IP Library Granted Patent US 10,505,695
Granted Patent B2
US 10,505,695 · App. 15/886,587 · Granted Dec 10, 2019

Channel quality reporting for full-duplex radio

Inventors: MinKeun Chung (Austin, TX); Jaeweon Kim (Cedar Park, TX); James W. McCoy (Leander, TX); Ahsan Aziz (Austin, TX)
Assignee: National Instruments Corporation
H04L5/006H04L1/0003H04L1/0026H04L1/0028H04L5/14H04L5/1461H04W72/0406H04W72/082
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Patent No.
US 10,505,695
App. No.
15/886,587
Granted
Dec 10, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Techniques are disclosed relating to channel quality reporting for full-duplex (FD) wireless communications. In some embodiments an apparatus (e.g., a mobile device) is configured to receive a reference signal in a wireless communication and determine one or more signal quality indicators for FD communications based on a measured SINR of the reference signal and one or more self-interference cancelation levels. The apparatus may determine the one or more self-interference cancelation levels based on the transmit power of signals transmitted by the apparatus and residual power after SIC. The SIC levels may include both analog and digital SIC levels, which may be separately determined. One or more modulation and coding schemes may be determined based on the effective SINR. In some embodiments, multiple effective SINRs are determined for multiple different transmission modulation orders used by the apparatus.

Claims (49)

1. An apparatus, comprising:

one or more processing elements configured to:

receive, from a base station, a reference signal in a wireless communication; and

determine one or more signal quality indicators for full-duplex (FD) communications, based on:

a measured SINR of the reference signal; and

one or more measured self-interference cancelation (SIC) levels;

transmit the one or more signal quality indicators to the base station; and

communicate with the base station using one or more modulation and coding schemes selected based on the one or more signal quality indicators.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the apparatus is configured to determine the one or more signal quality indicators during a time interval in which the apparatus is configured to wirelessly transmit using time and frequency resources that at least partially overlap with time and frequency resources of the reference signal.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processing elements include:

analog SIC circuitry; and

one or more digital SIC processing elements;

wherein the one or more measured SIC levels include an analog SIC level corresponding to the analog SIC circuitry and a digital SIC level corresponding to the one or more digital SIC processing elements.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the apparatus is configured to determine the analog SIC level based on power of a wireless transmission by the apparatus and a measured residual power of the wireless transmission after analog self-interference cancelation.

5. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the apparatus is configured to determine the digital SIC level based on error vector magnitude (EVM).

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the apparatus is configured to determine multiple signal quality indicators based on determined SIC levels corresponding to multiple different modulation orders used for wireless transmission.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more signal quality indicators include an effective signal to interference plus noise radio (SINR).

8. A method, comprising:

transmitting, by a computing system, a reference signal for full-duplex (FD) wireless communication;

receiving, by the computing system, one or more signal quality indicators in a wireless communication from a receiving computing device that received the reference signal, wherein the one or more signal quality indicators are determined based on both a measured SINR of the reference signal and one or more measured self-interference cancelation (SIC) levels for the receiving device; and

selecting, by the computing system, one or more modulation and coding schemes and

performing one or more subsequent FD wireless communications using the selected one or more modulation and coding schemes.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

determining, by the computing system, one or more SIC levels of the computing system;

wherein the one or more modulation and coding schemes include a first modulation and coding scheme for transmissions from the receiving device and a second modulation and coding scheme for transmissions to the receiving device; and

wherein the selecting of the second modulation and coding scheme is based on the determined one or more SIC levels.

10. The method of claim 8 ,

wherein the selecting is performed based on overall spectral efficiency for FD wireless communications with the receiving device;

wherein the one or more modulation and coding schemes include a first modulation and coding scheme for transmissions from the receiving device and a second modulation and coding scheme for transmissions to the receiving device; and

wherein the first and second modulation and coding schemes are different modulation and coding schemes.

11. The method of claim 8 ,

wherein the one or more signal quality indicators include multiple signal quality indicators corresponding to different modulation orders for transmissions from the receiving device, the method further comprising:

selecting the one or more modulation and coding schemes based on the multiple signal quality indicators.

12. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

receiving information indicating a SIC classification for the receiving computing system; and

estimating one or more signal quality indicators for the receiving device based on the SIC classification and the one or more received signal quality indicators;

wherein the selecting is based on the estimated one or more signal quality indicators.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that are executable by a computing device to perform operations comprising:

receiving a reference signal in a wireless communication; and

determining one or more signal quality indicators for full-duplex (FD) communications, based on:

a measured SINR of the reference signal; and

one or more measured self-interference cancelation (SIC) levels;

transmitting the one or more signal quality indicators to a base station; and

communicating with the base station using one or more modulation and coding schemes selected based on the one or more signal quality indicators.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the one or more measured SIC levels include an analog SIC level and a digital SIC level.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the analog SIC level based on power of a wireless transmission by the computing device and a measured residual power of the wireless transmission after analog self-interference cancelation.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the operations further comprise determining the digital SIC level using an error vector magnitude (EVM) determination.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the one or more signal quality indicators indicate an effective SINR using a channel quality indicator (CQI).

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the operations further comprise determining multiple signal quality indicators based on determined SIC levels corresponding to multiple different modulation orders used for wireless transmission.

Assignments (5)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS (REEL/FRAME 057280/0028) Recorded Oct 13, 2023
From: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 065231/0466 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS (REEL/FRAME 052935/0001) Recorded Oct 13, 2023
From: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION; PHASE MATRIX, INC.
Reel/Frame 065653/0463 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 18, 2021
From: NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 057280/0028 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 14, 2020
From: NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION; PHASE MATRIX, INC.
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 052935/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 1, 2018
From: CHUNG, MINKEUN; KIM, JAEWEON; MCCOY, JAMES W.; AZIZ, AHSAN
To: NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044804/0149 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 14941158 · Nov 13, 2015
Related Publication 20180159669A1 · Jun 7, 2018