Methods, devices and systems for reporting frequency offset
A system, device and method for reporting frequency offset is disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, by a wireless communication device from a wireless communication node, at least a first resource configuration to configure a pair of reference signals (RSs) to the wireless communication device for reporting of frequency offsets of the pair of RSs; performing, by the wireless communication device, measurement of the frequency offsets of the pair of RSs, the pair of RSs including a first reference signal (RS) and a second RS; and sending, by the wireless communication device to the wireless communication node according to the at least a first resource configuration, at least one report of the frequency offsets.
1 . A method, comprising:
receiving, by a wireless communication device from a wireless communication node, at least a first resource configuration to configure a pair of reference signals (RSs) to the wireless communication device for reporting of frequency offsets of the pair of RSs;
performing, by the wireless communication device, measurement of the frequency offsets of the pair of RSs, the pair of RSs comprising a first reference signal (RS) and a second RS; and
sending, by the wireless communication device to the wireless communication node according to the at least a first resource configuration, at least one report of the frequency offsets.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the first RS and the second RS is configured as:
a reference signal resource, or
a reference signal resource set.
3 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:
sending, by the wireless communication device to the wireless communication node, the at least one report in response to an configuration in a radio resource control (RRC) signaling, or in response to a medium access control control element (MAC CE) signaling, or in response to a trigger of the wireless communication device.
4 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:
receiving, by the wireless communication device from the wireless communication node, a first report configuration corresponding to the first RS of the RS pair, and a second report configuration corresponding to the second RS of the RS pair.
5 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:
receiving, by the wireless communication device from the wireless communication node, a first report configuration including a configuration of at least (a) a first RS resource set corresponding to the first RS, and (b) a second RS resource set corresponding to the second RS.
6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the report of the frequency offsets includes:
a report-quantity parameter set to a Doppler shift offset or a frequency offset in the CSI report configuration.
7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one report of the frequency offsets includes at least one value configured by a higher layer parameter.
8 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:
sending, by the wireless communication device to the wireless communication node, at least a first report and a second report in response to a single indication in a medium access control control element (MAC CE) signaling; or
sending, by the wireless communication device to the wireless communication node, a first report in response to a first indication in the MAC CE signaling, and a second report in response to a second indication in the MAC CE signaling.
9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the MAC CE signaling activates at least one transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state for physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) or physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission, or for frequency offset reporting.
10 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:
sending, by the wireless communication device to the wireless communication node, the at least one report of the frequency offsets according to a periodicity or time window in a default configuration or configured via radio resource control (RRC) signaling.
11 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:
sending, by the wireless communication device to the wireless communication node, the at least one report comprising: information of a first pair of frequency offsets of a first pair of RSs, if a difference between the first pair of frequency offsets is larger than a common threshold, and information of a second pair of frequency offsets of a second pair of RSs, if a difference between the second pair of frequency offsets is larger than the common threshold; or
sending, by the wireless communication device to the wireless communication node, the at least one report comprising: the information of the first pair of frequency offsets of the first pair of RSs, if the difference between the first pair of frequency offsets is larger than a first threshold, and the information of the second pair of frequency offsets of the second pair of RSs, if the difference between the second pair of frequency offsets is larger than a second threshold.
12 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:
sending, by the wireless communication device to the wireless communication node, the at least one report comprising: information of frequency offsets of a pair of RSs, and an identifier (ID) of a control resource set (CORESET) associated with the pair of RSs.
13 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:
sending, by the wireless communication device to the wireless communication node, the at least one report comprising: information of frequency offsets of a pair of RSs, and an identifier (ID) of a codepoint or transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states associated with the pair of RSs.
14 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:
sending, by the wireless communication device to the wireless communication node, a scheduling request for an uplink resource to report the frequency offsets, or a shared scheduling request for beam failure recovery (BFR) and for the uplink resource.
15 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:
sending, by the wireless communication device to the wireless communication node, the at least one report comprising:
absolute values of the frequency offsets of the pair of RSs, or
a difference between the frequency offsets of the pair of RSs.
16 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the pair of RSs is:
configured via radio resource control (RRC) signaling, or
from one codepoint activated with two transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states, or
from one control resource set (CORESET) activated with two TCI states.
17 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the pair of RSs includes a reference RS configured by default or via radio resource control (RRC) signaling, and a remaining RS, and
a difference between frequency offsets comprises an offset of a frequency offset of the remaining RS relative to a frequency offset of the reference RS.
18 . A wireless communication device, comprising:
at least one processor configured to:
receive, via a transceiver from a wireless communication node, at least a first resource configuration to configure a pair of reference signals (RSs) to the wireless communication device for reporting of frequency offsets of the pair of RSs;
perform measurement of the frequency offsets of the pair of RSs, the pair of RSs comprising a first reference signal (RS) and a second RS; and
send, via the transceiver to the wireless communication node according to the at least a first resource configuration, at least one report of the frequency offsets.
19 . A method, comprising:
sending, by a wireless communication node to a wireless communication device, at least a first resource configuration to configure a pair of reference signals (RSs) to the wireless communication device for reporting of frequency offsets of the pair of RSs, wherein the wireless communication device performs measurement of the frequency offsets of the pair of RSs, the pair of RSs comprising a first reference signal (RS) and a second RS; and
receiving, by the wireless communication node from the wireless communication device according to the at least a first resource configuration, at least one report of the frequency offsets.
20 . A wireless communication node, comprising:
at least one processor configured to:
send, via a transceiver to a wireless communication device, at least a first resource configuration to configure a pair of reference signals (RSs) to the wireless communication device for reporting of frequency offsets of the pair of RSs, wherein the wireless communication device performs measurement of the frequency offsets of the pair of RSs, the pair of RSs comprising a first reference signal (RS) and a second RS; and
receive, via the transceiver from the wireless communication device according to the at least a first resource configuration, at least one report of the frequency offsets.