IP Library Granted Patent US 11,943,014
Granted Patent B2
US 11,943,014 · App. 17/541,668 · Granted Mar 26, 2024

Channel measurement method and communications apparatus

Inventors: Haifan Yin (Shenzhen, CN); Huangping Jin (Shanghai, CN); Shibin Ge (Shanghai, CN); Xiaoyan Bi (Ottawa, CA)
Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
H04B7/0417H04B7/0456
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Patent No.
US 11,943,014
App. No.
17/541,668
Granted
Mar 26, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

This application provides a channel measurement method and a communications apparatus. The method includes: A terminal device generates first indication information and sends the first indication information to a network device, where the first indication information is determined based on received precoded reference signals of P ports and is used to indicate Q ports in the P ports; the P ports correspond to P angle-delay pairs; each angle-delay pair includes one angle vector and one delay vector; the precoded reference signal of each of the P ports is obtained by precoding a reference signal based on one angle vector and one delay vector; and the Q ports correspond to Q angle-delay pairs in the P angle-delay pairs.

Claims (42)

1. A method comprising:

generating, by a terminal device, first indication information based on received precoded reference signals of P ports, the first indication information indicating Q ports in the P ports, the P ports corresponding to P angle-delay pairs respectively, and each of the P angle-delay pairs comprising an angle vector and a delay vector, wherein a precoded reference signal of each port of the P ports is a reference signal precoded based on the angle vector and the delay vector of a corresponding port of the P ports, the Q ports correspond to Q angle-delay pairs in the P angle-delay pairs, P>Q≥1, and P and Q are both integers; and

sending, by the terminal device, the first indication information.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first indication information indicates an index of each of the Q angle-delay pairs corresponding to the Q ports.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:

generating, by the terminal device, second indication information, wherein the second indication information indicates weighting coefficients of the Q angle-delay pairs, and the Q angle-delay pairs and the weighting coefficients corresponding to the Q angle-delay pairs are used to determine a precoding matrix; and

sending, by the terminal device, the second indication information.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first indication information further indicates a value of Q.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:

receiving, by the terminal device, third indication information, wherein the third indication information indicates a maximum value Q 0 of Q, Q 0 ≥Q, and Q 0 is a positive integer.

6. A method comprising:

receiving, by a network device, first indication information, wherein the first indication information is based on precoded reference signals of P ports sent by the network device and the first indication information indicates Q ports in the P ports, the P ports corresponding to P angle-delay pairs respectively, and each of the P angle-delay pairs comprising an angle vector and a delay vector, wherein a precoded reference signal of each port of the P ports is a reference signal precoded based on the angle vector and the delay vector of a corresponding port of the P ports, the Q ports correspond to Q angle-delay pairs in the P angle-delay pairs, P>Q≥1, and P and Q are both integers; and

determining, by the network device based on the first indication information, the Q angle-delay pairs corresponding to the Q ports.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the first indication information indicates an index of each of the Q angle-delay pairs corresponding to the Q ports.

8. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the method further comprises:

receiving, by the network device, second indication information, wherein the second indication information indicates weighting coefficients of the Q angle-delay pairs; and

determining, by the network device based on the Q angle-delay pairs and the weighting coefficients corresponding to the Q angle-delay pairs, a precoding matrix.

9. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the first indication information further indicates a value of Q.

10. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the method further comprises:

sending, by the network device, third indication information, wherein the third indication information indicates a maximum value Q 0 of Q, Q 0 ≥Q, and Q 0 is a positive integer.

11. A communications apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory configured to store a computer program that, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to:

generate first indication information based on received precoded reference signals of P ports, the first indication information indicating Q ports in the P ports, the P ports corresponding to P angle-delay pairs respectively, and each of the P angle-delay pairs comprising an angle vector and a delay vector, wherein a precoded reference signal of each port of the P ports is a reference signal precoded based on the angle vector and the delay vector of a corresponding port of the P ports, the Q ports correspond to Q angle-delay pairs in the P angle-delay pairs, P>Q≥1, and P and Q are both integers; and

send the first indication information.

12. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the first indication information indicates an index of each of the Q angle-delay pairs corresponding to the Q ports.

13. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the computer program, when executed by the at least one processor, further causes the at least one processor to:

generate second indication information, wherein the second indication information indicates weighting coefficients of the Q angle-delay pairs, and the Q angle-delay pairs and the weighting coefficients corresponding to the Q angle-delay pairs are used to determine a precoding matrix; and

send the second indication information.

14. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the first indication information further indicates a value of Q.

15. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the computer program, when executed by the at least one processor, further causes the at least one processor to receive third indication information, wherein the third indication information indicates a maximum value Q 0 of Q, Q 0 ≥Q, and Q 0 is a positive integer.

16. A communications apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor;

a memory configured to store a computer program that, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to:

receive first indication information, wherein the first indication information is based on precoded reference signals of P ports sent by the communications apparatus and the first indication information indicates Q ports in the P ports, the P ports corresponding to P angle-delay pairs respectively, and each of the P angle-delay pairs comprising an angle vector and a delay vector, wherein a precoded reference signal of each port of the P ports is a reference signal precoded based on the angle vector and the delay vector of a corresponding port of the P ports, the Q ports correspond to Q angle-delay pairs in the P angle-delay pairs, P>Q≥1, and P and Q are both integers; and

determine, based on the first indication information, the Q angle-delay pairs corresponding to the Q ports.

17. The apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the first indication information indicates an index of each of the Q angle-delay pairs corresponding to the Q ports.

18. The apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the computer program, when executed by the at least one processor, further causes the at least one processor to:

receive second indication information, wherein the second indication information indicates weighting coefficients of the Q angle-delay pairs; and

determine, based on the Q angle-delay pairs and the weighting coefficients corresponding to the Q angle-delay pairs a precoding matrix.

19. The apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the first indication information further indicates a value of Q.

20. The apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the computer program, when executed by the at least one processor, further causes the at least one processor to send third indication information, wherein the third indication information indicates a maximum value Q 0 of Q, Q 0 ≥Q, and Q 0 is a positive integer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 14, 2023
From: YIN, HAIFAN; JIN, HUANGPING; GE, SHIBIN; BI, XIAOYAN
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065872/0981 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201910493468.1 · Jun 6, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2020093895 · Jun 2, 2020
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