Method and device in UE and base station for multi-antenna communication
View Patent ↗The present disclosure provides a method and a device in a User Equipment (UE) and a base station for multi-antenna communication. The UE first receives a first radio signal, and then monitors a first signaling set in a first time-frequency resource set; the first radio signal is used for determining that physical layer signaling(s) corresponding to the first signaling set may occupy any of X1 first-type RE sets. In the first time-frequency resource set at most X2 blind detections are performed in the first signaling set, the X2 blind detections are respectively for X2 second-type RE sets, the X2 second-type RE sets are respectively X2 first-type RE sets of the X1 first-type RE sets.
1 . A method in a User Equipment (UE) for multi-antenna communication, comprising:
receiving a first radio signal;
transmitting a second radio signal;
monitoring a second signaling set in a second time-frequency resource set in response to the second radio signal, the second signaling set comprising a set of formats of physical layer signaling, each format of the physical layer signaling corresponding to a respective DCI format, the second signaling set indicating a first antenna port set determined based on the second radio signal, the first antenna port set comprising a set of antenna port(s) and corresponding to a candidate transmitting beam recommended to a transmitter of a first signaling set by the UE;
monitoring the first signaling set in a first time-frequency resource set, the first signaling set comprising a set of formats of physical layer signaling; and
determining whether the physical layer signaling in the first signaling set occupies any first-type RE set of X1 first-type RE sets based on the first radio signal, the X1 first-type RE sets all belonging to the first time-frequency resource set, at most X2 blind detections being performed in the first signaling set in the first time-frequency resource set, the X2 blind detections being respectively for X2 second-type RE sets, the X2 RE sets being respectively X2 first-type RE sets of the X1 first-type RE sets, the X1 and the X2 each being positive integers, and the X1 being greater than the X2.
2 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising determining at least one of time domain resources and frequency domain resources occupied by the first time-frequency resource set based on the first radio signal.
3 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising determining time domain positions and frequency domain positions of REs occupied by the X1 first-type RE sets in the first time-frequency resource set based on the first radio signal.
4 . The method according to claim 1 , comprising monitoring K target radio signals respectively on K target antenna port sets,
wherein the K target radio signals are used for determining K channel qualities, at least one of the K target antenna port sets is used for transmitting the first signaling set, the first antenna port set is an antenna port set other than the K target antenna port set(s), and the K is a positive integer.
5 . The method according to claim 1 , comprising receiving a third radio signal,
wherein the third radio signal is used for triggering a monitoring on a third signaling set, the third signaling set comprising a set of formats of physical layer signaling, the third radio signal being for determining that a maximum number of blind detections in the first signaling set in the first time-frequency resource set are shifted from the X1 to the X2.
6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first radio signal is a Radio Resource Control message, and the second radio signal is transmitted via a Random Access Channel.
7 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising determining, based on the second radio signal, whether a maximum number of blind detections performed in the first signaling set in the first time-frequency resource set is shifted from the X1 to the X2, wherein the second time-frequency resource set is a search space.
8 . A method in a base station (BS) for multi-antenna communication, comprising:
transmitting a first radio signal;
receiving a second radio signal;
determining a first antenna port set in response to the second radio signal, the first antenna port set comprising a set of antenna port(s) and corresponding to a candidate transmitting beam recommended to the BS by a user equipment (UE);
transmitting a second signaling set indicating the first antenna port set in a second time-frequency resource set in response to receiving the second radio signal the second signaling set comprising a set of formats of physical layer signaling, each format of the physical layer signaling corresponding to a respective DCI format;
determining a first signaling set comprising the physical layer signaling occupies any first-type RE set of X1 first-type RE sets based on the first radio signal, the X1 first-type RE sets all belonging to a first time-frequency resource set, at most X2 blind detections being performed in the first signaling set in the first time-frequency resource set, the X2 blind detections being respectively for X2 second-type RE sets, the X2 RE sets being respectively X2 first-type RE sets of the X1 first-type RE sets, the X1 and the X2 each being positive integers, and the X1 being greater than the X2; and
transmitting the first signaling set in the first time-frequency resource set, the first signaling set comprising a set of formats of physical layer signaling.
9 . The method according to claim 8 , further comprising determining at least one of time domain resources and frequency domain resources occupied by the first time-frequency resource set based on the first radio signal.
10 . The method according to claim 8 , further comprising determining time domain positions and frequency domain positions of REs occupied by the X1 first-type RE sets in the first time-frequency resource set based on the first radio signal.
11 . The method according to claim 8 , comprising transmitting K target radio signals respectively on K target antenna port sets,
wherein the K target radio signals are used for determining K channel qualities, at least one of the K target antenna port sets is used for transmitting the first signaling set, the first antenna port set is an antenna port set other than the K target antenna port sets, and the K is a positive integer.
12 . The method according to claim 8 , comprising transmitting a third radio signal,
wherein the third radio signal is used for triggering a monitoring on a third signaling set, the third signaling set comprises a set of formats of physical layer signalings, the third radio signal being for determining that a maximum number of blind detections in the first signaling set in the first time-frequency resource set are shifted from the X1 to the X2.
13 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein the first radio signal is generated by a Radio Resource Control sublayer, and the second radio signal is received via a Random Access Channel.
14 . The method according to claim 8 , further comprising determining, based on the second radio signal, whether a maximum number of blind detections performed in the first signaling set in the first time-frequency resource set is shifted from the X1 to the X2, wherein the second time-frequency resource set is a search space.
15 . A User Equipment (UE) for multi-antenna communication, comprising:
a transmitter for transmitting radio signals;
a receiver for receiving radio signals;
a computer-readable storage medium for storing instructions; and
a processor coupled to the transmitter, the receiver, and the computer-readable storage medium, the processor for executing the stored instructions which cause the UE to:
receive, via the receiver, a first radio signal;
transmit, via the transmitter, a second radio signal;
monitor a second signaling set in a second time-frequency resource set in response to the second radio signal, the second signaling set comprising a set of formats of physical layer signaling, each format of the physical layer signaling corresponding to a respective DCI format, the second signaling set indicating a first antenna port set determined based on the second radio signal, the first antenna port set comprising a set of antenna port(s) and corresponding to a candidate transmitting beam recommended to a transmitter of a first signaling set by the UE;
monitor the first signaling set in a first time-frequency resource set, the first signaling set comprising a set of formats of physical layer signaling; and
determine whether the physical layer signaling in the first signaling set occupies any first-type RE set of X1 first-type RE sets based on the first radio signal, the X1 first-type RE sets all belonging to the first time-frequency resource set, at most X2 blind detections being performed in the first signaling set in the first time-frequency resource set, the X2 blind detections being respectively for X2 second-type RE sets, the X2 RE sets being respectively X2 first-type RE sets of the X1 first-type RE sets, the X1 and the X2 each being positive integers, and the X1 being greater than the X2.
16 . The UE according to claim 15 , wherein the stored instructions further cause the UE to determine at least one of time domain resources and frequency domain resources occupied by the first time-frequency resource set based on the first radio signal.
17 . The UE according to claim 15 , wherein the stored instructions further cause the UE to determine time domain positions and frequency domain positions of REs occupied by the X1 first-type RE sets in the first time-frequency resource set based on the first radio signal.
18 . A base station (BS) for multi-antenna communication, comprising:
a transmitter for transmitting radio signals;
a receiver for receiving radio signals;
a computer-readable storage medium for storing instructions; and
a processor coupled to the transmitter, the receiver, and the computer-readable storage medium, the processor for executing the stored instructions which cause the BS to:
transmit, via the transmitter, a first radio signal;
receive, via the receiver, a second radio signal;
determine a first antenna port set in response to the second radio signal, the first antenna port set comprising a set of antenna port(s) and corresponding to a candidate transmitting beam recommended to the BS by a user equipment (UE);
transmit, via the transmitter, a second signaling set indicating the first antenna port set in a second time-frequency resource set in response to receiving the second radio signal the second signaling set comprising a set of formats of physical layer signaling, each format of the physical layer signaling corresponding to a respective DCI format;
determine a first signaling set comprising the physical layer signaling occupies any first-type RE set of X1 first-type RE sets based on the first radio signal, the X1 first-type RE sets all belonging to a first time-frequency resource set, at most X2 blind detections being performed in the first signaling set in the first time-frequency resource set, the X2 blind detections being respectively for X2 second-type RE sets, the X2 RE sets being respectively X2 first-type RE sets of the X1 first-type RE sets, the X1 and the X2 each being positive integers, and the X1 being greater than the X2; and
transmit, via the transmitter, the first signaling set in the first time-frequency resource set, the first signaling set comprising a set of formats of physical layer signaling.
19 . The BS according to claim 18 , wherein the stored instructions further cause the BS to determine at least one of time domain resources and frequency domain resources occupied by the first time-frequency resource set based on the first radio signal.
20 . The BS according to claim 18 , wherein the stored instructions further cause the BS to determine time domain positions and frequency domain positions of REs occupied by the X1 first-type RE sets in the first time-frequency resource set based on the first radio signal.