IP Library Granted Patent US 12,244,385
Granted Patent B2
US 12,244,385 · App. 18/587,245 · Granted Mar 4, 2025

Method and device in UE and base station for multi-antenna transmission

Inventor: Xiaobo Zhang (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: Didi Wireless Innovatins, LLC
H04B7/0634H04L5/0082H04W24/08H04W72/0446
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Patent No.
US 12,244,385
App. No.
18/587,245
Granted
Mar 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The disclosure provides a method and a device in a User Equipment (UE) and a base station for multi-antenna transmission. The UE transmits a first radio signal in a first time interval, and receives a second radio signal in a second time interval; and then monitors a third radio signal in a third time interval. The first radio signal includes first information, and the second radio signal includes second information. Target information is used for receiving the third radio signal. A time-domain position of the second time interval is used for determining whether the target information is the first information or the second information. A time-domain position of the third time interval is associated to a time-domain position of the first time interval. The UE can select a beam direction corresponding to a downlink channel according to its measurement, thereby improving efficiency and performances of downlink transmission.

Claims (32)

1. A method in a User Equipment (UE) for multi-antenna transmission, comprising:

transmitting a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) in a first time interval, the PRACH being associated information;

receiving a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) in a second time interval, the PDSCH comprising second information;

determining one of the first information and the second information to be a target information for a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) monitoring based on a rule that the first time and first time window each occurs before a third time interval for the PDCCH monitoring, the second information is used as the target information, and beam information of the PDCCH is determined according to the second information from the base station when the second time interval belongs to the first time window; and if the second time interval does not belong to the first time window, the first information is used as the target information, and beam information of the PDCCH is determined according to the first information when the second time interval does not belong to the first time window; and

monitoring the PDCCH in the third time interval according to the determined target information, a time-domain position of the third time interval being associated to a time-domain position of the first time interval.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second information has a higher priority than the first information.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first information is used for determining at least one of a first antenna port group or an index of a first vector group, the first antenna port group comprises a positive integer number of antenna port(s), and the first vector group comprises a positive integer number of vector(s) used for an Rx-beam.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second information indicates an index of a second vector group, and the second vector group comprises a positive integer number of vector(s) used for an Rx-beam.

5. A User Equipment (UE) for multi-antenna transmission, comprising:

a transceiver, to transmit a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) in a first time interval, the PRACH being associated with first information;

the transceiver to receive a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) in a second time interval, the PDSCH comprising second information;

determining one of the first information and the second information to be a target information for a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) monitoring based on a rule that the first time interval and a first time window each occurs before a third time interval for the PDCCH monitoring, the second information is used as the target information, and beam information of the PDCCH is determined according to the second information from the base station when the second time interval belongs to the first time window; and if the second time interval does not belong to the first time window, the first information is used as the target information, and beam information of the PDCCH is determined according to the first information when the second time interval does not belong to the first time window; and

a first receiver, to monitor the PDCCH in the third time interval according to the determined target information, a time-domain position of the third time interval being associated to a time-domain position of the first time interval.

6. The UE according to claim 5 , wherein the second information has a higher priority than the first information.

7. The UE according to claim 5 , wherein the first information is used for determining at least one of a first antenna port group or an index of a first vector group, the first antenna port group comprises a positive integer number of antenna port(s), and the first vector group comprises a positive integer number of vector(s) used for an Rx-beam.

8. The UE according to claim 5 , wherein the second information indicates an index of a second vector group, and the second vector group comprises a positive integer number of vector(s) used for an Rx-beam.

9. A method in a base station (BS) for multi-antenna transmission, comprising:

receiving a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) from a UE in a first time interval, the PRACH being associated with first information

transmitting a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) to the UE in a second time interval, the PDSCH comprising second information;

determining one of the first information and the second information to be a target information for a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) transmission based on a rule that the first time interval and a first time window each occurs before a third time interval for the PDCCH transmission, the second information is used as the target information, and beam information of the PDCCH is determined according to the second information when the second time interval belongs to the first time window; and if the second time interval does not belong to the first time window, the first information is used as the target information, and beam information of the PDCCH is determined according to the first information when the second time interval does not belong to the first time window; and

transmitting the PDCCH to the UE in the third time interval according to the determined target information, a time-domain position of the third time interval being associated to a time-domain position of the first time interval.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the second information has a higher priority than the first information.

11. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the first information is used for determining at least one of a first antenna port group or an index of a first vector group, the first antenna port group comprises a positive integer number of antenna port(s), and the first vector group comprises a positive integer number of vector(s) used for an Rx-beam.

12. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the second information indicates an index of a second vector group, and the second vector group comprises a positive integer number of vector(s) used for an Rx-beam.

13. A base station (BS) for multi-antenna transmission, comprising:

a transceiver, to receive a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) from a UE in a first time interval, the PRACH being associated with first information

the transceiver, to transmit a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) to the UE in a second time interval, the PDSCH comprising second information;

determining one of the first information and the second information to be a target information for a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) transmission based on a rule that the first time interval and a first time window each occurs before a third time interval for the PDCCH transmission, the second information is used as the target information, and beam information of the PDCCH is determined according to the second information when the second time interval belongs to the first time window; and if the second time interval does not belong to the first time window, the first information is used as the target information, and beam information of the PDCCH is determined according to the first information when the second time interval does not belong to the first time window; and

a first transmitter, to transmit the PDCCH to the UE in the third time interval according to the determined target information, a time-domain position of the third time interval being associated to a time-domain position of the first time interval.

14. The base station according to claim 13 , wherein the second information has a higher priority than the first information.

15. The base station according to claim 13 , wherein the first information is used for determining at least one of a first antenna port group or an index of a first vector group, the first antenna port group comprises a positive integer number of antenna port(s), and the first vector group comprises a positive integer number of vector(s) used for an Rx-beam.

16. The base station according to claim 13 , wherein the second information indicates an index of a second vector group, and the second vector group comprises a positive integer number of vector(s) used for an Rx-beam.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2024
From: ZHANG, XIAOBO
To: SHANGHAI LANGO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 066585/0294 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2024
From: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
To: DIDO WIRELESS INNOVATIONS LLC
Reel/Frame 066585/0443 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 18173193 · Feb 23, 2023
Continuation 17516718 · Nov 2, 2021
Continuation 16554566 · Aug 28, 2019
Continuation PCTCN2017076965 · Mar 16, 2017
Related Publication 20240283514A1 · Aug 22, 2024
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