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US 12,218,780 · App. 17/866,705 · Granted Feb 4, 2025

Methods and apparatus for multi-domain conversions of high dimensional channel statistics

Inventors: Guosen Yue (Edison, NJ); Xiao-Feng Qi (Westfield, NJ)
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
H04L25/021H04L25/0204H04L25/022H04W24/08
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Patent No.
US 12,218,780
App. No.
17/866,705
Granted
Feb 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method includes calculating first high dimensional channel characteristics of a first frequency band in accordance with measurements of the first frequency band; estimating a power angle delay spectrum (PADS) in accordance with the first high dimensional channel characteristics of the first frequency band; determining a domain conversion matrix for a second frequency band in accordance with the PADS; and generating second high dimensional channel characteristics of the second frequency band in accordance with the domain conversion matrix and the first high dimensional channel characteristics of the first frequency band.

Claims (63)

1. A method, the method comprising:

calculating, by a device, first high dimensional channel characteristics of a first frequency band in accordance with measurements of the first frequency band;

estimating, by the device, a power angle delay spectrum (PADS) in accordance with the first high dimensional channel characteristics of the first frequency band;

determining, by the device, a domain conversion matrix for a second frequency band in accordance with the PADS; and

generating, by the device, second high dimensional channel characteristics of the second frequency band in accordance with the domain conversion matrix and the first high dimensional channel characteristics of the first frequency band.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining the domain conversion matrix comprises:

determining the domain conversion matrix in accordance with at least one of an antenna structure of the device, a first carrier frequency of the first frequency band, a second carrier frequency of the second frequency band, and configured frequency spacing of the first and second frequency bands.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the estimating the PADS comprises:

estimating the PADS in accordance with the antenna structure of the first device and the first carrier frequency of the first frequency band.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the estimating the PADS comprises:

projecting the PADS onto a subspace of a Hilbert space defined by basis functions in accordance with the antenna structure of the device and the first carrier frequency of the first frequency band.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the estimating the PADS comprises:

generating a set of weights of a set of basis functions defined in accordance with the antenna structure of the device and the first carrier frequency of the first frequency band.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the generating the second high dimensional channel characteristics of the second frequency band comprises:

obtaining, by the device, a product of the domain conversion matrix and the PADS; and

reforming, by the device, the second high dimensional channel characteristics of the second frequency band from the product.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining the domain conversion matrix comprises:

determining a discrete domain conversion matrix for each configured antenna lag.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the generating the second high dimensional channel characteristics of the second frequency band comprises:

obtaining, by the device, subblock matrices for each configured frequency lag as a product of the domain conversion matrix and the PADS;

reforming, by the device, subblocks of the second high dimensional channel characteristics of the second frequency band from the subblock matrices; and

reconstructing, by the device, the second high dimensional channel characteristics of the second frequency band from the subblocks.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first high dimensional channel characteristics comprises first space-frequency covariance, or wherein the second high dimensional channel characteristics comprises second space-frequency covariance.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first frequency band and the second frequency band are identical.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first frequency band and the second frequency band are different.

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting, by the device, uplink transmissions using the first frequency band; and

receiving, by the device, downlink transmissions using the second frequency band.

13. A device comprising:

one or more processors; and

a non-transitory memory storage comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the device to:

calculate first high dimensional channel characteristics of a first frequency band in accordance with measurements of the first frequency band;

estimate a power angle delay spectrum (PADS) in accordance with the first high dimensional channel characteristics of the first frequency band;

determine a domain conversion matrix for a second frequency band in accordance with the PADS; and

generate second high dimensional channel characteristics of the second frequency band in accordance with the domain conversion matrix and the first high dimensional channel characteristics of the first frequency band.

14. The device of claim 13 , wherein determination of the domain conversion matrix is in accordance with at least one of an antenna structure of the device, a first carrier frequency of the first frequency band, a second carrier frequency of the second frequency band, and configured frequency spacing of the first and second frequency bands.

15. The device of claim 14 , wherein the PADS is estimated in accordance with the antenna structure of the device and the first carrier frequency of the first frequency band.

16. The device of claim 13 , wherein the instructions that cause the device to generate the second high dimensional channel characteristics include instructions to cause the device to:

obtain a product of the domain conversion matrix and the PADS; and

reform the second high dimensional channel characteristics of the second frequency band from the product.

17. The device of claim 13 , wherein the instructions that cause the device to determine the domain conversion matrix include instructions to cause the device to:

determine a discrete domain conversion matrix for each configured antenna lag.

18. The device of claim 13 , wherein the instructions that cause the device to generate the second high dimensional channel characteristics include instructions to cause the device to:

obtain subblock matrices for each configured frequency lag as a product of the domain conversion matrix and the PADS;

reform subblocks of the second high dimensional channel characteristics of the second frequency band from the subblock matrices; and

reconstruct the second high dimensional channel characteristics of the second frequency band from the reformed subblocks.

19. The device of claim 13 , wherein the first high dimensional channel characteristics comprises first space-frequency covariance, or wherein the second high dimensional channel characteristics comprises second space-frequency covariance.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer instructions for communicating over multiple frequency bands, that when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations of:

calculating first high dimensional channel characteristics of a first frequency band in accordance with measurements of the first frequency band;

estimating a power angle delay spectrum (PADS) in accordance with the first high dimensional channel characteristics of the first frequency band;

determining a domain conversion matrix for a second frequency band in accordance with the PADS; and

generating second high dimensional channel characteristics of the second frequency band in accordance with the domain conversion matrix and the first high dimensional channel characteristics of the first frequency band.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 20 , the estimating the PADS comprising:

projecting the PADS onto a subspace of a Hilbert space defined by basis functions in accordance with an antenna structure and a first carrier frequency of the first frequency band.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 20 , the generating the second high dimensional channel characteristics of the second frequency band comprising:

obtaining a product of the domain conversion matrix and the PADS; and

reforming the high dimensional channel characteristics of the second frequency band from the product.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 20 , the determining the domain conversion matrix:

determining a discrete domain conversion matrix for each configured antenna lag.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 20 , the generating the second high dimensional channel characteristics of the second frequency band comprising:

obtaining subblock matrices for each configured frequency lag as a product of the domain conversion matrix and the PADS;

reforming subblocks of the second high dimensional channel characteristics of the second frequency band from the subblock matrices; and

reconstructing the second high dimensional channel characteristics of the second frequency band from the subblocks.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 20, 2022
From: FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061471/0530 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 4, 2022
From: FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061071/0167 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2022
From: YUE, GUOSEN; QI, XIAO-FENG
To: FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 060533/0505 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2022
From: FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC.
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060682/0060 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation PCTUS2020047754 · Aug 25, 2020
Provisional Application 63024684 · May 14, 2020
Related Publication 20220393909A1 · Dec 8, 2022
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