WO2025175581A1 - Inter-trp calibration - Google Patents
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- Various example embodiments relate to the field of communications and in particular, to devices, methods, apparatuses, and computer readable storage media for inter-transmit-receive point (TRP) calibration.
- TRP inter-transmit-receive point
- CJT coherent joint transmission
- a layer is transmitted coherently from multiple TRPs.
- CSI channel state information
- example embodiments of the present disclosure provide a solution related to inter-TRP calibration.
- a terminal device comprising at least one processor and at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the terminal device at least to: determine, from a plurality of reference signal (RS) resource sets, one or more of a first reference RS resource set and a second reference RS resource set; and transmit, to at least one network device of a plurality of network devices associated with the plurality of RS resource sets, one or more of: time misalignment information for a first RS resource set of the plurality of RS resource sets relative to the first reference RS resource set; or frequency offset information for a second RS resource set of the plurality of RS resource sets relative to the second reference RS resource set.
- RS reference signal
- a network device comprises at least one processor and at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the network device at least to: receive, from a terminal device, one or more of: time misalignment information for a first reference signal (RS) resource set of a plurality of RS resource sets relative to a first reference RS resource set; or frequency offset information for a second RS resource set of the plurality of RS resource sets relative to a second reference RS resource set; and determine one or more of: a first phase ramp for the first RS resource set relative to the first reference RS resource set based on the time misalignment information, or a second phase ramp for the second RS resource set relative to the second reference RS resource set based on the frequency offset information.
- RS reference signal
- a method comprises determining, at a terminal device, from a plurality of reference signal (RS) resource sets, one or more of a first reference RS resource set and a second reference RS resource set; and transmitting, at the terminal device, to at least one network device of a plurality of network devices associated with the plurality of RS resource sets, one or more of: time misalignment information for a first RS resource set of the plurality of RS resource sets relative to the first reference RS resource set; or frequency offset information for a second RS resource set of the plurality of RS resource sets relative to the second reference RS resource set.
- RS reference signal
- a method comprises receiving, at a network device, from a terminal device, one or more of: time misalignment information for a first reference signal (RS) resource set of a plurality of RS resource sets relative to a first reference RS resource set; or frequency offset information for a second RS resource set of the plurality of RS resource sets relative to a second reference RS resource set; and determining, at the network device, one or more of: a first phase ramp for the first RS resource set relative to the first reference RS resource set based on the time misalignment information, or a second phase ramp for the second RS resource set relative to the second reference RS resource set based on the frequency offset information.
- RS reference signal
- an apparatus comprises means for determining, at a terminal device, from a plurality of reference signal (RS) resource sets, one or more of a first reference RS resource set and a second reference RS resource set; and transmitting, at the terminal device, to at least one network device of a plurality of network devices associated with the plurality of RS resource sets, one or more of: time misalignment information for a first RS resource set of the plurality of RS resource sets relative to the first reference RS resource set; or frequency offset information for a second RS resource set of the plurality of RS resource sets relative to the second reference RS resource set.
- RS reference signal
- a terminal device comprising determining circuitry configured to determine, from a plurality of reference signal (RS) resource sets, one or more of a first reference RS resource set and a second reference RS resource set; and transmitting circuitry configured to transmit, to at least one network device of a plurality of network devices associated with the plurality of RS resource sets, one or more of: time misalignment information for a first RS resource set of the plurality of RS resource sets relative to the first reference RS resource set; or frequency offset information for a second RS resource set of the plurality of RS resource sets relative to the second reference RS resource set.
- RS reference signal
- a network device comprising receiving circuitry configured to receive, from a terminal device, one or more of: time misalignment information for a first reference signal (RS) resource set of a plurality of RS resource sets relative to a first reference RS resource set; or frequency offset information for a second RS resource set of the plurality of RS resource sets relative to a second reference RS resource set; and determining circuitry configured to determine one or more of: a first phase ramp for the first RS resource set relative to the first reference RS resource set based on the time misalignment information, or a second phase ramp for the second RS resource set relative to the second reference RS resource set based on the frequency offset information.
- RS reference signal
- FIG. 1A illustrates an example environment in which example embodiments of the present disclosure can be implemented
- FIG. 1B illustrates an example tracking reference signal (TRS) configuration associated with some example embodiments of the present disclosure
- FIG. 4 illustrates a flowchart of a method implemented at a network device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure
- references in the present disclosure to “one embodiment, ” “an embodiment, ” “an example embodiment, ” and the like indicate that the embodiment described may include a particular feature, structure, or characteristic, but it is not necessary that every embodiment includes the particular feature, structure, or characteristic. Moreover, such phrases are not necessarily referring to the same embodiment. Further, when a particular feature, structure, or characteristic is described in connection with an embodiment, it is submitted that it is within the knowledge of one skilled in the art to affect such feature, structure, or characteristic in connection with other embodiments whether or not explicitly described.
- first and second etc. may be used herein to describe various elements, these elements should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one element from another. For example, a first element could be termed a second element, and similarly, a second element could be termed a first element, without departing from the scope of example embodiments.
- the term “and/or” includes any and all combinations of one or more of the listed terms.
- circuitry also covers an implementation of merely a hardware circuit or processor (or multiple processors) or portion of a hardware circuit or processor and its (or their) accompanying software and/or firmware.
- circuitry also covers, for example and if applicable to the particular claim element, a baseband integrated circuit or processor integrated circuit for a mobile device or a similar integrated circuit in server, a cellular network device, or other computing or network device.
- the term “network device” refers to a node in a communication network via which a terminal device can access the communication network and receive services therefrom.
- the network device may refer to a base station (BS) or an access point (AP) , for example, a node B (NodeB or NB) , a radio access network (RAN) node, an evolved NodeB (eNodeB or eNB) , an NR NB (also referred to as a gNB) , a remote radio unit (RRU) , a radio header (RH) , an infrastructure device for a V2X (vehicle-to-everything) communication, a transmission and reception point (TRP) , a reception point (RP) , a remote radio head (RRH) , a relay, an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node, a low power node such as a femto BS, a pico BS, and so forth, depending on the applied BS
- the terminal device may include, but not limited to, a mobile phone, a cellular phone, a smart phone, voice over IP (VoIP) phones, wireless local loop phones, a tablet, a wearable terminal device, a personal digital assistant (PDA) , portable computers, desktop computer, image capture terminal devices such as digital cameras, gaming terminal devices, music storage and playback appliances, vehicle-mounted wireless terminal devices, wireless endpoints, mobile stations, laptop-embedded equipment (LEE) , laptop-mounted equipment (LME) , USB dongles, smart devices, wireless customer-premises equipment (CPE) , an internet of things (IoT) device, a watch or other wearable, a head-mounted display (HMD) , a vehicle, a drone, a medical device and applications (e.g., remote surgery) , an industrial device and applications (e.g., a robot and/or other wireless devices operating in an industrial and/or an automated processing chain contexts) , a consumer electronics device, a device operating on commercial and/
- the granularity of the relative time misalignment quantization may be
- the first codebook may be composed of N tm consecutive numbers ⁇ 0, 1, ..., N tm -1 ⁇ representing a plurality of quantization levels for the time misalignment reporting.
- the quantized relative time misalignment for the quantization level d j ⁇ ⁇ 0, 1, ..., N tm -1 ⁇ may be determined as
- the terminal device 110 may further transmit, to at least one of the plurality of network devices 120-1, 120-2, ..., 120-N (for example, the network device 120-1) , an indication of the second reference RS resource set.
- the terminal device 110 may report an index of the selected second reference RS resource set, for example, using bits.
- the terminal device 110 transmits (210) , to the network device 120-1, one or more of the time misalignment information or the frequency offset information.
- the terminal device 110 may transmit (215) , to one or more of the network devices 120-2, ..., 120-N (for example, the network device 120-N) , one or more of the time misalignment information or the frequency offset information
- the network device 120-1 After receiving the time misalignment information or the frequency offset information from the terminal device 110, the network device 120-1 determines (220) one or more of a first phase ramp for the first RS resource set relative to the first reference RS resource set based on the time misalignment information, or a second phase ramp for the second RS resource set relative to the second reference RS resource set based on the frequency offset information.
- the network devices 120-2, ..., 120-N may determine (225) the phase ramp (s) based on the time misalignment information and/or the frequency offset information likewise.
- the network device 120 receives, from a terminal device, one or more of:time misalignment information for a first reference signal (RS) resource set of a plurality of RS resource sets relative to a first reference RS resource set; or frequency offset information for a second RS resource set of the plurality of RS resource sets relative to a second reference RS resource set.
- the network device 120 determines one or more of: a first phase ramp for the first RS resource set relative to the first reference RS resource set based on the time misalignment information, or a second phase ramp for the second RS resource set relative to the second reference RS resource set based on the frequency offset information.
- the network device 120 may further receive, from the terminal device, one or more of an indication of the first reference RS resource set, or an indication of the second reference RS resource set.
- the apparatus comprises means for determining, from a plurality of reference signal (RS) resource sets, one or more of a first reference RS resource set and a second reference RS resource set; and means for transmitting, to at least one network device of a plurality of network devices associated with the plurality of RS resource sets, one or more of: time misalignment information for a first RS resource set of the plurality of RS resource sets relative to the first reference RS resource set; or frequency offset information for a second RS resource set of the plurality of RS resource sets relative to the second reference RS resource set.
- RS reference signal
- a first codebook is used to represent a plurality of quantization levels for reporting time misalignment information, and the time misalignment information comprises a first quantization level of the first codebook.
- the means for determining the first quantization level comprises means for obtaining a time misalignment for the first RS resource set relative to the first reference RS resource set; and means for determining the first quantization level from the first codebook based on the obtained time misalignment.
- an apparatus capable of performing the method 400 may comprise means for performing the respective steps of the method 400.
- the means may be implemented in any suitable form.
- the means may be implemented in a circuitry or software module.
- the apparatus comprises means for receiving, from a terminal device, one or more of: time misalignment information for a first reference signal (RS) resource set of a plurality of RS resource sets relative to a first reference RS resource set; or frequency offset information for a second RS resource set of the plurality of RS resource sets relative to a second reference RS resource set; and means for determining one or more of: a first phase ramp for the first RS resource set relative to the first reference RS resource set based on the time misalignment information, or a second phase ramp for the second RS resource set relative to the second reference RS resource set based on the frequency offset information.
- RS reference signal
- a computer program 530 includes computer executable instructions that are executed by the associated processor 510.
- the program 530 may be stored in the ROM 524.
- the processor 510 may perform any suitable actions and processing by loading the program 530 into the RAM 522.
- non-transitory is a limitation of the medium itself (i.e., tangible, not a signal) as opposed to a limitation on data storage persistency (e.g., RAM vs.ROM) .
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to inter-transmit-receive point (TRP) calibration. In an aspect, a terminal device determines, from a plurality of RS resource sets, one or more of a first reference RS resource set and a second reference RS resource set. Moreover, the terminal device transmits, to at least one network device of a plurality of network devices associated with the plurality of RS resource sets, one or more of: time misalignment information for a first RS resource set of the plurality of RS resource sets relative to the first reference RS resource set; or frequency offset information for a second RS resource set of the plurality of RS resource sets relative to the second reference RS resource set.
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Various example embodiments relate to the field of communications and in particular, to devices, methods, apparatuses, and computer readable storage media for inter-transmit-receive point (TRP) calibration.
In communication technology, there is a constant evolution ongoing in order to provide efficient and reliable solutions for utilizing wireless communication networks. Each new generation has its own technical challenges for handling different situations and processes that are needed to connect and serve devices connected to wireless networks. To meet the demand for increased wireless data traffic since the deployment of 4th generation (4G) communication systems, efforts have been made to develop an improved 5th generation (5G) , pre-5G, or 5G-advanced communication system. The new communication systems can support various types of service applications for terminal devices.
With the development of communication technology, coherent joint transmission (CJT) for multiple TRPs has been introduced to offer downlink spectral efficiency and coverage gain. For the CJT, a layer is transmitted coherently from multiple TRPs. In release 18 (Rel-18) , Type-II channel state information (CSI) has been enhanced to accommodate CJT assuming ideal synchronization and backhaul. However, there are still some open problems for the inter-TRP calibration that will be studied in the near future, especially, in an inter-site CJT scenario where a base station is equipped with multiple distributed remote radio heads (RRHs) .
In general, example embodiments of the present disclosure provide a solution related to inter-TRP calibration.
In a first aspect, there is provided a terminal device. The terminal device comprises at least one processor and at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the terminal device at least to: determine, from a plurality of reference signal (RS) resource sets, one or more of a first reference RS resource set and a
second reference RS resource set; and transmit, to at least one network device of a plurality of network devices associated with the plurality of RS resource sets, one or more of: time misalignment information for a first RS resource set of the plurality of RS resource sets relative to the first reference RS resource set; or frequency offset information for a second RS resource set of the plurality of RS resource sets relative to the second reference RS resource set.
In a second aspect, there is provided a network device. The network device comprises at least one processor and at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the network device at least to: receive, from a terminal device, one or more of: time misalignment information for a first reference signal (RS) resource set of a plurality of RS resource sets relative to a first reference RS resource set; or frequency offset information for a second RS resource set of the plurality of RS resource sets relative to a second reference RS resource set; and determine one or more of: a first phase ramp for the first RS resource set relative to the first reference RS resource set based on the time misalignment information, or a second phase ramp for the second RS resource set relative to the second reference RS resource set based on the frequency offset information.
In a third aspect, there is provided a method. The method comprises determining, at a terminal device, from a plurality of reference signal (RS) resource sets, one or more of a first reference RS resource set and a second reference RS resource set; and transmitting, at the terminal device, to at least one network device of a plurality of network devices associated with the plurality of RS resource sets, one or more of: time misalignment information for a first RS resource set of the plurality of RS resource sets relative to the first reference RS resource set; or frequency offset information for a second RS resource set of the plurality of RS resource sets relative to the second reference RS resource set.
In a fourth aspect, there is provided a method. The method comprises receiving, at a network device, from a terminal device, one or more of: time misalignment information for a first reference signal (RS) resource set of a plurality of RS resource sets relative to a first reference RS resource set; or frequency offset information for a second RS resource set of the plurality of RS resource sets relative to a second reference RS resource set; and determining, at the network device, one or more of: a first phase ramp for the first RS resource set relative to the first reference RS resource set based on the time misalignment information, or a second phase ramp for the second RS resource set relative to the second reference RS
resource set based on the frequency offset information.
In a fifth aspect, there is provided an apparatus. The apparatus comprises means for determining, at a terminal device, from a plurality of reference signal (RS) resource sets, one or more of a first reference RS resource set and a second reference RS resource set; and transmitting, at the terminal device, to at least one network device of a plurality of network devices associated with the plurality of RS resource sets, one or more of: time misalignment information for a first RS resource set of the plurality of RS resource sets relative to the first reference RS resource set; or frequency offset information for a second RS resource set of the plurality of RS resource sets relative to the second reference RS resource set.
In a sixth aspect, there is provided an apparatus. The apparatus comprises means for receiving, at a network device, from a terminal device, one or more of: time misalignment information for a first reference signal (RS) resource set of a plurality of RS resource sets relative to a first reference RS resource set; or frequency offset information for a second RS resource set of the plurality of RS resource sets relative to a second reference RS resource set; and determining, at the network device, one or more of: a first phase ramp for the first RS resource set relative to the first reference RS resource set based on the time misalignment information, or a second phase ramp for the second RS resource set relative to the second reference RS resource set based on the frequency offset information.
In a seventh aspect, there is provided a non-transitory computer readable medium comprising program instructions for causing an apparatus to perform at least the method according to any one of the above third and fourth aspects.
In an eighth aspect, there is provided a computer program comprising instructions, which, when executed by an apparatus, cause the apparatus at least to perform at least the method according to any one of the above third and fourth aspects.
In a ninth aspect, there is provided a terminal device. The terminal device comprises determining circuitry configured to determine, from a plurality of reference signal (RS) resource sets, one or more of a first reference RS resource set and a second reference RS resource set; and transmitting circuitry configured to transmit, to at least one network device of a plurality of network devices associated with the plurality of RS resource sets, one or more of: time misalignment information for a first RS resource set of the plurality of RS resource sets relative to the first reference RS resource set; or frequency offset information for a second RS resource set of the plurality of RS resource sets relative to the second
reference RS resource set.
In a tenth aspect, there is provided a network device. The network device comprises receiving circuitry configured to receive, from a terminal device, one or more of: time misalignment information for a first reference signal (RS) resource set of a plurality of RS resource sets relative to a first reference RS resource set; or frequency offset information for a second RS resource set of the plurality of RS resource sets relative to a second reference RS resource set; and determining circuitry configured to determine one or more of: a first phase ramp for the first RS resource set relative to the first reference RS resource set based on the time misalignment information, or a second phase ramp for the second RS resource set relative to the second reference RS resource set based on the frequency offset information.
It is to be understood that the summary section is not intended to identify key or essential features of embodiments of the present disclosure, nor is it intended to be used to limit the scope of the present disclosure. Other features of the present disclosure will become easily comprehensible through the following description.
Some example embodiments will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1A illustrates an example environment in which example embodiments of the present disclosure can be implemented;
FIG. 1B illustrates an example tracking reference signal (TRS) configuration associated with some example embodiments of the present disclosure;
FIG. 2 illustrates a signaling flow between a terminal device and one or more network devices according to some example embodiments of the present disclosure;
FIG. 3 illustrates a flowchart of a method implemented at a terminal device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure;
FIG. 4 illustrates a flowchart of a method implemented at a network device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure;
FIG. 5 illustrates a simplified block diagram of a device that is suitable for implementing some example embodiments of the present disclosure; and
FIG. 6 illustrates a block diagram of an example of a computer readable medium in
accordance with some example embodiments of the present disclosure.
Throughout the drawings, the same or similar reference numerals represent the same or similar element.
The Principle of the present disclosure will now be described with reference to some example embodiments. It is to be understood that these embodiments are described for the purpose of illustration and help those skilled in the art to understand and implement the present disclosure, without suggesting any limitation as to the scope of the disclosure. The disclosure described herein can be implemented in various manners other than the ones described below.
In the following description and claims, unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skills in the art to which this disclosure belongs.
References in the present disclosure to “one embodiment, ” “an embodiment, ” “an example embodiment, ” and the like indicate that the embodiment described may include a particular feature, structure, or characteristic, but it is not necessary that every embodiment includes the particular feature, structure, or characteristic. Moreover, such phrases are not necessarily referring to the same embodiment. Further, when a particular feature, structure, or characteristic is described in connection with an embodiment, it is submitted that it is within the knowledge of one skilled in the art to affect such feature, structure, or characteristic in connection with other embodiments whether or not explicitly described.
It shall be understood that although the terms “first” and “second” etc. may be used herein to describe various elements, these elements should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one element from another. For example, a first element could be termed a second element, and similarly, a second element could be termed a first element, without departing from the scope of example embodiments. As used herein, the term “and/or” includes any and all combinations of one or more of the listed terms.
The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments and is not intended to be limiting of example embodiments. As used herein, the singular forms “a” , “an” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms “comprises” ,
“comprising” , “has” , “having” , “includes” and/or “including” , when used herein, specify the presence of stated features, elements, and/or components etc., but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, elements, components and/or combinations thereof. As used herein, “at least one of the following: <a list of two or more elements>” and “at least one of <a list of two or more elements>” and similar wording, where the list of two or more elements are joined by “and” or “or” , mean at least any one of the elements, or at least any two or more of the elements, or at least all the elements.
As used in this application, the term “circuitry” may refer to one or more or all of the following:
(a) hardware-only circuit implementations (such as implementations in only analog and/or digital circuitry) and
(b) combinations of hardware circuits and software, such as (as applicable) :
(i) a combination of analog and/or digital hardware circuit (s) with software/firmware and
(ii) any portions of hardware processor (s) with software (including digital signal processor (s) ) , software, and memory (ies) that work together to cause an apparatus, such as a mobile phone or server, to perform various functions) and
(c) hardware circuit (s) and or processor (s) , such as a microprocessor (s) or a portion of a microprocessor (s) , that requires software (e.g., firmware) for operation, but the software may not be present when it is not needed for operation.
This definition of circuitry applies to all uses of this term in this application, including in any claims. As a further example, as used in this application, the term circuitry also covers an implementation of merely a hardware circuit or processor (or multiple processors) or portion of a hardware circuit or processor and its (or their) accompanying software and/or firmware. The term circuitry also covers, for example and if applicable to the particular claim element, a baseband integrated circuit or processor integrated circuit for a mobile device or a similar integrated circuit in server, a cellular network device, or other computing or network device.
As used herein, the term “communication network” refers to a network following any suitable communication standards, such as new radio (NR) , long term evolution (LTE) , LTE-advanced (LTE-A) , wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA) , high-speed
packet access (HSPA) , narrow band internet of things (NB-IoT) and so on. Furthermore, the communications between a terminal device and a network device in the communication network may be performed according to any suitable generation communication protocols, including, but not limited to, the third generation (3G) , the fourth generation (4G) , 4.5G, the fifth generation (5G) communication protocols, the sixth generation (6G) communication protocols , and/or any other protocols either currently known or to be developed in the future. Embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied in various communication systems. Given the rapid development in communications, there will of course also be future type communication technologies and systems with which the present disclosure may be embodied. It should not be seen as limiting the scope of the present disclosure to only the aforementioned system.
As used herein, the term “network device” refers to a node in a communication network via which a terminal device can access the communication network and receive services therefrom. The network device may refer to a base station (BS) or an access point (AP) , for example, a node B (NodeB or NB) , a radio access network (RAN) node, an evolved NodeB (eNodeB or eNB) , an NR NB (also referred to as a gNB) , a remote radio unit (RRU) , a radio header (RH) , an infrastructure device for a V2X (vehicle-to-everything) communication, a transmission and reception point (TRP) , a reception point (RP) , a remote radio head (RRH) , a relay, an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node, a low power node such as a femto BS, a pico BS, and so forth, depending on the applied terminology and technology.
The term “terminal device” refers to any end device that may be capable of wireless communication. By way of example rather than limitation, a terminal device may also be referred to as a communication device, user equipment (UE) , a subscriber station (SS) , a portable subscriber station, a mobile station (MS) , or an access terminal (AT) . The terminal device may include, but not limited to, a mobile phone, a cellular phone, a smart phone, voice over IP (VoIP) phones, wireless local loop phones, a tablet, a wearable terminal device, a personal digital assistant (PDA) , portable computers, desktop computer, image capture terminal devices such as digital cameras, gaming terminal devices, music storage and playback appliances, vehicle-mounted wireless terminal devices, wireless endpoints, mobile stations, laptop-embedded equipment (LEE) , laptop-mounted equipment (LME) , USB dongles, smart devices, wireless customer-premises equipment (CPE) , an internet of things (IoT) device, a watch or other wearable, a head-mounted display (HMD) , a vehicle, a drone,
a medical device and applications (e.g., remote surgery) , an industrial device and applications (e.g., a robot and/or other wireless devices operating in an industrial and/or an automated processing chain contexts) , a consumer electronics device, a device operating on commercial and/or industrial wireless networks, and the like. In the following description, the terms “terminal device” , “communication device” , “terminal” , “user equipment” and “UE” may be used interchangeably.
In Rel-18, for example, as specified in third generation partnership project (3GPP) technical specification (TS) 38.214, if the higher layer parameter codebookMode is set to ‘mode1’ , an offset dj∈ {0, 1, …, N3O3-1} is reported for the j -th selected CSI-RS resource, with j=2, …, N0, relative to the first of the N0 selected CSI-RS resources. It allows the alignment between dominant delays of different TRPs when propagation delays are different among the TRPs. But this kind of time misalignment among multiple TRPs is measured across multiple CSI reference signal (CSI-RS) resources, which have a sparse configuration in the frequency domain (for example, 1 RE per physical resource block (PRB) per CSI-RS port) , so the reported offset values dj fails to reflect inter-TRP time misalignment accurately.
Moreover, the TRS, as a special type of CSI-RS, has been introduced for tracking timing or frequency offset between a gNB and s UE. A TRS resource set contains either 2 or 4 periodic CSI-RS resources with periodicity 2μXp slots where Xp= 10, 20, 40, or 80 and where μ is related to the subcarrier spacing (SCS) , i.e., μ = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 for 15, 30, 60, 120, 240 kHz, respectively. The TRS possesses higher frequency domain density to acquire more accurate time misalignment among multiple TRPs.
In the scenario such as an inter-site CJT scenario where a base station is equipped with multiple RRHs, additional delay and phase/frequency calibration among TRPs may be needed. As the UE possesses more knowledge on DL channel conditions in both frequency division duplex (FDD) and time division duplex (TDD) , the need for inter-TRP calibration reporting measured from CSI-RSs is evident not only to expand the deployment scenario, but also to offer additional robustness to CJT operations. Besides, the CJT CSI does not reflect inter-TRP frequency offsets.
As of now, there is no effective way to report inter-TRP calibration. Thus, optimizing the inter-TRP calibration reporting especially in terms of both time misalignment reporting and frequency offset reporting is still an important issue to be solved.
According to embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a scheme for inter-TRP calibration. With this scheme, a terminal device determines, from a plurality of RS resource sets, one or more of a first reference RS resource set and a second reference RS resource set. Moreover, the terminal device transmits, to at least one network device of a plurality of network devices associated with the plurality of RS resource sets, one or more of: time misalignment information for a first RS resource set of the plurality of RS resource sets relative to the first reference RS resource set; or frequency offset information for a second RS resource set of the plurality of RS resource sets relative to the second reference RS resource set.
By reporting the relative time misalignment information and/or relative frequency offset information, it is allowed to facilitate inter-TRP calibration, and reduce signaling overhead efficiently. In this way, it is possible to improve the communication performance efficiently.
Hereinafter, principles and embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Reference is first made to FIG. 1A, which illustrates an example environment 100 in which example embodiments of the present disclosure can be implemented.
The environment 100, which may be a part of a communication network, may comprise a terminal device 110. The environment 100 may also comprise network devices 120-1, 120-2, …, 120-N (collectively or individually referred to as a network device 120) . For example, hereinafter, the network devices 120-1, 120-2, …, 120-N may comprise TRPs, and in this case, they may also be referred to as TRPs 120-1, 120-2, …, 120-N.
To transmit data and/or control information, the terminal device 110 may be configured to communicate with one or more of the TRPs 120-1, 120-2, …, 120-N. In the CJT, a terminal device may be served by one or more of the TRPs 120-1, 120-2, …, 120-N at the same time. As an example, the terminal device 110 and/or one or more of the TRPs 120-1, 120-2, …, 120-N may communicate with one or more further devices not shown in FIG. 1A.
In the environment 100, a link from the terminal device 110 to a TRP of the TRPs 120-1, 120-2, …, 120-N is referred to as an uplink, UL, link, while a link from a TRP of the TRPs 120-1, 120-2, …, 120-N to the terminal device 110 is referred to as a downlink, DL, link.
It is to be understood that the number of network devices, and terminal devices is
only for the purpose of illustration without suggesting any limitations. The environment 100 may include any suitable number of communication devices and any suitable number of communication links for implementing embodiments of the present disclosure. That is, embodiments of the present disclosure are not limited to the exemplary scenarios of FIG. 1A.
Communications in the environment 100 may be implemented according to any proper communication protocol (s) , comprising, but not limited to, the third generation (3G) , the fourth generation (4G) , the fifth generation (5G) , 5G beyond, or the sixth generation (6G) wireless local network communication protocols such as Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 and the like, and/or any other protocols currently known or to be developed in the future. Moreover, the communication may utilize any proper wireless communication technology, comprising but not limited to: multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) , orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) , time division multiplexing (TDM) , frequency division multiplexing (FDM) , code division multiplexing (CDM) , Bluetooth, ZigBee, and machine type communication (MTC) , enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) , massive machine type communication (mMTC) , ultra-reliable low latency communication (URLLC) , Carrier Aggregation (CA) , Dual Connection (DC) , and new radio unlicensed (NR-U) technologies.
FIG. 1B illustrates an example TRS configuration associated with some example embodiments of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 1B, in the frequency domain, a TRS resource occupies 3 subcarriers in a TRS symbol per PRB with the space of adjacent subcarriers of 4. Each TRS resource is associated with a single port with density 3, so TRS possesses higher frequency domain density to acquire more accurate time misalignment among multiple TRPs. A TRS resource set comprises 4 TRS resources.
FIG. 2 illustrates a signaling flow 200 between a terminal device and one or more network devices according to some example embodiments of the present disclosure. For the purpose of discussion, the signaling flow 200 will be described with reference to FIGs. 1A and 1B.
As shown in FIG. 2, the terminal device 110 determines (205) , from a plurality of RS resource sets, one or more of a first reference RS resource set and a second reference RS resource set. The plurality of RS resource sets may be associated with a plurality of network devices 120-1, 120-2, …, 120-N respectively. For example, an RS resource set of the plurality of RS resource sets may comprise a CSI-RS resource set, such as a TRS resource
set. For example, a CSI-RS resource set may contain one or more CSI-RS resources. For example, a TRS resource set may contain 2 or 4 TRS resources. The first reference RS resource set and/or the second reference RS resource set may be selected as a reference for inter-TRP calibration. For example, the first reference RS resource set may be determined as a reference for reporting inter-TRP time misalignment information, and the second reference RS resource set may be determined as a reference for reporting inter-TRP frequency offset information. For example, common or different reference RS resource sets may be determined as reference (s) for inter-TRP time misalignment and frequency offset reporting.
Inter-TRP time misalignment determination
In some example embodiments, the time misalignment τj (i.e. absolute time misalignment, which means that the time misalignment may be relative to zero-time misalignment or a common reference) may be measured and acquired by the terminal device 110 for an RS resource set (denoted as the j -th RS resource set) of the plurality of RS resource sets, where j=1, 2, …, N0, and N0 represents the number of the plurality of RS resource sets. The number of the plurality of RS resource sets may be associated with the number of the plurality of network devices 120-1, 120-2, …, 120-N potentially serving the terminal device 110.
In some cases where the TRS configuration as shown in FIG. 1B is used, the space of adjacent subcarriers is 4 for the TRS configuration, and thus the maximum measurable time misalignment τmax may bewhere Δf represents the subcarrier space (SCS) . Thus, the time misalignment τj for the j-th RS resource set may vary within a range ofi.e.,
In some cases where each PRB of a CSI-RS has only one subcarrier per CSI-RS port with the space of adjacent subcarriers per port of 12, the maximum measurable time misalignment τmax may beThus, the time misalignment τj for the j -th RS resource set may vary within a range ofi.e.,
In some example embodiments, the time misalignment τj may induce a phase ramp αj (t) , which may impact CJT performance among the plurality of network devices 120-1, 120-2, …, 120-N. For example, the phase ramp αj (t) in the precoding matrix indicator (PMI) subband t for the j-th RS resource set may be calculated as:
where t=0, 1, …, N3-1, N3 represents the number of PMI subbands in a frequency band in which the plurality of RS resource sets are in, andrepresents the number of PRBs in the PMI subband t in the frequency band (i.e., the PMI subband size) . N3 may be calculated as a function of the total number of PRBs in the frequency band, denoted as NPRB, the number of PRBs in a channel quality indicator (CQI) subband in the frequency band (i.e., CQI subband size) , denoted asand a higher-layer parameter R∈ {1, 2} . For example, N3 may be determined as follows:
The first reference RS resource set used as a reference for reporting inter-TRP time misalignment information may be determined in a variety of ways.
In some example embodiments, the first reference RS resource set may be determined by the terminal device 110. If an RS resource set of the plurality of RS resource sets is randomly selected as the first reference RS resource set, e.g., denoted as i -th RS resource set (i≠j) , its time misalignment τi may be determined as 0≤τi≤ τmax. The time misalignment (i.e., the relative time misalignment) for the j-th RS resource set relative to the i-th RS resource set may be calculated as Δτj=τj-τi. The variation range Δτj may vary within a range of -τmax≤Δτj≤ τmax, which is twice the original variation range [0, τmax] for the absolute time misalignment for one RS resource set. To control the variation range and quantization/reporting accuracy, a proper reference RS resource set may need to be selected from the plurality of RS resource sets as the reference for reporting time misalignment information.
As an example, the terminal device 110 may select a target RS resource set (also referred to as a first target RS resource set, and also denoted as i -th RS resource set) associated with the least time misalignment from the plurality of RS resource sets as the first reference RS resource set. The time misalignment for the j -th RS resource set may be larger than the time misalignment for the i -th RS resource set, i.e., τj≥τi for j= 1, 2, …, N0, j≠i. Thus the relative time misalignment Δτj between the j-th RS resource set and the first reference RS resource set (i.e. the i-th RS resource set) may vary within a
range of [0, τmax] .
In some example embodiments, the terminal device 110 may further transmit, to at least one of the plurality of network devices 120-1, 120-2, …, 120-N (for example, the network device 120-1) , an indication of the first reference RS resource set. For example, the terminal device 110 may report an index of the selected first reference RS resource set, for example, usingbits.
Alternatively or additionally, the first reference RS resource set may be pre-defined in the specification. In this case, the terminal device 110 may determine the first reference RS resource set based on the specification. One or more of the plurality of network devices 120-1, 120-2, …, 120-N may determine the first reference RS resource set accordingly.
Alternatively or additionally, the first reference RS resource set may be pre-configured, for example, via a higher layer signaling. In this case, the terminal device 110 may determine the first reference RS resource set based on the pre-configuration. One or more of the plurality of network devices 120-1, 120-2, …, 120-N may determine the first reference RS resource set accordingly.
After determining the first reference RS resource set, and obtaining the relative time misalignment of an RS resource set (also referred to as a first RS resource set) of the plurality of RS resource sets relative to the first reference RS resource set, a codebook (also referred to as a first codebook) may be used to quantize the relative time misalignment for reporting. For example, assuming that the relative time misalignment varies within the range of [0, τmax] , the codebook may be designed by dividing this range into Ntm parts and quantizing this range by usingbits. Thus, the granularity of the relative time misalignment quantization may beFor example, the first codebook may be composed of Ntm consecutive numbers {0, 1, …, Ntm-1} representing a plurality of quantization levels for the time misalignment reporting. The quantized relative time misalignmentfor the quantization level dj∈ {0, 1, …, Ntm-1} may be determined as
Based on the above discussions, two alternatives of the codebook design for inter-TRP relative time misalignment may be considered in terms of the configuration of the maximum measurable time misalignment τmax and the codebook size Ntm . In some cases where the TRS configuration as shown in FIG. 1B is used (where each PRB of TRS
has 3 subcarriers in a symbol and the space of adjacent subcarriers of 4) , the maximum measurable time misalignment τmax may beIn this case, as an example, the codebook size (i.e., the number of the quantization levels in the first codebook) may be determined based on the total number of subcarriers (which is associated with MPRB and the number of subcarriers in a PRB corresponding to a port of the plurality of RS resource sets) , for example, Ntm=3MPRB. As another example, the codebook size may be determined based on the total number of subcarriers and an oversampling factor Otm , for example, Ntm=3NPRBOtm. In some cases where each PRB of a CSI-RS has only one subcarrier per CSI-RS port with the space of adjacent subcarriers per port of 12, the maximum measurable relative time misalignment τmax may beIn this case, as an example, the codebook size may be determined based on NPRB and an oversampling factor Otm , for example, Ntm=NPRBOtm . Related calculation details associated with the codebook design may be shown in Table 1.
Table 1. Alternatives of the codebook design for inter-TRP time misalignment
On this basis, when determining the time misalignment information to be reported for the first RS resource set of the plurality of RS resource sets relative to the first reference RS resource set, the terminal device 110 may determine, for the first RS resource set, a quantization level (also referred to as a first quantization level) from the first codebook based
on the obtained time misalignment for the first RS resource set relative to the first reference RS resource set. As an example, the first quantization level may be determined as a quantization level dj∈ {0, 1, …, Ntm-1} of the first codebook, such that the obtained time misalignment and the quantized time misalignmenthave the smallest difference. Then, the determined first quantization level dj may be comprised in the time misalignment information for the first RS resource set.
Inter-TRP frequency offset determination
In some example embodiments, the frequency offset fj (i.e. absolute frequency offset, which means that the frequency offset may be relative to zero-frequency offset or a common reference) may be measured and acquired by the terminal device 110 for an RS resource set (denoted as the j-th RS resource set) of the plurality of RS resource sets, where j=1, 2, …, N0.
Considering that the maximum transmit frequency error may be specified in TS 38.104 in the 3GPP RAN4 and the most stringent requirement may be +/-0.05ppm for a wide area gNB, the frequency offset fj may vary within a range of -50CF≤fj≤50CF (for example, with the unit of Hz) , where CF represents the carrier frequency (for example with the unit of GHz) .
In some example embodiments, the frequency offset fj may induce a phase ramp which may impact CJT performance among the plurality of network devices 120-1, 120-2, …, 120-N. For example, the phase rampin time instance tl for a data transmission (where l=0, 1, … (e.g., continuous time slot l) ) for the j-th RS resource set may be calculated as:
The second reference RS resource set used as a reference for reporting inter-TRP frequency offset information may be determined in a variety of ways.
In some example embodiments, the second reference RS resource set may be determined by the terminal device 110. If an RS resource set of the plurality of RS resource sets is randomly selected as the second reference RS resource set, e.g., denoted as i-th RS resource set (i≠j) , its frequency offset fi may be determined as -fmax≤fi≤ fmax (for example, -50CF≤fi≤50CF) . The frequency offset (i.e., the relative frequency offset)
of the j-th RS resource set relative to the i-th RS resource set may be calculated as Δfj= fj-fi . The variation range Δfj may vary within a range of -2fmax≤Δfj≤ 2fmax (for example, -100CF≤Δfj≤ 100CF) , which is twice the original variation range [-fmax, fmax] for the absolute requency offset for one RS resource set. To control the variation range and quantization/reporting accuracy, a proper reference RS resource set may need to be selected from the plurality of RS resource sets for reporting frequency offset information.
As an example, the terminal device 110 may select a target RS resource set (also referred to as a second target RS resource set, and also denoted as i-th RS resource set) associated with the least frequency offset from the plurality of RS resource sets as the second reference RS resource set. The frequency offset for the j-th RS resource set may be larger than the frequency offset for the i-th RS resource set, i.e., fj≥fi for j=1, 2, …, N0, j≠ i. Thus the relative frequency offset Δfj between the j-th RS resource set and the first reference RS resource set may vary within a range of [0, 2fmax] , which has the same size of the original range of [-fmax, fmax] for the absolute requency offset for one RS resource set.
In some example embodiments, the terminal device 110 may further transmit, to at least one of the plurality of network devices 120-1, 120-2, …, 120-N (for example, the network device 120-1) , an indication of the second reference RS resource set. For example, the terminal device 110 may report an index of the selected second reference RS resource set, for example, usingbits.
Alternatively or additionally, the second reference RS resource set may be pre-defined in the specification. In this case, the terminal device 110 may determine the second reference RS resource set based on the specification. One or more of the plurality of network devices 120-1, 120-2, …, 120-N may determine the first reference RS resource set accordingly.
Alternatively or additionally, the second reference RS resource set may be pre-configured, for example, via a higher layer signaling. In this case, the terminal device 110 may determine the second reference RS resource set based on the pre-configuration. One or more of the plurality of network devices 120-1, 120-2, …, 120-N may determine the first reference RS resource set accordingly.
After determining the second reference RS resource set, and obtaining the relative
frequency offset of an RS resource set (also referred to as a second RS resource set) relative to the second reference RS resource set, a codebook (also referred to as a second codebook) may be used to quantize the relative frequency offset for reporting. For example, assuming that the relative frequency offset varies within a range of [0, Fmax] (i.e., Fmax=2fmax, for example, 100 CF) , the codebook may be designed by dividing this range into Nfo parts and quantizing this range by usingbits. Thus, the granularity of the relative frequency offset quantization may beFor example, the second codebook may be composed of Nfo consecutive numbers {0, 1, …, Nfo-1} representing a plurality of quantization levels for the frequency offset reporting. The quantized relative time misalignmentfor the quantization level cj∈ {0, 1, …, Nfo-1} may be determined as
Based on the above discussions, a codebook design for inter-TRP relative frequency offset may be considered in terms of the configuration of the maximum measurable relative frequency offset Fmax and the codebook size Nfo. Related calculation details associated with the codebook design may be shown in Table 2.
Table 2. Codebook design for inter-TRP frequency offset
On this basis, when determining the frequency offset information to be reported for the second RS resource set of the plurality of RS resource sets relative to the second reference RS resource set, the terminal device 110 may determine, for the second RS resource set, a quantization level (also referred to as a second quantization level) from the second codebook based on the obtained frequency offset for the second RS resource set relative to the second
reference RS resource set. As an example, the second quantization level may be determined as a quantization level cj∈ {0, 1, …, Nfo-1} of the second codebook, such that the obtained frequency offset and the quantized frequency offsethave the smallest difference. Then, the determined second quantization level cj may be comprised in the frequency offset information for the second RS resource set.
As shown in FIG. 2, after determining the time misalignment information for the first RS resource set relative to the first reference RS resource set, and/or the frequency offset information for the second RS resource set relative to the second reference RS resource set as described above, the terminal device 110 transmits (210) , to the network device 120-1, one or more of the time misalignment information or the frequency offset information. Alternatively or additionally, the terminal device 110 may transmit (215) , to one or more of the network devices 120-2, …, 120-N (for example, the network device 120-N) , one or more of the time misalignment information or the frequency offset information
After receiving the time misalignment information or the frequency offset information from the terminal device 110, the network device 120-1 determines (220) one or more of a first phase ramp for the first RS resource set relative to the first reference RS resource set based on the time misalignment information, or a second phase ramp for the second RS resource set relative to the second reference RS resource set based on the frequency offset information. Alternatively or additionally, one or more of the network devices 120-2, …, 120-N (for example, the network device 120-N) may determine (225) the phase ramp (s) based on the time misalignment information and/or the frequency offset information likewise.
In some example embodiments, the network device 120-1 may determine the time misalignment (i.e. quantized relative time misalignment) for the first RS resource set relative to the first reference RS resource set based on the first quantization level (i.e., dj) comprised in the received time misalignment information for the first RS resource set. For example, the network device 120-1 may then determine the quantized relative time misalignment for the first RS resource set relative to the first reference RS resource set as
In some example embodiments, the network device 120-1 may then determine the first phase ramp (i.e. a relative phase ramp) for the first RS resource set relative to the first reference RS resource set based on the determined time misalignment for the first RS
resource set relative to the first reference RS resource set. For example, the network device 120-1 may determine the first phase rampin the PMI subband t for the j-th RS resource set relative to the first reference RS resource set (i.e., i -th RS resource set) as follows:
In the cases where the TRS configuration as shown in FIG. 1B is used, the first phase ramp for the j-th RS resource set relative to the i-th RS resource set may be determined as In the cases where each PRB of a CSI-RS has only one subcarrier per CSI-RS port with the space of adjacent subcarriers per port of 12, the first phase ramp for the j-th RS resource set relative to the i-th RS resource set may be determined as
In some example embodiments, the network device 120-1 may determine the frequency offset (i.e. quantized relative frequency offset) for the second RS resource set relative to the second reference RS resource set based on the second quantization level (i.e., cj) comprised in the received frequency offset information for the second RS resource set. For example, the network device 120-1 may determine the quantized relative frequency offset for the second RS resource set relative to the second reference RS resource set as
In some example embodiments, the network device 120-1 may then determine the second phase ramp (i.e. a relative phase ramp) for the second RS resource set relative to the second reference RS resource set based on the determined frequency offset for the second RS resource set relative to the second reference RS resource set. For example, the network device 120-1 may determine the second phase rampin the time instance tl (e.g., continuous time slot l ) for the j -th RS resource set, relative to the second reference RS resource set (i.e., i-th RS resource set) follows:
On the basis of the obtained first phase ramp for the first RS resource set relative to the first reference RS resource set and/or the obtained second phase ramp for the second RS resource set relative to the second reference RS resource set, the plurality of network devices
120-2, …, 120-N may perform phase adjustments relative to the first reference RS resource set and/or the second reference RS resource set for CJT.
According to some embodiments with reference to FIG. 2, by introducing a codebook design scheme to quantize and report inter-TRP time misalignment and frequency offset information respectively, it is allowed to facilitate inter-TRP calibration, reduce signaling overhead efficiently, and thus improve the communication performance.
FIG. 3 illustrates a flowchart 300 of a method implemented at a terminal device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure. For the purpose of discussion, the method 300 will be described from the perspective of the terminal device 110 with reference to FIG. 1A.
At block 310, the terminal device 110 determines, from a plurality of reference signal (RS) resource sets, one or more of a first reference RS resource set and a second reference RS resource set. At block 320, the terminal device 110 transmits, to at least one network device of the plurality of network devices 120-2, …, 120-N associated with the plurality of RS resource sets, one or more of: time misalignment information for a first RS resource set of the plurality of RS resource sets relative to the first reference RS resource set; or frequency offset information for a second RS resource set of the plurality of RS resource sets relative to the second reference RS resource set.
In some example embodiments, the terminal device 110 may further transmit, to the at least one network device, one or more of an indication of the first reference RS resource set, or an indication of the second reference RS resource set.
In some example embodiments, to determine the first reference RS resource set, the terminal device 110 may select, from the plurality of RS resource sets, a first target RS resource set associated with a least absolute time misalignment; and determine the first target RS resource set as the first reference RS resource set.
In some example embodiments, to determine the second reference RS resource set, the terminal device 110 may select, from the plurality of RS resource sets, a second target RS resource set associated with a least absolute frequency offset; and determine the second target RS resource set as the second reference RS resource set.
In some example embodiments, a first codebook may be used to represent a plurality of quantization levels for reporting time misalignment information, and the time misalignment information may comprise a first quantization level of the first codebook. In
some example embodiments, to determine the first quantization level, the terminal device 110 may obtain a time misalignment for the first RS resource set relative to the first reference RS resource set; and determine the first quantization level from the first codebook based on the obtained time misalignment. In some example embodiments, a number of the plurality of quantization levels in the first codebook may be determined based on one or more of: a number of physical resource blocks (PRBs) in a frequency band, the plurality of RS resource sets being in the frequency band; a number of subcarriers in a PRB corresponding to a port of the plurality of RS resource sets; or an oversampling factor.
In some example embodiments, a second codebook may be used to represent a plurality of quantization levels for reporting frequency offset information, and the frequency offset information may comprise a second quantization level of the second codebook. In some example embodiments, to determine the second quantization level, the terminal device 110 may obtain a frequency offset for the second RS resource set relative to the second reference RS resource set; and determine the second quantization level from the second codebook based on the obtained frequency offset.
FIG. 4 illustrates a flowchart 400 of a method implemented at a network device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure. For the purpose of discussion, the method 400 will be described from the perspective of the network device 120 with reference to FIG. 1A.
At block 410, the network device 120 receives, from a terminal device, one or more of:time misalignment information for a first reference signal (RS) resource set of a plurality of RS resource sets relative to a first reference RS resource set; or frequency offset information for a second RS resource set of the plurality of RS resource sets relative to a second reference RS resource set. At block 420, the network device 120 determines one or more of: a first phase ramp for the first RS resource set relative to the first reference RS resource set based on the time misalignment information, or a second phase ramp for the second RS resource set relative to the second reference RS resource set based on the frequency offset information.
In some example embodiments, the network device 120 may further receive, from the terminal device, one or more of an indication of the first reference RS resource set, or an indication of the second reference RS resource set.
In some example embodiments, a first codebook may be used to represent a plurality
of quantization levels for reporting time misalignment information, and the time misalignment information may comprise a first quantization level of the first codebook. In some example embodiments, the network device 120 may further determine a time misalignment for the first RS resource set relative to the first reference RS resource set based on the first quantization level. In some example embodiments, to determine the first phase ramp, the network device 120 may determine the first phase ramp based on the time misalignment. In some example embodiments, a number of the plurality of quantization levels in the first codebook may be determined based on one or more of: a number of physical resource blocks (PRBs) in a frequency band, the plurality of RS resource sets being in the frequency band; a number of subcarriers in a PRB corresponding to a port of the plurality of RS resource sets; or an oversampling factor.
In some example embodiments, a second codebook may be used to represent a plurality of quantization levels for reporting frequency offset information, and the frequency offset information may comprise a second quantization level of the second codebook. In some example embodiments, the network device 120 may further determine a frequency offset for the second RS resource set relative to the second reference RS resource set based on the second quantization level. In some example embodiments, to determine the second phase ramp, the network device 120 may determine the second phase ramp based on the frequency offset.
In some example embodiments, an apparatus capable of performing the method 300 (for example, the terminal device 110) may comprise means for performing the respective steps of the method 300. The means may be implemented in any suitable form. For example, the means may be implemented in a circuitry or software module.
In some example embodiments, the apparatus comprises means for determining, from a plurality of reference signal (RS) resource sets, one or more of a first reference RS resource set and a second reference RS resource set; and means for transmitting, to at least one network device of a plurality of network devices associated with the plurality of RS resource sets, one or more of: time misalignment information for a first RS resource set of the plurality of RS resource sets relative to the first reference RS resource set; or frequency offset information for a second RS resource set of the plurality of RS resource sets relative to the second reference RS resource set.
In some example embodiments, the terminal apparatus further comprises means for
transmitting, to the at least one network device, one or more of an indication of the first reference RS resource set, or an indication of the second reference RS resource set.
In some example embodiments, the means for determining the first reference RS resource set comprises means for selecting, from the plurality of RS resource sets, a first target RS resource set associated with a least absolute time misalignment; and means for determining the first target RS resource set as the first reference RS resource set.
In some example embodiments, the means for determining the second reference RS resource set comprises means for selecting, from the plurality of RS resource sets, a second target RS resource set associated with a least absolute frequency offset; and means for determining the second target RS resource set as the second reference RS resource set.
In some example embodiments, a first codebook is used to represent a plurality of quantization levels for reporting time misalignment information, and the time misalignment information comprises a first quantization level of the first codebook. In some example embodiments, the means for determining the first quantization level comprises means for obtaining a time misalignment for the first RS resource set relative to the first reference RS resource set; and means for determining the first quantization level from the first codebook based on the obtained time misalignment. In some example embodiments, a number of the plurality of quantization levels in the first codebook is determined based on one or more of: a number of physical resource blocks (PRBs) in a frequency band, the plurality of RS resource sets being in the frequency band; a number of subcarriers in a PRB corresponding to a port of the plurality of RS resource sets; or an oversampling factor.
In some example embodiments, a second codebook is used to represent a plurality of quantization levels for reporting frequency offset information, and the frequency offset information comprises a second quantization level of the second codebook. In some example embodiments, the means for determining the second quantization level comprises means for obtaining a frequency offset for the second RS resource set relative to the second reference RS resource set; and means for determining the second quantization level from the second codebook based on the obtained frequency offset.
In some example embodiments, an apparatus capable of performing the method 400 (for example, the network device 120) may comprise means for performing the respective steps of the method 400. The means may be implemented in any suitable form. For example, the means may be implemented in a circuitry or software module.
In some example embodiments, the apparatus comprises means for receiving, from a terminal device, one or more of: time misalignment information for a first reference signal (RS) resource set of a plurality of RS resource sets relative to a first reference RS resource set; or frequency offset information for a second RS resource set of the plurality of RS resource sets relative to a second reference RS resource set; and means for determining one or more of: a first phase ramp for the first RS resource set relative to the first reference RS resource set based on the time misalignment information, or a second phase ramp for the second RS resource set relative to the second reference RS resource set based on the frequency offset information.
In some example embodiments, the apparatus further comprises means for receiving, from the terminal device, one or more of an indication of the first reference RS resource set, or an indication of the second reference RS resource set.
In some example embodiments, a first codebook is used to represent a plurality of quantization levels for reporting time misalignment information, and the time misalignment information comprises a first quantization level of the first codebook. In some example embodiments, the apparatus further comprises means for determining a time misalignment for the first RS resource set relative to the first reference RS resource set based on the first quantization level. In some example embodiments, the means for determining the first phase ramp comprises means for determining the first phase ramp based on the time misalignment. In some example embodiments, a number of the plurality of quantization levels in the first codebook is determined based on one or more of: a number of physical resource blocks (PRBs) in a frequency band, the plurality of RS resource sets being in the frequency band; a number of subcarriers in a PRB corresponding to a port of the plurality of RS resource sets; or an oversampling factor.
In some example embodiments, a second codebook is used to represent a plurality of quantization levels for reporting frequency offset information, and the frequency offset information comprises a second quantization level of the second codebook. In some example embodiments, the apparatus further comprises means for determining a frequency offset for the second RS resource set relative to the second reference RS resource set based on the second quantization level. In some example embodiments, the means for determining the second phase ramp comprises means for determining the second phase ramp based on the frequency offset.
FIG. 5 illustrates a simplified block diagram of a device 500 that is suitable for implementing some example embodiments of the present disclosure. The device 500 may be provided to implement the communication device, for example, the terminal device 110, or a network device of the network devices 120-2, …, 120-N as shown in FIG. 1A. As shown, the device 500 includes one or more processors 510, one or more memories 520 coupled to the processor 510, and one or more communication modules 540 coupled to the processor 510.
The communication module 540 is for bidirectional communications. The communication module 540 has at least one antenna to facilitate communication. The communication interface may represent any interface that is necessary for communication with other network elements.
The processor 510 may be of any type suitable to the local technical network and may include one or more of the following: general purpose computers, special purpose computers, microprocessors, digital signal processors (DSPs) and processors based on multicore processor architecture, as non-limiting examples. The device 500 may have multiple processors, such as an application specific integrated circuit chip that is slaved in time to a clock which synchronizes the main processor.
The memory 520 may include one or more non-volatile memories and one or more volatile memories. Examples of the non-volatile memories include, but are not limited to, a Read Only Memory (ROM) 524, an electrically programmable read only memory (EPROM) , a flash memory, a hard disk, a compact disc (CD) , a digital video disk (DVD) , and other magnetic storage and/or optical storage. Examples of the volatile memories include, but are not limited to, a random access memory (RAM) 522 and other volatile memories that will not last in the power-down duration.
A computer program 530 includes computer executable instructions that are executed by the associated processor 510. The program 530 may be stored in the ROM 524. The processor 510 may perform any suitable actions and processing by loading the program 530 into the RAM 522.
The embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented by means of the program 530 so that the device 500 may perform any process of the disclosure as discussed with reference to FIG. 2. The embodiments of the present disclosure may also be implemented by hardware or by a combination of software and hardware.
In some example embodiments, the program 530 may be tangibly contained in a computer readable medium which may be included in the device 500 (such as in the memory 520) or other storage devices that are accessible by the device 500. The device 500 may load the program 530 from the computer readable medium to the RAM 522 for execution. The computer readable medium may include any types of tangible non-volatile storage, such as ROM, EPROM, a flash memory, a hard disk, CD, DVD, and the like.
FIG. 6 illustrates a block diagram of an example of a computer readable medium 600 in accordance with some example embodiments of the present disclosure. The computer readable medium 600 has the program 530 stored thereon. It is noted that although the computer readable medium 600 is depicted in form of CD or DVD in FIG. 6, the computer readable medium 600 may be in any other form suitable for carrying or holding the program 530.
Generally, various embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented in hardware or special purpose circuits, software, logic or any combination thereof. Some aspects may be implemented in hardware, while other aspects may be implemented in firmware or software which may be executed by a controller, microprocessor or other computing device. While various aspects of embodiments of the present disclosure are illustrated and described as block diagrams, flowcharts, or using some other pictorial representations, it is to be understood that the block, apparatus, system, technique or method described herein may be implemented in, as non-limiting examples, hardware, software, firmware, special purpose circuits or logic, general purpose hardware or controller or other computing devices, or some combination thereof.
The present disclosure also provides at least one computer program product tangibly stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium. The computer program product includes computer-executable instructions, such as those included in program modules, being executed in a device on a target real or virtual processor, to carry out the method as described above with reference to any of FIGS. 3 and 4. Generally, program modules include routines, programs, libraries, objects, classes, components, data structures, or the like that perform particular tasks or implement particular abstract data types. The functionality of the program modules may be combined or split between program modules as desired in various embodiments. Machine-executable instructions for program modules may be executed within a local or distributed device. In a distributed device, program modules may be located in both local and remote storage media.
Program code for carrying out methods of the present disclosure may be written in any combination of one or more programming languages. These program codes may be provided to a processor or controller of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or other programmable data processing apparatus, such that the program codes, when executed by the processor or controller, cause the functions/operations specified in the flowcharts and/or block diagrams to be implemented. The program code may execute entirely on a machine, partly on the machine, as a stand-alone software package, partly on the machine and partly on a remote machine or entirely on the remote machine or server.
In the context of the present disclosure, the computer program codes or related data may be carried by any suitable carrier to enable the device, apparatus or processor to perform various processes and operations as described above. Examples of the carrier include a signal, computer readable medium, and the like.
The computer readable medium may be a computer readable signal medium or a computer readable storage medium. A computer readable medium may include but not limited to an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, or device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. More specific examples of the computer readable storage medium would include an electrical connection having one or more wires, a portable computer diskette, a hard disk, a random access memory (RAM) , a read-only memory (ROM) , an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or Flash memory) , an optical fiber, a portable compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM) , an optical storage device, a magnetic storage device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. The term “non-transitory, ” as used herein, is a limitation of the medium itself (i.e., tangible, not a signal) as opposed to a limitation on data storage persistency (e.g., RAM vs.ROM) .
Further, while operations are depicted in a particular order, this should not be understood as requiring that such operations be performed in the particular order shown or in sequential order, or that all illustrated operations be performed, to achieve desirable results. In certain circumstances, multitasking and parallel processing may be advantageous. Likewise, while several specific implementation details are contained in the above discussions, these should not be construed as limitations on the scope of the present disclosure, but rather as descriptions of features that may be specific to particular embodiments. Certain features that are described in the context of separate embodiments may also be implemented in combination in a single embodiment. Conversely, various
features that are described in the context of a single embodiment may also be implemented in multiple embodiments separately or in any suitable sub-combination.
Although the present disclosure has been described in languages specific to structural features and/or methodological acts, it is to be understood that the present disclosure defined in the appended claims is not necessarily limited to the specific features or acts described above. Rather, the specific features and acts described above are disclosed as example forms of implementing the claims.
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- A terminal device comprising:at least one processor; andat least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the terminal device at least to:determine, from a plurality of reference signal (RS) resource sets, one or more of a first reference RS resource set and a second reference RS resource set; andtransmit, to at least one network device of a plurality of network devices associated with the plurality of RS resource sets, one or more of:time misalignment information for a first RS resource set of the plurality of RS resource sets relative to the first reference RS resource set; orfrequency offset information for a second RS resource set of the plurality of RS resource sets relative to the second reference RS resource set.
- The terminal device of claim 1, wherein the terminal device is further caused to:transmit, to the at least one network device, one or more of an indication of the first reference RS resource set, or an indication of the second reference RS resource set.
- The terminal device of claim 1 or 2, wherein the terminal device is caused to determine the first reference RS resource set by:selecting, from the plurality of RS resource sets, a first target RS resource set associated with a least absolute time misalignment; anddetermining the first target RS resource set as the first reference RS resource set.
- The terminal device of any of claims 1-3, wherein the terminal device is caused to determine the second reference RS resource set by:selecting, from the plurality of RS resource sets, a second target RS resource set associated with a least absolute frequency offset; anddetermining the second target RS resource set as the second reference RS resource set.
- The terminal device of any of claims 1-4, wherein a first codebook is used to represent a plurality of quantization levels for reporting time misalignment information, and the time misalignment information comprises a first quantization level of the first codebook.
- The terminal device of claim 5, wherein the terminal device is caused to determine the first quantization level by:obtaining a time misalignment for the first RS resource set relative to the first reference RS resource set; anddetermining the first quantization level from the first codebook based on the obtained time misalignment.
- The terminal device of claim 5 or 6, wherein a number of the plurality of quantization levels in the first codebook is determined based on one or more of:a number of physical resource blocks (PRBs) in a frequency band, the plurality of RS resource sets being in the frequency band;a number of subcarriers in a PRB corresponding to a port of the plurality of RS resource sets; oran oversampling factor.
- The terminal device of any of claims 1-7, wherein a second codebook is used to represent a plurality of quantization levels for reporting frequency offset information, and the frequency offset information comprises a second quantization level of the second codebook.
- The terminal device of claim 8, wherein the terminal device is caused to determine the second quantization level by:obtaining a frequency offset for the second RS resource set relative to the second reference RS resource set; anddetermining the second quantization level from the second codebook based on the obtained frequency offset.
- A network device comprising:at least one processor; andat least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the network device at least to:receive, from a terminal device, one or more of:time misalignment information for a first reference signal (RS) resource set of a plurality of RS resource sets relative to a first reference RS resource set; orfrequency offset information for a second RS resource set of the plurality of RS resource sets relative to a second reference RS resource set; anddetermine one or more of: a first phase ramp for the first RS resource set relative to the first reference RS resource set based on the time misalignment information, or a second phase ramp for the second RS resource set relative to the second reference RS resource set based on the frequency offset information.
- The network device of claim 10, wherein the network device is further caused to:receive, from the terminal device, one or more of an indication of the first reference RS resource set, or an indication of the second reference RS resource set.
- The network device of 10 or 11, wherein a first codebook is used to represent a plurality of quantization levels for reporting time misalignment information, and the time misalignment information comprises a first quantization level of the first codebook.
- The network device of claim 12, wherein the network device is further caused to:determine a time misalignment for the first RS resource set relative to the first reference RS resource set based on the first quantization level.
- The network device of claim 13, wherein the network device is caused to determine the first phase ramp by:determining the first phase ramp based on the time misalignment.
- The network device of any of claims 12-14, wherein a number of the plurality of quantization levels in the first codebook is determined based on one or more of:a number of physical resource blocks (PRBs) in a frequency band, the plurality of RS resource sets being in the frequency band;a number of subcarriers in a PRB corresponding to a port of the plurality of RS resource sets; oran oversampling factor.
- The network device of any of claims 10-15, wherein a second codebook is used to represent a plurality of quantization levels for reporting frequency offset information, and the frequency offset information comprises a second quantization level of the second codebook.
- The network device of claim 16, wherein the network device is further caused to:determine a frequency offset for the second RS resource set relative to the second reference RS resource set based on the second quantization level.
- The network device of claim 17, wherein the network device is caused to determine the second phase ramp by:determining the second phase ramp based on the frequency offset.
- A method comprising:determining, at a terminal device, from a plurality of reference signal (RS) resource sets, one or more of a first reference RS resource set and a second reference RS resource set; andtransmitting, at the terminal device, to at least one network device of a plurality of network devices associated with the plurality of RS resource sets, one or more of:time misalignment information for a first RS resource set of the plurality of RS resource sets relative to the first reference RS resource set; orfrequency offset information for a second RS resource set of the plurality of RS resource sets relative to the second reference RS resource set.
- A method comprising:receiving, at a network device, from a terminal device, one or more of:time misalignment information for a first reference signal (RS) resource set of a plurality of RS resource sets relative to a first reference RS resource set; orfrequency offset information for a second RS resource set of the plurality of RS resource sets relative to a second reference RS resource set; anddetermining, at the network device, one or more of: a first phase ramp for the first RS resource set relative to the first reference RS resource set based on the time misalignment information, or a second phase ramp for the second RS resource set relative to the second reference RS resource set based on the frequency offset information.
- An apparatus comprising:means for determining, at a terminal device, from a plurality of reference signal (RS) resource sets, one or more of a first reference RS resource set and a second reference RS resource set; andmeans for transmitting, at the terminal device, to at least one network device of a plurality of network devices associated with the plurality of RS resource sets, one or more of:time misalignment information for a first RS resource set of the plurality of RS resource sets relative to the first reference RS resource set; orfrequency offset information for a second RS resource set of the plurality of RS resource sets relative to the second reference RS resource set.
- An apparatus comprising:means for receiving, at a network device, from a terminal device, one or more of:time misalignment information for a first reference signal (RS) resource set of a plurality of RS resource sets relative to a first reference RS resource set; orfrequency offset information for a second RS resource set of the plurality of RS resource sets relative to a second reference RS resource set; andmeans for determining, at the network device, one or more of: a first phase ramp for the first RS resource set relative to the first reference RS resource set based on the time misalignment information, or a second phase ramp for the second RS resource set relative to the second reference RS resource set based on the frequency offset information.
- A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising program instructions for causing an apparatus to perform at least the method of claim 20 or 21.
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