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US 12,732,964 · App. 18/097,667 · Granted Sep 8, 2026

Base station device and operating method thereof in wireless communication system

Inventors: Sunyoung Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Jinho Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Hongsik Yoon (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H04W72/02H04L5/0051H04W72/541
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Patent No.
US 12,732,964
App. No.
18/097,667
Granted
Sep 8, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A base station device includes a communication circuit configured to receive a first signal from an external base station device and transmit a second signal to a user equipment, by using a plurality of antennas, and a processor configured to obtain resource allocation information of the external base station device based on the first signal, identify whether an interference cell occurs, and generate the second signal when the interference cell occurs, the second information including resource allocation information of the interference cell.

Claims (58)

1 . A base station device comprising:

a communication circuit configured to:

receive a first signal from an external base station device, and

transmit a second signal to a user equipment, by using a plurality of antennas; and

a processor configured to:

obtain resource allocation information of the external base station device based on the first signal,

identify, based on the resource allocation information of the external base station device, whether an interference cell is present, and

generate the second signal based on identifying that the interference cell is present, the second signal comprising resource allocation information of the interference cell,

wherein the processor is further configured to generate the second signal, based on at least one of:

resource allocation information of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) of the interference cell overlapping a signal of a serving cell,

resource allocation information of a synchronization signal block (SSB) signal of the interference cell overlapping the signal of the serving cell, and

resource allocation information of a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) of the interference cell overlapping the signal of the serving cell.

2 . The base station device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

identify whether a rate of overlap between a first resource allocated to the interference cell and a second resource allocated to a serving cell of the base station device is greater than or equal to a threshold value, based on resource allocation information of the serving cell; and

transmit the second signal to the user equipment when the rate of overlap between the first resource and the second resource is greater than or equal to the threshold value.

3 . The base station device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to receive the first signal comprising the resource allocation information of the interference cell of the external base station device by using a backhaul link between the base station device and the external base station device.

4 . The base station device of claim 1 ,

wherein the resource allocation information regarding the PDSCH of the interference cell comprises information about a slot offset of the PDSCH of the interference cell, a length of a symbol, a resource allocation type, a resource block group (RBG) size, and a frequency domain resource assignment bitmap.

5 . The base station device of claim 1 ,

wherein the resource allocation information regarding the SSB signal of the interference cell comprises information about periodicity of the SSB signal of the interference cell, a bitmap in a half frame, a frequency band used by the SSB signal based on an absolute frequency, and a subcarrier spacing.

6 . The base station device of claim 1 ,

wherein the resource allocation information regarding the CSI-RS of the interference cell comprises information about a slot offset of the CSI-RS of the interference cell, a start symbol and length, a start resource block and length, a code division multiplexing mode, and a frequency bitmap.

7 . The base station device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to generate the second signal by including the resource allocation information of the interference cell in radio resource control (RRC) or downlink control information (DCI).

8 . An operating method of a base station device, the operating method comprising:

receiving a first signal from an external base station device by using a plurality of antennas;

obtaining resource allocation information of the external base station device based on the first signal;

identifying, based on the resource allocation information of the external base station device, whether an interference cell is present;

generating a second signal based on identifying that the interference cell is present, the second signal comprising resource allocation information of the interference cell and

transmitting the second signal to a user equipment,

wherein the second signal is generated based on at least one of:

resource allocation information of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) of the interference cell overlapping a signal of a serving cell,

resource allocation information of a synchronization signal block (SSB) signal of the interference cell overlapping the signal of the serving cell, and

resource allocation information of a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) of the interference cell overlapping the signal of the serving cell.

9 . The operating method of claim 8 , further comprising:

identifying whether a rate of overlap between a first resource allocated to the interference cell and a second resource allocated to a serving cell of the base station device is greater than or equal to a threshold value, based on resource allocation information of the serving cell; and

transmitting the second signal to the user equipment when the rate of overlap between the first resource and the second resource is greater than or equal to the threshold value.

10 . The operating method of claim 8 , wherein the receiving of the first signal comprises receiving the first signal comprising the resource allocation information of the interference cell of the external base station device by using a backhaul link between the base station device and the external base station device.

11 . The operating method of claim 8 ,

wherein the resource allocation information regarding the signal transmitted based on the PDSCH of the interference cell comprises information about a slot offset of the PDSCH of the interference cell, a length of a symbol, a resource allocation type, a resource block group (RBG) size, and a frequency domain resource assignment bitmap.

12 . The operating method of claim 8 ,

wherein the resource allocation information regarding the SSB signal of the interference cell comprises information about periodicity of the SSB signal of the interference cell, a bitmap in a half frame, a frequency band used by the SSB signal based on an absolute frequency, and a subcarrier spacing.

13 . The operating method of claim 8 ,

wherein the resource allocation information regarding the CSI-RS of the interference cell comprises information about a slot offset of the CSI-RS of the interference cell, a start symbol and length, a start resource block and length, a code division multiplexing mode, and a frequency bitmap.

14 . The operating method of claim 8 , wherein the generating of the second signal comprises generating the second signal by including the resource allocation information of the interference cell in radio resource control (RRC) or downlink control information (DCI).

15 . A base station device comprising:

a communication circuit configured to:

receive a first signal from an external base station device, and

transmit a second signal to a user equipment, by using a plurality of antennas; and

a processor configured to:

obtain resource allocation information of the external base station device based on the first signal,

identify whether there is resource overlap between a demodulation-reference signal (DM-RS) of a serving cell of the base station device and a signal of the external base station device, and

generate the second signal based on identifying that there is the resource overlap between the DM-RS of the serving cell of the base station device and the signal of the external base station device, the second signal comprising information about an overlapping resource between the DM-RS and the signal of the external base station device,

wherein the signal of the external base station device comprises a signal transmitted from an interference cell of the external base station device, based on a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), and

wherein the processor is further configured to generate the second signal, based on information about a resource allocated to the DM-RS of the serving cell overlapping the PDSCH of the interference cell.

16 . The base station device of claim 15 , wherein the processor is further configured to receive the first signal including the resource allocation information of the external base station device by using a backhaul link between the base station device and the external base station device.

17 . The base station device of claim 15 ,

wherein the resource allocation information regarding the PDSCH comprises information about a symbol overlapping with the DM-RS in a region of the PDSCH.

18 . The base station device of claim 15 , wherein the processor is further configured to generate the second signal by including the information about the overlapping resource between the DM-RS and the signal of the external base station device in radio resource control (RRC) or downlink control information (DCI).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 17, 2023
From: LEE, SUNYOUNG; KIM, JINHO; YOON, HONGSIK
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062395/0788 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2022-0007450 · Jan 18, 2022 · national
KR 10-2022-0083159 · Jul 6, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230232372A1 · Jul 20, 2023
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