IP Library Granted Patent US 11,387,957
Granted Patent B2
US 11,387,957 · App. 17/062,841 · Granted Jul 12, 2022

Antenna port indication for sidelink

Inventors: Hyukjin Chae (Reston, VA); Esmael Dinan (McLean, VA); Youngwoo Kwak (Vienna, VA); Yunjung Yi (Vienna, VA)
Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
H04L5/0048H04L5/0023H04W72/1278
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Patent No.
US 11,387,957
App. No.
17/062,841
Granted
Jul 12, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A first wireless device receives, from a base station, one or more radio resource control messages indicating a type of demodulation reference signal (DMRS). The first wireless device determines a length of the DMRS. The first wireless device determines a DMRS configuration of a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) based on based on the type and the length of the DMRS. The first wireless device transmits, to a second wireless device, sidelink control information comprising the DMRS configuration of the PSSCH.

Claims (41)

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a first wireless device from a base station, one or more radio resource control (RRC) messages indicating a type of demodulation reference signal (DMRS);

determining a length of the DMRS;

determining a DMRS configuration of a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) based on the type and the length of the DMRS; and

transmitting, to a second wireless device, sidelink control information (SCI) comprising the DMRS configuration of the PSSCH.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the DMRS configuration is one of a plurality of DMRS configurations.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the length of the DMRS indicates the length of a position of the DMRS in units of symbols.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the SCI comprises a field indicating one or more antenna ports of DMRS for the PSSCH, and wherein a size of the field is based on the type.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the DMRS configuration comprises an index.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the SCI further indicates a sidelink radio resource of the PSSCH.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the SCI further indicates one or more antenna ports of DMRS for the PSSCH.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the DMRS configuration is activated by a medium access control element (MAC CE) signaling.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein an indication of the activated DMRS configuration is based on an identity of the activated DMRS configuration.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the indication of the activated DMRS configuration is based on an increasing order of identities of a plurality of activated DMRS configurations.

11. A wireless device comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the wireless device to:

receive one or more radio resource control (RRC) messages indicating a type of demodulation reference signal (DMRS);

determine a length of the DMRS;

determine a DMRS configuration of a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) based on the type and the length of the DMRS; and

transmit, to a second wireless device, sidelink control information (SCI) comprising the DMRS configuration of the PSSCH.

12. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the DMRS configuration is one of a plurality of DMRS configurations.

13. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the length of the DMRS indicates the length of a position of the DMRS in units of symbols.

14. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the SCI comprises a field indicating one or more antenna ports of DMRS for the PSSCH, and wherein a size of the field is based on the type.

15. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the DMRS configuration comprises an index.

16. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the SCI further indicates a sidelink radio resource of the PSSCH.

17. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the SCI further indicates one or more antenna ports of DMRS for the PSSCH.

18. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the DMRS configuration is activated by a medium access control element (MAC CE) signaling.

19. The wireless device of claim 18 , wherein an indication of the activated DMRS configuration is based on an identity of the activated DMRS configuration.

20. A system comprising:

a base station comprising:

one or more first processors; and

first memory storing first instructions that, when executed by the one or more first processors, cause the base station to:

transmit one or more radio resource control (RRC) messages indicating a type of demodulation reference signal (DMRS); and

a wireless device comprising:

one or more second processors; and

second memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more second processors, cause the wireless device to:

receive the one or more RRC messages;

determine a length of DMRS;

determine a DMRS configuration of a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) based on the type and the length of DMRS; and

transmit, to the second wireless device, sidelink control information (SCI) comprising the DMRS configuration of the PSSCH.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 28, 2021
From: CHAE, HYUKJIN; DINAN, ESMAEL; KWAK, YOUNGWOO; YI, YUNJUNG
To: OFINNO, LLC
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62910215 · Oct 3, 2019
Related Publication 20210105121A1 · Apr 8, 2021