System and method for dynamically configurable air interfaces

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by an apparatus, a first signaling indicating a first air interface configuration of a plurality of candidate air interface configurations of a first air interface of at least one air interface, wherein the first signaling comprises a first indicator explicitly identifying a first waveform type, a second indicator indicating a first frame structure type, and a third indicator indicating a first coding and modulating option of the first air interface configuration; and

transmitting, by the apparatus to a transmit point, a transmission using the first air interface configuration,

wherein the plurality of candidate air interlace configurations further comprise a second air interlace configuration different from the first air interlace configuration, and the second air interface configuration comprises a second waveform type different from the first waveform type, a second frame structure type different from the first frame structure type, and a second coding and modulating option different from the first coding and modulating option, and

wherein the first air interlace configuration and the second air interlace configuration are used for communicating in an uplink transmission direction of the first air interlace.

2. The method of claim 1 , the first air interface configuration further comprising a first transmission technique option, and the second air interlace configuration further comprising a second transmission technique option, wherein the first transmission technique option is a grant free transmission technique and the second transmission technique option is a grant based transmission technique, or wherein the first transmission technique option is the grant based transmission technique and the second transmission technique option is the grant free transmission technique.

3. An apparatus comprising:

a processor; and

a transceiver operatively coupled to the processor, the transceiver configured to:

receive a first signaling indicating a first air interface configuration of a plurality of candidate air interface configurations of a first air interface of at least one air interface, wherein the first signaling comprises a first indicator explicitly identifying a first waveform type, a second indicator indicating a first frame structure type, and a third indicator indicating a first coding and modulating option of the first air interface configuration; and

transmit, to a transmit point, a transmission using the first air interface configuration

wherein the plurality of candidate air interface configurations further comprise a second air interface configuration different from the first air interface configuration, and the second air interface configuration comprises a second waveform type different from the first waveform type, a second frame structure type different from the first frame structure type, and a second coding and modulating option different from the first coding and modulating option, and

wherein the first air interlace configuration and the second air interface configuration are used for communicating in an uplink transmission direction of the first air interface.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , the first air interface configuration further comprising a first transmission technique option, and the second air interlace configuration further comprising a second transmission technique option, wherein the first transmission technique option is a grant free transmission technique and the second transmission technique option is a grant based transmission technique, or wherein the first transmission technique option is the grant based transmission technique and the second transmission technique option is the grant free transmission technique.

5. A method comprising:

sending, by a transmit point, a first signaling indicating a first air interface configuration of a plurality of candidate air interface configurations of a first air interface of at least one air interface, wherein the first signaling comprises a first indicator explicitly identifying a first waveform type, a second indicator a first frame structure type, and a third indicator indicating a first coding and modulating option of the first air interface configuration; and

receiving, by the transmit point from an apparatus, a transmission using the first air interface configuration,

wherein the plurality of candidate air interlace configurations further comprise a second air interlace configuration different from the first air interlace configuration, and the second air interface configuration comprises a second waveform type different from the first waveform type, a second frame structure type different from the first frame structure type, and a second coding and modulating option different from the first coding and modulating option, and

wherein the first air interface configuration and the second air interface configuration are used for communicating in an uplink transmission direction of the first air interface.

6. The method of claim 5 , the first air interface configuration further comprising a first transmission technique option, and the second air interface configuration further comprising a second transmission technique option, wherein the first transmission technique option is a grant free transmission technique and the second transmission technique option is a grant based transmission technique, or wherein the first transmission technique option is the grant based transmission technique and the second transmission technique option is the grant free transmission technique.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the first air interface configuration is transmitted using a default air interface configuration.

8. A transmit point comprising:

a processor; and

a transceiver operatively coupled to the processor, the transceiver configured to:

send a first signaling indicating a first air interface configuration of a plurality of candidate air interface configurations of a first air interface of at least one air interface, wherein the first signaling comprises a first indicator explicitly identifying a first waveform type, a second indicator a first frame structure type, and a third indicator indicating a first coding and modulating option of the first air interface configuration; and

receive, from an apparatus, a transmission using the first air interface configuration,

wherein the plurality of candidate air interlace configurations further comprise a second air interface configuration different from the first air interface configuration, and the second air interlace configuration comprises a second waveform type different from the first waveform type, a second frame structure type different from the first frame structure type, and a second coding and modulating option different from the first coding and modulating option, and

wherein the first air interface configuration and the second air interface configuration are used for communicating in an uplink transmission direction of the first air interface.

9. The transmit point of claim 8 , the first air interface configuration further comprising a first transmission technique option, and the second air interface configuration further comprising a second transmission technique option, wherein the first transmission technique option is a grant free transmission technique and the second transmission technique option is a grant based transmission technique, or wherein the first transmission technique option is the grant based transmission technique and the second transmission technique option is the grant free transmission technique.

10. The transmit point of claim 8 , wherein the first air interface configuration is transmitted using a default air interface configuration.

11. The method of claim 1 , the method further comprising:

receiving, by the apparatus, a second signaling indicating the second air interface configuration of the plurality of candidate air interface configurations of the first air interface, the second signaling comprises indicators for indicating the second waveform type, the second frame structure type, and the second coding and modulating option of the second air interface configuration.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first air interface configuration is received using a default air interface configuration.

13. The method of claim 1 , the plurality of candidate air interface configurations mapped to indexes.

14. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, by the apparatus, a third signaling indicating a third air interface configuration of the plurality of candidate air interface configurations of the first air interface, wherein the third signaling comprises indicators for indicating the first waveform type, a third frame structure type different from the first frame structure type, and a third coding and modulating option different from the first coding and modulating option.

15. The apparatus of claim 3 , the transceiver further configured to:

receive a second signaling indicating the second air interface configuration of the plurality of candidate air interface configurations of the first air interface, the second signaling comprises indicators for indicating the second waveform type, the second frame structure type, and the second coding and modulating option of the second air interface configuration.

16. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the first air interface configuration is received using a default air interface configuration.

17. The apparatus of claim 3 , the plurality of candidate air interface configurations mapped to indexes.

18. The apparatus of claim 3 , the transceiver further configured to:

receive a third signaling indicating a third air interface configuration of the plurality of candidate air interface configurations of the first air interface, wherein the third signaling comprises indicators for indicating the first waveform type, a third frame structure type different from the first frame structure type, and a third coding and modulating option different from the first coding and modulating option.

19. The method of claim 5 , the method further comprising:

sending, by the transmit point, a second signaling indicating the second air interface configuration of the plurality of candidate air interface configurations of the first air interface, the second signaling comprises indicators for indicating the second waveform type, the second frame structure type, and the second coding and modulating option of the second air interlace configuration.

20. The method of claim 5 , the plurality of candidate air interface configurations mapped to indexes.

21. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

sending, by the transmit point, a third signaling indicating a third air interface configuration of the plurality of candidate air interface configurations of the first air interface, wherein the third signaling comprises indicators for indicating the first waveform type, a third frame structure type different from the first frame structure type, and a third coding and modulating option different from the first coding and modulating option.

22. The transmit point of claim 8 , the transceiver further configured to:

send a second signaling indicating the second air interface configuration of the plurality of candidate air interface configurations of the first air interface, the second signaling comprises indicators for indicating the second waveform type, the second frame structure type, and the second coding and modulating option of the second air interface configuration.

23. The transmit point of claim 8 , the plurality of candidate air interface configurations mapped to indexes.

24. The transmit point of claim 8 , the transceiver further configured to:

send a third signaling indicating a third air interface configuration of the plurality of candidate air interface configurations of the first air interface, wherein the third signaling comprises indicators for indicating the first waveform type, a third frame structure type different from the first frame structure type, and a third coding and modulating option different from the first coding and modulating option.

25. A network system comprising:

a component in a backhaul network communicating data with a transmit point; and

the transmit point, the transmit point configured to:

send a first signaling indicating a first air interlace configuration of a plurality of candidate air interface configurations of a first air interface of at least one air interface, wherein the first signaling comprises a first indicator explicitly identifying a first waveform type, a second indicator a first frame structure type, and a third indicator indicating a first coding and modulating option of the first air interface configuration; and

receive, from an apparatus, a transmission using the first air interface configuration,

wherein the plurality of candidate air interface configurations further comprise a second air interface configuration different from the first air interface configuration, and the second air interlace configuration comprises a second waveform type different from the first waveform type, a second frame structure type different from the first frame structure type, and a second coding and modulating option different from the first coding and modulating option, and

wherein the first air interface configuration and the second air interface configuration are used for communicating in an uplink transmission direction of the first air interface.

26. The network system of claim 25 , the first air interface configuration further comprising a first transmission technique option, and the second air interface configuration further comprising a second transmission technique option, wherein the first transmission technique option is a grant free transmission technique and the second transmission technique option is a grant based transmission technique, or wherein the first transmission technique option is the grant based transmission technique and the second transmission technique option is the grant free transmission technique.

27. The network system of claim 25 , wherein the first air interface configuration is transmitted using a default air interlace configuration.

28. The network system of claim 25 , the transmit point further configured to:

send a second signaling indicating the second air interlace configuration of the plurality of candidate air interface configurations of the first air interface, the second signaling comprises indicators for indicating the second waveform type, the second frame structure type, and the second coding and modulating option of the second air interlace configuration.

29. The network system of claim 25 , the plurality of candidate air interlace configurations mapped to indexes.

30. The network system of claim 25 , the transmit point further configured to:

send a third signaling indicating a third air interface configuration of the plurality of candidate air interlace configurations of the first air interlace, wherein the third signaling comprises indicators for indicating the first waveform type, a third frame structure type different from the first frame structure type, and a third coding and modulating option different from the first coding and modulating option.