Granted Patent B2

US 12,316,576 · App. 17/601,956 · Granted May 27, 2025

Inventors: Zhengyi Zhou (Beijing, CN); Zhaocheng Wang (Beijing, CN); Ning Ge (Beijing, CN); Jianfei Cao (Beijing, CN)

Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION

H04L5/0073H04J11/0056H04L5/0085H04W72/541

Abstract

Claims (74)

1. An electronic device for a first base station, comprising a processing circuit, wherein the processing circuit is configured to:

obtain channel information of a channel from a second base station to the first base station;

process the channel information to divide the channel; and

provide at least portion of the processed channel information to the second base station;

wherein at least one of the first base station or the second base station cancels, based on the at least portion of the processed channel information, interference caused from downlink transmission of the second base station to uplink reception of the first base station,

wherein the processing the channel information comprises:

obtaining a first channel matrix based on the channel information; and

decomposing the first channel matrix, such that the first channel matrix is divided into a sum of a plurality of sub-channel matrices,

wherein the providing the at least portion of the processed channel information to the second base station comprises:

providing, to the second base station, at least portion of the plurality of sub-channel matrices obtained through division of the first channel matrix, wherein the providing is performed through at least one of a wireless link or a wired interface between the first base station and the second base station,

wherein the processing circuit is configured to cancel the interference by:

designing a combining matrix based on one or more sub-channel matrices in a first portion of the plurality of sub-channel matrices obtained through division of the first channel matrix; and

performing uplink reception using the combining matrix, such that the interference is at least partially projected to a left null space of the first channel matrix.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuit is configured to obtain the channel information by:

obtaining the channel information by measuring a downlink reference signal of the second base station; and/or

estimating the channel information based at least on location information between the first base station and the second base station.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least portion of the plurality of sub-channel matrices provided to the second base station comprises all of the plurality of sub-channel matrices, or a remainder of the plurality of sub-channel matrices except for the first portion, and/or

wherein the processing circuit is configured to determine the first portion of the plurality of sub-channel matrices by:

selecting the first portion from the plurality of sub-channel matrices based on system configuration information;

autonomously selecting the first portion from the plurality of sub-channel matrices; and/or

selecting the first portion from the plurality of sub-channel matrices based on an indication from the second base station.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuit is further configured to:

obtain measurement information through at least one additional transmission of the downlink reference signal of the second base station;

obtain a second channel matrix based on the measurement information; and

decompose the second channel matrix, such that the second channel matrix is divided into a sum of a second plurality of sub-channel matrices;

wherein the additional transmission of the downlink reference signal of the second base station comprises:

designing a precoding matrix based on one or more sub-channel matrices of the plurality of sub-channel matrices; and

using the precoding matrix to perform the additional transmission of the downlink reference signal,

wherein the processing circuit is configured to cancel the interference by:

designing a combining matrix based on one or more sub-channel matrices of the second plurality of sub-channel matrices; and

performing uplink reception using the combining matrix, such that the interference is at least partially projected to a left null space of the first channel matrix.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuit is further configured to solve an F-norm for each of the plurality of sub- channel matrices or of the second plurality of sub-channel matrices, and

the one or more sub-channel matrices of the plurality of sub-channel matrices or of the second plurality of sub-channel matrices are sub-channel matrices having a larger F norm.

6. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the processing circuit is configured to decompose the first channel matrix or the second channel matrix using SVD decomposition, and the one or more sub-channel matrices of the plurality of sub-channel matrices or of the second plurality of sub-channel matrices are sub-channel matrices having a larger singular value.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuit is further configured to:

based on uplink-downlink configuration information of the first base station and the second base station, determine one or more times for uplink reception by the first base station and for downlink transmission by the second base station, wherein the one or more times comprise a specific time point of causing the interference; and

cancel interference at the one or more times.

8. A second electronic device for a second base station, wherein the second base station is configured to operate along with the electronic device for the first base station according to claim 1 , the second electronic device comprises a second processing circuit, and the second processing circuit is configured to:

receive at least portion of processed channel information from the first base station; and

cancel, based on the at least portion of the processed channel information, interference caused from downlink transmission of the second base station to uplink reception of the first base station.

9. The second electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the second processing circuit is further configured to:

receive, from the first base station, at least portion of a plurality of sub-channel matrices obtained through division of a first channel matrix, wherein the receiving is performed through at least one of a wireless link or a wired interface between the first base station and the second base station.

10. The second electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the second processing circuit is configured to cancel the interference by:

designing a precoding matrix based on one or more sub-channel matrices in a second portion of the plurality of sub-channel matrices obtained through division of the first channel matrix; and

performing downlink transmission using the precoding matrix, such that the interference is at least partially projected to a right null space of the first channel matrix;

wherein the first portion and the second portion have no intersection, and a union of the first portion and the second portion is a set comprising the plurality of sub-channel matrices.

11. The second electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the at least portion of the plurality of sub-channel matrices received from the first base station comprises all or the second portion of the plurality of sub-channel matrices, and/or

wherein the second processing circuit is configured to determine the second portion of the plurality of sub-channel matrices by:

selecting the second portion from the plurality of sub-channel matrices based on system configuration information;

autonomously selecting the second portion from the plurality of sub-channel matrices; and/or

selecting the second portion from the plurality of sub-channel matrices based on an indication from the first base station.

12. The second electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the second processing circuit is further configured to:

design a precoding matrix based on one or more sub-channel matrices of the plurality of sub-channel matrices; and

use the precoding matrix to perform the additional transmission of the downlink reference signal.

13. The second electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the second processing circuit is further configured to solve an F-norm for each of the plurality of sub-channel matrices; and

the one or more sub-channel matrices of the plurality of sub-channel matrices are sub- channel matrices having a larger F norm.

14. The second electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the second processing circuit is configured to decompose the first channel matrix using SVD decomposition, and the one or more sub-channel matrices of the plurality of sub-channel matrices are sub-channel matrices having a larger singular value.

15. The second electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the second processing circuit is further configured to:

based on uplink-downlink configuration information of the first base station and the second base station, determine one or more times for uplink reception by the first base station and for downlink transmission by the second base station, wherein the one or more times comprise a specific time point of causing the interference; and

cancel interference at the one or more times.

16. A method for wireless communication, comprising:

by a first base station:

obtaining channel information of a channel from a second base station to the first base station;

processing the channel information to divide the channel; and

providing at least portion of processed channel information to the second base station;

wherein at least one of the first base station or the second base station cancels, based on the at least portion of the processed channel information, interference caused from downlink transmission of the second base station to uplink reception of the first base station,

wherein the processing the channel information comprises:

obtaining a first channel matrix based on the channel information; and

decomposing the first channel matrix, such that the first channel matrix is divided into a sum of a plurality of sub-channel matrices,

wherein the providing the at least portion of the processed channel information to the second base station comprises:

providing, to the second base station, at least portion of the plurality of sub-channel matrices obtained through division of the first channel matrix, wherein the providing is performed through at least one of a wireless link or a wired interface between the first base station and the second base station,

wherein the method further comprises canceling the interference by:

designing a combining matrix based on one or more sub-channel matrices in a first portion of the plurality of sub-channel matrices obtained through division of the first channel matrix; and

performing uplink reception using the combining matrix, such that the interference is at least partially projected to a left null space of the first channel matrix.

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