IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,743,021
Granted Patent B2
US 11,743,021 · App. 17/302,205 · Granted Aug 29, 2023

Interference measurements for full duplex transmissions

Inventors: Qian Zhang (Basking Ridge, NJ); Yan Zhou (San Diego, CA); Juan Montojo (San Diego, CA); Tao Luo (San Diego, CA); Navid Abedini (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04L5/1461H04B17/318H04B17/336H04L5/0051H04W24/10
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Patent No.
US 11,743,021
App. No.
17/302,205
Granted
Aug 29, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a configuration for a channel measurement (CM) process indicating at least one channel measurement resource (CMR) associated with quasi co-location (QCL) information, wherein the QCL information corresponds to a transmit (Tx) beam of the base station associated with a receive (Rx) beam of the UE; receive a configuration for an interference measurement (IM) process indicating at least one interference measurement resource (IMR) associated with a UE beam pair comprising the Rx beam of the UE and a Tx beam of the UE; perform a self-interference measurement (SIM), wherein the SIM procedure is based at least in part on the CM process and the IM process; and transmit, to the base station, a measurement report based at least in part on the SIM procedure. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Claims (58)

1. A UE for wireless communication, comprising:

a memory; and

one or more processors, coupled to the memory, configured to cause the UE to:

perform, in a full duplex communication mode, a self-interference measurement (SIM) procedure associated with a receive (Rx) beam and a transmit (Tx) beam of the UE, wherein the SIM procedure is performed using an uplink (UL) frequency resource associated with a corresponding downlink (DL) frequency resource, wherein the SIM procedure is performed according to a frequency overlap metric that indicates:

an overlap between the DL frequency resource and the UL frequency resource, or

a guard bandwidth between the DL frequency resource and the UL frequency resource;

and

transmit, to a base station, a measurement report based at least in part on the SIM procedure.

2. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the SIM procedure is based at least in part on at least one of:

a sounding reference signal,

a UL demodulation reference signal,

a physical UL shared channel,

a physical UL control channel, or

a combination thereof.

3. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the frequency overlap metric comprises an overlap percentage of a UL bandwidth associated with the UL frequency resource that is captured in an intended DL bandwidth associated with the DL frequency resource, wherein the DL frequency resource corresponds to a DL reference signal (RS) that is measured using the SIM procedure.

4. The UE of claim 3 , wherein the DL RS comprises a channel state information RS.

5. The UE of claim 3 , wherein the SIM procedure is based at least in part on at least one of:

a layer 1 signal to interference plus noise ratio,

a reference signal received power, or

a combination thereof.

6. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the DL frequency resource partially overlaps the UL frequency resource, and wherein the frequency overlap metric indicates an overlap percentage that indicates a ratio of overlap of a UL bandwidth associated with the UL frequency resource to an intended DL bandwidth associated with the DL frequency resource.

7. The UE of claim 6 , wherein the frequency overlap comprises a full frequency overlap, and wherein the frequency overlap metric indicates a one hundred percent overlap.

8. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the DL frequency resource does not overlap with the UL frequency resource, and wherein the frequency overlap metric indicates a guard bandwidth between the DL frequency resource and the UL frequency resource.

9. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the frequency overlap comprises a non frequency overlap, and wherein the frequency overlap metric indicates a zero percent overlap.

10. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the UE to:

receive, from the base station, an indication of a selected frequency relationship between a UL bandwidth and an intended DL bandwidth, wherein the selected frequency relationship is based at least in part on the measurement report.

11. The UE of claim 10 , wherein the selected frequency relationship corresponds to the frequency overlap metric based at least in part on a determination that a cross beam interference satisfies a threshold with a full frequency overlap SIM.

12. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the UE to:

perform an additional SIM procedure associated with the Rx beam and the Tx beam, wherein, based at least in part on a determination of a cross beam interference associated with the SIM procedure, the additional SIM procedure is performed according to an additional frequency overlap metric between the DL frequency resource and the UL frequency resource, that indicates:

an additional overlap between the DL frequency resource and the UL frequency resource, or

an additional guard bandwidth between the DL frequency resource and the UL frequency resource;

and

wherein the measurement report is based at least in part on the additional SIM procedure.

13. The UE of claim 12 , wherein the additional frequency overlap metric is not equal to the frequency overlap metric based at least in part on a determination that the cross beam interference satisfies a threshold.

14. The UE of claim 13 , wherein the frequency overlap metric indicates a greater frequency overlap or a smaller guard bandwidth than a frequency overlap or a guard bandwidth indicated by the additional frequency overlap metric.

15. The UE of claim 13 , wherein an additional time alignment associated with the additional SIM procedure is not the same as a time alignment associated with the SIM procedure based at least in part on a determination that the cross beam interference satisfies a threshold.

16. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the measurement report indicates:

a reference signal received power (RSRP) measurement or a signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) measurement, wherein the RSRP measurement or the SINR measurement is not associated with a SIM procedure; and

a leaked received signal strength indicator (RSSI) or an additional RSRP associated with an additional SIM procedure.

17. The UE of claim 16 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the UE to:

receive an allocation of a channel measurement resource (CMR) associated with the Rx beam;

receive an allocation of an interference measurement resource (IMR) associated with the Tx beam and the Rx beam;

perform the RSRP measurement associated with the Rx beam based at least in part on the CMR; and

measure, based at least in part on the IMR, at least one of:

the RSRP measurement associated with the Rx beam,

an RSSI measurement associated with the Rx beam, or

a combination thereof.

18. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the measurement report indicates a signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) associated with the SIM procedure, wherein the SINR is determined based at least in part on a ratio of a channel measurement result associated with a channel measurement resource to a SIM procedure result associated with an interference measurement resource.

19. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the measurement report indicates a quantized reference signal received power (RSRP) measurement result or a quantized signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) measurement result, wherein the quantized RSRP measurement result or the quantized SINR measurement result indicates a level of a plurality of levels comprising a low level, a medium level, and a high level.

20. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the measurement report indicates at least one of an average result over an entire intended DL bandwidth or a result that corresponds to a portion of an intended DL bandwidth.

21. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the measurement report indicates a maximum frequency overlap bandwidth associated with partial frequency overlapping or a minimum guard bandwidth between the DL frequency resource and the UL frequency resource based at least in part on a bandwidth criterion.

22. The UE of claim 21 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the UE to receive, from the base station, a configuration of the bandwidth criterion, wherein the bandwidth criterion comprises a cross beam interference threshold.

23. A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

performing, in a full duplex communication mode, a self-interference measurement (SIM) procedure associated with a receive (Rx) beam and a transmit (Tx) beam of the UE, wherein the SIM procedure is performed using an uplink (UL) frequency resource associated with a corresponding downlink (DL) frequency resource, wherein the SIM procedure is performed according to a frequency overlap metric that indicates:

an overlap between the DL frequency resource and the UL frequency resource, or

a guard bandwidth between the DL frequency resource and the UL frequency resource;

and

transmitting, to a base station, a measurement report based at least in part on the SIM procedure.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 27, 2021
From: ZHANG, QIAN; ZHOU, YAN; MONTOJO, JUAN; LUO, TAO; ABEDINI, NAVID
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 056375/0903 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 63022318 · May 8, 2020
Provisional Application 63022306 · May 8, 2020
Related Publication 20210351902A1 · Nov 11, 2021
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