Granted Patent B2

US 12,362,804 · App. 17/641,100 · Granted Jul 15, 2025

Inventor: Jianfei Cao (Beijing, CN)

Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION

H04W16/28H04B17/336H04W24/10

Abstract

Claims (78)

1. An electronic device, comprising processing circuitry, configured to:

configure K channel measurement resources (CMRs) in one-to-one correspondence to K transmitting beams, and configure, for each of the K CMRs, one or more interference measurement resources (IMRs) corresponding to the CMR, wherein K is an integer greater than 1; and

send a downlink signal to a user equipment with each transmitting beam among the K transmitting beams, such that the user equipment:

receives a downlink signal from each transmitting beam with a same receiving beam,

determines signal power according to signal quality measured on a CMR corresponding to the transmitting beam,

determines interference power according to signal quality measured on all or part of the IMRs corresponding to the CMR, and

determines a signal to interference plus noise ratio between the transmitting beam and the receiving beam according to the signal power and the interference power.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

receive, from the user equipment, signal to interference plus noise ratio information comprising signal to interference plus noise ratios between one or more transmitting beams among the K transmitting beams and the receiving beam.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

configure the CMR and the one or more IMRs corresponding to the CMR to be in a Quasi-co-located (QCL) type D relationship, such that the user equipment receives the CMR and the one or more IMRs corresponding to the CMR with a same receiving beam.

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

configure one or more IMRs for each CMR through radio resource control (RRC) signaling, such that the user equipment determines interference power according to signal quality measured on all the IMRs corresponding to the CMR.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

configure one or more IMRs for each CMR through radio resource control (RRC) signaling, activate one or more IMRs among the IMRs corresponding to the CMR through medium access control (MAC) signaling or downlink control information (DCI), such that the user equipment determines interference power according to signal quality measured on the activated IMR corresponding to the CMR.

6. An electronic device, comprising processing circuitry, configured to:

configure one or more channel measurement resources (CMRs) and one or more interference measurement resources (IMRs); and

send a downlink signal to user equipment with a transmitting beam corresponding to the one or more CMRs, such that the user equipment:

receives the downlink signal from the transmitting beam with a receiving beam,

determines signal power according to signal quality measured on the CMR,

determines interference power according to signal quality measured on the IMR, and

determines a signal to interference plus noise ratio between the transmitting beam and the receiving beam according to the signal power and the interference power;

wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

configure N IMRs, and configure one or more CMRs for each IMR, the one or more CMRs corresponding to a same transmitting beam, wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to 1; and

send a downlink signal to the user equipment with the transmitting beam, such that the user equipment:

receives the downlink signal with each receiving beam among one or more receiving beams,

determines signal power according to signal quality measured on the one or more CMRs,

determines interference power according to signal quality measured on all or part of the N IMRs, and

determines a signal to interference plus noise ratio between the transmitting beam and the receiving beam according to the signal power and the interference power.

7. The electronic device according to claim 6 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

receive, from the user equipment, signal to interference plus noise ratio information comprising signal to interference plus noise ratios between the transmitting beam and one or more receiving beams.

8. An electronic device, comprising a processing circuitry, configured to:

receive a downlink signal from each of K transmitting beams from a network-side device with a same receiving beam,

wherein K is an integer greater than 1, the network-side device is configured with K channel measurement resources (CMRs) in one-to-one correspondence to the K transmitting beams, and each of the K CMRs is configured with one or more interference measurement resources (IMRs);

determine signal power according to signal quality measured on the CMR corresponding to the transmitting beam;

determine interference power according to signal quality measured on all or part of the IMRs corresponding to the CMR; and

determine a signal to interference plus noise ratio between the transmitting beam corresponding to the CMR and the receiving beam according to the signal power and the interference power.

9. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

send signal to interference plus noise ratio information to the network-side device, wherein the signal to interference plus noise ratio information comprises signal to interference plus noise ratios between one or more transmitting beams among the K transmitting beams and the receiving beam.

10. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

acquire one or more IMRs configured for each CMR through radio resource control (RRC) signaling; and

determine interference power according to signal quality measured on all the IMRs corresponding to the CMR.

11. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

acquire one or more IMRs configured for each CMR through radio resource control (RRC) signaling;

acquire one or more activated IMRs among the IMRs corresponding to the CMR through medium access control (MAC) signaling or downlink control information (DCI); and

determine interference power according to signal quality measured on the activated IMR corresponding to the CMR.

12. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

select one or more IMRs from the IMRs corresponding to each CMR; and

determine interference power according to signal quality measured on the selected IMR.

13. An electronic device, comprising a processing circuitry, configured to:

receive, with a receiving beam, a downlink signal of a transmitting beam corresponding to one or more channel measurement resources (CMRs) from a network-side device, wherein the network-side device is configured with one or more CMRs and one or more interference measurement resources (IMRs);

determine signal power according to signal quality measured on the CMR;

determine interference power according to signal quality measured on the IMR; and

determine a signal to interference plus noise ratio between the transmitting beam and the receiving beam according to the signal power and the interference power;

wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

receive, with each receiving beam among one or more receiving beams, a downlink signal of a same transmitting beam from the network-side device, wherein the network-side device is configured with N IMRs, each of the N IMRs is configured with one or more CMRs, the one or more CMRs correspond to the same transmitting beam, and N is an integer greater than or equal to 1;

determine signal power according to signal quality measured on the one or more CMRs;

determine interference power according to signal quality measured on all or part of the N IMRs; and

determine a signal to interference plus noise ratio between the transmitting beam and the receiving beam according to the signal power and the interference power.

14. The electronic device according to claim 13 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

send signal to interference plus noise ratio information to the network-side device, wherein the signal to interference plus noise ratio information comprises the signal to interference plus noise ratio between the transmitting beam and one or more receiving beams.

15. The electronic device according to claim 13 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

acquire the N IMRs through radio resource control (RRC) signaling; and

determine interference power according to signal quality measured on the N IMRs.

16. The electronic device according to claim 13 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

acquire the N IMRs through radio resource control (RRC) signaling;

acquire one or more activated IMRs among the N IMRs through medium access control (MAC) signaling or downlink control information (DCI); and

determine interference power according to signal quality measured on the activated IMR.

17. The electronic device according to claim 13 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

select one or more IMRs from the N IMRs; and

determine interference power according to signal quality measured on the selected IMRs.

18. A wireless communication method performed by an electronic device, comprising:

configuring K channel measurement resources (CMRs) in one-to-one correspondence to K transmitting beams, and configure, for each of the K CMRs, one or more interference measurement resources (IMRs) corresponding to the CMR, wherein K is an integer greater than 1; and

sending a downlink signal to a user equipment with each transmitting beam among the K transmitting beams, such that the user equipment:

receives a downlink signal from each transmitting beam with a same receiving beam,

determines signal power according to signal quality measured on a CMR corresponding to the transmitting beam,

determines interference power according to signal quality measured on all or part of the IMRs corresponding to the CMR, and

determines a signal to interference plus noise ratio between the transmitting beam and the receiving beam according to the signal power and the interference power.

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