WO2021179108A1 - Beam hopping for repetitions in a physical uplink control channel resource - Google Patents
Beam hopping for repetitions in a physical uplink control channel resource Download PDFInfo
- Publication number
- WO2021179108A1 WO2021179108A1 PCT/CN2020/078362 CN2020078362W WO2021179108A1 WO 2021179108 A1 WO2021179108 A1 WO 2021179108A1 CN 2020078362 W CN2020078362 W CN 2020078362W WO 2021179108 A1 WO2021179108 A1 WO 2021179108A1
- Authority
- WO
- WIPO (PCT)
- Prior art keywords
- repetitions
- pucch
- frequency hop
- indicated
- spatial
- Prior art date
Links
- 238000004891 communication Methods 0.000 claims abstract description 76
- 230000004913 activation Effects 0.000 claims abstract description 33
- 238000000034 method Methods 0.000 claims description 95
- 230000015654 memory Effects 0.000 claims description 20
- 230000005540 biological transmission Effects 0.000 claims description 18
- 230000011664 signaling Effects 0.000 claims description 17
- 230000006870 function Effects 0.000 claims description 16
- 238000009825 accumulation Methods 0.000 claims description 15
- 230000008569 process Effects 0.000 description 34
- 238000010586 diagram Methods 0.000 description 15
- 235000008694 Humulus lupulus Nutrition 0.000 description 12
- 238000005516 engineering process Methods 0.000 description 11
- 238000013507 mapping Methods 0.000 description 5
- 125000004122 cyclic group Chemical group 0.000 description 3
- 238000012545 processing Methods 0.000 description 3
- 230000001413 cellular effect Effects 0.000 description 2
- 230000001419 dependent effect Effects 0.000 description 2
- 238000013461 design Methods 0.000 description 2
- 241000700159 Rattus Species 0.000 description 1
- 230000002776 aggregation Effects 0.000 description 1
- 238000004220 aggregation Methods 0.000 description 1
- 230000006399 behavior Effects 0.000 description 1
- 230000009286 beneficial effect Effects 0.000 description 1
- 238000004590 computer program Methods 0.000 description 1
- 238000010276 construction Methods 0.000 description 1
- 238000001514 detection method Methods 0.000 description 1
- 230000001771 impaired effect Effects 0.000 description 1
- 230000007774 longterm Effects 0.000 description 1
- 238000004519 manufacturing process Methods 0.000 description 1
- 238000012986 modification Methods 0.000 description 1
- 230000004048 modification Effects 0.000 description 1
- 230000008520 organization Effects 0.000 description 1
- 239000004984 smart glass Substances 0.000 description 1
- 238000000638 solvent extraction Methods 0.000 description 1
- 230000003595 spectral effect Effects 0.000 description 1
- 238000001228 spectrum Methods 0.000 description 1
- 230000001360 synchronised effect Effects 0.000 description 1
- 238000011144 upstream manufacturing Methods 0.000 description 1
- 210000000707 wrist Anatomy 0.000 description 1
Images
Classifications
-
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
- H04W16/00—Network planning, e.g. coverage or traffic planning tools; Network deployment, e.g. resource partitioning or cells structures
- H04W16/24—Cell structures
- H04W16/28—Cell structures using beam steering
-
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
- H04W72/00—Local resource management
- H04W72/20—Control channels or signalling for resource management
- H04W72/23—Control channels or signalling for resource management in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
-
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04B—TRANSMISSION
- H04B7/00—Radio transmission systems, i.e. using radiation field
- H04B7/02—Diversity systems; Multi-antenna system, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas
- H04B7/04—Diversity systems; Multi-antenna system, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas
- H04B7/0408—Diversity systems; Multi-antenna system, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas using two or more beams, i.e. beam diversity
-
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04B—TRANSMISSION
- H04B7/00—Radio transmission systems, i.e. using radiation field
- H04B7/02—Diversity systems; Multi-antenna system, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas
- H04B7/04—Diversity systems; Multi-antenna system, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas
- H04B7/06—Diversity systems; Multi-antenna system, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station
- H04B7/0602—Diversity systems; Multi-antenna system, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station using antenna switching
- H04B7/0604—Diversity systems; Multi-antenna system, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station using antenna switching with predefined switching scheme
-
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04B—TRANSMISSION
- H04B7/00—Radio transmission systems, i.e. using radiation field
- H04B7/02—Diversity systems; Multi-antenna system, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas
- H04B7/04—Diversity systems; Multi-antenna system, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas
- H04B7/06—Diversity systems; Multi-antenna system, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas at the transmitting station
- H04B7/0686—Hybrid systems, i.e. switching and simultaneous transmission
- H04B7/0695—Hybrid systems, i.e. switching and simultaneous transmission using beam selection
-
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
- H04L1/00—Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received
- H04L1/08—Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received by repeating transmission, e.g. Verdan system
-
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
- H04L5/00—Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
- H04L5/0001—Arrangements for dividing the transmission path
- H04L5/0003—Two-dimensional division
- H04L5/0005—Time-frequency
- H04L5/0007—Time-frequency the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A), DMT
- H04L5/0012—Hopping in multicarrier systems
-
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
- H04W52/00—Power management, e.g. TPC [Transmission Power Control], power saving or power classes
- H04W52/04—TPC
- H04W52/06—TPC algorithms
- H04W52/08—Closed loop power control
-
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
- H04W52/00—Power management, e.g. TPC [Transmission Power Control], power saving or power classes
- H04W52/04—TPC
- H04W52/18—TPC being performed according to specific parameters
- H04W52/24—TPC being performed according to specific parameters using SIR [Signal to Interference Ratio] or other wireless path parameters
- H04W52/242—TPC being performed according to specific parameters using SIR [Signal to Interference Ratio] or other wireless path parameters taking into account path loss
-
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
- H04W52/00—Power management, e.g. TPC [Transmission Power Control], power saving or power classes
- H04W52/04—TPC
- H04W52/30—TPC using constraints in the total amount of available transmission power
- H04W52/36—TPC using constraints in the total amount of available transmission power with a discrete range or set of values, e.g. step size, ramping or offsets
-
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
- H04W52/00—Power management, e.g. TPC [Transmission Power Control], power saving or power classes
- H04W52/04—TPC
- H04W52/30—TPC using constraints in the total amount of available transmission power
- H04W52/36—TPC using constraints in the total amount of available transmission power with a discrete range or set of values, e.g. step size, ramping or offsets
- H04W52/367—Power values between minimum and maximum limits, e.g. dynamic range
-
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
- H04W52/00—Power management, e.g. TPC [Transmission Power Control], power saving or power classes
- H04W52/04—TPC
- H04W52/54—Signalisation aspects of the TPC commands, e.g. frame structure
-
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
- H04W72/00—Local resource management
- H04W72/04—Wireless resource allocation
- H04W72/044—Wireless resource allocation based on the type of the allocated resource
- H04W72/0446—Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
-
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
- H04W72/00—Local resource management
- H04W72/20—Control channels or signalling for resource management
- H04W72/21—Control channels or signalling for resource management in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network
-
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
- H04L1/00—Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received
- H04L1/12—Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received by using return channel
- H04L1/16—Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received by using return channel in which the return channel carries supervisory signals, e.g. repetition request signals
- H04L1/18—Automatic repetition systems, e.g. Van Duuren systems
- H04L1/1867—Arrangements specially adapted for the transmitter end
- H04L1/189—Transmission or retransmission of more than one copy of a message
-
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
- H04W52/00—Power management, e.g. TPC [Transmission Power Control], power saving or power classes
- H04W52/04—TPC
- H04W52/06—TPC algorithms
-
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
- H04W52/00—Power management, e.g. TPC [Transmission Power Control], power saving or power classes
- H04W52/04—TPC
- H04W52/38—TPC being performed in particular situations
- H04W52/42—TPC being performed in particular situations in systems with time, space, frequency or polarisation diversity
Definitions
- aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication and to techniques and apparatuses for beam hopping for repetitions in a physical uplink control channel resource.
- 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, and/or the like) .
- multiple-access technologies include 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, time division synchronous code division multiple access (TD-SCDMA) systems, and Long Term Evolution (LTE) .
- LTE/LTE-Advanced is a set of enhancements to the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) mobile standard promulgated by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) .
- UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
- a wireless communication network may include a number of base stations (BSs) that can support communication for a number of user equipment (UEs) .
- a user equipment (UE) may communicate with a base station (BS) via the downlink and uplink.
- the downlink (or forward link) refers to the communication link from the BS to the UE
- the uplink (or reverse link) refers to the communication link from the UE to the BS.
- a BS may be referred to as a Node B, a gNB, an access point (AP) , a radio head, a transmit receive point (TRP) , a New Radio (NR) BS, a 5G Node B, and/or the like.
- New Radio which may also be referred to as 5G, is a set of enhancements to the LTE mobile standard promulgated by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) .
- 3GPP Third Generation Partnership Project
- NR is designed to better support mobile broadband Internet access by improving spectral efficiency, lowering costs, improving services, making use of new spectrum, and better integrating with other open standards using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) with a cyclic prefix (CP) (CP-OFDM) on the downlink (DL) , using CP-OFDM and/or SC-FDM (e.g., also known as discrete Fourier transform spread OFDM (DFT-s-OFDM) ) on the uplink (UL) , as well as supporting beamforming, multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna technology, and carrier aggregation.
- OFDM orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
- SC-FDM e.g., also known as discrete Fourier transform spread OFDM (DFT-s-OFDM)
- DFT-s-OFDM discrete Fourier transform spread OFDM
- MIMO multiple-input multiple-output
- a method of wireless communication may include receiving an activation command to activate multiple spatial relations for a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource that is to be used for transmitting repetitions of a communication in multiple slots; and transmitting the repetitions in the PUCCH resource in the multiple slots using the multiple spatial relations.
- PUCCH physical uplink control channel
- a method of wireless communication may include determining, for a UE, multiple spatial relations that are to be activated for a PUCCH resource that is to be used by the UE for transmitting repetitions of a communication in multiple slots; and transmitting an activation command to the UE to activate the multiple spatial relations for the PUCCH resource.
- a UE for wireless communication may include a memory and one or more processors operatively coupled to the memory.
- the memory and the one or more processors may be configured to receive an activation command to activate multiple spatial relations for a PUCCH resource that is to be used for transmitting repetitions of a communication in multiple slots; and transmit the repetitions in the PUCCH resource in the multiple slots using the multiple spatial relations.
- a BS for wireless communication may include a memory and one or more processors operatively coupled to the memory.
- the memory and the one or more processors may be configured to determine, for a UE, multiple spatial relations that are to be activated for a PUCCH resource that is to be used by the UE for transmitting repetitions of a communication in multiple slots; and transmit an activation command to the UE to activate the multiple spatial relations for the PUCCH resource.
- a non-transitory computer-readable medium may store one or more instructions for wireless communication.
- the one or more instructions when executed by one or more processors of a UE, may cause the one or more processors to receive an activation command to activate multiple spatial relations for a PUCCH resource that is to be used for transmitting repetitions of a communication in multiple slots; and transmit the repetitions in the PUCCH resource in the multiple slots using the multiple spatial relations.
- a non-transitory computer-readable medium may store one or more instructions for wireless communication.
- the one or more instructions when executed by one or more processors of a BS, may cause the one or more processors to determine, for a UE, multiple spatial relations that are to be activated for a PUCCH resource that is to be used by the UE for transmitting repetitions of a communication in multiple slots; and transmit an activation command to the UE to activate the multiple spatial relations for the PUCCH resource.
- an apparatus for wireless communication may include means for receiving an activation command to activate multiple spatial relations for a PUCCH resource that is to be used for transmitting repetitions of a communication in multiple slots; and means for transmitting the repetitions in the PUCCH resource in the multiple slots using the multiple spatial relations.
- an apparatus for wireless communication may include means for determining, for a UE, multiple spatial relations that are to be activated for a PUCCH resource that is to be used by the UE for transmitting repetitions of a communication in multiple slots; and means for transmitting an activation command to the UE to activate the multiple spatial relations for the PUCCH resource.
- aspects generally include a method, apparatus, system, computer program product, non-transitory computer-readable medium, user equipment, base station, wireless communication device, and/or processing system as substantially described herein with reference to and as illustrated by the drawings and specification.
- Fig. 1 is a block diagram conceptually illustrating an example of a wireless communication network, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.
- Fig. 2 is a block diagram conceptually illustrating an example of a base station (BS) in communication with a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication network, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.
- BS base station
- UE user equipment
- Figs. 3A-7 are diagrams illustrating one or more examples of beam hopping for repetitions in a physical uplink control channel resource, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.
- Fig. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example process performed, for example, by a UE, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.
- Fig. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example process performed, for example, by a BS, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.
- Fig. 1 is a diagram illustrating a wireless network 100 in which aspects of the present disclosure may be practiced.
- the wireless network 100 may be an LTE network or some other wireless network, such as a 5G or NR network.
- the wireless network 100 may include a number of base stations (BSs) 110 (shown as BS 110a, BS 110b, BS 110c, and BS 110d) and other network entities.
- a BS is an entity that communicates with user equipment (UEs) and may also be referred to as a base station, a NR BS, a Node B, a gNB, a 5G node B (NB) , an access point, a transmit receive point (TRP) , and/or the like.
- Each BS may provide communication coverage for a particular geographic area.
- the term “cell” can refer to a coverage area of a BS and/or a BS subsystem serving this coverage area, depending on the context in which the term is used.
- a BS may provide communication coverage for a macro cell, a pico cell, a femto cell, and/or another type 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) ) .
- 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.
- a BS 110a may be a macro BS for a macro cell 102a
- a BS 110b may be a pico BS for a pico cell 102b
- a BS 110c may be a femto BS for a femto cell 102c.
- a BS may support one or multiple (e.g., three) cells.
- eNB base station
- NR BS NR BS
- gNB gNode B
- AP AP
- node B node B
- 5G NB 5G NB
- cell may be used interchangeably herein.
- a cell may not necessarily be stationary, and the geographic area of the cell may move according to the location of a mobile BS.
- the BSs may be interconnected to one another and/or to one or more other BSs 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, and/or the like using any suitable transport network.
- Wireless network 100 may also include relay stations.
- a relay station is an entity that can receive a transmission of data from an upstream station (e.g., a BS or a UE) and send a transmission of the data to a downstream station (e.g., a UE or a BS) .
- a relay station may also be a UE that can relay transmissions for other UEs.
- a relay station 110d may communicate with macro BS 110a and a UE 120d in order to facilitate communication between BS 110a and UE 120d.
- a relay station may also be referred to as a relay BS, a relay base station, a relay, and/or the like.
- Wireless network 100 may be a heterogeneous network that includes BSs of different types, e.g., macro BSs, pico BSs, femto BSs, relay BSs, and/or the like. These different types of BSs may have different transmit power levels, different coverage areas, and different impacts on interference in wireless network 100.
- macro BSs may have a high transmit power level (e.g., 5 to 40 Watts) whereas pico BSs, femto BSs, and relay BSs may have lower transmit power levels (e.g., 0.1 to 2 Watts) .
- a network controller 130 may couple to a set of BSs and may provide coordination and control for these BSs.
- Network controller 130 may communicate with the BSs via a backhaul.
- the BSs may also communicate with one another, e.g., directly or indirectly via a wireless or wireline backhaul.
- UEs 120 may be dispersed throughout wireless network 100, and each UE may be stationary or mobile.
- a UE may also be referred to as an access terminal, a terminal, a mobile station, a subscriber unit, a station, and/or the like.
- a UE may be a cellular phone (e.g., 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 equipment, biometric sensors/devices, wearable devices (smart watches, smart clothing, smart glasses, smart wrist bands, smart jewelry (e.g., smart ring, smart bracelet) ) , an entertainment device (e.g., a music or video device, or a satellite radio) , a vehicular component or sensor, smart meters/sensors, industrial manufacturing equipment, a global positioning system device, or any other suitable device that is configured to communicate via a wireless or wired medium.
- PDA personal digital assistant
- WLL wireless local loop
- Some UEs may be considered machine-type communication (MTC) or evolved or enhanced machine-type communication (eMTC) UEs.
- MTC and eMTC UEs include, for example, robots, drones, remote devices, sensors, meters, monitors, location tags, and/or the like, that may communicate with a base station, 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.
- Some UEs may be considered Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices, and/or may be implemented as NB-IoT (narrowband internet of things) devices.
- IoT Internet-of-Things
- NB-IoT narrowband internet of things
- UE 120 may be included inside a housing that houses components of UE 120, such as processor components, memory components, and/or the like.
- the processor components and the memory components may be coupled together.
- the processor components e.g., one or more processors
- the memory components e.g., a memory
- the processor components and the memory components may be operatively coupled, communicatively coupled, electronically coupled, electrically coupled, and/or the like.
- 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, and/or the like.
- a frequency may also be referred to as a carrier, a frequency channel, and/or the like.
- 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.
- two or more UEs 120 may communicate directly using one or more sidelink channels (e.g., without using a base station 110 as an intermediary to communicate with one another) .
- the UEs 120 may communicate using peer-to-peer (P2P) communications, device-to-device (D2D) communications, a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) protocol (e.g., which may include a vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) protocol, a vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) protocol, and/or the like) , a mesh network, and/or the like.
- V2X vehicle-to-everything
- the UE 120 may perform scheduling operations, resource selection operations, and/or other operations described elsewhere herein as being performed by the base station 110.
- Fig. 1 is provided as an example. Other examples may differ from what is described with regard to Fig. 1.
- Fig. 2 shows a block diagram of a design 200 of base station 110 and UE 120, which may be one of the base stations and one of the UEs in Fig. 1.
- Base station 110 may be equipped with T antennas 234a through 234t
- UE 120 may be equipped with R antennas 252a through 252r, where in general T ⁇ 1 and R ⁇ 1.
- a transmit processor 220 may receive data from a data source 212 for one or more UEs, select one or more modulation and coding schemes (MCS) for each UE based at least in part on channel quality indicators (CQIs) received from the UE, process (e.g., encode and modulate) the data for each UE based at least in part on the MCS (s) selected for the UE, and provide data symbols for all UEs. Transmit processor 220 may also process system information (e.g., for semi-static resource partitioning information (SRPI) and/or the like) and control information (e.g., CQI requests, grants, upper layer signaling, and/or the like) and provide overhead symbols and control symbols.
- MCS modulation and coding schemes
- Transmit processor 220 may also generate reference symbols for reference signals (e.g., the cell-specific reference signal (CRS) ) and synchronization signals (e.g., the primary synchronization signal (PSS) and secondary synchronization signal (SSS) ) .
- a transmit (TX) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) processor 230 may perform spatial processing (e.g., precoding) on the data symbols, the control symbols, the overhead symbols, and/or the reference symbols, if applicable, and may provide T output symbol streams to T modulators (MODs) 232a through 232t. Each modulator 232 may process a respective output symbol stream (e.g., for OFDM and/or the like) to obtain an output sample stream.
- TX transmit
- MIMO multiple-input multiple-output
- Each modulator 232 may process a respective output symbol stream (e.g., for OFDM and/or the like) to obtain an output sample stream.
- Each modulator 232 may further process (e.g., convert to analog, amplify, filter, and upconvert) the output sample stream to obtain a downlink signal.
- T downlink signals from modulators 232a through 232t may be transmitted via T antennas 234a through 234t, respectively.
- the synchronization signals can be generated with location encoding to convey additional information.
- antennas 252a through 252r may receive the downlink signals from base station 110 and/or other base stations and may provide received signals to demodulators (DEMODs) 254a through 254r, respectively.
- Each demodulator 254 may condition (e.g., filter, amplify, downconvert, and digitize) a received signal to obtain input samples.
- Each demodulator 254 may further process the input samples (e.g., for OFDM and/or the like) to obtain received symbols.
- a MIMO detector 256 may obtain received symbols from all R demodulators 254a through 254r, perform MIMO detection on the received symbols if applicable, and provide detected symbols.
- a receive processor 258 may process (e.g., demodulate and decode) the detected symbols, provide decoded data for UE 120 to a data sink 260, and provide decoded control information and system information to a controller/processor 280.
- a channel processor may determine reference signal received power (RSRP) , received signal strength indicator (RSSI) , reference signal received quality (RSRQ) , channel quality indicator (CQI) , and/or the like.
- RSRP reference signal received power
- RSSI received signal strength indicator
- RSRQ reference signal received quality
- CQI channel quality indicator
- one or more components of UE 120 may be included in a housing.
- a transmit processor 264 may receive and process data from a data source 262 and control information (e.g., for reports comprising RSRP, RSSI, RSRQ, CQI, and/or the like) from controller/processor 280. Transmit processor 264 may also generate reference symbols for one or more reference signals. The symbols from transmit processor 264 may be precoded by a TX MIMO processor 266 if applicable, further processed by modulators 254a through 254r (e.g., for DFT-s-OFDM, CP-OFDM, and/or the like) , and transmitted to base station 110.
- modulators 254a through 254r e.g., for DFT-s-OFDM, CP-OFDM, and/or the like
- the uplink signals from UE 120 and other UEs may be received by antennas 234, processed by demodulators 232, detected by a MIMO detector 236 if applicable, and further processed by a receive processor 238 to obtain decoded data and control information sent by UE 120.
- Receive processor 238 may provide the decoded data to a data sink 239 and the decoded control information to controller/processor 240.
- Base station 110 may include communication unit 244 and communicate to network controller 130 via communication unit 244.
- Network controller 130 may include communication unit 294, controller/processor 290, and memory 292.
- Controller/processor 240 of base station 110, controller/processor 280 of UE 120, and/or any other component (s) of Fig. 2 may perform one or more techniques associated with beam hopping for repetitions in a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource, as described in more detail elsewhere herein.
- controller/processor 240 of base station 110, controller/processor 280 of UE 120, and/or any other component (s) of Fig. 2 may perform or direct operations of, for example, process 800 of Fig. 8, process 900 of Fig. 9, and/or other processes as described herein.
- Memories 242 and 282 may store data and program codes for base station 110 and UE 120, respectively.
- memory 242 and/or memory 282 may comprise a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing one or more instructions for wireless communication.
- the one or more instructions when executed (e.g., directly, or after compiling, converting, interpreting, and/or the like) by one or more processors of the base station 110 and/or the UE 120, may perform or direct operations of, for example, process 800 of Fig. 8, process 900 of Fig. 9, and/or other processes as described herein.
- executing instructions may include running the instructions, converting the instructions, compiling the instructions, interpreting the instructions, and/or the like.
- a scheduler 246 may schedule UEs for data transmission on the downlink and/or uplink.
- UE 120 may include means for receiving an activation command to activate multiple spatial relations for a PUCCH resource that is to be used for transmitting repetitions of a communication in multiple slots, means for transmitting the repetitions in the PUCCH resource in the multiple slots using the multiple spatial relations, and/or the like.
- such means may include one or more components of UE 120 described in connection with Fig. 2, such as controller/processor 280, transmit processor 264, TX MIMO processor 266, MOD 254, antenna 252, DEMOD 254, MIMO detector 256, receive processor 258, and/or the like.
- base station 110 may include means for determining, for a UE, multiple spatial relations that are to be activated for a PUCCH resource that is to be used by the UE for transmitting repetitions of a communication in multiple slots, means for transmitting an activation command to the UE to activate the multiple spatial relations for the PUCCH resource, and/or the like.
- such means may include one or more components of base station 110 described in connection with Fig. 2, such as antenna 234, DEMOD 232, MIMO detector 236, receive processor 238, controller/processor 240, transmit processor 220, TX MIMO processor 230, MOD 232, antenna 234, and/or the like.
- Fig. 2 is provided as an example. Other examples may differ from what is described with regard to Fig. 2.
- Wireless communication devices such as UEs, BSs, TRPs, and/or the like, may communicate with each other using beams.
- a beam indication e.g., a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state, a quasi-co-location (QCL) relationship, a spatial relation, and/or the like
- TCI transmission configuration indication
- QCL quasi-co-location
- a spatial relation and/or the like
- a BS may indicate a set of spatial relations (e.g., a set of eight spatial relations) that are to be used for different PUCCH resources.
- the BS may signal an activated spatial relation for a particular PUCCH resource.
- the BS may signal a first activated spatial relation for a first PUCCH resource, a second activated spatial relation for a second PUCCH resource, and so forth.
- a UE may be beneficial for a UE to communicate using multiple beams that are to be received by different receivers (e.g., different antennas, panels, TRPs, BSs, and/or the like) , thereby improving performance of the UE’s communications.
- a UE may not be enabled to communicate using multiple beams for repetitions of a communication that are to be transmitted in a PUCCH resource in multiple slots.
- a diversity and/or a reliability of communications may be impaired.
- Figs. 3A and 3B are diagrams illustrating one or more examples 300 of beam hopping for repetitions in a PUCCH resource, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure. As shown in Figs. 3A and 3B, a BS 110 and a UE 120 may communicate with one another.
- the BS 110 may transmit, and the UE 120 may receive, an activation command to activate multiple (e.g., two) spatial relations for a PUCCH resource (e.g., PUCCH resource 415, as described in connection with Figs. 4-7) that is to be used for transmitting repetitions of a PUCCH communication in multiple slots (e.g., the PUCCH resource may be configured with a quantity of repetitions (using a PUCCH format nrofSlots parameter) that is greater than one) . That is, the BS 110 may determine, for the UE, multiple spatial relations that are to be activated for the PUCCH resource, and transmit an activation command to activate the multiple spatial relations.
- a PUCCH resource e.g., PUCCH resource 415, as described in connection with Figs. 4-7
- the PUCCH resource may be configured with a quantity of repetitions (using a PUCCH format nrofSlots parameter) that is greater than one) . That is, the BS 110
- the activation command may be included in a medium access control control element (MAC-CE) , such as MAC-CE 310a or MAC-CE 310b.
- MAC-CE medium access control control element
- the MAC-CE may include the activation command by identifying spatial relation identifiers (e.g., PUCCH-SpatialRelationInfoIds) of the multiple spatial relations that are to be activated.
- the MAC-CE may also identify the PUCCH resource, such as by a PUCCH resource identifier, for which the multiple spatial relations are to be activated.
- a spatial relation e.g., spatial relation information
- SSB synchronization signal block
- CSI-RS channel state information reference signal
- SRS sounding reference signal
- the MAC-CE 310a may include a bitmap 315 for spatial relations. Bits (shown as S 0 –S 7 ) of the bitmap 315 may map to spatial relations configured for the UE 120. For example, a first bit (e.g., S 0 ) of the bitmap 315 maps to a first spatial relation configured for the UE 120, a second bit (e.g., S 1 ) of the bitmap 315 maps to a second spatial relation configured for the UE 120, and so forth. In this example, multiple bits (e.g., two bits) of the bitmap 315 may be set to indicate the spatial relations that are to be activated (e.g., according to the mapping of bits to spatial relations) . A bit that is set may have a value of one, and a bit that is not set may have a value of zero.
- the MAC-CE 310b may include multiple fields to indicate the multiple spatial relations.
- the MAC-CE 310b may include a first field 320a to indicate a first spatial relation that is to be activated and a second field 320b to indicate a second spatial relation that is to be activated.
- the MAC-CE 310b may include additional fields to indicate additional spatial relations that are to be activated.
- the MAC-CE 310b may include a flag 325 to indicate whether the second field 320b is present in the MAC-CE 310b.
- the flag 325 may be set (e.g., to a value of one) to indicate that the second field 320b is present in the MAC-CE 310b.
- the activated spatial relations may be associated with respective sets of the repetitions that are to be transmitted in the PUCCH resource.
- a first activated spatial relation may be associated with a first set of repetitions (that are to be transmitted in a first set of slots)
- a second activated spatial relation may be associated with a second set of repetitions (that are to be transmitted in a second set of slots)
- the first activated spatial relation may indicate a first beam (e.g., Beam 1, as described in connection with Figs. 4-7) that is to be used for the first set of repetitions
- the second activated spatial relation may indicate a second beam (e.g., Beam 2, as described in connection with Figs. 4-7) that is to be used for the second set of repetitions.
- the UE 120 may perform processing in connection with the activated spatial relations.
- the UE 120 may determine that the first set of repetitions are to use the same spatial domain filter that the UE 120 used for reception of a reference signal (e.g., an SSB, a CSI-RS, and/or the like) , or transmission of a reference signal (e.g., an SRS) , indicated by the first activated spatial relation, and that the second set of repetitions are to use the same spatial domain filter that the UE 120 used for reception of a reference signal, or transmission of a reference signal, indicated by the second activated spatial relation.
- a reference signal e.g., an SSB, a CSI-RS, and/or the like
- a reference signal e.g., an SRS
- the UE 120 may determine that the first set of repetitions are to use a first set of power control parameters (e.g., a pathloss reference signal (PL-RS) , a P0 parameter, a closed loop index, and/or the like) indicated by the first activated spatial relation, and that the second set of repetitions are to use a second set of power control parameters indicated by the second activated spatial relation.
- a first set of power control parameters e.g., a pathloss reference signal (PL-RS) , a P0 parameter, a closed loop index, and/or the like
- the UE 120 may determine a first PUCCH power value that is to be used for the first set of repetitions, and a second PUCCH power value that is to be used for the second set of repetitions. In some aspects, the UE 120 may determine a PUCCH power value according to Equation 1 (as detailed in 3GPP Technical Specification 38.213, Section 7.2.1) :
- the UE 120 may determine the first PUCCH power value for the first set of repetitions based at least in part on power control parameters (e.g., a PL-RS, a P0 parameter, and/or a closed loop index) indicated by the first spatial relation, and a second PUCCH power value for the second set of repetitions based at least in part on power control parameters indicated by the second spatial relation.
- power control parameters e.g., a PL-RS, a P0 parameter, and/or a closed loop index
- respective closed loop indices indicated by the first spatial relation and the second spatial relation may be different.
- the UE 120 may determine a first transmit power control (TPC) accumulation function value (i.e., g b, f, c (i, l) ) based at least in part on a first closed loop index indicated by the first spatial relation.
- TPC transmit power control
- the UE 120 may determine a second TPC accumulation function value based at least in part on a second closed loop index indicated by the second spatial relation.
- downlink control information that schedules a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) communication and a transmission of UCI (e.g., acknowledgment feedback for the PDSCH communication) in the PUCCH resource, may indicate a TPC command (e.g., a value from 0 to 3) .
- the TPC command may map to a particular power adjustment that is to be used for determining a TPC accumulation function value.
- the UE 120 may apply the TPC command to the first closed loop index (when determining the first TPC accumulation function value) , the second closed loop index (when determining the second TPC accumulation function value) , or both the first and second closed loop indices (when determining the first and second TPC accumulation function values) .
- the DCI may indicate respective TPC commands for the first closed loop index and the second closed loop index, and the UE 120 may determine the first and second TPC accumulation function values based at least in part on the respective TPC commands.
- multiple TPC commands may be indicated in respective TPC fields of the DCI, or a single TPC field of the DCI may indicate the multiple TPC commands.
- the UE 120 may transmit, and the BS 110 may receive, the repetitions using the multiple spatial relations.
- the UE 120 may transmit a repetition in an occasion of the PUCCH resource of a slot.
- the UE 120 may transmit a first repetition in a first occasion of the PUCCH resource in a first slot, a second repetition in a second occasion of the PUCCH resource in a second slot, and so forth.
- the repetitions may be of a PUCCH communication (e.g., UCI, such as hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) feedback, channel state information, and/or the like) .
- UCI such as hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) feedback, channel state information, and/or the like
- the UE 120 may transmit the first set of repetitions using a first beam (as indicated by the first activated spatial relation) , and the second set of repetitions using a second beam (as indicated by the second activated spatial relation) .
- the UE 120 may transmit the first set of repetitions in a first set of slots, and the second set of repetitions in a second set of slots, as described below in connection with Figs. 4-7.
- the first set of repetitions may be received by a first receiver (e.g., a first antenna, panel, TRP, BS, and/or the like)
- the second set of repetitions may be received by a second receiver (e.g., a second antenna, panel, TRP, BS, and/or the like) .
- the UE 120 may begin to transmit the repetitions using multiple beams upon receiving the MAC-CE (e.g., MAC-CE 310a or MAC-CE 310b) that includes the activation command for multiple spatial relations. For example, the UE 120 may apply the activation command after a time window (e.g., 3 milliseconds) after the UE 120 transmits acknowledgment feedback (e.g., HARQ-ACK feedback) for the PDSCH carrying the MAC-CE.
- a time window e.g., 3 milliseconds
- acknowledgment feedback e.g., HARQ-ACK feedback
- the UE 120 may begin to transmit the repetitions using multiple beams upon receiving a configuration (e.g., a radio resource control (RRC) configuration) for multiple beam hopping for the PUCCH resource in different slots (e.g., an RRC parameter interSlotBeamHopping is enabled) .
- a configuration e.g., a radio resource control (RRC) configuration
- RRC radio resource control
- Figs. 3A and 3B are provided as one or more examples. Other examples may differ from what is described with respect to Figs. 3A and 3B.
- Fig. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example 400 of beam hopping for repetitions in a PUCCH resource, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.
- Fig. 4 shows a beam hopping pattern 405 and a beam hopping pattern 410 for transmitting repetitions in a PUCCH resource 415 in multiple slots.
- four repetitions are configured for the PUCCH resource 415.
- a different quantity of repetitions may be configured for the PUCCH resource 415, such as two repetitions or eight repetitions.
- a first set of repetitions may use the same spatial domain filter used for reception or transmission of a reference signal indicated by the first activated spatial relation
- a second set of repetitions may use the same spatial domain filter used for reception or transmission of a reference signal indicated by the second activated spatial relation.
- the UE 120 may transmit the first set of repetitions using a first beam (Beam 1)
- the second set of repetitions using a second beam (Beam 2) .
- the first set of repetitions (using Beam 1) and the second set of repetitions (using Beam 2) may be cyclically mapped to the PUCCH resource 415 in multiple slots.
- repetitions of the first set alternate with repetitions of the second set.
- the UE 120 may transmit the first set of repetitions using Beam 1 in Slot 1 and Slot 3, and transmit the second set of repetitions using Beam 2 in Slot 2 and Slot 4.
- repetitions of the first set are even-indexed repetitions (e.g., repetition 0 and repetition 2)
- repetitions of the second set are odd-indexed repetitions (e.g., repetition 1 and repetition 3) .
- repetitions of the first set are odd-indexed repetitions
- repetitions of the second set are even-indexed repetitions.
- the first set of repetitions (using Beam 1) and the second set of repetitions (using Beam 2) may be sequentially mapped to the PUCCH resource 415 in multiple slots.
- repetitions of the first set are in consecutive slots
- repetitions of the second set are in consecutive slots.
- the UE 120 may transmit the first set of repetitions using Beam 1 in Slot 1 and Slot 2, and transmit the second set of repetitions using Beam 2 in Slot 3 and Slot 4.
- repetitions of the first set occur before repetitions of the second set.
- repetitions of the second set occur before repetitions of the first set.
- a pattern of repetitions of the first set and repetitions of the second set is indicated via RRC signaling.
- the BS 110 may transmit, and the UE 120 may receive, an RRC configuration that indicates the pattern that the UE 120 is to use.
- the pattern may be beam hopping pattern 405 or beam hopping pattern 410.
- Fig. 4 is provided as an example. Other examples may differ from what is described with respect to Fig. 4.
- Fig. 5A is a diagram illustrating an example 500 of beam hopping for repetitions in a PUCCH resource, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.
- Fig. 5A shows the beam hopping pattern 405 and the beam hopping pattern 410 for transmitting repetitions in the PUCCH resource 415 in multiple slots, as described in connection with Fig. 4.
- four repetitions are configured for the PUCCH resource 415.
- a different quantity of repetitions may be configured for the PUCCH resource 415, such as two repetitions or eight repetitions.
- the UE 120 may not transmit a particular repetition that is scheduled to be transmitted in the PUCCH resource 415 in a slot. For example, the UE 120 may not transmit the repetition in the slot when the repetition has a potential collision with, or overlaps with, another PUCCH communication that is to be transmitted by the UE 120 in the slot.
- the pattern of repetitions of the first set (using Beam 1) and repetitions of the second set (using Beam 2) is defined without regard to whether the repetition is transmitted.
- repetitions from the first set and the second set are cyclically mapped to the PUCCH resource 415 in multiple slots. Accordingly, repetitions of the first set (using Beam 1) are mapped to Slot 1 and Slot 3, and repetitions of the second set (using Beam 2) are mapped to Slot 2 and Slot 4, without regard to whether a particular repetition is transmitted by the UE 120. For example, as shown, the cyclic mapping pattern of the repetitions is unaffected when Slot 2 is not used to transmit a repetition.
- repetitions from the first set and the second set are sequentially mapped to the PUCCH resource 415 in multiple slots. Accordingly, repetitions of the first set (using Beam 1) are mapped to Slot 1 and Slot 2, and repetitions of the second set (using Beam 2) are mapped to Slot 3 and Slot 4, without regard to whether a particular repetition is transmitted by the UE 120. For example, as shown, the sequential mapping of the repetitions is unaffected when Slot 2 is not used to transmit a repetition.
- Fig. 5A is provided as an example. Other examples may differ from what is described with respect to Fig. 5A.
- Fig. 5B is a diagram illustrating an example 550 of beam hopping for repetitions in a PUCCH resource, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.
- Fig. 5B shows the beam hopping pattern 405 and the beam hopping pattern 410 for transmitting repetitions in the PUCCH resource 415 in multiple slots, as described in connection with Fig. 4.
- four repetitions are configured for the PUCCH resource 415.
- a different quantity of repetitions may be configured for the PUCCH resource 415, such as two repetitions or eight repetitions.
- the UE 120 may not transmit a particular repetition that is scheduled to be transmitted in the PUCCH resource 415 in a slot, as described in connection with Fig. 5A.
- the pattern of repetitions of the first set (using Beam 1) and repetitions of the second set (using Beam 2) is defined with regard to whether the repetition is transmitted.
- repetitions from the first set and the second set are cyclically mapped to the PUCCH resource 415 in multiple slots.
- repetitions of the first set (using Beam 1) are mapped to Slot 1 and Slot 4
- the repetition of the second set that is to be transmitted (using Beam 2) is mapped to Slot 3, when Slot 2 is not used to transmit a repetition. That is, the repetitions from the first set and the second set are cyclically mapped to the PUCCH resource 415 in the slots in which repetitions are actually transmitted.
- repetitions from the first set and the second set are sequentially mapped to the PUCCH resource 415 in multiple slots.
- repetitions of the first set (using Beam 1) are mapped to Slot 1 and Slot 3
- the repetition of the second set that is to be transmitted (using Beam 2) is mapped to Slot 4, when Slot 2 is not used to transmit a repetition. That is, the repetitions from the first set and the second set are sequentially mapped to the PUCCH resource 415 in the slots in which repetitions are actually transmitted.
- whether a pattern of repetitions is defined with regard to whether a particular repetition is transmitted is indicated via RRC signaling.
- the BS 110 may transmit, and the UE 120 may receive, an RRC configuration that indicates whether a pattern of repetitions is defined with regard to whether a particular repetition is transmitted.
- Fig. 5B is provided as an example. Other examples may differ from what is described with respect to Fig. 5B.
- Fig. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example 600 of beam hopping for repetitions in a PUCCH resource, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.
- Fig. 6 shows a beam and frequency hopping pattern 605 and a beam and frequency hopping pattern 610 for transmitting repetitions in a PUCCH resource 415 in multiple slots.
- four repetitions are configured for the PUCCH resource 415.
- a different quantity of repetitions may be configured for the PUCCH resource 415, such as two repetitions or eight repetitions.
- repetitions of the first set may use a first frequency hop 615 and a second frequency hop 610
- repetitions of the second set may use the first frequency hop 615 and the second frequency hop 620.
- the frequency hops may be inter-slot frequency hops.
- the UE 120 may communicate using beam hopping and frequency hopping, for example, when an RRC parameter interSlotFrequencyHopping is enabled for the PUCCH resource 415.
- repetitions of the first set and the second set may be cyclically mapped to the PUCCH resource 415 in multiple slots, as described in connection with Fig. 4. Accordingly, the first frequency hop 615 and the second frequency hop 620, for repetitions of the first set (using Beam 1) , are in non-consecutive slots, and the first frequency hop 615 and the second frequency hop 620, for repetitions of the second set (using Beam 2) , are in non-consecutive slots.
- a first repetition in Slot 1 may use Beam 1 and the first frequency hop 615
- a second repetition in Slot 2 may use Beam 2 and the first frequency hop 615
- a third repetition in Slot 3 may use Beam 1 and the second frequency hop 620
- a fourth repetition in Slot 4 may use Beam 2 and the second frequency hop 620.
- repetitions of the first set and the second set may be sequentially mapped to the PUCCH resource 415 in multiple slots, as described in connection with Fig. 4. Accordingly, the first frequency hop 615 and the second frequency hop 620, for repetitions of the first set (using Beam 1) , are in consecutive slots, and the first frequency hop 615 and the second frequency hop 620, for repetitions of the second set (using Beam 2) , are in consecutive slots.
- a first repetition in Slot 1 may use Beam 1 and the first frequency hop 615
- a second repetition in Slot 2 may use Beam 1 and the second frequency hop 620
- a third repetition in Slot 3 may use Beam 2 and the first frequency hop 615
- a fourth repetition in Slot 4 may use Beam 2 and the second frequency hop 620.
- a pattern of beam and frequency hopping is configured for the UE 120 (e.g., via RRC signaling) .
- the BS 110 may transmit, and the UE 120 may receive, an RRC configuration that indicates the pattern that the UE 120 is to use.
- the pattern may be beam and frequency hopping pattern 605 or beam and frequency hopping pattern 610.
- Fig. 6 is provided as an example. Other examples may differ from what is described with respect to Fig. 6.
- Fig. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example 700 of beam hopping for repetitions in a PUCCH resource, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.
- Fig. 7 shows a beam and frequency hopping pattern 705, a beam and frequency hopping pattern 710, and a beam and frequency hopping pattern 715 for transmitting repetitions in a PUCCH resource 415 in multiple slots.
- eight repetitions are configured for the PUCCH resource 415.
- a different quantity of repetitions may be configured for the PUCCH resource 415, such as sixteen repetitions.
- repetitions of the first set may use the first frequency hop 615 and the second frequency hop 620
- repetitions of the second set may use the first frequency hop 615 and the second frequency hop 620.
- the frequency hops may be inter-slot frequency hops.
- the UE 120 may communicate using beam hopping and frequency hopping, for example, when an RRC parameter interSlotFrequencyHopping is enabled for the PUCCH resource 415.
- Beam and frequency hopping pattern 705 may use the beam and frequency hopping pattern 605 described in connection with Fig. 6.
- Slots 1-4 may use a first repetition of the beam and frequency hopping pattern 605
- Slots 5-8 may use a second repetition of the beam and frequency hopping pattern 605.
- a beam and frequency hopping pattern used for a cyclic mapping of four repetitions may be repeated.
- Beam and frequency hopping pattern 710 may use the beam and frequency hopping pattern 610 described in connection with Fig. 6.
- Slots 1-4 may use a first repetition of the beam and frequency hopping pattern 610
- Slots 5-8 may use a second repetition of the beam and frequency hopping pattern 610.
- a beam and frequency hopping pattern used for sequential mapping of four repetitions may be repeated.
- repetitions of the first set and the second set may be sequentially mapped to the PUCCH resource 415 in multiple slots, as described in connection with Fig. 4.
- the first frequency hops 615 and the second frequency hops 620 for repetitions of the first set (using Beam 1) , are in consecutive slots (e.g., the first frequency hops 615 and the second frequency hops 620 alternate in consecutive slots)
- the first frequency hops 615 and the second frequency hops 620, for repetitions of the second set using Beam 2
- are in consecutive slots e.g., the first frequency hops 615 and the second frequency hops 620 alternate in consecutive slots.
- repetitions of the first set may use Beam 1 in Slots 1-4 with inter-slot frequency hopping between the first frequency hop 615 and the second frequency hop 620
- repetitions of the second set e.g., a second half of the repetitions
- Beam 2 in Slots 5-8 with inter-slot frequency hopping between the first frequency hop 615 and the second frequency hop 620.
- a pattern of beam and frequency hopping is configured for the UE 120 (e.g., via RRC signaling) .
- the BS 110 may transmit, and the UE 120 may receive, an RRC configuration that indicates the pattern that the UE 120 is to use.
- the pattern may be beam and frequency hopping pattern 705, beam and frequency hopping pattern 710, or beam and frequency hopping pattern 715.
- Fig. 7 is provided as an example. Other examples may differ from what is described with respect to Fig. 7.
- Fig. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example process 800 performed, for example, by a UE, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.
- Example process 800 is an example where the UE (e.g., UE 120, and/or the like) performs operations associated with beam hopping for repetitions in a PUCCH resource.
- the UE e.g., UE 120, and/or the like
- process 800 may include receiving an activation command to activate multiple spatial relations for a PUCCH resource that is to be used for transmitting repetitions of a communication in multiple slots (block 810) .
- the UE e.g., using antenna 252, DEMOD 254, MIMO detector 256, receive processor 258, controller/processor 280, and/or the like
- process 800 may include transmitting the repetitions in the PUCCH resource in the multiple slots using the multiple spatial relations (block 820) .
- the UE e.g., using controller/processor 240, transmit processor 220, TX MIMO processor 230, MOD 232, antenna 234, and/or the like
- Process 800 may include additional aspects, such as any single aspect or any combination of aspects described below and/or in connection with one or more other processes described elsewhere herein.
- the activation command is received via a MAC-CE.
- the MAC-CE includes a bitmap for spatial relations, and multiple bits of the bitmap are set to indicate the multiple spatial relations that are to be activated.
- the MAC-CE includes a first field that indicates a first spatial relation that is to be activated, and a second field that indicates a second spatial relation that is to be activated.
- the MAC-CE includes a flag that is set when the second field is included in the MAC-CE.
- a first set of the repetitions are to use a spatial domain filter used for reception or transmission of a reference signal indicated by a first spatial relation of the multiple spatial relations
- a second set of the repetitions are to use a spatial domain filter used for reception or transmission of a reference signal indicated by a second spatial relation of the multiple spatial relations.
- repetitions of the first set are to use a first set of power control parameters indicated by the first spatial relation
- repetitions of the second set are to use a second set of power control parameters indicated by the second spatial relation.
- repetitions of the first set alternate with repetitions of the second set.
- the repetitions of the first set are even-indexed repetitions, and the repetitions of the second set are odd-indexed repetitions.
- repetitions of the first set are consecutive, and repetitions of the second set are consecutive.
- the repetitions of the first set are to occur before the repetitions of the second set.
- a pattern of repetitions of the first set and repetitions of the second set is indicated via RRC signaling.
- a pattern of repetitions of the first set and repetitions of the second set is defined without regard to whether a particular repetition is transmitted.
- a pattern of repetitions of the first set and repetitions of the second set is defined with regard to whether a particular repetition is transmitted.
- whether a pattern of repetitions of the first set and repetitions of the second set is defined with regard to whether a particular repetition is transmitted is indicated via RRC signaling.
- repetitions of the first set use a first PUCCH power value and repetitions of the second set use a second PUCCH power value.
- the first PUCCH power value is based at least in part on at least one of a first PL-RS, a first offset value, or a first closed loop index
- the second PUCCH power value is based at least in part on at least one of a second PL-RS, a second offset value, or a second closed loop index.
- the first PUCCH power value is based at least in part on a first TPC accumulation function value
- the second PUCCH power value is based at least in part on a second TPC accumulation function value, when respective closed loop index values indicated by the first spatial relation and the second spatial relation are different.
- respective closed loop index values indicated by the first spatial relation and the second spatial relation are different, and a TPC command indicated for the PUCCH resource is applied to the respective closed loop index values, the TPC command indicated for the PUCCH resource is applied to one of the respective closed loop index values, or respective TPC commands are indicated for the respective closed loop index values.
- repetitions of the first set are to use a first frequency hop and a second frequency hop
- repetitions of the second set are to use the first frequency hop and the second frequency hop.
- the first frequency hop and the second frequency hop, for the repetitions of the first set are in consecutive slots
- the first frequency hop and the second frequency hop, for the repetitions of the second set are in consecutive slots.
- the first frequency hop and the second frequency hop, for the repetitions of the first set are in non-consecutive slots
- the first frequency hop and the second frequency hop, for the repetitions of the second set are in non-consecutive slots.
- a frequency hopping pattern for the repetitions of the first set and the repetitions of the second set is indicated via RRC signaling.
- process 800 may include additional blocks, fewer blocks, different blocks, or differently arranged blocks than those depicted in Fig. 8. Additionally, or alternatively, two or more of the blocks of process 800 may be performed in parallel.
- Fig. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example process 900 performed, for example, by a BS, in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure.
- Example process 900 is an example where the BS (e.g., BS 110, and/or the like) performs operations associated with beam hopping for repetitions in a PUCCH resource.
- the BS e.g., BS 110, and/or the like
- process 900 may include determining, for a UE, multiple spatial relations that are to be activated for a PUCCH resource that is to be used by the UE for transmitting repetitions of a communication in multiple slots (block 910) .
- the BS e.g., using controller/processor 240, and/or the like
- process 900 may include transmitting an activation command to the UE to activate the multiple spatial relations for the PUCCH resource (block 920) .
- the BS e.g., using controller/processor 240, transmit processor 220, TX MIMO processor 230, MOD 232, antenna 234, and/or the like
- Process 900 may include additional aspects, such as any single aspect or any combination of aspects described below and/or in connection with one or more other processes described elsewhere herein.
- the activation command is transmitted via a MAC-CE.
- the MAC-CE includes a bitmap for spatial relations, and multiple bits of the bitmap are set to indicate the multiple spatial relations that are to be activated.
- the MAC-CE includes a first field that indicates a first spatial relation that is to be activated, and a second field that indicates a second spatial relation that is to be activated.
- the MAC-CE includes a flag that is set when the second field is included in the MAC-CE.
- a first set of the repetitions are to use a spatial domain filter used for reception or transmission of a reference signal indicated by a first spatial relation of the multiple spatial relations
- a second set of the repetitions are to use a spatial domain filter used for reception or transmission of a reference signal indicated by a second spatial relation of the multiple spatial relations.
- repetitions of the first set are to use a first set of power control parameters indicated by the first spatial relation
- repetitions of the second set are to use a second set of power control parameters indicated by the second spatial relation.
- repetitions of the first set alternate with repetitions of the second set.
- the repetitions of the first set are even-indexed repetitions, and the repetitions of the second set are odd-indexed repetitions.
- repetitions of the first set are consecutive, and repetitions of the second set are consecutive.
- the repetitions of the first set are to occur before the repetitions of the second set.
- a pattern of repetitions of the first set and repetitions of the second set is indicated via RRC signaling.
- a pattern of repetitions of the first set and repetitions of the second set is defined without regard to whether a particular repetition is transmitted by the UE.
- a pattern of repetitions of the first set and repetitions of the second set is defined with regard to whether a particular repetition is transmitted by the UE.
- whether a pattern of repetitions of the first set and repetitions of the second set is defined with regard to whether a particular repetition is transmitted by the UE is indicated via RRC signaling.
- repetitions of the first set use a first PUCCH power value and repetitions of the second set use a second PUCCH power value.
- the first PUCCH power value is based at least in part on at least one of a first PL-RS, a first offset value, or a first closed loop index
- the second PUCCH power value is based at least in part on at least one of a second PL-RS, a second offset value, or a second closed loop index.
- the first PUCCH power value is based at least in part on a first TPC accumulation function value
- the second PUCCH power value is based at least in part on a second TPC accumulation function value, when respective closed loop index values indicated by the first spatial relation and the second spatial relation are different.
- respective closed loop index values indicated by the first spatial relation and the second spatial relation are different, and a TPC command indicated for the PUCCH resource is to be applied by the UE to the respective closed loop index values, the TPC command indicated for the PUCCH resource is to be applied by the UE to one of the respective closed loop index values, or respective TPC commands are indicated for the respective closed loop index values.
- repetitions of the first set are to use a first frequency hop and a second frequency hop
- repetitions of the second set are to use the first frequency hop and the second frequency hop.
- the first frequency hop and the second frequency hop, for the repetitions of the first set are in consecutive slots
- the first frequency hop and the second frequency hop, for the repetitions of the second set are in consecutive slots.
- the first frequency hop and the second frequency hop, for the repetitions of the first set are in non-consecutive slots
- the first frequency hop and the second frequency hop, for the repetitions of the second set are in non-consecutive slots.
- a frequency hopping pattern for the repetitions of the first set and the repetitions of the second set is indicated via RRC signaling.
- process 900 may include additional blocks, fewer blocks, different blocks, or differently arranged blocks than those depicted in Fig. 9. Additionally, or alternatively, two or more of the blocks of process 900 may be performed in parallel.
- ком ⁇ онент is intended to be broadly construed as hardware, firmware, and/or a combination of hardware and software.
- a processor is implemented in hardware, firmware, and/or a combination of hardware and software.
- satisfying a threshold may, depending on the context, refer to a value being greater than the threshold, greater than or equal to the threshold, less than the threshold, less than or equal to the threshold, equal to the threshold, not equal to the threshold, and/or the like.
- “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) .
- the terms “has, ” “have, ” “having, ” and/or the like are intended to be open-ended terms. Further, the phrase “based on” is intended to mean “based, at least in part, on” unless explicitly stated otherwise.
Landscapes
- Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
- Signal Processing (AREA)
- Computer Networks & Wireless Communication (AREA)
- Mobile Radio Communication Systems (AREA)
Abstract
Description
Claims (52)
- A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE) , comprising:receiving an activation command to activate multiple spatial relations for a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource that is to be used for transmitting repetitions of a communication in multiple slots; andtransmitting the repetitions in the PUCCH resource in the multiple slots using the multiple spatial relations.
- The method of claim 1, wherein the activation command is received via a medium access control control element (MAC-CE) .
- The method of claim 2, wherein the MAC-CE includes a bitmap for spatial relations, and multiple bits of the bitmap are set to indicate the multiple spatial relations that are to be activated.
- The method of claim 2, wherein the MAC-CE includes a first field that indicates a first spatial relation that is to be activated, and a second field that indicates a second spatial relation that is to be activated.
- The method of claim 4, wherein the MAC-CE includes a flag that is set when the second field is included in the MAC-CE.
- The method of claim 1, wherein a first set of the repetitions are to use a spatial domain filter used for reception or transmission of a reference signal indicated by a first spatial relation of the multiple spatial relations, and a second set of the repetitions are to use a spatial domain filter used for reception or transmission of a reference signal indicated by a second spatial relation of the multiple spatial relations.
- The method of claim 6, wherein repetitions of the first set are to use a first set of power control parameters indicated by the first spatial relation, and repetitions of the second set are to use a second set of power control parameters indicated by the second spatial relation.
- The method of claim 6, wherein repetitions of the first set alternate with repetitions of the second set.
- The method of claim 8, wherein the repetitions of the first set are even-indexed repetitions, and the repetitions of the second set are odd-indexed repetitions.
- The method of claim 6, wherein repetitions of the first set are consecutive, and repetitions of the second set are consecutive.
- The method of claim 10, wherein the repetitions of the first set are to occur before the repetitions of the second set.
- The method of claim 6, wherein a pattern of repetitions of the first set and repetitions of the second set is indicated via radio resource control signaling.
- The method of claim 6, wherein a pattern of repetitions of the first set and repetitions of the second set is defined without regard to whether a particular repetition is transmitted.
- The method of claim 6, wherein a pattern of repetitions of the first set and repetitions of the second set is defined with regard to whether a particular repetition is transmitted.
- The method of claim 6, wherein whether a pattern of repetitions of the first set and repetitions of the second set is defined with regard to whether a particular repetition is transmitted is indicated via radio resource control signaling.
- The method of claim 6, wherein repetitions of the first set use a first PUCCH power value and repetitions of the second set use a second PUCCH power value.
- The method of claim 16, wherein the first PUCCH power value is based at least in part on at least one of a first pathloss reference signal, a first offset value, or a first closed loop index, and the second PUCCH power value is based at least in part on at least one of a second pathloss reference signal, a second offset value, or a second closed loop index.
- The method of claim 16, wherein the first PUCCH power value is based at least in part on a first transmit power control accumulation function value, and the second PUCCH power value is based at least in part on a second transmit power control accumulation function value, when respective closed loop index values indicated by the first spatial relation and the second spatial relation are different.
- The method of claim 16, wherein respective closed loop index values indicated by the first spatial relation and the second spatial relation are different, andwherein a transmit power control (TPC) command indicated for the PUCCH resource is applied to the respective closed loop index values, the TPC command indicated for the PUCCH resource is applied to one of the respective closed loop index values, or respective TPC commands are indicated for the respective closed loop index values.
- The method of claim 6, wherein repetitions of the first set are to use a first frequency hop and a second frequency hop, and repetitions of the second set are to use the first frequency hop and the second frequency hop.
- The method of claim 20, wherein the first frequency hop and the second frequency hop, for the repetitions of the first set, are in consecutive slots, and the first frequency hop and the second frequency hop, for the repetitions of the second set, are in consecutive slots.
- The method of claim 20, wherein the first frequency hop and the second frequency hop, for the repetitions of the first set, are in non-consecutive slots, and the first frequency hop and the second frequency hop, for the repetitions of the second set, are in non-consecutive slots.
- The method of claim 20, wherein a frequency hopping pattern for the repetitions of the first set and the repetitions of the second set is indicated via radio resource control signaling.
- A method of wireless communication performed by a base station, comprising:determining, for a user equipment (UE) , multiple spatial relations that are to be activated for a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource that is to be used by the UE for transmitting repetitions of a communication in multiple slots; andtransmitting an activation command to the UE to activate the multiple spatial relations for the PUCCH resource.
- The method of claim 24, wherein the activation command is transmitted via a medium access control control element (MAC-CE) .
- The method of claim 25, wherein the MAC-CE includes a bitmap for spatial relations, and multiple bits of the bitmap are set to indicate the multiple spatial relations that are to be activated.
- The method of claim 25, wherein the MAC-CE includes a first field that indicates a first spatial relation that is to be activated, and a second field that indicates a second spatial relation that is to be activated.
- The method of claim 27, wherein the MAC-CE includes a flag that is set when the second field is included in the MAC-CE.
- The method of claim 24, wherein a first set of the repetitions are to use a spatial domain filter used for reception or transmission, by the UE, of a reference signal indicated by a first spatial relation of the multiple spatial relations, and a second set of the repetitions are to use a spatial domain filter used for reception or transmission, by the UE, of a reference signal indicated by a second spatial relation of the multiple spatial relations.
- The method of claim 29, wherein repetitions of the first set are to use a first set of power control parameters indicated by the first spatial relation, and repetitions of the second set are to use a second set of power control parameters indicated by the second spatial relation.
- The method of claim 29, wherein repetitions of the first set alternate with repetitions of the second set.
- The method of claim 31, wherein the repetitions of the first set are even-indexed repetitions, and the repetitions of the second set are odd-indexed repetitions.
- The method of claim 29, wherein repetitions of the first set are consecutive, and repetitions of the second set are consecutive.
- The method of claim 33, wherein the repetitions of the first set are to occur before the repetitions of the second set.
- The method of claim 29, wherein a pattern of repetitions of the first set and repetitions of the second set is indicated via radio resource control signaling.
- The method of claim 29, wherein a pattern of repetitions of the first set and repetitions of the second set is defined without regard to whether a particular repetition is transmitted by the UE.
- The method of claim 29, wherein a pattern of repetitions of the first set and repetitions of the second set is defined with regard to whether a particular repetition is transmitted by the UE.
- The method of claim 29, wherein whether a pattern of repetitions of the first set and repetitions of the second set is defined with regard to whether a particular repetition is transmitted by the UE is indicated via radio resource control signaling.
- The method of claim 29, wherein repetitions of the first set use a first PUCCH power value and repetitions of the second set use a second PUCCH power value.
- The method of claim 39, wherein the first PUCCH power value is based at least in part on at least one of a first pathloss reference signal, a first offset value, or a first closed loop index, and the second PUCCH power value is based at least in part on at least one of a second pathloss reference signal, a second offset value, or a second closed loop index.
- The method of claim 39, wherein the first PUCCH power value is based at least in part on a first transmit power control accumulation function value, and the second PUCCH power value is based at least in part on a second transmit power control accumulation function value, when respective closed loop index values indicated by the first spatial relation and the second spatial relation are different.
- The method of claim 39, wherein respective closed loop index values indicated by the first spatial relation and the second spatial relation are different, andwherein a transmit power control (TPC) command indicated for the PUCCH resource is to be applied by the UE to the respective closed loop index values, the TPC command indicated for the PUCCH resource is to be applied by the UE to one of the respective closed loop index values, or respective TPC commands are indicated for the respective closed loop index values.
- The method of claim 29, wherein repetitions of the first set are to use a first frequency hop and a second frequency hop, and repetitions of the second set are to use the first frequency hop and the second frequency hop.
- The method of claim 43, wherein the first frequency hop and the second frequency hop, for the repetitions of the first set, are in consecutive slots, and the first frequency hop and the second frequency hop, for the repetitions of the second set, are in consecutive slots.
- The method of claim 43, wherein the first frequency hop and the second frequency hop, for the repetitions of the first set, are in non-consecutive slots, and the first frequency hop and the second frequency hop, for the repetitions of the second set, are in non-consecutive slots.
- The method of claim 43, wherein a frequency hopping pattern for the repetitions of the first set and the repetitions of the second set is indicated via radio resource control signaling.
- A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:a memory; andone or more processors operatively coupled to the memory, the memory and the one or more processors configured to:receive an activation command to activate multiple spatial relations for a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource that is to be used for transmitting repetitions of a communication in multiple slots; andtransmit the repetitions in the PUCCH resource in the multiple slots using the multiple spatial relations.
- A base station for wireless communication, comprising:a memory; andone or more processors operatively coupled to the memory, the memory and the one or more processors configured to:determine, for a user equipment (UE) , multiple spatial relations that are to be activated for a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource that is to be used by the UE for transmitting repetitions of a communication in multiple slots; andtransmit an activation command to the UE to activate the multiple spatial relations for the PUCCH resource.
- A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing one or more instructions for wireless communication, the one or more instructions comprising:one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a user equipment (UE) , cause the one or more processors to:receive an activation command to activate multiple spatial relations for a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource that is to be used for transmitting repetitions of a communication in multiple slots; andtransmit the repetitions in the PUCCH resource in the multiple slots using the multiple spatial relations.
- A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing one or more instructions for wireless communication, the one or more instructions comprising:one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a base station, cause the one or more processors to:determine, for a user equipment (UE) , multiple spatial relations that are to be activated for a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource that is to be used by the UE for transmitting repetitions of a communication in multiple slots; andtransmit an activation command to the UE to activate the multiple spatial relations for the PUCCH resource.
- An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:means for receiving an activation command to activate multiple spatial relations for a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource that is to be used for transmitting repetitions of a communication in multiple slots; andmeans for transmitting the repetitions in the PUCCH resource in the multiple slots using the multiple spatial relations.
- An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:means for determining, for a user equipment (UE) , multiple spatial relations that are to be activated for a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource that is to be used by the UE for transmitting repetitions of a communication in multiple slots; andmeans for transmitting an activation command to the UE to activate the multiple spatial relations for the PUCCH resource.
Priority Applications (7)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
---|---|---|---|
CN202080098011.1A CN115245010A (en) | 2020-03-09 | 2020-03-09 | Repeated beam hopping for physical uplink control channel resources |
PCT/CN2020/078362 WO2021179108A1 (en) | 2020-03-09 | 2020-03-09 | Beam hopping for repetitions in a physical uplink control channel resource |
US17/905,898 US20230134803A1 (en) | 2020-03-09 | 2020-03-09 | Beam hopping for repetitions in a physical uplink control channel resource |
EP20924722.0A EP4118904A4 (en) | 2020-03-09 | 2020-03-09 | Beam hopping for repetitions in a physical uplink control channel resource |
KR1020227027418A KR20220152529A (en) | 2020-03-09 | 2020-03-09 | Beam hopping for repetitions in the physical uplink control channel resource |
BR112022017581A BR112022017581A2 (en) | 2020-03-09 | 2020-03-09 | BEAM SKIP TO REPETS ON A UPLINK CONTROL PHYSICAL CHANNEL FEATURE |
TW110107686A TW202142022A (en) | 2020-03-09 | 2021-03-04 | Beam hopping for repetitions in a physical uplink control channel resource |
Applications Claiming Priority (1)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
---|---|---|---|
PCT/CN2020/078362 WO2021179108A1 (en) | 2020-03-09 | 2020-03-09 | Beam hopping for repetitions in a physical uplink control channel resource |
Publications (1)
Publication Number | Publication Date |
---|---|
WO2021179108A1 true WO2021179108A1 (en) | 2021-09-16 |
Family
ID=77670438
Family Applications (1)
Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
---|---|---|---|
PCT/CN2020/078362 WO2021179108A1 (en) | 2020-03-09 | 2020-03-09 | Beam hopping for repetitions in a physical uplink control channel resource |
Country Status (7)
Country | Link |
---|---|
US (1) | US20230134803A1 (en) |
EP (1) | EP4118904A4 (en) |
KR (1) | KR20220152529A (en) |
CN (1) | CN115245010A (en) |
BR (1) | BR112022017581A2 (en) |
TW (1) | TW202142022A (en) |
WO (1) | WO2021179108A1 (en) |
Cited By (1)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
WO2022026788A1 (en) * | 2020-07-30 | 2022-02-03 | Ofinno, Llc | Frequency hopping in multiple transmission and reception points |
Families Citing this family (1)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
US11784768B2 (en) * | 2020-05-19 | 2023-10-10 | Lg Electronics Inc. | Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving uplink signal in wireless communication system |
Citations (4)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
US20170265187A1 (en) * | 2016-03-11 | 2017-09-14 | Qualcomm Incorporated | Relay for enhanced machine type communication and narrow band-internet of things |
US20190165831A1 (en) * | 2017-11-27 | 2019-05-30 | Qualcomm Incorporated | Receiver feedback of repetition configuration |
CN110536399A (en) | 2019-09-03 | 2019-12-03 | 中兴通讯股份有限公司 | Poewr control method, device and system |
WO2020020128A1 (en) | 2018-07-25 | 2020-01-30 | 维沃移动通信有限公司 | Method, terminal device, and network-side device for transmitting uplink channel by multiple beams |
-
2020
- 2020-03-09 EP EP20924722.0A patent/EP4118904A4/en active Pending
- 2020-03-09 US US17/905,898 patent/US20230134803A1/en active Pending
- 2020-03-09 CN CN202080098011.1A patent/CN115245010A/en active Pending
- 2020-03-09 BR BR112022017581A patent/BR112022017581A2/en unknown
- 2020-03-09 WO PCT/CN2020/078362 patent/WO2021179108A1/en unknown
- 2020-03-09 KR KR1020227027418A patent/KR20220152529A/en active Search and Examination
-
2021
- 2021-03-04 TW TW110107686A patent/TW202142022A/en unknown
Patent Citations (4)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
US20170265187A1 (en) * | 2016-03-11 | 2017-09-14 | Qualcomm Incorporated | Relay for enhanced machine type communication and narrow band-internet of things |
US20190165831A1 (en) * | 2017-11-27 | 2019-05-30 | Qualcomm Incorporated | Receiver feedback of repetition configuration |
WO2020020128A1 (en) | 2018-07-25 | 2020-01-30 | 维沃移动通信有限公司 | Method, terminal device, and network-side device for transmitting uplink channel by multiple beams |
CN110536399A (en) | 2019-09-03 | 2019-12-03 | 中兴通讯股份有限公司 | Poewr control method, device and system |
Non-Patent Citations (2)
Title |
---|
See also references of EP4118904A4 |
ZTE: "UL beam management for NR MIMO", 3GPP DRAFT; R1-1712299 UL BEAM MANAGEMENT FOR NR MIMO, vol. RAN WG1, 20 August 2017 (2017-08-20), pages 1 - 7, XP051315115 * |
Cited By (1)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
WO2022026788A1 (en) * | 2020-07-30 | 2022-02-03 | Ofinno, Llc | Frequency hopping in multiple transmission and reception points |
Also Published As
Publication number | Publication date |
---|---|
EP4118904A4 (en) | 2023-11-29 |
BR112022017581A2 (en) | 2022-10-18 |
EP4118904A1 (en) | 2023-01-18 |
US20230134803A1 (en) | 2023-05-04 |
KR20220152529A (en) | 2022-11-16 |
TW202142022A (en) | 2021-11-01 |
CN115245010A (en) | 2022-10-25 |
Similar Documents
Publication | Publication Date | Title |
---|---|---|
WO2021168597A1 (en) | Association of phase tracking reference signal ports and demodulation reference signal ports for multi-beam uplink repetitions | |
WO2021185089A1 (en) | Configuration and indication for enabling uplink transmission with multiple codewords | |
WO2021203218A1 (en) | Uplink communication repetition in a single slot using multiple uplink control channel resources | |
US11445447B2 (en) | Techniques for activating a pathloss reference signal | |
EP4032210B1 (en) | Techniques for transmitting sidelink channel state information feedback | |
WO2021179108A1 (en) | Beam hopping for repetitions in a physical uplink control channel resource | |
WO2021179113A1 (en) | Beam hopping within a single physical uplink control channel resource | |
WO2022010607A1 (en) | Feedback-based retransmission of broadcast network coding encoded packets | |
WO2021189277A1 (en) | One-shot harq-ack feedback enhancements | |
WO2021155571A1 (en) | Uplink transmission configuration indication state signaling | |
WO2021120083A1 (en) | Beam indication for downlink control information scheduled sidelink transmission | |
WO2021159692A1 (en) | Multi-slot aperiodic sounding reference signal | |
WO2021232390A1 (en) | Group common sounding reference signal downlink control information configuration | |
WO2021147119A1 (en) | Interference-based sounding reference signal beam determination | |
WO2021203113A1 (en) | Techniques for collision prioritization based on physical layer priority | |
EP4111615A1 (en) | Consolidated feedback indication and feedback transmission | |
WO2021154445A1 (en) | Timing advance command in downlink control information | |
WO2021154450A1 (en) | Techniques for indicating beams for user equipment beam reporting | |
WO2021142708A1 (en) | Beam indication for a physical uplink control channel | |
WO2022160150A1 (en) | Uplink control information cooperation | |
WO2021168762A1 (en) | Pusch repetitions based at least in part on a symbol offset | |
WO2021163956A1 (en) | Slot aggregation for configured grant communications with base stations | |
WO2022056664A1 (en) | Determining size for downlink control information | |
WO2022120625A1 (en) | Communications using a neural network based at least in part on an indicated input size and/or input structure | |
WO2021102724A1 (en) | Multiple downlink control information for group scheduling |
Legal Events
Date | Code | Title | Description |
---|---|---|---|
121 | Ep: the epo has been informed by wipo that ep was designated in this application |
Ref document number: 20924722 Country of ref document: EP Kind code of ref document: A1 |
|
REG | Reference to national code |
Ref country code: BR Ref legal event code: B01A Ref document number: 112022017581 Country of ref document: BR |
|
NENP | Non-entry into the national phase |
Ref country code: DE |
|
ENP | Entry into the national phase |
Ref document number: 2020924722 Country of ref document: EP Effective date: 20221010 |
|
ENP | Entry into the national phase |
Ref document number: 112022017581 Country of ref document: BR Kind code of ref document: A2 Effective date: 20220901 |