IP Library Granted Patent US 11,616,554
Granted Patent B2
US 11,616,554 · App. 17/516,718 · Granted Mar 28, 2023

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

Inventor: Xiaobo Zhang (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: Dido Wireless Innovations LLC
H04B7/0634H04L5/0082H04W24/08H04W72/0446
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Patent No.
US 11,616,554
App. No.
17/516,718
Granted
Mar 28, 2023
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 comprises first information, and the second radio signal comprises second information. Target information is used for a multi-antenna related receiving in the third time interval. 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 (36)

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

transmitting a first radio signal in a first time interval, and receiving a second radio signal in a second time interval; and

monitoring a third radio signal in a third time interval;

wherein the first radio signal comprises first information, and the second radio signal comprises second information; target information is used for a multi-antenna related receiving in the third time interval; 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; and a time-domain position of the third time interval is associated to a time-domain position of the first time interval; the multi-antenna related receiving refers to generation of a beamforming matrix for receiving; or the multi-antenna related receiving refers to a receiving corresponding to one multi-antenna transmission scheme in SFBC, STBC, Precoder Cycling or Transmit beamforming; or the multi-antenna related receiving refers to an antenna virtualization for receiving; the target information is provided by the UE when the target information is the first information, the target information is provided by a base station when the target information is the second information; the base station is a transmitter of the second radio signal; the first time interval and the second time interval are before the third time interval respectively, a first time window is before the third time interval; if the second time interval belongs to the first time window, the target information is the second information, and the UE determines beam information of the third radio signal according to the indication from the base station; if the second time interval does not belong to the first time window, the target information is the first information, the UE receives the third radio signal according to its own reporting in the first information; the third radio signal is used for transmitting a Downlink Control Information (DCI), and the UE performs blind decoding of the third radio signal in the third time interval; a physical layer channel corresponding to the third radio signal is Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH).

2. 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; a transport channel corresponding to the second radio signal is a Downlink Shared Channel (DL-SCH); the antenna port in the first antenna port group is used for transmitting a Channel Status Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS).

3. 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.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first information is dynamic, the first information is carried by a physical layer signaling.

5. The method according to claim 1 , comprising:

receiving a first signaling;

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; 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; the first signaling is used for determining at least one of a candidate antenna port group set, a first candidate vector group set or a second candidate vector group set; the first antenna port group is one candidate antenna port group in the candidate antenna port group set; the first vector group is one first candidate vector group in the first candidate vector group set; and the second vector group is one second candidate vector group in the second candidate vector group set the UE performs the receiving of the first signaling prior to both the first time interval and the second time interval.

6. A method in a base station for multi-antenna transmission, comprising:

receiving a first radio signal in a first time interval, and transmitting a second radio signal in a second time interval; and

transmitting a third radio signal in a third time interval;

wherein the first radio signal comprises first information, and the second radio signal comprises second information; target information is used for a multi-antenna related receiving in the third time interval; 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; and a time-domain position of the third time interval is associated to a time-domain position of the first time interval; the multi-antenna related receiving refers to generation of a beamforming matrix for receiving; or the multi-antenna related receiving refers to a receiving corresponding to one multi-antenna transmission scheme in SFBC, STBC, Precoder Cycling or Transmit beamforming; or the multi-antenna related receiving refers to an antenna virtualization for receiving; the target information is provided by a UE when the target information is the first information; the target information is provided by the base station when the target information is the second information; the UE is a transmitter of the first radio signal; the first time interval and the second time interval are before the third time interval respectively, a first time window is before the third time interval; if the second time interval belongs to the first time window, the target information is the second information, and the UE determines beam information of the third radio signal according to the indication from the base station; if the second time interval does not belong to the first time window, the target information is the first information, the UE receives the third radio signal according to its own reporting in the first information; the third radio signal is used for transmitting a Downlink Control Information (DCI), and the UE performs blind decoding of the third radio signal in the third time interval; a physical layer channel corresponding to the third radio signal is Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH).

7. The method according to claim 6 , 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; a transport channel corresponding to the second radio signal is a Downlink Shared Channel (DL-SCH); the antenna port in the first antenna port group is used for transmitting a Channel Status Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS).

8. The method according to claim 6 , 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. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the first information is dynamic, the first information is carried by a physical layer signaling.

10. The method according to claim 6 , comprising:

transmitting a first signaling;

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; 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; the first signaling is used for determining at least one of a candidate antenna port group set, a first candidate vector group set or a second candidate vector group set; the first antenna port group is one candidate antenna port group in the candidate antenna port group set; the first vector group is one first candidate vector group in the first candidate vector group set; and the second vector group is one second candidate vector group in the second candidate vector group set the base station performs the transmitting of the first signaling prior to both the first time interval and the second time interval.

11. A UE for multi-antenna transmission, comprising:

a first transceiver, to transmit a first radio signal in a first time interval, and to receive a second radio signal in a second time interval; and

a first receiver, to monitor a third radio signal in a third time interval;

wherein the first radio signal comprises first information, and the second radio signal comprises second information; target information is used for a multi-antenna related receiving in the third time interval; 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; and a time-domain position of the third time interval is associated to a time-domain position of the first time interval; the multi-antenna related receiving refers to generation of a beamforming matrix for receiving; or the multi-antenna related receiving refers to a receiving corresponding to one multi-antenna transmission scheme in SFBC, STBC, Precoder Cycling or Transmit beamforming; or the multi-antenna related receiving refers to an antenna virtualization for receiving; the target information is provided by the UE when the target information is the first information, the target information is provided by a base station when the target information is the second information; the base station is a transmitter of the second radio signal; the first time interval and the second time interval are before the third time interval respectively, a first time window is before the third time interval; if the second time interval belongs to a first time window, the target information is the second information, and the UE determines beam information of the third radio signal according to the indication from the base station; if the second time interval does not belong to a first time window, the target information is the first information, the UE receives the third radio signal according to its own reporting in the first information; the third radio signal is used for transmitting a Downlink Control Information (DCI), and the UE performs blind decoding of the third radio signal in the third time interval; a physical layer channel corresponding to the third radio signal is Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH).

12. The UE according to claim 11 , 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; a transport channel corresponding to the second radio signal is a Downlink Shared Channel (DL-SCH); the antenna port in the first antenna port group is used for transmitting a Channel Status Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS).

13. The UE according to claim 11 , 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.

14. The UE according to claim 11 , wherein the first information is dynamic, the first information is carried by a physical layer signaling.

15. The UE according to claim 11 , wherein the first transceiver receives a first signaling; 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; 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; the first signaling is used for determining at least one of a candidate antenna port group set, a first candidate vector group set or a second candidate vector group set; the first antenna port group is one candidate antenna port group in the candidate antenna port group set; the first vector group is one first candidate vector group in the first candidate vector group set; and the second vector group is one second candidate vector group in the second candidate vector group set; the UE performs the receiving of the first signaling prior to both the first time interval and the second time interval.

16. A base station for multi-antenna transmission, comprising:

a second transceiver, to receive a first radio signal in a first time interval, and to transmit a second radio signal in a second time interval; and

a first transmitter, to transmit a third radio signal in a third time interval;

wherein the first radio signal comprises first information, and the second radio signal comprises second information; target information is used for a multi-antenna related receiving in the third time interval; 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; and a time-domain position of the third time interval is associated to a time-domain position of the first time interval; the multi-antenna related receiving refers to generation of a beamforming matrix for receiving; or the multi-antenna related receiving refers to a receiving corresponding to one multi-antenna transmission scheme in SFBC, STBC, Precoder Cycling or Transmit beamforming; or the multi-antenna related receiving refers to an antenna virtualization for receiving; the target information is provided by a UE when the target information is the first information; the target information is provided by the base station when the target information is the second information; the UE is a transmitter of the first radio signal; the first time interval and the second time interval are before the third time interval respectively, a first time window is before the third time interval; if the second time interval belongs to a first time window, the target information is the second information, and the UE determines beam information of the third radio signal according to the indication from the base station; if the second time interval does not belong to the first time window, the target information is the first information, the UE receives the third radio signal according to its own reporting in the first information; the third radio signal is used for transmitting a Downlink Control Information (DCI), and the UE performs blind decoding of the third radio signal in the third time interval; a physical layer channel corresponding to the third radio signal is Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH).

17. The base station according to claim 16 , 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; a transport channel corresponding to the second radio signal is a Downlink Shared Channel (DL-SCH); the antenna port in the first antenna port group is used for transmitting a Channel Status Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS).

18. The base station according to claim 16 , 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.

19. The base station according to claim 16 , wherein the first information is dynamic, the first information is carried by a physical layer signaling.

20. The base station according to claim 16 , wherein the second transceiver transmits a first signaling; 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; 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; the first signaling is used for determining at least one of a candidate antenna port group set, a first candidate vector group set or a second candidate vector group set; the first antenna port group is one candidate antenna port group in the candidate antenna port group set; the first vector group is one first candidate vector group in the first candidate vector group set; and the second vector group is one second candidate vector group in the second candidate vector group set the base station performs the transmitting of the first signaling prior to both the first time interval and the second time interval.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 14, 2022
From: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
To: DIDO WIRELESS INNOVATIONS LLC
Reel/Frame 062084/0077 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 14, 2022
From: ZHANG, XIAOBO
To: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 060801/0968 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16554566 · Aug 28, 2019
Continuation PCTCN2017076965 · Mar 16, 2017
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