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- Embodiments presented herein relate to an antenna arrangement, a method, a radio transceiver device, a computer program, and a computer program product for transmitting reference signals.
- communications networks there may be a challenge to obtain good performance and capacity for a given communications protocol, its parameters and the physical environment in which the communications network is deployed.
- frequency bands at many different carrier frequencies could be needed.
- low such frequency bands could be needed to achieve sufficient network coverage for wireless devices and higher frequency bands (e.g. at millimeter wavelengths (mmW), i.e. near and above 30 GHz) could be needed to reach required network capacity.
- mmW millimeter wavelengths
- the propagation properties of the radio channel are more challenging and beamforming both at the access node of the network and at the wireless devices might be required to reach a sufficient link budget.
- the wireless devices could implement beamforming by means of analog beamforming, digital beamforming, or hybrid beamforming.
- Each implementation has its advantages and disadvantages.
- a digital beamforming implementation is the most flexible implementation of the three but also the costliest due to the large number of required radio chains and baseband chains.
- An analog beamforming implementation is the least flexible but cheaper to manufacture due to a reduced number of radio chains and baseband chains compared to the digital beamforming implementation.
- a hybrid beamforming implementation is a compromise between the analog and the digital beamforming implementations. As the skilled person understands, depending on cost and performance requirements of different wireless devices, different implementations will be needed.
- an antenna port is a logical entity rather than a physical entity that is defined by a transmitted reference signal.
- Such an antenna port may or may not correspond to a physical antenna port.
- An example of the former is when the reference signal defining the port is transmitted on a connector to an antenna element.
- An example of the latter is when the reference signal defining the port is transmitted using a digital beamformer.
- a reference signal e.g., channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) or demodulation reference signal (DMRS)
- CSI-RS channel state information reference signal
- DMRS demodulation reference signal
- FIG. 1 schematically illustrates an example architecture of an antenna arrangement 120 .
- the antenna arrangement 120 consists of two antenna arrays 130 a , 130 b, each having antenna elements 140 a , 140 b of two polarizations p 1 , p 2 .
- Each antenna array 130 a , 130 b is thus connected to one transceiver unit (TXRU) per polarization, thus in total four panel ports.
- TXRU transceiver unit
- Each panel port (corresponding to one TXRU) is capable of generating a narrow steerable beam by means of analog beamforming.
- An analog distribution network with phase shifters is used to steer the transmission beam generated at each antenna array 130 a , 130 b .
- a multi-panel codebook can be used to support co-phasing of the antenna arrays 130 a , 130 b.
- the antenna arrangement 120 can be used to transmit one or two layers per panel in single-user (SU) or multi-user (MU) multiple input multiple output (MIMO) transmission.
- SU single-user
- MU multi-user
- MIMO multiple input multiple output
- multiple independent data streams can be transmitted in the same time-frequency radio resource, resulting in so-called spatial multiplexing.
- One such data stream is sometimes referred to as a layer.
- a single layer (per polarization) is transmitted by coherent combining of the two antenna arrays 130 a , 130 b in order to increase the beamforming gain.
- PDSCH physical downlink shared channel
- a first alternative is to transmit using only a single one of the antenna arrays 130 a , 130 b. Thereby only half of the total transmit power is used, leading to reduced coverage.
- a second alternative is to transmit using both antenna arrays 130 a , 130 b using coherent combining. This requires the knowledge of how to co-phase the two antenna arrays 130 a , 130 b in order to steer the resulting beam in the correct direction. This knowledge can be obtained by uplink channel estimation if reciprocity holds or by feedback from the receiving radio transceiver device.
- a synchronization signal (SS) block (comprising PSS, SSS, and PBCH, where PSS is short for primary synchronization signal, SSS is short for secondary synchronization signal and PBCH is short for the physical broadcast channel) which are transmitted over one antenna port
- SS synchronization signal
- the transmitting radio transceiver device can perform a beam sweep to transmit the SS block in different directions.
- coherent combining of the two antenna arrays 130 a , 130 b may produce a very narrow transmission beam.
- a relatively wide transmission beam might be desired in order to achieve robustness against blockage and mobility of the receiving radio transceiver device.
- the number of possible transmission beams in an SS block beam sweep might be limited. Such a beam sweep should cover the entire coverage region of the transmitting radio transceiver device, and therefore the beams should not be too narrow. This could, for example, be the case when there is a limit on the number of beams in a beam sweep in which an SS block is transmitted. Furthermore, if the antenna arrays 130 a , 130 b are not calibrated relative to each other, the transmitting radio transceiver device has no knowledge of the resulting beam pointing direction when the same signal is fed to both antenna arrays 130 a , 130 b.
- radio transceiver devices such as network nodes or wireless devices.
- An object of embodiments herein is to provide an improved antenna arrangement that can be used in a radio transceiver device, such as a network node or a wireless device, and that does not suffer from the issues noted above, or at least where these issues are reduced or mitigated.
- the antenna arrangement comprises a first antenna array and a second antenna array.
- Each antenna array comprises antenna elements of a first polarization and antenna elements of a second polarization.
- the two antenna arrays are arranged to collectively be fed four signals, such that the antenna elements of each polarization at each antenna array is fed a respective one out of the four signals.
- the signal as fed to the antenna elements of the second polarization of the second antenna array is phase shifted 180° with respect to at least one of the other signals as fed to the other antenna elements.
- this antenna arrangement can be used in a radio transceiver device, such as a wireless device, and that does not suffer from the issues noted above.
- this antenna arrangement allows for all power amplifiers to be fully utilized without causing unintended beamforming across the antenna arrays, leading to improved coverage, for example with respect to the antenna arrangement in FIG. 1 .
- the radio transceiver device comprises an antenna arrangement according to the first aspect.
- a method for transmitting signals is performed by a radio transceiver device according to the second aspect.
- the method comprises transmitting signals by feeding the signals through the antenna arrangement.
- a computer program for transmitting reference signals comprising computer program code which, when run on a radio transceiver device according to the second, causes the radio transceiver device to perform a method according to the third aspect.
- a computer program product comprising a computer program according to the fourth aspect and a computer readable storage medium on which the computer program is stored.
- the computer readable storage medium could be a non-transitory computer readable storage medium.
- FIG. 1 schematically illustrates an antenna arrangement according to prior art
- FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating a communications system according to embodiments
- FIGS. 3, 4, 5, and 6 schematically illustrate antenna arrangements according to embodiments
- FIG. 7 is a flowchart of methods according to an embodiment
- FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing functional units of a radio transceiver device according to an embodiment
- FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram showing functional modules of a radio transceiver device according to an embodiment.
- FIG. 10 shows one example of a computer program product comprising computer readable storage medium according to an embodiment.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating a communications system 100 comprising a radio transceiver device implemented as a radio access network node (such as the radio transceiver device 200 ) providing network access to a radio transceiver device implemented as a wireless device (such as the radio transceiver device 300 ).
- the radio access network node could be any of an access node, radio base station, base transceiver station, node B, evolved node B, g node B, access point, or the like.
- the wireless device could be any of a wireless device, mobile station, mobile phone, handset, wireless local loop phone, user equipment (UE), smartphone, laptop computer, tablet computer, wireless sensor, or the like.
- the radio transceiver device 200 is assumed to comprise an antenna arrangement configured to transmit signals to the radio transceiver device 300 in M beams 110 a , 110 b , . . . , 110 M.
- the beams 110 a , 110 b , . . . , 110 M might all have the same width, or at least two of the beams 110 a , 110 b , . . . , 110 M have mutually different widths.
- the radio transceiver device 200 is thus configured to communicate in M beams 110 a , 110 b , . . . , 110 M (in contrast to omnidirectional beams).
- an antenna arrangement that enables unintentional, uncontrolled beamforming across two antenna arrays 130 a , 130 b of the antenna arrangement 120 in the radio transceiver device to be avoided.
- FIGS. 3, 4, 5, and 6 schematically illustrate antenna arrangements 120 a , 120 b, 120 c , 120 d according to embodiments.
- the antenna arrangement 120 a , 120 b, 120 c , 120 d comprises a first antenna array 130 a and a second antenna array 130 b.
- Each antenna array 130 a , 130 b comprises antenna elements 140 a of a first polarization p 1 and antenna elements 140 b of a second polarization p 2 .
- the two antenna arrays 130 a , 130 b are arranged to collectively be fed four signals, such that the antenna elements 140 a , 140 b of each polarization p 1 , p 2 at each antenna array 130 a , 130 b is fed a respective one out of the four signals.
- these four signals might originate from two common signals s 1 , s 2 (as for the antenna arrangements 120 a , 120 b , 120 d in FIGS. 3, 4, 6 ) or one single common signal s (as for the antenna arrangement 120 c in FIG. 5 ).
- the signal as fed to the antenna elements mob of the second polarization p 2 of the second antenna array 130 b is phase shifted 180° with respect to at least one of the other signals as fed to the other antenna elements.
- this antenna arrangement 120 a , 120 b, 120 c , 120 d enables non-coherent transmission across the two antenna arrays 130 a , 130 b.
- the antenna elements 140 a , 140 b are fed signals from an analog beamforming network.
- the antenna arrangement 120 a , 120 b, 120 c , 120 d further comprises an analog beamforming network. The signals are then fed to the antenna elements 140 a, 140 b from the analog beamforming network.
- first and second polarizations p 1 , p 2 There could be different types of first and second polarizations p 1 , p 2 .
- the first sub-array 130 a and the second sub-array 130 b have antenna elements 140 a , 140 b with mutually orthogonal polarizations. That is, according to an embodiment the first polarization p 1 and the second polarization p 2 are mutually orthogonal
- the antenna arrangement 120 a , 120 b, 120 c , 120 d such that the signal as fed to the antenna elements 140 b of the second polarization p 2 of the second antenna array 130 b is phase shifted 180° with respect to at least one of the other signals as fed to the other antenna elements.
- the signal as fed to the antenna elements mob of the second polarization p 2 of the second antenna array 130 b is phase shifted 180° with respect to at least the signal as fed to the antenna elements 140 a of the first polarization p 1 of the first antenna array 130 a .
- the signal as fed to the antenna elements 140 b of the second polarization p 2 of the second antenna array 130 b is phase shifted 180° with respect to at least the signal as fed to the antenna elements 140 a of the first polarization p 1 of the second antenna array 130 b. This is the case for the antenna arrangement 120 d in FIG. 6 .
- the two signals as fed to the first antenna array 130 a originate from a first common signal s 1
- the two signals as fed to the second antenna array 130 b originate from a second common signal s 2
- the first common signal s 1 represents a first layer signal
- the second common signal s 2 represents a second layer signal
- the first common signal s 1 and the second common signal s 2 represent two ports of a reference signal, such as CSI-RS.
- FIG. 3 thus shows an embodiment in which one layer per antenna array 130 a , 130 b can be transmitted whilst utilizing all power amplifiers.
- the signal s 1 for the first layer is transmitted on the first antenna array 130 a by feeding the two polarizations in phase, resulting in a vertical polarization of the transmitted signal.
- the signal s 2 for the second layer is transmitted on the second antenna array 130 b by feeding the two polarizations with a 180° phase difference, resulting in a horizontal polarization of the transmitted signal. Since the two panel ports on one antenna array 130 a , 130 b have orthogonal polarizations there will not be any additional beamforming of the panel ports within an antenna array 130 a , 130 b other than the beamforming already performed by the analog beamforming network. Furthermore, the two layers will be transmitted with orthogonal polarizations since the resulting polarization of the transmission from the first antenna array 130 a is vertical and the resulting polarization of the transmission from the second antenna array 130 b is horizontal.
- the antenna arrangement 120 b of FIG. 4 Other resulting polarization states for the antenna arrays 130 a , 130 b than linear horizontal polarization and vertical polarization can be obtained by introducing extra phase shifts, ⁇ , according to the antenna arrangement 120 b in FIG. 4 .
- the signal as fed to the antenna elements 140 b of the second polarization p 2 of the first antenna array 130 a is phase shifted ⁇ ° with respect to the signal as fed to the antenna elements 140 a of the first polarization p 1 of the first antenna array 130 a.
- the signal as fed to the antenna elements 140 a of the first polarization p 1 of the second antenna array 130 b is phase shifted ⁇ ° with respect to the signal as fed to the antenna elements 140 a of the first polarization p 1 of the first antenna array 130 a .
- ⁇ might have a channel dependent value.
- the anti-symmetry of the applied phase shifts ensures that the two layers are transmitted with orthogonal polarizations.
- the two antenna arrays 130 a , 130 b might have mutually different analog beamforming networks.
- the analog beamforming networks for the two polarizations within each antenna array 130 a , 130 b should be the same.
- the two polarizations within each antenna array 130 a , 130 b should be calibrated relative to each other.
- Dual-polarization beamforming (as disclosed in WO2011/050866 A1 and WO2016/141961 A1) can be applied within each antenna array 130 a , 130 b using the analog beamforming network.
- beams with arbitrary beam widths can be created while maintaining full utilization of the power amplifiers and orthogonal polarization between the two transmission layers.
- Being able to create beams with different beam widths can be useful for a hierarchical beam search during beam management.
- a first beam management process could comprise a beam scan of a wide angular sector using relatively wide beams
- a second beam management process for beam refinement could comprise using narrower beams in a restricted angular sector, as determined by the first beam management process. It might be advantageous that the two beams have orthogonal polarizations since then a two-port CSI-RS resource in beam management will span the polarization space, removing the risk of polarization mismatch.
- the first common signal s 1 and the second common signal s 2 originate from one single common signal s.
- the single common signal s might then represent a single layer signal or a single-port reference signal.
- a rank-1 transmission utilizing all power amplifiers can be achieved with the antenna arrangement 120 c illustrated in FIG. 5 .
- the same signal s can be fed both antenna arrays 130 a , 130 b without any coherent combining of the two antenna arrays 130 a , 130 b.
- the resulting rank-1 transmission beam will have the same radiation pattern as a single one of the antenna arrays 130 a , 130 b and will fully utilize all power amplifiers.
- first polarization p 1 on the first antenna array 130 a to have the same analog beaming network as the second polarization p 2 on the second antenna array 130 b
- second polarization p 2 on the first antenna array 130 a to have the same analog beaming network as the first polarization p 1 on the second antenna array 130 b.
- the antenna arrangement 120 c is further suitable for transmission of 1-port signals such as SS block or physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) signaling.
- Another usage can be to increase the coverage in beam management.
- CSI-RS might be used with up to two antenna ports for beam management.
- a typical usage would then be to transmit the CSI-RS in one beam from one of the antenna arrays 130 a , 130 b with one CSI-RS port per polarization. In such a transmission, only half of the total transmission power would be used per beam since only one of two antenna arrays 130 a , 130 b are used in the transmission.
- the antenna arrangement 120 c the total transmit power from both antenna arrays 130 a , 130 b can be used for one beam (and two polarizations). With the antenna arrays 130 a, 130 b this beam will have the same radiation pattern as the beam from a single antenna array 130 a , 130 b.
- the signal as fed to the antenna elements 140 b of the second polarization p 2 of the first antenna array 130 a is phase shifted ⁇ ° with respect to the signal as fed to the antenna elements 140 a of the first polarization p 1 of the second antenna array 130 b .
- the signal as fed to the antenna elements 140 a of the first polarization p 1 of the first antenna array 130 a is phase shifted ⁇ ° with respect to the signal as fed to the antenna elements 140 a of the first polarization p 1 of the second antenna array 130 b .
- ⁇ there could be different ways to determine the value of ⁇ . For example, as above, a might have a channel dependent value.
- the signal as fed to the antenna elements 140 a of the first polarization p 1 of the second antenna array 130 b and the signal as fed to the antenna elements 140 b of the second polarization p 2 of the first antenna array 130 a originate from a first common signal s 1 .
- the signal as fed to the antenna elements 140 b of the second polarization p 2 of the second antenna array 130 b and the signal as fed to the antenna elements 140 a of the first polarization p 1 of the first antenna array 130 a originate from a second common signal s 2 .
- the antenna arrangement 120 d of FIG. 6 is suitable for rank-2 transmission.
- the first common signal s 1 might represent a first layer signal
- the second common signal s 2 might represent a second layer signal
- the first common signal s 1 and the second common signal s 2 might represent two ports of a reference signal.
- the first layer signal uses one polarization p 1 from one antenna array 130 a and the orthogonal polarization p 2 from the other antenna array 130 b, and similarly for the second layer signal.
- the two layers will have orthogonal polarization only in the boresight direction.
- the polarization parallellity will vary with the direction since the transmission combines orthogonally polarized antenna ports having different phase centers.
- FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating embodiments of methods for transmitting signals.
- the methods are performed by the radio transceiver device 200 .
- the radio transceiver device 200 comprises an antenna arrangement 120 a , 120 b , 120 c , 120 d as disclosed above.
- the methods are advantageously provided as a computer program 1020 .
- the radio transceiver device 200 transmits signals by feeding the signals through the antenna arrangement 120 a , 120 b, 120 c , 120 d.
- the signals could be data signals, control signals, or reference signals.
- the reference signals could be any type of reference signals, such as CSI-RS, SS block, etc.
- FIG. 8 schematically illustrates, in terms of a number of functional units, the components of a radio transceiver device 200 according to an embodiment.
- Processing circuitry 210 is provided using any combination of one or more of a suitable central processing unit (CPU), multiprocessor, microcontroller, digital signal processor (DSP), etc., capable of executing software instructions stored in a computer program product 1010 (as in FIG. 10 ), e.g. in the form of a storage medium 230 .
- the processing circuitry 210 may further be provided as at least one application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or field programmable gate array (FPGA).
- ASIC application specific integrated circuit
- FPGA field programmable gate array
- the processing circuitry 210 is configured to cause the radio transceiver device 200 to perform a set of operations, or steps, as disclosed above.
- the storage medium 230 may store the set of operations
- the processing circuitry 210 may be configured to retrieve the set of operations from the storage medium 230 to cause the radio transceiver device 200 to perform the set of operations.
- the set of operations may be provided as a set of executable instructions.
- the processing circuitry 210 is thereby arranged to execute methods as herein disclosed.
- the storage medium 230 may also comprise persistent storage, which, for example, can be any single one or combination of magnetic memory, optical memory, solid state memory or even remotely mounted memory.
- the radio transceiver device 200 may further comprise a communications interface 220 at least configured for communications with another radio transceiver device 300 .
- the communications interface 220 may comprise one or more transmitters and receivers, comprising analogue and digital components.
- the radio transceiver device 200 comprises an antenna arrangement 120 a , 120 b, 120 c , 120 d as disclosed above and which thus might be part of the communications interface 220 .
- the processing circuitry 210 controls the general operation of the radio transceiver device 200 e.g. by sending data and control signals to the communications interface 220 and the storage medium 230 , by receiving data and reports from the communications interface 220 , and by retrieving data and instructions from the storage medium 230 .
- radio transceiver device 200 Other components, as well as the related functionality, of the radio transceiver device 200 are omitted in order not to obscure the concepts presented herein.
- FIG. 9 schematically illustrates, in terms of a number of functional modules, the components of a radio transceiver device 200 according to an embodiment.
- the radio transceiver device 200 of FIG. 9 comprises a transmit module 210 a configured to perform step S 102 .
- the transmit module 210 a is implemented by the processing circuitry 210 and the communications interface 220 .
- the radio transceiver device 200 of FIG. 9 further comprises an antenna arrangement 120 a , 120 b, 120 c , 120 d as herein disclosed.
- the radio transceiver device 200 of FIG. 9 may further comprise a number of optional functional modules.
- the functional module 210 a may in one embodiment be implemented only in hardware and in another embodiment with the help of software, i.e., the latter embodiment having computer program instructions stored on the storage medium 230 which when run on the processing circuitry makes the radio transceiver device 200 perform the corresponding steps mentioned above in conjunction with FIG. 9 .
- the modules correspond to parts of a computer program, they do not need to be separate modules therein, but the way in which they are implemented in software is dependent on the programming language used.
- one or more or all functional modules 210 a may be implemented by the processing circuitry 210 , possibly in cooperation with the communications interface 220 and/or the storage medium 230 .
- the processing circuitry 210 may thus be configured to from the storage medium 230 fetch instructions as provided by a functional module 210 a and to execute these instructions, thereby performing any steps as disclosed herein.
- the radio transceiver device 200 may be provided as a standalone device or as a part of at least one further device. In some aspects the radio transceiver device 200 is, or is provided in, a wireless device.
- FIG. 10 shows one example of a computer program product 1010 comprising computer readable storage medium 1030 .
- a computer program 1020 can be stored, which computer program 1020 can cause the processing circuitry 210 and thereto operatively coupled entities and devices, such as the communications interface 220 and the storage medium 230 , to execute methods according to embodiments described herein.
- the computer program 1020 and/or computer program product 1010 may thus provide means for performing any steps as herein disclosed.
- the computer program product 1010 is illustrated as an optical disc, such as a CD (compact disc) or a DVD (digital versatile disc) or a Blu-Ray disc.
- the computer program product 1010 could also be embodied as a memory, such as a random access memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), or an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM) and more particularly as a non-volatile storage medium of a device in an external memory such as a USB (Universal Serial Bus) memory or a Flash memory, such as a compact Flash memory.
- the computer program 1020 is here schematically shown as a track on the depicted optical disk, the computer program 1020 can be stored in any way which is suitable for the computer program product 1010 .
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- Embodiments presented herein relate to an antenna arrangement, a method, a radio transceiver device, a computer program, and a computer program product for transmitting reference signals.
- In communications networks, there may be a challenge to obtain good performance and capacity for a given communications protocol, its parameters and the physical environment in which the communications network is deployed.
- For example, for future generations of mobile communications systems frequency bands at many different carrier frequencies could be needed. For example, low such frequency bands could be needed to achieve sufficient network coverage for wireless devices and higher frequency bands (e.g. at millimeter wavelengths (mmW), i.e. near and above 30 GHz) could be needed to reach required network capacity. In general terms, at high frequencies the propagation properties of the radio channel are more challenging and beamforming both at the access node of the network and at the wireless devices might be required to reach a sufficient link budget.
- The wireless devices could implement beamforming by means of analog beamforming, digital beamforming, or hybrid beamforming. Each implementation has its advantages and disadvantages. A digital beamforming implementation is the most flexible implementation of the three but also the costliest due to the large number of required radio chains and baseband chains. An analog beamforming implementation is the least flexible but cheaper to manufacture due to a reduced number of radio chains and baseband chains compared to the digital beamforming implementation. A hybrid beamforming implementation is a compromise between the analog and the digital beamforming implementations. As the skilled person understands, depending on cost and performance requirements of different wireless devices, different implementations will be needed.
- Different antenna architectures for different frequency bands are being discussed for wireless devices. At high frequency bands (e.g. above 15 GHz) something called “panels” of antenna arrays are being discussed. These panels of antenna array may be uniform linear/rectangular arrays (ULAs/URAs), for example steered by using analog phase shifters. In order to get coverage from different directions, multiple panels of antenna array can be mounted on different sides of the wireless devices. Unless specifically stated, the terms antenna array and panels will hereinafter be used interchangeably.
- According to the third generation partnership project (3GPP) suite of telecommunications standards, an antenna port is a logical entity rather than a physical entity that is defined by a transmitted reference signal. Such an antenna port may or may not correspond to a physical antenna port. An example of the former is when the reference signal defining the port is transmitted on a connector to an antenna element. An example of the latter is when the reference signal defining the port is transmitted using a digital beamformer. A reference signal, e.g., channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) or demodulation reference signal (DMRS), can have one or several ports. For example, a CSI-RS resource could have two ports which could be transmitted over two different physical antenna ports.
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FIG. 1 schematically illustrates an example architecture of anantenna arrangement 120. Theantenna arrangement 120 consists of twoantenna arrays antenna elements antenna array antenna array antenna arrays - The
antenna arrangement 120 can be used to transmit one or two layers per panel in single-user (SU) or multi-user (MU) multiple input multiple output (MIMO) transmission. In this respect, in a system using MIMO transmission, multiple independent data streams can be transmitted in the same time-frequency radio resource, resulting in so-called spatial multiplexing. One such data stream is sometimes referred to as a layer. According to an example, a single layer (per polarization) is transmitted by coherent combining of the twoantenna arrays - There are cases when transmission with a dual-panel antenna with four panel ports can result in some issues.
- For rank-1 or rank-2 transmission, e.g., physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) signaling, there are two alternatives when using an
antenna arrangement 120 as inFIG. 1 . A first alternative is to transmit using only a single one of theantenna arrays antenna arrays antenna arrays FIG. 1 . - For transmission of so-called channels or signals that only use one or two antenna ports, e.g. a synchronization signal (SS) block (comprising PSS, SSS, and PBCH, where PSS is short for primary synchronization signal, SSS is short for secondary synchronization signal and PBCH is short for the physical broadcast channel) which are transmitted over one antenna port the transmitting radio transceiver device can perform a beam sweep to transmit the SS block in different directions. However, coherent combining of the two
antenna arrays antenna arrays antenna arrays - Hence, there are scenarios where coherent transmission across two
antenna arrays - Hence, there is still a need for improved antenna arrangements for radio transceiver devices, such as network nodes or wireless devices.
- An object of embodiments herein is to provide an improved antenna arrangement that can be used in a radio transceiver device, such as a network node or a wireless device, and that does not suffer from the issues noted above, or at least where these issues are reduced or mitigated.
- According to a first aspect there is presented an antenna arrangement. The antenna arrangement comprises a first antenna array and a second antenna array. Each antenna array comprises antenna elements of a first polarization and antenna elements of a second polarization. The two antenna arrays are arranged to collectively be fed four signals, such that the antenna elements of each polarization at each antenna array is fed a respective one out of the four signals. The signal as fed to the antenna elements of the second polarization of the second antenna array is phase shifted 180° with respect to at least one of the other signals as fed to the other antenna elements.
- Advantageously this antenna arrangement can be used in a radio transceiver device, such as a wireless device, and that does not suffer from the issues noted above.
- Advantageously this antenna arrangement allows for all power amplifiers to be fully utilized without causing unintended beamforming across the antenna arrays, leading to improved coverage, for example with respect to the antenna arrangement in
FIG. 1 . - According to a second aspect there is presented a radio transceiver device. The radio transceiver device comprises an antenna arrangement according to the first aspect.
- According to a third aspect there is presented a method for transmitting signals. The method is performed by a radio transceiver device according to the second aspect. The method comprises transmitting signals by feeding the signals through the antenna arrangement.
- According to a fourth aspect there is presented a computer program for transmitting reference signals, the computer program comprising computer program code which, when run on a radio transceiver device according to the second, causes the radio transceiver device to perform a method according to the third aspect.
- According to a fifth aspect there is presented a computer program product comprising a computer program according to the fourth aspect and a computer readable storage medium on which the computer program is stored. The computer readable storage medium could be a non-transitory computer readable storage medium.
- Other objectives, features and advantages of the enclosed embodiments will be apparent from the following detailed disclosure, from the attached dependent claims as well as from the drawings.
- Generally, all terms used in the claims are to be interpreted according to their ordinary meaning in the technical field, unless explicitly defined otherwise herein. All references to “a/an/the element, apparatus, component, means, module, step, etc.” are to be interpreted openly as referring to at least one instance of the element, apparatus, component, means, module, step, etc., unless explicitly stated otherwise. The steps of any method disclosed herein do not have to be performed in the exact order disclosed, unless explicitly stated.
- The inventive concept is now described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
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FIG. 1 schematically illustrates an antenna arrangement according to prior art; -
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating a communications system according to embodiments; -
FIGS. 3, 4, 5, and 6 schematically illustrate antenna arrangements according to embodiments; -
FIG. 7 is a flowchart of methods according to an embodiment; -
FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing functional units of a radio transceiver device according to an embodiment; -
FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram showing functional modules of a radio transceiver device according to an embodiment; and -
FIG. 10 shows one example of a computer program product comprising computer readable storage medium according to an embodiment. - The inventive concept will now be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which certain embodiments of the inventive concept are shown. This inventive concept may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein; rather, these embodiments are provided by way of example so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the inventive concept to those skilled in the art. Like numbers refer to like elements throughout the description. Any step or feature illustrated by dashed lines should be regarded as optional.
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FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating acommunications system 100 comprising a radio transceiver device implemented as a radio access network node (such as the radio transceiver device 200) providing network access to a radio transceiver device implemented as a wireless device (such as the radio transceiver device 300). The radio access network node could be any of an access node, radio base station, base transceiver station, node B, evolved node B, g node B, access point, or the like. The wireless device could be any of a wireless device, mobile station, mobile phone, handset, wireless local loop phone, user equipment (UE), smartphone, laptop computer, tablet computer, wireless sensor, or the like. - The
radio transceiver device 200 is assumed to comprise an antenna arrangement configured to transmit signals to theradio transceiver device 300 in M beams 110 a, 110 b, . . . , 110M. Thebeams beams radio transceiver device 200 is thus configured to communicate in M beams 110 a, 110 b, . . . , 110M (in contrast to omnidirectional beams). - As noted above there is a need for improved antenna arrangements for radio transceiver devices. Particularly, there is disclosed an antenna arrangement that enables unintentional, uncontrolled beamforming across two
antenna arrays antenna arrangement 120 in the radio transceiver device to be avoided. - Reference is now made to
FIGS. 3, 4, 5, and 6 .FIGS. 3, 4, 5, and 6 schematically illustrateantenna arrangements - The
antenna arrangement first antenna array 130 a and asecond antenna array 130 b. Eachantenna array antenna elements 140 a of a first polarization p1 andantenna elements 140 b of a second polarization p2. - The two
antenna arrays antenna elements antenna array antenna arrangements FIGS. 3, 4, 6 ) or one single common signal s (as for theantenna arrangement 120 c inFIG. 5 ). - The signal as fed to the antenna elements mob of the second polarization p2 of the
second antenna array 130 b is phase shifted 180° with respect to at least one of the other signals as fed to the other antenna elements. - By being arranged for transmission on orthogonal polarizations on the two
antenna arrays antenna arrangement antenna arrays - Embodiments relating to further details of the antenna arrangement will now be disclosed.
- In some aspects the
antenna elements antenna arrangement antenna elements - There could be different types of first and second polarizations p1, p2. In some aspects the first sub-array 130 a and the
second sub-array 130 b haveantenna elements - There could be different ways to configure the
antenna arrangement antenna elements 140 b of the second polarization p2 of thesecond antenna array 130 b is phase shifted 180° with respect to at least one of the other signals as fed to the other antenna elements. - According to a first embodiment the signal as fed to the antenna elements mob of the second polarization p2 of the
second antenna array 130 b is phase shifted 180° with respect to at least the signal as fed to theantenna elements 140 a of the first polarization p1 of thefirst antenna array 130 a. This is the case for theantenna arrangements FIGS. 3, 4, 5 . - According to a second embodiment the signal as fed to the
antenna elements 140 b of the second polarization p2 of thesecond antenna array 130 b is phase shifted 180° with respect to at least the signal as fed to theantenna elements 140 a of the first polarization p1 of thesecond antenna array 130 b. This is the case for theantenna arrangement 120 d inFIG. 6 . - Specific reference is now made to the
antenna arrangement 120 a ofFIG. 3 . According to theantenna arrangement 120 a inFIG. 3 , the two signals as fed to thefirst antenna array 130 a originate from a first common signal s1, and the two signals as fed to thesecond antenna array 130 b originate from a second common signal s2. Further, the first common signal s1 represents a first layer signal, and the second common signal s2 represents a second layer signal, or the first common signal s1 and the second common signal s2 represent two ports of a reference signal, such as CSI-RS.FIG. 3 thus shows an embodiment in which one layer perantenna array - The signal s1 for the first layer is transmitted on the
first antenna array 130 a by feeding the two polarizations in phase, resulting in a vertical polarization of the transmitted signal. The signal s2 for the second layer is transmitted on thesecond antenna array 130 b by feeding the two polarizations with a 180° phase difference, resulting in a horizontal polarization of the transmitted signal. Since the two panel ports on oneantenna array antenna array first antenna array 130 a is vertical and the resulting polarization of the transmission from thesecond antenna array 130 b is horizontal. - Specific reference is now made to the
antenna arrangement 120 b ofFIG. 4 . Other resulting polarization states for theantenna arrays antenna arrangement 120 b inFIG. 4 . According to theantenna arrangement 120 b inFIG. 4 , the signal as fed to theantenna elements 140 b of the second polarization p2 of thefirst antenna array 130 a is phase shifted α° with respect to the signal as fed to theantenna elements 140 a of the first polarization p1 of thefirst antenna array 130 a. Further, the signal as fed to theantenna elements 140 a of the first polarization p1 of thesecond antenna array 130 b is phase shifted −α° with respect to the signal as fed to theantenna elements 140 a of the first polarization p1 of thefirst antenna array 130 a. There could be different ways to determine the value of α. For example, α might have a channel dependent value. - The anti-symmetry of the applied phase shifts (α and −α, respectively,) ensures that the two layers are transmitted with orthogonal polarizations. In transmission schemes where one layer is transmitted per
antenna array antenna arrays antenna array antenna array - Dual-polarization beamforming (as disclosed in WO2011/050866 A1 and WO2016/141961 A1) can be applied within each
antenna array - Specific reference is now made to the
antenna arrangement 120 c ofFIG. 5 . According to theantenna arrangement 120 c inFIG. 5 , the first common signal s1 and the second common signal s2 originate from one single common signal s. The single common signal s might then represent a single layer signal or a single-port reference signal. A rank-1 transmission utilizing all power amplifiers can be achieved with theantenna arrangement 120 c illustrated inFIG. 5 . - Since the resulting polarizations of the two
antenna arrays antenna arrays 130 a, 130 bwithout any coherent combining of the twoantenna arrays antenna arrays first antenna array 130 a to have the same analog beaming network as the second polarization p2 on thesecond antenna array 130 b, and the second polarization p2 on thefirst antenna array 130 a to have the same analog beaming network as the first polarization p1 on thesecond antenna array 130 b. - The
antenna arrangement 120 c is further suitable for transmission of 1-port signals such as SS block or physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) signaling. Another usage can be to increase the coverage in beam management. For example, CSI-RS might be used with up to two antenna ports for beam management. A typical usage would then be to transmit the CSI-RS in one beam from one of theantenna arrays antenna arrays antenna arrangement 120 c, the total transmit power from bothantenna arrays antenna arrays single antenna array - Specific reference is now made to the
antenna arrangement 120 d ofFIG. 6 . According to theantenna arrangement 120 d inFIG. 6 , the signal as fed to theantenna elements 140 b of the second polarization p2 of thefirst antenna array 130 a is phase shifted α° with respect to the signal as fed to theantenna elements 140 a of the first polarization p1 of thesecond antenna array 130 b. Further, the signal as fed to theantenna elements 140 a of the first polarization p1 of thefirst antenna array 130 a is phase shifted −α° with respect to the signal as fed to theantenna elements 140 a of the first polarization p1 of thesecond antenna array 130 b. There could be different ways to determine the value of α. For example, as above, a might have a channel dependent value. - Further, according to the
antenna arrangement 120 d inFIG. 6 , the signal as fed to theantenna elements 140 a of the first polarization p1 of thesecond antenna array 130 b and the signal as fed to theantenna elements 140 b of the second polarization p2 of thefirst antenna array 130 a originate from a first common signal s1. Still further, the signal as fed to theantenna elements 140 b of the second polarization p2 of thesecond antenna array 130 b and the signal as fed to theantenna elements 140 a of the first polarization p1 of thefirst antenna array 130 a originate from a second common signal s2. - The
antenna arrangement 120 d ofFIG. 6 is suitable for rank-2 transmission. Particularly, the first common signal s1 might represent a first layer signal, and the second common signal s2 might represent a second layer signal, or the first common signal s1 and the second common signal s2 might represent two ports of a reference signal. - According to the example of
FIG. 6 , the first layer signal uses one polarization p1 from oneantenna array 130 a and the orthogonal polarization p2 from theother antenna array 130 b, and similarly for the second layer signal. In this case, the two layers will have orthogonal polarization only in the boresight direction. In other directions the polarization parallellity will vary with the direction since the transmission combines orthogonally polarized antenna ports having different phase centers. -
FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating embodiments of methods for transmitting signals. The methods are performed by theradio transceiver device 200. Theradio transceiver device 200 comprises anantenna arrangement computer program 1020. - S102: The
radio transceiver device 200 transmits signals by feeding the signals through theantenna arrangement - The signals could be data signals, control signals, or reference signals. The reference signals could be any type of reference signals, such as CSI-RS, SS block, etc.
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FIG. 8 schematically illustrates, in terms of a number of functional units, the components of aradio transceiver device 200 according to an embodiment.Processing circuitry 210 is provided using any combination of one or more of a suitable central processing unit (CPU), multiprocessor, microcontroller, digital signal processor (DSP), etc., capable of executing software instructions stored in a computer program product 1010 (as inFIG. 10 ), e.g. in the form of astorage medium 230. Theprocessing circuitry 210 may further be provided as at least one application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or field programmable gate array (FPGA). - Particularly, the
processing circuitry 210 is configured to cause theradio transceiver device 200 to perform a set of operations, or steps, as disclosed above. For example, thestorage medium 230 may store the set of operations, and theprocessing circuitry 210 may be configured to retrieve the set of operations from thestorage medium 230 to cause theradio transceiver device 200 to perform the set of operations. The set of operations may be provided as a set of executable instructions. - Thus the
processing circuitry 210 is thereby arranged to execute methods as herein disclosed. Thestorage medium 230 may also comprise persistent storage, which, for example, can be any single one or combination of magnetic memory, optical memory, solid state memory or even remotely mounted memory. Theradio transceiver device 200 may further comprise acommunications interface 220 at least configured for communications with anotherradio transceiver device 300. As such, thecommunications interface 220 may comprise one or more transmitters and receivers, comprising analogue and digital components. In this respect theradio transceiver device 200 comprises anantenna arrangement communications interface 220. - The
processing circuitry 210 controls the general operation of theradio transceiver device 200 e.g. by sending data and control signals to thecommunications interface 220 and thestorage medium 230, by receiving data and reports from thecommunications interface 220, and by retrieving data and instructions from thestorage medium 230. - Other components, as well as the related functionality, of the
radio transceiver device 200 are omitted in order not to obscure the concepts presented herein. -
FIG. 9 schematically illustrates, in terms of a number of functional modules, the components of aradio transceiver device 200 according to an embodiment. Theradio transceiver device 200 ofFIG. 9 comprises a transmitmodule 210 a configured to perform step S102. In some aspects the transmitmodule 210 a is implemented by theprocessing circuitry 210 and thecommunications interface 220. In some aspects theradio transceiver device 200 ofFIG. 9 further comprises anantenna arrangement - The
radio transceiver device 200 ofFIG. 9 may further comprise a number of optional functional modules. In general terms, thefunctional module 210 a may in one embodiment be implemented only in hardware and in another embodiment with the help of software, i.e., the latter embodiment having computer program instructions stored on thestorage medium 230 which when run on the processing circuitry makes theradio transceiver device 200 perform the corresponding steps mentioned above in conjunction withFIG. 9 . It should also be mentioned that even though the modules correspond to parts of a computer program, they do not need to be separate modules therein, but the way in which they are implemented in software is dependent on the programming language used. Preferably, one or more or allfunctional modules 210 a may be implemented by theprocessing circuitry 210, possibly in cooperation with thecommunications interface 220 and/or thestorage medium 230. Theprocessing circuitry 210 may thus be configured to from thestorage medium 230 fetch instructions as provided by afunctional module 210 a and to execute these instructions, thereby performing any steps as disclosed herein. - The
radio transceiver device 200 may be provided as a standalone device or as a part of at least one further device. In some aspects theradio transceiver device 200 is, or is provided in, a wireless device. -
FIG. 10 shows one example of acomputer program product 1010 comprising computerreadable storage medium 1030. On this computerreadable storage medium 1030, acomputer program 1020 can be stored, whichcomputer program 1020 can cause theprocessing circuitry 210 and thereto operatively coupled entities and devices, such as thecommunications interface 220 and thestorage medium 230, to execute methods according to embodiments described herein. Thecomputer program 1020 and/orcomputer program product 1010 may thus provide means for performing any steps as herein disclosed. - In the example of
FIG. 10 , thecomputer program product 1010 is illustrated as an optical disc, such as a CD (compact disc) or a DVD (digital versatile disc) or a Blu-Ray disc. Thecomputer program product 1010 could also be embodied as a memory, such as a random access memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), or an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM) and more particularly as a non-volatile storage medium of a device in an external memory such as a USB (Universal Serial Bus) memory or a Flash memory, such as a compact Flash memory. Thus, while thecomputer program 1020 is here schematically shown as a track on the depicted optical disk, thecomputer program 1020 can be stored in any way which is suitable for thecomputer program product 1010. - The inventive concept has mainly been described above with reference to a few embodiments. However, as is readily appreciated by a person skilled in the art, other embodiments than the ones disclosed above are equally possible within the scope of the inventive concept, as defined by the appended patent claims.
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