Communication device having antenna arrays configured based on open/closed position of housing

A communication device enables associating a closed position and an open position of a movable housing positionably coupled to a base housing of the communication device with alternate ones of first and second modes of antenna communication that respectively utilize an antenna array of a first sub-array aligned or not aligned in a second sub-array. The first array of first antenna(s) is housed within the base housing. The second sub-array of second antenna(s) is housed within the movable housing. The controller monitors a housing sensor positioned to detect the closed position and the open position. In response to identifying the mode, the controller configures a modem to use an excitation matrix associated with the mode comprising magnitude and phase settings to apply to each antenna of the first and the second sub-arrays to act either independently or as an array.

Method and apparatus for downlink and uplink channel state information acquisition

The present disclosure relates to a pre-5 ...

Multi-way switch, radio frequency system, and wireless communication device

A multi-way switch, a radio frequency system, and a wireless communication device are provided. The multi-way switch includes six T ports and four P ports. The six T ports include two first T ports and each of the two first T ports is coupled with all of the four P ports. The two first T ports support only a transmission function. The multi-way switch is configured to be coupled with a radio frequency circuit and an antenna system of a wireless communication device operable in a dual-frequency dual-transmit mode. The antenna system includes four antennas corresponding to the four P ports.

BI-DIRECTIONAL HIGH POWER USER EQUIPMENT

A wireless device comprises a transmitter chain receiving a transmit signal from a UE. The transmitter chain amplifies the transmit signal to produce an amplified transmit signal that is transmitted to a BS. A receiver chain receives a receive signal from the BS. The receiver chain amplifies the receive signal to produce an amplified receive signal which is transmitted to the UE. A second receiver chain receives a second receive signal from the BS. The second receiver chain amplifies the second receive signal to produce a second amplified receive signal that is transmitted to the UE. The gain of the transmitter chain, the receive gain and the second receive chain are balanced. The transmitter chain, the receiver chain, and the second receiver chain each comprise a transmit variable attenuator, with gains set by a controller.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UPLINK MIMO TRANSMISSION

Embodiments are provided for efficient uplink multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) transmission and retransmission schemes. The embodiments include determining transmission rank and stream for MIMO when there are pending retransmissions on one stream. When retransmitting previously failed transmitted data at a user device, the rank and stream are determined according to a relation between a defined minimum TBS and a TBS selected for transmission according to an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) transport format combination (E-TFC) selection procedure. An embodiment method includes detecting, at a user device, failed transmission of data on a secondary stream. If the selected TBS is less than the minimum TBS, then the user device selects rank-1 for retransmitting, on the primary stream, the data in the failed transmission regardless of rank indication by the network. Otherwise, the user device selects rank-2 for retransmitting, on the secondary stream, the data given a rank-2 indication ...

Antenna mode rollback method, base station and terminal

Terminal and multi-antenna-based communication method thereof and storage device

Radio frequency circuit and control method, mobile terminal thereof

Wi-Fi control method, mobile terminal and computer readable storage medium

PLATFORM-RELAY COMMUNICATION DATA FROM ONE OR MORE SATELLITES TELEMESURES (O) (O) OBSERVATION FED BAND TOWARDS THE GROUND

Une plateforme-relais de communications d'un système spatial d'observation, embarquée à bord d'un aéronef (34) évoluant au-dessus des nuages, comprend une première interface de réception (104) pour démoduler des données de télémesures d'au moins un satellite défilant d'observation (4, 6), une deuxième interface d'émission (108) pour moduler et émettre les données reçues vers au moins une station sol de destination (12, 14, 16). La plateforme-relais comporte une première chaîne de décryptage/cryptage à double niveau descendant (204) des données de télémesures rapatriées depuis au moins un satellite d'observation défilant(s) (4, 6) vers la ou les stations sol de destination (12, 14, 16).

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING BEAM IN MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM

The present disclosure relates to a communications method for fusing a 5G communications system for supporting a higher data transmission rate than a 4G system with an IoT technology, and a system thereof. The communications method of the present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail business, security, safety-related services, and the like) based on a 5G communications technology and an IoT-related technology. Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for reselecting a beam and selecting an appropriate beam to be camped on to allow a terminal to receive a service in a next generation mobile communications system operated based on the beam. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the method of the present invention comprises the steps of: receiving system information including first beam reselection priority information; receiving a radio resource ...

DETERMINATION CIRCUIT AND APPARATUS, MOBILE TRANSCEIVER, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, METHOD FOR DETERMINING, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND STORAGE TO DETERMINE A SPATIAL TRANSMISSION MODE

Examples provide a determination circuit and apparatus, a mobile transceiver, a communication device, a method for determining, a computer program and a storage to determine a spatial transmission or reception mode. The determination circuit (10) is configured to determine a spatial transmission or reception mode for a mobile transceiver (100). The determination circuit (10) comprises at least one sensor (12) configured to sense attenuating object information, and a control module (14) configured to determine the spatial transmission or reception mode based on the sensed attenuating object information. The control module (14) is configured to control the spatial transmission or reception mode of the mobile transceiver (100).

SIGNALLING FOR NETWORK ASSISTANCE FOR UAV BEAM SELECTION

Inter-alia, a method (100') is disclosed comprising: causing a transmission of user equipment related information to a user equipment via a wireless communication network, wherein the user equipment related information comprises for each cell of a set of one or more cells of the wireless communication network: (i) an identifier of the respective cell; and (ii) directional information between the respective cell and the user equipment. It is further disclosed an according apparatus, computer program and system.

TRANSMITTING DEVICE COOPERATION

A system of transmitting devices for a wireless communication network includes multiple transmitting devices which transmit a joint data signal in parallel to a receiving device. One of the transmitting devices is established as a master transmitting device and at least one other transmitting devices is established as a slave transmitting device. Respective reference times are set for the master transmitting device and for the slave transmitting device(s). Each of the cooperating transmitting devices begins counting the same number of sampling intervals from their respective reference times. After counting the sampling intervals, each of the cooperating transmitting devices transmits the joint data signal.

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING UPLINK TRANSMISSION POWER IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

The present disclosure relates to a 5th generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate than a 4th generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE). A method for operating a terminal in a wireless communication system may comprise the steps of: receiving a first signal by using a first number of antennas during a first downlink interval; receiving a second signal by using a second number of antennas during a second downlink interval; and transmitting a third signal by using the second number of antennas during an uplink interval, with output power compensated on the basis of the first signal and the second signal.

SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL (SRS) TRANSMIT ANTENNA SELECTION

Methods and apparatuses relate to sounding reference signal (SRS) transmit antenna selection in wireless communication systems. For example, a user equipment (UE) may select, from a set of antennas, a subset of antennas for SRS transmission based on at least one antenna selection parameter. The UE may further transmit, on an uplink communication channel, the SRS using the subset of antennas to a network entity. In some aspects, the at least one antenna selection parameter may include a reference signal receive power (RSRP) value, a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) value, a spectrum efficiency value, and/or an SNR value and a channel correlation value.

METHOD FOR PERFORMING BEAM SWEEPING BY TERMINAL SUPPORTING SIDELINK IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND TERMINAL THEREFOR

Disclosed is a method for performing beam sweeping by a first terminal supporting sidelink in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the method may comprise the steps of: receiving, from a second terminal, a request message for an initial beam search; transmitting, to the second terminal, a response message including information on a start point of beam sweeping; and performing the beam sweeping for the second terminal on the basis of the start point of the beam sweeping.

DETECTION OF A CELL AND AN ANTENNA BEAM

A system comprising a first access node that provides a first beacon and a second access node that provides a second beacon, the system further comprising a terminal device that performs, in parallel or semi-parallel, a first beam sweep and a second beam sweep, wherein the first beam sweep is performed by a first antenna panel and the second beam sweep is performed by a second antenna panel the terminal device obtains results from the first and the second beam sweep, wherein the results comprise at least a power measurement, and, based on the results, the terminal device identifies one of the first or the second access node and initiates a connection to the identified first or the second access node.

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BEAM SELECTION IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for converging an IoT technology with a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate beyond a 4G system, and a system therefor. The present disclosure may be applied to an intelligent service (for example, a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car or connected car, healthcare, digital education, retail business, a security and safety related service, or the like) on the basis of a 5G communication technology and an IoT related technology. Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for reselecting a beam and selecting an appropriate beam to be camped on, by a terminal, in order to be provided with a service in a next generation mobile communication system operating on the basis of a beam. Disclosed according to an embodiment of the present invention are a method and an apparatus for performing the same, the method comprising the steps of: receiving system information including first beam reselection ...

TECHNIQUES FOR CONFIGURING DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION FOR MULTI-BEAM FULL-DUPLEX OPERATION

Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for configuring multi-beam full-duplex communication that allows a device (e.g., user equipment (UE) or base station) to contemporaneously perform both uplink and downlink communication over the same frequency band. Because of the full duplex communication capability provided by the present disclosure, the NR system may achieve reduced latency and improved spectrum and resource efficiency, thereby accommodating a growing demands for the wireless communication. The full duplex communication capability may be achieved by implementing downlink control information (DCI) format that specifies to the UE the beam assignments for contemporaneous transmission (Tx) and reception (Rx). Particularly, beams may be selected such that the beam(s) assigned for communication are independent and uncorrelated, and therefore provide sufficient beam diversity in order to mitigate the limitations of current systems, including self-interference that has hindered ...

METHOD AND DEVICE IN A NODE USED FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION

The present disclosure provides a method and device in a node for wireless communication. A first node receives a first signaling; transmits a first signal, a first reference signal and a first demodulation reference signal in the first time-frequency resource block set; and transmits a second signal, a second reference signal and a second demodulation reference signal in the second time-frequency resource block set. A third antenna port is an antenna port transmitting the first reference signal, a fourth antenna port is an antenna port transmitting the second reference signal, and both a port number of the third antenna port and a port number of the fourth antenna port are a target antenna port number; a first antenna port is an antenna port transmitting the first demodulation reference signal, and the third antenna port is associated with the first antenna port; a second antenna port is an antenna port transmitting the second demodulation reference signal, and the fourth antenna port ...

BEAM MANAGEMENT FOR PHYSICAL UPLINK SHARED CHANNELS IN DENSE DEPLOYMENTS

A user equipment (UE) in a wireless network may receive Downlink Control Information (DCI) that schedules Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) for non-codebook-based and/or codebook-based PUSCH operation. The UE may be configured with a Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) resource set for each codebook-based operation and non-codebook-based operation. The UE may transmit using a codebook base operation in a first set of PUSCH occasions and transmit using a non-codebook-based operation in a second set of PUSCH occasions. The DCI may include multiple SRS Resource Indicator (SRI) fields pertaining to different sets of PUSCH occasions. Similarly, DCI may include information pertaining to a number of layers for precoding for a set of PUSCH occasions.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING NETWORK INDICATIONS FOR SELECTING ASYMMETRIC UPLINK (UL) ANTENNA PANELS AT USER EQUIPMENT (UE)

A method for wireless communication includes: receiving, at a base station: (1) a capability report for each of a plurality of antenna panels of a first user device; and (2) an initial antenna panel index for the first user device; transmitting, to the first user device, configuration information corresponding to each antenna panel of the plurality; selecting first configuration information corresponding to the antenna panel with the initial antenna panel index; and receiving a first uplink transmission from the first user device, wherein the first user device uses a selected first antenna panel corresponding to the initial antenna panel index and the first configuration information corresponding to the selected first antenna panel. In other aspects, rather than initially transmitting configuration information corresponding to each antenna panel, the base station may transmit the configuration information for each panel as it is selected by the first user device for an uplink transmission ...

BEAM REFINEMENT TECHNIQUES IN MILLIMETER WAVE SYSTEMS

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that provide for refinement of receive beam beamforming parameters at a user equipment (UE). A UE may transmit two or more signals in an uplink transmission that have different beamforming parameters. A base station receiving the uplink transmission may measure the two or more signals, and identify a first signal of the two or more signals based at least in part on the measuring. The base station may inform the UE of the identified first signal, which the UE may use to set receive beam beamforming parameters for one or more subsequent downlink transmissions.

Systems and Methods for Opportunistic Antenna Selection

The present disclosure relates to opportunistically selecting an antenna in an electronic device having multiple antennas. A baseband processor of the electronic device may connect to a first cellular tower providing cellular service at a first frequency using a first antenna of the electronic device. The baseband processor may then receive an indication of a handover event to a second cellular tower operating at a second frequency. The baseband processor may determine signal measurements of the second cellular tower for each antenna of the electronic device that is capable of operating at the second frequency. The baseband processor may execute a handover to the second cellular tower using the antenna associated with the best performing signal measurements. In this manner, an antenna may be opportunistically selected based on performance of the antenna, improving operation of the electronic device and quality of cellular service.

Method and apparatus for operating an antenna co-existence controller

A mobile information handling system may comprise a plurality of transceiving antennas transmitting N×N WLAN signals and M×M WWAN signals according to a preset antenna configuration, mounted in a case for the mobile information handling system and a processor executing machine readable executable code instructions of the dynamic wireless antenna co-existence control system to receive an indication of co-location interference and an identification of the M×M WWAN signals as a victim signal negatively impacted by the co-location interference, instruct a first interference controller operably connected to the processor and a first tunable impedance matching circuit to route the victim signal from a first one of the plurality of transceiving antennas to a WWAN radio modem via the first tunable impedance matching circuit, and instruct the first tunable impedance matching circuit to apply an impedance adjustment that maximizes the port isolation of an antenna port for the first WWAN transceiving ...

Method for improving transmission rate in mesh network

A client terminal sends a signal to a wireless access device. The wireless access device receives the signal, determines channel state information corresponding to the client terminal according to identity information of the client terminal in the signal, and calculates data sent by the client terminal according to the channel state information and the signal. The client terminal sends a request signal for acquiring channel state information, wherein the request signal includes identity information of the client terminal. The wireless access device receives the request signal, obtains the channel state information corresponding to the client terminal according to the identity information of the client terminal in the request signal, and sends the obtained channel state information to the client terminal. The client terminal receives the channel state information and the signal and calculates the data sent to the client terminal according to the channel state information and the signal.

METHODS AND DEVICES FOR UPLINK DIVERSITY TRANSMISSION

METHODS OF RF COMPLIANCE FOR TERMINAL

GROUP COMMON FULL-DUPLEX (FD) BEAM

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECONFIGURING SELECTIVELY-ACTIVATABLE ANTENNA PANELS USED FOR PERFORMING RADIO MEASUREMENTS OF DOWNLINK SIGNALS

An apparatus, comprising: means for obtaining radio environment information related to at least one downlink signal received by a user equipment using at least one currently-active reception antenna panel of a plurality of selectively-activatable reception antenna panels; and means for reconfiguring at least one of the plurality of selectively-activatable reception antenna panels to be used for performing radio measurements of a downlink signal to be one of active and inactive in response to a variation in the radio environment information.

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION BASED ON SPATIAL PARAMETER IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

A method and an apparatus for performing transmission and reception based on a spatial parameter in a wireless communication system are disclosed. A method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may comprise: receiving configuration information for a unified transmission configuration indicator (TCI) scheme; receiving information indicating a plurality of TCI states based on the unified TCI scheme; and performing uplink transmission or downlink reception based on at least one TCI state among the plurality of TCI states. The at least one TCI state may be determined based on at least one of a pre-defined rule or indication information related to application of the plurality of TCI states.

СПОСОБ И УСТРОЙСТВО ОБРАБОТКИ СЛУЖЕБНОГО СИГНАЛА И УСТАНАВЛИВАЕМОЕ В ПОМЕЩЕНИИ ПОЛЬЗОВАТЕЛЯ УСТРОЙСТВО

Изобретение относится к способу и устройству обработки служебного сигнала, которые используют в устанавливаемом в помещении пользователя устройстве (CPE). Технический результат заключается в увеличении скорости обработки служебного сигнала. Способ включает в себя следующее: получают информацию об уровне сигнала текущей служебной антенны, соответствующей текущей службе; получают первый свободный временной интервал структуры кадра текущего служебного сигнала и второй свободный временной интервал структуры кадра другого служебного сигнала; получают момент синхронизации первого свободного временного интервала и второго свободного временного интервала; управляют текущей служебной антенной с целью ее отсоединения от радиочастотного канала текущей служебной антенны; управляют другой служебной антенной, соответствующей другой службе, с целью ее переключения на радиочастотный канал текущей служебной антенны в полученный момент синхронизации и далее получают/передают тестовый сигнал; управляют другой ...

METHOD FOR INDICATING A DM-RS ANTENNA PORT IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

A control information interpretation method for use in a mobile communication system including a terminal and a base station, wherein the terminal receives, from the base station, control information including transport block information and DeModulation Reference Signal (DM-RS) antenna port allocation indication information, checks a number of the transport blocks allocated to the terminal based on the transport block information, and interpreting the DM-RS antenna port allocation indication information according to the number of transport blocks.

Antenna control method and device and storage medium

Expansion LET B42 band bandwidth of mobile terminal and its realizing method

Logistics bar code data network transmission device

Stable communication data transmitting and receiving terminals of signal

Vehicle -mounted terminal

Method and apparatus for synchronizing and propagating state information in a wireless link

WiFi control method, mobile terminal and computer-readable storage medium

For virtualized antenna in a wireless communication system method and apparatus

In having a large number of antenna system in the communication system of the random access method and device

Electronic equipment and antenna switching method thereof

Methods and apparatus for antenna switching are provided. Wireless signals are transmitted and received by a specific antenna module of the plurality of antenna modules. When the temperature of the specific antenna module exceeds a predetermined value, state information on each of one or more other antenna modules of the plurality of antenna modules is acquired. A temperature of a particular antenna module is measured by a respective sensor module of the plurality of sensor modules. Each sensor module of the plurality of sensor modules is included in a respective antenna module of the plurality of antenna modules, or disposed in proximity to a respective antenna module of the plurality of antenna modules. Based on the acquired state information, the specific antenna module is switched to an antenna module selected from the one or more other antenna modules.

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING DATA IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

The present invention relates to a 5th generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system for providing a data transfer rate higher than that of a 4th generation (4G) communication system, such as long term evolution (LTE). A terminal device according to various embodiments of the present invention includes at least one processor, a base station, and at least one transceiver. The transceiver receives indication information from the base station in order to control a beamforming action of the terminal according to whether or not channel reciprocity is satisfied, receives a reference signal from the base station, and transfers uplink data to the base station based on the indication information and the reference signal. COPYRIGHT KIPO 2018 (510) Base station (520) Terminal (610) Uplink / downlink beam management (620) Indication information (630) Reference signal (640) Precoder determination (650) Transmit an uplink ...

ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR INCLUDING ANTENNA ARRAY

WI-FI SIGNAL TRANSCEIVING APPARATUS

A Wi-Fi signal transceiving apparatus, comprising a wireless hotspot apparatus (100), a bandpass filter apparatus (200), a frequency translation apparatus (300), an antenna switch apparatus (400), and an antenna apparatus (500), the wireless hotspot apparatus (100) being connected to the bandpass filter apparatus (200), the bandpass filter apparatus (200) being connected to the frequency translation apparatus (300), the frequency translation apparatus (300) being connected to the wireless antenna switch apparatus (400), and the antenna switch apparatus (400) being connected to the antenna apparatus (500), the antenna apparatus (500) comprising at least two antenna array layers (510) in a stacked arrangement, and the antenna array layers (510) being connected to the antenna switch apparatus (400).

ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SIGNALS

The present invention relates to an electronic device and, more particularly, to an electronic device and a method for transmitting and receiving signals. To this end, the electronic device according to the present invention may comprise: a transceiving unit comprising a first group of power amplifiers (PAs) including at least one PA and a second group of PAs including at least one PA; an antenna unit comprising a first antenna selectively coupled to a PA supporting a first frequency range or a second frequency range of the first group of PAs and the second group of the PAs, and a second antenna selectively coupled to a PA supporting the second frequency range or a third frequency range of the first group of PAs and the second group of the PAs; a power supply unit comprising a first power supply modulator connected to the first group of PAs and a second power supply modulator connected to the second group of PAs; and a communication processor for changing an output voltage at least in part ...

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DIFFERENTIAL BEAMFORMING BASED RANDOM ACCESS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The present disclosure provides a differential beamforming based random access method, base station, and user equipment, wherein the differential beamforming based random access method comprises, by a base station: receiving a preamble sequence from a first terminal in a differential beamforming receiving mode; determining a base station beam direction angular deviation based on the preamble sequence; and adjusting a base station beam according to the base station beam direction angular deviation, and transmitting a random access response signal to the first terminal through the adjusted base station beam. In the present disclosure, by detecting a base station beam direction angular deviation in a differential beamforming receiving mode, a base station receiving beam can be ...

WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD

For each of a plurality of positional relationships between a transmission device and a reception device, antenna pair sets of a plurality of transmission antennas and a plurality of reception antennas that each provide an optimum throughput, and first measurement results of the plurality of reception antennas that have received a training signal are associated and stored. In a stop position related to data communication between the transmission device and the reception device, a second measurement result of the plurality of reception antennas that have received the training signal, and the stored respective first measurement results are compared in order to select an antenna pair set corresponding to the stop position, and in accordance with the antenna pair set corresponding to the stop position, wireless links are established between the plurality of transmission antennas and the plurality of reception antennas.

METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR HANDLING BEAM FAILURE

Some embodiments of this disclosure provide a method (700) performed by one or more transmission points, TRPs (150, 950), for communicating with a user equipment, UE (101). In some embodiments, the method includes: using (s702) a first transmit, TX, beam (102) to communicate with the UE (101); receiving (s704), from the UE (101), information indicating that the UE (101) has determined that the first TX beam (102) has experienced a beam failure; and after the information is received, using (s706) a second TX beam (104) to communicate with the UE (101).

BEAMFORMED MEASUREMENT FOR NEW RADIO (NR)

Embodiments of the present disclosure describe methods, apparatuses, storage media, and systems for adequately measuring reference signals while a user equipment (UE) uses beamforming for optimal receiving. Embodiments describe how a UE may measure received-beamformed reference signals as well as how to determine a reported value while multiple beams are measured or a receiver diversity is in use by the UE. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

RADIO FREQUENCY SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE

Disclosed are a radio frequency system and an electronic device. The radio frequency system comprises a radio frequency transceiver, a radio frequency processing circuit, a selector switch module, a first antenna, a second antenna, a third antenna, and a fourth antenna; the radio frequency processing circuit comprises a first transmitting module, a second transmitting module, a first receiving module, a second receiving module, a first duplexer, a second duplexer, a first selection switch, and a first filtering module; when the radio frequency system works in a non-independent networking mode, the first antenna is used for transmission of a first low-frequency band and primary reception of the first low-frequency band, the second antenna is used for transmission of a second low-frequency band and primary reception of the second low-frequency band, the third antenna is used for diversity reception of the second low-frequency band, the fourth antenna is used for diversity reception of the ...

UPLINK POWER CONTROL FOR ADVANCED WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS

The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4thGeneration (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method of a user equipment (UE) for an uplink power control is provided. The method comprises transmitting, to a base station (BS), UE capability information including a full power transmission capability of the UE, receiving, from the BS, downlink control information (DCI) including a transmit precoding matrix indicator (TPMI), determining a power level for each antenna port at the UE based on the full power transmission capability of the UE and the TPMI, and transmitting ...

FLEXIBLE COMB-BASED REFERENCE SIGNALS

Multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) devices and non-MIMO devices may implement a flexible comb-based design for transmission of reference signals, such as demodulation reference signals (DMRSs). User equipment (UEs) of different ranks may use the flexible comb-based design to transmit the reference signals in a common comb pattern within an allocated bandwidth. UEs using as many antenna ports as combs in the common comb pattern may transmit a different reference signal using a different antenna port over each comb, while UEs using fewer antenna ports than combs may concatenate combs, so that the UEs may transmit a reference signal using a single antenna port over multiple combs. Using the flexible comb-based design, a base station may be capable of better manage inter-cell interference and multiplexing of different rank UEs in shared resource blocks (RBs) may be supported.

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING PHYSICAL UPLINK SHARED CHANNEL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

A method for transmitting a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) by a terminal in a wireless communication system according to one embodiment of the present specification comprises the steps of: receiving configuration information related to PUSCH; receiving downlink control information (DCI) that schedules the PUSCH; and transmitting the PUSCH on the basis of the DCI. The DCI includes a specific field. On the basis that the specific field indicates at least one SRS resource related to simultaneous transmission across multi-panel (STxMP), the PUSCH is characterized by being transmitted on the basis of a plurality of panels.

BEAMFORMING OF HARMONICS

Apparatus and methods related to beamforming of harmonics are provided herein. In certain implementations, a communication device for operating in a wireless network is provided. The communication device includes an antenna array including a plurality of antenna elements that generate a plurality of receive signals in response to a radio wave, a plurality of signal conditioning circuits operatively associated with the plurality of antenna elements and that condition the plurality of receive signals to provide beamforming of a receive beam, and a beam control circuit that controls the plurality of signal conditioning circuits to provide beam steering of the receive beam based on a direction of one or more harmonic lobes of the receive beam.

TECHNIQUES FOR ACTIVATING OR DEACTIVATING ANTENNA PANELS AT A USER EQUIPMENT

Aspects described herein relate to activating, by a user equipment (UE), or causing activation of, by a base station, one or more antenna panels at the UE. An action time for activating or deactivating the one or more antenna panels may also be used to allow processing time related to activation or deactivation of the antenna panels.

Antenna arrangement and method for antenna arrangement

An antenna arrangement is described. The antenna arrangement comprises an antenna array that includes a first antenna element having a first feed point, and a second antenna element having a second feed point. The antenna arrangement further comprises a signal processing device configured to receive an input signal (Sin), obtain a first complex weight (w1), obtain a second complex weight (w2), generate a first feed signal (a1) based on the input signal (Sin) and the first complex weight (w1), generate a second feed signal (a2) based on the input signal (Sin) and the second complex weight (w2), provide the first feed signal (a1) to the first feed point, and provide the second feed signal (a2) to the second feed point so as to control the frequency characteristic of the antenna array. A method for such an antenna arrangement is also described.

Techniques and apparatuses for switching between a single antenna subarray operation and a multiple antenna subarray operation for different traffic types

A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus may receive an indication of a traffic type, wherein the indication is received via a first radiofrequency (RF) band. The apparatus may configure the apparatus to switch from a first antenna subarray operation that uses a first set of antenna subarrays to a second antenna subarray operation that uses a second set of antenna subarrays based at least in part on receiving the indication of the traffic type, wherein the second antenna subarray operation uses a second RF band for a communication. The apparatus may transmit the communication using the second antenna subarray operation.

METHOD FOR UPLINK BEAM INDICATION AND DEVICE

A method for uplink beam indication and a device are provided. The method includes: indicating by a base station dynamically, a transmission beam of a first uplink signal, to a terminal through transmission beam indication information. The first uplink signal includes at least one of: a sounding reference signal SRS or a signal transmitted on a physical uplink control channel PUCCH.

Receiving Module, Transmitting Module, and Radio Frequency System

A receiving module and related products are provided. The receiving module is disposed adjacent to an antenna group corresponding to the receiving module and includes one or more signal receiving channels, a first transfer switch, and a second transfer switch. Each of the one or more signal receiving channels includes a filter and a low noise amplifier coupled with the filter. The first transfer switch is coupled with the one or more signal receiving channels and is configured to be coupled with an antenna in the antenna group. The second transfer switch is coupled with the one or more signal receiving channels and is configured to be coupled with a transmitting module and/or a radio frequency transceiver. The first transfer switch or the second transfer switch includes an n1Pn2T switch, and n1 is a positive integer and n2 is an integer greater than or equal to 2.

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING POSITION USING BEAMFORMING

According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a method in which a terminal transmits position measurement information in a radio communication system. The method that is performed by the terminal includes triggering a beam positioning mechanism, receiving a beam positioning-related signal from a base station, measuring the beam positioning-related signal, acquiring position measurement information based on the measured beam positioning-related signal, and transmitting the acquired position measurement information to the base station. The position measurement information is acquired based on beamforming configuration.

Enhanced sounding reference signaling for uplink beam tracking

Apparatus, systems, and methods to implement enhanced sounding reference signaling for uplink (UL) beam tracking in communication systems are described. In one example, an apparatus of an evolved Node B (eNB) comprising processing circuit to broadcast system information about one or more sets of uplink transmit time intervals and bandwidths available for a sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission from a first user equipment (UE), configure one or more UE-specific SRS processes for the first UE for uplink beam tracking, and configure one or more millimeter wave access points (mmW APs) to transmit a mmW signal to the first UE and receive a mmW signal from the first UE. Other examples are also disclosed and claimed.

DYNAMIC ANTENNA SELECTION IN MILLIMETER WAVE SYSTEMS

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING TRANSMISSION POWER IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

The present disclosure relates to a communication technique converging a 5G communication system with loT technology to support a higher data transmission rate compared to a 4G system. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, healthcare, digital education, retail, security- and safety-related services) based on 5G communication technology and loT-related technology. The present invention relates to a method for controlling transmission power of a terminal in a wireless communication system. More particularly, a method for the terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: receiving a power control command from a base station; determining a power control value according to the power control command; determining power control information according to the power control command: determining the number of RF chains required for power control based ...

USER EQUIPMENT BEAM CORRESPONDENCE

A method comprises: determining, at a user equipment, user equipment current operating conditions; identifying whether an antenna configuration for maintaining correspondence between user equipment transmission and reception beams is stored by the user equipment for the user equipment current operating conditions; and when the antenna configuration is identified, applying the antenna configuration for maintaining correspondence between the user equipment transmission and reception beams.

METHOD FOR UPLINK TRANSMISSION

DCI BASED DL TCI STATE AND UL TCI STATE ACTIVATION

METHODS AND PROCEDURES FOR SIMULTANEOUS TRANSMISSIONS AND RECEPTION

System for testing wireless communication equipment employing antennas

TRANSMISSION OF REFERENCE SIGNALS FROM A TERMINAL DEVICE

There is provided mechanisms for transmission of reference signals. A method is performed by a terminal device. The terminal device comprises at least two physical antenna ports. The method comprises creating a virtual antenna port for, and applied over, at least two of the physical antenna ports. The method comprises transmitting, in the virtual antenna port, as many uplink reference signals as there are physical antenna ports.

Built-in antenna compatible equipment and communication system

Multi-path selector switch and wireless communication equipment

Electronic device and control method thereof

Antenna switching device and mobile terminal

Antenna switching method, multi-antenna terminal and computer readable storage medium

Antenna mode switching method and mobile terminal

Antenna allocation device and method and wireless access device

ELECTRONIC DEVICE PERFORMING COMMUNICATION BASED ON BEAMFORMING AND METHOD THEREFOR

MOBILE TERMINAL PERFORMING RANDOM ACCESS USING PLURALITY OF ANTENNA ARRAYS AND RANDOM ACCESS METHOD THEREOF

Disclosed are a mobile device performing random access using a plurality of antenna arrays and a random access method thereof. The disclosed mobile terminal comprises: a preamble generation unit for generating N_1 (an integer of 2 or more) random access preambles; and N_a (an integer of 2 or more smaller than N_1) antenna arrays for generating N_1 transmission beams in one or more time sections through beamforming. In each of the one or more time sections, the N_a antenna arrays generate N_a transmission beams among the N_1 transmission beams, and transmit N_a random access preambles among the N_1 random access preambles through the N_a transmission beams. COPYRIGHT KIPO 2018 ...

무선 통신 시스템에서 상향링크 데이터 전송 방법 및 이를 위한 장치

... 무선 통신 시스템에서 단말의 코드북 기반 PUSCH(Physical Uplink Shared Channel) 전송 방법에 있어서, UL(uplink) 전송 스케줄링을 위한 DCI(downlink control information)를 수신하는 단계; 상기 DCI에 포함된 프리코딩 정보에 기초하여 상기 코드북 기반 PUSCH 전송을 수행하는 단계; 를 포함할 수 있다.

BEAM TRAINING IN LARGE BANDWIDTH MILLIMETER WAVE SYSTEMS

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may be configured with a set of beamforming weights, each beamforming weight corresponding to a transmit beam of a set of transmit beams that may each include a same primary lobe and one or more different side lobes. The UE may then perform a beam training procedure to determine which transmit beams cause more or less interference at one or more nearby UEs. The UE may transmit signals using one or more of the transmit beams, and the nearby UEs may determine which transmit beams and corresponding beamforming weights cause more or less interference. The nearby UEs may then indicate those transmit beams or beamforming weights that cause more or less interference via different options.

METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING UPLINK DATA IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS THEREFOR

A method for transmitting a codebook-based physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) of a terminal in a wireless communication system may comprise: a step of receiving downlink control information (DCI) for uplink (UL) transmission scheduling; and a step of performing the codebook-based PUSCH transmission on the basis of precoding information included in the DCI.

MOBILE TERMINAL SUPPORTING BEAM FORMING, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MOBILE TERMINAL

The present invention relates to a mobile terminal supporting beam forming, the mobile terminal being characterized by comprising: a plurality of antennas which form a plurality of array antennas; a plurality of beam formers which are respectively connected to the plurality of array antennas, and form beams in different directions for each of the array antennas; and a radio frequency IC (RFIC) which has a plurality of output ports respectively connected to the plurality of beam formers, and controls the plurality of beam formers such that signals are input to at least a portion of the plurality of ports to form a beam in a specific direction.

SUBBAND PRECODING CONFIGURATION BASED ON A TRANSMIT POWER PARAMETER FOR UPLINK COMMUNICATIONS

Wireless communications systems and methods related to wireless communications in a system are provided. A user equipment (UE) may receive from a base station (BS), a subband precoding configuration indicating a plurality of precoders for a plurality of subbands based on a transmit power parameter, where each precoder of the plurality of precoders is configured for one subband of the plurality of subbands. Additionally, the UE may transmit to the BS, a communication signal in the plurality of subbands using the plurality of precoders, where the transmitted communication signal satisfies the transmit power parameter.

FREQUENCY OFFSET ADJUSTMENT FOR BEAM SWITCHING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS

Techniques for wireless communications are described that provide for adjustment of a frequency offset based on switching between uplink/downlink (UL/DL) transmission/reception beam pairs between a UE and a base station. A connection may be established via a first UL/DL transmission/reception beam pair and a frequency tracking loop may be established to correct for frequency error (e.g., due to Doppler shift) of received transmissions at a receiving device. In cases where a beam switch is performed, and the UE and base station switch from the first to a second UL/DL transmission/reception beam pair, a frequency offset difference between the first and second UL/DL transmission/reception beam pairs may be applied to the frequency tracking loop. The frequency offset difference may be obtained from a table of frequency offset measurements of multiple beam pairs using associated reference signal transmissions.

METHOD FOR PERFORMING UPLINK TRANSMISSION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS THEREFOR

The present specification relates to a method for performing uplink transmission in a wireless communication system. More particularly, a method performed by a terminal comprises the steps of: transmitting a PRACH preamble to a base station on the basis of a transmission unit indicating a physical layer resource set; receiving, from the base station, a random access response (RAR) including a TA value; and transmitting the uplink signal on the basis of the RAR, wherein transmission unit setting information about the transmission unit, set in the terminal, is transmitted through the PRACH preamble or the uplink signal to the base station.

UPLINK TRANSMISSIONS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK

A method performed by a station (121) for enabling an Uplink, UL, transmission to an access point (110) in a wireless communications network (100) is provided. The station (121) determines a UL transmission rank for an UL transmission to the access point (110). Then, the station (121) transmits, to the access point (110), a message on a contention- based transmission resource in the wireless communications network (100) comprising information indicating the determined UL transmission rank. A station (121) for enabling an UL transmission to an access point (110) in a wireless communications network (100) is also provided. Furthermore, an access point (110) and a method performed therein for enabling an UL transmission from a station (121) in a wireless communications network (100) are also provided.

MULTI-CHANNEL WIRELESS SIGNAL TRANSCEIVING APPARATUS

A multi-channel wireless signal transceiving apparatus comprises a three-dimensional antenna device (100), antenna switch devices (200), signal processing devices (300) and a controller (400). The three-dimensional antenna device (100) comprises at least two antenna array layers (110) stacked one above the other and connected to the antenna switch devices (200). The antenna switch devices (200) are connected to the signal processing devices (300). The signal processing devices (300) are connected to the controller (400). There are two or more antenna switch devices (200) respectively connected to the corresponding antenna array layers (110). The number of signal processing devices (300) is equal to the number of antenna switch devices (200). The respective signal processing devices (300) are connected to the corresponding antenna switch devices (200).

AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH A PLURALITY OF ANTENNA CIRCUITRIES AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME

According to various embodiments of the disclosure, a portable communication device may include: a processor, a communication circuit, at least one first type antenna circuit, and at least one second type antenna circuit, wherein the at least one first type antenna circuit may include an antenna array configured to transmit and/or receive a signal, a power amplifier and a low noise amplifier, wherein the processor may be configured to control the portable communication device to transmit a transmit signal through the at least one first type antenna circuit, and to receive a receive signal through at least one selected from the at least one first type antenna circuit and the at least one second type antenna circuit.

ULTRA WIDEBAND (UWB) LINK CONFIGURATION METHODS AND SYSTEMS

Ultra-Wideband (UWB) technology is a wireless technology for the transmission of large amounts of digital data as modulated coded impulses over a very wide frequency spectrum with very low power over a short distance. However, to support their deployment in a wide range of applications it would be beneficial to provide solutions which: exploit multiple directive antennas oriented in different directions to ensure spatial filtering of undesired signals and increase signal strength; exploit dynamic configuration of the multi-pulse bundles employed to transmit the bits/symbols within the packets to enhance link quality of service; exploit dynamic configuration of the band or bands which the transmitter operates upon; and exploit antenna sub-systems providing omnidirectional radiation patterns with implementations offering filtering and balun functions with small footprint and low cost.

MONITORING PERIODIC REFERENCE SIGNALS

Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for monitoring periodic reference signals. One method (1000) includes detecting (1002), at a device, for reception of a periodic downlink reference signal from at least a first beam, a number of consecutive occurrences of: an interference level being greater than an interference level threshold; a listen-before-talk failure; or a combination thereof. In some embodiments, the method (1000) includes determining (1004) whether the number of consecutive occurrences is greater than a predetermined threshold. In certain embodiments, the method (1000) includes, in response to the number of consecutive occurrences being greater than the predetermined threshold: monitoring (1006) to receive the periodic downlink reference signal from a second beam; terminating the monitoring for the reception of the downlink reference signal from at least the first beam for a time period; or a combination thereof.

DETERMINING TIMING OFFSET FOR IMPROVED POSITIONING ACCURACY

Disclosed is a method comprising selecting a reference point associated with a position of a terminal device (302), determining a timing offset associated with one or more first antenna panels (304), wherein the timing offset is determined based at least partly on the reference point, and applying the timing offset to the one or more first antenna panels (305).

DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING DATA IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

Disclosed is a 5th generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4th generation (4th) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE). A device of a terminal, according to various embodiments of the disclosure, can comprise at least one processor and at least one transceiver, which: receives, from a base station, indication information which is determined according to whether channel reciprocity with the base station is satisfied and which is for controlling a beamforming operation of the terminal; and receives, from the base station, a reference signal and transmits uplink data to the base station on the basis of the indication information and the reference signal.

System and method for beam switching and reporting

Methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable mediums associated with a user equipment (UE) and a base station are provided for herein. In aspects, a UE may receive, from a base station, a beam modification command indicating at least one beam index for communicating through at least one beam on at least one channel. In an aspect, each beam index of the at least one beam index may indicate at least a direction for communicating through a corresponding beam of the at least one beam. The UE may communicate, with the base station, through the at least one beam corresponding to the at least one beam index on the at least one channel.

Method and communication device for feeding back and receiving pre-coding control indication information

The present invention relates to the field of wireless network communications, and provides a method and a device for receiving and sending Pre-coding Control Indication (PCI) information in uplink Multiple-Input Multiple Output (MIMO) transmission or uplink Closed Loop Transmit Diversity (CLTD) transmission, so as to solve a problem that the uplink MIMO communication from a terminal to a Base Station (BS) is unable to be realized in the prior art. A BS transmitting method includes carrying a code sequence, which represents PCI information, in a feedback channel of a BS. The beneficial effect of the present invention is: by feeding back the PCI information, the terminal realizes the maximization of a block length supported by an existing channel condition after the uplink MIMO is introduced, so as to improve an uplink transmission rate.

System and method for synthetic voice generation and modification

Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for generating a synthetic voice. A system configured to practice the method combines a first database of a first text-to-speech voice and a second database of a second text-to-speech voice to generate a combined database, selects from the combined database, based on a policy, voice units of a phonetic category for the synthetic voice to yield selected voice units, and synthesizes speech based on the selected voice units. The system can synthesize speech without parameterizing the first text-to-speech voice and the second text-to-speech voice. A policy can define, for a particular phonetic category, from which text-to-speech voice to select voice units. The combined database can include multiple text-to-speech voices from different speakers. The combined database can include voices of a single speaker speaking in different styles. The combined database can include voices of different languages.

Orthogonal Resource Selection Transmit Diversity

Methods are disclosed for transmitting a plurality of information bits using resource selection on multiple antennas. In one or more embodiments, the methods include: selecting a first and a second orthogonal resource from an allocation of more than two orthogonal resources according to the state of the plurality of information bits; transmitting a first symbol in a first symbol instant on a first antenna using the first orthogonal resource; and transmitting a second symbol in the first symbol instant on a second antenna using the second orthogonal resource. In some embodiments, the first and second orthogonal resources are different and the first symbol is either a reference symbol or a modulation symbol.

Method and apparatus for data transmission based on distributed discrete power control in cooperative multi-user multi-input multi-output system

Disclosed are a method and apparatus capable of enhancing a closed loop multi-input multi-output (MIMO) capacity through distributed discrete power control in the case of cooperatively transmitting information to multiple users through a downlink.

Communication method, and transmitting apparatus and receiving apparatus using that communication method

A transmission apparatus includes a plurality of antennas and a frame configurator that selects, in a first unit time either a first transmitting method which transmits a modulated signal from at least one of the plurality of antennas, or a second transmitting method which transmits a plurality of modulated signals from the plurality of antennas, for a first carrier group arranged for a first terminal and either the first transmitting method or the second transmitting method for a second carrier group arranged for a second terminal. The frame configurator selects, in a second unit time either the first transmitting method or the second transmitting method for the first carrier group arranged for a third terminal and either the first transmitting method or the second transmitting method for the second carrier group arranged for a fourth terminal, wherein each of carrier groups includes one or more sub-carriers.

Joint uplink data processing by plural base stations

Joint uplink processing by plural base stations includes sending, by a serving base station, a request for uplink resources of a second base station for receiving uplink data of a mobile station. The serving base station receives first uplink data from the mobile station, and the serving base station further receives (from the second base station) second uplink data of the mobile station received by the second base station using the uplink resources specified by the request.

Method and apparatus for downlink multiuser mimo transmission in a wireless network

A base station transmits to a number of relay stations in a wireless network using a beamforming matrix. The beamforming matrix is generated by first obtaining a column vector from a beamforming matrix associated with each of the relay stations. An intermediate matrix is then generated using these column vectors. A zero-forcing procedure is then utilized to process the intermediate network to generate the final beamforming matrix.

Radio Base Station; Radio Network Controller and Methods Therein

Embodiments herein relate to a method in a radio base station ( 12,12′ ) for handling Uplink Closed Loop Transmit Diversity, UL CLTD. The radio base station ( 12,12′ ) is configured to control UL CLTD of a user equipment ( 10 ) served by the radio base station ( 12,12′ ). The radio base station receives from a radio network controller ( 15 ) an indication indicating removal of UL CLTD. The radio base station ( 12,12′ ) then removes UL CLTD related operation for the user equipment ( 10 ) based on the received indication.

Communication device and method for generating beamforming link

A communication device which generates a beamforming link between the communication device and an external device is provided. The communication device includes: a beamforming link generating unit which generates a first beamforming link between a first antenna of a plurality of antennas of the communication device and the external device, and which generates a second beamforming link between a second antenna of the plurality of antennas of the communication device and the external device; and a transmission unit which transmits data to the external device via each of the first beamforming link and the second beamforming link.

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SEND BEAMFORMING AND MULTIPLE USER SCHEDULING FOR MULTIPLE SECTOR COOPERATIVE TRANSMISSION IN A MULTIPLE ANTENNA SYSTEM

A Tx beamforming method for multi-sector cooperative transmission in a multi-antenna system includes determining a transmission mode of sector boundary users according to a channel condition; determining a multi-sector cooperative Tx beam for supporting multiple users, based on the transmission mode of the user; determining a user combination for multi-sector cooperative beamforming by considering the determined multi-sector cooperative Tx beam; and performing sector cooperative Tx beamforming with the determined user combination. Thus, the overall system capacity can be enhanced. 1. A transmit (Tx) beamforming method for multi-sector cooperative transmission in a multi-antenna system , the method comprising:determining a transmission mode of sector boundary users according to a channel condition;determining a multi-sector cooperative Tx beam for supporting multiple users based on the transmission mode of the sector boundary users;determining a user combination for multi-sector cooperative beamforming by considering the determined multi-sector cooperative Tx beam; andperforming sector cooperative Tx beamforming with the determined user combination.2. The Tx beamforming method of claim 1 , wherein determining the transmission mode of the sector boundary users according to the channel condition comprises:determining a first maximum Signal-to-Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR) when a user operates in a first transmission mode, and a second maximum SINR when the user operates in a second transmission mode; anddetermining the transmission mode by comparing the first maximum SINR and the second maximum SINR,wherein the first transmission mode is selected when the first maximum SINR is greater than the second maximum SINR, and the second transmission mode is selected when the first maximum SINR is smaller than the second maximum SINR.3. The Tx beamforming method of claim 2 , wherein the first transmission mode is an Instantaneous channel Sector Cooperation (ISC) mode ...

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DIVERSITY SERVICE ANTENNA IN PORTABLE TERMINAL

An apparatus and method configure a diversity antenna in a portable terminal. The apparatus includes a first antenna, a second antenna, a first communication unit for processing a first communication scheme signal communicated through the first antenna, a second communication unit for processing a second communication scheme signal communicated through the second antenna, and a control unit for configuring the first antenna as a diversity antenna for the second communication unit when the first communication unit is not driven. 1. A portable terminal comprising:a first antenna;a second antenna;a first communication unit configured to process a first communication scheme signal communicated through the first antenna;a second communication unit configured to process a second communication scheme signal communicated through the second antenna; anda control unit configured to configure the first antenna as a diversity antenna for the second communication unit when the first communication unit is not driven,wherein when the first antenna is configured as the diversity antenna, the second communication unit is configured to process second communication scheme signals communicated through the first antenna and the second antenna.2. The portable terminal of claim 1 , wherein the first communication scheme includes a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) communication scheme claim 1 , andthe second communication scheme includes a Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) communication scheme.3. The portable terminal of claim 2 , further comprising a switch configured to connect the first antenna to one of the first communication unit and the second communication unit under the control of the control unit claim 2 ,wherein the switch is disposed between the first antenna and the first communication unit.4. The portable terminal of claim 3 , wherein the switch is configured to connect the first antenna to the second communication unit when the first communication unit ...

Method and Apparatus for Application of Precoder Information at the UE in Closed Loop Transmit Diversity

Apparatus and methods are described herein for applying precoding information updates at a user equipment (UE). The UE receives precoder information from a network component. The UE can them transmit packet data over a transmit time interval (TTI) of tow or more slots using transmit diversity. The UE updates the precoder for transmit diversity with the precoder information in a slot subsequent to the first slot in the TTI. The precoder information is applied to update the precoder at a slot boundary within the TTI.

Method and apparatus for tracking uplink beams in beamforming-based wireless communication system

A method and apparatus perform Uplink (UL) beam tracking in a beamforming-based wireless communication system. A Mobile Station (MS) repeatedly transmits code sequences mapped respectively to MS transmit beams through each MS transmit beam as many times as the number of Base Station (BS) receive beams while sweeping the MS transmit beams. The MS receives, from a BS, transmit beam information indicating at least one best transmit beam selected from the MS transmit beams by the BS, and allocation information used to allocate UL resources for UL feedback. The MS transmits best beam information indicating the at least one best transmit beam and a MS identifier to the BS using the UL resources.

SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING MULTI-ANTENNA DIVERSITY FOR REPEATERS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS

In accordance with aspects of the disclosure, a method, apparatus, and computer program product for wireless communication may include receiving a plurality of signals from a plurality of receiving donor antennas, delaying at least one of the received signals from at least one of the receiving donor antennas, combining the delayed signal with at least one of the other received signals from at least one other receiving donor antenna to generate a combined signal, amplifying the combined signal, and transmitting the amplified combined signal via a transmitting antenna. 1. An antenna-repeater interface apparatus comprising:a first antenna input configured to receive signals from a first donor antenna of a repeater;a second antenna input configured to receive signals from a second donor antenna of the repeater;an adaptable delay in communication with the first antenna input, the adaptable delay configured to generate delayed signals from the first donor antenna;a combiner configured to generate a combined signal including the delayed signals from the first antenna input and the signals from the second antenna input; andan interface configured to provide an interface to amplifier circuitry of the repeater for amplifying the combined signal.2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the adaptable delay utilizes Long Term Evolution (LTE) based sampling to delay the signals received from the first antenna input.3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the combiner comprises an adder configured to add the delayed signals from the first antenna input to the signals from the second antenna input to generate the combined signal.4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the interface comprises a single receive chain interposed between the combiner and the amplifier circuitry.5. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a transmitting interface configured to interface with the amplifier circuitry to receive the combined signal and transmit the combined signal via a transmitting antenna.6 ...

SEQUENTIAL ANTENNA SWITCHING SCHEME FOR RFID SYSTEM

A device, system, antenna system including a reader and a plurality of antennae, antenna product, method for the addressing antennae, and method for switching the antenna in a radio frequency identification (RFID) system, wherein the method includes switching the reader in a sequential manner to each of the antennae successively according to a radio frequency communication signal from said reader, where the radio frequency communication signal is provided for the reader to communicate with a tag such that it is simple to form a network and easy to implement the network at low cost. 120.-. (canceled)21. A method for switching an antenna in a radio frequency identification (RFID) system comprising a reader and a plurality of antennae , the method comprising the steps of:transmitting a radio frequency communication from the reader; andswitching the reader in a sequential manner to each antenna of the plurality of antennae successively according to the radio frequency communication signal from the reader;wherein the radio frequency communication signal is provided for the reader to communicate with a tag.22. The method as claimed in claim 21 , wherein when the radio frequency communication signal is sent out in a predetermined period claim 21 , the switching of the reader in the sequential manner to each antenna of the plurality of antennae successively according to the radio frequency communication signal from the reader comprises switching the reader to a next antenna of the plurality of antennae when one of a down edge and an up edge of the radio frequency communication signal is detected; orwherein when the radio frequency communication signal is sent out one of in a predetermined period and continuously, the switching of the reader in the sequential manner to each antenna of the plurality of antennae successively according to the radio frequency communication signal from the reader comprises starting, for each antenna of the plurality of antennae, a first timer ...

ANTENNA ARRANGEMENT FOR VEHICLES FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING

An antenna arrangement for vehicle-to-vehicle communication includes at least two antenna transmitters each having a unidirectional directional diagram. The antenna transmitters are positioned in such a manner that a combination of the unidirectional directional diagrams of the antenna transmitters generates a largely omnidirectional directional diagram by way of a method for transmitting and/or receiving. 1. An antenna arrangement for vehicle-vehicle communication , comprising:at least two antenna radiators each having a unidirectional pattern, the at least two antenna radiators being positioned in such a manner that a combination of the unidirectional patterns of the antenna radiators generates a largely omnidirectional pattern by a method for transmitting and/or receiving.2. The antenna arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least two antenna radiators are configured for a frequency of between 0.5 GHz and 11 GHz.3. The antenna arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein diversity methods or multiple-input-multiple-output methods are used as methods for transmitting and/or receiving.4. The antenna arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the method for transmitting is implemented by means of delay diversity or cyclic delay diversity.5. The antenna arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the the method for receiving is implemented by switching diversity or maximum-ratio combining.6. The antenna arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the antenna radiators claim 1 , together with at least one further antenna configured for other radio systems claim 1 , are installed in a housing.7. The antenna arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the antenna radiators are integrated in one or more window panes of a vehicle.8. A method for communication between vehicles claim 1 , comprising:positioning at least two antenna radiators each having a unidirectional pattern in such a manner that a combination of their unidirectional patterns generates a ...

Methods and apparatus for downlink control channels transmissions in wireless communications systems

An antenna port for an extended Physical Downlink Control CHannel (ePDCCH) transmission is determined based on at least an identifier for a leading extended Control Channel Element (eCCE) within the ePDCCH and an identifier for a user equipment (UE) to receive the ePDCCH transmission, and based on whether the ePDCCH transmission is localized or distributed. The determined antenna port is a DeModulation Reference Signal (DMRS) port to which the UE is assigned. Symbols are mapped in sequence to resource elements (REs) and transmitted via the determined antenna port to the UE.

METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE SPATIAL POSITION OF AN OBJECT, ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM

A method for determining the spatial position of an object the steps comprising: 1. Method for determining the spatial position of an object with the following steps:sending a number of M orthogonal code sequences via a number of at least M antennas with the help of CDMA, in which each code sequence is emitted via a different M antenna, and in which the M antennas are arranged in a spatial area in a dispersed manner,receiving a partial amount of the code sequences through a CDMA receiver of the object,allocating an identifier to each of the code sequences received through the CDMA receiver,storing the identifiers in an electronic memory of the object,reading-out the identifiers from the electronic memory of the object via a contactless interface,accessing an allocation instruction that allocates each of the code sequences to one of the antennas and/or to one of the antenna positions, in order to release a position signal indicating the spatial position of the object relative to the antennas, on the basis of the read-out identifiers and the allocation instruction.2. Method for determining the spatial position of an object with the following steps:sending a number of M orthogonal code sequences via a number of at least M antennas with the help of CDMA, in which each code sequence is emitted via a different M antenna, and in which the M antennas are distributed in a spatial area,receiving a partial amount of the code sequences through a CDMA receiver of the object,allocating an identifier to each of the code sequences received through the CDMA receiver,storing the identifiers in an electronic memory of the object,determining the spatial position relative to the antennas with the help of an allocation instruction that allocates to each identifier one of the antennas and/or one of the antenna positions, through the object,storing the spatial position in the electronic memory of the object,transmitting the spatial position stored in the electronic memory or transmitting a ...

Transmission control

User equipment, a computer program product and method of setting antenna transmission weightings of user equipment in a wireless telecommunication network. The user equipment (vE 1 ) is operable to transmit on at least two antenna and communicate with at least two base stations (NB 1 , NB 2 ) in its active set. The method employed by the user equipment and computer program product comprises the steps of: receiving an indication of preferred antenna transmission weightings (W 1 ,W 2 ) from at least two base stations in said active set associated with said user equipment, calculating from said received indications of preferred antenna transmission weightings, an indication of compromise antenna transmission weightings which minimise the difference between said indication of compromise antenna transmission weightings and said indication of preferred antenna transmission weightings received from the base stations in said active set and setting said antenna transmission weightings in accordance with said calculated indication of compromise antenna transmission weightings.

ANTENNA DEVICE OF MOBILE TERMINAL

An antenna device of a mobile terminal for enabling to receive a wireless signal of a new frequency band by appropriately connecting a plurality of antennas through a switch is provided. The antenna device includes a plurality of communication units for transmitting and receiving a wireless signal of a plurality of frequency bands through a plurality of antennas, a plurality of switches for turning on/off an electrical connection between the plurality of antennas and the plurality of communication units, and a controller for controlling the plurality of switches to turn off an electrical connection between the plurality of antennas and the plurality of communication units. 1. An antenna device of a mobile terminal , the antenna device comprising:a first communication unit for transmitting and receiving a wireless signal of a first frequency band through a first antenna;a second communication unit for transmitting and receiving a wireless signal of a second frequency band through a second antenna;a third communication unit for transmitting and receiving a wireless signal of a third frequency band through a combination antenna generated by connecting the first antenna and the second antenna;a first switch for turning on/off an electrical connection between the first antenna and the first communication unit;a second switch for switching to electrically connect the second antenna and the second communication unit or the third communication unit;a third switch for turning on/off an electrical connection of the first antenna and the second antenna; anda controller for determining whether a signal for requesting activation of the third communication unit is input, for controlling, if a signal for requesting activation of the third communication unit is input, the first switch to turn off an electrical connection between the first antenna and the first communication unit, for controlling the second switch to turn on an electrical connection between the second antenna and ...

Methods and systems for antenna switching based on uplink metrics

This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus for antenna switching for simultaneous communication. In one embodiment, a wireless communication apparatus is provided. The wireless communication apparatus includes a plurality of antennas including a first antenna and a second antenna. The wireless communication apparatus further includes a plurality of transmit circuits including a first transmit circuit. The wireless communication apparatus further includes a controller configured to selectively switch the first transmit circuit from transmitting wireless communications via the first antenna to transmit wireless communications via the second antenna based on one or more uplink performance characteristics of at least one of the first antenna and the second antenna. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.

Devices, systems, and methods for adjusting probing distances

This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus for adjusting probing distances. In one embodiment, a wireless communication apparatus is provided. The wireless communication apparatus includes a plurality of antennas including a first antenna and a second antenna. The wireless communication apparatus further includes a plurality of receive circuits including a first receive circuit coupled to the first antenna and a second receive circuit coupled to the second antenna. The first receive circuit is configured to measure one or more downlink performance characteristics of the first antenna and the second receive circuit is configured to measure one or more downlink performance characteristics of the second antenna during at least part of a same time period. The wireless communication apparatus further includes a controller configured to determine a difference between the one or more downlink performance characteristics of the first antenna and the second antenna, and determine a next time to use the second receive circuit to measure the one or more downlink performance characteristics of the second antenna based on the determined difference between the one or more downlink performance characteristics of the first antenna and the second antenna.

Antenna switching devices, systems, and methods

This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus for antenna switching. In one embodiment, a wireless communication apparatus is provided. The wireless communication apparatus includes a plurality of antennas including a first antenna and a second antenna. The wireless communication apparatus further includes at least one receive circuit including a first receive circuit. The wireless communication apparatus further includes a controller configured to selectively switch the first receive circuit from receiving wireless communications via the first antenna to receive wireless communications via the second antenna if one or more performance characteristics of the first antenna are below a threshold in one or more measurement cycles, the one or more measurement cycles including a wake-up cycle outside of a predetermined wake-up cycle. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.

CONCURRENT-ACCESS DUAL-BAND TERMINAL OPERATING IN TWO ADJACENT BANDS

The present invention relates to a terminal for the broadband transmission of video, audio or data signals in a domestic environment. It applies more specifically in the scope of terminals operating according to the standard IEEE 802.11and employing simultaneously several frequency channels in a predetermined band of frequencies, for example the 5 GHz WiFi band. The terminal comprises M antennas, a MIMO device able to generate MIMO signals in said predetermined frequency band from baseband signals or conversely, said MEMO device being able to process N MIMO signals simultaneously, and a switching device to connect the MIMO device to the M antennas. According to the invention, the NINO device comprises two MIMO circuits, one operating in a first sub-band of the predetermined band and the other in a second sub-band of the predetermined band, the two sub bands being non-overlapping and the switching device is adapted to connect said two MIMO circuits to the antennas so that each of said M antennas is able to receive or transmit one of the MIMO signals of the first MIMO circuit and to receive or transmit one of the MIMO signals of the second MIMO circuit simultaneously. The switching device also comprises a filtering device associated with each antenna in order to isolate, in reception, the MIMO signal of the first sub-band of the MIMO signal from the second sub-band received or transmitted by said antenna. 1) A wireless communication terminal able to simultaneously transmit and/or receive signals in a predetermined band of frequencies , comprising:a MIMO device able to generate N MIMO signals in said predetermined frequency band from n signals in baseband or to generate n signals in baseband from N MIMO signals in said predetermined frequency band, with N>n≧2,M antennas to receive and/or transmit the N MIMO signals with M≧N/2, anda switching device to connect the NINO device to the M antennas,{'b': 1', '1', '2', '2', '1', '2, 'characterized in that the MIMO device ...

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANTENNA TUNING AND TRANSMIT PATH SELECTION

Certain aspects of the present disclosure propose a method and an apparatus for antenna tuning and transmit path selection in an RF system. A method may include antenna diversity path selection by (optionally) diagnosing damaged antennas, tuning antennas, and selecting an antenna with better performance. Embodiments can be used in wireless radio-frequency (RF) front-ends. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described. 1. A method for antenna selection at a wireless communications device , the comprising:detecting antenna conditions for first and second antennas;tuning the first and the second antennas, based on the detected antenna conditions, to reduce impedance mismatch in their respective radio frequency (RF) chain; andselecting at least one of the first antenna or the second antenna for at least one of transmission or reception, based on an evaluation of the antenna conditions after the tuning2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selecting comprises: selecting either the first antenna or the second antenna for transmission based on the evaluation.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selecting comprises: selecting neither claim 1 , one claim 1 , or both of the first and second antennas for reception claim 1 , based on the evaluation.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selecting comprises:selecting the first antenna if the second antenna is damaged; or selecting the second antenna if the first antenna is damaged, wherein a damaged antenna has a measured performance below a predetermined threshold.5. The method of claim 1 , comprising: switching off a receive antenna path for at least one of the first or second antennas if performance of at least one of the first or the second antennas is below a certain threshold.6. The method of claim 1 , wherein detecting antenna conditions comprises: measuring transmit power loss through the first and the second antennas.7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the tuning comprises: performing a closed ...

Multi-service Provider Wireless Access Point

Novel tools and techniques that can provide wireless service for multiple service providers from a single, multi-service provider wireless access point. In an aspect, a multi-service provider wireless access point might communicate with a plurality of wireless devices, each associated with a different wireless carrier, and route communications from each device to the appropriate carrier (and/or, similarly, transmit communications from each carrier to the appropriate wireless device). In this way, for example, a single wireless access point could provide service to cellphones of subscribers of a number of different carriers. Such a wireless access point can provide enhanced efficiency and reduced cost, along with the ability to provide higher service for a number of wireless carriers.

RADIO FRONT END HAVING REDUCED DIVERSITY SWITCH LINEARITY REQUIREMENT

A radio front end that includes a diversity switch module adapted to route diversity receive (RX) signals to transceiver circuitry from diversity antenna switch circuitry coupled to at least one diversity antenna port is disclosed. The radio front end further includes ultrahigh band (UHB) switch circuitry adapted to route UHB transmit (TX) signals from power amplifier and switch circuitry to a UHB antenna port and/or to at least one diversity antenna port. The UHB switch circuitry is also adapted to route UHB RX signals from the UHB antenna port and/or to at least one antenna port to the transceiver circuitry, wherein the UHB RX signals include band 7 (B7) wherein linearity of the UHB switch circuitry is greater than linearity of the diversity switch module. 1. A radio front end comprising:a diversity switch module adapted to selectively route diversity receive (RX) signals to transceiver circuitry from diversity antenna switch circuitry coupled to at least one diversity antenna port; and selectively route UHB transmit (TX) signals from power amplifier and switch circuitry to either a UHB antenna port or to the at least one diversity antenna port; and', 'selectively route UHB RX signals from either the UHB antenna port or from the at least one diversity antenna port to the transceiver circuitry, wherein the UHB RX signals include band 7 (B7) wherein linearity of the UHB switch circuitry is greater than linearity of the diversity switch module., 'ultrahigh band (UHB) switch circuitry adapted to2. The radio front end of wherein the UHB switch circuitry is further adapted to:selectively route UHB TX signals from power amplifier and switch circuitry to the UHB antenna port and to the at least one diversity antenna port; andselectively route UHB RX signals from the UHB antenna port and from the at least one diversity antenna port to the transceiver circuitry.3. The radio front end of wherein a first antenna coupled to a first diversity antenna port is usable as a main ...

System and method for uplink multiple input multiple output transmission

Methods and apparatuses are provided for uplink MIMO transmissions in a wireless communication system. In some particular aspects, an uplink MIMO transmission (e.g., a rank 2 transmission) may be established, wherein a primary stream transport block size (TBS) is determined in accordance with a received scheduling grant, and a modulation scheme for the transmission is determined in accordance with the TBS. Further, a predetermined spreading factor, such as a 2×SF2+2×SF4 spreading factor, may be configured for both uplink streams, independent of the TBS. Finally, the uplink MIMO transmission may be made in accordance with the determined TBS, modulation scheme, and spreading factor. In some examples, if the primary stream TBS or a determined secondary stream TBS is less than a minimum threshold TBS, the transmission may be reconfigured as a rank 1 transmission.

DATA AND/OR COMMAND SIGNAL TRANSMISSION DEVICE WITH ANTENNA ARRANGEMENTS

The data and/or command signal transmission device includes a first signal generator connected to a first antenna arrangement, a second signal generator connected to a second antenna arrangement, a third signal generator connected to a third antenna arrangement, and a synchronisation circuit. The synchronisation circuit performs data amplitude modulation by combining the signals transmitted by the antenna arrangements. The signals transmitted by the first and third antenna arrangements are in-phase in a first stable modulation state and 180° out of phase in a second stable modulation state. In a modulation state transition phase, the first and third signals delivered by the first and third generators are at a different frequency from the carrier frequency of the signals delivered by the second generator. The resonance frequency of the first and third antenna arrangements is also adapted in the transition phase. 1. A data and/or command signal transmission device , the device including:a first signal generator connected to a first antenna arrangement,a second signal generator connected to a second antenna arrangement,an oscillator for delivering an oscillating signal, in order to clock the signal generators to control each antenna arrangement, and{'b': 0', '0', '0, 'a synchronisation circuit connected at least to the first signal generator and to the first and second antenna arrangements the synchronisation circuit being arranged to receive at input a data and/or command modulation signal and to control, in a synchronous manner, the first signal generator and the first and second antenna arrangements to perform amplitude modulation on the data and/or command to be transmitted on at least two amplitude levels by a combination of the signals transmitted by the antenna arrangements, a first stable modulation state on a first amplitude level being defined when the signals transmitted at a defined carrier frequency f by the first and second antenna arrangements are in- ...

Transmission method, apparatus, and system for uplink transmit diversity

Embodiments of the present invention disclose a transmission method, apparatus, and system for uplink transmit diversity, which relate to the field of communications. To determine activation or deactivation of uplink transmit diversity in time and effectively to improve uplink transmission quality, the technical solution provided in the present invention is as follows: determining, by a base station, to activate/deactivate uplink transmit diversity of a user equipment and sending an activation/deactivate request indication to a radio network controller, the activation/deactivate request indication is used for the radio network controller to instruct the user equipment to activate/deactivate the uplink transmit diversity. The present invention is applicable to the control of uplink transmit diversity transmission.

Maximum Combining In Broadcast OFDM Systems Based On Multiple Receive Antennas

Systems and methods are provided for enhancing signal quality at receivers in a wireless network. In one embodiment, an antenna is selected from a subset of antennas based on a signal quality parameter such as received signal power or signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). In another embodiment, multiple antennas are applied to independent signal processing paths for the respective antennas where output from the paths is then combined to enhance overall signal quality at the receiver. 1. A method for receiving data in a wireless network , comprising:receiving signals at a plurality of antennas;selecting a subset of antennas from among the plurality of antennas, wherein the subset of antennas includes at least two antennas;selecting a processing path from a set of processing paths based on a parameter representative of a Doppler spread associated with the signals received by the subset of antennas, wherein the selected processing path is used to process signals received by at least one antenna included in the subset of antennas to facilitate data reception, wherein the set of processing paths includes a switching processing path and a combining processing path, wherein the switching processing path performs data reception by selectively coupling a single antenna of the subset of antennas to a single receive chain included in a set of at least two receive chains, and wherein the combining processing path performs data reception by coupling each of the subset of antennas to a receive chain included in the set of at least two receive chains; andperforming data reception for the signals received by the subset of antennas using the selected processing path.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the switching processing path is selected when the parameter satisfies a threshold representative of a small Doppler spread.3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the combining processing path is selected when the parameter does not satisfy the threshold.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein claim 1 , ...

DISTRIBUTED RADIO SYSTEM

A distributed radio system comprising a plurality of receivers (), each receiver being adapted to receive radio signals and to transmit respective digital signals. The system further comprises a digital communication channel () coupled to the plurality of receivers () and adapted to receive the digital signals and to transmit the digital signals. The system comprises a base-band unit () coupled to the communication channel () and adapted to combine and process the digital signals, the digital signals comprising information available in each receiver () of the plurality of receivers for exploiting a diversity gain. 2. A distributed radio system comprising as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the digital signals are adapted to be transmitted serially.3. A distributed radio system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each receiver comprises:an antenna for receiving the radio signals;a tuner adapted to receive the radio signals and to down convert the radio signals and to transmit a down-converted signal; andan analog to digital converter adapted to receive the down-converted signal and to transform the down-converted signal into the digital signal.4. A distributed radio system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the communication channel comprises a digital serial link or an Ethernet link.5. A distributed radio system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the communication channel comprises a wireless connection.6. A distributed radio system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the base-band unit is included in a receiver of the plurality of receivers.7. A distributed radio system as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the digital communication channel is adapted to transmit control signals to the base-band unit for controlling a gain of the tuners and data selection.8. A distributed radio system as claimed in claim 6 , wherein each analog to digital converter is coupled to a respective digital front end the respective digital front end being coupled to the digital communication channel.9. A ...

RADIO FREQUENCY FRONT-END CIRCUIT AND MOBILE TERMINAL

This disclosure provides a radio frequency front-end circuit and a mobile terminal. The circuit includes: a gating switch, separately connected to a first antenna, a second antenna, and a radio frequency circuit module; and a double-pole double-throw switch, separately connected to the gating switch, a third antenna, a fourth antenna, and a first radio frequency circuit, where the radio frequency circuit module is connected to a first target antenna in the first and second antennas via the gating switch, and receives and/or transmits a signal with the first target antenna; or the radio frequency circuit module is connected to a second target antenna in the third and fourth antennas via the gating switch and the double-pole double-throw switch, and receives and/or transmits a signal with the second target antenna; the first radio frequency circuit is connected to one of the third and fourth antennas via the double-pole double-throw switch. 1. A radio frequency front-end circuit , comprising:a gating switch, separately connected to a first antenna, a second antenna, and a radio frequency circuit module; anda double-pole double-throw switch, separately connected to the gating switch, a third antenna, a fourth antenna, and a first radio frequency circuit; whereinthe radio frequency circuit module is connected to a first target antenna in the first antenna and the second antenna by using the gating switch, and receives and/or transmits a signal by using the first target antenna; or the radio frequency circuit module is connected to a second target antenna in the third antenna and the fourth antenna by using the gating switch and the double-pole double-throw switch, and receives and/or transmits a signal by using the second target antenna;in a case that the radio frequency circuit module is connected to the first target antenna in the first antenna and the second antenna, the first radio frequency circuit is connected to the second target antenna in the third antenna and ...

METHODS, APPARATUS AND MACHINE-READABLE MEDIUMS RELATING TO ADJUSTING BEAM GAIN IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS

A method for adjusting beam gain in a radio network node. The method comprises: obtaining a channel estimate based on a reference signal transmitted by a target wireless device; applying a set of weights to the channel estimate to obtain a weighted channel estimate; and outputting the weighted channel estimate for use in determining beamforming weights to be applied to signals output to a plurality of antenna elements for transmission to the target wireless device, wherein the beamforming weights are determined as a function of the weighted channel estimate. 1. A method for adjusting beam gain in a radio network node , the method comprising:obtaining a channel estimate based on a reference signal transmitted by a target wireless device;determining a set of weights to be applied to the channel estimate, wherein said set of weights is determined so as to achieve a given reduction in beam gain, and wherein determining the set of weights comprises iteratively adjusting the set of weights until the given reduction in beam gain is achieved;applying the determined set of weights to the channel estimate to obtain a weighted channel estimate; andoutputting the weighted channel estimate for use in determining beamforming weights to be applied to signals output to a plurality of antenna elements for transmission to the target wireless device, wherein the beamforming weights are determined as a function of the weighted channel estimate.24-. (canceled)5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the set of weights are initialized to a set of initial values to achieve the given reduction in beam gain assuming a flat channel.6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the set of initial values is obtained from a table of predetermined values associated with given reductions in beam gain assuming the flat channel.7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein determining the set of weights comprises solving{'br': None, 'i': G', 'G−G, '(1)−Δ(ρ)=0'}where G(1) denotes a maximum beam ...

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A RECONFIGURABLE OVER-INDEXED ANTENNA ARRAY

A method and system for reconfiguring over-indexed antenna arrays in mobile devices are provided. For example, the method includes receiving sensor input that indicates an object blocking a first subset of reconfigurable antenna elements but not blocking a second subset of reconfigurable antenna elements of an over-indexed antenna array. The method also includes configuring, based on the sensor input, a number of the antenna elements in the first subset as non-active for radiating energy and a number of the antenna elements in the second subset as active for radiating energy. 1. A method for configuring an over-indexed antenna array , the method comprising:receiving sensor input that indicates an object blocking a first subset of reconfigurable antenna elements but not blocking a second subset of reconfigurable antenna elements of an over-indexed antenna array;configuring, based on the sensor input, a number of the antenna elements in the first subset as non-active for radiating energy;configuring, based on the sensor input, a number of the antenna elements in the second subset as active for radiating energy.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sensor input indicates a mobile device user's hand blocking the first subset of reconfigurable antenna elements.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein a first number of the antenna elements in the first subset are configured as passive elements.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein a second number of the antenna elements in the first subset are configured as sensor elements.5. The method of claim 1 , wherein a first number of the antenna elements in the second subset are configured as active for radiating energy claim 1 , and a second number of the antenna elements in the second subset are configured as non-active for radiating energy.6. The method of claim 5 , wherein a first portion of the second number of the antenna elements in the second subset are configured as passive elements.7. The method of claim 6 , wherein a second ...

Directional direction selection method, apparatus, and system

Embodiments of the present invention disclose a directional direction selection method, apparatus, and system. The method includes: sending L groups of pilots in an omnidirectional direction manner, where the L groups of pilots are received by UE by using L directional directions, and the L groups of pilots are used by the UE to switch to a directional direction with best channel quality in the L directional directions; sending, by a base station, S groups of pilots by using S directional directions respectively; determining, by the base station, an optimal directional direction in the S directional directions according to the channel quality corresponding to the S groups of pilots; and switching, by the base station, to the optimal directional direction in the S directional directions.

BEAM-FORMING SELECTION

A method of a wireless communication access node is disclosed. The wireless communication access node is adapted to establish a wireless communication link to a wireless communication device by beam-formed transmission using a beam-forming alternative selected from a plurality of beam-forming alternatives each corresponding to a direction emanating from the wireless communication access node. The method comprises simultaneously transmitting two or more beacon signals having different respective predetermined content, wherein each beacon signal is transmitted using a respective one of the plurality of beam-forming alternatives and wherein the predetermined content of each beacon signal is associated with the direction corresponding to the respective beam-forming alternative. The method also comprises receiving a beacon reading report from the wireless communication device, wherein the beacon reading report is indicative of a reception quality at the wireless communication device of the two or more beacon signals, and selecting the beam-forming alternative for establishment of the wireless communication link based on the received beacon reading report. Corresponding arrangement, wireless communication access node and computer program product are also disclosed, as well as a method of a wireless communication device and corresponding arrangement, wireless communication device and computer program product. 1. A method of a wireless communication access node adapted to establish a wireless communication link to a wireless communication device by beam-formed transmission using a beam-forming alternative selected from a plurality of beam-forming alternatives each corresponding to a direction emanating from the wireless communication access node , the method comprising:simultaneously transmitting two or more beacon signals having different respective predetermined content, wherein each beacon signal is transmitted using a respective one of the plurality of beam-forming ...

HANDLING MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION OPPORTUNITIES IN A PAGING OCCASION

A method is provided for use in a network node in wireless communications network. The method includes determining, a plurality of transmission opportunities, TXOPs, in which to attempt to transmit a paging signal in a plurality of beams. The plurality of beams have a beam order. The method further includes assigning a predetermined number of the plurality of TXOPs to each beam of the plurality of beams, wherein none of the TXOPs is assigned to more than one beam. The method further includes performing at least one clear channel assessment, CCA, before transmitting the paging signal in one of the TXOPs. The method further includes transmitting the paging signal in a first beam of the plurality of beams using one of the plurality of TXOPs assigned to the first beam based on a first successful CCA covering the used TXOP. 1. A method for use in a network node in wireless communications network , the method comprising:determining a plurality of transmission opportunities, TXOPs, in which to attempt to transmit a paging signal in a plurality of beams, wherein the plurality of beams have a beam order;assigning a predetermined number of the plurality of TXOPs to each beam of the plurality of beams, wherein none of the TXOPs is assigned to more than one beam;performing at least one clear channel assessment, CCA, before transmitting the paging signal in one of the TXOPs; andtransmitting the paging signal in a first beam of the plurality of beams using one of the plurality of TXOPs assigned to the first beam based on a first successful CCA covering the used TXOP.2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:in response to a failed CCA preventing the transmission of the paging signal in one of the TXOPs assigned to the first beam, using a later available TXOP of the plurality of TXOPs assigned to the first beam to attempt the transmission of the paging signals.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein assigning a predetermined number of the plurality of TXOPs to each beam of the ...

System and Method for Hybrid Beamforming Diversity

A system and method for hybrid beamforming diversity includes a method by a UE with one or more receive antenna ports, each of the receive antenna ports associated with a plurality of receive beam ports, the method comprising receiving, by the UE, information from a network indicating configurations of one or more transmit antenna ports, each of the transmit antenna ports associated with a plurality of transmit beam ports, the information further indicating a plurality of reference signals, receiving, by the UE, a subset of the reference signals, measuring, by the UE, receive signal quality for each of the subset of the reference signals, determining, by the UE, a selected receive beam port for each of the receive antenna ports, deriving, by the UE, one or more reporting sets, transmitting, by the UE, the one or more reporting sets to the network, and receiving, by the UE, a data transmission.

METHODS AND DEVICES FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING PILOT SIGNAL

The present disclosure provides methods and devices for transmitting and receiving a pilot signal, so as to reduce the number of antenna ports for transmitting the pilot signal and reduce pilot resource consumption. The method for transmitting the pilot signal includes: generating, by a base station, a pilot signal formed by a wide beam and a pilot signal formed by a plurality of narrow beams; and transmitting, by the base station, the pilot signals to a UE through at least one pre-configured first antenna port and at least one pre-configured second antenna port, the pilot signal formed by the wide beam being transmitted through the first antenna port, and the pilot signal formed by the plurality of narrow beams being transmitted through the second antenna port. 1. A method for transmitting a pilot signal , comprising:generating, by a base station, a pilot signal formed by a wide beam and a pilot signal formed by a plurality of narrow beams; andtransmitting, by the base station, the pilot signals to a User Equipment (UE) through at least one pre-configured first antenna port and at least one pre-configured second antenna port, the pilot signal formed by the wide beam being transmitted through the first antenna port, and the pilot signal formed by the plurality of narrow beams being transmitted through the second antenna port.2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a pilot signal formed by a resultant beam of a plurality of narrow beams, beam directions of the plurality of narrow beams are orthogonal to each other, or', 'a pilot signal formed by a resultant beam of a plurality of narrow beams, beam directions of the plurality of narrow beams are at an angle above a first predetermined threshold to each other,, 'the pilot signal formed by the plurality of narrow beams comprisesthe wide beam and the narrow beams meet a condition that the wide beam covers the narrow beams having beam directions that are at an angle below a second predetermined threshold to each ...

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DIVERSITY SERVICE ANTENNA IN PORTABLE TERMINAL

An apparatus and method configure a diversity antenna in a portable terminal. The apparatus includes a first antenna, a second antenna, a first communication unit for processing a first communication scheme signal communicated through the first antenna, a second communication unit for processing a second communication scheme signal communicated through the second antenna, and a control unit for configuring the first antenna as a diversity antenna for the second communication unit when the first communication unit is not driven. 1. An electronic device comprising:a first antenna;a second antenna;a first communication circuit configured to process a radio frequency signal of a first frequency band supporting a first communication scheme;a second communication circuit configured to process a radio frequency signal of a second frequency band supporting a second communication scheme;a connection circuit configured to electrically connect the first antenna to one of the first communication circuit or the second communication circuit, and to electrically connect the second antenna to one of the first communication circuit or the second communication circuit; and when the operating state satisfies predetermined requirement, configured to control the connection circuit so that both the first antenna and the second antenna are electrically connected to the second communication circuit, wherein the second communication circuit configured to:', 'input, through the connection circuit, a first radio frequency signal received by the first antenna and the second radio frequency signal received by the second antenna, process a third radio frequency signal in a third frequency band, which is frequency band shared by the first frequency band and the second frequency band, from the first radio frequency signal and the second radio frequency signal, and', 'output the processed signal to the processor., 'a processor configured to control an operation of the connection circuit based on an ...

TRANSMISSION DEVICE, TRANSMISSION METHOD, RECEPTION DEVICE, AND RECEPTION METHOD

By a transmission method according to one aspect of the present disclosure, in a broadcasting system that generates a first broadcasting signal and a second broadcasting signal by performing multi-antenna encoding on program data, and wirelessly transmits a first broadcasting signal and a second broadcasting signal, a first transmit station transmits the first broadcasting signal, a second transmit station transmits the second broadcasting signal, the first transmit station and the second transmit station transmit the first broadcasting signal and the second broadcasting signal to an overlapping area at an identical time using an overlapping frequency band, polarized wave transmitted from the first transmit station differs from polarized wave transmitted from the second transmit station, and arrangement of the first transmit station differs from arrangement of the second transmit station. 1. A transmission method for transmitting a first broadcasting signal and a second broadcasting signal each generated using a multi-antenna encoding scheme ,wherein a first transmit station transmits the first broadcasting signal to a first service area,a second transmit station transmits the second broadcasting signal to a second service area, at least part of the second service area overlapping the first service area,the first broadcasting signal and the second broadcasting signal are transmitted from the first transmit station and the second transmit station at an identical time using an identical frequency band,the second service area is narrower than the first service area,the first broadcasting signal includes a first pilot signal,the second broadcasting signal includes a second pilot signal, anddensity of the second pilot signal in a frequency direction is lower than density of the first pilot signal in the frequency direction.2. The transmission method according to claim 1 , wherein the second transmit station is densely arranged compared with the first transmit station.3. ...

METHOD FOR REMOVING SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL MULTI-PATH INTERFERENCE FOR A RECEIVER OF FREQUENCY-MODULATED RADIO SIGNALS

A method for decreasing multi-path interference, for a vehicle radio receiver including at least two radio reception antennas that each receive a plurality of radio signals composed of time-shifted radio signals resulting from a multi-path effect. The plurality of radio signals combined to deliver a combined radio signal yto be played, with: y=W[, X+, X] at time n, where xand xare vectors the components of which correspond to the plurality of signals received by the first antenna and by the second antenna, respectively, Gand Gare scalars the components of which are the complex weights of a spatial filter and wis the transpose matrix of a vector the components of which are the complex weights of a temporal filter. The method includes implementation of an iterative adaptation algorithm to determine the complex weights of the spatial filter and the complex weights of the temporal filter. 3. The method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein said iterative adaptation algorithm is a constant modulus adaptation algorithm configured to minimize the cost function.6. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the temporal filter is an impulse response filter.7. A radio receiver comprising a microcontroller configured to implement the method as claimed in .8. A motor vehicle comprising a radio receiver as claimed in . This application is the U.S. National Phase Application of PCT International Application No. PCT/FR2018/051249, filed May 31, 2018, which claims priority to French Patent Application No. 1754868, filed Jun. 1, 2017, the contents of such applications being incorporated by reference herein.The invention relates to the field of the reception of frequency-modulated radio signals, in particular in mobile radio receivers exposed to the effect of multi-paths, which is known to those skilled in the art.More precisely, the present invention relates to a method for removing reflected radio waves resulting from the multi-path effect in a receiver of frequency-modulated radio ...

REFERENCE SIGNAL FOR RECEIVE BEAM REFINEMENT IN CELLULAR SYSTEMS

User Equipment (UE) and base station (eNB) apparatus and methodology for adjusting receive beamforming. A beam refinement reference signal (BRRS) is transmitted with the same transmit beam direction on which data is to be transmitted. While receiving the BRRS, the receiver varies its receive beam direction and measures a signal characteristic of reception of the BRRS to determine a refined receive beam direction. The refined receive beam direction is used to receive the data. 130.-. (canceled)31. Apparatus of user equipment (UE) configured for receive beamforming , the apparatus comprising:memory; andprocessing circuitry to control the apparatus to:identify reception of a beam refinement reference signal (BRRS) that is transmitted with a same transmit beam direction on which data is to be transmitted;during reception of the BRRS, vary receive beam direction and measure a signal characteristic of the BRRS to find a refined receive beam direction; anduse the refined receive beam direction to receive the data.32. The apparatus of claim 31 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:decode a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) using the refined receive beam direction.33. The apparatus of claim 32 , wherein the CSI-RS is received on a same transmit beam direction on which the BRRS is transmitted.34. The apparatus of claim 32 , wherein the CSI-RS is received on a different transmit beam direction than the transmit beam direction on which the BRRS is transmitted.35. The apparatus of claim 31 , wherein the BRRS includes a plurality of BRRS sequences in a set of contiguous subcarriers.36. The apparatus of claim 31 , wherein the BRRS includes a plurality of BRRS sequences in a set of non-contiguous interleaved subcarriers.37. The apparatus of claim 31 , wherein the refined receive beam direction is determined based on a maximization algorithm that varies the receive beam direction in response to the signal characteristic measurement.38. The ...

SECTOR LEVEL SWEEP METHOD AND APPARATUS

A sector level sweep method and apparatus are provided. A local end generates a first sector sweep packet at the local end sector sweep stage, and the local end sends the first sector sweep packet to a peer end by using a first beam. A quantity of bytes of the first sector sweep packet is not greater than 27, the first sector sweep packet includes beam indication information of the first beam, the beam indication information includes antenna identification information of the beam, and a maximum quantity of antennas indicated by the antenna identification information is at least 8. 1. A sector level sweep method , comprising:generating, by a local end, a first sector sweep packet at a local end sector sweep stage; andsending, by the local end, the first sector sweep packet to a peer end by using a first beam, whereina quantity of bytes of the first sector sweep packet is 27; andthe first sector sweep packet comprises beam indication information of the first beam, the beam indication information comprises antenna identification information of the beam.2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the beam indication information further comprises beam identification information of the beam; anda maximum quantity of beams indicated by the beam identification information of the beam is at least 2048.3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the beam indication information further comprises countdown identification information corresponding to the beam at the local end sector sweep stage; anda maximum quantity of beams indicated by the countdown identification information of the beam is at least 16384.4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein before the generating claim 1 , by a local end claim 1 , a first sector sweep packet claim 1 , the method further comprises:receiving, by the local end, a second sector sweep packet by using a second beam at a previous peer end sector sweep stage adjacent to the local end sector sweep stage, wherein the second sector sweep ...

Antenna Diversity for Beacon Broadcasting in Directional Wireless Network

Antenna diversity for beacons. An access point device may include multiple antenna arrays. A series of beacons may be transmitted using each of the antenna arrays in sequence. The beacons may include configuration information usable by wireless devices to determine when to respond to the beacons. The access point may receive responses during a series of response periods, using each of the antenna arrays. 1. A wireless device comprising:a radio; and [ an indication of a respective antenna array used by the access point to transmit the respective beacon, wherein each respective antenna array is one of a plurality of antenna arrays of the access point;', 'an indication of a duration of a beacon sweep period; and', 'an association beamforming training multiplier subfield;, 'receive at least one beacon from an access point, wherein each respective beacon of the at least one beacon includes, 'determine a time of a particular response period associated with a particular beacon of the at least one beacon, wherein said determining the time of the particular response period is based at least in part on the indication of the respective antenna array, the association beamforming training multiplier subfield, and the indication of the duration of the beacon sweep period; and', 'transmit a response to the access point, wherein the response is transmitted during the particular response period., 'one or more processors operably connected to the radio, wherein the one or more processors are configured to cause the wireless device to2. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the wireless device to claim 1 ,take at least one measurement of channel characteristics of the at least one beacon, wherein the determination of the time of the particular response period is further based at least in part on the at least one measurement.3. The wireless device of claim 2 , wherein the at least one measurement indicates that the ...

METHOD OF CSI REPORTING

A method of Channel State Information (CSI) reporting in a wireless communication system includes performing, with a user equipment (UE), advanced CSI reporting based on a high resolution CSI feedback scheme. The advanced CSI reporting includes a beam index that identifies each of beams and amplitude of the beam corresponding to the beam index. The performing performs the advanced CSI reporting using a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) format 3/4/5. The beam index and the amplitude are located in the PUCCH format 3/4/5. The performing performs first advanced CSI reporting and performs second advanced CSI reporting after performing the first advanced CSI reporting. The first advanced CSI reporting includes one of the beam index and the amplitude. The second advanced CSI reporting includes the beam index or the amplitude that is not included in the first advanced CSI reporting. 1. A method of Channel State Information (CSI) reporting in a wireless communication system , the method comprising:performing, with a user equipment (UE), advanced CSI reporting based on a high resolution CSI feedback scheme,wherein the advanced CSI reporting includes a beam index that identifies each of beams and amplitude of the beam corresponding to the beam index.2. The method according to claim 1 ,wherein the performing performs the advanced CST reporting using a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) format 3/4/5, andwherein the beam index and the amplitude are located in the PUCCH format 3/4/5.3. The method according to claim 1 ,wherein the performing performs first advanced CSI reporting,wherein the performing performs second advanced CSI reporting after performing the first advanced CSI reporting,wherein the first advanced CSI reporting includes one of the beam index and the amplitude, andwherein the second advanced CSI reporting includes the beam index or the amplitude that is not included in the first advanced CSI reporting.4. The method according to claim 3 ,wherein the ...

TAG WITH ORIENTATION INDEPENDENT ANTENNA

A tag incorporated with a directional antenna. Directional antennas may utilize devices equipped with orientation-independent antennas to determine the location of radio frequency signals emitted by other objects. The system can exist in many different customizable configurations, sometimes utilizing orientation-independent antennas embedded in the tag. 1. An item tracker comprising:a power source; a set of antenna elements, the elements including at least four radiating segments, with each segment generally facing in a selected one of four different orthogonal directions;', 'at least two of the radiating segments providing a respective horizontal and vertical polarization;', 'a selector module situated within the antenna structure, the selector module providing at least a horizontal and vertical polarization transmission line extending from corresponding horizontal and vertical polarization segments of the four sets of radiating elements; and', 'a combining circuit connected to the transmission lines, to selectively enable a directional mode, omnidirectional mode, and polarization modes.', 'the antenna configured to send one or more radio frequency (RF) transmissions in different selected directions;', 'the item tracker configured to provide an alert condition when a receiving device receives a predetermined one or more RF transmissions., 'an antenna structure comprising2. The item tracker of wherein the alert condition is an audible alarm.3. The item tracker of wherein the alert condition is one or more flashing lights.4. The item tracker of wherein the item tracker is a mobile electronic device.5. The item tracker of wherein the item tracker is a Bluetooth tag. This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Ser. No. 62/684,625 filed Jun. 13, 2018 entitled “Tag with Orientation Independent Antenna” and is a continuation in part of a co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/861,739 filed Jan. 4, 2018 entitled “Indoor Positioning System Utilizing ...

APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF BEAMFORMING AND BEAM TRACKING

For example, a first Enhanced Directional Multi-Gigabit (DMG) (EDMG) station (STA) may be configured to exchange first and second Beam Refinement Protocol (BRP) setup frames with a second EDMG STA to initiate a BRP Transmit Sector Sweep (TXSS) over an aggregated channel bandwidth including an aggregation of a primary channel and a secondary channel in a frequency band above 45 GHz; during the BRP TXSS, transmit a plurality of BRP frames to the second EDMG STA over the primary channel and the secondary channel according to an EDMG control mode; determine a transmit beamforming configuration over the aggregated channel bandwidth based on BRP feedback from the second EDMG STA; and transmit an EDMG Physical Layer (PHY) Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) to the second EDMG STA over the aggregated channel bandwidth based on the transmit beamforming configuration. 1. An apparatus comprising: process an Enhanced Directional Multi-Gigabit (DMG) (EDMG) Beam Refinement Protocol (BRP) Receive (RX)/Transmit (TX) (BRP-RX/TX) packet from a beam tracking initiator, the EDMG BRP-RX/TX packet configured to request for simultaneous receive and transmit beam tracking; and', 'transmit a packet to the beam tracking initiator, the packet to the beam tracking initiator comprising feedback from the beam tracking responder based on the EDMG BRP-RX/TX packet; and, 'a processor comprising logic and circuitry configured to cause a beam tracking responder toa memory to store information processed by the processor.2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the EDMG BRP-RX/TX packet comprises a non-EDMG Header (L-Header) and an EDMG Header A claim 1 , wherein a “beam tracking request” field in the L-Header comprises a value 0 claim 1 , and wherein an “RX Training (TRN) Units per each TX TRN-Unit” field in the EDMG Header A has a value greater than 0 claim 1 , and an “EDMG TRN length” field in the EDMG Header A has a value greater than 0.3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein an “EDMG beamtracking request” field ...

APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF BEAMFORMING AND BEAM TRACKING

For example, a first Enhanced Directional Multi-Gigabit (DMG) (EDMG) station (STA) may be configured to exchange first and second Beam Refinement Protocol (BRP) setup frames with a second EDMG STA to initiate a BRP Transmit Sector Sweep (TXSS) over an aggregated channel bandwidth including an aggregation of a primary channel and a secondary channel in a frequency band above 45 GHz; during the BRP TXSS, transmit a plurality of BRP frames to the second EDMG STA over the primary channel and the secondary channel according to an EDMG control mode; determine a transmit beamforming configuration over the aggregated channel bandwidth based on BRP feedback from the second EDMG STA; and transmit an EDMG Physical Layer (PHY) Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) to the second EDMG STA over the aggregated channel bandwidth based on the transmit beamforming configuration. 1. An apparatus comprising: transmit an Enhanced Directional Multi-Gigabit (DMG) (EDMG) Beam Refinement Protocol (BRP) Receive (RX)/Transmit (TX) (BRP-RX/TX) packet to a beam tracking responder, the EDMG BRP-RX/TX packet configured to request for simultaneous receive and transmit beam tracking; and', 'process a packet from the beam tracking responder, the packet from the beam tracking responder comprising feedback from the beam tracking responder based on the EDMG BRP-RX/TX packet; and, 'a processor comprising logic and circuitry configured to cause a beam tracking initiator toa memory to store information processed by the processor.2. The apparatus of configured to cause the beam tracking initiator to set a non-EDMG Header (L-Header) and an EDMG Header A in the EDMG BRP-RX/TX packet claim 1 , wherein a “beam tracking request” field in the L-Header comprises a value 0 claim 1 , and wherein an “RX Training (TRN) Units per each TX TRN-Unit” field in the EDMG Header A has a value greater than 0 claim 1 , and an “EDMG TRN length” field in the EDMG Header A has a value greater than 0.3. The apparatus of configured to cause the ...

NR (NEW RADIO) PRACH (PHYSICAL RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL) CONFIGURATION AND MULTI-BEAM OPERATION

Techniques discussed herein can facilitate configuration and/or multi-beam operation of a NR (New Radio) PRACH (Physical Random Access Channel). One example embodiment employable at a UE (User Equipment) comprises processing circuitry configured to process higher layer signaling indicating a NR (New Radio) random access configuration; generate a random access preamble sequence based at least in part on the random access configuration; map the random access preamble sequence to a set of resources for each of a plurality of sets of beamforming weights; process N RARs (Random Access Responses) associated with the random access preamble sequence, wherein N is an integer greater than one; generate a random access Msg3 (message 3); and map N copies of the random access Msg3 to a PUSCH (Physical Uplink Shared Channel). 135-. (canceled)36. An apparatus configured to be employed in a UE (User Equipment) , comprising:a memory interface; and process higher layer signaling indicating a NR (New Radio) random access configuration;', 'generate a random access preamble sequence based at least in part on the random access configuration;', 'map the random access preamble sequence to a set of resources for each of a plurality of sets of beamforming weights;', 'process N RARs (Random Access Responses) associated with the random access preamble sequence, wherein N is an integer greater than one;', 'generate a random access Msg3 (message 3);', 'map N copies of the random access Msg3 to a PUSCH (Physical Uplink Shared Channel); and', 'send the NR random access configuration to a memory via the memory interface., 'processing circuitry configured to37. The apparatus of claim 36 , wherein a single MAC (Medium Access Control) PDU (Protocol Data Unit) comprises the N RARs.38. The apparatus of claim 36 , wherein the NR random access configuration comprises an indication of resources associated with multi-beam random access operation claim 36 , wherein the resources associated with multi-beam ...

ANTENNA SELECTION ADJUSTMENT

Dynamic adjustment of antenna selection period at a wireless communication device or user equipment having two or more antennas. The described approaches consider an antenna selection performance metric. The antenna selection performance metric may include both measurement overhead (capacity loss due to measurements) and antenna switching capacity gain (gain in capacity through switching antenna subsets). The antenna selection performance metric may further include an estimate of UE speed or an antenna selection change rate. The antenna selection period may be adjusted by increasing or decreasing the antenna selection period based on the antenna selection performance metric. Antenna selection may be enabled or disabled based on the antenna selection performance metric. 1. A method for performing antenna selection at a user equipment (UE) having two or more antennas , comprising:performing, for an antenna selection interval, one or more measurements for a measurement set comprising one or more antenna subsets of the two or more antennas;determining an antenna selection performance metric; andadjusting an antenna selection period for the antenna selection interval based at least in part on the antenna selection performance metric.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the antenna selection performance metric comprises:determining a capacity gain for the antenna selection interval based at least in part on the one or more channel measurements; anddetermining a measurement overhead metric associated with performing the one or more channel measurements for the measurement set.3. The method of claim 2 , wherein determining the capacity gain comprises:calculating the capacity gain based at least in part on a highest estimated capacity identified for the measurement set and an estimated capacity of a current antenna subset.4. The method of claim 2 , wherein adjusting the antenna selection period comprises:adjusting the antenna selection period, wherein the adjusted ...

Uplink rank adaptation for mimo communication

Methods related to wireless communication systems and uplink (UL) rank adaptation are provided. A user equipment (UE) receives, from a base station (BS), a configuration indicating a resource associated with a plurality of UL reference signal ports. The UE determines, based on at least one of an overheating status, a throughput, or a latency, a quantity of transmission layers for a transmission. The UE transmits, to the BS, an indication of at least one of (1) one or more UL reference signal ports of the plurality of UL reference signal resources associated with the UL reference signal resource based on the quantity of transmission layers, or (2) a number of UL reference signal ports associated with the multi-port UL reference signal resource based on the quantity of transmission layers.

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SELECTING AND ALLOCATING TRANSMISSION BEAM INDEX HAVING PRIORITY

The present invention relates to a method and a device for selecting and allocating a transmission beam index having a priority. The present invention, in this regard, relates to a method for transmission and reception by a base station in a wireless communication system capable of configuring a plurality of beams, the method comprising the steps of: transmitting a reference signal, using at least one transmission beam; receiving index information of the at least one transmission beam from a terminal; and scheduling a beam corresponding to one piece of information among the index information of the at least one transmission beam for the terminal, wherein the index information is the index information of the at least one transmission beam selected by the terminal on the basis of the priority pre-configured for the plurality of beams. 1. A transmission/reception method of a base station in a wireless communication system capable of forming a plurality of beams comprising:transmitting a reference signal using at least one transmission beam;receiving index information regarding at least one transmission beam from a terminal; andfrom among the index information regarding at least one transmission beam, scheduling a beam corresponding to one item of the index information for the terminal,wherein the index information is index information regarding the at least one transmission beam that the terminal selects from the plurality of beams, based on preset priorities of the plurality of beams.2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:setting priority to the at least one transmission beam; andtransmitting information regarding the set priority.3. The method of claim 2 , wherein setting priority to the at least one transmission beam comprises:dividing the at least one or more beams into a plurality of groups each of which contains M beams adjacent to each other; andsetting part of beams in each group to have high priority and the remaining beams to have low priority.4. The ...

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-ANTENNA TRANSMISSION IN UPLINK

Method and apparatus for uplink transmission using multiple antennas are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) performs space time transmit diversity (STTD) encoding on an input stream of a physical channel configured for STTD. Each physical channel may be mapped to either an in-phase (I) branch or a quadrature-phase (Q) branch. The WTRU may perform the STTD encoding either in a binary domain or in a complex domain. Additionally, the WTRU may perform pre-coding on at least one physical channel including the E-DPDCH with the pre-coding weights, and transmitting the pre-coded output streams via a plurality of antennas. The pre-coding may be performed either after or before spreading operation. 1. A method implemented in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) for uplink transmission using multiple antennas , the method comprising:generating a first data stream and a second data stream;multiplying pre-coding weights to the first data stream and the second data stream to generate a plurality of output streams; andtransmitting the output streams via a plurality of antennas.2. The method of wherein the first data stream includes an E-DCH dedicated physical data channel (E-DPDCH) and a first dedicated physical control channel (DPCCH).3. The method of wherein the second data stream includes a second DPCCH.4. The method of wherein the pre-coding weights are determined for closed loop transmit diversity.5. The method of wherein the first DPCCH and the second DPCCH carry a same pilot sequence.6. The method of wherein the first DPCCH and the second DPCCH are transmitted using different channelization codes.7. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) for uplink transmission using multiple antennas claim 1 , the WTRU comprising:a physical layer processing block configured to generate a first data stream and a second data stream;a pre-coding block configured to multiply pre-coding weights to first data stream and the second data stream to generate a plurality of output ...

SHORT SSW FRAME FORMAT FOR SLS BEAMFORMING PROCESS BETWEEN ENABLED, ASSOCIATED STATIONS, AND METHOD OF PREPARING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION

The AP can generate a distinctive 8 bit value, and fill the 8 most significant bits (MSBs) of the a 16 bit AID field to form a EDMG BSS AID. Beamforming can include a station performing a sector level sweep (SLS) process including transmitting, in sequence, a plurality of short sector sweep (SSW) frames to the other station using corresponding ones of the antenna sectors, and receiving, in sequence, a plurality of the short SSW frames from the other station, the short SSW frames having an addressing field format specifying a receiver address association ID (RA AID) and a transmitter address association ID (TA AID). The distinctive 8 bit value can be used as the AP AID. 1. A method of beam forming by a first station , the process comprising :receiving, at the first station, a first plurality of short sector sweep (short SSVV) frames transmitted in sequence from a plurality of antenna sectors of a second station, and transmitting, in sequence, a second plurality of the short SSW frames to the second station, the second plurality of short SSW frames having an addressing field format including a first portion specifying a receiver address association ID (RA AID) and a second portion specifying a transmitter address association ID (TA AID);wherein the addressing field format of the second plurality of short SSW frames has a length that is shorter than a sum of: a length of a transmitter address and a length of a receiver address in a SSW frame.2. The method of wherein a comparison of the RA AID or the TA AID with a previously attributed AID of the first station can be used in a determination of the AID of the first station.3. The method of wherein the first station is a non-AP station claim 1 , and the second station is also a non-AP station claim 1 , and wherein both the first station and the second station are associated to an AP station in a basic service set (BSS).4. The method of wherein the RA AID and the TA AID each have a length of 8 bits.5. The method of wherein ...

INTER-BEAM MOBILITY CONTROL IN MIMO COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS

Apparatus, systems, and methods to implement inter-beam mobility control in MIMO communication systems are described. In one example, apparatus of an evolved Node B (eNB) comprises circuitry to configure a periodic transmit (TX) beamforming process for a user equipment (UE), wherein a plurality of different TX beams are used in a plurality of different beamforming reference signals (BRS), receive, from the UE, a selected TX beam index which identifies a selected TX beam, and schedule subsequent transmissions to the UE on the selected TX beam. Other examples are also disclosed and claimed. 125-. (canceled)26. An apparatus of an evolved Node B (eNB) comprising circuitry to:configure a periodic transmit (TX) beamforming process for a user equipment (UE), wherein a plurality of different TX beams are used in a plurality of different beamforming reference signals (BRS);receive, from the UE, a selected TX beam index which identifies a selected TX beam; andschedule subsequent transmissions to the UE on the selected TX beam.27. The apparatus of claim 26 , further comprising circuitry to schedule a non-contention based Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) procedure with a scheduled preamble index claim 26 , wherein the preamble index is to indicate the selected TX beam index.28. The apparatus of claim 26 , further comprising circuitry to transmit the selected TX beam index implicitly based on a 5G Physical Downlink Control Channel (xPDCCH).29. The apparatus of claim 28 , further comprising circuitry to configure the UE a neighbor TX beam index list via Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling.30. The apparatus of claim 29 , further comprising circuitry to maintain a neighbor TX beam index list claim 29 , wherein the selected TX beam index may be included in the neighbor TX beam index list.31. The apparatus of claim 28 , further comprising circuitry to generate a scramble sequence based on the selected TX beam index claim 28 , wherein the scramble sequence is used to generate ...

AGRICULTURAL MACHINES COMPRISING COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS POSITIONED ADJACENT A CAB

Communication systems positioned within a cab for agricultural operations include at least one antenna element and a communication module having a cellular modem. A machine (e.g., tractor, combine, etc.) for agricultural operations includes a cab for an operator of the machine and a communication system adjacent a window or roof of the cab. 1. A machine for agricultural operations , comprising:a cab for an operator of the machine, the cab comprising a roof and at least one window; anda communication system adjacent the at least one window, the communication system including at least one antenna element and a communication module having a cellular modem.2. The machine of claim 1 , wherein the communication system is positioned in an elevated position of the cab adjacent the roof of the cab.3. The machine of claim 1 , wherein the at least one window comprises a side window of the cab.4. The machine of claim 1 , wherein the at least one window comprises a rear window of the cab.5. The machine of claim 1 , wherein the at least one window comprises a front window of the cab.6. The machine of claim 1 , wherein the at least one antenna element includes a primary antenna and a diversity antenna claim 1 , wherein a first distance from the primary antenna to the communication module and a second distance from the diversity antenna to the communication module are selected to reduce signal degradation for the communication system.7. The machine of claim 1 , wherein the communication system further comprises a housing enclosing the cellular modem.8. The machine of claim 7 , wherein the at least one antenna element is positioned within the housing.9. The machine of claim 7 , wherein the at least one antenna element is integrated with the housing.10. The machine of claim 7 , wherein the at least one antenna element forms an external surface of the housing.11. The machine of claim 7 , wherein the at least one antenna element is a static sticker affixed to a window of the cab.12. A ...

DISTRIBUTED RADIO SYSTEM

A distributed radio system comprising a first receiver () and a second receiver () each receiver comprising a tuner () adapted to receive radio signals and to transmit tuned radio signals, a first baseband unit () coupled to the tuner () and adapted to receive the tuned radio signals and to partially demodulate the tuned radio signals, the first baseband unit () being further adapted to transmit partially demodulated signals, a second baseband unit (). 2. A distributed radio system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the partially demodulated signals are adapted to be transmitted serially.3. A distributed radio system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the respective tuned radio signals are inputted to an analog to digital converter claim 1 , the analog to digital converter being adapted to transmit digital signals to the first baseband unit for partially demodulating the digital signals.4. A distributed radio system as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the digital transmitted signals are clockless digital signals embedding clock signals that have a fixed relationship with a clock of the analog to digital converter.5. A distributed radio system as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the first receiver and the second receiver comprise:an input/output system arranged between the analog to digital converter and the respective first baseband unit and adapted to:transmit the partially demodulated signals from the first baseband unit of the first receiver to the digital communication channel,receive the partially demodulated signals generated by second receiver via the digital communication channel, andtransmit the received partially demodulated signals of the second receiver to the second baseband unit of the first receiver for full demodulation.6. A distributed radio system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the receivers are adapted to receive signals according to a respectively same or respectively different communication standard.7. A distributed radio system as claimed in claim 1 , ...

Wireless Communication Method, Terminal Device and Network Device

A wireless communication method, a terminal device, and a network device are provided. The method includes: a terminal device determines a plurality of transmitting beams from transmitting beams of a network device, and determines a receiving beam matched with each transmitting beam of the plurality of transmitting beams in at least two receiving beam groups of the terminal device; and the terminal device transmits a notification message to the network device, wherein the notification message is used for indicating the plurality of transmitting beams and the receiving beam matched with the each transmitting beam, and includes information to be used by the network device for distinguishing a receiving beam group to which the receiving beam matched with the each transmitting beam belongs and distinguishing the receiving beam matched with the transmitting beam in the receiving beam group. 1. A method for wireless communication , comprising:determining, by a terminal device, a plurality of transmitting beams from transmitting beams of a network device, and determining a receiving beam matched with each transmitting beam of the plurality of transmitting beams in at least two receiving beam groups of the terminal device; andtransmitting, by the terminal device, a notification message to the network device, wherein the notification message is used for indicating the plurality of transmitting beams and the receiving beam matched with the each transmitting beam, and comprises information to be used by the network device for distinguishing a receiving beam group to which the receiving beam matched with the each transmitting beam belongs and distinguishing the receiving beam matched with the transmitting beam in the receiving beam group.2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein in the at least two receiving beam groups claim 1 , different receiving beam groups correspond to different antenna panels of the terminal device.3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the ...

METHOD FOR MANAGING RADIO RESOURCES IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR THE SAME

A beam management method, performed by a terminal in a communication system, includes receiving a control message including at least one parameter used for beam management from a first base station, performing a monitoring operation on a first beam configured between the first base station and the terminal based on the at least one parameter, detecting a beam problem in the first beam based on the monitoring operation, and in response to determination that the beam problem is detected in the first beam, performing a recovery operation on the first beam. 1. A terminal in a communication system , the terminal comprising:a processor;a memory in electronic communication with the processor; andinstructions stored in the memory and operable, when executed by the processor, to cause the terminal to:configure one or more cells with a base station;receive resource information of a random access (RA) procedure for beam failure recovery (BFR) of a first cell among the one or more cells from the base station;receive configuration information including timer information for the BFR from the base station;perform a measurement operation in the first cell of the base station; andwhen beam failure is detected in the first cell, perform a non-contention-based RA procedure using the resource information of the RA procedure for the BFR in the first cell of the base station before a timer corresponding to the timer information expires.2. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the instructions further cause the terminal to:when the beam failure is detected in the first cell, perform a contention-based RA procedure in the first cell of the base station after the timer expires.3. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the non-contention-based RA procedure is not performed after the timer expires.4. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the resource information includes at least one of a RA preamble index claim 1 , masking information claim 1 , a preamble format of a ...

BEAM MANAGEMENT METHODS AND APPARATUS

Methods and apparatus for selecting a beam mode and/or beam for communicating with one or more devices are described. The beam mode selection maybe and sometimes is between a broad beam mode of operation and a narrow beam mode of operation with respect to a particular device. Communication with one or more device may happen at a given time with the preferred beam mode and/or choice for an individual device sometimes being replaced with a beam mode and/or beam choice which is preferable from an overall system perspective, e.g., because it allows data transmission and/QoS requirements to multiple devices to be supported better than would be achieved if the preferred beam mode and/or beam selection made with respect to an individual device was used. The beam mode and/or beam selected for traffic data communication sometimes is different from the beam mode and/or beam used for communicating control channel information. 1. A method of operating a first communications device , the method comprising;receiving, from a second communications device, signal quality information for a first period of time corresponding to beams transmitted by the first communications device;identifying a set of X broad beams having the best reported quality, said set of X beams including one or more broad beams;identifying a set of Y narrow beams having the best reported quality, said set of Y beams including one or more narrow beams;determining a first quality variance for the best Y beam for the first period of time; anddetermining a preferred beam mode based on at least the first quality variance, said preferred beam mode being one of a broad beam mode or a narrow beam mode.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the preferred beam mode includes:determining if the first quality variance is greater than a first threshold; andsetting the preferred beam mode to narrow beam mode when it is determined that the first quality variance is not greater than the first threshold.3. The method of ...

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTIPLE PANEL AND/OR MULTIPLE BEAM CODEBOOK BASED PUSCH TRANSMISSIONS

The present disclosure relates to method and apparatus for multiple panel and/or multiple beam codebook based PUSCH transmissions. The method includes receiving, at a User Equipment (UE), Downlink Control Information (DCI) including two or more sets of parameters; and performing codebook based Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) transmission for transmitting the two or more codewords according to the two or more sets of parameters, respectively; wherein each of the two or more sets of parameters includes at least one of a Sounding Reference Signal Resource Indicator (SRI), a Transmitted Precoding Matrix Indicator (TPMI), a Modulation Coding Scheme (MCS), a New Data Indicator (NDI) and a Redundancy Version (RV). 1. A method of transmitting one or more codewords in one physical uplink shared channel , comprising:receiving, at a user equipment, downlink control information comprising two or more sets of parameters; andperforming codebook based physical uplink shared channel transmission for transmitting the one or more codewords according to the two or more sets of parameters, respectively;wherein each of the two or more sets of parameters comprises at least one of a sounding reference signal resource indicator, and a transmitted precoding matrix indicator.2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising substantially transmitting two or more sounding reference signal resources configured in two or more sounding reference signal resource sets claim 1 , respectively claim 1 , wherein the two or more sounding reference signal resources are used for the codebook based physical uplink shared channel transmission.3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising performing codeword-to-layer mapping claim 1 , wherein a rank number for a first codeword of the two or more codewords is different from another rank number for a second codeword of the two or more codewords if two codewords are transmitted.4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the first codeword is mapped to two layers ...

Method and apparatus for random access in a wireless communication system

Methods and apparatuses for random access in a wireless communication system are disclosed herein. In one method, a user equipment (UE) performs a first attempt of a random access procedure to communicate with a cell via at least a first UE beam. The UE performs a second attempt of the random access procedure to communicate with the cell via at least a second UE beam when the first attempt fails, in which the direction of the first UE beam and the direction of the second UE beam are different.

Multi-connectivity user device for wireless communication networks

A user device UE for a wireless communication with a plurality of wireless network elements includes a plurality of antennas. The plurality of antennas are configured to form a plurality of spatial or directional beams. The user device is configured to provide simultaneously a plurality of independent wireless communication links using the plurality of spatial or directional beams, wherein the user device is configured to provide a first wireless communication link with a first wireless network element using a first spatial or directional beam and to provide a second wireless communication link with a second wireless network element using a second antenna beam.

ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD APPLIED TO ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND DATA PROCESSING DEVICE

An electronic device, a method applied to an electronic device, and a data processing device. The electronic device includes: a processing circuit configured to allow a cell to implement data transmission by using at least a portion of a time resource corresponding to an unused channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) port, wherein the CSI-RS port is from a CSR-RS configuration different from a CSI-RS configuration of the cell. 1. An electronic device , comprising:processing circuitry, configured to:allow a cell to use at least a part of time-frequency resources corresponding to idle channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) ports of a CSI-RS configuration different from a CSI-RS configuration of the cell itself to transmit data.2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:determine usage status of CSI-RS ports of an adjacent cell of the cell, and determine, based on the usage status of the ports, time-frequency resources corresponding to idle CSI-RS ports of each CSI-RS configuration.3. The electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:judge whether the time-frequency resources corresponding to the idle CSI-RS ports meet a first predetermined condition; andallow the cell to use at least a part of the time-frequency resources corresponding to the idle CSI-RS ports to transmit data in a case that the first predetermined condition is met.4. The electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:judge whether the time-frequency resources corresponding to the idle CSI-RS ports meet a second predetermined condition; andprohibit the cell from using the time-frequency resources corresponding to the idle CSI-RS ports to transmit data in a case that the second predetermined condition is met.5. The electronic device according to claim 3 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to: ...

INFORMATION COMBINING ACROSS BEAMS

Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to communication systems, and more particularly, to sending and monitoring for a decoding candidate. Certain aspects provide a method for decoding information sent via a wireless transmission. The method generally includes receiving an indication of an association between a first decoding candidate and a second decoding candidate, monitoring the first decoding candidate in a search space of a first set of resources, the first decoding candidate received from a wireless node, and monitoring the second decoding candidate in a search space of a second set of resources, the second decoding candidate received from the wireless node, wherein the monitoring of the second decoding candidate is based on the association between the first and second decoding candidates. 1. A method for wireless communication , comprising:receiving an indication of an association between a first decoding candidate and a second decoding candidate;monitoring the first decoding candidate in a search space of a first set of resources, the first decoding candidate received from a wireless node; andmonitoring the second decoding candidate in a search space of a second set of resources, the second decoding candidate received from the wireless node, wherein the monitoring of the second decoding candidate is based on the association between the first and second decoding candidates.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein:each of the first decoding candidate and the second decoding candidate is monitored for a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in a slot of a subframe, the PDCCH indicating resources allocated to a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH); andthe resources allocated to the PDSCH are indicated using an offset with respect to a location of the PDCCH in the slot.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first decoding candidate is received from the wireless node via a first beam claim 1 , wherein the second decoding candidate is received from ...

Antenna Activity Detection in Multi-Antenna Communication

The present subject matter discloses a method for antenna activity detection in multi-antenna communication devices. In one embodiment, the method comprises computing a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) value for each of a plurality of antennas based on a sampled data associated with each of the antennas. The RSSI values may then be analyzed to identify an antenna having a highest RSSI value as a primary antenna and one or more antennas having the RSSI value less than the highest RSSI value as auxiliary antennas. Further, an RSSI difference for each of the auxiliary antennas is calculated and compared with a first threshold value to ascertain one or more potentially inactive antennas from among the auxiliary antennas. The potentially inactive antennas may then be further analyzed to identify one or more inactive antennas based at least in part on the RSSI value. 1. A method for antenna activity detection in multi-antenna communication devices , the method comprising:computing a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) value for each of a plurality of antennas based on a sampled data associated with each of the plurality of antennas;identifying, from the plurality of antennas, an antenna having a highest RSSI value as a primary antenna and one or more antennas having the RSSI value less than the highest RSSI value as auxiliary antennas;calculating an RSSI difference for each of the auxiliary antennas, wherein the RSSI difference corresponding to an auxiliary antenna is a difference between the RSSI value corresponding to the primary antenna and the RSSI value corresponding to the auxiliary antenna;comparing the RSSI difference corresponding to each of the auxiliary antennas with a first threshold value to ascertain one or more potentially inactive antennas from among the auxiliary antennas; andidentifying, from the one or more potentially inactive antennas, one or more inactive antennas based at least in part on the RSSI value.2. The method as claimed in ...

ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH MULTIPLE ANTENNA DIVERSITY AND RELATED METHODS

An electronic device may include a mobile wireless communications device having a first housing, a spatial diversity wireless transceiver carried by the first housing, and a first antenna carried by the first housing and coupled to the spatial diversity wireless transceiver. The electronic device may include an external antenna device having a second housing, and a second antenna carried thereby and configured to be coupled to the spatial diversity wireless transceiver. The spatial diversity wireless transceiver may be configured to selectively operate one of the first antenna and the second antenna to provide spatial diversity. 125-. (canceled)26. An electronic device comprising: a first housing,', 'a spatial diversity wireless transceiver carried by said first housing,', 'at least one first antenna carried by said first housing, and', 'an external antenna interface carried by said first housing and coupled to said spatial diversity wireless transceiver; and, 'a mobile wireless communications device comprising'} a second housing, and', 'at least one second antenna carried by said second housing and coupled to said external antenna interface;, 'an external antenna device comprising'}said spatial diversity wireless transceiver configured to operate said at least one first antenna and said at least one second antenna to provide spatial diversity.27. The electronic device of wherein said external antenna interface comprises a connector; and wherein said external antenna device comprises a cable extending from said second housing and configured to be coupled to said connector.28. The electronic device of wherein said connector comprises a tip ring sleeve (TRS) connector.29. The electronic device of wherein said connector comprises a USB connector.30. The electronic device of wherein said external antenna interface comprises a wireless interface.31. The electronic device of wherein said wireless interface comprises a wireless local area networking (WLAN) transceiver.32. ...

CONTROLLING TRANSMITTER OUTPUT

Methods, apparatus and computer programs are disclosed for controlling the output of a transmission point for a wireless communications network. One embodiment provides a method for controlling the output of a transmission point for a wireless communications network. The method comprises determining an average output power of the transmission point over a period of time; comparing the average output power to an output power reference value; and allocating data, to be transmitted by the transmission point to one or more wireless devices, to a pool of radio resources. The pool of radio resources is adjusted as a function of the comparison between the average output power and the output power reference value, and the output power reference value varies as a function of a maximum antenna gain of an antenna array of the transmission point during the period of time. 1. A method for controlling the output of a transmission point for a wireless communications network , the method comprising:determining an average output power of the transmission point over a period of time;comparing the average output power to an output power reference value; andallocating data, to be transmitted by the transmission point to one or more wireless devices, to a pool of radio resources,wherein the pool of radio resources is adjusted as a function of the comparison between the average output power and the output power reference value, andwherein the output power reference value varies as a function of a maximum antenna gain of an antenna array of the transmission point during the period of time.2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the maximum antenna gain is calculated based on a transmit correlation matrix used by the transmission point for transmissions during the period of time.3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the maximum antenna gain is calculated based on an average of the transmit correlation matrix over the period of time.4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein ...

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR BEAM FAILURE RECOVERY

The disclosure relates to technology for identifying a user equipment beam index in a base station. The base station indicates one or more resources assigned to the user equipment within a beam failure random access channel (BRACH) resource, and transmits one or more synchronization signal block resources and one or more new beam identification reference signal resources to the user equipment. The base station then receives one of the resources from a group of the one or more resources within the BRACH resource assigned to the user equipment corresponding to the BRACH resource, and identifies a preferred beam index of the user equipment based on information in the BRACH resource and the received one of the resources. 122-. (canceled)23. A method for beam failure recovery by a base station , comprising: a preamble index; and', 'at least one of a frequency resource and a time resource;, 'assigning, by the base station, at least one set of random access channel (RACH) resources for beam failure recovery to a user equipment, the at least one set of resources comprisingindicating, by the base station and to the user equipment, that the at least one set of resources is associated with a first synchronization signal (SS);transmitting, by the base station and to the user equipment, one or more channel state information reference signals (CSI-RSs) and the first SS, the first SS being quasi-colocated with the one or more CSI-RSs;receiving, by the base station and from the user equipment, a preamble transmission corresponding to the assigned preamble index on at least one of the frequency resource and the time resource; andidentifying, by the base station, a beam for communicating with the user equipment based on the received preamble transmission.24. The method of claim 23 , further comprising transmitting claim 23 , by the base station claim 23 , on the identified beam for communicating with the user equipment.25. The method of claim 24 , wherein a first of the one or more ...

TRANSMISSION BEAM CHANGE MANAGEMENT

A transmission beam change method is disclosed for a wireless communication transmitter adapted to transmit an orthogonal frequency division multiplex (OFDM) signal using a transmission beam of a plurality of transmission beams available at the wireless communication transmitter. The method includes temporarily adapting an output power during a transmission beam change from one transmission beam to another transmission beam. Typically, the transmission beam change is performed during a cyclic prefix (CP) of an OFDM symbol and the temporary adaptation is applied to only a part of the CP. Temporarily adapting the output power may include decreasing the output power to initiate the temporary adaptation and increasing the output power to terminate the temporary adaptation. For example, the temporary adaptation may be performed during all transmission beam changes or only when an occurrence frequency of transmission beam changes is higher than a threshold value. 1. A transmission beam change method for a wireless communication transmitter adapted to transmit an orthogonal frequency division multiplex , OFDM , signal using a transmission beam of a plurality of transmission beams available at the wireless communication transmitter , the method comprising:temporarily adapting an output power during a transmission beam change from one transmission beam to another transmission beam, the temporary adaptation being implemented by scaling an amplitude of samples of the OFDM signal, the scaling being performed in a baseband processing unit and the transmission beam change being controlled by a radio processing unit, the baseband processing unit being connected to the radio processing unit via an interface associated with a transfer delay; andtime synchronizing the scaling to the transmission beam change responsive to the transfer delay.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the temporary adaptation is performed during all transmission beam changes.3. The method of claim 1 , further ...

AUTOMATIC ANTENNA SWITCH

A device includes (a) a plurality of radio frequency (RF) switches, each operable with a plurality of frequency bands; an RF coupling device; and a processor programmed to selectively control operation of the plurality of RF switches based on an uplink signal from an electronic communication device electromagnetically coupled with the RF coupling device. The processor is programmed to selectively control operation of the plurality of RF switches by causing each of the RF switches to lock on a particular frequency band of the plurality of frequency bands corresponding to a frequency of the uplink signal from the electronic communication device. 1. A device comprising:(a) a plurality of radio frequency (RF) switches, each of said RF switches operable with a plurality of frequency bands;(b) at least one RF coupling device; and(c) a processor programmed to selectively control operation of said plurality of RF switches based on an uplink signal from an electronic communication device electromagnetically coupled with said at least one RF coupling device.2. The device of wherein said processor is programmed to selectively control operation of said plurality of RF switches by causing each of said plurality of RF switches to lock on a particular frequency band of said plurality of frequency bands.3. The device of wherein said particular frequency band corresponds to a frequency of the uplink signal from the electronic communication device.4. The device of wherein said processor is programmed to detect said uplink signal from said electronic communication device electromagnetically coupled with said RF coupling device.5. The device of wherein the plurality of radio frequency (RF) switches comprises a first RF switch claim 1 , and a second RF switch claim 1 , the device further comprising:an amplifier connected to the second RF switch for amplifying an RF signal output by said second RF switch.6. The device of further comprising:a gain controller connected to an output of the ...

BASE STATION AND TERMINAL FOR DISTRIBUTED ARRAY MASSIVE MULTIPLE-INPUT AND MULTIPLE-OUTPUT (MIMO) COMMUNICATION ANTENNA SYSTEM

Disclosed are a terminal and a base station for a distributed array massive multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) communication antenna system and an operation method thereof, wherein the terminal includes a distribution analog unit receiving a plurality of analog array receive signals based on a terminal antenna transmit signal from a virtual terminal through a plurality of distributed antenna arrays and a digital unit restoring the terminal antenna transmit signal based on the analog array receive signals and a channel parameter, and the base station includes an antenna receiving an analog receive signal based on a transmit beamforming input signal from a plurality of distributed antenna arrays, a virtual terminal restoring the transmit beamforming input signal based on an amplitude of the analog receive signal, and a terminal receive signal mapper mapping the transmit beamforming input signal to a base station transmit signal. 1. A base station comprising:a distribution analog unit configured to receive a plurality of analog array receive signals from a virtual terminal through a plurality of distributed antenna arrays; anda digital unit configured to restore a terminal antenna transmit signal based on the plurality of analog array receive signals and a channel parameter,wherein the channel parameter is information on a plurality of channels between the virtual terminal and each of the distributed antenna arrays, andwherein the plurality of distributed antenna arrays is distributed to be separate from the base station.2. The base station of claim 1 , wherein the distribution analog unit comprises a wired linker to deliver the analog array receive signals through radio frequency (RF) fiber-optic cables to the digital unit claim 1 , and a number of RF fiber-optic cables is determined based on positions of the plurality of distributed antenna arrays.3. The base station of claim 1 , wherein the digital unit comprises:an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter ...

Apparatus, system and method of selectively responding to wireless transmissions

Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of selectively responding to wireless communication transmissions. For example, an apparatus may include a wireless communication unit to allocate at least one association beamforming training (A-BFT) period, to receive a responder beamforming transmission from a responder device during the A-BFT period, to transmit to the responder device a feedback transmission in response to the responder beamforming transmission, and to set a responder filtering period extending over one or more successive A-BFT periods, wherein the wireless communication unit is to ignore one or more responder beamforming transmissions from the responder device during the filtering period.

Method for mixedly indicating uplink and downlink beams, base station, terminal and system

Disclosed is a method for mixedly indicating uplink and downlink beams, comprising: a base station notifies correlations between properties of an uplink access signal and an uplink beam index and/or downlink beam index in a preset manner and/or in a manner of system message configuration, wherein the properties of the uplink access signal are used for indicating the uplink beam index and/or downlink beam index for sending the uplink access signal; and after receiving the uplink access signal, the base station obtains the uplink beam index and/or downlink beam index by recognizing the properties of the uplink access signal. Further disclosed at the same time are a base station, terminal and system for realizing the method. 1. A method for mixedly indicating uplink and downlink beams , comprising:notifying, by a base station, a corresponding relationship between a characteristic of an uplink access signal and an index of an uplink beam and/or an index of a downlink beam in a manner of presetting and/or a manner of system message configuration, the characteristic of the uplink access signal indicating the index of the uplink beam for sending the uplink access signal, and/or the index of the downlink beam; andidentifying, by the base station, the characteristic of the uplink access signal to obtain the index of the uplink beam and/or the index of the downlink beam after receiving the uplink access signal,wherein the characteristic of the uplink access signal comprises at least one of: a time-domain position of the uplink access signal, a frequency-domain position of the uplink access signal, a set of sequences adopted for the uplink access signals, bit information for indicating index carried after the uplink access signal and a beam identification sequence carried after the uplink access signal.2. (canceled)3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein a method for the base station to identify the index of the uplink beam and/or the index of the downlink beam comprises ...

IMPROVED RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE WITH BEAMFORMING IN LTE

A method for improved random access procedures by a UE is provided. The method comprises: measuring a common CSI-RS; selecting a best horizontal/vertical beam from a set of fixed beams; determining a preamble mapped to the selected horizontal/vertical beam; transmitting the preamble; and receiving a random access response. 1. A method for improved random access procedures by a UE , comprising:measuring a common CSI-RS;selecting a best horizontal/vertical beam from a set of fixed beams;determining a preamble mapped to the selected horizontal/vertical beam;transmitting the preamble; andreceiving a random access response.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the random access response is mapped to a UE-specific search space that corresponds to the horizontal/vertical beam.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the preamble is transmitted to an eNB as part of a random access procedure.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the mapping of the preamble to the selected horizontal/vertical beam is preconfigured.5. A method for improved random access procedures by an eNB claim 1 , comprising:broadcasting a common CSI-RS;receiving a preamble from a UE;determining a selected horizontal/vertical beam for the UE based on the received preamble;mapping the PDCCH of the RAR to a UE-specific search space using an enhanced RA-RNTI that includes the selected horizontal/vertical beam; andtransmitting the RAR to the UE using the selected horizontal/vertical beam.6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the preamble is received as part of a random access procedure.7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the mapping of the preamble to the selected horizontal/vertical beam is preconfigured.8. The method of claim 5 , wherein all preambles are grouped in several groups claim 5 , wherein each group corresponds to one horizontal/vertical beam.9. The method of claim 5 , wherein new sets of preambles are defined for each horizontal/vertical beam. The present disclosure relates generally to wireless communication ...

APPARATUS FOR ORTHOGONAL 16-QPSK MODULATED TRANSMISSION

An apparatus, method and article of manufacture comprise a transceiver coupled to a phased array of antenna elements that are configured into pluralities of antenna elements to generate N modes of orthogonal radio waves where N is equal to or greater than 2. The coupling is via a plurality of 16-quadrature phase shift key (16-QPSK) modulators, each which is coupled to a respective one of the pluralities of antenna elements to modulate data onto a respective one of the N modes of orthogonal radio waves, to cause each of the N modes to operate as an independent data channel. For the case of N=2 modes, two 16-QPSK modulators generate independent 16 -QPSK constellations, one for the first of the two modes and one for the second of the two modes, such that two 16-QPSK constellations are independent of each other, are orthogonal, and are on the same frequency. 1. An apparatus comprising:a phased array of antenna elements configured into pluralities of antenna elements, the pluralities of antenna elements configured to generate N modes of orthogonal angular orbital momentum (OAM) radio waves where N is equal to or greater than 2; and wherein each of the N modes of orthogonal (OAM) radio waves operates as an independent data channel, and', 'wherein the apparatus is configured to transmit the modulated orthogonal (OAM) radio waves, each on a respective one of the pluralities of antenna elements., 'a plurality of quadrature phase shift key (QPSK) modulators, each of the plurality of QPSK modulators configured to receive data bits as input and coupled to a respective one of the pluralities of antenna elements to modulate QPSK symbols onto a respective one of the N modes of orthogonal OAM radio waves,'}2. The apparatus of wherein N=2 and a first of the QPSK modulators provides a first QPSK constellation for a first mode and a second of the QPSK modulators provides a second QPSK constellation for a second mode claim 1 , and wherein the first QPSK constellation and the second ...

Method and Apparatus for Improving Communication Rate

A method and an apparatus are provided for improving a communication rate, which are used in a terminal working in a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) state. The method includes: obtaining strength of a first signal received in a first path connected to a first antenna and strength of a second signal received in a second path connected to a second antenna; and adjusting the first path or/and the second path according to a difference between the strength of the first signal and the strength of the second signal, so as to reduce an unbalance degree between the first path and the second path, thereby improving the communication rate. By adopting the present invention, improvement of a rate of an antenna may be achieved by adjusting a balance between the first and second paths. 1. A method for improving a communication rate , used in a terminal working in a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) state , the method comprising:obtaining strength of a first signal received in a first path connected to a first antenna and strength of a second signal received in a second path connected to a second antenna; andadjusting the first path or/and the second path according to a difference between the strength of the first signal and the strength of the second signal to reduce an unbalance degree between the first path and the second path.2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:obtaining a rate of the first signal received in the first path, a rate of the second signal received in the second path, or a signal downlink rate; andadjusting the first path or/and the second path according to a change of the rate of the first signal, the rate of the second signal, or the signal downlink rate to reduce the unbalance degree between the first path and the second path.3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein adjusting the first path or/and the second path according to the difference between the strength of the first signal and the strength of the second signal comprises ...

RADIO TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, RADIO RECEIVING APPARATUS, RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT

A radio receiving apparatus is notified of whether a multi-user multiplexing transmission signal that is transmitted from a radio transmitting apparatus is the multi-user MIMO or the OFDMA without increasing a control information amount. The radio transmitting apparatus includes a scheduling section that selects any one group from a plural groups that represent combinations of the plural radio receiving apparatuses, and a transmit symbol generating section that generates a transmit signal by multiplexing data to be transmitted to the plural radio receiving apparatuses belonging to the selected group by the multiplexing method in advance determined corresponding to an identification number added to the selected group. 112-. (canceled)13. A radio transmitting apparatus that includes a plurality of transmit antennas , selects one of a plurality of multiplexing methods , and multiplexes and simultaneously transmits transmit data that are addressed to a plurality of radio receiving apparatuses , the radio transmitting apparatus comprising:a scheduling section that selects any one group from a plurality of groups that represent combinations of a plurality of radio receiving apparatuses; anda transmit symbol generating section that generates a transmit signal by multiplexing data to be transmitted to the plurality of radio receiving apparatuses that belong to the selected group by the multiplexing method that is in advance determined corresponding to an identification number that is added to the selected group.14. The radio transmitting apparatus according to claim 13 , further comprising:a formation information generating section that generates group formation information that represents information of the radio receiving apparatuses that belong to the groups; anda control information generating section that generates control information that contains the identification number of the selected group; whereinthe group formation information is transmitted to radio receiving ...

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OVER-THE-AIR TESTING OF MILLI-METER WAVE AND OTHER BEAMFORMING TECHNOLOGIES

A method and system for measurement of a device under test (DUT) are provided. According to one aspect, a system includes a first positioner having a first antenna and a second positioner having a second antenna. The system also includes circuitry configured to cause the first antenna to radiate a test signal to the DUT and to implement one of a probing mode and an interference mode. The probing mode causes, for each of at least one position of the first antenna, the second antenna to receive a signal from the DUT at each of the second set of positions of the second antenna. The interfering mode causes, for each of at least one position of the first antenna, the second antenna to transmit an interfering signal to the DUT at each of the second set of positions of the second antenna. 1. A system configured to test a device under test (DUT) via one of a plurality of testing modes , the system comprising:a first positioner having a first antenna;a second positioner having a second antenna; cause the first antenna to radiate a signal to the DUT; and', a probing mode which causes, for each of at least one position of the first antenna, the second antenna to receive a signal from the DUT at each of a second set of positions of the second antenna; and', 'an interfering mode which causes, for each of at least one position of the first antenna, the second antenna to transmit an interfering signal to the DUT at each of the second set of positions of the second antenna., 'implement one of a plurality of testing modes, the plurality of testing modes including], 'circuitry configured to2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry further comprises at least one of receive circuitry and transmit circuitry mounted on the second positioner and configured to at least one of receive a signal from the DUT in the probing mode and transmit an interfering signal to the DUT in the interfering mode.3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to process ...

BEAM SELECTION AND REFINEMENT DURING A RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL (RACH) PROCEDURE

Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications and, more particularly, to beam refinement during a RACH procedure. A NB may receive a message via a first beam from a UE as part of a RACH procedure and may transmit at least one signal for beam refinement during the RACH procedure. A UE may transmit, to a NB, a message via a first beam as part of a RACH procedure and may receive, from the NB, at least one signal for beam refinement during the RACH procedure. Any directional signal beam may be used for beam refinement as described herein. 1. A method for wireless communication by a node B (NB) , comprising:receiving a message via a first beam from a user equipment (UE) as part of a random access channel (RACH) procedure; andtransmitting at least one signal for beam refinement during the RACH procedure.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one signal comprises a new radio reference signal (NR-SS).3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one signal for beam refinement is transmitted after receiving at least one of a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) preamble or Radio Resource Connection (RRC) request associated with the RACH procedure from the UE.4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:transmitting a beam reference signal (BRS) during the RACH procedure;receiving an indication that a signal strength associated with the BRS is below a threshold value; andin response to the indication, transmitting at least one signal for beam refinement.5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:receiving an indication from the UE of more than one beam of similar strength from a cell associated with the NB during the RACH procedure; andin response to the indication, transmitting the at least one signal for beam refinement.6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:determining an uplink signal strength associated with the received message of the RACH procedure is below a threshold value; andin response to the determination, ...

ANTENNA ADJUSTING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND TERMINAL

An antenna adjusting method includes: transmitting a first broadcast message in a case that a plurality of antennae are in a SISO mode, and acquiring radiation efficiencies of the plurality of antennae; and maintaining the SISO mode in a case that the radiation efficiency of at least one of the plurality of antennae is less than a preset threshold. 1. An antenna adjusting method , applied to a terminal , the method comprising:transmitting a first broadcast message in a case that a plurality of antennae are in a single input single output (SISO) mode, and acquiring radiation efficiencies of the plurality of antennae; andmaintaining the SISO mode in a case that the radiation efficiency of at least one of the plurality of antennae is less than a preset threshold.2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:switching the SISO mode to a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) mode in a case that the radiation efficiency of each of the plurality of antennae is greater than or equal to the preset threshold.3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein there are a plurality of preset thresholds claim 1 , and the plurality of preset thresholds are in one-to-one correspondence with the radiation efficiencies of the plurality of antennae.4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the plurality of antennae comprises a first antenna and a second antenna; and the acquiring the radiation efficiencies of the plurality of antennae comprises:determining the radiation efficiency of the first antenna, according to a space loss isolation between the first antenna and the second antenna, a transmitting power of the first antenna and a reflecting power of the first antenna, anddetermining the radiation efficiency of the second antenna, according to a space loss isolation between the first antenna and the second antenna, a transmitting power of the second antenna and a reflecting power of the second antenna.5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein after the maintaining the ...

Methods and Apparatus to Support Mobility through Beam Tracking in New Radio Access System

Methods and apparatus are provided for mobility support through beam tracking in the new radio access system. In one novel aspect, one or more beam-sets are configured for fast beam tracking. Each beam-set includes one or more multiple beams or transmit-receive points (TRPs). The UE performs the mobility support through lower layer based on one or more configured beam-sets. The lower layer can be a MAC layer or a PHY layer. In one embodiment, a channel status information (CSI) set and a transmission set are configured. The UE performs CSI measurements on all beams of the CSI set for potential beam tracking and data transmitting and receiving, and control signaling through one or more beams of the transmission set. In another embodiment, the UE further configures a candidate set. The beam-sets can be configured by the network or by the UE. 1. A method comprising:establishing a connection with a group of TRPs in a radio network by a user equipment (UE), wherein the TRPs group contain one or more TRPs, and wherein each TRP is configured with a set of beams;configuring a channel state information (CSI) set comprising of one or more beams corresponding to one or more TRPs, wherein the UE performs CSI measurements on the CSI set for potential beam tracking; andconfiguring a transmission set, wherein the transmission set is a subset of the CSI set, and wherein the UE performs data transmitting and receiving, and control signaling transmitting and receiving through one or more beams of the transmission set.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein performing a mobility management via a lower layer based on the CSI set claim 1 , wherein the lower layer is one of protocol layers comprising of a PHY layer and a MAC layer.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the control signaling includes at least one of signals comprising: a CSI report claim 1 , a beam switching command claim 1 , an acknowledgement for the beam switching command claim 1 , a scheduling request (SR) claim 1 , a downlink ...

Hybrid Processor With Switching Control Based on Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation for Multi-Beam Satellite Systems

A hybrid processor system for use on board a telecommunications multi-beam satellite is provided that is controllable by a network control centre via one or more control channels. The system links to ground terminals by: providing uplink and downlink traffic channels on several satellite beams; routing atomic switched information blocks from the uplink traffic channels to the downlink traffic channels; and exchanging signaling data with the ground terminals on one or more uplink signaling channels and one or more downlink signaling channels. The atomic switched information blocks have the same given time duration and the same given baseband bandwidth. The hybrid processor system includes a burst switching processor and an on-board processor controller which is configured to store service information items indicative of: the given time duration and the given baseband bandwidth of the atomic switched information blocks; the respective uplink bandwidth, the respective uplink frequencies, a respective time length of the respective uplink time slots, and respective structure features of the respective uplink time frames and superframes of each uplink channel; the respective downlink bandwidth, the respective downlink frequencies, a respective time length of the respective downlink time slots, and respective structure features of the respective downlink time frames and superframes of each downlink channel; and quality of service and priority rules for serving the ground terminals. The on-board processor controller is further configured to extract, from incoming signaling data capacity requests sent by the ground terminals by demodulating and decoding the incoming signaling data. 11. Hybrid processor system () for use on board a telecommunications multi-beam satellite , wherein said telecommunications multi-beam satellite is controllable by a network control centre via one or more control channels , and is designed to link ground terminals by:providing uplink and downlink ...

RADIO ENVIRONMENT ESTIMATION DEVICE, RADIO ENVIRONMENT ESTIMATION SYSTEM, RADIO ENVIRONMENT ESTIMATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

In order to quickly perform estimation processing while suppressing a deterioration in estimation accuracy caused by the impact of an obstacle present in the vicinity of a sensor, an impact-level assessment unit assesses the level of the impact imparted on an observable at another location by an observable detected by a sensor for detecting observables, which represent the features of an electrical signal obtained by receiving a radio wave. In addition, a weighting factor calculation unit calculates a sensor weighting factor on the basis of the position of the estimation location at which the observable is to be estimated, the position of the sensor, and the assessed impact level from the impact-level assessment unit. Furthermore, a weighted averaging unit estimates the observable at the estimation location by calculating a weighted average of the observable detected by the sensor, by using the sensor weighting factor calculated by the weighting factor calculation unit. 1. A radio environment estimation device comprising:impact-level assessment means for assessing an impact level that represents a level of impact that an observation amount representing a feature of an electric signal obtained by receiving a radio wave and that is detected by a sensor for detecting the observation amount has on an observation amount at other locations;weighting coefficient calculation means for calculating a weighting coefficient of the sensor, based on a position of an estimation location to be an observation-amount estimation target and a position of the sensor, as well as on the impact level assessed by the impact-level assessment unit; andweighted averaging means for estimating an observation amount at the estimation location, by calculating a weighted average of the observation amount detected by the sensor, using the weighting coefficient of the sensor having been calculated by the weighting coefficient calculation means.2. The radio environment estimation device according to ...

IDENTIFYING A RESOURCE FOR TRANSMITTING A FIRST UPLINK CHANNEL

For transmitting an uplink channel, one apparatus includes a processor and a transceiver that that communicates with a User Equipment (“UE”) in a mobile communication network. The processor receives, from the UE, a first uplink channel on a first uplink resource and receiving, from the UE, a second uplink channel on a second uplink resource, where the first uplink resource and the second uplink resource at least partially overlap in time, and where the first uplink channel is for a first transmission and reception point (“TRP”) and the second uplink channel is for a second TRP, wherein the first TRP is different than the second TRP. 1. A method comprising:receiving, from a user equipment (“UE”), a first uplink channel on a first uplink resource;receiving, from the UE, a second uplink channel on a second uplink resource,wherein the first uplink resource and the second uplink resource at least partially overlap in time, andwherein the first uplink channel is for a first transmission and reception point (“TRP”) and the second uplink channel is for a second TRP, wherein the first TRP is different than the second TRP.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the UE supports transmissions with more than one transmit antenna panels at a given time instance claim 1 , wherein the first uplink channel is transmitted claim 1 , by the UE claim 1 , with a first transmit antenna panel and the second uplink channel is transmitted claim 1 , by the UE claim 1 , with a second transmit antenna panel.3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting first scheduling information of the first uplink channel and transmitting second scheduling information of the second uplink channel.4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the first uplink channel is a physical uplink control channel (“PUCCH”) claim 3 , and wherein transmitting the first scheduling information further comprises:transmitting a higher layer message configuring a set of PUCCH resources, andtransmitting downlink control ...

CONFIGURATION METHOD AND CONFIGURATION DEVICE FOR REFERENCE SIGNAL AND COMMUNICATION NODE

Provided are a configuration method and configuration device for a reference signal and a communication node. The method applied to a first communication node includes: configuring configuration signaling; carrying, by the configuration signaling, parameter configuration for N reference signal resources, the parameter configuration at least includes channel characteristic requirement indication information; and sending the configuration signaling to a second communication node to enable the second communication node to obtain the parameter configuration, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 1. 1. A configuration method for a reference signal , applied to a first communication node , comprising:configuring configuration signaling, wherein the configuration signaling carries parameter configuration for N reference signal resources, wherein the parameter configuration at least comprises channel characteristic requirement indication information; andsending the configuration signaling to a second communication node, wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to 1.24-. (canceled)5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the channel characteristic requirement indication information comprises at least one of:channel characteristic requirement information;relevant information on an antenna port.6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the relevant information on the antenna port comprises at least one of:antenna port information; orantenna port density configuration information.7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the antenna port density configuration information comprises at least one of:configuration information of one of: a frequency domain in which any antenna port is located, a time domain in which any antenna port is located, and a sequence used by any antenna port.8. (canceled)9. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:acquiring the antenna port density configuration information from a pre-configured antenna port density configuration information set.1012-. ( ...

Antenna Measurement Method and Terminal

An measurement method and a terminal, where the method includes: determining, by a first antenna selection module in terminal, at least two measured antennas, setting the at least two measured antennas as a first measurement antenna, adding the first measurement antenna to an occupied antenna set; determining measurement duration of the first measurement antenna; performing a measurement operation on the first measurement antenna; determining, by a second antenna selection module, a second measurement antenna and measurement duration of the second measurement antenna based on the occupied antenna set and the measurement duration of the first measurement antenna, adding the second measurement antenna to the occupied antenna set; performing a measurement operation on the second measurement antenna; and determining, a measurement result of the first measurement antenna and a measurement result of the second measurement antenna when the measurement duration of the first measurement antenna ends. 1. An antenna measurement method , applied to a terminal comprising at least two antenna selection modules , and comprising:determining, by a first antenna selection module in the terminal, at least two measured antennas, using the determined at least two measured antennas as a first measurement antenna, and adding the first measurement antenna to an occupied antenna set;determining, by the first antenna selection module, measurement duration of the first measurement antenna;performing, by the first antenna selection module, a measurement operation on the first measurement antenna;determining, by a second antenna selection module, a second measurement antenna and measurement duration of the second measurement antenna based on the occupied antenna set and the measurement duration of the first measurement antenna, and adding the second measurement antenna to the occupied antenna set;performing, by the second antenna selection module, a measurement operation on the second ...

ADAPTATION OF MIMO MODE IN MMW WLAN SYSTEMS

Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed for adaptation of multiple input multiple output (MIMO) mode in mmW Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) systems. A first station (STA) may receive a mode change request from a second STA. The mode change request may indicate a mode change for a MIMO mode, a polarization mode, and/or an orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA) mode. The mode change request may include one or more STA fields. The one or more STA fields may include a STA field associated with the first STA. Each of the one or more STA fields may include a MIMO mode subfield, a polarization mode subfield, and/or an OFDMA mode subfield. The first STA may change the MIMO mode, the polarization mode, and/or the OFDMA mode, for example, based on the mode change request. The first STA may send a mode change response to the second STA. 120.-. (canceled)21. A station (STA) configured for polarization beamforming training , the STA comprising:a processor;receiver circuitry configured to receive, from an initiator STA, a training request frame which includes a polarization beamforming training indication;the receiver circuitry configured to receive, based on the indication, from the initiator STA, a plurality of training frames, the plurality of training frames including a first set of training frames associated with a first polarization and a second set of training frames associated with a second polarization; andtransmitter circuitry configured to transmit, to the initiator STA, feedback based on the first set of training frames and the second set of training frames.22. The STA of claim 21 , wherein the training frame comprises an enhanced directional multi-gigabit (EDMG) control frame.23. The STA of claim 21 , wherein the training frame indicates a number of polarizations to train.24. The STA of claim 21 , wherein the transmitter circuitry is configured to transmit claim 21 , to the initiator STA claim 21 , a response frame acknowledging ...

METHOD OF PERFORMING BEAM FAILURE RECOVERY AND RELATED DEVICE

A method for a user equipment (UE) performing a beam failure recovery (BFR) procedure is disclosed. The method comprises performing a first beam failure detection (BFD) procedure on a first cell, performing a second BFD procedure on a second cell, triggering a first BFR procedure for a first cell in response to a beam failure being detected on the first cell by the first BFD procedure, triggering a second BFR procedure for a second cell in response to a beam failure being detected on the second cell by the second BFD procedure, and canceling the triggered first BFR procedure for the first cell in response to a BFR report corresponding to at least one of the first and second BFR procedures being successfully transmitted to a base station (BS), wherein the BFR report includes BFR information of the first cell. 1. A method for a user equipment (UE) performing a beam failure recovery (BFR) procedure , the method comprising:performing a first beam failure detection (BFD) procedure on a first cell;performing a second BFD procedure on a second cell;triggering a first BFR procedure for the first cell in response to a beam failure being detected on the first cell by the first BFD procedure;triggering a second BFR procedure for the second cell in response to a beam failure being detected on the second cell by the second BFD procedure; andcanceling the triggered first BFR procedure for the first cell in response to a BFR report corresponding to at least one of the first and second BFR procedures being successfully transmitted to a base station (BS), wherein the BFR report includes BFR information of the first cell.2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:canceling the triggered second BFR procedure for the second cell in response to the BFR report further including BFR information of the second cell.3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:determining the BFR report is successfully transmitted to the BS when a BFR response corresponding to the transmitted BFR report ...

TRANSMISSION COUNTDOWN AND IMPROVEMENTS FOR A BEAM BASED CHANNEL ACCESS PROCEDURE

This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatuses for a beam-based channel access countdown procedure. In one aspect, a channel sensing beam may be permitted to include one or more transmit beams and, thus, may differ from a transmit beam that is to be used for a transmission. As such, defining a manner in which a channel access countdown procedure is performed is desirable. Some aspects described herein provide techniques and apparatus for a beam-based channel access countdown procedure. In some aspects, the systems, methods, and apparatuses described herein provide a beam-based channel access countdown procedure that allows a single channel sensing beam, including multiple transmit beams, to be utilized in association with determining channel availability for the multiple transmit beams, thereby improving performance of beam-based directional transmissions. 1. A method of wireless communication performed by an apparatus of a base station , comprising:determining a set of user equipment (UEs) to be scheduled in a transmission opportunity (TxOP);determining a set of transmit beams to be transmitted to the set of UEs; 'wherein each channel sensing beam of the one or more channel sensing beams includes a subset of the determined set of transmit beams; and', 'determining, based at least in part on the determined set of transmit beams, one or more channel sensing beams,'}performing a channel access countdown procedure for each of the one or more channel sensing beams.2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting to a subset of the set of UEs using a subset of transmit beams included in a channel sensing beam claim 1 , of the one or more channel sensing beams claim 1 , after finishing the channel access countdown procedure for the channel sensing beam that includes the subset of transmit beams.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein claim 1 , for each of the one or more channel sensing beams claim 1 , the channel access countdown procedure is performed ...

APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION VIA POLARIZED ANTENNAS

Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of wireless communication via polarized antennas. For example, an apparatus may include circuitry configured to cause a wireless station to generate an information element including a plurality of antenna identifiers of a plurality of directional antennas of the wireless station, and a plurality of polarization indicators corresponding to the plurality of antenna identifiers, a polarization indicator corresponding to an antenna identifier to indicate a polarization setting of a directional antenna identified by the antenna identifier; and to transmit a frame including the information element. 1. An apparatus comprising circuitry configured to cause a wireless station to:generate an information element comprising a plurality of antenna identifiers of a plurality of directional antennas of said wireless station, and a plurality of polarization indicators corresponding to said plurality of antenna identifiers, a polarization indicator corresponding to an antenna identifier to indicate a polarization setting of a directional antenna identified by said antenna identifier; andtransmit a frame comprising said information element.2. The apparatus of configured to cause said wireless station to communicate a Multiple In Multiple Out (MIMO) communication via said plurality of directional antennas configured according to a plurality of polarization settings indicated by said plurality of polarization indicators.3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein said MIMO communication comprises a Multi User (MU) MIMO communication.4. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein said MIMO communication comprises a single user (SU) MIMO communication.5. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein said MIMO communication comprises a MIMO communication over a millimeter wave (mmWave) wireless communication band.6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said information element comprises a plurality of pairs of configuration fields claim ...

BEAM FORMING AND STEERING USING LTE DIVERSITY ANTENNA

An antenna system, which is coupled to one or more first transceivers for processing signals according to one or more protocols, respectively, and to a second transceiver for performing a function in conjunction with at least one of the one or more protocols, is provided. The antenna system includes a first antenna, a second antenna, a circuit coupled to the first and second antennas, and a controller configured to control the circuit for enabling beam forming and beam steering or for enabling the function in conjunction with the at least one of the one or more protocols. The circuit includes a phase shifting block configured to provide multiple phase shifts between a first radiation pattern associated with the first antenna and a second radiation pattern associated with the second antenna to generate multiple combined radiation patterns corresponding to the phase shifts, respectively, for the beam forming and beam steering purposes. 1. An antenna system coupled to one or more first transceivers for processing signals according to one or more protocols , respectively , and to a second transceiver for performing a function in conjunction with at least one of the one or more protocols , the antenna system comprising:a first antenna associated with the one or more first transceivers;a second antenna associated with the second transceiver;a circuit coupled to the first antenna and the second antenna; anda controller configured to control the circuit for enabling beam forming and beam steering or for enabling the function in conjunction with the at least one of the one or more protocols.2. The antenna system of claim 1 , wherein a first switch coupled to the first antenna;', 'a second switch coupled to the second antenna; and', 'a phase shifting block coupling the first switch and the second switch,', 'wherein, 'the circuit comprisesthe phase shifting block is configured to provide a plurality of phase shifts between a first radiation pattern associated with the first ...

METHOD FOR DETERMINING TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE BEAM PATTERNS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS

A method of antenna alignment for a wireless mesh communications network () is disclosed. The method is applied to a mesh communications network () having a first plurality of communications nodes () interconnected by a second plurality of wireless communications links (). 1. A method of antenna alignment for a wireless mesh communications network having a first plurality of communications nodes interconnected by a second plurality of wireless communications links , the method comprising:a. determining a first set of transmit beam patterns for an antenna array of a first node of the network;b. determining a second set of receive beam patterns for an antenna array of a second node of the network;c. at the first node of the network, following discovery of the second node of the network by the first node, transmitting an antenna training signal to the second node, using a first transmit beam pattern chosen from the first set of transmit beam patterns;d. at the second node of the network, receiving such a transmitted antenna training signal from the first node using a first receive beam pattern chosen from the second set of receive beam patterns, determining a link quality value for such a transmission, and storing information relating to the transmit beam pattern, the receive beam pattern and the link quality value;e. repeating steps c and d for a predetermined number of combinations of transmit and receive beam patterns;f. from such stored information determining a preferred transmit and receive beam pattern pair for transmission of data signals from the first node to the second node.2. A method of transmitting data signals from a first node of a wireless mesh network to a second node of such a network over a wireless communications link , the method comprising:a. at the first node of the network, discovering a second node of the network;b. determining a first set of transmit beam patterns for an antenna array of the first node of the network;c. determining a second ...

Wireless Device, A Network Node and Methods Therein for Determining the Quality of Uplink Beamforming Directions in a Wireless Communications Network

A method performed by a wireless device () for determining the quality of uplink beamforming directions in a wireless communications network () is provided. The wireless device () receives configuration information indicating uplink channel state information, CSI, processes for uplink beamforming directions. Then, the wireless device () transmits reference signals for one or more uplink beamforming directions on uplink transmission resources of corresponding one or more uplink CSI processes. The wireless device () also receives one or more uplink CSI process reports for the one or more uplink CSI processes. Then, the wireless device () determines the quality of at least one uplink beamforming direction using the one or more uplink CSI process reports. A wireless device () for determining the quality of uplink beamforming directions in a wireless communications network () is also provided. 144-. (canceled).45. A method performed by a wireless device for determining the quality of uplink beamforming directions in a wireless communications network , the method comprising receiving configuration information indicating one or more uplink channel state information , CSI , processes for uplink beamforming directions;transmitting reference signals for one or more uplink beamforming directions on uplink transmission resources of corresponding one or more uplink CSI processes;receiving one or more uplink CSI process reports for the one or more uplink CSI processes; anddetermining the quality of at least one uplink beamforming direction using the one or more uplink CSI process reports.46. The method according to claim 45 , further comprising transmitting a request for the configuration information that indicates one or more uplink CSI processes for uplink beamforming directions.47. The method according to claim 45 , further comprising receiving information identifying at least one uplink CSI process and indicating a subset of uplink transmission parameter values for the at ...

BEAM REFINEMENT FOR ACTIVE AND CANDIDATE BEAMS

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A user equipment (UE) may be communicating with a base station via beamformed transmissions on an active beam. The UE may receive from the base station refined reference signals (RRSs) that include an active beam RRS corresponding to the active beam. The UE may identify that the active beam RRS corresponds to the active beam and perform a beam state measurement on the active beam RRS. The UE may refine the active beam based at least in part on the beam state information of the active beam RRS. 1. A method for wireless communication , comprising:communicating with a base station via one or more beamformed transmissions on an active beam;receiving from the base station one or more refinement reference signals (RRSs), the one or more RRSs including an active beam RRS corresponding to the active beam;identifying the active beam RRS as corresponding to the active beam;performing a beam state measurement on at least the active beam RRS; andrefining the active beam based at least in part on the beam state measurement on the active beam RRS.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying the active beam RRS as corresponding to the active beam comprises:determining a resource identifier (ID) associated with the active beam RRS.3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:identifying the resource ID based on an indication conveyed in a radio resource control (RRC) configuration procedure performed with the base station.4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the resource ID is associated with an antenna port configuration used by the base station to transmit the active beam RRS and the active beam.5. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying the active beam RRS as corresponding to the active beam comprises:identifying one or more antenna ports associated with the active beam RRS based on an antenna port configuration of the active beam.6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:transmitting a beam state ...

Antenna Method and Apparatus

An information handling system includes a triangular chassis and a plurality of antennas that provide optimized coverage in all directions around the triangular chassis. An antenna may be operated from each vertex of the triangular shaped base chassis. Alternatively, an antenna may be operated from each of three main side surfaces of the triangular shaped base chassis. One or more of the antennas can be selected for communication based on the ability to communicate with external network components. Disclosed systems provide omnidirectional coverage around the triangular chassis while minimizing the effects of shadowing caused by abase chassis. 1. A method of transmitting and receiving data , the method comprising: the chassis has a generally triangular profile; and', 'the information handling system comprises a CPU;, 'operating a first antenna proximate to a first vertex of an information handling system chassis, whereinoperating a second antenna proximate to a second vertex of the chassis.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first antenna and second antenna each comprise multiple antenna elements.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first antenna and second antenna are omnidirectional.4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:operating a third antenna proximate to a third vertex of the chassis; andoperating a radio within the chassis to send information to and receive information from the first antenna, second antenna, and third antenna.5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:monitoring the operational effectiveness of the first antenna and second antenna.6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:determining which of the first antenna and second antenna should be used for sending or receiving information; andselecting one of the first antenna or second antenna based on the determining step.7. An information handling system comprising:a chassis comprising a triangular profile; a first antenna proximate to a first vertex of the triangular profile; ...

Group Based Beam Reporting and Channel State Information Reference Signal Configuration in New Radio Systems

Embodiments of the present disclosure describe methods and apparatuses for group based beam reporting and channel state information reference signal configuration in new radio systems. 1. (canceled)227.-. (canceled)28. An apparatus , comprising:a memory interface; and transmit, by a transmission reception point (TRP), a set of transmission beams; and', 'receive, by the TRP, reporting from a user equipment (UE) based on the transmitted set of transmission beams including at least one of group-based beam reporting or non-group based reporting, wherein for group-based beam reporting, report information includes a group of beams of the set of transmission beams that can be received simultaneously by the UE, wherein for non-group based reporting, the report information includes respective layer 1 reference signal received power (L1-RSRP) information of a plurality of beams of the set of transmission beams, and wherein the plurality of the set of transmission beams are based on channel state information-reference signals (CSI-RSs) quasi-collocated with respective beams associated with synchronization signal blocks (SSBs)., 'a processor in communication with the memory interface, wherein the processor is configured to29. The apparatus of claim 28 ,wherein the TRP is associated with a next generation nodeB (gNB).30. The apparatus of claim 28 ,wherein different transmission beams of the set of transmission beams are simultaneously received by different antenna panels of the UE.31. The apparatus of claim 28 ,wherein a one-bit indicator is used to indicate whether transmission beams of the set of transmission beams reported by the UE at different reporting instances can be received simultaneously by the UE.32. The apparatus of claim 28 ,wherein, for non-group based reporting, a relationship between two reporting instances is pre-defined, configured by higher layer signaling or downlink control information (DCI), or reported by the UE with an explicit indicator.33. The ...

SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND TERMINAL AND NETWORK SIDE DEVICE

A signal transmission method, a device, a terminal, and a network device are provided. The method includes: receiving at least two sets of first indication information sent by a network device, wherein each set of first indication information is used to indicate at least one first signal resource; sending a first signal according to indication of the at least two sets of first indication information; wherein, the first signal includes multiple layers, each of the layers of the first signal has corresponding relationship with one set of first indication information. 1. A signal transmission method , performed by a terminal , comprising:receiving at least two sets of first indication information sent by a network device, wherein each set of first indication information is used to indicate at least one first signal resource;sending a first signal according to indication of the at least two sets of first indication information, wherein, the first signal comprises multiple layers, each of the layers of the first signal has corresponding relationship with one of the at least two sets of first indication information.2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein claim 1 , prior to receiving the at least two sets of first indication information sent by the network device claim 1 , the method further comprises:receiving first configuration information sent by the network device, wherein the first configuration information is configured to configure at least one first signal resource for the terminal;sending a second signal to the network device according to the first configuration information,wherein the at least one first signal resource indicated by each set of first indication information is a first signal resource in the at least one first signal resource configured by the first configuration information.3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein sending the first signal according to the indication of the at least two sets of first indication information comprises: ...