a first Doppler shift; is a second connecting coefficient that is a largest connecting coefficient determined across the set of transmission beams under a set of antenna polarizations used by the network, wherein is associated with
a normalization transmission beam b of the set of transmission beams under a normalization polarization p of the set of antenna polarizations; and is a relative
delay of the transmission beam b under the polarization p. In some such embodiments, the channel matrix is determined based on the parameters using a
formula:
[0095] In some such embodiments, the parameters for each transmission beam b received from the Al model further comprise where: is the first Doppler
shift of the transmission beam b under the polarization and is a second Doppler
shift of the normalization transmission beam
under the normalization polarization
In some of these cases, the channel matrix is determined based on the parameters
using a formula:
[0096] Tn some such embodiments, the parameters for each transmission beam
received from the Al model further comprise where: is the first Doppler shift of
the transmission beam under the polarization p. In some of these cases, the channel
matrix is determined based on the parameters using a
formula:
[0097] FIG. 5 illustrates an example architecture of a wireless communication system 500, according to embodiments disclosed herein. The following description is provided for an example wireless communication system 500 that operates in conjunction with the LTE system standards and/or 5G or NR system standards as provided by 3GPP technical specifications.
[0098] As shown by FIG. 5, the wireless communication system 500 includes UE 502 and UE 504 (although any number of UEs may be used). In this example, the UE 502 and the UE 504 are illustrated as smartphones (e.g., handheld touchscreen mobile computing devices connectable to one or more cellular networks), but may also comprise any mobile or non-mobile computing device configured for wireless communication.
[0099] The UE 502 and UE 504 may be configured to communicatively couple with a RAN 506. In embodiments, the RAN 506 may be NG-RAN, E-UTRAN, etc. The UE 502 and UE 504 utilize connections (or channels) (shown as connection 508 and connection 510, respectively) with the RAN 506, each of which comprises a physical communications interface. The RAN 506 can include one or more base stations (such as base station 512 and base station 514) that enable the connection 508 and connection 510.
[0100] In this example, the connection 508 and connection 510 are air interfaces to enable such communicative coupling, and may be consistent with RAT(s) used by the RAN 506, such as, for example, an LTE and/or NR.
[0101] In some embodiments, the UE 502 and UE 504 may also directly exchange communication data via a sidelink interface 516. The UE 504 is shown to be configured to access an access point (shown as AP 518) via connection 520. By way of example, the connection 520 can comprise a local wireless connection, such as a connection consistent with any IEEE 802.11 protocol, wherein the AP 518 may comprise a Wi-Fi® router. In this example, the AP 518 may be connected to another network (for example, the Internet) without going through a CN 524.
[0102] In embodiments, the UE 502 and UE 504 can be configured to communicate using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) communication signals with each other or with the base station 512 and/or the base station 514 over a multicarrier communication channel in accordance with various communication techniques, such as, but not limited to, an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) communication technique (e.g., for downlink communications) or a single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) communication technique (e.g., for uplink and ProSe or sidelink communications), although the scope of the embodiments is not limited in this respect. The OFDM signals can comprise a plurality of orthogonal subcarriers.
[0103] In some embodiments, all or parts of the base station 512 or base station 514 may be implemented as one or more software entities running on server computers as part of a virtual network. In addition, or in other embodiments, the base station 512 or base station 514 may be configured to communicate with one another via interface 522. In embodiments where the wireless communication system 500 is an LTE system (e.g., when the CN 524 is an EPC), the interface 522 may be an X2 interface. The X2 interface may be defined between two or more base stations (e.g., two or more eNBs and the like) that connect to an EPC, and/or between two eNBs connecting to the EPC. In embodiments where the wireless communication system 500 is an NR system (e.g., when CN 524 is a 5GC), the interface 522 may be an Xn interface. The Xn interface is defined between two or more base stations (e.g., two or more gNBs and the like) that connect to 5GC, between a base station 512 (e.g., a gNB) connecting to 5GC and an eNB, and/or between two eNBs connecting to 5GC (e.g., CN 524).
[0104] The RAN 506 is shown to be communicatively coupled to the CN 524. The CN 524 may comprise one or more network elements 526, which are configured to offer various data and telecommunications services to customers/subscribers (e.g., users of UE 502 and UE 504) who are connected to the CN 524 via the RAN 506. The components of the CN 524 may be implemented in one physical device or separate physical devices including components to read and execute instructions from a machine-readable or computer-readable medium (e.g., a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium).
[0105] In embodiments, the CN 524 may be an EPC, and the RAN 506 may be connected with the CN 524 via an SI interface 528. In embodiments, the SI interface 528 may be split into two parts, an SI user plane (Sl-U) interface, which carries traffic
data between the base station 512 or base station 514 and a serving gateway (S-GW), and the SI -MME interface, which is a signaling interface between the base station 512 or base station 514 and mobility management entities (MMEs).
[0106] In embodiments, the CN 524 may be a 5GC, and the RAN 506 may be connected with the CN 524 via an NG interface 528. In embodiments, the NG interface 528 may be split into two parts, an NG user plane (NG-U) interface, which carries traffic data between the base station 512 or base station 514 and a user plane function (UPF), and the SI control plane (NG-C) interface, which is a signaling interface between the base station 512 or base station 514 and access and mobility management functions (AMFs).
[0107] Generally, an application server 530 may be an element offering applications that use internet protocol (IP) bearer resources with the CN 524 (e.g., packet switched data services). The application server 530 can also be configured to support one or more communication services (e g., VoIP sessions, group communication sessions, etc.) for the UE 502 and UE 504 via the CN 524. The application server 530 may communicate with the CN 524 through an IP communications interface 532.
[0108] FIG. 6 illustrates a system 600 for performing signaling 634 between a wireless device 602 and a network device 618, according to embodiments disclosed herein. The system 600 may be a portion of a wireless communications system as herein described. The wireless device 602 may be, for example, a UE of a wireless communication system. The network device 618 may be, for example, a base station (e.g., an eNB or a gNB) of a wireless communication system.
[0109] The wireless device 602 may include one or more processor(s) 604. The processor(s) 604 may execute instructions such that various operations of the wireless device 602 are performed, as described herein. The processor(s) 604 may include one or more baseband processors implemented using, for example, a central processing unit (CPU), a digital signal processor (DSP), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a controller, a field programmable gate array (FPGA) device, another hardware device, a firmware device, or any combination thereof configured to perform the operations described herein.
[0110] The wireless device 602 may include a memory 606. The memory 606 may be a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions 608 (which may include, for example, the instructions being executed by the processor(s) 604). The
instructions 608 may also be referred to as program code or a computer program. The memory 606 may also store data used by, and results computed by, the processor(s) 604. [0111] The wireless device 602 may include one or more transceiver(s) 610 that may include radio frequency (RF) transmitter and/or receiver circuitry that use the antenna(s) 612 of the wireless device 602 to facilitate signaling (e.g., the signaling 634) to and/or from the wireless device 602 with other devices (e.g., the network device 618) according to corresponding RATs.
[0112] The wireless device 602 may include one or more antenna(s) 612 (e.g., one, two, four, or more). For embodiments with multiple antenna(s) 612, the wireless device 602 may leverage the spatial diversity of such multiple antenna(s) 612 to send and/or receive multiple different data streams on the same time and frequency resources. This behavior may be referred to as, for example, MIMO behavior (referring to the multiple antennas used at each of a transmitting device and a receiving device that enable this aspect). MIMO transmissions by the wireless device 602 may be accomplished according to precoding (or digital beamforming) that is applied at the wireless device 602 that multiplexes the data streams across the antenna(s) 612 according to known or assumed channel characteristics such that each data stream is received with an appropriate signal strength relative to other streams and at a desired location in the spatial domain (e.g., the location of a receiver associated with that data stream). Certain embodiments may use single user MIMO (SU-MIMO) methods (where the data streams are all directed to a single receiver) and/or multi user MIMO (MU-MIMO) methods (where individual data streams may be directed to individual (different) receivers in different locations in the spatial domain).
[0113] In certain embodiments having multiple antennas, the wireless device 602 may implement analog beamforming techniques, whereby phases of the signals sent by the antenna(s) 612 are relatively adjusted such that the (joint) transmission of the antenna(s) 612 can be directed (this is sometimes referred to as beam steering).
[0114] The wireless device 602 may include one or more interface(s) 614. The interface(s) 614 may be used to provide input to or output from the wireless device 602. For example, a wireless device 602 that is a UE may include interface(s) 614 such as microphones, speakers, a touchscreen, buttons, and the like in order to allow for input and/or output to the UE by a user of the UE. Other interfaces of such a UE may be made up of transmitters, receivers, and other circuitry (e g., other than the transceiver(s)
610/antenna(s) 612 already described) that allow for communication between the UE and other devices and may operate according to known protocols (e.g., Wi-Fi®, Bluetooth®, and the like).
[0115] The wireless device 602 may include a beam management module 616. The beam management module 616 may be implemented via hardware, software, or combinations thereof. For example, the beam management module 616 may be implemented as a processor, circuit, and/or instructions 608 stored in the memory 606 and executed by the processor(s) 604. In some examples, the beam management module 616 may be integrated within the processor(s) 604 and/or the transceiver(s) 610. For example, the beam management module 616 may be implemented by a combination of software components (e.g., executed by a DSP or a general processor) and hardware components (e.g., logic gates and circuitry) within the processor(s) 604 or the transceiver(s) 610.
[0116] The beam management module 616 may be used for various aspects of the present disclosure, for example, aspects of FIG. 1 through FIG. 4. The beam management module 616 may be configured to, for example, perform or cause to be performed reference signal measurements at the wireless device 602, provide the reference signal measurements to an Al model, receive corresponding parameters for each transmission beam b of a set of transmission beams under each polarization p from the Al model, and perform further tasks with such parameters (e.g., determining a channel matrix/corresponding dominant vector to feed back to the network, feed back the parameters to the network directly for use at the netw ork, etc.).
[0117] The network device 618 may include one or more processor(s) 620. The processor(s) 620 may execute instructions such that various operations of the network device 618 are performed, as described herein. The processor(s) 620 may include one or more baseband processors implemented using, for example, a CPU, a DSP, an ASIC, a controller, an FPGA device, another hardware device, a firmware device, or any combination thereof configured to perform the operations described herein.
[0118] The network device 618 may include a memory 622. The memory 622 may be a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions 624 (which may include, for example, the instructions being executed by the processor(s) 620). The instructions 624 may also be referred to as program code or a computer program. The memory 622 may also store data used by, and results computed by, the processor(s) 620.
[0119] The network device 618 may include one or more transceiver(s) 626 that may include RF transmitter and/or receiver circuitry that use the antenna(s) 628 of the network device 618 to facilitate signaling (e.g., the signaling 634) to and/or from the network device 618 with other devices (e.g., the wireless device 602) according to corresponding RATs.
[0120] The network device 618 may include one or more antenna(s) 628 (e.g., one, two, four, or more). In embodiments having multiple antenna(s) 628, the network device 618 may perform MIMO, digital beamforming, analog beamforming, beam steering, etc., as has been described.
[0121] The network device 618 may include one or more interface(s) 630. The interface(s) 630 may be used to provide input to or output from the network device 618. For example, a network device 618 that is a base station may include interface(s) 630 made up of transmitters, receivers, and other circuitry (e.g., other than the transceiver(s) 626/antenna(s) 628 already described) that enables the base station to communicate with other equipment in a core network, and/or that enables the base station to communicate with external networks, computers, databases, and the like for purposes of operations, administration, and maintenance of the base station or other equipment operably connected thereto.
[0122] The network device 618 may include a beam management module 632. The beam management module 632 may be implemented via hardware, software, or combinations thereof. For example, the beam management module 632 may be implemented as a processor, circuit, and/or instructions 624 stored in the memory 622 and executed by the processor(s) 620. In some examples, the beam management module 632 may be integrated within the processor(s) 620 and/or the transceiver(s) 626. For example, the beam management module 632 may be implemented by a combination of software components (e.g., executed by a DSP or a general processor) and hardware components (e.g., logic gates and circuitry) within the processor(s) 620 or the transceiver(s) 626.
[0123] The beam management module 632 may be used for various aspects of the present disclosure, for example, aspects of FIG. 1 through FIG. 4. The beam management module 632 may be configured to, for example, transmit or cause to be transmitted reference signal measurements by the network device 618, and receive in response, from a UE, a channel matrix/corresponding dominant vector for use by the
network device 618, parameters for each transmission beam b of a set of transmission beams under each polarization p (for use at the network to itself determine a channel matrix/corresponding dominant vector for use), etc.
[0124] Embodiments contemplated herein include an apparatus comprising means to perform one or more elements of any one or more of the method 100, the method 300, and the method 400. This apparatus may be, for example, an apparatus of a UE (such as a wireless device 602 that is a UE, as described herein).
[0125] Embodiments contemplated herein include one or more non -transitory computer-readable media comprising instructions to cause an electronic device, upon execution of the instructions by one or more processors of the electronic device, to perform one or more elements any one or more of the method 100, the method 300, and the method 400. This non-transitory computer-readable media may be, for example, a memory of a UE (such as a memory 606 of a wireless device 602 that is a UE, as described herein).
[0126] Embodiments contemplated herein include an apparatus comprising logic, modules, or circuitry to perform one or more elements of any one or more of the method 100, the method 300, and the method 400. This apparatus may be, for example, an apparatus of a UE (such as a wireless device 602 that is a UE, as described herein).
[0127] Embodiments contemplated herein include an apparatus comprising: one or more processors and one or more computer-readable media comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform one or more elements of any one or more of the method 100, the method 300, and the method 400. This apparatus may be, for example, an apparatus of a UE (such as a wireless device 602 that is a UE, as described herein).
[0128] Embodiments contemplated herein include a signal as described in or related to one or more elements of any one or more of the method 100, the method 300, and the method 400.
[0129] Embodiments contemplated herein include a computer program or computer program product comprising instructions, wherein execution of the program by a processor is to cause the processor to carry out one or more elements of any one or more of the method 100, the method 300, and the method 400. The processor may be a processor of a UE (such as a processor(s) 604 of a wireless device 602 that is a UE, as described herein). These instructions may be, for example, located in the processor
and/or on a memory of the UE (such as a memory 606 of a wireless device 602 that is a UE, as described herein).
[0130] Embodiments contemplated herein include an apparatus comprising means to perform one or more elements of the method 200. This apparatus may be, for example, an apparatus of a base station (such as a network device 618 that is a base station, as described herein).
[0131] Embodiments contemplated herein include one or more non-transitory computer-readable media comprising instructions to cause an electronic device, upon execution of the instructions by one or more processors of the electronic device, to perform one or more elements of the method 200. This non-transitory computer-readable media may be, for example, a memory of a base station (such as a memory 622 of a network device 618 that is a base station, as described herein).
[0132] Embodiments contemplated herein include an apparatus comprising logic, modules, or circuitry to perform one or more elements of the method 200. This apparatus may be, for example, an apparatus of a base station (such as a network device 618 that is a base station, as described herein).
[0133] Embodiments contemplated herein include an apparatus comprising: one or more processors and one or more computer-readable media comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform one or more elements of the method 200. This apparatus may be, for example, an apparatus of a base station (such as a network device 618 that is a base station, as described herein).
[0134] Embodiments contemplated herein include a signal as described in or related to one or more elements of the method 200.
[0135] Embodiments contemplated herein include a computer program or computer program product comprising instructions, wherein execution of the program by a processing element is to cause the processing element to carry out one or more elements of the method 200. The processor may be a processor of a base station (such as a processor(s) 620 of a network device 618 that is a base station, as described herein). These instructions may be, for example, located in the processor and/or on a memory of the base station (such as a memory 622 of a network device 618 that is a base station, as described herein).
[0136] For one or more embodiments, at least one of the components set forth in one or more of the preceding figures may be configured to perform one or more operations, techniques, processes, and/or methods as set forth herein. For example, a baseband processor as described herein in connection with one or more of the preceding figures may be configured to operate in accordance with one or more of the examples set forth herein. For another example, circuitry associated with a UE, base station, network element, etc. as described above in connection with one or more of the preceding figures may be configured to operate in accordance with one or more of the examples set forth herein.
[0137] Any of the above described embodiments may be combined with any other embodiment (or combination of embodiments), unless explicitly stated otherwise. The foregoing description of one or more implementations provides illustration and description, but is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the scope of embodiments to the precise form disclosed. Modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teachings or may be acquired from practice of various embodiments.
[0138] Embodiments and implementations of the systems and methods described herein may include various operations, which may be embodied in machine-executable instructions to be executed by a computer system. A computer system may include one or more general-purpose or special-purpose computers (or other electronic devices). The computer system may include hardware components that include specific logic for performing the operations or may include a combination of hardware, software, and/or firmware.
[0139] It should be recognized that the systems described herein include descriptions of specific embodiments. These embodiments can be combined into single systems, partially combined into other systems, split into multiple systems or divided or combined in other ways. In addition, it is contemplated that parameters, attributes, aspects, etc. of one embodiment can be used in another embodiment. The parameters, attributes, aspects, etc. are merely described in one or more embodiments for clarity, and it is recognized that the parameters, attributes, aspects, etc. can be combined with or substituted for parameters, attributes, aspects, etc. of another embodiment unless specifically disclaimed herein.
[0140] It is well understood that the use of personally identifiable information should follow privacy policies and practices that are generally recognized as meeting or
exceeding industry or governmental requirements for maintaining the privacy of users. In particular, personally identifiable information data should be managed and handled so as to minimize risks of unintentional or unauthorized access or use, and the nature of authorized use should be clearly indicated to users.
[0141] Although the foregoing has been described in some detail for purposes of clarity, it will be apparent that certain changes and modifications may be made without departing from the principles thereof. It should be noted that there are many alternative ways of implementing both the processes and apparatuses described herein. Accordingly, the present embodiments are to be considered illustrative and not restrictive, and the description is not to be limited to the details given herein, but may be modified within the scope and equivalents of the appended claims.
Claims
1. A method of a user equipment (UE), comprising: generating reference signal measurements by measuring reference signals transmitted by a network in a channel, wherein each reference signal corresponds to a transmission beam b of a set of transmission beams used by the network; providing the reference signal measurements to an artificial intelligence (Al) model; receiving, from the Al model, in response to the provision of the reference signal measurements to the Al model, parameters for each transmission beam b of the set of transmission beams; determining a channel matrix for the channel based on the parameters for each transmission beam
determining a wideband covariance matrix based on the channel matrix; identifying a dominant vector from the wideband covariance matrix; and sending, to the network, information corresponding to the dominant vector.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein each transmission beam b uses an antenna polarization p of a set of antenna polarizations used by the network.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the information corresponding to the dominant vector comprises the dominant vector.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the information corresponding to the dominant vector comprises a phase of the dominant vector.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the parameters for each transmission beam
from the Al model comprise where:
is a zenith departure angle of the transmission beam
under a
polarization ;
is an azimuth departure angle of the transmission beam under the
polarization
is a first connecting coefficient associating the transmission beam b
under the polarization p with a corresponding delay and a corresponding first Doppler shift;
is a second connecting coefficient that is a largest connecting
coefficient determined across the set of transmission beams under a set of antenna polarizations used by the network, wherein is associated with a normalization
transmission beam of the set of transmission beams under a normalization
polarization of the set of antenna polarizations; and
is a relative delay of the transmission beam b under the polarization p.
7. The method of claim 5, wherein the parameters for each transmission beam b received from the Al model further comprise where:
is the first Doppler shift of the transmission beam under the
polarization p; and is a second Doppler shift of the normalization transmission
beam under the normalization polarization
11. The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving, from the network, a first horizontal antenna spacing used by the network to transmit the reference signals and a first vertical antenna spacing used by the network to transmit the reference signals; and normalizing the reference signal measurements to account for one or more of: a first difference between the first horizontal antenna spacing and a second horizontal antenna spacing assumed by the Al model; and a second difference between the first vertical antenna spacing and a second vertical antenna spacing assumed by the Al model.
12. A method of a radio access network (RAN), comprising: transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), reference signals in a channel, wherein each reference signal corresponds to a transmission beam b of a set of transmission beams used by the RAN; receiving, from the UE, in response to the transmission of the reference signals, parameters for each transmission beam b of the set of transmission beams; determining a channel matrix for the channel based on the parameters for each transmission beam d; identifying a dominant vector from the channel matrix; and performing data transmission to the UE using a transmission precoding corresponding to the dominant vector.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein each transmission beam b uses an antenna polarization p of a set of antenna polarizations used by the RAN.
14. The method of claim 12, wherein the parameters for each transmission beam b received from the UE comprise where:
is a zenith departure angle of the transmission beam b under a
polarization ;
is an azimuth departure angle of the transmission beam b under the
polarization ;
is a first connecting coefficient associating the transmission beam b
under the polarization p with a corresponding delay and a corresponding first Doppler shift; is a second connecting coefficient that is a largest connecting
coefficient determined across the set of transmission beams under a set of antenna polarizations used by the network, wherein Cb p is associated with a normalization transmission beam b of the set of transmission beams under a normalization polarization p of the set of antenna polarizations; and is a relative delay of the transmission beam b under the polarization p.
16. The method of claim 14, wherein the parameters for each transmission beam b received from the UE further comprise where:
is the first Doppler shift of the transmission beam b under the
polarization ; and is a second Doppler shift of the normalization transmission
beam under the normalization polarization
.
20. A method of a user equipment (UE), comprising: generating reference signal measurements by measuring reference signals transmitted by a network in a channel, wherein each reference signal corresponds to a transmission beam b of a set of transmission beams used by the network; providing the reference signal measurements to an artificial intelligence (Al) model; receiving, from the Al model, in response to the provision of the reference signal measurements to the Al model, parameters for each transmission beam b of the set of transmission beams; and sending, to the network, the parameters for each transmission beam b received from the Al model.
21. The method of claim 20, wherein each transmission beam b uses an antenna polarization p of a set of antenna polarizations used by the network.
22. The method of claim 20, wherein the parameters for each transmission beam b received from the Al model comprise , where:
is a zenith departure angle of the transmission beam b under a
polarization ;
is an azimuth departure angle of the transmission beam b under the
polarization
is a first connecting coefficient associating the transmission beam
under the polarization p with a corresponding delay and a corresponding first Doppler shift; is a second connecting coefficient that is a largest connecting
coefficient determined across the set of transmission beams under a set of antenna polarizations used by the network, wherein is associated with a normalization
transmission beam
of the set of transmission beams under a normalization polarization of the set of antenna polarizations; and
is a relative delay of the transmission beam under the polarization
23. The method of claim 22, wherein the parameters for each transmission beam b received from the Al model further comprise where:
is a is first Doppler shift of the transmission beam under the
polarization
; and is a second Doppler shift of the normalization transmission
beam
under the normalization polarization .
25. A method of a user equipment (UE), comprising: generating reference signal measurements by measuring reference signals transmitted by a network in a channel, wherein each reference signal corresponds to a
transmission beam b of a set of transmission beams used by the network under an antenna polarization p of a set of antenna polarizations used by the network; providing the reference signal measurements to an artificial intelligence (Al) model; receiving, from the Al model, in response to the provision of the reference signal measurements to the Al model, parameters for each transmission beam b of the set of transmission beams under each polarization p of the set of antenna polarizations; determining a channel matrix for the channel based on the parameters for each transmission beam b under each polarization
sending, to the network, the channel matrix.
26. The method of claim 25, wherein each transmission beam b uses an antenna polarization p of a set of antenna polarizations used by the network.
27. The method of claim 25, wherein the parameters for each transmission beam b received from the Al model comprise , where:
is a zenith departure angle of the transmission beam under a
polarization ;
is an azimuth departure angle of the transmission beam b under the
polarization
is a first connecting coefficient associating the transmission beam
under the polarization p with a corresponding delay and a first Doppler shift; is a second connecting coefficient that is a largest connecting
coefficient determined across the set of transmission beams under a set of antenna polarizations used by the network, wherein is associated with a normalization
transmission beam
of the set of transmission beams under a normalization polarization p of the set of antenna polarizations; and is a relative delay of the transmission beam b under the polarization p.
28. The method of claim 27, wherein the channel matrix is determined based on the parameters using a formula:
29. The method of claim 27, wherein the parameters for each transmission beam
received from the Al model further comprise where:
is the first Doppler shift of the transmission beam b under the
polarization and
is a second Doppler shift of the normalization transmission
beam b under the normalization polarization
33. An apparatus comprising means to perform the method of any of claim 1 to claim 32.
34. A computer-readable media comprising instructions to cause an electronic device, upon execution of the instructions by one or more processors of the electronic device, to perform the method of any of claim 1 to claim 32.
35. An apparatus comprising logic, modules, or circuitry to perform the method of any of claim 1 to claim 32.
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