High frequency wireless communication network
There is disclosed a method of operating a radio node in a wireless communication network. The method includes communicating using a first set of one or more signaling beams, wherein communicating includes performing beamforming for one or more signaling beams of the first set based on a set of beam signaling characteristics. Each beam signaling characteristic pertains to a reference beam. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
1. A method of operating a radio node in a wireless communication network, the method comprising:
communicating using a first set of at least one signaling beam, communicating comprising performing beamforming for at least one signaling beam of the first set based on a set of beam signaling characteristics, each beam signaling characteristic pertaining to a reference beam, a reference beam carrying reference signaling, the reference signaling having a signaling structure covering in time the impulse response of the reference signaling.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first set of signaling characteristics comprises a plurality of subsets of signaling characteristics, each subset pertaining to a different reference beam.
3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a beam signaling characteristic at least one of represents and indicates at least one of:
a signal strength of a beam;
a signal quality of a beam; and
delay spread of a beam.
4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a reference beam is one of a second set of reference beams, the second set of reference beams being associated to at least one of:
the set of beam signaling characteristics; and
the first set of signaling beams.
5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a beam signaling characteristic is based on measurement performed on reference signaling carried on the reference beam it pertains to.
6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a reference beam carries reference signaling, the reference signaling having a signaling structure comprising at least one non-transmission time interval and at least one transmission time interval.
7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein communicating comprises at least one of:
utilising a numerology;
based on an OFDM; and
based on an SC-FDM based waveform.
8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein communicating comprises utilising a waveform with cyclic prefix.
9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a beam of the first set of beams corresponds to a reference beam.
10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a beam of the first set of signaling beams is produced by performing analog beamforming on a beam corresponding to a reference beam.
11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a beam of the first set of signaling beams is produced by hybrid beamforming.
12. A radio node for a wireless communication network, the radio node being configured to:
communicate using at least one signaling beam, communicating comprising performing beamforming for the at least one signaling beam based on a set of beam signaling characteristics, each beam signaling characteristic pertaining to a reference beam, a reference beam carrying reference signaling, the reference signaling having a signaling structure covering in time the impulse response of the reference signaling.
13. A non-transitory storage medium storing a program product comprising instructions causing processing circuitry to at least one of control and perform a method of operating a radio node in a wireless communication network, the method comprising:
communicating using a first set of at least one signaling beam, communicating comprising performing beamforming for at least one signaling beam of the first set based on a set of beam signaling characteristics, each beam signaling characteristic pertaining to a reference beam, a reference beam carrying reference signaling, the reference signaling having a signaling structure covering in time the impulse response of the reference signaling.