Granted Patent B2

US 12,255,705 · App. 18/121,747 · Granted Mar 18, 2025

Inventors: Namryul Jeon (Suwon-si, KR); Daejoong Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Jaeyoel Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Seungkyu Baek (Suwon-si, KR)

Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

H04B7/043H04B7/0473H04L1/1614

Abstract

Claims (52)

1. A method performed by an open radio access network (O-RAN) distributed unit (O-DU) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

generating a control plane message comprising User Equipment (UE) scheduling information; and

transmitting the control plane message to an O-RAN radio unit (O-RU),

wherein the control plane message further comprises section extension information, and

wherein the section extension information comprises bit masking information indicating antennas to be combined.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the section extension information is for antenna mapping in Uplink (UL) beamforming-based UE channel information.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the bit masking information comprises a bitmap indicating whether antennas corresponding to respective bits are to be combined, and

wherein a maximum number of antennas corresponding to the bitmap is 64.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the control plane message further comprises different section extension information for multi-port grouping, and

wherein the bit masking information comprises bitmaps for a plurality of reception extended antenna carriers (eAxCs) related to the different section extension information.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the plurality of reception eAxCs comprise a first reception eAxC and a second reception eAxC,

wherein each bit of a bitmap corresponding to the first reception eAxC out of the bitmaps indicates whether a corresponding antenna is to be combined in the first reception eAxC, and

wherein each bit of a bitmap corresponding to the second reception eAxC out of the bitmaps indicates whether a corresponding antenna is to be combined in the second reception eAxC.

6. The method of claim 2 , further comprising receiving the UE channel information from the O-RU, through a fronthaul path between the O-DU and the O-RU,

wherein the UE channel information comprises information in which channel information for at least two antennas is combined out of the antennas, according to the control plane message.

7. A method performed by an open radio access network (O-RAN) radio unit (O-RU) of a base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving a control plane message comprising User Equipment (UE) scheduling information from an O-RAN distributed unit (O-DU),

wherein the control plane message further comprises section extension information for antenna mapping, and

wherein the section extension information comprises bit masking information indicating antennas to be combined.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the section extension information is used by the O-RU for antenna mapping in Uplink (UL) beamforming-based UE channel information.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the bit masking information comprises a bitmap indicating whether antennas corresponding to respective bits are to be combined, and

wherein a maximum number of antennas corresponding to the bitmap is 64.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the control plane message further comprises different section extension information for multi-port grouping, and

wherein the bit masking information comprises bitmaps for a plurality of reception eAxCs related to the different section extension information.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of reception eAxCs comprise a first reception eAxC and a second reception eAxC,

wherein each bit of a bitmap corresponding to the first reception eAxC out of the bitmaps indicates whether a corresponding antenna is to be combined in the first reception eAxC, and

wherein each bit of a bitmap corresponding to the second reception eAxC out of the bitmaps indicates whether a corresponding antenna is to be combined in the second reception eAxC.

12. The method of claim 8 , further comprising transmitting the UE channel information to the O-DU, through a fronthaul path between the O-DU and the O-RU,

wherein the UE channel information comprises information in which channel information for at least two antennas is combined out of the antennas, according to the control plane message.

13. An open radio access network (O-RAN) distributed unit (O-DU) of a base station in a wireless communication system, the DU comprising:

at least one transceiver; and

at least one processor operatively connected to the at least one transceiver, the at least one processor being configured to:

generate a control plane message comprising User Equipment (UE) scheduling information; and

transmit, through the at least one transceiver, the control plane message to an open radio access network (O-RAN) radio unit (O-RU),

wherein the control plane message further comprises section extension information for antenna mapping, and

wherein the section extension information comprises bit masking information indicating antennas to be combined.

14. The O-DU of claim 13 , wherein the section extension information is for antenna mapping in Uplink (UL) beamforming-based UE channel information.

15. The O-DU of claim 13 , wherein the bit masking information comprises a bitmap indicating whether antennas corresponding to respective bits are to be combined, and

wherein a maximum number of antennas corresponding to the bitmap is 64.

16. The O-DU of claim 13 , the control plane message further comprises different section extension information for multi-port grouping, and

wherein the bit masking information comprises bitmaps for a plurality of reception extended antenna carriers (eAxCs) related to the different section extension information.

17. The O-DU of claim 16 , wherein the plurality of reception eAxCs comprise a first reception eAxC and a second reception eAxC,

wherein each bit of a bitmap corresponding to the first reception eAxC out of the bitmaps indicates whether a corresponding antenna is to be combined in the first reception eAxC, and

wherein each bit of a bitmap corresponding to the second reception eAxC out of the bitmaps indicates whether a corresponding antenna is to be combined in the second reception eAxC.

18. An open radio access network (O-RAN) radio unit (O-RU) of a base station in a wireless communication system, the O-RU comprising:

at least one transceiver; and

at least one processor operatively connected to the at least one transceiver, the at least one processor being configured to receive, through the at least one transceiver, a control plane message comprising User Equipment (UE) scheduling information from an open radio access network (O-RAN) distributed unit (O-DU),

wherein the control plane message further comprises section extension information for antenna mapping, and

wherein the section extension information comprises bit masking information indicating antennas to be combined.

19. The O-RU of claim 18 , wherein the section extension information is used by the O-RU for antenna mapping in Uplink (UL) beamforming-based UE channel information.

20. The O-RU of claim 19 , wherein the bit masking information comprises a bitmap indicating whether antennas corresponding to respective bits are to be combined, and

wherein a maximum number of antennas corresponding to the bitmap is 64.

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