IP Library Granted Patent US 11,070,343
Granted Patent B2
US 11,070,343 · App. 16/897,306 · Granted Jul 20, 2021

Electronic device and wireless communication method of wireless communication system

Inventor: Tao Cui (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
H04L5/0082H04L5/00H04L5/0044H04L5/0094H04L25/03H04L27/2602H04L27/2607H04W72/0446H04W72/0453
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Patent No.
US 11,070,343
App. No.
16/897,306
Granted
Jul 20, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device includes one or a plurality of processing circuits configured to execute the following operations: adjusting the length of a symbol in a self-contained subframe under a first sub-carrier, such that within a transmission time interval (TTI) of a self-contained subframe under a second sub-carrier: the edge of each symbol of an uplink symbol and downlink symbol in a self-contained subframe under the second sub-carrier is aligned with the edge of the symbol in the self-contained subframe under the adjusted first sub-carrier; furthermore, the first symbol in the self-contained subframe under the adjusted first sub-carrier is longer than the other non-adjusted symbols in the self-contained subframe under the adjusted first sub-carrier.

Claims (34)

1. An electronic device in a wireless communication system, comprising:

one or more processing circuits configured to perform operations of:

adjusting a length of a symbol in a self-contained subframe on a first subcarrier to align, within one transmission time interval (TTI) of a self-contained subframe on a second subcarrier, boundaries of downlink symbols and uplink symbols in the self-contained subframe on the second subcarrier with boundaries of symbols in the self-contained subframe on the first subcarrier; and

causing a first symbol in the self-contained subframe on the first subcarrier after adjustment to have a greater length as compared with unadjusted symbols in the self-contained subframe on the first subcarrier after adjustment.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more processing circuits are configured to adjust the length of the symbol in the self-contained subframe on the first subcarrier by increasing or decreasing a length of a cyclic prefix (CP) of the symbol in the self-contained subframe on the first subcarrier.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more processing circuits are configured to adjust a length of a symbol which is adjacent to the first symbol in the self-contained subframe on the first subcarrier.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein before the one or more processing circuits adjust the length of the symbol in the self-contained subframe on the first subcarrier, a first symbol in the self-contained subframe on the first subcarrier has a first length, symbols other than the first symbol in the self-contained subframe on the first subcarrier have a second length, and the first length is greater than the second length.

5. The electronic device according to claim 4 , wherein the one or more processing circuits are configured to adjust a length of only a second symbol in the self-contained subframe on the first subcarrier, and insert a guard period in a self-contained subframe on the first sub carrier.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein before the one or more processing circuits adjust the length of the symbol in the self-contained subframe on the first subcarrier, a first symbol in the self-contained subframe on the first subcarrier and a symbol in a guard period have a first length, symbols other than the first symbol in the self-contained subframe on the first subcarrier have a second length, and the first length is greater than the second length.

7. The electronic device according to claim 6 , wherein the one or more processing circuits are configured to adjust the length of the symbol which is adjacent to the first symbol in the self-contained subframe on the first subcarrier, insert a guard period in a self-contained subframe on the first subcarrier, and adjust a length of a guard period in a self-contained subframe on the first subcarrier.

8. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more processing circuits are configured to perform the operations in an unlicensed band or a licensed band.

9. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the self-contained subframe on the first subcarrier and the self-contained subframe on the second subcarrier have the same structure.

10. The electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein each of the self-contained subframe on the first subcarrier and the self-contained subframe on the second subcarrier comprises a downlink part, an uplink part, and a guard period between the downlink part and the uplink part.

11. The electronic device according to claim 10 , wherein symbols in the downlink part and the uplink part are orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols.

12. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein a subcarrier spacing of the first subcarrier is 2 n times as long as a subcarrier spacing of the second subcarrier, where n is a natural number, and the boundaries of the downlink symbols and the uplink symbols in the self-contained subframe on the second subcarrier are aligned with boundaries of 2 n symbols in the self-contained subframe on the first subcarrier after adjustment.

13. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the wireless communication system is a 5G new radio (NR) system, the electronic device is one of a base station or a user equipment, and the electronic device further comprises a transceiver configured to perform wireless communication with the other one of the base station or the user equipment.

14. A user equipment in a wireless communication system, comprising:

one or more processing circuits configured to perform operations of:

acquiring downlink signaling from a base station in the wireless communication system; and

acquiring, from the downlink signaling, a length of a symbol in a self-contained sub-frame on a first subcarrier after adjustment, wherein, within one transmission time interval (TTI) of a self-contained subframe on a second subcarrier:

boundaries of downlink symbols and uplink symbols in the self-contained subframe on the second subcarrier are aligned with boundaries of the symbols in the self-contained subframe on the first subcarrier, and

as compared with unadjusted symbols in the self-contained subframe on the first subcarrier after adjustment, a first symbol in the self-contained subframe on the first subcarrier after adjustment has a greater length.

15. A method for performing wireless communication in a wireless communication system, comprising:

adjusting a length of a symbol in a self-contained subframe on a first subcarrier to align, within one transmission time interval (TTI) of a self-contained subframe on a second subcarrier, boundaries of downlink symbols and uplink symbols in the self-contained subframe on the second subcarrier with boundaries of symbols in the self-contained subframe on the first subcarrier; and

causing a first symbol in the self-contained subframe on the first subcarrier after adjustment to have a greater length as compared with unadjusted symbols in the self-contained subframe on the first subcarrier after adjustment.

16. The method according to claim 15 , comprising adjusting the length of the symbol in the self-contained subframe on the first subcarrier by increasing or decreasing a length of a cyclic prefix (CP) of the symbol in the self-contained subframe on the first subcarrier.

17. The method according to claim 15 , comprising adjusting a length of a symbol which is adjacent to the first symbol in the self-contained subframe on the first subcarrier.

18. The method according to claim 15 , wherein before the length of the symbol in the self-contained subframe on the first subcarrier is adjusted, a first symbol in the self-contained subframe on the first subcarrier has a first length, symbols other than the first symbol in the self-contained subframe on the first subcarrier have a second length, and the first length is greater than the second length.

19. The method according to claim 18 , comprising adjusting a length of only a second symbol in the self-contained subframe on the first subcarrier, and inserting a guard period in a self-contained subframe on the first subcarrier.

20. A method for performing wireless communication in a wireless communication system, comprising:

acquiring downlink signaling from a base station in the wireless communication system; and

acquiring, from the downlink signaling, a length of a symbol in a self-contained sub-frame on a first subcarrier after adjustment, wherein, within one transmission time interval (TTI) of a self-contained subframe on a second subcarrier:

boundaries of downlink symbols and uplink symbols in the self-contained subframe on the second subcarrier are aligned with boundaries of the symbols in the self-contained subframe on the first subcarrier, and

as compared with unadjusted symbols in the self-contained subframe on the first subcarrier after adjustment, a first symbol in the self-contained subframe on the first subcarrier after adjustment has a greater length.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 28, 2025
From: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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