Data signaling for wireless communication network
There is disclosed a method of operating a receiving radio node in a wireless communication network. The method includes communicating utilising data signaling according to a signaling structure, the signaling structure including a signaling time interval covering a plurality of subsequent allocation units, wherein to each of the allocation units of the signaling time interval, there is associated reference signaling, or a part of one of one or more data blocks, wherein to two allocation units separated by a separation interval there is associated reference signaling. 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 utilising data signaling according to a signaling structure, the signaling structure including a signaling time interval covering a plurality of subsequent allocation units, each of the allocation units of the signaling time interval having associated one of reference signaling and a part of one of one or more data blocks, each data block being associated to a different acknowledgement signaling process, each different acknowledgement signaling process being associated to one or more of: a different process ID, a different data stream, a different transmission layer, and a different buffer;
there being associated reference signaling to two allocation units that are separated by a separation interval, the separation interval being a time period between the reference signaling associated to a first of the two allocation units and the reference signaling associated to a second of the two allocation units; and
the separation interval having a duration spanning a plurality of allocation units, the duration, in number of allocation units, being dependent on at least one of a number of data blocks, a size of one or more of the data blocks, a modulation scheme, and a coding scheme used for transmitting the data signaling.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein each of the one or more data blocks corresponds to a code block bundle.
3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one of a number of data blocks and the size of one or more of the data blocks is dependent on at least one of the modulation scheme and the coding scheme used for transmitting the data signaling.
4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one of a number of data blocks and the size of the one or more data blocks is from a set of numbers containing numbers dividing the number of allocation units of the separation interval.
5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the reference signaling is Demodulation Reference Signaling, DMRS, associated to the data blocks.
6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the signaling structure is part of an extended signaling structure comprising one or more additional allocation units associated to reference signaling.
7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein one allocation unit associated to reference signaling is embedded, in time domain, into at least one of one data block, and between two data blocks.
8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the data blocks are transmitted with the same modulation and coding scheme.
9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a position in time domain of one or more of the allocation units associated to reference signaling is at least one of dependent on and based on at least one of a number of data blocks, a size of the data blocks, a modulation scheme and a coding scheme the data blocks are transmitted with.
10. A radio node for a wireless communication network, the radio node configured to:
communicate utilising data signaling according to a signaling structure, the signaling structure including a signaling time interval covering a plurality of subsequent allocation units, each of the allocation units of the signaling time interval having associated one of reference signaling and a part of one of one or more data blocks, each data block being associated to a different acknowledgement signaling process, each different acknowledgement signaling process being associated to one or more of: a different process ID, a different data stream, a different transmission layer, and a different buffer;
there being associated reference signaling to two allocation units that are separated by a separation interval, the separation interval being a time period between the reference signaling associated to a first of the two allocation units and the reference signaling associated to a second of the two allocation units; and
the separation interval having a duration spanning a plurality of allocation units, the duration, in number of allocation units, being dependent on at least one of a number of data blocks, a size of one or more of the data blocks, a modulation scheme, and a coding scheme used for transmitting the data signaling.
11. The radio node according to claim 10 , wherein each of the one or more data blocks corresponds to a code block bundle.
12. The radio node according to claim 10 , wherein the at least one of a number of data blocks and the size of one or more of the data blocks is dependent on at least one of the modulation scheme and the coding scheme used for transmitting the data signaling.
13. The radio node according to claim 10 , wherein the at least one of a number of data blocks and the size of the one or more data blocks is from a set of numbers containing numbers dividing the number of allocation units of the separation interval.
14. The radio node according to claim 10 , wherein the reference signaling is Demodulation Reference Signaling, DMRS, associated to the data blocks.
15. The radio node according to claim 10 , wherein the signaling structure is part of an extended signaling structure comprising one or more additional allocation units associated to reference signaling.
16. A computer storage medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause processing circuitry to at least one of control and perform a method, the method comprising:
communicating utilising data signaling according to a signaling structure, the signaling structure including a signaling time interval covering a plurality of subsequent allocation units, each of the allocation units of the signaling time interval having associated one of reference signaling and a part of one of one or more data blocks, each data block being associated to a different acknowledgement signaling process, each different acknowledgement signaling process being associated to one or more of: a different process ID, a different data stream, a different transmission layer, and a different buffer;
there being associated reference signaling to two allocation units that are separated by a separation interval, the separation interval being a time period between the reference signaling associated to a first of the two allocation units and the reference signaling associated to a second of the two allocation units; and
the separation interval having a duration spanning a plurality of allocation units, the duration, in number of allocation units, being dependent on at least one of a number of data blocks, a size of one or more of the data blocks, a modulation scheme, and a coding scheme used for transmitting the data signaling.