WO2022061642A1 - Rapport de capacité d'ue pour un accès initial basé sur la mimo holographique - Google Patents

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WO2022061642A1
WO2022061642A1 PCT/CN2020/117390 CN2020117390W WO2022061642A1 WO 2022061642 A1 WO2022061642 A1 WO 2022061642A1 CN 2020117390 W CN2020117390 W CN 2020117390W WO 2022061642 A1 WO2022061642 A1 WO 2022061642A1
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  • aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications, and more particularly, to techniques for providing a report indicating a capability of a user equipment (UE) to support three-dimensional (3D) synchronization signal blocks (3D-SSBs) for performing an initial access procedure.
  • UE user equipment
  • 3D-SSBs three-dimensional synchronization signal blocks
  • Wireless communication systems are widely deployed to provide various telecommunication services such as telephony, video, data, messaging, broadcasts, etc. These 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, etc. ) .
  • available system resources e.g., bandwidth, transmit power, etc.
  • multiple-access systems examples include 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Long Term Evolution (LTE) systems, LTE Advanced (LTE-A) systems, code division multiple access (CDMA) systems, time division multiple access (TDMA) systems, frequency division multiple access (FDMA) systems, orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) systems, single-carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) systems, and time division synchronous code division multiple access (TD-SCDMA) systems, to name a few.
  • 3GPP 3rd Generation Partnership Project
  • LTE Long Term Evolution
  • LTE-A LTE Advanced
  • CDMA code division multiple access
  • TDMA time division multiple access
  • FDMA frequency division multiple access
  • OFDMA orthogonal frequency division multiple access
  • SC-FDMA single-carrier frequency division multiple access
  • TD-SCDMA time division synchronous code division multiple access
  • New radio e.g., 5G NR
  • 5G NR is an example of an emerging telecommunication standard.
  • NR is a set of enhancements to the LTE mobile standard promulgated by 3GPP.
  • 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 OFDMA with a cyclic prefix (CP) on the downlink (DL) and on the uplink (UL) .
  • CP cyclic prefix
  • NR supports beamforming, multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna technology, and carrier aggregation.
  • MIMO multiple-input multiple-output
  • a first network entity may send information regarding a presence of three-dimensional (3D) synchronization signal blocks (3D-SSBs) to a user equipment (UE) .
  • the UE may then send back a report indicating a capability of the UE to support the 3D-SSBs.
  • the first network entity may then select and send a configuration of the 3D-SSBs to the UE based on the report, which the UE may use to monitor the 3D-SSBs for an initial access procedure.
  • the method generally includes receiving, from a first network entity that transmits SSBs of a first type that each have an associated direction, information indicating the presence of SSBs of a second type that each have an associated range and an associated direction; and sending, to the first network entity, a report indicating a capability of the UE to support SSBs of the second type.
  • the method generally includes transmitting to a UE, SSBs of a first type that each have an associated direction and signaling indicating information about the presence of SSBs of a second type that each have an associated range and an associated direction; and receiving from the UE a report indicating a capability of the UE to support SSBs of the second type.
  • aspects of the present disclosure provide means for, apparatus, processors, and computer-readable mediums for performing the methods described herein.
  • the one or more aspects comprise the features hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.
  • the following description and the appended drawings set forth in detail certain illustrative features of the one or more aspects. These features are indicative, however, of but a few of the various ways in which the principles of various aspects may be employed.
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram conceptually illustrating an example telecommunications system, according to aspects of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 2 is a block diagram conceptually illustrating a design of an example base station (BS) and a user equipment (UE) , according to aspects of the present disclosure.
  • BS base station
  • UE user equipment
  • FIG. 3 is an example frame format for new radio (NR) , according to aspects of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 4 illustrates how different synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) may be sent using different beams, according to aspects of the present disclosure.
  • SSBs synchronization signal blocks
  • FIG. 5 shows an exemplary transmission resource mapping, according to aspects of the present disclosure.
  • FIGs. 6A and 6B illustrate examples of SSB patterns for different subcarrier spacings (SCSs) , according to aspects of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 7 illustrates example beams, according to aspects of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 8 illustrates example holographic beamforming and NR beamforming, according to aspects of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 9 illustrates example antenna elements specification, according to aspects of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 10 illustrates example SSB structure, according to aspects of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 11 illustrates example operations for wireless communication by a UE, according to aspects of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 12 illustrates example operations for wireless communication by a first network entity, according to aspects of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 13 is a block diagram illustrating an example telecommunications system having a first network entity, a second network entity, and a UE, according to aspects of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 14 is a block diagram illustrating an example telecommunications system having a first network entity, a second network entity, and a UE, according to aspects of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 15 illustrates a communications device that may include various components configured to perform operations for techniques disclosed herein, according to aspects of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 16 illustrates a communications device that may include various components configured to perform operations for techniques disclosed herein, according to aspects of the present disclosure.
  • a first network entity such as a New Radio (NR) gNodeB (gNB)
  • gNB New Radio
  • 2D-SSBs two- dimensional (2D) synchronization signal blocks
  • the first network entity may also send information regarding a presence of three-dimensional (3D) SSBs (3D-SSBs) , to the UE, via one or more channels associated with the 2D-SSBs, during the initial access procedure.
  • a second network entity (such as a holographic gNB) may transmit the 3D-SSBs.
  • the UE may send a report to the first network entity indicating a capability of the UE to detect and decode different types of the 3D-SSBs.
  • the first network entity may select a configuration of the 3D-SSBs based on the report.
  • the first network entity may send the selected configuration of the 3D-SSBs to the UE.
  • the UE may use the received configuration of the 3D-SSBs to monitor the 3D-SSBs.
  • the UE may use the monitored 3D-SSBs for the initial access procedure.
  • Exchanging capability information in this manner may help avoid the significant resource overhead associated with transmitting 3D-SSBs.
  • the network may only send 3D-SSBs after receiving confirmation that a UE has the capability to support them.
  • 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.
  • RAT may also be referred to as a radio technology, an air interface, etc.
  • a frequency may also be referred to as a carrier, a subcarrier, a frequency channel, a tone, a subband, etc.
  • Each frequency may support a single RAT in a given geographic area in order to avoid interference between wireless networks of different RATs.
  • the techniques described herein may be used for various wireless networks and radio technologies. While aspects may be described herein using terminology commonly associated with 3G, 4G, and/or new radio (e.g., 5G new radio (NR) ) wireless technologies, aspects of the present disclosure can be applied in other generation-based communication systems.
  • 3G, 4G, and/or new radio e.g., 5G new radio (NR)
  • NR new radio
  • NR access may support various wireless communication services, such as enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) targeting wide bandwidth (e.g., 80 MHz or beyond) , millimeter wave (mmW) targeting high carrier frequency (e.g., 25 GHz or beyond) , massive machine type communications MTC (mMTC) targeting non-backward compatible MTC techniques, and/or mission critical targeting ultra-reliable low-latency communications (URLLC) .
  • eMBB enhanced mobile broadband
  • mmW millimeter wave
  • mMTC massive machine type communications MTC
  • URLLC ultra-reliable low-latency communications
  • These services may include latency and reliability requirements.
  • These services may also have different transmission time intervals (TTI) to meet respective quality of service (QoS) requirements.
  • TTI transmission time intervals
  • QoS quality of service
  • these services may co-exist in the same subframe.
  • NR supports beamforming and beam direction may be dynamically configured.
  • MIMO Multiple-input multiple-output
  • MIMO configurations in a downlink may support up to 8 transmit antennas with multi-layer downlink transmissions up to 8 streams and up to 2 streams per UE.
  • Multi-layer transmissions with up to 2 streams per UE may be supported.
  • Aggregation of multiple cells may be supported with up to 8 serving cells.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates an example wireless communication network 100, in which aspects of the present disclosure may be practiced.
  • the wireless communication network 100 may include one or more UEs 120a (with a 3D SSB module 122) configured to perform operations 1100 of FIG. 11 and/or one or more base stations (BSs) 110a (with a 3D SSB module 112) configured to perform operations 1200 of FIG. 12.
  • BSs base stations
  • the wireless communication network 100 is in communication with a core network 132.
  • the core network 132 is in communication with one or more BSs 110 and/or one or more UEs 120 in the wireless communication network 100, via one or more interfaces.
  • the wireless communication network 100 may include a number of BSs 110a-z (each also individually referred to herein as BS 110 or collectively as BSs 110) and other network entities.
  • a BS 110 may provide communication coverage for a particular geographic area, sometimes referred to as a “cell” , which may be stationary or may move according to the location of a mobile BS 110.
  • the BSs 110 may be interconnected to one another and/or to one or more other BSs or network nodes (not shown) in wireless communication network 100 through various types of backhaul interfaces (e.g., a direct physical connection, a wireless connection, a virtual network, or the like) using any suitable transport network.
  • backhaul interfaces e.g., a direct physical connection, a wireless connection, a virtual network, or the like
  • the BSs 110a, 110b and 110c may be macro BSs for the macro cells 102a, 102b and 102c, respectively.
  • the BS 110x may be a pico BS for a pico cell 102x.
  • the BSs 110y and 110z may be femto BSs for the femto cells 102y and 102z, respectively.
  • a BS may support one or multiple cells.
  • a network controller 130 may couple to a set of BSs 110 and provide coordination and control for these BSs 110 (e.g., via a backhaul) .
  • the BSs 110 communicate with UEs 120a-y (each also individually referred to herein as UE 120 or collectively as UEs 120) in the wireless communication network 100.
  • the UEs 120 (e.g., 120x, 120y, etc. ) may be dispersed throughout the wireless communication network 100, and each UE 120 may be stationary or mobile.
  • Wireless communication network 100 may also include relay stations (e.g., relay station 110r) , also referred to as relays or the like, that receive a transmission of data and/or other information from an upstream station (e.g., a BS 110a or a UE 120r) and sends a transmission of the data and/or other information to a downstream station (e.g., a UE 120 or a BS 110) , or that relays transmissions between UEs 120, to facilitate communication between devices.
  • relay stations e.g., relay station 110r
  • relays or the like that receive a transmission of data and/or other information from an upstream station (e.g., a BS 110a or a UE 120r) and sends a transmission of the data and/or other information to a downstream station (e.g., a UE 120 or a BS 110) , or that relays transmissions between UEs 120, to facilitate communication between devices.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates example components of a BS 110a and a UE 120a (e.g., in the wireless communication network 100 of FIG. 1) .
  • a transmit processor 220 may receive data from a data source 212 and control information from a controller/processor 240.
  • the control information may be for a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) , a physical control format indicator channel (PCFICH) , a physical hybrid ARQ indicator channel (PHICH) , a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) , a group common PDCCH (GC PDCCH) , etc.
  • the data may be for a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) , etc.
  • a medium access control (MAC) -control element (MAC-CE) is a MAC layer communication structure that may be used for control command exchange between wireless nodes.
  • the MAC-CE may be carried in a shared channel such as a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) , a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) , or a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) .
  • PDSCH physical downlink shared channel
  • PUSCH physical uplink shared channel
  • PSSCH physical sidelink shared channel
  • the processor 220 may process (e.g., encode and symbol map) the data and control information to obtain data symbols and control symbols, respectively.
  • the transmit processor 220 may also generate reference symbols, such as for a primary synchronization signal (PSS) , a secondary synchronization signal (SSS) , and a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) .
  • a transmit (TX) MIMO processor 230 may perform spatial processing (e.g., precoding) on the data symbols, the control symbols, and/or the reference symbols, if applicable, and may provide output symbol streams to modulators (MODs) 232a-232t. Each MOD 232 may process a respective output symbol stream (e.g., for OFDM, etc. ) to obtain an output sample stream.
  • MOD 232 may process a respective output symbol stream (e.g., for OFDM, etc. ) to obtain an output sample stream.
  • Each MOD 232 may further process (e.g., convert to analog, amplify, filter, and upconvert) the output sample stream to obtain a downlink signal.
  • the downlink signals from the MODs 232a-232t may be transmitted via antennas 234a-234t, respectively.
  • antennas 252a-252r may receive the downlink signals from the BS 110 and may provide received signals to demodulators (DEMODs) in transceivers 254a-254r, respectively.
  • Each DEMOD in the transceiver 254 may condition (e.g., filter, amplify, downconvert, and digitize) a respective received signal to obtain input samples.
  • Each DEMOD in the transceiver may further process the input samples (e.g., for OFDM, etc. ) to obtain received symbols.
  • a MIMO detector 256 may obtain received symbols from all the DEMODs in the transceivers 254a-254r, perform MIMO detection on the received symbols if applicable, and provide detected symbols.
  • a receive processor 258 may process (e.g., demodulate, deinterleave, and decode) the detected symbols, provide decoded data for the UE 120 to a data sink 260, and provide decoded control information to a controller/processor 280.
  • a transmit processor 264 may receive and process data (e.g., for a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) ) from a data source 262 and control information (e.g., for a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) from the controller/processor 280.
  • the transmit processor 264 may also generate reference symbols for a reference signal (e.g., for a sounding reference signal (SRS) ) .
  • the symbols from the transmit processor 264 may be precoded by a TX MIMO processor 266 if applicable, further processed by the DEMODs in transceivers 254a-254r (e.g., for SC-FDM, etc. ) , and transmitted to the BS 110.
  • data e.g., for a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH)
  • control information e.g., for a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) from the controller/processor 280.
  • the transmit processor 264 may also generate reference symbols for a reference signal (e.
  • the uplink signals from the UE 120 may be received by the antennas 234, processed by the MODs 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 the UE 120.
  • the receive processor 238 may provide the decoded data to a data sink 239 and the decoded control information to the controller/processor 240.
  • Memories 242 and 282 may store data and program codes for the BS 110 and the UE 120, respectively.
  • a scheduler 244 may schedule the UEs for 120 data transmission on a downlink and/or an uplink.
  • Antennas 252, processors 266, 258, 264, and/or controller/processor 280 of the UE 120a and/or antennas 234, processors 220, 230, 238, and/or controller/processor 240 of the BS 110a may be used to perform the various techniques and methods described herein for performing a holographic MIMO based initial access procedure.
  • the controller/processor 240 of the BS 110a includes a 3D SSB module 241 that may be configured to perform the operations illustrated in FIG. 12, as well as other operations disclosed herein for performing the holographic MIMO based initial access procedure, in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG.
  • the controller/processor 280 of the UE 120a includes a 3D-SSB module 281 that may be configured to perform the operations illustrated in FIG. 11, as well as other operations disclosed herein for performing the holographic MIMO based initial access procedure, in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure. Although shown at the controller/processor, other components of the UE 120a and the BS 110a may be used performing the operations described herein.
  • NR may utilize orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) with a cyclic prefix (CP) on the uplink and downlink.
  • OFDM orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
  • CP cyclic prefix
  • NR may support half-duplex operation using time division duplexing (TDD) .
  • OFDM and single-carrier frequency division multiplexing (SC-FDM) partition the system bandwidth into multiple orthogonal subcarriers, which are also commonly referred to as tones, bins, etc. Each subcarrier may be modulated with data. Modulation symbols may be sent in the frequency domain with OFDM and in the time domain with SC-FDM.
  • the spacing between adjacent subcarriers may be fixed, and the total number of subcarriers may be dependent on the system bandwidth.
  • the minimum resource allocation may be 12 consecutive subcarriers.
  • the system bandwidth may also be partitioned into subbands. For example, a subband may cover multiple RBs.
  • NR may support a base subcarrier spacing (SCS) of 15 KHz and other SCS may be defined with respect to the base SCS (e.g., 30 kHz, 60 kHz, 120 kHz, 240 kHz, etc. ) .
  • SCS base subcarrier spacing
  • FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a frame format 300 for NR.
  • the transmission timeline for each of the downlink and uplink may be partitioned into units of radio frames.
  • Each radio frame may have a predetermined duration (e.g., 10 ms) and may be partitioned into 10 subframes, each of 1 ms, with indices of 0 through 9.
  • Each subframe may include a variable number of slots (e.g., 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, ...slots) depending on the SCS.
  • Each slot may include a variable number of symbol periods (e.g., 7 or 14 symbols) depending on the SCS.
  • the symbol periods in each slot may be assigned indices.
  • a mini-slot which may be referred to as a sub-slot structure, refers to a transmit time interval having a duration less than a slot (e.g., 2, 3, or 4 symbols) .
  • Each symbol in a slot may indicate a link direction (e.g., DL, UL, or flexible) for data transmission and the link direction for each subframe may be dynamically switched.
  • the link directions may be based on the slot format.
  • Each slot may include DL/UL data as well as DL/UL control information.
  • a synchronization signal (SS) block (SSB) is transmitted.
  • the SS block includes a PSS, a SSS, and a two symbol PBCH.
  • the SS block can be transmitted in a fixed slot location, such as the symbols 0-3 as shown in FIG. 3.
  • the PSS and SSS may be used by UEs for cell search and acquisition.
  • the PSS may provide half-frame timing, and the SS may provide the CP length and frame timing.
  • the PSS and SSS may provide the cell identity.
  • the PBCH carries some basic system information, such as downlink system bandwidth, timing information within radio frame, SS burst set periodicity, system frame number, etc.
  • RMSI remaining minimum system information
  • SIBs system information blocks
  • OSI system information
  • PDSCH physical downlink shared channel
  • the SS blocks may be organized into SS burst sets to support beam sweeping.
  • each SSB within a burst set may be transmitted using a different beam, which may help a UE quickly acquire both transmit (Tx) and receive (Rx) beams (particular for mmW applications) .
  • a physical cell identity (PCI) may still decoded from the PSS and SSS of the SSB.
  • Certain deployment scenarios may include one or both NR deployment options. Some may be configured for non-standalone (NSA) and/or standalone (SA) option.
  • a standalone cell may need to broadcast both SSB and remaining minimum system information (RMSI) , for example, with SIB1 and SIB2.
  • RMSI remaining minimum system information
  • a non-standalone cell may only need to broadcast SSB, without broadcasting RMSI.
  • multiple SSBs may be sent in different frequencies, and may include the different types of SSB.
  • Control Resource Sets (CORESETs)
  • a control resource set (CORESET) for an OFDMA system may comprise one or more control resource (e.g., time and frequency resources) sets, configured for conveying PDCCH, within the system bandwidth (e.g., a specific area on the NR Downlink Resource Grid) and a set of parameters used to carry PDCCH/DCI.
  • a CORESET may by similar in area to an LTE PDCCH area (e.g., the first 1, 2, 3, 4 OFDM symbols in a subframe) .
  • search spaces e.g., common search space (CSS) , UE-specific search space (USS) , etc.
  • search spaces are generally areas or portions where a communication device (e.g., a UE) may look for control information.
  • a CORESET is a set of time and frequency domain resources, defined in units of resource element groups (REGs) .
  • Each REG may comprise a fixed number (e.g., twelve) tones/subcarriers in one symbol period (e.g., a symbol period of a slot) , where one tone in one symbol period is referred to as a resource element (RE) .
  • a fixed number of REGs such as six, may be included in a control channel element (CCE) .
  • CCE control channel element
  • Sets of CCEs may be used to transmit new radio PDCCHs (NR-PDCCHs) , with different numbers of CCEs in the sets used to transmit NR-PDCCHs using differing aggregation levels.
  • Multiple sets of CCEs may be defined as search spaces for UEs, and thus a NodeB or other base station may transmit an NR-PDCCH to a UE by transmitting the NR-PDCCH in a set of CCEs that is defined as a decoding candidate within a search space for the UE.
  • the UE may receive the NR-PDCCH by searching in search spaces for the UE and decoding the NR-PDCCH transmitted by the NodeB.
  • Aggregation levels may be generally defined as the number of CCEs that consist of a PDCCH candidate and may include aggregation levels 1, 2, 4, 8, and 18, which may be configured by a radio resource control (RRC) configuration of a search space set (SS-set) .
  • RRC radio resource control
  • a CORESET may be linked with the SS-set within the RRC configuration.
  • the number of PDCCH candidates may be RRC configurable.
  • Operating characteristics of a NodeB or other base station in an NR communications system may be dependent on a frequency range (FR) in which the system operates.
  • a frequency range may comprise one or more operating bands (e.g., “n1” band, “n2” band, “n7” band, and “n41” band) , and a communications system (e.g., one or more NodeBs and UEs) may operate in one or more operating bands.
  • Frequency ranges and operating bands are described in more detail in “Base Station (BS) radio transmission and reception” TS38.104 (Release 15) , which is available from the 3GPP website.
  • a CORESET is a set of time and frequency domain resources.
  • the CORESET can be configured for conveying PDCCH within system bandwidth.
  • a UE may determine a CORESET and monitors the CORESET for control channels.
  • a UE may identify an initial CORESET (CORESET #0) configuration from a field (e.g., pdcchConfigSIB1) in a maser information block (MIB) .
  • This initial CORESET may then be used to configure the UE (e.g., with other CORESETs and/or bandwidth parts via dedicated (UE-specific) signaling.
  • the UE When the UE detects a control channel in the CORESET, the UE attempts to decode the control channel and communicates with the transmitting BS (e.g., the transmitting cell) according to the control data provided in the control channel (e.g., transmitted via the CORESET) .
  • the transmitting BS e.g., the transmitting cell
  • CORESET #0 may include different numbers of resource blocks (RBs) .
  • CORESET #0 may include one of 24, 48, or 96 RBs.
  • a 45-bit bitmap may be used to configure available RB-groups, where each bit in the bitmap is with respect to 6-RBs within a bandwidth part (BWP) and a most significant bit corresponds to the first RB-group in the BWP.
  • BWP bandwidth part
  • the UE may receive a master information block (MIB) .
  • the MIB can be in a synchronization signal and physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) block (e.g., in the PBCH of the SS/PBCH block) on a synchronization raster (sync raster) .
  • SS/PBCH synchronization signal and physical broadcast channel
  • the sync raster may correspond to an SSB.
  • the UE may determine an operating band of the cell. Based on a cell’s operation band, the UE may determine a minimum channel bandwidth and a subcarrier spacing (SCS) of the channel.
  • SCS subcarrier spacing
  • the UE may then determine an index from the MIB (e.g., four bits in the MIB, conveying an index in a range 0-15) .
  • the UE may look up or locate a CORESET configuration (this initial CORESET configured via the MIB is generally referred to as CORESET #0) . This may be accomplished from one or more tables of CORESET configurations. These configurations (including single table scenarios) may include various subsets of indices indicating valid CORESET configurations for various combinations of minimum channel bandwidth and subcarrier spacing (SCS) . In some arrangements, each combination of minimum channel bandwidth and SCS may be mapped to a subset of indices in the table.
  • CCS subcarrier spacing
  • the UE may select a search space CORESET configuration table from several tables of CORESET configurations. These configurations can be based on a minimum channel bandwidth and SCS.
  • the UE may then look up a CORESET configuration (e.g., a Type0-PDCCH search space CORESET configuration) from the selected table, based on the index.
  • the UE may then determine the CORESET to be monitored (as mentioned above) based on the location (in time and frequency) of the SS/PBCH block and the CORESET configuration.
  • FIG. 5 shows an exemplary transmission resource mapping 500, according to aspects of the present disclosure.
  • a BS e.g., BS 110a, shown in FIG. 1 transmits an SS/PBCH block 502.
  • the SS/PBCH block includes a MIB conveying an index to a table that relates the time and frequency resources of the CORESET 504 to the time and frequency resources of the SS/PBCH block.
  • the BS may also transmit control signaling.
  • the BS may also transmit a PDCCH to a UE (e.g., UE 120, shown in FIG. 1) in the (time/frequency resources of the) CORESET.
  • the PDCCH may schedule a PDSCH 506.
  • the BS then transmits the PDSCH to the UE.
  • the UE may receive the MIB in the SS/PBCH block, determine the index, look up a CORESET configuration based on the index, and determine the CORESET from the CORESET configuration and the SS/PBCH block.
  • the UE may then monitor the CORESET, decode the PDCCH in the CORESET, and receive the PDSCH that was allocated by the PDCCH.
  • each configuration may indicate a number of resource blocks (e.g., 24, 48, or 96) , a number of symbols (e.g., 1-3) , as well as an offset (e.g., 0-38 RBs) that indicates a location in frequency.
  • resource blocks e.g., 24, 48, or 96
  • symbols e.g., 1-3
  • offset e.g., 0-38 RBs
  • REG bundles may be used to convey CORESETs.
  • REGs in an REG bundle may be contiguous in a frequency and/or a time domain. In certain cases, the time domain may be prioritized before the frequency domain.
  • REG bundle sizes may include: 2, 3, or 6 for interleaved mapping and 6 for non-interleaved mapping.
  • sets of CCEs may be used to transmit new radio PDCCHs (NR-PDCCHs) , with different numbers of CCEs in the sets used to transmit NR-PDCCHs using differing aggregation levels.
  • FIG. 6 illustrates SS burst set locations within 5ms half-frame, for SS with 15kHz and 30kHz subcarrier spacing (SCS) .
  • SCS subcarrier spacing
  • a maximum number of SSB index values L values are shown for each SCS.
  • the figure also shows how there are 2 (band specific) mapping options for 30kHz SCS. For example, in NR Rel-15/16, 64 SSBs may be supported in 5ms, in every 20ms.
  • a wireless communication system may include one or more base stations (BSs) and one or more user equipments (UEs) .
  • the BSs or the UEs may be equipped with multiple antennas, which may be used to employ techniques such as new radio (NR) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communications and/or beamforming.
  • NR new radio
  • MIMO multiple-input multiple-output
  • Beamforming generally refers to a technique that may be used at a transmitting device (e.g., a BS) or a receiving device (e.g., a UE) to shape or steer an antenna beam (e.g., a transmit beam or receive beam) along a spatial path between the BS and the UE.Beamforming may always point towards a direction of a receiving device.
  • a transmitting device e.g., a BS
  • a receiving device e.g., a UE
  • Beamforming may always point towards a direction of a receiving device.
  • a beamformed transmission points in a direction may be depicted by azimuth angle of arrival (AoA) and azimuth angle of departure (AoD) .
  • the direction may be depicted by zenith angle of arrival (ZoA) and zenith angle of departure (ZoD) .
  • the NR MIMO communications may employ multipath signal propagation by transmitting or receiving multiple signals via different spatial layers.
  • the BS may transmit the multiple signals via different antennas.
  • the UE may receive the multiple signals via different antennas.
  • NR MIMO communication techniques may include a single-user MIMO (SU-MIMO) where multiple spatial layers are transmitted to a same UE, and multiple-user MIMO (MU-MIMO) where multiple spatial layers are transmitted to multiple UEs.
  • SU-MIMO single-user MIMO
  • MU-MIMO multiple-user MIMO
  • FIG. 7 illustrates an example of beamforming via NR MIMO depicting two beams used to reach 3 UEs (UE1, UE2, and UE3) .
  • UE1, UE2, and UE3 UEs
  • a NR MIMO system may have some limitations. For instance, when there are multiple UEs present in a same direction but at different distances, such as UE1 and UE2, the NR MIMO system may be unable to distinguish between these UEs.
  • two or more UEs with same or substantially similar azimuth and zenith may not be able to be paired for the MU-MIMO co-transmission. Accordingly, this may limit MU pairing opportunity and reduce MU diversity gain, resulting in lower order MU MIMO and lower spectral inefficiency.
  • Holographic MIMO refers to a system that utilizes an integration of a large number of antenna elements into a limited surface area (e.g., on the side of a building) . Holographic MIMO may further enable a transmitter with such an antenna array to discriminate the distance away from itself (and receiving UEs) . Also, Holographic MIMO may have some advantages over the NR MIMO. For instance, Holographic MIMO may allow pairing of multiple UEs in a same direction for the MU-MIMO.
  • HBF Holographic Beam Forming
  • HBF transmission characteristics in the near-field may change from reactive to radiating.
  • beam focusing is possible and the coding mechanisms in MIMO may be able to exploit this situation resulting in significant spectral efficiencies.
  • near field coverage may be extended, for example, by i ncrease the aperture size (D) and/or reducing the wavelength ( ⁇ ) , thereby increasing the carrier frequency (fc) .
  • a conventional transmitter e.g., 5G gNB
  • 5G gNB may be used to communicate with UEs outside the near-field (the far field) .
  • holographic MIMO antenna arrays may provide a three-dimensional (3D) coverage. This may be used to generate more beam candidates in relation to two-dimensional (2D) coverage provided by NR MIMO, potentially significantly more than the 64 SSBs supported in NR Rel. 15/16 (in a 5ms half-frame, in every 20ms) .
  • aspects of the present disclosure may help take advantage of holographic MIMO arrays, by providing techniques to support 3D-SSB based initial access procedures.
  • the techniques may help address various challenges that may be posed with 3D-SSB based initial access, such as accommodating more (3D) SSB candidates (than conventional) .
  • 3D-SSBs may be transmitted (and identified) using frequency division multiplexing (FDM) , time division multiplexing (TDM) , and/or spatial division multiplexing (SDM) .
  • FDM frequency division multiplexing
  • TDM time division multiplexing
  • SDM spatial division multiplexing
  • FIG. 10 illustrates an example SSB format.
  • the format and content may help identify an SSB as a 3D-SSB.
  • PSS and SSS location may be swapped to identify an SSB as a 3D-SSB.
  • certain sequences may be reserved for PSS and/or SSS in order to identify an SSB as a 3D-SSB.
  • a 3D-SSB may not have cell defining information, such as physical broadcast channel (PBCH) information.
  • PBCH physical broadcast channel
  • holographic multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna arrays may provide a three-dimensional (3D) coverage.
  • 3D three-dimensional
  • such arrays may be used to generate more beam candidates, relative to two-dimensional (2D) coverage provided by New Radio (NR) MIMO antenna.
  • NR New Radio
  • a holographic MIMO radio may typically consume more SSB overheads in comparison to a NR MIMO radio because of this high number of 3D-SSB candidates.
  • a user equipment may have to spend a substantial amount of processing power and time, to randomly detect more hypothesis and/or decode more information, to identify various 3D-SSB indexes (and their associated random access channel occasion (RO) , physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) occasion (PO) , or preamble) , which may be used by the UE to determine whether an SSB (within this high number of 3D-SSB candidates) is a 3D-SSB.
  • RO random access channel occasion
  • PUSCH physical uplink shared channel
  • PO physical uplink shared channel
  • preamble preamble
  • aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for the exchange of information regarding the presence of, and UE capability to support, 3D-SSBs. Exchanging capability information in this manner may help avoid the significant resource overhead associated with transmitting 3D-SSBs, as a network may only send 3D-SSBs after receiving confirmation that a UE has the capability to support them.
  • 3D-SSB 3D synchronization signal block
  • a first network entity may indicate the UE about a presence of the 3D-SSBs and in response receive a report from the UE indicating its capability to detect and decode different types of the 3D-SSBs. Subsequently, the UE may only receive the 3D-SSBs that the UE may be able to support. Accordingly, the techniques described herein may allow the first network entity to on-demand determine one or more types of the 3D-SSBs that may be transmitted and/or scheduled for the UE, depending on the received report from the UE. This may reduce overall SSB overhead, and also relax and reduce processing complexity of the UE as the UE will not receive and process the 3D-SSBs that the UE may not be capable of supporting.
  • FIG. 11 is a flow diagram illustrating example operations 1100 for wireless communication by a UE.
  • operations 1100 may be performed by a UE (e.g., such as the UE 120a in FIG. 1 or FIG. 2) to indicate a capability to support 3D-SSBs in response to information received from a first network entity (for example, a NR-gNB) , in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure.
  • a UE e.g., such as the UE 120a in FIG. 1 or FIG. 2
  • a first network entity for example, a NR-gNB
  • Operations 1100 begin, at 1102, by receiving, from the first network entity that transmits SSBs of a first type that each have an associated direction, information indicating a presence of the SSBs of a second type that each have an associated range and an associated direction.
  • the UE may receive the information using the antenna (s) and receiver/transceiver components of the UE 120a shown in FIG. 2 and/or of the apparatus shown in FIG. 15. In some cases, the information may be received during an initial access procedure.
  • Various mechanisms e.g., described below with reference to FIGs. 13-14 may be used to signal the information to the UE.
  • the UE sends to the first network entity a report indicating a capability of the UE to support the SSBs of the second type.
  • the UE may send the report using the antenna (s) and transmitter/transceiver components of the UE 120a shown in FIG. 2 and/or of the apparatus shown in FIG. 15. In some cases, the report may be sent during an initial access procedure.
  • FIG. 12 is a flow diagram illustrating example operations 1200 for wireless communication by a first network entity that may be considered complementary to operations 1100 of FIG. 11.
  • operations 1200 may be performed, for example, by a base station (e.g., such as the BS 110a of FIG. 1 or FIG. 2) that may transmit information to UE, which may enable the UE to perform operations 1100 of FIG. 11.
  • a base station e.g., such as the BS 110a of FIG. 1 or FIG. 2
  • UE may enable the UE to perform operations 1100 of FIG. 11.
  • Operations 1200 begin, at 1202, by sending to the UE, SSBs of a first type that each have an associated direction.
  • the network entity may send the SSBs using the antenna (s) and transmitter/transceiver components of base station shown 110a in FIG. 2 and/or of the apparatus shown in FIG. 16.
  • the SSBs may be sent by sweeping across different beams.
  • the first network entity sends to the UE signaling indicating information about a presence of SSBs of a second type that each have an associated range and an associated direction.
  • the network entity may send the information using the antenna (s) and transmitter/transceiver components of base station shown 110a in FIG. 2 and/or of the apparatus shown in FIG. 16. In some cases, the information may be sent during an initial access procedure.
  • the UE receives from the UE a report indicating a capability of the UE to support the SSBs of the second type, in response to the information.
  • the network entity may receive the information using the antenna (s) and receiver/transceiver components of base station shown 110a in FIG. 2 and/or of the apparatus shown in FIG. 16.
  • the report may be received during an initial access procedure.
  • a first network entity for example, a NR-gNB
  • a second network entity for example, a “holographic gNB” with a holographic MIMO antenna array
  • the UE may be located within coverage of both first network entity and the second network entity.
  • the NR-gNB may transmit one or more SSBs of a first type (for example, 2D-SSBs) .
  • the holographic gNB may transmit one or more SSBs of a second type (for example, 3D-SSBs) .
  • the NR-gNB may send information to the UE.
  • the information may indicate to the UE whether there is a presence of the 3D-SSBs within the field along with other types of SSBs. In some cases, the information may also indicate to the UE one or more types of the 3D-SSBs available within the field.
  • the NR-gNB may send the information to the UE during an initial access procedure. For instance, during the initial access procedure, the NR-gNB may send the 2D-SSBs to the UE. The NR-gNB may convey the information to the UE using one or more channels, which may be associated with the 2D-SSBs.
  • the NR-gNB may send a master information block (MIB) to the UE.
  • the MIB may be associated with the 2D-SSBs, which may be sent by the NR-gNB to the UE.
  • the NR-gNB may convey the information to the UE via the MIB.
  • the MIB may also contain other data such as system bandwidth information, etc.
  • the UE may decode the MIB to receive one or more system information blocks (SIBs) .
  • SIBs system information blocks
  • the UE may decode the SIBs to obtain the information.
  • the UE may read the information and, in some cases, may determine if there are 3D-SSBs available within the field based on the reading of the information.
  • the NR-gNB may send remaining minimum system information (RMSI) to the UE.
  • the RMSI may be associated with the 2D-SSBs, which may be sent by the NR-gNB to the UE.
  • the NR-gNB may send the information to the UE via the RMSI.
  • the UE may decode the RMSI to obtain the information.
  • the UE may read the information.
  • the UE may determine if there are 3D-SSBs available within the field based on the reading of the information.
  • the UE may generate a report, in response to processing the received information from the NR-gNB.
  • the report may indicate a capability of the UE to support the 3D-SSBs.
  • the report may indicate whether the UE is able to support detection of the 3D-SSBs among a group of SSBs received by the UE.
  • the report may indicate whether the UE is able to support decoding of the detected 3D-SSBs.
  • the report may indicate whether the UE is able to process multiple types of the 3D-SSBs.
  • the report may indicate a maximum number of the 3D-SSBs that the UE may be able to support.
  • the report may indicate whether the UE is able to support one or more types of multiplexing of the 3D-SSBs.
  • the one or more types of multiplexing of the 3D-SSBs may include frequency division multiplexing (FDM) , time division multiplexing (TDM) , and/or spatial division multiplexing (SDM) .
  • the 3D-SSBs may be transmitted (and identified by the UE) using the FDM, the TDM, and/or the SDM.
  • the report may indicate one or more types of index identification schemes for the 3D-SSBs that the UE may be able to support.
  • the UE may send the report to the NR-gNB during the initial access procedure.
  • the report may be carried to the NR-gNB by a random access channel (RACH) procedure message (such as Msg3/MsgA) .
  • RACH random access channel
  • the report may be carried to the NR-gNB by other type of uplink message, before a setup of radio resource control (RRC) connection, through the NR-gNB.
  • RRC radio resource control
  • the NR-gNB may receive the report.
  • the NR-gNB may process data within the report.
  • the NR-gNB may select a configuration for the 3D- SSBs based on the processed data within the report.
  • the configuration may correspond to 3D-SSBs identification information (i.e., the information that may assist the UE to determine that an SSB is a 3D-SSB based on the capability of the UE) .
  • the configuration may indicate that some 3D-SSBs may be transmitted using TDM.
  • Such 3D-SSBs may be partitioned into groups of consecutive 3D-SSBs and each 3D-SSB in a group may have a same associated range or a same associated direction.
  • some TDMed SSBs may have a same range and a different direction (or a same direction and a different range) . The UE may use this information to determine whether an SSB is a TDMed 3D-SSB.
  • the configuration may indicate that some 3D-SSBs may be transmitted using FDM. Such 3D-SSBs that may be sent on same frequency resources may also be sent using TDM. Such 3D-SSBs sent on the same frequency resources and also TDMed may be partitioned into groups of consecutive 3D-SSBs, and each 3D-SSBin a group may have a same associated range or a same associated direction. In some cases, some FDMed SSBs may have a same range and a different direction (or a same direction and a different range) . The UE may use this information to determine whether an SSB is an FDMed 3D-SSB.
  • the configuration may indicate that some of the FDMed 3D-SSBs may lack cell-defining information.
  • the UE may use this information to determine whether an SSB is an FDMed 3D-SSB.
  • the configuration may indicate that some 3D-SSBs may be transmitted on same time and frequency resources using SDM.
  • Such 3D-SSBs may include different primary synchronization sequences (PSSs) , different secondary synchronization sequences (SSSs) , or code division multiplexing (CDM) sequences.
  • PSSs primary synchronization sequences
  • SSSs secondary synchronization sequences
  • CDM code division multiplexing
  • some SDMed SSBs may have a same range and a different direction (or a same direction and a different range) . The UE may use this information to determine whether an SSB is a 3D-SSB.
  • the configuration may correspond to SSB indexes.
  • the SSB indexes may be indicated by the MIB, a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) sequence, the RMSI, or a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) or physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) determined based on the MIB.
  • DMRS demodulation reference signal
  • PDCCH physical downlink control channel
  • PDSCH physical downlink shared channel
  • the SSB indexes may be indicated by an SSB structure. Such SSB indexes may be indicated via a mapping order of at least one of primary synchronization signals (PSS) , secondary synchronization signals (SSS) , or physical broadcast channel (PBCH) demodulation reference signals (DMRS) to resource elements (REs) .
  • PSS primary synchronization signals
  • SSS secondary synchronization signals
  • PBCH physical broadcast channel
  • DMRS demodulation reference signals
  • REs resource elements
  • the SSB indexes may be indicated via an order in which primary synchronization signals (PSS) and secondary synchronization signals (SSS) occur in the SSB structure.
  • PSS primary synchronization signals
  • SSS secondary synchronization signals
  • the UE may use these indexes to determine whether an SSB is a 3D-SSB.
  • the SSB indexes may be indicated by a dimensional index.
  • the dimensional index may include a direction SSB index identified by a first SSB burst set or a range SSB index identified by a second SSB burst set.
  • the first and the second SSB-burst-sets may be transmitted using the TDM, the FDM, and/or the SDN.
  • the UE may use these indexes to determine whether an SSB is a 3D-SSB.
  • the NR-gNB may send the configuration for the 3D-SSBs to the UE.
  • the configuration for the 3D-SSBs may be carried to the UE by a first message (such as Msg3/MsgA) .
  • the report may be carried to the UE by a second message (such as an uplink message) , before a setup of the RRC connection.
  • the UE may receive the first message and/or the second message.
  • the UE may decode these messages to obtain the configuration for the 3D-SSBs.
  • the UE may then monitor the 3D-SSBs in accordance with the received configuration for the 3D-SSBs.
  • the UE may then perform the initial access procedure based on one or more of the monitored 3D-SSBs.
  • the resource overhead associated with transmitting 3D-SSBs may be consumed only after receiving confirmation that a UE has the capability to support them.
  • FIG. 15 illustrates a communications device 1500 that may include various components (e.g., corresponding to means-plus-function components) configured to perform operations for the techniques disclosed herein, such as the operations illustrated in FIG. 11.
  • the communications device 1500 includes a processing system 1502 coupled to a transceiver 1508 (e.g., a transmitter and/or a receiver) .
  • the transceiver 1508 is configured to transmit and receive signals for the communications device 1500 via an antenna 1510, such as the various signals as described herein.
  • the processing system 1502 is configured to perform processing functions for the communications device 1500, including processing signals received and/or to be transmitted by the communications device 1500.
  • the processing system 1502 includes a processor 1504 coupled to a computer-readable medium/memory 1512 via a bus 1506.
  • the computer-readable medium/memory 1512 is configured to store instructions (e.g., computer-executable code) that when executed by the processor 1504, cause the processor 1504 to perform the operations illustrated in FIG. 11, or other operations for performing the various techniques discussed herein for a holographic MIMO based initial access procedure.
  • computer-readable medium/memory 1512 stores code 1514 for receiving and code 1516 for sending.
  • the code 1514 for receiving may include code for receiving from a first network entity that transmits SSBs of a first type that each have an associated direction, information indicating the presence of SSBs of a second type that each have an associated range and an associated direction.
  • the code 1516 for sending may include code for sending to the first network entity a report indicating a capability of the UE to support SSBs of the second type.
  • the processor 1514 may include circuitry configured to implement the code stored in the computer-readable medium/memory 1512, such as for performing the operations illustrated in FIG. 11, as well as other operations for performing the various techniques discussed herein for the holographic MIMO based initial access procedure.
  • the processor 1504 includes circuitry 1518 for receiving and circuitry 1520 for sending.
  • the circuitry 1518 for receiving may include circuitry for receiving from a first network entity that transmits SSBs of a first type that each have an associated direction, information indicating the presence of SSBs of a second type that each have an associated range and an associated direction.
  • the circuitry 1520 for sending may include circuitry for sending to the first network entity a report indicating a capability of the UE to support SSBs of the second type.
  • FIG. 16 illustrates a communications device 1600 that may include various components (e.g., corresponding to means-plus-function components) configured to perform operations for the techniques disclosed herein, such as the operations illustrated in FIG. 12.
  • the communications device 1600 includes a processing system 1602 coupled to a transceiver 1608 (e.g., a transmitter and/or a receiver) .
  • the transceiver 1608 is configured to transmit and receive signals for the communications device 1600 via an antenna 1610, such as the various signals as described herein.
  • the processing system 1602 is configured to perform processing functions for the communications device 1600, including processing signals received and/or to be transmitted by the communications device 1600.
  • the processing system 1602 includes a processor 1604 coupled to a computer-readable medium/memory 1612 via a bus 1606.
  • the computer-readable medium/memory 1612 is configured to store instructions (e.g., computer-executable code) that when executed by the processor 1604, cause the processor 1604 to perform the operations illustrated in FIG. 12, or other operations for performing the various techniques discussed herein for a holographic MIMO based initial access procedure.
  • computer-readable medium/memory 1612 stores code 1614 for sending and code 1616 for receiving.
  • the code 1614 for sending may include code for sending to a UE SSBs of a first type that each have an associated direction and signaling indicating information about the presence of SSBs of a second type that each have an associated range and an associated direction.
  • the code 1616 for receiving may include code for receiving from the UE a report indicating a capability of the UE to support SSBs of the second type.
  • the processor 1604 may include circuitry configured to implement the code stored in the computer-readable medium/memory 1612, such as for performing the operations illustrated in FIG. 12, as well as other operations for performing the various techniques discussed herein for the holographic MIMO based initial access procedure.
  • the processor 1604 includes circuitry 1618 for sending and circuitry 1620 for receiving.
  • the circuitry 1618 for sending may include circuitry for sending to a UE SSBs of a first type that each have an associated direction and signaling indicating information about the presence of SSBs of a second type that each have an associated range and an associated direction.
  • the circuitry 1620 for receiving may include circuitry for receiving from the UE a report indicating a capability of the UE to support SSBs of the second type.
  • the term “cell” can refer to a coverage area of a Node B (NB) and/or a NB subsystem serving this coverage area, depending on the context in which the term is used.
  • NB Node B
  • BS next generation NodeB
  • AP access point
  • DU distributed unit
  • TRP transmission reception point
  • a BS may provide communication coverage for a macro cell, a pico cell, a femto cell, and/or other types of cells.
  • a macro cell may 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 an association with the femto cell (e.g., UEs in a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) , UEs for users in the home, etc. ) .
  • 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 UE may also be referred to as a mobile station, a terminal, an access terminal, a subscriber unit, a station, a Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) , a cellular phone, a smart phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA) , a wireless modem, a wireless communication device, a handheld device, a laptop computer, a cordless phone, a wireless local loop (WLL) station, a tablet computer, a camera, a gaming device, a netbook, a smartbook, an ultrabook, an appliance, a medical device or medical equipment, a biometric sensor/device, a wearable device such as a smart watch, smart clothing, smart glasses, a smart wrist band, smart jewelry (e.g., a smart ring, a smart bracelet, etc.
  • CPE Customer Premises Equipment
  • PDA personal digital assistant
  • WLL wireless local loop
  • MTC machine-type communication
  • eMTC evolved MTC
  • MTC and eMTC UEs include, for example, robots, drones, remote devices, sensors, meters, monitors, location tags, etc., that may communicate with a BS, another device (e.g., remote device) , or some other entity.
  • a wireless node may provide, for example, connectivity for or to a network (e.g., a wide area network such as Internet or a cellular network) via a wired or wireless communication link.
  • a network e.g., a wide area network such as Internet or a cellular network
  • Some UEs may be considered Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices, which may be narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) devices.
  • IoT Internet-of-Things
  • NB-IoT narrowband IoT
  • a scheduling entity (e.g., a BS) allocates resources for communication among some or all devices and equipment within its service area or cell.
  • the scheduling entity may be responsible for scheduling, assigning, reconfiguring, and releasing resources for one or more subordinate entities. That is, for scheduled communication, subordinate entities utilize resources allocated by the scheduling entity.
  • Base stations are not the only entities that may function as a scheduling entity.
  • a UE may function as a scheduling entity and may schedule resources for one or more subordinate entities (e.g., one or more other UEs) , and the other UEs may utilize the resources scheduled by the UE for wireless communication.
  • a UE may function as a scheduling entity in a peer-to-peer (P2P) network, and/or in a mesh network.
  • P2P peer-to-peer
  • UEs may communicate directly with one another in addition to communicating with a scheduling entity.
  • the methods disclosed herein comprise one or more steps or actions for achieving the methods.
  • the method steps and/or actions may be interchanged with one another without departing from the scope of the claims.
  • the order and/or use of specific steps and/or actions may be modified without departing from the scope of the claims.
  • a phrase referring to “at least one of” a list of items refers to any combination of those items, including single members.
  • “at least one of: a, b, or c” is intended to cover a, b, c, a-b, a-c, b-c, and a-b-c, as well as any combination with multiples of the same element (e.g., a-a, a-a-a, a-a-b, a-a-c, a-b-b, a-c-c, b-b, b-b-b, b-b-c, c-c, and c-c-c or any other ordering of a, b, and c) .
  • determining encompasses a wide variety of actions. For example, “determining” may include calculating, computing, processing, deriving, investigating, looking up (e.g., looking up in a table, a database or another data structure) , ascertaining and the like. Also, “determining” may include receiving (e.g., receiving information) , accessing (e.g., accessing data in a memory) and the like. Also, “determining” may include resolving, selecting, choosing, establishing and the like.
  • the various operations of methods described above may be performed by any suitable means capable of performing the corresponding functions.
  • the means may include various hardware and/or software component (s) and/or module (s) , including, but not limited to a circuit, an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) , or processor.
  • ASIC application specific integrated circuit
  • DSP digital signal processor
  • ASIC application specific integrated circuit
  • FPGA field programmable gate array
  • PLD programmable logic device
  • a general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor, but in the alternative, the processor may be any commercially available processor, controller, microcontroller, or state machine.
  • a processor may also be implemented as a combination of computing devices, e.g., a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, a plurality of microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in conjunction with a DSP core, or any other such configuration.
  • an example hardware configuration may comprise a processing system in a wireless node.
  • the processing system may be implemented with a bus architecture.
  • the bus may include any number of interconnecting buses and bridges depending on the specific application of the processing system and the overall design constraints.
  • the bus may link together various circuits including a processor, machine-readable media, and a bus interface.
  • the bus interface may be used to connect a network adapter, among other things, to the processing system via the bus.
  • the network adapter may be used to implement the signal processing functions of the PHY layer.
  • a user interface e.g., keypad, display, mouse, joystick, etc.
  • a user interface e.g., keypad, display, mouse, joystick, etc.
  • the bus may also link various other circuits such as timing sources, peripherals, voltage regulators, power management circuits, and the like, which are well known in the art, and therefore, will not be described any further.
  • the processor may be implemented with one or more general-purpose and/or special-purpose processors. Examples include microprocessors, microcontrollers, DSP processors, and other circuitry that can execute software. Those skilled in the art will recognize how best to implement the described functionality for the processing system depending on the particular application and the overall design constraints imposed on the overall system.
  • the functions may be stored or transmitted over as one or more instructions or code on a computer readable medium.
  • Software shall be construed broadly to mean instructions, data, or any combination thereof, whether referred to as software, firmware, middleware, microcode, hardware description language, or otherwise.
  • Computer-readable media include both computer storage media and communication media including any medium that facilitates transfer of a computer program from one place to another.
  • the processor may be responsible for managing the bus and general processing, including the execution of software modules stored on the machine-readable storage media.
  • a computer-readable storage medium may be coupled to a processor such that the processor can read information from, and write information to, the storage medium. In the alternative, the storage medium may be integral to the processor.
  • the machine-readable media may include a transmission line, a carrier wave modulated by data, and/or a computer readable storage medium with instructions stored thereon separate from the wireless node, all of which may be accessed by the processor through the bus interface.
  • the machine- readable media, or any portion thereof, may be integrated into the processor, such as the case may be with cache and/or general register files.
  • machine-readable storage media may include, by way of example, RAM (Random Access Memory) , flash memory, ROM (Read Only Memory) , PROM (Programmable Read-Only Memory) , EPROM (Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory) , EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory) , registers, magnetic disks, optical disks, hard drives, or any other suitable storage medium, or any combination thereof.
  • RAM Random Access Memory
  • ROM Read Only Memory
  • PROM Programmable Read-Only Memory
  • EPROM Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
  • EEPROM Electrical Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
  • registers magnetic disks, optical disks, hard drives, or any other suitable storage medium, or any combination thereof.
  • the machine-readable media may be embodied in a computer-program product.
  • a software module may comprise a single instruction, or many instructions, and may be distributed over several different code segments, among different programs, and across multiple storage media.
  • the computer-readable media may comprise a number of software modules.
  • the software modules include instructions that, when executed by an apparatus such as a processor, cause the processing system to perform various functions.
  • the software modules may include a transmission module and a receiving module. Each software module may reside in a single storage device or be distributed across multiple storage devices.
  • a software module may be loaded into RAM from a hard drive when a triggering event occurs.
  • the processor may load some of the instructions into cache to increase access speed.
  • One or more cache lines may then be loaded into a general register file for execution by the processor.
  • any connection is properly termed a computer-readable medium.
  • the software is transmitted from a website, server, or other remote source using a coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, digital subscriber line (DSL) , or wireless technologies such as infrared (IR) , radio, and microwave
  • the coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, DSL, or wireless technologies such as infrared, radio, and microwave are included in the definition of medium.
  • Disk and disc include compact disc (CD) , laser disc, optical disc, digital versatile disc (DVD) , floppy disk, and disc where disks usually reproduce data magnetically, while discs reproduce data optically with lasers.
  • computer-readable media may comprise non-transitory computer-readable media (e.g., tangible media) .
  • computer-readable media may comprise transitory computer-readable media (e.g., a signal) . Combinations of the above should also be included within the scope of computer-readable media.
  • certain aspects may comprise a computer program product for performing the operations presented herein.
  • a computer program product may comprise a computer-readable medium having instructions stored (and/or encoded) thereon, the instructions being executable by one or more processors to perform the operations described herein, for example, instructions for performing the operations described herein and illustrated in FIG. 11 and/or FIG. 12.
  • modules and/or other appropriate means for performing the methods and techniques described herein can be downloaded and/or otherwise obtained by a user terminal and/or base station as applicable.
  • a user terminal and/or base station can be coupled to a server to facilitate the transfer of means for performing the methods described herein.
  • various methods described herein can be provided via storage means (e.g., RAM, ROM, a physical storage medium such as a compact disc (CD) or floppy disk, etc. ) , such that a user terminal and/or base station can obtain the various methods upon coupling or providing the storage means to the device.
  • storage means e.g., RAM, ROM, a physical storage medium such as a compact disc (CD) or floppy disk, etc.
  • CD compact disc
  • floppy disk etc.
  • any other suitable technique for providing the methods and techniques described herein to a device can be utilized.

Abstract

Certains aspects de la présente divulgation concernent des techniques relatives à une procédure d'accès initial. Dans une telle technique, une première entité de réseau peut envoyer des informations concernant la présence de blocs de signaux de synchronisation tridimensionnels (3D) à un équipement utilisateur (UE). L'UE peut ensuite renvoyer un rapport indiquant une capacité de l'UE à détecter et décoder différents types de SSB 3D. La première entité de réseau peut ensuite sélectionner une configuration des SSD 3D sur la base du rapport, et envoyer la configuration des SSB 3D à l'UE. L'UE peut utiliser la configuration des SSB 3D pour surveiller les SSB 3D aux fins de la procédure d'accès initial.
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