EP4320795A1 - Suivi de fréquence et suivi de temporisation à l'aide d'un signal ou de signaux de référence à large bande - Google Patents

Suivi de fréquence et suivi de temporisation à l'aide d'un signal ou de signaux de référence à large bande

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EP4320795A1
EP4320795A1 EP22720128.2A EP22720128A EP4320795A1 EP 4320795 A1 EP4320795 A1 EP 4320795A1 EP 22720128 A EP22720128 A EP 22720128A EP 4320795 A1 EP4320795 A1 EP 4320795A1
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trs
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Ahmed Abdelaziz Ibrahim Abdelaziz ZEWAIL
Xiaoxia Zhang
Zhifei Fan
Jing Sun
Tao Luo
Wooseok Nam
Mohamed Fouad Ahmed Marzban
Qingjiang Tian
Hemant Saggar
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L5/00—Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
    • H04L5/003—Arrangements for allocating sub-channels of the transmission path
    • H04L5/0048—Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver
    • H04L5/0051—Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver of dedicated pilots, i.e. pilots destined for a single user or terminal

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  • aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications, and more particularly, to techniques for frequency tracking and/or timing tracking using wideband reference signals (RSs).
  • RSs wideband reference signals
  • Wireless communication systems are widely deployed to provide various telecommunication services such as telephony, video, data, messaging, broadcasts, or other similar types of services.
  • These wireless communication systems may employ multiple-access technologies capable of supporting communication with multiple users by sharing available system resources with those users (e.g., bandwidth, transmit power, or other resources).
  • Multiple-access technologies can rely on any of code division, time division, frequency division, orthogonal frequency division, single-carrier frequency division, or time division synchronous code division, to name a few.
  • These and other multiple access technologies have been adopted in various telecommunication standards to provide a common protocol that enables different wireless devices to communicate on a municipal, national, regional, and even global level.
  • Certain aspects can be implemented in a method for wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE).
  • the method generally includes monitoring for a wideband reference signal (RS) from a network entity when one or more conditions are met, the wideband RS occupying a wider band of frequency resources than a tracking reference signal (TRS) transmitted by the network entity; and performing at least one of frequency tracking or timing tracking based on the monitoring.
  • RS wideband reference signal
  • TRS tracking reference signal
  • the processing system generally includes a memory comprising computer-executable instructions and one or more processors configured to execute the computer-executable instructions and cause the processing system to: monitor for a wideband RS from a network entity when one or more conditions are met, the wideband RS occupying a wider band of frequency resources than a TRS transmitted by the network entity; and perform at least one of frequency tracking or timing tracking based on the monitoring.
  • the apparatus may include means for monitoring for a wideband RS from a network entity when one or more conditions are met, the wideband RS occupying a wider band of frequency resources than a TRS transmitted by the network entity; and means for performing at least one of frequency tracking or timing tracking based on the monitoring.
  • Non-transitory computer-readable medium for wireless communication by a UE.
  • the non-transitory computer-readable medium may comprise computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a processing system, cause the processing system to: monitor for a wideband RS from a network entity when one or more conditions are met, the wideband RS occupying a wider band of frequency resources than a TRS transmitted by the network entity; and perform at least one of frequency tracking or timing tracking based on the monitoring.
  • Certain aspects can be implemented in a computer program product for wireless communication by a UE embodied on a computer-readable storage medium.
  • the computer-readable storage medium may comprise code for monitoring for a wideband RS from a network entity when one or more conditions are met, the wideband RS occupying a wider band of frequency resources than a TRS transmitted by the network entity; and performing at least one of frequency tracking or timing tracking based on the monitoring.
  • Certain aspects can be implemented in a method for wireless communication performed by a network entity.
  • the method generally includes detecting when one or more conditions are met to trigger transmitting wideband reference signals (RS) that occupies a wider band of frequency resources than a tracking reference signal (TRS) transmitted by the network entity and transmitting the wideband RS to the UE based on the detection.
  • RS wideband reference signals
  • TRS tracking reference signal
  • the processing system generally includes a memory comprising computer-executable instructions and one or more processors configured to execute the computer-executable instructions and cause the processing system to: detect when one or more conditions are met to trigger transmitting wideband reference signals (RS) that occupies a wider band of frequency resources than a tracking reference signal (TRS) transmitted by the network entity and transmit the wideband RS to the UE based on the detection.
  • RS wideband reference signals
  • TRS tracking reference signal
  • the apparatus may include means for detecting when one or more conditions are met to trigger transmitting wideband reference signals (RS) that occupies a wider band of frequency resources than a tracking reference signal (TRS) transmitted by the network entity and means for transmitting the wideband RS to the UE based on the detection.
  • RS wideband reference signals
  • TRS tracking reference signal
  • Certain aspects can be implemented in a non-transitory computer-readable medium for wireless communication by a network entity.
  • the non-transitory computer- readable medium may comprise computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a processing system, cause the processing system to: detect when one or more conditions are met to trigger transmitting wideband reference signals (RS) that occupies a wider band of frequency resources than a tracking reference signal (TRS) transmitted by the network entity and transmit the wideband RS to the UE based on the detection.
  • RS wideband reference signals
  • TRS tracking reference signal
  • Certain aspects can be implemented in a computer program product for wireless communication by a user equipment network entity embodied on a computer- readable storage medium.
  • the computer-readable storage medium may comprise code for detecting when one or more conditions are met to trigger transmitting wideband reference signals (RS) that occupies a wider band of frequency resources than a tracking reference signal (TRS) transmitted by the network entity and transmitting the wideband RS to the UE based on the detection.
  • RS wideband reference signals
  • TRS tracking reference signal
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram conceptually illustrating an example wireless communication network.
  • FIG. 2 is a block diagram conceptually illustrating aspects of an example a base station and user equipment.
  • FIGS. 3A-3D depict various example aspects of data structures for a wireless communication network.
  • FIG. 4 shows a time-frequency resource grid, illustrating an example allocation of resources for TRS.
  • FIG. 5 is a flow diagram illustrating example operations for wireless communication by a base station.
  • FIG. 6 is a flow diagram illustrating example operations for wireless communication by a user equipment.
  • FIG. 7 is a call flow diagram illustrating example operations between a network entity and a user equipment for frequency tracking and timing tracking using wideband reference signals (RSs).
  • RSs wideband reference signals
  • FIGs. 8 and 9 depict aspects of an example communications devices. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
  • aspects of the present disclosure provide apparatuses, methods, processing systems, and computer-readable mediums for frequency tracking, timing tracking, or both frequency and time tracking by a user equipment (UE) using wideband reference signals (RSs).
  • UE user equipment
  • RSs wideband reference signals
  • the wideband RS may be used by the UE for such tracking before the UE is configured with the relatively narrowband tracking reference signals (TRSs) typically used for such purposes.
  • TRSs tracking reference signals
  • the wideband RSs may be used in addition to, or as an alternative to conventional TRSs. As such, the techniques proposed herein may result in less frequent TRS transmissions and, therefore, reduced TRS overhead.
  • FIG. 1 depicts an example of a wireless communications system 100, in which aspects described herein may be implemented.
  • the wireless communications system 100 may include a base station (BS) 102 with a tracking component 199 configured to perform one or more of the operations illustrated in FIG. 6, as well as other operations described herein for frequency tracking and timing tracking using wideband reference signals (RSs).
  • the wireless communications system 100 may also include a user equipment (UE) 104 with a tracking component 198 configured to perform one or more of the operations illustrated in FIG. 5, as well as other operations described herein for frequency tracking and timing tracking using wideband RSs.
  • BS base station
  • UE user equipment
  • wireless communications system 100 includes BSs 102, user UEs 104, one or more core networks, such as an Evolved Packet Core (EPC) 160 and 5G Core (5GC) network 190, which interoperate to provide wireless communications services.
  • EPC Evolved Packet Core
  • 5GC 5G Core
  • Base stations 102 may provide an access point to the EPC 160 and/or 5GC 190 for a user equipment 104, and may perform one or more of the following functions: transfer of user data, radio channel ciphering and deciphering, integrity protection, header compression, mobility control functions (e.g., handover, dual connectivity), inter-cell interference coordination, connection setup and release, load balancing, distribution for non-access stratum (NAS) messages, NAS node selection, synchronization, radio access network (RAN) sharing, multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS), subscriber and equipment trace, RAN information management (RIM), paging, positioning, delivery of warning messages, among other functions.
  • NAS non-access stratum
  • RAN radio access network
  • MBMS multimedia broadcast multicast service
  • RIM RAN information management
  • Base stations may include and/or be referred to as a gNB, NodeB, eNB, ng-eNB (e.g., an eNB that has been enhanced to provide connection to both EPC 160 and 5GC 190), an access point, a base transceiver station, a radio base station, a radio transceiver, or a transceiver function, or a transmission reception point in various contexts.
  • a gNB NodeB
  • eNB e.g., an eNB that has been enhanced to provide connection to both EPC 160 and 5GC 190
  • an access point e.g., an eNB that has been enhanced to provide connection to both EPC 160 and 5GC 190
  • a base transceiver station e.g., a radio base station, a radio transceiver, or a transceiver function, or a transmission reception point in various contexts.
  • Base stations 102 wirelessly communicate with UEs 104 via communications links 120. Each of base stations 102 may provide communication coverage for a respective geographic coverage area 110, which may overlap in some cases. For example, small cell 102’ (e.g., a low-power base station) may have a coverage area 110’ that overlaps the coverage area 110 of one or more macrocells (e.g., high-power base stations).
  • small cell 102’ e.g., a low-power base station
  • macrocells e.g., high-power base stations
  • the communication links 120 between base stations 102 and UEs 104 may include uplink (UL) (also referred to as reverse link) transmissions from a user equipment 104 to a base station 102 and/or downlink (DL) (also referred to as forward link) transmissions from a base station 102 to a user equipment 104.
  • UL uplink
  • DL downlink
  • the communication links 120 may use multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) antenna technology, including spatial multiplexing, beamforming, and/or transmit diversity in various aspects.
  • MIMO multiple-input and multiple-output
  • Examples of UEs 104 include a cellular phone, a smart phone, a session initiation protocol (SIP) phone, a laptop, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a satellite radio, a global positioning system, a multimedia device, a video device, a digital audio player, a camera, a game console, a tablet, a smart device, a wearable device, a vehicle, an electric meter, a gas pump, a large or small kitchen appliance, a healthcare device, an implant, a sensor/actuator, a display, or other similar devices.
  • SIP session initiation protocol
  • PDA personal digital assistant
  • UEs 104 may be internet of things (IoT) devices (e.g., parking meter, gas pump, toaster, vehicles, heart monitor, or other IoT devices), always on (AON) devices, or edge processing devices.
  • IoT internet of things
  • UEs 104 may also be referred to more generally as a station, a mobile station, a subscriber station, a mobile unit, a subscriber unit, a wireless unit, a remote unit, a mobile device, a wireless device, a wireless communications device, a remote device, a mobile subscriber station, an access terminal, a mobile terminal, a wireless terminal, a remote terminal, a handset, a user agent, a mobile client, or a client.
  • FIG. 2 depicts aspects of an example base station (BS) 102 and a user equipment (UE) 104.
  • BS base station
  • UE user equipment
  • base station 102 includes various processors (one or more processors such as processors e.g., 220, 230, 238, and 240), antennas 234a-t (collectively 234), transceivers 232a-t (collectively 232), which include modulators and demodulators, and other aspects, which enable wireless transmission of data (e.g., data source 212) and wireless reception of data (e.g., data sink 239).
  • processors e.g., 220, 230, 238, and 240
  • antennas 234a-t collectively 234
  • transceivers 232a-t collectively 232
  • base station 102 may send and receive data between itself and user equipment 104.
  • Base station 102 includes controller/processor 240, which may be configured to implement various functions related to wireless communications.
  • controller/processor 240 includes tracking component 241, which may be representative of tracking component 199 of FIG. 1.
  • tracking component 241 may be implemented additionally or alternatively in various other aspects of base station 102 in other implementations.
  • user equipment 104 includes various processors (e.g., one or more processors such as processors 258, 264, 266, and 280), antennas 252a-r (collectively 252), transceivers 254a-r (collectively 254), which include modulators and demodulators, and other aspects, which enable wireless transmission of data (e.g., source data 262) and wireless reception of data (e.g., data sink 260).
  • processors e.g., one or more processors such as processors 258, 264, 266, and 280
  • antennas 252a-r collectively 252
  • transceivers 254a-r collectively 254
  • other aspects which enable wireless transmission of data (e.g., source data 262) and wireless reception of data (e.g., data sink 260).
  • User equipment 104 includes controller/processor 280, which may be configured to implement various functions related to wireless communications.
  • controller/processor 280 includes tracking component 281, which may be representative of tracking component 198 of FIG. 1.
  • tracking component 281 may be implemented additionally or alternatively in various other aspects of user equipment 104 in other implementations.
  • a network entity or network node can be implemented as an aggregated base station, as a disaggregated base station, an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node, a relay node, a sidelink node, to name a few examples.
  • IAB integrated access and backhaul
  • a disaggregated base station architecture may include one or more central units (CUs) that can communicate directly with a core network via a backhaul link, or indirectly with the core network through one or more disaggregated base station units (such as a Near-Real Time (Near-RT) RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) via an E2 link, or a Non-Real Time (Non-RT) RIC associated with a Service Management and Orchestration (SMO) Framework, or both).
  • a CU may communicate with one or more distributed units (DUs) via respective midhaul links, such as an FI interface.
  • the DUs may communicate with one or more radio units (RUs) via respective fronthaul links.
  • the RUs may communicate with respective UEs via one or more radio frequency (RF) access links.
  • the UE may be simultaneously served by multiple RUs.
  • Each of the units may include one or more interfaces or be coupled to one or more interfaces configured to receive or transmit signals, data, or information (collectively, signals) via a wired or wireless transmission medium.
  • Each of the units, or an associated processor or controller providing instructions to the communication interfaces of the units can be configured to communicate with one or more of the other units via the transmission medium.
  • the units can include a wired interface configured to receive or transmit signals over a wired transmission medium to one or more of the other units.
  • the units can include a wireless interface, which may include a receiver, a transmitter or transceiver (such as a radio frequency (RF) transceiver), configured to receive or transmit signals, or both, over a wireless transmission medium to one or more of the other units.
  • a wireless interface which may include a receiver, a transmitter or transceiver (such as a radio frequency (RF) transceiver), configured to receive or transmit signals, or both, over a wireless transmission medium to one or more of the other units.
  • RF radio frequency
  • the CU may host one or more higher layer control functions.
  • control functions can include radio resource control (RRC), packet data convergence protocol (PDCP), service data adaptation protocol (SDAP), or the like.
  • RRC radio resource control
  • PDCP packet data convergence protocol
  • SDAP service data adaptation protocol
  • Each control function can be implemented with an interface configured to communicate signals with other control functions hosted by the CU.
  • the CU may be configured to handle user plane functionality (i.e., Central Unit - User Plane (CU-UP)), control plane functionality (i.e., Central Unit - Control Plane (CU-CP)), or a combination thereof.
  • the CU can be logically split into one or more CU-UP units and one or more CU-CP units.
  • the CU-UP unit can communicate bidirectionally with the CU-CP unit via an interface, such as the El interface when implemented in an O-RAN configuration.
  • the CU can be implemented to communicate with the DU, as necessary, for network control and signaling.
  • the DU may correspond to a logical unit that includes one or more base station functions to control the operation of one or more RUs.
  • the DU may host one or more of a radio link control (RLC) layer, a medium access control (MAC) layer, and one or more high physical (PHY) layers (such as modules for forward error correction (FEC) encoding and decoding, scrambling, modulation and demodulation, or the like) depending, at least in part, on a functional split, such as those defined by the 3 rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP).
  • the DU may further host one or more low PHY layers. Each layer (or module) can be implemented with an interface configured to communicate signals with other layers (and modules) hosted by the DU, or with the control functions hosted by the CU.
  • Lower-layer functionality can be implemented by one or more RUs.
  • an RU, controlled by a DU may correspond to a logical node that hosts RF processing functions, or low-PHY layer functions (such as performing fast Fourier transform (FFT), inverse FFT (iFFT), digital beamforming, physical random access channel (PRACH) extraction and filtering, or the like), or both, based at least in part on the functional split, such as a lower layer functional split.
  • the RU(s) can be implemented to handle over the air (OTA) communication with one or more UEs.
  • OTA over the air
  • real-time and non-real-time aspects of control and user plane communication with the RU(s) can be controlled by the corresponding DU.
  • this configuration can enable the DU(s) and the CU to be implemented in a cloud-based RAN architecture, such as a vRAN architecture.
  • the SMO Framework may be configured to support RAN deployment and provisioning of non-virtualized and virtualized network elements.
  • the SMO Framework may be configured to support the deployment of dedicated physical resources for RAN coverage requirements which may be managed via an operations and maintenance interface (such as an 01 interface).
  • the SMO Framework may be configured to interact with a cloud computing platform (such as an open cloud (O-Cloud)) to perform network element life cycle management (such as to instantiate virtualized network elements) via a cloud computing platform interface (such as an 02 interface).
  • a cloud computing platform such as an open cloud (O-Cloud)
  • network element life cycle management such as to instantiate virtualized network elements
  • cloud computing platform interface such as an 02 interface
  • Such virtualized network elements can include, but are not limited to, CUs, DUs, RUs and Near-RT RICs.
  • the SMO Framework can communicate with a hardware aspect of a 4G RAN, such as an open eNB (O-eNB), via an 01 interface. Additionally, in some implementations, the SMO Framework can communicate directly with one or more RUs via an 01 interface.
  • the SMO Framework also may include a Non-RT RIC configured to support functionality of the SMO Framework.
  • the Non-RT RIC may be configured to include a logical function that enables non-real-time control and optimization of RAN elements and resources, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) workflows including model training and updates, or policy -based guidance of applications/features in the Near-RT RIC.
  • the Non- RT RIC may be coupled to or communicate with (such as via an A1 interface) the Near- RT RIC.
  • the Near-RT RIC may be configured to include a logical function that enables near-real-time control and optimization of RAN elements and resources via data collection and actions over an interface (such as via an E2 interface) connecting one or more CUs, one or more DUs, or both, as well as an O-eNB, with the Near-RT RIC.
  • the Non-RT RIC may receive parameters or external enrichment information from external servers. Such information may be utilized by the Near-RT RIC and may be received at the SMO Framework or the Non-RT RIC from non-network data sources or from network functions.
  • the Non-RT RIC or the Near-RT RIC may be configured to tune RAN behavior or performance.
  • the Non-RT RIC may monitor long-term trends and patterns for performance and employ AI/ML models to perform corrective actions through the SMO Framework (such as reconfiguration via 01) or via creation of RAN management policies (such as A1 policies).
  • FIGS. 3A-3D depict aspects of data structures for a wireless communication network, such as wireless communication system 100 of FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 3A is a diagram 300 illustrating an example of a first subframe within a 5G (e.g., 5G NR) frame structure
  • FIG. 3B is a diagram 330 illustrating an example of DL channels within a 5G subframe
  • FIG. 3C is a diagram 350 illustrating an example of a second subframe within a 5G frame structure
  • FIG. 3D is a diagram 380 illustrating an example of UL channels within a 5G subframe.
  • FIG. 1 [0048] Further discussions regarding FIG. 1, FIG. 2, and FIGS. 3A-3D are provided later in this disclosure.
  • an electromagnetic spectrum is often subdivided, into various classes, bands, channels, or other features. The subdivision is often provided based on wavelength and frequency, where frequency may also be referred to as a carrier, a subcarrier, a frequency channel, a tone, or a subband.
  • frequency range designations FR1 410 MHz - 7.125 GHz
  • FR2 24.25 GHz - 52.6 GHz
  • the frequencies between FR1 and FR2 are often referred to as mid-band frequencies.
  • FR1 is often referred to (interchangeably) as a “Sub-6 GHz” band in various documents and articles.
  • FR2 which is sometimes referred to (interchangeably) as a “millimeter wave” (“mmW” or “mmWave”) band in documents and articles, despite being different from the extremely high frequency (EHF) band (30 GHz - 300 GHz), which is identified by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) as a “millimeter wave” band because wavelengths at these frequencies are between 1 millimeter and 10 millimeters.
  • EHF extremely high frequency
  • ITU International Telecommunications Union
  • Radio waves in the band may be referred to as a millimeter wave.
  • Near mmWave may extend down to a frequency of 3 GHz with a wavelength of 100 millimeters.
  • the super high frequency (SHF) band extends between 3 GHz and 30 GHz, also referred to as centimeter wave.
  • sub-6 GHz or the like if used herein may broadly represent frequencies that may be less than 6 GHz, may be within FR1, or may include mid-band frequencies.
  • millimeter wave or the like if used herein may broadly represent frequencies that may include mid-band frequencies, may be within FR2, or may be within the EHF band.
  • mmWave base station 180 may utilize beamforming 182 with the UE 104 to improve path loss and range.
  • base station 180 and the UE 104 may each include a plurality of antennas, such as antenna elements, antenna panels, and/or antenna arrays to facilitate the beamforming.
  • base station 180 may transmit a beamformed signal to UE 104 in one or more transmit directions 182’.
  • UE 104 may receive the beamformed signal from the base station 180 in one or more receive directions 182”.
  • UE 104 may also transmit a beamformed signal to the base station 180 in one or more transmit directions 182”.
  • Base station 180 may receive the beamformed signal from UE 104 in one or more receive directions 182’.
  • Base station 180 and UE 104 may then perform beam training to determine the best receive and transmit directions for each of base station 180 and UE 104.
  • the transmit and receive directions for base station 180 may or may not be the same.
  • the transmit and receive directions for UE 104 may or may not be the same.
  • timing error corrections are typically performed using a two-step process.
  • a synchronization signal block (SSB) is used for synchronization purposes to determine a coarse timing for the start of a slot (e.g., a fast Fourier transform (FFT) window).
  • FFT fast Fourier transform
  • TRS tracking reference signal
  • SSB-based timing error correction is mainly used during initial access procedures, while TRS-based timing error correction is used for connected-mode operation.
  • RRC radio resource control
  • SIB system information block
  • RACH random access channel
  • the timing resolution may not be enough when the data subcarrier spacing (SCS) is much larger than the SSB SCS, which can cause some performance degradation. This is because larger SCS corresponds to shorter symbol durations.
  • SCS data subcarrier spacing
  • RS reference signal
  • certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for frequency tracking and timing tracking using wideband RSs.
  • the techniques proposed herein may result in less frequent TRS transmissions and, therefore, reduced TRS overhead.
  • a user equipment When connecting to and communicating with a wireless communication network, such as the wireless communication system 100, a user equipment (UE) may need to perform one or more synchronization procedures with the wireless communication to correct for timing errors, allowing the UE to properly receive transmissions from the wireless communication network.
  • UE user equipment
  • certain aspects provide techniques for frequency tracking and timing tracking using wideband reference signals (RSs).
  • RSs wideband reference signals
  • FIG. 4 shows a time-frequency resource grid 400, illustrating the allocation of resources for TRSs.
  • time in terms of symbols
  • frequency in terms of subcarriers
  • the time-frequency resource grid 400 illustrated in FIG. 4 may represent one resource block (RB), consisting of 12 subcarriers and one slot (e.g., including 12 to 14 symbols per slot) as described with respect to FIG. 3A.
  • the time-frequency resource grid 400 includes resources for physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmissions, physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmissions, and TRS in this example.
  • PDCCH physical downlink control channel
  • PDSCH physical downlink shared channel
  • TRSs are a special type of channel state information reference signal (CSI- RS).
  • TRSs may include a resource set of multiple periodic CSI-RS.
  • TRSs may be transmitted in two adjacent slots and within two symbols within each slot.
  • SCS subcarrier spacing
  • the symbol positions for the TRSs may be configured by radio resource control (RRC) signaling and may be one of several options. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, TRS may be located in symbols 4 and 8. In other cases, TRS may be located in symbols 5 and 9. In yet other cases, TRS may be located in symbols 6 and 10.
  • RRC radio resource control
  • timing errors may only be corrected by TRS if the timing error is within a pull-in range of the TRS symbols.
  • the timing pull-in range may be based on an SCS of the PDSCH and specifies the maximum amount of timing error (e.g., typically in microseconds) that may be corrected. In other words, any timing error greater than the timing pull-in range of the TRS may not be able to be corrected by using TRS.
  • the TRS timing pull-in range may be determined according to Equation 1, below.
  • Equation 1 A/c TRS is the subcarrier spacing of the TRS and SCSPDSCH is the subcarrier spacing of the PDSCH.
  • Equation 1 may be simplified, as follows, in Equation 2.
  • whether a timing error is within the timing pull-in range of the TRS, and thus correctable by the TRS may depend on the magnitude of the timing error after SSB timing correction has been performed.
  • whether the timing error is within the pull-in range of the TRS may depend on an SSB configuration.
  • BWSSB is a bandwidth associated with the SSBs and may be based on the number of subcarriers (e.g., 1 ⁇ SSB) and a subcarrier spacing of the SSBs (SCSSSB).
  • SCSSSB subcarrier spacing of the SSBs
  • the granularity of SSBs may be enhanced using 2x oversampling, which is represented, below, in Equation 4.
  • the SSB granularity may be approximately 32.81 nanoseconds (ns), as shown below in Equation 5.
  • ns the number of subcarriers associated with the SSBs.
  • the SSB granularity of 32.81 ns may represent the minimum amount of timing error that may be corrected. Accordingly, as can be seen, as the SSB subcarrier spacing increases, the SSB granularity, or minimum amount of timing error that can be corrected, decreases. Typically, it is better to have lower SSB granularities as this would allow the SSBs to correct for more-minute timing errors.
  • the amount of timing error that can be corrected using the SSB may be determined in different manners.
  • Another manner for determining the amount of timing error that SSBs are able to correct may be based on a cyclic prefix associated with the SSBs ( CPSSB ).
  • the SSBs may typically reduce the timing error to within ⁇
  • the timing error after SSB correction may be around 292.97 ns.
  • a symbol time of each of the SSB symbols (without CP) may be equal to - . s c s SSB
  • the CP occupies 0.0703125 of the symbol time.
  • SCS SSB 120kHz
  • an additional safety margin may be required to account for timing errors due to noise. For example, as noise increases, the timing error correction algorithm based on SSBs may not be able to reduce
  • the timing error correction algorithm may be able to reduce the timing errors to 7 or 8 samples or a little bit more than ⁇ — - — .
  • an additional safety margin may be needed to ensure the time pull-in range of the TRS can correct a little bit more than ⁇ — - — or 6 samples.
  • the timing resolution may not be enough when the data subcarrier spacing (SCS) is much larger than the SSB SCS, which can cause some performance degradation.
  • SCS data subcarrier spacing
  • RS reference signal
  • aspects of the present disclosure provide apparatuses, methods, processing systems, and computer-readable mediums for frequency tracking, timing tracking, or both frequency and time tracking by a user equipment (UE) using wideband reference signals (RSs).
  • a wideband RS is wideband DMRS sent using a wideband precoder.
  • the techniques presented herein may help reduce TRS overhead by utilizing wideband DMRS.
  • the wideband DMRS can be scheduled opportunistically, for example, when one or more conditions are met (e.g., when a UE has not yet been configured with TRS or is configured with only sparse TRS).
  • FIG. 5 is a flow diagram illustrating example operations 500 for wireless communication, in accordance with certain aspects of the present disclosure.
  • the operations 500 may be performed, for example, by a UE (e.g., the UE 104 in the wireless communication system 100 of FIG. 1) for frequency tracking and timing tracking using wideband RSs.
  • the operations 500 may be implemented as software components that are executed and run on one or more processors (e.g., controller/processor 280 of FIG. 2).
  • the transmission and reception of signals by the UE in operations 500 may be enabled, for example, by one or more antennas (e.g., antennas 252 of FIG. 2).
  • the transmission and/or reception of signals by the UE may be implemented via a bus interface of one or more processors (e.g., controller/processor 280, including the tracking component 281) obtaining and/or outputting signals.
  • the operations 500 begin, in block 510, by monitoring for a wideband reference signal (RS) from a network entity when one or more conditions are met, the wideband RS occupying a wider band of frequency resources than a tracking reference signal (TRS) transmitted by the network entity.
  • RS wideband reference signal
  • TRS tracking reference signal
  • the UE performs at least one of frequency tracking or timing tracking based on the monitoring.
  • FIG. 6 is a flow diagram illustrating example operations 600 for wireless communication that may be considered complementary to operations 500 of FIG. 5.
  • the operations 600 may be performed by a BS (e.g., the BS 102 in the wireless communication system 100 of FIG. 1) to transmit wideband RS to a UE performing operations 500 of FIG. 5.
  • the operations 600 may be implemented as software components that are executed and run on one or more processors (e.g., controller/processor 240 of FIG. 2).
  • the operations 600 may be complementary to the operations 500 performed by the UE.
  • the transmission and reception of signals by the BS in operations 600 may be enabled, for example, by one or more antennas (e.g., antennas 234 of FIG. 2).
  • the transmission and/or reception of signals by the BS may be implemented via a bus interface of one or more processors (e.g., controller/processor 240, including the tracking component 241) obtaining and/or outputting signals.
  • the operations 600 begin at 610 by detecting when one or more conditions are met to trigger transmitting (e.g., to a UE) wideband reference signals (RS) that occupies a wider band of frequency resources than a tracking reference signal (TRS) transmitted by the network entity.
  • RS wideband reference signals
  • TRS tracking reference signal
  • the network entity transmits the wideband RS to the UE based on the detection.
  • Operations 500 and 600 of FIGs. 5 and 6 may be understood with reference to the call flow diagram 700 of FIG. 7, showing signaling between a network entity and a UE performing time and/or frequency tracking based on wideband RS.
  • the UE determining whether one or more conditions are met for the network entity to transmit wideband RS.
  • the UE monitors for wideband RS, at 704. Based on the wideband RS 706, the UE performs frequency tracking and/or time tracking.
  • one of the conditions may be that the UE 104 has not yet received radio resource control (RRC) configuration of tracking reference signals (TRS).
  • RRC radio resource control
  • wideband RS such as wideband DMRS may help the UE perform initial access, for example, with the ability to refine relatively coarse SSB-based timing using wideband DMRS.
  • one of the conditions may be that a synchronization signal block (SSB) subcarrier spacing (SCS) is less than a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) SCS.
  • SSB synchronization signal block
  • PDSCH physical downlink shared channel
  • m is an integer
  • m> 2.
  • the network may indicate the use of wideband DMRS for an upcoming transmission via a system information (SI).
  • SI system information
  • RMSI remaining minimum system information
  • the BS may transmit the UE an RRC configuration indicating the wideband precoder and then indicate use of the wideband precoder via a downlink control information (DCI) message scheduling a subsequent transmission.
  • the BS may then transmit the subsequent transmission with the wideband DMRS using the wideband precoder.
  • DCI downlink control information
  • the UE may provide an indication that it supports timing offset compensation (TOC) using wideband DMRS.
  • TOC timing offset compensation
  • the indication may be provided as part of UE capability reporting, as shown in FIG. 7.
  • the BS 102 may configure fewer TRS transmissions for UEs that indicate such capability and, instead, these UEs may be scheduled with wideband DMRS.
  • the BS 102 may configure a UE that supports TOC using wideband DMRS with TRS transmissions that are sparser in time (e.g., zero or fewer TRS transmissions) than UEs that do not support TOC using wideband DMRS.
  • the BS 102 can configure a first set of one or more UEs that indicate support of TOC using wideband DMRS with fewer TRS transmissions than configured for a second set of one or more UEs.
  • the BS may still configure wideband DMRS for time refinement to reduce TRS overhead. This mix between wideband DMRS and TRS will help in reducing the TRS overhead and UE complexity.
  • DMRS bundling may be used with wideband DMRS, which may increase the accuracy of UE tracking based on wideband DMRS.
  • DMRS bundling generally refers to sending the same or coherent DMRS in multiple time slots for coverage enhancement. This may allow the UE to perform joint channel estimation on the DMRS in multiple time slots to improve the accuracy.
  • wideband DMRS may be used in scenarios with multiple transmitter receiver points (TRPs). Each TRP may be associated with a different transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state (e.g., indicating QCL/transmission parameters for that TRP).
  • TCI transmission configuration indicator
  • a scheduling DCI can indicate multiple TCI states, while indicating one bundling size. In some cases, however, different bundle sizes may be supported by each TCI state, to allow timing refinement based on wideband DMRS and be able to reduce TRS overhead.
  • the different bundling sizes may be indicated in different manners.
  • the bundle size in the DCI can be applied to one TCI state (e.g., a first TCI), and another bundle size, for example, defined by RRC or media access control (MAC) control element (CE) signaling, may be applied to the other TCI state.
  • MAC media access control
  • CE control element
  • the signaled bundle size may be applied to the first TCI state, and the bundle size of the other TCI can be determined based on TRS transmission. For example, a time duration threshold can be configured, and if a time duration between the last TRS and data transmission is greater than the time duration threshold, then a wideband DMRS can be assumed. Otherwise, the signaled bundle size can be applied for both TCI states.
  • the network entity may configure one TCI state with TRS of a larger duty cycle/period (less frequent TRS transmissions) than the other TCI state. Whenever this duty cycle is greater than a configured threshold, the DMRS of this TCI may be assumed to be wideband precoded. In some cases, a bundle size field in a DCI may be increased such that gNB can signal a different bundle size for each individual TCI state.
  • different TCI states may have different prb-BundlingType configurations.
  • one TCI state can be configured with “dynamicBundling” while the other TCI state can be configured with “staticBundling.”
  • the TCI state with more frequent TRS can be configured with “staticBundling” while the TCI state with less frequent TRS can be configured with “dynamicBundling.”
  • the physical resource block (PRB) bundle size field in DCI can apply to the TCI state with “dynamicBundling” configuration.
  • PRB physical resource block
  • the bundle size field may be maintained (e.g., as defined in current NR wireless standards), but the field can point to a vector of the bundle size corresponding to multiple TCI states.
  • PBWP.I PRB bundling size indicator
  • DCI DCI format 1 1
  • the UE uses the PBWP.I' value from the second set of PBWPV values.
  • the PBWPV value of the second set can be configured differently for different TCI states.
  • the second set of one TCI state can be configured with “4” PRB while the other TCI state can be configured with “wideband” PRB. This way, when the PRB bundling size indicator is set to 0, it can signal different bundling sizes for different TCI states. This may also apply to the first set configuration of PBWP.I'.
  • the network entity can indicate, to the UE, whether the same precoder is used for TRS and DMRS signals. This indication can be via RRC signaling, MAC-CE, or DCI. In some cases, if indicated, the UE may assume the same precoder is applied to the DMRS and TRS if the DMRS and the TRS are transmitted within a specified time window.
  • FIG. 8 depicts an example communications device 800 that includes various components operable, configured, or adapted to perform operations for the techniques disclosed herein, such as the operations depicted and described with respect to FIG. 5.
  • communication device 800 may be a user equipment 104 as described, for example with respect to FIGS. 1 and 2.
  • Communications device 800 includes a processing system 802 coupled to a transceiver 808 (e.g., a transmitter and/or a receiver).
  • Transceiver 808 is configured to transmit (or send) and receive signals for the communications device 800 via an antenna 810, such as the various signals as described herein.
  • Processing system 802 may be configured to perform processing functions for communications device 800, including processing signals received and/or to be transmitted by communications device 800.
  • Processing system 802 includes one or more processors 820 coupled to a computer-readable medium/memory 830 via a bus 806.
  • computer- readable medium/memory 830 is configured to store instructions (e.g., computer- executable code) that when executed by the one or more processors 820, cause the one or more processors 820 to perform the operations illustrated in FIG. 5, or other operations for performing the various techniques discussed herein for frequency tracking and timing tracking using wideband RSs.
  • computer-readable medium/memory 830 stores code 831 for monitoring and code 832 for performing.
  • the one or more processors 820 include circuitry configured to implement the code stored in the computer-readable medium/memory 830, including circuitry 821 for monitoring and circuitry 822 for performing.
  • Various components of communications device 800 may provide means for performing the methods described herein, including with respect to FIG. 5.
  • means for transmitting or sending may include the transceivers 254 and/or antenna(s) 252 of the user equipment 104 illustrated in FIG. 2 and/or transceiver 808 and antenna 810 of the communication device 800 in FIG. 8.
  • means for receiving may include the transceivers 254 and/or antenna(s) 252 of the user equipment 104 illustrated in FIG. 2 and/or transceiver 808 and antenna 810 of the communication device 800 in FIG. 8.
  • means for determining, means for monitoring, and means for performing may include various processing system components, such as: the one or more processors 820 in FIG. 8, or aspects of the user equipment 104 depicted in FIG. 2, including receive processor 258, transmit processor 264, TX MIMO processor 266, and/or controller/processor 280 (including tracking component 281).
  • FIG. 8 is just use example, and many other examples and configurations of communication device 800 are possible.
  • FIG. 9 depicts an example communications device 900 that includes various components operable, configured, or adapted to perform operations for the techniques disclosed herein, such as the operations depicted and described with respect to FIG. 6.
  • communication device 900 may be a base station 102 as described, for example with respect to FIGS. 1 and 2.
  • Communications device 900 includes a processing system 902 coupled to a transceiver 908 (e.g., a transmitter and/or a receiver).
  • Transceiver 908 is configured to transmit (or send) and receive signals for the communications device 900 via an antenna 910, such as the various signals as described herein.
  • Processing system 902 may be configured to perform processing functions for communications device 900, including processing signals received and/or to be transmitted by communications device 900.
  • Processing system 902 includes one or more processors 920 coupled to a computer-readable medium/memory 930 via a bus 906.
  • computer- readable medium/memory 930 is configured to store instructions (e.g., computer- executable code) that when executed by the one or more processors 920, cause the one or more processors 920 to perform the operations illustrated in FIG. 6, or other operations for performing the various techniques discussed herein for frequency tracking and timing tracking using wideband RSs.
  • computer-readable medium/memory 930 stores code 931 for detecting, and code 932 for transmitting.
  • the one or more processors 920 include circuitry configured to implement the code stored in the computer-readable medium/memory 930, including circuitry 921 for detecting, and circuitry 922 for transmitting.
  • Various components of communications device 900 may provide means for performing the methods described herein, including with respect to FIG. 6.
  • means for transmitting or sending may include the transceivers 232 and/or antenna(s) 234 of the base station 102 illustrated in FIG. 2 and/or transceiver 908 and antenna 910 of the communication device 900 in FIG. 9.
  • means for receiving may include the transceivers 232 and/or antenna(s) 234 of the base station illustrated in FIG. 2 and/or transceiver 908 and antenna 910 of the communication device 900 in FIG. 9.
  • means for determining, means for providing, and means for limiting may include various processing system components, such as: the one or more processors 920 in FIG. 9, or aspects of the base station 102 depicted in FIG. 2, including receive processor 238, transmit processor 220, TX MIMO processor 230, and/or controller/processor 240 (including tracking component 241).
  • FIG. 9 is just use example, and many other examples and configurations of communication device 900 are possible. Example Aspects
  • a method for wireless communications by a user equipment comprising: monitoring for a wideband reference signal (RS) from a network entity when one or more conditions are met, the wideband RS occupying a wider band of frequency resources than a tracking reference signal (TRS) transmitted by the network entity; and performing at least one of frequency tracking or timing tracking based on the monitoring.
  • RS wideband reference signal
  • TRS tracking reference signal
  • Aspect 2 The method of Aspect 1, wherein the wideband RS comprises wideband demodulation reference signal (DMRS) transmitted from the network entity using a wideband precoder.
  • DMRS wideband demodulation reference signal
  • Aspect 3 The method of Aspect 2, wherein the one or more conditions comprise that the UE has not yet received radio resource control (RRC) configuration of the TRS.
  • RRC radio resource control
  • Aspect 4 The method of Aspect 3, wherein the one or more conditions further comprise that a synchronization signal block (SSB) subcarrier spacing (SCS) is less than a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) SCS.
  • SSB synchronization signal block
  • SCS subcarrier spacing
  • PDSCH physical downlink shared channel
  • Aspect 5 The method of any one of Aspects 3-4, wherein the one or more conditions further comprise that the UE receives system information (SI) indicating the UE is to use wideband DMRS to perform at least one of frequency tracking or timing tracking for an upcoming transmission.
  • SI system information
  • Aspect 6 The method of any one of Aspects 3-5, further comprising: receiving an RRC configuration indicating the wideband precoder; receiving a downlink control information (DCI) message scheduling a subsequent transmission; and receiving the subsequent transmission, wherein the subsequent transmission is transmitted by the network with the wideband DMRS using the wideband precoder.
  • DCI downlink control information
  • Aspect 7 The method of any one of Aspects 2-6, wherein at least one of the conditions is that the UE has provided an indication that it supports timing offset compensation (TOC) using wideband DMRS.
  • TOC timing offset compensation
  • Aspect 8 The method of Aspect 7, further comprising receiving signaling for the UE to perform time refinement based on wideband DMRS, as an alternative or in addition to TRS, after radio resource control (RRC) configuration.
  • RRC radio resource control
  • Aspect 9 The method of any one of Aspects 2-8, further comprising: receiving a downlink control information (DCI) indicating at least two transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states; and applying different bundle sizes for transmissions using the at least two TCI states.
  • DCI downlink control information
  • TCI transmission configuration indicator
  • Aspect 10 The method of Aspect 9, wherein applying different bundle sizes for transmissions using the at least two TCI states comprises: applying a first bundle size indicated in the DCI for transmissions using a first TCI state; and applying a second bundle size, indicated via at least one of radio resource control (RRC) or medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) signaling for transmissions using a second TCI state.
  • RRC radio resource control
  • MAC medium access control
  • CE control element
  • Aspect 11 The method of any one of Aspects 9-10, wherein applying different bundle sizes for transmissions using the at least two TCI states comprises: applying a first bundle size indicated in the DCI for transmissions using a first TCI state; and applying a second bundle size, derived from a TRS transmission, for transmissions using a second TCI state.
  • Aspect 12 The method of any one of Aspects 9-11, wherein applying different bundle sizes for transmissions using the at least two TCI states comprises: applying a first bundle size indicated in the DCI for transmissions using a first TCI state; and applying a second bundle size also indicated in the DCI for transmissions using a second TCI state.
  • Aspect 13 The method of any one of Aspects 9-12, wherein the different bundle sizes are configured for the at least two TCI states.
  • Aspect 14 The method of any one of Aspects 9-13, wherein the different bundle sizes are determined based on a field in the DCI that maps to a vector of bundling sizes for the at least two TCI states.
  • Aspect 15 The method of any one of Aspects 2-14, further comprising: monitoring for TRS with one or more beams that are quasi co-located (QCL’ed) with one or more beams used for monitoring the wideband DMRS; and jointly processing the DMRS and TRS to perform at least one of frequency tracking or timing tracking.
  • QCL quasi co-located
  • Aspect 16 The method of Aspect 15, wherein the joint processing is performed to refine a frequency offset estimation.
  • Aspect 17 The method of any one of Aspects 2-16, further comprising receiving an indication of whether or not a same precoder was used for the DMRS and TRS.
  • Aspect 18 The method of Aspect 17, wherein the indication is received via at least one of radio resource control (RRC), medium access control (MAC) control element (CE), or downlink control information (DCI) signaling.
  • RRC radio resource control
  • MAC medium access control
  • CE control element
  • DCI downlink control information
  • Aspect 19 A user equipment (UE) comprising: a memory; a transceiver; and at least one processor, coupled to the memory and the transceiver, configured to perform a method of any one of Aspects 1-18.
  • UE user equipment
  • a method for wireless communications by a network entity comprising: detecting when one or more conditions are met to trigger transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), wideband reference signals (RS) that occupy a wider band of frequency resources than a tracking reference signal (TRS) transmitted by the network entity; and transmitting the wideband RS to the UE based on the detection.
  • UE user equipment
  • RS wideband reference signals
  • TRS tracking reference signal
  • Aspect 21 The method of Aspect 20, wherein the wideband RS comprises wideband demodulation reference signal (DMRS) transmitted from the network entity using a wideband precoder.
  • DMRS wideband demodulation reference signal
  • Aspect 22 The method of Aspect 21, wherein the one or more conditions comprise that the UE has not yet received radio resource control (RRC) configuration of the TRS.
  • RRC radio resource control
  • Aspect 23 The method of Aspect 22, wherein the one or more conditions further comprise that a synchronization signal block (SSB) subcarrier spacing (SCS) is less than a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) SCS.
  • SSB synchronization signal block
  • SCS subcarrier spacing
  • PDSCH physical downlink shared channel
  • Aspect 24 The method of any one of Aspects 22-23, wherein the one or more conditions further comprise that the UE receives system information (SI) indicating the UE is to use wideband DMRS to perform at least one of frequency tracking or timing tracking for an upcoming transmission.
  • SI system information
  • Aspect 25 The method of any one of Aspects 22-24, further comprising: transmitting the UE an RRC configuration indicating the wideband precoder; transmitting a downlink control information (DCI) message scheduling a subsequent transmission; and transmitting the subsequent transmission with the wideband DMRS using the wideband precoder.
  • DCI downlink control information
  • Aspect 26 The method of any one of Aspects 21-25, wherein at least one of the conditions is that the UE has provided an indication that it supports timing offset compensation (TOC) using wideband DMRS.
  • TOC timing offset compensation
  • Aspect 27 The method of Aspect 26, further comprising transmitting signaling for the UE to perform time refinement based on wideband DMRS, as an alternative or in addition to TRS, after radio resource control (RRC) configuration.
  • RRC radio resource control
  • Aspect 28 The method of any one of Aspects 21-27, further comprising: transmitting a downlink control information (DCI) indicating at least two transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states associated with different bundling sizes for the UE to apply for bundled transmissions.
  • DCI downlink control information
  • TCI transmission configuration indicator
  • Aspect 29 The method of Aspect 28, wherein the different bundling sizes comprise: a first bundle size indicated in the DCI for transmissions using a first TCI state; and a second bundle size, indicated via at least one of radio resource control (RRC) or medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) signaling for transmissions using a second TCI state.
  • RRC radio resource control
  • MAC medium access control
  • CE control element
  • Aspect 30 The method of any one of Aspects 28-29, wherein the different bundling sizes comprise: a first bundle size indicated in the DCI for transmissions using a first TCI state; and a second bundle size, derived from a TRS transmission, for transmissions using a second TCI state.
  • Aspect 31 The method of any one of Aspects 28-30, wherein the different bundling sizes comprise: a first bundle size indicated in the DCI for transmissions using a first TCI state; and a second bundle size also indicated in the DCI for transmissions using a second TCI state.
  • Aspect 32 The method of any one of Aspects 28-31, wherein the different bundle sizes are configured for the at least two TCI states.
  • Aspect 33 The method of any one of Aspects 28-32, wherein the different bundle sizes are determined based on a field in the DCI that maps to a vector of bundling sizes for the at least two TCI states.
  • Aspect 34 The method of any one of Aspects 21-33, further comprising: transmitting TRS to the UE, wherein the network entity transmits the DMRS and TRS with beams that are quasi co-located (QCL’ed).
  • Aspect 35 The method of Aspect 34, further comprising transmitting the UE an indication of whether or not a same precoder was used for the DMRS and TRS.
  • Aspect 36 The method of Aspect 35, wherein the indication is transmitted via at least one of radio resource control (RRC), medium access control (MAC) control element (CE), or downlink control information (DCI) signaling.
  • RRC radio resource control
  • MAC medium access control
  • CE control element
  • DCI downlink control information
  • Aspect 37 A network entity comprising: a memory; and at least one processor, coupled to the memory, configured to perform a method of any one of Aspects 20-36.
  • the techniques and methods described herein may be used for various wireless communications networks (or wireless wide area network (WWAN)) and radio access technologies (RATs). While aspects may be described herein using terminology commonly associated with 3G, 4G, and/or 5G (e.g., 5G new radio (NR)) wireless technologies, aspects of the present disclosure may likewise be applicable to other communication systems and standards not explicitly mentioned herein.
  • WWAN wireless wide area network
  • RATs radio access technologies
  • 5G wireless communication networks may support various advanced wireless communication services, such as enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB), millimeter wave (mmWave), machine type communications (MTC), and/or mission critical targeting ultra-reliable, low-latency communications (URLLC). These services, and others, may include latency and reliability requirements.
  • eMBB enhanced mobile broadband
  • mmWave millimeter wave
  • MTC machine type communications
  • URLLC mission critical targeting ultra-reliable, low-latency communications
  • the term “cell” can refer to a coverage area of a NodeB and/or a narrowband subsystem serving this coverage area, depending on the context in which the term is used.
  • the term “cell” and BS, next generation NodeB (gNB or gNodeB), access point (AP), distributed unit (DU), carrier, or transmission reception point may be used interchangeably.
  • a BS may provide communication coverage for a macro cell, a pico cell, a femto cell, and/or other types of cells.
  • a macro cell may generally cover a relatively large geographic area (e.g., several kilometers in radius) and may allow unrestricted access by UEs with service subscription.
  • a pico cell may cover a relatively small geographic area (e.g., a sports stadium) and may allow unrestricted access by UEs with service subscription.
  • a femto cell may cover a relatively small geographic area (e.g., a home) and may allow restricted access by UEs having an association with the femto cell (e.g., UEs in a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) and UEs for users in the home).
  • a BS for a macro cell may be referred to as a macro BS.
  • a BS for a pico cell may be referred to as a pico BS.
  • a BS for a femto cell may be referred to as a femto BS, home BS, or a home NodeB.
  • Base stations 102 configured for 4G LTE may interface with the EPC 160 through first backhaul links 132 (e.g., an SI interface).
  • Base stations 102 configured for 5G e.g., 5G NR or Next Generation RAN (NG-RAN)
  • 5G e.g., 5G NR or Next Generation RAN (NG-RAN)
  • Base stations 102 may communicate directly or indirectly (e.g., through the EPC 160 or 5GC 190) with each other over third backhaul links 134 (e.g., X2 interface).
  • Third backhaul links 134 may generally be wired or wireless.
  • Small cell 102’ may operate in a licensed and/or an unlicensed frequency spectrum. When operating in an unlicensed frequency spectrum, the small cell 102’ may employ NR and use the same 5 GHz unlicensed frequency spectrum as used by the Wi Fi AP 150. Small cell 102’, employing NR in an unlicensed frequency spectrum, may boost coverage to and/or increase capacity of the access network.
  • Some base stations such as gNB 180 may operate in a traditional sub-6 GHz spectrum, in millimeter wave (mmWave) frequencies, and/or near mmWave frequencies in communication with the UE 104.
  • mmWave millimeter wave
  • the gNB 180 may be referred to as an mmWave base station.
  • the communication links 120 between base stations 102 and, for example, UEs 104, may be through one or more carriers.
  • base stations 102 and UEs 104 may use spectrum up to 7 MHz (e.g., 5, 10, 15, 20, 100, 400, and other MHz) bandwidth per carrier allocated in a carrier aggregation of up to a total of Yx MHz (x component carriers) used for transmission in each direction.
  • the carriers may or may not be adjacent to each other. Allocation of carriers may be asymmetric with respect to DL and UL (e.g., more or fewer carriers may be allocated for DL than for UL).
  • the component carriers may include a primary component carrier and one or more secondary component carriers.
  • a primary component carrier may be referred to as a primary cell (PCell) and a secondary component carrier may be referred to as a secondary cell (SCell).
  • PCell primary cell
  • SCell secondary cell
  • Wireless communications system 100 further includes a Wi-Fi access point (AP) 150 in communication with Wi-Fi stations (STAs) 152 via communication links 154 in, for example, a 2.4 GHz and/or 5 GHz unlicensed frequency spectrum.
  • AP Wi-Fi access point
  • STAs Wi-Fi stations
  • communication links 154 in, for example, a 2.4 GHz and/or 5 GHz unlicensed frequency spectrum.
  • the STAs 152 / AP 150 may perform a clear channel assessment (CCA) prior to communicating in order to determine whether the channel is available.
  • CCA clear channel assessment
  • Certain UEs 104 may communicate with each other using device-to-device (D2D) communication link 158.
  • the D2D communication link 158 may use the DL/UL WWAN spectrum.
  • the D2D communication link 158 may use one or more sidelink channels, such as a physical sidelink broadcast channel (PSBCH), a physical sidelink discovery channel (PSDCH), a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH), and a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH).
  • PSBCH physical sidelink broadcast channel
  • PSDCH physical sidelink discovery channel
  • PSSCH physical sidelink shared channel
  • PSCCH physical sidelink control channel
  • D2D communication may be through a variety of wireless D2D communications systems, such as for example, FlashLinQ, WiMedia, Bluetooth, ZigBee, Wi-Fi based on the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 standard, 4G (e.g., LTE), or 5G (e.g., NR), to name a few options.
  • IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 802.11 standard
  • 4G e.g., LTE
  • 5G e.g., NR
  • EPC 160 may include a Mobility Management Entity (MME) 162, other MMEs 164, a Serving Gateway 166, a Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) Gateway 168, a Broadcast Multicast Service Center (BM-SC) 170, and a Packet Data Network (PDN) Gateway 172.
  • MME 162 may be in communication with a Home Subscriber Server (HSS) 174.
  • HSS Home Subscriber Server
  • MME 162 is the control node that processes the signaling between the UEs 104 and the EPC 160. Generally, MME 162 provides bearer and connection management.
  • IP Internet protocol
  • PDN Gateway 172 provides UE IP address allocation as well as other functions.
  • PDN Gateway 172 and the BM-SC 170 are connected to the IP Services 176, which may include, for example, the Internet, an intranet, an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), a packet-switched (PS) Streaming Service, and/or other IP services.
  • IP Services 176 may include, for example, the Internet, an intranet, an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), a packet-switched (PS) Streaming Service, and/or other IP services.
  • IMS IP Multimedia Subsystem
  • PS packet-switched
  • BM-SC 170 may provide functions for MBMS user service provisioning and delivery.
  • BM-SC 170 may serve as an entry point for content provider MBMS transmission, may be used to authorize and initiate MBMS Bearer Services within a public land mobile network (PLMN), and may be used to schedule MBMS transmissions.
  • MBMS Gateway 168 may be used to distribute MBMS traffic to the base stations 102 belonging to a Multicast Broadcast Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) area broadcasting a particular service, and may be responsible for session management (start/stop) and for collecting eMBMS related charging information.
  • MMSFN Multicast Broadcast Single Frequency Network
  • 5GC 190 may include an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) 192, other AMFs 193, a Session Management Function (SMF) 194, and a User Plane Function (UPF) 195.
  • AMF 192 may be in communication with a Unified Data Management (UDM) 196.
  • UDM Unified Data Management
  • AMF 192 is generally the control node that processes the signaling between UEs 104 and 5GC 190. Generally, AMF 192 provides QoS flow and session management.
  • IP Services 197 may include, for example, the Internet, an intranet, an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), a PS Streaming Service, and/or other IP services.
  • IMS IP Multimedia Subsystem
  • BS 102 and UE 104 e.g., the wireless communication system 100 of FIG. 1 are depicted, which may be used to implement aspects of the present disclosure.
  • a transmit processor 220 may receive data from a data source 212 and control information from a controller/processor 240.
  • the control information may be for the physical broadcast channel (PBCH), physical control format indicator channel (PCFICH), physical hybrid ARQ indicator channel (PHICH), physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), group common PDCCH (GC PDCCH), and others.
  • the data may be for the physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), in some examples.
  • a medium access control (MAC)-control element is a MAC layer communication structure that may be used for control command exchange between wireless nodes.
  • the MAC-CE may be carried in a shared channel such as a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), or a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH).
  • PDSCH physical downlink shared channel
  • PUSCH physical uplink shared channel
  • PSSCH physical sidelink shared channel
  • Processor 220 may process (e.g., encode and symbol map) the data and control information to obtain data symbols and control symbols, respectively. Transmit processor 220 may also generate reference symbols, such as for the primary synchronization signal (PSS), secondary synchronization signal (SSS), PBCH demodulation reference signal (DMRS), and channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS).
  • PSS primary synchronization signal
  • SSS secondary synchronization signal
  • DMRS PBCH demodulation reference signal
  • CSI-RS channel state information reference signal
  • Transmit (TX) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) processor 230 may perform spatial processing (e.g., precoding) on the data symbols, the control symbols, and/or the reference symbols, if applicable, and may provide output symbol streams to the modulators (MODs) in transceivers 232a-232t.
  • Each modulator in transceivers 232a- 232t may process a respective output symbol stream (e.g., for OFDM) to obtain an output sample stream.
  • Each modulator may further process (e.g., convert to analog, amplify, filter, and upconvert) the output sample stream to obtain a downlink signal.
  • Downlink signals from the modulators in transceivers 232a-232t may be transmitted via the antennas 234a-234t, respectively.
  • antennas 252a-252r may receive the downlink signals from the BS 102 and may provide received signals to the demodulators (DEMODs) in transceivers 254a-254r, respectively.
  • Each demodulator in transceivers 254a-254r may condition (e.g., filter, amplify, downconvert, and digitize) a respective received signal to obtain input samples.
  • Each demodulator may further process the input samples (e.g., for OFDM) to obtain received symbols.
  • MIMO detector 256 may obtain received symbols from all the demodulators in transceivers 254a-254r, perform MIMO detection on the received symbols if applicable, and provide detected symbols.
  • Receive processor 258 may process (e.g., demodulate, deinterleave, and decode) the detected symbols, provide decoded data for the UE 104 to a data sink 260, and provide decoded control information to a controller/processor 280.
  • transmit processor 264 may receive and process data (e.g., for the physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH)) from a data source 262 and control information (e.g., for the physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) from the controller/processor 280. Transmit processor 264 may also generate reference symbols for a reference signal (e.g., for the sounding reference signal (SRS)). The symbols from the transmit processor 264 may be precoded by a TX MIMO processor 266 if applicable, further processed by the modulators in transceivers 254a-254r (e.g., for SC-FDM), and transmitted to BS 102.
  • data e.g., for the physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH)
  • control information e.g., for the physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) from the controller/processor 280.
  • Transmit processor 264 may also generate reference symbols for a reference signal (e.g., for the sounding reference signal (SRS)).
  • the uplink signals from UE 104 may be received by antennas 234a- t, processed by the demodulators in transceivers 232a-232t, detected by a MIMO detector 236 if applicable, and further processed by a receive processor 238 to obtain decoded data and control information sent by UE 104.
  • Receive processor 238 may provide the decoded data to a data sink 239 and the decoded control information to the controller/processor 240.
  • Memories 242 and 282 may store data and program codes for BS 102 and UE 104, respectively.
  • the one or more processors (e.g., processors 220, 230, 238, and 240) of the BS 102 are coupled to memory 242, and the one or more processors of the BS 102 can be configured to cause the BS 102 (which may also be referred to as a network entity) to perform the methods described herein such as, for example, the methods discussed with reference to FIGs. 6 and 7.
  • the one or more processors of the UE 104 are coupled to memory 282 and to transceiver 254, and the one or more processors (e.g., processors 258, 264, 266, and 280) of the UE 104 can be configured to cause the UE 104 to perform the methods described herein such as, for example, the methods discussed with reference to FIGs. 5 and 7.
  • the UE 104 may receive or transmit such configurations, indications, messages, or data via the transceiver 254.
  • Scheduler 244 may schedule UEs for data transmission on the downlink and/or uplink.
  • 5G may utilize orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) with a cyclic prefix (CP) on the uplink and downlink. 5G may also support half-duplex operation using time division duplexing (TDD). OFDM and single-carrier frequency division multiplexing (SC-FDM) partition the system bandwidth into multiple orthogonal subcarriers, which are also commonly referred to as tones and bins. Each subcarrier may be modulated with data. Modulation symbols may be sent in the frequency domain with OFDM and in the time domain with SC-FDM. The spacing between adjacent subcarriers may be fixed, and the total number of subcarriers may be dependent on the system bandwidth.
  • OFDM orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
  • SC-FDM single-carrier frequency division multiplexing
  • the minimum resource allocation may be 12 consecutive subcarriers in some examples.
  • the system bandwidth may also be partitioned into subbands. For example, a subband may cover multiple RBs.
  • NR may support a base subcarrier spacing (SCS) of 15 KHz and other SCS may be defined with respect to the base SCS (e.g., 30 kHz, 60 kHz, 120 kHz, 240 kHz, and others).
  • SCS base subcarrier spacing
  • FIGS. 3A-3D depict various example aspects of data structures for a wireless communication network, such as wireless communication system 100 of FIG. 1.
  • the 5G frame structure may be frequency division duplex (FDD), in which for a particular set of subcarriers (carrier system bandwidth), subframes within the set of subcarriers are dedicated for either DL or UL.
  • 5G frame structures may also be time division duplex (TDD), in which for a particular set of subcarriers (carrier system bandwidth), subframes within the set of subcarriers are dedicated for both DL and UL.
  • FDD frequency division duplex
  • TDD time division duplex
  • the 5G frame structure is assumed to be TDD, with subframe 4 being configured with slot format 28 (with mostly DL), where D is DL, U is UL, and X is flexible for use between DL/UL, and subframe 3 being configured with slot format 34 (with mostly UL). While subframes 3, 4 are shown with slot formats 34, 28, respectively, any particular subframe may be configured with any of the various available slot formats 0-61. Slot formats 0, 1 are all DL, UL, respectively. Other slot formats 2-61 include a mix of DL, UL, and flexible symbols.
  • UEs are configured with the slot format (dynamically through DL control information (DCI), or semi-statically/statically through radio resource control (RRC) signaling) through a received slot format indicator (SFI).
  • DCI DL control information
  • RRC radio resource control
  • SFI received slot format indicator
  • a frame (10 ms) may be divided into 10 equally sized subframes (1 ms). Each subframe may include one or more time slots. Subframes may also include mini-slots, which may include 7, 4, or 2 symbols. In some examples, each slot may include 7 or 14 symbols, depending on the slot configuration.
  • each slot may include 14 symbols, and for slot configuration 1, each slot may include 7 symbols.
  • the symbols on DL may be cyclic prefix (CP) OFDM (CP-OFDM) symbols.
  • the symbols on UL may be CP-OFDM symbols (for high throughput scenarios) or discrete Fourier transform (DFT) spread OFDM (DFT-s-OFDM) symbols (also referred to as single carrier frequency-division multiple access (SC-FDMA) symbols) (for power limited scenarios; limited to a single stream transmission).
  • CP cyclic prefix
  • DFT-s-OFDM discrete Fourier transform
  • SC-FDMA single carrier frequency-division multiple access
  • the number of slots within a subframe is based on the slot configuration and the numerology.
  • different numerologies (m) 0 to 5 allow for 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, and 32 slots, respectively, per subframe.
  • different numerologies 0 to 2 allow for 2, 4, and 8 slots, respectively, per subframe.
  • the subcarrier spacing and symbol length/duration are a function of the numerology.
  • the subcarrier spacing may be equal to 2 m X 15 kHz, where m is the numerology 0 to 5.
  • the symbol length/duration is inversely related to the subcarrier spacing.
  • the slot duration is 0.25 ms
  • the subcarrier spacing is 60 kHz
  • the symbol duration is approximately 16.67 ps.
  • a resource grid may be used to represent the frame structure.
  • Each time slot includes a resource block (RB) (also referred to as physical RBs (PRBs)) that extends 12 consecutive subcarriers.
  • RB resource block
  • PRBs physical RBs
  • the resource grid is divided into multiple resource elements (REs). The number of bits carried by each RE depends on the modulation scheme.
  • some of the REs carry reference (pilot) signals (RS) for a TIE (e.g., TIE 104 of FIGS. 1 and 2).
  • the RS may include demodulation RS (DM- RS) (indicated as Rx for one particular configuration, where lOOx is the port number, but other DM-RS configurations are possible) and channel state information reference signals (CSI-RS) for channel estimation at the TIE.
  • DM- RS demodulation RS
  • CSI-RS channel state information reference signals
  • the RS may also include beam measurement RS (BRS), beam refinement RS (BRRS), and phase tracking RS (PT-RS).
  • BRS beam measurement RS
  • BRRS beam refinement RS
  • PT-RS phase tracking RS
  • FIG. 3B illustrates an example of various DL channels within a subframe of a frame.
  • the physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) carries DCI within one or more control channel elements (CCEs), each CCE including nine RE groups (REGs), each REG including four consecutive REs in an OFDM symbol.
  • a primary synchronization signal may be within symbol 2 of particular subframes of a frame.
  • the PSS is used by a UE (e.g., 104 of FIGS. 1 and 2) to determine subframe/symbol timing and a physical layer identity.
  • a secondary synchronization signal may be within symbol 4 of particular subframes of a frame.
  • the SSS is used by a UE to determine a physical layer cell identity group number and radio frame timing.
  • the UE can determine a physical cell identifier (PCI). Based on the PCI, the UE can determine the locations of the aforementioned DM-RS.
  • the physical broadcast channel (PBCH) which carries a master information block (MIB), may be logically grouped with the PSS and SSS to form a synchronization signal (SS)/PBCH block.
  • the MIB provides a number of RBs in the system bandwidth and a system frame number (SFN).
  • the physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) carries user data, broadcast system information not transmitted through the PBCH such as system information blocks (SIBs), and paging messages.
  • SIBs system information blocks
  • some of the REs carry DM-RS (indicated as R for one particular configuration, but other DM-RS configurations are possible) for channel estimation at the base station.
  • the UE may transmit DM-RS for the physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) and DM-RS for the physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH).
  • the PUSCH DM-RS may be transmitted in the first one or two symbols of the PUSCH.
  • the PUCCH DM-RS may be transmitted in different configurations depending on whether short or long PUCCHs are transmitted and depending on the particular PUCCH format used.
  • the UE may transmit sounding reference signals (SRS).
  • the SRS may be transmitted in the last symbol of a subframe.
  • the SRS may have a comb structure, and a UE may transmit SRS on one of the combs.
  • the SRS may be used by a base station for channel quality estimation to enable frequency-dependent scheduling on the UL.
  • FIG. 3D illustrates an example of various UL channels within a subframe of a frame.
  • the PUCCH may be located as indicated in one configuration.
  • the PUCCH carries uplink control information (UCI), such as scheduling requests, a channel quality indicator (CQI), a precoding matrix indicator (PMI), a rank indicator (RI), and HARQ ACK/NACK feedback.
  • UCI uplink control information
  • the PUSCH carries data, and may additionally be used to carry a buffer status report (BSR), a power headroom report (PHR), and/or UCI. Additional Considerations
  • TRS variable tracking reference signal
  • the techniques described herein may be used for various wireless communication technologies, such as 5G (e.g., 5G NR), 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE), LTE-Advanced (LTE-A), code division multiple access (CDMA), time division multiple access (TDMA), frequency division multiple access (FDMA), orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA), single-carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA), time division synchronous code division multiple access (TD- SCDMA), and other networks.
  • LTE Long Term Evolution
  • LTE-A LTE-Advanced
  • CDMA code division multiple access
  • TDMA time division multiple access
  • FDMA frequency division multiple access
  • OFDMA orthogonal frequency division multiple access
  • SC-FDMA single-carrier frequency division multiple access
  • TD- SCDMA time division synchronous code division multiple access
  • a CDMA network may implement a radio technology such as Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA), cdma2000, and others.
  • UTRA Universal Terrestrial Radio Access
  • UTRA includes Wideband CDMA (WCDMA) and other variants of CDMA.
  • cdma2000 covers IS-2000, IS-95 and IS-856 standards.
  • a TDMA network may implement a radio technology such as Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM).
  • GSM Global System for Mobile Communications
  • An OFDMA network may implement a radio technology such as NR (e.g. 5G RA), Evolved UTRA (E-UTRA), Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX), IEEE 802.20, Flash- OFDMA, and others.
  • NR e.g. 5G RA
  • E-UTRA Evolved UTRA
  • UMB Ultra Mobile Broadband
  • IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi
  • IEEE 802.16 WiMAX
  • IEEE 802.20 Flash- OFDMA
  • UTRA and E-UTRA are part of Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS).
  • LTE and LTE-A are releases of UMTS
  • UTRA, E-UTRA, UMTS, LTE, LTE-A and GSM are described in documents from an organization named “3rd Generation Partnership Project” (3GPP).
  • cdma2000 and UMB are described in documents from an organization named “3rd Generation Partnership Project 2” (3GPP2).
  • NR is an emerging wireless communications technology under development.
  • DSP digital signal processor
  • ASIC application specific integrated circuit
  • FPGA field programmable gate array
  • PLD programmable logic device
  • a general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor, but in the alternative, the processor may be any commercially available processor, controller, microcontroller, or state machine.
  • a processor may also be implemented as a combination of computing devices, e.g., a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, a plurality of microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in conjunction with a DSP core, a system on a chip (SoC), or any other such configuration.
  • SoC system on a chip
  • an example hardware configuration may comprise a processing system in a wireless node.
  • the processing system may be implemented with a bus architecture.
  • the bus may include any number of interconnecting buses and bridges depending on the specific application of the processing system and the overall design constraints.
  • the bus may link together various circuits including a processor, machine-readable media, and a bus interface.
  • the bus interface may be used to connect a network adapter, among other things, to the processing system via the bus.
  • the network adapter may be used to implement the signal processing functions of the PHY layer.
  • a user equipment see FIG.
  • a user interface e.g., keypad, display, mouse, joystick, touchscreen, biometric sensor, proximity sensor, light emitting element, and others
  • the bus may also link various other circuits such as timing sources, peripherals, voltage regulators, power management circuits, and the like, which are well known in the art, and therefore, will not be described any further.
  • the processor may be implemented with one or more general-purpose and/or special-purpose processors. Examples include microprocessors, microcontrollers, DSP processors, and other circuitry that can execute software. Those skilled in the art will recognize how best to implement the described functionality for the processing system depending on the particular application and the overall design constraints imposed on the overall system.
  • the functions may be stored or transmitted over as one or more instructions or code on a computer readable medium.
  • Software shall be construed broadly to mean instructions, data, or any combination thereof, whether referred to as software, firmware, middleware, microcode, hardware description language, or otherwise.
  • Computer-readable media include both computer storage media and communication media including any medium that facilitates transfer of a computer program from one place to another.
  • the processor may be responsible for managing the bus and general processing, including the execution of software modules stored on the machine-readable storage media.
  • a computer-readable storage medium may be coupled to a processor such that the processor can read information from, and write information to, the storage medium. In the alternative, the storage medium may be integral to the processor.
  • the machine-readable media may include a transmission line, a carrier wave modulated by data, and/or a computer readable storage medium with instructions stored thereon separate from the wireless node, all of which may be accessed by the processor through the bus interface.
  • the machine- readable media, or any portion thereof, may be integrated into the processor, such as the case may be with cache and/or general register files.
  • machine-readable storage media may include, by way of example, RAM (Random Access Memory), flash memory, ROM (Read Only Memory), PROM (Programmable Read-Only Memory), EPROM (Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory), EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory), registers, magnetic disks, optical disks, hard drives, or any other suitable storage medium, or any combination thereof.
  • RAM Random Access Memory
  • ROM Read Only Memory
  • PROM PROM
  • EPROM Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
  • EEPROM Electrical Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
  • registers magnetic disks, optical disks, hard drives, or any other suitable storage medium, or any combination thereof.
  • the machine-readable media may be embodied in a computer-program product.
  • a software module may comprise a single instruction, or many instructions, and may be distributed over several different code segments, among different programs, and across multiple storage media.
  • the computer-readable media may comprise a number of software modules.
  • the software modules include instructions that, when executed by an apparatus such as a processor, cause the processing system to perform various functions.
  • the software modules may include a transmission module and a receiving module. Each software module may reside in a single storage device or be distributed across multiple storage devices.
  • a software module may be loaded into RAM from a hard drive when a triggering event occurs.
  • the processor may load some of the instructions into cache to increase access speed.
  • One or more cache lines may then be loaded into a general register file for execution by the processor.
  • exemplary means “serving as an example, instance, or illustration.” Any aspect described herein as “exemplary” is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other aspects.
  • a phrase referring to “at least one of’ a list of items refers to any combination of those items, including single members.
  • “at least one of: a, b, or c” is intended to cover a, b, c, a-b, a-c, b-c, and a-b-c, as well as any combination with multiples of the same element (e.g., a-a, a-a-a, a-a-b, a-a-c, a-b-b, a-c-c, b-b, b-b-b, b-b-c, c-c, and c-c-c or any other ordering of a, b, and c).
  • determining encompasses a wide variety of actions. For example, “determining” may include calculating, computing, processing, deriving, investigating, looking up (e.g., looking up in a table, a database or another data structure), ascertaining and the like. Also, “determining” may include receiving (e.g., receiving information), accessing (e.g., accessing data in a memory) and the like. Also, “determining” may include resolving, selecting, choosing, establishing and the like.
  • the methods disclosed herein comprise one or more steps or actions for achieving the methods.
  • the method steps and/or actions may be interchanged with one another without departing from the scope of the claims.
  • the order and/or use of specific steps and/or actions may be modified without departing from the scope of the claims.
  • the various operations of methods described above may be performed by any suitable means capable of performing the corresponding functions.
  • the means may include various hardware and/or software component(s) and/or module(s), including, but not limited to a circuit, an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or processor.
  • ASIC application specific integrated circuit

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Selon certains aspects, la présente divulgation concerne des techniques correspondant au suivi de fréquence et au suivi de temporisation à l'aide de signaux de référence à large bande (RS). Un procédé qui peut être mis en œuvre par un équipement utilisateur (UE) consiste à surveiller un RS à large bande à partir d'une entité de réseau lorsqu'une ou plusieurs conditions sont satisfaites, le RS à large bande occupant une bande plus large de ressources de fréquence qu'un signal de référence de suivi (TRS) émis par l'entité de réseau ; et à effectuer au moins un suivi de fréquence ou un suivi de temporisation sur la base de la surveillance.
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