WO2019028834A1 - SIGNALING OF TRANSMISSION RANK AND PRECODER IN NON-UPLINK CODE TRANSMISSION - Google Patents

SIGNALING OF TRANSMISSION RANK AND PRECODER IN NON-UPLINK CODE TRANSMISSION Download PDF

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WO2019028834A1
WO2019028834A1 PCT/CN2017/097103 CN2017097103W WO2019028834A1 WO 2019028834 A1 WO2019028834 A1 WO 2019028834A1 CN 2017097103 W CN2017097103 W CN 2017097103W WO 2019028834 A1 WO2019028834 A1 WO 2019028834A1
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Liangming WU
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Chenxi HAO
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  • aspects of the present disclosure relate generally to wireless communications systems, and more particularly, to techniques for signaling a transmission rank and/or precoder (s) for an uplink non-codebook based transmission.
  • Wireless communication systems are widely deployed to provide various telecommunication services such as telephony, video, data, messaging, and broadcasts.
  • Typical wireless communication systems may employ multiple-access technologies capable of supporting communication with multiple users by sharing available system resources (e.g., bandwidth, transmit power) .
  • multiple-access technologies include Long Term Evolution (LTE) systems, code division multiple access (CDMA) systems, time division multiple access (TDMA) systems, frequency division multiple access (FDMA) systems, orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) systems, single-carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) systems, and time division synchronous code division multiple access (TD-SCDMA) systems.
  • LTE Long Term Evolution
  • 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 wireless multiple-access communication system may include a number of base stations, each simultaneously supporting communication for multiple communication devices, otherwise known as user equipment (UEs) .
  • UEs user equipment
  • a set of one or more base stations may define an e NodeB (eNB) .
  • eNB e NodeB
  • a wireless multiple access communication system may include a number of distributed units (DUs) (e.g., edge units (EUs) , edge nodes (ENs) , radio heads (RHs) , smart radio heads (SRHs) , transmission reception points (TRPs) , etc.
  • DUs distributed units
  • EUs edge units
  • ENs edge nodes
  • RHs radio heads
  • SSRHs smart radio heads
  • TRPs transmission reception points
  • CUs central units
  • CUs central units
  • CNs central nodes
  • ANCs access node controllers
  • a set of one or more distributed units, in communication with a central unit may define an access node (e.g., a new radio base station (NR BS) , a new radio node-B (NR NB) , a network node, 5G NB, gNB, etc. ) .
  • NR BS new radio base station
  • NR NB new radio node-B
  • 5G NB 5G NB
  • gNB network node
  • a base station or DU may communicate with a set of UEs on downlink channels (e.g., for transmissions from a base station or to a UE) and uplink channels (e.g., for transmissions from a UE to a base station or distributed unit) .
  • downlink channels e.g., for transmissions from a base station or to a UE
  • uplink channels e.g., for transmissions from a UE to a base station or distributed unit
  • NR new radio
  • 3GPP Third Generation Partnership Project
  • Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to methods and apparatus for signaling a transmission rank indication (TRI) and/or sounding reference signal (SRS) resource indication (SRI) for uplink non-codebook based transmissions.
  • TRI transmission rank indication
  • SRS sounding reference signal
  • SRI resource indication
  • Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a method for wireless communication that may be performed, for example, by a base station (BS) .
  • the method generally includes receiving an indication of one or more sounding reference signal (SRS) resources from a user equipment (UE) , wherein each SRS resource is associated with one or more precoded SRS ports.
  • the method also includes determining, based on the SRS resources, at least one of a transmission rank or a set of precoders for the UE to use for an uplink transmission to the BS.
  • the method further includes signaling at least one of an indication of the transmission rank or an indication of one or more of the SRS resources to the UE
  • the method generally includes transmitting one or more sounding reference signal (SRS) resources to a base station, wherein each SRS resource is associated with one or more precoded SRS ports.
  • the method also includes after transmitting the one or more SRS resources, receiving at least one of an indication of a transmission rank or an indication of one or more of the SRS resources to use for an uplink transmission to the BS.
  • the method further includes determining a set of precoders to use for the uplink transmission based on at least one of the indication of the transmission rank or the indication of the one or more SRS resources.
  • the method further includes sending an uplink transmission based on the at least one of the indicated transmission rank or the indicated SRS resources.
  • the one or more aspects comprise the features hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.
  • the following description and the annexed drawings set forth in detail certain illustrative features of the one or more aspects. These features are indicative, however, of but a few of the various ways in which the principles of various aspects may be employed, and this description is intended to include all such aspects and their equivalents.
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram conceptually illustrating an example telecommunications system, in accordance with certain aspects of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example logical architecture of a distributed RAN, in accordance with certain aspects of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example physical architecture of a distributed RAN, in accordance with certain aspects of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 4 is a block diagram conceptually illustrating a design of an example BS and user equipment (UE) , in accordance with certain aspects of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 5 is a diagram showing examples for implementing a communication protocol stack, in accordance with certain aspects of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 6 illustrates an example of a DL-centric subframe, in accordance with certain aspects of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 7 illustrates an example of an UL-centric subframe, in accordance with certain aspects of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 8 is a flow diagram illustrating example operations that may be performed by a BS, for signaling at least one of a transmission rank or precoder (s) for an uplink non-codebook based transmission.
  • FIG. 9 is a flow diagram illustrating example operations that may be performed by a UE, for receiving signaling of at least one of a transmission rank or precoder (s) for an uplink non-codebook based transmission.
  • FIG. 10 shows an example mapping of TRI to SRI selection, in accordance with certain aspects of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 11 shows an example mapping table for port selection, in accordance with certain aspects of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 12A illustrates an example bitmap table for mapping a feedback index to jointly encoded TRI/SRI, in accordance with certain aspects of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 12B illustrates an example mapping of TRI to SRI selection for the mapping table in FIG. 12A, in accordance with certain aspects of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 13 illustrates an example of time and/or frequency dependent TRI/SRI signaling, in accordance with certain aspects of the present disclosure.
  • NR new radio access technology or 5G technology
  • NR may support various wireless communication services, such as Enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) targeting wide bandwidth (e.g. 80 MHz beyond) , millimeter wave (mmW) targeting high carrier frequency (e.g. 60 GHz) , massive MTC (mMTC) targeting non-backward compatible MTC techniques, and/or mission critical targeting ultra reliable low latency communications (URLLC) .
  • eMBB Enhanced mobile broadband
  • mmW millimeter wave
  • mMTC massive MTC
  • URLLC ultra reliable low latency communications
  • These services may include latency and reliability requirements.
  • These services may also have different transmission time intervals (TTI) to meet respective quality of service (QoS) requirements.
  • TTI transmission time intervals
  • QoS quality of service
  • these services may co-exist in the same subframe.
  • aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques and apparatus for various signaling of transmission rank indication (TRI) and/or SRS resource indication (SRS) to support uplink non-codebook based transmissions.
  • TRI transmission rank indication
  • SRS SRS resource indication
  • a CDMA network may implement a radio technology such as Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA) , cdma2000, etc.
  • 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) .
  • An OFDMA network may implement a radio technology such as NR (e.g.
  • E-UTRA Evolved UTRA
  • UMB Ultra Mobile Broadband
  • IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi
  • IEEE 802.16 WiMAX
  • IEEE 802.20 Flash-OFDMA
  • UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunication System
  • NR is an emerging wireless communications technology under development in conjunction with the 5G Technology Forum (5GTF) .
  • 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) and LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) are releases of UMTS that use E-UTRA.
  • UTRA, E-UTRA, UMTS, LTE, LTE-Aand 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) .
  • the techniques described herein may be used for the wireless networks and radio technologies mentioned above as well as other wireless networks and radio technologies. For clarity, while aspects may be described herein using terminology commonly associated with 3G and/or 4G wireless technologies, aspects of the present disclosure can be applied in other generation-based communication systems, such as 5G and later, including NR technologies.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates an example wireless network 100 in which aspects of the present disclosure may be performed.
  • the wireless network may be a new radio (NR) or 5G network.
  • BS 110 may receive one or more SRS resources from a UE 120.
  • Each SRS resource may include one or more precoded SRS ports (e.g., beamformed SRS) .
  • BS 110 may determine at least one of a transmission rank indication (TRI) or SRS resource indication (SRI) and feedback the TRI and/or SRI to UE 120 to configure the selected rank/beam for a PUSCH transmission from UE 120.
  • TRI transmission rank indication
  • SRI SRS resource indication
  • the wireless network 100 may include a number of BSs 110 and other network entities.
  • a BS may be a station that communicates with UEs.
  • Each BS 110 may provide communication coverage for a particular geographic area.
  • the term “cell” can refer to a coverage area of a Node B and/or a Node B subsystem serving this coverage area, depending on the context in which the term is used.
  • the term “cell” and gNB, Node B, 5G NB, AP, NR BS, NR BS, or TRP may be interchangeable.
  • a cell may not necessarily be stationary, and the geographic area of the cell may move according to the location of a mobile base station.
  • the base stations may be interconnected to one another and/or to one or more other base stations or network nodes (not shown) in the wireless network 100 through various types of backhaul interfaces such as a direct physical connection, a virtual network, or the like using any suitable transport network.
  • any number of wireless networks may be deployed in a given geographic area.
  • Each wireless network may support a particular radio access technology (RAT) and may operate on one or more frequencies.
  • a RAT may also be referred to as a radio technology, an air interface, etc.
  • a frequency may also be referred to as a carrier, a frequency channel, etc.
  • Each frequency may support a single RAT in a given geographic area in order to avoid interference between wireless networks of different RATs.
  • NR or 5G RAT networks may be deployed.
  • a BS may provide communication coverage for a macro cell, a pico cell, a femto cell, and/or other types of cell.
  • a macro cell may 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 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 association with the femto cell (e.g., UEs in a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) , UEs for users in the home, etc. ) .
  • CSG Closed Subscriber Group
  • 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 or a home BS.
  • the BSs 110a, 110b and 110c may be macro BSs for the macro cells 102a, 102b and 102c, respectively.
  • the BS 110x may be a pico BS for a pico cell 102x.
  • the BSs 110y and 110z may be femto BS for the femto cells 102y and 102z, respectively.
  • a BS may support one or multiple (e.g., three) cells.
  • the wireless network 100 may also include relay stations.
  • a relay station is a station that receives a transmission of data and/or other information from an upstream station (e.g., a BS or a UE) and sends a transmission of the data and/or other information to a downstream station (e.g., a UE or a BS) .
  • a relay station may also be a UE that relays transmissions for other UEs.
  • a relay station 110r may communicate with the BS 110a and a UE 120r in order to facilitate communication between the BS 110a and the UE 120r.
  • a relay station may also be referred to as a relay BS, a relay, etc.
  • the wireless network 100 may be a heterogeneous network that includes BSs of different types, e.g., macro BS, pico BS, femto BS, relays, etc. These different types of BSs may have different transmit power levels, different coverage areas, and different impact on interference in the wireless network 100.
  • BSs of different types
  • a macro BS may have a high transmit power level (e.g., 20 Watts)
  • pico BS, femto BS, and relays may have a lower transmit power level (e.g., 1 Watt) .
  • the wireless network 100 may support synchronous or asynchronous operation.
  • the BSs may have similar frame timing, and transmissions from different BSs may be approximately aligned in time.
  • the BSs may have different frame timing, and transmissions from different BSs may not be aligned in time.
  • the techniques described herein may be used for both synchronous and asynchronous operation.
  • a network controller 130 may couple to a set of BSs and provide coordination and control for these BSs.
  • the network controller 130 may communicate with the BSs 110 via a backhaul.
  • the BSs 110 may also communicate with one another, e.g., directly or indirectly via wireless or wireline backhaul.
  • the UEs 120 may be dispersed throughout the wireless network 100, and each UE may be stationary or mobile.
  • a UE may also be referred to as a mobile station, a terminal, an access terminal, a subscriber unit, a station, a Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) , a cellular phone, a smart phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA) , a wireless modem, a wireless communication device, a handheld device, a laptop computer, a cordless phone, a wireless local loop (WLL) station, a tablet, a camera, a gaming device, a netbook, a smartbook, an ultrabook, a medical device or medical equipment, a biometric sensor/device, a wearable device such as a smart watch, smart clothing, smart glasses, a smart wrist band, smart jewelry (e.g., a smart ring, a smart bracelet, etc.
  • MTC machine-type communication
  • eMTC evolved MTC
  • MTC and eMTC UEs include, for example, robots, drones, remote devices, sensors, meters, monitors, location tags, etc., that may communicate with a BS, another device (e.g., remote device) , or some other entity.
  • a wireless node may provide, for example, connectivity for or to a network (e.g., a wide area network such as Internet or a cellular network) via a wired or wireless communication link.
  • a network e.g., a wide area network such as Internet or a cellular network
  • Some UEs may be considered Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices.
  • IoT Internet-of-Things
  • a solid line with double arrows indicates desired transmissions between a UE and a serving BS, which is a BS designated to serve the UE on the downlink and/or uplink.
  • a finely dashed line with double arrows indicates interfering transmissions between a UE and a BS.
  • Certain wireless networks utilize orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) on the downlink and single-carrier frequency division multiplexing (SC-FDM) on the uplink.
  • OFDM and SC-FDM partition the system bandwidth into multiple (K) orthogonal subcarriers, which are also commonly referred to as tones, bins, etc.
  • K orthogonal subcarriers
  • Each subcarrier may be modulated with data.
  • modulation symbols are 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 (K) may be dependent on the system bandwidth.
  • the spacing of the subcarriers may be 15 kHz and the minimum resource allocation (called a ‘resource block’ ) may be 12 subcarriers (or 180 kHz) . Consequently, the nominal FFT size may be equal to 128, 256, 512, 1024 or 2048 for system bandwidth of 1.25, 2.5, 5, 10 or 20 megahertz (MHz) , respectively.
  • the system bandwidth may also be partitioned into subbands. For example, a subband may cover 1.08 MHz (i.e., 6 resource blocks) , and there may be 1, 2, 4, 8 or 16 subbands for system bandwidth of 1.25, 2.5, 5, 10 or 20 MHz, respectively.
  • aspects of the examples described herein may be associated with LTE technologies, aspects of the present disclosure may be applicable with other wireless communications systems, such as NR.
  • NR may utilize OFDM with a CP on the uplink and downlink and include support for half-duplex operation using TDD.
  • a single component carrier bandwidth of 100 MHz may be supported.
  • NR resource blocks may span 12 sub-carriers with a sub-carrier bandwidth of 75 kHz over a 0.1 ms duration.
  • Each radio frame may consist of 50 subframes with a length of 10 ms. Consequently, each subframe may have a length of 0.2 ms.
  • Each subframe may indicate a link direction (i.e., DL or UL) for data transmission and the link direction for each subframe may be dynamically switched.
  • Each subframe may include DL/UL data as well as DL/UL control data.
  • UL and DL subframes for NR may be as described in more detail below with respect to FIGs. 6 and 7.
  • Beamforming may be supported and beam direction may be dynamically configured.
  • MIMO transmissions with precoding may also be supported.
  • MIMO configurations in the DL may support up to 8 transmit antennas with multi-layer DL transmissions up to 8 streams and up to 2 streams per UE.
  • Multi-layer transmissions with up to 2 streams per UE may be supported.
  • Aggregation of multiple cells may be supported with up to 8 serving cells.
  • NR may support a different air interface, other than an OFDM-based.
  • NR networks may include entities such CUs and/or DUs.
  • a scheduling entity e.g., a base station
  • the scheduling entity may be responsible for scheduling, assigning, reconfiguring, and releasing resources for one or more subordinate entities. That is, for scheduled communication, subordinate entities utilize resources allocated by the scheduling entity.
  • Base stations are not the only entities that may function as a scheduling entity. That is, in some examples, a UE may function as a scheduling entity, scheduling resources for one or more subordinate entities (e.g., one or more other UEs) .
  • the UE is functioning as a scheduling entity, and other UEs utilize resources scheduled by the UE for wireless communication.
  • a UE may function as a scheduling entity in a peer-to-peer (P2P) network, and/or in a mesh network.
  • P2P peer-to-peer
  • UEs may optionally communicate directly with one another in addition to communicating with the scheduling entity.
  • a scheduling entity and one or more subordinate entities may communicate utilizing the scheduled resources.
  • a RAN may include a CU and DUs.
  • a NR BS e.g., gNB, 5G NB, NB, TRP, AP
  • NR cells can be configured as access cells (ACells) or data only cells (DCells) .
  • the RAN e.g., a central unit or distributed unit
  • DCells may be cells used for carrier aggregation or dual connectivity, but not used for initial access, cell selection/reselection, or handover. In some cases DCells may not transmit synchronization signals—in some case cases DCells may transmit SS.
  • NR BSs may transmit downlink signals to UEs indicating the cell type. Based on the cell type indication, the UE may communicate with the NR BS. For example, the UE may determine NR BSs to consider for cell selection, access, handover, and/or measurement based on the indicated cell type.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates an example logical architecture of a distributed radio access network (RAN) 200, which may be implemented in the wireless communication system illustrated in FIG. 1.
  • a 5G access node 206 may include an access node controller (ANC) 202.
  • the ANC may be a central unit (CU) of the distributed RAN 200.
  • the backhaul interface to the next generation core network (NG-CN) 204 may terminate at the ANC.
  • the backhaul interface to neighboring next generation access nodes (NG-ANs) may terminate at the ANC.
  • the ANC may include one or more TRPs 208 (which may also be referred to as BSs, NR BSs, Node Bs, 5G NBs, APs, or some other term) .
  • TRPs 208 which may also be referred to as BSs, NR BSs, Node Bs, 5G NBs, APs, or some other term.
  • TRP may be used interchangeably with “cell. ”
  • the TRPs 208 may be a DU.
  • the TRPs may be connected to one ANC (ANC 202) or more than one ANC (not illustrated) .
  • ANC ANC
  • RaaS radio as a service
  • a TRP may include one or more antenna ports.
  • the TRPs may be configured to individually (e.g., dynamic selection) or jointly (e.g., joint transmission) serve traffic to a UE.
  • the local architecture 200 may be used to illustrate fronthaul definition.
  • the architecture may be defined that support fronthauling solutions across different deployment types.
  • the architecture may be based on transmit network capabilities (e.g., bandwidth, latency, and/or jitter) .
  • the architecture may share features and/or components with LTE.
  • the next generation AN (NG-AN) 210 may support dual connectivity with NR.
  • the NG-AN may share a common fronthaul for LTE and NR.
  • the architecture may enable cooperation between and among TRPs 208. For example, cooperation may be preset within a TRP and/or across TRPs via the ANC 202. According to aspects, no inter-TRP interface may be needed/present.
  • a dynamic configuration of split logical functions may be present within the architecture 200.
  • the Radio Resource Control (RRC) layer, Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) layer, Radio Link Control (RLC) layer, Medium Access Control (MAC) layer, and a Physical (PHY) layers may be adaptably placed at the DU or CU (e.g., TRP or ANC, respectively) .
  • a BS may include a central unit (CU) (e.g., ANC 202) and/or one or more distributed units (e.g., one or more TRPs 208) .
  • CU central unit
  • distributed units e.g., one or more TRPs 208 .
  • FIG. 3 illustrates an example physical architecture of a distributed RAN 300, according to aspects of the present disclosure.
  • a centralized core network unit (C-CU) 302 may host core network functions.
  • the C-CU may be centrally deployed.
  • C-CU functionality may be offloaded (e.g., to advanced wireless services (AWS) ) , in an effort to handle peak capacity.
  • AWS advanced wireless services
  • a centralized RAN unit (C-RU) 304 may host one or more ANC functions.
  • the C-RU may host core network functions locally.
  • the C-RU may have distributed deployment.
  • the C-RU may be closer to the network edge.
  • a DU 306 may host one or more TRPs (edge node (EN) , an edge unit (EU) , a radio head (RH) , a smart radio head (SRH) , or the like) .
  • the DU may be located at edges of the network with radio frequency (RF) functionality.
  • RF radio frequency
  • FIG. 4 illustrates example components of the BS 110 and UE 120 illustrated in FIG. 1, which may be used to implement aspects of the present disclosure.
  • One or more components of the BS 110 and UE 120 may be used to practice aspects of the present disclosure.
  • antennas 452, Tx/Rx 222, processors 466, 458, 464, and/or controller/processor 480 of the UE 120 and/or antennas 434, processors 460, 420, 438, and/or controller/processor 440 of the BS 110 may be used to perform the operations described herein and illustrated with reference to FIGs. 8-18.
  • FIG. 4 shows a block diagram of a design of a BS 110 and a UE 120, which may be one of the BSs and one of the UEs in FIG. 1.
  • the base station 110 may be the macro BS 110c in FIG. 1, and the UE 120 may be the UE 120y.
  • the base station 110 may also be a base station of some other type.
  • the base station 110 may be equipped with antennas 434a through 434t, and the UE 120 may be equipped with antennas 452a through 452r.
  • a transmit processor 420 may receive data from a data source 412 and control information from a controller/processor 440.
  • 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) , etc.
  • the data may be for the Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) , etc.
  • the processor 420 may process (e.g., encode and symbol map) the data and control information to obtain data symbols and control symbols, respectively.
  • the processor 420 may also generate reference symbols, e.g., for the PSS, SSS, and cell-specific reference signal.
  • a transmit (TX) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) processor 430 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) 432a through 432t.
  • Each modulator 432 may process a respective output symbol stream (e.g., for OFDM, etc. ) to obtain an output sample stream.
  • Each modulator 432 may further process (e.g., convert to analog, amplify, filter, and upconvert) the output sample stream to obtain a downlink signal.
  • Downlink signals from modulators 432a through 432t may be transmitted via the antennas 434a through 434t, respectively.
  • the antennas 452a through 452r may receive the downlink signals from the base station 110 and may provide received signals to the demodulators (DEMODs) 454a through 454r, respectively.
  • Each demodulator 454 may condition (e.g., filter, amplify, downconvert, and digitize) a respective received signal to obtain input samples.
  • Each demodulator 454 may further process the input samples (e.g., for OFDM, etc. ) to obtain received symbols.
  • a MIMO detector 456 may obtain received symbols from all the demodulators 454a through 454r, perform MIMO detection on the received symbols if applicable, and provide detected symbols.
  • a receive processor 458 may process (e.g., demodulate, deinterleave, and decode) the detected symbols, provide decoded data for the UE 120 to a data sink 460, and provide decoded control information to a controller/processor 480.
  • a transmit processor 464 may receive and process data (e.g., for the Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) ) from a data source 462 and control information (e.g., for the Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) from the controller/processor 480.
  • the transmit processor 464 may also generate reference symbols for a reference signal.
  • the symbols from the transmit processor 464 may be precoded by a TX MIMO processor 466 if applicable, further processed by the demodulators 454a through 454r (e.g., for SC-FDM, etc. ) , and transmitted to the base station 110.
  • the uplink signals from the UE 120 may be received by the antennas 434, processed by the modulators 432, detected by a MIMO detector 436 if applicable, and further processed by a receive processor 438 to obtain decoded data and control information sent by the UE 120.
  • the receive processor 438 may provide the decoded data to a data sink 439 and the decoded control information to the controller/processor 440.
  • the controllers/processors 440 and 480 may direct the operation at the base station 110 and the UE 120, respectively.
  • the processor 480 and/or other processors and modules at the UE 120 may also perform or direct, e.g., the execution of the functional blocks illustrated in FIG. 9 and/or other processes for the techniques described herein.
  • the processor 440 and/or other processors and modules at the BS 110 may also perform or direct, e.g., the execution of the functional blocks illustrated in FIG. 8 and/or other processes for the techniques described herein.
  • the memories 442 and 482 may store data and program codes for the BS 110 and the UE 120, respectively.
  • a scheduler 444 may schedule UEs for data transmission on the downlink and/or uplink.
  • FIG. 5 illustrates a diagram 500 showing examples for implementing a communications protocol stack, according to aspects of the present disclosure.
  • the illustrated communications protocol stacks may be implemented by devices operating in a in a 5G system (e.g., a system that supports uplink-based mobility) .
  • Diagram 500 illustrates a communications protocol stack including a Radio Resource Control (RRC) layer 510, a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) layer 515, a Radio Link Control (RLC) layer 520, a Medium Access Control (MAC) layer 525, and a Physical (PHY) layer 530.
  • RRC Radio Resource Control
  • PDCP Packet Data Convergence Protocol
  • RLC Radio Link Control
  • MAC Medium Access Control
  • PHY Physical
  • the layers of a protocol stack may be implemented as separate modules of software, portions of a processor or ASIC, portions of non- collocated devices connected by a communications link, or various combinations thereof.
  • Collocated and non-collocated implementations may be used, for example, in a protocol stack for a network access device (e.g., ANs, CUs, and/or DUs) or a UE.
  • a network access device e.g., ANs, CUs, and/or DUs
  • a first option 505-a shows a split implementation of a protocol stack, in which implementation of the protocol stack is split between a centralized network access device (e.g., an ANC 202 in FIG. 2) and distributed network access device (e.g., DU 208 in FIG. 2) .
  • a centralized network access device e.g., an ANC 202 in FIG. 2
  • distributed network access device e.g., DU 208 in FIG. 2
  • an RRC layer 510 and a PDCP layer 515 may be implemented by the central unit
  • an RLC layer 520, a MAC layer 525, and a PHY layer 530 may be implemented by the DU.
  • the CU and the DU may be collocated or non-collocated.
  • the first option 505-a may be useful in a macro cell, micro cell, or pico cell deployment.
  • a second option 505-b shows a unified implementation of a protocol stack, in which the protocol stack is implemented in a single network access device (e.g., access node (AN) , new radio base station (NR BS) , a new radio Node-B (NR NB) , a network node (NN) , or the like. ) .
  • the RRC layer 510, the PDCP layer 515, the RLC layer 520, the MAC layer 525, and the PHY layer 530 may each be implemented by the AN.
  • the second option 505-b may be useful in a femto cell deployment.
  • a UE may implement an entire protocol stack (e.g., the RRC layer 510, the PDCP layer 515, the RLC layer 520, the MAC layer 525, and the PHY layer 530) .
  • an entire protocol stack e.g., the RRC layer 510, the PDCP layer 515, the RLC layer 520, the MAC layer 525, and the PHY layer 530.
  • FIG. 6 is a diagram 600 showing an example of a DL-centric subframe.
  • the DL-centric subframe may include a control portion 602.
  • the control portion 602 may exist in the initial or beginning portion of the DL-centric subframe.
  • the control portion 602 may include various scheduling information and/or control information corresponding to various portions of the DL-centric subframe.
  • the control portion 602 may be a physical DL control channel (PDCCH) , as indicated in FIG. 6.
  • the DL-centric subframe may also include a DL data portion 604.
  • the DL data portion 604 may sometimes be referred to as the payload of the DL-centric subframe.
  • the DL data portion 604 may include the communication resources utilized to communicate DL data from the scheduling entity (e.g., UE or BS) to the subordinate entity (e.g., UE) .
  • the DL data portion 604 may be a physical DL shared channel (PDSCH) .
  • PDSCH physical DL shared channel
  • the DL-centric subframe may also include a common UL portion 606.
  • the common UL portion 606 may sometimes be referred to as an UL burst, a common UL burst, and/or various other suitable terms.
  • the common UL portion 606 may include feedback information corresponding to various other portions of the DL-centric subframe.
  • the common UL portion 606 may include feedback information corresponding to the control portion 602.
  • Non-limiting examples of feedback information may include an ACK signal, a NACK signal, a HARQ indicator, and/or various other suitable types of information.
  • the common UL portion 606 may include additional or alternative information, such as information pertaining to random access channel (RACH) procedures, scheduling requests (SRs) , and various other suitable types of information.
  • RACH random access channel
  • SRs scheduling requests
  • the end of the DL data portion 604 may be separated in time from the beginning of the common UL portion 606.
  • This time separation may sometimes be referred to as a gap, a guard period, a guard interval, and/or various other suitable terms.
  • This separation provides time for the switch-over from DL communication (e.g., reception operation by the subordinate entity (e.g., UE)) to UL communication (e.g., transmission by the subordinate entity (e.g., UE) ) .
  • DL communication e.g., reception operation by the subordinate entity (e.g., UE)
  • UL communication e.g., transmission by the subordinate entity (e.g., UE)
  • FIG. 7 is a diagram 700 showing an example of an UL-centric subframe.
  • the UL -centric subframe may include a control portion 702.
  • the control portion 702 may exist in the initial or beginning portion of the UL-centric subframe.
  • the control portion 702 in FIG. 7 may be similar to the control portion 602 described above with reference to FIG. 6.
  • the UL-centric subframe may also include an UL data portion 704.
  • the UL data portion 704 may sometimes be referred to as the payload of the UL-centric subframe.
  • the UL portion may refer to the communication resources utilized to communicate UL data from the subordinate entity (e.g., UE) to the scheduling entity (e.g., UE or BS) .
  • the control portion 702 may be a physical DL control channel (PDCCH) .
  • PDCCH physical DL control channel
  • the end of the control portion 702 may be separated in time from the beginning of the UL data portion 704. This time separation may sometimes be referred to as a gap, guard period, guard interval, and/or various other suitable terms. This separation provides time for the switch-over from DL communication (e.g., reception operation by the scheduling entity) to UL communication (e.g., transmission by the scheduling entity) .
  • the UL-centric subframe may also include a common UL portion 706.
  • the common UL portion 706 in FIG. 7 may be similar to the common UL portion 606 described above with reference to FIG. 6.
  • the common UL portion 706 may additional or alternative include information pertaining to channel quality indicator (CQI) , sounding reference signals (SRSs) , and various other suitable types of information.
  • CQI channel quality indicator
  • SRSs sounding reference signals
  • a frame may include both UL centric subframes and DL centric subframes.
  • the ratio of UL centric subframes to DL subframes in a frame may be dynamically adjusted based on the amount of UL data and the amount of DL data that are transmitted.
  • the ratio of UL centric subframes to DL subframes may be increased. Conversely, if there is more DL data, then the ratio of UL centric subframes to DL subframes may be decreased.
  • two or more subordinate entities may communicate with each other using sidelink signals.
  • Real-world applications of such sidelink communications may include public safety, proximity services, UE-to-network relaying, vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications, Internet-of-Everything (IoE) communications, IoT communications, mission-critical mesh, and/or various other suitable applications.
  • a sidelink signal may refer to a signal communicated from one subordinate entity (e.g., UE1) to another subordinate entity (e.g., UE2) without relaying that communication through the scheduling entity (e.g., UE or BS) , even though the scheduling entity may be utilized for scheduling and/or control purposes.
  • the sidelink signals may be communicated using a licensed spectrum (unlike wireless local area networks, which typically use an unlicensed spectrum) .
  • a UE may operate in various radio resource configurations, including a configuration associated with transmitting pilots using a dedicated set of resources (e.g., a radio resource control (RRC) dedicated state, etc. ) or a configuration associated with transmitting pilots using a common set of resources (e.g., an RRC common state, etc. ) .
  • RRC radio resource control
  • the UE may select a dedicated set of resources for transmitting a pilot signal to a network.
  • the UE may select a common set of resources for transmitting a pilot signal to the network.
  • a pilot signal transmitted by the UE may be received by one or more network access devices, such as an AN, or a DU, or portions thereof.
  • Each receiving network access device may be configured to receive and measure pilot signals transmitted on the common set of resources, and also receive and measure pilot signals transmitted on dedicated sets of resources allocated to the UEs for which the network access device is a member of a monitoring set of network access devices for the UE.
  • One or more of the receiving network access devices, or a CU to which receiving network access device (s) transmit the measurements of the pilot signals may use the measurements to identify serving cells for the UEs, or to initiate a change of serving cell for one or more of the UEs.
  • channel state information may refers to known channel properties of a communication link.
  • the CSI may represent the combined effects of, for example, scattering, fading, and power decay with distance between a transmitter and receiver.
  • Channel estimation may be performed to determine these effects on the channel.
  • CSI may be used to adapt transmissions based on the current channel conditions, which is useful for achieving reliable communication, in particular, with high data rates in multi-antenna systems.
  • CSI is typically estimated at the receiver, quantized, and fed back to the transmitter.
  • CSI feedback is based on a pre-defined codebook. This may be referred to as implicit CSI feedback.
  • Precoding may be used for beamforming in multi-antenna systems.
  • Codebook based precoding uses a common codebook at the transmitter and receiver.
  • the codebook includes a set of vectors and matrices.
  • the UE calculates a precoder targeting maximum single-user (SU) multiple input multiple output (MIMO) spectrum efficiency.
  • the implicit CSI feedback include a rank indicator (RI) , a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) , and associated channel quality indicator (CQI) based on the PMI.
  • the PMI includes a WI precoding matrix and a W2 precoding matrix.
  • UL MIMO is generally achieved with precoder feedback, and thus is based on an uplink codebook based design.
  • certain systems e.g., NR-MIMO
  • Supporting an uplink non-codebook based transmission scheme may refer to supporting an uplink transmission (e.g., from the UE) without including a transmitted precoding matrix indicator (TPMI) in the UL grant.
  • TPMI transmitted precoding matrix indicator
  • the UE may be configured with multiple SRS resources (e.g., for sending SRS) , and each SRS resource may include one or more SRS ports.
  • the UE may determine a candidate set of uplink transmit beams (e.g., precoders) based on measurement of downlink reference signals from the BS and channel reciprocity.
  • the UE may use the determined uplink precoder to precode the SRS ports in each SRS resource and transmit the SRS resources to the BS.
  • the BS can measure the multiple precoded SRS ports, and choose a precoder for the UE to use for PUSCH.
  • the BS can then feedback indicators along with downlink control information (DCI) (e.g., without TPMI) to indicate the rank and selected precoder for PUSCH.
  • DCI downlink control information
  • Non-codebook based UL MIMO may support various types of signaling in order to indicate the PUSCH precoder determination for an uplink transmission.
  • non-codebook based UL MIMO may support at least one of the following: (1) signaling of SRI (s) only, without TPMI indication in the UL grant; (2) signaling of TRI only, without TPMI indication in the UL grant; (3) signaling of TRI and a single SRI, without TPMI indication in the UL grant; and/or (4) signaling of a single TRI, a signle CRI without TPMI indication in the UL grant.
  • the signaling options that are supported may be based in part on the UE’s capability in terms of calibration.
  • aspects presented herein provide techniques for design of signaling that can be used to indicate at least one of rank or precoder in DCI for non-codebook based UL MIMO.
  • FIG. 8 is a flow diagram illustrating example operations 800 that may be performed, for example, by a BS (e.g., BS 110) , for signaling at least one of a transmission rank or precoder (s) for an uplink non-codebook based transmission, in accordance with certain aspects of the present disclosure.
  • Operations 800 may begin, at 802, where the BS receives an indication of one or more SRS resources from a UE (e.g., UE 120) . Each SRS resource is associated with one or more precoded SRS ports.
  • the BS determines, based on the SRS resources, at least one of a transmission rank or a set of precoders for the UE to use for an uplink transmission to the BS.
  • the BS signals at least one of an indication of the transmission rank or an indication of one or more of the SRS resources to the UE.
  • FIG. 9 is a flow diagram illustrating example operations 900 that may be performed, for example, by a UE (e.g., UE 120) , for receiving signaling of at least one of a transmission rank or precoder (s) for an uplink non-codebook based transmission, in accordance with certain aspects of the present disclosure.
  • a UE e.g., UE 120
  • s transmission rank or precoder
  • Operations 900 may begin, at 902, where the UE transmits one or more SRS resources to a base station. Each SRS resource is associated with one or more precoded SRS ports.
  • the UE after transmitting the one or more SRS resources, receives at least one of an indication of a transmission rank or an indication of one or more of the SRS resources to use for an uplink transmission to the BS.
  • the UE determines a set of precoders to use for the uplink transmission based on at least one of the indication of the transmission rank or the indication of the one or more SRS resources.
  • the UE sends an uplink transmission based in part on the set of precoders.
  • the BS may signal the indication of the transmission rank (e.g., TRI) only (e.g., without signaling SRI) .
  • the TRI may indicate the UL rank and the set of precoders for the UE to use for the uplink transmission (e.g., PUSCH) .
  • the number of precoders in the set of precoders may be based on a size of the transmission rank. In one example, the number of precoders may be equal to a size of the transmission rank (e.g., one precoder for rank1, two precoders for rank2, etc. ) .
  • the TRI may indicate the UL rank and the set of precoders (selected from the precoding used for one or more of the precoded SRS ports) in the single SRS resource.
  • the TRI to port mapping may be pre-defined or configurable via higher layer or semi-static signaling. In one reference example, assume the single SRS resource includes four ports.
  • TRI ‘0’ (indicating a rank1 case)
  • the precoder for the 1 st port may be selected for PUSCH
  • TRI ‘1’ (indicating a rank2 case)
  • the precoder of the 1 st and 2 nd port may be selected for the 1 st and 2 nd layer, respectively; and so on.
  • the above TRI values are provided as merely reference examples and that any value of TRI may be used to indicate a particular rank.
  • the TRI may indicate the UL rank and the set of precoders (selected from the precoding used for one or more of the precoded SRS ports) in the multiple SRS resources.
  • the TRI to SRI mapping and the selected ports within the SRI may be pre-defined or configurable via high layer or semi-static signaling. In one reference example, assume there are four SRS resources, each including one or more ports.
  • the BS may signal the indication of the SRS resource (e.g., SRI) only (e.g., without signaling TRI) .
  • the SRI may indicate the UL rank and the set of precoders for the UE to use for the uplink transmission (e.g., PUSCH) .
  • the SRI may indicate the transmission rank and the selected one of the received SRS resources.
  • the transmission rank may be equal to a number of ports in the selected SRS resource and the set of precoders may be selected from the selected SRS resource.
  • one or more ports of the selected SRS resources may be used for the PUSCH precoder.
  • the rank may be equal to a summation of ports in the selected SRS resources.
  • the layer to ports in the SRI may be one-to-one mapped.
  • the selected SRI is 1 st and 3 rd
  • rank 3 with 1 precoder from the 1 st SRI and 2 precoders from the 3 rd SRI may be used for the PUSCH.
  • the SRI (s) can be jointly encoded or bit-map like encoded.
  • the feedback of multiple SRI may be wideband.
  • the BS may signal the indication of the SRS resource (e.g., SRI) and the indication of the transmission rank (e.g., TRI) .
  • the TRI may indicate the UL rank and the set of precoders for the UE to use for the uplink transmission (e.g., PUSCH) .
  • each SRS resource includes a single port (e.g., each SRS resource includes a single precoded SRS port)
  • the TRI may indicate the rank and the SRI may indicate the selected SRS resource for each layer.
  • the SRI may indicate one selected SRS resource or multiple selected SRS resources depending on the TRI. For example, a number of the indicated SRS resources may be equal to a size of the transmission rank (e.g., one SRS resource for rank1, two SRS resources for rank2, etc. ) .
  • the set of precoders may include a single precoder from each of the indicated SRS resources.
  • the SRI may be subband and the TRI may be wideband.
  • the SRI selection can be restricted based on TRI. For example, for four SRS resources, a maximum of four hypothesis for a given TRI may be selected to reduce the feedback overhead.
  • the mapping of restricted TRI to SRI selection hypothesis can be configurable via higher layer signaling of semi-static signaling.
  • FIG. 10 shows one reference example of a mapping of restricted TRI to SRI selection hypothesis. In particular, each column in FIG. 10 shows the allowed SRI combinations (could be jointly selected) for each transmission rank.
  • the TRI may indicate the rank and the SRI may indicate the selected SRS resource.
  • the ports selected with the selected SRS resource may be indicated by TRI and SRI.
  • TRI may be wideband feedback and SRI can be wideband or subband feedback.
  • the port selection within the SRS resource may be based on a mapping table, which can be pre-configured via higher layer or semi-statically signaling.
  • FIG. 11 shows one reference example of a mapping table for port selection. In particular, FIG. 11 shows the selected port index within the selected SRS resource among two SRS resources, where resource 1 includes 4 ports and resource 2 includes two resources.
  • the BS may jointly encode TRI and SRI (e.g., when signaling both TRI and SRI) to save DCI signaling overhead.
  • a bitmap table of feedback index to the TRI/SRI mapping can be used for the jointly encoded TRI/SRI.
  • FIG. 12A illustrates an example bitmap table of feedback index to TRI/SRI mapping that can be used for the mapping table in FIG. 12B (which shows an example mapping of restricted TRI to SRI selection hypothesis) .
  • the signaling for TRI/SRI may be slot and/or frequency dependent.
  • different slots and/or frequency e.g., multiple bandwidth parts
  • the signaling can be based on the particular slots/frequency used for the different SRS resources.
  • different signaling can be used for different slots.
  • a first group of SRS resources e.g., SRS group 1
  • SRS group 2 may be transmitted on slot 0, 4, 8, 12 and the corresponding TRI/SRI may be feedback on slots 2, 6, 10 and 14.
  • a second group of SRS resources e.g., SRS group 2
  • SRS group 2 may be transmitted on slot 1, 5, 9 and 13 and the corresponding TRI/SRI may be feedback on slots 3, 7, 11 and 15.
  • the mapping table used in each of the signaling options can be slot and/or frequency dependent.
  • the BS can configure different TRI/SRI to selected rank and precoder mapping for different slots or frequency, and the UE can use the corresponding table based on index of slot or frequency.
  • 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 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
  • 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, or any other such configuration.
  • 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 interface e.g., keypad, display, mouse, joystick, etc.
  • a user interface e.g., keypad, display, mouse, joystick, etc.
  • 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 Programmable Read-Only Memory
  • 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.
  • any connection is properly termed a computer-readable medium.
  • the software is transmitted from a website, server, or other remote source using a coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, digital subscriber line (DSL) , or wireless technologies such as infrared (IR) , radio, and microwave
  • the coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, DSL, or wireless technologies such as infrared, radio, and microwave are included in the definition of medium.
  • Disk and disc include compact disc (CD) , laser disc, optical disc, digital versatile disc (DVD) , floppy disk, and disc where disks usually reproduce data magnetically, while discs reproduce data optically with lasers.
  • computer-readable media may comprise non-transitory computer-readable media (e.g., tangible media) .
  • computer-readable media may comprise transitory computer-readable media (e.g., a signal) . Combinations of the above should also be included within the scope of computer-readable media.
  • certain aspects may comprise a computer program product for performing the operations presented herein.
  • a computer program product may comprise a computer-readable medium having instructions stored (and/or encoded) thereon, the instructions being executable by one or more processors to perform the operations described herein.
  • modules and/or other appropriate means for performing the methods and techniques described herein can be downloaded and/or otherwise obtained by a user terminal and/or base station as applicable.
  • a user terminal and/or base station can be coupled to a server to facilitate the transfer of means for performing the methods described herein.
  • various methods described herein can be provided via storage means (e.g., RAM, ROM, a physical storage medium such as a compact disc (CD) or floppy disk, etc. ) , such that a user terminal and/or base station can obtain the various methods upon coupling or providing the storage means to the device.
  • storage means e.g., RAM, ROM, a physical storage medium such as a compact disc (CD) or floppy disk, etc.
  • CD compact disc
  • floppy disk etc.
  • any other suitable technique for providing the methods and techniques described herein to a device can be utilized.

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