WO2024018610A1 - Wireless relay device and communication method - Google Patents

Abstract

A wireless relay device comprising: a communication unit that carries out transmission and reception to and from a base station of signaling including control information pertaining to a relay function; a control unit that controls the relay function on the basis of the control information; and a relay unit that executes a relay function for receiving an uplink signal from a terminal, transmitting the uplink signal to the base station, receiving a downlink signal from the base station, and transmitting the downlink signal to the terminal, wherein the control unit determines, on the basis of the control information, an uplink reception beam to be used for receiving the uplink signal, an uplink transmission beam to be used for transmitting the uplink signal, a downlink reception beam to be used for receiving the downlink signal, and a downlink transmission beam to be used for transmitting the downlink signal.

Description

Wireless relay device and communication method

The present invention relates to a wireless relay device and a communication method in a wireless communication system.

3GPP (registered trademark) (3rd Generation Partnership Project) is working on 5G or NR ( Studies are progressing on a wireless communication system called ``New Radio'' (hereinafter referred to as ``NR''). In 5G, various wireless technologies and network architectures are being studied in order to meet the requirements of achieving a throughput of 10 Gbps or more and reducing the delay in the wireless section to 1 ms or less (for example, Non-Patent Document 1).

Next-generation communications are expected to use high frequency bands. Due to the characteristics of the high frequency band, improvement in communication quality is required from the viewpoints of reducing the number of scatterers, reducing shadowing effects, increasing distance attenuation, and the like. It is assumed that beam control and environment that ensure communication quality will be required.

For example, in high frequency bands, there is a problem that dead zones are likely to occur due to the strong straightness of radio waves. Therefore, attempts have been made to improve communication quality in a multipath environment using passive repeaters, active reflectors (RIS: Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface), smart repeaters that receive, amplify, and re-radiate signals, etc. (For example, Non-Patent Document 2).

As mentioned above, wireless relay devices such as reflectors or smart repeaters that reflect or transmit radio waves from a radio wave generation source such as a base station to a radio wave receiving destination such as a terminal and relay the radio waves are being considered. Here, it is particularly necessary to clarify communication control when a wireless relay device controlled by a network relays wireless signals between base station terminals.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to relay a wireless signal by a wireless relay device controlled by a network in a wireless communication system.

According to the disclosed technology, a communication unit that transmits and receives signaling including control information related to a relay function to and from a base station, a control unit that controls the relay function based on the control information, and a control unit that receives an uplink signal from a terminal, a relay unit that performs a relay function of transmitting the uplink signal to the base station, receiving a downlink signal from the base station, and transmitting the downlink signal to the terminal, and the control unit is configured to transmit the control information based on the uplink reception beam applied to reception of the uplink signal, the uplink transmission beam applied to the transmission of the uplink signal, the downlink reception beam applied to the reception of the downlink signal, and the downlink transmission applied to the transmission of the downlink signal. A wireless relay device is provided that determines the beam.

According to the disclosed technology, in a wireless communication system, wireless signals can be relayed by a wireless relay device controlled by a network.

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining a wireless communication system in an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a functional configuration of a base station 10 in an embodiment of the present invention. It is a diagram showing an example of a functional configuration of a terminal 20 in an embodiment of the present invention. It is a diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of a wireless relay device 30 in an embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure showing an example of operation of wireless relay device 30 in an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of communication in a high frequency band. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a reflective wireless relay device 30 according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a transparent wireless relay device 30 according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure showing an example of a network control repeater in an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining an example (1) of a UL transmission beam in an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining an example (2) of UL transmission beams in the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining an example (3) of UL transmission beams in the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining an example (4) of UL transmission beams in the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining an example (5) of UL transmission beams in the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining an example (1) of beams used for an access link in an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining an example (2) of beams used in the access link in the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining an example (3) of beams used for an access link in an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining an example (4) of beams used in the access link in the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining an example (5) of beams used for an access link in an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining an example (6) of beams used in the access link in the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining an example (7) of beams used for the access link in the embodiment of the present invention. It is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of a base station 10, a terminal 20, or a wireless relay device 30 in an embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure showing an example of composition of vehicle 2001 in an embodiment of the present invention.

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

Existing technologies are used as appropriate for the operation of the wireless communication system according to the embodiment of the present invention. However, the existing technology is, for example, existing LTE, but is not limited to existing LTE. Further, the term "LTE" used in this specification has a broad meaning including LTE-Advanced and a system after LTE-Advanced (eg, NR) unless otherwise specified.

In addition, in the embodiments of the present invention described below, SS (Synchronization signal), PSS (Primary SS), SSS (Secondary SS), PBCH (Physical broadcast channel), PRACH (Physical Terms such as random access channel), PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel), PDSCH (Physical Downlink Shared Channel), PUCCH (Physical Uplink Control Channel), and PUSCH (Physical Uplink Shared Channel) are used. This is for convenience of description, and signals, functions, etc. similar to these may be referred to by other names. Also, the above terms in NR correspond to NR-SS, NR-PSS, NR-SSS, NR-PBCH, NR-PRACH, etc. However, even if the signal is used for NR, it is not necessarily specified as "NR-".

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

Furthermore, in the embodiment of the present invention, "configure" the wireless parameters etc. may mean pre-configuring a predetermined value, or may mean that the base station 10 or Wireless parameters notified from the terminal 20 may also be set.

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention. A wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a base station 10 and a terminal 20, as shown in FIG. There may be a plurality of base stations 10 and a plurality of terminals 20, respectively.

The base station 10 is a communication device that provides one or more cells and performs wireless communication with the terminal 20. The physical resources of a radio signal are defined in the time domain and frequency domain, and the time domain may be defined by the number of OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) symbols, and the frequency domain may be defined by the number of subcarriers or resource blocks. Good too. Furthermore, a TTI (Transmission Time Interval) in the time domain may be a slot or a subslot, or a TTI may be a subframe.

The base station 10 is capable of performing carrier aggregation in which multiple cells (multiple CCs (component carriers)) are bundled to communicate with the terminal 20. In carrier aggregation, one primary cell (PCell, Primary Cell) and one or more secondary cells (SCell, Secondary Cell) are used.

The base station 10 transmits a synchronization signal, system information, etc. to the terminal 20. The synchronization signals are, for example, NR-PSS and NR-SSS. System information is transmitted, for example, on NR-PBCH or PDSCH, and is also referred to as broadcast information. As shown in FIG. 1, the base station 10 transmits a control signal or data to the terminal 20 on the DL (Downlink), and receives the control signal or data from the terminal 20 on the UL (Uplink). Note that here, what is transmitted on control channels such as PUCCH and PDCCH is called a control signal, and what is transmitted on shared channels such as PUSCH and PDSCH is called data. It is.

The terminal 20 is a communication device equipped with a wireless communication function, such as a smartphone, a mobile phone, a tablet, a wearable terminal, or a communication module for M2M (Machine-to-Machine). As shown in FIG. 1, the terminal 20 receives control signals or data from the base station 10 via DL, and transmits control signals or data to the base station 10 via UL, thereby receiving various types of information provided by the wireless communication system. Use communication services. Note that the terminal 20 may be called a UE, and the base station 10 may be called a gNB.

The terminal 20 is capable of performing carrier aggregation, which bundles multiple cells (multiple CCs) and communicates with the base station 10. Carrier aggregation uses one primary cell and one or more secondary cells. Also, a PUCCH-SCell with PUCCH may be used.

Furthermore, in the wireless communication system according to the embodiment of the present invention, the base station 10 is a wireless base station operated in 5G or 6G, for example, and forms a cell. Note that the cell is a relatively large cell and is called a macro cell.

The base stations 10A to 10D are base stations operated in 5G or 6G. Base station 10A to base station 10D form cells CA to D, respectively, which are smaller in size than the macro cell. Cells A to D may be called small cells, macro cells, or the like. As shown in FIG. 1, cells A to D may be formed to be included in a macro cell.

A macro cell may generally be interpreted as a communicable area with a radius of several hundred meters to several tens of kilometers covered by one base station. Furthermore, a small cell may be interpreted as a general term for cells that have low transmission power and cover a smaller area compared to a macro cell.

Note that the base station 10 and base stations 0A to 10D may be expressed as gNodeB (gNB) or BS (Base Station). Further, the terminal 20 may be expressed as UE, MS, or the like. Furthermore, the specific configuration of the wireless communication system, including the number and types of base stations and terminals, is not limited to the example shown in FIG.

Furthermore, the wireless communication system is not necessarily limited to a wireless communication system compliant with 5G or 6G. For example, the wireless communication system may be a 6G next generation wireless communication system or a wireless communication system compliant with LTE.

The base station 10 and the base stations 10A to 10D perform wireless communication with the terminal 20 according to 5G or 6G, for example. The base station 10 and the base station 10A to the base station 10D and the terminal 20 use Massive MIMO (Massive MIMO), which generates beams with higher directivity by controlling radio signals transmitted from multiple antenna elements. Carrier aggregation (CA) that uses a bundle of component carriers (CC), dual connectivity (DC) that simultaneously communicates between the terminal 20 and each of two NG-RAN nodes, and wireless communication between wireless communication nodes such as gNB It may also support IAB (Integrated Access and Backhaul) in which backhaul and wireless access to the terminal 20 are integrated.

Furthermore, the wireless communication system can also support a high frequency band higher than the frequency range (FR) defined in 3GPP Release 15 below. For example, FR1 may correspond to 410 MHz to 7.125 GHz, and FR2 may correspond to 24.25 GHz to 52.6 GHz. Additionally, the wireless communication system may support frequency bands greater than 52.6 GHz and up to 114.25 GHz. The frequency band may be called a millimeter wave band.

Here, the base station 10 that supports massive MIMO can transmit a beam. Massive MIMO generally refers to MIMO communication using an antenna having 100 or more antenna elements, and enables faster wireless communication than before due to the multiplexing effect of multiple streams. It also enables advanced beamforming. The beam width can be dynamically changed depending on the frequency band used or the status of the terminal 20. Further, by using a narrow beam, the received signal power can be increased due to beamforming gain. Furthermore, effects such as reduction of interference and effective use of radio resources are expected.

Additionally, the wireless communication system may include a wireless relay device 30. In the embodiment of the present invention, the wireless relay device 30 may be, for example, a reflector (RIS), a phase control reflector, a passive repeater, an IRS (Intelligent Reflecting Surface), or the like. Specific examples of the reflector (RIS: Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface) may include those called metamaterial reflectors, dynamic metasurfaces, metasurface lenses, etc. (for example, Non-Patent Document 2).

In the embodiment of the present invention, the wireless relay device 30 relays a wireless signal transmitted from the base station 10A, for example. In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, "relay" may refer to at least one of "reflection", "transmission", "concentration (concentrating radio waves at approximately one point)", and "diffraction". . The terminal 20 can receive the wireless signal relayed by the wireless relay device 30. Furthermore, the wireless relay device 30 may relay the wireless signal transmitted from the terminal 20 or the wireless signal transmitted from the base station 10.

As an example, the wireless relay device 30 can change the phase of a wireless signal relayed toward the terminal 20. From this point of view, the wireless relay device 30 may be called a phase variable reflector. Note that in this embodiment, the wireless relay device 30 may have a function of changing the phase of a wireless signal and relaying the signal, but the present invention is not limited to this. Furthermore, the wireless relay device 30 may be called a repeater, a relay device, a reflect array, an IRS, a transmit array, or the like.

Furthermore, in the embodiment of the present invention, the wireless relay device 30 such as RIS may be called a batteryless device, a metamaterial function device, an intelligent reflecting surface, a smart repeater, or the like. As an example, the wireless relay device 30 such as RIS or smart repeater may be defined as having the functions shown in 1) to 5) below.

1) It may have a function of receiving signals transmitted from the base station 10. The signals are DL signals, SSB (SS/PBCH block), PDCCH, PDSCH, DM-RS (Demodulation Reference Signal), PT-RS (Phase Tracking Reference Signal), and CSI-RS (Channel State Information Reference Signal). , RIS-dedicated signal, etc. may be used. It may also have a function of receiving a signal carrying information related to the metamaterial function. Note that it may also have a transmission function to transmit the signal to the terminal 20. The SSB may be a signal including a synchronization signal and broadcast information.

2) It may have a function of transmitting signals to the base station 10. The signal may be a UL signal such as PRACH, PUCCH, PUSCH, DM-RS, PT-RS, SRS (Sounding Reference Signal), RIS-dedicated signal, or the like. It may also have a function of transmitting information related to the metamaterial function. Note that it may have a receiving function to receive the signal from the terminal 20.

3) It may have a frame synchronization function with the base station 10. Note that it may also have a frame synchronization function with the terminal 20.

4) It may have a function of reflecting signals transmitted from the base station 10 or the terminal 20. For example, the reflection function includes a function related to phase change, a function related to beam control (for example, a function related to control of TCI (Transmission Configuration Indication)-state, QCL (Quasi Co Location), beam selection application, spatial filter/ selective application of precoding weights).
5) It may have a function of changing the power of the signal transmitted from the base station 10 or the terminal 20. For example, the power change function may be power amplification.

Furthermore, "receiving and transmitting" or "relaying" in the wireless relay device 30 such as RIS or smart repeater means that the following function A is performed, but the following function B is not performed and the transmission is performed. You may.
Function A: Apply phase shifter.
Function B: No compensation circuit (eg, amplification, filter) is involved.

As another example,
Function A: Apply phase shifter and compensation circuit.
Function B: No frequency conversion involved.

Note that in the wireless relay device 30 such as RIS, when the phase is changed, the amplitude may be amplified. Furthermore, "relay" in the wireless relay device 30 such as RIS means to transmit a received signal as is without performing processing at the layer 2 or layer 3 level, or to transmit a signal received at the physical layer level as is. Alternatively, it may mean transmitting the received signal as it is without interpreting the signal (in this case, the phase may be changed, the amplitude may be amplified, etc.).

(Device configuration)
Next, an example of the functional configuration of the base station 10, terminal 20, and wireless relay device 30 that execute processing and operations in the embodiment of the present invention will be described. The base station 10, the terminal 20, and the wireless relay device 30 include a function to execute the embodiment described later. However, the base station 10, the terminal 20, and the wireless relay device 30 may each have only one of the functions of the embodiments.

<Base station 10>
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of the base station 10. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, base station 10 includes a transmitting section 110, a receiving section 120, a setting section 130, and a control section 140. The functional configuration shown in FIG. 2 is only an example. As long as the operations according to the embodiments of the present invention can be executed, the functional divisions and functional parts may have any names. The transmitting section 110 and the receiving section 120 may also be called a communication section.

The transmitting unit 110 includes a function of generating a signal to be transmitted to the terminal 20 side and transmitting the signal wirelessly. The receiving unit 120 includes a function of receiving various signals transmitted from the terminal 20 and acquiring, for example, information on a higher layer from the received signals. Further, the transmitter 110 has a function of transmitting NR-PSS, NR-SSS, NR-PBCH, DL/UL control signals, DL data, etc. to the terminal 20. Further, the transmitter 110 transmits setting information and the like that will be explained in the embodiment.

The setting unit 130 stores preset setting information and various setting information to be sent to the terminal 20 in a storage device, and reads them from the storage device as necessary. The control unit 140 performs, for example, resource allocation, overall control of the base station 10, and the like. Note that the functional unit related to signal transmission in the control unit 140 may be included in the transmitting unit 110, and the functional unit related to signal reception in the control unit 140 may be included in the receiving unit 120. Further, the transmitter 110 and the receiver 120 may be called a transmitter and a receiver, respectively.

<Terminal 20>
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of the terminal 20. As shown in FIG. 3, the terminal 20 includes a transmitting section 210, a receiving section 220, a setting section 230, and a control section 240. The functional configuration shown in FIG. 3 is only an example. As long as the operations according to the embodiments of the present invention can be executed, the functional divisions and functional parts may have any names. The transmitting section 210 and the receiving section 220 may also be called a communication section.

The transmitter 210 creates a transmission signal from the transmission data and wirelessly transmits the transmission signal. The receiving unit 220 wirelessly receives various signals and obtains higher layer signals from the received physical layer signals. Further, the transmitter 210 transmits HARQ-ACK, and the receiver 220 receives configuration information and the like that will be explained in the embodiment.

The setting unit 230 stores various setting information received from the base station 10 by the receiving unit 220 in a storage device, and reads it from the storage device as necessary. The setting unit 230 also stores setting information that is set in advance. The control unit 240 controls the entire terminal 20 and the like. Note that a functional unit related to signal transmission in the control unit 240 may be included in the transmitting unit 210, and a functional unit related to signal reception in the control unit 240 may be included in the receiving unit 220. Further, the transmitter 210 and the receiver 220 may be called a transmitter and a receiver, respectively.

<Wireless relay device 30>
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of the wireless relay device 30 in the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the wireless relay device 30 includes a transmitting section 310, a receiving section 320, a control section 330, a variable section 340, and an antenna section 350. As long as the operations according to the embodiments of the present invention can be executed, the functional divisions and functional parts may have any names. The transmitting section 310 and the receiving section 320 may also be called a communication section.

The antenna section 350 includes at least one antenna connected to the variable section 340. For example, the antenna section 350 may be arranged as an array antenna. In embodiments of the present invention, antenna section 350 may be particularly referred to as a relay antenna. Note that the variable section 340 and the antenna section 350 may also be referred to as a relay section.

The variable section 340 is connected to the antenna section 350 and can change the phase, load, amplitude, etc. For example, the variable section 340 may be a variable phase shifter, a phase shifter, an amplifier, or the like. For example, by changing the phase of radio waves that reach a relay antenna from a radio wave generation source, the direction or beam of the radio waves can be changed.

The control section 330 is a control means that controls the variable section 340. In the embodiment of the present invention, the control unit 330 functions as a control unit that controls the relay state when radio waves from the base station 10 or the terminal 20 are relayed without signal interpretation. Here, the control unit 330 may change the relay state based on control information received from the base station 10 or the terminal 20 via the communication unit, and may change the relay state based on the reception state of radio waves from the base station 10 or the terminal 20. The relay state may also be changed. For example, the control unit 330 may select an appropriate reception beam and transmission beam (direction thereof) based on control information such as SSB, and control the variable unit 340. Similarly, the control section 330 may select an appropriate combination of reception direction and transmission direction from the reception state based on criteria such as reception quality or maximum reception power, and control the variable section 340.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the control unit 330 also provides information regarding the propagation path between the terminal 20 or the base station 10A and the antenna unit 350 (including information estimated based on the reception state and control information; the same applies hereinafter). ), the variable section 340 can be controlled. For example, the control unit 330 uses a publicly known method such as an active repeater or RIS to change the phase of the radio waves received from the base station 10A without using transmission power, so that the control unit 330 changes the phase of the radio waves received from the base station 10A without using the transmission power. 20) etc. can be relayed in a specific direction. Specifically, the control unit 330 controls the phase of the radio signal for relaying toward the terminal 20 or the base station 10A based on the estimated propagation path information H _PT and H _RP . That is, by changing the phase of an array antenna or the like, radio waves can be relayed in a specific direction using the same principle as beamforming or the like. Note that the wireless relay device 30 controls (changes) only the phase of the wireless signal (radio wave) by the control unit 330, and relays without power supply without amplifying the power of the wireless signal to be relayed. You may.

Furthermore, in the embodiment of the present invention, the control unit 330 may acquire information based on the reception state. Further, the receiving unit 320 may acquire control information from the base station 10A or the terminal 20. For example, the receiving unit 320 may receive various signals such as SSB (including the various signals exemplified in the above functions) transmitted from the base station 10A or the terminal 20 as the control information.

Furthermore, the control unit 330 controls the propagation path between the radio wave generation source (for example, the base station 10A or the terminal 20) and the antenna unit 350 based on the reception state (for example, change in received power, etc.) during control of the variable unit 340. The information (H _PT and H _RP ) may be estimated.

Propagation path information (propagation channel information) regarding each propagation path is specifically information such as amplitude or phase, and in the embodiment of the present invention, information estimated regarding the propagation path of radio waves arriving at antenna section 350. It is. As an example, the control unit 330 uses a principle similar to I/Q (In-phase/Quadrature) detection, and is based on the change in received power when the phase of the variable unit 340 of the array-shaped antenna unit 350 is switched orthogonally. Then, the propagation path information of the antenna section 350 may be estimated.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the operation of the wireless relay device 30 in the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 5, as an example, the wireless relay device 30 is interposed between the base station 10A (or another base station 10, etc.) and the terminal 20, and is interposed between the base station 10A and the terminal 20. Relays (reflects, transmits, aggregates, diffracts, etc.) wireless signals sent and received at

As a specific example, the base station 10A and the terminal 20 directly transmit and receive wireless signals without going through the wireless relay device 30 when the wireless quality is good. On the other hand, if the wireless quality deteriorates, such as when there is a shield between the base station 10A and the terminal 20, the wireless relay device 30 relays the wireless signals transmitted and received between the base station 10A and the terminal 20. do.

Specifically, the radio relay device 30 obtains propagation path information between a radio wave generation source such as the base station 10A or the terminal 20 and the relay antenna based on changes in received power during control of the variable unit 340 such as a variable phase shifter. By estimating H _PT and H _RT and controlling the variable unit 340 such as a variable phase shifter based on the estimated propagation path information, the wireless signal is relayed to the radio wave receiving destination such as the terminal 20 . Note that the wireless relay device 30 is not limited to estimating the propagation path information H _PT and H _RT , and controls the variable unit 340 such as a variable phase shifter based on the control information received from the base station 10A or the terminal 20. Accordingly, the wireless signal may be relayed to a radio wave reception destination such as the base station 10A or the terminal 20.

Here, the propagation path or propagation channel is an individual communication path for wireless communication, and here, it is a communication path between each transmitting and receiving antenna (base station antenna, terminal antenna, etc. in the figure).

As an example, the wireless relay device 30 includes an antenna unit 350 having a small multi-element antenna compatible with massive MIMO, and a variable phase shifter or phase shifter that changes the phase of a wireless signal, essentially a radio wave, to a specific phase. The variable unit 340 is used to control the phase of radio waves relayed to the terminal 20 or the base station 10A.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of communication in a high frequency band. As shown in FIG. 6, when using a high frequency band of several GHz to several tens of GHz or more, a dead zone is likely to occur due to the strong straightness of radio waves. When the distance between the base station 10A and the terminal 20 is visible, even when using the high frequency band, there is no effect on the wireless communication between the base station 10A and the terminal 20. On the other hand, if the line of sight between the base station 10A and the terminal 20 is blocked by a shielding object such as a building or a tree, the wireless quality will be significantly degraded. That is, if the terminal 20 moves to a blind zone where it is blocked by a shielding object, communication may be interrupted.

Considering the existence of applications (such as remote control) that take advantage of high-speed, large-capacity, and low-latency characteristics, it is possible to eliminate dead zones and ensure connectivity between base stations and terminals without interruption of communication within the wireless communication system. It is important to.

Therefore, technologies have been developed that can relay radio waves between the base station 10A and the terminal 20, such as radio wave propagation control devices such as RIS or smart repeaters. In this way, communication characteristics can be improved by controlling the propagation characteristics of base station signals, coverage can be expanded without the need for a signal source, and installation and operating costs can be reduced by adding more base stations.

There are two types of conventional radio wave propagation control devices: passive type and active type. Although the passive type has the advantage of not requiring control information, it cannot follow moving objects or environmental changes. On the other hand, although the active type has the disadvantage of requiring control information and increasing overhead, it can variably control the radio wave propagation characteristics by changing the load (phase) state of the control antenna, and it It is also possible to follow fluctuations, etc.

There are two types of active radio wave propagation control devices and control methods: feedback (FB) standards and propagation path information standards. In the FB standard, a variable radio wave propagation control device searches for optimal conditions by having the terminal 20 or the like feed back the communication state when the load (phase) state is randomly changed. On the other hand, in the propagation path information norm, the load state is determined based on the propagation path information between the base station and the radio wave propagation control device, and optimal radio wave propagation control is possible. In the embodiment of the present invention, any type can be applied.

In addition, there are various types of relay methods such as reflection, transmission, diffraction, and aggregation. (see Non-Patent Document 2, etc.).

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a reflective wireless relay device 30 according to an embodiment of the present invention. An example of the system configuration of the reflective wireless relay device 30 will be described using FIG. 7. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the relationship among the transmitting antenna Tx of the base station 10A, etc., the relay antenna Sx of the transparent wireless relay device 30, and the receiving antenna Rx of the terminal 20, etc. As shown in FIG. 7, in the embodiment of the present invention, MIMO is taken as an example, and there are multiple propagation paths between Tx and Sx and multiple propagation paths between Sx and Rx. The device 30 controls a variable section 340 having a variable phase shifter and the like of the relay antenna Sx to relay radio waves.

As shown in FIG. 7, in the case of the reflective type, the array-shaped relay antennas are arranged facing in the same direction. Thereby, the propagation path of the relay antenna can be estimated based on the reception state observed when changing the phase condition of the relay antenna in multiple ways.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a transparent wireless relay device 30 according to an embodiment of the present invention. An example of the system configuration of the transparent wireless relay device 30 will be described using FIG. 8. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the relationship among the transmitting antenna Tx of the base station 10A, etc., the relay antenna Sx of the transparent wireless relay device 30, and the receiving antenna Rx of the terminal 20, etc. As shown in FIG. 8, in the embodiment of the present invention, MIMO is taken as an example, and there are multiple propagation paths between Tx and Sx and multiple propagation paths between Sx and Rx. As shown in the figure, the relay device 30 relays the radio waves arriving from one side to the other side via a variable part 340 such as a variable phase shifter of the relay antenna Sx. In this way, in the case of the transmission type, the reference antenna on the left side of the figure and the relay antenna on the right side of the figure are paired and oriented in opposite directions so that radio waves arriving from one side can be relayed to the other side. It is located. Regardless of whether it is a transmission type or a reflection type, the receiving state may be measured by configuring the relay antenna to be able to detect the power reaching the relay antenna using a power detector or the like. Further, the propagation path of the relay antenna can be estimated based on the received signal observed when changing the phase conditions of the relay antenna in multiple ways.

For example, future networks such as 6G will require even higher quality than 5G. For example, ultra-high speed on the order of terabps, high reliability and low delay on the level of optical communication, etc. are required. In addition, a design that takes into account ultra-coverage expansion, ultra-long distance communication, ultra-reliable communication, virtual cells, flexible networks, mesh networks, side link reinforcement, RIS or smart repeaters is required.

To achieve this quality, it is envisaged that very high frequencies, for example terahertz waves, will be used. For example, when using very high frequencies such as terahertz waves, the advantages are expected to be higher speeds due to ultra-wideband use and lower delays due to short symbol lengths, but the advantages are that the coverage is narrower due to the large attenuation factor. However, disadvantages such as a decrease in reliability due to high straightness are also expected. It is necessary to consider how to ensure redundancy for each location where 6G communication is required, that is, how to increase the number of communication transmission points.

As described above, the RIS reflects or transmits a beam transmitted from the base station 10 or terminal 20 in a predetermined direction and delivers it to the terminal 20 or base station 10. A passive RIS is a device that does not change control of the reflection angle or beam width depending on the position of the mobile station, and while control information is unnecessary, precise beam control is difficult. An active RIS is a device that changes control of the reflection angle, beam width, etc. according to the position of the mobile station, and while it is capable of precise beam control, it requires control information, which increases overhead. RIS allows for increased transmission points for communications.

Note that RIS may have the names shown in 1) to 5) below, but is not limited to these.
1) Battery less device
2) Metamaterial functional device 3) Intelligent reflecting surface
4) Smart repeater
5) Network-controlled repeater

The RIS may be any device that has a predetermined function, and the predetermined function may be, for example, at least one of the following functions 1) and 2).

1) UE function Receiving function of signals transmitted from the base station 10 (for example, DL signal, SSB, PDCCH, PDSCH, DM-RS, PT-RS, CSI-RS, RIS dedicated signal). The receiving function may receive information related to the following 2) metamaterial function. A function of transmitting signals to the base station 10 (for example, UL signals, PRACH, PUCCH, PUSCH, DM-RS, PT-RS, SRS, RIS dedicated signals). The transmission function may transmit information related to the following 2) metamaterial function. Frame synchronization function with base station 10.

2) Reflection function (for example, phase change) of the signal transmitted from the metamaterial function base station 10 or terminal 20. The signal may be reflected by changing the phase of each of the plurality of reflection elements included in the RIS, or the signal may be reflected by changing the phase common to the plurality of reflection elements. Functions related to beam control (for example, functions related to TCI-state and QCL control, selective application of beams, selective application of spatial filters/precoding weights). A function for changing the power of a signal transmitted from the base station 10 or the terminal 20 (for example, power amplification). A different power change may be made for each reflective element included in the RIS, or a common power change may be made for a plurality of reflective elements.

"Receive and transmit" in RIS may mean reflecting radio waves/signals. Although the terms "base station" and "terminal" will be used hereinafter, the term "base station" and "terminal" are not limited to these, and may be replaced with communication device. RIS may be replaced by smart repeaters, repeaters, etc.

For example, the RIS may operate under the assumptions shown in 1)-6) below.
1) Network operator configures RIS 2) RIS is fixed and does not move 3) RIS relays signals from only one base station 4) Capable of receiving and transmitting control signals 5) Half-duplex 6) Single RIS environment running on

Here, a network-controlled repeater, which is a wireless relay device controlled by a network, is being considered. A network controlled repeater differs from a conventional amplifying and forwarding repeater in that, for example, beam, timing, DL or UL, ON or OFF, transmit power can be controlled from the network. Hereinafter, the "network control repeater" will also be referred to as "repeater".

Network controlled repeaters are used as in-band RF repeaters to extend coverage in the FR1 and FR2 bands. In particular, use for FR2 placement in outdoor scenarios and O2I (outdoor to indoor) scenarios is envisaged. For example, a single-hop, stationary environment may be assumed as the environment for the network control repeater. The network control repeater may also be transparent to the UE. Also, the network controlled repeater can simultaneously maintain the gNB-to-repeater link and the repeater-to-UE link.

The following studies are being conducted regarding side control information for controlling network control repeaters from the network.
・Information related to beamforming ・Information related to transmission or reception timing ・Information related to UL-DL TDD settings ・ON-OFF information for interference control and power saving ・Power control for interference control

Additionally, side control information using L1 and L2 signaling is being considered. Also, the identification and authentication of network control repeaters is being considered.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a network control repeater in an embodiment of the present invention. A network-controlled repeater (NCR) may be configured as shown in FIG. Hereinafter, the network control repeater will also be referred to as NCR. NCR-MT (Mobile Termination) may be defined as a device having the ability to communicate with the base station 10 via a control link (C-link). For example, it becomes possible to exchange side control information via the control link. The control link may be based on the NR-Uu interface.

NCR-Fwd (Forwarding) is a function that amplifies and transfers UL and DL RF signals between the base station 10 and the terminal 20 via the backhaul link and access link. may be defined as a device having The operation of the NCR-Fwd may be controlled based on side control information received from the base station 10. As shown in FIG. 9, the backhaul link corresponds to communication between base station 10 and NCR-Fwd, and the access link corresponds to communication between terminal 20 and NCR-Fwd.

Information regarding beams is useful in FR2. For example, information related to beams may be recommended in the side control information in order to control the operation of the NCR 30 at least in the access link. For example, the beam applied to the access link may be signaled by a beam index, or may be signaled by an index of the source RS (eg, an indicator such as TCI).

The same TCI state as the NCR-MT for the control link may be assumed for the beam used by the NCR-Fwd for the backhaul link.

Hereinafter, an outline of an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

1) How to set up the UL reception beam of the access link of NCR-Fwd - Multiple consecutive gNB transmission beam IDs may be notified - One gNB transmission beam ID may be notified, and the same beam ID may be set consecutively. - A plurality of consecutive gNB transmission beam IDs may be set periodically. - One gNB transmission beam ID may be notified and the same beam ID may be set continuously and periodically. - DCI 0_x (Repeater needs to decode DCI for UE)
- The TCI state of CG-PUSCH configuration/activation may be used, or it may be specified for repeaters. - The TCI state of 3GPP Release 17 may be used.

2) How to set the beam of the access link of NCR-Fwd ・Candidate beams of the access link of NCR-Fwd are set, and the beam to be finally used may be set from the candidate beams ・Candidate beam of the access link of NCR_Fwd may be set first, and then some candidate beams may be set next - NCR may report candidate beams, and beams to be used from among the reported candidate beams may be set - NCR may set candidate beams・NCR reports candidate beams, and some of the candidate beams are set from among the reported candidate beams, and then some of the candidate beams are set. The candidate beams of may then be set.

3) Details of how to set the access link beam of NCR-Fwd ・Candidate beam of 2) above Alt. 1: DL/UL common Alt. 2: Different for each DL/UL - Beam index reported by NCR in 2) above Alt. 1: DL/UL common Alt. 2: Different for each DL/UL - Set of candidate beams and subset of candidate beams in 2) above Alt. 1: Both the set of candidate beams and the subset of candidate beams are common to DL/UL Alt. 2: The set of candidate beams is common to DL/UL, and the subset of candidate beams is different for each DL/UL. Alt. 3: Both the set of candidate beams and the subset of candidate beams are different for each DL/UL.

4-1) The beam for DL reception on the backhaul link of NCR-Fwd may be determined by one of the following methods. 4-2) The beam for UL transmission on the backhaul link of NCR-Fwd may be determined by one of the following methods.・In the case of a time resource in which NCR-MT and NCR-Fwd operate simultaneously, follow NCR-MT. ・In the case of a time resource in which NCR-MT and NCR-Fwd do not operate simultaneously, the beam of NCR_Fwd Specify the decision method

5) When Rel-17 unified TCI framework is used, similar to 4-1/4-2 above, resources that operate simultaneously follow the TCI state of NCR-MT, and resources that do not operate simultaneously specify the determination method.

Here, it was not clear how to control the UL reception beam of NCR-Fwd.

Therefore, the UL reception beam transmitted by the NCR 30 may be set as follows.

<Operation 1>
The NCR 30 may assume at least one of the following options as a method for setting the UL reception beam for each time unit.

<Option 1>
FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining an example (1) of the UL reception beam in the embodiment of the present invention.

The NCR 30 may assume that a sequence of UL reception beam IDs is specified and applied to a sequence in units of time. Each beam ID is applied to each time unit.

The NCR 30 may assume that the sequence of time units is indicated as a number of consecutive time units by indicating a starting time unit and a length of the time unit.

Note that the start time or length of time may be predefined. For example, NCR 30 may assume starting at a predefined offset from receipt of the beam indication or a predefined length of time unit. Further, the NCR 30 may assume that a sequence of time units is instructed as a sequence of time unit IDs.

<Option 2>
FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining example (2) of the UL reception beam in the embodiment of the present invention.

The NCR 30 may assume that one UL receive beam ID is specified and applied to a series of time units. NCR 30 may assume that a sequence of time units is indicated as a number of consecutive time units by indicating a starting time unit and a length of the time unit.

Note that the start time or length of time may be predefined. For example, the NCR 30 may assume starting from a predefined offset from receipt of a beam instruction, or a predefined length of time unit, or applying until a new beam instruction. Further, the NCR 30 may assume that a sequence of time units is instructed as a sequence of time unit IDs.

<Option 3>
FIG. 12 is a diagram for explaining an example (3) of the UL reception beam in the embodiment of the present invention.

The NCR 30 may assume that a periodic pattern is instructed. NCR 30 may assume that the period and offset are indicated. NCR 30 may also assume that a sequence of UL receive beam IDs is indicated with each beam ID applied to each periodic time unit.

<Option 4>
FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining example (4) of the UL reception beam in the embodiment of the present invention.

The NCR 30 may assume that a periodic pattern is instructed. NCR 30 may assume that the period and offset are indicated. The NCR 30 may also assume that one UL receive beam ID is indicated and applied to a periodic series of time units.

The NCR 30 may assume that a sequence of time units is indicated as a number of consecutive time units, by being indicated as a starting time unit and a length of time units.

The NCR 30 may also assume that the start time or length of time is predefined. For example, NCR 30 may begin applying the UL receive beam from a predefined offset from receipt of the beam indication or from a predefined length of time unit. Further, the NCR 30 may assume that a sequence of time units is represented as a sequence of time unit IDs.

FIG. 14 is a diagram for explaining example (5) of the UL reception beam in the embodiment of the present invention. The NCR 30 assumes that in the case of a time unit in which a beam is not instructed as shown in FIG. 13, a beam may be instructed, for example, as shown in FIG. 14, in addition to the beam instruction shown in FIG. You may.

<Option 5>
The NCR 30 may assume that the PUSCH scheduling DCI is reused (DCI format 0_X). The SRI field or new field of the PUSCH scheduling DCI (DCI format 0_X) may be a field indicating the UL reception beam ID.

The NCR 30 assumes that the indicated UL receive beam ID and the corresponding UL receive beam are applied to the slots/symbols indicated in the time domain resource allocation field of the PUSCH scheduling DCI (DCI format 0_X). Good too.

Also, considering that there may be no need to transmit PUSCH, NCR 30 only needs to amplify and transfer the UL signal transmitted from base station 10, and receives PUSCH scheduling DCI (DCI format 0_X). In this case, the base station 10 may instruct the NCR 30 to transfer only the UL signal from the terminal 20. The base station 10 and the NCR 30 may assume not to transmit PUSCH using the resources indicated by the DCI, using the following method.

If one or more legacy fields (or new fields) in the DCI are set to predefined values, then in the slot/symbol indicated in the DCI, the NCR 30 only sends UL signals from the terminal 20 to the base station. It may also be transferred to the station 10. That is, the NCR 30 does not need to transmit PUSCH using the resources indicated in the DCI.

In addition, when DCI is detected in a specific RNTI/SS set/CORESET, NCR 30 transfers only the UL signal from terminal 20 to base station 10 in the slot/symbol indicated by DCI, and It is not necessary to transmit PUSCH using the indicated resource.

Note that a new DCI format may be introduced. The new DCI format includes, for example, a field similar to the SRI field of the PUSCH scheduling DCI (DCI0_X) that indicates the UL receive beam ID.

The new DCI format includes, for example, fields similar to the time domain allocation field of the PUSCH scheduling DCI (DCI0_X). This indicates the applicable time (slot offset, symbol position within the slot) of the specified UL receive beam ID.

<Option 6>
The NCR 30 may assume that CG (Configured Grant) settings/activations are reused.

The SRI field or the new field of CG configuration (RRC) or CG activation DCI indicates the UL receive beam ID. NCR 30 may assume that the indicated UL receive beam ID and corresponding UL receive beam apply to the slot/symbol indicated by the CG configuration (RRC) and CG activation DCI.

Also, considering the case where the NCR 30 does not need to transmit the PUSCH, when receiving the CG configuration/activation, the NCR 30 transmits the PUSCH from the terminal 20 to the base station in the case of one or more conventional fields (or new fields). It is only necessary to amplify and transmit the UL signal to the station 10. If the CG configuration or CG activation DCI is set to a predefined value, in the slot/symbol configured by the CG configuration (RRC) and the CG activation DCI, the NCR 30 transmits only UL signals from the terminal 20 to the base station. It is not necessary to transfer the information to the station 10 and transmit the PUSCH using the resource.

Additionally, the NCR 30 may assume that new RRC settings and activation DCI similar to CG settings/activations will be introduced. The new RRC configuration or DCI may include a field indicating the UL receive beam ID.

The new RRC configuration or DCI may include a field indicating the applicable time (period, slot offset, symbol position within the slot) of the specified UL receive beam ID.

<Option 7>
NCR 30 may assume that the 3GPP Release 17 unified TCI status indication DCI is reused. The TCI status field of the 3GPP Release 17 unified TCI status indication or the new field DCI may indicate the UL receive beam ID.

NCR 30 starts from the first symbol/slot where the indicated UL receive beam ID and the corresponding UL receive beam are at least X slots/symbols after the last slot/symbol of the PUCCH carrying the HARQ-ACK of the DCI. It may be assumed that it will be applied as follows.

The NCR 30 may also start applying the DCI from the first symbol/slot that is at least X slots/symbols after the slot/symbol in which it received the DCI.

X can be subject to predefinition/configuration/capability information. Additionally, the NCR 30 may assume that a new DCI format will be introduced. The new DCI format may include, for example, a field similar to the TCI status field of the Release 17 unified TCI status indication DCI that indicates the UL receive beam ID. The application time of the beam instruction in this case may be the same as described above.

In the above-mentioned options, the time unit may be a slot, symbol, slot group, symbol group, sub-slot, etc.

More than one of the options mentioned above may be supported. NCR 30 may assume that it is configured which one or more options apply. NCR 30 may assume that one or more supported options are reported as NCR 30 capability information. Each option may be assumed to be defined as a required or optional feature.

In the above option, multiple UL receive beam IDs may be indicated in units of time. Also, in the option described above, multiple UL receive beam IDs may be indicated for multiple frequency domain resource units in time units.

According to the above-described operation, the NCR 30 can appropriately set the UL reception beam on the access link.

The UL reception beam refers to the beam used by the NCR-Fwd for the access link and is used to receive the signal from the UE 20. The UL reception beam used by the NCR-Fwd may be notified by, for example, the methods shown in 1)-4) below.

1) Beam Index The beam index may directly reference the spatial domain filter of the NCR-Fwd used for UL reception in the access link. Different beam indices may refer to different spatial domain filters.

2) Source RS for UL reception of source RS index NCR-Fwd may be newly defined as a resource type. The source RS for UL reception of each NCR-Fwd may be placed in a certain time resource notified to the base station 10. In the source RS for UL reception of each NCR-Fwd, the NCR 30 amplifies and transfers the UL signal between the terminal 20 and the base station 10.

That is, when the NCR-Fwd's source RS for UL reception is notified for a certain unit time, the NCR-Fwd receives the UL reception of the access link in the time unit and the notified source RS for UL reception of the NCR-Fwd. The same spatial domain filter may be applied or used for UL reception at the RS. Details of the definition of the source RS for UL reception of NCR-Fwd will be described later.

3) The TCI state of the indicator NCR-Fwd such as TCI may be associated with the source RS for UL reception of the NCR-Fwd of 2) above. When an index indicating the TCI state of the NCR-Fwd is notified for a certain time unit, the NCR-Fwd is notified of the UL reception of the access link in the time unit and the NCR associated with the TCI state of the notified NCR-Fwd. - The same spatial domain filter may be applied or used for UL reception at the source RS for UL reception of Fwd.

4) Index of the beam of the base station 10 (for example, CSI-RS or SSB index, or index of the TCI state with which the CSI-RS or SSB of the base station 10 is associated)
The NCR-Fwd UL receive beam or spatial domain filter may be associated with the base station 10 beam. When the index of the beam of the base station 10 is notified for a certain time unit, the NCR-Fwd applies the beam or the spatial domain filter associated with the beam of the base station 10 to the UL reception of the access link in the time unit. May be used.

Hereinafter, an example in which a source RS for UL reception of NCR-Fwd of NCR 30 is defined will be described.

“NCR-Fwd UL reception source RS” may be a newly defined type of resource used for beam management of NCR 30. Each “NCR-Fwd source RS for UL reception” is a set of time domain resources. In each “NCR-Fwd source RS for UL reception”, the NCR 30 may amplify the UL signal and transfer it from the terminal 20 to the base station 10. Each “NCR-Fwd source RS for UL reception” may occupy a number of contiguous symbols.

The supported candidate numbers of adjacent symbols may be predefined, for example selected from {1, 2, 4, 8, 10, 12, 14}.

The NCR 30 may assume that a plurality of "NCR-Fwd UL reception source RSs" are configured. The maximum number of supported resources may be predefined and may be subject to NCR 30 capability information.

The NCR 30 may assume that a source RS set for UL reception of NCR-Fwd is configured. Each resource set may be composed of source RSs for UL reception of multiple NCR-Fwds. The maximum number of supported resource sets may be predefined and may be subject to NCR 30 capability information.

The maximum number of resources supported by one resource set may be predefined and may be subject to NCR 30 capability information.

The NCR 30 may assume that the following parameters are set for each source RS for UL reception of the NCR-Fwd set by side control information (RRC/MAC-CE/DCI).
・Resource ID/Resource set ID
・Time domain operation, i.e. resource type = {periodic, semi-permanent, aperiodic} resource/resource set ・Period of resource/resource set (in case of P/SP resource/resource set)
・Slot level offset of the resource/resource set ・Symbol position of the resource within the slot (including starting symbol and number of symbols)
・Uplink transmission beam for each resource

In the case of semi-permanent resources/resource sets, the NCR 30 may be assumed to be activated/deactivated by side control information (RRC/MAC-CE/DCI). NCR 30 may use the uplink transmit beam indicated by the resource to transfer the UL signal from terminal 20 to base station 10 if it is activated. If it is deactivated, it may not be transferred.

It may be assumed that the resource set ID/resource ID and activation/deactivation instructions are included in the side control information.

In the case of an aperiodic resource/resource set, the NCR 30 may assume that the resource/resource set is triggered by side control information (RRC/MAC-CE/DCI). Also, when triggered, the NCR 30 may transfer the UL signal from the terminal 20 to the base station 10 using the uplink transmission beam indicated by the resource.

The NCR 30 may assume that the resource ID/resource set ID is included in the side control information. Alternatively, the NCR 30 may assume that the trigger state is included in the side control information. The NCR 30 may assume that the trigger state is set for each resource/resource set.

The NCR 30 may assume that the slot offset and the symbol position of the resource within the slot (including the starting symbol and number of symbols) are indicated by the control information on the trigger side.

According to the above-described operation 1, the UL reception beam can be controlled based on the UL reception source RS of the NCR-Fwd of the NCR 30.

The NCR capabilities shown in 1) and 2) below may be defined.

1) Whether or not to support UL reception beams of NCR-Fwd controlled from the network 2) Number of UL reception beams of NCR-Fwd to support

The above operation 1 may be applied only when the above capability is supported by the NCR 30 and the base station 10 has enabled the feature.

<Operation 2>
As mentioned above, the beam of NCR-Fwd on the access link may be signaled by the beam index or the index of the source RS. It is necessary to decide how to configure the candidate set of NCR-Fwd beams in the access link.

For example, the NCR-Fwd beam on the access link may be notified from the beam candidate set. For example, the candidate set of NCR-Fwd DL transmission beams on the access link and the candidate set of NCR-Fwd UL reception beams on the access link may be common or may be separated.

For the DL transmission beam of NCR-Fwd on the access link and the UL reception beam of NCR-Fwd on the access link, operations may be performed as shown in A) to E).

A) A set of candidate beams may be notified via RRC signaling (hereinafter, RRC signaling is also referred to as RRC), MAC-CE, and/or DCI. The DL transmit beam of the NCR-Fwd on the access link or the UL receive beam of the NCR-Fwd on the access link is notified from the set of notified candidate beams via RRC, MAC-CE and/or DCI. Good too.

B) The set of candidate beams may be notified using RRC and MAC-CE, may be notified using MAC-CE and DCI, may be notified using RRC and DCI, or may be notified using RRC and MAC-CE. and may be notified by DCI.

If notified by RRC and MAC-CE, the set of candidate beams may be notified by RRC. A subset of candidate beams may be notified by the MAC-CE from among the set of candidate beams notified by RRC. The DL transmit beam of the NCR-Fwd on the access link or the UL receive beam of the NCR-Fwd on the access link may be notified by the MAC-CE, for example, from among the subset of candidate beams notified by the MAC-CE. Further, the NCR 30 may determine the DL transmission beam of the NCR-Fwd on the access link or the UL reception beam of the NCR-Fwd on the access link from among the subset of candidate beams notified by the MAC-CE.

If notified by MAC-CE and DCI, the set of candidate beams may be notified by MAC-CE. A subset of candidate beams may be notified by the DCI from the set of candidate beams notified by the MAC-CE. The DL transmit beam of the NCR-Fwd on the access link or the UL receive beam of the NCR-Fwd on the access link may be notified by the DCI, for example, from among the subset of candidate beams notified by the DCI. Further, the NCR 30 may determine the DL transmission beam of the NCR-Fwd on the access link or the UL reception beam of the NCR-Fwd on the access link from among the subset of candidate beams notified by the DCI.

If notified by RRC and DCI, the set of candidate beams may be notified by RRC. A subset of candidate beams may be notified by the DCI from among the set of candidate beams notified by the RRC. The DL transmit beam of the NCR-Fwd on the access link or the UL receive beam of the NCR-Fwd on the access link may be notified by the DCI, for example, from among the subset of candidate beams notified by the DCI. Further, the NCR 30 may determine the DL transmission beam of the NCR-Fwd on the access link or the UL reception beam of the NCR-Fwd on the access link from among the subset of candidate beams notified by the DCI.

If notified by RRC, MAC-CE and DCI, the set of candidate beams may be notified by RRC. A subset of candidate beams may be notified by the MAC-CE from among the set of candidate beams notified by RRC. A sub-subset of candidate beams may be notified by the DCI from among the subset of candidate beams notified by the MAC-CE. The DL transmit beam of the NCR-Fwd on the access link or the UL receive beam of the NCR-Fwd on the access link may be signaled by the DCI, for example, from among a sub-subset of candidate beams signaled by the DCI. Further, the NCR 30 may determine the DL transmission beam of the NCR-Fwd on the access link or the UL reception beam of the NCR-Fwd on the access link from among the subset of candidate beams notified by the DCI.

C) A set of candidate beams may be reported to the base station 10 by the NCR 30. The DL transmit beam of the NCR-Fwd on the access link or the UL receive beam of the NCR-Fwd on the access link may be signaled from among the set of candidate beams reported by the NCR 30.

D) A set of candidate beams may be reported to the base station 10 by the NCR 30. From the set of candidate beams reported by NCR 30, a subset of candidate beams may be notified by RRC, MAC-CE, or DCI. The DL transmit beam of NCR-Fwd on the access link or the UL receive beam of NCR-Fwd on the access link may be notified from among the subset of candidate beams notified by RRC, MAC-CE or DCI.

E) A set of candidate beams may be reported to the base station 10 by the NCR 30. From the set of candidate beams reported by NCR 30, a subset of candidate beams may be notified by RRC and MAC-CE, may be notified by MAC-CE and DCI, or may be notified by RRC and DCI. It may be notified by RRC, MAC-CE, and DCI. The DL transmit beam of NCR-Fwd on the access link or the UL receive beam of NCR-Fwd on the access link may be notified from among the subset of candidate beams notified by RRC, MAC-CE or DCI.

In A)-E) above, the maximum number of candidate beams set by RRC, the maximum number of candidate beams enabled by MAC-CE, or the maximum number of candidate beams reported by NCR 30 is not defined in advance. or may be determined depending on the ability of NCR30. The maximum number of NCR-Fwd DL transmit beams on the access link and the maximum number of NCR-Fwd UL receive beams on the access link may be different.

FIG. 15 is a diagram for explaining an example (1) of beams used in the access link in the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 15, for both the NCR-Fwd access link DL transmit beam and the NCR-Fwd access link UL receive beam, a set of candidate beams is sent to the NCR 30 via RRC, MAC-CE and/or DCI. You may be notified. Any beam from the set of candidate beams may be used for both the DL transmit beam of the NCR-Fwd access link and the UL receive beam of the NCR-Fwd access link. Note that the operation shown in FIG. 15 may be applied to A) and D) above.

FIG. 16 is a diagram for explaining an example (2) of beams used in the access link in the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 16, the set of candidate beams for the DL transmit beam of the NCR-Fwd access link and the set of candidate beams for the UL receive beam of the NCR-Fwd access link are separated. The NCR 30 may be notified via RRC, MAC-CE and/or DCI, respectively. Any beam from the set of candidate beams for the DL transmit beam of the NCR-Fwd access link may be used for the DL transmit beam of the NCR-Fwd access link. Any beam from the set of candidate beams for the UL receive beam of the NCR-Fwd access link may be used as the UL receive beam of the NCR-Fwd access link. Note that the operation shown in FIG. 16 may be applied to A) and D) above.

FIG. 17 is a diagram for explaining an example (3) of beams used in the access link in the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 17, for both the NCR-Fwd access link DL transmit beam and the NCR-Fwd access link UL receive beam, the set of candidate beams reported by the NCR 30 has RRC, MAC-CE and/or DCI. The NCR 30 may be notified via the NCR 30. Any beam from the set of candidate beams may be used for both the DL transmit beam of the NCR-Fwd access link and the UL receive beam of the NCR-Fwd access link. Note that the operation shown in FIG. 17 may be applied to C), D), and E) above.

FIG. 18 is a diagram for explaining an example (4) of beams used in the access link in the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 18, the set of candidate beams reported by the NCR 30 for the DL transmit beam of the NCR-Fwd access link and the candidate beams reported by the NCR 30 for the UL receive beam of the NCR-Fwd access link. The sets of beams may be separated and notified to the NCR 30 via RRC, MAC-CE and/or DCI, respectively. Any beam from the set of candidate beams for the DL transmit beam of the NCR-Fwd access link may be used for the DL transmit beam of the NCR-Fwd access link. Any beam from the set of candidate beams for the UL receive beam of the NCR-Fwd access link may be used as the UL receive beam of the NCR-Fwd access link. Note that the operation shown in FIG. 18 may be applied to C), D), and E) above.

FIG. 19 is a diagram for explaining an example (5) of beams used in the access link in the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 19, even if a set of candidate beams is notified to the NCR 30 via RRC or MAC-CE for both the NCR-Fwd access link DL transmit beam and the NCR-Fwd access link UL receive beam, good. Any beam from the set of candidate beams may be used for both the DL transmit beam of the NCR-Fwd access link and the UL receive beam of the NCR-Fwd access link.

Furthermore, some beams from the set of candidate beams may be notified to the NCR 30 via the MAC-CE or DCI as a subset of the candidate beams. Any beam from the subset of candidate beams may be used for both the DL transmit beam of the NCR-Fwd access link and the UL receive beam of the NCR-Fwd access link. Note that all of RRC, MAC-CE, and DCI may be used for signaling. Note that the operation shown in FIG. 19 may be applied to B) and E) above.

FIG. 20 is a diagram for explaining an example (6) of beams used in the access link in the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 20, even if a set of candidate beams is notified to the NCR 30 via RRC or MAC-CE for both the NCR-Fwd access link DL transmit beam and the NCR-Fwd access link UL receive beam, good. Any beam from the set of candidate beams may be used for both the DL transmit beam of the NCR-Fwd access link and the UL receive beam of the NCR-Fwd access link.

Further, a subset of candidate beams for the DL transmit beam of the NCR-Fwd access link and a subset of candidate beams for the UL receive beam of the NCR-Fwd access link are separated, and each set of candidate beams is separated. The NCR 30 may be notified of some of the beams through the MAC-CE or DCI. Any beam from the subset of candidate beams for the DL transmit beam of the NCR-Fwd access link may be used for the DL transmit beam of the NCR-Fwd access link. Any beam from the subset of candidate beams for the UL receive beam of the NCR-Fwd access link may be used for the UL receive beam of the NCR-Fwd access link. Note that all of RRC, MAC-CE, and DCI may be used for signaling. Note that the operation shown in FIG. 20 may be applied to B) and E) above.

FIG. 21 is a diagram for explaining an example (7) of beams used in the access link in the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 21, the set of candidate beams for the DL transmit beam of the NCR-Fwd access link and the set of candidate beams for the UL receive beam of the NCR-Fwd access link are separated. The NCR 30 may be notified via RRC or MAC-CE, respectively. Any beam from the set of candidate beams for the DL transmit beam of the NCR-Fwd access link may be used for the DL transmit beam of the NCR-Fwd access link. Any beam from the set of candidate beams for the UL receive beam of the NCR-Fwd access link may be used as the UL receive beam of the NCR-Fwd access link.

Furthermore, some of the beams out of the set of beams that are candidates for DL transmission beams on the NCR-Fwd access link have MAC-CE or DCI as a subset of beams that are DL transmission candidates for the NCR-Fwd access link. The NCR 30 may be notified via the NCR 30. Some of the beams in the set of candidate beams for the UL receive beams of the NCR-Fwd access link may be MAC-CE or DCI as a subset of the candidate beams for the UL receive beams of the NCR-Fwd access link. The NCR 30 may be notified via. Note that all of RRC, MAC-CE, and DCI may be used for signaling. Note that the operation shown in FIG. 21 may be applied to B) and E) above.

The UL receive beam index of the NCR-Fwd may be a beam index, a source RS index, or a TCI state index, as described above.

The DL transmit beam index of NCR-Fwd may be a beam index, a source RS index, or a TCI state index. The source RS may be a newly defined RS used to manage the DL transmission beam of NCR-Fwd. The source RS may be used as a reference for the spatial domain filter of the NCR 30. Each source RS may occupy a predetermined time domain resource notified by the base station 10. The NCR 30 amplifies and transfers each source RS from the base station 10 to the terminal 20. When a source RS is notified as a beam ID for a certain time unit, the same DL transmission spatial filter as the notified source RS may be used.

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For the NCR-Fwd beam on the backhaul link, the NCR 30 may assume the same TCI state as the NCR-MT control link. When 3GPP Release 15/16 beam management is used for NCR-MT, TCI status is notified per CORESET, per PDSCH, per CSI-RS, per PUCCH resource, per PUSCH, or per SRS resource.

Here, if 3GPP Release 15/16 beam management is used for NCR-MT, it is assumed that different TCI states are used by NCR-MT for different channels or RSs. At this time, it is necessary to determine which TCI state of the control link of NCR-MT is applied to the backhaul link of NCR-Fwd.

For the backhaul link of NCR-Fwd, the NCR 30 may assume the same TCI state as the control link of NCR-MT. If the 3GPP Release 17 unified TCI state is used for NCR-MT, the signaled unified TCI state shall be applied to the channel or reference signal as shown in Table 1. Good too.

For example, as shown in Table 1, for CORESETs for CSSs other than CORESET0 and CSS (Common search space) type 3, whether or not to apply the notified unified TCI state is set by the RRC parameter followUnifiedTCIstate. may be done. For other CORESETs, the notified unified TCI state may be applied.

For example, as shown in Table 1, in the case of a PDSCH that is not UE-dedicated, whether or not to apply the notified unified TCI state may be set by the RRC parameter followUnifiedTCIstate. For other PDSCHs, the notified integrated TCI state may be applied.

For example, as shown in Table 1, in the case of A-CSI-RS (Aperiodic CSI-RS) or beam management, whether or not to apply the notified unified TCI state is set by the RRC parameter followUnifiedTCIstate. Good too.

For example, as shown in Table 1, in the case of PUCCH or PUSCH, an integrated TCI state that is always notified may be applied.

For example, as shown in Table 1, in the case of SRS for beam management, codebook, non-codebook, and AP (periodic)/SP (semi-persistent)/P (periodic)-SRS for antenna switching, the notified Whether or not to apply the unified TCI state may be set by the RRC parameter followUnifiedTCIstate.

Here, if the unified TCI state framework of 3GPP Release 17 is used for the NCR-MT, it is envisaged that different TCI states are used by the NCR-MT for different channels or RSs. At this time, it is necessary to determine which TCI state of the control link of NCR-MT is applied to the backhaul link of NCR-Fwd.

If the NCR 30 only needs to transfer an uplink signal from the terminal 20 to the base station 10 in units of time, the NCR 30 does not need to transmit the UL channel and/or the reference signal by itself. That is, scheduling of UL channels and/or reference signals for the NCR 30 may not be necessary. The NCR 30 assumes that the uplink transmit beam is the latest TCI state and/or spatial relationship of the particular uplink reference signal and/or channel of the NCR 30 in the absence of an indication as to which transmit beam the NCR 30 transmits. Good too.

The latest TCI status and/or spatial relationship indicated for a particular uplink reference signal and/or channel may be, for example, the latest TCI status and/or spatial relationship of PUSCH, PUCCH or SRS, It may be the latest TCI state and/or spatial relationship of resource #0. The NCR 30 may also assume that the rules of 3GPP Release 15/16/17 for determining the default beam for PUSCH, PUCCH or SRS are reused.

If the NCR 30 only needs to transfer the DL signal from the base station 10 to the terminal 20 in units of time, the NCR 30 does not need to detect and/or decode the downlink channel and/or the reference signal. That is, there is no need to schedule downlink channels or reference signals for the NCR 30. If there is no instruction regarding the transmission beam transmitted by the base station 10, the NCR 30 determines whether the downlink reception beam received by the NCR 30 and/or the downlink transmission beam transmitted by the NCR 30 is specified by the transmission beam transmitted by the base station 10. The determination may be made assuming the latest TCI state indicated for the downlink reference signal and/or channel.

The latest TCI state indicated for a particular downlink reference signal and/or channel may be, for example, the latest TCI state of PDSCH, PDCCH or CSI-RS, or the latest TCI state of CORESET #0. There may be. The NCR 30 may also assume that the rules of 3GPP Release 15/16/17 for determining the default beam for PDSCH, PDCCH or CSI-RS are reused.

The 3GPP Release 15/16 beam management framework may be used for the NCR-MT when controlling the DL receive backhaul link of the NCR-Fwd. When the NCR-MT receives a DL channel or RS in a certain time unit, the TCI state used when the NCR-MT receives the DL channel or the RS is the same as that of the NCR-Fwd in the unit time. May be used for DL reception backhaul link. However, it is assumed that simultaneous execution of NCR-MT DL reception and NCR-Fwd DL reception is supported.

Furthermore, if the NCR-MT does not receive a DL channel or RS in a certain time unit, the TCI state of the NCR-MT may be defined in advance, and the TCI state of the NCR-MT is the same as that of the NCR-Fwd. It may be used for the DL reception backhaul link in the unit time. Regarding the TCI state of the NCR-MT, operations 1) to 3) shown below may be performed.

1) The TCI state of the NCR-MT may be determined to be the TCI state with the minimum or maximum ID among the TCI states set by RRC signaling. Alternatively, the TCI state of the NCR-MT may be determined to be the TCI state having the minimum or maximum ID among the TCI states enabled for the MAC-CE for PDSCH. Alternatively, the TCI state of the NCR-MT may be determined to be a TCI state that is mapped to the maximum or minimum TCI code point enabled for the MAC-CE for PDSCH.

2) The CORESET, CSI-RS, or SSB of the NCR-MT may be determined, and the TCI state of the CORESET, CSI-RS, or SSB may be used. For example, the TCI state corresponding to the minimum or maximum CORESET ID, CSI-RS resource ID or SSB index may be used. For example, the TCI state corresponding to the minimum or maximum CORESET ID, CSI-RS resource ID, or SSB index in the most recent slot in which the CORESET, CSI-RS, or SSB was monitored by the NCR-MT may be used. For example, the TCI state corresponding to the CSI-RS or SSB identified by the NCR-MT at the time of initial access may be used.

3) The PDSCH of the NCR-MT may be determined and the TCI state of the PDSCH may be used. For example, the latest PDSCH TCI state received by the NCR-MT may be used.

Note that "TCI state" may be replaced with "QCL", "beam", "spatial relation", or "spatial domain filter".

The 3GPP Release 15/16 beam management framework may be used for the NCR-MT when controlling the UL transmit backhaul link of the NCR-Fwd. When the NCR-MT transmits a UL channel or RS in a certain time unit, the TCI state used when the NCR-MT transmits the UL channel or the RS is the same as that of the NCR-Fwd in the unit time. May be used for UL transmission backhaul links. However, it is assumed that simultaneous execution of NCR-MT UL transmission and NCR-Fwd UL transmission is supported.

Furthermore, in a certain time unit, if the NCR-MT does not transmit a UL channel or RS in that time unit, the TCI state of the NCR-MT may be defined in advance, and the TCI state of the NCR-MT is the same as that of the NCR-Fwd. It may be used for the UL transmission backhaul link in the unit time. For the TCI state of the NCR-MT, the TCI state of the DL channel or RS of the NCR-MT may be determined, and the TCI state may be applied to the UL transmission backhaul of the NCR-MT. For example, operations 1)-3) shown below may be executed.

1) The TCI state of the NCR-MT may be determined to be the TCI state with the minimum or maximum ID among the TCI states set by RRC signaling. Alternatively, the TCI state of the NCR-MT may be determined to be the TCI state having the minimum or maximum ID among the TCI states enabled for the MAC-CE for PDSCH. Alternatively, the TCI state of the NCR-MT may be determined to be a TCI state that is mapped to the maximum or minimum TCI code point enabled for the MAC-CE for PDSCH.

2) The CORESET, CSI-RS, or SSB of the NCR-MT may be determined, and the TCI state of the CORESET, CSI-RS, or SSB may be used. For example, the TCI state corresponding to the minimum or maximum CORESET ID, CSI-RS resource ID or SSB index may be used. For example, the TCI state corresponding to the minimum or maximum CORESET ID, CSI-RS resource ID, or SSB index in the most recent slot in which the CORESET, CSI-RS, or SSB was monitored by the NCR-MT may be used. For example, the TCI state corresponding to the CSI-RS or SSB identified by the NCR-MT at the time of initial access may be used.

3) The PDSCH of the NCR-MT may be determined and the TCI state of the PDSCH may be used. For example, the latest PDSCH TCI state received by the NCR-MT may be used.

Additionally, the TCI state of the UL channel or RS of the NCR-MT may be determined, and the TCI state may be applied to the UL transmission backhaul of the NCR-MT. For example, operations 4) to 6) shown below may be performed.

4) A certain PUCCH-SpatialRelationinfo or SRS-SpatialRelationinfo may determine the TCI state of the UL channel of the NCR-MT or the RS. For example, the TCI state may be determined by PUCCH-SpatialRelationinfo or SRS-SpatialRelationinfo having the maximum or minimum ID.

5) PUCCH resources or SRS resources may be determined. The determined TCI state of the PUCCH resource or SRS resource may be used. For example, the TCI state of the minimum or maximum PUCCH resource ID or SRS resource ID may be used. For example, the TCI state of the minimum or maximum PUCCH resource ID or SRS resource ID in the latest slot in which the NCR-MT transmitted the PUCCH or SRS may be used.

6) The PUSCH of the NCR-MT may be determined, and the TCI state of the PUSCH may be used. For example, the latest PUSCH TCI state sent by the NCR-MT may be used.

Note that SRS resources may be limited to SRS resources set for use in codebooks, non-codebooks, beam management, or antenna switching. Note that "TCI state" may be replaced with "QCL", "beam", "spatial relation", or "spatial domain filter".

The 3GPP Release 17 unified TCI state framework may be used for the NCR-MT when controlling the DL receive backhaul link of the NCR-Fwd. When the NCR-MT receives a DL channel or RS in a certain time unit, the TCI state used when the NCR-MT receives the DL channel or the RS is the same as that of the NCR-Fwd in the unit time. May be used for DL reception backhaul link. However, it is assumed that simultaneous execution of NCR-MT DL reception and NCR-Fwd DL reception is supported.

Additionally, if the NCR-MT does not receive a DL channel or RS in a certain time unit, the notified integrated TCI state is used for the DL reception backhaul link of the NCR-Fwd in the time unit. You can. Alternatively, operations 1)-3) shown below may be performed for the TCI state of the NCR-MT used for the DL reception backhaul link of the NCR-Fwd in the unit time.

1) The TCI state of the NCR-MT may be determined to be the TCI state with the minimum or maximum ID among the TCI states set by RRC signaling. Alternatively, the TCI state of the NCR-MT may be determined to be the TCI state having the minimum or maximum ID among the TCI states enabled for the MAC-CE for PDSCH. Alternatively, the TCI state of the NCR-MT may be determined to be a TCI state that is mapped to the maximum or minimum TCI code point enabled for the MAC-CE for PDSCH.

2) The CORESET, CSI-RS, or SSB of the NCR-MT may be determined, and the TCI state of the CORESET, CSI-RS, or SSB may be used. For example, the TCI state corresponding to the minimum or maximum CORESET ID, CSI-RS resource ID or SSB index may be used. For example, the TCI state corresponding to the minimum or maximum CORESET ID, CSI-RS resource ID, or SSB index in the most recent slot in which the CORESET, CSI-RS, or SSB was monitored by the NCR-MT may be used. For example, the TCI state corresponding to the CSI-RS or SSB identified by the NCR-MT at the time of initial access may be used.

3) The PDSCH of the NCR-MT may be determined and the TCI state of the PDSCH may be used. For example, the latest PDSCH TCI state received by the NCR-MT may be used.

When controlling the UL transmit backhaul link of the NCR-Fwd, the 3GPP Release 17 unified TCI state framework may be used for the NCR-MT. When the NCR-MT transmits a UL channel or RS in a certain time unit, the TCI state used when the NCR-MT transmits the UL channel or the RS is the same as that of the NCR-Fwd in the unit time. May be used for UL transmission backhaul links. However, it is assumed that simultaneous execution of NCR-MT UL transmission and NCR-Fwd UL transmission is supported.

Additionally, if the NCR-MT does not transmit a UL channel or RS in a certain time unit, the notified integrated TCI state is used for the UL transmission backhaul link of the NCR-Fwd in the time unit. You can. Alternatively, operations 1)-3) shown below may be performed for the TCI state of the NCR-MT used for the UL transmission backhaul link of the NCR-Fwd in the unit time.

1) The TCI state of the NCR-MT may be determined to be the TCI state with the minimum or maximum ID among the TCI states set by RRC signaling. Alternatively, the TCI state of the NCR-MT may be determined to be the TCI state having the minimum or maximum ID among the TCI states enabled for the MAC-CE for PDSCH. Alternatively, the TCI state of the NCR-MT may be determined to be a TCI state that is mapped to the maximum or minimum TCI code point enabled for the MAC-CE for PDSCH.

2) The CORESET, CSI-RS, or SSB of the NCR-MT may be determined, and the TCI state of the CORESET, CSI-RS, or SSB may be used. For example, the TCI state corresponding to the minimum or maximum CORESET ID, CSI-RS resource ID or SSB index may be used. For example, the TCI state corresponding to the minimum or maximum CORESET ID, CSI-RS resource ID, or SSB index in the most recent slot in which the CORESET, CSI-RS, or SSB was monitored by the NCR-MT may be used. For example, the TCI state corresponding to the CSI-RS or SSB identified by the NCR-MT at the time of initial access may be used.

3) The PDSCH of the NCR-MT may be determined and the TCI state of the PDSCH may be used. For example, the latest PDSCH TCI state received by the NCR-MT may be used.

Additionally, the TCI state of the UL channel or RS of the NCR-MT may be determined, and the TCI state may be applied to the UL transmission backhaul of the NCR-MT. For example, operations 4) to 6) shown below may be performed.

4) A certain PUCCH-SpatialRelationinfo or SRS-SpatialRelationinfo may determine the TCI state of the UL channel of the NCR-MT or the RS. For example, the TCI state may be determined by PUCCH-SpatialRelationinfo or SRS-SpatialRelationinfo having the maximum or minimum ID.

5) PUCCH resources or SRS resources may be determined. The determined TCI state of the PUCCH resource or SRS resource may be used. For example, the TCI state of the minimum or maximum PUCCH resource ID or SRS resource ID may be used. For example, the TCI state of the minimum or maximum PUCCH resource ID or SRS resource ID in the latest slot in which the NCR-MT transmitted the PUCCH or SRS may be used.

6) The PUSCH of the NCR-MT may be determined, and the TCI state of the PUSCH may be used. For example, the latest PUSCH TCI state sent by the NCR-MT may be used.

Note that "TCI state" may be replaced with "QCL", "beam", "spatial relation", or "spatial domain filter".

According to the embodiments described above, the network controlled repeater can apply the UL receive beam and the DL transmit beam to the radio signals relayed on the access link of the NCR-Fwd based on control from the network. Also, the network control repeater can apply the DL reception beam and UL transmission beam to the wireless signal relayed on the backhaul link of the NCR-Fwd based on control from the network.

That is, in a wireless communication system, wireless signals can be relayed by a wireless relay device controlled by a network.

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The block diagrams (FIGS. 2, 3, and 4) used to explain the above embodiments show blocks in functional units. These functional blocks (components) are realized by any combination of at least one of hardware and software. Furthermore, the method for realizing each functional block is not particularly limited. That is, each functional block may be realized using one physically or logically coupled device, or may be realized using two or more physically or logically separated devices directly or indirectly (e.g. , wired, wireless, etc.) and may be realized using a plurality of these devices. The functional block may be realized by combining software with the one device or the plurality of devices.

Functions include judgment, decision, judgment, calculation, calculation, processing, derivation, investigation, exploration, confirmation, reception, transmission, output, access, resolution, selection, selection, establishment, comparison, assumption, expectation, consideration, broadcasting, notifying, communicating, forwarding, configuring, reconfiguring, allocating, mapping, allocation gning), but these are limited to I can't do it. For example, a functional block (configuration unit) that performs transmission is called a transmitting unit or a transmitter. In either case, as described above, the implementation method is not particularly limited.

For example, the base station 10, terminal 20, wireless relay device 30, etc. in an embodiment of the present disclosure may function as a computer that performs processing of the wireless communication method of the present disclosure. FIG. 22 is a diagram illustrating an example of the hardware configuration of the base station 10, terminal 20, and wireless relay device 30 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The base station 10, terminal 20, and wireless relay device 30 described above are physically computers that include 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, etc. It may also be configured as a device.

Note that in the following description, the word "apparatus" can be read as a circuit, a device, a unit, etc. The hardware configuration of the base station 10, terminal 20, and wireless relay device 30 may be configured to include one or more of each device shown in the figure, or may be configured without including some of the devices. good.

Each function in the base station 10, terminal 20, and wireless relay device 30 is performed by the processor 1001 and the communication device 1004 by loading predetermined software (programs) onto hardware such as the processor 1001 and the storage device 1002. This is realized by controlling communication by the storage device 1002 and at least one of data writing in the storage device 1002 and the auxiliary storage device 1003.

The processor 1001, for example, operates an operating system to control 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 unit, registers, and the like. For example, the above-described control unit 140, control unit 240, etc. may be implemented by the processor 1001.

Furthermore, 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 in accordance with these. 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 of the base station 10 shown in FIG. 2 may be realized by a control program stored in the storage device 1002 and operated on the processor 1001. Further, for example, the control unit 240 of the terminal 20 shown in FIG. 3 may be realized by a control program stored in the storage device 1002 and operated on the processor 1001. Although the various processes described above have been described as being executed by one processor 1001, they 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 a telecommunications line.

The storage device 1002 is a computer-readable recording medium, such as a ROM (Read Only Memory), an EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM), or an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Memory). ble ROM), RAM (Random Access Memory), etc. may be configured. The storage device 1002 may be called a register, cache, main memory, or the like. The storage device 1002 can store executable programs (program codes), software modules, and the like to implement a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

The auxiliary storage device 1003 is a computer-readable recording medium, such as 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, etc.). -ray disk), smart card, flash memory (eg, card, stick, key drive), floppy disk, magnetic strip, etc. The above-mentioned storage medium may be, for example, a database including at least one of the storage device 1002 and the auxiliary storage device 1003, a server, or other suitable medium.

The communication device 1004 is hardware (transmission/reception device) for communicating between computers via at least one of a wired network and a wireless network, and is also referred to as a network device, network controller, network card, communication module, etc., for example. The communication device 1004 includes, for example, a high frequency switch, a duplexer, a filter, a frequency synthesizer, etc. to realize at least one of frequency division duplex (FDD) and time division duplex (TDD). It may be composed of. For example, a transmitting/receiving antenna, an amplifier section, a transmitting/receiving section, a transmission path interface, etc. may be realized by the communication device 1004. The transmitting/receiving unit may be physically or logically separated into a transmitting unit and a receiving unit.

The input device 1005 is an input device (eg, keyboard, mouse, microphone, switch, button, sensor, etc.) that accepts input from the outside. The output device 1006 is an output device (for example, a display, a speaker, an LED lamp, etc.) that performs output to the outside. Note that the input device 1005 and the output device 1006 may have an integrated configuration (for example, a touch panel).

Further, 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 for each device.

Furthermore, the base station 10, the terminal 20, and the wireless relay device 30 are equipped with a microprocessor, a digital signal processor (DSP), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), and a programmable device (PLD). ble Logic Device), FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array ), etc., and a part or all of each functional block may be realized by the hardware. For example, processor 1001 may be implemented using at least one of these hardwares.

Further, the radio relay device 30 may include a variable phase shifter, a phase shifter, an amplifier, an antenna, an array antenna, etc. as hardware that constitutes the variable section 340 and the antenna section 350, as necessary.

FIG. 23 shows an example of the configuration of the vehicle 2001. As shown in FIG. 23, the vehicle 2001 includes a drive unit 2002, a steering unit 2003, an accelerator pedal 2004, a brake pedal 2005, a shift lever 2006, a front wheel 2007, a rear wheel 2008, an axle 2009, an electronic control unit 2010, and various sensors 2021 to 2029. , an information service section 2012 and a communication module 2013. Each aspect/embodiment described in this disclosure may be applied to a communication device mounted on vehicle 2001, for example, may be applied to communication module 2013.

The drive unit 2002 is composed of, for example, an engine, a motor, or a hybrid of an engine and a motor. The steering unit 2003 includes at least a steering wheel (also referred to as a 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, memory (ROM, RAM) 2032, and 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).

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

The information service department 2012 controls various devices such as car navigation systems, audio systems, speakers, televisions, and radios that provide (output) various information such as driving information, traffic information, and entertainment information, and these devices. It is composed of one or more ECUs. The information service unit 2012 provides various multimedia information and multimedia services to the occupants of the vehicle 2001 using information acquired from an external device via the communication module 2013 and the like. The information service department 2012 may include an input device (for example, a keyboard, a mouse, a microphone, a switch, a button, a sensor, a touch panel, etc.) that accepts input from the outside, and an output device that performs output to the outside (for example, display, speaker, LED lamp, touch panel, etc.).

The driving support system unit 2030 includes a millimeter wave radar, LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging), a camera, a positioning locator (for example, GNSS, etc.), map information (for example, a high-definition (HD) map, an autonomous vehicle (AV) map, etc.) ), gyro systems (e.g., IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit), INS (Inertial Navigation System), etc.), AI (Artificial Intelligence) chips, and AI processors that prevent accidents and reduce the driver's driving burden. The system is comprised of various devices that provide functions for the purpose and one or more ECUs that control these devices. Further, 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.

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

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 external devices. For example, various information is transmitted and received with an external device via wireless communication. The communication module 2013 may be located either inside or outside the electronic control unit 2010. The external device may be, for example, a base station, a mobile station, or the like.

The communication module 2013 receives signals from the various sensors 2021 to 2028 described above that are input to the electronic control unit 2010, information obtained based on the signals, and input from the outside (user) obtained via the information service unit 2012. At least one of the information based on the information may be transmitted to an external device via wireless communication. The electronic control unit 2010, various sensors 2021-2028, information service unit 2012, etc. may be called an input unit that receives input. For example, the PUSCH transmitted by the communication module 2013 may include information based on the above input.

The communication module 2013 receives various information (traffic information, signal information, inter-vehicle information, etc.) transmitted from an external device, and displays it on the information service section 2012 provided in the vehicle 2001. The information service unit 2012 is an output unit that outputs information (for example, outputs information to devices such as a display and a speaker based on the PDSCH (or data/information decoded from the PDSCH) received by the communication module 2013). may be called. Communication module 2013 also stores various information received from external devices into memory 2032 that can be used by microprocessor 2031 . Based on the information stored in the memory 2032, the microprocessor 2031 controls the drive section 2002, steering section 2003, accelerator pedal 2004, brake pedal 2005, shift lever 2006, front wheel 2007, rear wheel 2008, and axle 2009 provided in the vehicle 2001. , sensors 2021 to 2029, etc. may be controlled.

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As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a communication unit that transmits and receives signaling including control information related to a relay function to and from a base station, and a control unit that controls the relay function based on the control information. and a relay unit that performs a relay function of receiving an uplink signal from a terminal, transmitting the upstream signal to the base station, receiving a downlink signal from the base station, and transmitting the downlink signal to the terminal. Based on the control information, the control unit selects an uplink reception beam to be applied to reception of the uplink signal, an uplink transmission beam applied to transmission of the uplink signal, a downlink reception beam applied to reception of the downlink signal, and A wireless relay device is provided that determines a downlink transmission beam to be applied to transmitting the downlink signal.

With the above configuration, the network control repeater can apply the UL reception beam and DL transmission beam to the radio signal relayed on the access link of NCR-Fwd based on control from the network. Also, the network control repeater can apply the DL reception beam and UL transmission beam to the wireless signal relayed on the backhaul link of the NCR-Fwd based on control from the network. That is, in a wireless communication system, wireless signals can be relayed by a wireless relay device controlled by a network.

The communication unit transmits information indicating a set of beam candidates to be applied to the downlink transmission beam and the uplink reception beam to the base station, and transmits information indicating a beam to be used in the set of beam candidates to the base station. It may also be received from the station. With this configuration, the network-controlled repeater can apply the UL receive beam and DL transmit beam to the radio signal relayed on the access link of the NCR-Fwd based on control from the network.

The communication unit receives first control information indicating a set of beam candidates to be applied to the downlink transmission beam and the uplink reception beam, and selects a beam candidate to be applied to the downlink transmission beam in the set of beam candidates. Second control information indicating a subset of candidates may be received, and third control information indicating a subset of beam candidates to apply to the upstream receive beams in the set of beam candidates may be received. With this configuration, the network-controlled repeater can apply the UL receive beam and DL transmit beam to the radio signal relayed on the access link of the NCR-Fwd based on control from the network.

The control unit may determine the downlink reception beam and the uplink transmission beam in a certain unit time as beams applied to the signaling transmitted and received in the unit time. With this configuration, the network controlled repeater can apply the DL receive beam and the UL transmit beam to the wireless signal relayed on the backhaul link of the NCR-Fwd based on control from the network.

When the signaling is not transmitted or received in a certain unit time, the control unit sets the downlink reception beam and the uplink transmission beam in the TCI (Transmission Configuration Indication) state applied to the latest channel carrying the signaling in the unit time. It may be determined based on With this configuration, the network controlled repeater can apply the DL receive beam and the UL transmit beam to the wireless signal relayed on the backhaul link of the NCR-Fwd based on control from the network.

Further, according to the embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a communication procedure for transmitting and receiving signaling including control information related to a relay function with a base station, a control procedure for controlling the relay function based on the control information, and a control procedure for controlling an uplink signal. a relay procedure for performing a relay function of receiving from a terminal, transmitting the uplink signal to the base station, receiving a downlink signal from the base station, and transmitting the downlink signal to the terminal, and based on the control information. , determine an uplink receiving beam to be applied to receiving the uplink signal, an uplink transmitting beam to be applied to transmitting the uplink signal, a downlink receiving beam to be applied to receiving the downlink signal, and a downlink transmitting beam to be applied to transmitting the downlink signal. A communication method is provided in which a wireless relay device executes the steps of:

With the above configuration, the network control repeater can apply the UL reception beam and DL transmission beam to the radio signal relayed on the access link of NCR-Fwd based on control from the network. Also, the network control repeater can apply the DL reception beam and UL transmission beam to the wireless signal relayed on the backhaul link of the NCR-Fwd based on control from the network. That is, in a wireless communication system, wireless signals can be relayed by a wireless relay device controlled by a network.

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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 will understand various modifications, modifications, alternatives, replacements, etc. Probably. Although the invention has been explained using specific numerical examples to facilitate understanding of the invention, unless otherwise specified, these numerical values are merely examples, and any appropriate values may be used. The classification of items in the above explanation is not essential to the present invention, and matters described in two or more items may be used in combination as necessary, and matters described in one item may be used in another item. may be applied to the matters described in (unless inconsistent). The boundaries of functional units or processing units in the functional block diagram do not necessarily correspond to the boundaries of physical components. The operations of a plurality of functional sections may be physically performed by one component, or the operations of one functional section may be physically performed by a plurality of components. Regarding the processing procedures described in the embodiments, the order of processing may be changed as long as there is no contradiction. Although the base station 10 and the terminal 20 have been described using functional block diagrams for convenience of processing description, such devices may be implemented in hardware, software, or a combination thereof. The software that runs on the processor of the base station 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention and the software that runs on the processor that the terminal 20 has according to the embodiment of the present invention are respectively random access memory (RAM), flash memory, and read-only memory. (ROM), EPROM, EEPROM, register, hard disk (HDD), removable disk, CD-ROM, database, server, or any other suitable storage medium.

Furthermore, the notification of information is not limited to the aspects/embodiments described in this disclosure, and may be performed using other methods. For example, the notification of information may be physical layer signaling (e.g., DCI (Downlink Control Information), UCI (Uplink Control Information)), upper layer signaling (e.g., RRC (Radio Resource Control) signaling, MAC (Medium Access Control) signaling). , broadcast information (MIB (Master Information Block), SIB (System Information Block)), other signals, or a combination thereof. Further, RRC signaling may be called an RRC message, and may be, for example, an RRC Connection Setup message, an RRC Connection Reconfiguration message, or the like.

Each aspect/embodiment described in this disclosure is 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 an integer or decimal number, for example)), 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 Systems that utilize .16 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.20, UWB (Ultra-WideBand), Bluetooth (registered trademark), and other appropriate systems, and that are extended, modified, created, and defined based on these. The present invention may be applied to at least one of the next generation systems. Furthermore, a combination of a plurality of systems may be applied (for example, a combination of at least one of LTE and LTE-A and 5G).

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 use an example order to present elements of the various steps and are not limited to the particular order presented.

In this specification, specific operations performed by the base station 10 may be performed by its upper node in some cases. In a network consisting of one or more network nodes including a base station 10, various operations performed for communication with a terminal 20 are performed by the base station 10 and other network nodes other than the base station 10. It is clear that this can be done by at least one of the following: for example, MME or S-GW (possible, but not limited to). Although the case where there is one network node other than the base station 10 is illustrated above, the other network node may be a combination of multiple other network nodes (for example, MME and S-GW). .

The information, signals, etc. described in this disclosure can be output from an upper layer (or lower layer) to a lower layer (or upper layer). It may be input/output via multiple network nodes.

The input/output information may be stored in a specific location (for example, memory) or may be managed using a management table. Information etc. to be input/output may be overwritten, updated, or additionally written. The output information etc. may be deleted. The input information etc. may be transmitted to other devices.

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

Software includes instructions, instruction sets, code, code segments, program code, programs, subprograms, software modules, whether referred to as software, firmware, middleware, microcode, hardware description language, or by any other name. , should be broadly construed to mean an application, software application, software package, routine, subroutine, object, executable, thread of execution, procedure, function, etc.

Additionally, software, instructions, information, etc. may be sent and received via a transmission medium. For example, if 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 create a website, When transmitted from a server or other remote source, these wired and/or wireless technologies are included within the definition of transmission medium.

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., which 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. It may also be represented by a combination of

Note that 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, at least one of the channel and the symbol may be a signal. Also, the signal may be a message. Further, a component carrier (CC) may also be called a carrier frequency, a cell, a frequency carrier, or the like.

As used in this disclosure, the terms "system" and "network" are used interchangeably.

In addition, the information, parameters, etc. described in this disclosure may be expressed using absolute values, relative values from a predetermined value, or using other corresponding information. may be expressed. For example, radio resources may be indicated by an index.

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

In this disclosure, "Base Station (BS)," "wireless base station," "base station," "fixed station," "NodeB," "eNodeB (eNB)," and "gNodeB ( gNB)”, “access point”, “transmission point”, “reception point”, “transmission/reception point”, “cell”, “sector”, Terms such as "cell group," "carrier," "component carrier," and the like may be used interchangeably. A base station is sometimes referred to by terms such as macrocell, small cell, femtocell, and picocell.

A base station can accommodate one or more (eg, three) cells. If a base station accommodates multiple cells, the overall coverage area of the base station can be partitioned into multiple smaller areas, and each smaller area is divided into multiple subsystems (e.g., small indoor base stations (RRHs)). Communication services can also be provided by Remote Radio Head). The term "cell" or "sector" refers to part or all of the coverage area of a base station and/or base station subsystem that provides communication services in this coverage.

In the present disclosure, the base station transmitting information to the terminal may be read as the base station instructing the terminal to control/operate based on the information.

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

A mobile station is defined by a person 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 referred to as a terminal, remote terminal, handset, user agent, mobile client, client, or some other suitable terminology.

At least one of a base station and a mobile station may be called a transmitting device, a receiving device, a communication device, etc. Note that at least one of the base station and the mobile station may be a device mounted on a mobile body, the mobile body itself, or the like. The moving body refers to a movable object, and the moving speed is arbitrary. Naturally, this also includes cases where the moving object is stopped. The mobile objects include, for example, vehicles, transport vehicles, automobiles, motorcycles, bicycles, connected cars, excavators, bulldozers, wheel loaders, dump trucks, forklifts, trains, buses, carts, rickshaws, ships and other watercraft. , including, but not limited to, airplanes, rockets, artificial satellites, drones (registered trademarks), multicopters, quadcopters, balloons, and objects mounted thereon. Furthermore, the mobile object may be a mobile object that autonomously travels based on a travel command. It may be a vehicle (e.g. car, airplane, etc.), an unmanned moving object (e.g. drone, self-driving car, etc.), or a robot (manned or unmanned). good. 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 the mobile station may be an IoT (Internet of Things) device such as a sensor.

Additionally, the base station in the present disclosure may be replaced by 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, it may be called 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 that the base station 10 described above has. Further, 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 replaced with side channels.

Similarly, the user terminal in the present disclosure may be replaced with a base station. In this case, the base station may have the functions that the user terminal described above has.

As used in this disclosure, the terms "determining" and "determining" may encompass a wide variety of operations. "Judgment" and "decision" include, for example, judging, calculating, computing, processing, deriving, investigating, looking up, search, and inquiry. (e.g., searching in a table, database, or other data structure), and regarding an ascertaining as a "judgment" or "decision." In addition, "judgment" and "decision" refer to receiving (e.g., receiving information), transmitting (e.g., sending information), input, output, and access. (accessing) (e.g., accessing data in memory) may include considering something as a "judgment" or "decision." In addition, "judgment" and "decision" refer to resolving, selecting, choosing, establishing, comparing, etc. as "judgment" and "decision". may be included. In other words, "judgment" and "decision" may include regarding some action as having been "judged" or "determined." Further, "judgment (decision)" may be read as "assuming", "expecting", "considering", etc.

The terms "connected", "coupled", or any variations thereof, refer to any connection or coupling, direct or indirect, between two or more elements and to each other. It may include the presence of one or more intermediate elements between two elements that are "connected" or "coupled." The bonds or connections between elements may be physical, logical, or a combination thereof. For example, "connection" may be replaced with "access." As used in this disclosure, two elements may include one or more electrical wires, cables, and/or printed electrical connections, as well as in the radio frequency domain, as some non-limiting and non-inclusive examples. , electromagnetic energy having wavelengths in the microwave and optical (both visible and non-visible) ranges.

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

As used in this disclosure, the phrase "based on" does not mean "based solely on" unless explicitly stated otherwise. In other words, the phrase "based on" means both "based only on" and "based at least on."

As used in this disclosure, any reference to elements using the designations "first," "second," etc. does not generally limit the amount or order of those elements. These designations may be used in this disclosure as a convenient way to distinguish between two or more elements. Thus, reference to a first and second element does not imply that only two elements may be employed or that the first element must precede the second element in any way.

"Means" in the configurations of each of the above devices may be replaced with "unit", "circuit", "device", etc.

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

A radio frame may be composed of one or more frames in the time domain. Each frame or frames in the time domain may be called a subframe. A subframe may also be composed of one or more slots in the time domain. A subframe may have a fixed time length (eg, 1 ms) that does not depend on numerology.

The numerology may be a communication parameter applied to the transmission and/or reception of a certain signal or channel. Numerology includes, for example, subcarrier spacing (SCS), bandwidth, symbol length, cyclic prefix length, transmission time interval (TTI), number of symbols per TTI, radio frame configuration, and transmitter/receiver. It may also indicate at least one of a specific filtering process performed in the frequency domain, a specific windowing process performed by the transceiver in the time domain, and the like.

A slot may be composed of one or more symbols (OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) symbols, SC-FDMA (Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access) symbols, etc.) in the time domain. A slot may be a unit of time based on numerology.

A slot may include multiple mini-slots. Each minislot may be made up of one or more symbols in the time domain. Furthermore, a mini-slot may also be called a sub-slot. A minislot may be made up 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. Other names may be used for the radio frame, subframe, slot, minislot, and symbol.

For example, one subframe may be called a Transmission Time Interval (TTI), multiple consecutive subframes may be called a TTI, and one slot or minislot may be called a TTI. You can. In other words, at least one of the subframe and TTI may be a subframe (1ms) in existing LTE, a period shorter than 1ms (for example, 1-13 symbols), or a period longer than 1ms. It may be. Note that the unit representing the TTI may be called a slot, minislot, etc. instead of a subframe.

Here, TTI refers to, for example, the minimum time unit for scheduling in wireless communication. For example, in the LTE system, a 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.

The TTI may be a transmission time unit of a channel-coded data packet (transport block), a code block, a codeword, etc., or may be a processing unit of scheduling, link adaptation, etc. Note that when a TTI is given, the time interval (for example, the number of symbols) to which transport blocks, code blocks, code words, etc. are actually mapped may be shorter than the TTI.

Note that 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 time unit for scheduling. Further, the number of slots (minislot number) that constitutes 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, etc. A TTI that is shorter than the normal TTI may be referred to as an abbreviated TTI, short TTI, partial or fractional TTI, shortened subframe, short subframe, minislot, subslot, slot, etc.

Note that long TTI (for example, normal TTI, subframe, etc.) may be read as TTI with a time length exceeding 1 ms, and short TTI (for example, short TTI, etc.) It may also be read as a TTI having the above TTI length.

A resource block (RB) is a resource allocation unit in the time domain and frequency domain, and may include one or more continuous subcarriers in the frequency domain. The number of subcarriers included in an 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 newerology.

Additionally, the time domain of an RB may include one or more symbols, and may be one slot, one minislot, one subframe, or one TTI in length. One TTI, one subframe, etc. may each be composed of one or more resource blocks.

Note that one or more RBs include physical resource blocks (PRBs), sub-carrier groups (SCGs), resource element groups (REGs), PRB pairs, RB pairs, etc. May be called.

Additionally, a resource block may be configured by one or more resource elements (REs). 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 partial bandwidth or the like) may represent a subset of consecutive common resource blocks (RBs) for a certain numerology in a certain carrier. Here, the common RB may be specified by an RB index based on a common reference point of the carrier. PRBs may be defined in a BWP and numbered within that BWP.

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

At least one of the configured BWPs may be active, and the terminal 20 does not need to assume that it transmits or receives a given signal/channel outside the active BWP. Note that "cell", "carrier", etc. in the present disclosure may be replaced with "BWP".

The structures of radio frames, subframes, slots, minislots, symbols, etc. described above are merely examples. For example, 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 symbols included in an RB, The number of subcarriers, the number of symbols in a TTI, the symbol length, the cyclic prefix (CP) length, and other configurations can be changed in various ways.

In this disclosure, when articles are added by translation, such as a, an, and the in English, the present 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." Note that the term may also mean that "A and B are each different from C". Terms such as "separate" and "coupled" may also be interpreted similarly to "different."

Each aspect/embodiment described in this disclosure may be used alone, in combination, or may be switched and used in accordance with execution. In addition, notification of prescribed information (for example, notification of "X") is not limited to being done explicitly, but may also be done implicitly (for example, not notifying the prescribed information). Good too.

Note that in the present disclosure, the variable section 340 and the antenna section 350 are examples of a relay section.

Although the present disclosure has been described in detail above, it is clear for those skilled in the art that the present disclosure is not limited to the embodiments described in the present disclosure. The present disclosure can be implemented as modifications and variations without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure as determined by the claims. Therefore, the description of the present disclosure is for the purpose of illustrative explanation and is not intended to have any limiting meaning on the present disclosure.

10 Base station 110 Transmitting section 120 Receiving section 130 Setting section 140 Control section 20 Terminal 210 Transmitting section 220 Receiving section 230 Setting section 240 Control section 30 Wireless relay device 310 Transmitting section 320 Receiving section 330 Control section 340 Variable section 350 Antenna section 1001 Processor 1002 Storage device 1003 Auxiliary storage device 1004 Communication device 1005 Input device 1006 Output device 2001 Vehicle 2002 Drive section 2003 Steering section 2004 Accelerator pedal 2005 Brake pedal 2006 Shift lever 2007 Front wheel 2008 Rear wheel 2009 Axle 2010 Electronic control section 2012 Information service section 2013 Communication Module 2021 Current sensor 2022 Rotational speed 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)
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Claims (6)

1. a communication unit that transmits and receives signaling including control information related to the relay function to and from the base station;
   a control unit that controls a relay function based on the control information;
   a relay unit that performs a relay function of receiving an uplink signal from a terminal, transmitting the upstream signal to the base station, receiving a downlink signal from the base station, and transmitting the downlink signal to the terminal,
   Based on the control information, the control unit determines an uplink receiving beam to be applied to reception of the uplink signal, an uplink transmission beam to be applied to transmission of the uplink signal, a downlink reception beam to be applied to reception of the downlink signal, and the downlink beam to be applied to reception of the uplink signal. A wireless relay device that determines the downlink transmission beam to be applied to signal transmission.
2. The communication unit transmits information indicating a set of beam candidates to be applied to the downlink transmission beam and the uplink reception beam to the base station, and transmits information indicating a beam to be used in the set of beam candidates to the base station. The wireless relay device according to claim 1, wherein the wireless relay device receives from a station.
3. The communication unit receives first control information indicating a set of beam candidates to be applied to the downlink transmission beam and the uplink reception beam, and selects a beam candidate to be applied to the downlink transmission beam in the set of beam candidates. The radio of claim 1, receiving second control information indicating a subset of candidates, and receiving third control information indicating a subset of beam candidates to apply to the uplink receive beams in the set of beam candidates. Relay device.
4. The radio relay device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit determines, in a certain unit time, the downlink reception beam and the uplink transmission beam as beams applied to the signaling transmitted and received in the unit time.
5. When the signaling is not transmitted or received in a certain unit time, the control unit sets the downlink reception beam and the uplink transmission beam in the TCI (Transmission Configuration Indication) state applied to the latest channel carrying the signaling in the unit time. 2. The wireless relay device according to claim 1, wherein the wireless relay device is determined based on.
6. a communication procedure for transmitting and receiving signaling including control information related to the relay function to and from a base station;
   a control procedure for controlling a relay function based on the control information;
   a relay procedure for performing a relay function of receiving an uplink signal from a terminal, transmitting the upstream signal to the base station, receiving a downlink signal from the base station, and transmitting the downlink signal to the terminal;
   Based on the control information, an uplink reception beam applied to reception of the uplink signal, an uplink transmission beam applied to transmission of the uplink signal, a downlink reception beam applied to reception of the downlink signal, and an uplink reception beam applied to the transmission of the downlink signal. A communication method in which a wireless relay device executes a procedure for determining a downlink transmission beam.

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