Parameter based adaption of a transmission scheme on a radio resource
A user device, UE, and a base station, BS, for a wireless communication system is described. Each is using a transmission scheme on a radio resource, and is to determine one or more parameters of a radio channel associated with the radio resource, and to adapt the transmission scheme by selecting an additional radio resource on the basis of the determined one or more parameters. Further a wireless communication system, comprising two or more of the above devices, corresponding methods and a computer program product are described.
1. A user device, UE, for a wireless communication system, the user device comprising:
one or more antennas or an antenna array having a plurality of antenna elements,
a signal processor; and
a transceiver,
wherein the user device is to use a transmission scheme on a radio resource,
wherein the user device is to determine one or more parameters of a radio channel associated with the radio resource, and to adapt the transmission scheme by selecting an additional radio resource on the basis of the determined one or more parameters,
wherein the user device is to transmit one or more of the determined parameters and/or the adapted transmission scheme to another device of the wireless communication system, and
wherein the user device is to transmit one or more of
a user device-specific field parameter referring to downlink control information, DCI, to set up transmission schemes with k-repetitions separated in time,
a user device-specific field parameter referring to a random-access procedure, to inform the another device about the dynamics of the user device,
a field associated to the DCI, comprising a frequency separation value,
an addition of a field-parameter on a broadcast system information block, SIB, comprising a value indicating a frequency separation,
information of prior observed degradation events,
information referring to clustering of user devices.
2. The user device of claim 1 , wherein the parameters are a probability that the line of sight for the transmission is blocked.
3. The user device of claim 1 , wherein the parameters are coherence parameters of the radio channel.
4. The user device of claim 3 , wherein the coherence parameters refer to one or more of time, space, frequency and/or polarization.
5. The user device of claim 3 ,
wherein the user device is to adapt the transmission scheme such that radio resource and the additional radio resource are statistically uncorrelated, by selection of the additional radio resource such that the difference between the radio resource and the additional radio resource with regard to the determined parameters is larger than the coherence parameter, or
wherein the user device is to adapt the transmission scheme such that radio resource and the additional radio resource are statistically correlated, by selection of the additional radio resource such that the difference between the radio resource and the additional radio resource with regard to the determined parameters is smaller than the coherence parameter.
6. The user device of claim 3 , wherein the user device is to determine the one or more coherence parameters by using reference symbols, RS.
7. The user device of claim 1 , wherein the user device is to adapt the transmission scheme by comprising one or more of
retransmission,
parallel transmissions,
alternating transmissions, and/or
packet splitting.
8. A base station, BS, for a wireless communication system, the base station comprising:
one or more antennas or an antenna array having a plurality of antenna elements,
a signal processor; and
a transceiver,
wherein the base station is to use a transmission scheme on a radio resource,
wherein the base station is to determine one or more parameters of a radio channel associated with the radio resource, and to adapt the transmission scheme by selecting an additional radio resource on the basis of the determined one or more parameters,
wherein the base station is to transmit the adapted transmission scheme to another device of the wireless communication system, and
wherein the base station is to transmit one or more of
a base station-specific field parameter referring to downlink control information, DCI, to set up transmission schemes with k-repetitions separated in time,
a base station-specific field parameter referring to a random-access procedure, to inform the another device about the dynamics of the base station ( 500 ),
a field associated to the DCI, including a frequency separation value,
an addition of a field-parameter on the broadcast system information block, SIB, containing a value indicating a frequency separation,
information of prior observed degradation events, and/or
information referring to clustering of user devices.
9. The base station of claim 8 , wherein the parameters are a probability that the line of sight for the transmission is blocked.
10. The base station of claim 8 , wherein the parameters are coherence parameters of the radio channel.
11. The base station of claim 10 , wherein the base station is to determine the one or more coherence parameters by using reference symbols, RS.
12. The base station of claim 11 , wherein the reference symbols are comprised within the transmission scheme.
13. The base station of claim 8 , wherein the base station is further to transmit one or more of the determined parameters and/or the adapted transmission scheme to another device for the wireless communication system.
14. The base station of claim 8 , wherein the base station is to adapt the transmission scheme by comprising one or more of
retransmission,
parallel transmissions,
alternating transmissions, and/or
packet splitting.
15. A method of operating a user device, UE, and/or a base station, BS, for a wireless communication system, using a transmission scheme on a radio resource, the method comprising
determining one or more parameters of a radio channel associated with the radio resource, and adapting the transmission scheme by selecting an additional radio resource on the basis of the determined one or more parameters,
transmitting one or more of the determined parameters and/or the adapted transmission scheme to another device of the wireless communication system, and
transmitting one or more of
a user device-specific field parameter referring to downlink control information, DCI, to set up transmission schemes with k-repetitions separated in time,
a user device-specific field parameter referring to a random-access procedure, to inform the another device about the dynamics of the user device,
a field associated to the DCI, comprising a frequency separation value,
an addition of a field-parameter on a broadcast system information block, SIB, comprising a value indicating a frequency separation,
information of prior observed degradation events,
information referring to clustering of user devices.
16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the parameters are a probability that the line of sight for the transmission is blocked.
17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the parameters are coherence parameters of the radio channel.
18. The method of claim 16 , wherein the coherence parameters refer to one or more of time, space, frequency and/or polarization.