IP Library Granted Patent US 11,277,213
Granted Patent B2
US 11,277,213 · App. 16/735,051 · Granted Mar 15, 2022

Cross-link interference measurement transmission schemes

Inventors: Huilin Xu (San Diego, CA); Tingfang Ji (San Diego, CA); Alexandros Manolakos (San Diego, CA); Wanshi Chen (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04B17/345H04L5/14H04W72/0406H04W72/0446
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Patent No.
US 11,277,213
App. No.
16/735,051
Granted
Mar 15, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first user equipment (UE) may identify a time division duplexing (TDD) configuration, where the TDD configuration includes a symbol pattern for a slot. A network may determine an overlap between a downlink symbol or a flexible symbol and an uplink symbol during symbols of the slot based on a second TDD configuration of a second UE, resulting in a cross-link interference (CLI). The second UE may measure the CLI based on implicit or explicit configurations that enable the measurement. Additionally or alternatively, the second UE may measure the CLI based on uplink signaling used for measuring the CLI, including dedicated signaling used for measuring CLI. In some cases, the uplink signaling may include uplink data, CLI reference signals, or random data.

Claims (70)

1. A method for wireless communications at a first wireless device, comprising:

identifying, for the first wireless device, a time division duplexing configuration indicating a symbol pattern for a slot of a plurality of slots;

receiving a configuration for measuring uplink signaling from a second wireless device, the uplink signaling for measuring a cross-link interference (CLI);

receiving, according to the received configuration, the uplink signaling in at least one symbol period of the slot, wherein the at least one symbol period is indicated in the received configuration for measuring uplink signaling; and

determining the CLI based at least in part on the received uplink signaling.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the configuration for measuring the uplink signaling further comprises:

receiving the configuration in radio resource control signaling or downlink control information.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the radio resource control signaling provides a periodic data channel configuration.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the downlink control information provides a dynamic data channel configuration.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein the downlink control information provides a semi-persistent data channel configuration.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the uplink signaling comprises:

receiving dedicated signaling in the at least one symbol period of the slot according to the received configuration.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein receiving the dedicated signaling comprises:

receiving CLI reference signals in the at least one symbol period of the slot according to the received configuration.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the received CLI reference signals are generated based at least in part on a Zadoff-Chu sequence or a Gold sequence.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the CLI reference signals comprise uplink demodulation reference signals, or uplink channel state information reference signals, or a combination thereof.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein receiving the CLI reference signals in the at least one symbol period comprises:

receiving the CLI reference signals in the at least one symbol period without corresponding uplink data.

11. The method of claim 6 , wherein receiving the dedicated signaling comprises:

receiving pseudo-randomly generated symbols in the at least one symbol period of the slot according to the received configuration.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the uplink signaling comprises:

receiving uplink data, uplink reference signals, uplink control channel signaling, or a combination thereof, in the at least one symbol period of the slot according to the received configuration.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

receiving the configuration for measuring the uplink signaling comprises receiving a second time division duplexing configuration for the slot, the second time division duplexing configuration changing an uplink transmission direction indicated by the identified time division duplexing configuration for the at least one symbol period to a downlink transmission direction; and

receiving the uplink signaling comprises receiving the uplink signaling from the second wireless device in the at least one symbol period according to the downlink transmission direction.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the CLI based at least in part on the received uplink signaling comprises:

measuring a signal strength of the received uplink signaling to determine a CLI value.

15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

discarding the determined CLI value based at least in part on the measured signal strength being less than or equal to a signal strength threshold.

16. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

determining that the determined CLI value is valid based at least in part on the measured signal strength being greater than or equal to a signal strength threshold.

17. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the uplink signaling comprises receiving dedicated uplink signaling in the at least one symbol period of the slot according to the received configuration, and further comprising:

identifying one or more timing offsets for a measurement window for receiving the uplink signaling from the second wireless device, wherein the CLI is determined based at least in part on the received dedicated uplink signaling for the measurement window.

18. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the second wireless device and the first wireless device are associated with a same cell of a base station; or

the second wireless device is associated with a first cell served by the base station, and the first wireless device is associated with a second cell served by the base station.

19. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second wireless device is associated with a first cell served by a first base station, and the first wireless device is associated with a second cell served by a second base station.

20. A method for wireless communications at a second wireless device, comprising:

identifying a time division duplexing configuration for the second wireless device, wherein the time division duplexing configuration indicates a symbol pattern for a slot of a plurality of slots;

receiving a configuration for transmitting, to a first wireless device, dedicated signaling for measuring a cross-link interference (CLI); and

transmitting the dedicated signaling in at least one symbol period of the slot according to the received configuration, wherein the at least one symbol period is indicated in the received configuration for measuring uplink signaling.

21. The method of claim 20 , wherein receiving the configuration comprises:

receiving the configuration in radio resource control signaling or downlink control information.

22. The method of claim 20 , wherein transmitting the dedicated signaling comprises:

transmitting CLI reference signals in the at least one symbol period.

23. The method of claim 20 , wherein transmitting the dedicated signaling comprises:

transmitting pseudo-randomly generated symbols in the at least one symbol period.

24. The method of claim 20 , wherein:

receiving the configuration for transmitting dedicated signaling comprises receiving a second time division duplexing configuration for the slot, the second time division duplexing configuration changing a downlink transmission direction indicated by the identified time division duplexing configuration for the at least one symbol period to an uplink transmission direction; and

transmitting the dedicated signaling comprises transmitting uplink data in the at least one symbol period according to the received configuration.

25. The method of claim 20 , further comprising:

identifying a timing advance for an uplink data channel of the slot; and

applying the identified timing advance to transmit the dedicated signaling.

26. The method of claim 20 , further comprising:

identifying a first timing advance for an uplink data channel of the slot;

identifying a second timing advance for the dedicated signaling of the slot, the first timing advance different from the second timing advance; and

applying the second timing advance to transmit the dedicated signaling.

27. The method of claim 20 , wherein transmitting the dedicated signaling in the at least one symbol period of the slot comprises:

transmitting, in the at least one symbol period of the slot, the dedicated signaling using one or more uplink transmit beams different from a serving transmit beam of a cell serving the second wireless device.

28. The method of claim 20 , wherein transmitting the dedicated signaling in the at least one symbol period of the slot comprises:

transmitting, in the at least one symbol period of the slot, the dedicated signaling using a serving precoding matrix.

29. An apparatus for wireless communications at a second wireless device, comprising: a processor, memory coupled with the processor; and instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

identify a time division duplexing configuration for the second wireless device, wherein the time division duplexing configuration indicates a symbol pattern for a slot of a plurality of slots;

receive a configuration for transmitting, to a first wireless device, dedicated signaling for measuring a cross-link interference (CLI); and

transmit the dedicated signaling in at least one symbol period of the slot according to the received configuration, wherein the at least one symbol period is indicated in the received configuration for measuring uplink signaling.

30. An apparatus for wireless communications at a first wireless device, comprising: a processor, memory coupled with the processor; and instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

identify, for the first wireless device, a time division duplexing configuration indicating a symbol pattern for a slot of a plurality of slots;

receive a configuration for measuring uplink signaling from a second wireless device, the uplink signaling for measuring a cross-link interference (CLI);

receive, according to the received configuration, the uplink signaling in at least one symbol period of the slot, wherein the at least one symbol period is indicated in the received configuration for measuring uplink signaling; and

determine the CLI based at least in part on the received uplink signaling.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 16, 2020
From: XU, HUILIN; JI, TINGFANG; MANOLAKOS, ALEXANDROS; CHEN, WANSHI
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 052418/0971 →
Priority Claims (1)
GR 20190100019 · Jan 11, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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