IP Library Granted Patent US 11,864,217
Granted Patent B2
US 11,864,217 · App. 17/267,784 · Granted Jan 2, 2024

Method and apparatus for measuring remote cross-link interference

Inventors: Dongkyu Kim (Seoul, KR); Inkwon Seo (Seoul, KR); Yunjung Yi (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W72/541H04L5/0048
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Patent No.
US 11,864,217
App. No.
17/267,784
Granted
Jan 2, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method by which a first base station removes remote cross-link interference (CLI) can comprise: detecting the occurrence of a remote CLI; broadcasting a first reference signal including information on the first base station, on the basis of the detection of the occurrence of the remote CLI; obtaining information on a second base station; and determining that the remote CLI occurs, based on the information on the second base station. The first base station broadcasts the first reference signal, and the second base station, having received the first reference signal, can determine whether the occurrence of the remote CLI of the first base station is caused, based on the first reference signal.

Claims (33)

1. A method of cancelling remote cross-link interference (CLI) between base stations (BSs) by a first BS, the method comprising:

detecting occurrence of the remote CLI;

broadcasting a first reference signal (RS) including information related to the first BS, based on detection of occurrence of the remote CLI;

obtaining information related to a second BS from the second BS by determining whether the remote CLI affecting the second BS is generated thereby, based on a distance between the first BS and the second BS and a timing according to a propagation delay effect of the remote CLI; and

confirming that the remote CLI has been generated by the second BS, based on the information related to the second BS by broadcasting a second RS or directly notifying the second BS that the remote CLI is caused by the first RS via backhaul signaling.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: obtaining information related to the remote CLI; and transmitting information related to a technique for cancelling the remote CLI to the second BS, based on the information related to the second BS and the information related to the remote CLI.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the information related to the first BS at least includes a cell identifier of the first BS, a group identifier of the first BS, or a cluster identifier of the first BS, and wherein the information related to the second BS at least includes a cell identifier of the second BS, a group identifier of the second BS, or a cluster identifier of the second BS.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising receiving a second RS from the second BS, wherein the information related to the second BS is acquired based on the second RS.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein a location of a time-frequency resource of the first RS and a location of a time-frequency resource of the second RS are preset, and wherein the second BS detects occurrence of the remote CLI at the first BS, based on the location of the time-frequency resource of the first RS.

6. A method of canceling remote cross-link interference (CLI) between base stations (BSs) by a second BS, the method comprising:

receiving a first reference signal (RS) including information related to a first BS;

confirming that the remote CLI has occurred at the first BS by downlink transmission of the second BS, based on the first RS by calculating a distance between the first BS and the second BS based on the information related to the first BS, obtaining a location of a time-frequency resource of a downlink signal of the second BS at which the remote CLI affects an uplink signal of the first BS, based on the distance between the first BS and the second BS, and skipping transmission of the downlink signal of the second BS or reducing power of the downlink signal, at the obtained location of the time-frequency resource based on the technique for canceling the remote CLI; and

transmitting information related to the second BS to the first BS by broadcasting a second RS or directly notifying the first BS that the remote CLI is caused by the first RS via backhaul signaling.

7. A first base station (BS) for cancelling remote cross-link interference (CLI) between BSs, the first BS comprising:

a transceiver connected to at least one processor; and

the at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to

detect occurrence of the remote CLI, broadcast a first reference signal (RS) including information related to the first BS, based on detection of occurrence of the remote CLI,

obtain information related to a second BS from the second BS by determining whether the remote CLI affecting the second BS is generated thereby, based on a distance between the first BS and the second BS and a timing according to a propagation delay effect of the remote CLI, and

confirm that the remote CLI has been generated by the second BS, based on the information related to the second BS by broadcasting a second RS or directly notifying the second BS that the remote CLI is caused by the first RS via backhaul signaling.

8. The first BS of claim 7 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to obtain information related to the remote CLI, and transmit information related to a technique for cancelling the remote CLI to the second BS, based on the information related to the second BS and the information related to the remote CLI.

9. The first BS of claim 8 , wherein the information related to the first BS at least includes a cell identifier of the first BS, a group identifier of the first BS, or a cluster identifier of the first BS, and wherein the information related to the second BS at least includes a cell identifier of the second BS, a group identifier of the second BS, or a cluster identifier of the second BS.

10. The first BS of claim 9 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to receive a second RS from the second BS, and wherein the information related to the second BS is acquired based on the second RS.

11. The first BS of claim 10 , wherein a location of a time-frequency resource of the first RS and a location of a time-frequency resource of the second RS are preset, and wherein the second BS detects occurrence of the remote CLI at the first BS, based on the location of the time-frequency resource of the first RS.

12. A second base station (BS) for cancelling remote cross-link interference (CLI) between BSs, the second BS comprising:

a transceiver connected to at least one processor; and

the at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to

receive a first reference signal (RS) including information related to a first BS about a technique for canceling the remote CLI from the first BS,

confirm that the remote CLI has occurred at the first BS by downlink transmission of the second BS, based on the first RS by

calculating a distance between the first BS and the second BS based on the information related to the first BS,

obtaining a location of a time-frequency resource of a downlink signal of the second BS at which the remote CLI affects an uplink signal of the first BS, based on the distance between the first BS and the second BS, and

skipping transmission of the downlink signal of the second BS or reduce power of the downlink signal, at the obtained location of the time-frequency resource based on the technique for canceling the remote CLI, and

transmit information related to the second BS to the first BS by broadcasting a second RS or directly notifying the first BS that the remote CLI is caused by the first RS via backhaul signaling.

13. The first BS of claim 7 , wherein the first BS is installed in a self-driving device communicating with at least one of a mobile terminal, a base station, or a self-driving vehicle.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 16, 2021
From: KIM, DONGKYU; SEO, INKWON; YI, YUNJUNG
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 055277/0908 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 62755257 · Nov 2, 2018
Provisional Application 62717724 · Aug 10, 2018
Related Publication 20210321417A1 · Oct 14, 2021
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