WO2023127381A1 - Communication device, base station, communication system, and communication method - Google Patents

Abstract

This communication device comprises: a communication unit that performs communication in a service link of a non-terrestrial network; and a control unit that controls the direction or the size of a beam formed by the communication unit so as to avoid interference between communication in the service link and communication in a terrestrial network.

Description

Communication device, base station, communication system, and communication method

The present invention relates to interference avoidance technology in wireless communication systems.

The 3GPP (registered trademark) (Third Generation Partnership Project), a standardization project, calls for large-capacity systems, high-speed We are studying and creating technical specifications that satisfy data transmission speed, low delay, simultaneous connection of many terminals, low cost, power saving, etc.

In recent years, areas such as mountainous areas, remote areas and the sea have been covered by non-terrestrial networks (NTN, Non-terrestrial networks) using high altitude pseudo satellites (HAPS, High Altitude Platform Station, or High Altitude Pseudo Satellite). Techniques for enabling this are being studied (see, for example, Non-Patent Document 1).

When the terrestrial network and NTN service links share the same frequency, interference between communications on the terrestrial network and communications on the NTN service link may significantly reduce the communication quality at terminals, for example.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and aims to provide a technique for avoiding interference between communications on the terrestrial network and communications on NTN service links.

According to the disclosed technique, a communication unit that performs communication in a service link of a non-terrestrial network;
a control unit for controlling the direction or size of the beam formed by the communication unit to avoid interference between communications on the service link and communications on the terrestrial network.

According to the disclosed technique, a technique is provided for avoiding interference between communications on the terrestrial network and communications on NTN service links.

1 is a first diagram for explaining a non-terrestrial network; FIG. FIG. 4 is a second diagram for explaining a non-terrestrial network; FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a retransmission type; FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining re-molding; FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining interference between NTN service links and a terrestrial network; FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining interference between NTN service links and a terrestrial network; FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining interference between NTN service links and a terrestrial network; FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining interference between NTN service links and a terrestrial network; FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining interference between NTN service links and a terrestrial network; FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining Example 1; FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining Example 2; FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining Example 1 of an operation sequence; FIG. FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining Example 2 of an operation sequence; It is a figure which shows an example of functional structure of the communication apparatus in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure showing an example of functional composition of a base station in an embodiment of the invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the hardware configuration of the communication apparatus or base station in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure showing an example of composition of vehicles in an embodiment of the invention.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In addition, the embodiment described below is an example, and the embodiment to which the present invention is applied is not limited to the following embodiment.

A known technique may be used as appropriate for the wireless communication system according to the embodiment of the present disclosure. The known technology may be, for example, 5G or Beyond 5G. Note that the technology of the present disclosure is applicable not only to 5G and the like, but also to any wireless communication system.

Further, in the embodiment of the present invention, the duplex system may be a TDD (Time Division Duplex) system, an FDD (Frequency Division Duplex) system, or other (for example, Flexible Duplex etc.) method may be used.

Further, in the embodiment of the present invention, "configure" of a parameter or the like may mean that a predetermined value is set in advance (Pre-configure), or that a certain device is configured to another device. It may be that a parameter is set to the device.

(About non-terrestrial networks)
FIG. 1 is a first diagram for explaining a non-terrestrial network (NTN: Non-Terrestrial Network). Non-terrestrial networks use non-terrestrial devices, such as satellites, to provide service to areas not covered by terrestrial networks, primarily for cost reasons. Also, NTN can provide more reliable services. For example, it is assumed to be applied to IoT (Inter of things), ships, buses, trains, and critical communications. NTN also has scalability through efficient multicast or broadcast.

As an example of an NTN, as shown in FIG. 1, a satellite 10A can retransmit a signal transmitted from a base station 10C to serve areas where base stations are not deployed, such as mountainous terrain. .

The terrestrial network (eg, terrestrial 5G network) may be configured as described below. The terrestrial network includes one or more base stations 10E and terminals 20. FIG. The base station 10E is a communication device that provides one or more cells (service areas) and wirelessly communicates with the terminal 20 . A physical resource of a radio signal is defined in the time domain and the frequency domain. The time domain may be defined by the number of OFDM symbols, and the frequency domain may be defined by the number of subcarriers or resource blocks. The base station 10E transmits synchronization signals and system information to the terminal 20. FIG. Synchronization signals are, for example, NR-PSS and NR-SSS. The system information is transmitted by, for example, NR-PBCH, and is also called broadcast information.

The base station 10E transmits control signals or data to the terminal 20 on DL (Downlink) and receives control signals or data from the terminal 20 on UL (Uplink). Both the base station 10E and the terminal 20 can perform beamforming to transmit and receive signals. Also, both the base station 10E and the terminal 20 can apply MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) communication to DL or UL. Also, both the base station 10E and the terminal 20 may communicate via SCell (Secondary Cell) and PCell (Primary Cell) by CA (Carrier Aggregation). A base station in a terrestrial network may also be called a terrestrial base station.

The terminal 20 is a communication device with a wireless communication function, such as a smartphone, mobile phone, tablet, wearable terminal, or M2M (Machine-to-Machine) communication module. The terminal 20 uses various communication services provided by the wireless communication system by receiving a control signal or data from the base station 10E on the DL and transmitting the control signal or data to the base station 10E on the UL.

FIG. 2 is a second diagram for explaining the non-terrestrial network (NTN). As shown in FIG. 2, NTN makes it possible to provide various services to areas that could not be covered by conventional mobile communication networks (terrestrial NW).

In particular, it may be more economical to achieve the area deployment of millimeter waves (area coverage rate of 100%) with a combination of NTN + terrestrial NW rather than terrestrial NW alone.

As shown in Figure 2, NTN is realized by satellites in space or airborne vehicles. For example, a GEO satellite may be a satellite located at an altitude of 35,786 km and having a geostationary orbit. For example, a LEO satellite may be a satellite located at an altitude of 500-2000 km and orbiting with a period of 88-127 minutes. For example, the HAPS may be a vehicle that is positioned at an altitude of 8-50 km and performs a turning flight, or it may be a vehicle that performs a separate flight.

Satellites or flying objects are equipped with repeaters (repeaters, relay stations) or base stations, and beams are formed by the repeaters or base stations to communicate with equipment on the ground. An area formed on the ground by a beam of a satellite or an air vehicle in NTN may be called a "service area" or a "beam area." Non-terrestrial objects that make up the NTN, such as satellites or air vehicles, may be referred to as non-terrestrial objects.

A configuration example of the NTN will be described below with reference to FIGS. As an example, both FIGS. 3 and 4 show the case where the non-terrestrial object is a satellite. 3 and 4 show NTN based on NR (5G). The configurations shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 are examples, and the NTN to which the technology of the present invention can be applied is not limited to the configurations shown in FIGS.

<Example of retransmission (transparent) type>
FIG. 3 shows an example of a transparent NTN in which the non-terrestrial object 10A has a repeater. In the example of FIG. 3, the NTN has a ground-based base station 10C, a ground-based NTN gateway (GW) 10B, and a non-ground object 10A.

In the example of FIG. 3, data transmitted from the core network (CN) 10D to the terminal 20 is first transmitted from the core network 10 to the base station 10C. Then, the base station 10C transmits the received data to the non-ground object 10A by a downlink radio signal through the NTN gateway 10B. Then, the non-terrestrial 10A relays (transfers) the received downlink radio signal to the terminal 20 using a repeater.

Also, the data transmitted from the terminal 20 to the core network 10D is first transmitted from the terminal 20 to the non-ground object 10A as an uplink radio signal. Then, the non-terrestrial object 10A relays (transfers) the received uplink radio signal to the NTN gateway 10B using a repeater. Then, the NTN gateway 10B transmits the received uplink radio signal to the base station 10C wirelessly or by wire. The base station 10C then transmits the data received from the NTN gateway 10B to the core network 10D.

<Example of regenerative type>
FIG. 4 shows an example of a regenerative NTN in which a non-terrestrial object 10A has a base station 10C. In the example of FIG. 4, the NTN has a ground-based NTN gateway 10B and a non-terrestrial object 10A with a base station 10C.

In the example of FIG. 4, data transmitted from the core network 10D to the terminal 20 is first transmitted from the core network 10D to the base station 10C of the non-ground object 10A by radio waves (radio signals) by the NTN gateway 10B. Then, the base station 10C of the non-terrestrial object 10A generates a downlink radio signal based on the received data and transmits the generated radio signal to the terminal 20. FIG.

Also, the data transmitted from the terminal 20 to the core network 10D is first transmitted from the terminal 20 to the non-ground object 10A as an uplink radio signal. The base station 10C of the non-terrestrial object 10A then transmits the received data to the core network 10D via the NTN gateway 10B.

In the following description, the non-terrestrial object 10A, the repeater mounted on the non-terrestrial object 10A, and the base station 10C mounted on the non-terrestrial object 10A are collectively referred to as "NTN device 10N". That is, the NTN device 10N may be a non-terrestrial object 10A including a repeater or a base station, a repeater mounted on the non-terrestrial object 10A, or mounted on the non-terrestrial object 10A. It may be the base station 10C. Also, the "NTN device 10N" may be called a "communication device".

Also, the NTN gateway 10B and "NTN gateway 10B + base station 10C" are collectively referred to as "NTN ground station 40". Also, the base station in the terrestrial network is called "terrestrial base station 10E".

A link between the NTN ground station 40 and the NTN equipment 10N is called a feeder link, and a link between the terminal 20 and the NTN equipment 10N is called a service link.

(About assignment)
FIG. 5 shows a system configuration example including NTN and terrestrial NW in this embodiment. In the example of FIG. 5, the NTN device 10N supports multiple beams and can form an area on the ground with each of the multiple beams. In FIG. 5, as an example, the NTN device 10N uses multi-beams to apply different beams to the feeder link and the service link to support them on the same frequency.

In the following, the area formed on the ground by the beam applied to the service link will be called the "NTN service area". Also, an area formed on the ground by the ground base station 10E will be called a "terrestrial service area". A "NTN service area" may be called an "NTN cell", and a "terrestrial service area" may be called a "terrestrial cell".

In the example of FIG. 5, an NTN service area 50 is formed by beams in service links. A terrestrial service area 60 is formed by the terrestrial base station 10E.

In addition, there are terminals 20 and CPE stations 30 that communicate with the terrestrial base station 10E in the terrestrial service area 60. The location of terminal 20 also corresponds to NTN service area 50 . Note that the "CPE station 30" may be regarded as a type of terminal and may be called a terminal.

In this embodiment, it is assumed that the terrestrial NW (terrestrial service area 60) and NTN service links share the same frequency (same frequency band). The shared frequency is, for example, millimeter waves such as 38 GHz band or 28 GHz band. However, in this embodiment, the shared frequency is not limited to the 38 GHz band, the 28 GHz band, or the like. The shared frequency may be a frequency band lower than 28 GHz or a frequency band higher than 38 GHz.

As described above, when the same frequency is shared by the terrestrial NW and the NTN, there is a risk that the communication quality of the terminals 20 and the like will be significantly degraded due to inter-system interference.

Examples of interference that may occur between terrestrial NW and NTN service links will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 to 9 show HAPS as an example of the NTN device 10N. Also, in NTN, only service links (SL) are shown. Also, the direction from the HAPS to the ground is defined as down, and the direction from the ground to the HAPS is defined as up.

<Interference example A>
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing interference example A. FIG. In interference example A, both the terrestrial base station 10E and the HAPS 10N use FDD, and the same frequency is used for uplinks, and the same frequency is used for downlinks.

In this case, the following interferences S1 to S4 may occur. S1 to S4 in FIG. 6 correspond to S1 to S4 below.

S1) Interference between downlink SL signals S2) Interference between a downlink SL signal and a downlink signal of the terrestrial base station 10E as sources of mutual interference S3) Interference between uplink SL signals S4) Uplink SL signals and a terminal connected to the terrestrial base station 10E 20A upstream signals interfere with each other <Interference example B>
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing interference example B. FIG. In interference example B, the ground base station 10E uses TDD, and its frequency is the same as the downlink SL frequency of the HAPS 10N.

In this case, the following interferences S1 to S4 may occur. S1 to S4 in FIG. 7 correspond to S1 to S4 below.

S1) Interference between downlink SL signals S2) Interference between a downlink SL signal and a downlink signal from the terrestrial base station 10E as sources of mutual interference S3) Interference between uplink SL signals S4) Downlink SL signals and a terminal connected to the terrestrial base station 10E 20A uplink signals are interference sources that interfere with each other. Specifically, there are the following (i) and (ii).

S4 (i) Interference caused by downlink SL signal to terrestrial base station 10E S4 (ii) Interference caused by uplink signal of terminal 20A connected to terrestrial base station 10E to another terminal 20B <Interference example C>
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing interference example C. FIG. In interference example C, the ground base station 10E uses TDD, and its frequency is the same as the frequency of the uplink SL of HAPS 10N.

In this case, the following interferences S1 to S4 may occur. S1 to S4 in FIG. 8 correspond to S1 to S4 below.

S1) Interference between downlink SL signals S2) Interference between uplink SL signals S3) Interference between uplink SL signals and uplink signals of terminal 20A connected to terrestrial base station 10E as sources of mutual interference S4) Uplink SL signals and terrestrial base stations 10E downlink signals are interference sources that interfere with each other, and specifically, there are the following (i) and (ii).

S4 (i) Downlink signal of terrestrial base station 10E interferes with HAPS 10N S4 (ii) Uplink SL signal interferes with terminal 20A connected to terrestrial base station 10E <CPE station>
The CPE station 30 corresponds to the case where the terminal 20 in the interference examples A to C described above is replaced with the CPE station 30 . In other words, the CPE station 30 may experience the interference described in the interference examples A to C above. FIG. 9 shows interference case A for CPE station 30 as an example. It is assumed that the access link (AL) between the CPE station 30 and the terminal 20 uses a frequency different from that of the HAPS 10N and the terrestrial base station 10E.

Here, the frequency of HAPS10N will be explained. For example, assume a case where FDD is used above and below FL and FDD is used above and below SL. FL and SL may have the same frequency, or may have different frequencies.

When FL and SL have the same frequency, interference can occur in the downlink of FL and the downlink of SL. The same is true for the upward direction. When FL and SL are different frequencies, the interference that occurs when FL and SL are on the same frequency does not occur.

In this embodiment, we will explain an interference avoidance method that satisfies the performance required to realize the use cases expected of NTN, while keeping the impact on the terrestrial network within an allowable range. Note that "interference avoidance" includes reducing interference in addition to completely removing interference.

(Interference avoidance technology: Example 1)
Example 1 of the interference avoidance technique according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The configuration shown in FIG. 10 is applicable to both the transparent type and the regenerative type.

In the first embodiment, the NTN device 10N controls the direction of the beam forming the NTN service area 50 (or the size of the beam, or the size and direction of the beam), so that communication (service to avoid interference between communications on the link) and communications on the ground service area 60. For example, avoid overlap between the NTN service area 50 and the terrestrial service area 60 .

In addition, the "beam" in the present embodiment means a beam from the NTN equipment 10N to the ground (transmission beam of the NTN equipment 10N) and a beam from the ground to the NTN equipment 10N (receiving beam of the NTN equipment 10N). beam). Also, the size of the beam may be the size of the NTN service area formed on the ground by the beam (the radius of a circle, etc.).

Also, the "NTN service area" may be a range in which a signal reaches the ground from the NTN device 10N with a reception strength equal to or higher than a certain threshold. Also, the "NTN service area" may be a range on the ground where a signal with a predetermined transmission power reaches the NTN device 10N from the ground.

Also, the "terrestrial service area" may be a range in which a signal reaches the ground from the terrestrial base station 10E with a reception strength greater than or equal to a certain threshold. Also, the "terrestrial service area" may be a range on the ground where a signal with a predetermined transmission power reaches the terrestrial base station 10E from the ground.

In the example of FIG. 10, the NTN service area 50 in the NTN service link is formed at a position away from the terrestrial service area 60 . Thereby, for example, interference between the terminal 20A existing in the terrestrial service area 60 and the terminal 20B existing in the NTN service area 50 can be avoided.

The above control is an example of control for not directing the beam of the NTN device 10N to the vicinity of the terrestrial base station 10E. In addition to such control, it is also possible to control the CPE stations 30 around the terrestrial base station 10E not to communicate with the NTN device 10N.

Examples of specific control methods include Examples 1 and 2 below.

<Example 1>
The position information of the ground base station 10E is transmitted from the NTN ground station 40 to the NTN equipment 10N, and control is executed so that the NTN equipment 10N does not direct the beam to that position. Specifically, for example, the NTN device 10N controls the beam so that there is no overlap between the terrestrial service area 60 and the NTN service area 50 . The control is, for example, beam direction control, beam size control, or beam direction and size control.

The source of the location information of the ground base station 10E may be the ground base station 10E, the NTN ground station 40, any node device in the core network, or the terminal 20. or an application server in a data network.

<Example 2>
In the NTN equipment 10N, the position of each terrestrial base station 10E is set in advance, and the NTN equipment 10N performs control so as not to direct the beam to the position of the terrestrial base station 10E. The contents of control are the same as in example 1.

According to the method of the first embodiment described above, it is possible to avoid interference without performing area control in the terrestrial base station 10E.

(Interference avoidance technology: Example 2)
Example 2 of the interference avoidance technique according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The configuration shown in FIG. 11 is also applicable to both the transparent type and the regenerative type.

In the second embodiment, the size (eg, radius) of the ground service area 60 is adjusted so that the NTN device 10N does not direct the beam to the ground service area 60 (which may be called a beam irradiation prohibited area). . In the example of FIG. 11, the size of the ground service area 60 is adjusted so that there is no overlap between the ground service area 60 and the NTN service area 50 . Thereby, for example, interference between the terminal 20A existing in the terrestrial service area 60 and the terminal 20B existing in the NTN service area 50 can be avoided.

Examples of specific control methods for adjusting the size of the ground service area 60 include the following examples 1 and 2.

<Example 1>
The ground base station 10E actively (autonomously) controls the area size depending on the communication quality on the ground base station 10E side. For example, the terrestrial base station 10E detects interference from the NTN (e.g., interference due to the DL signal of the NT device 10N, interference due to the UL signal of the terminal 20B) from the communication quality information reported from the terminal 20A existing in the terrestrial service area 60. is detected, control is performed to reduce the size of the ground service area 60 .

<Example 2>
The NTN device 10N instructs the terrestrial base station 10E to adjust the size of the terrestrial service area 60, and the terrestrial base station 10E adjusts the size of the terrestrial service area 60 according to the instruction. Instructions from the NTN equipment 10N to the ground base station 10E are sent via, for example, the NTN ground station 40 and the core NW 10D. Also, in the case where the NTN device 10N is a repeater (retransmission type case), the base station 10C on the ground adjusts the size of the ground service area 60 to the ground base station 10E via the core NW 10D. may be instructed to do so.

For example, it is assumed that the NTN device 10N knows in advance the position of the terrestrial base station 10E. Then, for example, when the NTN device 10N determines that the beam will be directed near the terrestrial base station 10E based on its own aerial route, the terrestrial base station 10E is configured to reduce the size of the terrestrial service area 60. to carry out the instructions to

(Information sharing method)
In Example 1 and Example 2, between the NTN side (e.g. NTN ground station 40, NTN device 10N) and the terrestrial NW (e.g. terrestrial base station 10E, core NW 10D node device), the position of the terrestrial base station Information, information on beam irradiation prohibited areas, or information on both of these may be shared. Here, "the position information of the terrestrial base station, the information of the beam irradiation prohibited area, or the information of both of them" will be referred to as position/area information.

FIG. 11 shows an image of sharing position/area information between the NTN ground station 40 and the ground base station 10E.

As a specific sharing method, for example, the node device of the core NW 10D may collect location/area information about multiple ground base stations and transmit it to the NTN device 10N via the NTN ground station 40.

According to the method of the second embodiment described above, it is possible to avoid interference without performing beam control in the NTN device 10N.

(operation sequence)
Next, examples 1 and 2 of an operation sequence according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 12 and 13. FIG. Basically, the operation corresponding to the first embodiment will be explained in the case of FIG. 12, and the operation corresponding to the second embodiment will be explained in the case of FIG. However, as will be described later, it is also possible to perform the operation of the second embodiment in the case of FIG. 12, and it is also possible to perform the operation of the first embodiment in the case of FIG.

<Example 1>
An operation sequence example 1 will be described with reference to FIG. In S101, the ground base station 10E determines that the interference avoidance operation by the NTN device 10N is necessary. For example, the terrestrial base station 10E determines that the interference avoidance operation by the NTN device 10N is necessary based on the interference report received from the terminal 20 in the terrestrial service area 60. FIG.

Also, based on the previously known flight route of the NTN equipment 10N, the ground base station 10E determines that the interference avoidance operation by the NTN equipment 10N is necessary at the time when the NTN equipment 10N approaches the ground base station 10E. You may

In S102, the terrestrial base station 10E transmits the location/area information of the terrestrial base station 10E. As for the location information of the ground base station 10E, the location information acquired by the GNSS function of the ground base station 10E may be transmitted.

The location/area information of the ground base station 10E is transmitted to the NTN ground station 40 via the core NW 10D, transmitted from the NTN ground station 40 to the NTN equipment 10N, and the NTN equipment 10N receives the location/area information ( S103, S104). A control signal, for example, is used to transmit information from the NTN ground station 40 to the NTN device 10N.

At S105, the NTN device 10N adjusts the beam direction/size as described in the first embodiment by applying the interference avoidance technique based on the received position/area information. The NTN device 10N returns a response indicating that the interference avoidance technique has been applied to the ground base station 10E (S106, S107, S108).

In the example of FIG. 12, in addition to the application of the interference avoidance technique by the NTN equipment 10N, or instead of the application of the interference avoidance technique by the NTN equipment 10N, in S101, the terrestrial base station 10E determines the size of the terrestrial service area 60. It may be determined that adjustment is necessary, and the size may be adjusted as described in the second embodiment.

Further, in the case where both the control of the beam direction/size by the NTN device 10N and the control of the size of the terrestrial service area 60 by the terrestrial base station 10E are performed, for example, in S106 to S108 includes the beam direction/size control result (eg, the position and size of the NTN service area after control) by the NTN device 10N. The terrestrial base station 10E, which has received the control result in S108, adjusts the size of the terrestrial service area 60, for example, when determining that beam adjustment by the NTN device 10N alone is not sufficient for interference avoidance.

<Example 2>
Example 2 of the operation sequence will be described with reference to FIG. In S201, the NTN device 10N determines that interference avoidance operation by the ground base station 10E is necessary. For example, when the NTN equipment 10N detects that the NTN service area 50 is approaching the terrestrial service area 60 based on the aerial (space) route of the NTN equipment 10N, the interference avoidance operation by the ground base station 10E is performed. determine that it is necessary.

In S202, the NTN device 10N transmits an instruction signal (which may also be called a control signal) instructing the ground base station 10E to apply the interference avoidance technique. The instruction signal reaches the ground base station 10E via the NTN ground station 40 and core NW 10D (S203, S204).

The terrestrial base station 10E that has received the instruction signal adjusts the size of the terrestrial service area 60 as described in the second embodiment by applying the interference avoidance technique in S205. The ground base station 10E returns a response indicating that the interference avoidance technique has been applied to the NTN device 10N (S206, S207, S208).

In the operation of example 2 above, in the case of the retransmission type, the "NTN device 10N" may be replaced with the "base station 10C" on the ground. In this case, communication is performed between the base station 10C and the ground base station 10E not via the NTN ground station 40 but via the core NW 10D.

In the example of FIG. 13, in addition to the application of the interference avoidance technique by the ground base station 10E, or instead of the application of the interference avoidance technique by the ground base station 10E, in S201, the NTN device 10N changes the direction/size of the beam. It may be determined that adjustment is necessary, and the direction/size may be adjusted as described in the first embodiment.

Further, in the case where both the control of the beam direction/size by the NTN device 10N and the control of the size of the terrestrial service area 60 by the terrestrial base station 10E are performed, contains the result of control of the terrestrial service area 60 by the terrestrial base station 10E (eg, the size of the area after control). The NTN device 10N that has received the control result in S208 adjusts the direction/size of the beam, for example, when determining that the size adjustment by the terrestrial base station 10E alone is not sufficient for interference avoidance.

(Device configuration)
Next, functional configuration examples of the NTN device 10N and the terrestrial base station 10E that execute the processes and operations described so far will be described. The NTN equipment 10N and the terrestrial base station 10E include functionality to implement the above-described embodiments. However, the NTN device 10N and the terrestrial base station 10E may each include only the functions proposed in any of the embodiments.

<NTN device 10N>
FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of the NTN device 10N. It is assumed that the NTN device 10N shown in FIG. 14 is a repeater mounted on a non-terrestrial object, a base station mounted on a non-terrestrial object, or a functional unit related to communication in a non-terrestrial object. ing. As shown in FIG. 14, the NTN device 10N has a transmission section 110, a reception section 120, a setting section 130, and a control section 140. The functional configuration shown in FIG. 14 is merely an example. As long as the operation according to the embodiment of the present invention can be executed, the functional division and the names of the functional units may be arbitrary. You may call "the transmission part 110+receiving part 120" a communication part.

The transmission unit 110 creates a transmission signal from the transmission data and wirelessly transmits the transmission signal. The receiving unit 120 wirelessly receives various signals and acquires a higher layer signal from the received physical layer signal. Also, both the transmitter 110 and the receiver 120 can control the direction/size of the beam according to commands from the controller 140 .

The setting unit 130 stores various types of setting information received from other devices by the receiving unit 120 in the storage device, and reads them from the storage device as necessary. The setting unit 130 also stores preset setting information. The control unit 140 controls the entire NTN device 10N. Also, the control unit 140 controls the beam. Also, the transmitting unit 110 and the receiving unit 120 may be called a transmitter and a receiver, respectively. You may call the control part 140 a processor or a controller.

<Terrestrial base station 10E>
FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of the terrestrial base station 10E. Also, the configuration of the base station 10C on the ground is the same as the configuration shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 15, the terrestrial base station 10E has a transmitting section 210, a receiving section 220, a setting section 230, and a control section 240. The functional configuration shown in FIG. 15 is merely an example. As long as the operation according to the embodiment of the present invention can be executed, the functional division and the names of the functional units may be arbitrary. The “transmitting unit 210 + receiving unit 220” may be called a communication unit.

The transmission unit 210 includes a function of generating a signal to be transmitted to the terminal 20 side and wirelessly transmitting the signal. The receiving unit 220 also has a function of receiving various signals transmitted from the terminal 20 and acquiring, for example, higher layer information from the received signals. Also, the transmitting unit 210 has a function of transmitting NR-PSS, NR-SSS, NR-PBCH, DL/UL control signals, DL data, etc. to the terminal 20 .

Both the transmitting unit 210 and the receiving unit 220 can adjust (control) the size of the service area according to a command from the control unit 240. Moreover, both the transmission unit 210 and the reception unit 220 include a function of communicating with the core NW.

The setting unit 230 stores preset setting information and various setting information to be transmitted to the terminal 20 in the storage device, and reads them from the storage device as necessary. The control unit 240 performs overall control of the terrestrial base station 10E. Also, the control unit 240 adjusts the size of the service area. Also, the transmitting section 210 and the receiving section 220 may be called a transmitter and a receiver, respectively. Control unit 240 may also be referred to as a processor or controller.

<Appendix>
This application discloses at least a communication device, a base station, a communication system, and a communication method as described in the following sections.
(Section 1)
a communication unit for communicating on a service link of a non-terrestrial network;
a control unit for controlling the direction or size of the beam formed by the communication unit to avoid interference between communications on the service link and communications on the terrestrial network.
(Section 2)
2. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit controls the direction or size of the beam based on location information of base stations in the terrestrial network.
(Section 3)
a communication unit that communicates with terminals in the service area of the terrestrial network;
a control unit for controlling the size of the service area formed by the communication unit to avoid interference between communications on service links of non-terrestrial networks and communications in the service area.
(Section 4)
4. The base station according to claim 3, wherein the controller adjusts the size of the service area autonomously or based on instructions transmitted from communication devices in the non-terrestrial network.
(Section 5)
a first communication unit that communicates with a terminal in the service area of the terrestrial network;
a first control unit for controlling the size of the service area formed by the first communication unit to avoid interference between communications on service links of a non-terrestrial network and communications in the service area. a base station;
a second communication unit that communicates via the service link;
a second controller that controls the direction or size of the beam formed by the second communication unit to avoid interference between the communication on the service link and the communication on the service area; and ,
communication system.
(Section 6)
obtaining location information of a base station in a terrestrial network;
controlling the direction or size of a beam on the service link to avoid interference between communications on the service link of a non-terrestrial network and communications on the service area formed by the base station. method of communication performed by

Any of the above configurations provides techniques for avoiding interference between communications on the terrestrial network and communications on NTN's service links. According to the second term, the position information of the base station in the terrestrial network is used, so the control target becomes clear. According to the third term, control can be realized in various ways.

(Hardware configuration)
The block diagrams (FIGS. 14 and 15) used to describe the above embodiments show blocks in functional units. These functional blocks (components) are implemented by any combination of at least one of hardware and software. Also, the method of realizing each functional block is not particularly limited. That is, each functional block may be implemented using one device physically or logically coupled, or directly or indirectly using two or more physically or logically separated 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, examining, 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 For example, a functional block (component) that performs transmission is called a transmitting unit or transmitter. In either case, as described above, the implementation method is not particularly limited.

For example, the NTN device 10N, the terrestrial base station 10E, etc. according to the embodiment of the present disclosure may function as a computer that performs the processing of the wireless communication method of the present disclosure. FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of hardware configurations of an NTN device 10N and a ground base station 10E according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The NTN device 10N and the ground base station 10E described above are physically configured as a computer device including a processor 1001, a storage device 1002, an auxiliary storage device 1003, a communication device 1004, an input device 1005, an output device 1006, a bus 1007, and the like. may be

In the following explanation, the term "apparatus" can be read as a circuit, device, unit, or the like. The hardware configuration of the NTN device 10N and the terrestrial base station 10E may be configured to include one or more of each device shown in the figure, or may be configured without some devices.

Each function of the NTN device 10N and the ground base station 10E is performed by the processor 1001 by loading predetermined software (program) on hardware such as the processor 1001 and the storage device 1002, and the communication by the communication device 1004 is performed. or controlling at least one of reading and writing data in the storage device 1002 and the auxiliary storage device 1003 .

The processor 1001, for example, operates an operating system and controls the entire computer. The processor 1001 may be configured with a central processing unit (CPU) including an interface with peripheral devices, a control device, an arithmetic device, registers, and the like. For example, the control unit 140 , the control unit 240 and the like described above may be implemented by the processor 1001 .

In addition, the processor 1001 reads programs (program codes), software modules, data, etc. from at least one of the auxiliary storage device 1003 and the communication device 1004 to the storage device 1002, and executes various processes according to them. As the program, a program that causes a computer to execute at least part of the operations described in the above embodiments is used. For example, the control unit 140 shown in FIG. 14 may be implemented by a control program stored in the storage device 1002 and operated by the processor 1001 . Also, for example, the control unit 240 shown in FIG. 15 may be implemented by a control program stored in the storage device 1002 and operated by the processor 1001 . Although it has been explained that the above-described various processes are executed by one processor 1001, they may be executed simultaneously or sequentially by two or more processors 1001. FIG. 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 storage device 1002 is a computer-readable recording medium, for example, ROM (Read Only Memory), EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM), EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM), RAM (Random Access Memory), etc. may be configured. The storage device 1002 may also be called a register, cache, main memory (main storage device), or the like. The storage device 1002 can store executable programs (program code), software modules, etc. for implementing the communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

The auxiliary storage device 1003 is a computer-readable recording medium, for example, an optical disk such as a CD-ROM (Compact Disc ROM), a hard disk drive, a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk (for example, a compact disk, a digital versatile disk, a Blu -ray disk), smart card, flash memory (eg, card, stick, key drive), floppy disk, magnetic strip, and/or the like. The storage medium described above may be, for example, a database, server, or other suitable medium including at least one of storage device 1002 and secondary storage device 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, a duplexer, a filter, a frequency synthesizer, etc., in order to realize at least one of frequency division duplex (FDD) and time division duplex (TDD). may consist of For example, a transmitting/receiving antenna, an amplifier section, a transmitting/receiving section, a transmission line interface, etc. may be implemented by the communication device 1004 . The transceiver may be physically or logically separate implementations for the transmitter and receiver.

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 (for example, 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 storage device 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.

In addition, the base station 10 and the terminal 20 include hardware such as microprocessors, digital signal processors (DSPs), ASICs (Application Specific Integrated Circuits), PLDs (Programmable Logic Devices), and FPGAs (Field Programmable Gate Arrays). , and part or all of each functional block may be implemented by the hardware. For example, processor 1001 may be implemented using at least one of these pieces of hardware.

A configuration example of the vehicle 2001 is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 17, a vehicle 2001 includes a drive unit 2002, a steering unit 2003, an accelerator pedal 2004, a brake pedal 2005, a shift lever 2006, front wheels 2007, rear wheels 2008, an axle 2009, an electronic control unit 2010, and various sensors 2021-2029. , an information service unit 2012 and a communication module 2013 . Each aspect/embodiment described in the present disclosure may be applied to a communication device mounted on vehicle 2001, and may be applied to communication module 2013, for example. For example, the function of the ground base station 10E or the function of the terminal 20 may be provided in the communication module 2013.

The driving unit 2002 is configured by, for example, an engine, a motor, or a hybrid of the engine and the motor. The steering unit 2003 includes at least a steering wheel (also referred to as steering wheel), and is configured to steer at least one of the front wheels and the rear wheels based on the operation of the steering wheel operated by the user.

The electronic control unit 2010 is composed of a microprocessor 2031 , a memory (ROM, RAM) 2032 and a communication port (IO port) 2033 . Signals from various sensors 2021 to 2029 provided in the vehicle 2001 are input to the electronic control unit 2010 . The electronic control unit 2010 may also be called an ECU (Electronic Control Unit).

The signals from the various sensors 2021 to 2029 include the current signal from the current sensor 2021 that senses the current of the motor, the rotation speed signal of the front and rear wheels acquired by the rotation speed sensor 2022, and the front wheel acquired by the air pressure sensor 2023. and rear wheel air pressure signal, vehicle speed signal obtained by vehicle speed sensor 2024, acceleration signal obtained by acceleration sensor 2025, accelerator pedal depression amount signal obtained by accelerator pedal sensor 2029, brake pedal sensor 2026 obtained by There are a brake pedal depression amount signal, a shift lever operation signal acquired by the shift lever sensor 2027, and a detection signal for detecting obstacles, vehicles, pedestrians, etc. acquired by the object detection sensor 2028, and the like.

The information service unit 2012 includes various devices such as car navigation systems, audio systems, speakers, televisions, and radios for providing various types of information such as driving information, traffic information, and entertainment information, and one or more devices for controlling these devices. ECU. The information service unit 2012 uses information acquired from an external device via the communication module 2013 or the like to provide passengers of the vehicle 2001 with various multimedia information and multimedia services.

Driving support system unit 2030 includes millimeter wave radar, LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging), camera, positioning locator (e.g., GNSS, etc.), map information (e.g., high-definition (HD) map, automatic driving vehicle (AV) map, etc. ), gyro systems (e.g., IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit), INS (Inertial Navigation System), etc.), AI (Artificial Intelligence) chips, AI processors, etc., to prevent accidents and reduce the driver's driving load. and one or more ECUs for controlling these devices. In addition, the driving support system unit 2030 transmits and receives various information via the communication module 2013, and realizes a driving support function or an automatic driving function.

The communication module 2013 can communicate with the microprocessor 2031 and components of the vehicle 2001 via communication ports. For example, the communication module 2013 communicates with the vehicle 2001 through the communication port 2033, the drive unit 2002, the steering unit 2003, the accelerator pedal 2004, the brake pedal 2005, the shift lever 2006, the front wheels 2007, the rear wheels 2008, the axle 2009, the electronic Data is transmitted and received between the microprocessor 2031 and memory (ROM, RAM) 2032 in the control unit 2010 and the sensors 2021-29.

The communication module 2013 is a communication device that can be controlled by the microprocessor 2031 of the electronic control unit 2010 and can communicate with an external device. For example, it transmits and receives various information to and from an external device via wireless communication. Communication module 2013 may be internal or external to electronic control unit 2010 . The external device may be, for example, a base station, mobile station, NTN device 10, or the like.

The communication module 2013 transmits the current signal from the current sensor input to the electronic control unit 2010 to an external device via wireless communication. In addition, the communication module 2013 receives the rotation speed signal of the front and rear wheels obtained by the rotation speed sensor 2022, the air pressure signal of the front and rear wheels obtained by the air pressure sensor 2023, and the vehicle speed sensor. 2024, an acceleration signal obtained by an acceleration sensor 2025, an accelerator pedal depression amount signal obtained by an accelerator pedal sensor 2029, a brake pedal depression amount signal obtained by a brake pedal sensor 2026, and a shift lever. A shift lever operation signal obtained by the sensor 2027 and a detection signal for detecting obstacles, vehicles, pedestrians, etc. obtained by the object detection sensor 2028 are also transmitted to an external device via wireless communication.

The communication module 2013 receives various information (traffic information, signal information, inter-vehicle information, etc.) transmitted from external devices, and displays it on the information service unit 2012 provided in the vehicle 2001 . Communication module 2013 also stores various information received from external devices in memory 2032 available to microprocessor 2031 . Based on the information stored in the memory 2032, the microprocessor 2031 controls the drive unit 2002, the steering unit 2003, the accelerator pedal 2004, the brake pedal 2005, the shift lever 2006, the front wheels 2007, the rear wheels 2008, and the axle 2009 provided in the vehicle 2001. , sensors 2021 to 2029 and the like may be controlled.

(Supplement to the embodiment)
Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the disclosed invention is not limited to such embodiments, and those skilled in the art can understand various modifications, modifications, alternatives, replacements, and the like. be. Although specific numerical examples have been used to facilitate understanding of the invention, these numerical values are merely examples and any appropriate values may be used unless otherwise specified. The division of items in the above description is not essential to the present invention, and the items described in two or more items may be used in combination as necessary, and the items described in one item may be used in another item. may apply (unless inconsistent) to the matters set forth in Boundaries of functional or processing units in functional block diagrams do not necessarily correspond to boundaries of physical components. The operations of a plurality of functional units may be physically performed by one component, or the operations of one functional unit may be physically performed by a plurality of components. As for the processing procedures described in the embodiments, the processing order may be changed as long as there is no contradiction. For convenience of explanation of processing, the NTN device 10N and the ground base station 10E are explained using functional block diagrams, but such devices may be implemented in hardware, software, or a combination thereof. The software operated by the processor of the base station 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention and the software operated by the processor of the terminal 20 according to the embodiment of the present invention are stored in random access memory (RAM), flash memory, read-only memory, respectively. (ROM), EPROM, EEPROM, register, hard disk (HDD), removable disk, CD-ROM, database, server, or any other appropriate storage medium.

In addition, notification of information is not limited to the aspects/embodiments described in the present disclosure, and may be performed using other methods. For example, notification of information includes physical layer signaling (e.g., DCI (Downlink Control Information), UCI (Uplink Control Information)), higher layer signaling (e.g., RRC (Radio Resource Control) signaling, MAC (Medium Access Control) signaling, It may be implemented by broadcast information (MIB (Master Information Block), SIB (System Information Block)), other signals, or a combination thereof.In addition, RRC signaling may also be called an RRC message, for example, RRC It may be a connection setup (RRC Connection Setup) message, an RRC connection reconfiguration message, or the like.

Each aspect/embodiment described in the present disclosure includes LTE (Long Term Evolution), LTE-A (LTE-Advanced), SUPER 3G, IMT-Advanced, 4G (4th generation mobile communication system), 5G (5th generation mobile communication system) system), 6th generation mobile communication system (6G), xth generation mobile communication system (xG) (xG (x is, for example, an integer, a decimal number)), FRA (Future Radio Access), NR (new Radio), New radio access ( NX), Future generation radio access (FX), W-CDMA (registered trademark), GSM (registered trademark), CDMA2000, UMB (Ultra Mobile Broadband), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi (registered trademark)), IEEE 802 .16 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.20, UWB (Ultra-WideBand), Bluetooth (registered trademark), and other suitable systems, and any extensions, modifications, creations, and provisions based on these systems. It may be applied to at least one of the next generation systems. Also, a plurality of systems may be applied in combination (for example, a combination of at least one of LTE and LTE-A and 5G, etc.).

The order of the processing procedures, sequences, flowcharts, etc. of each aspect/embodiment described in this specification may be changed as long as there is no contradiction. For example, the methods described in this disclosure present elements of the various steps using a sample order, and are not limited to the specific order presented.

A specific operation performed by the NTN device 10N or the terrestrial base station 10E in this specification may be performed by its upper node in some cases. In a network consisting of one or more network nodes having a base station 10E, various operations performed for communication with the terminal 20 may be performed by the base station 10E and other network nodes other than the base station 10E ( (eg, but not limited to MME or S-GW). Although the above illustrates the case where there is one network node other than the base station 10E, the other network node may be a combination of a plurality of other network nodes (for example, MME and S-GW). .

Information, signals, etc. described in the present disclosure may 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/output information and the like can be overwritten, updated, or appended. The output information and the like may be deleted. The entered information and the like may be transmitted to another device.

The determination in the present disclosure may be performed by a value represented by 1 bit (0 or 1), may be performed by a boolean value (Boolean: true or false), or may be performed by comparing numerical values (e.g. , comparison with a predetermined value).

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.

In addition, software, instructions, information, etc. may be transmitted and received via a transmission medium. For example, the software uses at least one of wired technology (coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, digital subscriber line (DSL), etc.) and wireless technology (infrared, microwave, etc.) to website, Wired and/or wireless technologies are included within the definition of transmission medium when sent from a server or other remote source.

The information, signals, etc. described in this disclosure may be represented using any of a variety of different technologies. For example, data, instructions, commands, information, signals, bits, symbols, chips, etc. that may be referred to throughout the above description 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 terms explained in this disclosure and terms necessary for understanding this disclosure may be replaced with terms having the same or similar meanings. For example, the channel and/or symbols may be signaling. A signal may also be a message. A component carrier (CC) may also be called a carrier frequency, a cell, a frequency carrier, or the like.

The terms "system" and "network" used in this disclosure are used interchangeably.

In addition, the 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. may be represented. For example, radio resources may be indexed.

The names used for the parameters described above are not restrictive names in any respect. Further, the formulas, etc., using these parameters may differ from those expressly disclosed in this disclosure. Since the various channels (e.g., PUCCH, PDCCH, etc.) and information elements can be identified by any suitable names, the various names assigned to these various channels and information elements are in no way restrictive names. isn't it.

In the present disclosure, "base station (BS)", "radio base station", "base station", "fixed station", "NodeB", "eNodeB (eNB)", "gNodeB ( gNB)", "access point", "transmission point", "reception point", "transmission/reception point", "cell", "sector", " Terms such as "cell group", "carrier", "component carrier" may be used interchangeably. 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. When a base station serves multiple cells, the overall coverage area of the base station can be partitioned into multiple smaller areas, each smaller area being a base station subsystem (e.g., an indoor small base station (RRH: The term "cell" or "sector" refers to part or all of the coverage area of at least one of the base stations and base station subsystems serving communication services in this coverage. point to

In the present disclosure, terms such as "Mobile Station (MS)", "user terminal", "User Equipment (UE)", "terminal", etc. may be used interchangeably. .

A mobile station is defined by those skilled in the art as 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 object may be a vehicle (e.g., car, airplane, etc.), an unmanned mobile object (e.g., drone, self-driving car, etc.), or a robot (manned or unmanned ). Note that at least one of the base station and the mobile station includes devices that do not necessarily move during communication operations. For example, at least one of the base station and mobile station may be an IoT (Internet of Things) device such as a sensor.

Also, the base station in the present disclosure may be read as a user terminal. For example, communication between a base station and a user terminal is replaced with communication between a plurality of terminals 20 (for example, D2D (Device-to-Device), V2X (Vehicle-to-Everything), etc.) Regarding the configuration, each aspect/embodiment of the present disclosure may be applied. In this case, the terminal 20 may have the functions of the base station 10 described above. Also, words such as "up" and "down" may be replaced with words corresponding to inter-terminal communication (for example, "side"). For example, uplink channels, downlink channels, etc. may be read as side channels.

Similarly, user terminals in the present disclosure may be read as base stations. In this case, the base station may have the functions that the above-described user terminal has.

The terms "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); Also, "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. In addition, "judgment" and "decision" are considered to be "judgment" and "decision" by resolving, selecting, choosing, establishing, comparing, etc. can contain. In other words, "judgment" and "decision" can include considering that some action is "judgment" and "decision". Also, "judgment (decision)" may be read as "assuming", "expecting", "considering", or the like.

The terms "connected", "coupled", or any variation thereof, mean 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". As used in this disclosure, 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 optical (both visible and invisible) regions, and the like.

The reference signal can also be abbreviated as RS (Reference Signal), and may also be called Pilot depending on the applicable standard.

The term "based on" as used in this disclosure does not mean "based only on" unless otherwise specified. In other words, the phrase "based on" means both "based only on" and "based at least on."

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, reference to a first and second element does not imply that only two elements can be employed or that the first element must precede the second element in any way.

"Means" in the configuration of each device described above may be replaced with "unit", "circuit", "device", or the like.

Where "include," "including," and variations thereof are used in this disclosure, these terms are inclusive, as is the term "comprising." is intended. Furthermore, the term "or" as used in this disclosure is not intended to be an exclusive OR.

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 of a fixed length of time (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 configuration, transceiver It may indicate at least one of certain filtering operations performed in the frequency domain, certain windowing operations performed by the transceiver in the time domain, and/or the like.

A slot may consist of one or more symbols (OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) symbol, SC-FDMA (Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access) symbol, etc.) in the time domain. 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. PDSCH (or PUSCH) transmitted in time units larger than minislots 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.

For example, one subframe may be called a Transmission Time Interval (TTI), a plurality of consecutive subframes may be called a TTI, and one slot or one minislot may be called a TTI. may That is, at least one of the subframe and TTI may be a subframe (1 ms) in existing LTE, a period shorter than 1 ms (eg, 1-13 symbols), or a period longer than 1 ms may be Note that the unit representing the TTI may be called a slot, mini-slot, or the like instead of a subframe.

Here, TTI refers to, for example, the minimum scheduling time unit in wireless communication. For example, in the LTE system, the base station performs scheduling to allocate radio resources (frequency bandwidth, transmission power, etc. that can be used by each terminal 20) to each terminal 20 on a TTI basis. Note that the definition of TTI is not limited to this.

A TTI may be a transmission time unit such as a channel-encoded data packet (transport block), code block, or codeword, or may be a processing unit such as scheduling and link adaptation. 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.

When one slot or one minislot is called a TTI, one or more TTIs (that is, one or more slots or one or more minislots) may be the minimum scheduling time unit. Also, the number of slots (the number of mini-slots) constituting the minimum time unit of the scheduling may be controlled.

A TTI having 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, or the like. A TTI that is shorter than a normal TTI may 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 the like.

Note that the long TTI (e.g., normal TTI, subframe, etc.) may be replaced with a TTI having a time length exceeding 1 ms, and the short TTI (e.g., shortened TTI, etc.) is less than the TTI length of the long TTI and 1 ms A TTI having the above TTI length may be read instead.

A resource block (RB) is a resource allocation unit in the time domain and the frequency domain, and may include one or more consecutive subcarriers in the frequency domain. The number of subcarriers included in the RB may be the same regardless of the numerology, and may be 12, for example. The number of subcarriers included in an RB may be determined based on numerology.

Also, 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 (PRBs), sub-carrier groups (SCGs), resource element groups (REGs), PRB pairs, RB pairs, etc. may be called.

Also, a resource block may be composed of one or more resource elements (RE: Resource Element). For example, 1 RE may be a radio resource region of 1 subcarrier and 1 symbol.

A bandwidth part (BWP) (which may also be called a bandwidth part) may represent a subset of contiguous common resource blocks (RBs) for a certain numerology on a certain carrier. Here, 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.

The BWP may include a BWP for UL (UL BWP) and a BWP for DL (DL BWP). One or more BWPs may be configured for terminal 20 within one carrier.

At least one of the configured BWPs may be active, and terminal 20 may not expect to transmit or receive a given signal/channel outside the active BWP. Note that "cell", "carrier", etc. in the present disclosure may be read as "BWP".

The above structures such as radio frames, subframes, slots, minislots and symbols are only examples. For example, the number of subframes contained in a radio frame, the number of slots per subframe or radio frame, the number of minislots contained within a slot, the number of symbols and RBs contained in a slot or minislot, the number of Configurations such as the number of subcarriers, the number of symbols in a TTI, the symbol length, the cyclic prefix (CP) length, etc. can be varied.

In this disclosure, if articles are added by translation, such as a, an, and the in English, the disclosure may include that the nouns following these articles are plural.

In the present disclosure, the term "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."

Each aspect/embodiment described in the present disclosure may be used alone, may be used in combination, or may be used by switching along with execution. In addition, the notification of predetermined information (for example, notification of “being X”) is not limited to being performed explicitly, but may be performed implicitly (for example, not notifying the predetermined information). good too.

Although the present disclosure has been described in detail above, it is clear to those skilled in the art that the present disclosure is not limited to the embodiments described in this disclosure. The present disclosure can be practiced with modifications and variations without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure as defined by the claims. Accordingly, the description of the present disclosure is for illustrative purposes and is not meant to be limiting in any way.

This patent application claims priority based on Japanese Patent Application No. 2021-214897 filed on December 28, 2021, and the entire contents of Japanese Patent Application No. 2021-214897 are incorporated into this application. do.

10A non-terrestrial object 10B gateway 10C base station 10D CN
10E terrestrial base station 10N NTN device 110 transmitting unit 120 receiving unit 130 setting unit 140 control unit 210 transmitting unit 220 receiving unit 230 setting unit 240 control unit 30 CPE station 40 NTN ground station 50 NTN service area 60 terrestrial service area 1001 processor 1002 storage Device 1003 Auxiliary storage device 1004 Communication device 1005 Input device 1006 Output device 2001 Vehicle 2002 Driving unit 2003 Steering unit 2004 Accelerator pedal 2005 Brake pedal 2006 Shift lever 2007 Front wheel 2008 Rear wheel 2009 Axle 2010 Electronic control unit 2012 Information service unit 2013 Communication module 2021 Current sensor 2022 Revolution sensor 2023 Air pressure sensor 2024 Vehicle speed sensor 2025 Acceleration sensor 2026 Brake pedal sensor 2027 Shift lever sensor 2028 Object detection sensor 2029 Accelerator pedal sensor 2030 Driving support system unit 2031 Microprocessor 2032 Memory (ROM, RAM)
2033 communication port (IO port)

Claims (6)

1. a communication unit for communicating on a service link of a non-terrestrial network;
   a control unit for controlling the direction or size of the beam formed by the communication unit to avoid interference between communications on the service link and communications on the terrestrial network.
2. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the controller controls the direction or size of the beam based on location information of base stations in the terrestrial network.
3. a communication unit that communicates with terminals in the service area of the terrestrial network;
   a control unit for controlling the size of the service area formed by the communication unit to avoid interference between communications on service links of non-terrestrial networks and communications in the service area.
4. The base station according to Claim 3, wherein the control unit controls the size of the service area autonomously or based on instructions transmitted from communication devices in the non-terrestrial network.
5. a first communication unit that communicates with a terminal in the service area of the terrestrial network;
   a first control unit for controlling the size of the service area formed by the first communication unit to avoid interference between communications on service links of a non-terrestrial network and communications in the service area. a base station;
   a second communication unit that communicates via the service link;
   a second controller that controls the direction or size of the beam formed by the second communication unit to avoid interference between the communication on the service link and the communication on the service area; and ,
   communication system.
6. obtaining location information of a base station in a terrestrial network;
   controlling the direction or size of a beam on the service link to avoid interference between communications on the service link of a non-terrestrial network and communications on the service area formed by the base station. method of communication performed by

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