Method and apparatus for multi-antenna transmission in vehicle to vehicle communication
A method of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprises: receiving, from a base station (BS), configuration information for a power control of a sidelink and a downlink reference signal (RS) to measure a downlink channel from the BS, wherein the sidelink is established between the UE and another UE; receiving, from the BS, the downlink RS based on the configuration information; calculating a first pathloss for the downlink channel between the UE and the BS based on the configuration information; identifying a second pathloss for the sidelink between the UE and the other UE; and transmitting, to the other UE, a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) and a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) based on the first pathloss and the second pathloss.
1. A user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:
a transceiver configured to:
receive, from a base station (BS), configuration information for a power control of a sidelink and a downlink reference signal (RS) to measure a downlink channel from the BS, wherein the sidelink is established between the UE and another UE; and
receive, from the BS, the downlink RS based on the configuration information; and
at least one processor operably connected to the transceiver, the at least one processor configured to:
calculate a first pathloss for the downlink channel between the UE and the BS based on the configuration information;
identify a second pathloss for the sidelink between the UE and the other UE,
adjust a transmit (Tx) power of a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) and a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) based on the first pathloss and the second pathloss,
wherein the transceiver is further configured to transmit, to the other UE, the PSSCH and the PSCCH with the Tx power.
2. The UE of claim 1 , wherein:
the transceiver is further configured to receive, from the other UE, a first RS; and
the at least one processor is further configured to identify the second pathloss based on a measurement of the first RS.
3. The UE of claim 1 , wherein:
the transceiver is further configured to:
transmit, to the other UE, a second RS, and
receive, from the other UE, a reporting message including a result of measurement of the second RS, wherein the second RS is measured by the other UE; and
the at least one processor is further configured to calculate the second pathloss based on the result of measurement of the second RS.
4. The UE of claim 1 , wherein:
the at least one processor is further configured to:
determine a type of transmission for the PSSCH and the PSCCH via the sidelink, the type of transmission including a unicast transmission, a groupcast transmission, or broadcast transmission, and
calculate the Tx power based on the determined type of transmission; and
the transceiver is further configured to transmit the PSSCH and the PSCCH at the calculated Tx power.
5. The UE of claim 4 , wherein:
the at least one processor is further configured to determine a response corresponding to a hybrid automatic repeat request (H-ARQ) operation between the UE and the other UE; and
the transceiver is further configured to transmit the response via a physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) at the calculated Tx power.
6. The UE of claim 5 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to calculate the Tx power based on a Rx power level that is configured by the BS using a higher layer signal and the second pathloss.
7. The UE of claim 1 , wherein at least one processor is further configured to apply the Tx power on each symbol among a first set of symbols where the PSSCH and the PSCCH are multiplexed in a frequency domain and on each symbol among a second set of symbols where only the PSSCH is transmitted, and wherein the Tx power applied on each symbol among the first and second set of symbols is equal.
8. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the transceiver is further configured to receive, from the other UE, a reference signal received power (RSRP) of the sidelink that is measured by the other UE.
9. A base station (BS) in a wireless communication system, the BS comprising:
a transceiver configured to:
transmit, to a user equipment (UE), configuration information for a power control of a sidelink and a downlink reference signal (RS) to measure a downlink channel from the BS, wherein the sidelink is established between the UE and another UE; and
transmit, to the UE, the downlink RS based on the configuration information,
wherein a first pathloss for the downlink channel between the UE and the BS is based on the configuration information, and a second pathloss for the sidelink between the UE and the other UE is determined for a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) and a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) via the sidelink.
10. The BS of claim 9 , wherein:
a first RS is transmitted to the other UE;
the second pathloss is identified based on a measurement of the first RS; and
a transmit (Tx) power of the PSSCH and the PSCCH is adjusted based on the first pathloss and the second pathloss.
11. A method of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
receiving, from a base station (BS), configuration information for a power control of a sidelink and a downlink reference signal (RS) to measure a downlink channel from the BS, wherein the sidelink is established between the UE and another UE;
receiving, from the BS, the downlink RS based on the configuration information;
calculating a first pathloss for the downlink channel between the UE and the BS based on the configuration information;
identifying a second pathloss for the sidelink between the UE and the other UE;
adjusting a transmit (Tx) power of a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) and a physical sidelink control channel (PSSCH) based on the first pathloss and the second pathloss; and
transmitting, to the other UE, the PSSCH and the PSCCH with the Tx power.
12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising receiving, from the other UE, a first RS; and
wherein identifying the second pathloss comprises calculating the second pathloss based on a measurement of the first RS.
13. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
transmitting, to the other UE, a second RS;
receiving, from the other UE, a reporting message including a result of measurement of the second RS, wherein the second RS is measured by the other UE; and
wherein identifying the second pathloss comprises calculating the second pathloss based on the result of measurement of the second RS.
14. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
determining a type of transmission for the PSSCH and the PSCCH via the sidelink, the type of transmission including a unicast transmission, a groupcast transmission, or broadcast transmission;
calculating the Tx power based on the determined type of transmission; and
transmitting the PSSCH and the PSCCH at the calculated Tx power.
15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:
determining a response corresponding to a hybrid automatic repeat request (H-ARQ) operation between the UE and the other UE; and
transmitting the response via a physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) at the calculated Tx power.
16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising calculating the Tx power based on a Rx power level that is configured by the BS using a higher layer signal and the second pathloss.
17. The method of claim 11 , further comprising applying the Tx power on each symbol among a first set of symbols where the PSSCH and the PSCCH are multiplexed in a frequency domain and each symbol among on a second set of symbols where only the PSSCH is transmitted, wherein the Tx power applied on each symbol among the first and second set of symbols is equal.
18. The method of claim 11 , further comprising receiving, from the other UE, a reference signal received power (RSRP) of the sidelink that is measured by the other UE.