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- the present disclosure relates to terminals and radio base stations that support propagation delay compensation.
- the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) has specified the 5th generation mobile communication system (also called 5G, New Radio (NR) or Next Generation (NG)), and the next generation specification called Beyond 5G, 5G Evolution or 6G We are also proceeding with 5G, 5G Evolution or 6G We are also proceeding with 5G, 5G Evolution or 6G We are also proceeding with 5G, 5G Evolution or 6G We are also proceeding with 5G, 5G Evolution or 6G We are also proceeding with 5G, 5G Evolution or 6G
- Non-Patent Document 1 In 3GPP Release-17, with regard to support for Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and URLLC (Ultra-Reliable and Low Latency Communications), more accurate synchronization between wireless base stations (gNB) and terminals (User Equipment, UE) is required. The goal is to achieve this (Non-Patent Document 1).
- IIoT Industrial Internet of Things
- URLLC User Equipment
- Non-Patent Document 2 3GPP should consider not only propagation delay compensation using Timing Advance (TA), but also propagation delay compensation using Round-Trip Time (RTT) between UE and gNB (RTT based delay compensation). has been agreed (Non-Patent Document 2).
- TA Timing Advance
- RTT Round-Trip Time
- the timing at which the UE notifies the gNB of the measured time difference between the transmitted signal and the received signal is an issue.
- the timing of executing propagation delay compensation using RTT is a problem.
- the following disclosure is made in view of such circumstances, and aims to provide terminals and radio base stations that can appropriately perform RTT-based propagation delay compensation.
- control unit 240 that acquires the time difference between the transmission timing of the first signal and the reception timing of the second signal, and indicates the time difference when the time difference exceeds a specified threshold.
- a terminal UE 200 including a transmission section (time information processing section 230) that transmits time difference information to a radio base station.
- One aspect of the present disclosure is a receiving unit (time management unit 130) that receives time difference information indicating a first time difference between the transmission timing of the first signal and the reception timing of the second signal in the terminal, and a control unit (control unit 140) that acquires the propagation delay with the terminal based on the first time difference and the second time difference between the reception timing of the first signal and the transmission timing of the second signal; is a radio base station (gNB100) comprising
- One aspect of the present disclosure is a receiving unit (time information processing unit 230) that receives time difference information indicating a first time difference between the reception timing of the first signal and the transmission timing of the second signal in the radio base station, and the time difference information is received, the control unit ( A terminal (UE 200) including a control unit 240).
- FIG. 1 is an overall schematic configuration diagram of a radio communication system 10.
- FIG. 2 is a functional block configuration diagram of the gNB100.
- FIG. 3 is a functional block configuration diagram of UE200.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a calculation and reporting sequence of UE Rx-Tx time difference and gNB Rx-Tx time difference using UL-RS and DL-RS.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a schematic operation sequence of RTT based delay compensation triggered by UE.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a schematic operation sequence of RTT based delay compensation by gNB trigger.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of gNB100 and UE200.
- FIG. 1 is an overall schematic configuration diagram of a radio communication system 10 according to the present embodiment.
- the radio communication system 10 is a radio communication system according to 5G New Radio (NR), and includes a Next Generation-Radio Access Network 20 (hereinafter, NG-RAN 20, and a user terminal 200 (User Equipment 200, hereinafter, UE 200) .
- NR 5G New Radio
- NG-RAN 20 Next Generation-Radio Access Network 20
- UE 200 User Equipment 200
- the wireless communication system 10 may be a wireless communication system according to a system called Beyond 5G, 5G Evolution, or 6G.
- NG-RAN 20 includes a radio base station 100 (hereinafter gNB 100).
- gNB 100 radio base station 100
- the specific configuration of the radio communication system 10 including the number of gNBs and UEs is not limited to the example shown in FIG.
- NG-RAN20 actually includes multiple NG-RAN Nodes, specifically gNBs (or ng-eNBs), and is connected to 5GC30, a core network according to 5G. Note that the NG-RAN 20 and 5GC 30 may simply be expressed as a "network”.
- UPF35 User Plane Function 35
- TSN Time Sensitive Network
- TSC GM 25 TSN grandmaster 25
- TSC GM25 can provide highly accurate time information (date and time) to IoT device 40 connected to UE200 via NG-RAN20 or the like.
- IoT device 40 may also be called an end station or the like.
- TSN can be used as a network for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT).
- IIoT Industrial Internet of Things
- the TSN may be configured as a network separate from the NG-RAN 20 and 5GC 30, that is, the NR (5G) system, and may be synchronized with the timing generated by an independent clock.
- the TSN may include networks related to services that require high synchronization accuracy over a wide service area, such as smart grids.
- the gNB100 is an NR-compliant radio base station and performs NR-compliant radio communication with the UE200.
- gNB100 and UE200 control radio signals transmitted from multiple antenna elements to generate beams with higher directivity Massive MIMO, multiple component carriers (CC) bundled together (CA), And dual connectivity (DC) in which communication is performed simultaneously between the UE and multiple NG-RAN Nodes, etc., can be supported.
- Massive MIMO multiple component carriers
- CA component carriers
- DC dual connectivity
- the IoT device 40 may be a TSN, for example, a communication device (terminal) included in the IIoT, and may be synchronized with the timing (time information) within the TSN.
- the NR (5G) system can be connected to the TSC GM25 and the IoT device 40, providing a mechanism to compensate for propagation delay between the UE200 and the gNB100.
- the IoT device 40 connected to the UE 200 can operate in synchronization with the TSN time information provided by the TSC GM25.
- the 5G grandmaster (5G GM) provides the time information used in the system.
- UPF35, gNB100 and UE200 can operate in synchronization with 5G GM time information.
- propagation delay between UE 200 and gNB 100 can be compensated.
- the radio communication system 10 can compensate for propagation delay in radio sections between the UE 200 and the gNB 100 (specifically, Distributed Unit (DU)) to which the UE 200 is connected.
- Propagation delay compensation adjusts the time information for the NR system or TSN according to the amount of propagation delay in the wireless section, and as a result, each IoT device 40 can operate in synchronization with the time information for TSN.
- propagation delay compensation may be interpreted as adjusting the time information by subtracting the propagation delay between the UE 200 and the gNB 100 (radio section) from the 5G GM time information, and accurate synchronization within the 5G system.
- the 5G system can play the role of a TSN bridge, and each TSN IoT device can operate in synchronization with the time for TSN.
- propagation delay compensation using Timing Advance (TA)
- TA Timing Advance
- RTT Round-Trip Time
- FIG. 2 is a functional block configuration diagram of gNB100.
- FIG. 3 is a functional block configuration diagram of UE200. Note that FIGS. 2 and 3 only show main functional blocks related to the description of the embodiments, and that the gNB 100 and UE 200 have other functional blocks (eg, power supply units, etc.). . 2 and 3 show the functional block configurations of the gNB 100 and the UE 200, and please refer to FIG. 7 for the hardware configuration.
- the gNB 100 includes a radio communication section 110, a reference signal processing section 120, a time management section 130 and a control section 140.
- the radio communication unit 110 transmits and receives radio signals according to NR. Specifically, radio communication section 110 receives an NR-compliant uplink signal (UL signal) and transmits an NR-compliant downlink signal (DL signal).
- the radio communication unit 110 supports Massive MIMO, CA that bundles and uses multiple CCs, DC that simultaneously communicates between the UE and each of the two NG-RAN Nodes, and the like.
- the wireless communication unit 110 transmits and receives various physical layer channels.
- Channels include control channels and data channels.
- Control channels include PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel), PUCCH (Physical Uplink Control Channel), RACH (Random Access Channel, Downlink Control Information (DCI) including Random Access Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RA-RNTI)), and Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH) etc. may be included.
- PDCCH Physical Downlink Control Channel
- PUCCH Physical Uplink Control Channel
- RACH Random Access Channel
- DCI Downlink Control Information
- DCI Downlink Control Information
- RA-RNTI Random Access Radio Network Temporary Identifier
- PBCH Physical Broadcast Channel
- Data channels include PDSCH (Physical Downlink Shared Channel) and PUSCH (Physical Uplink Shared Channel). Data may refer to data transmitted over a data channel.
- PDSCH Physical Downlink Shared Channel
- PUSCH Physical Uplink Shared Channel
- the reference signal processing unit 120 executes processing related to reference signals.
- a reference signal may be interpreted as a known pilot signal between the base station and the terminal.
- reference signal processing section 120 performs processing related to the DL direction, that is, the reference signal (which may be referred to as DL-RS) transmitted by gNB 100 .
- reference signal processing section 120 performs processing related to the UL direction, that is, the reference signal (which may be referred to as UL-RS) received by gNB 100 .
- the DL-RS may include, for example, Positioning Reference Signal (PRS) for position information, Tracking Reference Signal (TRS) for tracking, Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS), and the like.
- PRS Positioning Reference Signal
- TRS Tracking Reference Signal
- DMRS Demodulation Reference Signal
- the DL-RS may include RSs in other DL directions.
- the DL-RS may include SSs forming Synchronization Signal/Physical Broadcast Channel blocks (SS/PBCH).
- SS/PBCH Synchronization Signal/Physical Broadcast Channel blocks
- UL-RS may include Sounding Reference Signal (SRS), TRS, DMRS, etc., for example.
- SRS Sounding Reference Signal
- TRS TRS
- DMRS DMRS
- the UL-RS may include RSs in other UL directions.
- the UL-RS may include a PRACH (Physical Random Access Channel).
- the time management unit 130 manages time information used within the wireless communication system 10. Specifically, the time management unit 130 manages TSN time information and NR (5G) system time information.
- the time management unit 130 can acquire TSN time information from the TSC GM 25 and provide the acquired time information to the UE 200. Also, the time management unit 130 can acquire time information of the NR (5G) system from the 5G GM and provide the acquired time information to the UE 200 .
- 5G NR
- the time management unit 130 receives time difference information indicating the time difference (first time difference) between the transmission timing of the reference signal (first signal) in the UE 200 and the reception timing of another reference signal (second signal) in the UE 200. can.
- the time management unit 130 may constitute a receiving unit.
- time management section 130 sets the time difference (UE Rx-Tx time difference) between the UL-RS transmission timing (transmission time) in UE 200 and the DL-RS reception timing (reception time) in UE 200. can be received from the UE 200.
- time difference UE Rx-Tx time difference
- time management unit 130 may receive the time difference information periodically, or may receive it aperiodically, for example, when a specific event occurs.
- the time management unit 130 can also transmit information indicating the time difference (gNB Rx-Tx time difference) between the UL-RS reception timing and the DL-RS transmission timing in the gNB 100 to the UE 200.
- the control unit 140 controls each functional block that configures the gNB100.
- the control unit 140 performs control related to propagation delay compensation in the section between the UE 200 and the gNB 100.
- the control unit 140 when the control unit 140 receives the above-described time difference information via the time management unit 130, the transmission timing of the reference signal (first signal) in the UE 200 and the transmission timing of the reference signal (second signal) in the UE 200 ) and the second time difference between the reception timing of the first signal and the transmission timing of the second signal at the gNB 100, the propagation delay with the UE 200 can be obtained.
- control unit 140 acquires the propagation delay based on the UE Rx-Tx time difference (first time difference) and the gNB Rx-Tx time difference (second time difference).
- the control unit 140 may acquire the total value of the UE Rx-Tx time difference and the gNB Rx-Tx time difference. The total value may be interpreted as RTT.
- a predetermined offset value or the like may be added (or subtracted) to the total value of the UE Rx-Tx time difference and the gNB Rx-Tx time difference.
- Control unit 140 bisects the total value ((UE Rx-Tx time difference + gNB Rx-Tx time difference) / 2) to determine the propagation delay (called propagation time, etc.) in the section between UE 200 and gNB 100. ) may be calculated.
- the calculation of UE Rx-Tx time difference and gNB Rx-Tx time difference and measurement points (reference points) may follow the provisions of 3GPP TS 38.215 Section 5.1.30 and Section 5.2.3.
- the control unit 140 may perform propagation delay compensation based on the calculated propagation delay in the section between the UE 200 and the gNB 100. Specifically, control section 140 may adjust the time information for the NR system or TSN according to the amount of propagation delay in the wireless section.
- UE 200 includes radio communication section 210 , reference signal processing section 220 , time information processing section 230 and control section 240 .
- the wireless communication unit 210 transmits and receives wireless signals according to NR. Specifically, radio communication section 210 transmits an NR-compliant UL signal and receives an NR-compliant DL signal.
- the radio communication unit 210 supports Massive MIMO, CA that bundles and uses multiple CCs, DC that simultaneously communicates between the UE and each of the two NG-RAN Nodes, and the like.
- the wireless communication unit 210 transmits and receives various physical layer channels.
- Channels include control channels and data channels.
- the reference signal processing unit 220 executes processing related to reference signals. Specifically, reference signal processing section 220 performs processing related to the UL direction, that is, the reference signal (UL-RS) transmitted by UE 200 . Also, reference signal processing section 120 performs processing related to the DL direction, that is, the reference signal (DL-RS) received by UE 200 . Specific reference signals and the like included in the UL-RS and DL-RS transmitted and received by the UE 200 may be as described above.
- the time information processing unit 230 executes processing related to time information (5G GM standard) used in the wireless communication system 10 and time information for TSN (TSC GM25 standard).
- the time information processing unit 230 can provide 5G GM standard time information to each functional block that configures the UE 200.
- the time information processing unit 230 can acquire TSC GM25 standard time information from the network and provide the acquired time information to the IoT device 40 .
- the time information processing unit 230 sends time difference information indicating the time difference to the gNB 100.
- the time information processing section 230 may constitute a transmitting section.
- the time information processing unit 230 indicates the time difference (first time difference) between the reception timing (t2) of the UL-RS (first signal) and the transmission timing (t3) of the DL-RS (second signal) in the gNB 100. Time difference information may be received.
- the time information processing section 230 may constitute a receiving section.
- the time information processing unit 230 can receive time difference information indicating the gNB Rx-Tx time difference.
- time management unit 130 may receive the time difference information periodically, or may receive it aperiodically, for example, when a specific event occurs.
- the control unit 240 controls each functional block that configures the UE200.
- the control unit 240 compensates for propagation delay in the section between the UE 200 and the gNB 100 and controls the time information used within the radio communication system 10 .
- control unit 240 determines the time difference (UE Rx-Tx time difference) between the UL-RS (first signal) transmission timing (t1) and the DL-RS (second signal) reception timing (t4). can be obtained.
- the control unit 240 When receiving the information (time difference information) indicating the gNB Rx-Tx time difference, the control unit 240 acquires the propagation delay with the gNB 100 based on the gNB Rx-Tx time difference and the UE Rx-Tx time difference. be able to.
- the control unit 240 acquires the propagation delay based on the UE Rx-Tx time difference and the gNB Rx-Tx time difference. Specifically, the control unit 240 may acquire the total value of the UE Rx-Tx time difference and the gNB Rx-Tx time difference. The total value may be interpreted as RTT.
- the control unit 240 may calculate the propagation delay in the section between the UE 200 and the gNB 100 by halving the total value ((UE Rx-Tx time difference + gNB Rx-Tx time difference) / 2).
- control unit 240 may perform propagation delay compensation based on the calculated propagation delay in the section between the UE 200 and the gNB 100. Specifically, the control unit 240 may adjust the time information for the NR system or TSN according to the amount of propagation delay in the wireless section.
- RTT based delay compensation can be performed using UE Rx-Tx time difference and gNB Rx-Tx time difference.
- the UE Rx-Tx time difference may be reported from the UE 200 to the gNB 100 according to the Long Term Evolution Positioning Protocol (LPP) or Radio Resource Control Layer (RRC) protocol.
- LPP Long Term Evolution Positioning Protocol
- RRC Radio Resource Control Layer
- FIG. 4 shows an example of the calculation and reporting sequence of UE Rx-Tx time difference and gNB Rx-Tx time difference using UL-RS and DL-RS.
- the UE 200 transmits the UL-RS at time t1 (transmission timing), and the UL-RS is received by the gNB 100 at time t2 (reception timing).
- gNB 100 transmits DL-RS at time t3 (transmission timing), and DL-RS is received by UE 200 at time t4 (reception timing).
- UL-RS may include PRACH and the like
- DL-RS may include SS and the like.
- the DL-RS may be transmitted first and the UL-RS transmitted later.
- the RTT and propagation delay between UE200 and gNB100 may be expressed as follows.
- ⁇ Propagation delay ((UE Rx-Tx time difference) + (gNB Rx-Tx time difference))/2
- the UE Rx-Tx time difference (t4-t1) calculated by UE 200 may be reported to gNB 100 according to any of the following methods.
- Method 1 The UE 200 periodically reports the UE Rx-Tx time difference.
- Method 2 UE 200 reports UE Rx-Tx time difference in response to a specific event.
- the event may be defined as follows, for example.
- ⁇ Event X When the propagation delay between the UE and the gNB exceeds a predetermined threshold, a measurement report including the measurement result of the UE Rx-Tx time difference is reported to the network.
- the measurement report may be expressed as follows.
- ⁇ UE shall consider the entering condition for this event to be satisfied when PD-1 is fulfilled; ⁇ UE shall consider the leaving condition for this event to be satisfied when PD-2 is fulfilled; ⁇ Ms - Hys > Thresh + Offset PD-1 (entering condition) ⁇ Ms + Hys > Thresh + Offset PD-2 (leaving condition)
- Ms may denote the propagation delay between the UE and the gNB, and Hys may denote the hysteresis parameter for the event.
- Thresh is the reference threshold for the event and may be specified as PropagationDelayThreshRef by MeasConfig (see 3GPP TS38.331). Offset may indicate an offset value to PropagationDelayThreshRef for obtaining the absolute threshold of the event. Also, the time until the event is triggered (timeToTrigger) may be set.
- the UE 200 may add a reference system frame number (ReferenceSFN (System Frame Number)) when reporting the UE Rx-Tx time difference.
- ReferenceSFN System Frame Number
- FIG. 5 shows an example of a schematic operation sequence of RTT based delay compensation by UE trigger.
- UE 200 acquires UE Rx-Tx time difference using UL-RS and DL-RS, and reports the acquired UE Rx-Tx time difference to gNB 100 (step 1, 2).
- the gNB 100 acquires the gNB Rx-Tx time difference using the UL-RS and DL-RS and calculates the propagation delay as described above (steps 3 and 4).
- the gNB 100 performs propagation delay compensation based on the calculated propagation delay (step 5). Specifically, the gNB 100 may adjust time information for the NR system or TSN according to the amount of propagation delay in the wireless section.
- UE200 acquires UE Rx-Tx time difference and transmits the acquired UE Rx-Tx time difference to gNB100 when the event described in operation example 1 is satisfied. (may be called a UE event type trigger).
- gNB100 When gNB100 receives UE Rx-Tx time difference from UE200, it may acquire gNB Rx-Tx time difference.
- "when received” may be immediately upon reception of the UE Rx-Tx time difference, or may be within a predetermined time after reception.
- the gNB 100 may calculate the propagation delay and perform propagation delay compensation based on the UE Rx-Tx time difference and the gNB Rx-Tx time difference. Specifically, the gNB 100 may pre-compensate the propagation delay in ReferenceTimeInfo, include the time information after compensation in system information, specifically SIB 9 or DLInformationTransfer, and transmit it to the UE 200.
- SIB 9 may be broadcast information and DLInformationTransfer may be unicast information.
- the gNB 100 may transmit the propagation delay together with the ReferenceTimeInfo to the UE 200.
- UE 200 may perform propagation delay compensation.
- the above-described UE Rx-Tx time difference from UE 200 may be reported based on UE 200 receiving an explicit instruction (eg, measurement request/report request) from gNB 100.
- UE 200 may request gNB 100 to transmit gNB Rx-Tx time difference by an explicit instruction.
- the UE 200 may calculate the propagation delay and perform propagation delay compensation after receiving the gNB Rx-Tx time difference.
- the UE 200 may periodically acquire the UE Rx-Tx time difference and transmit the acquired UE Rx-Tx time difference to the gNB 100 (UE periodically may be called a trigger).
- UE200 periodically reports the measurement result of UE Rx-Tx time difference to gNB100.
- gNB100 receives UE Rx-Tx time difference from UE200, it acquires gNB Rx-Tx time difference and sets propagation delay. can be calculated.
- the gNB 100 may transmit the calculated propagation delay to the UE 200 using SIB 9 or DL InformationTransfer, and the UE 200 may adjust the time information. Note that the gNB 100 may transmit the propagation delay to the UE 200 only when the propagation delay exceeds a predetermined threshold, or the gNB 100 may pre-compensate for the propagation delay.
- FIG. 6 shows an example of a schematic operation sequence of RTT based delay compensation by gNB trigger.
- gNB 100 acquires the gNB Rx-Tx time difference using UL-RS and DL-RS and reports the acquired gNB Rx-Tx time difference to UE 200 (step 1, 2).
- the UE 200 acquires the UE Rx-Tx time difference using the UL-RS and DL-RS and calculates the propagation delay as described above (steps 3 and 4).
- the UE 200 performs propagation delay compensation based on the calculated propagation delay (step 5). Specifically, the UE 200 may adjust time information for the NR system or TSN according to the amount of propagation delay in the radio section.
- the gNB100 measures the gNB Rx-Tx time difference and, if the gNB Rx-Tx time difference exceeds a predetermined threshold, uses SIB 9 or DLInformationTransfer to You may send gNB Rx-Tx time difference to UE200 together. Note that transmission of such gNB Rx-Tx time difference may be interpreted as an implicit propagation delay compensation instruction to UE 200 . Alternatively, the gNB 100 may send an explicit propagation delay compensation instruction to the UE 200.
- the UE 200 may measure and acquire the UE Rx-Tx time difference in response to receiving the gNB Rx-Tx time difference.
- UE 200 may calculate propagation delay using gNB Rx-Tx time difference and UE Rx-Tx time difference and perform propagation delay compensation.
- gNB 100 may periodically transmit gNB Rx-Tx time difference together with ReferenceTimeInfo to UE 200. Transmission of such gNB Rx-Tx time difference may also be interpreted as an implicit propagation delay compensation indication to UE 200 . Alternatively, the gNB 100 may send an explicit propagation delay compensation instruction to the UE 200.
- the UE 200 may measure and acquire the UE Rx-Tx time difference in response to receiving the gNB Rx-Tx time difference.
- UE 200 may calculate propagation delay using gNB Rx-Tx time difference and UE Rx-Tx time difference and perform propagation delay compensation.
- UE 200 may perform propagation delay compensation only when propagation delay exceeds a predetermined threshold.
- the following functions and effects are obtained.
- the UE 200 can send information (eg, measurement report) indicating the UE Rx-Tx time difference to the gNB 100.
- information eg, measurement report
- UE200 receives the gNB Rx-Tx time difference, it can also obtain the propagation delay with gNB100 based on the gNB Rx-Tx time difference and the UE Rx-Tx time difference.
- gNB 100 can acquire the propagation delay with UE 200 based on UE Rx-Tx time difference and gNB Rx-Tx time difference.
- RTT-based delay compensation can be performed appropriately even when high-precision synchronization is required for TSN. This makes it possible to provide highly accurate time information even when TSN is supported.
- the UE200 may periodically receive the gNB Rx-Tx time difference from the gNB100, and the gNB100 may periodically receive the UE Rx-Tx time difference from the UE200. Therefore, highly accurate propagation delay compensation based on RTT can be easily continued.
- UE Rx-Tx time difference or gNB Rx-Tx time difference may be sent in response to predetermined events as described above. In this case, timely propagation delay compensation can be easily realized according to need.
- the UE Rx-Tx time difference reporting, measurement report was used, other methods, for example, higher layer (such as RRC) signaling, or lower layer signaling (such as uplink control information (UCI)) may be used.
- higher layer such as RRC
- lower layer signaling such as uplink control information (UCI)
- methods other than SIB 9 or DLInformationTransfer may be used to report gNB Rx-Tx time difference.
- the wireless communication system 10 is connected to the TSN, but it does not necessarily have to be a network or application scenario that requires high synchronization accuracy like TSN. .
- each functional block may be implemented using one device physically or logically coupled, or directly or indirectly using two or more physically or logically separate devices (e.g. , wired, wireless, etc.) and may be implemented using these multiple devices.
- a functional block may be implemented by combining software in the one device or the plurality of devices.
- Functions include judging, determining, determining, calculating, calculating, processing, deriving, investigating, searching, checking, receiving, transmitting, outputting, accessing, resolving, selecting, choosing, establishing, comparing, assuming, expecting, assuming, Broadcasting, notifying, communicating, forwarding, configuring, reconfiguring, allocating, mapping, assigning, etc. can't
- a functional block (component) that performs transmission is called a transmitting unit or transmitter.
- the implementation method is not particularly limited.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of gNB100 and UE200.
- gNB 100 and UE 200 may be configured as computing devices including processor 1001, memory 1002, storage 1003, communication device 1004, input device 1005, output device 1006, bus 1007, and the like.
- the term "apparatus” can be read as a circuit, device, unit, or the like.
- the hardware configuration of the device may be configured to include one or more of each device shown in the figure, or may be configured without some of the devices.
- Each functional block of the device (see FIGS. 2 and 3) is realized by any hardware element of the computer device or a combination of the hardware elements.
- each function of the device is implemented by causing the processor 1001 to perform calculations, controlling communication by the communication device 1004, and controlling the It is realized by controlling at least one of data reading and writing in 1002 and storage 1003 .
- a processor 1001 operates an operating system and controls the entire computer.
- the processor 1001 may be configured with a central processing unit (CPU) including interfaces with peripheral devices, a controller, arithmetic units, registers, and the like.
- CPU central processing unit
- the processor 1001 reads programs (program codes), software modules, data, etc. from at least one of the storage 1003 and the communication device 1004 to the memory 1002, and executes various processes according to them.
- programs program codes
- software modules software modules
- data etc.
- the various processes described above may be executed by one processor 1001, or may be executed by two or more processors 1001 simultaneously or sequentially.
- Processor 1001 may be implemented by one or more chips. Note that the program may be transmitted from a network via an electric communication line.
- the memory 1002 is a computer-readable recording medium, and is composed of at least one of Read Only Memory (ROM), Erasable Programmable ROM (EPROM), Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM (EEPROM), Random Access Memory (RAM), etc. may be
- ROM Read Only Memory
- EPROM Erasable Programmable ROM
- EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM
- RAM Random Access Memory
- the memory 1002 may also be called a register, cache, main memory (main storage device), or the like.
- the memory 1002 can store programs (program code), software modules, etc. capable of executing a method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the storage 1003 is a computer-readable recording medium, for example, an optical disc such as a Compact Disc ROM (CD-ROM), a hard disk drive, a flexible disc, a magneto-optical disc (for example, a compact disc, a digital versatile disc, a Blu-ray disk), smart card, flash memory (eg, card, stick, key drive), floppy disk, magnetic strip, and/or the like.
- Storage 1003 may also be referred to as an auxiliary storage device.
- the recording medium described above may be, for example, a database, server, or other suitable medium including at least one of memory 1002 and storage 1003 .
- the communication device 1004 is hardware (transmitting/receiving device) for communicating between computers via at least one of a wired network and a wireless network, and is also called a network device, a network controller, a network card, a communication module, or the like.
- the communication device 1004 includes a high-frequency switch, duplexer, filter, frequency synthesizer, etc., for realizing at least one of frequency division duplex (FDD) and time division duplex (TDD).
- FDD frequency division duplex
- TDD time division duplex
- the input device 1005 is an input device (for example, keyboard, mouse, microphone, switch, button, sensor, etc.) that receives input from the outside.
- the output device 1006 is an output device (eg, display, speaker, LED lamp, etc.) that outputs to the outside. Note that the input device 1005 and the output device 1006 may be integrated (for example, a touch panel).
- each device such as the processor 1001 and the memory 1002 is connected by a bus 1007 for communicating information.
- the bus 1007 may be configured using a single bus, or may be configured using different buses between devices.
- the device includes hardware such as a microprocessor, digital signal processor (DSP), application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), programmable logic device (PLD), field programmable gate array (FPGA), etc.
- DSP digital signal processor
- ASIC application specific integrated circuit
- PLD programmable logic device
- FPGA field programmable gate array
- notification of information is not limited to the aspects/embodiments described in the present disclosure, and may be performed using other methods.
- the notification of information can be performed through physical layer signaling (e.g., Downlink Control Information (DCI), Uplink Control Information (UCI), higher layer signaling (e.g., RRC signaling, Medium Access Control (MAC) signaling, broadcast information (Master Information Block (MIB), System Information Block (SIB), other signals, or combinations thereof
- RRC signaling may also be referred to as RRC messages, e.g., RRC Connection Setup ) message, RRC Connection Reconfiguration message, or the like.
- LTE Long Term Evolution
- LTE-A LTE-Advanced
- SUPER 3G IMT-Advanced
- 4G 4th generation mobile communication system
- 5G 5th generation mobile communication system
- Future Radio Access FAA
- New Radio NR
- W-CDMA registered trademark
- GSM registered trademark
- CDMA2000 Code Division Multiple Access 2000
- UMB Ultra Mobile Broadband
- IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi (registered trademark)
- IEEE 802.16 WiMAX®
- IEEE 802.20 Ultra-WideBand (UWB), Bluetooth®, other suitable systems, and/or next-generation systems enhanced therefrom.
- a plurality of systems may be applied in combination (for example, a combination of at least one of LTE and LTE-A and 5G).
- a specific operation that is performed by a base station in the present disclosure may be performed by its upper node in some cases.
- various operations performed for communication with a terminal may be performed by the base station and other network nodes other than the base station (e.g. MME or S-GW, etc., but not limited to).
- MME or S-GW network nodes
- the case where there is one network node other than the base station is exemplified above, it may be a combination of a plurality of other network nodes (for example, MME and S-GW).
- Information, signals can be output from a higher layer (or a lower layer) to a lower layer (or a higher layer). It may be input and output via multiple network nodes.
- Input/output information may be stored in a specific location (for example, memory) or managed using a management table. Input and output information may be overwritten, updated, or appended. The output information may be deleted. The entered information may be transmitted to other devices.
- the determination may be made by a value represented by one bit (0 or 1), by a true/false value (Boolean: true or false), or by numerical comparison (for example, a predetermined value).
- notification of predetermined information is not limited to being performed explicitly, but may be performed implicitly (for example, not notifying the predetermined information). good too.
- Software whether referred to as software, firmware, middleware, microcode, hardware description language or otherwise, includes instructions, instruction sets, code, code segments, program code, programs, subprograms, and software modules. , applications, software applications, software packages, routines, subroutines, objects, executables, threads of execution, procedures, functions, and the like.
- software, instructions, information, etc. may be transmitted and received via a transmission medium.
- the Software uses wired technology (coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), etc.) and/or wireless technology (infrared, microwave, etc.) to access websites, Wired and/or wireless technologies are included within the definition of transmission medium when sent from a server or other remote source.
- wired technology coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), etc.
- wireless technology infrared, microwave, etc.
- data, instructions, commands, information, signals, bits, symbols, chips, etc. may refer to voltages, currents, electromagnetic waves, magnetic fields or magnetic particles, light fields or photons, or any of these. may be represented by a combination of
- the channel and/or symbols may be signaling.
- a signal may also be a message.
- a component carrier may also be called a carrier frequency, a cell, a frequency carrier, or the like.
- system and “network” used in this disclosure are used interchangeably.
- information, parameters, etc. described in the present disclosure may be expressed using absolute values, may be expressed using relative values from a predetermined value, or may be expressed using other corresponding information.
- radio resources may be indexed.
- base station BS
- radio base station fixed station
- NodeB NodeB
- eNodeB eNodeB
- gNodeB gNodeB
- a base station may also be referred to by terms such as macrocell, small cell, femtocell, picocell, and the like.
- a base station can accommodate one or more (eg, three) cells (also called sectors). When a base station accommodates multiple cells, the overall coverage area of the base station can be partitioned into multiple smaller areas, each smaller area corresponding to a base station subsystem (e.g., a small indoor base station (Remote Radio)). Head: RRH) can also provide communication services.
- a base station subsystem e.g., a small indoor base station (Remote Radio)
- Head: RRH can also provide communication services.
- cell refers to part or all of the coverage area of at least one of a base station and base station subsystem that provides communication services in this coverage.
- MS Mobile Station
- UE User Equipment
- a mobile station is defined by those skilled in the art as a subscriber station, mobile unit, subscriber unit, wireless unit, remote unit, mobile device, wireless device, wireless communication device, remote device, mobile subscriber station, access terminal, mobile terminal, wireless It may also be called a terminal, remote terminal, handset, user agent, mobile client, client, or some other suitable term.
- At least one of the base station and mobile station may be called a transmitting device, a receiving device, a communication device, or the like.
- At least one of the base station and the mobile station may be a device mounted on a mobile object, the mobile object itself, or the like.
- the mobile body may be a vehicle (e.g., car, airplane, etc.), an unmanned mobile body (e.g., drone, self-driving car, etc.), or a robot (manned or unmanned ).
- at least one of the base station and the mobile station includes devices that do not necessarily move during communication operations.
- at least one of the base station and mobile station may be an Internet of Things (IoT) device such as a sensor.
- IoT Internet of Things
- the base station in the present disclosure may be read as a mobile station (user terminal, hereinafter the same).
- communication between a base station and a mobile station is replaced with communication between multiple mobile stations (for example, Device-to-Device (D2D), Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X), etc.)
- the mobile station may have the functions that the base station has.
- words such as "up” and “down” may be replaced with words corresponding to inter-terminal communication (for example, "side”).
- uplink channels, downlink channels, etc. may be read as side channels.
- a mobile station in the present disclosure may be read as a base station.
- the base station may have the functions that the mobile station has.
- a radio frame may consist of one or more frames in the time domain. Each frame or frames in the time domain may be referred to as a subframe.
- a subframe may also consist of one or more slots in the time domain.
- a subframe may be a fixed time length (eg, 1 ms) independent of numerology.
- a numerology may be a communication parameter that applies to the transmission and/or reception of a signal or channel. Numerology, for example, subcarrier spacing (SCS), bandwidth, symbol length, cyclic prefix length, transmission time interval (TTI), number of symbols per TTI, radio frame structure, transmission and reception specific filtering operations performed by the receiver in the frequency domain, specific windowing operations performed by the transceiver in the time domain, and/or the like.
- SCS subcarrier spacing
- TTI transmission time interval
- number of symbols per TTI radio frame structure
- transmission and reception specific filtering operations performed by the receiver in the frequency domain specific windowing operations performed by the transceiver in the time domain, and/or the like.
- a slot may consist of one or more symbols (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) symbols, etc.) in the time domain.
- OFDM Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
- SC-FDMA Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access
- a slot may be a unit of time based on numerology.
- a slot may contain multiple mini-slots. Each minislot may consist of one or more symbols in the time domain. A minislot may also be referred to as a subslot. A minislot may consist of fewer symbols than a slot.
- a PDSCH (or PUSCH) that is transmitted in time units larger than a minislot may be referred to as PDSCH (or PUSCH) mapping type A.
- PDSCH (or PUSCH) transmitted using minislots may be referred to as PDSCH (or PUSCH) mapping type B.
- Radio frames, subframes, slots, minislots and symbols all represent time units when transmitting signals. Radio frames, subframes, slots, minislots and symbols may be referred to by other corresponding designations.
- one subframe may be called a transmission time interval (TTI)
- TTI transmission time interval
- multiple consecutive subframes may be called a TTI
- one slot or one minislot may be called a TTI. That is, at least one of the subframe and TTI may be a subframe (1ms) in existing LTE, may be a period shorter than 1ms (eg, 1-13 symbols), or a period longer than 1ms may be Note that the unit representing the TTI may be called a slot, minislot, or the like instead of a subframe.
- TTI refers to, for example, the minimum scheduling time unit in wireless communication.
- a base station performs scheduling to allocate radio resources (frequency bandwidth, transmission power, etc. that can be used by each user terminal) to each user terminal on a TTI basis.
- radio resources frequency bandwidth, transmission power, etc. that can be used by each user terminal
- TTI is not limited to this.
- the TTI may be a transmission time unit for channel-encoded data packets (transport blocks), code blocks, codewords, etc., or may be a processing unit for scheduling, link adaptation, etc. Note that when a TTI is given, the time interval (for example, the number of symbols) in which transport blocks, code blocks, codewords, etc. are actually mapped may be shorter than the TTI.
- one slot or one minislot is called a TTI
- one or more TTIs may be the minimum scheduling time unit.
- the number of slots (the number of mini-slots) constituting the minimum time unit of the scheduling may be controlled.
- a TTI with a time length of 1 ms may be called a normal TTI (TTI in LTE Rel.8-12), normal TTI, long TTI, normal subframe, normal subframe, long subframe, slot, etc.
- TTI that is shorter than a regular TTI may also be called a shortened TTI, a short TTI, a partial or fractional TTI, a shortened subframe, a short subframe, a minislot, a subslot, a slot, and so on.
- long TTI for example, normal TTI, subframe, etc.
- short TTI for example, shortened TTI, etc.
- TTI length 1 ms
- a resource block is a resource allocation unit in the time domain and frequency domain, and may include one or more consecutive subcarriers in the frequency domain.
- the number of subcarriers included in an RB may be the same regardless of neurology, and may be 12, for example.
- the number of subcarriers included in an RB may be determined based on neumerology.
- the time domain of an RB may include one or more symbols and may be 1 slot, 1 minislot, 1 subframe, or 1 TTI long.
- One TTI, one subframe, etc. may each consist of one or more resource blocks.
- One or more RBs are physical resource blocks (Physical RB: PRB), sub-carrier groups (SCG), resource element groups (REG), PRB pairs, RB pairs, etc. may be called.
- PRB Physical resource blocks
- SCG sub-carrier groups
- REG resource element groups
- PRB pairs RB pairs, etc.
- a resource block may be composed of one or more resource elements (Resource Element: RE).
- RE resource elements
- 1 RE may be a radio resource region of 1 subcarrier and 1 symbol.
- a Bandwidth Part (which may also be called a Bandwidth Part) represents a subset of contiguous common resource blocks (RBs) for a neumerology in a carrier. good.
- the common RB may be identified by an RB index based on the common reference point of the carrier.
- PRBs may be defined in a BWP and numbered within that BWP.
- BWP may include BWP for UL (UL BWP) and BWP for DL (DL BWP).
- BWP may include BWP for UL (UL BWP) and BWP for DL (DL BWP).
- One or more BWPs may be configured in one carrier for a UE.
- At least one of the configured BWPs may be active, and the UE may not expect to transmit or receive a given signal/channel outside the active BWP.
- BWP bitmap
- radio frames, subframes, slots, minislots and symbols described above are only examples.
- the number of subframes included in a radio frame the number of slots per subframe or radio frame, the number of minislots included in a slot, the number of symbols and RBs included in a slot or minislot, the number of Configurations such as the number of subcarriers and the number of symbols in a TTI, symbol length, cyclic prefix (CP) length, etc.
- CP cyclic prefix
- connection means any direct or indirect connection or coupling between two or more elements, It can include the presence of one or more intermediate elements between two elements being “connected” or “coupled.” Couplings or connections between elements may be physical, logical, or a combination thereof. For example, “connection” may be read as "access”.
- two elements are defined using at least one of one or more wires, cables and printed electrical connections and, as some non-limiting and non-exhaustive examples, in the radio frequency domain. , electromagnetic energy having wavelengths in the microwave and light (both visible and invisible) regions, and the like.
- the reference signal can also be abbreviated as Reference Signal (RS), and may also be called Pilot depending on the applicable standard.
- RS Reference Signal
- any reference to elements using the "first”, “second”, etc. designations used in this disclosure does not generally limit the quantity or order of those elements. These designations may be used in this disclosure as a convenient method of distinguishing between two or more elements. Thus, references to first and second elements do not imply that only two elements may be employed therein or that the first element must precede the second element in any way.
- determining and “determining” used in this disclosure may encompass a wide variety of actions.
- “Judgement” and “determination” are, for example, judging, calculating, computing, processing, deriving, investigating, looking up, searching, inquiring (eg, lookup in a table, database, or other data structure), ascertaining as “judged” or “determined”, and the like.
- "judgment” and “determination” are used for receiving (e.g., receiving information), transmitting (e.g., transmitting information), input, output, access (accessing) (for example, accessing data in memory) may include deeming that a "judgment” or “decision” has been made.
- judgment and “decision” are considered to be “judgment” and “decision” by resolving, selecting, choosing, establishing, comparing, etc. can contain.
- judgment and “decision” may include considering that some action is “judgment” and “decision”.
- judgment (decision) may be read as “assuming”, “expecting”, “considering”, or the like.
- a and B are different may mean “A and B are different from each other.”
- the term may also mean that "A and B are different from C”.
- Terms such as “separate,” “coupled,” etc. may also be interpreted in the same manner as “different.”
- Radio communication system 20 NG-RAN 25 TSC GM 30 5GC 35 UPF 40 IoT devices 100 gNB 110 Radio communication unit 120 Reference signal processing unit 130 Time management unit 140 Control unit 200 UE 210 wireless communication unit 220 reference signal processing unit 230 time information processing unit 240 control unit 1001 processor 1002 memory 1003 storage 1004 communication device 1005 input device 1006 output device 1007 bus
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図1は、本実施形態に係る無線通信システム10の全体概略構成図である。無線通信システム10は、5G New Radio(NR)に従った無線通信システムであり、Next Generation-Radio Access Network 20(以下、NG-RAN20、及びユーザ端末200(User Equipment 200、以下、UE200)を含む。
次に、無線通信システム10の機能ブロック構成について説明する。具体的には、gNB100及びUE200の機能ブロック構成について説明する。
図2に示すように、gNB100は、無線通信部110、参照信号処理部120、時刻管理部130及び制御部140を備える。
図3に示すように、UE200は、無線通信部210、参照信号処理部220、時刻情報処理部230及び制御部240を備える。
次に、無線通信システム10の動作について説明する。具体的には、UE200とgNB100との間におけるRTTを利用した伝搬遅延補償(RTT based delay compensation)に関する動作について説明する。
まず、UL-RSとDL-RSとを用いたUE Rx-Tx time difference及びgNB Rx-Tx time differenceの算出及び報告に関する動作について説明する。
= (UE Rx-Tx time difference) + (gNB Rx-Tx time difference)
・Propagation delay = ((UE Rx-Tx time difference) + (gNB Rx-Tx time difference))/2
UE200が算出したUE Rx-Tx time difference(t4-t1)は、次の何れかの方法に従ってgNB100に報告されてよい。
・UE shall consider the leaving condition for this event to be satisfied when PD-2 is fulfilled;
・Ms - Hys > Thresh + Offset PD-1 (entering condition)
・Ms + Hys > Thresh + Offset PD-2 (leaving condition)
なお、Msは、UEとgNBとの間の伝搬遅延を示し、Hysは、当該イベント用のヒステリシス・パラメータを意味してよい。
次に、RTT based delay compensationの動作例について説明する。具体的には、UEトリガによる伝搬遅延補償動作、及びgNBトリガによる伝搬遅延補償動作の例について説明する。
図5は、UEトリガによるRTT based delay compensationの概略動作シーケンスの例を示す。図5に示すように、UE200は、上述したように、UL-RS及びDL-RSを用いてUE Rx-Tx time differenceを取得し、取得したUE Rx-Tx time differenceをgNB100に報告する(ステップ1,2)。
図6は、gNBトリガによるRTT based delay compensationの概略動作シーケンスの例を示す。図6に示すように、gNB100は、上述したように、UL-RS及びDL-RSを用いてgNB Rx-Tx time differenceを取得し、取得したgNB Rx-Tx time differenceをUE200に報告する(ステップ1,2)。
上述した実施形態によれば、以下の作用効果が得られる。具体的には、UE200は、UE Rx-Tx time differenceが規定された閾値を超える場合、UE Rx-Tx time differenceを示す情報(例えば、測定報告)をgNB100に送信できる。UE200は、gNB Rx-Tx time differenceを受信した場合、gNB Rx-Tx time differenceと、UE Rx-Tx time differenceとに基づいて、gNB100との伝搬遅延を取得することもできる。
以上、実施形態について説明したが、当該実施形態の記載に限定されるものではなく、種々の変形及び改良が可能であることは、当業者には自明である。
無線フレームは時間領域において1つまたは複数のフレームによって構成されてもよい。時間領域において1つまたは複数の各フレームはサブフレームと呼ばれてもよい。サブフレームはさらに時間領域において1つまたは複数のスロットによって構成されてもよい。サブフレームは、ニューメロロジー(numerology)に依存しない固定の時間長(例えば、1ms)であってもよい。
20 NG-RAN
25 TSC GM
30 5GC
35 UPF
40 IoTデバイス
100 gNB
110 無線通信部
120 参照信号処理部
130 時刻管理部
140 制御部
200 UE
210 無線通信部
220 参照信号処理部
230 時刻情報処理部
240 制御部
1001 プロセッサ
1002 メモリ
1003 ストレージ
1004 通信装置
1005 入力装置
1006 出力装置
1007 バス
Claims (5)
- 第1信号の送信タイミングと第2信号の受信タイミングとの時間差を取得する制御部と、
前記時間差が規定された閾値を超える場合、前記時間差を示す時間差情報を無線基地局に送信する送信部と
を備える端末。 - 端末における第1信号の送信タイミングと第2信号の受信タイミングとの第1時間差を示す時間差情報を受信する受信部と、
前記時間差情報を受信した場合、前記第1時間差と、前記第1信号の受信タイミングと前記第2信号と送信タイミングとの第2時間差とに基づいて、前記端末との伝搬遅延を取得する制御部と
を備える無線基地局。 - 前記受信部は、前記時間差情報を周期的に受信する請求項2に記載の無線基地局。
- 無線基地局における第1信号の受信タイミングと第2信号の送信タイミングとの第1時間差を示す時間差情報を受信する受信部と、
前記時間差情報を受信した場合、前記第1時間差と、前記第1信号の送信タイミングと前記第2信号と受信タイミングとの第2時間差とに基づいて、前記無線基地局との伝搬遅延を取得する制御部と
を備える端末。 - 前記受信部は、前記時間差情報を周期的に受信する請求項4に記載の端末。
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