Systems and methods of determining a transmitter or receiver configuration

1. A method performed by a radio node in a wireless communication system, comprising:

determining a first transmitter or receiver configuration for transmission or reception in a first frequency spectrum having a first sub-carrier spacing based on a channel information measurement in a second frequency spectrum having a second sub-carrier spacing, wherein the first and second sub-carrier spacings are different and the first and second frequency spectrums overlap; and

mapping one or more second sub-carriers in the second frequency spectrum having the second sub-carrier spacing to one or more first sub-carriers in the first frequency spectrum having the first sub-carrier spacing;

wherein said determining the first transmitter or receiver configuration includes determining the first transmitter or receiver configuration for transmission or reception on the one or more first sub-carriers based on the channel information measurement on the one or more second sub-carriers.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said determining the first transmitter or receiver configuration includes determining transmit precoder coefficients or receive beamforming weights to enable the transmission or reception in the first frequency spectrum based on the channel information measurement in the second frequency spectrum.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein said determining the first transmitter or receiver configuration is a function of a second transmitter or receiver configuration enabled for transmission or reception in the second frequency spectrum, wherein the second transmitter or receiver configuration is determined based on the channel information measurement in the second frequency spectrum.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein said determining the first transmitter or receiver configuration includes upconverting or downconverting a second transmitter or receiver configuration enabled for transmission or reception in the second frequency spectrum, wherein the second sub-carrier spacing is less than the first sub-carrier spacing.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein said upconverting or downconverting includes respective low pass filtering or interpolation filtering transmit precoder coefficients or receive beamforming weights enabled for transmissions or receptions on contiguous sub-carriers in the second frequency spectrum to obtain transmit precoder coefficients or receive beamforming weights for transmission or reception on at least one sub-carrier in the first frequency spectrum.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

reporting the channel information for the first frequency spectrum based on the channel information measurement in the second frequency spectrum having the second sub-carrier spacing.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting or receiving a signal in the first frequency spectrum having the first sub-carrier spacing based on the first transmitter or receiver configuration.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first transmitter or receiver configuration is related to at least one of:

transmit precoder coefficients or receive beamforming coefficients;

a transmission format;

power control information; and

channel analysis data.

9. A radio node, comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory comprising instructions executable by the at least one processor;

wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

determine a first transmitter or receiver configuration for transmission or reception in a first frequency spectrum having a first sub-carrier spacing based on a channel information measurement in a second frequency spectrum having a second sub-carrier spacing, wherein the first and second sub-carrier spacings are different and the first and second frequency spectrums overlap; and

map one or more second sub-carriers in the second frequency spectrum having the second sub-carrier spacing to one or more first sub-carriers in the first frequency spectrum having the first sub-carrier spacing;

wherein said at least one processor determines the first transmitter or receiver configuration by determining the first transmitter or receiver configuration for transmission or reception on the one or more first sub-carriers based on the channel information measurement on the one or more second sub-carriers.

10. A method performed by a radio node in a wireless communication system, comprising:

reporting channel information for a first frequency spectrum having a first sub-carrier spacing based on a channel information measurement in a second frequency spectrum having a second sub-carrier spacing, wherein the first and second sub-carrier spacings are different and the first and second frequency spectrums overlap;

determining a first transmitter or receiver configuration for transmission or reception in the first frequency spectrum having the first sub-carrier spacing based on the channel information for the first frequency spectrum; and

mapping one or more second sub-carriers in the second frequency spectrum having the second sub-carrier spacing to one or more first sub-carriers in the first frequency spectrum having the first sub-carrier spacing;

wherein said determining the first transmitter or receiver configuration includes determining the first transmitter or receiver configuration for transmission or reception on the one or more first sub-carriers based on the channel information measurement on the one or more second sub-carriers.

11. A radio node, comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory comprising instructions executable by the at least one processor;

wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

report channel information for a first frequency spectrum having a first sub-carrier spacing based on a channel information measurement in a second frequency spectrum having a second sub-carrier spacing, wherein the first and second sub-carrier spacings are different and the first and second frequency spectrums overlap; and

determine a first transmitter or receiver configuration for transmission or reception in the first frequency spectrum having the first sub-carrier spacing based on the channel information for the first frequency spectrum; and

map one or more second sub-carriers in the second frequency spectrum having the second sub-carrier spacing to one or more first sub-carriers in the first frequency spectrum having the first sub-carrier spacing;

wherein said at least one processor determines the first transmitter or receiver configuration by determining the first transmitter or receiver configuration for transmission or reception on the one or more first sub-carriers based on the channel information measurement on the one or more second sub-carriers.

12. A method performed by a radio node in a wireless communication system, comprising:

receiving channel information for a first frequency spectrum having a first sub-carrier spacing based on one or more signals transmitted in a second frequency spectrum having a second sub-carrier spacing with the one or more signals enabling a channel information measurement, wherein the first and second sub-carrier spacings are different and the first and second frequency spectrums overlap;

determining a first transmitter or receiver configuration for transmission or reception in the first frequency spectrum having the first sub-carrier spacing based on the channel information for the first frequency spectrum; and

mapping one or more second sub-carriers in the second frequency spectrum having the second sub-carrier spacing to one or more first sub-carriers in the first frequency spectrum having the first sub-carrier spacing;

wherein said determining the first transmitter or receiver configuration includes determining the first transmitter or receiver configuration for transmission or reception on the one or more first sub-carriers based on the channel information measurement on the one or more second sub-carriers.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

transmitting or receiving a signal in the first frequency spectrum having the first sub-carrier spacing based on the first transmitter or receiver configuration.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the first transmitter or receiver configuration is related to at least one of:

transmit precoder coefficients or receive beamforming coefficients;

a transmission format;

power control information; and

channel analysis data.

15. A radio node, comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory comprising instructions executable by the at least one processor;

wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

receive channel information for a first frequency spectrum having a first sub-carrier spacing based on one or more signals transmitted in a second frequency spectrum having a second sub-carrier spacing with the one or more signals enabling a channel information measurement, wherein the first and second sub-carrier spacings are different and the first and second frequency spectrums overlap;

determine a first transmitter or receiver configuration for transmission or reception in the first frequency spectrum having the first sub-carrier spacing based on the channel information for the first frequency spectrum; and

map one or more second sub-carriers in the second frequency spectrum having the second sub-carrier spacing to one or more first sub-carriers in the first frequency spectrum having the first sub-carrier spacing;

wherein said at least one processor determines the first transmitter or receiver configuration by determining the first transmitter or receiver configuration for transmission or reception on the one or more first sub-carriers based on the channel information measurement on the one or more second sub-carriers.

16. A method performed by a radio node in a wireless communication system, comprising:

determining a first transmitter or receiver configuration for transmission or reception in a first frequency spectrum having a first sub-carrier spacing based on channel information received from another radio node and related to a second frequency spectrum having a second sub-carrier spacing, wherein the first and second sub-carrier spacings are different and the first and second frequency spectrums overlap; and

mapping one or more second sub-carriers in the second frequency spectrum having the second sub-carrier spacing to one or more first sub-carriers in the first frequency spectrum having the first sub-carrier spacing;

wherein said determining the first transmitter or receiver configuration includes determining the first transmitter or receiver configuration for transmission or reception on the one or more first sub-carriers based on the channel information measurement on the one or more second sub-carriers.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein said determining the first transmitter or receiver configuration includes determining transmit precoder coefficients or receive beamforming weights to enable the transmission or reception in the first frequency spectrum based on the channel information related to the second frequency spectrum).

18. The method of claim 16 , wherein said determining the first transmitter or receiver configuration is a function of a second transmitter or receiver configuration enabled for transmission or reception in the second frequency spectrum, wherein the second transmitter or receiver configuration is determined based on the channel information related to the second frequency spectrum.

19. The method of claim 16 , wherein said determining the first transmitter or receiver configuration includes upconverting or downconverting a second transmitter or receiver configuration enabled for transmission or reception in the second frequency spectrum, wherein the second sub-carrier spacing is less than the first sub-carrier spacing.

20. The method of any of claim 16 , further comprising:

transmitting or receiving a signal in the first frequency spectrum having the first sub-carrier spacing based on the first transmitter or receiver configuration.

21. The method of claim 16 , wherein the first transmitter or receiver configuration is related to at least one of:

transmit precoder coefficients or receive beamforming coefficients;

a transmission format;

power control information; and

channel analysis data.

22. A radio node, comprising:

at least one processors and a memory comprising instructions executable by the at least one processor;

wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

determine a first transmitter or receiver configuration for transmission or reception in a first frequency spectrum having a first sub-carrier spacing based on channel information received from another radio node and related to a second frequency spectrum having a second sub-carrier spacing, wherein the first and second sub-carrier spacings are different and the first and second frequency spectrums overlap; and

map one or more second sub-carriers in the second frequency spectrum having the second sub-carrier spacing to one or more first sub-carriers in the first frequency spectrum having the first sub-carrier spacing;

wherein said at least one processor determines the first transmitter or receiver configuration by determining the first transmitter or receiver configuration for transmission or reception on the one or more first sub-carriers based on the channel information measurement on the one or more second sub-carriers.